As Lei Xiong led a battalion to withdraw from the Dongyangguan area, the Battle of Shanxi Province that shocked the entire North China battlefield came to an end!
As the curtain falls, the aftermath of the Battle of Shanxi Province is not small.
The Japanese North China Front Army, which was on the defeated side, was greatly shocked, and senior officials at all levels on the Chinese side were equally confused.
They really weren't confused by the exaggerated battle report that was reported. It must have been filled with water. This was their first reaction.
The result of water injection? This is not unusual, many people have done this.
But do you think we are all fools? Kill more than 400 people and you can just add a zero at the end for me?
Don't they all say that you people with lofty ideals and beliefs are noble-minded! Why, seeing that you really can't do it, don't you want Bilian to come here? Bully us for not being able to arrive at the Jindong battlefield to inspect the results of the battle on the spot?
In the evening of March 17, the 80th Group Army officially reported the results of the battle to the Second Theater Command when all the units of the 921st Division had basically rushed back to their bases.
The battlefield was only a few hundred kilometers in radius, and the total number of troops invested by the two warring parties was only more than 10,000. They actually achieved a great victory by recovering two county towns and annihilating more than 4,500 enemies.
And all of this was actually accomplished by an infantry division under the 80th Group Army, which they usually looked down upon. However, this infantry division only had four regiments in eastern Shanxi, and the attached troops were only over 10,000. Then, they claimed to be the whole army.
The division launched an attack and annihilated one-half of its total strength of the Japanese army. Do you think the senior officials of the Second Theater District felt that the Eightyth Army reported false accounts?
Anyone with any brain might think so.
After all, in this period, if you want to fight the Japanese army, unless it is a forced city defense battle, in a field battle, if you do not have a superior force of more than two or three times, 90% of them will be a huge defeat.
The senior officials responded with a confused look on their faces, asking the 80th Army to reconfirm the results of the battle. No one noticed that the battle report barely mentioned the formation of the Four Lines Regiment, one of the protagonists of this battlefield.
Yes, the name of the Four Elements Regiment only appeared once in this battle report, and it was in an extremely inconspicuous corner. This was Tang Dao's initiative.
Originally, the Si Xing Regiment stayed behind in the Taihang Mountains. Some people above had the idea that if they knew that the Si Xing Regiment fought side by side with the 921st Division and had such brilliant results, they should be more vigilant and make small moves behind their backs!
What kind of military exploits does the Four Lines Group need to prove itself today? The four levels of military exploits assessed by the group as '1, 2, 3, and 4' do not need to be reported to the higher authorities at all. With the Four Lines Group's current financial resources, which are quite good, they can completely reward themselves independently.
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So this time, Tang Dao chose to hide the Four Elements Group behind the scenes and did not mention it at all in the battle report. Even if someone asked about it, they would only say that they participated in battlefield vigilance.
After all, after the war started, at the request of the 921st Division Headquarters, an infantry division of the 22nd Group Army of the Sichuan Army and an infantry division of the Shanxi-Sui Army stationed in eastern Shanxi were faced with a powerful enemy and entered the positions along the Handan-Chang Highway. In order to prevent the 108th Division
The regiment gathered forces to attack their station. The Si Xing Regiment belonged to the Sichuan Army, so it was completely normal to act as a battlefield vigilant.
Tang Dao did not need to explain the reason in detail. The senior officials of the 80th Army understood it clearly. In the battle report, they listed the Four Lines Regiment and an infantry division of the 22nd Army as friendly forces on the list of thanks. They also requested the war zone to record the merits of these friendly forces who took action to contain and deter the Japanese army.
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Originally, not only the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Military Affairs would not believe such outstanding military achievements, but even the generals in the Second Theater District who had been defeated time and time again on the North China battlefield and needed a victory to prove their worth did not dare to believe it.
However, an intelligence incident in Pingbei City directly proved the authenticity of the battle report of the Eightyth Army.
On the afternoon of March 17, "The Kou's Northern Command held two high-level military meetings in a row, suspecting a large-scale military operation!" This top-secret information from Pingbeicheng made many Chinese generals tremble.
