The fighting never stopped since 5 November, and the arc-shaped position with Shijiazhuang as the center withstood the continuous attacks of the 400,000 Japanese troops; in the southern Hebei region, the sound of artillery was in the sky, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the troops of the six brigades of the independent division, under the command of division commander Tang Qiuli, adopted the strategy of resisting step by step and retreating step by step, and gradually shrank around Shijiazhuang.

Under the command of the commander of the North China Dispatch Army, the Japanese army pressed forward step by step, biting and not letting go, and ruthlessly wanted to annihilate Tang Qiuli's main force in the southern Hebei plain.

Before the squadron withdrew, it often gave the Japanese army a sudden counterattack, and immediately withdrew from the battle, and planted a large number of tricky mines on the position, so that the Japanese pursuing troops suffered greatly, and this is still Tang Qiuquan's special operations detachment's specialty, after actual combat testing, the effect is wonderful, and it was soon popularized and popularized in the main force of the independent division.

The fierce battle until the evening of November 10, the battle line was fixed near Shijiazhuang, the Japanese army attacked for five consecutive days, already a little tired, without the sharpness and impact of the day of the attack, Kazuki Kiyoji also felt this problem, and replaced the several divisions that had been rushing to the front and were beaten by the independent division, and were almost looking for teeth on the ground to replace them, and replaced them with several divisions and regiments on the second line as reserves, preparing to attack the defensive positions of the independent division tomorrow.

After six days of fighting, from Kazuki Kiyoji to the commander of the reserve division, I had to admit that Tang Qiuli's troops could be called the fierce enemy of the Japanese Imperial Army, and its fierceness and tenacity made these senior Japanese officers frightened, especially the firepower, even more than the troops of the Imperial Army, and the tactics were used even more skillfully, they all had a consensus, this was the elite troops of the devil Tang Qiuli, even if Tang Qiuli later transferred half of the troops, the firepower was significantly weakened, and the Japanese army did not dare to divide the troops to outflank the rear of the independent division.

In the words of Xiangyue Qingji, Tang Qiu was ruthless and scheming, and the sudden reduction in firepower may not be his suspicious plan, luring our troops to divide their troops, so as to find an opportunity to encircle and outflank my troops, this is his usual method, since the Qiqi Incident, Xiangyue Qingji has repeatedly suffered big losses under Tang Qiuli's hands, and he is really scared.

And he was quite complacent with his iron roller tactics, that is, he used a heavy army group to press forward step by step, drive the independent division out of the Pingjin area, and gradually consume his strength.

Kazuki Kiyoshi was assigning tasks to the commanders of the divisions who would serve as the main attack tomorrow, when a violent explosion suddenly sounded outside, and then several telephones on the table rang almost at the same time, and the content of the report was about the same, the independent division troops confronting the imperial army suddenly bombarded our army's positions with fierce artillery fire, and an unknown number of squadrons launched a comprehensive counterattack on our positions, and they had broken through in many places.

Kazuki Kiyoji's first reaction was that the independent division in front of him came to reinforce the troops, otherwise, with far less troops than the imperial army, he took the initiative to attack, which was stupid and looking for death, unless Tang Qiuli wanted to commit suicide, there was a question that bothered him, the reinforcements of the independent division fell from the sky? Why there was no warning beforehand, this question, he didn't understand until he died.

The enemy situation was unknown, and Kazuki Kiyoji ordered the front-line troops not to be entangled with the attacking troops of the independent division, and immediately withdrew to the second-line position, relying on the fortifications, to inflict a large number of casualties on the squadron that took the initiative to attack, and also let them taste the firepower of our Imperial Japanese Army.

The retreat to the second line of the army troops, all the weapons are aimed at the front, one by one, the shells have been loaded, just waiting to see the figure of the Chinese soldiers, especially the Japanese soldiers who have been attacking in front in the past few days, there is a sense of revenge, and finally wait for the opportunity to hide in the fortifications and shoot the Chinese soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers hiding in the fortifications, their eyes widened, but there was no shadow of the Chinese soldiers, even the sound of guns and cannons stopped, and they were nervous all night, the sun rose high, and they did not wait for the opportunity to take revenge, but made people sleepy and tired.

After the fierce artillery fire was prepared, the cutting-edge Japanese soldiers, like a tsunami, shouted and rushed to the position they had abandoned last night, but there was not a single figure, but they ate a meal of mines and grenades that bloomed everywhere, leaving behind a number of corpses and wounded soldiers with missing arms and legs, and a squadron of Japanese soldiers entered Shijiazhuang in the silence of death in fear, without receiving any blows along the way.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning of November 11, the follow-up troops of the Japanese army entered Shijiazhuang, an important town in southern Hebei, an important hub of the Pinghan Railway, Shijiazhuang fell, which was the last big city occupied by the independent division in the North China Plain, and was conquered by the Japanese army with heavy troops.

