The decisive battle around Changping, the most dangerous battlefield is not Changping, but the area of Wangjiawei. In the past, Wangjiawei was a hilly area, which was not conducive to large-scale corps movement and operations. If the two sides did enter the area to fight, it would be extremely advantageous for the Cadet Army, which had a much smaller number of troops and an advantage in light weapons. Neither Shouichi Terauchi nor Kiyoji Kazuki are fools, so naturally they will not get out of this kind of stupid trick.

If the Second Great Wall War of Resistance is divided into two phases. The initiative in the first stage was undoubtedly in the hands of the Japanese army, and the situation at that time was that Kazuki Kiyoji tried his best to lure the student army to a decisive battle, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to send the troops of two divisions (the 9th and 108th divisions) to attack Changping. In the second stage, because Ouyang Yun highlighted the surprise troops, cut off the contact with the Japanese army on the Changhuai Line (Changping and Huairou), and surrounded the 9th and 108th Divisions with superior forces, and now, the initiative has fallen into the hands of the Cadet Army.

The situation of the war has developed to the point where it is now, and as the supreme commander of the 9th Division, Yoshizu Ryosuke should bear some responsibility. If he hadn't wanted to cut off the connection between Changping and Huairou and even Beiping, then the 18th Brigade would not have been exhausted.

Of course, now the Ninth Division and the 108th Division are not without opportunities, such as attacking Wangjiawei with the main force of the First Army! Kumiya Shimomoto and Ryosuke Yoshizu were both scheming Japanese officers who were extremely capable of seizing the plane. The timing of their attack on Wangjiawei was very clever, just at the moment when the Jibu Brigade launched an attack. And the purpose of their doing this, in the words of Xia Yuan Xiong Mi: The people of China dared to attack, and we just bit him, not only biting, but also forcing him to continuously increase his troops, so that there were no troops to support Wang Jiawei. And once Wangjiawei is opened, then at that time, it will be the Changping Xuebing Army itself that will be surrounded.

There is some truth in Xia Yuan Xiongmi's words, and the prerequisite for this is that the 25th Brigade has strong enough combat power to not only be able to repel the attack of the student army, but also be able to bite one part and force the student army to continuously invest troops.

There is no doubt that Shimoto Kumaya overestimated the combat power of the 25th Brigade. Even if you add the troops directly under the division and regiment, what is the result? I'm afraid it's not good.

Suzuki's brigade was in charge of the first line of defense, and Shimomoto Kumanya's expectation was that at least he could paralyze the chariot units of the Cadet Army. The fact is that the Suzuki Brigade not only failed to paralyze the tank troops, but, like stones thrown into the water, lost a single bubble without turning over.

The third line of defense of the Japanese army was located at the other corner of the equilateral triangle of Changping and Wangjiawei, and it was Xiongmi Shimoto who was in charge of commanding this line of defense. In order to gather enough troops, Shimoto Kuami transferred the engineer wing and the baggage wing to Hisahiro Mitsunao, while he himself led the personnel of the division headquarters and a wing of the 25th brigade, wanting to choose the opportunity to launch a counterattack from the third line of defense, and under the cover of the soldiers of the size of the wing led by Hisahiro Mitsunao, the troops of the Cadet Army were firmly bitten.

The speed at which the first line of defense of the Japanese army was torn apart from Ouyang Yun's expectations. Watching the devils fall in pieces like harvested rice through the binoculars, he almost wondered if he was wrong. When I was at Xifengkou, I once encountered this kind of thing, a large group of devils lined up in a dense formation to attack, and as a result, they were eaten by a company. Now in Changping, such a puzzling scene has happened again.

Beside him, a military staff officer opened his mouth and came back to his senses for a while and said, "The little devil is not dead and crazy?" Is there such a death? ”

Ouyang Yun grinned and asked him, "Does the reconnaissance detachment have any information back?" ”

The staff officer shook his head and was about to speak, when a loud voice shouted from below: "Military seat, urgent military situation." ”

Ouyang Yun looked down and saw that it was a staff officer on duty, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"The little devil outside the city dispatched no less than a brigade and went to Wangjiawei."

Ouyang Yun was taken aback, and then said to himself: "I said that the Japanese troops in front of me seem to be insufficient, and the two old devils Yoshizu Ryosuke and Shimoto Kumaya actually played tricks with me." "I was secretly glad that I had always attached importance to the collection of intelligence work and discovered this situation in time, otherwise it would have been too late for the Japanese army to attack Wangjiawei on both sides. His brain spun quickly, and he ordered the staff officer beside him: "Send a telegram to Huang Hao immediately and ask him to turn to Wang Jiawei." Also, give me steel. ”

"Yes!" The staff officer ran down the tower as fast as he could. After a few minutes, another staff officer handed over the walkie-talkie to Ouyang Yun.

Cheng Gang is the commander of the tank regiment directly under the army, which has a total of two battalions of Jiguang tanks of various types, and one battalion of Jiguang ZJ-1 armored vehicles. Because the chariot regiment needed to replenish fuel, it did not drive directly to Changping from Miyun, but transferred to Renqiu, and after Renqiu replenished the fuel, and escorted a battalion of refueling tank trucks overnight, at this moment, it was only more than an hour before they arrived in Changping, and the drivers of the chariot regiment were all resting and sleeping.

On the walkie-talkie, Cheng Gang's voice sounded a little hoarse, which made Ouyang Yun feel a little worried about the physical strength of the soldiers. So, instead of issuing an order immediately, he asked in an inquiring tone: "Commander Cheng, if you are assigned a combat mission now, do the brothers have the physical strength to carry it out?" ”

Cheng Gang immediately came to his senses, and his voice immediately became louder: "Junzao, if you want to send us to the regiment, you can rest assured, everyone is in good spirits." ”

"Have you had lunch?"

"After eating, the first thing I do when I arrive in Changping is to eat."

"Okay, you can go to Lijiatun now, and in addition, I will equip you with a battalion of infantry. Your task is to hold Lijiatunzi for at least one day and one night. ”

Like Wangjiawei, Lijiatun is another area of contention. Once the Japanese army occupies Lijiatun, it will cut off the line of communication between Changping and Huairou, and will be able to go further and directly threaten the line of communication between Changping and Beiping. After cooperating with the Jibu Brigade to eat most of the 18th Brigade, Ouyang Yun asked the Guard Regiment to leave a battalion to defend. Although the Japanese army has not yet shown signs of advancing towards Lijiatunzi, Ouyang Yun does not dare to be careless at all.

Two new combat orders were issued in succession, and Ouyang Yun called out to Liu Kui and asked him to immediately gather the remaining men and horses of the guard regiment, and he would personally lead the team to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the 9th Division and the 108th Division. Faced with everyone's doubts about whether it was necessary for him to go to the battlefield in person, he said: "Our strength and the Japanese army are not at the same level at all, and now if we want to take the initiative, we can only eat the besieged Japanese army outside Changping as soon as possible." And once the Japanese army attacks and breaks through Wangjiawei from both sides, brothers, what will be the result at that time, you don't need me to say more, right?! Well, who decreed that the commander of the army should not go to the front - everyone is one life, and my life is not more expensive than you - brothers, follow me! ”