Chapter 308, The Battle of Texas.
The maintenance of Beiping was engraved on the face by Jiang Qiang, although the shameless people survived, but they did not dare to show their faces, and the Japanese were not easy to replace with other people, which was useless, which made the devil very annoyed, and now, the maintenance of Tianjin had problems again, and all of them defected. Aihara stood at the head of the city with a Japanese command knife, and fell into deep thought for a while, and he didn't know what was wrong in the middle, and he was stunned for a while.
"Asahi Shimbun, there was a person who maintained the association in front of the newspaper office of the Great Japanese Empire, what happened? Why did they go there. "Aihara senses that something big is about to happen, but for a while he doesn't know what happened." Captain Aihara, the people of our special high class have passed, so let's wait for news here. Said the person in the extra-high class.
"No, I'm going to see for myself what's going on." After Aihara finished speaking, he quickly picked up the command knife, put it back in the scabbard, and quickly walked down the city gate, and didn't care about driving, and ran to the Japanese concession. Soon I arrived at the door of the "Asahi Shimbun" newspaper, and saw a group of people from the special high school screaming and scolding at the scene one by one like their dead father, and immediately rushed in, and saw several people from the special high school who were sewing their heads to several corpses, and the blood and flesh at the scene were blurry, and it was impossible to see who it was.
"The report is Xiangyuanjun, it's Jiang Qiang, and the people from the Nanjing government and Yan'an, and they just held a tripartite trial here." When the four reporters saw Aihara-kun coming, they immediately came over and reported. "Baga, Jiang Qiang, the Japanese concession here is our territory, it is Tianjin" Xiangyuan didn't finish speaking, and shouted again: "Ah, I remember, Jiang Qiang plotted against our Tianjin Maintenance Association, and immediately reported to General Fujino, saying that Jiang Qiang had just appeared in the Tianjin Concession, and now he has fled north." "Hary." The intelligence officer of the Devil's Special High School and the signal soldier said at the same time.
"Report, Aihara-kun, the five people who died are General Seishiro Itagaki of the Fifth Division, and two brigade commanders, and the other two are the secret envoys of the imperial family, Takatsuki Bao and Norika Kanero." The four reporters of the devil continued. "Yaga." After hearing this, Aihara directly slapped several newspaper reporters and began to beat them severely, "What are you guys doing to eat, and the trial is being held in the newspaper office in Great Japan, why don't you report it." ”
The Japanese reporters were also very innocent, and they were controlled inexplicably, and several of them quickly said with tears: "Captain Aihara, we are just reporters, and we were suddenly controlled by Jiang Qiang, and we were tied up to listen to this trial." "What was the trial?" Aihara shouted loudly, "Imperial secret envoy. "They all confessed their crimes, all of them, the beginning and end of the Japanese Empire's invasion of China and all the crimes committed, Jiang Qiang said, no matter the place, the time, the people, as long as they have killed a Chinese, they will be tried."
As soon as the reporters finished speaking, they were knocked to the ground by a big ear scraper from Xiangyuan, and then kicked a few times. "Yaga, the war waged by the Great Japanese Empire is a great holy war, for the sake of the Great Japanese Empire and for the sake of the Chinese, what we want to create is an imperial paradise, not an invasion of China, where there is any crime." Aihara yelled as he kicked. "Ahh The devil reporter was kicked by Aihara and almost died, "However, this is Jiang Qiang said, our five people from the Great Japanese Empire, including General Seishiro Itagaki and two secret envoys of the imperial family, they all said it, they all confessed their crimes, and finally they were executed, this is irrevocable, and now I am afraid that it has spread to all parts of the world, and Western countries are probably preparing tomorrow's press release." ”
"Oh, and the recording. Recordings of their statements about the alleged crimes. Another reporter from the Yamato Daily said cautiously. Yaga. Recordings, and even recordings. Xiang Yuan listened, almost fainted, he quickly held on to the door frame, the two royal family members were killed, and a third-party trial was held in the Japanese concession, there are many concessions in Tianjin, there are many newspapers, and there are troops stationed in many countries, not to mention that they are trying to deal with Zhou in the past two days.
Ambassadors and journalists from all over the world were tired enough of refuting the rumors of the Chinese massacre, and now that this situation has arisen, he will probably have to apologize. Aihara quickly fainted, and the special high class already knew about it, and Terauchi Shouichi was afraid that he couldn't hide it.
