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Chapter 1509 is confusing

The progress of the war in Shanxi has touched everyone's hearts. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The Japanese army had sufficient troops, and there were enough reserve troops on all fronts, so the attack launched this time was not divided into priorities, and the three fronts of the left, center, and right of the squadron were under tremendous pressure.

This time, Hideki Tojo made a desperate gamble and sent out all the main forces under his command, and the divisional units alone included the 9th Division, the 15th Division, the 34th Division, the 39th Division, the 105th Division, the 106th Division, the 110th Division, and the 118th Division.

In addition, a large number of mixed brigades and independent mixed brigades composed of two wings or three brigades, as well as puppet army units from the northeast and eastern Hebei, also gave Tojo Hideki great confidence, in his eyes, the squadron is vulnerable, and the previous failures are all caused by the incompetence of the commander.

Not to be outdone, Yan Xishan quickly strengthened the defense of the first line in the north of Jin, and according to the direction of the Japanese army's attack, it was also divided into three armies on the left, the center and the right to meet the enemy.

Commander-in-chief of the left wing, Wei Lihuang.

It is under the jurisdiction of the 14th Group Army, the 34th Group Army, which was upgraded from Xu Yuanquan's 10th Army, and the 32nd Group Army of the Shangzhen Department. Unlike in history, because Wan Fulin suffered little losses in the North China Campaign, he still firmly controlled the 53rd Army, and Shang Zhen, who had formed a friendship with Tianjin, cooperated well, and the combat strength of the 32nd Group Army was doubled as a result.

The middle route is basically composed of Yan Xishan's descendants, with Fu Zuoyi as the commander-in-chief, Wang Jingguo as the deputy commander-in-chief, and Chen Changjie as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy.

Under the jurisdiction of Fu Zuoyi's Seventh Group Army, Wang Jingguo's 43rd Group Army, and Chen Changjie's 40th Group Army, because at this time the Taiyuan Arsenal was still firmly in the hands of Yan Xishan, and also received part of the military technology provided by the An Yi Group, the current Taiyuan Factory can manufacture a formal series of rifles, mortars, grenades, mines, and small-caliber infantry guns, and the strength of the Jin Sui Army has been greatly strengthened compared with history.

Commander-in-chief of the right wing, Liu Maoen.

It is under the command of the 42nd Group Army under the command of Liu Maoen, the 35th Group Army of the Sichuan Army, Liu Jianxu, and the 39th Group Army of Wang Lingji. Among them, the 42 nd Group Army, like Wang Jingguo's 43 rd Group Army, was specially organized by the central authorities at the beginning of this year to strengthen Shanxi's combat strength, and the 42 nd Group Army was under the jurisdiction of the 15 th Army, Gao Guizi's 17 th Army, and Zhu Huaibing's 97 th Army.

The total strength of the left, center, and right armies was 580,000, plus Yang Aiyuan's Sixth Group Army stationed in the southeast of Shanxi, Lu Yixuan's 30th Group Army and Deng Xihou's 22nd Group Army stationed in the front line of Gongwei Jindong Niangziguan and Jingcheng, and the 18th Group Army that carried out guerrilla operations behind enemy lines, the theater totaled more than 800,000 troops, which had a slight upper hand than the Japanese army in terms of numbers, but the quality of individual soldiers was far behind.

On the morning of 5 March, the Japanese army took the lead on the right flank, and a wing set out from Lingqiu, Caijiayu defeated the defense of two regiments of the 32nd Division of Zhu Huaibing's 97th Army, occupied the intersection of the main road into Shanxi, and then pounced on Pingxingguan with a thunderous force. In front of the Pingxingguan position, the Japanese army and a brigade of the defenders had a fierce battle, and the stalemate was not reconciled, and the Japanese army was unwilling to retreat, and attacked the high ground on the north and south sides of the east and west running pools. The two battalions of the defenders held their positions and fought stubbornly against the Japanese army, but after running out of ammunition and food, they fought several hand-to-hand battles to kill the Japanese army.

