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Chapter 1519: The Japanese Army¡¯s Countermeasures (Part 2)

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    Speaking of Li Guoyao¡¯s headquarters, when the troops on the eastern front began to take action, the Central Route Army had already moved south from Datong, taking advantage of the darkness to advance toward the inner Great Wall.

    Because the troops were well prepared, they marched very quickly.

    In just one night, the army had already arrived in Daixian and Fanzhi areas.

    Stationed in this area is the Japanese Independent Third Garrison. Like the defenders in the Laiyuan area, this Independent Third Garrison has a brigade-level establishment in name, but in fact it is a reinforced regiment. Even the commander-in-chief  It's just the rank of Colonel.

    In addition, the strength of this unit was relatively scattered, and when the Central Route Army took action, the combat meeting in the North China Front Army Headquarters had not yet ended, so the Japanese army did not shrink its strength, so it was caught off guard.

    The battle started at six o'clock in the morning, and by eight o'clock in the morning, both Daixian and Fanzhi counties were captured by Li Guoyao's troops.

    However, this Japanese garrison did not fight with the Chinese army. Seeing that the situation was not good, they voluntarily abandoned the county seat. Then under the command of garrison commander Yamazaki Osaka, the entire army retreated to the Guo County area.

    Nao County is the gateway to Xinkou and the most important transportation hub north of the Inner Great Wall. Defending here is of great significance to defending Xinkou.

    When the Japanese troops withdrew here, the order from the North China Front Army Headquarters was also issued to the First Army Headquarters. Chief of Staff Major General Shangang Budao did not dare to neglect and immediately ordered the Third Guard Corps and Xin that were withdrawn from Daixian and Fanzhi.  The Kou garrison used a "field battle based on the city" to defend Nao County for at least five days, creating conditions for the First Army to gather in Xinkou.

    After receiving the order from the First Army Headquarters, Major General Itazu Naotoshi, the commander of the Xinkou garrison and the commander of the 10th independent mixed brigade, immediately made a decision to order Yamazaki Colonel to guard Nao County and at the same time mobilize two brigades from his headquarters.  The troops, coupled with a puppet army division, totaled 7,000 people to defend Yuanping.

    After the war started in the direction of Xinkou, Okamura Neiji and others felt that the pressure on them was even greater. Especially when they learned that the number of troops deployed by Li Guoyao's troops in Dai County and Fanzhi was 30,000 to 40,000, Okamura  Neji knew that this was a tough battle and immediately ordered the First Army to assemble in the direction of Xinkou immediately.

    Judging from the current situation, the key to holding Taiyuan lies in Xinkou. Once Xinkou is captured, the national army will march straight in and easily reach Taiyuan City. I think this is what Itagaki Seishiro did back then.

    However, what Okamura Neiji and others did not expect was that before the situation on the Shanxi battlefield was resolved, another incident occurred on the Hebei battlefield - the reinforcements sent to Laiyuan were all wiped out.

    What happened was that under the order of the North China Front Army Headquarters, the commander of the 118th Division, Lieutenant General Uchida Ginnosuke, immediately sent the commander of the 8th/9th Brigade, Major General Ryumoto Kazuma, to personally command the three infantry brigades and  A cavalry regiment with a total of 5,000 men went north to reinforce Laiyuan City.

    As a result, when the unit marched to the front line of Langya Mountain, it was ambushed by the main force of the independent brigade that had already been ambushing there. The ambush lasted for more than two hours. The main force of Japanese reinforcements was wiped out. Major General Long Ben led more than a thousand  People stand out.

    However, not long after the troops broke out of the encirclement, they were on their way to quickly retreat to Baoding. They were surrounded by the chasing cavalry regiment directly under the Ninth Army, and then they were all annihilated in Longtan Gorge.

    When the news came, the North China Front Army was shocked. Although Long Ben's headquarters was not the main force and many of the soldiers were new recruits, they were only a small number of 5,000 people. In the end, they were all wiped out in just a few hours. This made Gang  The brains of Muran Ningji and others completely shut down.

    What¡¯s more serious is that Long Ben¡¯s troops went north this time to reinforce the defenders of Laiyuan City. Now that the reinforcements have been wiped out, the defenders of Laiyuan City will be in trouble.

    The total number of troops currently in Laiyuan City is only 2,000, and even including the puppet troops, there are less than 3,000. Facing several times the national army, there is no chance of victory.

    Now that the main force of the 118th Division has been annihilated, although there are still more than 10,000 troops in the 118th Division in the direction of Baoding, they have to defend Baoding City, so it is impossible to send troops north to reinforce Laiyuan.

    In other words, if they continue to defend, the final result of the Laiyuan City defenders will definitely be annihilation.

    In view of this, Okamura Neiji immediately ordered someone to send a message to the garrison at Laiyuan, ordering them to break out immediately before the Chinese army completely completed the encirclement.

