March 21, 1938, 8 p.m. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xiaolu reported the battle situation to northern Shaanxi, and told the news that the rebellion failed, the security team was captured, and the headquarters of the North China Front Army was attacked, and Terauchi Shouichi was captured. Northern Shaanxi was overjoyed, and called to verify the identity of the prisoners, warmly congratulate, and commend all the troops.

Xiaolu immediately sent a second telegram, putting forward his own idea, inspired by the Xi'an incident, suggesting not to kill, blocking the news, hoping to use Terauchi Shouichi to fight for greater interests for China and for our party.

This is basically the same as a telegram sent by Mao at the same time. Mao's telegram said that it should be done cautiously considering the influence and utilization value of Shouichi Terauchi. Specifically, wait for the decision of the central government.

Xiao Lu pondered this telegram and knew that there was a disagreement within Yan'an.

Koji immediately informed northern Shaanxi of the fact that there was a deep contradiction between the Japanese army and navy, hoping to plant in Terauchi Shouichi's mind that it was wrong to go north to face the Soviet Union. At present, the Japanese army's northward advance is not good for itself, so he fools them, saying that the northward advance is not good for Japan.

If the concept cannot be established, it will not matter, as long as the rumor is released that Terauchi Shouichi cooperated with the Communist Party, his political life will come to an end.

Yan'an called, was studying, asked to report the latest situation, and answered a few questions.

Xiaolu informed the whole army of the Yan'an commendation. When the troops learned that they had been commended, several commanders brought by Xiaolu from Nanjing were very excited: at least after entering the communist camp, it could be regarded as meritorious, and they had something to say about the original camp.

March 21, 1938, 12 o'clock in the evening.

Shunroku Hata in Shanghai had already received the news that Shouichi Terauchi had been held hostage, and quickly reported to the Tokyo base camp and directly took over the command of the Battle of Xuzhou. Fortunately, the base camp had strong control over the various divisions, and Shunroku Hata commanded it quite smoothly.

The Japanese base camp was surprised, some people were depressed, and the vast majority of people were angry and demanded to intensify the war in Xuzhou and intensify the crusade against the stragglers.

At the same time, Li Zongren in Xuzhou and Lao Jiang in Wuhan also received the news that Shouichi Terauchi had been held hostage, which came from the military commander's spy station in Beiping. Their response was not to believe, impossible, and asked for details to be investigated.

The spy station in Peiping soon sent back several details, first, the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front was destroyed. Second, after the retreat of the troops that destroyed the Japanese headquarters, the Japanese army seemed to have some scruples and did not dare to use heavy weapons or bomb with aircraft. Thirdly, the troops entering the city shouted to the Japanese army when they left the city gate, saying that they had taken Shouichi Terauchi hostage. The Japanese really believed it. Fourth, the intelligence station paid the price of two people, and the information obtained was that the Japanese army in Pingjin was now commanded by a division commander.

Xuzhou and Wuhan will be suspicious when they see that there is no direct evidence.

March 22, 1938, 8 a.m. Miyun County.

Yesterday, the Japanese pursued the soldiers for several hours and arrived near Miyun. The vanguard made contact with the troops of the small road at four o'clock in the afternoon, and after an hour of fighting, the Japanese withdrew.

The aircraft reconnoitred and blocked the troops, with two or three thousand people, at the foot of the mountain northeast of Miyun City, using the terrain to ambush. The results of the reconnaissance of this ground reconnaissance unit were completely consistent. In addition, the plane also detected that a large force was rushing to Chengde along the mountain road.

Now, the command of the campaign is the 109th Division, and the commander of the division is Shigehou Yamaoka. After studying the results of the reconnaissance, Shigehou Yamaoka believed that the purpose of the battle of the Eight Roads was Chengde. He quickly reported the results of the reconnaissance and his own judgment to the base camp, and also to Shanghai and Xinjing.

Soon, the base camp ordered Xinjing to pull the troops fighting in Chifeng and other places back to Chengde, and the operations in Xuzhou and other places were carried out as planned.

Miyun position.

According to the instructions of the reconnaissance aircraft, the artillery of the devils began to fire at the positions of the opposing side. The artillery fire was very dense, and it took more than 20 minutes. The artillery fire had not stopped, and the infantry had already rushed up.

The puppet army was driven in front, trembling, for fear of shooting on the opposite side, but after walking for a long time, they did not see the shooting from the opposite side, and they were about to reach the opposite position, and suddenly heard someone in front of them whispering: "When you hear the shouting, lie down immediately." When he heard the shout, he immediately lay down. ”

The puppet army didn't quite understand what the other party meant, and the devil behind him urged him tightly, so he had to continue to move forward.

Suddenly, a shout from the other side shouted: "Lie down! ”

Most of the puppet soldiers believed what they had just said and quickly fell down, only a few did not believe it and did not lie down.

Then there was a shout from the other side: "Fight! ”

The puppet troops who did not lie down were all defeated, but the targets of many parties were obviously the devils behind them, and several machine gun positions were aimed at devils.

It's positional warfare again.

This time the devil is very confident, because the infantry artillery and mountain artillery have been pulled up. Under intensive artillery fire, even the strongest positions will be destroyed.

After several charges, the commander of the devil seemed to have discovered that something was wrong, in the past when fighting positional battles with the Chinese army, artillery bombardment could often cause great damage. The Chinese army often used the ridges and ditches as positions, and the position was a long line, and after the artillery bombardment, it was easy to tear the position apart and then attack the positions on both sides from behind.

This time, though, was completely different.

During the shelling, although the position was blown to pieces, as soon as the artillery fire stopped, there were still so many people on the position. Obviously, the machine gun positions were blown up, but the machine guns were still there. Obviously, the position has been broken through, and there are still positions elsewhere.

By noon, the casualties of the attacking devils gradually increased, and they requested to send planes to bomb the enemy's positions, especially those where the enemy's reserves were stationed.

The reconnaissance planes were dispatched again, and they saw that the attacking Japanese troops were surrounded by a large number of troops in disheveled clothes, and these disorganized troops had tanks and artillery, and the number was about 15,000 to 20,000.

The reconnaissance plane immediately telegraphed to the headquarters of the 109th Division. By the time the division command told the news to the front, it was too late. The devil's attacking troops were attracted by the blocking position all morning, and they took advantage of this morning to surround them from the flank and rear.

The troops that came up this time had tanks and infantry guns, and the artillery fire was dense, more dense than the Japanese army's own artillery fire, and the weapons were all Japanese-made. After a while, most of the Japanese were killed and wounded, and their confidence began to waver, and they asked for tactical guidance.

During this period of time, the resistance of the Chinese army was very tenacious, and the resistance in Hebei was also fierce, especially yesterday and today's blockade, the opponent's combat power was very strong. Now that it is surrounded, the Chinese army has a lot of troops, what should I do?

The command of the 109th Division had long received a telegram requesting tactical guidance, and they were hesitant. After repeated consideration, the order of the division command was, retreat, Shouichi Terauchi? No matter.

The 109th Division is a very prepared division, a division directly under the North China Front, with weak combat effectiveness and lackluster combat records, and has only fought a few county towns in southern Hebei. Now they are guarding Pingjin, which is very peaceful, and they don't want to, but something has happened.

After several blows of confidence, they made the decision to retreat.