Chapter 72: The Battle of Pingjin (Finale)
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Tong Linge said, "I'm not happy at all, which means that there are indeed spies around the military seat." ”
Zhao Dengyu said indifferently: "We still have to thank him, don't we?" If we win this time, we will give him a big medal. ”
I only saw that the southwest defenders were pressed by the Japanese artillery fire after counterattacking for a while, and they couldn't even stretch out their guns, and they looked like our army had been defeated.
Kawagishi Fumizaburo nodded and said, "Order the infantry army to advance." ”
I only saw that the Japanese army was constantly like a wave, according to the battle group, covering each other, even if there was no counterattack on the opposite side, the Japanese army did not relax in the slightest, only when it was only a few tens of meters away from the defense line at the end, they stood up and charged fiercely, but the Japanese army who was ready to fight found that they could not find the opponent to fight at all, only saw that there was no figure on the battle line at all, and a few sharp-eyed people found the back of a few deserters in the distance.
"The Shina army fled!!" A soldier shouted loudly, and the leader of the 77th Wing, Se Jiutai, who led the attack, couldn't help but shout excitedly when he saw this scene, "Warriors of the Empire, follow me to hunt down the enemy." ”
But those chariots were embarrassed, I don't know if the Nanyuan defenders had already known that the Japanese army had a large number of chariots, and only saw that a tank trench more than three meters deep and three meters wide was made more than 20 meters in front of the fortifications, and only a few trails could pass through people, but these chariots did not dare to drive up at all, and these chariots drove back to the starting position, ready to wait for the next order. From then on, the Japanese tank units and infantry were divided.
Originally, it was reasonable to see such a situation, the Japanese army should be suspicious, but after getting that the southwest corner was the weakness of the Nanyuan defenders, the Japanese army only thought that the defense of the 29th Army was trying to cover up.
Kawagishi Bunzaburo received the news that the southwest defenders had collapsed on all fronts, and kept nodding and saying, "Yo Xi", this battle seems to be simpler than imagined, and the Shina army is really vulnerable.
The Japanese soldiers in the vanguard chased the deserters in front and rushed over. Basically unscathed, the Japanese army completely relaxed its vigilance, and the initial battle formation gradually dispersed, and from the sky you could see that the Japanese army's iron fist from the beginning of the concentration became a scattered pie.
Zhao Dengyu, who was holding the binoculars, nodded and said, "It's okay, the devil's chariot is parked outside." We're ready to merge the net!! ”
The Japanese troops who were feinting were the first to find out that something was wrong, and the 29th Army they faced seemed to be also feinting, crackling and lively on both sides, but there was no substantial progress at all, but when they learned that the main force had entered Nanyuan, they relaxed their vigilance. What they didn't know was that they were actually crowded with troops on the opposite side, and these troops began to converge in an orderly direction to the southwest, at this time the Japanese army on the southwest position had only one squadron of guarding troops, and the other troops had already rushed straight to the center, preparing to capture Tong Linge, Zhao Dengyu and others.
The squadron was talking and laughing, not vigilant at all, not even a scout, waiting for them to find out that something was wrong. The fighters of the 29th Army had already passed through the passage and were only a dozen meters away from them, when the explosion of a grenade sounded the horn of the counterattack.
"Lead the army into the urn, I want to see how strong you really are, send signal flares. Let Division Commander Deng attack. Ordered the troops to hold the line of defense to the death, and must buy time. Zhao Dengyu shouted loudly, and Tong Linge said with a smile, "It seems that there should be no problem." Ordered the special brigade to attract enemy feints. Don't let them go. Order the artillery regiment, open fire!! ”
This is a warlord, even if it is a force. Battle orders should also be issued separately, you tell your people to fight, I ask my people to fight, we will discuss how to fight together, absolutely no chaos.
