The fall of Nantianmen or other passes is actually just a matter of time. Think about it, during the Great Wall War in 1933, the Chinese army had 350,000 troops, while the Japanese army only had more than 50,000 troops. The result was that So, it still ended with the failure of the Chinese army. This time, not to mention that Nanjing did not mobilize a single soldier to assist in the defense along the Great Wall. Shanxi and Suiyuan, the two places closest to Jicha and Shandong, are now also They are just assuming a defensive posture. It is simply an impossible task for them to take the initiative.
Although the Xuebing Army now has nearly five divisions of regular troops, the 57th Army also has four divisions, and the 29th Army has three divisions, it is still far behind the Japanese army. Along the hundreds of kilometers of the Great Wall, alone It was difficult to completely defend with these troops. After the Japanese army captured Nantianmen, they marched overnight. By about five o'clock in the morning, the 10th and 22nd divisions had already entered the Great Wall. Among them, the 10th Division The regiment rushed to Chicheng, the 20th Division attacked Yanqing, Zhangjiakou was in danger, and once Zhangjiakou really fell, apart from anything else, Jicha would be cut into two parts. Later, once the entire Japanese army pressed on Chahar, Then, Ji Xingwen's 143rd Division and the Cantonese Independent Brigade will inevitably fall into an embarrassing situation. If they continue with the previous strategy, they will inevitably be surrounded by the Japanese army. However, if they want to retreat, they can only enter Suiyuan. The problem is, where to withdraw? Suiyuan's words, not to mention whether Fu Zuoyi will provide convenience, even if Fu Zuoyi lends a helping hand, these two troops will not be able to play a role for a long time, which is fatal for the student army that is already short of troops. of,
The development of the war was completely out of Ouyang Yun's control. This omniscient little officer fell off the altar for the first time. As soon as the news of Nantianmen's breach spread, Renqiu was lucky, but refugees of varying degrees appeared in other places. Among them, Peiping, which is still under the actual control of the 29th Army, is the most powerful. Nine out of ten households are exaggerated. However, it is a true portrayal that more than five households out of ten households choose to flee. Some people run away, and naturally some people come forward. , or take Peiping as an example. Under the organization of the local government, self-defense forces of various names have emerged one after another. Although it is inevitable that there are some who fish in troubled waters and have other thoughts, most of them really have the goal of defending their homes and the country. Thoughts of going into battle shirtless,
This was also beyond Ouyang Yun's expectation. Of course, upon careful study, it is inevitable that his influence was included. One of the reasons was due to the situation created by the "anti-Japanese heroes" when they were fighting in Pingjin. After Shi Yousan, because at that time, The risk of traitors is too high, and this industry has gradually become very unpopular. Coupled with the subsequent clean-up operations carried out by Hu Tong and others, the influence of traitors in Pingjin, Hebei and Cha has been greatly weakened. Now, although I dare not say that there are quite a lot of traitors How much reduction? At least, when the Xuebing Army and the 57th Army showed no obvious signs of defeat, and the Japanese army had not yet entered, these suspected traitors only dared to hide at home and observe the situation.
The 10th Division of the Japanese First Army was the first to encounter resistance. Blocking their way was a local self-defense force. This self-defense force only had 137 people, except for more than 30 soldiers distributed by Ji Xingwen. There were no other decent weapons in the Central Military Commission. In a place called Yucunling, this local armed force stood up bravely. Behind the simple fortifications, relying on these thirty or so Central Military Commissions, there were still dozens of rifles. Made in Hanyang, shotguns and a cannon were used to hold off the Japs for more than an hour and a half. One hundred and twenty-six men, plus eleven women, were all killed in the end.
Although this battle was only a small-scale conflict at best, its brutality was not comparable to the battles at Tiemenguan and Xifengkou. The Japanese army even buried these Chinese warriors collectively after the war for the first time and erected a monument saying: Tomb of 137 Warriors at Yucunling, China
This is the beginning. In Xiaoniu Village, Orion Niu Dawa single-handedly shot four Japanese soldiers, including a major, with an iron bow passed down from his ancestors. Later, he was chased by a squadron of Japanese soldiers. Next, jump off a lonely peak behind Xiaoniu Village,
In Huangcun, another three members of the Self-Defense Force used a landmine to create a mountain landslide, burying and killing nearly a small group of Japs. Still in Huangcun, an old man named Zhang Genbao, with a hunting fork, forked A Japanese soldier was killed and a sergeant was seriously injured...
The brigade sent by the Guangdong faction during Chen Jitang's time, after the failure of the Chen Jitang Incident, became a military force taking care of the student army. The commander of this brigade, Major General Huang Hewen, graduated from Whampoa and was an aspirant with high patriotic enthusiasm. The soldiers, after the Nantianmen was breached, took the initiative to request an attack. They arrived at Akagi around 9:30 in the morning, and then had an encounter with a regiment of the 10th Division. The two sides encountered each other at a place called Yehezi in the southern suburbs of Akagi. In this place, Huang Hewen's plan was also to detain the Japanese troops marching north to buy time for Ouyang Yun and Ji Xingwen to mobilize their troops, so the troops adopted a rapid march; because the Japanese troops encountered resistance along the way after entering the customs, they marched very carefully. The troops were shrinking very tightly. The Japanese army's path-opening force was the 10th Regiment of the 33rd Brigade. At the front of the queue were eight Chiloes from a tank squadron.
The commander of the Chilo tank of the Japanese army was the first to discover the enemy's situation. The eight tanks quickly reached a tacit understanding and stopped together. They launched a fierce bombardment on a reconnaissance company of the Huanghe Cultural Brigade's vanguard that hurried over. Subsequently, a squadron following the tank troops quickly advanced, occupied the nearby favorable terrain, and began to suppress the company with fire. Lieutenant General Isotani Rensuke, the commander of the 10th Division, was fed up with the encounters along the way. He was harassed by a small group of enemies, and was focused on finding a decisive battle with the main force of the student army. When he received the battle report, he was overjoyed. Without thinking, he scattered the two regiments of the 8th Brigade at the rear to the left and right, trying to Before the Chinese army on the other side can react, wrap it up and then say,
As soon as the gunfire in front rang out, Huang Hewen felt something was wrong. The Japanese army was marching faster than he expected, and since the enemy had tanks, it would not be a small force. Before this, perhaps because he had listened too much and learned He was also very ambitious and wanted to fight with the Japanese army after hearing the story of the soldiers beating up the Japanese army. However, he did not get carried away because of this. He thought that when he got the opportunity, he would overwhelm the troops without asking. After boarding a nearby high ground and observing the enemy's situation, he calmly analyzed the situation and then made a quick decision, leaving a battalion at the front of the team to handle the sudden reconnaissance company. The large force turned towards Yunzhou.