Chapter 671: Release

The Japanese army in the direction of Heshun did not continue to attack the Guanshan defense line in order to seize Niangzi Pass and recover Shijiazhuang and Baoding, but with more than 80,000 troops, there was an intention to attack Taiyuan, Tang Qiuli was puzzled by the Japanese army's abnormal approach, 80,000 troops to fight Taiyuan, it was obviously impossible, they had to face, but hundreds of thousands of Jin troops, Wuxiang defensive battle, the Jin army played a confident role, 80,000 people could not succeed at all, Taiyuan was the lifeblood of Yan Xishan, and he had to fight with the Japanese.

Besides, there are still more than 80,000 troops of Feng Jiwu's corps behind him, could it be that Okamura Ningji lost Tianjin and lost his heart and went crazy, let this Japanese army go to death, the mystery here has not been solved, Chang Feng of Huangya Cave sent an urgent telegram, "Division commander, at about nine o'clock this morning, the main force of the Japanese army besieging Huangya Cave suddenly withdrew from the surrounding area of Huangya Cave, and its whereabouts are unknown, leaving only one division and regiment of troops, continue to maintain the offensive posture, but the offensive is greatly weakened, please tell the division commander, whether our department can counterattack, Annihilate this Japanese army near Huangya Cave? ”

What the? Okamura Ninji withdrew his troops from Huangyadong, which is definitely good news, but where did he go? He ordered Yu Deshui, the director of the intelligence department, to immediately send a telegram to Sun Zhenbang and the special operations detachments, and immediately find out the whereabouts of Okamura Ningji's main force, the sooner the better, and contact the units of the Eighth Route Army to ask for the same news.

I don't know what Okamura Ningji plans to do next, so I can't deal with it, Yu Deshui hasn't left yet, the communications director rushed in, holding several telegrams in his hand, seeing that it was running all the way, and reported breathlessly: "Division commander, Commander Sun Zhenbang reported that the Japanese troops around Huangyadong were all assembled at Qinxian County, and the Japanese troops monitored by the special operations detachments were assembled at Xiying, and in addition, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army sent a report on the enemy situation, and the Japanese troops opposite the various units of the Eighth Route Army were assembled at Zhangyuan. ”

"What?" Tang Qiuli asked loudly, took the telegram, read it carefully, the more he looked at his face, the more gloomy his face became, all the telegrams showed a problem, Okamura Ningji was moving, and it was all the Japanese troops in the Taihang Mountains who were moving, he rushed to the map, marked the Japanese army assembly place, and after reading it, he gasped.

Understood, all the assembly areas of the Japanese army are around one direction, that is, Wuxiang, Wuxiang is the southern gate of Taiyuan, guarding the exit of the Taihang Mountains into the Jinzhong Plain, Wuxiang is lost, the Japanese army can drive straight into the attack Taiyuan, the Jinzhong Plain has no danger to defend, Okamura Ningci's move is ruthless enough, poisonous enough, and unexpected enough, who would have thought that he would ignore the rear base in North China, let himself beat his lair to pieces, but desperately to attack Taiyuan.

Understanding Okamura Ningci's intentions, Heshun's Japanese army did not attack Guanshan, but westward to attack Jinzhong, it is easy to explain, Okamura Ningci is gambling, betting that after occupying Shanxi, he will join the Kwantung Army to go south and then recover the Pingjin area, Tang Qiuli sighed secretly, Okamura Ningci's hand, it seems to be risky, but it is actually the best way to solve the current passive situation of the Japanese army in North China, occupy Taiyuan and even the whole of Shanxi, Niangzi Pass and Jingcheng Pass will lose the role of natural barriers.

Okamura Ningji can wait until the arrival of the southbound troops of the Kwantung Army, go east out of Niangzi Pass and Jingcheng Pass, go straight into the hinterland of Hebei, and coerce Shijiazhuang and Baoding. Definitely not, only obediently spit out Shijiazhuang, Baoding, Tianjin, to avoid their edge, so, Pingjin was recovered by the Japanese army, and Okamura Ningci got Shanxi.

This person is a veteran soldier, both dangerous and treacherous, and the sword goes sideways, such as the siege of Huangya Cave, and then this raid on Taiyuan, can be called a famous general by the Japanese military in the history of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, but it is not a waste of fame, Tang Qiuli's heart, there is a kind of excitement to meet the opponent, it's just that Okamura Ningci's luck is not good, if the Kwantung Army goes south and enters the pass earlier, Tianjin will not be able to fight, whether Okamura Ningci still has the move to attack Taiyuan, it may not be known, a qiē, are forced out by themselves.

Tang Qiuli was figuring out Okamura Ningci's thoughts, and the staff officer sent Tang Qiusheng's telegram, the Japanese army retreating to the direction of Cangzhou had already joined up with the Japanese army that responded, and our army was in the Botou area, but only intercepted about 10,000 Japanese rearguard troops, and the results were very unsatisfactory, Tang Qiuli understood that it was not the troops that went south in Tianjin who exposed their intentions, this was the latter move arranged by Okamura Ningji.

Although Tang Qiuli had 220,000 troops in his hands, Tang Qiusheng Sulu Mobile Corps 140,000 troops, plus more than 50,000 troops in the four brigades of Feng Jiwu Niangziguan Garrison Corps, two brigades of Han Tie's Corps, and more than 60,000 troops in the three brigades of Li Honggang's 29th Corps, the total strength of 470,000 people, no matter how good the teeth were, in a short period of time, they could not swallow so many Japanese troops.

