Chapter 263: The Battle of Xiaowutai Mountain (9)

In the encirclement of the independent division, Badarhu and more than 20,000 bandits, after two desperate breakout operations, never made a new attempt, and the merciless artillery fire tore their efforts to pieces, leaving nothing but corpses.

By noon, these people who were surrounded had no fighting spirit, waiting for the fate of being slaughtered, and the Japanese army, which was arrogant and invincible before, was completely desperate.

However, what made them feel strange was that the encirclement had already been formed, why did the troops of the independent division not attack, Badarhu vaguely felt that it was not just as simple as encirclement and elimination.

It may be that Tang Qiuli considered that there was a large Japanese imperial army in the encirclement, and he did not dare to act casually, and at the same time, he was taboo, for fear of incurring the retaliation of the imperial army, or their government did not allow such behavior.

The first to make a move was Yan Xishan, the king of Shanxi, who sent a telegram to Tang Qiuli through Song Zheyuan, which was as follows: "Tang Division Chang Qiu left his brother's honor, warmly congratulated the North China Independent Division, and achieved this great victory in suppressing bandits, North China bandits, have always been strict, especially in the Taihang Mountains, I am glad to hear that my brother built this miraculous feat, as a young talent, Taihang Mountain across the two provinces of Shanxi and Hebei, the stubborn bandits flow between the provincial borders, it is really one of the great difficulties to suppress bandits, and now the brother Fang to North China, there is such a record, admirable. ”

Tang Qiuli had already heard of this king of Shanxi, who was known for his shrewdness, and he sent telegrams from afar, not just to congratulate and say some polite words, otherwise he would not be the famous Yan Xishan in history.

Sure enough, the play meat was behind, and the duke said in the telegram that Shanxi was also suffering from banditry, and that he, as the local governor of Shanxi, had organized a large-scale clean-up, but because the bandits were cunning and fought in Shanxi, he ran to Hebei, and it was inconvenient for him to cross the border to suppress it, and he was helpless.

At this point, the conversation changed sharply, saying that the surrounded bandits, there were a considerable number of bandits in Shanxi, that is, bandits in Shanxi, since this is the case, then, as the highest military and political chief in Shanxi, he naturally could not stand idly by, so he decided to send a division of troops to rush to the Xiaowutai Mountain area, together with the bandits, the troops have already set off, and they will arrive in a few days.

After reading Yan Xishan's telegram, Tang Qiuli couldn't cry or laugh, this duke is worthy of being a native of Shanxi, he will do business in his mother's belly, and the bandits have become turtles in the urn, at this time he sent troops to help the field, without a single shot or bullet, without killing a soldier, he picked up a big bargain, it was really a good calculation.

The best thing is that he called the dispatch of troops a joint effort to suppress bandits, rather than assisting in the suppression of bandits, a "joint meeting", showing that the shrewd Cheng dù, the mystery is all here, even if there is no capture at all, in front of the people in North China, especially Shanxi, they have made a good reputation, it is their Jin army and the independent division together to eliminate the bandits, the battle is fought by the independent division, and the credit is equally shared.

Now, even if he calls back and refuses, it will be too late, and they have sent all the soldiers, but if this public knows that among the more than 20,000 bandits, there are still several thousand Japanese soldiers, and I don't know how he will feel, he will definitely change the meeting with the bandits to mediate the Sino-Japanese dispute.

Tang Qiuli immediately forwarded Yan Xishan's telegram to Liu Tiehan, asking him to be responsible for contacting the generals of the Jin army, and reminding Liu Tiehan that the Jin army must not be allowed to be deployed in the inner layer of the encirclement, if they knew that there were still Japanese inside, it would be bad.

At noon, Ji Xingwen sent a telegram saying that yesterday evening, in the Xushui area north of Baoding, more than 1,500 people of the Zhang Yinwu Division of the Hebei People's Army had encountered it, and that the direction of its march was the Xiaowutai Mountain Theater.

This morning, Zhang Yinwu's troops tried to forcibly pass through guò, but were blocked by our soldiers, and there was a temporary exchange of fire between the two sides, and there were no casualties, and now a confrontation situation is forming.

Tang Qiuli's head is two big, you said that at this time, the Hebei People's Army came to join in the fun, such a big field, your little man, is not enough to stuff your teeth, treat them, you can't treat them like bandits and Japanese, a machine gun cannon cleaned up.

At this time, the Hebei People's Army, most of its troops, were the most mastered arms, and Zhang Yinwu was not like after the July 7 Incident, in the Taihang Mountains, he specialized in friction with the Eighth Route Army that insisted on fighting behind enemy lines in North China, and was called a "friction expert".

It seems that these weapons in the hands of ** urgently need weapons and ammunition to improve their equipment level, and they also have the idea of this batch of weapons and ammunition, it is absolutely impossible to fight, ** lie down and taste the courage, change their face, it is not easy to save such a little family fund, and it is not easy to let Ji Xingwen's regular army beat it all at once, and it is emotionally unreasonable.

Tang Qiuli thought twice about it, and in the name of vice chairman of the Political Affairs Committee of the Jicha and deputy commander of the 29 th Army, he sent a telegram to Zhang Yinwu, saying that at present, the 29 th Army and the Independent Division of North China stationed in North China are conducting a joint military exercise, and during the exercise, in order to prevent misunderstandings and accidents, all local armed forces are not allowed to leave their current stations without receiving an order from the Pingjin Garrison Command, otherwise they will be disarmed on the charge of spying on military secrets.