Terauchi Shouichi soon received relevant information, Jiang Qiang suddenly arrived in Tianjin City, two members of the imperial family were killed, Itagaki Seishiro and two brigade commanders also died in Tianjin, the key is this three-way trial, I heard, each of them confessed to the crime and was executed. As soon as Terauchi Shou heard this, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, if he was given two more days, he would be able to take Taiyuan, but this time he couldn't hide it, the news of various countries will be bombed early tomorrow morning, and the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters will soon know about this matter.
"I can't stop what should come, and I still come when I shouldn't." Shouichi Terauchi said to himself that he decided to go back to Tianjin in person, put all the blame on Aihara, and let Aihara commit suicide, maybe this is the best way out. At this time, Jiang Qiang and his entourage went out of the North City Gate, all the way to the north, since the newly built 16th Division of the devil has arrived in Tianjin, Jiang Qiang still has to do a good job in the defense of Yunwu Mountain as soon as possible, with the current conditions of Yunwu Mountain, it is still enough to deal with the large-scale counterattack of the devils, and the fortifications of the defense must be built in person, so as to achieve condescending firepower radiation, to ensure that there is no dead end, and use the existing conditions to produce a batch of 88 sniper rifles first, and 95 assault rifles, at least the devils can form a psychological deterrent.
The conditions for the production of body armor are not yet available, and the machine does not yet have the conditions for operation, etc., all of which make Jiang Qiang feel quite a headache, but fortunately, at least there is a group of scientific researchers for now, and it is only a matter of time before little Japan is crushed. Not only did Jiang Qiang have a headache, but also the chairman of the NPC Committee in Nanjing, the Japanese also had a headache, and every Chinese person had a headache.
The hope of a great southern wall was ruined, and he even hoped that the Western powers would be able to speak out, but from beginning to end, he did not hear such a voice, and all countries were watching it as if it were a joke. Japan is the same, they have a premonition of a different taste, this war maybe they will land sooner or later, in Daya Bay, Guangdong, because to solve the Nanjing government, you must first solve Shanghai, but in this way, they will climb all the way up along the terrain of the Chinese from the ground to the heights, this or.
Chairman Xu You's only intention is that even if the devil wins, he will drag you into the vast sea of national struggle. And the memories of the war experienced by the Chinese people will soon be transformed into combat effectiveness, and the blood and iron bones of 300,000 people make the Japanese smell a trace of inconquerability. Jiang Qiang asked the others to go back to Yunwu Mountain, and this time even Yuko Kitajima went back with him, Jiang Qiang took Huzi, Shunzi and other special forces to Texas to participate in the defense of Texas.
Since the troops sent this time are all troops on the Jiaodong Peninsula, the total number of troops is as high as 12,000, if all of them are transported by car, it will take 300 trucks just to pull the troops, and if you add baggage supplies, you will need about 360 trucks! At present, there are only more than 100 transport trucks in Zhuang Tao's hands, and the cost of purchasing 300 transport vehicles alone is really high, so Jiang Qiang applied to Han Fuyu to dispatch 2 special trains to transport troops to the front line!
It's just that these two special trains are not comfortable civilian passenger trains, but pure stuffy tank trains with no seats and no windows, but this is also several times stronger than transportation! So the final plan was for 9,000 people to take the train from the Jiaoji railway line all the way west to Jinan, and then transfer to the Jinpu line to reach the front line in Dexian County!
Another 3,000 people escorted 60 truckloads of munitions and supplies directly to Texas, and the entire convoy stretched for two or three kilometers! Wang Yong is once again in charge of guarding the home, and he has accepted the fate of guarding the home, because the scope of the Jiaodong Independent Brigade Defense Area has been expanded to at least twice as much, and the total strength of the local garrison regiment under his jurisdiction is as high as more than 7,000 people, and the responsibility on his shoulders has become extremely heavy!
And Zhuang Tao was also promoted to general adviser by Hengsan, becoming the recognized second person, and after Hengsan went on the expedition, he was responsible for the daily affairs of the military and political affairs of Zhaoyuan County. In order to ensure the safety of his family, Hengsan has established a highly loyal 50-member personal guard team, which is responsible for the safety of the mansion and the entry and exit of his family! Although Heng San did not hold any farewell party in order to recruit far away this time, he gathered troops at four o'clock in the morning and set off!
However, the troop movement of more than 10,000 people was guaranteed not to leak secrets, and the news that Heng San led the independent brigade to the expedition quietly spread after dawn! Potential forces in all directions are beginning to move, especially Nanjing and Japan, which attach great importance to this! In the past two months, Jiang Qiang has spared no effort to upgrade and transform the Zhaoyuan Skynet monitoring system, not only equipped with closed-circuit monitoring probes in the confidential department, but also installed monitoring at the intersection of the main street!
