Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 671: Release the Water

The Japanese troops in the Heshun direction did not continue to attack the Guanshan defense line to seize Niangzi Pass and regain Shijiazhuang and Baoding, but they had the intention of attacking Taiyuan with more than 80,000 troops. Tang Qiuli was confused by this uncharacteristic approach of the Japanese army. 80,000 troops

It is obviously impossible to attack Taiyuan with enough troops. What they have to face is hundreds of thousands of Jin troops. In the defensive battle of Wuxiang, the Jin army has gained confidence. Eighty thousand people will not be able to accomplish anything. Taiyuan is Yan Xishan's lifeblood. He

You still have to fight the Japanese.

Besides, there are more than 80,000 troops of Feng Jiwu Corps behind him. Could it be that Okamura Neiji lost his mind after losing Tianjin and let these Japanese troops die? The mystery here has not been solved yet. Chang Feng in Huangyadong

An urgent telegram was sent, "Division Commander, at about 9 o'clock this morning, we besieged Huang

The main force of the Japanese army in Yadong suddenly withdrew from the area around Huangyadong and its whereabouts are unknown. Only one division of troops was left to continue the offensive. However, the offensive was greatly weakened. I asked the division commander whether our unit could launch a counterattack.

Annihilate this Japanese army near Huangya Cave?"

What? Okamura Neiji has withdrawn his troops from Huangya Cave. This is definitely good news, but where did he go? This old devil is really confusing. He has been missing in Tianjin for three days before he wants to move.

, he ordered Yu Deshui, the director of the intelligence department, to immediately send a telegram to Sun Zhenbang and the special operations units to immediately find out the whereabouts of Okamura Neiji's main force, as soon as possible, and contact all units of the Eighth Route Army to ask for the same information.

Not knowing what Okamura Neji's next plan was, he had no way to deal with it. Before Yu Deshui left, the director of the communications department rushed in, holding several telegrams in his hand. Seeing that he had run all the way, he was panting.

Report: "Division Commander, Commander Sun Zhenbang reports

According to the report, the Japanese troops around Huangyadong were all assembled with Qin County as the destination. The Japanese troops monitored by the special operations units were assembled with Xiying as the destination. In addition, the Eighth Route Army headquarters sent an enemy situation report. The Japanese troops opposite the Eighth Route Army departments were directed to

Gather at Zhangyuan as the destination."

"What?" Tang Qiuli asked loudly. He took the telegram and read it carefully. The more he looked at it, the darker his face became. All the telegrams explained one problem. Okamura Neji was moving, and all the Japanese troops in the Taihang Mountains were moving.

The troops were on the move, so he rushed to the map and marked the Japanese army assembly points. After reading it, he took a breath of air.

Understand, all the gathering areas of the Japanese army are centered around one direction, which is Wuxiang. Wuxiang is the southern gate of Taiyuan, guarding the exit from the Taihang Mountains into the Jinzhong Plain. If Wuxiang is lost, the Japanese army can march straight in to attack Taiyuan.

Jin

There is no danger to defend the Central Plains. Neji Okamura's move is cruel, vicious, and unexpected. Who would have thought that he would ignore the rear base in North China and let himself smash his lair to pieces?

, but made a desperate attempt to attack Taiyuan.

After understanding Okamura Neiji's intention, the docile Japanese army did not attack Guanshan, but marched westward to attack Jinzhong. This can easily explain that Okamura Neiji was betting that after occupying Shanxi, he would go south with the Kwantung Army and regain Pingjin.

Tang Qiuli secretly sighed that Okamura Neiji's move seemed risky, but in fact it was the best way to solve the current passive situation of the Japanese army in North China. By occupying Taiyuan and even the entire Shanxi, Niangzi Pass and Jingxing Pass would lose their role as natural barriers.

