The two old devils, Kasahara Yukio and Anami Yuki, were frightened half to death, and Wang Husheng was also frightened.
When the news came back to the temporary headquarters in Ba County, Xu Rui and Wang Husheng were having dinner together. Because they were so busy, they finally sat down to have something to eat until this time.
While we were eating, Du Junjie ran in and reported: "Regiment leader, political commissar, something happened!"
Wang Husheng picked up a piece of rice with chopsticks and was about to put it into his mouth when he paused in mid-air.
Xu Rui continued to eat calmly. While chewing, he asked: "What's the matter?"
Du Junjie said: "While patrolling the northern suburbs of Yi County, a militia team from the Eighth Division of the Central Hebei Military Region encountered an infantry team from the Little Devils, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides."
Xu Rui immediately paused in his heart, this is indeed a big deal.
"It's bad!" Wang Husheng's expression changed drastically and he said anxiously, "Isn't it going to be bad now?"
"Fortunately." Du Junjie added, "The Japs didn't seem to change their plans because of this encounter. They still launched an attack on Yixian County Town half an hour later. Now the two sides are fighting fiercely."
Wang Husheng said: "Ajie, call the commander of the Eighth Division immediately and ask them to abandon Yixian County according to the original plan. Otherwise, the main force of the Japanese North China Front will not be able to move westward with confidence! The whole plan will be difficult to succeed!"
"No need." Xu Rui said, "First of all, Commander Chang will definitely cooperate with us. Secondly, Lao Wang, you lack understanding of this old devil Anan Weiji. Although this old devil is not very smart, his character is very good.
Perseverance, as long as it is something he has decided to do, no matter how difficult it is, he will definitely do it!"
"Really?" Wang Husheng was a little hesitant.
…
Xu Rui's judgment is certainly correct.
Anan Weiji has no intention of withdrawing at all. In fact, it is not easy for the little devil to withdraw at this time, because more than 50,000 and nearly 60,000 direct troops have completely evacuated Beiping City, and all supplies and equipment have been
We left the city and were halfway to Zijingguan, when we turned back and everything was in chaos.
What does an army fear most? What they fear most is losing order!
Therefore, in many military games, order is designed as an extremely important military ability.
Anan Weiji, an old devil, may have very mediocre military command skills, but his order value must be very high. Even if there is a small accident in the front, it will not affect him at all, but he will still lead the North China Front Army.
The various directly affiliated troops continued to advance in a mighty manner.
At midnight, when all the troops directly under the North China Front had passed Shiting, Anand Weiji ordered the 110th Division, which was protecting the flanks, to abandon Shunyi and Changping and catch up with the main force via Mentougou and Shijingshan.
The Thirty-fifth Division reduced its troops and defended the front line of Zhuoxian County.
At the same time, Anan Weiji strictly ordered the 27th Division to step up the offensive against Zijingguan and Yixian, and asked Songshan, the third right man, to capture Zijingguan and Yixian before dawn, although Zijingguan and Yixian were still at this time.
It was not captured, but Anan Weiji was not too worried in his heart, because intelligence showed that the number of defenders in the two places was not large. There was about a regiment of the local Eighth Route Army in Yixian County, and there was only one local militia brigade in Zijingguan.
As long as they are not troops of the Chahar Independent Regiment, there is no problem. Although the 27th Division now only has two infantry regiments left, it is still very easy to deal with a mere regiment of the Eighth Route Army plus a militia brigade! Quick!
If it takes two hours, or if it takes less than dawn tomorrow, we will surely win these two places!
So Anami Ekichi gave the order with confidence, and asked the 110th Division, which was protecting the flanks, to follow up, and also asked the 35th Division, which was responsible for breaking up the rear, to enter the defensive position in advance. If Kaneko Eijiro stayed in Anami Ekichi,
His side might have stopped Anami Yuichi from being anxious. Unfortunately, Kaneko Eijiro was left behind in Beiping City.
…
Ba County, Chahar Independent Regiment Provisional Headquarters.
Xu Rui and Wang Husheng hurriedly finished their meal and hurried back to the war room.
Du Junjie, who was working on the map with several combat staff, immediately reported: "Commander, the Ninth Battalion has secretly entered near Huairou, and the Eighth Battalion has also entered Shunyi County! The First Tank Company has also arrived.
Xianghe County!”
"Okay!" Xu Rui nodded and said in a deep voice, "Telegram to Lao Gao, Lao Liu and Jiu Ling, calm down, don't be anxious, don't act rashly before the little devil is fully entangled..."
Before he finished speaking, a communications soldier hurried in and handed several telegrams to Du Junjie at the same time.
After Du Junjie read it, he was overjoyed and said to Xu Rui: "Captain, the little devil is here!"
After a pause, Du Junjie said in a more serious tone: "The cavalry reported that the Japanese 110th Division, which was originally fortified in Changping and Shunyi, has withdrawn across the board. The 35th Division in Zhuoxian and Gu'an has also withdrawn.
They are quietly shrinking their troops and handing over the defense of Gu'an County to the puppet army, and the main force of the division has been reduced to the vicinity of Zhuo County."