And these monitoring facilities are strictly kept secret and have not been announced to the public, so those agents who come to Zhaoyuan to make trouble often don't know what's going on, so they expose the details of their whereabouts, and when the intelligence department comes to the door, they are still ignorant! With the Skynet monitoring system and all kinds of high-tech means, the gendarmerie brigade and intelligence department led by Miss Yu are really invincible, and the Japanese spies eliminated alone are as high as more than 30 people!
As for the number of agents of the military command and the central command, it is even more, but Jiang Qiang asked Hengsan not to ask for their lives, but to directly "invite" Zhaoyuan County!
As a result, the intelligence offices of Zhaoyuan County and Qixia County became famous in a short period of time, which made the intelligence officers in Nanjing and Japan change their complexion and completely regard Zhaoyuan County as an insurmountable Longtan tiger's den! With the Skynet monitoring system, the detection rate of public security cases and criminal cases in Zhaoyuan County has reached an extremely terrifying height, which has made the people of Zhaoyuan County more and more honest, and even the petty theft of the traitor department has almost been cut off!
For the people on the side of the red regime, Zhuang Tao turned a blind eye according to Jiang Qiang, except for the current critical core departments and core positions that were not open to them, basically enjoyed the same treatment as the local soldiers! Because, at this stage, it is not yet the time to accept the olive branch of the red regime!
After occupying the Beijing-Tianjin area, on September 24, 1937, the well-equipped Japanese 10th Division of Ryosuke Isoya captured Cangzhou and pursued it, pushing the battle to the line of Dexian and Shijiazhuang. Dexian County is in the northwest of Shandong Province, and in 1912 Dezhou was abolished and Dexian County was abolished, and Dexian County was actually the later Dezhou City! Dezhou is the northwest gate of Shandong Province, and the Jinpu Railway enters the largest station in Shandong Province in the south, with Beijing and Tianjin in the north, the Yellow River in the south, and the Jinghan Railway in the west, which is the strategic focus of resisting the southern invasion of the Japanese army.
The 5th Theater of Operations in China urgently transferred the 81st Division of the 12th Army to aid Dezhou. The 243rd Brigade of the 81st Division of the Chinese Army was ordered, and under the leadership of the commander of the Yunqichang Brigade, the 485th Regiment arrived in Dezhou in advance, and immediately deployed defenses inside and outside the city to build fortifications. The officers and men of the 81st Division of the Chinese Army, who were originally subordinates of the Northwest Army of the anti-Japanese general Feng Yuxiang, had simple equipment, strict military discipline, and strong combat effectiveness. Most of the officers and men of the 243 Brigade were from Henan Province and southwest Lu, and after the emergency dispatch to help defend Dezhou, the morale of the masses was high and quite high.
The town of Sangyuan in the north of Dezhou City is close to the railway, and was occupied by the Japanese army at the end of September and became the base camp of the Japanese army attacking Dezhou City. The officers and men of the 81st Division were accustomed to night battles and close combat to exert the power of broadswords, and the 243rd Brigade formed a crack commando team to attack the Japanese army's Sangyuan Town barracks at night while the Japanese army was unprepared, and won a complete victory.
Annoyed and angry, the Japanese army began to dispatch eight planes in succession to indiscriminately bomb the Chinese defenders' positions in the city of Dezhou, especially in the areas of Xiaoximenli and Beimenli. The Japanese army concentrated its forces, along the railway line troops in three ways to approach Dezhou, its forward arrived at the north of Dezhou in the north of the city of Yuzhuang our army's outer defense line, was met with fierce resistance of the Chinese defenders, because of the disparity in strength, the Chinese army retreated to the city, with the danger of defending the city, the first shot of the Shandong War of Resistance was fired.
Just when Jiang Qiang led his troops westward to help, Texas was already full of war clouds and war! The people of Texas spontaneously organized stretcher teams and stored a large number of weapons, ammunition and other military supplies in the inner door of the north gate of the city in time to prevent Japanese bombing. The merchants and local gentry in the city of Texas voluntarily purchased flour and other foodstuffs, and bought lumber, and rushed to make a large number of coffins.
Several mule and horse carts loaded with flour were unloaded on the side of the road in Beimenjiao, and dozens of white coffins were parked on the side of the road in Yuanshui Street to strengthen the army's prestige and inspire our army's fighting spirit. At seven o'clock in the afternoon of October 1, Jiang Qiang and the independent brigade led by Heng San arrived in Lingxian near Dexian County!
