Chapter 663 The army is sent to the east of Ji

Hearing that there were only a few Japanese troops stationed in Chengde, he decided not to wait for the follow-up infantry main force to follow up, and took Chengde first, more than 9,000 cavalry, raised dust in the sky, and rolled towards Chengde to kill, the large and small Japanese pseudo-strongholds along the way, ignored them at all, these Japanese troops and puppet armies, seeing the cavalry team that did not see the head and tail, where did they still have the courage to fight, plus the adapted cavalry brigade, before they had time to change their clothes, and they didn't know whether it was an enemy or a friendly army, just turn a blind eye and pretend to be confused.

Tong Batu's cavalry troops, along the lì arrived at the city of Chengde, Bagena's team, swaggering to call the door, the Japanese soldiers guarding the city gate, recognized the military uniform as a friendly army, a little interrogation, and let it go, until they saw the cavalry behind, only to find that things were not good, just picked up the three or eight guns in their hands, late, a few bright sabers, unceremoniously cut off their heads, the cavalry entered the city of Chengde, immediately tore off the camouflage, slashed and killed, the scattered Japanese soldiers and puppet army, killed the fart, Corpses littered the streets and alleys of Chengde.

Six or seven hundred Japanese troops and gendarmes retreated to a barracks, taking advantage of the favorable terrain to carry out a stubborn counterattack, Bagena's cavalry, who had no experience in this kind of street fighting, still charged on horseback, was shot down by a dense rain of bullets, suffered more than 100 casualties, the cavalry retreated like a tide, Bagena was so angry that he scolded, this is the first battle to participate in the independent division, if you don't fight well, where will you put your face? personally got on the horse and organized a cavalry charge, but was stopped by Tong Batu, who rushed to hear the news.

Bagena wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Tong Batu: "Brigade Commander Tong, such a tough battle, cavalry is not a strong point, let's surround the little devils here first, or wait for the infantry behind to come up" Tong Batu smiled mysteriously, the soldiers of the Second Cavalry Brigade, how many times have they experienced this kind of urban siege, and they are extremely experienced, and they don't need the brigade commander's order to know how to fight such a battle.

Turning over and dismounting, the mortars immediately set up firing positions, and even more so those grenadier soldiers, who did not even get off their horses, stood on the saddle and could fire as soon as they spoke, more than 100 mortars, more than 200 grenadiers, and a formation of brushes and brushes, not counting hundreds of light and heavy machine guns, immediately dumbfounded the soldiers of Bagena and the 6th Cavalry Brigade.

Bagena swallowed and foamed, and asked Tong Batu with difficulty: "Brigade Commander Tong, is this the equipment of your brigade?" Tong Batu didn't think so, he didn't think so, this is the basic equipment of the cavalry brigade of the independent division, originally, there are eight Type 92 infantry guns, which can be disassembled and carried by four horses, Tong Batu dislikes it too heavy, wasted horses and didn't want it, he doesn't know, these have a great shock to Bagena.

Seeing that the artillery was ready, Tong Batu gave a faint order: "Full coverage of the shelling, not a single mouth will be left alive" Just these two sentences are equivalent to pronouncing the death sentence of six or seven hundred Japanese soldiers, a fierce artillery bombardment, the small Japanese camp immediately fell into a sea of fire and gunsmoke, shrapnel flew sideways, the fire flashed, the Japanese soldiers were bombed really could not stand it, organized a breakthrough, waiting for them was a dense rain of bullets fired by light and heavy machine guns.

Twenty minutes later, the shelling stopped, the light and heavy machine guns stopped firing, not a single Japanese soldier rushed out, the smoke cleared, dozens of soldiers dismounted, listlessly went to clean the battlefield, according to their experience, there will be nothing left in it, as for those three or eight guns, the soldiers still can't look at it, it is nothing more than to check the bloody corpse of the little devil, and make up a few shots for the wounded soldier of the little devil who has not yet lost his breath, this job is extremely boring.

That's it? Bagen's mouth was wide open, it was six or seven hundred Japanese soldiers, if you let your troops fight, you don't have more than a hundred lives, you don't have a lot of half a day's effort, you can't take it down at all, but people only have more than 20 minutes, Tong Batu looked at Bagena's appearance, grinned, he guessed Bagena's thoughts, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Brother, don't be greedy, soon, your brigade will all be equipped with such equipment." ”

Bagena woke up like a dream, the path he chose, it seems that he is on the right track, the Tang division commander who has not met, what a big stroke, the second cavalry brigade in Chengde continued to purge the remnants of the enemy, capture traitors and puppet soldiers, and by the time Yu Guanghan led the infantry of the three brigades to Chengde, Tong Batu had already taken care of Chengde in an orderly and orderly manner.

Yu Guanghan complained to Tong Batu, "Brigade Commander Tong, you can't wait for me to arrive and then fight Chengde, why don't you say that you have to leave me a mouthful, you are good, you eat it all, and you are not afraid that you can't digest it," are all old acquaintances, when Yu Guanghan was the chief of staff of the independent division, he dealt with the brigade commanders a lot, and Tong Batu was not polite, "Chief of Staff Yu, who made your infantry slow legs, this is called whoever catches up with who eats the first bite, there are too few little devils, I'm sorry, let's take it all."

