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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 652 Siege from eight sides

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    Chapter 652: Siege from eight sides

    The battle at Huangyadong was a shocking event. Okamura Neiji could hardly stand when he saw hundreds of remnants of the Sixth Mixed Brigade, who were in ragged clothes and covered in blood. They had obviously lost half their lives and lost all their courage.  He put his hand on the table, lowered his head and was speechless for a while. He made a rare miscalculation. He originally thought that the small yellow cliff hole was a lamb to be slaughtered, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be a tiger with a mouth full of sharp teeth, and he swallowed it in one gulp.  I am a soldier in a brigade.

    This is the biggest loss since Okamura Neiji took over as the supreme commander of the North China Expeditionary Force. Of course, there are also more than 300 aircraft of the Air Force, which were severely damaged twice in a row. Okamura Neiji's mood is extremely bad.  , definitely not as high-spirited and high-spirited as when they first arrived in North China. The entire command headquarters looked gloomy and gloomy because almost all of the Sixth Brigade was shattered.

    On the map, Huangya Cave, which had been clearly marked by the staff, seemed to be shining with a mocking luster against the pale light of the gas lamp. Neji Okamura sat in front of the map like a stone. The staff officers and staff who came in and out were doing their best.  He slowed down his pace and even lowered his breathing. From the livid expression on His Excellency the Commander's face, it was not difficult to see that he wanted to kill someone now and not be the unlucky one. It was a smart man's choice.

    Okamura Neji's mind has been firmly attracted by the name of this place deep in the Taihang Mountains. His eyes suddenly flashed like a wolf. That's it. The loss of a brigade has also revealed  The depth of the Huangya Cave allowed a brigade of the Imperial Army to be destroyed in less than a day. Where did the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli put how many troops?

    One brigade or three brigades. According to the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Imperial Army soldiers, one Imperial Army soldier can match the combat effectiveness of five Chinese soldiers, no less than four brigades of 50,000 people. Neji Okamura has  After judging by his own judgment, this was a big fish. Huangyadong was not only Tang Qiuli's logistics supply base, but also his reserve soldier supply base. It was an unexpected gain.

    Okamura Neji's mood broadened. The deepest hidden big fish finally surfaced. However, the price was a bit high. Okamura Neji didn't care. As long as he could achieve his set strategic goals, he would use the blood of his soldiers.  , submerged Huangya Cave, and did not hesitate to destroy Tang Qiuli's logistics supply base and eliminate the ** division troops hiding there, but tens of thousands of people and two gains in one strike diluted Okamura Neji's  Frustration.

    All troops sweeping the Taihang Mountains must launch combat operations around Huangya Cave. A whole set of plans was formed in Okamura Neiji's head. The Japanese command headquarters issued orders one after another. In addition to attacking the troops on the flanks of Niangziguan,  All troops from all over the Taihang Mountains immediately gathered around Huangya Cave to form a huge encirclement.

    Around Huangya Cave, this currently inconspicuous place that will eventually become famous in the world, all the Japanese troops in the Taihang Mountains came from all directions. More than 300,000 Japanese troops, like an airtight net, surrounded Huangya Cave.  The hole is tightly wrapped inside, and on the periphery of the Japanese army are the troops of Sun Zhenbang, the Japanese division, and the troops of three divisions of the Eighth Route Army.

    Faced with the heavy concentration of Japanese troops, the troops had no good strategy and could only carry out continuous harassment on the periphery. Three days later, the first batch of Japanese troops arriving at the periphery of Huangyadong had reached three divisions and nearly 80,000 people.  , Okamura Neiji did not order the attack to begin immediately, but ordered the Japanese troops to deploy on the spot, seize the commanding heights around Huangyadong, and establish several cordons.

    The various special operations units that have been operating in the Taihang Mountains have no idea what kind of medicine Okamura Neji sells in his gourd. They just report the actual situation of the Japanese army to the division commander truthfully. Chang Feng, who is ready to prepare, does not know the reason. According to the  Normally, the Japanese army should launch an attack. Neji Okamura's deployment has been completed. Now, even a bird has no intention of flying out of the Japanese blockade area within a dozen kilometers around Huangya Cave.

    Five days later, the second batch of Japanese troops arrived, but Okamura Neiji still did not take action. Seven days later, the last batch of Japanese troops also arrived in the area around Huangya Cave. Okamura Neiji was around the small Huangya Cave,  Nearly 240,000 troops were assembled, with Huangyadong as the center, covering a radius of more than 50 kilometers. There were various checkpoints and blockades established by the Japanese army everywhere. The transportation lines from Changzhi to the vicinity of Huangyadong  , also established.

    Chang Feng, who observed the movements of the Japanese troops from a high place every day, kept wondering. The little devils were busy working happily. Through the telescope, the mountains and plains were full of Japanese soldiers wearing khaki military uniforms. The Japanese troops could even be seen setting up on the hillside.  After waiting for seven days at the artillery position, the Japanese army had no intention of launching an attack. Unusually, this was Chang Feng's first judgment.

    As soon as Tang Qiuli received several telegrams from Chang Feng, the Japanese army arrived with reinforcements, but still did not launch an attack. To be honest, he couldn't guess the true intention of this old fox Okamura Neji. Is he besieging them instead of attacking?  Then why did he put in so much effort?  Time was against him, he was hitting my wifeIn the mountainous area, I am targeting his lifeblood, the big cities and transportation hubs and strategic points in the surrounding areas of Pingjin and Tianjin.

