Chapter 436: An Unexpected Flaw
Wars are always full of accidents, yes, it was really just an accident, because the atrocity of the massacre of the village of Modao Jingo under Gu Shoufu led to Bao Shoutian, and Liu Ziqing retaliated angrily. And Cen Ben Yixiong's brigade, which went to extinguish Liu Ziqing, encountered He Songlin's main force of the regiment. The Nagai Tokugawa Wing, which went to the rescue, and the three battalions sent by Li Chunrun arrived one after the other. After paying more than 300 losses, Kazuo Cen Moto, who had struggled to support, finally received the arrival of reinforcements.
He Songlin had been suppressing Cen Moto's fight before, but with the arrival of the Nagai Tokugawa Wing, the situation was reversed, even when it was fully armed, a main regiment of the Northwest Army could barely fight against a wing of the Japanese army, although it was not defeated, but it was difficult to bargain. However, fortunately, the strength of the three battalions sent by the division headquarters relieved He Songling's considerable pressure for a while, but He Songlin complained to Li Chunrun in his heart, he fought with the Japanese army on the Pingjin front before, and suffered some losses, but he prepared a lot of time in the area from Baoding to Shijiazhuang, and the 16th Division was withdrawn to Baoding relatively early, if Li Chunrun could only mobilize 3 battalions to reinforce him, He Songling would not believe it. However, there was an order from above, so that he had to hold the Nagai Tokugawa team for two days no matter what, and He Songling had nothing to do but scold his mother in his heart when his troops were at a disadvantage.
As his top boss, Li Chunrun naturally did not go to play soy sauce, but went straight to Xiongzhou Town with the main force of the division, because of the abnormal movement of the Nagai Tokugawa Wing, which caused a gap in the Japanese army, which was originally quite compact. If it is for an ordinary miscellaneous army, even if you know that the Japanese army has exposed flaws, given the speed of projecting troops. The Japanese were able to make up for the gap before they arrived. But Li Chunrun after a brief communication with Wu Keren. It was immediately decided to seize this rare opportunity. Mobilizing more than 100 trucks and a group of mules and horses, they successfully broke through the blockade of a Japanese brigade and completed the attack on Xiongzhou Town.
"What? Makuhide Ichiro didn't stop the Shina Army! Damn the Northwest Army of China, hurry up, immediately follow me to aid Xiongzhou Town! Nagasaki Tokutaro was so angry that he was able to break through the blockade of one of their brigades in such a short period of time, except for the Northwest Army that had this ability, he had never seen any enemy army with such a sharp attack ability. Thinking of the town of Xiongzhou by enemy troops. And it was also the consequence of the capture of the backbone of the enemy army, and Tokutaro Nagasakai couldn't help but shiver.
The previous Mutian Wing was completely wiped out, and the main force of the tank wing was destroyed, but these things did not happen to the elite 6th Division. Every cadre of the 6th Division would be proud of his number, but at this time, he was attacked by the Northwest Army, and the attack was so sharp that it not only contained the main force of Nagai Tokugawa's wing, but also directly broke through the fortification of one of their brigades. At this time, Nagasaka Tokutaro even scolded Nagai Tokugawa, if this guy hadn't acted too fast, he wouldn't have exposed such a flaw to the enemy.
Even if it's the Japanese army. There will also be times when you shirk responsibility. Even he never expected that the Northwest Army would be able to break through the blockade of one of their brigades so quickly. And with incomparably accurate punches, he hit the town of Xiongzhou, the weak point of the Japanese army.
Xiongzhou Town is close to Baiyangdian, Sun Dianying's 41st Army was pursued by the Japanese army on the way back, and nearly a brigade of troops retreated to the Baiyangdian area, taking advantage of the complex terrain and dense water towns in this area, there are reeds everywhere, and thousands of people are divided into several strands to hide in, and they can't even set up a wave. Originally, these thousands of remnants were not put in the eyes of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army stationed in Xiongzhou Town was also ready to annihilate or even force down this remnant of the enemy army at any time, and at the same time, Xiongzhou Town relied on Baiyangdian. It was easy to hide a few thousand people in Baiyangdian, but it was also extremely difficult for the main force of the enemy to cross Baiyangdian with most of its baggage to attack the Japanese army. At this time, the Japanese army has swept the Pingjin area, in order to take advantage of the victory to pursue, do not give the defenders too much time, all the way south, Xiongzhou Town because of the geographical location, the Japanese army is ready to build this place into one of the advance stations of Baoding, where a large number of military supplies have been accumulated, and more seriously, once Xiongzhou Town is lost, Sun Dianying, who was originally forced into Bai Yangyan, converged with a rout, then the number of enemy troops stationed in Xiongzhou Town is enough to nail here for a few days. And the situation of Nagai Tokugawa United is probably even more dangerous than the previous Muta United. You must know that at this time, it was only the 29th Army that besieged the Mutian Wing. At this time, in the Baoding area, in addition to the retreating 29th Army, there was also the main force of Zhao Tieshu's 2nd Group Army. And the speed of breaking the enemy shown by the Northwest Army this time really surprised the people of the 6th Division.
"Immediately inform Your Excellency the Division Commander, I'm afraid the seriousness of this matter has exceeded our expectations!"
Nagasaka Tokutaro's face was solemn, with his many years of combat experience, he could feel the difficulty of his opponent, and it was impossible not to see this opportunity. In the Battle of Pingjin before, the enemy army had a record of annihilating one wing at a time, making its unit a laughing stock in the Japanese army, and the continuation of the 6th Division has always been one of the most elite divisions in the entire Japanese army, if the second example is on them, I am afraid that the 6th Division will also become a second laughing stock. This is something that he Taro Nagasaka and Tani Shofu absolutely can't accept. Presumably, the enemy army will not easily let go of this opportunity to humiliate the Japanese army.
In fact, Nagasaka Tokutaro's intuition as a professional soldier is very amazing, as their strongest opponent the Northwest Army came, and it came faster than he expected, and the attitude was more resolute, in order to nail here, Li Chunrun directly brought the division headquarters to Xiongzhou Town.
"Quick, the Chinese army is coming! Hold the gates, and don't let the army in. "At this time, there were only two cavalry squadrons and one infantry squadron of the Japanese army in Xiongzhou Town.
"We only have less than three hours at most, we must break through Xiongzhou Town, and if we can't take it, we will retreat immediately!" Li Chunrun gave up the car and rode forward in the truck with the soldiers, the violent limp made him feel depressed at this time, after shaking his head, Li Chunrun took out his pocket watch, planned the time spent on the road, and immediately ordered, "At this time, I don't care about the people of Xiongzhou Town, turn the cannon up!" ”
The war did not have much compassion, if the Japanese army was allowed to gain a firm foothold, the Japanese army would not only be able to play their rhythm, but even his army, which could have been regarded as cavalry, might be outflanked by the Japanese army and turned into a lone army. At that time, it will become the main force of their 16th Division that will be divided and annihilated. Not only does stealing chickens not make it impossible to lose rice, I am afraid that he, Li Chunrun, will also set a precedent for the first Northwest Army division to be destroyed by the Japanese army. (To be continued.) )