Due to the poor visibility when traveling at night and the rugged mountain roads in Shanxi, Shaanxi, he could not walk very far in one night. Although Liu Lang wanted to hurry up, Liu Lang thought it was more important to keep the number secret. Such a delay, when the independent group arrived in Shanxi
In the East Niangziguan area, it is already late September.
By this time, it had become increasingly obvious that the Japanese troops were divided into two groups to attack Shanxi.
In the whole of Hebei, the important town of Baoding on the Pinghan-Han line has been lost. Except for Zhengding and Shijiazhuang, which are still in the hands of the Chinese army led by the commander of the First War Zone Cheng Qian, most of Hebei has been lost. Once the important town of Shijiazhuang is lost, Japan will use Hebei
As a base, we will conquer the five provinces of North China, with Shanxi as the must-attack place.
There is an endless stream of troops rushing to eastern Shanxi. The 4,000 independent regiments belonging to the 22nd Group Army of the Sichuan Army are just one of them. Two of the three divisions of the Northwest Army Feng Qinzai have arrived at Niangziguan, and the Central Army has
A division of Zeng Wanzhong's 3rd Army has arrived at Niangziguan, and Sun Lianzhong's 42nd Army and Feng Anbang's troops have arrived at Niangziguan. The other units have not yet set off. The main force of the 22nd Army is still on the mountain road from Sichuan to Shaanxi. The deputy commander of the Eighth Route Army
The commander-in-chief is still waiting for the military order from the old man in Shanxi in Taiyuan, Shanxi, and the 129th Division, which is heavily armed, is also still waiting.
In other words, the Shanxi old man deployed a strategy of hundreds of thousands of troops in the Niangziguan area to defend the enemy in front of Niangziguan. At this moment, not even half of the troops have been deployed, and a total of only 40,000 to 50,000 people have arrived in the defense area.
However, the reputation of Liu Lang's Independent Regiment in the Great Wall Battle was not small. The day after the Independent Regiment was stationed in Niangziguan area, several lieutenant generals and division commanders called the headquarters of the Independent Regiment, hoping to see Liu Lang.
Liu Lang admired these national army lieutenant generals who were about to fight in the Niangzi Relation and fought bravely in the past time and space.
For example, Lieutenant General Feng Anbang, commander of the 42nd Army and commander of the 27th Division, was not only unparalleled in time and space in the Battle of Niangziguan, but also fought bloody battles for more than fifty days to annihilate a large number of Japanese invaders in the Battle of Dabie Mountain a year later.
It was a pity that when the troops were transferred to Xiangfan, they were seriously injured by Japanese bombing and died for the country.
Another example is Major General Samurai Min, the commander of the 169th Division of the Northwest Army. He was also a fierce general. Even though he was promoted to lieutenant general and division commander due to his military exploits in the future, he also went to the front line to command and lead soldiers in bloody battles with the Japanese invaders. Finally, in 1941, the most difficult period of the Anti-Japanese War,
He sacrificed his life for the country in the Battle of Tiaoshan.
They were all recognized as revolutionary martyrs by the future Republic.
Since they invited Liu Lang, how could Liu Lang not go? Liu Tuanzuo's characteristic has always been that he can unite all the forces that can be united to fight the war, instead of just sleeping on the bed - all relying on firepower. In addition to being able to
Let yourself look at the number of casualties in the troops and feel sad, without losing the slightest benefit.
If you want to unite, you can't just talk. You have to take some practical actions. Fortunately, Liu Lang had already foreseen the complex composition of the troops in the defense zone before he went on the expedition. If he wanted to build relationships, he naturally had to prepare gifts.
The current Independent Regiment is not the Independent Regiment that went to Rehe four years ago and spent all its efforts to arm itself. Not to mention extremely wealthy, if we look at all the armies in the country, the richest one is certainly the Non-Independent Regiment.
Liu Tuanzuo's original intention of recruiting the wealthy businessmen of Peiping to form the Huashang Group was just to drain Peiping's wealth and prevent the little devils from obtaining the property and transporting it back to the country to build guns and cannons to attack China. His purpose was achieved. He captured Peiping and happily prepared to harvest "
"Grain" Japanese people are a little confused.
Peiping, the largest city in northern China, is extremely poor. They are not surprised that the rare treasures in the Palace Museum were taken away by the Chinese before the war. Those treasures must be protected no matter which country they are in. However, how come the merchants in Peiping City
Are they all so poor? Apart from the goods in the store, where are the mountains of silver and gold bars that are said to be piled up in the cellar?
Anyway, they searched the city of Beiping but didn't find much. The supreme commander of the Japanese invasion force in North China, Kozuki Kiyoshi, had to sadly admit that the economy of this important town in northern China was "bad". If he hadn't had some sense,
He was almost as angry as his predecessor, Wanichiro Tashiro, who was angry to death because he was suddenly dismissed from his post. He was angry to death in northern China.
I don’t know if the Japanese lieutenant general who died suddenly in Tianjin, China, is the first senior Japanese general to be “killed” in China since the July 7th Incident. Anyway, Chinese newspapers have already written about him as a result of the Chinese army’s victory.
Liu Tuanzuo's original intention of draining Peiping's wealth was not only achieved, but the development of the Huashang Group in the past three years far exceeded his imagination. The Independent Group, which accounts for 20% of the shares of the Huashang Group, has a disposable military expenditure of more than 100,000 yuan a year.
A Chinese war zone.