The follow-up forces of the Japanese army kept up one after another, and another wing joined the attack on Pingxingguan, at this time the squadron also strengthened the defense, and the commander of the right wing army, Liu Maoen, sent the 39th Group Army of the Sichuan Army to rush to help, and the Japanese army returned in vain in the face of our superior forces.

Seeing that it was difficult to gnaw the hard bone of Pingxingguan in a frontal attack, Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu, commander of the 15th Division in charge of the operation of the Route Army, mobilized the 32nd Brigade and Regiment to attack the Chengkou of the regiment around Caijiayu. Under the leadership of Chen Liangji, the commander of the division, Chen Liangji, the commander of the Sichuan Army, took advantage of the advantageous terrain to attack the Japanese army and dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Japanese army.

The Japanese offensive was repeatedly frustrated, and then a wing detoured east and west to the north and south of the high ground, and the officers and men of the two battalions of the 32nd Division of Zhu Huaibing's 97th Army were all martyred, and the high ground was occupied by the Japanese army.

Wang Lingji, commander of the 39th Group Army, who was intercepting the opponent head-on, saw that the situation was not good, and urgently ordered Deng Guozhang, commander of the 15th Division of the Sichuan Army, to lead his troops to rush to the aid and launch a counterattack against the enemy. The counterattacking forces engaged in fierce battles with the Japanese and finally repelled the enemy at 4 p.m. and regained the east and west running pools and the nearby high ground.

When a fierce battle was launched on the front line of Pingxingguan, the Japanese army on the left also made a sudden force, along the railway line from Ningwu to Yuanping, which had been opened to traffic, and attacked the defensive position of our army in Yunzhongshan.

Because this line is close to the hinterland of Shanxi, once it falls, Linyi and Taiyuan will be directly exposed to the threat of the Japanese army, so the defense is extremely tight.

Wei Lihuang, the commander of the Left Wing Army, had plenty of ammunition and ammunition, and at the same time, the Yunshan Pass was built with solid reinforced concrete fortifications, and the railway tracks in the valley were also dismantled after the battle, so the Japanese army could only adopt the strategy of strong attack. However, in early March, when the snow and ice had not melted, it was undoubtedly a foolish thing to attack the defenders who had a favorable position, and the Japanese corpses were strewn all over the field during the artillery fire and condescending fire of the Wei Lihuang troops.

However, Tojo Hideki had already anticipated this situation, seeing that the war was unfavorable, he quickly mobilized aircraft and armored vehicles to help the war, and the Japanese army on the left was counting on being able to make a breakthrough by virtue of the three-dimensional attack in the sky and underground, but unfortunately at this time, the Anjia Army had mobilized three aviation brigades, which were stationed at Taiyuan Airport, Jinzhong Airport and Yangquan Airport, and after hearing that the front line was attacked by Japanese fighters, a total of 12 fighter squadrons of the two brigades took the lead in taking off, and the A27 and A26 fighters were perfectly combined. The more than 20 Hayabusa fighters used by the Japanese army to escort the ship were not at all the opponents of the A27 fighters with powerful firepower, and only five minutes after the melee began, two Hayabusa fighters fell or disintegrated in the air, and the rest of the Japanese fighters saw that the situation was not good, so they could only cover the rampant escape of more than 40 bombers, and in the middle of this time, one fighter and three bombers were shot down.

When the Japanese fighters fled without a trace, the Mosquito bombers and AB26 bombers of the Southwest Air Force arrived slowly and launched indiscriminate bombardment against the Japanese who were in a state of attack, and the Japanese tank troops and artillery were completely reduced to live targets, suffering heavy casualties, and then had to retreat to Ningwu County in embarrassment.

The main direction of the Japanese army in the middle of the road was surprisingly not to choose Yanmen Pass, but to attack Ruyuekou from Yingxian.

Hideki Tojo, who personally served as the commander of the Central Route Army, ordered the 22nd Brigade and the 57th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade to quickly break through the troops in front of them, cross the line of the inner Great Wall in the Hengshan Mountains, and enter Fanzhi County, opening the way for the army to enter Jin.

