The Third Bloody War of Resistance Chapter Ten, the Mad Tide, Section 4, the Destruction of the North China Expeditionary Army (VI)

Li Zongli was silent. Pan Wenhua and he belonged to the Sichuan Army, but Pan Wenhua belonged to the 21st Army. The 47th Army was the former Sichuan Border Defense Army Li Jiayu Luo Zezhou. During the melee in Sichuan, the two armies were opponents. However, after seven years of war of resistance, the Sichuan Army gradually became a whole, and the core of this whole was not Sichuan people, but Zhuang Jihua. Deng Xihou, the boss of the Sichuan Army, Yang Sen, Pan Wenhua, Wang Lingji, and the middle-level generals below all admitted this in fact.

"Commander, once the Japanese army finds our army blocking, he still has a way, from Xiaba, cross the northern mountainous area, exit the Great Wall, and reach Xinglong." Li Zongli said: "To prevent the Japanese army from going this line, sending troops to block will disperse our troops. It is better to surround the Japanese vanguard first, lure the main Japanese army to help, and buy time for the subsequent troops."

Pan Wenhua did not immediately answer. The troops coming not only included Chen Lie's New 14th Army, but also the 112th Army of the New Eighth Army, which did not belong to the 52nd Army. The 6th Tank Brigade, which was assigned to him, was hidden in the southwest valley of Sungezhuang.

At this time, contact the staff to report, and the lurking reconnaissance team reported that when Baxianshan found the Japanese search troops, Li Zongli was a little anxious: "Commander, make up your mind, otherwise it would be too late."

"Okay, send a strengthening regiment," Pan Wenhua finally gave in. The reason why he made him give in was Li Zongli's concerns. If the Japanese army could not open the way to advance east, they would inevitably go north to the Great Wall and make the entire encirclement fall into nothing.

Li Zongli was overjoyed, turned around and grabbed the phone to order the troops, while Pan Wenhua ordered the communications officer, ordering the reconnaissance team to lurk in Baxian Mountain, monitor the Japanese army, and report the movements of the Japanese army at any time.

The reconnaissance team is composed of the reconnaissance battalion of the group army. Each team has six or seven people, carrying a telephone. These teams were sent out before the group army arrived and were reconnaissance to the Longquan Mountain area of ​​Baxian Mountain.

More than an hour later, the vicinity of Taiping Temple became quiet. The canyon from Taiping Temple to Longquan Mountain is silent. The peaks on both sides seem a little lonely and desolate under the afterglow of the setting sun, and tired birds fall into the sparse woods.

After passing through the Eight Immortal Mountain, Shinichi Tanaka's heart finally fell into his stomach. The sky was getting darker. The troops began to light torches and a long line passed through the canyon.

Shinichi Tanaka rode on the horse, looking at the dark mountains on both sides, and breathing a sigh of relief.

"At this speed, you can reach Taiping Temple in another hour." Qi Tian sighed, but in terms of force, the Battle of Pingjin was the largest gathering of troops by the Imperial Army after the Battle of Wuhan. Before the war, the generals of the North China Expeditionary Army were full of confidence, but less than a week after the war started, the front line was completely defeated, the Gu'an defenders were annihilated, and Langfang was surrounded on three sides, falling into a full passiveness.

Shinichi Tanaka also sighed. He failed several times from Myanmar to North China. His ambition to strengthen his aggression in the past had long faded. Now what he wanted most was to take the troops out of this dangerous area as soon as possible.

Perhaps everyone knew that they were going to escape from the dangerous areas, and the troops were moving faster. They quickly crossed Longquan Mountain. Shinichi Tanaka finally smiled: "Qi Tianjun, it seems that the Chinese army did not expect the Imperial Army to take this road. The Chinese general made a big mistake. If he set up a unit in Baxian Mountain, we would have to turn around and go north."

Generals who moved to the government and trustworthy are still believing that a Huang army soldier is equivalent to five Chinese soldiers. Shinichi Tanaka no longer believed such nonsense a few years ago. After the Battle of Pingjin, he did not want to believe such nonsense. In the current situation of the army, once a Chinese team seizes the Eight Immortal Mountain, he will definitely not have the confidence to break through the Chinese team's defense line.

Qida also agreed with Tanaka Shinichi's judgment: "When the God of War was beaten, the Chinese General might have miscalculated this time."

"The China incident has been going on for seven years, and I still haven't seen any hope of resolution. Qitianjun, the empire is full of crisis." As the distance from Taipingji became closer, Shinichi Tanaka was in the mood to chat.

"As samurai, we can only fulfill our duties as samurai. As for the rest, we can only leave it to fate." Qitian's tone was pessimistic. The fate of Japan's failure in the Battle of Petrozine was certain, but the allies demanded unconditional surrender, which was unacceptable to the empire, and they could only fight.

The cherry blossoms are beautiful, but their beauty is only a short moment, and in this short moment, it emits brilliant light. Japan is like the cherry blossoms, fifty years of hard work brings a brilliant moment. This moment is so beautiful that it intoxicates all Japanese people, but when they wake up, the prosperity dissipates in that moment, and only infinite fear is left.

Shinichi Tanaka was speechless and looked up at the sky. The firelight brought the trees and strange rocks in the mountains. In the distance were several bright stars, hanging in the flashes. Two red stars suddenly rose from the top of the mountain and flew towards the sky, emitting a red light.

In an instant, Shinichi Tanaka felt that the entire sky was illuminated by these two stars. The black mountains exuded a strange beauty under the red light, and all the twinkling stars disappeared behind the beautiful scenes.

