Yu Xiaohou was a famous anti-Japanese general of the Northeast Army.
After the September 18th Incident, the Northeastern Army was basically disbanded and incorporated into Chiang Kai-shek's army, and the commander of the largest remaining Northeastern Army was Yu Xiaohou.
From the Battle of Songhu to the Battle of Taierzhuang and then to the Battle of Wuhan, Yu Xiaoyuhou and the Northeastern Army led by him are all present.
It can be said that Yu Xiaohou made great contributions in the Anti-Japanese War.
If there is anyone in Chiang Kai-shek's army who is most eager to defeat the Japanese.
There is probably no one who can compare with Xiaohou.
When the September 18th Incident broke out, the Northeastern Army failed to resist, leading to the fall of the three northeastern provinces. People across the country were indignant and cursed the Northeastern Army as cowardly and spineless. This was even more embarrassing for a Northeastern Army general like Yu Xiaohou. A layer of deep shame.
Therefore, after the September 18th Incident, the Northeastern Army led by Yu Xiaohou, who knew his shame and became brave, has always advocated active resistance to Japan and regaining his homeland.
The hometown of white mountains and black soil is a place he has always dreamed of.
After the September 18th Incident, he didn't know how many days and nights he dreamed about the scene of the Iron Horse Glacier, and how he led the Northeastern Army to fight back to the Northeast, regain his homeland, and drive out the Japanese invaders.
However, after waking up from the dream, everything was in vain, only filled with anger and rolling tears.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Yu Xiaohou led the Northeast Army to take charge of Shandong's coastal defense to guard against the Japanese invasion. Later he served as the commander-in-chief of the Lusu Guerrilla War Zone, commanding the 51st Army and the 57th Army. He also fought against the Eighth Route Army in the border area of Lusu and Suzhou, which was also resisting Japan. The troops fought together to deal with the Japanese invaders.
Yu Xiaohou has an upright character. He doesn't like the politics of intrigue. He just silently guards the country and contributes his own strength in this anti-Japanese war.
Yu Xiaohou expressed his admiration for the Eighth Route Army troops who fought side by side.
"This is indeed a rare and true anti-Japanese team!"
So as Fu Yisheng said, if there really was such a stage to defeat the Japanese invaders, Yu Xiaozhong thought, I am afraid he would not refuse it.
How could Commander Fu, as an old fox, not notice Yu Xiaohou's psychological changes? He even offered an olive branch jokingly:
"In Shandong, the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese operations behind enemy lines are also going very well. Brother Xiaohou, if you are willing, I can build a bridge and connect the two sides to further strengthen the joint anti-Japanese operations!"
They are all smart people, and they say they are united to fight against Japan, but if they can go one step further, Yu Xiaohou might be the next Fu Yisheng.
However, Fu Yisheng knew Yu Xiaohou's character and was just joking. If such a few words could impress Yu Xiaohou, he would not be Yu Xiaohou.
Sure enough, Yu Xiaohou declined the proposal without much hesitation.
"If the young marshal were here, he might agree with Yi Gong's suggestion, but if it's just me, Yu Xiaohou, I have no right to make a choice!"
After all, he was still worried about the safety of the imprisoned young marshal.
"That's all, let's not talk about this anymore, Brother Xiaohou, then I will first treat you to a big show of defeating the Japanese invaders!" Fu Yisheng said with a smile.
As Commander Fu's orders were issued in an orderly manner, the Morita Chariot Division in the direction of Mongolia was violently attacked by the 35th Route Army.
Coupled with the aerial firepower of nearly ten squadrons of fighter planes reinforced by the Eighth Route Army, if there are no other surprises, this old devil Morita's team is basically finished.
...The 14th Division fought until the afternoon.
After Kong Jie's main first guerrilla force defeated the main forward force of Major General Sakamoto of the 14th Division, it immediately narrowed the ambush circle and began to encircle and annihilate Sakamoto's forward force.
Lao Jiang and other cooperating main regiments of the 386th Brigade Division began to dynamically compress with the main armored forces with the cooperation of assault guns and anti-tank destroyers.
