Chapter 1041 Long Yun fought hard

Tang Qiusheng's fast column of the Sulu Mobile Corps, one and a half hours ahead of the division's command, arrived at the predetermined target, the Maxi camp in the southeast of Kunhu, and sent a telegram to the Yunnan campaign headquarters in Qujing. "The staff officers in the command headquarters were taken aback, I haven't seen the division commander so excited for a long time.

When the troops of the independent division urgently assembled on the outskirts of Kunhu, the battle here had already entered a white-hot stage, and Long Yun, in accordance with Tang Qiuli's tactics, shrank all the troops of the Dian Army exposed in the outlying positions into the suburbs and the city, so that the Japanese army, which gave full play to its artillery firepower, did not take much advantage.

Although the Dian army changed its tactics and significantly slowed down the speed of the Japanese attack, Kenji Iijima, the commander of the Japanese Seventh Army, who commanded the operation, did not pay much attention to it, and he fought against Bai Chongxi's Gui army in Nanning, Liu Xiang's Sichuan army at the Chishui River, and Xue Yue's Central Army at Loushan Pass.

In his opinion, among the several troops of the Zhi, the combat effectiveness, soldiers and equipment of the Dian Army are the worst, the Battle of Nanning, fought for more than ten days, although Nanning was finally conquered, but the soldiers of the Imperial Army paid a great price, as for the Loushan Pass, it was simply the nightmare of His Excellency Shouyi in the temple, by the Chishui River, not even the shadow of the soldiers of the Zhina, the Seventh Army was hit head-on.

For the Battle of Kunhu, Lieutenant General Kenji Iijima thought that it was the easiest battle since he came to South China, these soldiers of the local army of China, with old-fashioned rifles, confronted the imperial artillery, watching the soldiers of the Yunnan Army under the cannon of the imperial army, the situation of flesh and blood flying, Iijima Kenji had been depressed in his heart for a long time, like a wisp of breeze, flying into the blue sky, his heart was indescribably comfortable.

This reflected the might of the Imperial Army, after a day of fighting, more than 100,000 Imperial troops, casualties were only more than 3,000 people, when he saw the casualty statistics report, Iijima Kenji himself could not believe this fact, and in excitement, he sent a telegram full of confidence in victory to Commander-in-Chief Terauchi Shouichi, who was rushing in this direction.

"Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, after a day of fierce fighting in Kunming, on the evening of the 11th, the troops of our Seventh Army have broken through the positions of the local army in China on all fronts, annihilating more than 40,000 enemies, and the battle is progressing smoothly, and this battle can be ended before 12 o'clock at noon tomorrow, and the sun flag will fly over Kunhu, and at that time, all the officers and men of the Seventh Army will be led by the humble generals to welcome the arrival of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief."

Kenji Iijima's confidence is not unfounded, after a day of fighting, he has seen through the weakness of the Dian army, the battle in the south of China, and the time when this place is rewritten, and it is also the moment when the Imperial Japanese Army troops raise their eyebrows, not only Kenji Iijima is so optimistic, but the whole of the Seventh Army is full of arrogance and optimism about victory.

Terauchi Shouichi does not have the optimistic spirit of Kenji Iijima, his main force is on the rugged mountain road in northern Yunnan, difficult trekking, there is no resistance of the Chinese army along the way, but the natural conditions have become the main enemy of the main force of the Japanese southern Chinese army, and what he is most worried about is Tang Qiuli's troops.

The reconnaissance unit that served as the rear guard kept sending information about the devil Tang Qiuli and the mobilization of troops, and on the second day of the evacuation of the front line of Loushanguan, Guiyang fell into the hands of the troops of the Independent Division, and this Chinese army appeared from the direction of Duyun.

If he returned to Nanning according to the order of the base camp, more than 200,000 imperial troops would have fallen into the ambush circle of Tang Qiuli's troops, and the losses of the imperial army would be immeasurable. ”

Kenji Iijima's original intention was to make His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief happy, but unexpectedly, there was no such thing as a little wish, but it was a little bit of cold water, and he was very disapproving, the army of the devil Tang Qiuli was still far away in Guangxi, and he had just broken the jade of hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers, and he turned around and came to Yunnan, which is unlikely, right?

The soldiers of the independent division of China are not iron-clad, and they don't even need to rest? Therefore, Kenji Iijima didn't take Terauchi's reminder to heart, and only sent a few small troops to the east and northwest of Kunhu to do vigilant reconnaissance.

At about 8 o'clock in the morning of the 12th, the Japanese army's three-way attacking troops all broke into the suburbs of Kunhu, and the urban area was already exposed to the Japanese firepower.

The troops of the Yunnan army, filled in a regiment, it didn't take long to run out, Long Yun also red-eyed, sent his own guard regiment, to various positions as a supervising team, where found that the troops retreated without a fight, the officers were shot on the spot, the soldiers immediately returned to the front line, everywhere was bloody and fleshy, the soldiers of the Yunnan army, with a breath, hard support.

