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The 13th Division was ambushed in the vicinity of Tianmu Mountain, and when the news reached the headquarters of the Central China Front, it also caused an uproar at the top of the Front Army. It www.biquge.info hard to believe that there is still an armed force capable of ambushing them in Xinyang.

It was only with the continuous telegrams for help from the 13th Division that the commander of the Front Army, Shunroku Hatata, finally realized that he had underestimated the strength of the Eighth Route Army in Central China. It is even more clear that they have been fooled again this time.

Whether it is to seize the new county seat at night, or to recover Macheng. These actions were all taken by the Eighth Route Army to lure their main divisions back. Then concentrate superior forces and encircle and annihilate the main divisions and regiments from which they returned.

Once this plan is successful, they will attack the three divisions in Henan, and the overall attack power will be greatly reduced. Even with the entry of a large number of the main forces of the Eighth Route Army into Henan, if they are not careful, their troops entering Henan will be in danger.

Looking at the rescue telegram sent by the 13th Division, Shunroku Hata was also very anxious: "Order the aviation units near Wuhan to immediately take off to Tianmu Mountain to provide air support to the 13th Division!" ”

As a result, the chief of staff said a little helplessly: "Your Excellency, there is currently a thunderstorm in Xinyang, and our air force cannot take off at all. According to the forecast of the local meteorological observatory, this thunderstorm will last at least a day or so. ”

So we can't provide air support at all, right? ’

'Yes, Your Excellency, Commander. However, after receiving a telegram from the 13th Division asking for help, our garrison in Xinyang had already sent a wing to Tianmu Mountain to carry out rescue. ’

After listening to the report of the chief of staff, Shunroku Hata shook his head and said: "From Xinyang to Tianmu Mountain, unless you use a car to transport troops. If the troops marched in a hurry, it would be nearly a hundred miles away, and when the reinforcements arrived, I was afraid that the battle would be over.

Pass my order and call the 13th Division and ask them to find a way to break through. If you can't break through, choose a favorable terrain in the mountains and wait for reinforcements. Anyway, they have tens of thousands of troops, and I don't believe they can't hold out for a day. ”

It's just that what Shunroku Hata didn't expect was that without waiting for his telegram to be sent to the 13th Division, Shizuichi Tanaka, as the commander of the division, had already made the decision to give up the breakout and wait for reinforcements. Choose to build improvised fortifications in the mountains and fight the Eighth Route Army to the end.

Luo Ruiqing, who was in charge of the battlefield command, saw that the Japanese army began to assemble one after another to the location where the Chinese army was located. and built a series of blocking fortifications outside, and also knew that at this time, the little devil did not plan to break through, but chose to defend it.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Go to someone, talk to Master Xu, and clean up the little devils on the periphery first." Since the little devils choose to stick to the center circle, then we will give them a little hope. Heavy artillery regiment to adjust the artillery position with the enemy blocking position as the target.

Artillery bombardment is not to be carried out until an order is received from the command. At this time, they still want to stick to the help, which is simply wishful thinking. With the favorable terrain around here in our hands, what else can they do! ”

With Luo Ruiqing's order conveyed to the Second Division, the pursuing Eighth Route Army troops were also very easy for these Japanese troops who were gathering at the position of the Chinese army. released a group to encircle and annihilate a group, constantly devouring the strength of this Japanese division.

At this time, those Japanese troops who were far away from the position of the Chinese army were facing the concentrated encirclement and annihilation of the superior forces of the Eighth Route Army. It didn't take long for the gunfire in Tianmu Mountain to seem to have weakened a lot all of a sudden.

Just when many people wondered if the battle in the mountains was over. After receiving the news from Xu Renyi, the Japanese troops on the periphery had been cleared. Luo Ruiqing understood that the final encirclement and annihilation battle could start.

'Call the heavy artillery regiment and they can start shelling. Tell Master Xu that the little devil in Xinyang has come out. We also have to end the battle as soon as possible, and go back to Xinyang City to celebrate our achievements! ’

'Yes, Chief of Staff! ’

For Luo Ruiqing, pulling the heavy artillery regiment to Tianmu Mountain to stand by was just to add an insurance to victory. Most of the artillery units that shelled the Japanese army in the past were mountain artillery and field artillery of artillery regiments directly under the army.

As for this kind of heavy artillery that is expensive with one shell, Luo Ruiqing will not use it easily when it is not necessary. After all, with the current capacity of the arsenal, although it can imitate this kind of shell, the number is still pitiful.

It's just that now it's time to fight the final war of annihilation, and ending this battle as soon as possible can reassure the central government and the headquarters earlier. If this good news can be sent to the general headquarters as soon as possible, Luo Ruiqing believes that those leaders will be happy.

The heavy artillery regiment, which was already ready for artillery bombardment, followed Luo Ruiqing's order, and more than a dozen heavy artillery pieces that had been pulled with a lot of effort once again showed their hideous faces and smashed heavy shells into the Japanese position.

The Japanese infantry, who had already prepared for anti-artillery, thought that the fortifications they had built temporarily could withstand the artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army. As a result, it didn't work out, and these fortifications were like paper paste.

