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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 663 The troops march to Jidong

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    Chapter 663: The troops march to Jidong

    Tong Batu incorporated the Puppet Mongolian Cavalry Brigade in front of the formation, greatly increasing its strength. Hearing that there were only a few Japanese troops stationed in Chengde, he decided not to wait for the follow-up of the main infantry force and captured Chengde first. More than 9,000 cavalrymen raised their weapons.  The dust in the sky was billowing towards Chengde. The large and small Japanese and puppet strongholds along the way were ignored at all. These Japanese and puppet troops who were defending saw the cavalry team with no head and tail. How could they still have the courage to fight? In addition, the adapted  The Sixth Cavalry Brigade had not had time to change their uniforms and could not figure out whether they were enemies or friendly forces, so they turned a blind eye and pretended to be confused.  (Baidu search,)

    Tong Batu's cavalry unit successfully arrived at the gate of Chengde City. Bagena's team swaggered to the gate. The Japanese soldiers guarding the city gate recognized that the uniforms were friendly troops. After a few questionings, they quickly let them go until they saw the cavalry behind them.  , only to realize that something was wrong, and just picked up the 38-gun in his hand, when it was too late, a few sharp sabers chopped off their heads without mercy. The cavalry entered Chengde City, immediately tore off their disguises, and started to chop them off with their horses.  Kill, kill the scattered Japanese soldiers and puppet troops to pieces, and the corpses are scattered all over the streets and alleys of Chengde.

    Six to seven hundred Japanese troops and military police retreated into a military camp and took advantage of the favorable terrain to launch a tenacious counterattack. Bagena's cavalry had no experience in such street fighting, so they charged forward and were knocked off their horses by a dense rain of bullets.  , with more than a hundred casualties, the cavalry retreated like a tide. Bagena was so angry that he cursed, this was the first battle of the Japanese division, if we don't fight well, where will we lose our face?  He personally mounted the horse and organized the cavalry charge, but was caught by Tong Batu who came after hearing the news.

    Bagana wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Tong Batu: "Commander Tong, in such a tough battle, cavalry is not the strong point. Let's surround the little devils here first and wait for the infantry behind to come up." Tong Batu mysteriously said  With a smile, the soldiers of the Second Cavalry Brigade have experienced this kind of urban assault battle many times. They are extremely experienced and know how to fight such a battle without the brigade commander's orders.

    Turning over and dismounting, the mortars immediately set up a firing position. What's even more amazing are the grenadier soldiers. They don't even get off their horses. The grenades stand on the saddle and can be fired just by talking. There are more than a hundred mortars and two hundred mortars.  Multiple grenade launchers, not counting hundreds of light and heavy machine guns, were all arranged in a formation, immediately dumbfounding Bagena and the soldiers of the Sixth Cavalry Brigade.

    Bagena swallowed and asked Tong Batu with difficulty: "Commander Tong, is this the equipment of your brigade?" Tong Batu disagreed, but he didn't think much of it. This is the basic equipment of the ** Division's cavalry brigade.  Originally, there were eight Type 92 infantry cannons, which could be dismantled and carried by four horses. Tong Batu thought it was too heavy and a waste of horses and didn't want them. He didn't know how much of a shock these had to Bagena.  .

    When Tong Batu saw that the artillery was ready, he gave a calm order: "Complete bombardment, leave no one alive." Just these two sentences were equivalent to a death sentence for six to seven hundred Japanese soldiers. There was a fierce shelling, not a big one.  The Japanese camp immediately fell into a sea of ??fire and smoke, with shrapnel flying and flashing fire. The Japanese soldiers couldn't bear the bombing, so they organized a breakout. What awaited them was a dense rain of bullets fired from light and heavy machine guns.

    Twenty minutes later, the shelling stopped, and the light and heavy machine guns stopped firing. Not a single Japanese soldier rushed out. When the smoke cleared, dozens of soldiers dismounted and went to clean the battlefield listlessly. According to their experience, nothing would be left inside.  Next, as for those thirty-eight shots, the soldiers still looked down upon them. They were just checking the bloody corpses of the little Japanese and giving a few more shots to the wounded soldiers who were still alive. This was a boring job.

    Is this the end?  Bagan's mouth was wide open. Those were six to seven hundred Japanese soldiers. If his own troops came to fight, it would cost more than a hundred lives and take a long time to defeat them.  , but it was only more than twenty minutes. Tong Batu looked at Bagena and smiled widely. He guessed Bagena's thoughts, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Brother, don't be greedy.  Soon, your brigade will be equipped like this."

    Ba Gena woke up from a dream. It seemed that the path he had chosen was the right one. Commander Tang, whom he had never met before, was so generous. The Second Cavalry Brigade continued to eliminate the remaining enemies in Chengde and captured traitors and puppet troops.  By the time Yu Guanghan led three brigades of infantry to Chengde, Tong Batu had already kept Chengde in good order.

    Yu Guanghan complained to Tong Batu, "Commander Tong, you can't wait until I arrive before attacking Chengde. After all, you have to leave a bite for me. It's better for you to eat it all at once, and you won't be afraid of not being able to digest it."  An old acquaintance, when Yu Guanghan was the Chief of Staff of the ** Division, he had frequent interactions with the brigade commanders. Tong Batu was not polite, "Chief of Staff, who made your infantrymen slow down? Who can catch up?"  Whoever takes the first bite, there are too few little devils, I¡¯m sorry, I¡¯ll take care of them all.¡±

    Chengde was successfully captured. After the troops rested for a day, according to the plan, they moved south to Zunhua and Tangshan and occupied Jidong at the end of April.In the town of Tangshan, Tong Batu and Bagena's cavalry troops went out to the front line of Shanhaiguan to monitor the movements of the Kwantung Army. Along the way, they carried out ruthless attacks on the troops of the puppet Jidong Anti-Communist Autonomous Government, fighting all the way.  Attack the city and destroy the stronghold, and be invincible.

