It is precisely because the defensive operations on the front line of Changyu City have been a mess from the beginning, so when the "Nankou Campaign" is mentioned in later historical materials, there is basically nothing to do with Chen Daqing's 4th Division, so that those warriors who sacrificed their lives for the country are also buried in the dust of history!

Chen Daqing arranged a regiment as a salient to build a defensive position in the Xianren Cave-Hezijian. His meaning was very clear, that is, he hoped that the Hezijian position could play the role of a "flat shoulder" -- one end provoked the Loess Ridge in the northeast, and the other end provoked the main position of Changyu City behind him.

In order to ensure that this whimsical "tactical idea" played a role, Chen Daqing also deployed heavy troops (two regiments of 415 and 416) on the 850 heights in the southwest!

The two regiments above this 850 heights also have two roles. The first is naturally to respond to the positions of Changyu City and Hezijian, and the second role is to block the passage of the border city of the town.

In other words, Chen Daqing used three of his four regiments to form two fists, and all of them stretched out! The direct consequence of the guide zhì is that Chen Daqing's chest, that is, the pass of Changyu City, is only one regiment!

It can be simply imagined that in a difficult defensive operation, if there are not enough reserves, it will naturally collapse at the touch of a button!

This kind of tactical idea of sticking out both fists, and during the three-year civil war, Jiang actually came once! One of his fists hit Shandong, and the other hit northern Shaanxi. As a result, he was broken through by the center of Mao Weiren, and an arrow pierced his heart - this is a thousand miles of leaping into Dabie Mountain!

Today, before the enemy came, Chen Daqing stretched out his two fists here, which was exactly the deadly passage that he should defend with all his strength - there were no soldiers available here in Changyu City, and the bane of defeat had been buried!

It was wishful thinking and a self-defeating tactic, but it just happened. And isn't it the greatest sorrow that Townenburg had approved of this form of defense?

The little devil's tactical movements, as well as his ability to read and understand the battlefield, clearly surpassed the defenders here.

A brigade that served as the main attacker simply ignored the Hezijian position on the right, and even less regarded it as not seeing the 850 heights on the left. Instead, the whole army rushed forward and rushed straight to Changyucheng, the main position of the 72nd Division in Changyucheng.

In other words, the simplest tactical move of the little devil abolished Chen Daqing's three regiments!

Now the enemy stormed the city of Changyu, as a result of which three other regiments were left behind the enemy. In other words, Chen Daqing was originally a division with four regiments to undertake the task of frontal defense, but as a result, as soon as the battle began, he lost the strength of three regiments for no reason!

Because of the troops that can be put into combat now, Chen Daqing has only one regiment. The other three regiments, although fully organized, did not suffer the slightest loss. But now that they are separated by the enemy, it's all rubbish!

Of course, if the attacking enemy is only one brigade, Chen Daqing has another alternative method -- that is, to abandon the Hezijian position and the 850 heights, and then the three regiments will flank from behind the enemy's butt and wipe out this brigade of the little devils in one fell swoop!

Will this work? Of course not!

Because behind this attacking brigade is the main force of the 5th Division of the little devils, and it has a powerful field artillery!

Because of this, when the defensive battle of Changyu City began, Chen Daqing was already helpless and could only urgently ask for help!

At this critical moment, Fu Zuoyi ordered the 72nd Division under his command to urgently reinforce him, and the 433rd and 434th regiments lived up to expectations and finally stabilized the precarious Changyucheng defense line.

Chen Daqing relieved himself and immediately ordered the two regiments of 415 and 416 on the front line of the 850 heights to immediately advance eastward, flank the enemy attacking Changyu City, and cover his chest.

I didn't expect the consequences of such a move, and I exposed my right rib in front of the enemy, so that I really embarked on the road of no return to a big defeat!

"Oh? Wow, hahaha-"

The commander of the 21st Brigade of the Little Devil Infantry Miura Toshishi Brigade who arrived later observed the situation on the front line and found that the defenders on the opposite side were already in chaos, and immediately laughed loudly: "What Commander Itagaki said is indeed right, the Shina army is indeed the largest rice bucket in the world!" ”

"Order: The artillery wing opened fire with all its strength to suppress the Shina army on the 850 heights, and the cavalry wing immediately sent two brigades to seize the passage to the border of the town as quickly as possible. Then rush behind the enemy, completely destroy the Shina army in front of you, and take it straight to your arms! ”

Jiang had told Tang Enbo that as long as he held on for eight to ten days, reinforcements would definitely arrive.

Where are the reinforcements? Zhoukou store line!

The 14th Group Army of Wei Lihuang's headquarters quickly concentrated in the Zhoukoudian area through Yixian and Laishui, and prepared to reinforce the Nankou and Huailai areas to fight.

At the same time, the 37th and 38th Divisions of the original 29th Army located on Pinghan and Jinpu Road began to attack between Pinghan and Tianjin with a force, hoping to contain the 20th Division of the little devil and cooperate with Wei Lihuang's army to advance north.

Unexpectedly, Wei Lihuang's 14th Group Army went all the way over the mountains and mountains, and finally rushed to the riverside city in the upper reaches of the Yongding River, which was closest to the border city of the town, but it turned out that he couldn't get through!

