Among the regular army of the Xuebing Army, the equipment of the two Sichuan Army divisions is the worst. This is not because of factional disputes, nor because Ouyang Yun favors one over the other, but because the cultural quality of the Sichuan Army is low and it is difficult to select technical units such as tank troops. Therefore, compared with the other four armies, the Fourth Xue Army was influenced by the two Sichuan Army Divisions and was not highly mechanized. The 10th Xue Division and the 11th Xue Division combined only had one battalion of tanks. This time the plan was to lure the enemy. In order to prefer stealth, Rao Guohua, the commander of the 11th Xue Division, entrusted all the tank units belonging to his headquarters to Liu Yuqing. The limited mobility slowed down the advancement of the troops. This is why the Xue Fourth Army lost the 9th Division. The main reason is that if there are enough tank troops, Jiang Guangnai can go first with tanks and infantry, thereby firmly catching the Japanese army.
On November 19, at around nine o'clock in the morning, about 60 kilometers away from Pucheng in a straight line, in Xiabanggen, northeast of Pucheng, Ouyang Yun's car was parked on the roadside. He stood beside the car and looked at the front with a worried look. As the troops slowly advanced, Liu Yuqing rode back from the front on a horse.
Liu Yuqing and Rao Guohua have never been accustomed to commanding operations in armored vehicles. They believe that the vehicle blocks the communication between their subordinates and often causes them to misunderstand the essence of orders. Ouyang Yun has always been critical of their old-fashioned views, but now , he is no longer in the mood to spend energy on these details,
Liu Yuqing jumped off the horse and said: "The front is Xiabanggen. Commander, do you want to enter the village?"
Ouyang Yun looked at the surrounding mountains and said, "This is a good ambush location. If Okuichiro wants to attack us, last night and this morning are the best opportunities. If the 9th Division doesn't show up again, Jiang Guangnai and the others must retreat, Okuichiro is not a simple Japanese, I always feel that they have some conspiracy."
As time went by, the lack of news about the 9th Division became Ouyang Yun's heartache. He always felt that there was some danger waiting for him ahead, but he didn't know what it was.
If the 9th Division gives up rescuing the 13th Division and instead fights back along the original route, it would be dangerous to imitate the 12th Division among the three divisions of the Fourth Army.
Liu Yuqing thought so too. He said: "That's true. I think we went into a misunderstanding before. Our purpose of launching this campaign was to harass and damage the Japanese army as hard as possible. Now, I think such an opportunity has come. Well, that is the 13th Division. Commander-in-Chief, what you said yesterday makes sense. No matter what Okuichiro wants to do, we can follow our own arrangements. If we really completely surround the 13th Division, If he dies and creates an encirclement and annihilation situation, he will definitely jump out."
"That's the truth, then let Chief of Staff Chiang lead his troops to return."
The 12th Xuexi Division, under the command of Jiang Guangnai, was currently moving from Qingjing to Huang Chukeng. When he received Ouyang Yun's order to return to the army, they were only about three kilometers away from Huang Chukeng. He asked the confidential staff to put the order away, and was about to convey it to his subordinates. Suddenly, Liao Mingfeng, the commander of the 12th Division, ran over angrily.
"Mingfeng, you came just in time. I was about to convey the commander-in-chief's order to you."
"Military Commander, don't worry about the orders for now. You know what Xiao Feng and the others saw in Huang Zhukeng."
Xiao Feng was the commander of the reconnaissance battalion. Jiang Guangnai asked: "What."
Liao Mingfeng's face was white with anger. He gritted his teeth and roared: "The bloody devils, they, they slaughtered Huang Zhukeng."
Jiang Guangnai's expression changed when he heard this, and he asked: "You said the Japanese massacred the village."
"Yes, Junzuo, Junzuo, the little devils are so inhumane. They slaughtered more than a thousand people in the village, including dozens of children."
Jiang Guangnai staggered upon hearing this and asked, "No, there are no survivors."
"There were only two seriously wounded. According to them, the Japanese had been gone for less than an hour. They were a large force, probably the 9th Division."
There is only the 9th Division, because to wipe out a village in a short period of time requires enough troops, otherwise it is possible to steal the chicken but not lose the rice, and as long as someone escapes and exposes the location of the Japanese, Then their unscrupulous behavior has no practical significance.
"No wonder there has been no news about the 9th Division. It turns out that they adopted such cruel and inhumane methods. The intelligence agents I bought must have been killed by the Japanese. Military Seat, what should we do now?"
"As for the reporters accompanying the army, ask them to prepare to take pictures immediately. We cannot let innocent people die in vain. The commander-in-chief has just given an order for us to move closer to them. Now, let's go to Wong Chuk Hang to take a look."
If possible, Liao Mingfeng would like to fight with the 9th Division now, and he must kill all these Japs. The blood debt must be paid with blood. Of course, as a senior commander, it is related to the safety of the entire army and even Throughout the entire battle, he would not allow himself to act on his own initiative. He said: "I think so too, Military Officer, could this be a trap by the Japanese? They deliberately provoked us and then set up an ambush."
