Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 473 Panic Han Fuju

With the formal signing of the Nanjing Armistice Agreement between China and Japan, the Japanese Second and Third Fleets lingering off the coast of Hangzhou Bay, as well as the remnants of the former Shanghai Expeditionary Force off Wusongkou, really disappeared from people's sight, and the clouds of war dispersed.

matter.

Shanghai has returned to its former prosperity, Nanjing is singing and dancing, troops of swords and guns have been put into storage, and horses are released in Nanshan. Everything has returned to normal, as if the war two months ago that swallowed up hundreds of thousands of lives has already

is very far away

In the peaceful situation, it is not even necessary to maintain a large military strength in the Songhu area. Calls to abolish the Songhu Garrison Command and abolish the establishment of the Eighth Army have gradually become mainstream thinking, and soldiers are no longer heroes in the eyes of the people.

As for North China, it is far away from us. It seems to be a matter in another world. Besides, Vice Chairman Tang's millions of troops are blocking it, so the Japanese cannot cross the Yellow River.

Those wealthy people who can embrace wealth, buy expensive cars, eat wine and meat, and spend a lot of money in high-end places have once again become the objects of admiration of the people. Even the Eighth Army defending Hangzhou Bay has to be abolished. The Sulu Mobile Corps of the North China First Division

, there is no need to stay in the Songhuhang area.

Within the government, some people even questioned Vice Chairman Tang's intentions. The war in Songhu was over, so why did they still maintain a huge military force here? There seemed to be an attempt to get involved in the prosperous place south of the Yangtze River. Chairman Chiang certainly didn't believe it. Tang Qiuli had plenty of opportunities.

Why bother with such a trick? However, this matter was also very tactfully hinted in the telegram.

Of course, this cannot be said clearly. Chairman Chiang’s reason is that the huge force of the Sulu Mobile Corps staying in the Jiangnan area for a long time may arouse unwarranted suspicions from people with ulterior motives. Moreover, the required supplies are all transported long distances by the Northern Army Branch. If things continue like this, it is feared that

The Northern Army branch was so overwhelmed that it affected North China's preparations for war, and it even sought Tang Qiuli's opinion on the dismantling of the Songhu Garrison Command.

The moment Tang Qiuli received the news that the Nanjing Armistice Agreement between China and Japan had been signed, he understood that the Japanese were ready and had completed new deployments. The war would restart at the end of October or early November.

The Japanese army, which is more reasonable and well prepared, will attack the Songhu area again. The poor government officials are still dreaming of enjoying peace. Don't they know that the Japanese have sharpened their knives and are preparing to take action?

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He had to rush back to the front line in North China. The Japanese army was making moves in Songhu. How could the millions of Japanese soldiers in North China be lonely? This also announced that his leisurely and beautiful life was officially over. He ate his mother's hometown meals every day, and heard her constant chatter in his ears.

His nagging, his wife’s beautiful face beside him, all this must end.

After lunch at the father-in-law's house, we handled some military affairs, and when Mei Ting and she rushed to her parents' house, it happened to be dinner. The family of four gathered around the table, eating delicious authentic Northeastern food. My mother suddenly sighed,

Tang Qiuli asked in surprise, mother said, "When will your father and I get a grandson back, we will be happy, and it will save us from having nothing to do all day long."

Tang Qiuli laughed sarcastically for a while and hurriedly buried his head in the food. He said to himself, "Oh my God, this matter is not my decision. It has to be up to her." Mei Ting blushed and wished she could get in. Her mother-in-law was so outspoken.

, saw Tang Qiuli smiling evilly again, and was so angry that she pinched his thigh hard under the table. The pain made Tang Qiuli grin, but it was his father who saw his daughter-in-law's uncomfortable look and said something to her.

On October 30, Tang Qiuli returned to the North China front from Dingbian. At the Shijiazhuang Division headquarters, Feng Jiwu and Li Honggang reported to him the enemy's situation in the recent period. The Japanese army had not made any major moves recently, and the front was in a temporarily stable state.