Old Japanese Sakamoto stayed behind to block the attack on the rear, and the chief of staff looked at the troops moving in from all directions. The more he was struck, the less confidence he felt in his heart.
Especially when I saw the information on the Eighth Route Army tanks provided by the intelligence department, it said that the Eighth Route Army was equipped with 120-mm howitzer assault guns and anti-tank destroyers equipped with Type 90 field guns.
But it is obvious that the Eighth Route Army also has a larger body, which is obviously not the assault gun and anti-tank destroyer of the 97 medium-war chassis.
Seeing this scene, the old devil suddenly became a little desperate.
We can only order the blocking troops to be dispersed on the defense line in the form of squadrons, using their most primitive flesh and blood to block the Eighth Route Army's offensive.
Lao Jiang, Lao Feng and others were happy to see so many armored vehicles cooperating in the battle. The situation turned and the Japanese finally had a taste of the power of the armored forces.
With the cooperation of the observation posts of the lurking Hound Squadron in the early stage, the assault guns took the lead in firing at the Japanese anti-tank guns and artillery positions, and then the tanks, with the cooperation of the infantry, began a full-scale attack.
The first-echelon heavy-armed battalion quickly took over the fire. The Japanese's Type 90 heavy anti-tank gun and the Type 47 mm anti-tank gun desperately fired cross-fire, but they were all ricochet. Under the watchful eye of the Japanese chief of staff, the Eighth Route Army used tank guns to counterattack the Japanese. The tank positions were overturned one by one.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army applied for support from ground attack aircraft. Under the attack of rockets, aircraft cannons and small bombs, the Japanese defense lines were completely destroyed one by one.
When they hit the rear, the Japanese army could only send out death squads to charge when they were at the end of their rope.
Those little devils were desperate for their lives. They had explosive bags and grenades strapped to their bodies and rushed towards the Eighth Route Army's tanks.
It is a pity that the Eighth Route Army's various tanks are equipped with many machine guns.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers, who have always been phobic about the lack of firepower, wanted to mount guns on all sides of their tanks, making them look like giant hedgehogs breathing fire.
Wave after wave of Japanese death squads were almost wiped out before they even got halfway through.
Occasionally, there would be three or two who were fierce enough to send the grenade strapped to their bodies near the Type 42 tank despite their injuries, and then explode with a loud bang.
However, the grenade bombs used by the little devils, including the anti-tank grenade bombs, had too small a charge. If they were not tied to the corresponding explosion points, they would not be able to blow up the Eighth Route Army's heavily armored Type 42 tanks. At most, they would blow up the tracks.
After rushing like this a few times, I realized that this was basically a self-destructive devil, and I almost collapsed.
After a morning of fierce fighting.
Sakamoto's forward troops were basically wiped out except for those who attacked the junction and those who retreated to some isolated hills.
The Eighth Route Army armored forces began to advance in depth.
After two days of fighting between the two sides.
The scope of activities of the Inoue Division was reduced from the county area to the village area.
The forwards and reserves were almost completely wiped out.
There were very few troops left to break out of the encirclement.
After listening to the sound of gunfire for two days, Inoue, an old devil, had long since lost his original high-spirited appearance. His eyes were red and his face was covered with stubble, looking like a pair of dead bones in a grave.
In the past two days, all he had received were farewell messages from the brigade headquarters or wing headquarters.
Soon after, these groups and even the wing headquarters were completely lost.
What the outcome will be is almost self-evident.
The distressed old Japanese Inoue wanted to immediately lead the last troops to rush out and fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army, but after all, he did not have the courage and confidence.
Inoue was huddled on the hilltop, unable to help his outer defense troops at all. Almost all the artillery shells were fired, and he was about to run out of ammunition and food. The most desperate thing was that the reinforcements were still missing.
As for what the General Headquarters said: the Eighth Route Army's logistics transportation lines have been completely intercepted by the aviation force, the Eighth Route Army's frontline combat troops must have run out of ammunition and food, and only delay can completely defeat the Eighth Route Army.
It's just fart!
Inoue was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.
Which idiot collected this information?