For a time, the artillery positions hidden outside Nanyuan took off their artillery clothes, although they were all 75 mountain guns and 82 mortars, but it was enough to deal with the exposed Japanese army, and Nanyuan, which had been ravaged by Japanese artillery fire for a day, finally ushered in the roar of the motherland army, and the small mortars scattered all over the country also launched an artillery bombardment together, and chased the 77 wing captain Se Jiutai, who was hesitating for a while in Nanyuan, as if he had seen the end of the world, only to see the continuous artillery fire exploding around him, although he was not accurate, and the caliber was not large, But for a time, the entire army was thrown into chaos, countless Japanese troops were overturned by the shock wave of artillery shells, countless ordnance flew everywhere, and the sand was gradually soaked in blood. At this time, they had left the defense line for more than ten minutes, and they couldn't escape back for a while.
The defense line has entered a bloody hand-to-hand combat, the soldiers of the 29th Army held broadswords, slashed and killed the Japanese army, the Japanese army did not expect that the 29th Army would kill a horse pistol, and was killed and retreated for a while.
When Kawagishi Bunzaburo saw such a tragic scene, he didn't know that he had won the jackpot, and in such a place, such a situation was surrounded by the main force of his infantry by the Chinese army.
The other troops had not yet arrived at this time, after all, they did not expect to enter Nanyuan so quickly, and the fastest follow-up troops would take about half an hour, and they had no infantry available at this time.
Kawagishi Bunzaburo calmed down as quickly as possible, and gave several orders in succession, saying: "Order the follow-up troops must arrive at the battlefield within 20 minutes, otherwise the military law will be engaged, and order the chariot troops to attack Nanyuan from the south direction, such a tank trench, they can't dig too long, order the aviation to immediately give tactical guidance, and order the feint troops on both sides to attack with all their might, and cooperate with the chariot troops to break through the enemy's defense." ”
At this time, the Japanese wing in Nanyuan had already shown their superb quality, lying down to avoid artillery bombardment, while constantly counterattacking the 29th Army from all directions.
But a tremor of the earth made the co-captain who led the team feel ominous in his heart, and he ventured to stand up and take the binoculars to see that it was actually a steady stream of cavalry rushing towards him.
This is the main force of the 9th Cavalry Division, these men from the Chinese frontier, holding sabers, shouting like a wolf-like whistling sound in their mouths, the artillery also cooperated and slowly stopped the shelling, these cavalry skillfully brandished the sabers, harvesting the lives of the Japanese army, because the formation of the Japanese army has been dispersed because of the pursuit, Nanyuan is a school field of Pingchuan, and for a time the 9th Division of the Cavalry is like no one's land. The heads of the people killed were rolling, and the blood was flowing like a river, which made Zheng Dazhang cry out with joy. The 77th Wing, on the other hand, was chased and fled everywhere, and lost its command at all for a while. From above, it looks like a massacre.
But Zhao Dengyu and Tong Linge only laughed for less than forty minutes, and they couldn't laugh anymore. The news of the build-up of Japanese tank units to the south made them cold from the beginning.
Soon bad news came.
The combined impact of more than 100 tanks made the defending special brigade collapse in less than ten minutes, and the 29th Army, which did not have any anti-tank capabilities, had even used the tactics of man-to-bullet in the face of the tank, but in the face of the flat terrain and the deadly impact of the Japanese army, the special brigade lost more than 300 people within 20 minutes after the Japanese tanks were put into battle, and the whole line was about to collapse for a while.
It only took one minute for Zhao Dengyu and Tong Linge to jointly judge that the Nanyuan defensive battle had failed, and Zhao Dengyu and Tong Linge, who were accustomed to Chinese warlord-style battles, did not even set up multiple defense lines.
Tong Linge sighed, "I can only fight with them, buy time for the cavalry, and let them hurry up to eliminate the Japanese troops in the encirclement." In addition, let the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns be concentrated in the south, and together with the second regiment of the special operations brigade, they can resist for more time. ”
Zhao Dengyu shook his head and said, "We can't win the battle anymore, now we still try our best to retreat the troops to Beiping City." ”
Tong Linge nodded in agreement. He looked at the map and pointed to the big red gate and said, "Let's withdraw our troops here and use the terrain here to block it." ”
Zhao Dengyu said, "If we send a telegram to the military seat, the intelligence will probably still be betrayed, so let's talk about retreat, not the location." ”
After the discussion was decided, Zhao Dengyu immediately sent a telegram to Beiping, announcing that the battle had been lost, and our army was ready to continue to resist to the death, hoping that the military seat would make a decision as soon as possible.
