As the seat of the Japanese Governor's Palace, Taipei's defense strength is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Even when his own troops were seriously insufficient, the Japanese troops in charge of Taipei's city defense did not make any moves. Together with other Japanese troops who quickly retreated from the Hsinchu area, Taipei gathered more than 30,000 Japanese troops in a short period of time. However, after the news spread that the Chinese troops attacking Taiwan had landed in Xiangshan and successively defeated the imperial army, the whole of Taipei was immediately enveloped in an atmosphere of chaos and pessimism-------.

"Your Excellency the Governor, a farewell telegram has been sent from the Fulu Mountain position, the offensive of the Chinese army is too fierce, and our defending troops are no longer able to continue to hold on, so we have sent a farewell telegram to live and die in the position, and swear to delay the pace of the Chinese army's offensive."

"Your Excellency the Governor, air force reconnaissance has shown that the Imperial forces stationed in the Fulu Mountain position have suffered a large-scale rout under the onslaught of the Chinese army, and the entire position has changed hands. At present, the Chinese attacking troops are following closely behind our defeated troops and attacking our Taipei City. ”

"Your Excellency Governor, the latest reconnaissance information, the Chinese attacking troops will be under our Taipei City in ten hours at the latest..." In less than two days, the New Fifth Army, which marched north from Xiangshan, was like an indestructible sharp knife, and in less than two days, it successively overcame the Japanese defense line and attacked a position less than seven hours away from Taipei.

Hasegawa Kiyoshi looked at the sand table in front of him with bloodshot eyes at this moment, he never thought that the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army would be so terrifying, and the defense line that he originally relied on couldn't even survive for three days. At this moment, Taipei City, where the Governor's Office is located, has become a prominent point of influence of the Japanese army in Taiwan, in other words, if its own troops are not able to block the advance of the Chinese army. The city of Taipei, the seat of the Japanese Governor's Office in Taiwan, would fall under siege from the Chinese army and become a completely isolated city.

"Your Excellency the Governor, I suggest that the Governor's Mansion be transferred to Tainan City immediately. You can continue to command the battle in Tainan, it's too dangerous here..."I saw the Chinese attacking forces on the sand table, which were already about to form an encirclement of Taipei City. While the chief of staff Fujita Takushi was worried, he quickly opened his mouth to suggest.

"Your Excellency the Governor. The lowly and other people fully support the chief of staff's suggestion, please transfer the headquarters to Tainan to continue to command the battle...."The combat staff officers in the command headquarters spoke in unison under the signal of Fujita Takushi's eyes. Of course, although the words of these dozen or so combat staff officers were the same, from their facial expressions at this moment, Hasegawa Kiyoshi as the governor could see it clearly. Among these dozen or so people, there are those who really care about their own safety, and there are also death-fearing ghosts who begin to feel fear and fear in the face of the heavy encirclement and suppression of the Chinese army.

As soon as everyone's words fell, a helpless smile appeared on Hasegawa Kiyoshi's face. Under everyone's gaze, Hasegawa Kiyoshi spoke: "Everyone, I have also thought about retreating. However, judging from the current situation, even if we want to retreat, I am afraid that we will not be able to retreat. Under everyone's puzzled gaze, Hasegawa Qing pointed to the huge combat sand table in front of him and said: "Don't forget, everyone, if we want to successfully retreat to the Tainan area, we must pass through the Hsinchu area. Do you think that with our current strength, we can pass through Hsinchu in just ten hours without alarming the Chinese army? ”

"What's more, according to the information we have so far, the Chinese army that landed in Xiangshan has been divided into two, and the Chinese army attacking Taipei is only one of them, while the other Chinese army has already moved south along Xiangshan. Even if we can silently cross Hsinchu and move south, everyone, did you think that the Chinese army that had already gone south would intercept us? That's an armored force, and I don't think we're going to be able to win a field battle with an armored force. ”

Hasegawa Kiyoshi's words fell, and a solemn look appeared on the faces of everyone present. Because they all know that it is almost impossible to cross Hsinchu within ten hours without alarming the enemy army. A new idea suddenly rose in the hearts of many people present: instead of being exposed in the field like this and fighting a field battle with China's superior forces without any chance of winning, it is better to rely on the strong fortifications of Taipei City to fight a lively positional battle.

After figuring out the key to this, Chief of Staff Fujita Takushi, who had just proposed to retreat, immediately showed a look of death on his face, and said to Hasegawa Kiyoshi in front of him: "Your Excellency Governor, I completely agree with your opinion, stick to Taipei, and swear to live and die with Taipei." "The decision made by the Governor's Palace has improved the morale of the entire garrison of the city, although to a certain extent. However, what Hasegawa Kiyoshi didn't expect was that his decision, to a certain extent, actually helped the New Fifth Army to attack Taipei City, so that the New Fifth Army could wipe out the Japanese army in Taipei.

