[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 634: Drawing the War (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

Iida Sadagu, the new commander of the 12th Army, was also confused after receiving Tada's telegram, as a high-ranking officer in charge of Shandong, Iida Sadagu was trying his best to understand the situation in Shandong and the troops under his command during this time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The first few **** also sighed at their good luck, in the entire front army, I am afraid that only his defense area is the most stable. The previous commander of the 12th Army, Lieutenant General Otaka Kamezo, was a reckless man who was murderous, and as long as he did not obey him, as long as he dared to resist, he would be killed, so there were almost no decent resistors in the entire Shandong territory except for the Chinese government army on the Sulu border.

is not like the First Army in Shanxi, which not only has a big warlord like Yan Xishan as an opponent, but also a difficult opponent like the Eighth Road of China, who is accidentally disgraced by others. Fortunately, the front army also found a problem, and deliberately tilted a lot of resources to the first army in Shanxi, so that it could recover Taiyuan again.

But even so, the cannon was still rumbling in the direction of Xinkou, and the demon general seemed to be on a collision with the First Army. According to the battle report of the previous two days, the Fifth Division, known as the Steel Army, was also unable to break through the defenses of the Chinese people, and as soon as the battle was at a stalemate, the Front Army Headquarters had no choice but to order the Fifth Division to withdraw one after another. After all aspects of the army have been coordinated, a comprehensive and thorough clean-up campaign will be launched against the Eighth Road.

However, before Iida Sada's joy and emotion could last for a few days, the news of Qingdao's occupation reached Jinan, which was like being poured cold water on someone, and it was cold to the heart!

However, Iida Sadagu was different from Otaka Kamezo after all, and after receiving the telegram from the front headquarters, he did not immediately react aggressively, but ordered the large and small intelligence organizations in Shandong to find out at all costs what kind of troops were attacking Qingdao, and at the same time to find out how many troops the other side had, who the commander was, and what the firepower was disposed of.

At the same time, Lieutenant General Iida Sadagu also ordered the 21st Division stationed in Xuzhou, the 35th Division stationed in Jinan, the 6th and 10th Independent Mixed Brigades and other units to assemble immediately.

Just when the Japanese puppet army in Shandong was frantically gathering, a huge fleet of more than 120 ships was heading towards Tianjin. This huge fleet consisted of more than 40 large and small ships and more than 80 large merchant ships and cruise ships, and the ships were neatly equipped with infantry in addition to weapons and equipment.

At the same time, a large number of troops were also gathering in Zhangjiakou, north of Beiping, that is, the Second Division of the Suicha Military Region, which was ordered to launch a large-scale attack on the Japanese puppet army on the outskirts of Beiping by November 10, in order to cooperate with the battle of Ma Zheng's troops to seize Tianjin.

In order to be able to fully mobilize the Japanese puppet army, Ma Zheng deliberately asked the headquarters of the military region to mobilize three fully equipped infantry regiments for the reorganized Second Division, and at the same time transferred the main force of the artillery brigade of the military district to Zhangjiakou.

Since all this was done in secret, not to mention the Japanese army, even the battalion-level officers of the reorganized Second Division were not clear. Because of such strict confidentiality regulations, even the pervasive special high school class has not had the slightest news.

For Lieutenant General Tada Jun in the city of Peiping, the most difficult moment seems to have passed. The victory of the First Army in recovering Taiyuan and the surrounding counties was tantamount to a booster, which greatly boosted the low morale of the North China Front, and if it had not been for the sudden reinforcements of Ma Zheng's troops to the south, with the combat effectiveness displayed by the First Army, it was entirely possible for them to completely drive Yan Xishan's troops out of Shanxi.

As for the various measures taken by Tada Jun after taking office, the base camp is still very satisfied. Although the results were not very brilliant, at least the shaky situation was stabilized. Moreover, in the eyes of some people in the base camp, under the leadership of Tada Jun, the fighting spirit of the North China Front Army is still very good.

However, what happened next was far beyond the expectations of General Terauchi Shouichi and the Japanese army base camp.

