The Battle of Xiangtangpu in time and space was not well-known in the War of Resistance Against Japan.

But this battle is the richest battle that the 921st Division has seized since crossing the Yellow River to the east!

Because, this battle was not against infantry, but a transport team, a huge transport team.

If a convoy consisting of 181 trucks and connected to more than 5,000 meters in the march is not huge, then there is really no convoy that can be called huge.

At least in the current Chinese military, there are very few such large number of automobile transport teams.

Yes, this is the baggage corps under Tu Feiyuan, the 14th Division that appeared in the last battle of Jindong. After half a month, they came again.

In the past, due to the deterrence of the Shentouling ambush, the Japanese army strengthened the defense of this strategic traffic line connecting Hebei, Shanxi and Henan provinces.

The attacked Licheng garrison reached 1,800, and the city increased by 500. The Dongyang Pass garrison reached an infantry squadron. At the same time, an infantry gang was sent to conduct a week-long sweep along the line to shock the Chinese army in the mountains. It was a gesture, no, it was a gesture!

result......

The 921st Division dispatched three infantry regiments, and instantly poked the earth and the soul into the sky. The 14th Division's supplies in April were all returned to the 80th Army.

It is said that because of this seizure, the entire 921st Division, which was handed over half to the headquarters, would have no worries about food and drink for three months. It was really fat and hungry, and the earth was full!

But obviously, due to the arrival of Tang Dao in this era, the scale of the Battle of Shentouling was far greater than that of the past, and the 108th Division suffered heavy damage. The Japanese North China Front Command was naturally far more vigilant against the Chinese army in the mountains of Taihang Mountains in the eastern Shanxi.

As early as five days ago, Tang Dao obtained information from the 921st Division headquarters, and the Japanese troops mobilized a large number of Japanese troops along the Handan-Chang Highway.

Not only did the Japanese army stationed in the re-occupied Licheng County, but the Japanese army stationed in Dongyang Pass also reached an infantry brigade, and the Sichuan side even entered the brigade headquarters of the 31st Infantry Brigade of the 109th Division of the Japanese Army.

The county towns along the Handan Chang Highway were originally handed over to the 108th Division, but the 109th Division appeared this time, which shows that the Japanese North China Front Command could no longer trust Xiong Yuan's 108th Division.

A brigade headquarters is stationed in Shecheng, not far from Dongyang Pass. Obviously, there will be no less than one infantry regiment in the Shecheng side.

That means that the ambush that will inevitably occur is much more difficult than in time and space.

The geographical location of Xiangtangpu is between Dongyangguan and Licheng.

It turned out that only two infantry regiments needed to attack and block the enemy, which was enough to repel the enemy who came to support from Shecheng and Licheng, but now, it seems impossible to rely on two infantry regiments alone.

If the Japanese troops in Licheng and Shecheng attack with all their strength, the forces will reach two infantry regiments. If one is accidentally, he may be surrounded by the Japanese army.

Even Commander Cheng, who has always been brave, was hesitant to fight this battle.

After all, although the baggage is good, human life is more precious. If he uses this price of huge sacrifice to exchange for supplies, it is not his way of fighting.

Tang Dao did not make any decision for them. He knew that someone would make up his mind.

"We are afraid of sacrifice, but we will never be stingy with sacrifice! As long as we can give the invaders the most painful blow, even if sacrifice is inevitable, we must persevere to the end." The 921st Division chief set the tone for this battle with a powerful answer three days ago.

No matter how difficult it is, this battle will still be fought.

Not only is the massive amount of supplies fascinating, but the capture of Lucheng is enough for the 921st Division to not worry about food, clothing and ammunition for half a year.

The 769th Regiment, which suffered heavy damage, received nearly a thousand additional troops, and armed a full-day infantry battalion with seized equipment, with three infantry companies, and its combat effectiveness did not decrease but increased compared with the previous one.

The 772nd and 771st Regiments under the 683rd Brigade have been upgraded to five full-day machinery companies, and the light and heavy machine guns have doubled compared to before, and their overall combat effectiveness has increased by at least one third.

