But this was only a great victory outside Niangzi Pass, not a great victory for the entire eastern Shanxi region.
Before even waiting for the victory telegram from Commander Liu of the 129th Division, a secret telegram from Nanjing made General Huang, who was pacing back and forth in the office extremely anxious, sit back at his desk.
I read the secret message back and forth several times in silence, and finally determined that it read: "Until the situation is unclear, no victory will be reported to any superior officer. All armies will reduce the exchange of messages. Without permission, keep silent. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed."
Zhongzheng." It was after that person's handwriting that the commander of the eastern Shanxi front line finally made a fairly wise decision.
While personally putting the message into his pocket, he ordered the Third Army Zeng Wanzhong and the 129th Division Liu to annihilate the enemy as quickly as possible and clean up the battlefield. The Third Army returned to the Niangziguan position and the 129th Division
and the Independent Regiment, the 17th Division returned to Jiuguan. From this moment on, the entire army maintained radio silence and was not allowed to send combat status reports to any combat unit except the headquarters. Anyone who violated the order would be punished under military law.
Admiral Huang's military law argument is not just lip service. He came to serve as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Shanxi 2nd Theater and as the commander of the Shanxi East Theater, but he was personally appointed by the Chairman of the Standing Committee. He came with Shang Fang's sword. Even if he is a lieutenant general,
He said he could be caught if he was caught, and he also carried a message that had just been sent personally by the country's supreme leader. From the major general on down, it could be said that he was at risk of life and death.
The supreme leader who woke up after being reminded by his attendants also made the most correct choice. The 129th Division unexpectedly attacked Shimen and captured the Japanese division headquarters. Such a great victory did not report to any superior department. There must be further military developments.
Action. Considering that there are two Japanese infantry brigades, an artillery regiment and a baggage regiment with nearly 20,000 people on the Niangziguan front line, if military secrecy can be used to finally annihilate some of them, it can even solve the crisis in eastern Shanxi.
Solving the crisis in Taiyuan will be a great victory worthy of note.
It will definitely be a booster for the southeastern battlefield, which has become increasingly corrupt and demoralized, and even for the entire Chinese nation.
You know, by October, the scale of the national war on the southeastern battlefield had become larger and larger, even exceeding the expectations of the Chinese and Japanese. On the Chinese side, from the direct line of the Central Military to local warlords, the number of troops invested had reached as high as
There are more than 600,000 troops, as well as the Gui army and the Yunnan army coming towards Songhu. The Japanese have also invested more than 200,000 troops. In the small Songhu, the two countries have almost a million troops.
This is just the army. China's navy and air force, which mobilized the entire country, also gathered in Songhu. The Japanese were not to be outdone. Battleships, aircraft carriers, and thousands of fighter planes also gathered here.
This is the largest battle in the east of the world. The Chinese army, which has the advantage in strength and geography, is now struggling. More than half of the German armorers who spent several years refitting their equipment are being maimed on the increasingly fierce battlefield. Almost every day
There was an infantry division that withdrew from the battlefield due to heavy casualties. The already weak navy and air force were even worse. The air force was almost completely wiped out. The navy did not even have the cover of the air force and did not even leave the Yangtze River estuary. In order to prevent the Japanese destroyers from sailing along the Yangtze River
Going upstream, you can only sink yourself in the channel to block the progress of Japanese warships.
After two months of fierce fighting, the national war carefully organized and coordinated by the supreme leader has begun to lose. It can be said that this victory from Shanxi in the north is a fig leaf to save the supreme leader's face.
If the Battle of Taiyuan was won because of this, perhaps history would have different definitions for these two large-scale battles in the southeast and north of China. "The wise supreme leader contained the main force of the Japanese army on the southeast battlefield and launched an effective counterattack in the north.
, even if they did not regain the lost ground, they blocked the main force of the Japanese Northern Front from invading south, setting the tone for China's great victory in the Patriotic War." Just thinking about it makes the supreme leader's blood boil.
As for whether it was the 129th Division of the 18th Army that he disliked that led the surprise attack on Shimen on the eastern Shanxi front, or even the independent regiment of the 22nd Army of Liu Lang, that little fat guy, then what was the importance? Then
They were all under his command. History cannot remember a division commander, let alone a regiment commander, but it will definitely remember him, the supreme leader of China at that time.
However, Liu Lang still had to thank this person for his help. If it hadn't been for him, perhaps the news of the victory on the eastern Shanxi front would not have been concealed for so long, even though he captured the 20th Division's headquarters in the shortest time and even won the
Lin Xiaoshun, the No. 1 commander of the 20th Division Communications Brigade, surrendered.
The result of top-to-bottom military secrecy will not only reduce personnel losses, but also give him enough time to do many things. The Japanese army's communications are also incredibly crude. When Japanese spies seized the information on the Niangziguan front line,
By the time our troops were frightened and in pain after being annihilated, they reported to the summit that it had been a long time since the independent regiment had left Shimen. Even the headquarters of the Japanese North China Expeditionary Force knew what happened after the fall of Shimen.
