Last night, a shell sent away Major General Saburo Abe, the commander of the Abe Brigade of the Yokoye Division of the Kwantung Army, as well as two colonels and four lieutenants. After hearing the news, the commander of the North China First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, was furious and ordered Ping Ping. The garrison in the far county town will clear out the resistance forces near the Tongpu Railway at all costs. If necessary, the garrison in Taiyuan can be requested for support.
According to the enemy attack methods reported by the Zhangzhuang stronghold, Shinozuka Yoshio concluded that the enemy who attacked the Zhangzhuang stronghold was the Xiaogu Eighth Route Army or the Jinsui Army. They only accidentally attacked the train that Saburo Abe was riding.
The Abe Brigade was the vanguard unit supporting the Hengye Division, one of the two divisions of the Kwantung Army in northwestern Shanxi. Unexpectedly, it was hit hard less than a day after entering northwestern Shanxi. This battle severely damaged the morale of the North China Army and the Kwantung Army. , if he could not repay the Chinese people ten times or a hundred times, Yoshio Shinozuka would not be able to explain to Yamada Otsuzo, the commander of the Kwantung Army who had just taken office and strongly supported him.
If Xie Tian had known that a major general, two colonels, and four lieutenants were killed in one shot last night, I'm afraid he would have laughed so hard that his nose was filled with snot during his sleep last night.
It's just a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to go to the scene to inspect the results of the battle in person. It would be better if I could give a lecture to the defeated soldiers of Abe's brigade with my hands on my hips.
Captain Nobumura Sasaki of the Abe Brigade Nobumura Regiment became the supreme commander of the Japanese army in Zhangzhuang. After receiving the order from Yoshio Shinozuka, he immediately gathered the remaining troops and transferred the Japanese from the two squadrons of the Zhangzhuang stronghold to temporarily piece together A regiment, supplemented by a company of Imperial Army soldiers, led the way and aggressively followed the tracks to seek revenge. Unexpectedly, all the people in Dagu Town had already fled.
Xie Tian had no intention of covering up the trajectory of his actions. He just wanted to lure the Japs from Zhangzhuang stronghold, which was as hard as a tortoise shell, to Dagu Town, where he had an absolute advantage, to grind them to death, and to train the new ones to join the team. Those Jinsui Army soldiers.
But after destroying the military column, Xie Tian realized that the Japanese's revenge might be more cruel than imagined. After returning, he adjusted his strategy and divided the first battalion.
Now Xie Tian's strategy began to adjust again, and his eyes were fixed on Zhang Zhuang, who was temporarily empty of troops.
If Zhangzhuang can be captured and the Tongpu line is completely cut off, then the reinforcements from the two Japanese divisions will be blocked in the periphery of northwestern Shanxi. Strategically, the Japanese can only launch a large-scale sweep and move forward, starting from the nearest Shanyin. From now on, the scope of the Japanese raids will spread to seven counties. The Central Army, Shanxi-Sui Army, and Eighth Route Army will all be involved. The scale of the battle is no less than another Hundred Regiment War.
By then, the entire northwest of Shanxi will be in chaos. President Peng will most likely mobilize the Eighth Route Army fighting in North China to support northwest Shanxi. Yan Laoxi will have no choice but to fight with his back against the wall. I am afraid that Bald Jiang will also send troops to retreat to the northeast of Shaanxi. If the army joins the battle group, half of China will be in full swing.
The key point that triggered this war was in Xie Tian's hands.
Zhangzhuang, as long as Zhangzhuang is captured, the Chinese people's anti-Japanese enthusiasm will be ignited again.
Therefore, this battle must be fought and must be won.
Now Xie Tian is thinking about how to obtain the greatest victory at the least cost.
It is impossible to fight this battle without bloodshed.
However, Xie Tian himself was injured. Even if he had to fight hard, he would still get through this battle.
This time, Xie Tian simply wore only a pair of trousers and sat on the kang surrounded by a quilt. He had someone carry the sandbox in front of the kang. Observation posts went back and forth to report on the enemy's movements.
More than 3,000 Japanese soldiers all entered Dagu Town, but they were unwilling to go back empty-handed.
Gathering in front of the sand table at Xie Tian's regiment headquarters, Yamada Jiro, the original top commander of the Zhangzhuang stronghold, introduced to Nobumura Sasaki the situation between the enemy and the enemy marked on the sand table, and corrected several incorrect places he knew on the sand table.
Although it was just a matter of simply pulling out a few flags and inserting a few more, the situation between the enemy and ourselves had already undergone subtle changes.
Nobumura Sasaki arrived in northwest Shanxi for the first time, and he was not even familiar with the mountains and landforms in northwest Shanxi. Fortunately, thanks to Xie Tian's sandbox, he could intuitively understand the situation in northwest Shanxi, and with the introduction of Jiro Yamada, a man with rich experience in fighting in northwest Shanxi. , he already has a general understanding of the situation he is currently facing.
The situation in northwest Shanxi is far more complicated than he imagined.
In the Kwantung Army, the main enemy they faced was the Soviets, followed by the all-pervasive Anti-Japanese Alliance.
In northwest Shanxi, they had to face the Central Army's Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army. Nobumura Sasaki didn't even understand the difference between these three armies. Aren't they all Chinese armies under the leadership of the Chongqing government?