    And the direction of the breakout has been chosen, not Baoding, but Lingqiu northwest of Laiyuan.

    Okamura Neiji knew very well that the ultimate goal of the supporter/that person was Baoding. In addition, the other party annihilated Long Ben's troops on the Langya Mountain front line. It can be seen that this front line has been controlled by the other party. The Laiyuan defenders were attacking Baoding at this time.  direction breakout, that's justThe sheep enters the tiger's mouth.

    On the contrary, Lingqiu in the northwest is still under the control of the Japanese army. They can completely withdraw to Guangling through Lingqiu, and then withdraw to the Xinkou front line through the Wutai Mountain area, or directly insert themselves behind the Shanxi National Army.

    The female soldier brigade outside Laiyuan City did not expect that the Japs would suddenly break through. Although they adjusted their tactics in time, they were still a step too late. In the end, they only surrounded and annihilated more than 800 puppet troops and more than 300 Japs soldiers, at least 1,500.  Hundreds of Japanese soldiers successfully broke through.

    When the news came back to the forward headquarters, Yun Hu was furious. He immediately scolded Guo Haiyu, and then detached an infantry regiment to pursue in the direction of Lingqiu.

    Despite this, the battle was generally smooth. After occupying Laiyuan, the main force of the unit continued southward, approaching Baoding.

    At three o¡¯clock in the afternoon on May 29, the leading troops of the East Route Army arrived at Shenxing Town in the north of Baoding City and started a confrontation with the Japanese and puppet garrison here.

    At five o'clock in the afternoon, Yunhu and the main force arrived at the front line of Shenxing Town and immediately launched an attack.

    And on the Xinkou front line, the atmosphere is getting more and more tense.

    The war is imminent, and the Japanese army continues to mobilize troops to the front. Japanese and puppet troops can be seen in a hurry throughout Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and other places.

    The actions of Li Guoyao's troops on the northern front also alarmed the Chongqing side. In fact, in the past few months, the Chongqing side had called the Ninth Army many times, firstly asking them to report their establishment, and secondly hoping that they could cooperate with the World War II area  Together with the Eighth Theater, they counterattacked the Shanxi battlefield and contained the First Army stationed in Shanxi.

    However, they were all rejected by the Jiujiu Army on the grounds that they had suffered heavy losses and had not recovered their vitality. For this reason, Chongqing was also preparing to send people to investigate the Jiujiu Army, but the entire Jiujiu Army ignored them at all.

    Even the personnel sent by Chongqing were driven out without even approaching Datong. Chongqing was angry and angry, but there was nothing they could do.

    By this time, they had also realized that Li Guoyao's army was completely out of control. This army, which had been suppressed from the beginning, finally became full-fledged and escaped the control of Chongqing.

    Since then, Chongqing has completely cut off the food and salary of the Jiujiu Army, stopped issuing combat orders to Li Guoyao's troops, and completely forgot about them.

    In this battle in central Henan, the national army suffered a disastrous defeat. Some people in Chongqing were also considering whether to let the Jiujiu Army support the First Army from the northern front.

    But considering the personal grudge between Li Guoyao and Jiang Dingwen, everyone finally believed that the Ninth Army would not send troops, and Li Guoyao would never provide cover for Jiang Dingwen. After all, what Jiang Dingwen did before was very unethical.

    However, no one expected that just when the national army on the battlefield in Henan was about to lose its support, the Jiujiu Army would take the initiative to take action, and the action would be generous.

    On the Hebei battlefield, the Jiujiu Army defeated a Japanese garrison brigade in one fell swoop, annihilated a 5,000-strong Japanese reinforcements, captured Yu County and Laiyuan, and were attacking Baoding, the capital city of Hebei Province.

    On the battlefield in Shanxi, the main force of Li Guoyao's troops went south and captured Daixian, Fanzhi and other places in less than two days. The frontline of the troops was directed at Xinkou, forcing the First Army stationed in Shanxi to attack from Yangquan.  Combat troops were mobilized from , Shouyang, Yuncheng and other places to reinforce the Xinkou defense line.

    This is great news for the crumbling Henan battlefield. As we all know, the Japanese army on the Henan battlefield is divided into two parts. One is the 100,000 troops affiliated with the 12th Army, and the second is the more than 30,000 troops of the First Army.  people.

    Once the Shanxi home base is attacked, the First Army will have to withdraw its troops from the Henan battlefield no matter how ambitious it is. By then, the 12th Army alone may not be able to maintain such a strong offensive.

    Therefore, Chongqing gave timely affirmation and support to the operation of the Jiujiu Army. First, it publicized the results of the Jiujiu Army in newspapers, and then asked the World War II Zone and the Eighth Theater to immediately mobilize some ammunition and ammunition for the Jiujiu Army.  equipment, and required the World War II area to immediately formulate corresponding combat plans to cooperate with this operation led by Li Guoyao.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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