Song Zheyuan received the news and sat on the stool directly in fright - lost? The 29th Army is going to play? Is the Northwest Army going to play? Decades of Northwest Army is going to die in their own hands?
Song Zheyuan asked as if he remembered something, "What about Fengtai?" What's going on over there in Fengtai? ”
On the Fengtai battlefield, countless Japanese soldiers were cheering. and then under the defense of countless pillboxes, machine guns, and artillery. The 37th Division left behind the corpses on the ground and left in a crushing defeat, and more than a dozen planes were chasing the remnants of the 37th Division.
Zhang Yueting shook Song Zheyuan violently and said, "Military seat, be sober, we have to make a decision immediately." ”
Song Zheyuan was in a trance, gritted his teeth and said, "That's it." The people of the 29th Army were the most important, and ordered the defenders to pick up Nanyuan's troops, and immediately let Mayor Qin and Division Commander Zhang and Division Commander Feng come to a meeting. ”
After Song Zheyuan arranged for the reinforcements to be received, he sat alone in the room and thought secretly. I have to say that Song Zheyuan at this time no longer has any heroism, but is exactly the same as Zhang Xiaoliu back then.
Song Zheyuan first comforted himself that he still had so many troops. It's not that there really is no chance of turning the tables, and I think that if I just want Pingjin one day, don't I still have Chahar and Hebei, and it's not too bad, and then I think that one day I just want to teach myself a lesson, and I admit my mistake and it's over? The more I thought about it, the more beautiful it became, and finally concluded, "We still have to talk, it is useless to fight, and only peace talks can solve the problem." ”
So a warlord is still a warlord in the end.
So who will go to the peace talks, Song Zheyuan himself will not go, not to mention this traitor charge, he can't do it by himself to put himself in danger. Who should go?
Not to mention that Song Zheyuan was there to himself.
Tong Linge took the guard battalion and the air defense force to find a slightly higher geographical place to fortify, and after a while. Tong Linge saw countless steel monsters chasing the scattered officers and soldiers of the 29th Army, these northwest men were all veterans of the Great Wall War of Resistance, and the strong men were constantly breaking their wrists to divide the troops to block the enemy.
Tong Linge said to the anti-aircraft guns, "Hit those tanks, be accurate!" After speaking, Tong Linge personally operated an anti-aircraft gun and aimed it, and with a fierce shot, the happy little bean Ding who ran away was smashed to pieces.
The Northwest Army has strict military training, but there is a requirement, the superior must do it before the subordinate can do it, Tong Linge as the training commander, any weapon can play a sufficient role in his hands.
The four Surotong S5-10620 mm anti-aircraft guns successfully forced the Japanese tank troops to retreat. The devils are about to shell! "Fortunately, these are not heavy anti-aircraft guns, and they can be dragged by horses, and sure enough, Tong Linge didn't walk long before a shell hit the shelling position just now.
Tong Linge gathered the defeated army in this way, entangled the Japanese army with anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, and Deng on the other side also desperately urged his cavalry to continue to charge and kill, the 77th Wing had successfully reorganized the army at this time, set up a defensive position, and the 9th Cavalry Division could no longer rush into the Japanese army to fight, and finally Deng reluctantly ordered to retreat, and the wing captain of the 77th Wing, Se Jiutai, also sat on the ground, and he didn't even know when his pants were wet.
At this time, the late Chinese garrison army finally arrived on the battlefield, under the capture of several sides, the Nanyuan troops completely collapsed, and the same great rout in history began, at this time the Japanese air force reinforcements also arrived, the air force continued to strafe the ground, and the 29th Army retreated on the way to see the fragmented corpses hit by the heavy machine guns on the plane.
