Sakai Hoji, the commander of the 1st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade of the Chahar Dispatch Corps of the Kwantung Army stationed in Datong, never dreamed that Li Jiansheng's unit of the 125th Division of the Eighth Route Army would target his troops with the second shot after robbing the plane at Yangmingbao Airport. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Sakai Hoji, Li Jiansheng still understands. He is a native of Aichi Prefecture. The second son of the farmer Sakai Kanosuke, graduated from the Army Non-commissioned Officer School and the Army University. He was stationed in France during the First World War and later in Europe as an attaché to the League of Nations. In 1931, he became an instructor at the Army University. In 1934, he served as the director of the Research Department of the Army University and an officer of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, engaged in the study of modern war history and war guidance. In 1936, he was appointed commander of the 24th Infantry Brigade. In March this year, he was transferred to the Kwantung Army and served as the commander of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade. If it is good, he will be promoted to lieutenant general at the end of this year.

There are three reasons why he left an impression on Li Jiansheng: first, he lived well after the war until he died peacefully in 1973; Second, the brigade he led was a mixed infantry, artillery, and engineering corps with two tank battalions, with 4,750 personnel and 744 vehicles, making it Japan's first mechanized corps. Third, in the official history, because Hideki Tojo, the first commander of the Chahar Dispatch Corps, did not know much about tanks, and did not use tanks intensively, but scattered the assault, causing great losses, he quarreled with Tojo, and was transferred back to the Kwantung Army.

And this time, Li Jiansheng didn't plan to give him such a good opportunity.

As for the independent mixed first brigade, Li Jiansheng is also familiar with it. This unit was formed in Japan in March 1934 and was under the jurisdiction of the 1st Independent Infantry Wing and Special Forces, and was assigned to the Kwantung Army on rotation that year. After the outbreak of the "77" incident, on 11 July, the Japanese cabinet formally approved the decision to send troops to China, and the 1st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade was ordered to be transferred to the Pingjin area to join the Chinese garrison and participate in the operation to capture Beiping. On August 16, it was subordinate to the newly formed Chahar Corps of the Kwantung Army and participated in the capture of Datong.

At this stage, the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade is stationed in Datong. However, Brigade Commander Major General Sakai Hoji had just received an order from the North China Front Command conveyed by Major General Yukio Kasahara, commander of the Corps, requesting that the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade immediately move its defense, hand over the defense of Datong to the 2nd Mixed Brigade, and leave its headquarters in the direction of Taiyuan to assist the 5th Division of Sakagaki in its operations. After capturing Taiyuan, Taiyuan was garrisoned.

Sakai Hoji has always been eager to fight, and now that he saw that there was a war, he suddenly became proud and immediately gathered troops to move the defense. He didn't know that because of a girl named Umeko Terauchi, his fate had changed. According to the official history, he was transferred back to the Kwantung Army because of his disagreement with Hideki Tojo. And now, in order to get his niece, General Terauchi Shouichi has been operated in advance, so that Major General Yukio Kasahara will be the commander of the Chahar Dispatch Corps in advance, and he will avoid the fate of being transferred. However, what happens next, it's up to him.

However, it was said that the order to move and open the 1st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade was once again learned and deciphered by Li Jiansheng's department, and Li Jiansheng immediately began to make arrangements.

The first is to carry out ideological mobilization. At two o'clock at noon on the 15th, Zeng Zhongsheng woke up Li Jiansheng and handed him the battle plan for him to review. Li Jiansheng saw that Zeng Zhongsheng and several others were worthy of being professional staff officers, and that the combat plan had been drawn up very well; after careful consideration and revision, Li Jiansheng asked Zeng Zhongsheng to order the commanders of all brigades, regiments, and detachments directly under Zeng Zhongsheng to hold an operational meeting at the division headquarters at 5 p.m.

The meeting was held in the Yang family ancestral hall in a ravine. After Li Jiansheng's department sneaked here, he controlled this area, and he was allowed to enter and exit. And this site became the temporary headquarters of the 125th Division. This is where the meeting takes place.

The cadres sat around and listened attentively to Li Jiansheng's talk on operational arrangements.

Li Jiansheng's eloquence, how can it be repaid? The first is to report on the state of the war.

