Glorious Mission 1937

Chapter 280: The Cicada Fighting Back

The bottom of the east slope is a small basin, which is the most flat and open terrain in the vicinity. Although it is still surrounded by high mountains and dense forests, the area of ​​these two square kilometers is surprisingly flat.Therefore, the nearby farmers use this place as a good place to reclaim wasteland. From the dense corn stubble on the ground, it can be seen that the harvest here is still good.

The 47th Army retreated while fighting. After retreating here, when Li Jiayu was about to order the troops to continue to retreat, he suddenly heard the sound of fierce guns in front.Li Jiayu was startled. As a relatively good commander, Li Jiayu knew that the troops ahead must have encountered the Japanese army.

Now there are obstacles in the way and then chasing the enemy. If he can't open the opening in a short time and rush out, then his 47th Army is over today.But Li Jiayu is Li Jiayu after all, the person who can separatize the territory and become the king in Sichuan, where the king's banner is changed at the top of the city, can be called a hero.

Li Jiayu, who knew that today might be hanging, immediately ordered the troops to stop breaking out and occupy the gentle slopes on both sides of the bottom of the east slope.

This is the end of the matter, there is no other way.Rather than being chased and annihilated by the enemy, it is better to be a hero who died in battle on the spot.Besides, don't look at the Japanese army fighting happily now, but don't forget that there is a Chinese infantry on both sides of the Japanese army. If the three parties cooperate well, it is not impossible to turn defeat into victory.

After receiving a telegram from the 47th Army asking for help, Sun Weiru turned pale with shock. The Japanese army set up an ambush at the company camp station and Liushuyan area.Moreover, Liu Enmao's 15th Army directly attacked Li Jiayu's Chinese Army directly, which can be described as extremely risky.

Sun Weiru knew the strength of Li Jiayu's troops. Although the morale of the soldiers was high, they had the determination and will to fight the enemy to the end.However, the No.40 Seventh Army was adapted from the Sichuan Army after all. Its weapons and equipment are notoriously dilapidated and simple. Among all the battle sequences of the National Revolutionary Army, only the No.18 Army belonging to the Communist Party can match it. Compared to this, it is really difficult for such an army to withstand the siege of heavy Japanese aircraft and artillery.

Sun Weiru did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered Zhao Shoushan's 38th Army to speed up the march.Running to the company camp station, Sun Weiru was very aware of the strength of the Japanese army in Shanxi.Since the Japanese army was able to deploy nearly two divisions to ambush his Fourth Army.Then it shows that the Japanese troops in other directions must be very empty.So at the same time, Sun Weiru also sent a telegram to the World War II District Chief's Department, stating his conjecture, and expressing that the Fourth Army is willing to feed the tiger with its body, even if the entire army is wiped out, it will entangle the two Japanese troops. division.Can't get it out of there anyway.

Yan Laoxi knew what Sun Weiru meant.It is to let the other two armies take the opportunity to launch a full-scale attack.Finally, go back and eliminate the two Japanese divisions.But in this way, Sun Weiru's troops will be in trouble, and it is very likely that they will be defeated in one battle.

In addition to being moved, Yan Laoxi also had to feel great admiration for Sun Weiru, a barbarian from Shaanxi. In recent years, the old man has never forgotten the shame of Xi'an.Never forget to suppress and divide the Shaanxi army.During the Xi'an Incident, Sun Weiru, as Yang Hucheng's hardcore confidant, resolutely supported Zhang and Yang. During the night operation, he cooperated with Zhang and Yang in the Xi'an Appeasement Office to control the overall situation.During the Xi'an Incident, he served as the convener of the Military Advisory Group, the commander of martial law in Xi'an, the head of the Provisional Northwest Military Committee of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, and the head of the First Army of the Anti-Japanese Aid Suizhou Army.

After the Xi'an Incident, the Northeast Army fell apart, and Yang Hucheng's department was also divided and disintegrated by Jiang. Sun Weiru became the most powerful senior general under Yang Hucheng.In addition, Jiang's direct troops marched into Shaanxi one after another, oppressing the Northeast Army and the 17th Route Army, and the Nanjing government forced Yang Hucheng to leave the army to go abroad for inspection.After Yang Hucheng was forced to go abroad, Sun took over as the chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Government. The 17th Route Army was reduced to the 38th Army. Sun served as the commander of the army and became the main military and political leader of Shaanxi Province.