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Okamura Neiji can wait for the arrival of the Kwantung Army's southward troops, go out of Niangzi Pass and Jingxing Pass in the east, penetrate directly into the hinterland of Hebei, and threaten Shijiazhuang and Baoding. At that time, he will be threatened by the Kwantung Army in the north, and Okamura in the south.

Can Neji's pressing force still hold up in Pingjin? Of course not. He can only evade his attack by spitting out Shijiazhuang, Baoding, and Tianjin. As a result, Pingjin was recovered by the Japanese army, and Okamura Neiji gained Shanxi.

This man is a skilled soldier, capable of both danger and deceit. He has taken eccentric swordsmanship, such as the siege of Huangyadong, and the raid on Taiyuan. He can be called a famous general by the Japanese military in the history of China's Anti-Japanese War, but he is not a waste of money.

False reputation, Tang Qiuli felt a kind of encounter in his heart.

The opponent was excited, but Okamura Neji was unlucky. If the Kwantung Army went south and entered the pass earlier, Tianjin would not be able to defeat it. It is not necessarily known whether Okamura Neji still has the move to attack Taiyuan.

Everything is forced out by oneself.

Tang Qiuli was trying to figure out Okamura Neiji's thoughts when his staff sent a telegram from Tang Qiusheng. The Japanese troops retreating towards Cangzhou had already joined the corresponding Japanese troops. Our troops in the Botou area had only intercepted about 10,000 Japanese rearguards.

, the result of the battle was very unsatisfactory, Tang Qiuli understood that it was not the troops going south from Tianjin that exposed their intentions, but this was a back-up move arranged by Okamura Neiji.

The Japanese army was heavily integrated into a group, nearly 400,000 strong. Although Tang Qiuli had Liu Tiehan Dongzhi's 220,000 troops, Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps had 140,000 troops, plus four of Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan garrison.

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There are more than 50,000 troops, two brigades of the Korean Iron Corps, and three brigades of Li Honggang's 29th Corps, with more than 60,000 troops. The total strength can reach 470,000. No matter how good their teeth are, they can swallow them in a short time.

There are not that many Japanese troops.

If you don't do it well, you will lose a few front teeth. Okamura Neiji has calculated this accurately and concentrated the Japanese troops. He wants to eat you to death. If you kill this Japanese army, your own troops will be greatly weakened, and more than half of them will be left.

Not bad, there is also the threat of the Kwantung Army that can enter the Pass at any time. In the Ping-Tianjin area, the time for a strategic decisive battle with the Japanese army is far from mature.

Anyway, after all, his work was not in vain, and he got something out of it. He ordered all the corps to stop attacking and monitor the movements of the Japanese troops on the spot. More than 80% of his troops were concentrated in the Pingjin area. He had to think carefully and don't be fooled by Gang.

Ningci Mura made dumplings. Tang Qiuli thought it was weird, so he switched with Ningci Okamura. He occupied the Taihang Mountains, and wanted to occupy Shanxi, but he occupied Pingjin. This is inconsistent with history. Is it recorded in history?

Is it wrong?

Just as Tang Qiuli turned his mind to the important matter of Okamura Neji's attack on Taiyuan, a staff officer hurriedly ran in and said, "Report to the division commander that we have received a telegram from the Japanese troops monitoring Zhangjiakou in Huailai and Xuanhua lines this morning.

Around eight o'clock, Yan Xishan's Jin army suddenly launched an attack on the Japanese troops in Zhangjiakou.

According to observations, the Jin army dispatched more than 260,000 troops this time. The two sides are now engaged in a fierce battle outside Zhangjiakou. The Jin army has already controlled the Dongguan area. Since it was not notified in advance, our troops did not participate in the battle.

, please tell me, division commander, whether to coordinate the Jin army to attack the Japanese army in Zhangjiakou?"

Tang Qiuli held his head and groaned. In this chaos, various situations were intertwined. Yan Xishan added to the chaos, and there were people like him who didn't know whether to live or die. Okamura Neji's eyes were already fixed on Taiyuan. He was in his twenties.