Comrades: Since our Eighth Route Army swore in to go north to resist the war, our 125th Division's special service regiment made a surprise attack on Yangmingbao airfield, robbed 24 enemy planes, and completely annihilated 183 enemy troops, without a single death of our troops. On the same day, our 115th Division inflicted heavy losses on the first part of the Yue Army at Pingxingguan, and the Pingxingguan Dajie was a great victory that shocked the world. These two battles completely shattered the myth of the invincibility of the army. Also last month, our 129th Division raided Yangmingbao Street at Chenxi Regiment, taking advantage of our division's sneak attack on Mingyangbao Airport and when the enemy's wing stationed at Yangmingbao Street returned to the airport, and completely annihilated more than 180 people defending a squadron of the enemy. Just earlier this month, our 120th Division set up ambushes outside Yanmen Pass several times and dealt a powerful blow to the enemy's supply lines.

Seeing that the commanders were in high spirits, Li Jiansheng poured a scoop of cold water: But then again, when our army attacked the Japanese army, it suffered heavy casualties. In the Battle of Pingxingguan, our Jiang Yuzhen Brigade defended Yuanping, and the whole brigade was killed. I, Cheng Jixian, defended the Harrier Stream, and the whole regiment died. Our Liang Jiantang Brigade defended Ruyue Pass, and the whole brigade was killed. When the Chen Xilian Regiment of the 129th Division raided Yangmingbao Street, Zhao Zongde, the commander of the third battalion, and other comrades died heroically. In the Battle of Xinkou, Commander Hao Mengling and Commander Liu Jiaqi took the lead in charging and sacrificing their lives for the country. In the entire Taiyuan Battle, tens of thousands of soldiers of our army sacrificed their lives for the country. They are all heroes of resistance and national pride! Now, our 125th Division is facing the Japanese army reinforcing Taiyuan, what should we do?

The commanders, almost unanimously, stood up and shouted: "Down with the imperialists!" "Resolutely destroy the Japanese devils!"

Seeing that the commanders' fighting spirit was fully mobilized, Li Jiansheng said: "I now announce three things: First, what we will face this time is the first mechanized corps of the Japanese army to be independently mixed into the first brigade, with two tank battalions and a total of 744 vehicles. Our aim is to annihilate this enemy. The Rocket Research Institute sent another 150 rocket launchers, plus the previous 60 units, except for the 10 units taken away by the advance detachment, the remaining 200 units were all equipped with the first line, and all these tanks were greeted with rocket launchers. The enemy's vehicles, with the exception of the part that the airfield was responsible for destroying, were also knocked out with bazookas. Second, the Armed Forces Research Institute has also sent a batch of anti-tank mines, which must be arranged on the enemy's offensive and retreating roads, and must delay the enemy's advance and retreat. This required the enemy's convoy to quickly organize personnel to install anti-tank mines on the enemy's retreat path after entering the encirclement. Third, the second batch of 5,000 Bayi assault rifles, 300 Bayi light and heavy dual-purpose machine guns, and a large amount of ammunition, including a batch of infantry directional mines, were all assigned to the front-line combat units to ensure the firepower superiority of the front-line troops.

Speaking of this, Li Jiansheng stopped, glanced at the commanders sitting there, and said word by word, I will now announce a few more disciplines: At the last meeting, I already said that the Japanese soldiers who invaded China cannot be counted as people, but only animals, so there is no need to treat them as human beings. Therefore, I demand that the commanders of all brigades, regiments, and detachments must explicitly order the troops, 1. Strictly require that all units not shout to the army to persuade them to surrender, and that our army does not seek to capture prisoners, and there is no surplus food. Before the devil voluntarily puts down his weapon and surrenders, he always speaks with bullets. Second, the wounded soldiers of the Yue army are all the backbone of the fighting force of the Yue army, their hands are covered with blood, and they will launch suicide attacks at any time, and no one will accept their surrender, and we have no medicine and medical personnel to rescue them, so they will all be killed with bullets. Note that you don't need a bayonet, as some wounded soldiers will detonate grenades and cause casualties to our troops. 3. The expatriates and female medical personnel of the Chinese armed forces all consciously and voluntarily participated in the war of aggression. These people are to be treated as soldiers. Except for those who voluntarily lay down their arms and knelt down in surrender, they were greeted with bullets. Fourth, do not fight bayonets with the Japanese army, and greet them with bullets. Did you hear me clearly?

It's cruel! This is to drive out all the devils! I like it, though! After listening to the division commander's lecture, the cadres immediately shouted in unison: "Understand! ”

Seeing that everyone understood what they meant, Li Jiansheng said again, the specific operational concept of this campaign was carried out in five steps, and the specific details are as follows:

The first step is to provoke the enemy. Because our army has already learned the direction of action of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Army, because it is a mechanized unit, its route can be roughly judged. We set up an ambush between San'in and Huairen in advance, and planted more anti-tank mines in the front to stop the enemy, so that the follow-up enemy could continue to advance. As soon as the enemy is relatively concentrated, a massive artillery bombardment is carried out. After the shelling, the bazookas attacked car by car, leaving not a single live opening. At the same time, light and heavy machine guns maintained firepower, killing and wounding the enemy's living forces in large numbers. Then gradually narrow the encirclement. In the end, use grenades and machine guns to open the way and annihilate the enemy.

