Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 513 The situation is improving

Yan Xishan thought of Han Fuju and shook his head repeatedly. The heat was too bad. He couldn't practice well. He lost his territory and had no soldiers. Why would you, Han Fuju, challenge Jiang? It's not just meat on the chopping board. It's a chicken with all its feathers plucked. Just watch.

, Han Xiangfang had no good fruits to eat.

What's more, I was beaten so hard in Datong that Tang Qiuli can no longer force me to send more troops to Niangziguan. Five divisions and more than 60,000 people have been sent to his mouth.

The old man still doesn’t know that his flesh hurts, but that’s a big deal.

Yan Xishan killed three birds with one stone. He not only blocked Tang Qiuli's mouth, complained to Nanjing, but also regained the territory. He didn't have to continue to lose his old salary and send more troops to Niangziguan. Others couldn't help him in the fight. Really

He is very thoughtful and calculating, which is indeed admirable.

When Tang Qiuli received the Shanxi war report from Nanjing, he was whispering to Mei Ting. In the past two days, the couple had endless words to talk about. Maybe it was because her husband was by her side and she was in extremely high spirits. Mei Ting's injury,

She recovered at an astonishing speed, but her body was still weak and her appearance was so delicate that Tang Qiuli felt so distressed that he wanted to hold her in his mouth.

Tang Qiuli tried every means to increase nutrition for Mei Ting, bringing out all the skills he brought from later generations, and not letting anyone interfere at all. Mei Ting's daily diet was personally arranged, and he tried his best to concentrate on it.

The fragrant, light, delicious and highly nutritious meals were not repeated every day, making the ward overflowing with aroma, just like a restaurant. Mei Ting's appetite was whetted, and the blush that had disappeared for a long time crept up again.

cheek.

Ma Chaoyang, Jiang Yanming and others who came to ask for instructions couldn't help but gulp down their saliva every time. They couldn't leave Shan Hu for a moment, and even when Mei Ting was eating, they had to run out and get big pieces of meat to satisfy their cravings, but they always felt that

The fragrance in her nose lingered, and Mei Ting was even more surprised. She had been taking care of Tang Qiuli's life since they got married.

Unexpectedly, her husband has this skill. He is really a mysterious man. When she thinks about how he thinks about military matters and racks his brains for meals every day, Mei Ting's eyes can't help but smile like crescent moons. She is also happy to let her husband cook the delicious food herself.

Whenever she feeds it into her mouth, Mei Ting's heart will be filled with happiness.

The doctors and nurses on duty were so moved when they saw the performance of the division commander. The general who commanded thousands of troops was so chivalrous. Especially the young female nurses, every time they saw this scene, they were filled with emotion.

They were so moved that their eyes were red, wishing that it was them who were lying on the hospital bed, and Tang Qiuli would become the scenery that would never fade in their spring boudoir dreams.

However, Mei Ting also felt carefully that there was always a kind of guilt in Tang Qiuli's heart. Mei Ting, who was smart and considerate, did not say anything. Perhaps this was the best way for her husband to express her feelings.

In my heart, I didn't feel any blame or blame for Tang Qiuli. Seeing her husband lose weight, I felt very distressed.

At this moment, Tang Qiuli, who was lying on the floor, saw the battle report and couldn't help laughing out loud. Mei Ting immediately opened her beautiful eyes and looked at her husband questioningly. Tang Qiuli smiled and gave Mei Ting

Ting read the telegram, and Mei Ting also smiled. She liked to see her husband happy. Yan Xishan bypassed himself, the highest commander in the war zone, and sent the battle report directly to Nanjing. He could see through this little thought at a glance.

However, in any case, Datong won the battle and relieved him of his worries about that direction. This is a good thing. The iron abacus never makes a loss-making business. No, as soon as he invested some capital, he will get interest soon.

, if Datong really ended up like that, Yan Xishan would have made such a fuss that the whole world would know that he had suffered a big loss.

In the direction of Niangziguan, because the Japanese army was always in a state of oppression and could not attack or retreat, the battle situation was deadlocked there. Feng Jiwu reorganized the Jin army very smoothly. He took advantage of several favorable opportunities that appeared to allow the Jin army to cooperate and attack.

The division troops carried out local counterattacks and achieved corresponding results.

After this fight, the situation came out. The commander of the Jin army could not adapt to the tactics and fighting style of the ** division. The quality of the soldiers was even worse. The communication and communication were not as good as that of the ** division's troops.

Negotiating equipment and equipment down to the company level, often when the battle is about to end, Jin army troops rush to the battlefield in chaos.

Feng Jiwu had never expected them to be of any use. Now, there were reasons and excuses. From the division commander to the regiment commander, those who were dismissed from their posts and those who were sent back to Taiyuan were sent away immediately to clean up Yan Xishan's old record.

Everyone had real faults. Even though they cried and complained in front of Yan Xishan, Commander Yan had no choice. Knowing that these five divisions no longer had the surname Yan, he felt distressed and didn't like these wimps very much.

After getting rid of these stumbling blocks, Feng Jiwu carried out drastic reorganization of the former Jin Army troops. All five divisions were converted into brigade-level organizations. Brigade commanders and regimental commanders were promoted from deputy positions at all levels of the ** division, only the original

Zhou Zhenhui, chief of staff of the 91st Division of the Jin Army, served as brigade commander. He was also the only person in the Niangziguan Jin Army who was reused. It can be seen that he is gold and will shine sooner or later.

Feng Jiwu adopted a rotation method for middle and lower-level officers. The former battalion, company and platoon commanders of the Jin Army were all assigned to the ** Division to serve as corresponding deputy positions, and then a full set of commanders were transferred from the ** Division. This is also

Feng Jiwu's brilliance was not to move troops but to change generals. The so-called "general is the courage of the soldiers" is the truth. To say that the soldiers of the Jin army are all good, as long as they are led well, they will not worry about becoming*

*The main force of the division.