After the troops rested for a day, according to the plan, they went south to the front line of Zunhua and Tangshan, and occupied the important town of Tangshan in eastern Hebei at the end of April.

The cobbled together security forces of the autonomous government of the Eastern Hebei Defense Communist Party, under the huge momentum of more than 9,000 cavalry, fled from the wind, saw the dust covering the sky and the sun, and did not see the shadow of the cavalry, they had already abandoned the city and fled, and the big traitor Yin Rugeng had already fled into Tianjin City.

If this toss continues, even the emperor of eastern Hebei can't stop, he can't help but escape, eastern Hebei is located between Pingjin and the northeast, and it has always been the most reassuring and safe place for the Japanese army, plus there is Yin Rugeng, a hardcore traitor to take care of the Japanese, the Japanese army did not put its troops in the eastern Hebei area at all, it was nothing more than some military police and other troops, which were swept away by Tong Batu lightly, and they were wiped out, without the escort of the Japanese, can Yin Rugeng not pee his pants?

According to the order of the division commander Tang Qiuli, all the mineral deposits that could not be used by the independent division were not left to the Japanese, and in order to cut off the channels for the Japanese to plunder China's resources, tons of explosives were placed in the mines of various coal mines, and the explosions sounded one after another for two days and two nights, and the coal mines in eastern Hebei were all reduced to ruins. The Japanese don't want to take a piece of coal from Jidong.

All the machinery and equipment have long been transported away by Zhou Yushan's transport troops, and he is the most fond of doing this kind of work, and the coal miners and their families have also been properly resettled, and those who are willing to join the independent division will be recruited immediately, and those who will drag their families with their families will be paid by the logistics department of the independent division, and they will be sent to relatives and friends, or they will go to Taihang Mountain, Shaanxi, and Dingbian to settle down.

At this time, Yu Guanghan made a fortune, and the coal miners, who were strong, well-constituted, and had a sense of organization and discipline, recruited more than 40,000 people, organized into three recruit brigades, trained on the spot, and temporarily followed the troops.

When the Sulu Mobile Corps swept through Rehe, northern Hebei, Pingbei, and eastern Hebei, the three brigades attacking Baoding also launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army in Baoding at the same time.

This is the key fortified city of the Japanese army in North China, the Japanese defense force was originally a garrison formation, equivalent to strengthening the brigade level, the strength of about 18,000 people, due to Okamura Ningci to carry out the military operation to sweep the Taihang Mountain, the use of more troops, part of the withdrawal, later, in order to recapture Shijiazhuang, and transfer most of the troops, one and two, the Japanese army in Baoding, only less than 5,000 people left in the defensive force, it can be said that the strength is relatively empty.

Tang Qiusheng used three main brigades to attack Baoding, which can be described as killing chickens with a knife, the combat target of the Sulu Mobile Corps was Tianjin, he didn't want to waste too much time in Baoding, to Tang Qiusheng's surprise, the knife cut to the neck of the iron rooster, and the battle of Baoding was quite fierce from the beginning.

The resistance of the Japanese garrison was beyond imagination, the battle was fought from the periphery to the city, from the street fighting to the point by point, every step of the attack of the Sulu mobile corps had to pay a considerable price, and the stronghold of the Japanese soldiers was held to the last man, and even the wounded soldiers pulled the grenades on their bodies, and the soldiers who surrounded them died together.

The original plan was to capture Baoding in one day and one night, but after three days and three nights, it still failed to occupy all of Baoding, Baoding City was full of gunfire, Tang Qiusheng was very anxious, the second stage of the Shijiazhuang Campaign, several other battlefields, were carried out very smoothly, only the key point of the Jizhong Plain Baoding, there was an unexpected situation, the most important thing is that if Baoding can not be conquered, his troops, can not let go to fight Tianjin, this is a battle involving the overall situation.

Tang Qiusheng was in the Anguo Headquarters, listening to the fierce gunfire in the direction of Baoding, carefully thinking about every detail of the operation, according to the convention, with the strength of nearly 40,000 troops in three brigades, attacking Baoding, which was less than 5,000 defenders, and the strength was eight times that of the Japanese army, how could it be in the current situation?

For the attack on the Baoding troops, he has nothing to find fault with, now the only way is to increase the attack force, however, Tang Qiusheng's hands, there are no troops to adjust, in Xianxian County, Suning line to attack more than 100,000 Japanese troops, is already reluctant, what he is most afraid of, is the only heavy army group of the Japanese army in North China, react, from Xianxian, Suning line counterattack.

This situation is not impossible, the longer the battle of Baoding drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to itself, and the entire strategic intention will be exposed sooner or later, and you will lose all the games if you are not careful, but where is the problem in Baoding? Tang Qiusheng had no answer.

(To be continued)