Chapter 672: Just Be a Fisherman

Tang Qiuli knows what kind of risks he is going to make in the decision, this is a gamble related to the reshuffle of the cards in North China, the Japanese, himself, and Yan Xishan are destined to be out, as for the CCP, for the time being, there is no capital to go to the gambling table, and if the bet is won, North China will be a situation in which his side and the Japanese are in the game, and without the stumbling block of Yan Xishan, it will be absolutely beneficial to unify the north, and the ideal hidden in the heart can be realized.

If the bet is lost, Tang Qiuli does not think that he will lose this big gamble, looking at the current China, except for Chairman Jiang in Nanjing, no one dares to claim the first place in front of him, with capital in his hand, coupled with the excellent opportunity, Tang Qiuli finally made up his mind, release the water, and use Okamura Ningci's military action to eradicate all Yan Xishan's forces in Shanxi, the so-called killing people with a knife, as for how to solve Okamura Ningci and take Shanxi into his pocket, he can only look at the next development of the war situation and then make a decision.

As for the real reason for making this decision, he will not reveal it to anyone, including his own pillow person, which involves the moral and psychological bottom line of the people of that era, as well as the current mainstream understanding, that is, the national righteousness, despicable, insidious, or good at taking advantage of the situation, in a word, the opportunity cannot be missed, of course, careful arrangement is indispensable, otherwise, it will become the target of the public, the sinner of the nation, and also put his old book into it.

He called Chen Feng, the chief of communications, and recorded the following orders: "1. Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps immediately disengaged from the Japanese troops advancing westward into Jinzhong, returned to the front line of Niangziguan, stepped up the construction of defensive facilities facing the direction of Taiyuan, seized Jingcheng Pass, prepared to meet the southbound troops of the Kwantung Army, temporarily transferred the troops of the four brigades of the Sulu Mobile Corps, and immediately returned to their original formations, 2. Liu Tiehan of the Cangzhou front line commanded the troops in the east, continued to oppress all the Japanese troops on the Cangzhou front, and the four brigades that participated in the Tianjin Campaign were immediately returned to their original formations. The troops of the Sulu Mobile Corps dispatched three brigades to the north in the Zhangjiakou area, joined up with the original two infantry brigades and one cavalry brigade, and waited for the division to give orders for the next move. ”

"3. The remaining troops of Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps immediately sent troops to the first line of the Shanhaiguan in eastern Hebei, and joined the 2nd Cavalry Brigade of Tong Batu and the 6th Cavalry Brigade of Bagena, preparing to block the southward movement of the Kwantung Army. Jingcheng Pass Battlefield. ”

"The Changfeng Department of the Huangya Cave Base, at the right time, together with the troops of the Eighth Route Army, will completely annihilate the Japanese troops stranded around the Huangya Cave, and the Sun Zhenbang Department of the Yellow River Defensive Reserve Corps, covertly follow the attack on Taiyuan to the Japanese army, remember, do not expose the target, do not have a clear order from the division commander, do not engage the Japanese army, the above order, 100,000 urgent, and the Japanese troops of all departments will carry out the order" After dictating so many orders in one breath, Tang Qiuli's throat and eyes were dry, and he picked up the boiled water on the table, regardless of whether it was hot or cold, and drank it all.

Chen Feng hurriedly went out, so many orders, must be sent to the commanders of the various corps, Tang Qiuli recalled all the orders he dictated in his mind, to see if there were any omissions, this is a big action related to the survival of independent teachers and students, he not only wants to use Okamura Ningci to uproot Yan Xishan's forces in Shanxi, but also to eat up Okamura Ningci's heavy army in Shanxi, at least he will suffer a heavy blow.

All his deployment adjustments are to close all the passages for Okamura Ningci to retreat to Pingjin, forming a huge encirclement, it is best that Okamura Ningci, an old devil, and Yan Xishan are both defeated, and it will not be too difficult to clean up by himself, and also, that is, to take Zhangjiakou and control the northwest area of Zhanji, I hope that this time it will succeed, and the next step is to completely recover Pingjin and drive the Japanese forces to the northeast.

Among all the troops, the heaviest burden belongs to Liu Tiehan's troops and Tang Qiusheng's troops, Liu Tiehan's troops are only about 300,000 people after they are equipped with the strength of the four brigades of Li Honggang and Han Tie's troops, and he is facing more than 400,000 Japanese troops.

Tang Qiusheng's corps, after replenishing more than 40,000 coal miners, has a strength of nearly 100,000 troops, and it will inevitably be very difficult to face the southbound troops of the Kwantung Army who do not know how many troops they have, and they are attached to the aviation team, just to solve the weak links in this regard, and their actions are to buy enough time for Zhou Yushan's transport troops in Tianjin, so that Tianjin can be emptied, as for Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, and Baoding, Tang Qiuli has no intention of holding on to it at all, and it is not necessary to compete with the Japanese army for several large cities.

He shook his head, feeling that he was not using his brain too much, and all the people he commanded were nervous by his series of stormy orders, and the staff officers and communicators kept coming in and out, but there was an atmosphere of imminent war.

The reason why Okamura Ningci dared to let go of the attack on Taiyuan was that he had calculated his own troops, all of which were concentrated around Pingjin, and it was too late to return to the rescue, Yan Xishan poured his main force to attack Zhangjiakou, which objectively gave Okamura Ningci a chance to succeed, otherwise, with the strength of the Jin army, Yan Xishan would not let go of Shanxi's character even if he died, which was enough to fight with the Japanese army.

