Just when the river was in a hurry, Umezu Mijiro's telegram arrived again, in the telegram, Umezu Mijiro told him that he had sent the 138th Division to Zunhua to meet them, the Tangshan area has 88th Division, 134th Division, and the other 152nd Division has arrived, and is currently attacking the First Army of the Chinese Army attacking Tangshan, attracting the Chinese Army, as long as they move quickly, they can cross the northern foot of the Panshan,.\

After receiving the order, Kawabe Shozo could only order the troops to advance eastward, and ordered the 132nd Division and the 41st Division and the 32nd Division to break off the attack, and turn east with the 18th Division as the front.

Kawabe Shozo retreated eastward, but before he acted, he forgot to inform Yusue Lao Huang of the news of the loss of Yukou, and in his opinion, the squadron that occupied Yukou was coming at him, and he turned east and threw this force away. This seemingly reasonable and not big move dealt a fatal blow to Youmo Lao Huang.

The commander of the 18th Division, Shinichi Tanaka, is a veteran of the battlefield, but his record is very poor, two battles in northern Burma were miserably defeated, according to the practice of the Japanese army, he will be removed from his post if he is defeated, but the ultimate responsibility for these two operations is borne by the commander of the Burmese Front, Iida, and after the failure of the second northern Burma operation, followed by the defeat of the 11th Army in northern Hubei, waiting, the defeat of the Japanese army became the norm, and he was not held responsible, after which the 18th Division was transferred from Burma to Jiangnan, and from Jiangnan to North China.

Failure is the mother of success, Tanaka Shinichi has failed many times, and is deeply afraid of the squadron, after receiving the order of the riverside Zhengsan, he resolutely opposed, and strongly advocated going north, taking the Yanshan mountains, and going directly to Saiwai, not to stay here again.

But Kawabe Shozo rejected Tanaka Shinichi's suggestion, and instead forcefully ordered him to go east, Tanaka Shinichi was so angry that he scolded Kawabe Shozo for being confused, but he could scold and scold, Tanaka Shinichi still had to carry out the eastward order.

Tanaka Shinichi arranged for the 18th Division to have more troops, and the commander of the 55th Wing, which had participated in two operations in northern Burma, was at the forefront of the whole army, and at the same time told Wing Commander Mizushima to be careful along the way and be vigilant against the ambush of the squadron.

The 18th Division was the vanguard, followed by the 78th and 27th Divisions, the Army Headquarters and the 114th Division, and the 3rd and 119th Divisions, two of which had lost their combat effectiveness, and the whole army forced its march eastward in a straight line.

The northern foot of the mountain is relatively gentle compared to the southern foothill, but it is also undulating mountains, strange peaks are abrupt, and the water island is cautious along the way, but all dangerous precautions are first seized to seize the commanding heights, and then the troops pass; However, this seriously delayed the speed of the troops' march, and Kawabe Shozoichi repeatedly ordered Tanaka Shinichi to speed up the march, and the pressure on the troops after the break was extremely fierce, and the offensive of the squadron was extremely fierce, and the casualties of the blocking troops were great.

But Shinichi Tanaka didn't care, he held the telegram from Shozo Kawabe in his hand and ordered Mizushima to be cautious.

After discovering that the river was going east, the attack of the squadron became more and more fierce, and the pressure of blocking was increasing, and Kawabe Shozo had to reinforce the 114th Wing of the 66th Division.

Kawabe Shozo was very dissatisfied with the speed of the march, and more than three hours had passed since the order was issued, and the avant-garde troops had advanced only five kilometers without a fight, and at this rate, it would take three days to cross the winding mountains. Even if the squadron didn't know, it was enough for them to catch up.

In order to prompt Tanaka Shinichi to speed up, Kawabe Shozo sent Chief of Staff Saida Masao to Tanaka Shinichi's division headquarters and urged Tanaka Shinichi to speed up.

"Speed up? The commander didn't know what to think, and crossed the Panshan when Jixian had already been lost, especially arranging for his troops to go to the front.

"Tanaka-kun, the most taboo thing to hesitate in military action, since it has been decided, whether it is right or wrong, we must act resolutely and quickly, otherwise the plan that may succeed will also fail." Masao Saida persuaded him.

"Shozo Riverside is a stupid pig! What kind of road do you see? Tanaka Shinichi couldn't help but scold, the mountain road was getting narrower and narrower, and now it could only accommodate three people walking side by side. This is no longer a normal road, but a mountain road, and the largest is usually a big car.

Qi Tian shook his head: "The commander of the river is also accepting the order of Commander Umezu, the 138th Division has rushed to Zunhua, and we will be met near Tanglin, as long as we cross the mountain, we will be separated from the pursuit of the Chinese army." ”

Tanaka Shinichi sneered twice, and said in his heart that if he could safely cross the Panshan Mountain, enter the Tanglin area, and cross the northwest mountains to the north, would the Chinese army pursue it again?

However, Tanaka Shinichi admitted that Saida was right, and that military action must be swift regardless of whether it was right or wrong, so he ordered the march to speed up, and two hours after the Japanese action suddenly accelerated, the advance had already taken the town of Xiaying.

This is the place where the Japanese army expected the ambush of the squadron, Mizushima was very vigilant, first seized the high ground outside the town, and then sent a small team to search the hills outside the town, and finally the main force entered the town, the town was already empty, this is also the area where the Eighth Route Army is frequently active, the Japanese army came to encircle and suppress several times, and the local people have long been prepared.

