On the morning of the 28th, in Shanxi, the Ming Army's Left Army Group captured Dai County, passed through Beiyue Hengshan from Yanmen Pass as originally planned, and advanced to Shanyin County at noon. The entire Shanyin County surrendered. In the evening, they advanced to Huairen.
The whole county, Huairen County, surrendered. By the time we set up camp after dark at 6:30, we were still 15 kilometers away from Datong.
Datong was also an important town outside the Pass for the Qing army, but at this time the main force of the Qing army was inside the Pass, that is, to the east of Badaling. Shanxi and Inner Mongolia to the west of Badaling were both empty of military strength. The standing army of the Qing army in Datong only had about one brigade. Next
When the Ming Dynasty army advanced northward, planes dropped leaflets over Datong over and over again. In the evening, when they camped in Huairen County, the Datong garrison took the initiative to send people to contact them, discuss matters of surrender tomorrow, and inquire about
Ask about the conditions.
The so-called conditions are the bonus standards set by the Ming army. The Qing army defenders also know that they have few soldiers in their hands. Datong is not a dangerous pass, an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place, and there is no bargaining capital. After confirming
After knowing that the Ming army would cash in the bounty, they were satisfied.
The Qing army was not idle either. The eight Eight Banners Divisions sent by the Beijing-Tianjin Corps of the Qing Army to the south of Zhili quickly took the train southward on this day and set up defenses along the railway on the east side of Shanxi. On the one hand, they defended the Beijing-South Railway, and on the other hand, they
They also tried to build a barrier to prevent the Ming army from Shanxi from marching down Shandong, break into the Zhili Plain, and attack the Central Plains Corps from behind.
In fact, the Qing army's strength in the north already feels stretched. Originally, the Beijing-Tianjin Corps had 19 divisions left, but now it can only send 8 divisions south. The Northern Corps further north is to defend against the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union has always had ill intentions in the Far East and has repeatedly tried to send troops on the ground.
The team went south to "aid". Although Molotov kept saying that the Soviet Union's aid to Beiqing was for his own consideration and had no other intentions, Guangwu still felt that Stalin was unreasonable and was quite worried about the Soviet Union. No further negotiations were reached.
Before, I didn't dare to relax the Northern Army easily.
Fortunately, the Northern Army has a large strength, about 1.2 million, and it is still possible to mobilize more than ten or two hundred thousand. This is why Guangwu dared to dispatch eight Eight Banners Divisions southward when the Ming army was getting closer to Zhangjiakou.
Because just as the eight Eight Banners Divisions were going south by train, the Northern Army's five Mongolian Eight Banners Divisions and ten Han Army Divisions were already going south by train to reinforce the Beijing-Tianjin defense circle.
The Qing army had limited troops in the southern part of Zhili and could not block the entire Shanxi province. So it focused on Shijiazhuang and Handan. Because the Taihang Mountains have relatively gentle mountain passes in both places, which are suitable for large mechanized corps. If the Ming army
If you enter and leave Shanxi from the east, you will most likely use troops in these two places.
The Jingnan Railway is close to the Taihang Mountains and parallel to the Taihang Mountains. Before these eight Eight Banners Divisions arrived, the Taihang Mountain Column always went down the mountain to harass the Jingnan Railway. But after the Eight Banners Division got off the train along the line and quickly deployed defenses, within a day
Inside, just like Taihang
The Mountain Column fought an encounter. One of the Taihang Mountain Column's activities here had not received any news, so they went down the mountain to harass. As a result, they were caught by the newly arrived Eight Banners Division. A battalion of the Taihang Mountain Column was surrounded by a regiment of the Eight Banners Division.
, and finally the whole army was wiped out.
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In the Eastern Central Plains battlefield, the Ming army tormented the Qing army on all fronts last night. In the morning, the Qing army on the front line was so sleepy that they could not open their eyes and were about to collapse. However, they did not dare to make a major change of defense at this time. If the Ming army took advantage of the big change of defense,
, the various ministries did not coordinate well, and if they launched a large-scale attack when they were in chaos, the defense line might be lost. Therefore, the Qing troops on the front line had to hold on.