Because, that was the intelligence sent by the spy code-named "Nightingale" lurking in the headquarters of Japan's North China Front, the largest spy organization.
The importance of a spy who can lurk in such an important enemy organization and also has a code name is self-evident. Unless a major incident occurs, Nightingale will be sleeping most of the time.
This time, he woke up on his own initiative and sent this top-secret information through his single contact.
It can be seen that in the mind of this senior spy, the Japanese are planning to cause trouble, something big.
The Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters held two consecutive high-level military meetings on March 16 and March 17 that could only be attended by major general-level officers.
With Nightingale's level, he was naturally unable to participate in it, but he instinctively felt that the North China Front Army Headquarters was making big moves. Thinking of the Xuzhou Battle battlefield in full swing, Nightingale immediately issued a warning.
Admiral Li, who was in charge of the fifth theater, was almost frightened by the top-secret information handed over by the headquarters and his blood pressure soared. He was waiting for the Japanese troops, who were marching in from the direction of Teng County, to crash into his carefully guarded area.
Designed pocket array.
During three days of bloody fighting in Teng County, a Sichuan Army infantry division suffered two-thirds of its 3,000 casualties. Fortunately, the main force of the 58th Army arrived before the city was breached, attracting the main force of the Japanese army and allowing the remnants of the Sichuan Army Infantry Division to evacuate.
The sacrifice of the Sichuan Army's infantry division was not in vain. Taking advantage of this three-day buffer, he had deployed a main infantry division of the Northwest Army with nearly 10,000 people in Taierzhuang, and would use the Xuzhou gateway to bear the main force of the Japanese army.
At this time, the two Japanese armies approaching the area amounted to more than 20,000 people. Just like in the past, the commander's judgment, whether it was the Fifth Division that was proud to have the title of 'Steel Army' or the
The 10th Division of the Japanese Army's 1st Mechanical Division would not give up their ambition to occupy the important city of Xuzhou just because there was a Chinese infantry division lying in front of them.
But there is one thing that is completely different from the past time and space. In the past time and space, the commander had more than 600,000 troops. Only half of them could really obey his command. So in the war, he had no troops to mobilize.
It is normal to place all hopes on that person's cronies, but they will not listen to orders and delay the war.
In the end, the remnants of the two elite infantry brigades that had been crippled in front of Taierzhuang were able to occupy the city, and finally waited for reinforcements.
If you were in the field, with the 60,000 troops of the 20th Division, even if you spit a few mouthfuls, wouldn't you be able to sicken the remaining 10,000 Japanese invaders to death who were short of ammunition and food?
But now in this time and space, he no longer has to face such a dilemma. He has two trustworthy infantry armies in his hands, the 67th Army and the 58th Army, two generals who met with him and personally expressed their full support.
Needless to say, the senior military commanders, one of the two armies participated in the bloody battle of Songhu and the other in the North China War, are both infantry armies with sufficient combat effectiveness.
Under his deliberate actions, both infantry armies were dozens of miles away from the battlefield. However, as long as the Japanese army was exhausted in Taierzhuang, tens of thousands of people from the two infantry armies would outflank the two infantry armies along the back road, leaving the two Japanese armies behind.
An elite infantry brigade cannot return to North China.
Of course, with this talent, such an arrangement is the limit. Whether it can be successful ultimately depends on whether the infantry division of the Northwest Army can hold its position. If it is defeated by the 20,000-strong Japanese army in one blow,
Then it will be in vain no matter how many backup tactics you have.
Merely relying on the comparison of military strength does not have much practical significance. The Japanese invaders have a huge artillery group and air power that China does not have. Even if the two infantry armies have as many as 50,000 troops, they may not necessarily be these two elite infantrymen in field battles.
Rivals of the brigade.
The most important thing is to look at the tenacity of the Northwest Army's infantry division, which is defended with strong and thick walls. As long as they can consume a quarter of the Japanese invaders' strength, no, even a fifth, with low morale and ammunition,
If the severely exhausted Japanese army encounters these two infantry corps again, they will definitely hate Taierzhuang.
