Chapter 212: Overture to the South

In the spring of the twenty-fifth year of the Republic of China (1936 AD), the earth recovered, the grass and trees were green, Tang Qiuli stood in the Shanhaiguan City Tower, looking at the land of eastern Hebei, the warm wind with the salty taste of sea water, blowing in the face, the endless North China Plain, in full view, the land of Kanto at this time, the ice and snow were melting, spring appeared, behind him, followed by more than 100,000 Kwantung Army chasing soldiers.

After the year, Tang Qiuli returned to the base, and all the preparations for the troops to go south to enter the customs were ready, and the soldiers who had been repaired for a winter were full of spirit and high morale, and the commanders at all levels kept asking, when would they enter the customs? Their hearts have already flown to the lofty mountains and mountains of the Great Plain of North China and the Taihang Mountains.

As soon as the first month of the first month, Tang Qiuli sent a number of troops, in the East Manchurian region, after meeting up with the special operations detachment that had been active here, they frequently attacked, as long as it was a valuable target, it would become the target of the troops' attack, the main point of this operation was that with the brigade as a unit, more than 2,000 people as a unit, blossoming on all sides, for a time, the land of East Manchuria, the smoke of gunpowder was everywhere, the gunfire was continuous, and all the targets of the Japanese puppets were destroyed and attacked.

Tang Qiuli scattered more than 30,000 troops, turning the East Manchurian region upside down, and telegrams from various places to report emergencies and requests for reinforcements flew like snowflakes to the Kwantung Army headquarters, all saying that they were besieged by the main force of the Bloody Hand Regiment, and Minamijiro was in the headquarters, and Chief of Staff Nishio Shuzo looked at each other, and behind them, there was a large group of senior officers.

What Nanjiro was puzzled by was that the troops of the Bloody Hand Regiment, which had been silent for a winter, except for the annihilation of a brigade of the Kwantung Army in Taipingling Town, were a small group of 180 people harassing, but now, they suddenly fought hard, what intentions were hidden in it?

Ignoring any attempt for now, the situation in East Manchuria is critical, but it is imminent and urgently needs to be resolved, and the mobile encirclement and suppression units of the Kwantung Army, which were scattered to various places, were urgently rebuilt and reorganized after receiving orders from the Kwantung Army Headquarters.

More than 100,000 devils rushed to the East Manchurian region in multiple ways, and when they arrived with great difficulty, the center of gravity of the combat area shifted to the North Manchurian region, and a large number of main forces of the Bloody Hand Regiment appeared near Qiqihar, and the form was urgent.

The devil's troops turned around and went north, holding the footprints of the Bloody Hand Regiment troops, and pursued closely, but the strange thing is that this time, the combat method of the Bloody Hand Regiment troops is completely different from before, the attack on each target is never in love with war, and some targets are even left with one blow, so that the defenders can make a false alarm, and it is a multi-point simultaneous attack, forcing the Kwantung Army to mobile encirclement and suppress the troops, constantly divide the troops, and rescue everywhere.

Later, even in the form of brigades or squadrons, the distance between the various units continued to widen, and the contact was inconvenient, which gave the Bloody Hand Regiment troops an opportunity to take advantage of, and the news of the annihilation of small units continued to come, and the commanders at all levels of the Kwantung Army had to shrink their forces, form local heavy groups, divide into several roads, and pursue them to the north.

As the front farther north and closer to the Sino-Soviet border, Minamijiro became even more confused, could it be that the troops of the Bloody Hand Regiment were going to join the Red Soviet Union? This kind of speculation, not only Minamijiro does not believe it, but even those senior staff officers under him do not believe it.

Nanjiro had to be depressed every day, looking at the battle reports sent back by the pursuing troops from all directions, all of which reported how many kilometers of march today, what Nanjiro wanted to see the most, the number of troops to destroy the Bloody Hand Regiment, which had not appeared, at most, it was a report on how many enemies were defeated in a certain place today.

Minamijiro and Nishio Shuzo, as well as those senior staff members of the headquarters, never believe that Bloody Akiri is the commander of the troops, and he is racing with hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army to run away So, what is his real intention?

In any case, the present form is favorable to the Kwantung Army, and the main forces of the Bloody Hand Regiment are concentrated in a narrow strip of land in the eastern corner of North Manchuria, which is convenient for the Kwantung Army to form an encirclement situation.

The leaders of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Route Armies of the Anti-Japanese Federation were all military masters, and they could not miss such a good opportunity, and they commanded all the subordinate units to take advantage of the opportunity to attack the city, destroy the local Japanese puppet organs, and gain a lot.

For the erosion situation in various places, Nanjiro doesn't care too much, it's a big deal to return to the army when the time comes, and then recapture it is, to eliminate the living force of the Bloody Hand Regiment, is the only goal at present, this branch of the armed forces, is already a big problem for Manchurian security, looking for several fighters, let him slip away, this time, must not let go, if the main force of the Bloody Hand Regiment, do not want to be completely annihilated, there is only one way to retreat into Soviet Russia.

If the troops of the Bloody Hand Regiment retreated into the territory of Soviet Russia, it would be relieved, but all kinds of indications show that they did not have such intentions, but were more active in the original combat area, and the commanders at all levels of the Kwantung Army did not think that the Bloody Hand Qiuli was a fool or a madman, and the considerable achievements in the past showed that this was an extremely difficult person to deal with.