The 211th Brigade and 215th Brigade of the 35th Army defending the area resisted stubbornly and fought fiercely all day, but the enemy attack failed. Fu Zuoyi, commander-in-chief of the Central Route Army, ordered the 218th Brigade and the 73rd Division to move to Tiejiaoling on the side of Ruyuekou to respond in order to strengthen the defense of the area.

Hideki Tojo transferred two more divisions of the puppet army, and under the leadership of a wing of Japanese troops, they continued to strengthen the attacking force on the front line of Ruyuekou, but due to the steep mountain and the arrival of reinforcements from the defenders, the Japanese army returned again in vain.

March 6, Yangqu County, north of Taiyuan.

When Nanhua has recovered everything, birds and flowers, and a piece of spring, the entire northern Shanxi region is still a land of ice and snow. The snow fell late last winter, and this spring is a little later than usual, with the north-west wind whirling across the white mountains. The yellow rays of the sun pierced the dark clouds, and then shone through the dry branches of the trees on the snow, and the flowers were dotted. The ravine was cold, and the big ice cubes hung like a curtain on the edge of the cliff.

On the road leading to northern Shanxi, the motor of the car roared, and military four- and six-ton trucks, pulling artillery and anti-aircraft guns of various calibers, drove forward. In the middle of the trucks, jeeps, off-road vehicles, and armored combat vehicles were mixed, and on both sides of the convoy, rows of officers and soldiers in camouflage uniforms, war horses, and pack artillery cattle were marching forward against the north wind, which was sharper than knives.

Due to the urgency of the war in the north, some soldiers chewed a few mouthfuls of individual dry food, bent down to hold the snow and fill it in their mouths, and some soldiers seemed to feel that eating snow was not enjoyable, and knocked down the Xiaoice cones on the cliffs on both sides of the road with military thorns, and then quickly followed the team, and then put the popsicle in their mouths and sucked it. Along the way, their camouflage cotton uniforms were frozen and clicked as they walked.

For five days and nights, the guns did not leave their shoulders and their horses did not leave their saddles, and the officers and men of the 30th Group Army marched all the way in order to be able to rush to northern Shanxi as soon as possible to strike at the menacing Japanese devils.

On a large leopard off-road vehicle in the marching procession, Lu Yixuan, commander of the group army, Qu Muchen, chief of staff, and Luo Xianrong, chief of operations, chatted without saying a word.

The long-term march makes people mentally exhausted, and it seems that even the brain is not so sensitive.

"Hideki Tojo this dog day, the weather hasn't warmed up yet, so I can't wait to choose to do it, what kind of medicine do you say he sells in his gourd? We've really suffered a lot along the way! But think about it carefully, our current situation is so bad, little Japan will definitely not be better, such a climate and environment, even half of the combat effectiveness on weekdays can not be brought into play, we take advantage of the defense is better, the little devil soldiers can be unlucky! ”

Luo Xianrong, who was sitting in the passenger seat, saw a war horse slipping in the snow on the side of the road, and fell to the ground together with the officer on the horse, the war horse let out a terrible scream, shook his head unbearably, and turned back to Lu Yixuan and Qu Muchen and asked.

Qu Muchen said: "The situation is very clear, and there is no unity within Little Japan. According to the intelligence of the General Staff Headquarters, Japan will launch an attack on the Far East in April, and now that troops and resources have begun to gather in the northeast and North Korea, once the fight really starts, the Chinese Japanese army will suddenly be reduced from the protagonist to a supporting role, which the arrogant Japanese army in North China does not want to see, so I want to do something before the incident occurs to see if we can reverse the overall situation. ”

Lu Yixuan smiled: "The struggle within the Japanese is even more fierce than we imagined. Did you see yesterday's battle report? The Japanese dispatched more than 20 fighters and more than 40 bombers, but we made them cry and cry for their mothers, and after they arrived, they swept the Japanese troops around Ningwu, and they did not see the Japanese send fighters to meet them, which shows that the air force in the hands of the Japanese army in North China is seriously insufficient! ”

