Although Lieutenant General Zeng was a little lax in running the army, he was still a veteran in the military. He also got a glimpse of some strange actions of the red troops that could give him a chance to grow up. Especially the 78th Infantry Regiment.
After the 26th Artillery Regiment was completely wiped out and it was confirmed that all of them had been wiped out, as the main force on the eastern Shanxi front line, he was naturally not willing to be pinned down by the Japanese at Niangziguan and beaten with artillery for a week. In the end, he was attacked by the 129th Division against the Japanese.
A black tiger took out his heart and took all the military exploits.
He immediately agreed to Cun Xingqi's request for a battle.
Therefore, Cunxingqi Brigade followed the 386th Brigade and set off to Jingxing County.
This made the future general very angry, but there was nothing he could do about it.
We can't finish fighting the Japs and start fighting with the Central Army again because of material issues! Not to mention that the national and red parties are still in the honeymoon period of their joint anti-Japanese war. Even if the two parties confront each other again, they cannot engage in internal warfare without authorization, let alone the 386 Brigade.
The 129th Division cannot take the initiative, and even the Eighteenth Army Headquarters dare not issue this order easily.
The news reached the future second-generation leader, who was very wise. He sent a secret telegram to the headquarters of the Third Army, requesting the Cunxingqi Brigade to assist in transporting the captured Japanese supplies, and informed him that after the annihilation of the Japanese 40th Infantry Brigade,
The battle is a top secret and must not be leaked.
This frightened Lieutenant General Zeng. Thinking of the somewhat vague military orders from the Jindong Theater Command and the information that at least one infantry regiment and one artillery regiment had been annihilated, it was only limited to the frontline armies. The always high-profile Huang
The general had no intention of reporting this result to the top. In all likelihood, what the 129th Division said was true.
If the secret was leaked due to the unexpected addition of his Third Army, then he, as a lieutenant general, would be doomed. But the Cunxingqi Brigade was already rushing to Jingxing County with the 386th Brigade, and even turned off the field radio station to keep it secret.
The position can only be kept confidential, and he is asked to temporarily obey the command of the 129th Division Headquarters and help carry supplies rather than rashly participate in the battle. In particular, attention must be paid to confidentiality. All field radio stations must be kept under the unified custody of the brigade headquarters. Except for him, any
No one is allowed to send telegrams to outsiders.
Therefore, the Cunxingqi Brigade rushed to Jingxing County with the idea of earning some military exploits. The Battle of Jingxing was not what they expected, but they became free labor.
However, it should also be a happy labor force!
When the super train puffing black smoke slowly entered the station, the Central Army, which was still a little angry, and the rest of the 129th Division and the more than 10,000 people from the 17th Division who were lined up to be porters were stunned.
What kind of seizure is this? This is completely robbery! Only then did Cun Xingqi realize why the entire Jindong was silent after winning the battle. It turned out that he was going to rob Shimen! Could it be said? Even Shimen's 20th
Are the division and headquarters all done?
However, most of the 129th Division and part of the 17th Division are here. Could it be that the 22nd Army, which has been claiming to be on the road but has never been seen, did it? Thinking of this, Cun Xingqi did not dare to report to the military headquarters immediately.
Already.
Who could be such a simple person who could mobilize various armies to encircle and annihilate the 20th Division so easily? Anyway, he didn't think it was Chief Huang who he was familiar with in the Eastern Jin Dynasty Theater. Maybe he was still far away in Nanjing.
The man over there personally intervened, otherwise, how could the most advanced fighter planes appear over Niangziguan and beat the shit out of the Japanese air force?
All the doubts seemed to be solved after this idea came up. Therefore, under suspicion, the infantry brigade of the Central Army could only work as a porter with pain and joy.
More than 20,000 troops, plus more than 2,000 young people from Jingxing County who were determined to evacuate the entire city, unloaded the materials in the train as quickly as possible and moved them to the Snowflake Mountain area.
There were two trains like this, with a total weight of over 2,500 tons of various materials.