Not to mention anything else, Feng Jiwu's more than 80,000 troops alone are enough for Okamura Ningci to drink a pot, but Okamura Ningci and Yan Xishan did not expect that they would sit back and watch Shanxi fall, and not lend a hand, looking at the whole of China, who can know this trick he used, in order to play the trick realistically, he ordered the communications department to cut off all contacts with the Nanjing Government Military Commission and Yan Xishan's Jin Army, shut down all radio stations in the division headquarters, and asked afterwards, they all replied, the division commander was on the march, for the sake of secrecy and safety, Radio silence is practiced.

Thinking of Yan Xishan, who was attacking Zhangjiakou, Tang Qiuli couldn't help but laugh dumbly, this public should be a typical person who is greedy for small and cheap and suffers big losses, for the sake of a Zhangjiakou, he actually transferred almost all the troops to defend Wuxiang, doesn't he know that Okamura Ningji is a man-eating wolf? When the Japanese soldiers approached the city of Taiyuan, what was the expression of Chief Yan, desperately asking for help from himself, it was certain, and it was necessary to inform the commanders of each corps, don't think that you are still like in the Taihang Mountains, and the independent division has made people panic.

All the arrangements were carried out according to his own intentions, Tang Qiuli's heart, what kind of unsteady feeling, not only did not eliminate, but became stronger, he set his eyes on the map on the wall, suddenly, his scalp tightened, and he jumped up like a burning buttocks, a big omission that was enough to make him regret for the rest of his life

After Okamura Ningci occupied Taiyuan and even the entire territory of Shanxi, it will never be limited to one place in Shanxi, with Okamura Ningci's veteran military experience, he will never let go of this place in Shaanxi, after taking Xi'an, he can also attack Henan or Hubei, the bad thing is that there are almost no regular troops in Shaanxi, Yuan Jinghao's Shaanxi local garrison troops, Sun Zhenbang's Yellow River defense troops, have all been withdrawn by themselves, far away in Henan and Taihang Mountains, from Hequ to Fenglingdu, stretching thousands of miles along the Yellow River, there is no army to defend, Okamura Ninji can cross the river at any point and attack, and if he loses the fixed edge, he is afraid that he will jump the Yellow River.

Tang Qiuli was shocked into a cold sweat, Mei Xue, who was rubbing his shoulder blades lightly, was taken aback by his abnormal behavior, Xiao Xue, there was no one else in the fingers of the quick record commander, the two of them were tender and sweet, and others avoided it with interest, Tang Qiuli could only shout to Mei Xue, Mei Xue realized that there must be something stern, and immediately changed the role to the identity of a subordinate.

"Order, Sun Zhenbang's corps, the original mission is canceled, immediately rush to the important crossings of the Yellow River as quickly as possible, and do not entangle with the Japanese army along the way, and order to arrive at the designated position within three days" Mei Xuemiao's figure flashed, and it had disappeared from Tang Qiuli's field of vision, this girl knew the severity of the situation, and she could feel it just from his face.

Tang Qiuli was weak, wiping the sweat from his forehead, **, Dingbian is the only important strategic rear of the independent division, I am afraid it has long fallen in the eyes of Okamura Ningci, who dares to say that his other purpose of fighting Shanxi is not to occupy Dingbian, just from the strength he used in Huangya Cave, Dingbian does not let this old devil fight for his life, it is so dangerous, God has eyes, bless the Jin army on the front line of Wuxiang, and can withstand the Japanese army for a few more days.

Thinking about it, he still didn't feel at ease, so he relied on Sun Zhenbang's more than 50,000 troops to defend the long Yellow River defense line, and the troops were not enough, Tang Qiuli hurriedly rushed to the communication office, and gave Liu Hanzhang, chairman of the Military and Political Committee of the border special economic zone, and Bai Chucai, commander of the garrison command, sent a telegram to immediately gather reservists in Dingbian to form a Yellow River defense force.

The telegram was sent, and in front of Tang Qiuli's eyes, there seemed to be locust-like Japanese soldiers, rushing across the Yellow River and spreading to the whole territory of Shaanxi, the high-rise buildings in Dingbian were turned to ashes in the flames, and the citizens of Dingbian were bleeding like rivers under the guns of Japanese soldiers, and corpses were everywhere.

"Huzi Huzi" Tang Qiuli shouted loudly, Shanhu ran in response, and looked at Tang Qiuli who was as tired as if he had just crawled out of the desert in surprise, "Huzi, immediately assemble the guard brigade and return to Dingbian, and the division personnel will follow together" Although Shanhu didn't understand why he suddenly wanted to return to Dingbian, he could figure out a little taste from Tang Qiuli's face, and immediately agreed to run out to make arrangements.

Tang Qiuli must personally rush back to Dingbian, organize such a large number of reserve soldiers to go to the front line, no one can do this job, if you can't do it, you will send a live target to Okamura Ningci in vain, and the Yellow River defense line will not be able to be maintained, just when Yan Xishan is fighting in Zhangjiakou, Okamura Ningci is about to start in Wuxiang, and the southward troops of the Kwantung Army have been assembled in Liaoyang.

(To be continued)