Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 500: Fighting with Yan Xishan

In the Texas battlefield, after several days of fierce fighting, Liu Tiehan's East Point troops suffered cumulative casualties of more than 30,000 people, more than the establishment of two entire brigades. At the cost of this, they killed more than 50,000 Japanese troops without losing an inch of the defense line.

Tens of thousands of Japanese troops were pinned down in the Texas area and could no longer move forward.

The four newly added brigades and one directly affiliated regiment totaled more than 60,000 people. Therefore, the total strength of the East Point Army increased instead of decreasing, reaching more than 180,000 people. It became the largest force in the ** division system.

The military strength even exceeded the number of troops commanded by division commander Tang Qiuli himself.

Although the total strength of the troops was still at a disadvantage compared with the Japanese army, the difference was reduced. Liu Tiehan could breathe a sigh of relief. On the local front, he could organize a larger-scale attack and push back the Japanese army facing him for more than ten kilometers.

On November 14, the reinforcements led by Li Honggang, chief of staff of the ** Division, totaled six infantry brigades, two artillery brigades, and one cavalry brigade, totaling more than 80,000 people, rushed to the battlefield in Dezhou. On the 16th, Su, who urgently returned north,

More than 130,000 soldiers from the Lu Mobile Corps and Tang Qiusheng's troops also rushed to the battlefield in Dezhou.

In this way, the three main forces of the ** Division were concentrated on the Dezhou battlefield, with a total of more than 390,000 troops. In terms of troop strength, it has greatly exceeded the total strength of the Japanese army after losses, and it also has more than double the firepower of the Japanese army.

The advantage provided the powerful conditions to encircle and annihilate the Japanese troops invading Shandong.

Tang Qiuli's plan before the war to find an opportunity to annihilate a group of Japanese troops finally became possible in the Dezhou area at the junction of Hebei and Shandong more than ten days after the war started in the Yellow River Basin war zone.

The current situation is that a clear front line has been formed from west to east with the Yellow River as the line. The western end is the Datong battlefield dominated by Shanxi Yan Xishan's troops, which contains about 200,000 Japanese troops. In the middle section, Niangzi

At present, there is a stalemate between the more than 60,000 troops led by Feng Jiwu, deputy commander of the ** Division, including two divisions of the Jin Army, and the 120,000 Japanese troops attacking the Niangziguan defense line.

In the easternmost Texas battlefield, the Japanese army currently has about 250,000 troops, and they are fighting fiercely with the East Point troops for several days, so they have lost all their energy and become exhausted. This is most beneficial to the Japanese division.

In this direction, Tang Qiuli placed the idea of ​​annihilating the Japanese army on Liu Tiehan, Tang Qiusheng, and Li Honggang.

Looking at the entire northern front, except for the Niangziguan battlefield in the middle section, which must be on the defensive, the Datong battlefield and the Dezhou battlefield all have favorable conditions for launching a general attack on the Japanese army facing them. Unfortunately, Yan Xishan of Shanxi has more than thirty

Thousands of elite Jin troops gathered in the direction of Datong, but they dared not launch a counterattack against the enemy on the opposite side.

Tang Qiuli had doubts about Tang Qiuli's plan to simultaneously launch counterattacks in Datong and Dezhou in order to annihilate or at least defeat the main forces of the two Japanese armies. He was afraid that he would lose all his money, so he repeatedly emphasized the difficulties and asked Tang Qiuli to send troops

A certain number of reinforcements were required to reinforce the Datong front line and jointly launch an attack on the Japanese army. Otherwise, the Jin army would never be able to shoulder this important task of counterattacking the Japanese army, and would also be betraying the great trust of Vice Chairman Tang.

After receiving a telegram from Yan Xishan, Tang Qiuli, who was in the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains, circling with hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, was furious. Yan Xishan was telling lies in broad daylight. The use of his troops had reached the limit. The only thing that could be used was

Feng Jiwu had more than 60,000 people, but he was guarding Niangziguan, the east gate of Shanxi Province, for Yan Xishan.

Yan Xishan is not aware of all this. He is still making small calculations, hoping that the troops of the ** Division will lead the battle for him in the direction of Datong. The battle will go smoothly, and his army of more than 300,000 people will press forward across the entire line, which is already shaky.

The last punch of the Japanese army, taking advantage of the chaos to win, think about it, defeating more than 200,000 Japanese troops in one fell swoop, what an amazing result. In this way, Yan Xishan can obtain the maximum benefits at the minimum cost.

The war is not going well. The Japanese army, which has already defeated the troops of the Japanese Army, cannot move forward at all. The defense line composed of more than 300,000 Jin troops waiting for work, Datong is absolutely unharmed. Regardless of victory or defeat, he, Yan Xishan, can take advantage of it.

To the advantage, it can be said that he had both sides and took advantage of everything.

Tang Qiuli could see through Yan Xishan's little plan at a glance. His telegram to Yan Xishan was extremely rude, "Brother Baichuan, this can't be done again. The former, you have violated the strategic deployment of the war zone, using two weak divisions to defend

The important place in Niangziguan, if it weren’t for me*

* Division deputy commander General Feng Jiwu rushed to Niangziguan to set up defenses at starry night to seize the opportunity. The Japanese army had already arrived at Taiyuan City. Brother Baichuan was still in a leisurely mood, enjoying singing and dancing in Taiyuan City? I'm afraid he had already fled in panic.

On the way."

"Brother Baichuan's idea is that our ** division troops are in front, and Tang will definitely not let Niangzi Pass be lost. Later, regarding my strict order to mobilize the elite troops of the Jin Army to garrison at Niangzi Pass, you made every possible excuse and talked about difficulties. Datong

If the troops on the front line cannot move, what is the intention of the hundreds of thousands of Jin troops on the east bank of the Yellow River, Liulin, and Yonghe Pass, staying far away from the enemy?"