More than 20,000 people, like hard-working little ants, were so tired that they vomited blood and at the same time were extremely happy.
The train that the Japanese army transported supplies from Peiping to Shimen along the Ping-Han Line had sixty wagons and eight locomotives, all of which were cheaper than the Liu Lang Independent Regiment and the 343rd Brigade. The forty wagons mainly transported various supplies, and
The twenty-car train is mainly used to transport people.
The Japanese army's more than 1,000 wounded and surrendered prisoners of war, totaling nearly 3,000 people, were all loaded into iron carriages. Each carriage was guarded by an infantry squad armed with live ammunition, while above the carriages sat nearly a hundred officers and soldiers of the "Avenging Battalion".
Basically eliminating the possibility of escape.
Although there is basically no need for combat, the officers and soldiers of the Xuexing Battalion have not distributed weapons on a large scale for the time being, but temporarily designated officers at all levels have issued the Southern Type 14 pistols that are standard for Japanese military officers.
A train pulled by four locomotives contained nearly 7,000 people from the carriages to the roof and the connections between the carriages, which even Liu Tuanzuo could not help but marvel at.
This is Spring Festival travel!
As for all the remaining personnel, the Bayonet Battalion still drove three bungs, 130 trucks carrying the remaining infantry battalion of the 343rd Brigade and the 686th Regiment, more than 1,300 recruits who wanted to join the army, and No. 500 Prisoner of War led by Li Debiao to salvage the mountain cannon.
He left Shimen in a daze and retreated towards Jingxing.
Moreover, in order to reassure the people, Liu Lang ordered all the retreating troops to retreat southward along the highway, passing through the east gate, and in front of the people who came to see them off outside the city.
The most conspicuous thing about the entire convoy is not the vast convoy of trucks filled with people, but the three-bouncers of the Bayonet Battalion. Behind a dozen three-bouncers, there are more than a dozen mountain guns and two field guns, and most of the artillery.
The size of the group.
Thanks to the presence of Li Debiao, the man who personally carried out the order to destroy the cannons, they finally retrieved 14 mountain cannons and 2 field cannons from the Hutuo River, which was more than the 12 mountain cannons and 1 field cannon retrieved by Xu Shuai from the future in time and space.
There are also three more field guns.
Although they are not in use now, as long as they are repaired and maintained, these 16 guns can definitely become a weapon against the Japanese invaders. If they were all given to the 129th Division, plus the previously captured ones, without the 105 howitzers, the Japanese invaders would have an artillery regiment.
The 36 mountain guns or field guns probably won't take much advantage.
Under the expectant eyes of thousands of people, the convoy disappeared in the heavy dusk.
The people don't know about howitzers and mountain artillery. They only know that their army has artillery. Such a powerful army will naturally come back one day.
Moreover, the designation of this unit is the 386th Brigade, and the brigade commander’s surname is Chen.
Inadvertently, Liu Tuanzuo placed an advertisement to the future general and the 386th Brigade. When the future general arrived at the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei battlefield in the future, it would be easier for him to recruit troops than other troops.
Of course, the angry and funny future general did not thank Moulang at all. The reason was that in the evening, the Central News Agency published the original manuscript of his speech at Shimen, Major General Chen, which appeared in the newspaper the next morning. It really made him
He has become famous in both China and Japan.
Especially that sentence: Our entire 386th brigade is preparing to launch a football campaign. Lieutenant General Bunzaburo Kawagishi’s head is quite round... This is, if you piss me off, you’re going to use the Lieutenant General’s head as a ball.
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Also, damn, how is football played? Many people want to ask the future general.
The future general was not afraid that the Japanese Peking Command had placed a reward of 100,000 yuan on his head, but that not only his colleagues at the same level in the 18th Army sent congratulatory messages but also expressed their admiration for the content of the speech.
Even the condolence messages from several army chiefs who were always very serious also added a sentence: To launch football in the entire army, a number of heads above the rank of colonel are needed. Note, they must be round.