Shijiazhuang, headquarters of the 110th Division. The division commander, Lieutenant General Kuwaki Takaaki, was listening to a report from the intelligence department. Now when it comes to Sangmu Chongming and his 110th Division, everyone may be relatively unfamiliar, but the Sangmu Division was very famous on the battlefield behind enemy lines that year. It's just that it is famous for its brutal massacre of anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians, which can be described as far-reaching and notorious, and makes the soldiers and civilians behind enemy lines hate it to the core.

I believe that many people have watched "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", "Tunnel Warfare", "Armed Forces Behind Enemy Lines", "Wildfire Spring Breeze Fighting Ancient City", "Youth in War", "Plain Guerrillas" and other films or novels that reflect the War of Resistance behind enemy lines, and the Japanese army in these works belongs to the 110th Division. Although they are all literary works, they are all based on real people and real events, which can vividly reproduce the tragic scenes of that year.

Of course, you can't watch the film and television works that were remade later, you can only watch old movies or novels from the past. In the new version of "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", the Japanese soldiers also compete with Xiao Balu to climb trees and dive, which is really loving. And in fact? The 110th Division was even more ferocious than the 6th Division.

Taking the Pingyang Massacre in September 1943 as an example, the 163rd Wing of the 110th Division killed more than 1,000 innocent civilians and burned down more than 5,200 houses. What is particularly resentful is that the Japanese invaders actually took pleasure in killing people. According to the investigation after the tragedy, the Japanese army used dog bites, fire, boiling water, stone smashing, waist beheading, awl piercing, and grinding, stuffing the heads of the captured civilians into their pants and torturing them, kicking them down the hill and falling to death, gang raping, making men and women naked to dance Yangge for copulation, and those who did not obey were stabbed to death with bayonets, and disemboweled. There are more than 200 kinds of torture and killing methods such as digging out the heart and eating the brain, and their brutality, barbarism, and perversion are almost the most atrocities committed by the Japanese army invading China on the Chinese battlefield!

"The husband was chilled and cried when he heard it, and the heroes were staring and bleeding"; "It seems that I have a deep hatred for blood debts, and I will pacify 100,000 people, and I should fight endlessly, and recover them one after another, and wait for the day of my complete victory, and let the other fascist murderers be the murderers. Ends. There is no escape". These words were engraved on the monuments of the Thousand Tombs of Pingyang and the Martyrs' Cemetery of Fuping County, which painfully expressed the hatred of the people of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region and Fuping County against the Japanese invaders. Nowadays, many people talk about Sino-Japanese peace at every turn, but I just ask, have you paid off the blood debt back then?

Let's talk about the division commander, Lieutenant General Kuwaki Chongming. He came from a family of high-ranking samurai in Japan. Both elder brothers were officers to the army. He himself graduated from the 26th saber group of the Japanese Army University (i.e., the top six. He was given a saber by the Emperor), and later studied in Russia. However, such a highly educated soldier is a demon no less than Gu Shoufu.

There is a sentence in the novel "Bright Sword": The temperament of an army is determined by the personality of its first commander. The reason why the 110th Division is so ferocious to the point of perversion is that it is not only the bestiality common to the Japanese. It also has a lot to do with Sang Mu Chongming's words and deeds. According to records, Sang Mu Chongming is particularly fond of killing, and is extremely perverted, and once used an eighty-nine wooden handle grenade to penetrate the female Balu's pussy and detonate it after raping the female prisoner, which shows how cruel it is.

I won't introduce too much about the background, let's get down to business, and let's talk about the current situation of the 110th Division. Shijiazhuang is located at the intersection of the Pinghan Line and the Zhengtai Line, and the geographical location is extremely superior. The 110th Division is the only mobile striking force on hand of the North China Front, so since the headquarters of the First Army moved to Taiyuan, the defense of central North China has basically been decided by Lieutenant General Sang Mu. To be honest, he enjoyed the feeling of dominance.

