Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 682: General Mobilization in Dingbian

Taiyuan fell, and the political, economic, and cultural center of Shanxi Province fell into the hands of the Japanese army. In this battle, the Jin army used more than 200,000 troops to resist the nine-day attack of more than 300,000 Japanese troops. The Jin army paid a heavy price and followed Zhao Chengshou

Entering western Shanxi

The number of troops in the north was less than 60,000. Correspondingly, the Japanese army paid a greater price. Counting from the Taigu and Jinzhong battles, plus the Taiyuan battle, the total casualties were more than 90,000. Okamura Neji's attack

Once the spearhead is blunted, the soldiers can no longer fight.{}

This is not the result that Okamura Neiji wanted. The casualties in the attack on Shanxi exceeded his estimate by several times. This had to have a huge impact on his follow-up combat plan. The first was the issue of troop strength. The huge Shanxi,

With more than 200,000 troops alone, it is impossible to completely

After several days of fierce fighting, the physical strength and combat effectiveness of the soldiers dropped significantly. The most important thing was the Jin army’s tenacious resistance and desperate determination on the battlefields of Taigu, Jinzhong, and Taiyuan, which had a psychological impact on the soldiers.

The impact cannot be eliminated in a short time.

Okamura Neiji had no choice but to order the troops to rest for three days. As a reward for the bravery of the imperial soldiers in combat, and also to boost the flagging morale, the Japanese Shanxi Occupation Force Headquarters issued an order that all soldiers could move freely for three days.

During this period, the military police did not stop any behavior of the soldiers. This order was equivalent to releasing more than 200,000 beasts in cages, whose bloodthirsty hearts were aroused by the war and massacre.

For three whole days, the ancient city of Taiyuan was reduced to a slaughterhouse for Japanese soldiers. Nearly a million innocent citizens became the target of Japanese soldiers to vent their primitive desires and bestiality. Taiyuan City was full of fireworks, gunshots, and chases along the streets.

Women, Japanese soldiers who broke in and looted property, and the corpses of innocent citizens were scattered all over the streets and alleys. They were shot and killed indiscriminately and massacred. Taiyuan City suffered an unprecedented disaster.

On the west bank of the Yellow River, at the Wubao Ferry across the river from Liulin Town in Shanxi Province, Tang Qiuli stood on the bank of the Yellow River, looking at the land of Sanjin on the other side. His eyes penetrated the Luliang Mountains, crossed the Jinzhong Plain, and seemed to see the inner city of Taiyuan.

There was blood everywhere, his expression was solemn and slightly painful, and there was a trace of loss.

The late spring wind, carrying the earthy smell of the Yellow River water, kept blowing his flowing variegated hair, blowing a corner of his military uniform, like butterfly wings, dancing gracefully. Behind him, Mei Ting, Mei Xue and Shan Hu exchanged and explored.

Without disturbing him, Mei Ting stepped forward and put a windbreaker on him. Tang Qiuli just smiled faintly and said nothing.

Everything went according to his plan. Hundreds of thousands of Jin troops were beaten to pieces, leaving only more than 60,000 defeated soldiers. Yan Xishan's capital to rule Shanxi had been lost. The more than 60,000 soldiers who broke their courage on the battlefield

The remnant troops will not be able to achieve much success, and the Japanese have no intention of letting go of the remaining Jin army. Two Japanese divisions have already moved out of Taiyuan, targeting the remnants of Yan Xishan's Jin army in the Shuozhou area of ​​northwest Shanxi.

The Japanese were also seriously injured, with more than 90,000 casualties, nearly one-third of the Japanese army attacking Taiyuan. Neji Okamura, who lost too much blood, had to rest for three days as a last resort. Both the Jin army and the Jin army suffered losses.

The Japanese army is the result he most hopes to see. When the expected result

When the fruit came, Tang Qiuli was not too excited in his heart. He personally trained Zuo Siyuyu's regiment of the Second Brigade. Their performance on the Taigu battlefield and the nine-day defense of Taiyuan won him a renewed confidence in the Jin army.

Evaluation and respect, this is a team with no shortage of passionate men.

He had already received accurate information about everything that happened in Taiyuan City. The atrocities committed by the Japanese army made him angry and deeply self-blame. He was the director of all this. From the moment he allowed the Japanese army to attack Shanxi, everything was planned.

Among them, Taiyuan City suffered from Japanese

The army was ravaging the Japanese army wantonly, but it was unexpected. Tang Qiuli never understood why an army could show such bestiality and massacre unarmed civilians. Could it be that the Japanese soldiers' strength was better demonstrated than fighting their opponents on the battlefield?

Brave spirit?

Tang Qiuli tried his best to eliminate the thoughts that caused him inner suffering, and focused on the situation in Shanxi after the Taiyuan Defense War. Okamura Ningji was short of troops, which was a foregone conclusion. Northwest Shanxi, southwestern Shanxi, and westward crossing to Shaanxi were the three strategic directions.

He can only choose two of them, and he has to divide his troops to guard Taiyuan and surrounding large cities. The number of troops he can use for mobile operations will not exceed 100,000.

With Okamura Neiji's character and methods, he will definitely make crossing the Yellow River west to attack Shaanxi and Xi'an as his preferred strategic target. The number of troops he can use at each crossing of the Yellow River will not exceed 30,000 to 40,000 people. This is

Created every opportunity for yourself to defeat, Wubao Ferry will bear the brunt, and from Taiyuan to Liulin, it is the closest attack route.

At this time, Tang Qiuli hoped that Okamura Neji would launch the cross-river battle as soon as possible, and he was even a little impatient. The Taigu, Jinzhong blockade and Taiyuan defense battles allowed Tang Qiuli to calmly arrange at Dingbian and gain enough troops.