During the day on 9 November, just a few hours after Ma Zheng's unit captured Qingdao, a section of the railway outside Beiping was blown up by the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, forcing a large number of troops of the North China Front to nest in the railway station and wait for the railway troops to rush to repair.

Of course, it is not uncommon for railroads to be bombed and bridges destroyed, and in the eyes of the ubiquitous Chinese guerrillas, these field targets are the most suitable to attack. Therefore, this incident did not attract the attention of the Japanese military high-level, but the railway department filed a case with the military police headquarters, and then sent people to repair it.

No one thought that that the section of the railway was not sabotaged by the Zhina guerrillas, but that Yang Chengwu ordered the special combat personnel lurking near Beiping to do it, the purpose was to prohibit the trains in Beiping City from traveling to the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, and he wanted to launch an attack on the Japanese puppet army in Shalingzi and the Xuanhua area, so as to slow down the arrival of Japanese reinforcements.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the 9th, with Yang Chengwu's order, more than 40,000 troops totaling the 2nd Division, the artillery brigade directly under the Military Region, the Guard Regiment, the 1st Assault Regiment, and the 2nd Regiment suddenly dispatched to attack the Shalingzi position where the 16th Division of the Japanese Army was stationed.

Speaking of this 16th Division, it was really hard, under the continuous blows of Ma Zheng's headquarters, the 16th Division was completely annihilated, and even their division commander, Lieutenant General Fujie Keipu, was killed, 90% of the soldiers of the division were lost, and a field division with more than 20,000 soldiers was left with less than 2,000 people after the war. Therefore, it stands to reason that this division has no need and no value for its existence and should be disbanded.

However, shortly after Tada Jun was transferred to the post of commander of the North China Front, in view of the lack of troops in the front army, he submitted an application to the base camp and proposed the rebuilding of the 16th Division.

Tada's proposal was quickly approved by the base camp, agreeing to rebuild the 16th Division, and transferred Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadachi from China as the commander of the 16th Division, and at the same time mobilized more than 10,000 new troops from China to supplement the 16th Division.

Although the rebuilt 16th Division still retains the position of a field division, in fact, neither the number or quality of soldiers, nor the configuration of weapons and equipment can be compared with the original 16th Division.

You must know that the previous 16th Division was one of the most powerful field divisions in the Japanese army, with four major wings plus troops directly under the division, with a total strength of more than 20,000 people. At present, the rebuilt 16th Division has only three infantry wings that are not fully staffed, and the directly subordinate units only have only one artillery brigade and one engineer wing, and the cavalry wing, divisional chariot wing, and search team are still being formed, and their strength is not the same.

The 16th Division's situation obviously did not hide from Yang Chengwu, and in this battle plan, Yang Chengwu's goal was to completely annihilate the 16th Division, so as to attract reinforcements from the main force of the Japanese army.

In order to achieve this strategic goal, Yang Chengwu lined up three infantry regiments equipped with assault rifles at the forefront of the battlefield at the beginning of the battle, and he wanted to use powerful firepower to destroy the 16th Division's will to resist.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the battle, the 1st Brigade of the 33rd Wing of the Japanese Army stationed in Shalingzi only held out for less than half an hour before hastily withdrawing from its position and fleeing towards Xuanhua, which was dozens of miles away.

Yang Chengwu immediately ordered his troops to pursue, and took advantage of the speed advantage of the cavalry and automobile soldiers to catch up with them, and then wiped them out.

Subsequently, Yang Chengwu commanded the army to attack the Xuanhua area, and launched a comprehensive attack on Xuanhua City at ten o'clock in the evening of the 9th, and the third Xuanhua Battle began.

Because Yang Chengwu's department did its best this time, even the new infantry regiment that had never been used was used, and when the infantry attacked, a large number of artillery with rocket artillery on their shoulders constantly shuttled back and forth on the battlefield, giving the infantry great artillery support.

In addition, most of the soldiers of the 16th Division were newly formed recruits, and almost all of the soldiers were sent to the battlefield after only three months of recruit training, and the results can be imagined. (To be continued.) )