In view of the fact that it was getting late and the troops were very tired, Jiang Qiang did not directly lead his troops into Dezhou to join the 243rd Brigade of the garrison, but ordered the troops to be stationed in Lingxian to rest and build fortifications on the spot! Because he knew that Dezhou could hold out for at least three days, and soon Lingxian, Linyi and other areas would become fierce battle areas, so he was not in a hurry to go up directly and fight the elite Japanese 10th Division!
In the early morning of October 2, 1937, the Japanese army concentrated its forces and chose the east side of the Xiaoximen corner tower, which was the closest to the railway line, and began to storm the city. Unexpectedly, the Japanese soldiers defending the city had been preparing for battle for a long time, and their morale was high, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became, and the Japanese attack was frustrated. The 243 Brigade put a regiment of troops into the Xiaoximen Corner Tower position to put up stubborn resistance to the Japanese army!
The Chinese army is high and dangerous in the city, condescending, with the Japanese army landing in the city as the main line, the east and west sides cooperate with the pincer attack, the fire is crossed, mortars, light and heavy machine guns, grenades, rifles, large blades and various weapons are all used, and the Japanese army is given a head-on attack on the Japanese army, and the Japanese army has been repelled many times to attack the city! The Japanese suffered heavy casualties, and hurriedly dispatched a number of armored cannons, installed them on the railroad tracks, and quickly drove under the city of Texas, aimed at the city wall and our positions, and carried out non-stop and fierce artillery bombardment. Since then, the famous and tragic Battle of Texas in history has officially begun!
"Report to the Chief of Staff, I received a telegram from the 243rd Brigade asking for help, now the 10th Division of the Japanese Army is storming Dezhou City, the current battle situation is scorching, the two sides are stalemate, please instruct!" As soon as it was dawn in the morning, Heng San found Jiang Qiang with a telegram!
"Order the troops to immediately rush to the aid of Dexian County according to the plan drawn up last night!"
Jiang Qiang issued an order without the slightest hesitation, and after arriving in Lingxian County last night, Jiang Qiang held a military meeting to discuss and arrange in detail the strategic deployment of this support for the Texas front! Jiang Qiang's opponent this time was the Japanese Tenth Division, also known as the Himeji Division, and the formation place: Himeji. The 10th Division is a division of the Japanese Army, one of the 17 standing divisions of the Japanese army before the outbreak of World War II.
The Japanese division was originally completely copied from the German division, about 18,000 people, and the division was the basic unit, and it had a variety of formations. However, with the changes in the war, many changes were made to divide them into four grades: A, B, C, and D. The 10th Division, as a type A division, has a total of 4 infantry wings, 8 wings including artillery wing, cavalry wing, engineer wing, and baggage wing, plus 28,200 non-combatants from the regimental headquarters of the first division and the regimental headquarters of two brigades.
The division is equipped with 12 Type 41 mountain guns, 36 Type 38 field guns, 12 37-mm rapid-fire anti-tank guns, and 18 light armored vehicles. Due to the change of division commanders, it was once called the Isoya Division and the Shinozuka Division, and the division often violated the laws of international war in combat using poison gas warfare, and it can be said that its hands were stained with blood and crime. I have to say that the 10th Division is a very strong opponent, with as many as 22,000 combat troops alone, and in the original history, a brigade broke through the Sichuan Army's Wang Mingzhang Department in Teng County, the 63rd Wing broke through the 40,000 Yunnan Army in Yuwang Mountain, and broke through the Luoshan defense line guarded by Hu Zongnan in the Battle of Wuhan and went straight to Xinyang, etc.
Soon, Jiang Qiang took more than 4,000 people, including 3 squadrons of the special combat team, the 3rd Infantry Regiment, artillery, medical care, and baggage, to the south of Dexian County! The remaining 8,000 troops were stationed in Lingxian County by Hengsan to prevent the Japanese army from returning to the south of Dexian County to encircle and provide flank protection for the defense of Dezhou! At present, the Chinese army near Texas, including the independent brigade, is about 20,000 people, and the strength is not superior!
I know the warlord nature of Boss Han, and I am very worried that after Boss Han and the Japanese army fought a few bloody battles, he will take the old road and hang up the card of exemption from war, and take the initiative to give up the vast area north of the Yellow River. Therefore, Jiang Qiang had to adopt a prudent strategy to leave a way back for himself!
Didn't the great man say that when dealing with the enemy, we must "despise strategically and attach importance to tactics"! In less than two hours, the convoy arrived near the south gate of Dexian County, and the fierce gunfire could be heard from a distance, and it was obvious that the defenders of Dexian County and the Japanese army were exchanging fire fiercely! The majestic and ancient brick city of Texas was built in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, it has witnessed the vicissitudes of Texas for more than 600 years, and has experienced many times of war baptism, and has never bowed its head to show weakness!