However, the mobilization was frequent, and the troops were mainly concentrated in Zhangjiakou in northern Hebei, Baoding in southern Hebei, and Cangzhou, forming three heavy military groups.

The total strength of the Japanese army in Zhangjiakou in northern Hebei was about 200,000, the total strength of the Japanese army in Baoding in southern Hebei was about 400,000, and the total strength of the Japanese army in Cangzhou was about 300,000. In these three places, more than 90 Japanese troops in North China were concentrated.

With a strength of 10,000 people, the starting direction cannot yet be determined at present, and our frontline troops are being closely monitored.

Looking at the three thick arrows on the map of the enemy's situation, which represented the heavy concentration of Japanese troops, Tang Qiuli suddenly shuddered. The intention of the Japanese army in North China was obvious. They were waiting for the Japanese army on the southern front to launch an attack, and then launched the largest attack in North China.

The scale of the attack and the posture of the Japanese army showed that the Japanese army in Zhangjiakou in western Hebei must pass through Yangyuan and Dongjing, attack Datong, and surround Taiyuan from the north.

The Japanese army in Baoding in southern Hebei will definitely go south to Jingxing and Niangziguan to attack Shanxi and surround Taiyuan from the west. It is also possible that a part of the force will be divided and go directly south through Xingtai, Handan and Anyang to attack Kaifeng in Henan. As for the Japanese army in Cangzhou,

They were the troops attacking Shandong. They were all waiting for a time. This time was when the Japanese army on the southern front relaunched the Battle of Songhu.

In less than a week, there will be large-scale wars in both Jiangnan and North China, and this time it will be a decisive battle of life and death. He immediately ordered the ** division troops in various places to make all battle preparations and station the Sulu Mobile Corps in Hangzhou Bay.

Immediately entering the first level of combat readiness, the troops under Liu Tiehan's east command deployed defenses along the Yellow River and reported the information to Shandong Provincial Chairman Han Fuju.

Troops on the Hebei front line in Laiyuan, Shijiazhuang, and Hengshui are ready to abandon the plain towns where they are currently stationed and shrink to the Taihang Mountains to avoid the enemy's edge and look for fighter opportunities. He does not want to fight with more than 900,000 Japanese troops on the Great Plains of North China.

, fighting a war of attrition.

He specially ordered Tang Enbo's Eighth Army on the Yellow River defense line in Henan to raise the alert level. If the Japanese army approaches with heavy troops, they can rely on the urban defenses of Tangyin, Hebi, and Xinxiang to resist. However, Zhengzhou and Luoyang on the south bank of the Yellow River must hold fast.

, never give up.

If the Japanese army invaded with part of its force, they would resolutely block the Japanese army on the Anyang front line, and then there would be new combat missions. He explained to Tang Enbo in great detail. In the final analysis, he was still worried about the commander of the Tang Army. Who knew where he would be?

At the critical moment, whether he can lose the chain, but with his 230,000 troops, defending the key points on the south bank of the Yellow River should not be a problem.

After thinking about it, I still felt unconvinced, so I sent a telegram to Su Jingfeng's Yellow River and Henan Defense Line Guard Corps, with more than 29,000 troops, to immediately station in Zhengzhou and Kaifeng as a backup force for Tang's army.

Finally, he personally wrote a long letter to Chief Yan of Shanxi Province, clarifying the dangerous situation Shanxi was currently facing, hoping that he would take corresponding measures and take precautions seriously. This time, the Japanese army must take the capture of all of Shanxi as their main strategy.

The purpose of the battle is that Datong in northern Shanxi, Niangziguan in eastern Shanxi, and Yangquan must be the main battlefields. The main force of the Jin army can be concentrated in these two directions. Relying on solid city defenses to slow down the Japanese attack speed, Shanxi can

Stay safe.

