Chapter 63: The Commander with a Headache
Although it is difficult to hit the county seat, after the battle, the benefits are obvious. First of all www.biquge.info, Feng Ning seems to have captured more than half of the puppet army, and according to Li Han's inherent thoughts, these puppet armies are all good soldiers.
In terms of weapons, more than 1,000 rifles, three heavy machine guns, four mortars and more than 10 light machine guns were seized.
It's a pity that the captured rifles are basically made in Hanyang used by the puppet army, and the first brigade of this kind of gun can't look down on that team at all, and Li Han himself can't look down on it.
Although he didn't like it himself, Li Han knew that this thing was still very popular among the landlords' armed forces and militia groups in various places, so he planned to find an opportunity to sell these rifles.
In addition, all the people's fat and ointment looted by the devils and traitors were also seized by a large team.
Li Han also confiscated all the Japanese shops and money houses in the city, and all the property added up to an estimated amount of hundreds of thousands of oceans. With this money, he can go to the German arms dealers again to negotiate business.
Li Han found that since he broke away from the large army of the Northeast Army and started acting alone, he didn't seem to be short of money to spend. However, he is just a passer, so he always feels that no amount of money seems to be enough to spend.
Now Li Han finally understands why the warlords in history have fallen into the reputation of rampant extortion, there is no way, it is too expensive to raise soldiers.
Although after the establishment of the anti-Japanese brigade, the troops moved more freely, but the pressure also increased.
Without land, there is no way to obtain a stable source of income. The stall of the anti-Japanese brigade is so big, the military supplies of the troops, the soldiers' salaries, the consumption of weapons and ammunition, and the renewal of equipment are all in Li Han's own responsibility.
With this money, I was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief for a while.
The news that Fengning City was breached came out, which improved the morale of the national army troops fighting against the Japanese army on the front line of the Great Wall, and some senior generals also took advantage of the opportunity of the morale of the soldiers to launch an attack on the devils and recaptured a lot of positions.
There are even rumors that the young marshal, who is far abroad, also noticed this contingent belonging to the Northeast Army,
At a time when the Northeast Army had become synonymous with an incompetent and cowardly army, the young marshal was pleased that a unit subordinate to himself had taken the city defended by the Japanese army. In private, he once said that after returning to China, he would promote Li Han to colonel and head of the regiment.
Of course, Li Han still has no way of knowing all this, after all, the level of the young marshal is still too far away from him. Not to mention anything else, he has been in the ranks of the Northeast Army for almost a year, and he has not even seen the back of the young marshal.
When the news of Fengning City being breached to Chengde, Chengde's captain of Chengde's Seiichi Yamashita was furious, isn't this Chi Guoguo's slap in the face of the imperial army?
Thanks to his own idea of fighting Chahar again, he didn't expect that "the mutton was not eaten, and he was in trouble".
The name Seiichi Yamashita was also completely famous among the Japanese army, but this reputation was not very good, and it became synonymous with the incompetent troops of the Japanese army, just like the image of the Northeast Army in China's heart.
Annoyed and angry, Yamashita Seiichi sent out his 11th Infantry Brigade as soon as he received the news, and demanded that the captain, who was also his own brother Yamashita Yoshio, must completely annihilate the Shina Army and recapture Fengning City.
Originally, Seiichi Yamashita wanted to attack with the whole army, to destroy the Shina army in Fengning City with an overwhelming advantage, and let the stupid Shina people know the consequences of angering the imperial army.
However, as soon as the first brigade set off, the remaining armed forces in various parts of Rehe began to move, and the garrisons of the imperial army in each county town issued urgent reports, and it seemed that they might be attacked by the people of China at any time.
This news made Yamashita Makoto take a big jump, but he didn't expect that Rehe, which seemed to be calm, was actually already in danger and turbulent. If it hadn't happened this time, Seiichi Yamashita felt that he would probably have been kept in the dark.
In order to deter the anti-Japanese forces that were about to move, Yamashita Seiichi could only lead the 12th Infantry Brigade and the 13th Infantry Brigade to stay.
If Rehe is compared to a big watermelon, then Fengning can only be regarded as a sesame seed at most, and it is certainly not so stupid to give up a watermelon for the sake of a sesame seed.
Of course, he was the last to be able to destroy the Shina Army in person, and Yamashita Seiichi pinned his hopes on his own brother, for which he handed over the two artillery squadrons of the wing to his younger brother.
With the support of these artillery, Yamashita Osa believed that his younger brother would be able to destroy the enemy in the shortest possible time, and also made those in the army who looked down on him open their dog's eyes to see clearly that there was no coward in the Yamashita family.
A battalion of devils with more than 1,500 people from two artillery squadrons slaughtered Fengning City.
Li Han's side naturally got the news as soon as possible, and of course the military committee on the Beiping side also got the news, although they had the heart to help Li Han, but unfortunately they had more than enough heart and not enough strength, and at this time they themselves were 'mud bodhisattvas crossing the river and it was difficult to protect themselves'.