Minamijiro and Nishio Shuzo are even more confused, what kind of fame is Akiri doing with bloody hands? However, when the army of more than 100,000 is pressed up one by one, and the living space of the Bloody Hand Regiment is compressed step by step, all the answers will be revealed at that time.

At the beginning of April, the mystery was revealed, and in the northern region of West Manchuria, the main force of the Bloody Hand Regiment suddenly appeared, with tens of thousands of troops, and was now in the West Manchurian region, wantonly eliminating the local defenders, and gradually attacking in the direction of northern Chahar.

Nanjiro knew the answer, but he was even more confused, in the area of the Sino-Soviet border of North Manchuria, it was the main force of the Bloody Hand Regiment that fought against the mobile encirclement and suppression troops of the Kwantung Army, and then it was the main force of the Bloody Hand Regiment that was close to the Chahar grassland in West Manchuria.

Nanjiro muttered to himself, turned around and asked these senior staff: "Gentlemen, who can tell me, how many troops are there in the Bloody Hand Regiment, and can the main force appear in two completely opposite directions?" ”

His staff members couldn't answer at all, and only Tang Qiuli, the initiator of the East Manchurian offensive, knew the exact answer.

The more than 30,000 troops he sent out were aimed at forming a strong and ferocious offensive in the East Manchurian and North Manchurian regions, thus creating the illusion that the main forces of the Bloody Hand Regiment were all concentrated in the East Manchurian region.

After Minamijiro believed it, the troops gradually attacked and advanced in the direction of North Manchuria, and the more lively the fight, the better, and when Nanjiro let the Kwantung Army maneuver to encircle and suppress the troops, keep up with it with all its might, and form a second encirclement, all the main forces suddenly broke away from the theater of operations, inserted into the Mengdong region, and turned into the northern part of Chahar.

The attempt to join up with the troops that suddenly attacked the base and complete the entire campaign was to attract the mobile encirclement and suppression corps of the Kwantung Army and the defensive forces of the devils in the West Manchurian and Chahar regions to the easterly region of North Manchuria, and the farther away from the West Manchurian region was the better, so as to clear the way for the troops to move southward.

As for staying in the North Manchurian region and attracting the attention of the devils, it is the various special operations detachments, and in the second stage of the campaign, the scattered special operations units have gathered and concentrated to form several attack forces, increasing the intensity of attacks on key targets, creating the illusion that the main forces are attacking on a large scale, and firmly attracting the devils here.

At this time, the troops from all walks of life who had secretly moved into northern Chabei turned their heads to the south, and in the central region of West Manchuria, they met Tang Qiuli, clenched their fists, and formed a main force of more than 40,000 people.

He divided the troops into three routes, marching in unison, the interval between the troops, no more than ten kilometers, swept all the way, everywhere he went, the Japanese puppet rule, collapsed, the few devil garrison troops, under the attack of the absolute superior strength and firepower of the Bloody Hand Regiment, were like dust meeting a strong wind, and the "whew" was gone.

All the way to the north, in some places, the local puppet organs have already heard the wind and fled, leaving an empty city, until the devils stationed in the local area, fighting to the death and not retreating, this move is tantamount to a moth throwing fire to kill itself, adding a few more strokes to the number of enemy annihilation of each unit.

In the north of Western Manchuria, at the junction of Chahar, the troops surrounded and annihilated a cavalry division of the puppet Mongolian army, more than 4,000 war horses, and more than 4,000 well-trained cavalry that came to intercept on the orders of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, and was forced to surrender.

This puppet Mongolian cavalry unit is quite strong in combat effectiveness, and the characteristics of the horseback nation have been fully embodied in these cavalry, and the skillful horsemanship, superb knife skills, and accurate marksmanship have left a deep impression on the soldiers of the Bloody Hand Regiment.

The Bloody Hand Regiment also has its own cavalry troops, in all fairness, Liu Chun's cavalry detachment, if you talk about combat effectiveness alone, especially individual combat Suzhì, compared with these Mongolian cavalry, the difference is not a small section, the key is that these cavalry, since childhood, have grown on horseback, and the war horses under them, have formed a seamless and heart-to-heart relationship.

Tang Qiuli immediately changed his tactics, adopted the method of siege, sent a small force, and introduced these fierce Mongolian cavalry into a heavy encirclement, more than 40,000 people, taking advantage of the favorable terrain, building various anti-cavalry fortifications, and encircling more than 4,000 pseudo-Mongolian cavalry, they broke through several times, but they were beaten back, and after losing a small number of men and horses, they no longer had the courage to break through.

There were no reinforcements outside, no food and grass inside, no water, and piles of wounded soldiers, and the first division of the pseudo-Chahar cavalry was in a desperate situation.

Five days later, Tong Batu, commander of the cavalry division, sent a letter claiming that he was willing to discuss with the supreme commander of the besieging troops the way to solve the current problem by non-force, but asked the supreme commander of the besieging troops to personally go to his battalion to discuss in order to show his sincerity; otherwise, all the more than 4,000 officers and men of the 1st Cavalry Division would go all out to break through the encirclement and fight to the death.

(To be continued)

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