The plan was done perfectly, but before it even started to be implemented, I received information that the Japanese North China Front Army was going to do something. Do you think this person can be in a hurry and not get angry!
Fortunately, this Nightingale is also a talent, and the 108th Division's defeat in Jindong may not be considered a top secret. If you pay attention, near the evening of March 17, this Nightingale stole two military meetings at the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters.
issues.
"The 108th Division suffered heavy losses, with more than 5,000 battle losses. One of the army's left soldiers, two on the center left, five on the left, and dozens of lieutenants were shattered. The loss of weapons and equipment is impossible to estimate!"
Nightingale, who received this information, specifically mentioned his shock at the time in his later memoirs, and even thought that he had been deceived by the Japanese.
Really, this is too magical.
If we were talking about the Songhu Battlefield, the Battle of Jinling, or a battle-level battlefield like the Battle of Xuzhou, Nightingale would not find it unusual to say that a division suffered 5,000 battle losses.
After all, it was a battlefield where hundreds of thousands of troops often fought in melee. How could a few thousand people count? In the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese participating troops suffered more than 40,000 casualties, accounting for 15% of their total force input!
But what is the Jindong battlefield? The Japanese army only has one division in this area, and the total number of Chinese troops will never exceed 50,000. Why, a battle between 20,000 and 50,000? I haven’t heard of it!
"Li Jun, to be honest with you, stay away from this idiot Xiong Yuan. He is going to be in trouble. Your Excellency, the Commander, is about to return to China for promotion. As a result, the 108th Division gave him such a record that will embarrass the Imperial Army. It's my fault."
It was such a waste to give him two beauties last time." The center-left staff officer who participated in the military meeting and was responsible for taking notes drunkenly advised his colleague who had become friends with him in the sergeant academy.
This colleague, obviously, is no one else except Nightingale.
Nightingale is not Chinese, but Japanese. He is a top student who graduated from the Japanese Army Military Academy, but he has one-half Chinese ancestry, and Huaxia is his paternal line.
Japan has infiltrated China's top management into a sieve. In fact, it is not much better. China's intelligence agencies cannot be ignored either.
Whether it is money, power, beauty and other mundane temptations, or ideals, beliefs and other higher-dimensional spiritual pursuits, people will have needs and weaknesses that can be overcome.
Five years ago, Nightingale, under constant contact with China's super intelligence structure, finally chose to lean towards her father's side.
The 108th Division actually suffered a disastrous defeat in Shandong! It turned out that the continuous high-level meetings were not to stir up trouble on the Xuzhou battlefield, but to summarize and criticize the war after the war.
This is also to reach an internal consensus and deal with the stupid idiot who threw the face of the Imperial Army into the Pacific Ocean.
No matter how he was the commander of the second-line division, Xiong Yuan was still a lieutenant general of the army, and he was not a heavyweight who could tell him to get out if he didn't work hard.
No wonder Indoor Shroud has been constipated for a month in the past two days and his face is green.
"The military meeting at the headquarters of the bandits concluded that Jindong suffered a disastrous defeat. In this battle, the bandits suffered 5,000 casualties! Material losses were insignificant!" Nightingale sent out information that night.
Nightingale did not have any psychological burden of being exposed by leaking the secret this time. The Japanese North China Front Army Command just suppressed this humiliating defeat and did not report it for the time being. It was the army base camp that was deceived. As a participant, the Chinese side knew that this result was normal, and he also
It's just to make up for the mistake caused by the last telegram.
The Eightyth Army did not brag! This is the most direct proof.
The top brass of the Fifth War Zone felt their hearts drop from their throats back into their chests, but the top brass of the Military and Political Department were silent.
The defeat of the Japanese army, whether in North China or North Jiangsu, was a matter worth celebrating for China at this time, but it was that army that gained the victory.
Although everyone is now united in fighting the Japanese, these senior executives know that the boss is always wary of them!
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Their results were reported as little as possible, and as little as possible. The only time they were given front-page publicity was when they ambush the Japanese aggressors' heavy supply team and annihilated more than a thousand Japanese aggressors on the battlefield in September last year.