There were two brigades of troops. Feng Jiwu did not dare to interfere with the officers of the Jin army. They were the backbone of his wife's defense line and could not be careless. Now, Feng Jiwu had 130,000 troops in his hands, and

The Japanese troops on the opposite side were of equal strength, but their combat effectiveness was uneven. He did not dare to use such troops to launch a comprehensive counterattack against the Japanese troops, and could only be on the defensive.

From west to east, along the Yellow River, the battle line is drawn. A small victory in the direction of Datong is safe. Defending the direction of Niangziguan is not a problem, and there is no need to worry. On the Taihang Mountain battlefield, the Japanese army is still advancing step by step. Because of its strength

Taking advantage, the Ma Chaoyang Brigade and Jiang Yanming Brigade on the inside were temporarily dormant in Huangyadong. The Liu Chun Department of the 1st Cavalry Brigade and the Tong Batu Department of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade fighting on the outside line were hiding and waiting because the Japanese troops were concentrated and had no fighter planes to find.

The overall situation is that Datong and Niangziguan are in a stalemate, the Taihang Mountains are under the main Japanese attack, and the Taihang Mountain Combat Corps is retreating step by step. The entire northern battlefield is in a state of interlocking, and a favorable situation appears in the Dezhou battlefield in the east.

Since the main force of more than 80,000 people led by Li Honggang and the more than 120,000 troops of Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps joined the Dezhou battlefield, the total strength of the three-way troops of the *** Division gathered in the Dezhou battlefield has reached 38

The number of soldiers far exceeded the strength of the Japanese army, which had been hit hard many times, and it became the largest combat corps in the northern battlefield of the ** Division.

On November 20, the Dezhou Campaign Command, composed of Liu Tiehan, Tang Qiusheng, and Li Honggang, reported the latest combat plan to the division commander Tang Qiuli who was accompanying Mei Ting to recuperate in Huangyadong. On the Eastern Front battlefield, there were already

The situation was favorable to our army. The Japanese army that rushed out of Cangzhou was severely reduced in strength after our army's continuous attacks. They fought fiercely for days and the Japanese army was on the defensive across the board.

Moreover, the battlefield firepower is far inferior to that of our army. The Dezhou battlefield has the conditions to completely annihilate the Japanese army or most of them. The key point of the plan is to divide the troops into three groups, use the frontal battlefield to tightly suppress the Japanese army, and use the left and right wings to make sweeping outflanks.

Strive to encircle the main force of the Japanese army in the Lianzhen and Botou areas.

Tang Qiuli's campaign concept did not change the general direction in the end. He immediately approved the battle plan of the Dezhou Campaign Command. As for the specific method of fighting, he did not have to worry about it. In that direction, three generals of the ** Division were concentrated.

Nearly 400,000 elite troops.

On November 22, the day when the Datong counterattack of the Jin army started, Li Honggang's troops of the left-wing group in the Dezhou battlefield launched a sudden attack with a force of 100,000, forced across the South Canal, and defeated the defense of the Japanese 9th Division.

Kejing County, Fucheng, Wuqiang, Xianxian and other places divided their troops to seize Hengshui and guard against the enemies coming to Shijiazhuang for reinforcements.

The right-wing group Liu Tiehan's troops, with 90,000 troops and a large number of artillery units, crossed the Zhangwei River and Xinhe River. They were stubbornly blocked by the Japanese 17th Division. The attack was frustrated. They then bombarded the Japanese positions with fierce artillery fire.

After three hours of fierce fighting, the Japanese 17th Division suffered heavy casualties and was forced to abandon its Zhangwei defense line on the north bank of the Xin River and retreat to the north bank of the Yihui River to build a new blocking defense line.

Not long after, the pursuers of the ** Division arrived, covering the unfinished fortifications of the Japanese army with intensive artillery fire, opening many ferries on the Yihui River, conquering many Japanese defense points such as Yanshan, Mengcun, Dongguang, etc., and directed their troops towards Cangzhou.

, divided the troops and seized Yaoguantun in the north of Cang. They were on the front line and alerted the enemies coming to help from Tianjin. The 17th Japanese Division was defeated and fled to Cangzhou.

More than 200,000 people under Tang Qiusheng's command of the Central Group launched a full-line attack against the Japanese army facing them. The battlefield was filled with artillery fire and smoke covered the sun. The Japanese artillery was suppressed by the superior artillery fire of the Japanese division, which caused great suffering to the stubborn Japanese army. All forward positions were blocked.

After being destroyed, the Japanese commander faced an unfavorable situation and issued an order to retreat across the entire front. He retreated once to Wuqiao, then to Anling, and to Lianzhen three times, and stood firm according to the terrain between Nanpi and Cangzhou.

The battle situation suddenly changed. The Japanese army, which was attacking across the board, suffered setbacks in two places. In one place, nothing has been gained so far. The troops in Texas on the eastern front were surrounded by the superior strength of the ** Division and were in danger of being completely annihilated. This unexpected result

The situation greatly surprised the commander of the North China Expeditionary Force, Xiangyue Qingji, who was stationed at Niangziguan, and the chief of general staff of the base camp, Prince Xianyuan Gongzai, who was stationed in Peiping.

The two of them finally realized the trouble of using their troops to the limit. They could not send troops from that direction to reinforce the Dezhou direction. They never expected that the ** division troops in the Songhu direction of the southern line would suddenly return north.

Joining the battlefield in Dezhou, what surprised them even more was that Tang Qiuli actually ignored his hometown and dared to send troops to reinforce Dezhou. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't guess that Tang Qiuli had made a dangerous move.

(To be continued)