As soon as the military seats moved, the soldiers of the guard regiment immediately followed closely. To the northwest of Lijia Village, the sound of gunshots, grenades and explosions of grenades dominated the world's sounds. Pillars of smoke rose one after another. A few lives will always be harvested. On the battlefield, in front of bullets, everyone is equal, and everyone has only one life.
Ouyang Yun did not use binoculars to observe the enemy's situation from beginning to end. The Xuebing Army attaches great importance to the training of the reconnaissance team. Even the lowest class unit will have one or two soldiers who have received special reconnaissance training and have passed one-tenth of the army's base. The reconnaissance force also includes telegraph machines that have spread to the company and walkie-talkies that have spread to the battalion. Before entering the Lijia Village, he had already mastered all the surrounding battle reports, the direction of Changping, the Motorized Infantry Brigade and the 108th Division, the Ninth The battle of the division has reached a feverish stage. After the reorganization of the 108th Division, the current division commander is Lieutenant General Shimomoto Kumaya, and the chief of staff is Colonel Toshiyuki Suzuki. After Kenji Doihara crossed the line, After Kangzi, he finally returned to the track of history, took over the reconstruction of the 108th Division, and got the opportunity to send troops to Hebei Province. What Shimomoto Xiongmi thought about the most was how to avenge his shame. Doihara's capture was a big blow to him. For me, it is both a shame and an opportunity. The shame is because in any case, Doihara was once the division commander of the 108th Division. As an imperial soldier, he, the younger generation, naturally shares the shame of his predecessors; The so-called opportunity is naturally because Doihara, a terrible predecessor, is here. He can be recognized as long as he makes some achievements.
The First Army broke through Nantianmen, then advanced to Peking, forcing the student army to fight. This strategy was first proposed by Xiangyue Qingji. However, how to take full initiative on the battlefield and fight the student army where they want, this is This is a problem that all officers at the brigade commander level and above in the First Army have been troubled by. No one doubts that once Beiping is in danger, Ouyang Yun can still stand still. Compared with Jicha Pingjin and Ren Qiu, the center of the Xuebing Army, Beiping The position is very important. If the First Army can really capture Peiping, it will be able to take the initiative in subsequent strategic battles. The Japanese know this, and they believe Ouyang Yun will not fail to understand it. Terauchi Juichi also has Xiangyue Qingji believes that the most ideal place for the decisive battle is Miyun. There are Great Walls on both sides of the northeast of Miyun, which can effectively prevent the Xuebing Army from making large-scale strategic shifts. Once the decisive battle is chosen there, it means that the Japanese army only needs to fight on the southwest and southwest sides. Just deploy heavy troops. Unfortunately, the Japanese army failed to open up the situation at Gubeikou or Xifengkou. In the end, they could only go north along the Great Wall, and finally found the breakthrough point of Nantianmen. In fact, Yanqing or Chicheng were also A good decisive battle place, but because its strategic position is not absolutely important, it is not enough for the student army to fight.
Peiping is a good choice. No matter which angle you look at, the Xuebing Army will not allow Peking to fall. The person who proposed the Huairou Line in Changping as the decisive battle place was Shangyuan Xiong Mi. Compared with the North China Plain and the Great Wall The conditions for dodging areas along the line that are conducive to the Japanese army's operations on the Changhuai Line are that these two places are the gateways to Peiping, and any city can be developed into a bridgehead that directly threatens Peiping, and its terrain is mainly plains. , the Changhuai Line is also mountainous, but they are all of a mediocre kind and are not conducive to ambush operations by small units, that is, they are not easy to defend and difficult to attack. This is naturally extremely beneficial to the Japanese army with superior strength. , Shangyuan Xiongmi also mentioned a condition that is better than the Yanchi Line. Changping is only about 200 kilometers away from Tanggu. After the main airport in Chengde was destroyed, the Japanese army could use aircraft carriers to carry out air strikes against the student army in Changping.
Terauchi Juichi and Kozuki Kiyoshi finally adopted Kumamoto Kumayama's suggestion. As a result, all actions of the First Army and the units directly under the North China Front began to be based on the basic theme of a decisive battle with the Xuebing Army on the Changhuai Line. Among them, Kumamoto Kumaomi He even volunteered to conquer Changping and force the Xuebing Army to come to help.
The first battle of the 108th Division in Changping went very smoothly. Facing a group of security forces, it seemed that it was impossible for Shang Yuan Xiongmi to fight fiercely. However, one interesting thing that happened during the period was that due to Changping's The security forces were wearing military uniforms with distinct characteristics of the National Revolutionary Army that had been eliminated by the Xuebing Army. Some of the military uniforms had not yet removed the armbands of the Xuebing Army. Therefore, after defeating this security force, Shang Yuan Xiongmi personally After inspecting the battlefield, he expressed this emotion: "The Xuebing Army is not very good, so I wonder why Doihara-kun was defeated."
This problem is not difficult to understand. After the mechanized infantry brigade rushed to Changping and the two sides fought for two rounds, Shangyuan Xiongmi understood that the previous ones must be the quasi-armed forces of the Xuebing Army, and this was its regular army. Then he He said ambitiously: "Only such an enemy is worth defeating. Honorable soldiers of the Imperial Army, let us use the blood of the Chinese people to forge our honor."
Frankly speaking, Xiong Mi has a bright future as a politician. His speeches are very inflammatory. Of course, this may be related to the glorious achievements of the Japanese army in the Northeast and the first Great Wall War of Resistance. Of course, it is said that People who talk big will suffer sooner or later, and Shangyuan Xiongmi seems to be unlucky. Only six hours later, he tasted this bitter pill, facing the hundreds of soldiers in front of the mechanized infantry brigade position outside Changping City. After finding the remains of the Imperial Army soldiers, the old Japanese began to re-examine their opponents, and then used the excuse of discovering the main force of the Xuebing Army to bring over the Ninth Division.
The Ninth Division had already fought against the Xuebing Army at Xifengkou before and suffered heavy losses. When he heard that the main force of the Xuebing Army had appeared in Changping, Yoshizhu Ryofuke did not dare to be careless and went to the 108th Division in person. The headquarters and Shangyuan Xiongmi discussed the countermeasures carefully, and then came up with the "wonderful move" of the 18th Brigade to attack Lijiatunzi. If Ouyang Yun had not used the emergency march to drive the "main force" over, This chess move is indeed worthy of the title of "wonderful chess". However, as Qin Xiangyu's regiment appeared in Huangzhuang like a magic weapon descending from the sky, this chess move has now become a wrong move, and may even become a "abandoned son",
Both Jiuchi Juichi and Xiangyue Qingji made a big mistake this time. They misjudged the determination of Qin Dechun and the 29th Army to resist the war. The 29th Army used two divisions to rescue Yanqing and even retreated to Huairou. Due to an unexpected incident, the Japanese troops were restrained.
I have to mention here that Pan Yugui, Jiuchi Juichi and Xiangyue Qingji were omitted or ignored the 29th Army this time because of this old traitor.