In the past few days of attacks, these Eighth Route Army troops fought fiercely and with abundant physical strength. How could they look like they were running out of food and water?
Not long ago, Inoue led his troops to capture a small position of the Eighth Route Army. He saw with his own eyes some strange packages discarded by the Eighth Route Army on the position, but they were obviously for providing food.
This shows that the Eighth Route Army has already been well prepared in terms of logistics, and there has never been a situation of running out of water and food.
The confrontation has reached this point.
Commander Fu's 35th Army has been chasing the remnants of Morita towards the Japanese-occupied areas in eastern Mongolia. The leading troops have entered the Chahar area with the assistance of the Daqingshan Base Area and the Jireliao Base Area.
The Japanese troops in this area were almost outnumbered by Morita. Who would have thought that they were defeated like a mountain. There was no large reserve force in the rear and they were unable to stop the 35th Army from attacking.
Yu Xiaohou followed Fu Yisheng and saw people lined the streets to welcome him. Local Eighth Route Army cadres were everywhere helping to replenish supplies, cook meals, and build camps. He deeply understood what the vast ocean of people's war was.
This is also the first time that the Chinese army has fought back since the Northeast Army withdrew from Chahar.
But I didn't expect it to be in this way, under this situation.
Fu Yisheng looked at the unlucky Japs pioneering group, the local security garrison, and the members of the puppet government, and said to Xiaohou: "If we rely on diary writers to drive away the Japs, I'm afraid it won't be possible even in years of monkeys and horses.
But following the Eighth Route Army, we have now reached Chahar. Although we will retreat after this battle, after we have installed and debugged the captured industrial equipment and resumed military production, we will soon be able to regain this place and fight with the Japanese. Start a tug of war and exhaust them completely! "
Yu Xiaohou was silent again. He didn't hope that the Chinese army could fight back to the Northeast as soon as possible.
Fu Yisheng smiled and said: "Brother Xiaohou, I know you have doubts. Let's do this. If there is a chance someday, I will take you to the Eighth Route Army base area, especially to the Eighth Route Army experimental military area. You will understand why I, Fu People would make such a choice!”
Yu Xiaohou nodded somewhat unclearly.
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Yangyuan successfully defeated the troops outside the city and seized a large amount of baggage and weapons and equipment, and then trapped the remaining Japanese soldiers near the administrative building of the Japanese and puppet troops in the county seat.
Lao Pi held the rangefinder and learned to command artillery operations in a decent manner. Lao Gao Le of the Northward Detachment said: "I said Lao Pi, you held it backwards. The reading is over here! Even if you are just pretending, you have to do it anyway. Do you want to do some homework?"
Lao Pi cursed and said: "It's just for a look, it's not a real report. Quick, quick, quick, assemble the Type 98 270mm mortar that Inoue gave me, fire two rounds, and the Propaganda Department will take a video of me." Be more imposing!"
Lao Gao: "..."
After the last Japanese defense force in Yangyuan was completely surrounded, the 14th Division of the Kwantung Army lost even a single retreat they could hold.
Inoue fought hard all day.
What I received in the evening was not the airdrop supplies I had been applying for.
Instead, Harada sat in the Yanggao County Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, posing for a photo wearing an Eighth Route Army hat, and wrote "Hello, Imperial Army comrades" on the photo!
Then there are photos of Qita's men Nan Nan attacking the city fortifications outside the north gate of Zhangjiakou. It seems that they have won a complete victory.
Inoue was so angry that the air support was not enough and the reinforcements did not come. Instead, they supported Yang Gao and went to Zhangjiakou.
It wasn't until the fifth day of the confrontation that someone on the Japanese side noticed something was wrong.
At first, everyone thought that the Eighth Route Army was just bragging and engaged in the old routine of encircling points and calling for reinforcements. They thought of ambushing the 14th Division as a guise to attract reinforcements from various units of the Imperial Army, and then wait for opportunities to call for reinforcements.
However, although the forwards and reserves outside Yangyuan City of the 14th Division have been defeated, the main force of the Chinese Army is still there. After a day of melee, some troops from the rear army broke through, regrouped, and moved closer to the Chinese Army.
