Chapter 784: The Japanese Army Moves
Tianjin and Beiping have long fallen into the hands of the Japanese army since the start of the all-out war.
Originally, Tianjin had always been the military center of the Japanese army in China because of its proximity to the port of Tanggu, but since Lu Yuan launched a surprise attack on Tianjin, and captured the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, and Lieutenant General Kazuki Seiji, as well as a large number of members of the Japanese chaebol royal family observation group, the Japanese army immediately made adjustments and moved the Kwantung Army headquarters directly to Beiping City.
Subsequently, the number of Japanese troops in Beiping also increased significantly.
In view of the fact that the public order situation in the Japanese-occupied areas has deteriorated day by day since the Luyuan raid, in the city of Beiping in Tianjin alone, there have been more than 10 violent attacks per day against the Japanese army's military camps, military facilities, and places where Japanese people are prefesive, and there are even more attacks in the entire occupied area!
Every day, the Japanese soldiers who were killed or wounded in the attack were as high as more than 30 people!
Although the number of 30 people is just a drop in the bucket for millions of Japanese soldiers, the frequent occurrence of such attacks is extremely huge for the deterrence of any Japanese army, not to mention that among these attacks, organized attacks account for only a very small part of them, and more of the scale are from ordinary people or hot-blooded youths, so that the Japanese military cannot even do it!
In view of the rapid deterioration of the law and order situation, almost no Japanese soldiers on the Japanese side now dare to leave the camp alone, and every operation is carried out in small units, which has greatly increased the consumption of the Japanese army, and everyone is simply in danger.
Once upon a time, the Japanese army could be unscrupulous in the occupied area, and every inch of land in the occupied area was a paradise for them to become a caravan.
But now, the Japanese army sadly found that they were not so much occupying this land, but trapped in the military garrisons, fortresses, and pillboxes in this land, except for these places, no part of the outside world was safe.
Every day as soon as it gets dark, the two cities of Tianjin and Beiping enter a state of curfew, except for the Japanese army and the puppet army of the gendarmerie patrolling the streets, the two ancient cities are like two huge cemeteries, and few people are allowed to go out.
In the middle of the night, there was a sudden commotion in the city, and several legions of Japanese troops were rapidly assembling and speeding towards the direction of the railway station.
The station has long been surrounded by the military police regiment, tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers have poured in, the long train has long been waiting in the platform, countless artillery fire, chariots have been sent to the train, inside the train, countless Japanese soldiers have crowded the carriages like sardine cans, the Japanese soldiers asked each other, but no one could know where their destination was, only the order to assemble, more than half an hour ago, it was transmitted to the military headquarters.
No one knows where they will be sent when such a large number of Japanese troops are gathered, but everyone knows that I am afraid that there will be another big battle to begin!
Even though there is a curfew, there will eventually be some people who will wander in the shadows of the city at night for various reasons, and the news of the Japanese army's build-up will unknowingly reach the ears of those who have a heart.
Also assembling were the Japanese troops in Weishi County.
The Japanese troops in Weishi County were also trapped by the flood for nearly a month, and their situation was no better than that of Zhongmu's 14th Division.
At night, in addition to the Japanese soldiers who were on guard and defensive duty, the remaining Japanese troops would try their best to find a dry place to lie down, in this way to resist hunger and reduce physical exertion.
But in the middle of the night, the shrill rallying call quickly gathered all the Japanese troops, and every open space in the city was filled with dense Japanese troops, each of whom asked each other with a grumbling or blank question, wanting to know what was going on.
"You're going to evacuate, aren't you?"
The inexperienced Japanese soldiers seemed excited, these days they felt like rats in a cage, and as soon as they got out of here to the rear, they could eat hot food and put on clean and dry clothes!
"Probably not, see for yourself!"
A veteran soldier pointed to the direction in the center of the city with a grim expression, and there was a firelight and an explosion on that side!
The excited Japanese soldiers turned ugly, they all knew that in that direction were placed heavy weapons in the division, tanks, tanks, etc., and now, those tanks, tanks and other weapons were burning and exploding in the flames!
"There must have been an emergency, otherwise His Excellency the Division Commander would never have destroyed these heavy weapons!"
Seeing this scene, all the Japanese troops sank in their hearts, they knew very well that against the Chinese army, the strong individual quality and skillful tactical cooperation are their advantages, but more advantages come from these heavy weapons, and now, these heavy weapons are forced to be destroyed by themselves, so it shows that the current war situation has reached an extremely dangerous level!
"The Chinese army has carried out a counterattack on all fronts, and the 14th Division of Zhongmu is almost in danger!"
On the high platform, the division commander was shouting and speaking: "Your Excellency the General has an order, my 16th Division must break through the defense line of the China Army early the day after tomorrow, join the 14th Division, and buy time for the reinforcements to arrive and annihilate the living forces of the China Army - go!" ”
"Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor......"
Nearly 20,000 Japanese troops roared in unison, and the sound shook the sky!
The city gate was opened, and the Japanese army lit torches and marched lightly like a long dragon, rushing straight to Zhongmu!
"Damn, the Japanese are out of town!"
In the distance, Yin Weifeng and other soldiers of the Sichuan Army's Independent Regiment, who had been secretly monitoring, immediately discovered the movement of the 14th Division, jumped to their feet in a hurry, and immediately reported the situation to Ren Haifang.
"The speed of the Japanese army is very fast, looking at the direction of their march, it must be the 14th Division that went to Zhongmu Chi to aid Kenji Dohihara!"
Ren Haifang stared at the torches like a long dragon, and the 16th Division took the initiative to move closer to Zhongmu, which was far beyond Lu Yuan's original expectations. The focus of the objectives of all the army departments is all in the direction of Zhongmu, and once the 16th Division appears near Zhongmu, the country. On the military side, it is definitely a huge blow!
Now, the 20,000 Japanese troops, which were originally more than 100,000 against the 14th Division, would be indifferent if the 16th Division approached, and the absolute superiority in strength would be gone!
"Immediately send a report to the regiment commander about the movement of the 16th Division, quickly!"
Ren Haifang immediately ordered the liaison officer to send a telegram to deliver the news, and then he looked up at the more than 100 soldiers around him, and grinned: "Brothers, the time has come to test us, we must be desperate to drag the 16th Division forward, and make every effort to prevent them from moving closer to Zhongmu!" ”
More than 100 people, delusional to block the footsteps of more than 20,000 Japanese troops, no matter how you look at it, it is all wishful thinking!
"These little devils want to go to Zhongmu, you can, unless you step over our corpses!"
However, in the face of this almost wishful thinking, Yin Weifeng and all the soldiers had a hideous sneer on their faces!