Now, under the continuous attack of the artillery of the Japanese invading army, part of the city wall has collapsed and become a gap in the slope! At this time, the positions of the defenders of Dexian County were seriously damaged, and the troops suffered heavy casualties. The Japanese army thought that the siege of the city would be won, so they concentrated their superior forces to cover it with artillery fire, and swarmed to attack the city at the place where the artillery collapsed the city wall! However, the Japanese army far underestimated the will of the officers and men of the 243rd Brigade to resist, and was met with desperate resistance from the Chinese defenders.
Since the early hours of this morning, the Japanese army has repeatedly launched offensives with the collapse of the city as a breakthrough, but they have been repelled by the Chinese defenders, and they have paid a heavy price for casualties but have never been able to break through the city gate. Jiang Qiang immediately jumped out of the carriage and ordered all the troops to quickly get out of the car and assemble, and the vacated troop convoy returned directly to Lingxian, leaving only 20 truckloads of baggage! "Oh no, the Japanese devil has returned to the south gate, report to the chief of staff quickly!"
"Mom, these little devils are armed to the teeth, is it their trump card troops?" "the guys, we must not let the little devils rush into the city from our position!" "People in the city, people die, and people die!" Jiang Qiang and others made a gorgeous appearance, and this posture instantly made the defenders in the south of Dexian County feel like they were facing a big enemy, and they were convinced that only a little devil would have so many trucks to transport troops, and they were extremely well-equipped!
A full set of new combat suits, a new Type 95 assault rifle, a powerful bazooka, and a shiny carbon steel helmet,...... All the equipment, everything is luxurious and extravagant! The first time they saw this kind of well-equipped troops, the defenders of the 243rd Brigade decided that this must be the devil's trump card at the bottom of the box without thinking about it, and they wanted to take advantage of the stalemate at the west gate and the north gate to sneak attack the south gate!
Although the enemy was armed to the teeth, the officers and men of the 243rd Brigade were not afraid at all, and they pulled the bolts of their guns and pointed their guns at the independent brigade not far away, as long as they dared to rush forward, they would definitely fight them to the end! "What? The Japanese army detoured back to the south of our city? Immediately order the 485th Battalion of the 3rd Regiment to rush to support! What the hell is going on with the Jiaodong Independent Brigade, it arrived in Lingxian County yesterday, and it was still said that reinforcements had been sent, but there was no one yet? ”
Major General Yun Qichang, commander of the 243rd Brigade, frowned, and now the north and west of the city are being subjected to fierce artillery bombardment and crazy attacks by devils, although the troops have put up heroic and stubborn resistance, but the casualties are really heavy! Now, the little devil has returned to the south gate to open up a new battlefield, which is simply worse, if this high-intensity consumption continues, the troops will be all wiped out in less than two days!
And the independent brigade directly under the Third Army, which has always had high hopes, not only arrived late, but also stayed in Lingxian County for a time and set up camp, and did not come to Dexian County to assist in the defense at the first time! If it weren't for Jiang Qiang's previous great fame and creation of a series of war miracles, Yun Qichang would definitely suspect that the Independent Brigade was grinding foreign workers and was planning to preserve its strength!
"Brothers of the 243rd Brigade, don't get me wrong! We are the Jiaodong Independent Brigade, and we have come to support the Anti-Japanese War on the orders of Governor Han, and please open the city gate quickly! "Seeing this posture, Jiang Qiang and the others really couldn't smile bitterly, and hurried to support the devil, but they were misunderstood by their own people as devils!" Hey, you're the legendary Independent Brigade? ”
"Wouldn't it? Why do you look like devils? "Oh my God, it's really my own people!" "Haha, a false alarm! The Jiaodong Independent Brigade is a cow batch, this posture is too scary! "Quick, don't be stunned! Why don't you open the door and let the friendly brothers in, our reinforcements have finally arrived! ”
Under the patient explanation of Jiang Qiang and others, Colonel Chen Yannian, the head of the 485th Regiment, personally climbed the city wall to verify it, and the misunderstanding was eliminated! The tense atmosphere that was originally blown up at one point instantly turned into jubilation, and there was such a tiger and wolf who could fight the devil like chopping melons and vegetables to come to help, and Dexian County was not as stable as Mount Tai? "Artillery troops, immediately choose a suitable place in the city to build an artillery position! The special operations brigade will support the West Gate with me, and the 3rd Regiment will support the North Gate, let's beat the little devils back first! After entering the city, Jiang Qiang directly ordered the troops to enter the battle state without ink, and the soldiers marched towards the two fierce battlefields in two ways!