Chapter 2: The Arduous War of Resistance (14)
As soon as the military seat moved, the soldiers of the guard regiment immediately followed closely, and to the northwest of Lijiatunzi, the sound of gunshots, grenades and grenade explosions one after another was the dominant voice in this world. Columns of smoke rise one after another, and a few lives will always be harvested. On the battlefield, in front of bullets, all are equal - all have only one life.
Ouyang Yun did not use a telescope to observe the enemy's situation from beginning to end. The Cadet Corps attaches great importance to the training of the reconnaissance team, which is the lowest class unit, and one or two soldiers will also receive special reconnaissance training. Through the reconnaissance power of one-tenth of the base of the army, the telegraph that spread to the company, and the walkie-talkie that spread to the battalion, he had already mastered all the battle reports in the surrounding area before entering Lijiatunzi. In the Changping direction, the battle between the Jibu Brigade and the 108th Division and the 9th Division has reached a white-hot stage. After the reorganization of the 108th Division, the current division commander is Lieutenant General Kumaya Shimomoto, and the chief of staff is Toshiyuki Suzuki. After Kenji Dohihara inserted a pole, he finally returned to the track of history. After taking over the reconstruction of the 108th Division and getting the opportunity to send troops to investigate, what Xia Yuan Xiongmi thought about the most was how to be ashamed. The capture of Tu Feiyuan was both a shame and an opportunity for him. The shame is because no matter what you say, Tu Feiyuan used to be the division commander of the 108th Division, and as an imperial soldier, the shame of his predecessors naturally has a share of his juniors; The so-called opportunity, of course, is because of the terrible predecessor of Tu Feiyuan, and he can be recognized as long as he does a little bit of work.
The strategy of the First Army breaking through the Nantianmen, and then advancing to Beiping and forcing the Xuebing Army to fight a decisive battle was first proposed by Kazuki Kiyoji. And how to grasp the overall initiative on the battlefield and fight a decisive battle with the cadet army where they want is a headache for all officers at or above the brigade commander level of the First Army. No one doubted that once Beiping was in danger, Ouyang Yun would still be able to stand still. Compared with Jicha Pingjin and Renqiu, the center of the Xuebing Army, the location of Beiping is quite important. If the First Army can really take Beiping into its pocket, it will be able to take the initiative in the subsequent strategic battles. This point is known to the Japanese, and they believe that Ouyang Yun will not understand. Terauchi Shouichi and Kazuki Kiyoji believe that the most ideal place for a decisive battle is Miyun, and there are Great Walls on both sides of the northeast of Miyun, which can effectively prevent the Cadet Army from carrying out large-scale strategic transfers. Once the decisive battle was chosen there, it meant that the Japanese army only needed to deploy heavy troops on the southwest side. It's a pity that the Japanese army failed to open up the situation at both Gubeikou and Xifengkou, and could only go north along the Great Wall at the end of the day, and finally found the breakthrough of Nantianmen. Yanqing or Chicheng are actually good decisive places, but because their strategic position is not absolutely important, it is not enough for the student army to fight at all.
Beiping is a good choice, no matter from which point of view, the student army will not allow the fall of Beiping. And the one who proposed to take the Changping Huairou Line as the decisive battle place was Shangyuan Xiongmi. Compared with the North China Plain and the dodge areas along the Great Wall, the conditions for the Changhuai Line to be conducive to the operation of large Japanese troops are the gateways to Beiping, and any city can be developed into a bridgehead that directly threatens Beiping. Then there's the plain-dominated terrain. The Changhuai line is still mountainous, but it is all mediocre, and it is not conducive to the ambush operation of small troops, that is, there is no kind that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. This was naturally extremely advantageous for the Japanese army, which had superior forces. Shangyuan Xiongmi also mentioned a condition that was superior to the Yanchi line, Changping was only about 200 kilometers away from Tanggu, and after the destruction of the main airfield in Chengde, the Japanese army could use aircraft carriers to deliver air strikes on Changping's student army.
Terauchi Shouichi and Kazuki Kiyoji adopted Kamimoto's suggestion, and all the actions of the troops directly under the First Army and the North China Front began to be carried out in the basic tune of the decisive battle with the Xuebing Army on the Changhuai Line. Among them, Shangyuan Xiong Mi even recommended himself to pass the task of conquering Changping and forcing the army of scholars to come to help.
The 108th Division's initial battle in Changping went very smoothly. In the face of a group of security forces, it seems that it is impossible for Shangyuan Xiong Mi to fight fiercely. And a very interesting thing that happened during this period is that because the security forces in Changping are wearing military uniforms with distinctive characteristics of the National Revolutionary Army that have been eliminated by the Cadet Army, and some of the military uniforms have not yet removed the armbands of the Cadet Army, therefore, after defeating this security force, Shangyuan Xiong Mi personally inspected the battlefield and issued such a feeling: "The Cadet Army is not very good? I wondered, why did Tu Feiyuan-kun lose! ”
This question is not difficult to understand, after the Jibu Brigade rushed to Changping, after two rounds of fighting between the two sides, Shangyuan Xiong Mi understood - the previous must be the quasi-armed army of the Scholar Army, this is its regular army! Then he said ambitiously: "Such an enemy is worthy of our defeat!" Glorious soldiers of the Imperial Army, forge our honor with the blood of the people of China! ”
Speaking from the heart, Shangyuan Xiong Mi is still very promising to become a politician, and his speech is very inflammatory. Of course, this may have something to do with the glorious achievements of the Japanese army in the Northeast and the First Great Wall War of Resistance. Of course, sooner or later, people who talk big will have to suffer. And Shangyuan Xiong Mi seemed to be unlucky, but after six hours, he tasted this bitter fruit. Faced with the remains of hundreds of imperial soldiers in front of the position of the Jibu Brigade outside Changping City, the old devil began to re-examine his opponent, and then used the pretext of discovering the main force of the Scholar Army to get the Ninth Division over.
The Ninth Division had already fought with the Cadet Army at Xifengkou before, and suffered a big loss. As soon as he heard that the main force of the student army had appeared in Changping, Yoshizu Ryosuke did not dare to be careless, and went to the headquarters of the 108th Division in person to discuss countermeasures with Shangyuan Xiong Mi. Then, there was a "wonderful move" of the 18th Brigade to attack Lijiatunzi. If Ouyang Yun hadn't used the rapid march to drive the "main force" troops over, this move would indeed be worthy of the title of "wonderful chess". However, with Qin Xiangyu's regiment appearing in Huangzhuang as a divine soldier, this move has now become a wrong move, and may even become an "outcast".
Whether it's Shouichi Terauchi or Kiyoji Kazuki, this time he made a big mistake. They miscalculated Qin Dechun and the determination of the 29th Army to resist the war. The 29th Army rescued Yanqing with two divisions, and even retreated to Huairou, which became an accident and restrained the Japanese army's strength.
Pan Yugui must be mentioned here. The reason why Terauchi Shouichi and Kazuki Kiyoshi missed or ignored the 29th Army this time was because of this old traitor.