It was also because the Battle of Songhu was gradually heading towards defeat, and the 'old principal' urgently needed to improve the morale of the military and civilians across the country. Otherwise, it would have been nice to give a 100-word report.
So what should we do now? The old man in the second war zone who was as slippery as a loach directly passed the blame to the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs. The general and minister of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs thought about it again and again, but personally reported the confirmed battle report late at night.
It was delivered to that person's official residence on time.
"Has it been confirmed?" The man who was still looking a little thin in thick pajamas didn't have an obvious emotional reaction, but tapped the battle report and asked.
"Yes! Our intelligence officers also arrived in eastern Shanxi before I arrived. Japanese soldiers were lying dead everywhere in Licheng. To prevent the Japanese aggressors from retaliating, most of the local residents fled!" The Minister of Military and Political Affairs nodded.
"Okay! Good fight!" A faint smile appeared on the man's face. "You can send a telegram to the other side for me to express the gratitude of the Military Commission! Tell them that the Second War Zone will raise 20,000 French currency and allocate it to
The Eighty Group Army is used to reward meritorious officials."
"yes!"
"In addition, tell the Propaganda Department that tomorrow morning's morning newspaper will let the people in all cities and counties in China see the good news of this battle in eastern Shanxi!" The smile on his face did not diminish. "Of course, Xuzhou
The fighting there was also very good. I remember that Commander Li of the Fifth War Zone had a message earlier asking for credit for the Sichuan Army. 3,000 people were trapped in the isolated city and fought bloody battles for three days and nights. In the end, only a few hundred people survived. How heroic this must have been.
What a scene! This is my role model as a Chinese soldier, and it deserves a special book!"
"Yes!" The military and political minister lowered his head and said yes, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his vest.
This person's intention seems to be to express great appreciation, but in fact...
As a colleague and opponent who has known him for more than ten years, and as the person second only to him in the Military Commission, how could he not understand?
Are you serious about the 20,000 French currency reward for such a great victory? A banquet with your wife's family is probably not even worth this amount!
Of course, no matter how these high-level officials make various calculations for their own interests, the 683rd Brigade, even the 921st Division and the Fourth Army Regiment will not care too much about the so-called rewards from above.
The seizure was so rich that they took nearly a day to take inventory when they arrived at the station.
In this regard, Brigadier Cheng and Tang Dao had negotiated before the war. All the spoils from the Battle of Licheng belonged to the Fourth Army Regiment, and the seizures from the Battle of Shentou Ridge belonged to the 683rd Brigade. Whoever wins the battle will get it. This is very strange.
fair.
Later, the unexpected Battle of Beiganling and the capture of Lucheng were completed by both families. According to Brigadier Cheng's wishes, although there were not many members in the Four Lines Regiment, the credit was real.
Yes, it stands to reason that adding two to one makes five equal parts.
However, Tang Dao was very magnanimous and said proactively: "In this battle of Beiganling, the 769th Regiment of your army suffered the heaviest losses, with a total of 500 officers and soldiers sacrificed. However, our regiment only lost more than 30 people in this battle. If we still have
To share the spoils of war equally is not the behavior of friendly forces!"
"Then let's make three shares. The 769th regiment will have one share, my 683rd brigade will have one share, and your four-line regiment will have one share!" Brigadier Cheng took a deep look at Tang Dao and made a final decision.
This is a distribution plan acceptable to several parties.
He participated in the war but did not participate in the distribution of the spoils. Even if Tang Dao wanted to be a saint, he had to think about the thousands of brothers in the regiment.
The 683rd Brigade was responsible for inventorying all the seizures in Beiganling and Lucheng, except for the twenty-odd pieces of mechanical equipment, which Tang Dao had already explained to Brigadier Cheng that these equipment were needed for the arsenal he was planning to build.
Although Brigadier Cheng is also very greedy, he thinks that he is still working hard to feed the whole brigade and replace the old rifles with Japanese ones! He doesn’t have a large group of top students from the Four Elements Regiment.
If you want to talk about those who have something to do with machinery, they are basically blacksmiths and tinkers. It is really useless to think so far away. Naturally, I completely pretended that I had not seen these seizures, and did not count them in the scope of distributed loot.
