Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 501 Taihang Mountain

After receiving a telegram from Feng Jiwu, reinforcements from a division of the Jin Army rushed to the Niangziguan front line this afternoon to join the defenders. Tang Qiuli did not even sneer at Yan Xishan's little trick. He went to telegraph

, asked Feng Jiwu directly, "With the current strength of the Jin army, can we ensure that Niangzi Pass is not lost?"

Feng Jiwu's reply was very simple, "No, the current strength of the Jin army is only more than 60,000 people, and the Jin army's combat effectiveness, tactics, weapons and equipment, etc. are far inferior to our army. It is by no means several times more powerful than our army in person.

Their rivals from the Japanese army."

Obviously, Feng Jiwu still couldn't withdraw. The job of making wedding clothes for Yan Xishan was settled. Now that the matter was over, Feng Jiwu had to stay on the front line of Niangziguan. However, he couldn't take advantage of this iron abacus.

issued an order in the name of the military branch and the highest military commander of the Yellow River Basin War Zone.

The Niangziguan Defense Force of the ** Division and the Niangziguan garrison force of the Jin Army were used to form the Niangziguan Guard Corps of the Yellow River Basin Theater, with Lieutenant General Feng Jiwu, the deputy commander of the ** Division, as the commander, and Han Tie, the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the ** Division, as the staff officer.

The commander, unified command of all the troops, must resist the enemy in front of Niangzi Pass and ensure that the east gate of Shanxi Province is not lost.

At present, there is a powerful enemy. Without serious military orders, there is no guarantee of victory. Feng Jiwu, the commander of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, is hereby authorized to make decisions on the course of the battle on his own. If he retreats from the battle, refuses to advance in fear of the enemy, escapes from the battle, or refuses to carry out the commander's orders,

Regardless of the unit to which they belong, regardless of their position or military rank, they can be dealt with on the spot and do not need to be reported to the theater headquarters.

This move is very powerful. With the Jin army's fighting style, if Feng Jiwu deliberately made their life difficult, it would make them look good. Wouldn't you Yan Xishan hold on to the troops and not let go? Well, I will make a mixed team.

, the troops belong to the theater command. It is said that after reading this order, Commander Yan stamped his feet and beat his chest, his face full of pain. He has five divisions, more than 60,000 people, they are like meat buns beating dogs, and they will never come back.

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As long as it is within the scope of the Northern War Zone, it is normal to be transferred there. If it is off the ground in Shanxi, can it still be regarded as one's own soldiers? Tang Qiuli, Tang Qiuli, you are really a good scheming kid, but you are not good at it.

jump out to oppose

, there was no reason to take advantage of him, he thought he was unlucky, and he was not willing to accept it, so Chief Yan felt distressed and angry, closed the door to thank guests for several days, and lost his temper from time to time, even his most beloved fifth sister.

A scolding.

He didn't know yet that Tang Qiuli had given Feng Jiwu a secret mission to find opportunities to get rid of senior officers loyal to Yan Xishan and take the five divisions of the Jin Army into his own hands while ensuring the safety of Niangzi Pass.

Pay close attention to the transformation, and then mix them into the various units of the ** division.

Yan Xishan uses my Tang Qiuli's troops as human shields. I will dig out your heart from behind. Take your time. Sooner or later, your Yan Xishan's family will be mine. If you don't know how to do it, you can get it back from the hands of the Japanese.

To rob, Tang Qiuli had already made a plan. Shanxi and Shandong must be areas controlled by the army.

Tang Qiuli was not worried at all that Yan Xishan would openly defect to the Japanese. Based on the situation in North China in 1937, the Japanese army's appetite was obviously not only in Shanxi Province, but also at this time, the Japanese army's top brass had a strong fighting spirit.

When self-confidence was high, they focused on the offensive, and did not bother to use a soft policy, dividing and disintegrating local factions, and focusing on attacking the Central Army.

At this time, Tang Qiuli was already in the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains. There were only more than a thousand troops and hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops beside him. After entering the Taihang Mountains, under the command of Yamaguchi, the new chief of staff of the North China Expeditionary Force, he absorbed the former lone troops.

Outstanding, the fighter planes were caught by the ** division, and the organized troops were annihilated. With close contact and steady advancement, we worked step by step, spread a wide net, and gradually compressed towards the central area of ​​​​the Taihang Mountains.

Yamaguchi had enough confidence and patience. The troops of the ** division were pinned down on various battlefields and were unable to do anything. No one could save the ** squadron in Taihang Mountain. He had an intuition that Tang Qiuli was in his net.

However, the scope of the current network is relatively large, and he has not surfaced yet.

There is absolutely no room for failure in this battle. Can we stand firm in the army and put a gold star on our shoulders? At this moment, Yamaguchi takes control of the troops. Specific to the brigade level, every two hours, the communications department will ask each person one by one.

Regarding the specific location of the brigade, and whether any traces of the ** division troops and Tang Qiuli had been found, Yamaguchi was not too tired to panic and worked in front of the map himself. Tang Qiuli was his primary target.

The deployment of Yamaguchi indeed caused great difficulties for Tang Qiuli. On several occasions, fighter planes finally appeared. Ma Chaoyang's second brigade had already marched to the predetermined area, only to find that this seemingly lone Japanese force was behind them.

It was the strength of a division. Maybe, if the Japanese army did not capture it, Ma Chaoyang's brigade would fall into a counter-encirclement by the Japanese army. But there would be no troops to rescue him, so he had to cancel the combat order.

