Chapter 923: Tie Your Pockets
According to the plan, Cun Qi, Lu Liming and Tian Ziqi all led their troops to the battlefield! Although it was a little later than expected, the Japanese army did not have time to break through!
"It's finally all here, it's finally here!"
The defenders defending Baoding cheered happily after learning that their reinforcements arrived at the battlefield, yesterday's one-day battle of one of their divisions withstood the tremendous pressure of the Japanese army, although there were hundreds of thousands of their troops around Baoding, but their division was at the center of the Japanese attack, all the battles were fought around the strength of one of their divisions, if they could not hold Baoding, the defense line of more than 100,000 troops would become precarious!
Fortunately, they persevered, and finally waited for reinforcements to arrive on the battlefield, and Tian Ziqi had successfully cut off the retreat of the Japanese army!
"Where did you get so many troops? Didn't the intelligence services say that their troops all left? Why did so many people suddenly come out, and there were so many armored units! Where did they all come from? Okamura Ninji shouted hysterically.
At the beginning, when their army was cut off, Okamura Ninji was not worried about his troops, even if the 50,000 Chinese troops could fight again, he would have 400,000 troops, and even if he used wheel warfare, he could exhaust the 50,000 troops of the Chinese army to death!
But what Okamura Ninji didn't expect was that so many Chinese troops would suddenly appear on the battlefield, although they were still inferior to them in numbers, but with the advantage of the weapons in their hands, they dealt a huge blow to them!
"Your Excellency, what shall we do now?"
The chief of staff knew that their 400,000 troops might not be able to keep it, and their only hope could only be pinned on their troops who secretly entered Taihang Mountain! If the troops of Taihang Mountain had already put all their forces into the battlefield of Baoding, then Taihang Mountain would be an empty mountain, and their four divisions could be unimpeded in Taihang Mountain.
As long as Taihang Mountain is defeated, they still have hope of turning the tables!
However, the chief of staff of the Japanese army did not know that their four divisions were already unable to move an inch in the Taihang Mountain at this time! It's just that because of the terrain of Taihang Mountain, Liao Fan's guard division doesn't have many heavy weapons in their hands, but Taihang Mountain is their hometown, and it is still possible to hoard a little explosives in their hometown.
After Okamura Ningji learned about the specific situation on the front line, he no longer had any hope, since Liao Fan made a move, he would definitely not leave him any way back, this trap was already set up by Liao Fan, but he stepped into the trap set by Liao Fan step by step.
"It's all over!" Okamura had never felt so lost.
He was appointed by the Japanese emperor as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Front in North China, although at that time Taihang Mountain had risen and was a bit unstoppable, but he was still confident that he would hold Pingjin and then find an opportunity to defeat Liao Fan! But what happened today made Okamura Ningci's heart like ashes, and his hundreds of thousands of troops were about to be buried in Liao Fan's hands in the next few days.
"Your Excellency Commander, we still have a chance to turn the tables, maybe our four divisions have wiped out Taihang Mountain and are on their way back!"
Okamura Ningji shook his head gently: "You don't understand Liao Fan, he won't give us another chance!" ”
Liao Fan really won't give Okamura Ningji another chance, when he attacked the Japanese army in North China, Liao Fan wanted to have a decisive battle with the Japanese army in North China and wipe out all the main forces of Okamura Ningji in North China! However, what Liao Fan didn't expect was that Okamura Ningji didn't have the idea of a decisive battle with him at all, and retreated directly to the Pingjin area! After the Japanese army retreated into the Pingjin area, Liao Fan did not dare to do anything to them.
When Taihang Mountain decided to launch an attack on the Kwantung Army, Okamura Ningji thought that his chance had come, this was their only chance, and it was also their best chance, so after confirming the information, Okamura Ningji made a move!
In order to ensure the success of his operation, Okamura Ningji made preparations with both hands, and even at the last moment he did not tell his chief of staff that he would arrange for the troops of four divisions to enter Taihang Mountain! It wasn't until the evening of the troop's departure that his chief of staff knew that he would arrange for 100,000 people to enter Taihang Mountain from Zhangjiakou and go straight to Huanglong!
What Okamura Ningji didn't expect was that Liao Fan also made two preparations, and during the period when the two sides kept peace, Taihang Mountain recruited a large number of troops, and secretly trained 50,000 recruits! In order to confuse Okamura Ningji, when Liao Fan arranged to attack the northeast, he withdrew a large number of soldiers in their defense area at the same time, and with Okamura Ningji's temper, he would definitely stare at Liao Fan's actions, so when the troops withdrew, Okamura Ningji thought that his opportunity had come.
But this time it was not an opportunity, it was a trap, although Okamura Ningji arranged it very properly, even Liao Fan did not expect that he would arrange troops to make a detour from Zhangjiakou into Taihang Mountain! But Okamura Ninji ignored one point, and that is the terrain of Taihang Mountain!