Tens of thousands of Japanese troops along the Great Wall defeated the national army one after another, and if it weren't for this incident, they would have already planned to transfer Li Han to the front line of the Great Wall to fight devils.
Although Li Han's troops are nothing compared to the army of more than 100,000 at every turn, ants are meat when they are small, and some people are better than no one.
At this time, the only one who could help Li Han was the remaining old army, the Northeast Army. Because the Northeast Army has just withdrawn from the Great Wall battlefield because of the resignation of the young marshal.
However, it was precisely because the young marshal went abroad that the real person in charge of the Northeast Army was not there, and the top brass of the Northeast Army did not dare to casually mobilize troops to support Li Han.
Because supporting Li Han means confronting the Japanese army, and this is something that the young marshal has always tried to avoid, and no one dares to touch the young marshal's tiger whiskers in this matter.
Of course, not all the people in the Northeast Army were indifferent, and one person took the initiative to ask He Zhuguo for war, hoping to lead his troops to support Li Han.
This person is Shi Shi'an, the commander of Li Han's 626th Regiment, when Shi Shi'an heard that Li Han was still alive and had captured a city of the Japanese army, he was relieved from the bottom of his heart.
Since the farewell of Yuguan, Shi Shi'an and Li Han have not seen each other for a long time.
Before the fall of Rehe, he and Li Han were still able to keep in touch on the phone frequently, knowing that Li Han was still the same as in Yuguan, he was a restless master, and the fourth battalion often had small frictions with the devil's troops.
It's a pity that during the Japanese attack on Rehe, because Li Han was left in Rehe, they completely lost contact.
After the fall of Rehe, Shi Shi'an did not give up contacting Li Hanbu, but he never got in touch, and he thought that they had died in the Battle of Rehe.
In addition, some time ago, the 57th Army also participated in the Great Wall War of Resistance, and Shi Shi'an did not have the time and energy to take care of Li Han's situation.
Now that the 57th Army has withdrawn from the battlefield of the Great Wall, Shi Shi'an is idle again, and he heard that his old subordinates are fighting with devils, and they are facing the danger of being surrounded and suppressed by the Japanese army at any time.
However, He Zhuguo did not approve Shi Shi'an's request in the first place, and he knew very well the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, and one brigade was enough to defeat a brigade-level miscellaneous unit of four or five thousand people of the national army.
He didn't know how many people Li Han had before, but after this incident, he specially sent people to Chahar to investigate, and knew that Li Han had about 2,000 soldiers and horses, and nearly half of them had only recently been expanded.
In He Zhuguo's opinion, Li Han is more than lucky this time, and with the little force in his hand, it is difficult to block the attack of the devil and strengthen the brigade. He didn't disapprove of Shi Shi'an leading his troops to reinforce Li Han, but he had to consider the impact of this matter.
The Great Wall is about to be unkempt, and if the Japanese army continues to attack, it is still a question of what the Northeast Army will do next.
At this time, if the Japanese army bites the Northeast Army, then he will become a sinner of the Northeast Army.
Don't send troops, He Zhuguo is worried that Li Hanbu will be wiped out by the Japanese army. He still admires Li Han, because Li Han can always make the Japanese unhappy.
As long as the people of the Northeast Army have a deep blood feud with the Japanese, but there are not many officers who really dare to fight against the Japanese.
In the past, when he was in Yuguan, He Zhuguo was protested by the Japanese because of Li Han's affairs, I don't know how many times.
Unexpectedly, after changing places, Li Han still had this temperament, and after he was not restrained, he became even more courageous, and even took the initiative to attack the county town where the Japanese army was stationed.
In addition, Li Han was also born in the Northeast Army after all, and he was also a member of his 57th Army.
Seeing his subordinates being wiped out by the Japanese army and being indifferent, this is also not in line with his own character, and He Zhuguo was also indecisive for a while. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: I didn't expect this guy to be far away in Chahar and find himself such a big trouble.
This has to be thought through, and it's best to think of the best of both worlds. It is best to help Li Han and not let the Japanese suspect the Northeast Army.
Of course, it is impossible for Li Han to know the thoughts of these high-level generals, and even if he knew, it would be too late in time.
The 57th Army is still far away in Hebei Province, and the so-called distant water cannot quench the thirst of the near. Chahar still has tens of thousands of Northeast volunteers, but unfortunately Li Han can't move people.
After all the calculations, the devil's reinforced brigade can only be faced by Li Han himself in the end. It's not that Li Han hasn't fought with the Japanese army's brigade-level troops, and he also wiped out a brigade of devils when he was in Rehe.
However, at that time, he had just bought a lot of good weapons from German arms dealers, heavy machine guns and mortars were equipped with more than a brigade of little devils, and their performance was much better than that made in Japanese.
Now that he is facing a brigade of the Japanese army again, Li Han is only a little worried in his heart, this time he took the initiative to attack the city guarded by the devils, even if the devils are arrogant, they should not give themselves a chance to sneak attack.