Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 701: The Japanese Chief Broken Wings

Taiyuan and Okamura Neji's 80,000 remnant troops were surrounded. Tang Qiuli commanded the troops to attack for two days. After suffering slight casualties, he stopped the attack. The Kwantung Army, which left Tianjin and went south, desperately attacked Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps.

Blocking the defense line, Tang Qiusheng's regiment suffered heavy casualties, with as many as 7,000 casualties in one day. Although Tang Qiuli was distressed, he had to order Tang Qiusheng to defend the position to ensure the smooth progress of the Taiyuan battle.

It's not like he has never thought about sending the Kwantung Army's southward troops into the Taihang Mountains to fight again, but the risk of doing so is too high. With the strong combat effectiveness of the Kwantung Army's troops, it is easy to break through the second blocking line of the Eighth Route Army and Yuan Jinghao's troops. In a few days

You can reach Taiyuan City within a short time. Being attacked from both sides is a danger that no army can bear, and Tang Qiuli is no exception.

It was really difficult for him to decide whether to deal with the Japanese troops in Taiyuan first, or to mobilize most of the troops from the periphery of Taiyuan, march eastward to southern Hebei, and join forces with the Sulu Mobile Corps to kill the Kwantung Army's southward troops, and then face the next wave of Kwantung Army's southward attacks.

General Jiang Baili's advice on priorities gave him determination.

The reason is very simple. Taiyuan cannot be captured in a few days. Even if it is captured, a heavy price will be paid. The troops are crippled. The Sulu Mobile Corps alone, with its depleted morale after a long period of fighting, cannot stop it.

In the second wave, the Kwantung Army troops entered the border to reinforce the Japanese army of Okamura Neiji. It was possible that the Sulu Mobile Corps would be surrounded by the Japanese army in the Ping-Tianjin area.

The postponement of the attack on Taiyuan is different. Okamura Neiji and his 80,000 remnant troops are already trapped in a urn. They lack food and grass inside and have no reinforcements outside. If they besiege them for a few days, the morale of the Japanese army will inevitably be low. It will be much easier to attack again. Therefore,

,Jiang Bai

The main point of General Ri's suggestion is that the fight in Taiyuan can be temporarily suspended. The Kwantung Army's southward troops, who fought a bloody battle with the Sulu Mobile Corps, must be dealt with as soon as possible. This can relieve the Taiyuan frontline troops from worries and also cut off Okamura Neji's hope.

Therefore, Jiang Baili's finishing words prompted Tang Qiuli to make up his mind to kill the Kwantung Army's southward troops first. He immediately issued an order. Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps sent the main force of a brigade to cooperate with Tang Qiuquan's special operations detachment.

The Shuozhou and Ningwu areas in northern Shanxi were cleared, and the small number of Japanese troops who originally pursued Yan Xishan's Jin army were eliminated on the spot.

Chang Feng's Taihang Mountain Field Corps immediately marched eastward to Pingjin, and together with Tang Qiusheng's regiment, completely annihilated the Kwantung Army's southward troops in Xiong County, Renqiu, and Hejian. They then rested on the spot and prepared to face the Kwantung Army's southward march again.

Troops, as for Okamura Neji, let him live for a few more days, since he can't run away anyway.

Think about it, in order to end the fighting around Pingjin as soon as possible and give the troops more time to rest and recuperate, Feng Jiwu was ordered to, in addition to the four brigades attacking Jinzhong, the rest of the Niangziguan garrison, led by him personally, join immediately

encirclement and annihilation

In the battle of the Kwantung Army troops going south, Tang Qiuli was ruthless. In the Pingjin area, with the strength of nearly three regiments, he fought head-on with the Kwantung Army troops that were marching south again. He destroyed the arrogance of the Kwantung Army for the third time.

Take Tianjin.

Tang Qiusheng, Feng Jiwu, and Chang Feng formed a battle headquarters, with Tang Qiusheng as the commander-in-chief, Feng Jiwu, and Chang Feng as deputy commanders-in-chief, and unified command of the troops. This battle that will take place soon will have a decisive battle.

Due to the nature of the situation, the Japanese army in North China, except for the heavy force group of more than 400,000 people on the Cangzhou front line, had no available troops. The Japanese garrison in Peiping only had more than 20,000 people in one division, so it could not achieve much success.

Tang Qiuli assembled three regiments with nearly 280,000 troops around Pingjin. In addition, Liu Tiehan's East Command troops of 300,000 people were on the Cangzhou front line to suppress the Japanese army. Almost all of the ** division's wealth was in the Pingjin area.

Tang Qiu

The next target of the battle is the more than 400,000 Japanese troops entrenched in Cangzhou to deal with the attack of Liu Tiehan's East Command troops. If this battle goes smoothly, there will be no heavy Japanese army groups in North China, Peiping will be easily accessible, and all North China will be recovered

Although Chang Feng's troops were transferred, the troops surrounding Taiyuan still had nearly 180,000 troops, more than double the Japanese Taiyuan defenders. However, their combat effectiveness was inferior to other troops, except for Feng who attacked Jinzhong.

Four brigades of Jiwu Corps

, is the main force of the veteran, Sun Zhenbang's Yellow River Defense Corps is the second-line force. Tang Qiuli commands the six newly formed field brigades. He is not worried that the morale of the troops alone can crush the city.

of 80,000 Japanese soldiers.

Okamura Neiji didn't know this. He huddled in Taiyuan City in infinite desolation. What he saw was the Japanese Army troops in the mountains and plains outside the city. They were waiting eagerly for the Kwantung Army troops to come to rescue them. There were trenches and gun muzzles.