As for whether Zhang Yinwu believes it or not, that's his problem, anyway, your armament, as long as it doesn't hurt my good deeds, stay at home honestly, don't move around, there will be nothing, Tang Qiuli's wording is very harsh, as the number two person in North China, he specially sent a telegram to a civilian armed leader, which is extraordinary, Zhang Yinwu should be able to weigh the weight.

At the same time, he ordered Ji Xingwen not to shoot without authorization under any circumstances, and to report the situation of Zhang Yinwu's troops every two hours.

The military meeting held by Tashiro Wanichiro, commander of the Japanese North China Garrison, in the war room of the headquarters in Tianjin, has been going on for several hours, and the theme of the meeting is how to make the soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire, who are surrounded by independent divisions in the area of the Xiaowutai Mountains, Badarhu and a wing of the Imperial Japanese soldiers, escape safely without revealing their identities.

What made Tashiro Wanichiro very annoyed was that the intelligence agencies were not even aware of such a large-scale military operation of the Independent Division in advance, which was an unforgivable dereliction of duty, irresponsible for the imperial holy war, and a joke on the lives of thousands of imperial soldiers.

The intelligence organ's explanation was that because the focus of the work was all on Song Zheyuan's 29th Army, the independent division had newly entered the pass from Manchuria, and the main force had not been stationed in the major cities of North China, our intelligence network was very weak in the remote areas and rural areas of North China, and it could be said that it had not been established at all.

Therefore, we only have a general grasp of the situation of Tang Qiuli, the commander of the independent division, and there is still no information about the soldiers, weapons and equipment, garrison locations, names, personalities, hobbies, and specialties of the independent division's generals at all levels.

Although the explanation given by the intelligence agency seemed reasonable, Tashiro Wanichiro still could not forgive their dereliction of duty, because the negligence of the intelligence service had put thousands of imperial soldiers in a desperate situation, and even if there was any reason, they could not make up for this loss.

Tashiro rebuked the head of the intelligence department and removed him from his post on the spot, and his deputy chief of staff concurrently served as the head of the intelligence agency, but even if the dismissed guy was shot on the spot, the actual problem could not be solved.

During the meeting, he had received several distress telegrams from Badarhu, and Tashiro Wanichiro still had a good impression of this Japanese-Mongolian mixed-race child, who had made great contributions to the expansion of power in the Recha region for the Japanese Empire, and had made outstanding achievements, and was a very talented and capable officer.

Badarhu is a guy who never admits defeat, he sent several distress telegrams one after another, explaining that the situation is more strict than he said, Tashiro Wanichiro felt that the most difficult thing to do was that a company of imperial soldiers led by Badarhu was disguised as Chinese bandits.

If they were wearing the uniforms of imperial soldiers, Tashiro Wanichiro would have countless ways to get them out of the encirclement of the independent division, and even directly put pressure on the Nanjing Nationalist Government to come forward and force Tang Qiuli to release them.

There was a senior staff officer, the murderous Jianyi, who immediately mobilized the imperial ** team scattered in various places, formed a heavy army group, rushed to the Xiaowutai Mountain area, forcibly broke through the encirclement of the independent division, and rescued Badarhu and the imperial soldiers.

After listening to Jian Yiyi, Tashiro felt that this person was a pure martial artist, this kind of person could also be mixed into the headquarters as a senior staff officer, his level, only in charge of baggage and materials or cooking soldiers, after the meeting, let this pig-brained guy go to the logistics warehouse to report, poor senior staff officer, did not expect to propose Jian yì, will make himself glorious layoff.

If all the troops are withdrawn, and the 29th Army of Song Zheyuan, who confronts the emperor's ** team, who dares to guarantee that it will not take the opportunity to occupy various key points, the empire's years of painstaking operation in North China will be lost overnight, and this loss is much greater than that of a wing of imperial soldiers.

Moreover, it also destroyed the entire strategic layout of the empire in North China, not to mention, the independent division was not Song Zheyuan's 29th Army, his soldiers, equipment level and combat effectiveness, which were in Manchuria, and Nanjiro's Kwantung Army, fought again and again, and I had heard a lot about the achievements of that division commander Tang Qiuli.

It is still unknown whether the entire force of the empire in North China can be won, and besides, whether the base camp agrees to do this by itself, I don't know in my heart, even if I find an excuse to kill all the independent divisions, or use this reason to launch a full-scale war against China, I have to give me time, from the mainland or Manchuria, mobilize a sufficient number of troops, and prepare for war, and Tang Qiuli can give me time?

When Tashiro Wanichiro came to North China in April this year to take office, the situation at that time was very favorable to the Japanese Imperial Army, and in the entire Pingjin region of North China, there was only one 29th Army that was not a descendant of the Nanjing government, and it was completely surrounded by imperial forces.

The independent division entered the customs from Manchuria, completely breaking this situation, the empire's strength and superiority, has been lost, this Tang Qiuli, now he has created such a problem to throw himself, this person, will become the empire's henchmen in North China, and even the entire Chinese battlefield, he suddenly felt a little sympathetic to Nanjiro, in Manchuria, dealing with this person, it must be uncomfortable.

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