"What is that?" Shinichi Tanaka murmured in a low voice, but there were already a few sharp whistlings in his ears.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

More than a dozen shells exploded in the valley, and the team was in chaos. The adjutant next to him hurriedly grabbed Shinichi Tanaka's dock and shouted loudly at Shinichi Tanaka. Shinichi Tanaka heard nothing. He just stared at the strange red color in the sky.

It was still Qi Tian who reacted, jumped off the horse and ran to Tanaka Shinichi's horse for a few steps, and pulled Tanaka Shinichi off the horse. Tanaka Shinichi then woke up. The troops were attacked, and the Zhong** team was attacking his division.

There were constant shouts coming from all over the place, gunfire everywhere, mortar shells exploded in the valley, soldiers were rushing to find shelter, and Shinichi Tanaka was pulled behind a rock by his adjutant.

"Why? Why is this happening? What's wrong?" Tanaka Shinichi kept murmuring to himself. He staggered to the back of the rock, everything around him was in chaos.

"Teacher Commander, Division Commander! What to do?!" In the fire, Qi Tian's face was pale and his eyes were filled with panic. Obviously, he did not recover from the raid of the ** team.

Chief of staff, Masaki Sawazaki, came in the rain of bullets, and a shell exploded not far away, and the shock wave staggered him. Tanaka's adjutant quickly grabbed her, but Sawazaki's body rushed forward and rushed to Tanaka. The two of them rolled under the rock.

The adjutant and Qitian quickly pulled them up. Before Sawazaki could stand firm, he gasped and reported to Tanaka: "Teacher Commander! We have been fooled! We must seize Longquan Mountain as soon as possible! Cover the retreat of the division."

"Yes, we must seize Longquan Mountain as soon as possible!" Qi Tian also agreed, "Tele to the commander of the riverside that when we encounter an attack, we order the 78th Division to come up as soon as possible.

Sawazaki's collision woke Tanaka up from shock and confusion. He stretched his head and looked left and right. On the mountains on both sides, the firepower of the Zhong** team was very fierce, and the valleys that lasted several miles were filled with gunfire and explosions. The explosion in front was even more violent. Tanaka heard that it was the explosion of the 105 howitzer shell.

Tanaka grabbed the map from the staff officer and squatted on the ground. Sawazaki and Qida were also squatting beside him. Tanaka said: "From the firepower, the Chinese army has at least..."

As he was talking, gunfire sounds were heard in the direction of Longquan Mountain behind, and Guqiangyu opposite also made gunfire sounds. The staff quickly came to report that the Chinese army appeared in Longquan Mountain. Judging from the firepower, there was a brigade.

After several years of war, the Japanese army's equipment for the Chinese ** team, especially the reorganized troops of the Central Army, was relatively clear that the Qiwu Mountain artillery equipment was at the first level of the brigade, and the 105 howitzer only had the first level of the army;

The 150 howitzers are only equipped by the army; so as long as you listen to the sound of the cannon, you can judge the size of the ** team.

"There are at least one Chinese army in front of us." Tanaka looked very serious: "The Chinese army's attempt was to encircle and annihilate our division. If we just block our army, they would not seize Longquan Mountain and Guqiangyu.

"To break the Chinese army's attempt, we must immediately open up the contact with the 78th Division, order the 55th Regiment to take a defensive position against the frontal Chinese army, and order the 56th Regiment to quickly seize the 107th Highlands and 103th on the left side

Highland, order the 114th Regiment to draw no less than one brigade of troops to defend Longquan Mountain and launch an attack on Guqiangyu. Be sure to seize Guqiangyu as soon as possible to ensure the safety of the division's rear route."

Due to the delay in obtaining the orders of the division, the commanders of each unit have begun to act according to their own judgment. The tactical qualities of the Japanese low-level officers are undoubtedly revealed. Mizushima judged from the sound of cannons that the frontal Zhong** team had a division, and with his unit's strength, he could not break through the frontal blockade, but he still sent the Takashu team to attack the frontal Zhong** team, and at the same time, sent Yoshikawa Squadron to seize the small hill on the east side. Because this hill was tight from the valley, the Zhong** team did not leave troops on it.

There is no doubt that the Takashu brigade, which was attacking the front, was quickly shot back. At this time, Tanaka's orders arrived, and Mizushima immediately deployed troops to launch defense on the spot. At this time, the Japanese army also discovered a situation that was beneficial to them, and it was already dark.

The fire emitted from the muzzle is extremely eye-catching in the night, but in the night, except for this red light, other areas are pitch black. This kind of night is very beneficial to the movement and defense of the troops.

The troops can completely take advantage of this favorable situation.

Tanaka obviously also discovered this powerful information. In the previous round of attacks, although the soldiers showed great courage, the troops were still beaten back. Only the attack on Gu Qiangyu gained a certain amount of gains and conquered the two hills at the foot of the mountain.

"The division must retreat overnight!" Tanaka immediately concluded from Mizushima's report that he was unable to open the passage to the Dongling Mountain and immediately made a decision to retreat.

But what disappointed Tanaka Shinichi was that his decision was revoked by Kawabian Masato. Kawabian Masato's order was to launch an attack at night, and the entire army advanced eastward, taking advantage of the favorable opportunity of night battle to open a bloody road and rush towards Dongling.

"After receiving a telegram from Commander Meijin, the 138th Division is approaching Dongling. As long as our army can rush across the Pacific Ocean, we can meet at the 138th Division. I have ordered the 78th Division to increase its speed. Join your headquarters and your headquarters should make up your mind to attack forward and defeat the Chinese army's blockade!"

Shinichi Tanaka's hand was shaking with the telegram, and he couldn't help but curse...!~!
Chapter completed!