Japanese Prime Minister Minoru Saito and his cabinet have begun to hesitate a little under international pressure. However, the fanatics of the Kwantung Army and the Little Devil Army did not allow their chariots to stop and launched an assassination operation against Minoru Saito.

Yushi Kodama and Shuzo Toyama colluded to preside over and directly participate in the assassination of Prime Minister Minoru Saito and other cabinet members. Although the assassination failed, Minoru Saito and his cabinet were forced to agree that the Kwantung Army would continue to carry out the "Rehe Sumasa Jihua." ”

On March 3, 1933, the Kwantung Army Headquarters moved forward to Jinzhou, and Muto Nobuyoshi arrived at 15:30 on the same day. In order to completely solve the problem of the Youyan anti-Japanese detachment, the 2nd Division (Lieutenant General Domen Jiro), which was originally scheduled to return to China for reorganization, was ordered to move westward and cooperate with the remnants of the 6th Division to attack the hateful Youyan anti-Japanese detachment head-on.

In order to contain Zhang Xiang's first brigade, Muto Nobuyoshi ordered Liu Guitang's Protectorate Guerrilla Army (about 10,000 people), Ding Qiang's National Salvation Volunteer Army (about 1,800 people), and Jin Bihui's (Kawashima Yoshiko)'s Dingguo Army (about 5,600 people) to dispatch from Fuxin, Chaoyang, and Lingyuan respectively.

At the same time as the main force of the 2nd Division (4th, 16th, and 29th Infantry Wings) was advancing westward, the Japanese Kwantung Army also ordered the 4th Independent Cavalry Brigade of the Motegi Kanenosuke Division in Linxi Town, northwest of Chifeng, to immediately organize a strong mobile Liliang to move south to flank Chifeng.

At about 6 o'clock in the afternoon of March 7, the 16th Infantry Wing, the vanguard of the 2nd Division of the Little Devils, arrived at the front line of Guo Zhuzi on the Chengde front. Having taken over the positions of the 8th Division, combat preparations for the attack on the Youyan anti-Japanese detachment immediately began.

The 8th Division took a break from its roots and turned to the southwest, and unified the command of the subordinate 14th Brigade (Major General Hattori Hyojiro), the mixed 33rd Brigade (Major General Nakake Xin), and the reinforced 4th Independent Infantry Brigade (Major General Suzuki Mitsu), according to the established operation, Jihua went straight to the Great Wall Pass on the line of Xifengkou, and the bloody battle of the Great Wall was about to break out!

Sheng Zhiguo, who had been hiding in Fengtian City, and Zhang Yan and others, who had been hiding in Huasheng Garment Shop, risked their lives to send back the information that the little devil had adjusted the battle. When Qiu Shufen handed the information to her hand, Bai Shujie's head buzzed more than a dozen times!

According to the original normal history, the vanguard of the little devils who were destroyed by Zhang Xiang rushed into Chengde in one go after Wan Fulin fled without a fight.

Now due to the sudden appearance of Bai Shujie's Youyan anti-Japanese detachment, Chengde did not fall according to the original time. However, the Kwantung Army was still desperate and even mobilized troops to fight on two fronts!

What annoyed Bai Shujie the most was that Jin Bihui (Kawashima Yoshiko), one of the traitors he didn't want to see, actually sent troops from Chaoyang and rushed straight to Fifty Jiazi to participate in the battle against Zhang Xiang's Fourth Cavalry Battalion!

Annoyed to angry, now the little devil has increased the second division that has not yet been hit hard, plus the three-way puppet army is swarming, and the enemies in the south, east, and north of the Sanxiandong base area have exceeded 40,000 people!

Bai Shujie is not a fool, as soon as he looks at this jiashi, he knows that Muto Nobuyoshi will not give up if he does not take Chengde and Chifeng! Now that the little devil is preparing for Zuihou, he naturally can't be idle!

