This time the orders were issued by the Peking Branch and the 32nd Army Military Headquarters respectively. The order from the Peiping Branch required the model brigade to rush to Lulong County, Hebei within 4 days to join the 32nd Army.
The call from the 32nd Army reported the battle situation in Rehe, and informed the entire 32nd Army that they were rushing to Lulong County at starry night, and ordered the model brigade to rush to Jianchang Camp to establish a camp if possible, and send troops out of the customs.
Investigate the situation outside the customs and make preparations to leave the customs to reinforce Rehe.
Zhou Wen, who received the telegram at the Yangqu Camp Headquarters, knew at a glance that the Peking Branch of the Military Commission at this time did not have enough understanding of the criticality of the situation in Rehe. They also placed their hope in the most important situation in Rehe that had not been lost yet.
Two cities, namely Chifeng and Chengde.
From a military analysis point of view, as long as the Northeast Army can hold on to these two cities for a period of time and persist until nearly 100,000 reinforcements dispatched from the pass arrive, there is still room for action.
Therefore, the current deployment of the Peiping Branch is to have the 17th Army of the Central Army, the 29th Army of the Northwest Army, the 35th Army, the 32nd Army of the Jin Army and the Model Brigade that are still in the pass to quickly assemble to the front line of the Great Wall and look for opportunities to leave the pass to support the Rehe battlefield.
However, hope is beautiful, but reality is cruel.
Until this time, the senior officials of the entire China High Command had not realized that what was critical now was not the end of the Rehe War, but the last barrier of the North China Plain - the Great Wall.
But the telegram sent by the 32nd Army to the Model Brigade played into Zhou Wen's hands.
It can be seen from the telegram that General Shang Zheng of the 32nd Army has a deep understanding of Marshal Yan's abilities. He knows that with the railway transportation network in Taiyuan and the north, and with Marshal Yan's full dispatch, it is entirely possible for the model brigade to precede the main force of the 32nd Army.
Rush to Lengkou Pass.
But he didn't realize that just a few days later, Lengkou Pass would be occupied by the advance team of the Japanese army, and the 100,000 reinforcements inside the pass would face the tens of thousands of defeated troops of the Northeast Army and the troops who followed them.
The main force of the Japanese Kwantung Army.
Zhao Changshu saw that the situation was exactly as Zhou Wen predicted before. At this time, he no longer had any doubts about Zhou Wen's magic prediction. He pointed at the map and said: "Awen, judging from the time, it is unlikely that we will go out to support.
The top priority now is to get to Lengkou and firmly hold the pass, otherwise, according to the speed of the Japanese attack, they will reach the front line of the Great Wall in just a few days."
After he finished speaking, he looked at the map carefully and thought for a while, then said worriedly: "We can see the danger of the Great Wall defense line, and the Japanese army will definitely take it into consideration. I'm afraid they will send some elite troops before the battle in Jehol is over."
, march lightly and quickly, arrive first and capture the various passes of the Great Wall, then the whole situation will be bad, and the North China Plain and the Pingjin area will be in danger."
Meng Yuting, who was next to him, agreed: "Brother Zhao's analysis is that this situation is very likely to happen. The main force of the Northeast Army at each pass of the Great Wall has been transferred to Rehe, leaving only a small number of old and weak soldiers. Facing the unexpected Japanese attack,
It is impossible to defend against a sudden attack."
Zhou Wen also secretly admired Zhao Changshu's keen battlefield intuition and vision.
Even if he knows history, he is cheating, but others can analyze it from the battlefield situation, and it is basically consistent with the historical trend. This is commendable and reflects Zhao Changshu's outstanding military qualities and vision.
Zhao Changshu continued: "I will report this situation to the commander immediately."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Changshu's adjutant trotted in and reported: "Sir, the commander-in-chief has entered the barracks."
Zhao Changshu patted his forehead and said: "Yes, the commander must have received the news earlier than us, so go and greet him quickly."
After Zhou Wen and others went out to welcome the commander into the headquarters, the commander patted Zhou Wen on the shoulder and praised: "Good boy, you really hit the mark. I'm here to hear how you deal with such a dangerous situation."
Zhou Wen paraphrased Zhao Changshu's analysis just now, and then said: "Commander, since the Military Commission has determined that the 32nd Army's combat direction is Lengkou Pass, we must hurry up."
After saying that, he led the commander to the large map hanging on the wall of the headquarters, pointed to the Lengkou Pass line of the Great Wall and said: "Commander, please look, our reinforcements are marching towards the Great Wall day and night. But.
The situation in Jehol collapsed so quickly that the nearest troops were 200 kilometers away and not close to the railway line, making it difficult to reach the Great Wall in a short period of time."
"Although our model brigade is the farthest away now, we can rely on railway transportation all the way. If the first unit sets off today, it may be the first unit to rush to the Great Wall. The military situation is so strong that I decided to lead the detachment.
We went north overnight, trying to get to Luanxian Station on the Beining Line in two days and two nights, and then took a truck straight to Jianchang Camp, trying to control Lengkou Pass before the Japanese troops arrived."
The commander also knew that time was running out. He looked at his watch and said: "It is now 4 o'clock in the afternoon on the 27th. I will immediately send a telegram to Shijiazhuang and Peiping and ask them to requisition two trains as military trains. You will set off from Yangqu overnight today.
, I will change trains as soon as I arrive at Shijiazhuang and try to reach Luanxian County in one day and two nights."
What Zhou Wen wants is for the commander to personally dispatch the train. You must know that the Tongpu Railway is a narrow gauge, and the train locomotives and carriages are not compatible with the standard railways in the Central Plains. If there is a delay when changing trains in Shijiazhuang or the military train cannot be requisitioned, then
That's troublesome.
The reason why Zhou Wen added an extra day to his time estimate just now was to prevent this kind of situation. This time the advance detachment does not necessarily have to carry much ammunition supplies. The key is that there will be dozens of trucks accompanying it, and it will take a lot of time to change vehicles.
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Now that the commander-in-chief guarantees it, of course it saves a lot of trouble. You must know that military trains usually go directly and basically don't stop along the way. Even if the trains in this era don't run fast, there is no problem in getting to Luan County in one day and one night.
There are roads from Luan County to Jianchangying. Even if it is a simple road, it takes two hours to reach more than 60 kilometers.
Calculating this way, the advance detachment can reach Lengkou Pass at the latest on the night of March 1 (February 1933 only had 28 days).
Zhou Wen didn’t remember the specific time when the Japanese army occupied Lengkou Pass, but he knew it was early March, because later generations claimed that our army’s only offensive battle during the Great Wall War of Resistance took place on the night of March 8, 1933, and the Japanese army’s fortifications had not yet been built.
Complete, the 139th Division of our 32nd Army rushed into the military camp while the Japanese army was having dinner. A melee broke out, killing more than 100 Japanese soldiers, and the Japanese army had to flee. Lengkou Pass was immediately recaptured by our army.
Based on this calculation, the Japanese army occupied Lengkou around March 4-5, which was enough time for Zhou Wen's advance detachment to set up an ambush.
