Chapter 1049 forced away from Savage Mountain

Because Li Honggang's 29th Corps inflicted heavy losses on Terauchi Shouichi in the Battle of Songshao Pass, the situation on the battlefield changed, and it also provided an opportunity for Tang Qiuli to seek greater campaign results.

The original Kunming Campaign was aimed at first annihilating the Japanese army attacking Kunming, contacting the Kunming threat, and secondly, seeking an opportunity to attack the main force of the Japanese Southern Dispatch Army in China.

This is also what Tang Qiuli has always advocated, the tactic of concentrating superior forces and firepower to annihilate the enemy, and before the battle of Songshaoguan began, no single main force corps of the independent division in Yunnan could take on the task of encircling and annihilating the main force of the Japanese army's southern dispatch army.

Therefore, Tang Qiuli's original battle plan was to quickly annihilate the Japanese Seventh Army with the strength of the two main corps, and then, with his hands free, the whole army went north to Songshaoguan, joined Li Honggang's 29th Corps, and with the strength of three corps, met the main force of the Southern Dispatch Army of Terauchi Shouichi.

Whether it was repulsion or defeat, they were looking for fighters in the future, leaving more than 200,000 Japanese troops, together with the head of Terauchi Shouichi, on the land of South China.

With more than 70,000 troops, Li Honggang blocked and inflicted heavy losses on more than 200,000 Japanese troops, frightened Terauchi Shouichi into a panic and retreated 20 kilometers, basically removing the threat from northeastern Yunnan.

The Japanese Seventh Army, surrounded by regiments in Chengjiang, has become a turtle in the urn, with the strength and firepower of the directly subordinate corps, can alone undertake the task of annihilating the Japanese army, there are always icing on the cake people, just now, Long Yun led the four armies of more than 80,000 Yunnan troops, rushed to the Chengjiang battlefield.

Long Yun's attitude is very resolute, no matter what, he has to let the Yunnan army participate in the attack of the Japanese army in Chengjiang, and the reason is also very good, this group of Japanese soldiers committed heinous crimes in Kunming, as a soldier of Yunnan, he cannot take revenge with his own hands, and the Yunnan fathers and elders will not forgive, and Long Yun himself will not forgive himself, what face is there to gain a foothold in Yunnan Province.

said impassionedly, sincerely, the morale of the Dian army is also strong, and it can definitely fight, but no matter how you look at it, there is a suspicion of picking up cheap and beating the water dogs, Tang Qiuli knows that Long Yun's little Jiujiu, ** Ten Thousand Japanese Army, what a piece of fat is that, and his deal with Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi in Guangxi, Long Yun is afraid that he has already known. ＊

Since it is modeled on the example of Guangxi, this matter cannot be bad, this is the real reason why Long Yun rushed to come, for Long Yun's icing on the cake, Tang Qiu was not ready to say it, and he also understood Long Yun's difficulties, looking at the weapons and equipment of the Yunnan army, many soldiers were still carrying old sleeves whose rifling was almost polished.

The directly subordinate corps plus the four armies of the Dian Army, with a strength of more than 200,000 troops, annihilated the encircled Japanese Seventh Army, more certainly, if it were not for the poor equipment of the Dian Army, Tang Qiuli even wanted to destroy the task of destroying Iijima Kenji's department and handed it over to Long Yun alone, so that the two main corps were outflanked from both flanks, and Terauchi Shouichi had no way to run if he wanted to.

Of course, this is just a flash of thought in his mind, the directly subordinate corps went north, leaving the Dian army to fight the Japanese Seventh Army, whether it can complete the campaign mission or not, I am afraid that the Dian army is gone, and Kenji Iijima has also run away, and the current Dian army is not a heavyweight with the Japanese army at all.

Tang Qiuli solemnly said to Long Yun: "Chairman Long, Tang understands the idea of revenge of the Yunnan army, and also admires the spirit of the Yunnan army daring to meet the enemy, in this way, the deployment of the Chengjiang Campaign, make the following adjustments, after the independent division directly under the corps completes the combat mission, immediately go north, and the important task of clearing the remaining Japanese army will be handed over to Chairman Long's troops to complete, what does Chairman Long think?" ”

Long Yun's face almost blossomed, a good thing about pie in the sky, the equipment of the directly subordinate corps was something Long Yun couldn't even think of, smashing the turtle shell of Kenji Iijima in Chengjiang, it was easy, after a thunderous blow, there were still a few Japanese soldiers left, and the Japanese-style equipment left over from the battlefield was not all from the Dian army! God, gold ingots have fallen from the sky!

Long Yun nodded like garlic, for fear that the wealthy vice chairman in front of him would regret it, and the dozen or so senior generals of the Yunnan Army who followed him were also bright-eyed, gearing up, looking like they had made a fortune, Tang Qiuli smiled secretly, and then said: "However, there is a request, in order to facilitate coordination and command and reduce troop losses, all the troops participating in the Chengjiang Campaign will be unified under the command of my chief of staff, Major General Chang Feng. ”

This is the meaning of the question, originally the Dian army was here to pick up cheap and hitchhike, and if they didn't listen to the command, they couldn't talk about it there, Long Yun was not afraid that Tang Qiuli would use the Dian army as cannon fodder, and he didn't use so much equipment, what did Tang Qiuli do? Looking at this posture, he has other plans, I am afraid that he is aiming at Songshaoguan, and he doesn't want to delay too long in Chengjiang, which is more reassuring.