Shizuichi Tanaka, who was staying in a position, looked at these destroyed fortifications, and said half-loudly: "Yaga, it's actually a heavy artillery!" ”

Compared with the mountain artillery and field artillery used by the Eighth Route Army before, the power of this heavy artillery is self-evident. The Japanese army, who thought that they could rely on the fortifications they had accelerated to build, stuck to the Japanese army waiting for reinforcements, knew at this moment that they were powerless to return to the sky.

Even if the place they're looking for now is a good place to defend. But in the face of the Eighth Route Army's use of heavy artillery, many little devils felt that the Eighth Route Army was too deceitful. If you have heavy artillery, why save it for now?

Look at the fortifications that were built with great effort, but they quickly collapsed under the shelling of the Eighth Route Army. The Japanese soldiers, who had hoped that the fortifications would defend against artillery, suddenly found that the fortifications they had built had become their burial place.

Looking at the chaos on the battlefield, Shizuichi Tanaka suddenly said very calmly: "Order the troops to disperse and break through!" The opponent has heavy artillery to cooperate with the battle, and we will not be able to hold out for long. It's better to take this opportunity to disperse and break through.

As long as we can enter the mountains, I believe we will always find our way down. When reinforcements arrive, it is believed that these ambushed eight routes will also leave. When the time comes, maybe we will be able to preserve some strength.

If we continue to stay here and wait for reinforcements, we will not be able to hold out at all for reinforcements to arrive. Only by breaking up all the troops and breaking through separately may we still have a chance to live. Order to disperse and break out! ”

The combat staff officer who stayed by Shizuichi Tanaka's side also knew that if he continued to stay here, there was indeed only one way to die. As the heavy artillery roared, the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, which had been stopped before, also began to wreak havoc on their positions in turn.

Once upon a time, they also used such tactics against the anti-Japanese forces in China. It's just over a year, and it's their turn to feel the taste of being crippled by artillery fire.

As Tanaka gave the order to disperse and break out, the thousands of Japanese troops gathered together began to flee in all directions like lost dogs. Seeing such a scene, the Eighth Route Army, which was planning to attack, was also a little dumbfounded.

'Damn, these little devils were shelled and completely exploded. Although this Tianmu Mountain is not small, how can they escape from the forest? Drilling into the forest, that's our forte! ’

There were soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were preparing to attack, and they couldn't help muttering. At this time, Xu Renyi, who was the town commander on the front line, immediately issued all preparations for an attack, and the Eighth Route Army, which immediately surrounded the Japanese army, also attacked from all sides.

When an assault battalion of the 2nd Division attacked the center of the position that was no longer uninhabited, it soon found Shizuichi Tanaka, who had committed suicide by seppuku. Xu Renyi, who learned the news, also quickly came over to check the results of the battle and found that the old devil who committed suicide by seppuku was Shizuichi Tanaka.

'Originally, I was expecting to catch a job, but I didn't think that this old devil really had a bit of backbone, and he actually committed suicide! ’

After issuing the order to disperse and break out, the brigade commanders and division chiefs of staff of the original Japanese army persuaded Tanaka Shizuichi to break through with them. But Shizuichi Tanaka knew that taking him with him would only increase the burden on the troops.

After all, he is the commander of the division, and there will definitely be many troops who will break through with him in order to protect his safety. In this way, it undoubtedly told those pursuing Eighth Route Army that there were big names among the Japanese troops who broke through.

Now he committed suicide by cutting his abdomen, and in this way he was loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and he also took responsibility for the defeat of the 13th Division. In today's situation, even if he can break out alive, he will still inevitably accept the punishment of the military department.

In the face of Tanaka Shizuichi's insistence, after the persuasion of other generals failed, he could only commit suicide by cutting his abdomen. After all, this is also a very honorable and respectable thing in the Japanese army. Not everyone has this kind of seppuku courage!

'Restrain this old devil!' Well, it's a big fish too. Keep it, I believe there is still some effect! Report this news to the Chief of Staff. It seems that this battle can almost be declared victorious. ’

It was confirmed that the corpse was the division commander of the 13th Division, Shizuichi Tanaka, and Luo Ruiqing, who was at the command headquarters, looked at the troops who began to chase and suppress the little devils all over the mountains, and also knew that the division that returned to Xinyang was crippled.

After a long sigh of relief, he pondered for a while and said: "Send a telegram to the front commander, after nearly three hours of fighting, our department has basically eliminated the current enemy. At present, the Japanese army has been defeated, and our unit is in the process of encirclement and suppression with all its might.

In the course of the battle, the commander of the Japanese division, Shizuichi Tanaka, had committed suicide, and his body had been collected by our department. The fleeing Japanese army was determined to clear it before the arrival of Japanese reinforcements. Next, after the battlefield is cleaned up, our troops will withdraw from Tianmu Mountain one after another. ”

When this telegram was sent to Mr. Peng, who was in charge of the front-line command of the Henan Campaign, Mr. Peng, who saw this telegram, couldn't help but say happily: "Okay, the independent column is really a trustworthy force!" In just three hours, a division was wiped out! ”

As the commander-in-chief of the front line, Mr. Peng naturally knew how much of a role the encirclement and annihilation of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army could play in the overall war. The most important thing is that the troops that encircled and annihilated this division this time are only one of the main divisions of the independent column!

This kind of army really makes Mr. Peng feel that what the leaders of the central government said is right, the independent column is indeed a good force worthy of their trust, an elite unit of the Eighth Route Army that really dares to fight and win! (To be continued.) )