It stands to reason that after the Morita mobile unit advancing from Guisui was dealt a devastating blow by the 35th Army, almost the entire army was wiped out. The remaining troops even Houhe gave up and retreated to the eastern Mongolia area.
The Eighth Route Army has obviously achieved considerable results and accomplished its set campaign goals.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army was on the battlefield in Yangyuan, facing the Imperial Army's 13th Division's attack on Hua Shaoying, the 101st Division's attack on the west of Yangyuan, and the 35th Division's attack on Yanggao, forming a huge encirclement.
Under such circumstances, why didn't the Eighth Route Army withdraw its troops and just retreat when the situation was good?
The first person to realize something was wrong was Buntaichiro, an old soldier of the Thirteenth Division.
After his troops rushed to Huashao Camp, they were blocked by the Eighth Route Army. They even sent mobile troops on both wings to outflank them, but were blocked by the Eighth Route Army's mobile troops.
After a day of fighting, there was no progress, but the Eighth Route Army's firepower became stronger and stronger.
"Something's wrong, this is very wrong. How could the Eighth Route Army spend so much money to bring reinforcements? They seem to be holding on to buy time for the battle in the Yangyuan area!"
He immediately called in the remaining troops of the 14th Division that had been stationed at Huashaoying. They moved the supplies of Huashiaoying to the rear. A group of people opened the Eighth Route Army cans overnight and took a look at the food.
It was then shockingly discovered that most of these cans were spoiled, and only the top batch was edible.
——This is clearly a trick of the Eighth Route Army, deliberately paralyzing the imperial army's judgment.
Buntaiichiro immediately realized the Eighth Route Army's tactical intention, which might be to encircle and annihilate the 14th Division! ! !
This made his heart skip a beat. He didn't dare to hesitate anymore and quickly reported his findings to the commander-in-chief.
On the other side, Harada suddenly had a whim and Black Tiger took heart. After successfully occupying Yanggao County, he proudly wandered around the city and randomly opened the supplies in the Eighth Route Army warehouse to see if there were any scams.
It turned out that all the supplies were good, so he immediately arranged for the soldiers of the 101st Division and his own division to start a celebration banquet.
A group of people wearing Eighth Route Army military caps took photos at the Eighth Route Army headquarters and said hello to fellow Imperial Army comrades!
When he received a call from Wen Taiyilang amidst the praise of a group of military officers, he was stunned. The Eighth Route Army's back road and logistics base had been knocked down by him, so why didn't they retreat? How dare you ambush the reinforcements?
He immediately secretly thought something was wrong.
When Buntaiichiro suggested that perhaps the Eighth Route Army's real strategic intention was to set up a trap in the Yangyuan area to encircle and annihilate the Inoue Division in one fell swoop.
Harada was so shocked that the porcelain bowl he was holding shattered on the ground.
An idea that Harada didn't dare to think about came to mind.
If the Eighth Route Army really wiped out the Inoue Division, the situation would be too bad. This would be an absolutely devastating blow to the imperial troops.
What worries him even more is that if even the Inoue division is not a match for the Eighth Route Army, it may even be wiped out by the entire army.
Will he be the next target of the Eighth Route Army's butcher knife?
You must know that in order to launch a sneak attack in the direction of Datong this time, he completely offended even Kong Jie, who was known as Kong Shatou.
Thinking of this, he was excited and immediately arranged for his subordinates to transfer the supplies and prepare to join the 101st Division to retreat to Yingxian County.
Of course, Inoue still needs to go to the rescue, so send a partial division and bring the artillery regiment to Inoue to listen to the sound of artillery, and arrange a few more radio stations to make announcements.
The remaining actions will wait until he successfully joins the main force of the 101st Division.
Otherwise, this reinforcement would be like sending someone to death!
Every time one of the great proletarian revolutionaries dies, one will be missing forever. It is hard to imagine how desolate and helpless a country would be without the pure dedication and patriotism of its great ancestors. We can only cherish our memory. , I will always remember them in my heart, how painful it is!
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