After making sure that there was no ambush, Mizushima was relieved to pass through Xiaying Town, and after Xiaying Town, the advance speed of the troops was significantly accelerated, not only Mizushima but Tanaka Shinichi was a little relieved, Tanaka Shinichi did not complain, but urged the troops to speed up.

Soon the troops crossed the Green Pine Ridge, and in front of them was the Eight Immortals Mountain, Tanaka Shinichi ordered the troops to rest and prepare torches in the pine forest, and Tanaka Shinichi stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the road and the Eight Immortals Mountain in front.

The artillery sound behind is not so intense, but it still comes and goes, and the squadron is still in hot pursuit. There was news from Zhengsan on the riverside, and the squadron behind was not less at all, but the offensive was not so intense.

"It seems that the Chinese army has gone around to the front." General Saida took off his hat and said while fanning the wind.

Tanaka Xin nodded a little, entered the mountainous area, the blocking force used the terrain, can give the pursuing troops the maximum damage, according to reason, the attack should be stopped, the squadron is not reluctant to chase for only one reason, the peripheral squadron is rushing to Tanglin or Zunhua day and night, ready to block there.

The Eight Immortals Mountain in front is the last ambush place of the squadron. The terrain of Baxian Mountain is dangerous, the mountain slope is steep and the valley is deep and dense, from north to south, the mountain gradually decreases, enters the mountain plain between Baxian Mountain and Dongling, crosses the Taiping Temple, and then arrives at Sun Gezhuang, which has actually entered the range of Dongling, most of the residents near Baxian Village are Manchus, and they have been guarding the imperial tomb here for hundreds of years.

"Order to cross the string ditch before sunset, and tonight at the Tenpeiji Temple." Shinichi Tanaka handed over the map to the staff officer and gave the order to move on.

Taiping Temple, Tanaka Shinichi's chosen foothold, but at this time it was heavily guarded, all the nearby residents were guarded, the soldiers in the Taiping Temple were hurriedly setting up antennas, and the hills that stretched for more than ten miles were full of soldiers, and they were building positions in all directions.

"Order Chen Lie, move quickly, you must arrive before sunset." In the left wing of the temple, a gray-haired lieutenant general's army was giving an order: "The artillery position is set up in the recess behind the Taiping Temple, and the movement must be fast, and the enemy may arrive soon." ”

"Commander, don't worry, don't dare to say it, you are absolutely sure that you won't let the little devil cross the Taiping Temple, Lao Tzu has a whole army, and the devil is only fifty or sixty thousand tired soldiers." The lieutenant general, who was another young point, spoke confidently.

"Li Anqi, you don't talk big, the trapped beast is still fighting, you don't know the combat effectiveness of the little devil, if you let the little ghost go, Commander Zhuang won't turn over you." Pan Wenhua's tone was stern.

Zhuang Jihua is very good to the Sichuan army, which is a consensus in the army, Feng Zhi'an, Cao Fulin and other generals of the Northwest Army have been transferred to the locality, but none of the generals of the Sichuan Army have moved, not to mention the equipment of the troops, with a little military exploits, the troops will be expanded, and the generals will be promoted; Guo Youxia was promoted from division commander to commander-in-chief of the group army, and Pan Wenhua sat on the cold bench for many years, and was promoted to commander of the group army not long after returning to the North China Theater. When Wang Lingji left Sichuan, his troops were patchwork, and the equipment was extremely poor, and he did not change them for many years in the Ninth Theater, and he changed his outfit when he arrived in the North China Theater, so that some generals of the Central Army complained that Zhuang Jihua was heavy on the Sichuan Army and light on the Northwest Army, and the Sichuan Army was also clear from top to bottom, so most of the generals of the Sichuan Army regarded him as Liu Xiang's successor and leader of the Sichuan Army.

However, it is good to the generals of the Sichuan army, but if the battle is not good, Zhuang Jihua will not be soft on his disposal, Lan Yundong, Guo Youxia, and Sun Zhen have all been dealt with by him.

Li Anqi smiled, and then suddenly restrained his smile and said solemnly: "Commander, this devil is crazy enough, knowing that Lao Tzu has occupied Jixian County, he still dares to go to Zunhua, just by virtue of this, Lao Tzu also wants to clean him up." ”

Pan Wenhua frowned slightly: "Say, what are you going to do?" ”

"Commander, you see, the speed of the Japanese army's march has increased, and the distance between the front and rear has increased, so we can cut off the forward troops surrounding it first. Specifically, the 168th Division was concealed in the southwest of Longquan Mountain, and as soon as the battle began, it seized the main peak of Longquan Mountain, blocked the road under the mountain with firepower, and sent another brigade to secretly hide in the area of Guqiangyu. The 169th Division was divided into two brigades to occupy Taiping Mountain, the newly formed 170th Division was placed in the north, and the 169th Brigade and the troops directly under the army were placed in front of the Taiping Temple. ”

Li Anqi shook his hands and announced his deployment with a lot of words, but Pan Wenhua's brows furrowed, and only after Li Anqi finished speaking, did he ask: "What if Chen Lie can't arrive on time?" ”

Li Anqi was stunned for a moment, shook his head a little disappreciatively and said: "Commander, my 47th Army is fully manned, and the total strength of the whole army is 50,000. ”

"You're too optimistic. The Forty-seventh Army did not have 50,000 men, only 43,000 men. Pan Wenhua is obviously much more cautious, the 47th Army fought in Tianjin, about 3,000 killed and 4,000 wounded, and now it is not satisfied, but the ammunition is fully replenished: "On the whole, our army is rushing from all directions, as long as we can block the Japanese army here, we can be sure of annihilating the Japanese army, so the first thing is that we ourselves cannot make mistakes.!" ~！

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