"After urging from many parties, on the 15th, two divisions arrived at the front line of Niangziguan. As a result, our ** Division's only mobile force was unable to escape at Niangziguan. To this day, its strength far exceeds that of the Japanese army facing them, and

The situation was favorable, and the Japanese troops turned forward to engage Zhao Chengshou's troops.

To dampen our spirits, this attack was actually in response to the Japanese army's attack on our Taihang Mountain base area. Not only did Brother Baichuan not want to do anything, he actually asked Tang, who had no troops to mobilize, to reinforce the Datong front line. This request really made Tang feel ashamed. I don't know.

What does Brother Baichuan think? Tang is quite confused?"

"Now, he has used excuses to evade the strategic deployment of the war zone. What Brother Baichuan has done makes Tang Mou unbearable. He has reported all his actions since the beginning of the war in the north to the National Military Commission. After the Japanese attack is repelled, Tang Mou will

I decided to go to Taiyuan in person and argue with my brother face to face."

Tang Qiuli had long lost his basic respect for this old man who tried his best to preserve his strength and used other people's things to beat dogs. He was not polite at all. His heart was full of regrets. With the current situation, the direction of Datong and

In the direction of Texas, there is the possibility and opportunity to annihilate or defeat the Japanese army facing them.

If so, after several battles, the total number of Japanese troops in North China will lose more than one-third, and his future pressure will be greatly reduced. Unfortunately, Yan Xishan has always closed the door to make his own calculations, completely ignoring

The overall situation, such a person will never become his help or ally. Shanxi will be in his pocket sooner or later. Yan Xishan, you have to pay the price for this.

Tang Qiuli secretly felt cruel. I am afraid that Yan Xishan will be much more miserable in the future, but he has not yet realized what kind of person he has angered and what price he will pay for it?

Tang Qiuli's oral message this time was not as emotional and angry as last time, and his tone was calm. However, to the ears of the staff who recorded it, his words were like knives and every word was like arrows. It was even more heart-piercing. Mei, who knew her husband well,

Ting, but I know,

Under Tang Qiuli's seemingly calm appearance, there was already soaring anger in her heart. A cold light appeared in her eyes, murderous intent was hidden. She smiled bitterly and shook her head, feeling sorry for Yan Xishan. The Shanxi native emperor would probably not have a good life in the future.

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Yan Xishan, who was based in Taiyuan, after receiving Tang Qiuli's telegram, his eyes rolled around with obvious hesitation. His generals and counselors looked at Commander Yan's uncertain face and couldn't guess who it was.

What kind of telegram made the old man look like this?

Yan Xishan pondered for a long time and signaled to the adjutant to hand the telegram to everyone for circulation. Those with vested interests in Shanxi were furious when they saw the telegram. The crowd was furious. If Tang Qiuli was in front of them, their spit would definitely be splashed.

His face showed that Chief Yan was also a high-ranking official in charge of Shanxi's military affairs. How could he allow Tang Qiuli to question, threaten, and insult him like this?

Some people came up with the idea to immediately send a message of complaint to the Nanjing Military Commission to try to take the initiative and not let the high officials in the government believe in Tang Qiuli's words. Some people came up with the idea to simply negotiate peace with the Japanese army to reach mutual satisfaction.

Under the conditions, and the Japanese troops in front of Niangzi Pass, they attacked from both sides and killed the more than 60,000 troops of the Japanese Army. First, they broke off one of Tang Qiuli's arms to let him know that Shanxi was not easy to mess with.

If Tang Qiuli's army had not been in North China, constantly provoking wars and causing the Japanese to suffer heavy losses one after another, the Japanese might not have spent such a large amount of money to carry out this large-scale military attack on Shanxi.

Action, it is obvious that the Japanese have not been in North China for a day or two. Before Tang Qiuli came, they were not at peace with us.

Regarding the former suggestion, Yan Xishan didn't even raise his eyelids. It was purely a scholar's opinion. Old Jiang had been thinking about Shanxi for many years. How could he succeed this time? Just based on a telegram from Tang Qiuli, could he still take my old man's head? Hit him.

Litigation is useless.

Yan Xishan's heart skipped a beat when he heard the latter suggestion. He raised his eyelids and looked at those people. They were all close to the Japanese. Negotiating with the Japanese was a matter of time. Now was not the time.

The Japanese troops were pressing down on the border, and they were negotiating with a gun to their heads, without any advantage at all.

Killing Tang Qiuli's 60,000 troops, are you kidding, do you think it's as simple as eating steamed buns? Without two to three hundred thousand troops, it's impossible. Besides, behind Tang Qiuli, stood Chiang Kai-shek, and others

Hundreds of thousands of direct troops, is this making my old man openly break with the government and Tang Qiuli?

The few people who came up with this idea should be careful, lest the Japanese give them some benefits and sell themselves out that day. Yan Xishan did not show these thoughts on his face at all. He said magnanimously:

"The war in North China is going on. It's reasonable for me to say some exaggerated words when I'm young. I won't care about you. Don't say anything that's not conducive to sincere unity. Remember that?"

Everyone was astonished. How could Chief Yan, who had always held a grudge, suddenly become so measured by the prime minister? They really couldn't figure it out. Then, he ordered another division to be sent to the Niangziguan battlefield. On the Datong front line, the Japanese were not to move, so were you.

Don't move. Even if the Japanese do move, you must look for it before moving. Never take the initiative to attack.

Speaking of this, Yan Xishan, who looked honest and honest, suddenly revealed his murderous intent. These people were all people who had practiced for many years and had become masters. They vaguely guessed what the old man was thinking, but no one said anything. Who is looking for trouble?