Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 411: Surrounding Peiping

The commander of the Japanese artillery sent a telegram to the Supreme Commander Kozuki Kiyoshi, requesting the commander to quickly mobilize artillery units for support. The artillery of the reinforcements was no longer fighting under the attack of the artillery of the Chinese Army.

Their artillery firepower is several times that of ours.

If this continues, the Imperial Army's artillery unit will exist in name only. Xiang Yueqingji's reply only contains four words: "Continue the attack!" The Japanese artillery commander, holding the reply from the commander, his hands were shaking, asking him what to do to continue the attack.

?Use the few dozen remaining artillery pieces? Or let the artillerymen charge with the cannonballs? He feels that your Excellency, Commander, is simply unreasonable!

The same order was given to the infantry divisions: continue the attack and at any cost, the siege of Tianjin must be lifted.

Peiping, the headquarters of the Japanese North China Garrison Army, Xiang Yue Qingji cursed the artillery commander in his heart, doesn’t this bastard know? There has never been an independent artillery unit in the establishment of the imperial army. You, the commander, are still here for

Concentrated artillery fire of reinforcements, temporarily appointed.

You want me to go there and mobilize more artillery for you? This is what was said in the telegram. If it were in person, Your Excellency the Commander would slap him hard in the face and curse him.

After dispatching reinforcements, Xiangyue Qingsi no longer worried about gains and losses. Tianjin must be saved. It was just a painful process to make up his mind. Until now, he still believed that Tang Qiuli's ultimate goal was to recapture Peiping and attack Tianjin, just for the sake of it.

Mobilize the garrison forces of Peiping.

However, there is no room for loss in Tianjin. If Tianjin is lost, Peiping will fall into an isolated city. Tashiro Anichiro's chair has not yet warmed up, and he does not want to leave in a hurry like Tashiro.

The arrogance and arrogance in the heart of the Japanese commander who received the death order, and the fierceness in his bones were aroused. When did the army of the Empire of Japan sweep across Manchuria and occupy North China to be so shrinking and hesitant?

Afraid?

As a result, there was a fanatical scene in front of the blocking position on the front line in Langfang. The Japanese army used the regiment as a unit to launch a desperate wave-like assault on a front more than ten kilometers wide towards the Japanese division's blocking position.

Japanese officers at all levels held their command swords high, and without the cover of artillery fire or armored vehicles, they led the soldiers and braved the fierce artillery fire of the Japanese divisions to rush over like desperadoes.

The artillery fire that greeted the Japanese army was the volcanic eruption of artillery fire from the Japanese Army. On the flat field, the explosion points of the artillery shells connected into a series of jumping lightning. Each lightning was an insurmountable place of death.

The waves of the Japanese army's charge were like hitting hard rocks and being smashed to pieces. One wave disappeared, and another surged up, only to be smashed again.

In the headquarters, Tang Qiuli witnessed the spectacular scene of the artillery bombardment. Half of the sky was reflected in red. He felt so happy and excited. This was exactly the way he wanted to fight. Let the Japanese use their guns to fight with my cannons.

Bayonets, let’s see which one is better, your bushido or my cannon.

The history is really strikingly similar. When the Japanese army fought against the Chinese troops, they relied on fierce artillery fire. Before launching an attack, they launched a violent bombardment, causing a lot of damage to the defenders. Often, the Chinese defenders did not wait for the Japanese infantry to charge.

The Japanese army's position has been riddled with holes and shattered by bombs. Facing the waves of Japanese troops, there are very few who are undefeated!

Tonight's artillery battle left a deep impression on Tang Qiuli and prompted him to change the firepower structure of each unit. Later, the ratio of infantry and artillery among all units reached two to one, with each field brigade having

Containing four infantry regiments, two artillery regiments, and one air defense regiment, the division headquarters established an artillery headquarters.

At around four o'clock in the morning, the Japanese commander gave up in shock. In just two hours, the Eighth Division and the Eleventh Division that participated in the attack had already lost more than 12,000 troops. Coupled with the sudden attack in front of them,

In the encounter, the two divisions had more than 70,000 troops and had lost more than 18,000 people. The ferocity of the Bushido was vulnerable to the absolutely superior firepower.

They can't stand it anymore. If they continue to fight like this, even if they invest all their troops, they can't fill this bottomless pit. The shells of the Chinese *** team are like free stones. They have never stopped. Where did they get so many shells?

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The Japanese reinforcements, the deputy chief of staff of the North China Garrison and the two division commanders secretly cursed that the artillery of the ** division had brought the despicable insidiousness and cunning of the Chinese to the extreme. The large-caliber artillery cut off the second echelon and the first echelon.

The contact is the only way to retreat.

Small-caliber artillery and mortars fired at the front, covering the Japanese soldiers with firepower. They were like suckling pigs put in the oven, with their skin charred and their flesh rotten. Many soldiers were hit by artillery shells before they heard the sound of gunfire.

In mid-air, those who were lucky enough to break through the fire net were greeted by the roar of light and heavy machine guns, and the occasional firing sound of rifles. It was the snipers accurately killing the Japanese commander.

They jointly sent a telegram to Xiangyue Qingsi: "On the Langfang front line, the artillery fire of the Chinese army is extremely fierce. The front more than ten kilometers wide is controlled by the opponent's artillery fire. After many attacks, none of them worked. Our casualties have been close to one-third."

, if this continues, not only will Tianjin not be able to be rescued, but our troops will also be in danger. Commander, please make an early decision and allow our troops to return to Peiping!"

