Until the early morning of the next day, after nearly seven hours of rescue, all 371 seriously injured and dying SADF soldiers were rescued.
Of course, with Li Yunfeng's medical skills, he could actually complete the treatment in less than two hours. This is because the elders from Taiyuan's hometown provided a lot of help to the defense forces during the siege. The reason why a group of soldiers broke into the city gate and Seize the initiative in the city immediately.
The reason why Shinozuka Yoshio had no time to implement his street fighting plan and fled hastily with his tail between his legs was that there were countless Taiyuan people leading the way for the defense army soldiers, and even thousands of young men took the initiative to join the attack sequence, roaring and raising their swords. He raised his ax and killed the Japanese and puppet troops.
But civilians are civilians after all. Without special combat training, how can they be the opponents of the old devils of the standing divisions such as the Second Division with their brute strength? Therefore, most of them were injured, and as many as 800 of them were seriously ill. So many people!
Because of rescuing them, I spent five extra hours!
But obviously, the price must be paid! When the elders of Sanjin witnessed the scene where Li Yunfeng saved a child from his hometown almost every thirty seconds, everyone showed horror on their faces.
Many old men over the age of sixty even knelt on the ground, raising their arms and shouting that he was the reincarnation of the Medicine God and the rebirth of the Martial Saint! What kind of magpie? What Hua Tuo? How can a mortal body be comparable to the majestic Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Defense Forces?
As a result, a scene occurred that made Li Yunfeng dumbfounded. Wherever he went, countless Taiyuan civilians surrounded him in the center and paid homage to him. There were no exceptions in the crowd, ranging from old men in their sixties to wandering urchins.
In order to catch a glimpse of his appearance, people would even climb over the wall or jump onto the treetops, just to take a look at him from a distance.
An old man who was nearly 100 years old even threw away his crutches and pushed away the support of his family members. He leaned forward with trembling legs, knelt on his knees, and faced Li Yunfeng with tears in his dim eyes:
"Commander-in-Chief! You are the savior of Taiyuan! You are our patron saint!"
After he finished speaking, he bowed down to salute. The latter was so surprised that he shot up an arrow and pulled him up. He was afraid that if he continued this salute, he would lose a few years to his life!
There is no way, because the people of Taiyuan have been bloody and oppressed by the Japanese for a long time. When I heard that the Chinese Defense Force, known as the "crazy" commander and famous in the Three Jin Dynasty, recovered Taiyuan after two days of melee! When they took off the hat of subjugated slaves that had been on their heads for half a year, their excitement and emotions were beyond words!
This situation lasted until late that night. Because Li Yunfeng canceled the [curfew] policy that had been strictly enforced for more than half a year, many merchants and vendors cried with joy and announced that tonight there would be no orders and all-you-can-drink!
For a time, countless Taiyuan people poured into the streets to stay up all night and drink to their heart's content.
This forced Li Yunfeng, who had always had extremely high requirements for the quality of his soldiers, to set up civil defense forces on the spot and take to the streets to cooperate with a regiment to maintain law and order!
After hearing the news, the recruitment point for the National Defense Force and Civil Defense Armed Forces was full again. The scene of nearly ten thousand young people gathered together, shouting and eager to try, gave Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first regiment, a headache!
How many people are happy and how many are sad?
[Evening on May 18th]
After eleven hours of bumpy road, Yoshio Shinozuka and the commander of the Second Division under his command and other senior First Army officials finally arrived at the headquarters of the Front Army and the most important town in North China, Beiping City! When they saw the sun flag fluttering in the wind on the tower, all the generals and commanders present breathed a sigh of relief, and some even shed tears of joy and cried with joy.
But soon, the commander-in-chief of the North China Front, Juichi Terauchi, was summoned, and everyone's hearts that had finally been in their stomachs suddenly rose to their throats again!
"More than 13,000 people! More than 13,000 people! Even if there are more than 13,000 pigs! You can't catch them all if you let that Li Yunfeng catch them! But what about you trash? You left Taiyuan behind, just like that Run back! You should commit seppuku! You should commit seppuku!"
In the war room, the moment he saw Yoshio Shinozuka and his entourage, Juichi Terauchi, who was the commander-in-chief of the North China Front at the time, jumped up from his seat and rushed in front of everyone. He looked as angry as if he wanted to eat people, and his body was also affected by the huge He was so angry that he could not help but tremble.
after all! That’s Taiyuan! The dignified Sanjin Province is an important transportation hub from North China to the northwest. It has one of the few industrial and military reserves in North China, as well as the Tongpu Railway and hundreds of millions of tons of coal resources!
Now, in less than two days and forty-eight hours, it was captured by the Chinese Defense Forces. What’s even more ridiculous is that the opponent doesn’t even have any decent scale or tactics!
With only a few dozen cannons, more than 4,000 people shattered the confidence of the soldiers stationed in the Second Division!
Shouyi in the temple regarded it as a great shame and humiliation! What a shame!
It is no exaggeration to say that this was the heaviest loss suffered by the army authorities since the Russo-Japanese War in 1905!
Not even the Battle of Songhu half a year ago can match it! This was the only major defeat for the North China Front Army since its establishment!
Touichi Terauchi cursed, and when his emotions reached a climax, he even raised his hand to slap someone. Yoshio Shinozuka looked like an army lieutenant general, and his face was swollen from the beating.
Not to mention the commander of the Second Division who gave the order to abandon the city and retreat. He was kicked to the ground early in the morning, with several shoe marks on his yellowed cheeks! Blood gushed out from his mouth and nose like a fountain, but he still had to shout:
"Hi! Hi!"
For a long time, until Umezu Yoshijiro was exhausted, he took a deep breath and returned to his seat exhausted physically and mentally:
"Immediately! Order the troops to take advantage of the Chinese people's unsteady foothold to retake Taiyuan at all costs!"
"Hi!"
When everyone heard the words, they unanimously agreed in unison.
Until the person on the left in the queue gritted his teeth and said:
"Your Excellency, Commander! The troops we sent to reinforce Taiyuan are currently being blocked by the Chinese army from all directions. Even if they can break through the blockades and reach the gates of Taiyuan, they will be exhausted and out of ammunition and food!"
After he finished speaking, Terauchi Shouichi glared at him fiercely, but he was telling the truth, so he had to say angrily:
"Then order the Second Division to return to defend the main force and speed up. They have strong soldiers and horses, and they are a fully motorized force! Compared to that damn Chinese Defense Force, they are too scared to give in!"
The main force of the Second Division's return as mentioned by Shouichi Terauchi is the four regiments and Botian detachment of the Second Division that were previously deployed to Taierzhuang to support operations in Central China. Since they were traveling north and north from Shandong along the Yellow River and through southeastern Shanxi, they were blocked. The pressure is low, and all members are carried by military trucks. They are standard motorized troops. The Chinese army wearing cloth shoes cannot outrun them.
Therefore, the former had high hopes for it, but he never expected that another discordant voice would spread from his generals:
"Your Excellency, Commander, the latest intelligence shows that the 74th Army, the main force of the Central Army of China, has shown signs of mobilization recently. The intelligence department can 100% judge that their target is our return defense force on the front line of Taierzhuang..."