Nature's natural barrier is the best barrier for Liao Fan, the roads in the mountains are intricate, and even the locals can't figure it out in some places, not to mention the little devils who hurriedly enter the mountains, the mountain roads are not easy to walk, and the night roads in the mountains are even more difficult to walk.
The strength of a division of the guard division took advantage of the terrain in the mountains to successfully drag down the Japanese army, and as the Japanese army continued to advance, the casualties of the little devils also increased! On the contrary, the soldiers of the guard division only need to hide in a place where the Japanese army can't reach and detonate the explosives they have already set up.
The strength of a division of the guard division is less than 10,000 troops, and it is unimaginable to fight against the Japanese army's 100,000 troops, that is, the 100,000 Japanese troops stand there without moving, and let them fight for a long time, not to mention that the Japanese army will not stand stupidly, so Li Lingfei has no intention of fighting with the Japanese army's 100,000 army, his purpose is very simple is to delay time!
The 100,000-strong army of the little devils has no logistical supplies in the mountains, and even the bark is not enough for them to eat!
The original idea of the Japanese army was very simple, that is, to sneak attack Liao Fan's station, but I didn't expect to get lost in the mountains on the first night, which was also a helpless thing, I thought of a secret sneak attack, and I couldn't act during the day, but I didn't turn around from the mountains the next night! In the end, I can't find my way back! In this way, I was delayed in the mountains for two days in vain!
Two days is a mountain of supplies consumed for an army of 100,000, and in order to complete the task before the supplies are consumed, they have to expose the target in advance!
However, the traces of the little devil were exposed on the second night of entering the mountain, and it was this night that gave Li Lingfei more time to prepare! On the battlefield, one second away can determine a person's life and death, let alone a night's time!
It was precisely because of this night that Li Lingfei won the initiative on the battlefield, otherwise when the Japanese army appeared in front of them, they could only passively defend, instead of actively blowing up the gravel on the cliff to block the advance of the Japanese army.
The 100,000 troops of the Japanese army were turned around by Li Lingfei, but Li Lingfei did not dare to relax his vigilance at all! Although they succeeded in slowing down the marching speed of the Japanese army, the strength of the Japanese army did not weaken much, on the contrary, because the strength of the guard division was small, a soldier had to be used as three soldiers to complete the task, and on the first day, the soldiers were exhausted, wishing that they were Nezha with three heads and six arms!
"Chief of Staff, you can't go on like this, the soldiers will be tired to death like this!" The regiment commander explained to Li Lingfei the current situation of their troops, the officers and soldiers are holding on, and the efficiency of the soldiers has obviously decreased!
"Tell the soldiers that it will be dark in two hours, and hold out until dark, and the Japanese army will not dare to risk any more dangers!"
The Japanese army has been tossing in the mountains for two days and two nights, and on this road they are constantly vigilant for the rubble from the explosion, and they have to continue to rush forward, the soldiers of the guard division are tired, and the little devils are also very tired! The most on this day is to run, to this side and then to that side.
The guard division used their actions to successfully tell the little devil that Taihang Mountain is easy to come in and not so easy to get out! The little devil is already gritting his teeth with hatred, and he can't wait to bite the stones of Taihang Mountain into powder with his own teeth, and then swallow them into his stomach, this kind of battle can't be fought at all! Because the Chinese army doesn't have much contact with you at all, just run away after the fight, and the rest of the mess is enough for them to clean up for several hours!
At the end of the day, the Japanese army spent most of their time clearing the roads, and they were harassed when they were clearing the roads, so the Japanese army did not advance much road at all in a daytime today!
"How is Li Lingfei doing over there?"
Liao Fan is not worried about the battle situation in Baoding, because everything is according to his plan, and the little devil in Baoding has become a turtle in their urn and can be eaten at any time! The only variable is the four divisions of the Japanese army that suddenly entered the mountain, and these four divisions pose the greatest threat to them!
A day passed, and Li Lingfei was so busy directing the battle that he didn't even have time to drink water, let alone send a telegram to Liao Fan to deliver the news to Liao Fan.
"I don't know, but no news is probably the best news!"
After all, the Japanese army has 100,000 troops, and if Li Lingfei can still pass on news to them if he is free, it means that the battle situation is not good, on the contrary, when everyone is mobilized, it means that things can still be dealt with by them, and they do not need help.
"Yes! No news is the best news! Inform Tian Ziqi and Cun Qi to prevent the Japanese army from breaking through overnight, you must tie your pockets for me, and you can't let a little devil escape from the encirclement! ”
Night is the best cover, whether for them or for the little devils, the little devils in the encirclement will definitely not care whether it is beneficial or unfavorable for them to fight at night in order to break through, what they want most is to escape from the encirclement.