"Hahaha!" Wang Husheng said with a smile, "So the Japanese are indeed here!"
Xu Rui also waved his fist vigorously and shouted: "Give me the order, the Eighth Battalion and the Ninth Battalion will immediately pass through Changping and Shunyi County and attack in the direction of Fengtai! The tank company, in coordination with the Seventh Battalion, will immediately head west from Xianghe County.
Attack, we must advance to Daxing before dawn tomorrow! There is no need for the first battalion to hide, we will take over Zijingguan and Yixian immediately!"
"Yes!" Du Junjie agreed in an unprecedented high-pitched tone.
…
On Bauhinia Ridge, there is a camp shelter.
The first battalion's shelter was built very far forward, less than a kilometer away from the defensive position at Zijingguan.
So even though it was nighttime, He Guangming and others could still clearly see the battle scene in front of Zijingguan through the telescope, watching the county brigade militiamen and the Japanese fighting to the death, but they could only stand by and watch.
The soldiers in the battalion felt extremely uncomfortable.
Especially seeing that the number of militiamen on the position was getting smaller and smaller, the officers and soldiers of the first battalion felt even more uncomfortable.
Yao Lei scratched his bald head, turned to He Guangming and said: "Batalion Commander, how about I take off my military uniforms with a platoon and pretend to be militiamen to fight for a while? Look, the militiamen are about to be unable to withstand it."
"Shut up!" He Guangming said, "If anything happens, will you be responsible?"
"That is to say." Zhu Chen also said, "Everyone in your company is a bald man. No matter how stupid you are, you will know that you are not militiamen, so we have to go to the Second Company."
Yao Lei said angrily: "Lao Zhu, are you challenging me? Om?"
Zhu Chen said: "I'm just calling the shots, what can you do?"
Yao Lei said angrily: "Forget it during normal times, I have to kill you today..."
"Shut up!" He Guangming also got angry and said angrily, "If you don't care too much, you'll be put in a fucking jail!"
Seeing the little Japs showing off their power under his nose but not being able to show them any respect made all the officers and soldiers of the first battalion feel very bad. He Guangming, Yao Lei, and Zhu Chen were no exception.
While they were arguing, a correspondent rushed over and loudly reported: "Batalion Commander, there is an urgent call from the regiment headquarters!"
Yao Lei and Zhu Chen, who had just pulled together, immediately stopped moving. He Guangming's palms like palms raised high also stopped in the air, and the surrounding cadres who were watching the excitement also turned their gazes.
After a moment, He Guangming was the first to react and shouted loudly: "Read it quickly!"
"Yes!" the correspondent responded, and immediately unfolded the telegram and read loudly, "First Battalion: I order your troops to take over the defense of Bauhinia Pass immediately! Be sure not to let the little Japs cross the Bauhinia Ridge even half a step!"
"Ha!" He Guangming was overjoyed when he heard this, the Japanese were here!
Yao Lei and Zhu Chen, who had just pulled together and were about to beat each other up, immediately gave each other a bear hug, and then laughed at each other. It was done!
At that moment, He Guangming shouted: "Brothers, copycats, follow me!"
Immediately, He Guangming led a group of tiger and wolf soldiers who were already hungry and thirsty, and launched a fierce counterattack against the Japs who broke into the Zijingguan position! The Japs in that squadron were already tired to the point of exhaustion, and at this moment they were again
How could they stop a battalion of officers and soldiers who looked like tigers and wolves? They were defeated in an instant!
…
A sudden change occurred in Zijingguan, and the news quickly reached Anan Weiji.
"Nani?" After receiving the report, Anami immediately showed a look of disbelief on his face. He stared at Kasahara Yukio for a long time and then said, "Kasahara-kun, you mean, in the garrison
When the First Infantry Regiment was about to break through the Zijin Pass, a unit of the Chahar Independent Regiment suddenly came out from inside the pass? From inside the pass?"
"Hai!" Kasahara Yukio said after a heavy pause, "They were indeed killed from the Bauhinia Pass!"
"How is this possible?" Anan said in confusion, "Hasn't all the main forces of the Chahar Independent Regiment been attracted to other directions by the imperial army's previous feints? How could they still be left at Zijingguan?
force?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, have you still not figured it out even now?" Kasahara Yukio said, "We have fallen into a trap!"
"Have we fallen into a trap?" Anan Weiji really didn't understand, and continued confusedly, "What trap did we fall into?"
"Of course it was Xu Rui's plan!" Kasahara Yukio said angrily, "Xu Rui might have seen through the imperial army's true intention a long time ago. He just deliberately pretended not to find out, but secretly set a trap for us, waiting for us.
He's stupidly sneaking into the trap, Baga, this guy is so cunning!"
"It's a trap?" Anan Weiji still didn't believe it. He shook his head and said, "Impossible. Xu Rui is not a god who can predict the unknown. How could he know such a secret battle plan?"
"It's still impossible!" Kasahara Yukio said angrily, "Speaking of tactics, when did the imperial army defeat Xu Rui? Xu Rui is more cunning than you and I imagined!"