Luo Xianrong couldn't help but suddenly: "I said that when I saw the battle report, I always felt that something was wrong, and it turned out that the problem was here." A few months ago, when we were stationed in Niangziguan and Jingcheng, every time Little Japan came to drop bombs, it was overwhelming, and the escort fighters were at least more than 100, and the Air Force of the Jin Sui Army fought with it, and it always had to suffer a lot of losses After more than half a year of development, Little Japan has accumulated at least thousands of fighters, and now it is dispatched like this, I estimate that the rest have been transferred to the north! ”

Lu Yixuan shook his head: "Don't be careless!" It is also possible that this is a proud plan of the Japanese, and I have already informed the radar unit to monitor the movements of Japanese fighters around the clock, and we must not let them sneak attack the airfield that we have worked so hard to build for half a year. ”

At this time, a war horse quickly caught up with the off-road vehicle from behind, and Qu Muchen saw that it was Ding Ming, the director of intelligence, and hurriedly asked the driver to drive the car to the side and stop.

Ding Ming turned over and dismounted, opened the car door, and reported loudly: "Report to the commander, chief of staff: The Japanese army used the cover of wind and snow last night to successfully attack the Yanmen Pass guarded by the 68th Army of General Liu Ruming. Fu Zuoyi, the commander of the Central Route Army, has ordered the 40th Group Army and the 43rd Group Army to recapture Daixian, and General Liu Ruming must take Yanmen Pass with meritorious service, otherwise military justice will be involved. Commander Yan asked our army to speed up the northward march and relieve the siege of Dai County. ”

Facing the cold wind that poured into the car, the three people in the car all took a sharp breath.

This news is so shocking that yesterday the battle situation was still very good, and Yan Xishan even called to ask for the opinion of the 30th Group Army to see if he could make a fuss about the Japanese troops on the three routes, as long as he waited for the opportunity to destroy one of them, the Japanese army's offensive would be disrupted, and Shanxi would turn the corner from danger to safety.

According to Shanxi's unique topography, Yan Xishan pointed out that the Lingqiu area outside the Pingxing Pass is surrounded by mountains, and it is inconvenient for the enemy's reinforcements to come and go; if the arrangements are appropriate, it is entirely possible to take advantage of the opportunity of our troops on the left and the center to block the enemy, gather superior forces several times that of the enemy, and deal a fatal blow to him. But now, with the loss of Daixian, the Japanese army has suddenly cut our army in northern Jin into two parts that cannot be connected from end to end, and the situation has suddenly become bad.

Lu Yixuan looked at the sky outside that had become dark, the sun didn't know when it had retracted into the clouds, and it was very likely that a heavy snow would come again, and he frowned and asked, "How far is our army still from Dai County, and how much will it take to arrive?" ”

Ding Ming said: "Now our army is located in the north of Yangqu Shangyuan Village line, used to be called Shiling Pass, our left hand side of the mountain is Nanshan, the right hand side is Wolf Mountain, this place is about 130 kilometers away from Dai County. If the weather is clear, our army will be able to arrive in Dai County in the morning at the latest, but the road is muddy and difficult to walk, and the bridges on the Muma River, Yunzhong River, Hutuo River, Yangwu River and other rivers that we passed on the way to Dai County are not sure whether they will be destroyed by the Japanese army, so based on all kinds of information, our army may have to take three days to reach Dai County. ”

Lu Yixuan was silent, and Qu Muchen muttered, "Three days? This speed is not slow, but I don't know if the Japanese army can give us these three days, if the Japanese army on behalf of the county to gain a firm foothold, and then go south to Fanzhi County, then our army in Pingxingguan will be in the front and rear of the Japanese army, only by withdrawing from the Shahe River to the Taihuai and Wutai areas as soon as possible, can we avoid the fate of the annihilation of the whole army, otherwise the Japanese army will press eastward, and everything will be over! ”

Luo Xianrong asked: "Can you draw the main force from the Right Wing Army to help attack the enemy in Daixian?" Concentrate the main forces of our six group armies at once, and the Japanese army may not be able to resist it! ”

Lu Yixuan said: "Yan Xishan will definitely move like this in the next step, if our three armies are killed, the Japanese army has not a stable foothold, and there may not be no chance of victory, but if the departments have the intention of preserving their strength, then this battle will not have to be fought, and the north of Jin will definitely not be defended!" ”

Qu Muchen thought for a while and said, "If the northern Jin Dynasty is lost, Linyi, which connects the three armies of the northern line, will become the center of the next operation. Lao Lu, I don't think we need to rush now, slow down the march appropriately, let the soldiers take a good breath, I estimate that your speculation is not far from ten.