After consultation with Gan Tong, it was decided to use the Beishan Village Village Militia Camp as the basis, and select a group of Jishu soldiers from the prisoners of Tang Yulin's guard regiment to form the Fifth Brigade, which belonged to the troops directly under the headquarters. Its main purpose was to strengthen the defense of the southeastern front.

Captain of the Fifth Brigade: Liu Quanyi, Deputy Captain: Cui San'er, Xia Enze.

Guard company (206 people, armed with 6 mortars, 2 heavy machine guns, 8 light machine guns, 36 rifles. Under its jurisdiction: 5th Infantry Battalion, 6th Infantry Battalion, 7th Infantry Battalion, a total of 2,448 people. Each battalion was equipped with 3 heavy machine guns, 72 light machine guns, and 324 machine guns.

The Fifth Brigade was formed, and immediately after three days, it was launched on the line west of the Laoha River in the northeast of Bawang Cave, preparing to meet the 20,000 puppet troops commanded by Jin Bihui and Liu Guitang.

While completing the deployment of the campaign, Bai Shujie also specially visited a group of special "prisoners". That is, Zhang Xiang's first brigade successively disarmed and contained Wan Fulin's troops at the end of February, with a total number of more than 4,800 people.

After some persuasion and education, Gan Tong and Zhao Jinxi were asked to use the special screening method of the detachment to classify these soldiers, and after selecting 2,951 people, they released the rest. These 2,951 men were handed over to the headquarters guard company for training, and 1,637 men from the supplementary battalion in the base area were used as the general reserve.

On March 9, 1933, at 9:00 a.m., the 16th Infantry Wing, the vanguard of the 2nd Division of the Little Devils, dispatched two brigades and advanced to the front line of Beigou. At about 9:30, the two brigades attacked Haojiagou and Lindenshuwa separately, and the battle for the defense of Chengde officially began.

Lan Caiqin, captain of the Fourth Brigade of the Youyan Anti-Japanese Detachment, immediately ordered the defense companies of the Lime Shuwa position and the Haojiagou position to prepare for battle after learning the news of the little devil's attack. There is only one sentence in the order: "People are in the position, never take half a step back!" ”

At the same time, Lan Caiqin ordered two armored trains to move to the flanks of the two positions, on the one hand, to provide fire support, and on the other hand, to prepare air defense against the enemy.

At 9:50 a.m., the four planes of the little devils took the lead in bombing the Lime Shuwa position and the Haojiagou position. The defending unit of the Lime Shuwa position was the Second Company of the Fourth Brigade Machine Gun Battalion, which was personally commanded by Niu Chengzhi, deputy battalion commander. The defensive unit of the Haojiagou position was the third company of the machine gun battalion, and the deputy battalion commander Fu Shengzhang was specifically commanded.

These two guys were all small points from the special discharge of teenagers back then, and they were desperate for Bai Shujie and had a special interest in killing little devils. Their company originally had two heavy machine guns, and after intercepting Tang Yulin's weapons and ammunition, Bai Shujie specially doubled the heavy machine guns and mortars in all forward positions.

Now enemy planes are coming to bomb, and the defense width of both positions is a kilometer, but the positions are all scarecrows. All the hidden trenches were made of boulders and covered with five meters of earth. The bombing of the enemy planes lasted for 6 minutes, igniting all the dummies, and the position was in a sea of fire, which was spectacular!

It was said that there were two enemy planes over the Lime Shuwa position, and the little devil pilot saw that the position was already facing the sky, so he shook his wings and prepared to return. It's a pity that he was too careless, or rather wanted to admire his masterpiece. Before flying away, there was a 300-meter-diameter low-altitude hovering with a snake!

Niu Chengzhi took a look, since you don't want to go back, then stay and forget it! Seeing the opportunity, he ordered the vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft machine guns hidden on both sides of the position to fire cross-fire!

Four heavy machine guns fired at the behemoth at an altitude of 300 meters, and one of them was broken up at that moment! The other fled from the battlefield with thick smoke, but unfortunately it didn't go far before it fell headlong! Coincidentally, it just smashed on the starting position of the little devil!

