Just when Huo Cheng commanded the cavalry battalion and its subordinate troops to capture the Dexian airport, the three battle groups under the city of Dezhou launched an attack at the same time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The first regiment attacked from the east pass of Dezhou City, the second regiment attacked from the north pass, and the third regiment attacked from the south gate of Dezhou City, and only the west gate leading to the canal was temporarily quiet.

At 10 p.m., the Japanese-occupied city of Texas fell silent.

Dezhou City is different from those counties on the Great Plains that do not have railways and highways, and can be closed with four gates. Because the Jinpu Railway passes through Dezhou City, and the highway trunk line from Pingjin to Shandong passes through Dezhou City, Dezhou City is actually an open city, although the original city wall is there, but it is impossible to use the city gate to close itself.

During the Republic of China, Dezhou was known as one of the 24 large commercial cities in the country, but it was a bit unworthy of its name. Texas' status comes from being a transportation hub, but it is itself an agricultural area, and industry and commerce are very backward.

Yuan Shikai once established an arsenal covering an area of 700 acres outside Dezhou City to produce weapons and ammunition for the Beiyang Army, and later this arsenal was also moved to Jinan.

Because of the railway and highway, in addition to the west gate facing the canal, the north gate and the south gate are all thoroughfares, and the same is true for the east gate.

This is the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War, the little devil is like a rainbow, all the way forward, I never imagined that the Chinese army would dare to capture Texas, a transportation hub in the heart of the occupied area! Only the little devils in Texas dared to transfer the troops defending the city out to reinforce Tuqiao, and pursued the Wudi Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and the Deping Independent Regiment that cooperated with the battle, and turned Dezhou City into an empty city!

It can't be said to be an empty city, there are not a lot of Japanese troops in Dezhou City, but they all belong to the 16th Division, the 114th Division, the 3rd Brigade, the 13th Brigade, the 3rd Brigade, and the 5th Brigade.

The 5th Division of the Japanese Army was a division directly under the North China Front, which originally controlled the Jiaoji Railway between Qingdao and Zhoucun, and their supplies, including those of the 10th Division, which was also the main force in the Shandong Battlefield, were transported from Qingdao to the front along the Jiaoji Railway and the Taizhou-Weihai Highway. This was mainly because Xiao Siming led the cavalry to blow up the Ziyahe Railway Bridge, and the Tianjin-Cangxian section of the Jinpu Road could not be opened to traffic, and the Japanese army had to rely on the Jiaoji Railway to transport supplies.

The Japanese army's independent mixed 4th Brigade was used as a support force for the 14th Division of the First Army that captured Lanfeng and cut off the Longhai Road. Their supplies were shipped along the Pinghan Road.

It is a pity that the main ammunition and food supplies of the Japanese North China Front were originally shipped to Tanggu in Tianjin and stored in Tianjin. Moreover, a large part of the supply of the Japanese North China Front came from the northeast. Therefore, although the Ziya River Railway Bridge was bombed and the Tianjin-Cangxian section of the Jinpu Road was closed to traffic, the Japanese army had to grit its teeth and organize forces to rush to repair the Ziya River Railway Bridge while transporting supplies through canals and highways. The 16th Division, the 114th Division, the 3rd and 5th Independent Mixed Brigades, and the 3rd and 13th Mixed Brigades drawn from the Kwantung Army were all transported south from Tianjin or Northeast China, concentrated in Dezhou, and then transported south by rail and highway respectively.

In this way, the baggage wings and baggage brigades of these units must set up a military station in Texas to garrison the baggage troops and transfer supplies to the front line at any time.

These troops are miscellaneous and miscellaneous, and at least they have the strength of an infantry brigade. It's just that they belong to various troops, not under each other, and are usually busy accepting supplies from their own troops, and they also have to use cars and rubber-tyred carts to escort supplies when the train capacity is insufficient.