"In this way, we are now about 40 kilometers away from Linyi, and if we cross the Muma River and delay a little longer, I think it should be reasonable to arrive in Linyi at noon tomorrow. Look at the weather today, the heavy snow will come in a while, don't expect our air force to help the war, we can only rely on the soldiers in front of the blood, if they can fight bloody, drive the little devils out of the north of Jin, we will naturally resume the rapid march, go north, if the battle situation is clear tomorrow, we will simply build fortifications in Linyi, I estimate that this will be an unprecedented and tragic battle we face! ”

"That's a good idea!"

Luo Xianrong vigorously agreed, and Lu Yixuan also nodded: "This is a relatively safe response, so let's handle it like this!" After Ding Ming finished recording the order, Lu Yixuan said to him again: "Send the news to the chairman immediately, he Nanhua is also concerned about our war, now we are too open, we need him in all aspects, and his pressure is greater than that of each of us." ”

Nanhua, Jingshi, General Staff.

In the office of the chief of the general staff, An Yi put down the telegram in his hand, was full of emotion for a while, stood up and came to the window near the lake. The vast West Lake, sparkling, the lake is covered with light boats and painting boats, a good southern style.

There is good news again from Syria:

Through the continuous study of metallurgical experts and technical backbones of the research institute, a breakthrough has been made in the smelting technology of the Xufu Iron and Steel Plant, and a complete steelmaking method of pure oxygen top blowing converter steelmaking has been developed.

Prior to this, all the iron and steel plants of Anyi Group adopted the American open-hearth steelmaking method, which has less strict requirements for raw materials, large steelmaking capacity and many production varieties, and is the main steelmaking method in the world today, and 90% of the steel is obtained through the open-hearth steelmaking method.

As early as 1856, the German Besmarck invented the bottom-blowing acid converter steelmaking method, but because this method could not remove sulfur and phosphorus, its development was limited. By 1879, the Thomas Bottom Blowing Alkaline Converter Steelmaking Method appeared, which used an converter with an alkaline lining to process high-phosphorus pig iron, although the converter method could produce steel in large quantities, it had strict requirements for the composition of pig iron, so it could not be promoted.

The pure oxygen top blowing converter steelmaking method with independent intellectual property rights is mainly to use the pure oxygen top blowing converter to solve the problem of nitrogen and other harmful impurities in the steel, so that the quality is close to the open-hearth steel, and at the same time reduce the heat lost with the exhaust gas, and can blow the pig iron of the open-hearth furnace with a lower temperature, thus saving the coke consumption of the blast furnace and using more scrap steel. The use of this type of pure oxygen top blowing converter steelmaking, fast speed (about ten minutes to make a furnace of steel, while the open-hearth furnace takes seven hours), negative energy steelmaking, very energy-saving, An Yi knows at a glance that it contains huge economic and military value.

An Yi sighed that once the long-suppressed Chinese give them a chance to display their talents, they are never weaker than any outstanding nation in the world, and I really don't know what kind of surprising discoveries they will bring to themselves in the future.

An Yi returned to his desk and immediately gave instructions: reward the scientists and technicians who invented the pure oxygen top blowing converter steelmaking method. In view of the great military and political significance of this type of steelmaking law, it is required that strict secrecy must be maintained, and rewards for relevant personnel can only be carried out secretly, and relevant information must not be published in newspapers and magazines, and confidentiality agreements must be signed.

This kind of steelmaking method can reduce the cost of steelmaking by 60 percent, speed up production by three times, and increase the utilization rate of ore raw materials by 80 percent, and the attraction of all industrialized countries is tantamount to a huge reserve vault.