Instead, if this large batch of supplies is successfully transported to the 14th Division, the division that is attacking Henan Province will have combat power without supply for a month, and may even counterattack on Jindong at any time.

For both China and Japan, the strategic position of Jin Province is extremely important. If it can defend Jin Province, China can counterattack the Hebei Plain at any time. In addition to guarding against the counterattack of the Chinese army, the Japanese army also hopes to attack Guanzhong and deter the southwest and northwest of China.

The best protection for oneself is to weaken the enemy to the greatest extent. The 921st Division commander has an extraordinary vision.

"Besides, the Japanese army is not as powerful as it looks!" The commander of the 921st Division glanced at the information gathered from the cities on the table, faced the staff, and smiled faintly: "Maybe, this is what they want us to see."

The commander of the 921 Division hit the nail on the head.

On March 27, two days have passed since the end of the Taierzhuang War.

Japan North China Front Command.

"Hisser Commander, Xiong Yuan from the 108th Division called, saying that the 108th Division had just suffered a severe blow and was unable to fully ensure the safety along the Handan-Chang Highway. Recently, part of the friendly logistics corps will pass through this section. I hope the headquarters will provide tactical support." Saburo Okabe, chief of staff of the North China Front Army, reported the indoor shroud, which was somewhat depressed.

"This bastard Xiong Yuan led an imperial division. He had no choice but to ask for help from the headquarters. He was so shameless and shameless!" The indoor shroud, which was already a headache in Xuzhou battlefield, exploded at this moment. He stood up and ignored his colleague's face to face the lieutenant general who was scolded by the headquarters.

Saburo Okabe could only lower his head and let the boss shine. Although he had some personal friendship with Shimoto, he had already helped the person hand over the request to the commander and asked him to help the person explain it again. That would never work.

"Is the supplies of that division that need to march from the Handan Chang Highway?" The indoor shrouded her red face and cursed Xiong Yuan, and her emotions gradually calmed down. She coldly asked herself the chief of staff with a deep background and a deep scheming.

It is said that Okabe Saburo has a deep background, not because he was born into a great noble family, but because he was from the Kanto Army.

That is their masterpiece of the young and strong camp, which is famous for its radicalism, launched the 918 Incident without the permission of the Army Headquarters and achieved great success. Because this success gave them a great weight in the minds of the royal family. Even veterans like indoor shrouds do not want to offend these lunatics easily.

In fact, in the past, Saburo Okabe served as chief of staff for one year in the North China Front Army and returned to the Kwantung Army as the commander of the First Division. Because of his contribution to suppressing the anti-Japanese forces of the three eastern provinces, he later rose to the top and promoted to general of the army and replaced Gangmengji as commander of the Sixth Front Army. His military status has surpassed the indoor shroud.

He said that he was very scheming, so he not only did not choose the responsibility for the defeat of Taierzhuang this time, but also took the initiative to jointly submit a letter of apology to the Army Base Camp with the indoor shroud.

The responsibility for defeat must be borne by someone, just like hitting a board, two people are beaten together, even if they don’t say they are divided equally! It’s always better than being beaten by one person, and the rest of them squatted beside them and watching them, right?

This is also human nature, but no matter how old you are.

Originally, the indoor shroud was a little moved, thinking that this colleague, who was second only to his position in the headquarters, could still advance and retreat with him at this time, and was a good brother.

But two days later, some sounds from the Army Base Camp gradually made the indoor shrouds gradually come back to the smell, because he has always been domineering, and many military orders issued to the divisions do not pass through the General Staff at all. Just like the two detachments of the Fifth Division and the Tenth Division all the way to Xuzhou, he personally ordered them to be implemented by the two divisions.

As a person who didn't even do it as a melodraft and just acted as a bystander, there was no need to play with the morals and take responsibility with him, but he did it just so.

The result is good! In order to find out the tactical mistakes between the two, the Army Headquarters checked the telegrams issued by the command headquarters submitted by the two divisions, almost all of which were from his indoor shrouds.

Now no one knows that he, the commander, completely regards his chief of staff as nothing. Although the position of chief of staff has always been a mascot, it is no longer a secret among the various departments of the Japanese Army, it has not been said on the table!