"It's entirely possible. I'll send a report to the Commander-in-Chief immediately. The main force should stay put for the time being. You ask Xiao Feng and the others to protect the two reporters accompanying the army and ask them to take pictures of the tragedy that happened in Huang Chukeng as much as possible. As long as they have the photos in hand , we can always seek justice for them."
"Okay, I'll do it right away."
Almost at the same time that the 12th Xuexi Division discovered the Wong Chuk Hang massacre, the reconnaissance troops of the 10th Xuexi Division saw the same scene in Xiabanggen. More than 300 villagers in Xiabanggen had all died in the village, and judging from the condition of their bodies Look, it's been a while since they were killed,
This situation was reported to Liu Yuqing and Ouyang Yun. Both of them were shocked by the cruelty of the little devil. Liu Yuqing cursed bitterly on the spot: "Damn it, does Okuichiro deserve to be called a soldier? He can actually do this to civilians." Don't let me catch you for such a shameful thing, otherwise I will have to chop him alive."
Ouyang Yun's face was ugly, but he didn't say anything harsh like Liu Yuqing did. He just said matter-of-factly: "No wonder we haven't been able to get information about the 9th Division. It turns out that they killed all our grassroots intelligence agents. Judging from the current situation, Okuichiro is preparing to attack the Twelfth School. What we need to do now is to move closer to the Twelfth School and make Shichang."
"commander."
"You immediately send power to Commander Rao Guohua and ask them to follow us. We must immediately move to learn from the 12th Division."
"yes."
In addition to leaving a small team of Langya special forces to guard and take photos with military reporters to collect evidence of Japanese atrocities and dispose of the remains of villagers, the 10th Xuexi Division immediately turned its troops to the direction of Longquan.
At around 11 o'clock in the morning, Ji Xingwen sent a secret message to Ouyang Yun,
The content of the secret telegram was provided by Ryoko Takahashi. Chen Jiayao relayed the conspiracy of the Japanese army against Ouyang Yun. If this telegram had been sent last night, Ouyang Yun might have believed it. However, at this moment, it has been concluded that the Japanese army's target is to learn from the Twelve Although he was a military commander, he could no longer change the direction of the troops' actions based on emotion and reason, both privately and publicly.
Because it was a secret telegram, apart from Ouyang Yun, the only person who knew the contents of the telegram was Chen Shichang, who was responsible for translating the telegram. After Ouyang Yun read the telegram, he took out a lighter and lit it, and then continued as if nothing had happened. Leading the troops towards Longquan,
The massacre in Wong Chuk Hang was indeed a Japanese conspiracy. As Jiang Guangnai expected, the Japanese really set up an ambush. However, the first ambush launched did not come from the ground, but from the air.
Just when the two military reporters, under the protection of Xiao Feng and others, safely completed the photo taking work, and Xiao Feng and others were gathering the villagers' bodies to prepare for burial, thunder suddenly came from the southwest sky, and then, Jiang Guangnai's commander The Ministry of Commerce received an enemy situation report from the Wuyishan Radar Station, saying that enemy planes had appeared in the sea off Fujian in the southwest, numbering about 30.
After receiving this telegram, Jiang Guangnai concluded that the 9th Division was nearby and had set up an ambush. The best response for the 12th Xue Division now was not to retreat, but to wait for the 10th Xue Division and the 10th Xue Division. The arrival of a division,
Before the Japanese plane appeared in the sight of the students, the air defense siren had already sounded. Amidst the shrill whistles, the middle and junior officers of the 12th School Division quickly ordered the troops to hide, and at the same time began to assume air defense positions.
Since deciding to eliminate Ouyang Yun at all costs, Okuichiro has frequently sent out reconnaissance troops to spy on the actions of the 10th and 12th Divisions, keeping a close eye on every move of these two divisions.
The "Cloud Hunting Plan" formulated by Okuichiro, what he is most proud of is that through various false arrangements, it caused the top brass of the China Army to misjudge the intentions of the Imperial Army, making them feel that the Imperial Army's strategic purpose was to learn from the real ones. The twelfth division, so that the eleventh learning division hiding in the dark can be revealed first.
In Okuichiro's plan, learning from the 11th Division is the only unstable factor. He feels that as long as learning from the 11th Division appears in the light, the plan will be half successful.
The reason why he asked the Naval Air Force to bomb the 12th School Division was to convince Ouyang Yun and others of the 9th Division's determination to encircle and annihilate the 12th School Division, and at the same time to disrupt the sight of Jiang Guangnai and Liao Mingfeng so that they could not clearly distinguish Show the number of imperial troops in front and behind them,
The 9th Division now has two brigades of infantry, one regiment of artillery, and two brigades of tank troops. Okuichiro's plan is to use one brigade to contain the 12th and 11th Divisions, and then concentrate The strength of another brigade, with the help of tank troops, artillery and naval aviation, completely wiped out the 10th Xue Division in one fell swoop. At the worst, Ouyang Yun would be blown up or bombed to death. As long as Ouyang Yun could be killed, So even if the 11th and 12th Divisions completely wiped out another brigade, then the 9th Division would be considered a victory.