Chapter 887: The back road of Siling Mountain
Terauchi Shouichi fell into a dilemma, on the one hand, if the mobile troops were completely annihilated, the consequences would be unimaginable, but on the other hand, even if the troops of the 109th Division and the 26th Division were sent back to Daixian, then the infantry controlled by these two divisions may not be the opponent of the cavalry and armored troops of the Honorary Second Division.
What's more, the key target of this operation is the troops of the Honorary Second Division of Wutai County, and now the troops of the 109th Division and the 26th Division have made progress, and now let them return to the aid of the mobile troops of Daixian County, it is inevitable that they will create fighters for the troops of the Honorary Second Division.
"Your Excellency Commander, now is not the time to hesitate, the 109th Division and the 26th Division should ignore the Daixian Mobile Troops and let them continue to storm the troops of the Eighth Route Army in front of them. After capturing Hutou Mountain and Siling Mountain, the artillery unit was asked to set up an artillery unit on the mountain to directly shell the county seat of Wutai County. ”
Ishihara Wan'er saw that Terauchi Shouichi was in a dilemma, he quickly came to Terauchi Shouichi and said in a serious tone.
"However, Ishihara-kun, if the mobile force is completely annihilated, it will have a great impact on us, the Eighth Route Army is very good at propaganda, and the mobile force is composed of cavalry and armored troops of various departments, if they are completely annihilated, I am afraid that this record will have a great impact."
Yamashita Fengfumi looked at Ishihara Wan'er, and he said with a worried expression on his face.
"Chief of Staff Yamashita, now is not the time to worry about these problems, the most important thing for us now is to completely annihilate the troops of the Honorary Second Division, as long as the troops of the Honorary Second Division are completely annihilated, all the sacrifices are worthwhile, do you want to miss the opportunity to completely annihilate the Honorary Second Division because of the protection of these more than 300 cavalry and more than 20 tanks and armored vehicles?"
Ishihara said-for-tat, his gaze turned to Commander Terauchi Shouichi again, and the expression on Ishihara's face became extremely serious.
Terauchi Shouichi stared at the map, his brows furrowed tightly, he knew that Yamashita Fengwen was right to worry, now the North China Front Army in Sun Weiguo's honorary second division can be said to have lost face, Terauchi Shou has a headache when he mentions Sun Weiguo, if the mobile troops are completely annihilated, then Sun Weiguo's reputation will be even louder, and the North China Japanese army will become a laughing stock again.
But Ishihara's words completely reminded Shouichi Terauchi, and his eyes began to become firm, and he immediately began to give orders.
"The 1st Division, the 114th Division accelerated the march, ordered them to go to Baijiazhuang Town before six o'clock in the afternoon, the 109th Division, the 26th Division troops continued to storm Hutou Mountain, Siling Mountain, the 110th Division, and the 21st Division troops quickly entered Wutai County, and at the same time sent a telegram to the mobile unit Matsumoto Cangzang Dazuo, ordering him to stick to the county seat of Daixian and try his best to contain the cavalry and armored troops of the Honorary Second Division of the Eighth Route Army of Daixian County!"
Terauchi Shouichi quickly gave the order, it was obvious that he was planning to abandon Matsumoto Kurazang's mobile troops, and he knew that it was more important to completely annihilate the second division of Sun Weiguo's honor.
"Your Excellency, Commander." After Yamashita Fumi heard Terauchi Shouichi's order, he shouted with an anxious face.
He knew what it meant to give up the mobile troops, and Yamashita was reluctant to give up the mobile troops, because he knew how much damage would be dealt to the Japanese army in North China if he gave up the mobile troops, and Yamashita Fengfu always felt that even if the Japanese army had an absolute advantage this time, he believed that this battle might not be able to win.
"Chief of Staff Yamashita, you don't need to say it, I've already made a decision, just follow my orders." Shouichi Terauchi said with a serious expression.
"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." Yamashita Fengwen reluctantly agreed.
At 3:50 p.m. on September 22, 1938, the North China Front Headquarters of the Japanese Army began to issue combat orders.
At present, the North China Front Command mainly wants to hit the troops of the First Division, the 21st Division, the 26th Division, the 109th Division, the 110th Division, and the 114th Division to focus on encircling and annihilating the troops of Sun Weiguo's Honorary Second Division.
As the North China Front issued an operational order, the Japanese First Division and the Japanese 114th Division began to accelerate towards Baijiazhuang Town, while the Japanese 110th Division and the 21st Division quickly went from Fuping County to Wutai County to participate in the battle, while the Japanese 109th Division and the 26th Division began to attack Hutou Mountain and Siling Mountain.
Terauchi Shouichi personally sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Anan Yuji, commander of the 109th Division, and Hou Guanchun, commander of the Lieutenant General of the 26th Division, demanding that the troops of the 109th Division and the 26th Division must conquer the positions of Hutou Mountain and Siling Mountain before 9 o'clock in the evening.
In the afternoon of the same day, Hutou Mountain and Siling Mountain began to be bombed by Japanese bombers, and the Japanese army bombed Hutou Mountain and Siling Mountain for half an hour.
After the Japanese units finished the bombardment, they began to send infantry to storm under artillery cover.
Here on Siling Mountain, the 26th Division of the Japanese Army sent the 11th Independent Infantry Wing to start attacking from the flank, and they were preparing to attack along the path behind Siling Mountain.
At this time, the 7th and 8th battalions stationed in Siling Mountain were in front of the 26th Division of the Japanese Army to attack, and the 11th Wing of the Japanese Independent Infantry suddenly appeared from the back mountain, which really caught the troops off guard. Blocking the 11th Wing of the Japanese Independent Infantry.
After Huang Yongsheng, the commander of the Tiger Company, received the order, he immediately led his troops to begin a rapid advance.
In the mountains behind Siling Mountain, hundreds of devil soldiers of the 11th Wing of the Japanese Independent Infantry are advancing along the path, and it is the people walking in front of them.
The 11th Independent Infantry Wing wanted to boost morale in the event of a fierce attack on Siling Mountain, and they found some people, and learned from the people that there was a path in the mountains behind Siling Mountain.
When the commander of the 26th Division, Hou Guan Chun, learned of this, he immediately ordered the 12th and 13th Independent Infantry Wings to continue the frontal attack, while the 11th Independent Infantry Wing was responsible for making a detour from the back mountain.
Now that the 11th Independent Infantry Wing has begun to arrive here, the commander of the Dazuo Wing has also sent two infantry squadrons to follow behind the people, and they are ready to attack the Chinese troops stationed on the mountain through the small road.
"Hurry up and drip, or die, die, die." The captain of the Japanese army squadron waved his saber, he walked on the rugged path, looked at the people in front of him viciously and said.
"You must promise me that I will take you up the mountain, and you will release my wife and children." Walking in front, the common man glanced back at the captain squadron leader, and he said with some fear.
"Bagaya Road, you lead the way quickly." The captain squadron leader glared at the civilian viciously and shouted.