Thousands of Japanese troops were preparing to attack Wuxiang, with their fangs exposed. He still wanted to attack Zhangjiakou.

Yan Xishan's intention was simply naked and undisguised. Seeing that he was conquering cities in the Pingjin area and making a lot of money, he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity and attack Zhangjiakou. He was afraid that he would not agree, so he just did it

If you strike first to gain the upper hand, you will be able to create an established fact and there will be nothing you can do about it.

Zhangjiakou is the piece of fat that best suits Yan Xishan's appetite. Without much effort, he can connect northeastern Shanxi and northwest Hebei, bringing with him the rich products of the Bashang grassland. When he was fighting fierce battles with the Japanese army at Jingxingguan and Shijiazhuang,

He didn't see him reaching out, so he tried to stop him and fled to Zhang's house.

The Japanese troops in the mouth did not take action, causing the loss of nearly a regiment of troops. Now that they saw an advantage, they took advantage. How can there be such a good thing in the world? You treat others as fools, but you, Yan Xishan, can turn your head.

Son, Tang Qiuli despised this Shanxi native emperor in his heart.

Since entering North China, especially after the July 7th Incident, what Yan Xishan did made Tang Qiuli feel really cold. He thought of getting rid of him more than once, but there was no suitable opportunity. Now that the opportunity came, it was accompanied by a huge...

The danger, Okamura

Ningji's acquisition of Shanxi undoubtedly had a favorable situation, and there was also the uncertain factor of the Kwantung Army. More than 400,000 troops were concentrated in the central and southern Hebei plains, making it impossible to hide their strength and implement large-scale strategic maneuvers.

is a disadvantage.

If you are not careful, you will be caught between the Kwantung Army and Okamura Ningji. This is a gamble that is ten thousand times more dangerous than Okamura Ningji. The bet is on the Japanese army led by Okamura Ningji and Yan Xishan.

The Jin army fought fiercely for a long time in Shanxi, and both sides suffered losses.

He has plenty of time to deploy his troops and reap the benefits. If Yan Xishan's Jin army is defeated soon and Okamura Neji's troops come over with the pressure of victory, he will have no choice but to run back to the Taihang Mountains and have to deal with them.

The Kwantung Army troops were chasing after them.

How long can this Yan Laoxi hold on? Tang Qiuli has no idea in his heart. He weighs all the pros and cons repeatedly in his mind. If the king fails to make an order, the enemy will be defeated. It will be difficult, it will be difficult to die. Tang Qiuli holds his head,

Sitting on the chair, his face was gloomy and he moaned like toothache from time to time. Everyone in the division looked at him in surprise. They had never seen the division commander look like this before, and they couldn't help but feel worried.

Mei Ting and Mei Xue were even more distressed, thinking that he had an unbearable headache. Mei Xue gently touched his forehead, but there was no abnormality. She wrinkled her beautiful brows, and her beautiful eyes were full of confusion. Tang Qiuli had already fallen into almost half-madness.

In the state of thinking, Mei Xue's actions were not at all

Realizing that Mei Ting had been with him for a long time, she saw Tang Qiuli's eyes were blurred. She gently pulled the sister who was about to ask and shook her head. She had encountered such a situation before and knew that once this man

This is the state when something is difficult to decide.

"**, take a gamble and take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. With your decades of experience and thorough understanding of the history of the war, you still can't beat this old devil Okamura Neji?" Tang Qiu

Once Li made a decision, all his thoughts became clear, his dazed eyes became clear again, and his face regained its energy.

Mei Ting, Mei Xue, and everyone else breathed a sigh of relief. Their familiar commander was back again. Tang Qiuli stood up and looked at everyone with bright eyes. The determination between his brows and the fierce momentum radiating from his body made him

Everyone's hearts trembled. What new decision did the teacher make?

(To be continued)