On 15 September, Tang Qiuli issued an order to carry out the Battle of Songshaoguan against the Sulu Mobile Corps, and nearly 200,000 troops, under the cover of night, quietly withdrew from the Chengjiang battlefield, passed through Biji, Songyang, and Xundian on the left road, and marched to the left flank of Songshaoguan.

The right road passed through Luoping, Shizong, Panjiang, and went to the right flank of Songshaoguan to advance covertly, and soon after the action of the Sulu Mobile Corps, the Dian army took over the defense and entered the position, and Kenji Iijima, who was encircled by Chengjiang, did not have the slightest awareness of the great changes under the night, and was still looking forward to it, and his commander-in-chief commanded the imperial army to go south to Kunming to save himself from danger.

Soon after the departure of Tang Qiusheng's corps, Tang Qiuli sent a telegram to Li Honggang, "Commander Li Honggang of the 29th Corps, in the first battle of Songshao Pass, the main force of the Japanese army was severely damaged, and the battle situation appeared extremely favorable. ”

After Li Honggang received the telegram, he excitedly slapped the ammunition box that was used as a table, "Okay, the division commander has a new campaign deployment, it turns out that our corps is a supporting role, ensuring the smooth progress of the Kunming Campaign, and now, it has become the protagonist, a rare good opportunity, Bingde, look at this telegram, do you think about what it tastes like?" ”

Wang Bingde, chief of staff of the Corps, took the telegram, read it carefully, and said: "Commander, the division commander is going to rush over the Japanese army on the opposite side, one pot and that, and the Sulu Mobile Corps, I am afraid that he wants to make the dumplings of Shouichi in the temple, in this way, the Japanese army cannot be beaten too hard, it has been two days, and the little devil on the opposite side has not moved at all, is he aware of something?" ”

Wang Bingde's words made Li Honggang, who was immersed in excitement, feel nervous, that is, hundreds of tanks are waiting for the little devils to attack, so they can happily fight a counter-assault, but the soldiers waited for two days, and the Japanese army, who was still in a hurry to reincarnate, did not move at all, and was as quiet as rabbits.

"Could it be the first day, beating the little devil too hard?" Li Honggang said to himself, Wang Bingde nodded, expressing agreement with Li Honggang's statement, "There is such a possibility, after all, overnight, more than 40,000 casualties, almost reimbursed three divisions, can Shouichi not feel distressed, probably, this old devil, what crooked tricks are he pondering?" ”

After listening to Wang Bingde's words, Li Honggang calmed down, the task of the division commander is not as simple as imagined, it is very easy to stop the Japanese army, and the artillery fire alone can blow up the road leading to Kunming into a wall of fire, but it is more difficult to drag the Japanese army, and the concealed actions of the Sulu Mobile Corps, once the Terauchi Shouichi is aware, he will quickly slip away, this old devil is not simple, and he gave himself a small loss.

With the strength of the 29th Corps, it was not enough to encircle the Japanese army, and it seemed that the Japanese army would not move, and I would move to entangle the Japanese army with non-stop skirmishes, so as to attract the attention of Terauchi Shouichi to the battlefield of Songshaoguan. ”

Tang Qiuli nailed his eyes to Terauchi Shouichi, the commander-in-chief of Terauchi Shouichi at this time, more troubled than anyone else, the rainy night battle, was indeed hurt, as soon as he fought, he put in a division with more troops, for the southern dispatch army that had no soldiers to supply, he could not afford such consumption.

Therefore, although Terauchi Shouichi was anxious, he still suppressed his inner impulse, and he was looking for an opportunity to avoid Songshao Pass and detour to Kunming.

The reconnaissance troops sent out found a few roads to bypass Songshao Pass, but Shouichi Terauchi was so angry that he had two more weeks to travel.

Terauchi Shouichi was like an old wolf who had fallen into a trap, where he bared his teeth and cracked his mouth, but he received a telegram from the base camp, and the telegram did not bring him a good mood, "Local reinforcements have arrived in Southeast Asia and are preparing to land in Yangon, Myanmar, and your troops will quickly go south to participate in the Southeast Asian campaign." ”

Terauchi Shouichi sighed, the Seventh Army is completely hopeless, Iijima-kun asks for more blessings! On the night of 16 September, Li Honggang sent an attacking force to find that the Japanese camp was empty.

Tang Qiuli, who received the report, gritted his teeth with hatred, and said to Yang Ketian, chief of staff: "Give an order to Li Honggang's corps, follow the pursuit, and give an order to Ma Chaoyang's corps, block the border between China, Vietnam, and Burma, and leave a gap in the direction of Gaoligong Mountain in northwest Yunnan, and force the Japanese army to go to Savage Mountain!" The voice revealed a chill, and Yang Ketian was cold when he heard it.