Tiedan got into the headquarters from the tunnel with a sad face, and said to Xie Tian: "The little devils are chatting around the sand table and don't know what they are talking about. Godfather, I think they are all high-ranking officials. How about I just do it?" Let’s kill them all.”
Xie Tian scratched his head and looked at Wu Wenhua: "Do you understand Japanese?"
Wu Wenhua grinned: "You can understand Baga, Yoxi, and Sayunara, does that count?"
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Tang Haoer glanced at Xie Tian: "How about I go and listen?"
Xie Tian remembered Tang Haoer's translation of Japanese medicine bottles and nodded cautiously: "Be careful and don't make a sound no matter what you hear. Tiedan, you go with your godmother."
Tiedan groaned and pulled the gun bolt to open the safety.
Tang Haoer stood up and took out the small Browning, looked at Xie Tian and said angrily: "Drink the soup, it's already cold."
Xie Tian picked up the fish soup without hesitation and drank it all in one gulp. The fish soup was made by Tang Haoer and the chicken soup was made by Li Chunxiang. There was no mistaking this.
Tang Haoer chuckled and got into the tunnel. Tiedan hurriedly squeezed in front: "Godmother, wait a moment, I have opened all the mechanisms, wait until I close them."
The agency doesn't recognize people, and even one of your own will be hit if you step on them.
The tunnel was so narrow that one could only bend down to walk. Tiedan walked in front and closed the mechanisms one by one, opened the wooden door that was fireproof, gasproof, and anti-Japanese. After reaching the upward passage, he turned around and made a silent gesture to Tang Haoer.
Here you can already faintly hear the sound of someone talking from above, but you can't make out clearly what they are saying.
Tang Haoer knew that the Japs were above his head, and his heart was pounding. He was holding the Browning in his hand, and his palms were already covered in cold sweat.
Tiedan quietly reached for the tunnel exit, put his ear against the cover and listened for a while. After making sure that there was no movement in front of him, he put down his gun, held the cover with both hands, and moved to the side bit by bit.
As the first cover was removed, the voices speaking outside could be heard more clearly, but the voices were still a bit hazy, and it was still difficult to hear what was being said when the words were spoken too fast.
Tie Dan turned back to look at Tang Hao'er, who gently shook his head at Tie Dan.
Tiedan carefully moved away the first layer of the cover, and then there was the bottom plate of the counter. After opening the bottom plate, people can stand up with half of their body in the counter, and can also check the outside situation through the observation holes on the counter. .
It's just that the Japs searched the house when they came in. Naturally, the Japs wouldn't let go of the counter, which was big enough to hide people. After the search, they didn't close the counter door. Half of the person's body was exposed in the counter, although he still had three sides. Cover, but the risk of exposure is still very high.
Tiedan knelt down and whispered to Tang Haoer: "The devil has opened the counter door. Godmother, please wait for a while. I will see if I can close the door first, and then you can go out."
Tang Haoer grabbed Tiedan's arm: "Be careful. If it doesn't work, just cut a slit in the floor. You should be able to hear clearly even if you cut a slit."
Tiedan bared his teeth at Tang Haoer and said, "Don't worry, godmother, I will be careful."
Tang Haoer knew that Tiedan would not be rash, so he nodded and squeezed his arm gently.
Tiedan smiled back and quietly stood up, holding the counter floor with both hands, holding his breath and moving slightly away.
With this gap, the voices outside can be transmitted into the tunnel more clearly.
Tang Haoer breathed a sigh of relief and began to listen seriously.
Outside the headquarters, Nobumura Sasaki was still watching the sand table carefully. Now he finally figured out the relationship between the Central Army's Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army. He frowned slightly and looked at Yamada Jiro and asked: "Yamada-kun, are you here?" It’s been several years since we’ve been in northwestern Shanxi, which army did you think attacked us last night?”
Yamada Jiro shook his head: "I'm not sure about this. The Eighth Route Army is best at night attacks, but the Eighth Route Army units rarely have heavy firepower, and they are not good at mobile combat. As far as I know, several main Eighth Route regiments nearby None of them are equipped with cars. Car targets are too big for them to hide their whereabouts."
"Is that the Jinsui Army?" Nobumura Sasaki asked with a frown.
Yamada Jiro said uncertainly: "This is more likely. The equipment of the Jinsui Army is even slightly better than that of the Central Army. They have this maneuverability. Moreover, the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army entrenched here is quite strong and has comparable strength. It’s about one of our brigade. It’s just that the fighting method last night didn’t look like what Chu Yunfei did. This man only likes to fight regular battles, and this sneaky fighting method is more like Li Yunlong’s style.”
Sneaking around.
Tang Haoer, who was hiding in the tunnel, wanted to laugh.
Isn't this exactly Xie Tian's style? During this period, none of the battles Xie Tian fought were just sneaking around.
However, this sneaking attack severely damaged the enemy. Both the Japanese and the Shanxi-Sui Army suffered the consequences of Xie Tian's sneaking attack.
At this time, a strong north wind blew through, and the two wooden doors of the headquarters were blown open and banged against the wall. The glass on the door was almost shattered.
Xie Tian's Jianbi Qingye was so thorough that he even took off the cotton curtain hanging at the door and brought it into the tunnel.
Even if that thing is used as a quilt, it can protect people from the wind and cold. It is better than giving it cheaply to the devils.
