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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 567 Return of Qiuquan

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    Chapter 567 Qiuquan returns

    All day long on January 5th, the North China Expeditionary Force Headquarters was busy organizing troops to rescue Yamaguchi. Orders were easy to issue, but it was not so easy to withdraw troops from the front lines of Datong and Niangziguan, especially Datong.  On the front line, originally facing the superior Jin army, the strength of the Japanese army was thin. With the withdrawal of another division, coupled with the continuous battle attrition, the total strength of the Japanese army in the direction of Datong was sharply reduced to less than 80,000, but they faced nearly  Three hundred thousand elite troops of the Jin army.

    After resorting to this last resort, Xiangyue Qingsi was on tenterhooks. If the Jin army launched a large-scale offensive at this time, the line from Xiwan Fort to Huai'an would be easily broken through. Next, Zhangjiakou would also be difficult to protect.  Without this important strategic support point in the west of Pingjin, the Jin army's front can be directed towards the northwest of Peiping, and the situation in the Pingjin area will be worrying.

    Xiangyue Qingji kept praying, and God Amaterasu blessed him. That old fox Yan Xishan must not start a fight at this time. He mobilized troops from the direction of Niangziguan. He also spent a lot of time thinking and knew that the opponent on the opposite side was a military division.  The main force is not as easy to talk to as Yan Xishan. If he knew that he would deploy troops and stalk them so that these troops could not withdraw, Xiangyue Qingsi would definitely believe it.

    Therefore, the mobilization of troops on the two battlefields was carried out at night. In fact, both Yan Xishan's Datong frontline commander Zhao Chengshou and Feng Jiwu on the Niangziguan frontline were aware of the Japanese troops on the opposite side through different channels.  There are signs of unusual mobilization.

    Zhao Chengshou made a phone call to Yan Xishan. The old man pondered for a long time and told Zhao Chengshou to watch his own gate. The Japanese were full of tricks. As long as they did not take the initiative to attack, they would be left to their own devices. Zhao Chengshou understood the intention of Commander Yan very much and went to instruct the frontline troops.  In addition to not acting rashly, special emphasis was placed on increasing night observation posts to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese troops.

    In terms of strength, those who took the opportunity to launch an attack were the troops from the Datong direction of the Jin army. Compared with the Japanese army, their strength was more than three to one, and their firepower was also inferior to that of the Japanese army. As expected, Xiangyue Qingji's head custody was bigger than that of Wo Gua.  , However, such a great opportunity was missed in vain. Taking the initiative to attack was not in line with Chief Yan's principles of doing things.

    Feng Jiwu mutely reported the situation he discovered to the division commander. Tang Qiuli called back and told him not to interfere with the Japanese army's mobilization of troops. The division commander was planning the next battle and attached the battle plan for the Shexian battle with the telegram. Feng Jiwu suddenly realized that the division commander had  The Japanese army began to have ideas. Otherwise, the Japanese army would never transfer troops from Niangziguan so easily. Even if they wanted to transfer troops, they would not stop. They only need to send two regiments to harass all the way. There is no time for the Japanese army to leave.  Want to reach the assembly point.

    Therefore, Xiangyue Qingsi mobilized troops from the battlefields of Datong and Niangziguan without any interference, and it was very smooth. However, Xiangyue Qingsi knew the pain in his heart, and he pieced together almost all the troops guarding Beiping.  There are only two brigades of troops defending the city of Beiping, and the strategic rear is so empty that Xiangyue Qingji is worried. Who knows if Tang Qiuli, the Chinese devil who is accustomed to playing cards that do not follow common sense, can suddenly attack Beiping?

    On January 6, the three Japanese troops finally arrived at the assembly point, Xingtai in southern Hebei, and were immediately organized and integrated to form the Second Army of the North China Expeditionary Force. The commander was Lieutenant General Hirano Hiroshi, the former commander of the Sixth Division.  The Second Army has only one mission, which is to break through the layers of resistance of the Chinese Army at any cost and rescue the surrounded Yamaguchi troops.

    For this reason, the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters specially strengthened the Second Army of Hirano Hirano with a tank regiment, two cavalry regiments, two field artillery regiments, and a heavy artillery regiment. For this, Xiangyue Qingji almost sent  All the money in the family was emptied, and the last tank regiment of the dispatched army was brought out. This was not the end. Koyuki Kiyoshi promised Hirano Hiroshi to coordinate the Kwantung Army aviation force. If necessary, he could send aircraft to participate in the battle and provide the second  The army provides air fire support.

    Only then did Hirano feel confident. Isotani Rensuke's First Army was gathered and annihilated at the gates of Xuzhou City, leaving a lingering shadow in the hearts of every senior general of Japan's North China Expeditionary Force. Hirano knew that he had no Isotani.  Lian Jie's strategy also had fewer troops than the original First Army, with only a hundred thousand soldiers at full strength. It also went deep into the hinterland of Tang Qiuli's Yellow River defense line, and it was in the rolling Taihang Mountains.

    Thinking of this, Hirano's conscience became weak. He knew that this job would not be easy. On January 7, after three days of preparation, the newly formed Japanese Second Army of more than 100,000 people set out from Xingtai in southern Hebei and passed through Handan.  Drive towards Shexian County. Shexian County has been one of the main passages in and out of the Taihang Mountains since ancient times. The winding Qingzhang River flows through the south of the city. Previously, when Shankou was sweeping the Taihang Mountains, its headquarters was located here.