    There must be Neji Okamura's sinister intentions and true intentions hidden in it. Tang Qiuli almost searched his mind for all the battle cases related to the Anti-Japanese War, and could not find any battle cases similar to the situation in Huangyadong in front of him. He was almost so angry that  Why are you scolding Neji Okamura, an old fox?  More than 200,000 people are just wasting their lives in the mountains. If you don¡¯t bother me, I will.

    He had no choice but to order Sun Zhenbang's troops who were fighting in the Taihang Mountains, the various units of the special operations detachment, and the Eighth Route Army troops to annihilate the scattered enemies and find favorable fighter opportunities. The three troops could cooperate with each other and strive to annihilate the weaker Japanese army. Only Okamura Ning  After the first beating hurt, I realized what he was going to do. In one sentence, he told me the true intentions of this old devil Okamura Neji.

    At the same time, he sent an order to Chang Feng in Huangyadong. He must respond calmly and not be impetuous. He should stay away from isolated and scattered defense points in the core position. He could give up selectively and concentrate his forces on the core defense system to avoid being overwhelmed.  This order was absolutely necessary as the heavy Japanese army group was removed point by point, causing unnecessary losses. The subsequent development of the battle showed that Tang Qiuli's subconscious decision saved the lives of many soldiers guarding Huangyadong.

    The Japanese troops around Huangyadong were surrounded but refused to attack. The situation was strange. The Japanese troops who went north to attack the flanks in the direction of Niangziguan finally climbed to the vicinity of Guanshan Mountain after many days of arduous mountain march. They were tortured by the rugged mountain roads and continuous mountains.  The day after the exhausted Japanese army, about 60,000 strong, completed the siege of the Huangyadong base by Okamura Ningji, its leading troops appeared near Jiedu and Leping south of Guanshan.

    Along the way from Licheng, this Japanese army, which carried out the strategic plan of Okamura Neiji to go east to Niangziguan, attack the flank of Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps, and go west to Taiyuan to seize the capital of Shanxi Province, had a hard time and difficult travel.  The mountainous roads and endless mountains were their natural enemies. What made the Japanese soldiers even more miserable was that not a single person could be seen along the way, the villages were deserted, and even the wells were polluted and buried.  All supplies rely on transportation along the way from Changzhi.

    They couldn't find water to drink and couldn't keep up with supplies. In the worst days, tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers, together with their commanders, drank two meals of gruel that could be seen, including senior Japanese generals.  They shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, but the cooking soldiers wanted to please the superiors and had no food to cook. At first they wanted to catch some game. Of those who went out, one or two out of ten came back empty-handed. The rest were either swallowed up by the mountains or swallowed up by the mountains.  Falling prey to ghostly Chinese soldiers.

    The four-legged beasts along the way have long been frightened and fled in front of the two-legged beasts. There are also landmines exploding at any time, grenades and guns falling in white smoke, and fatal shots coming from nowhere or behind the cliff.  Bullets, large rocks rolling down from high altitude, all of which caused the Japanese army, which had more than 70,000 people at the time of departure, to lose thousands in non-combat casualties, plus those who were killed and bombed.  Of the dead, there are only more than 60,000 soldiers left.

    Such a tired army, faced with more than 80,000 troops under the unified command of Feng Jiwu who were waiting for work and moaning with pain, could they still take advantage? Where Huangyadong did not start, the battle of Guanshan started first. This is  In a head-on battle, the Japanese vanguard consisted of about two regiments and divided into two groups. They first attacked the defensive positions of Jiedu, Leping and Feng Jiwu's troops.

    Seeing the Japanese soldiers approaching in battle formation, Feng Jiwu only issued one order: "The artillery is not allowed to fire. Forward troops, keep all the little devils and don't let any of them escape." Feng Jiwu felt despised again. The Japanese command  Is the officer a fool and an idiot? Faced with several deep defense fortifications of his own, he sent two regiments to attack. Is he seeking death or is he arrogant? It is impossible to guess the thoughts of the Japanese commander.

    I just know that Major General Feng Jiwu, deputy commander of the ** Division and commander of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, was extremely angry. If the division commander had not repeatedly ordered that the Japanese troops should not take the initiative to attack unless they suffered heavy casualties, Feng Jiwu would have issued orders across the board.  With the order to attack, more than 60,000 little Japanese who had come all the way and had only half their lives were driven back to their hometowns in Japan, or into the Yellow Sea to feed the sharks.

    The result of the battle was just as Feng Jiwu said. As soon as the Japanese soldiers of the two regiments entered the firepower range of the Japanese division, they were immediately enveloped by a rain of bullets like a volcanic eruption. They were covered in blood and were still alive.  They were suppressed in place, not daring to move at all. The light and heavy machine gun bullets hit the rocks until sparks erupted, and the troops attacked.

    The Japanese troops of the two regiments did not escape too far, and were surrounded by soldiers who were closely pursuing them. They were surrounded on a high ground. The main force of the Japanese troops that arrived later immediately went into battle. Feng Jiwu ordered the troops to attack across the board.  He saw that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese soldiers dropped sharply, and the artilleryThere were only a few of them, so we took advantage of the little devil's unsteady footing and simply beat them back, thus eliminating the threat in the direction of Niangziguan.

    (To be continued)
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