Shanxi is the main battlefield of this war. He very much hopes that Yan Xishan can pay attention to the situation at hand and resist the 200,000 Japanese troops on the north road, buying time for himself so that he can free his hands and march eastward to join Liu Tie and Han Dong.

Refers to troops

, wipe out all the Japanese troops who went south from Cangzhou to attack Shandong, and this battle will be easier to fight. Then, return to the west and annihilate the Japanese troops attacking Shanxi. Otherwise, with the current strength of our own, we will be stretched thin and we will not be able to take care of both the east and the west.

Once the gate of Shanxi is opened by the Japanese army, the Yellow River defense line will face ferocious attacks from the Japanese army at every turn. It will be a matter of time before it collapses. Shandong Liu Tiehan's East Command troops and Songhu Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps will be attacked from both sides by the Japanese army and fall into extinction.

Once the Japanese troops on the northern and southern fronts converged, the entire situation would become irremediable.

After receiving Tang Qiuli's autographed letter, Yan Xishan twirled his beard and asked his generals with a cunning light in his eyes, "What do you think of this matter? There are old men above me. Among the senior generals of the Jin army, who dares to talk nonsense?"

They all looked at Commander Yan and knew that the old man had already made a plan in his heart, so he just had to listen to his instructions.

Yan Xishan was very satisfied with the performance of the generals. He knew in his heart that Vice Chairman Tang had been targeting his 400,000 Jin troops for more than a day or two. This time he did it again. However, his own intelligence system also confirmed that Jixi

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A large number of Japanese troops gathered in the Jiakou area. They crossed the Shanxi-Hebei border and arrived at Datong. That was the old man's money bag. The high-quality coal produced bought him a lot of money every day.

leave.

Therefore, Yan Xishan's combat readiness situation is that the 12 divisions of the Jin Army's First Group Army, with 260,000 men, led by Commander-in-Chief Zhao Chengshou, are all heading towards Datong to set up defenses and build fortifications in Xubao and the ancient city area.

His order to Zhao Chengshou was that he must stand firm and not retreat even a step, otherwise he would come to see him with his head raised.

Zhao Chengshou knew the weight of these words and the position of the Datong mining area in the old man's heart. Therefore, when he arrived in the Datong area, he made very practical and well-prepared preparations. This was also the only line of defense in Shanxi that the Japanese army did not break after the battle started.

, preserving the northern gate of Taiyuan also gave Tang Qiuli time to readjust his strategy.

As for the line between Yangquan and Niangziguan, across the border is Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province. He only sent two divisions. The old man thought slyly that there was Tang Qiuli's military division in front of him, so he couldn't make any mistakes for others.

, In response to Jing'er, the idea was very good. This was also the execution of his order as the commander-in-chief of the war zone, and no one could find fault with it.

After receiving Liu Tiehan's notification, Han Fuju, the king of Shandong, took it very seriously and started to take action immediately. However, Han Qingtian's actions were not to adjust deployment, mobilize troops, and prepare for defense. Instead, he was busy selling off fixed assets and transferring family property.

Most of the gold and silver treasures were deposited in Deutsche Bank in Qingdao, and a small amount was carried with them.

He also transferred three divisions of his trusted troops to the vicinity of Jinan as his escort team. After all this work, he lived in fear in the provincial government building every day, with eight cars outside the door filled with gas, and the drivers eating and drinking in the car.

He is on standby at all times. If something goes wrong, the Shandong Provincial Chairman is ready to abandon his millions of Qilu elders and run away on his own.

Han Fuju's actions caused great panic among the people, and various rumors spread all over the city of Jinan. Liu Tiehan saw that there was no sign of it, so he held a meeting in Jinan in the name of the highest military commander of the Central Army's North China Division stationed in Shandong.

A press conference was held to openly spread the rumors, which stabilized the public sentiment.

(To be continued)