Since ancient times, there are very few armies that retreat without becoming a rout, and it is a pity that the 29th Army is not among these few, although the 29th Army is organized by Tong Linge, Zhao Dengyu and others, but it is finally a mess under the continuous division of the Japanese cavalry, chariots, and aircraft.
Tong Linge wasted all his strength and finally found Zhao Dengyu, and said, "We can't do this, the casualties are too great, and someone must be the queen." ”
Zhao Dengyu held a knife in one hand and a gun in the other, and said, "I am the commander of this battle, and it is my responsibility to fight like this, I don't have the face to go back to see the military seat, Tong Linge, you take the brothers to go first, I will come to the palace!" ”
When the Nanyuan troops fled back to Beiping, there were less than 6,000 people left, but fortunately, because the intelligence was not reported to Song Zheyuan, the retreat route of the Nanyuan troops was not exposed. None of the important generals died, only Zhao Dengyu, who was behind the palace, was injured by the plane, but fortunately the injuries were not serious and were sent to Baoding Hospital in the rear.
When Zheng Dazhang, Tong Linge, Zhao Dengyu and the other three returned to Beiping, they just arrived at Song Zheyuan for a meeting.
The main generals of the 29th Army gathered together to discuss what would happen next.
After some discussion, it was decided not to withdraw the government, so that if the Japanese army really did not want to occupy Beiping, there would be room for maneuver. And the person left behind is poor Zhang Zizhong, after all, he has traveled to Japan, and unlike Tong Linge, Zhao Dengyu and others who are not good at socializing, the most important thing is that Zhang Zizhong fell ill. Anyway, you can't go, so I'll complete this task for you.
Zhang Zizhong burst into tears when he got the news, and he said to Qin Dechun, "You and Mr. Song have become national heroes, and I am afraid that you will become a traitor." ”
The reason for the withdrawal from Beiping was that tens of thousands of troops were about to overwhelm the border, but there were still a large number of cities, including Tianjin, that were still in the hands of the 29th Army. For a time, the entire land of Pingjin was full of flames, and the battles between the Japanese army and the 29th Army were everywhere, which made the Japanese army think that the 29th Army was preparing for a full-scale counterattack.
At 1 o'clock in the morning, Ning Dianwu led the 1st Security Squadron to recapture Tianjin East Railway Station; Zhu Chunfang, commander of the 26th Independent Brigade, led his troops to recover the Tianjin Terminus, and took advantage of the victory to capture the Bac Ninh Railway General Bureau, which was entrenched by the Japanese army; The officers and soldiers who captured the Dongjuzi Airport burned more than 10 Japanese planes; At 2 o'clock in the morning, Qi Guangyuan commanded the 3rd Squadron of the Pistol Regiment and the Security Regiment to insert Liulitai from Balitai to Jin, attack the Japanese barracks Haiguang Temple, and occupy the east parking lot, and the 2nd Battalion of the 224th Regiment of the 112th Brigade of the 38th Division stationed in Dagu continuously repelled the Japanese troops who tried to forcibly cross the Haihe River to capture the mouth of Dagu, and destroyed many enemy boats, destroying the Japanese military trestle bridge.
At 12 o'clock in the evening, Zhang Qingyu and Zhang Yantian, the two captains of the 1st and 2nd corps of the Jidong Security Force, jointly telegraphed and announced the uprising. They closed the gate of Tongzhou, cut off communications, occupied the telecommunications bureau and radio station, surrounded the puppet government in eastern Hebei, and captured the traitor Yin Rugeng alive (he escaped under the city of Beiping, and then went to Beiping from Imai to protect it). The first part of the security team went to Xicang to arrest the head of the Japanese secret service, Hosogi Fan, because of his stubborn resistance, he was killed on the spot, and the remaining spies and Japanese troops resisted stubbornly, Zhang Qingyu decided to attack by fire, and fought until 9 o'clock in the morning of the 29th, destroying more than 300 Japanese troops and spies. The 1st and 2nd District Teams of the Security Corps, led by Captain Su Lianzhang, eliminated more than 200 Japanese troops stationed in Shunyi County. (To be continued......)