The sun is slowly setting in the west, and soon the night will come.
"The little Japs have escaped." On the Japanese army's position, seeing the figure of the little Japs escaping in embarrassment, the officers and soldiers of the teaching corps celebrated happily.
The officers and soldiers of the 29th Army who experienced the first Great Wall War of Resistance have reason to be happy about this victory. Once, 350,000 people could not defeat 50,000 people. Although the 29th Army achieved partial victory in the Xifengkou area, However, because there were not enough ways to deal with the Japanese aircraft, artillery, and tanks, they had no choice but to retreat. This time it was different. Not only did they win, but they also took the initiative in the war. The situation in Changping area also changed with the Chinese The assembly of the main forces of the Japanese and Japanese sides has gradually become clear. From an ordinary soldier to Ouyang Yun and Tong Linge, they all know that the key to winning this war is to see if they can first pull out the Ninth Division. As long as this nail is embedded in the regiment and the 108th Division, as long as this nail is removed, there will be no worries and a way out for oneself. When the decisive battle begins, even if he cannot win, it will be for his own sake. Fang's movement gained enough space.
From this perspective, the victory this time was not complete. Although the 9th Division and the 108th Division were driven away, they still maintained a strength of about 8,000 troops. The 8,000 Japs were a threat to Changping. For the student army in the area, it is still a threatening enough force.
Neither Yoshizhu Ryosuke nor Shimomoto Kumaomi was mediocre. After confirming that they could not stop the main offensive of the Changping Xuebing Army, the two Japs reached a consensus. In order to prevent the defeat of the 108th Division from affecting the 9th Division, they also In order to prevent the Ninth Division from falling into a tight siege, Yoshihashi Ryosuke led his troops to retreat from the Canglin Village they had just captured, and headed towards Gaotang Mountain with the remnants of the 108th Division led by Shimomoto Kumiya.
The 108th Division was originally being chased by the Xuebing Army, but after rendezvousing with the 9th Division, Ouyang Yun found that the enemy was defeated but not in chaos, so he canceled the plan to pursue them to the end, and instead let the 2nd Division and 3rd Brigade A defensive position was built on a hill southeast of Gaotang Mountain. At the same time, a regiment of the mechanized infantry brigade was dispatched to seize the Great Wall Pass northwest of Gaotang Mountain: Gaotang Pass.
Wangjiawei, the air raid of the 1st Xuebing Army Air Division caused heavy losses to the Japanese army, and at the same time paralyzed their command system. The disorder of the command system stopped the Japanese attack, and Gu Mingchang and Zhang Yantian were able to seize the time to organize the soldiers. They strengthened the fortifications and rescued the wounded. At this time, the only place where fierce fighting was still taking place was in Lijia Village.
If Ouyang Yun had not taken drastic measures to deal with the Japanese wounded soldiers and prisoners of war, the battle in Lijia Village would not have been too fierce. Even if the Japanese army could occupy Lijia Village, it would only have one more way to force Changping. , but the main direction of the Japanese army's attack must still be Wangjiawei, because the main strategic task of the Japanese army at this time is to fish out the 9th and 108th Divisions first. Changping City is not only the gathering place for the main force of the student army, but also a very important The reason is that the defenses built on the basis of Changping City are naturally much stronger than those of Wangjiawei. Xiangyue Qingsi would not be stupid enough to leave an open field without attacking and attack a fortified city.
In the battle of Lijiatunzi, only more than 200 people from the Japanese 18th Brigade managed to escape with the brigade leader Jing Shuxuan. The others were either killed or injured, and nearly a thousand of them were injured.
Regarding the issue of how to deal with prisoners of war, at first, Huang Hao and others thought that the junior officer would have a public trial like he did with the prisoners of the 108th Division last time. Therefore, the officers and soldiers treated the Japanese prisoners of war quite badly. , they were just worried that once the little devil became a war criminal, they would have no chance to avenge their relatives and compatriots. But when Ouyang Yun's order was actually conveyed, it was beyond everyone's expectation. Ouyang Yun's order It's very simple: don't accept the surrender of anyone, including those borrowed translators from China.
If you don't accept surrender, what should you do with these Japanese soldiers? Huang Hao asked tentatively: "Kill them all."
Ouyang Yun replied coldly: "Behead."
It was not just as simple as beheading. Afterwards, Huang Hao also had ulterior motives to shape the severed Japanese head into a Beijing temple, and set up a wooden sign in front of the Beijing temple, which read: Those who offend the power of China will not be punished. If you are far away, you will be killed.
When Ouyang Yun learned about it later, he just said two words lightly: "Vigor."
Huang Hao's spirit now brings big trouble to Chenggang, because the person responsible for the feint attack on Lijia Village is the 40th Brigade under the Japanese 20th Division. The brigade leader is Major General Yamashita Fengfumi, a die-hard Japanese fascist. Compared with the general arrogant Japanese military officials, Yamashita Fongfumi is an alternative. The most outstanding point is that he attaches great importance to the use of tanks. This is related to his experience as a military observer in Switzerland. Originally, Yamashita Fengfumi had A better future, and the reason why he was appointed as the commander of the 40th Brigade was because he participated in the famous "226" Incident, which angered the Emperor.
Speaking of which, the Second Great Wall Anti-Japanese War gave Yamashita Fengwen the opportunity to come out of the mountain again. Before the expedition, he was full of confidence and vowed to achieve immortal feats in this battle to repay "Your Majesty" for his kindness. The precedent of the Battle of the Great Wall was that Major General Yamashita was very dissatisfied with the Xuebing Army at first, thinking that Ouyang Yun was just a "little China warlord" and not worth the effort at all. As long as he was given one or two divisions and sufficient aviation, The chariot troops were enough to defeat Jicha.
Imagination is always beautiful. Therefore, when the huge gap brought by the facts was presented in front of him, Yamashita couldn't accept it for a while. He stubbornly believed that the reason why the war has been passive so far is that the 40th Brigade has not set off yet. , In this case, he would not say it in front of everyone, but Xiangyue Qingsi had heard about it, and sending him to attack Lijia Village this time was also a chance for him to experience it.
The people at the foot of the mountain worked vigorously and resolutely, and the troops marched very fast. Soon, they found the Jingguan. The Jingguan was fortified with more than a thousand people. It was quite large in size. The small group of Japs in charge of the vanguard immediately started howling like ghosts. They scolded the Chinese people for being cruel and inhumane, because they actually found their own familiar face from the grinning and unblinking faces.
More and more Japanese soldiers saw the temple. Although the Japanese army had strict military discipline, the temple still caused a great commotion. The commotion of the former army attracted Yamashita's attention, and when he investigated the reason, he also saw the temple. After visiting the capital, the little Japanese got angry and said, "Ouyang Yun, you and I swear not to be at odds with each other." Then, regardless of the dissuasion of the chief of staff, he ordered all the troops to line up and surrounded the Li family village.
Yamashita's idea is very simple: to encircle and annihilate the Chinese people in Lijia's village, he also needs to use their heads to build a temple in Beijing.