It was almost noon, the sun was rising, but there was still no movement on the other side. Moreover, the reconnaissance force sent out and the response of the reconnaissance planes showed that the Ming army on the opposite side was also making some kind of major adjustments. Cars and tanks were being transferred back and forth, and the smoke and dust were covering the air.
day.
The Central Plains Corps headquarters finally breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the front-line clearing troops to quickly switch defenses with the second-line.
The Qing army was scouting the Qing army, and the Ming army was also scouting the Qing army. Li Guoliang received the aerial reconnaissance report and judged that the Qing army was generally changing defenses, and quickly dispatched a bomber formation according to the original plan.
More than 200 level bombers and more than 300 dive bombers took off in formation, divided into four large groups. Taking advantage of the Qing army's major change of defense, many troops lined up to walk out of the trenches, another major bombing came. This bombing did not cause any damage.
There were too many Qing troops, because after all, the Qing troops were well prepared for changing defenses and would not be too far away from the communication trenches. As soon as the Qing soldiers heard the air defense alarm, they quickly hid in the trenches.
However, this bombing made the already chaotic defense change even more chaotic. The organization of many units was completely disrupted. Soldiers could not find officers, and officers could not find soldiers. The Ming army's ground troops took the opportunity to organize an attack, and actually formed a breakthrough in the direction of Suqian.
, advancing more than ten kilometers in one hour, a tank regiment of the People's Guard did not stop until it reached the Luoma Lake.
When the news came back to the Nanjing headquarters, the hall was filled with joy. According to the position reported by the front line, they had now left Suqian County behind.
"Don't attack the county seat!" Li Gensheng didn't need to give instructions to Xiaoqiang. He grabbed the phone and shouted to the front, "Seize the time to expand the hole and tear it open on both sides!"
Xiang Xiaoqiang was also overjoyed. He touched the sweat on his head, stood in front of the map with Zhang Zhaoxian and Tang Yunsheng, and said with a smile:
"Haha... I didn't expect a breakthrough here... Our efforts last night bore fruit so quickly..."
At this time, Li Gensheng sent another telegram from the front line. The report stated that during the exchange of fire, it was found that many Qing troops on the opposite side were often very close and did not fire. In addition, the machine guns on the opposite side often went silent suddenly.
, and it takes a long time to be silent. It only took one hour to get to Suqian, and this is largely the reason.
Xiang Xiaoqiang took the telegram and became interested. He suddenly thought of the reason for the Taihang Mountain Column Uprising. Isn't it because the imperial envoy caught the corrupt leader of the Baoding Arsenal and blackmailed him, and then the factory leader blackmailed the employees and gave them to him?
Are they forcing a rebellion? The Qing army's weapons and ammunition are of poor quality. That's a habit. This time must be no exception.
But why did it take so long to fight and only be exposed today?
"Gensheng!" he shouted, "Bring me the Qing army's defense line number map and let me take a look at it!"
Taking the map, Xiang Xiaoqiang touched his chin and studied the rough numbers on the Qing army's defense line opposite. The so-called number map is to indicate on the military map which section of the defense line belongs to which division and which army is stationed. These are based on intelligence feedback.
, coupled with frontline reconnaissance, the comprehensive judgment may not be completely accurate, but the general deviation is not large.
Xiang Xiaoqiang's fingers moved slowly along the hundreds of kilometers of defense line, while he muttered something:
"The 2nd Eight Banner Division... the 5th Eighth Banner Division... the 12th Eighth Banner Division... the 8th Banner Division... the 16th Eighth Banner Division... all the first-line troops are Eight Banners Divisions... the second-line troops... half of them are Han Army Divisions... No wonder! The battle has been going on till now.
, all the tough battles were with the Eight Banners Division. Obviously, the quality of the weapons of the Eight Banners Division was no problem. What the Han Military Division had in their hands were just inferior products. Now they have been exposed."
He nodded, looked up at the big map again, turned around and ordered:
"Gensheng, let the front armored divisions ignore Suqian County, and don't push to the left. Focus on the right! East of Suqian are relatively weak areas, and it's easier to expand the hole here! Pizhou and Xuzhou will be released first, and move to the right.