, which frightened him. He didn’t know how many days he could hold Taiyuan with more than 80,000 people.

, squeezed into Taiyuan City, and the citizens in the city were nervous about everything, especially ammunition, which could not be supplied, and there were even fewer shots fired. All the soldiers, including himself, felt that their lives were counting down, and their morale was

I am depressed. Yesterday, several junior officers committed suicide by caesarean section, which further destabilized the morale of the military.

After everything was deployed, the general attack on Taiyuan began again. Tang Qiuli adopted a layer-by-layer peeling tactic. He first concentrated his artillery and attacked the strongholds on the outskirts of Taiyuan. After a day of fierce fighting, he first captured the outlying areas such as Taigu, Qingxu, and Yangqu.

The defensive key points were further reduced and the encirclement was further reduced. Except for the fact that Jinzhong had not yet been conquered, the battle achieved the expected goal.

The next day, Tang Qiuli commanded the troops to focus on attacking Jinzhong and captured Jinzhong. Taiyuan lost the last peripheral barrier. This battle was much easier to fight. The troops could choose attack points at will and pay attention to the battlefield in the headquarters.

In Tang Qiuli's situation, he suddenly heard the sound of a plane's engine in the air. He frowned. Was it the Japanese army that sent planes to bomb our positions, or to airdrop supplies and ammunition into Taiyuan City?

However, the Japanese rarely do this. He stepped out of the headquarters, and sure enough, seven planes flew over from the due east. In the telescope, dazzling plaster flags were painted on the underside of the plane's wings. It was approaching. It could be seen that it was

Six fighter jets and one transport plane were hovering over Taiyuan. Several guards quickly gathered around Tang Qiuli, watching the movements of the Japanese troops vigilantly.

Tang Qiuli was a little confused. What were the little devils up to? They were here for bombing. Without bombers, what's the use of a few fighter jets? If they were here to drop ammunition and supplies, what could a transport plane do?

Son, after a few weeks of circling over Taiyuan, the Japanese military plane landed at Taiyuan Airport. He thought: Could it be that they wanted to pick up some important person? Or were they sending confidential documents?

He immediately ordered Tong Le Yiqin to be called and personally issued the order: "Commander Le Yiqin, seven Japanese aircraft have landed in Taiyuan City, including six fighter jets and one transport aircraft. The air force immediately took off to intercept and intercept the Japanese aircraft in Shanxi.

All the planes were shot down. I want to see who are the important people who are worthy of using the plane. Even if they come to pay homage to their birthdays, they still have to survive."

After receiving the order from the division commander, Le Yiqin's face glowed with excitement. The ** Division Air Force has had no combat missions recently. After the last devastating blow to the Japanese aircraft in North China, there is nothing flying in the sky anymore.

The Japanese aircraft in the Northeast did not make any big moves at all, except for the occasional one or two that snuck over Pingjin to have a look.

After the air force planes took off to intercept, these Japanese planes were running faster than rabbits. The division commander had strict orders not to pursue them into the northeastern airspace. They could only watch the Japanese planes slip away. Everyone was so angry that they cursed, but the pilots couldn't hold it back.

Broken, looking eagerly at the continuous success reports coming from each unit, feeling panic in their hearts, Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang have already formulated a combat plan against the Kwantung Army Air Force, and will implement it after reporting it to the division commander for approval.

Finally got a chance to take action. Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang did their part and went into battle in person, taking twelve planes into the air. He also learned Tang Qiuli's tactics, concentrated their superior forces, and fought two against one without letting anyone go.

Afterwards, Tang Qiuli watched the Japanese planes fly away and turned back to the headquarters. He didn't need to worry about the matters in the sky and left them to Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang.

Ten minutes later, news came from Le Yiqin that all Japanese aircraft had been shot down in the airspace around Liaoyang. Tang Qiuli nodded with satisfaction and said to Shan Hu: "Huzi, send someone to Liaoyang to check on Le Yi."

"Qin brought down something, and focused on searching the transport plane." He had a hunch that he might be able to catch a big fish this time.

In the evening, the person who was sent came back and really got back a lot of things. One of them, a gold-handled command sword, caught his attention. It was a general's sword. The handle was inlaid with gold that symbolized the Japanese royal family.

Juhua, at least a major general, was also a heavyweight who received a sword from the Emperor. It was a worthwhile trip. He put down his command sword, looked at several cowhide file bags with half-burnt edges, and opened one at will.

There were some telegrams in it, which were nothing more than the crisis of the current situation in Taiyuan, requests for reinforcements, etc. He opened a few more, but they were all rubbish. Tang Qiuli was a little discouraged. When he opened the last one, his eyes lit up.

It is a Taiyuan city defense and troop deployment map. It is marked with troop deployment, firepower points, bunker groups, minefields, artillery positions, etc. This is a generous gift. With this map, how many casualties can be reduced in the attack on Taiyuan?

Putting down the picture, he picked up a document on the table and opened it. Tang Qiuli was shocked. Although the photo on the document was burnt and blurred, he could still see at a glance that it was the same as Okamura Neji's in the historical data.

The photo is the same, and the name on the certificate is also that of Okamura Neiji, as well as his position. All of them indicate that the owner of this certificate is the famous Japanese general, General Okamura Neiji, the commander of the North China Expeditionary Force.

Tang Qiuli was a little stunned. God, Okamura Neji was killed like this. He couldn't believe that historically, this old devil was in North China in order to eradicate the armed forces of the Eighth Route Army and turn North China into a model security area. The Japanese army

He stabilized the rear base, but he often came up with cruel ideas and played many new tricks. He was killed by an accidental order by himself. Wasn't he dreaming?

(To be continued)