When I came to Niangziguan in eastern Shanxi this time, I took into account that except for the Central Army of the National Army, which has been equipped with medium-sized rifles, the rest of the Red Army, such as the Northwest Army, the Jin Army, and the Red Army reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, are also equipped with the Czech ZB-26 made in Hanyang.
As for the old-fashioned equipment, the gifts Liu Lang prepared for the lieutenant generals of the various armies did not use the new weapons equipped by the independent regiment. Those new weapons were given to them, and they would not be able to use them for long. Without the logistics and ammunition supply, they were just fire sticks.
Therefore, the gifts Liu Lang prepared were 50 submachine guns and 30,000 rounds of submachine gun bullets for each division, as well as ten ZB-26 light machine guns, five Maxim heavy machine guns, and 30,000 rounds of 7.92 caliber bullets.
Not to mention anything else, just to haul this batch of gifts, the independent regiment's baggage company used a full 20 three-wheelers, which reduced a lot of military supplies. But in Liu Lang's view, this was necessary.
Building a good relationship with friendly forces will not only reduce your own casualties, but also reduce the casualties of friendly forces and kill more Japanese invaders. Killing two birds with one stone by just sending some weapons can be done.
The lieutenant generals and division commanders who received Liu Lang's gift were full of praise for the "sensible" Colonel Liu. However, whenever they talked about defense matters during the dinner, Liu Lang always looked at him, even if he was pushed into a hurry.
, and never stated that he was willing to be a defender of frontal positions in Jingxing Pass and Snowflake Mountain area. He just excused himself and said that he was willing to be dispatched by the theater headquarters.
For the passionate lieutenant generals and division commanders, Liu Lang was somewhat disappointed. The Japanese army was powerful, and although they had a large number of troops, they did not have much confidence in themselves.
The reason why they invited a young colonel like Liu Lang to talk to the military camp with the respect of a lieutenant general was partly because of the Battle of the Great Wall four years ago. Liu Lang led his independent regiment and the 29th Route Army to resist the First Army.
The Eighth Division was famous for successfully defeating the Eighth Division by sneak attacks on its heavy artillery brigade. They also needed such a unit to snipe the Japanese troops on the front line to boost morale.
Morale is a mysterious thing, but it does exist. Why does every army have to have sharp sword troops? There are vanguards who are resisting at the front, and the rest of the army will grit their teeth and follow them no matter how difficult it is. This is morale. As long as the sharp sword does not collapse, the entire army will
The army will not collapse.
If you zoom out to each division, the first regiment is basically their sharp knife. If you zoom into the entire theater, the Liu Lang Independent Regiment, which has a brilliant record of defeating a division of the Japanese invaders, is the most suitable sharp knife unit in the minds of these generals.
However, Liu Lang disappointed them this time. Not only did he not have any intention of becoming a sharp-edged soldier, but he also criticized the current nearly 150-mile defense line from Longquan Pass to Jiulongguan and Maling Pass, and even the location where he is currently stationed.
, although it is in the Niangziguan area, it is nearly fifty miles behind the Niangziguan defense line.
Is this to avoid fighting? The generals were a little dissatisfied with Liu Lang's approach, but they did not question it face to face. Liu Lang's independent regiment suffered 70% casualties in the Great Wall battle and refused to retreat. They defied orders on the battlefield and even blocked ten gold medals in pursuit.
The Japanese invaders, with nearly 300 people who have been awarded the National Medal, are by no means like those who avoid war.
The generals couldn't understand Liu Lang's thoughts, but Liu Lang himself knew a lot about it. He came to the Niangziguan battlefield not to fight with the little Jaap to the death. Naturally, he would immediately drag the Northwest Army into eastern Shanxi from the Baoding battlefield.
Zhao Shoushan of the 17th Division will do it.
What he has to do now is to wait for Zhao Shoushan's 17th Division and Liu Shuai's 129th Division's 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, which is about to set off to eastern Shanxi. With their assistance, he can use the 20th Division Kawagishi Bunzaburo's
In the past, the strategy used in time and space was to use the blank areas of the defense lines of the Chinese armies to intersperse attacks on the defense points of each army, which ultimately led to the failure of the Battle of Niangziguan to defeat them.
In the past time and space, the little devil's bold strategy of dividing his troops into two groups and constantly attacking the national army's rear was successful. But in this time and space, with a little butterfly like him, Liu Lang, the little devil's sneaky behavior, would lock the door and press the button.
Beating him up in his own house is not just as simple as crying for father and mother.
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PS: I saw a book friend leaving a message, criticizing animals like Xiong Er and Xiong Si for participating in the Anti-Japanese War. Okay! Fengyue will explain a little here. During the Anti-Japanese War, both our Red Army and the National Army actually trained animals to participate in the war.
There are precedents. For example, the military dogs of the National Army, as well as the Eighth Route Army trained military dogs to carry explosive packs to blow up bunkers during the Anti-Japanese War, and the Chinese pastoral dogs were used to sweep up the Japanese troops in yellow uniforms at the mountain pass. The Japanese troops barked to alert the villagers in the distance. These
This is not Feng Yue's nonsense. Of course, Panda's participation in the war was compiled by Feng Yue, but Feng Yue also hopes to add some warmth to the ruthless artillery fire through the participation of a few small animals, and also use this to present, whether it is the Chinese nation or the
The scene of our animal companions fighting back to the death in this war was something Fengyue had conceived before she started the book, and Fengyue herself is also a person who loves animals very much. It can be considered a little willfulness of Fengyue! Please