By more than nine o'clock in the morning, the battle had spread to the urban area, around Kunhu, and fierce battles were taking place everywhere, and Long Yun put all the troops in his hands into the front line, and even the Yunnan Provincial Government Guard Regiment, the last unit, had been blocked in the Beijiaochang position.

The blood of the Yunnan army is about to dry up, Long Yun is on the roof of the provincial government building, looking at the suburbs of Kunhu City filled with gunsmoke everywhere, the sound of guns and cannons getting closer and closer, his hand holding the binoculars, can't help but tremble, all the family members of the Yunnan army are in Kunming, it is only more than nine o'clock.

There are still nearly two hours before Tang Qiuli's troops arrive, whether they can hold up the last two hours, Long Yun is not sure at all, the battle situation reported everywhere is not optimistic, the Japanese offensive is even more fierce than yesterday, the Yunnan army has suffered heavy losses, retreating step by step, and there is not even a little reserve in his hand.

If that direction is tight, what to use to plug the hole, Long Yun couldn't help but regret his decision to promise Tang Qiuli and stick to Kunming for a morning, squatting in northwest Yunnan is better than fighting for the last family, he couldn't help but say to himself in his heart, "Tang Qiuli, Tang Qiuli, you can hurt me, I, Long Yun, have been working hard for decades, and the foundation that I have worked hard for decades will be ruined on one of your telegrams?" ”

The guns were like a tide, the cannon was rumbling, and Long Yun heard the hoarse shouts of the staff officers in the command headquarters, "What? The Japanese army broke into the city from the direction of Baini Mountain, and the defense line of Tianying in the northern suburbs was completely lost? The 4th Garrison Brigade was killed and wounded, and positions were lost? Division Commander Liu, asking for reinforcements? Okay, I'll report to Chairman Long right away," the chaotic shouts made Long Yun's heart even more confused.

That's it, even if you want to break through now, you can't do it, hundreds of thousands of troops, entangled with the Japanese, it is difficult to withdraw, two hours later, how many soldiers of our Yunnan army can still live? Putting down the binoculars, Long Yun sighed, "I can't imagine that I have been in Longyun Yunnan Province for more than 20 years, and once I lost my family, I didn't even have a chance to turn the book," the words were indescribable, and there was a taste of the end of a hero.

"Chairman, chairman, Vice Chairman Tang has called, the troops of the Independent Division will launch an attack on the Japanese army in twenty minutes!" A senior staff officer, waving a telegram in his hand, shouted and ran to the roof of the provincial government building, before anyone arrived, the voice of ecstasy had already reached Long Yun's ears.

"What?" Long Yun took a few steps to meet him, snatched the telegram, quickly scanned it, his hands trembled, closed his eyes, and muttered to himself: "God bless, the sky has eyes, the sky will not die my Dian army, the sky will not die my Dian army, the sky will not die I Long Yun, Kunming is saved," he opened his eyes suddenly.

The hasty order came: "Quickly, inform all units of the news that Vice Chairman Tang's troops will immediately launch an attack on the Japanese army, show a little blood, and play the prestige of the Yunnan army, quickly!" "Yes, Chairman, notify the troops immediately," the staff officer agreed, and ran down as fast as he could.

Long Yun didn't think much about it, why did the troops of the Independent Division rush to the Kunming battlefield an hour and a half in advance, and he didn't have the heart to think about this problem, the feeling of escaping death made him collapse for a while, his mind was blank, and there was only one thought, the Dian army was saved, and Kunming was saved.

The fast column of the Sulu Mobile Corps, under the command of Chief of Staff Yu Guanghan, suddenly appeared behind the Japanese army from the northeast corner of Kunming, and the direction of attack chosen by Yu Guanghan was exactly what the Japanese army did not expect.

The rapid column took two tank regiments as the forerunner, covering more than 30,000 people from two infantry brigades, and entered the starting point of the attack.

The 1st Brigade of the Fast Column Artillery unloaded the artillery from the tractor, and it took less than an hour to build the field artillery position. There were four rocket artillery battalions, and they didn't dare to use them, and as soon as these big guys opened fire, even the Dian army was wrapped in a sea of fire and a rain of bullets.

Otherwise, more than 100 rocket artillery salvos, not to mention more than 50,000 little devils, even twice as much, are also cannon fodder, at 9:30 sharp, hundreds of large-caliber heavy artillery pieces suddenly began to shell, and the Japanese army, which was hitting well, was blown up by sudden, hail-like shells.

After 30 minutes of artillery fire, the Japanese casualties of the two divisions were more than a quarter, mainly because the shelling was too unexpected, more than 100 tanks, roaring, rolling up dust in the sky, and more than 30,000 soldiers who had not yet dried their sweat, like sharp knives, slammed into the Japanese army.

"Commander, behind the attacking troops in our northeast direction, the main force of the independent division appeared, the number of which is unknown, preliminary investigation, about 100 tanks, more than 600 large-caliber artillery, our 19th Division and 28th Division, heavy casualties," a staff officer, shouted wildly, and broke into Kenji Iijima's headquarters.

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