    The cobbled-together security forces of the Jidong Anti-Communist Autonomous Government fled under the huge momentum of more than 9,000 cavalry. When they saw the dust covering the sky and the sun, they abandoned the city long ago and fled before they saw the shadow of the cavalry.  The beasts and birds dispersed, and the traitor Yin Rugeng fled into Tianjin City long ago. He said to himself unwillingly, how could he be so unlucky to offend the big devil Tang Qiuli, who would come to his territory every now and then.

    If this torment continues, even the emperor of Jidong can't stop. He has to escape. Jidong is between Pingjin and Northeast China. It has always been the safest place for the Japanese army. In addition, Yin Rugeng, a die-hard traitor, has taken over for the Japanese.  After all, the Japanese army did not put any troops in the eastern Hebei area. They were just some military police and other troops. They were wiped out by Tong Batu. Without Japanese escort, how could Yin Rugeng not wet his pants?

    Yu Guanghan entered Tangshan and immediately divided his troops to control the large coal mines in Luandong, Luanxian, Zhaogezhuang, and Tangshan. According to the order of division commander Tang Qiuli, any mineral deposits that could not be used by the Japanese division would not be left to the Japanese.  , also in order to cut off the channels for the Japanese to plunder China's resources, tons of explosives were placed in the mines of various coal mines. One after another explosions rang for two days and two nights. The coal mines in eastern Hebei were all reduced to ruins. If you want to  It will take two or three years to resume normal production, and the Japanese will not be able to take away a piece of coal from Jidong.

    All the machinery and equipment had long been transported away by Zhou Yushan's transport troops. He loved doing this kind of work the most, plundering various coal mines to the point where the Japanese would shed tears when they saw them. The coal miners and their families also got  After proper placement, those who are willing to join the Army will be recruited immediately, and those with families and dependents will be given travel expenses by the Army Logistics Department to visit relatives and friends, or to settle in the Taihang Mountains, Shaanxi, or Dingbian.

    At this time, Yu Guanghan made a fortune. He recruited more than 40,000 coal miners who were strong, well-educated, and had a sense of organization and discipline. They were organized into three brigades of new recruits, trained on the spot, and temporarily followed the army.  After the operation, Yu Guanghan's troops moved covertly to the outskirts of Tianjin, waiting for the order to attack Tianjin.

    When the Sulu Mobile Corps swept across Rehe, Jibei, Pingbei, and Jidong, it attacked the three brigades in Baoding. At the same time, it launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army in Baoding. Baoding was the Japanese army in the southern Hebei plain.  Another important strategic point outside Shijiazhuang is an important corner of the Pingjin-Bao triangle area, protecting the safety of the south gate of Pingjin.

    This is a key city fortified by the Japanese army in North China. The Japanese defense force was originally a garrison, equivalent to a strengthened brigade level, with a strength of about 18,000. Due to the military operation conducted by Okamura Ningji to sweep the Taihang Mountains, the number of troops used  Later, in order to recapture Shijiazhuang, most of the troops were transferred away. After repeated visits, the Japanese army in Baoding only had a defensive force of less than 5,000 people, which can be said to be relatively empty.

    Tang Qiusheng used three main brigades to attack Baoding. It can be said that he killed a chicken with a sledgehammer. The Sulu Mobile Corps' combat target was Tianjin. He did not want to waste too much time in Baoding. To Tang Qiusheng's expectation, the sledgehammer cut the iron rooster's throat.  Neck, the battle of Baoding was fierce from the beginning.

    The resistance of the Japanese garrison was beyond imagination. The battles were fought from the outside to the city, from street fighting to point-by-point battles. Every offensive step of the Sulu Mobile Corps had to pay a considerable price. The strongholds held by the Japanese soldiers were often destroyed.  Fighting to the last person, even the wounded soldiers fired their grenades and died together with the surrounding soldiers.

    The original plan was to capture Baoding in one day and one night, but after three days and three nights of fighting, Baoding was still not fully captured. Gunfires were everywhere in Baoding City. Tang Qiusheng was extremely anxious. The second phase of the Shijiazhuang Battle and several other battlefields were going on very fast.  Everything went smoothly, but unexpected situations occurred in Baoding, the key point in the Jizhong Plain. The most important thing was that if Baoding could not be conquered, his troops would not be able to go to Tianjin. This was a battle involving the overall situation.

    Tang Qiusheng was in the Anguo headquarters, listening to the solidified fierce gunfire from the direction of Baoding, and carefully thinking about every combat detail. According to the routine, with three brigades of nearly 40,000 troops, he attacked Baoding, which had less than 5,000 defenders.  It was eight times the size of the Japanese army. How could it lead to the current situation?

    He had nothing to criticize about the way he attacked the Baoding troops. The only way now was to increase the attacking force. However, Tang Qiusheng no longer had any troops to deploy. He attacked more than a dozen troops on the Xianxian and Suning front lines.  The tens of thousands of Japanese troops were already doing their best. What he was most afraid of was the Japanese army's only heavy troop group in North China. They reacted and launched a counterattack from the Xianxian and Suning front lines.

    This situation is not impossible. The longer the battle of Baoding drags on, the worse the situation will be.The more unfavorable the situation is to oneself, the entire strategic intention will be exposed sooner or later. If one is not careful, the whole game will be lost. But what is the problem with Baoding?  Tang Qiusheng had no answer.

    (To be continued)
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