Niu Chengzhi's defensive battle had just begun, and he hadn't seen the little devils on the ground yet, but he didn't expect the little devil planes to take the initiative to help and reimburse one of their brigades by one-third!

The captain of the 16th Wing of the little devil saw this kind of accidental bombing, and he was furious, but he was helpless. The air combat squadron is the pride of the sky, and he can't afford to offend! He was in his heart for a long time, so he had to add another squadron to the forward position, urging the front to immediately "kill the chicken" work!

At the Haojiagou position, the bombing by enemy planes also failed to achieve the expected goal. Because of the sudden appearance of the armored train, which posed a mortal threat to the two enemy planes, it became an offensive and defensive battle between the armored train and the enemy planes in Zuihou. The stalemate reached Zuihou, and the enemy plane's time in the air was exhausted, so it had to retreat in a gloomy manner.

The enemy planes retreated, and the little devils are still the same old routine. The 75mm field cannon bombarded again for five minutes, and the first attack of the little devil finally began.

Hand-to-hand combat is a test of the will of the offensive and defensive warriors. The execution of tactics requires soldiers to fight with a knife and a gun.

The second division of the little devil has been unlucky since it came to Mukden. In the past six years, as long as the headquarters of the Second Division encountered the Youyan anti-Japanese detachment, it had not won once! From the division commander downward, they all hung the name of this opponent on the head of the bed, bent on revenge. This time before returning to China, he got this opportunity, and Duomen Jiro secretly made up his mind that he must not let Bai Shujie, the devil of China, go crazy again.

Because the 16th Infantry Wing was the first to complete the assembly, it was the first to reach the front. The captain of Dazuo Wing can't wait to tear Bai Shujie apart in one bite in order to eliminate the hatred in his heart. He couldn't wait for the follow-up troops to arrive, so he took the lead in the attack, hoping to take the lead among the tens of thousands of besieging troops.

As the saying goes, if you want to hurry, you can't get there. Although the commander of the unit is full of confidence, it is difficult to say the actual effect. The first day of offensive and defensive battles between the two sides was lackluster, so let's not press the table for the time being.

It is said that the commander of the Motegi Brigade of the 4th Brigade of the Little Devil Independent Cavalry, who occupied Linxi Station, is planning a combat strategy for advancing westward, and the 25th Wing has already set off as a forward. The Kwantung Army Command gave the order at this time to turn around and head south.

The 4th Brigade of the Motegi Independent Cavalry, originally the main direction of operation, was to guard against a sudden attack by Soviet Russia in the north. Therefore, this separate 4th Cavalry Brigade is a strengthened formation. The 25th and 26th Wings of the department have four cavalry brigades, one cavalry artillery brigade, and one machine gun squadron respectively.

The brigade headquarters also directly subordinate a 105mm field cannon brigade, a tank squadron, a communications squadron, and a medical squadron, totaling more than 14,000 people. However, the artillery brigade and the tank squadron are currently staying on the Baichengzi line north of Tongliao because they have to guard against the attack of Soviet Russia.

A large force of thousands of people is not easy to turn around, but the military order is difficult to do. After some calculations, Motegi decided to go south immediately. However, last time, he was plotted by Bai Shujie twice in a row, although the Imperial Japanese Army did not suffer much loss, but the puppet army attached to it and the surrendered Cui Xingwu army were all wiped out, which made Motegi angry.

This time, hum, you must give the hateful devil a little bit of retribution!

The commander of the Motegi Brigade couldn't help but laugh when he thought of his pride, and then shouted sharply: "Someone, send a report to the 25th and 26th Wings: The 25th Cavalry Wing will immediately turn south from Xinmiao to Sanyi, attack all the way forward, and break the cavalry in front of you." The 26th Cavalry Wing immediately attacked from Shuangjing to contain the cavalry troops in front of the Zhina. ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.