It was precisely because of these military stations and heavy troops in the city that the commander of the Japanese garrison in Texas dared to send all the garrison troops subordinate to the garrison headquarters to recapture the Tuqiao, and dared to pursue the Wudi Independent Regiment and the Deping Independent Regiment, in an attempt to cooperate with the puppet army Mu Jincheng in Lingxian County to flank the Wudi Independent Regiment and the Deping Independent Regiment commanded by Hu Qingyun.

The combat units that remained in the city of Texas belonged to the Texas Garrison Command, and only the guard team of the Texas Garrison Command, and the other was the Dexian County Self-Police Regiment and the Water Garrison Brigade formed by the Japanese army.

As soon as the guns rang out at the Texas Airport, the Japanese troops in Dezhou City were already alarmed, and it didn't take long for the duty phone in the Japanese garrison headquarters to ring bells and bells.

The Dezhou Garrison Command of the Japanese Army was established after the 40th Wing of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army was transferred out of Dezhou, and its jurisdiction was the same as that of the Japanese puppet Lubei Provincial Office, including a total of 36 counties in Lubei and Northwest Lu. It's just that in order to carry out the Battle of Xuzhou, the Japanese army transferred the 40th Wing of the 10th Division that was originally stationed in Dezhou, and the new transfer is only a railway independent brigade, and the strength and equipment cannot be compared with the 40th Wing, where can it hold such a large territory! In desperation, Fukuyuan Nakasa, the new commander of the Texas garrison, had to repeatedly report to the headquarters of the Second Army and ask for more troops. The Second Army was busy organizing the Battle of Xuzhou, and there were no troops to adjust, but Dezhou was really important, and there was no way, from the four railway garrison brigades used to garrison the Jiaoji Railway from Qingdao to Jinan, and the Dezhou Garrison Command adjusted a railway independent brigade, which was equivalent to the first, second, and third independent railway brigades stationed on the Jiaoji Railway, and the fourth and fifth independent railway brigades stationed in the Jinpu section of the Dexian to Luokou Yellow River Railway Bridge.

After adding a railway independent brigade, Fuyuan Zhongzuo finally held the key points of the railway line and highway line. Because at this time, the main highway of the North China Plain was parallel to the railway, from Shanxi to Hebei to Shandong, all of which were repaired in this way, which just allowed the little devils to save the garrison.

It is said that after adding another railway independent brigade, Fuyuan Zhongzuo should be satisfied, but this guy was transferred from the 10th Division, and he is an offensive officer, and he wants to command the troops to sweep the Fan Zhuxian Department in northwest Lu, and even wants to cooperate with the Japanese army in Hengshui, Shijiazhuang, and Xingtai to sweep southern Hebei, and even wants to cooperate with the Cangzhou Japanese puppet army to sweep the Eighth Route Army and the wandering forces on the Hebei and Lu borders, and recapture the area controlled by the Eighth Route Army and Liu Jingliang's department! Therefore, Fukuyuan Nakasa, who was not strong enough to swallow elephants, reported to the Second Army again and asked for more troops. Unfortunately, at this time, the commander of the Second Army, Lieutenant General Nishio Toshizo, had been transferred to the post of director of education of the Japanese army and had returned to China. The new commander, Lieutenant General Dongjuergong Nenhiko Wang, is a member of the imperial family, and there is no middle-level officer like Fuyuan Nakasa in his eyes, and the Second Army is busy with the Battle of Xuzhou, so the Second Army Headquarters not only increased the number of troops for Fuyuan Nakasa, but also reprimanded him for interfering with the work of the army headquarters.