The second step is to relocate. After the total annihilation of the independent mixed brigade into the 1st Brigade, the large force immediately retreated, giving the impression that the main force was moving westward. According to the retaliatory habits of the Japanese army, they will definitely send heavy troops to pursue them. In addition to the 1st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, the 2nd Brigade of the Chahar Dispatch Corps will be stationed in Datong, and it is estimated that it will not be dispatched. Because the Daquan detachment had already returned to the Huai'an area, it was too late to think about it. Therefore, I estimate that if it is to be dispatched, it will only be a mixed 15th brigade and an embankment detachment. Because the 1st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade was annihilated by us in formation, it is unlikely that the enemy will send another brigade or detachment alone, and if my guess is correct, it should be the 15th Brigade and the Embankment Detachment that will come out in pursuit. According to the command system and rules of the Japanese army, the two units will be unified under the command of Major General Seiichiro Shinohara, commander of the 15th Mixed Brigade. This troop is coming, and we let them go.

The third step is to lure the enemy. Our main force secretly moved to the area of Yanggao and Tianzhen, for example, to attack and occupy Yanggao County, and then set up a battlefield in Yanggao County, lure the enemy to come to help, and eliminate at least one wing of the independent mixed second brigade in Yanggao County, so as to stimulate the Yue army to further pursue and retaliate, and strive to fight a few more battles in the area of Yanggao County and Tianzhen County, so that the devils felt that there was a main force of our army in the area of Yanggao County, which would threaten Datong at any time and lure them to send heavy troops to attack.

The fourth step is to break the enemy, the specific idea is to lure the enemy's heavy troops in the direction of Yangyuan, that is, in the southeast of Shanxi and northwest Hebei, and after the enemy is dispatched, move in the southwest of Shanxi, so that our army can first attack and occupy the southeast of Datong, Yangyuan, and Yanggaonan, and further move the remaining enemy in Datong or the Daquan detachment in Huai'an to the east and south, and then, send small troops to blow up Zhengtai Road in eastern Jindong, the northern section of Tongpu Road in northern Jin, and Tongzhang Road at the same time or synchronously, so that the mixed 15th Brigade and the embankment detachment that pursued our army in advance will be delayed in the vicinity of Taiyuan. unable to return to the aid of Datong in time in the independent mixed second brigade; so that the remnants of Datong are unable to come to the nearest aid; So that Huai'an can neither retreat nor get out of the enemy. Annihilate the enemy in this place. I expect that at least one detachment or two or more wings of the enemy will be annihilated here, and the best case scenario would be to annihilate all the independent mixed 2nd Brigade and the Oizumi Detachment.

The fifth step is to annihilate the enemy, and the specific idea is that after annihilating the enemy, he can return to the division to attack and occupy Datong, annihilate the rest of the independent mixed 2nd Brigade, and at the same time mobilize the mixed 15th Brigade and the embankment detachment to return to help. At this time, our army can leave a part to feign to defend Datong, and the main force will secretly move between Datong and Taiyuan, set up an ambush here, and encircle and annihilate these two enemy armies with heavy troops. First bombarded with artillery, and simultaneously called the air annihilation detachment to participate in the battle, and all 24 bombers participated in the battle. After the bombardment of the air destroyer detachment was completed, the artillery bombarded again. In this way, we must completely paralyze and bomb this brigade and detachment into an unformed formation, and then we will use rocket launchers and machine guns to annihilate them one by one, simultaneously reduce the encirclement, and finally annihilate them. Of course, this requires us to prepare a backup airfield in advance in the southeastern part of Shanxi Province or the southwestern part of Hebei Province, and prepare fuel and bombs to facilitate the operation of the air annihilation detachment.

My purpose is to try to keep all the troops of this Chahar Corps in China as fertilizer. In other words, the complete elimination of the Chahar Corps is the biggest goal of our campaign. Let's discuss it and see if this idea works. ”

Yes, the old cadres are familiar with it, and this is the atmosphere of the old base and the Long March, when the old chiefs put forward ideas, discussed them together, and then worked together to completely make dumplings for the enemy. As a result, the cadres immediately began to discuss and refute the campaign concept put forward by the division commander one by one.