That's right, when Liu Tuanzuo gave the duke's heir a ridiculous Chinese name, the grandson of the Nishiyuan family of the Japanese Empire used this name with great determination.
When he came to meet Brigadier Chen, who had breached the east gate and captured the train station and various baggage warehouses, Brigadier Chen had obviously known the origin of the eldest son of Xiyuanji through Liu Lang, and just said: "Mr. Xiyuanji
"Welcome to join the Chinese Anti-War Alliance".
This person retorted with a serious face: "General, in China, please call me by my Chinese name. My name is Lin Xiaoshun."
How should I put it? The Japanese are so strict, even a little old-fashioned. However, they are extremely efficient in doing things.
"Captain Liu, I'm here to negotiate terms with you." After a few simple greetings with Brigadier Chen, Xiyuanji Gongyi turned his attention to Liu Lang and said seriously.
Although the position of the brigade commander is higher than that of the regiment commander, Xiyuanji Koichi, who grew up in a duke family, is no ordinary person. Judging from the positions of the two of them and the fact that the major general-level brigade commander is not waiting for the regiment commander to report to him, but
He took the initiative to come to the occupied division headquarters in person, and he knew that the person leading this battle was the fat commander in front of him who seemed gentle but was actually murderous and daring.
"Oh?" A faint smile appeared at the corner of Liu Lang's mouth, and he stretched out his hand to invite the two of them to sit down. His face returned to calmness and said: "Mr. Xiyuanji, Liu actually admires your family, your grandfather, and even you.
Looking at the whole of Japan, there are not many people who know as well as your ancestors and grandchildren that if Japan's national power wants to swallow up the entire China, it may burst its belly and drag the entire Japanese nation into the quagmire of war.
Of course, you and I know very well that your family does not want to start this war, not because it sympathizes with China and the Chinese people. Perhaps Japan will develop in another few decades and truly become an economically powerful but poor and backward China that cannot resist.
After Big Mac, you may become the group of people who are most active in waging war. Do you think I am right?"
A blush appeared on Xiyuanji Koichi's face, his lips moved but he couldn't say a word.
Obviously, what Liu Lang said couldn't be more correct. The biggest reason why his grandfather, who had huge influence in the political arena, strongly opposed Japan's war against China within twenty years was that China was too big to be eaten by the current Japan.
It's a win. His grandfather even predicted that a war against China would drag the entire nation into a place of eternal doom.
It is a pity that not many people from the emperor to the people will listen to them. They have been carried away by the joy of easily occupying China's three eastern provinces and having coal, iron and other precious minerals being continuously shipped to the Japanese mainland. It seems that China is a country.
It is an ownerless cornucopia. As soon as the imperial army arrives, the land and minerals will belong to Japan.
But the fact is that China is really too big, and there are really too many Chinese. And they are not cowardly. Even if they have simple rifles, no machine guns or cannons, they are still fighting against the empire.
, even though they kept failing, the battle never really stopped.
The most ridiculous thing is that the senior officials of the Army Ministry proudly declared that they would occupy China within three months and end the war before the war started. However, two months have passed and they have not even taken one-tenth of China's land.
Not finished yet.
"But no matter what, you and your family are anti-war. For this reason, you have received my courtesy. Moreover, you joined the anti-war alliance and hope to do things for the peace-loving people of China and Japan. We are all
Welcome. However, there is an old saying in China: You can’t push yourself too far. Because you did not send Bunzaburo Kawagishi’s farewell message, the lives of nearly 200 officers and soldiers in your communications brigade were guaranteed, and I can guarantee that they will be treated as prisoners of war.
But this does not mean that you can negotiate terms with me over and over again.
Although we have not yet declared war with Japan, in view of the numerous crimes your people have committed in our country, I can tell you formally that if I, Liu, become a general one day, I will land with millions of troops.
On the main island of Japan, the crimes committed by your army against our civilians will be repaid tenfold and a hundredfold. "I" Liu Lang said sternly with a cold look in his eyes.
The temperature in the room seemed to drop instantly, and a layer of cold sweat appeared on Xiyuanji Koichi's forehead. He knew that this fat man was not just talking, in fact, he was doing exactly that. The entire division headquarters
There were more than 500 people, and except for the more than 100 signal soldiers he exchanged telegrams for, no one else survived. He and his men refused to surrender from everyone.
A hint of shock flashed through the eyes of the red brigade commander. This Sichuan Army colonel was so murderous that he had never seen him in his life. However, for China, which was already standing on the edge of the cliff, it was a blessing for the nation. Unless the enemy died, that is,
I am the one who is going to die, and I must not have any compassion at this time.
"No, no, Captain Liu, my condition is not an exchange. As you said, I am against the war for my people. I will do my best for you, but I cannot watch my compatriots die like this.
Under the fire of war, I can make them surrender in my name. I hope your army will stop killing. In addition to the field hospital and other places in the city, there is also a prisoner of war camp ten miles outside the city. There are 160 defenders. I can also make them surrender.
They put down their weapons." Saiyuanji Koichi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said eagerly.
"What, prisoner of war camp?" Liu Lang and Brigadier Chen looked at each other with a hint of surprise in their eyes.