Not only the armored infantry regiment, but as Qin Fen made phone calls one by one, all the People's Liberation Army troops stationed near Yangqu County moved into action.
Armored Infantry Regiment, targeting Jinyang Lake and Caizhuang lines.
The Second Infantry Regiment aimed at Mengcun in the suburbs of Taiyuan, guarding the main transportation route to the north of Taiyuan.
The Fourth Infantry Regiment aimed at Shihekou in the western suburbs of Taiyuan.
The first column, fighting together with the armored infantry regiment.
Pang Yuan was unaware of the criticality of the situation, so at his suggestion, the Buyi Regiment rushed from Qizhou to Nitun to coordinate the battle of Taiyuan. The Fifth Infantry Regiment, which had not yet fully formed combat effectiveness, set off from Qizhou and rushed to Pingyuan and Zhangzhuang. It replaced the second battalion and second column of the original 358 regiment stationed in Pingyuan and Zhangzhuang. The second battalion and second column were also sent to the front line of Taiyuan. support.
The Sixth Infantry Regiment was transferred from Qizhou to Yangqu as a reserve team and entered a state of emergency combat readiness to provide support at any time in case of changes in Taiyuan.
The third column still stayed in Qizhou, leaving a retreat for the People's Liberation Army.
After all, this time the People's Liberation Army has taken out all its wealth.
An armored regiment, six infantry regiments, and three columns, a total of more than 27,000 people, were all mobilized. They put on a posture of fighting the Taiyuan Japanese to the bitter end.
At this moment, the battle in Taiyuan has begun.
It is impossible for all battles to be tricky battles, even if Xie Tian is a reborn person, otherwise it will become a myth.
Yu Qiushui, the deputy commander of the third regiment, personally led the seventh battalion, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, to launch an attack on Liuxiang, but was stubbornly blocked by the Japanese at the Temple of Heaven and Earth.
As the gunfire rang out, the entire Taiyuan City fell into a commotion. The people closed their doors and hid in the cracks of the doors and looked outside, showing undisguised excitement amidst their anxiety.
Someone cried with joy and pulled out the carefully collected national flag from the bottom of the box.
They're here, they're finally back! ! !
Xie Tian stood on the top floor of Dayang Building with a straight face, holding up a telescope to look in the direction of Liuxiang, where the fire was already burning. Chu Yunfei also held up a telescope to look around.
We've already beaten him, but now there's no point in saying anything. Let's fight.
A steady stream of information poured into Dayanglou, and the radio station next to Xie Tian never stopped. Gao Ernuo and his reconnaissance company became the busiest people in Taiyuan City. Counting the newly joined soldiers brought by Duan Hong, they were all over the city. Everywhere, running back and forth to deliver information.
The battle lasted for more than half an hour and was still stalemate, but Chu Yunfei suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Xie Tian and said: "Master, after fighting for such a long time, only one squadron of the Ishikawa Brigade went to Liuxiang to support, and the other troops There is no movement at all, I’m afraid Taiyuan is really an empty city.”
Xie Tian reached out and grabbed the radio transmitter: "Yu Qiushui, lead the troops to withdraw. Li Quan, arrange the troops to cover the retreat of the Seventh Battalion."
"Division Commander, we don't have many casualties and can still fight. I am willing to issue a military order. Our Seventh Battalion will definitely be able to knock down Liuxiang."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Just withdraw when I tell you to." Xie Tian yelled. Although Yu Qiushui was the first batch of mobile platoon soldiers and was brought out by Xie Tian himself. Now he has become the deputy commander of the third regiment, but Xie Tian I am disgusted that he is not resolute in carrying out orders, otherwise Xie Tian would have let him take charge of it.
It's a good thing for your subordinates to have ideas, but having too many ideas is not necessarily a good thing, especially in the army.
Resolutely executing orders is the most basic principle for a grassroots commander, because what you see is only a local battlefield.
If Xie Tian didn't want to be in charge of the overall situation, he really wanted to personally go to the Third Regiment to command the attack on Liuxiang, but Chu Yunfei would not agree to his risk, so he had to control it remotely. Fortunately, there was a radio that could quickly convey orders.
However, there are some tactical deployments that cannot be stated directly on the radio. Their radio stations were all captured from the Japanese, and the Japanese would naturally be able to hear their deployments on the radio.
After being scolded, Yu Qiushui became honest and immediately gave the order to the team to alternately cover the retreat.
The Japanese chased them for two streets and were ambushed by the Eighth Battalion led by Li Quan. They abandoned twenty or thirty corpses and returned to Liuxiang.
Li Quan withdrew the 7th Battalion to rest and recuperated, and pushed the 8th Battalion to the front line of the Temple of Heaven and Earth. The 9th Battalion followed Liudong Road to outflank Liuxiang, and the regiment moved directly to the left wing to outflank Xiaohaizi.
The hand-to-hand street fighting was extremely difficult, but the Japanese clearly showed insufficient strength and only defended a few solid fortifications at the Liuxiang intersection to fight back.
The battle was still going on, but Xie Tian had already breathed a sigh of relief. He dropped the telescope and turned around, lying on the map to ask about the status of various Japanese strongholds.
As expected, the devil's background was revealed in just one beating.
Taiyuan is already an empty city. The remaining Japanese troops in Taiyuan are probably less than one regiment, and their combat effectiveness is not very good. The Seventh Battalion only pursued two streets and immediately retreated to Liuxiang when they were ambushed.
Chu Yunfei looked at Xie Tian with a smile on his face: "Master, you have revealed all the details of the Japanese with this attack. I suggest you first remove the small strongholds of the Japanese, and then concentrate your forces to attack Yan Mansion in Liuxiang."
Yan Gongguan, Yan Xishan's home in Taiyuan. After the Japanese occupied Taiyuan, they seemed to have been setting up military agencies in Yan Gongguan in order to humiliate Yan Xishan. Okamura Ningci came to Taiyuan and regarded Yan Gongguan as his final destination.
Xie Tian hummed, frowned slightly, and searched the map inch by inch with the pencil in his hand, and asked: "Brother Yunfei, which direction do you think Neji Okamura will run in?"
Chu Yunfei raised his eyebrows slightly and secretly sighed in his heart.
He was still thinking about how to fight Taiyuan, but Xie Baoqing's thoughts had already jumped out of Taiyuan to pursue Okamura Neji.
Chu Yunfei brought over another lantern to illuminate the map more brightly, and said thoughtfully: "Now all intelligence shows that the Japanese army in Taiyuan is heading to the southeast. To the southeast is Yanmen Pass, Gangcun Ning It is the most convenient and direct route to open Yanmen Pass via Yangquan for the first time. Moreover, there is only the New Second Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in the direction of Yanmen Pass. Counting their so-called county brigade and district team, the strength is only about 4,000 people. They also just occupied Yanmen Pass. The city defenses also need a period of repair. Fortunately, during this period we successively recaptured Qizhou and Yangqu, which disrupted the Japs' rhythm and bought them some more time. But with their current strength, I'm afraid they won't be able to withstand Gangcun. Neji's attack will be defeated. After all, Okamura Neji has mobilized almost all the troops in Taiyuan, and there is also an artillery regiment to help. The difference in strength between the two sides is too great."
Xie Tian straightened up and looked at Chu Yunfei: "Xu Shiyou should still be at Yanmen Pass now. It has been seventeen days since he captured Yanmen Pass. When he captured Yanmen Pass, he must have considered that the Japanese would counterattack. With this half He must have made full arrangements within a month, and I also left him ten 60 mortars and fifty boxes of artillery shells. It may not be that easy for Neji Okamura to break through Yanmen Pass."