Then, when the mascot also took the initiative to stand up and shoulder the responsibility of defeat with his commander, do you say, is this morality only described as noble?

It turns out that the only joke left in the end was himself, and the man who had a good reputation and almost suffered internal injuries when he heard the news from the country.

But he had no choice but to deal with this person. If he wanted to wear a small shoe or something, the base camp evaluated him as narrow-minded, and it might be that his ancestral tomb was smoked.

After all, he has decided to leave this time, but he doesn't have to stay in the base camp after all. It is necessary to keep a good reputation.

Therefore, the indoor mourning clothes could only press the anger in the chest first, which was to take advantage of the opportunity to scold Xiong Yuan and criticize him.

If Tang Dao knew that the battle he had done in secret operations made this great general commander so different, he wouldn't know how happy he would laugh.

"It is the supplies of the 14th Division for the whole April, so it must be transported by all trucks of its logistics corps! Now it is loaded in Handan and ready to go." Saburo Okabe replied with a delightful look on his face.

Of course he knew that his general commander was not interested in him, but according to the information sent to him by the Kwantung Army, the commander had already decided to take office, so he did not need to do anything to stimulate this person. He just needed to stay safe and securely until the second half of the year before he could return to the Kwantung Army to serve as the division commander.

"Oh? The 14th Division..." Indoor shrouds paced back and forth in the office with hands behind their backs, fighting fiercely in their minds.

If it were another division, he could have let him go in half a month at night, and wait for him to sort out the Xuzhou battlefield before mobilizing troops to solve the problems in eastern Jin. However, the 14th Division's fertility is not a simple person. The guy was born in the imperial intelligence system and his relationship was also mixed. Last time, he was ambushed by the Chinese army on the north bank of the Yellow River and was severely damaged. He was only scolded by the base camp, which made the indoor shroud fear him. If he ordered to stop his baggage troops from setting off, the guy might have another trouble.

A life that is not rich can no longer be worse!

The indoor mourning clothes were really sad at that moment. The battle in North China was smooth and smooth, but why did it suddenly become unsuccessful and not say that the soldiers were losing their generals? There was no worry-free under this gang. Who was this Baga offensive?

"Where is the 109th Division?" The commander of the Japanese North China Front Army, who was full of sadness, was not an ordinary person after all. He put away his thoughts and asked solemnly.

"The 109th Division is not far from the 108th Division's defense zone, but they are facing a unit of the enemy's direct central army, with a force of up to 50,000. I'm afraid of them..." Naosaburo Okabe was slightly stunned and replied.

"Now our army is in an offensive, it is good for the Chinese to protect themselves, but there is no possibility of counterattacking our army. Besides, I don't need them to withdraw too much troops." Indoor shrouds waved their hands. "I ordered them to place a brigade headquarters in Shecheng, and the troops led by them should not be less than two infantry brigades.

In addition, in the name of the General Staff, the 108th Division was ordered to order their Licheng defenders not to be less than one infantry regiment."

Damn it, I won’t let it go! Naosaburo Okabe’s mouth twitched slightly, complaining wildly inside, but his face turned upright, "What is the commander's meaning? Is it that heavy troops stationed in various cities to shock the Chinese army in the mountains?"

"That's right." The indoor shroud nodded. "The last time the failure in eastern Jin was the Chinese people who saw that the troops were insufficient along the highway were insufficient, so they gathered heavy troops to siege the city and attacked the aid. The idiot Xia Xiong Yuan underestimated the determination of the Chinese, which led to a great defeat.

This time, two big cities that are only dozens of miles apart are stationed in more than 5,000 imperial troops, and can support each other at any time. I don’t believe that the Chinese have the courage to provoke them again.”

Indoor shrouds were naturally confident that they would say this. After fighting with the Chinese army for so long, they had long estimated the strength of the Chinese army. An infantry brigade of the Imperial Army was fully capable of competing with two infantry regiments of the Chinese army. Five infantry brigades and artillery were equipped with artillery, which could almost compete with two regular infantry divisions of the Chinese.