Napoleon once said: a soldier who does not want to be a marshal is not a good soldier. Although Lieutenant General Kuwamu Chongming looked down on the French, he agreed with this sentence very much. When this battle is over, I should move up another level! He thought happily that the Sang Mu family had not yet produced an army general!

"Your Excellency the Division Commander!" Seeing that Lieutenant General Sang Mu was a little distracted, the intelligence officer cautiously reminded him.

Sangmu Chongming suddenly came back to his senses, and said with some embarrassment: "Hmm, yo Xi, the information just now is very good, please continue!" ”

"Hello!" The intelligence officer bowed his head and said: "The following is the information about Jizhong, due to the extremely tight blockade of the people of China, we have not obtained much information, and we can only infer it from some clues......

Mulberry interrupted with a wave of his hand impatiently and asked, "What is the result of that inference?" ”

The intelligence officer hurriedly replied: "Shocking! ”

Mulberry asked in surprise, "You mean shocked?" ”

The intelligence officer leaned his legs and said solemnly: "Yes, Your Excellency! Presumably, you already know about the battle that took place in the northern section of the Jinpu Line some time ago, right? That's the proof of the best! ”

Kumiki Chongming sneered disdainfully: "Of course I know the way, but it's not surprising that Honma Masaharu's fool lost the battle, I can't say anything!" ”

Some people may be puzzled, it stands to reason that Kuwaki Chongming and Honma Masaharu are both commanders of the Japanese division, and they belong to the same front army, and they share honor and disgrace, even if there are any contradictions on weekdays, they will not gloat, right? There's a reason for that, of course.

Sang Mu Chongming is extremely arrogant, he is a very difficult person to deal with, and what is worse is that he is very jealous, typical of red eyes and black hands, not only ruthless to the enemy, but also love to stumble on his own people. For example, in history, Kuwaki was very jealous of Abe Norihide, because Abe was promoted to lieutenant general without any military achievements. He has been working hard for several years, but he is still standing still. Hatred is sometimes the driving force.

It didn't take long for the opportunity to finally come, and Sangmu Chongming was ordered to join forces with Abe Guixiu to attack the Jinchaji base area. Abe Norihide rushed into it, but Kuwamu Chongming was slow and unwilling to reinforce. As a result, Abe Guixiu was isolated and helpless, surrounded by the Yang Chengwu Department of the Eighth Route Army, and was killed by a bombardment at the end of the year. was yin by his own people, Abe Guixiu is dead and blind, and his last words are to ask for severe punishment of Sangmu Chongming, thinking that Sangmu deliberately released his pigeons to cause him to be besieged.

Honma Masaharu is also somewhat similar, although his 27th Division is only a three-unit division, it is the only first-class division in the three-unit division, and the defense area where it is stationed is a first-class defense area like Tianjin. Sang Mu, a student of the saber group, is still fighting in the reserve division, of course, he is not happy. Furthermore. Honma Masaharu was a deeply Westernized person, and he was not very popular in the army that adhered to tradition, and Kuwaki Takaaki was a very traditional Japanese general. It's like a cat and a dog cramming into a house, it's no wonder they can get along!

However, the intelligence officer disagreed with Kurumi's point of view and objected: "According to the post-war review of the 27th Division, it was found that the commander of the Honma Division actually did not have much problem in the deployment of the campaign, and the key was that the strength of the Shina army was underestimated. ”

Kurumi Chongming sneered: "Hmph, that's just a pretext by Honma Masaharu to save face!" ”

The intelligence officer insisted: "There may be reasons for this, but it is a fact that the strength of the Jizhongzhi army has risen sharply, and what is even more terrible is that our army has not paid enough attention to it." We even suspect that the Chinese army is already armed with a large number of artillery! ”

See Sang Mu Chongming does not believe. He took another stack of photos from the paper bag and handed them over. The introduction said: "This is what we found on the Pinghan Line some time ago, please take a look." ”

Mulberry took a look and saw that all the photos were railways, and there was no platform. Just a photo of a group of railroad tracks. Others are inexplicable open spaces. There was nothing but car prints. He couldn't help but wonder, "What is this photo?" ”