There was no way, Wei Lihuang had no choice but to order the large army to immediately turn around and rush to Qingbaikou at the confluence of the Yongding River and the Qingshui River, and then start crossing the river!

As mentioned earlier, it has been raining heavily in recent times, and it is not easy for the brigade headquarters to march. By such a mistake, Wei Lihuang's 14th Army had already spent its best time.

By the time Wei Lihuang's vanguard crossed the Yongding River, Kawagishi Wenzaburo's 20th Division had already gotten rid of the entanglement of Feng Zhi'an's 37th Division, and rushed to the front line of Yanyi Town along the Yongding River, and met Wei Lihuang's vanguard unexpectedly!

The strikers of the two reinforcements collided together, and it was naturally a needle-to-needle, and from the first shot, it had become a situation of endless death.

It was at this time that Major General Miura, the 21st Brigade of the Fifth Division, found that he had no worries, so he ordered his cavalry wing to urgently dispatch and seize the border city of the town by taking advantage of the moment when the opposing defending troops moved!

It's a pity that the little devil has counted everything, including the uneasy routine of the devil Bai Shujie, and it is likely that the troops will be sent from the direction of Akagi. The only thing that was not calculated was that above the head of Wei Lihuang's 14th Army, there would be a heavy artillery position!

Yes, Bai Shujie ordered an artillery company sent out by the Fangshan Independent Regiment to build a position that is now on the top of the head of the place where Wei Lihuang is now located - the main peak above the mountain beam - three pieces of land and the key platform!

At the moment when Toshiyoshi Miura's cavalry wing completed the assembly, three 105mm shells fell from the sky and accurately fell into the cavalry ranks! After three big explosions, the neat cavalry shock formation was blown out of three large holes!

No matter how well the war horse is trained, it is a beast after all. This sudden and huge change led a cavalry brigade of nearly 700 horses to flee.

The shells didn't kill a few little devils, but after the war horse was frightened, more than fifty little devils were trampled to death, dragged to death, and crashed to death!

Is there only three shells? Of course not!

The artillery company above the main peak is equipped with a total of 3 Taisho 14-style 105mm field cannons (range 15 km) and 3 38 75mm field guns (range 11 km).

The artillery battery knew that it would expose its target as soon as it opened fire, so six cannons opened fire at the same time. The long-range natural attack on the front-line cavalry wing, and the target of the 75mm field artillery with a slightly shorter range is the artillery wing of the 21st brigade regiment!

The cavalry brigade that broke the little devils did not need to be killed all, as long as the war horses were useless, so three 105mm shells were enough. The commander of the artillery company immediately adjusted the firing of Zhu Yuan, and concentrated six cannons to bombard Toshiji Miura's field artillery wing.

For the little devils, the means of attack are the same. Without the backing of artillery, the infantry attack of the little devils is not terrible.

From the day of its birth, the Rehe Front was at war with the little devils. So the artillery company commander did not strike directly at the little devils who attacked the defensive positions, but at them in the back.

The sudden and fierce shelling stunned both the enemy and the enemy on the entire battlefield!

For the little devils, neither the commander of the 21st Brigade of the Toshishi Miura Brigade nor the commander of the 20th Division of the Kawagishi Bunzaburo Division did not expect that the government army of China that came to reinforce would have a 105mm caliber field cannon!

According to the information provided by the secret services, the 14th Army of the Chinese government army did not have a heavy artillery battalion at all, but only two mountain artillery batteries, and the strike distance was less than six kilometers.

However, if this heavy artillery company that suddenly appeared now directly hits targets 12 kilometers away, it is comparable to the heavy artillery wing of its own elite division.

Therefore, the commander of the Toshishi Miura Brigade and the commander of the Kawagishi Bunzaburo Division made a decision almost at the same time: "Order the warring troops to quickly shrink their forces, organize defense on the spot, and then immediately find out the enemy's artillery positions!" ”

As a defensive side, they were a little dumbfounded when they saw large-caliber guns over 100mm firing shells incessantly. Because they all understand that there are so many large-caliber guns in the Central Army, but there are not many shells.

Whether it is Wei Lihuang or Chen Daqing, they understand one thing: the person who shoots at the little devil is definitely not the enemy! At this life-and-death juncture, as long as it is not an enemy.

Now there is its own artillery to exert its might, so that one of the cavalry brigades of the little devils has collapsed, and now the field artillery wing of the little devils is too busy to take care of itself, and it is simply impossible to provide fire support to the front line.

The 415 and 416 regiments of the 850 Heights, who were almost dumplings just now, finally became angry at this time. With the order of the two regiment commanders, more than 2,000 warriors bravely marched forward to the valley, cutting off the back road of the little devil's attack brigade!

The artillery company commander standing on top of the three landlord peaks naturally stood tall and could see far away. Seeing that the friendly army was about to annihilate a brigade, he felt that he should help.

Therefore, a 105mm cannon was quickly dispatched, and three shells flew over in a row against the dense formation of the little devils, becoming the last straw that broke the camel's back!

Suddenly, three shells flew over at the most critical moment, completely crushing the little devil's delusion of organizing a defense on the spot, and he could only organize a breakthrough.

However, now under the attack of the three regiments bravely moving forward, the remnants of this little devil's brigade of more than 700 people did not run out for three miles, and the last one was completely annihilated!

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