    When Hirano left Xingtai, he went against the routine of putting out reinforcements like putting out a fire. He was extremely cautious and did not rush forward. He deployed a regiment of troops about ten kilometers in front of the main force., whenever encountering a dangerous area, fire reconnaissance must be conducted first, and then the leading troops occupy the high ground on both sides to cover the passage of the large troops. In this way, the marching speed will not be fast, but it is also very safe.

    They set off at dawn and camped before dark. All the Japanese troops had their heads tightened. The journey of more than 100 kilometers from Handan to Shexian took three full days. By the evening of January 9th,  The Japanese army entered Shexian County and crowded the small Shexian County. The streets were full of Japanese soldiers talking about birdsong. The Second Army headquarters immediately moved into Shexian County. The four gates of Shexian County were closed tightly.  , heavily guarded, as if facing a formidable enemy.

    As soon as the Japanese army left Handan, their whereabouts fell into the eyes of the reconnaissance unit of the special operations detachment. Intelligence was continuously collected to the division commander. At this time, Tang Qiuli was still in Tang Qiusheng's headquarters in Huangnian, north of Lucheng.  , the Japanese army's actions greatly exceeded his expectations, and also added a lot of difficulties to the ambushes of the ** division.

    It had been three days since the troops entered the ambush position on the south bank of the Qingzhang River on January 6. In order not to expose the target, they could not light a fire to cook, let alone move around at will. The soldiers lay in the icy trenches, braving the biting cold wind.  , eating icy dry food, without any warmth, the number of sick soldiers increased sharply, and the troops generally felt impatient.

    Moreover, if the Japanese army marches in this way, the idea of ??ambushing the troops in a dangerous area will definitely come to nothing. A firefight with the Japanese advance troops will inevitably alert the main Japanese troops behind. Once the Japanese troops retreat, the carefully prepared ambush will be  Disintegrated into nothing.

    Tang Qiuli fell into deep thought. He learned that the Japanese army had entered Shexian County. He couldn't help but become anxious. Shexian County and the south bank of the Qingzhang River were just a few steps away. Tomorrow, the leading troops of the Japanese army would meet with the ambush troops.  Encounter, if this problem is not solved tonight, it will be a frontal blockade and the idea of ??annihilating most of the Japanese army will be in vain, and the meaning of besieging the three will be lost. This is not the result he wants.

    After dinner, he looked at the map and thought hard about the safest way. Mei Ting sat quietly on the chair, looking at her frowning husband, her dark eyes following his figure turning back and forth, secretly hating that she couldn't  The only thing I could do to relieve my husband's worries was to pour out the herbal tea and add boiling water.

    There were rapid footsteps outside, and Shan Hu rushed in, panting. Tang Qiuli turned around in surprise, Shan Hu rarely looked like this, what happened?  Before he could ask, Shan Hu said confusedly: "Xiao Qiu, you're back, you're back." Tang Qiuli was confused as to why he was back, and he called him by his nickname.

    "Brother Qiuquan, Brother Qiuquan and the others are back." Shan Hu finally made it clear. When Tang Qiuli heard this, his heart beat violently. Brother Qiuquan and the others are back?  It was such great news. At that time, she left everything behind and hurriedly ran out with Shan Hu, leaving Mei Ting helplessly looking at Tang Qiuli's cotton-padded clothes on the bed, and then she also ran out.

    In a warm room, Tang Qiuquan was sitting on a chair drinking water. When he saw Tang Qiuli coming in, he immediately stood up and said, "Report to the division commander, Tang Qiuquan, leader of the special operations detachment, has completed the mission and is returning to the team." Tang Qiuli grabbed him.  Qiuquan looked at his cousin carefully with his hand.

    Tang Qiuquan had lost contact for about five months since he went to the Northeast. During this period, too many things happened, coupled with frequent and tense battles, and faced with the pressure of nearly one million Japanese troops, Tang Qiuli could not  He spent more energy thinking about Brother Qiuquan, who was alone behind enemy lines, but when he had a little leisure time, he really thought about it. Although he knew that Brother Qiuquan and the troops he led would not be in any danger, but he never thought about it.  The news also made him worried.

    Brother Qiuquan had obviously lost weight, and his face bore the wind and frost of a long journey. Only his eyes were still as sharp, and the murderous aura on his body was even stronger. Tang Qiuli held his hand and sat side by side on the edge of the Kang, with a look on his face.  Looking at Qiuquan eagerly, he wondered how he and the more than 900 soldiers of the special operations detachment and guard brigade had spent the past five months.

    After Qiuquan and the others made a big fuss in Xinjing, they attracted the attention of the Kwantung Army. The commander of the Kwantung Army, General Nanjiro, ordered a tight seal on the Manchurian border, and formed a special force to pursue them all the way, followed by two regiments.  The motorized infantry, like mad dogs, held on tightly. Qiuquan considered that it would be difficult to go back south directly, so he simply led the Japanese pursuing troops towards North Manchuria, all the way to the Heilongjiang area on the Sino-Soviet border.

    In the dense forests around Tongjiang, Qiuquan set up an ambush and fought a bloody battle with the Japanese special forces who were following him. At the cost of 31 casualties, he killed all the Japanese troops who had always been biting behind him. The radio station was located there.  The radio operator was damaged in that battle and died, so contact with the division headquarters was lost.

    Although Qiuquan¡¯s words are very plain, everyone here knows that in this simple narrative, there are countless thrilling stories and how many hardships and dangers.After fighting bloody battles one after another, he finally returned safely, and Tang Qiuli's heart that had always been hanging on finally fell to the ground.

    (To be continued)
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