The Japanese generals were frightened by the huge casualties and rarely asked to retreat. Historically, Japanese generals followed the principle of attacking, attacking again, and commanders who asked the fire line to retreat were regarded as cowards and would be ridiculed by their colleagues.

The Japanese 15th Division, which was reinforcing Tianjin from the direction of Chaichangtun and Hexiwu, also failed to gain favor. The terrain here is not as flat as that of Langfang. The terrain is more dangerous and suitable for blocking or ambush operations.

When the Japanese 15th Division entered this area, they were beaten to death by sudden and violent artillery fire. Then they suffered a heavy meal of bullets and quickly retreated to a safe area. After calming down, they saw

Looking at the terrain in front of me, my heart went crazy.

However, the commander of the 15th Division was smarter. He did not launch an assault on the scale of a regiment. He only carried out multiple assaults on a squadron scale in small groups from multiple directions. Although there was no benefit at all, the casualties of the troops were much smaller.

He also sent a telegram to the commander.

Xiangyue Qingji received the telegram and had a cold war. He had an ominous premonition in his heart that Tianjin could not be saved. Tang Qiuli, the devil of China, suddenly launched an attack on Tianjin this time. The purpose was not only to capture Tianjin but also to consume our Peking defense.

Power is probably his real purpose.

If we continue to reinforce Tianjin, 100,000 troops will be wasted on the way of reinforcements. With the remaining 100,000 troops to defend Peiping, how can we ensure that Peiping is not lost? If Tianjin is lost, and Peking is lost, I am afraid that I will really have to

Went to court martial.

He sent a telegram to the two reinforcements, ordering them to leave the battlefield immediately and quickly withdraw to a defensive point in Peiping to prevent the Japanese division from attacking Peiping.

In fact, Xiangyue Qingsi really thought about Tang Qiuli's thinking in a complicated way. Tang Qiuli had no idea of ​​attacking Peiping. Otherwise, he would not have given up in the first place. He could consume the Japanese army's effective strength in the wild, and he also took advantage of it.

of cheapness.

Xiangyue Qingji farted in the middle of the night and woke himself up with a fright. After arranging the reinforcements to withdraw to Peiping, he sent a telegram to Takadao who was trapped in Tianjin, truthfully explaining that the reinforcements were blocked in Langfang and Hexiwu, and suffered heavy losses.

The situation makes it impossible to move forward, and they have now all retreated to Peiping. There is no hope of rescuing Tianjin.

Mr. Wang Takashima carried forward the Bushido spirit of the Japanese Emperor and resisted the attack of the Chinese army on his own, attracting the Chinese army under Tianjin City and waiting for reinforcements from the Kwantung Army's southward troops.

At Jinmen, Lord Takashima made his first contribution. Long live His Majesty the Emperor!

Xiangyue Qingji himself didn't believe this telegram. Tang Qiuli had spent so much money and would not stop until he captured Tianjin. The implication is, brothers and compatriots in Tianjin, please wish yourselves good luck. I

I really can’t help, this is such a mess!

The Japanese Fifteenth Division in the Chaichangtun area heard that the troops on the South Road had suffered heavy losses and had already retreated to Peiping. They quickly turned around and ran away, and fled. The fool was still staring at this, and the Chinese *** team on the South Road was freed up.

Come on, why don't you make dumplings for me?

Both reinforcements were beaten back to Peiping. Tang Qiuli also vaguely guessed Xiangyue Qingsi's thoughts. He was afraid that I would take the opportunity to retake Peiping, so he would make a fake show and surround Peiping to gain some stability for Tianjin.

time.

He detached a brigade from the blocking troops on the front line in Langfang, and suddenly attacked the Tianjin city from the direction of Wuqing in the northern suburbs of Tianjin. He stabbed the stubborn Japanese army in the side with a knife.

The rest of the troops, chasing the shadow of the Japanese army, rushed towards Peiping like a roaring mountain and a tsunami. The art of war said: "Surround an enemy five times, attack it ten times." Tang Qiuli dared to have an equal force with Xiangyue Qingsi, or even a slightly weaker one.

In the situation with the Japanese army and the siege of Peiping, what he focused on was the fear of Seiji Kozuki to take back Peiping himself.

The troops pursued the Japanese army and swept away the small strongholds controlled by the Japanese army along the way. The Japanese army retreated in such a panic that no blocking troops were left behind. It seemed that they were afraid of being beaten. The First Division and the Second Division

The pursuing troops of the 19th Army quickly reached the outskirts of Peiping as if they were in uninhabited territory.

This move worked as expected. Commander Xiang Yueqing quickly abandoned Peiping's outlying strongholds and retracted all his troops back into the city. Even Wanping City was abandoned, intending to rely on Peiping's solid city walls to defend it.

At about 5 a.m. on July 17, 1937, the Japanese army provoked a full-scale war of aggression against China. Wanping City, where the first shot was fired, changed hands again and fell into the hands of the 129th Regiment of the 38th Division of the 29th Army.

Today, at this time, according to the July 7th Incident, just ten days have passed.

The 219th Regiment was originally the Jixing Wen Regiment stationed in Wanping. I don't know if it was a coincidence of history or Tang Qiuli's intentional arrangement. This was also the first town that the Chinese *** team recovered since the beginning of the war in North China.

By that time, the Battle of Tianjin had come to an end.

Tang Qiuli's troops from a brigade that entered the city from the northern suburbs of Tianjin became the last straw for the Japanese army. The Japanese army, which was already on the brink of desperation and was fighting against a trapped beast, lost its last bit of will to resist in the face of this sudden attack.

, complete collapse and destruction is only a matter of time.

(To be continued)