The most active infantry division in Jindong belongs to the Eighty Army, which is a miscellaneous brand among the miscellaneous brands, and its weapons are old. Except for being extremely cunning and liking to sneak attacks and combat, they are useless.

In the eyes of indoor mourning clothes, as long as the Chinese people's heads are not broken, they will not dare to launch a large-scale attack on the traffic line while such heavy troops are stationed in the two cities.

Because, even if the 14th Division's baggage corps are second-line soldiers, a transport team composed of trucks, plus baggage troop and guards, has at least 800 people. If more than thousands of troops are dispatched, they cannot be eaten, let alone swallow them in a short time.

The battle that broke out at the parallel pass six months ago was only 1,000 people in the Fifth Division's baggage brigade, but it was defeated in one day with an infantry division of the Eighty Army.

"Master Commander, have you forgotten that there is another four-line group there?" A little hesitation, Saburo Okabe still planned to persuade him, the commander who was not very clear.

After all, the military order was signed by him, the chief of staff, and he did not want to be infected with some unspeakable bad luck of this unlucky army general.

In short, the intuition of the soldiers told him that the Chinese army there would not be so scared by easily.

"It's just an infantry regiment, but the stupidity of some people has created their momentum, so there is no need to take it too seriously. If they really dare to come, then they will be prepared to be defeated by the imperial army in one fell swoop." A cold light flashed in the indoor shroud.

"I will order the Land Airlines to keep in touch with the 108 and 109 divisions. If necessary, they will fully support them. Okabe Jun doesn't have to worry!"

"Hi!" Naosaburo Okabe nodded and calmed down a little.

The strength of the 5,000 army is there. If the Army Airlines fully supports it, even if the Chinese use three infantry divisions, they will at least be unbeaten.

Moreover, although the 108th Division had dispersed forces, Xiong Yuan was not a good person. With the lessons learned last time, he must have reacted much faster this time. If the Chinese dared to gather heavy troops, it would be better to take this as an opportunity to fight the last decisive battle.

It can be said that the indoor shroud was ready for both. He could not hesitate to transfer a brigade headquarters of the 109th Division and an artillery brigade of at least two infantry brigades and an infantry brigade, plus an infantry brigade of the 108th Division to deter the Chinese army. If the Chinese army is scared, it can maintain the safety of the traffic line. If the Chinese army really dares to come, sufficient troops, firepower and air supremacy will be enough to cause a large amount of damage to the Chinese army.

The "Bangbang Xiang" that he wished to make, but he still underestimated the determination of the Chinese commander and the strength of the infantry regiment of the Four Army Regiment.

Today's Four Lines have the power to defeat a Japanese infantry brigade in attack warfare and can compete with a Japanese infantry brigade in defense warfare.

Therefore, when the leader of the 921st Division had decided to fight this battle, the 683rd Brigade and the Four Army Regiment, which were the main force of the 921st Division, once again mobilized the entire army.

The 683rd Brigade will dispatch two main regiments and supplementary regiments under its command! They will be responsible for the Japanese reinforcements from the direction of Licheng and the huge Japanese convoy.

The Four-Road Regiment is naturally the main force in this battle. According to tactical arrangements, the Four-Road Regiment will block the Japanese army in the direction of the city.

Because, according to intelligence, the 109th Division not only placed the brigade headquarters of the 31st Infantry Brigade in Shecheng, but also followed an infantry gang, a chariot squadron and an artillery brigade.

Obviously, it was a Japanese invader with a total force of more than 4,000 people, and its strength was far greater than any opponent of the Four Lines Group.

The 769th Regiment under the 685th Brigade will not participate in the ambush this time, but they will be stationed in the mountains 10 kilometers away from Shecheng. If the Japanese army in Shecheng does not make every effort to reinforce, if the Japanese army in this unit has made every effort to reinforce, the 769th Regiment will attack the empty Shecheng, causing the Japanese army to be in a dilemma.

8 pm on the 30th!

The Four Army Regiment all quietly left the garrison.

Heading to the battlefield two days in advance.
Chapter completed!