The intelligence officer stepped forward. Pointing to the photo, he said, "Your Excellency, please pay attention to the marks left on the railway. ”

Sang Mu took the photo and compared it horizontally and vertically, and muttered: "It's not like an ordinary carriage, it has a lot of weight." The imprints are also special! ”

The intelligence officer agreed: "Your Excellency the division commander is worthy of being a top student of Lu University, in a word!" Based on our repeated observations and technical analysis, it is determined that these imprints were left by Czech 100 mm or 105 mm howitzers. As for what specific model it is, it is impossible to judge at this time. ”

In fact, the soldiers were very careful when carrying these cannons, and they also arranged special personnel to be responsible for removing traces. But the distance was too far, and there were many blockades of the Japanese army on the way, so the Japanese still found clues.

Sang Mu was startled, and hurriedly asked, "How many doors are there?" ”

If other Japanese generals heard the news, they might not care too much, but Sangmu is different, he studied artillery in the military academy, and has served as the commander of the third brigade of the field heavy artillery and the officer of the army field artillery school, and his understanding of artillery is far above that of ordinary generals.

The intelligence officer said ashamedly: "I'm sorry, Your Excellency the division commander, we are still concentrating on the investigation, and we do not have accurate data at present. He added: "In addition to the traces of these heavy artillery, we have also found many other materials that were transported to Jizhong. Although we have not been able to find out the details, we can basically conclude that the Jizhongchina Army obtained an astonishing quantity and quality of supplies some time ago, including a large amount of arms. ”

Sang Mu's face darkened suddenly, and he said viciously: "Kono-kun, if I know that you are alarmist, I will shoot you!" ”

The intelligence officer was taken aback, and hurriedly promised: "Please rest assured, Your Excellency the division commander, what he said is true. ”

Sang Mu nodded with satisfaction, and asked again: "Yo Xi, then what else did you find?" ”

The intelligence officer hurriedly said: "Through intelligence collection and covert reconnaissance, we found that the strength of the Jizhong China Army is also extremely amazing, with a total strength of at least 100,000 people. This is the number of the enemy's troops and the information of the main officers, please take a look. ”

Sang Mu Chongming was about to reach out to take it, when the door was suddenly pushed open with a bang. The chief of staff, Matsuda Yanda, staggered in, with a panicked look on his face.

"Matsuda-kun!" Although Sang Mu was very unhappy, he still gave the chief of staff a lot of face in front of his subordinates, and said: "You came just in time, we are studying the Jizhong Zhina Army." Listening to Kono-kun, the strength of this group of hairy monkeys is very strong. Even the heavy artillery is there, and if we don't punish them again, maybe they'll come over, haluha! ”

Chief of Staff Matsuda's face turned pale, and he said in a panic: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, you are right, the people of the branch have already called!" ”

The smile on Sang Mu's face had not yet dissipated, and he stood up in shock all of a sudden, and hurriedly asked, "Where did the people hit?" ”

Matsuda handed over a telegram marked with the word urgent, and said anxiously: "Your Excellency, this is a telegram from Major General Ishii asking for help, the Chinese army ambushed his main force in the southern suburbs of Baoding, and is now besieging Baoding City. Baoding City is in danger! ”

Sang Mu was dumbfounded when he heard this, and shouted hysterically: "This is impossible! As he spoke, he grabbed Matsuda by the collar and dragged him to him and asked, "What did you just say?" Say it again to me! ”

Matsuda said in a panic: "The Baoding defenders have a Japanese brigade and an engineer wing. There are also two police brigades that have been wiped out, and Baoding is in danger! ”

Kuwamu Chongming finally calmed himself down and said to Matsuda: "How many troops did the Shina army dispatch? What kind of weapons were used, were there any heavy artillery? ”

Matsuda sorted out his thoughts and replied: "According to the report of the commander of the Ishii Brigade, the Chinese army bombarded Baoding City with 75-mm mountain artillery, and the specific model is not yet known. There is no mention of heavy artillery in the message, but it cannot be completely ruled out. As for the strength of the troops, since the enemy suddenly appeared in the southern suburbs, Ishii could not judge. It is considered that at least not less than one corps. ”