If you don't get it right, you will break a few front teeth, Okamura Ningji just calculated this, so that the Japanese army was concentrated, and if you want to eat and support you, kill this Japanese army, your own troops will also be greatly damaged, and it would be good to have more than half of them left, and the threat of the Kwantung Army that can enter the pass at any time, in the Pingjin area, the time for a strategic decisive battle with the Japanese army is far from ripe.

He ordered that all corps stop attacking and monitor the movements of the Japanese army on the spot, more than 80% of his troops are concentrated in the Pingjin area, but you have to think about it, don't be dumplings made by Okamura Ningci, Tang Qiuli felt weird, and Okamura Ningci swapped, he occupied the Taihang Mountains, and wanted to occupy Shanxi, but he occupied Pingjin, which is not in line with history, is the historical record wrong?

As soon as Tang Qiuli shifted his mind to the major event of Okamura Ningci's attack on Taiyuan, a staff officer hurriedly ran in, "Report to the division commander, I received a telegram from the Japanese troops monitoring Zhangjiakou on the front line of Huailai and Xuanhua, at about 8 o'clock this morning, Yan Xishan's Jin army troops suddenly launched an attack on the Japanese army in Zhangjiakou, it is observed that the Jin army dispatched about 260,000 troops this time, and now the two sides are engaged in a fierce battle on the periphery of Zhangjiakou, and the Jin army has already controlled the area around Dongguan, because it has not been notified in advance, Our unit did not participate in the battle, please ask the division commander whether to coordinate the Jin army and attack the Japanese army in Zhangjiakou? ”

Tang Qiuli hugged his head and groaned, this chaos, all kinds of situations are intertwined, Yan Xishan is adding to the chaos, and he doesn't know life or death, Okamura Ningji's eyes are already staring at Taiyuan, more than 200,000 Japanese troops are preparing to attack Wuxiang, the fangs are exposed, he still has the heart to fight Zhangjiakou, Yan Xishan's intentions are simply naked, without the slightest concealment, seeing that he is attacking the city and pulling out the village in the Pingjin area, it is smooth sailing, and he has made enough oil and water, he wants to take advantage of the opportunity to attack Zhangjiakou, afraid that he will not agree, Just make a first move, create an established fact, and you will be helpless.

Zhangjiakou is the most in line with Yan Xishan's appetite for a piece of fat, not too much effort, can connect the northeast of Shanxi and the northwest of Hebei, with the rich products of the grassland on the dam, when he fought fiercely with the Japanese army in Jingcheng Pass and Shijiazhuang, he did not see him stretch out his hand, and even blocked the Japanese army fleeing to Zhangjiakou, did not make a move, and lost nearly a regiment of troops. Tang Qiuli despised this native emperor of Shanxi in his heart.

Since entering North China, especially after the 77 Incident, Yan Xishan's actions have made Tang Qiuli really cold, and more than once moved the idea of getting rid of him, that is, there is no suitable opportunity, and now the opportunity has come, but it is accompanied by great danger, Okamura Ningci got Shanxi, undoubtedly occupies a favorable situation, and there is also an unclear factor about the Eastern Army, more than 400,000 troops, concentrated in the central and southern Hebei plains, the strength cannot be hidden, and it is impossible to carry out large-scale strategic maneuvers, which are all unfavorable factors.

If you are not careful, you will fall into the Kwantung Army and Okamura Ningci two-sided attack, this is a gamble that is 10,000 times more dangerous than Okamura Ningji, the gambling is Okamura Ningji's Japanese army, and Yan Xishan's Jin army, in Shanxi for a long time fierce battle, both defeated, they have plenty of time to deploy troops, sit on the fisherman's advantage, if Yan Xishan's Jin army is soon finished, Okamura Ningji's troops, with the power of victory, they can only run back to the Taihang Mountains, but also to deal with the Kwantung Army troops chasing behind.

How long can this Yan Laoxi last? Tang Qiuli had no bottom in his heart, all kinds of pros and cons were repeatedly weighed in his heart, the king lost an order, the death soldier was broken, difficult, difficult to die, Tang Qiuli held his head, squatted on the chair, his face was cloudy, and he groaned like a toothache from time to time, everyone in the division headquarters looked at him in surprise, he had never seen the appearance of the division commander, and he couldn't help but worry.

Mei Ting and Mei Xue were even more distressed, thinking that he had an unbearable headache, Mei Xue gently touched his forehead, there was no abnormality, frowning good-looking brows, her beautiful eyes were full of incomprehension, Tang Qiuli had fallen into a state of almost semi-crazy thinking, Mei Xue's actions were not noticed at all, or Mei Ting had been with him for a long time, seeing Tang Qiuli's eyes in a trance, she gently pulled the sister who wanted to ask, and shook her head, she had encountered such a situation before, and knew that this man, once there was something difficult to decide, That's going to be the way.

"**, take a gamble, do a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, just with your decades of experience and a thorough understanding of the history of the war, you can't fight the old devil Okamura Ningji?" Once Tang Qiuli made a decision, all his thoughts became clear, and his trance-like eyes became clear again. His face was rejuvenated.

Mei Ting, Mei Xue and all the people breathed a sigh of relief, the division commander they were familiar with was back again, Tang Qiuli stood up, looking at everyone with blazing eyes, the fortitude between the eyebrows and the fierce momentum revealed by the whole body made everyone's hearts tremble, what new decision did the division commander make?

(To be continued)