Chapter 633 was fooled

At the end of the Battle of Jingchengguan, Zhang Hansheng, chief of staff of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, who was responsible for blocking the direction of Datong and reinforcing the Japanese army at Jingchengguan, was born in the field army, and he was extremely experienced in using soldiers, first grasped the heart of the Japanese army eager to reinforce, and used unexpected artillery to frustrate the Japanese army's sharp spirit, and then launched a preemptive tactic to destroy the Japanese heavy artillery wing that exposed the location and coordinates cleanly, and then easily repelled the attack of the Japanese infantry.

The Japanese army that lost its heavy artillery firepower was like a tiger without a sharp claw, fighting at night was not the strength of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army that had been hit stopped attacking, this road was impassable, it was a difficult problem in front of the Japanese commander, and the cunning and treachery of the Chinese army annoyed him even more, and in less than an hour of fighting, he lost all the heavy artillery, and those mortars alone could not shake the blocking position of the Chinese army on the opposite side.

In the battle just now, he understood the firepower of the Chinese army on the opposite side, aside from the artillery, light weapons alone were enough for him to know how difficult this battle was, it was the shooting of tens of thousands of automatic weapons, a metal storm, the charging imperial soldiers, fell to the ground in pieces, and the Japanese commander's heart twitched, he absolutely believed that under such a dense firepower, there were at least dozens of bullet holes on the jade broken imperial soldiers.

He hesitated, whether to report what happened here to Commander Okamura Ninji, knowing that it was extremely unlikely that he could break through the resistance of the Chinese army on the opposite side and reinforce Jingcheng Pass, and that in the dark night, the troops were in a field with no support and no danger to defend, and they were extremely vulnerable to being attacked by the Chinese army.

Before he could make up his mind, Okamura Ningci's telegram came, ordering him to immediately get rid of the enemy in front of him and turn into Shijiazhuang, Jingcheng Pass lost contact, Okamura Ningji realized that things were not good, in the face of Tang Qiuli's heavy army siege, Jingcheng Pass was lost was a matter of time, I didn't expect it to be so fast, in less than twelve hours, more than 40,000 imperial soldiers were all shattered, Okamura Ningji was so distressed that he trembled, and attacked the two troops of Niangzi Pass from behind, only to reach the Liaoyang area, and the heavy weapons were still climbing on the mountain road of Baoze.

As the saying goes, "Fortune is unequaled and disaster is not a single line", and received an urgent telegram from the captain of the wing defending Shijiazhuang, Shijiazhuang was fiercely attacked, the Chinese army has entered the city, is engaged in fierce street fighting, our army has suffered heavy losses, if the reinforcements do not arrive quickly, Shijiazhuang will be lost.

The captain of the Japanese wing defending Shijiazhuang did not lie, Tang Qiusheng used the strength of two brigades to attack the Japanese garrison of more than 4,000 people in only one wing, in order to take Shijiazhuang as quickly as possible, free up his hands to meet the Japanese army coming to the aid from the direction of Pingjin, and killing the chickens with a knife was Tang Qiusheng's leading tactic.

Okamura Ningji stumbled, the Venus in front of him was chaotic, he was really unfortunate by his own misfortune, the devil Tang Qiuli really attacked Shijiazhuang, how many troops Shijiazhuang had, he knew that he immediately sent a telegram to the commanders who reinforced Shijiazhuang from the direction of Beiping and Tianjin, ordering them to arrive in Shijiazhuang within three hours, and if Shijiazhuang fell into the hands of Tang Qiuli's troops, he would not hesitate to take it back.

The Japanese army in the direction of Datong to reinforce Jingcheng Pass, the order received, it was in this situation, Okamura Ningji sent, unfortunately, the order is easy to give, it is difficult to execute, why the Japanese army does not want to do everything possible to get out of the battle, into Shijiazhuang, which has a strong city defense, it is better than this wilderness that has no danger to defend.

The Japanese army could not go, and the troops after Zhang Hansheng were tightly twisted in the area from Fuping to Pingyang, and they could not get out, Zhang Hansheng did not forget the plan of the commander Feng Jiwu, as soon as the battle began, he ordered the troops of the four brigades to outflank the left and right flanks of the Japanese army, and before 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, to complete the encirclement, he had a bold idea, and the situation of the battlefield was developing in a direction favorable to himself.

More than 80,000 people, encircling more than 60,000 Japanese troops, this is a bold idea, a little careless, the encirclement will be broken, after all, the main force of the Japanese army has not been lost, a little scratch the skin, and the Japanese army of more than 60,000 people, it is impossible to complete it overnight, he reported the plan to the corps commander Feng Jiwu, Feng Jiwu very simply vetoed Zhang Hansheng's plan.

It's not that Feng Jiwu doesn't want to fight this battle, his corps, as well as the two important tasks assigned by the division commander, transferred the strength of four brigades, strengthened the strength of Tang Qiusheng's corps, turned around and entered Yangquan from Niangzi Pass, and met the two Japanese troops who came from the direction of Heshun to reinforce Jingcheng Pass, which was also a strength of more than 70,000 people.

Feng Jiwu ordered Zhang Hansheng to inflict heavy losses on the enemy in the direction of Datong if possible, and to repel them, and the troops did not pursue them in depth, but to monitor the Japanese army with the strength of two brigades, and the rest of the troops immediately rushed to the direction of Yangquan through Niangzi Pass, preparing to participate in the next stage of combat missions.

