Chapter 3: The Bloody Battle of Xifengkou
Speaking of which, among the generals of the 29th Army that Ouyang Yun admired, Zhao Dengyu was the most pretentious to him. Of course, Ouyang Yun did not "hold a grudge" because of this, and he still respected Zhao Dengyu, who died young in history.
He thought about it for a while, and agreed without saying a word: "How about a regiment's heavy artillery and a regiment's anti-aircraft machine gun?" ”
Xu didn't expect him to be so refreshed, Zhao Dengyu reacted after a while, and asked in surprise: "Heavy artillery?" ”
"Yes, 36 howitzers of 105 mm caliber, 18 howitzers of 150 mm caliber. However, you have to buy the shells yourself, General Zhao, is there a problem? ”
"No, Commander Ouyang."
"Call me Ouyang, if you don't see the outside."
"Okay, Brother Ouyang, thank you for Dengyu here."
Ouyang Yun smiled: "Brother Zhao, we are all fighting devils, if it weren't for the financial constraints, a few shells would be nothing." ”
Zhao Dengyu also smiled and said: "No, no, there is no reason like that, and it is not a little bit or two for us to take advantage of you." Although they are all used to fight devils, I know that you are not rich. By the way, the ones I saw in Huang Jiayu just now should be self-propelled guns, right? ”
In this era, self-propelled guns belonged to quite advanced weapons. It is said that with Zhao Dengyu's knowledge and qualifications, it is impossible to know the Tao. In this way, it should be your own people's tone. Well, it seems that the intelligence work needs to be strengthened, Ouyang Yun thought without a trace, and said, "Yes, Brother Zhao, have you gotten any news?" The Japanese are going to negotiate, and I don't know what Commander Zhang thinks. ”
Zhao Dengyu snorted and said, "Negotiation? It should be a delaying tactic, right? The Japanese are really fooling us. But that's fine, we're using this time to rebuild our defenses, and by the way, we're pulling back the artillery you've sent us. ”
Ouyang Yun nodded and said, "The Japanese originally wanted to take us by surprise, but now that we are prepared, I think we have to rearrange it." Brother Zhao, I think the Japanese will definitely not give up this time, in order to coordinate and support each other in the subsequent battles, should we organize a joint operations command? Please go back and discuss with Commander Zhang, if he has no opinion, I hope to implement it as soon as possible. In terms of commander-in-chief, I am willing to be Commander Zhang's deputy. ”
and the 57th Army to form a joint combat command, this is also Ouyang Yun's idea. And the reason why he has this idea is because he draws on the lessons of history, and of course, the more important point is that he is afraid that Zhang Zizhong will retreat again under the influence of Nanjing. In that case, with the Xuebing Army alone, he would not have the confidence to hold the huge territory of Jicha.
Zhao Dengyu's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he said: "This suggestion is good, and I personally think it is very necessary." Commander Ouyang, I'm sure Commander Zhang will also agree to this suggestion. ”
The two talked about some other things, and half an hour later, Zhao Dengyu rejected Ouyang Yun's offer to leave him for lunch, and asked his adjutant and a few accompanying staff officers to leave a few people responsible for receiving artillery and other equipment, and then returned to Tianjin with about fifteen guards.
Standing on the high ground and watching Zhao Dengyu's off-road vehicle leave, remembering that this person in history was not in the battle of Nanyuan after the Lugou Bridge Incident, Ouyang Yun suddenly felt a little uneasy. He thought about it and called Bai Tassel and asked her to arrange a class of "wolf teeth" to send Zhao Dengyu.
Ouyang Yun actually did this out of his "sixth sense", but it really worked. When Zhao Dengyu's convoy arrived near Fengtai, he was really ambushed by the Japanese army, if it wasn't for the wolf tooth soldiers sent by Ouyang Yun to appear in time, then he might really be killed by the Japanese sneak attack.
And because of this small change, Ouyang Yun became cautious, he began to care about the events that happened during this time in his history, and he didn't dare to be careless in the slightest, and tried to prevent problems before they happened.
Just like the existence of the Huatun garrison in the Japanese concession of Tianjin, Fengtai is now an extraordinary area. The strength of a wing of the Japanese army occupies this place, and at this time the airfield is being repaired.
Ouyang Yun's original plan was to see if he could sneak attack Fengtai Airport and get a few planes to play after the devil opened Fengtai Airport. Now, he doesn't think so. If the enemy in Tianjin is a nail, then the Japanese army in Fengtai is a thorn in the bone. Because of the Beiping Rebellion set off by Jin Bihui, the current Fengtai also took in about two regiments of puppet troops, such a force is nothing in peacetime, but in wartime, it is difficult to say what role it can play. Historically, the 29th Army wanted to solve the enemy in Fengtai shortly after the Lugou Bridge Incident, but because the Japanese army happened to throw out the smokescreen of negotiation and settlement, Song Zheyuan gave up this plan and missed the opportunity.
Two days later, after Zhang Zizhong unified the establishment of the joint command, Ouyang Yun obtained his consent to transfer a regiment of troops from Renqiu, a battalion of self-propelled artillery from Xifengkou, and the regimental-level officer teaching corps of the original 29th Army to complete the allocation of troops for the Fengtai military operation.
Then, just when the delegation headed by He Yingqin sent by Nanjing had just sat down at the negotiating table with the Japanese in Tianjin, Ouyang Yun gave the order to attack.
The Japanese troops stationed in Fengtai were a wing of the Shozo Infantry Brigade of the riverside, and the wing commander was named Ouchi Gucun. And the puppet army of the size of the two regiments is the remnants of the security brigade commanded by Huang Zhenhai.
Before Ouyang Yun mobilized the troops, he first asked Mu Jiandie and Guo Biao to cooperate, and with the cooperation of the military police of the 57th Army, he came to the "****" in Beiping City, and wantonly arrested traitors and those who participated in the rebellion.
The precise time of the attack was a special operations squad and an engineer platoon led by Guo Biao himself at 3:10 a.m. on the 29th. Since suffering heavy losses in the "decapitation operation" to capture Tu Feiyuan, Wolf Tooth began intensive training under Ouyang Yun's strict orders. And this time, all the veterans who participated in the operation were wolf-tooth veterans who had experienced the "decapitation operation".
The operation went smoothly at the beginning, although the Japanese army arranged a small team of vigilant troops near the main gate of Fengtai, but under the cold weapons and strong hands of the wolf-tooth warriors, these more than 30 devils didn't even have a chance to snort, so they all went to see Amaterasu. As the current soul of the wolf fang, Guo Biao is even more ruthless, and the third brother devil who died under him was wrenched off his neck without exception.