Several fighter planes were lost like this. After the two divisions of Japanese troops chasing Liu Chun and Tong Batu's cavalry troops joined the battle sequence to suppress the Japanese troops in the Taihang Mountains, the big net at the mountain pass became thicker. The Japanese troops moved from east to west.

Push forward gradually, pressing forward like a thick wall.

Wherever they went, villages were reduced to ruins, with scorched earth and ruins everywhere. Before the arrival of the Japanese army, the people in the base area, under the organization of the local government and local troops, evacuated southward in an orderly and gradual manner, taking away all valuables that could not be taken away.

, buried on the spot, only taking away a few days' worth of food, and the rest, on a village basis, was hidden on the spot.

This was in accordance with the order of Tang Qiuli, the special commissioner of the Taihang Mountain Area Administrative Commissioner's Office, to clear the entire base area and not leave a grain of food for the Japanese army.

After several years of construction and recuperation, as well as a large number of immigrants, the Taihang Mountain base area has promoted new planting methods and carried out extensive farmland infrastructure construction. It has become a prosperous scene. The lives of the people are hundreds of times better than those outside the mountains.

, no landlords and old wealth

, the oppression of scoundrels and gangsters, there is no exploitation and oppression in the past at the yamen door. Having a full belly is no longer a dream. Many people, through their hard work and thrifty housekeeping, have built big houses with bright windows and bright tiles.

Integrated into the atmosphere of this land.

After receiving the government's order to retreat, they were all reluctant to leave. But thinking about who gave them this good life, they reluctantly packed up their things. Then, they surrounded their houses and looked at them over and over again. They also knew that the government would not let them go.

It is said on the notice that the government will pay for the loss based on the actual losses and build new houses for everyone after the Japanese invaders are defeated.

The common people believe this. The government offices here are all good officials who work for the common people. Six to seven hundred thousand people, plus numerous government agencies, industrial and mining enterprises, have formed a mighty army retreating south.

What was left behind were empty cities and villages. The Japanese army could destroy the towns, but they could not massacre the Chinese people.

Feeling that the troops in the Taihang Mountains were weak and unable to achieve the battle intention of annihilating the enemy's first unit when the Japanese troops were concentrated, Tang Qiuli issued an order. The Huangyadong Garrison Brigade was immediately upgraded to the main force of the ** division, except for the remaining troops.

There are a small number of troops defending outside the Huangyadong base area.

The troops immediately left Huangyadong and formed the Taihang Mountain Combat Corps with the Ma Chaoyang Department of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, the Liu Chun Department of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, and the Tong Batu Department of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, with Tang Qiuli, the commander of the ** Division, as the commander.

, responsible for the combat mission against the Japanese army that invaded the Taihang Mountain base area.

The local garrison troops in the counties in the base area were immediately upgraded to the Huangyadong garrison brigade and assumed the original combat tasks. In this way, Tang Qiuli had two infantry brigades and two cavalry brigades with 32,000 people.

What the multi-person army lacked was artillery, which could fight head-on with a division of Japanese troops. However, Tang Qiuli was not prepared to do this. What he was facing was not a division of Japanese troops.

After the Japanese Guangyuan Division entered the Taihang Mountains from the direction of Malingguan, its leading unit, the Seto Regiment, was eager to advance. The distance from the main force of the division was much greater than that of other units. On November 21, the Seto Regiment advanced

As far as Hanyuling, this area is the hinterland of Taihang Mountains, with complex terrain and a typical mountainous area.

The main peak, Yangqu Mountain, is 2,058 meters above sea level. It is surrounded by countless peaks, with green pines and cypresses, deep ditches and dense forests, and caves everywhere. The terrain is extremely complex, and has been washed away by years of rain. Several dry ditches lie across the mountain, facing each other.

, it takes a day to get together, which is extremely detrimental to the movement of large corps.

After Tang Qiuli received the information, he immediately targeted the Segu Regiment as the target that must be annihilated in the first battle of the Taihang Mountain Base. He ordered Yu Deshui, the director of the Intelligence Department, to bring the topographic map of Hanyuling and study it for a long time.

, I feel more and more that this is an ideal battlefield. As long as the several ditches entering Hanyuling are blocked, the Seko regiment inside can't get out, and the Guangyuan division outside can't get in.

The key to this battle is whether the peripheral blocking troops can withstand the attack of the main force of the Guangyuan Division. As long as they can withstand the attack of the Seko Regiment for six hours, they can cleanly and completely kill the Japanese army. Mountain operations

, the cavalry troops could not play a big role and stayed on the periphery to contain other Japanese troops.

Tang Qiuli had only two infantry brigades to use. The strength was a little short, so he had no choice but to take the blame. He was quite hesitant about which brigade should be used to block the main force of the Guangyuan Division. In the end,

, he decided to use Ma Chaoyang's 2nd Brigade to serve as the blocking mission.

Jiang Yanming's Huangyadong garrison brigade is responsible for the main attack on the Seto regiment. He knows very well that in this battle, the troops responsible for blocking tasks will bear several times more pressure than the troops responsible for attacking tasks. They will

Facing a desperate attack by a Japanese army several times larger than our own, the Japanese army has a tradition that when one unit is surrounded, the rest will fight to the death to save them, regardless of the price they pay.

This point is much stronger than that of the Japanese troops who focus on preserving their own strength. Yu Guanghan, the chief of staff, quickly formulated a Hanyuling combat plan based on the division commander's intentions and immediately issued it to the participating troops.

After receiving the order, Ma Chaoyang's brigade and Jiang Yanming's brigade immediately set off from their hidden positions overnight and rushed to the predetermined location. In the high mountains of the Taihang Mountains on a winter night, the two troops, like a vise, bit into the unconscious Segu regiment.

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(To be continued)