After receiving the telegram from the commander, Zhang Hansheng had no choice but to give up, according to his plan, even if he could not swallow a mouthful, he would have to tear off a piece of meat, the commander did not agree, so he had to launch an attack in advance, he telegraphed the four brigades outflanked on the left and right flanks, not to reach the designated position, and immediately launched an attack on the Japanese army from both flanks.

As soon as his order was issued, he received a report from the front troops, and the Japanese army began to withdraw, however, the direction of retreat was not Datong, but the direction of Shijiazhuang, Zhang Hansheng immediately understood the intention of the Japanese army to suddenly withdraw from the battle, it must be to reinforce Shijiazhuang, then it is even more impossible to let these little devils go neatly, drag them down, and it is also a support for Tang Qiusheng's corps.

The Japanese troops who hurriedly evacuated the battlefield, turned to the direction of Shijiazhuang, and collided head-on with the troops of the two brigades of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps that attacked them, and the two sides immediately mixed up and twisted into a ball, in the night, tracer bullets dragged a long tail, intertwined back and forth, the explosion and fire of grenades and grenades, from time to time flashed the figures of soldiers on both sides fighting, and the sound of iron impact, shouts, and screams were intertwined.

The troops of the Independent Division, with a strength of less than 30,000 troops in two brigades, immediately fell into the encirclement of the Japanese army against more than 60,000 Japanese troops, but the troops of the Independent Division, even if they encountered more Japanese devils, were also troops who dared to fight, and did not adopt the method of blocking at all, and directly entered the Japanese brigade.

It was also taken advantage of the night, the Japanese army did not know how many Chinese troops rushed over, the marching sequence was chaotic by the impact, and it was difficult to stabilize the position, and the Chinese troops on the flanks and behind were killed again, one side topped, two sides attacked, three sides were artillery fire, and the Japanese army that was caught in the middle suddenly appeared chaotic.

The battlefield commanders on both sides reported the situation to their respective superiors, Okamura Ningji shook his head and ordered the Japanese army to immediately retreat to Zhangjiakou, Shijiazhuang has been lost, with this little force, it is impossible to recapture Shijiazhuang, and there is a danger of being surrounded in the periphery of Shijiazhuang, if Yan Xishan's Jin army takes the opportunity to capture Zhangjiakou, the situation will be even more unfavorable.

The Japanese army took advantage of the fact that the encirclement had not yet closed, alternately covered, and retreated in the direction of Zhangjiakou, although it was panicked, it did not lose its discipline, Tang Qiuli received a telegram from Feng Jiwu to Zhang Hansheng, thinking that this was an excellent opportunity, the Japanese army in Zhangjiakou was empty, and immediately ordered Zhang Hansheng to command the troops to chase after him, waiting for an opportunity to seize the Zhangjiakou area, and insert Ningci from the northwest of Hebei Province into Gangcun with a knife, which was enough to kill him.

At the same time, he telegraphed Zhao Chengshou, commander of the Datong front of the Jin army, to set up a blocking line in the vicinity of Weixian County with the strength of five divisions, to set up a blocking line in the vicinity of Weixian, and to intercept the Japanese troops retreating north in the direction of Zhangjiakou, and to encircle and annihilate this Japanese army with the strength of the seven brigades of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps of the Independent Division, so as to completely change the strategic situation of the enemy and us in northwest Hebei.

Tang Qiuli knows Yan Xishan too well, he is a master who can't afford to be unprofitable, he won't send a soldier without benefits, at the end of the telegram, he particularly emphasized that after encircling and annihilating the enemy, the Jin army and the independent division troops joined forces to capture Zhangjiakou and sweep away the remnants of the Japanese army in northwest Hebei, and Zhangjiakou was garrisoned by the Jin army, in other words, the northwest Hebei region that the two families fought down, let Yan Xishan swallow it alone, and from then on, Datong has changed from the front line of the Jin army to the rear, and Yan Xishan is still not moved?

Zhang Hansheng, who received the order, was in great spirits, commanded the troops to bite the Japanese army tightly, chased from Fuping to Laiyuan, the Japanese army launched a wing of troops to block, Zhang Hansheng did not blink his eyes, swallowed the Japanese troops of this wing, even the belt bones, and then chased fiercely, from Laiyuan to Caogou Fort, in front of Wei County, according to the plan, five divisions of the Jin army, will be here to block the Japanese army retreating north.

Zhang Hansheng breathed a sigh of relief, and attacked back and forth, the two troops were more than 100,000 people, and the strength was more than double that of the Japanese army, and the Jin army was waiting for work, and had already prepared, and it was not a problem to eat this little devil at all, he ordered the communication office to immediately communicate with the commander of the Jin army, and wait until the direction of Weixian was started, and the whole army was put into battle.

The radio of the communications office, according to the frequency known in advance, began to call the Jin army headquarters, but it could not be contacted, Zhang Hansheng was not in a hurry, and when it started, it would naturally be contacted, and the troops concentrated on the starting point of the attack, and waited for a full thirty minutes, and the front was quiet, without a single gunshot.

The battlefield was so quiet that it was abnormal, Zhang Hansheng couldn't help but wonder, and immediately sent a regiment of troops to attack in the direction of Wei County, not long after the regiment set off, there was a fierce gunfire in front, Zhang Hansheng was overjoyed, the commander of the Jin army fought twice, did not expose the target in advance, gave the Japanese army a cold and unprepared, sudden strike, in order to achieve the maximum killing effect, the little devil had no way to escape this time.

He ordered the troops, ready to attack, and suddenly the gunfire in front of him became sparse again, what was going on? No matter how much the Jin army can fight, it won't eat the 60,000-strong Japanese army so quickly, right?

(To be continued)