【May 16】
noon
The battle for Taiyuan has lasted 37 hours since the defense forces teleported here.
During this period, the North China Front Army successively dispatched reinforcements from the four provinces of Jehol, Chahar, Suiyuan, and Hebei to move westward to relieve the siege; Shanxi under the rule of the First Army devoted all the efforts of the province to strictly order Xinzhou, Datong, Changzhi, Linfen, Luliang and other places sent troops to help the beleaguered, intending to cooperate with the North China Front Army to take this opportunity to wipe out the Chinese armed forces deployed in Shanxi.
Due to the seriousness of the incident and the tense battle situation, public opinion at home and abroad unanimously changed the focus from Taierzhuang to Taiyuan, and the Japanese army authorities even personally took action! The four regiments of the Second Division and the Botian detachment of the 10th Division, originally transferred from the North China Front, a total of 18,000 Japanese soldiers, were transported back to Taiyuan on vehicles at starry night.
This move greatly eased the pressure on the Taierzhuang combat troops in the Fifth War Zone. Upon hearing this, General Li Zongren, the commander of the war zone, excitedly summoned his generals to stand solemnly overnight:
"Today, the Japanese army at the front has deployed a quarter of its main land force. If this battle is defeated, you and I will no longer have the face to meet the Chinese elders!"
Immediately, a full-scale counterattack was ordered, and more than 20 armies marched together to launch a counterattack against the remaining more than 50,000 Japanese troops in Central China.
One stone stirred up a thousand waves. Taking into account Taiyuan's comprehensive status in the north, the Supreme Military Commission of the Central Military Commission also took the risk and decided to transfer more than 40,000 people from three divisions of the 74th Army, the main force of the direct line, who were resting in Wuhan, to Shanxi in an effort to Trapping the main returning force of the North China Front to buy time for the Taierzhuang battle.
As for regaining Taiyuan, just think of it as a dream! It is true that the Chinese Defense Forces are quite powerful, but just a few hundred people want to regain control of a province. This is not just a dream, it is at least a wishful thinking.
But having said that, regardless of the victory or defeat in this battle, the reputation of the Chinese Defense Force will no longer be limited to Shanxi or the provinces of North China, but will completely resound throughout the country and shock China!
If things go on like this, if it develops for another year or two, it might be impossible to take back Taiyuan, but anyone with some military knowledge is sure that Li Yunfeng does not have this ability!
The only exception was the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, who was guarding Taiyuan City fearlessly. Since the brigade stationed at the city gate was wiped out without firing a shot, the remaining more than 10,000 Japanese puppet troops were under his instruction. Stay behind closed doors.
I thought, no matter how good your cannon is, there will be a time when you can finish it, right? When you rush to the door, I will take care of you!
But I never thought that it would be a full thirty-seven hours! During this period, except for the four times where the pots were buried to make rice, the rest of the time without exception, the muzzles of the cannon were always aimed at the city wall and released in a torrent!
The Japanese army was forced to run to the tower to repair the wall despite the artillery shells of the defense forces.
Unfortunately, this move was of no use to the war situation. Instead, the second division, which was short on strength, sent two groups of troops in succession, but without exception, they were all harvested by the infantry of the defense forces who had been waiting for a long time.
At this time, Shinozuka Yoshio completely collapsed. He could neither fight nor defend. It was the first time that the war had reached this point, even though he was born in mainland China, had experienced hundreds of battles, and was a lieutenant general. !
Fortunately, Li Yunfeng didn't keep him waiting too long!
At dusk that day, under the cover of the artillery directly under the headquarters and the artillery battalion of the 1st Regiment, more than 3,000 soldiers of the National Defense Force came out and charged towards the tower.
Thanks to more than 30 hours of non-stop bombing, the entire Taiyuan city wall has been cut in half. The city tower that was originally several feet high has collapsed. The airtight wall was covered with shrapnel, and there were more than 20 holes in it. A depression about half a foot in size stood from the north to the inside. There were thousands of Japanese animal carcasses on it. Everywhere you looked, there was blood dripping and limbs flying everywhere!
"Your Majesty Commander, the Chinese...the Chinese have launched a charge!"
In the operations room of the First Army Headquarters, a lieutenant colonel who was responsible for reporting the battle situation on the front line rushed in front of everyone like a gust of wind and reported to Yoshio Shinozuka.
Hearing this, the latter was overjoyed!
After being bombarded for so long, we finally waited until the opponent stormed the city! At this moment, the senior Japanese military leaders also realized that in terms of positional warfare and offensive battles alone, they were not the opponent of the Chinese Defense Forces outside the city for the time being! But in a street fight, it’s not certain who will win!
At any rate, the First Army also occupied Taiyuan for half a year and must know more about the city than the Chinese Defense Force;
In addition, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. At least there is a multi-regiment and a mixed brigade of security forces in the city. Their strength is not even a bit larger than that of the Chinese Defense Force! But several times!
Thinking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka has done it again! He hurriedly issued orders to the surrounding generals:
"Immediately! Order everyone to start street fighting! Even if the Second Division is annihilated! We will hold Taiyuan in our hands! Tell me the brave warriors of the Japanese Empire! Reinforcements from Suiyuan, Chahar, Hebei, and Rehe are coming Reinforcements are coming to us continuously! As long as we persist until the early morning of tomorrow, or even the evening! We can wipe out these damn Chinese Defense Forces in one fell swoop! Victory will eventually belong to..."
Before he finished speaking, a lame sergeant covered in dust, with a bandaged shoulder, and an obvious dent in his right cheek, which was even bloody and bloody, rushed into the war room and burst into tears:
"Your Excellency, Commander! The Chinese have occupied the outer city! Now they are rushing towards our headquarters! We can't hold it anymore!"
After finishing speaking, he fell down on the spot. Shinozuka Yoshio's eyes widened after hearing the news, and a sharp sting spread from his heart to his limbs, causing him to collapse on the chair with his facial features distorted and in excruciating pain.
"Your Excellency Commander!"
"Your Excellency Commander!"
"General! General!"
Seeing this situation, a group of Japanese generals immediately became confused and rushed forward to rescue them.
Not long after, due to the sudden illness of the commander of the First Army, the commander of the Second Division was ordered to take over the command. However, facing the pressing Chinese Defense Force, after much consideration, he finally decided to withdraw from the city and choose an opportunity to head east. Stand out from the encirclement.
Not long after, the Chinese Defense Forces, led by young men in the city, rushed to the Shanxi headquarters of the First Army, tore off the eye-catching dog-skin plaster flag and burned it all.
In the early morning of the next day, the remaining enemies in the city had been cleared. The unconscious Yoshio Shinozuka was led away by a group of generals, while Li Yunfeng stood in the garrison headquarters where the former had slept and laughed wildly!
【Ding! It is detected that the side mission of retaking Taiyuan has been completed! 】
[Get an elite artillery company! 】
[Get an elite infantry battalion! 】
[Get a firearms modification factory! 】
[Obtain a friendly or enemy monitoring radar! 】
[Obtain 10,000 square feet of fabric! 】
[The system storage space has been increased to 15,000 cubic meters! 】
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief! With the help of the people in the city, our army has cleaned up the battlefield! This is the list of seizures, and all the seriously wounded have been gathered together!"
At the right time, Zhang Dabiao came forward to report and handed over the list. Li Yunfeng nodded, took the list and put it aside without looking at it. When he was about to go to the injured place, he suddenly remembered and turned to the other party with a half-smile:
"The corpses of the fallen soldiers have been collected and they will be compensated according to the established pension standards! As for the little devil's, Da Biao, do you know what to do?"