Time, now, he has 280,000 armed men in his hands to protect the thousands-mile Yellow River defense line.

The trip to Dingbian touched Tang Qiuli a lot. When the Taigu battle started, he had just rushed back to Dingbian. His mood could only be described as "anxious". Sun Zhenbang's troops had all reached the western coast of the Yellow River.

Tang Qiuli felt a chill in his heart as he could see the troop deployment map at each of the main defense locations. There were more than 50,000 people distributed in nearly a hundred defense points on the west bank of the Yellow River that stretched for nearly a thousand miles. How many troops could there be.

This does not include countless small ferries and places where it is easy to cross the river. Taking the Wubao Ferry, which is the most vulnerable to attack, as an example, Sun Zhenbang's Yellow River Defense Corps can only deploy one regiment of troops. This is still a key defense area. As for other

The secondary defense location probably did not even have a platoon of troops, and the river defense was empty. Tang Qiuli felt even more guilty. As long as Okamura Neji broke through the river defense at one point, his Yellow River defense line would collapse.

Entering the urban area of ​​Dingbian, Tang Qiuli was shocked by what he saw. The entire Dingbian seemed to have turned into a city full of soldiers in a short period of time. Teams of heavily armed men and women could be seen at any time.

The young people walked through the street in an unorganized formation but in high spirits, and the passers-by gave them warm applause.

Ask about it, the Third Brigade of the Dingbian Reserve Force, the First Dingbian Workers’ Armed Corps, the Fifth Anti-Japanese Regiment of the Students of Dingbian University of Technology, the Dingbian Citizen Anti-Japanese Desperate Corps, etc., are numerous and easy to identify.

Each armed man had an armband on his arm, with the number of his unit clearly written on it. Tang Qiuli couldn't help but marvel at how, in such a short period of time, Liu Hanzhang, the vice chairman of the Military and Political Committee, and Bai Chucai, the commander of the garrison area, had made

These weapons are truly incredible.

The group of people walked towards the Dingbian City Hall. Every time they encountered a group of armed forces, they couldn't help but inquire. Tang Qiuli kept asking, hoping to get first-hand information as soon as possible. The so-called "curiosity killed the cat", because everyone

They were wearing casual clothes, which aroused alarm. A group of about thirty people wore "Dingbian student uniforms"

Armed with the "United Anti-Japanese First Brigade" armbands, half and half young men and women, wearing neat student uniforms, stopped and dispersed seemingly casually. In fact, everyone held weapons in their hands and held Tang Qiu

Li He Shanhu, Mei Ting, Mei Xue and ten special guards were surrounding the center.

A young woman wearing glasses, who seemed to be their head, pretended to be patient in answering Tang Qiuli's question. A young man had already run to the phone booth on the roadside and started making a call. Shan Hu's eyes jumped and he was full of

Tang Qiuli finished asking about the meaning of appreciation. Just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by the young woman leading the team. He interrogated Tang Qiuli in detail. It was obvious that she was delaying time on purpose, as if she was waiting for something.

people.

Tang Qiuli also noticed it, with a smile on his lips, he looked at this pretty, plump and well-proportioned female college student with interest. Under Tang Qiuli's scorching gaze, her face turned red and she looked slightly annoyed.

After glaring at Tang Qiuli, Mei Ting couldn't help but tighten her grip on the gun in her hand. Mei Ting pinched Tang Qiuli's waist secretly, causing him to grin in pain.

A police car roared past with its siren blaring. A dozen heavily armed SAR Secret Service policemen jumped out of the car. They held weapons in their hands and ordered Tang Qiuli and his party to squat on the spot with their hands on their heads.

"Down, don't move." Tang Qiuli smiled bitterly. In his hometown, he was searched by the police under his command, and a gun was pointed at his head. When word spread, where would he put his face?

If you take a closer look, you will see that they are all young police officers in their twenties. There is not a single familiar face. Speaking of which, the Dingbian Secret Service was established by myself. The first batch of police officers were all from **

The grassroots commanders and veterans selected by each division's field brigades. These guys have become senior officials now and no longer appear on the scene in person.

No one could speak. The flood rushed into the Dragon King Temple, but it was the boss who was hit. Tang Qiuli really didn’t dare to move. Looking at these young policemen, they looked so well-trained that they could even take bullets for themselves.

Maybe, but Tang Qiuli was still pleased. The vigorous atmosphere in Dingbian and the discipline and vigilance of the police in law enforcement gave him indescribable comfort.

Shan Hu grinned. From his professional perspective, these young policemen would not be able to walk a single round under the hands of his subordinates. They would have to stay in bed for the rest of their lives. However, the mental state of these young policemen made it difficult for them to do so.

Shan Hu admired it very much. He had the same idea as Tang Qiuli and was infected by the various atmospheres in Dingbian. He raised his hands in the air and looked a little funny. He walked to a policeman with the rank of lieutenant and looked like a captain and whispered in a low voice.

A few sentences.

There was a look of surprise and suspicion on the face of the police lieutenant. He looked at Tang Qiuli, who looked calm and impressive, and ordered his men to make a phone call. Tang Qiuli shook his head helplessly. He originally wanted to enter the city in a low-key manner so that he could investigate.

In some cases, it depends on how prepared Dingbian is. After such a fuss, it is impossible to keep a low profile.

Just wait and see, after a while, a lot of cars will arrive. It was not his original intention to appear in public under such circumstances. As if to prove his guess, Tang Qiuli was startled by the sound of car motors coming from far and near.

Big jump, no way, such a big formation?

(To be continued)