"Ahh Ishii, this bastard, lost so many troops but didn't know anything! Sang Mu roared: "Didn't you notice it beforehand? Also, how did he lose his troops outside the city? What to report now! ”

Matsuda explained, "According to Ishii's report, at first only a small group of enemy troops were operating in the southern suburbs. The commander of the Ishii Brigade sent his troops out of the city to sweep up. As a result, the enemy army was ambushed in all directions. Soon the troops outside the city were surrounded. The commander of the Ishii Brigade personally led the reinforcements of the troops, but unfortunately he was wounded by the sharpshooters of China, and the troops outside the city were quickly destroyed. I had to hold on to the city. Due to the destruction of the main force and the serious shortage of troops defending the city, the form of Baoding is already in jeopardy, please send reinforcements immediately! ”

Sang Mu Chongming walked around the house a few times in a huff and asked, "What troops can we send to reinforce Baoding now?" ”

Matsuda Osa hurriedly said: "The 133rd Infantry Brigade can be sent all, the 110th Field Artillery Wing can be transferred at least half, and the 110th Cavalry Brigade." Before I came, I had ordered all the troops to assemble, and they would be ready to go in two hours at most! ”

Lieutenant General Sang Mu shook his head and said: "Two hours is too slow, you personally go to the 133rd Infantry Brigade and order them to speed up their movements, at most an hour, and when you are ready, you will reinforce a brigade, and you must arrive before the enemy attacks Baoding." Baoding must not be allowed to be captured by the Chinese army, otherwise the impact will be too bad! ”

Matsuda hesitated for a moment and said, "However, Your Excellency the division commander, the strength of a brigade is too thin, and there is a possibility of being ambushed if you act alone. ”

Lieutenant General Sang Mu bowed his head slightly and said, "Well, you can order the second brigade of the 139th Wing stationed in Dingxian to search and advance along the railway to the north, and report it as soon as the enemy situation is discovered!" In addition, all stations along the line were notified to immediately strengthen vigilance, and all stations except for military trains were suspended, and those who obstructed military trains were severely punished! ”

"Hello!" After Matsuda made a salute, he immediately went to arrange it.

Soon after the 110th Division of Shijiazhuang rushed north to reinforce the army, the 21st Division stationed in Beiping also quickly assembled a Japanese wing and a brigade of the puppet army, and galloped south along the Pinghan Line by train, preparing to have a good show of a north-south attack with the 110th Division. Of course, the commander of the 21st Division, Lieutenant General Washizu Matsudaira, did not have the right to order the movement of troops across defense areas, and it was the commander of the North China Front who gave the order, Terauchi Shouichi.

Baoding was once the capital of Hebei Province and was of great political significance to both China and Japan. As soon as everything is touched with the word politics, it will become complicated, and even if Terauchi Shouichi has a deep foundation, he will definitely not dare to lose such an influential city. So on the one hand, he sent troops to reinforce him, and on the other hand, he ordered the 27th Division, which was in the periphery of Jizhong, to independently mix into the 7th Brigade and the 9th Brigade to launch attacks on the base area in Jizhong one after another, in an attempt to force the Chinese army to relieve the siege and return to help with the trick of "encircling Wei and saving Zhao".

Lixian, Headquarters of the 41st Group Army. The scale of this battle was very large, and it was expected to take place in the northern section of the entire Pinghan Line, and Zheng Weiguo did not command from the front. Because as soon as the battle line is opened, the location of the battle will be very scattered, and the distance of the command will not only be meaningless, but will even drag down the front-line troops.

Didi, Didi...... The radio was ticking and ticking, and the various units kept transmitting news from the front, and one after another orders were issued from here. Although the late autumn in the north has begun to get colder, many people in the house are busy sweating.