Xiangyue Qingji, who learned the news, was full of bitterness, and he didn't know what it was like in his heart, and Tang Qiuli's independent division fought bloody battles for six days, lost the lives of more than 30,000 soldiers, and sent back tens of thousands of wounded soldiers, but what he got was an empty city, he didn't know what Tang Qiuli used to make these people withdraw willingly, Beiping is like this, Baoding is like this, Shijiazhuang is also like this, so many people, where did Tang Qiuli arrange them?

Surrounded by the generals, Xiangyue Qingji, who walked into the dead city of Shijiazhuang, did not have the joy after the victory, there was not a single Chinese people in the street, only his own soldiers were searching from house to house, and the evacuation was so complete, all the wells were filled in, and the water supply system and power supply system were completely destroyed.

According to the estimation of the staff around him, if the emperor team wants to stay here for a long time, all the infrastructure must be rebuilt, which is equivalent to rebuilding a Shijiazhuang, and even more absolutely, even all the doors and windows have been removed and transported away, and all the things that cannot be transported are also destroyed.

What worries him even more is that not far ahead is the Taihang Mountain, which stretches for nearly a thousand miles, and the troops of the independent division that suddenly disappeared must have entered the Taihang Mountains, for Tang Qiuli, it is like a fish returning to the sea and a bird entering the forest, and there is no longer an opportunity to seize the main force of the independent division in the plain area, hateful, hateful, despicable and cunning Zhina devil.

Last night's sudden counterattack was to cover the retreat, Kazuki Kiyoji thought of this, and felt even more annoyed and angry, his face was pale, and his hand was tightly holding the chrysanthemum saber given by the emperor, almost going berserk, and he had the urge to kill, however, he didn't admit that he fell for Tang Qiuli, he just thought that Tang Qiuli was too cunning.

Xiangyue Qingji, who was in a bad mood, reported the results to Prince Zairen who was sitting in Beiping, there was really nothing to show off, from Baoding to Shijiazhuang, all the way over, and it was difficult, he also knew that his report would definitely not be in the eyes of His Royal Highness the Prince, what could be done?

He stood there for a while, and suddenly remembered something, isn't there a large coal mine near Shijiazhuang? What is it called Jingcheng Coal Mine, that is the most scarce strategic material in the empire, Tang Qiuli can evacuate people, he can't move the underground coal, occupying the coal mine is also a victory, he immediately ordered a wing of soldiers to quickly occupy the Jingcheng Coal Mine.

In less than three hours, the Japanese wing commander came back to resume his life, hesitated for a while, and looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, he could see clearly, since entering Shijiazhuang, the commander's face was not very good-looking, and after he reported the real situation, he might have to bear the anger of the commander, he was waiting, waiting for a few more people around the commander, everyone shared it, and he suffered less.

The anxious Xiangyue Qingji looked at his subordinates twisting and pinching, and the eight poles couldn't hit a fart, there was still like the co-captain of the imperial army, who was angry at that time, and the anger that had accumulated for a few days could no longer be suppressed, and he shouted angrily, "Yaga!" ”

Running over, I can't help but say, the left and right bows, it's a big mouth, the more I fight, the more angry I become, the poor wing captain, bear all the anger of the commander.

Seeing this unlucky wing captain, his cheeks bulged like a child, his military hat was blown away, his face was swollen like a pig's head, his mouth was bleeding, and his teeth were estimated to be loose a lot, but he still raised his head with his chest up, and he didn't dare to move at all, this is the rule, the commander slapped himself, that is to look down on himself, and ordinary people have not had this treatment.

Kazuki Kiyoji was tired, and his anger disappeared a lot, panting, moving his sore wrists, and ordering him to report the situation, in fact, from the appearance of his subordinates, he had a bad premonition, otherwise, it would not be such a gaffe, this wing captain's swollen old lips, slurred words, and snorted for a long time, Kazuki Kiyoji finally understood.

According to the most optimistic estimates, there is no more than a year and a half of time, don't think about resuming production, not counting the time to reinstall the equipment.

Xiangyue Qingji sat on the chair with his ass, wanting to cry without tears, Tang Qiuli, you are so ruthless! Ruined my last bit of hope, is it to leave no thought for myself, when I meet this opponent, I don't know if it is the misfortune of the empire, or his own sorrow, he has a premonition that his life in North China must be difficult.

Weakly waved his hand, the pig-headed wing captain, tried hard to salute, respectfully withdrew, and when he got outside, he dared to touch his hot face, and he was not depressed, thinking about finding it back on the body of his subordinate in the wing, this stinky beating could not be suffered in vain, this is also the glorious tradition of the Japanese army.

Xiangyue Qingji, who was sitting in a chair, was in a state of confusion, a staff officer came in to report, searched the soldiers of the whole city, and found Tang Qiuli's secret headquarters, where is it now surrounded, please decide whether to search where immediately?

Xiangyue Qingji came to the spiritual leader, Tang Qiuli's secret headquarters, which had a great attraction to him, "Open the way!" The staff officer led him, and a large group of guards protected him in the middle, followed by a number of high-ranking officers, and walked in the direction of the southeast corner of the city.