The Japanese army's move to shrink its strength in Taipei could not be concealed from the New Fifth Army, and in the command vehicle of the forward unit of the New Fifth Army, the communications staff officer shouted excitedly as if he had eaten a peach. "The military seat, the reconnaissance unit called, saying that the Japanese garrison in Taipei and their governor's palace did not show signs of retreating in the face of the continuous attack of our army, but instead deployed troops to strengthen the city fortifications."

"Okay, this is really good news, as long as the enemy does not flee, with the combat effectiveness of our New Fifth Army, the Japanese army in Taipei will be unable to fly now." Zhang Lingpu, who had always been worried that the Japanese army in Taipei would abandon the city and flee and would not be able to complete the task, finally couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, and said confidently to the combat staff officer beside him.

"With our combat effectiveness, the 40,000 little devils in Taipei have been annihilated, and what we have to do now is to control the casualties of the troops as much as possible. Otherwise, let the chairman know, even if we win the battle, I am afraid that we will not be able to get any benefit at that time. While Zhang Lingpu was secretly happy, he did not forget to remind his staff officers.

"Junza, don't worry, we all know how to do the bill, and we will definitely not let you be disciplined by the chairman. As for the specific method of fighting, our opinion is that while encircling three and missing one, while shaking the morale of the Japanese army in Taipei, we can use aerial firepower as a cover to concentrate superior firepower to launch a fierce attack on Taipei City. ”

"Military seat, although the Taipei garrison claims to have 40,000 soldiers, judging from our battles in the past two days. Recruits in the Japanese army in Taiwan. With a large proportion, we will be able to break the will of the Japanese army in the city in a short period of time. Even if Taipei cannot be broken in one go, it can at least break the will to resist of those Japanese recruits, so that they cannot exert their original combat effectiveness. ”

After repeated discussions and deductions between Zhang Lingpu and his operational staff officers, the battle plan was quickly issued to the officers at and above the company level under the command of the New Fifth Army. The New 13th, 14th, and 15th Divisions under the command of the New Fifth Army will attack the Japanese army in Taipei from the east, west, and north respectively, and the south of Taipei City will serve as a gap to break the will of the Japanese army in Taipei. Although Zhang Lingpu did not openly deploy troops in the south of Taipei, in order to prevent Taiwan from really breaking through by the Japanese army, more than 3,000 people from the guard regiment and logistics units directly under the military headquarters of the New Fifth Army secretly deployed two lines of defense more than 30 kilometers south of Taipei, waiting to intercept the Japanese troops who might abandon the city and break through.

Zhang Lingpu was anxious to take Taipei, so he did not leave too much time for the Japanese army in Taipei, and after resting for the whole night, early the next morning, the sound of "boom, boom, boom...", opened the prelude to this battle. Relying on the help of American-style high-horsepower trucks, the New Fifth Army launched an artillery bombardment of the Japanese army in Taipei with more than 50 guns of 75 mm caliber at one time. The salvo shelling of more than 50 Dream artillery, coupled with the continuous bombardment of two bomber groups, the defensive pressure of the Japanese troops stationed in Taipei City was self-evident.

In order to take Taipei City, Zhang Lingpu not only invested more than 50 artillery pieces of 50 mm caliber or more at one time, but also prepared hundreds of tons of artillery shells for this purpose. Accompanied by the rumbling explosions, columns of smoke and flames rose in succession from the Japanese positions in Taipei, while the attacking forces of the New Fifth Army took the opportunity to move forward. "Baga, don't you want money for the shells of the people of China, half an hour has passed, why hasn't their shelling stopped?" In the anti-artillery hole of the city wall, which was completely shrouded in artillery fire, a Japanese soldier who felt the ground trembling constantly shouted with a little horror.

You must know that since the Japanese army occupied Taiwan, the Japanese troops stationed here have never experienced any real major wars. At present, the Chinese army actually used a large number of artillery into the battle, and the continuous shelling for half an hour did not have any intention of stopping. Even the main army of the Empire, which launched a full-scale attack on China after the July 7 Incident, could not have carried out such a long artillery bombardment before launching an attack.

After more than an hour of shelling, the dense sound of explosions gradually thinned out, and at the same time, the fortifications of the Japanese army in Taipei were also blown out one after another in the rumbling cannon. All kinds of machine-gun bunkers and concrete pillboxes, without exception, were damaged in the shelling. At the end of the shelling, the stunned Japanese soldiers drilled out of the anti-artillery holes, but before they could react from the shock. With the help of the cover of artillery bombardment, the attacking troops of the New Fifth Army, which had secretly moved to a position less than 100 meters away from the city wall, quickly pounced on the Japanese positions full of gunsmoke under the cover of light and heavy machine guns behind them.