"Division Commander Liu, this is the basic situation of the current situation between the enemy and us, please advise!" Chief of Staff Zhou respectfully said to Commander Liu of the 129th Division next to him.

Division Commander Liu was specially invited by Zheng Weiguo as an adviser, because Zheng Weiguo had never commanded such a large-scale campaign. For example, the bloody battle of Dongyang Pass, the surprise attack on Taiyuan, the fierce battle in the southeast of Jin, and the vicious battle of Lanfeng were all fought under the condition of understanding history, focusing on the enemy's weak links. It is undeniable that the opportunistic elements of this style of play are very large, so it cannot be replicated.

In addition to Zheng Weiguo, the 41st Group Army and the central and high-level Hebei also had various problems. For example, Professor Yang is a literati; Although Political Commissar Cheng was experienced, he did not lead many troops during the Red Army; The ambition of Commander Wan Fulin has been extinguished, and he has long since lost the courage of the past; Chief of Staff Zhou had many ideas, but very few personally commanded; Deputy Chief of Staff Li is a fierce general, but he has never fought a battle of this scale. Not to mention the rest.

Zheng Weiguo thought about it and decided to find a "foreign aid". It happened that Division Commander Liu led the main force of the 129th Division to develop in the southern Hebei region, and Zheng Weiguo immediately sent a telegram to invite him to Lixian County in the name of observation. Although Division Commander Liu is proficient in guerrilla warfare, he has always been obsessed with regular warfare, so how can he let go of such a rare opportunity? So without saying a word, he hurried over.

Seeing that Chief of Staff Zhou said politely, Division Commander Liu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Hey, don't you dare to give advice!" Having said that, he still took the information in his hand and looked at it on the map with a magnifying glass. From time to time, he also took over the work of the staff officer and personally demonstrated the work on the map.

"Which army defended this place? Is the deployment complete? "As a graduate of the Frunze Military Academy, Division Commander Liu quickly found out some key points.

Chief of Staff Zhou did not dare to be careless, and was busy contacting the front line in person to check carefully. In a large-scale battle like this, there will inevitably be mistakes, and it will depend on who makes fewer mistakes on both sides and who can catch the mistakes of the other side first. In the midst of the discussion, the minutes and seconds passed. The enemy's reinforcements were speeding all the way by train, and the enemy situation on the front line continued to be transmitted back, and the atmosphere in the headquarters became more and more solemn, and the air seemed to smell a strong smell of gunpowder.

"Report, according to the report of my Xinle Intelligence Station, the first batch of enemy reinforcements on the South Road has arrived in Xinle by train, and there is no stop on the way!"

"Xinle is about 30 kilometers away from Dingxian, and it takes more than an hour to take the train, right?" (Note: The speed of trains during the Republic of China was very slow, generally below 20 kilometers per hour, so there were often shots of chasing trains on horseback, which is obviously impossible now)

"The military train can travel at full speed, I'm afraid it will be faster."

"Well, it's possible to arrive in Dingxian in an hour. Where are the enemy troops in Dingxian now? ”

"According to reports from the front, the enemy forces are moving very cautiously, searching along the road, and just crossed the Don River six minutes ago."

"This can't be done, if the Japanese hedgehogs are in a mess, we will not be able to annihilate. Gotta find a way to irritate the enemy. ”

"But this enemy army is too cautious, no matter how we tempt him, he is as slow as a turtle, and he will never take a step forward without checking it within a radius of twenty miles."

"The enemy is scared by us! Since the temptation can't come, then fight! ”

……

Finally, the enemy's reinforcements from the north and south have entered the predetermined ambush position, and the fighters have appeared! "Headquarters!" "Commander!" "Commander-in-Chief Zheng!" Everyone watched together, waiting for Zheng Weiguo to give the order for a general attack.

Zheng Weiguo glanced at it and said in a deep voice: "Order, the 'Liver and Sausage Inch Breaking Operation' will start immediately!" All units must completely cut off the enemy's lines of communication at all costs! Those who are afraid of the enemy and do not advance and carry out unfavorable executions will be engaged in military law! (To be continued......)