I don't know which arrogant staff officer drafted the telegram reprimanded Fukuyuan Nakasa by the headquarters of the Second Army, which said that one infantry brigade of the Japanese Army could defeat one division of the Chinese army, and that the Dezhou Garrison Command already had two infantry brigades, and that it could also get rapid reinforcements from the Third Wing of the Railway stationed from Cangzhou to Wuqiao, and if necessary, the Second Wing of the mixed brigade of the North China Garrison Army, which had been transferred to Jinan, could also be quickly reinforced, and even the troops stationed in Hengshui and Shijiazhuang could also be reinforced. Moreover, in the entire North China Plain, there is no longer a division-level Chinese army, and it is a waste of troops for two infantry brigades to guard the line of communication between Dezhou and Luokou Bridge! In this case, Fuyuan Zhongzuo is still chattering to the army headquarters for troops, which is purely the work of cowards, not warriors! The face of the Great Japanese Army has been lost to Fuyuanjun!

Fukugen Nakasa, who received a telegram of reprimand from the headquarters of the Second Army, was so ashamed that he almost committed suicide by disembowelment!

Fortunately, Fuyuan Zhongzuo is already 40 years old, with rich experience and thick skin, and he feels that he has not enjoyed enough of the beauty and food of Zhina, so he did not cut his abdomen, but turned his brain, adjusted his strength according to the situation in northern Lubei, and let the Fifth Independent Railway Brigade take the squad as a unit to guard the traffic points from Pingyuan County to the Luokou Railway Bridge, and vacate the Fourth Independent Railway Brigade and deploy it in Dexian County, which can counterattack the Eighth Route Army and guerrillas at any time, and even carry out sweeping operations!

The Japanese squad stationed at the Tsuchihashi stronghold belonged to the 4th Independent Brigade of the Railway.

After learning that the Tuqiao stronghold had been captured, Fukuyuan Nakasa immediately ordered the main force of the Fourth Independent Railway Brigade to dispatch to recapture the Tuqiao and pursue the Tubachi Road that dared to sneak attack the imperial stronghold.

A squad of the Fourth Independent Brigade of the Railway was completely annihilated at Tuqiao, and the combat action of the Fourth Brigade to recapture the stronghold of Tuqiao and pursue and annihilate the Eighth Route Army was naturally very rapid and resolute!

The reason why Fuyuan Zhongzuo dared to send the Fourth Independent Railway Brigade stationed in Dexian County to recapture Tuqiao was that in addition to the fact that there were still several divisions and brigades in Dezhou City, another major reason was that he exchanged information with the commander of the Third Railway Wing with the headquarters in Cangzhou, and learned that Tuba Road was also making frequent sorties between Cangxian and Wuqiao, and that the Third Railway Wing was chasing down and destroying Tuba Road.

Fuyuan Nakasa had a thorough understanding of the Japanese army's roundabout outflanking tactics, but he had not learned the Chinese art of war at home, and he did not know that the reason why Xiao Siming attacked on the north and south lines at the same time was to seize Texas. In his mind, the Eighth Route Army on the Jilu border had limited strength, and now that it was fighting on two fronts, it was impossible to have any other attempts.

Then again, even if he knew that Xiao Siming was coming to seize Dezhou, Fuyuan Zhongzuo was not afraid, Dezhou City was not an ordinary county seat, it was a transportation hub, and the Japanese army had a special service here, a military police squad, as well as the 16th Division, the 114th Division and several brigades and regiments.

There is no way, the Japanese army at this time has flattened the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, and Fuyuan Nakasa does not believe that the Eighth Route Army dares to attack Dezhou City!

When Xiao Siming reported to the headquarters, he said that the only one stationed in Texas was an independent railway garrison brigade, and that was because he reported early, but he didn't expect that Fuyuan Zhongzuo would transfer another brigade through his efforts! Later, on the eve of the launch of the Battle of Texas, Xiao Siming finally got the information that the Japanese army in Texas had increased its troops, but this did not affect his determination to seize Texas!

In Xiao Siming's eyes, the Japanese Army's Railway Independent Brigade is an inaccessible force, and it is not vulnerable at all, and it is better to come a little more, so that the little devil can die a little more! (To be continued.) )