Originally, Yan Laoxi looked down on the Shaanxi Army, which was also a warlord army, because the old foundation of the Shaanxi Army was Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army, and the Northwest Army and Yan Laoxi's Jinsui Army had fought for more than ten years. If it weren't for the need to unite and overthrow Chiang later, the two sides would continue to fight to the death.Now that the Northwest Army has been divided and disintegrated, Yan Laoxi is of course happy.

However, after the "July 17th Incident" broke out, Sun Weiru led Yang Hucheng's department to invite Yingying to fight against Japan, Zhao Shoushan led the 529th division, Xu Quanzhong led the [-]th brigade, and Li Zhenxi led the army teaching group to Hebei, Shanxi and other places to fight against Japan. In other battles, with outstanding military exploits, bravery and tenacity, the Shaanxi Army won the respect of all officers and soldiers in the World War II zone with blood and lives.

But Yan Laoxi knew better that Jiang’s original intention to deal with Sun Weiru’s troops has not changed. Zhao Shoushan led the 17th Division, Xu Quanzhong led the 529th Brigade, and Li Zhenxi led the Army’s teaching regiment. They are all the essence of the Shaanxi Army, but they were divided by Lao Jiang on the battlefield Using it, it was placed at the forefront of its well-equipped direct line troops, with heavy casualties and no supplementary supplies. Sun Weiru's troops were more than half of what they were when they just crossed the Yellow River.

Even so, for the sake of the overall situation of the national war of resistance, Sun Weiru led the army and civilians in Shaanxi to actively cooperate with the front line, setting off an upsurge in anti-Japanese support.He spoke everywhere, interviewed reporters, mourned the dead and wounded officers and soldiers, encouraged the resistance against Japan, and encouraged the frontline soldiers to fight for national dignity with the enemy Kai.His wife, together with Mrs. Yang Hucheng, took the lead in donating money and offerings to comfort the soldiers in front;These Yan Xishan and Lao Jiang who are far away in Wuhan are all in their eyes, and the people of the whole country are also in their eyes.Although Sun Weiru was besieged by the main force of the Japanese army this time, he did not hesitate to risk his own life. He would rather use his own strength to hold back the Japanese invaders and create conditions for the recovery of Taiyuan in the World War II zone.

Yan Laoxi, who has always been stingy, was moved. He personally called Sun Weiru, asking him to fight freely, and the theater would not treat him badly.Regardless of the outcome after the war, no matter how much his Fourth Army lost, it would cover all the theaters. Soldiers who died would be replaced, and weapons and equipment would be replaced as much as they lost.

At the same time, Yan Laoxi also called Chen Feng, requesting that he immediately send an air force to Liushuyan to support Sun Weiru's troops, provide them with air support, and create conditions for capturing Taiyuan City.And his theater headquarters has also moved forward to Qi County, and the old man will personally command the entire army to fight.

Both Yang Aiyuan and Wei Lihuang also received a telegram from Yan Xishan, Yan Laoxi ordered their two armies to capture Jinzhong and Qingxu at any cost, and then joined forces under the city of Taiyuan.

After receiving Yan Laoxi's telegram, Chen Feng immediately ordered Liu Nijia to send a mixed brigade consisting of fighter squadrons and bomber squadrons to Liushuyan.At the same time, Chen Feng ordered the troops of Yanmen Pass and Ningwu Pass to increase their offensive strength immediately, taking advantage of the favorable opportunity when the main force of the Japanese army was pinned down at Liushuyan, to capture these two great passes on the Outer Great Wall, and then approach Taiyuan City.

Chen Feng didn't have full confidence to capture Taiyuan City before, and now Sun Weiru's troops are willing to fight to contain the main force of the Japanese army, so he has nothing to worry about. It's not Chen's style to not eat the fat meat delivered to him, and I'm even more sorry. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the front line fought bloody battles.

Taiyuan. Japanese First Army Command.

The operational headquarters was in a state of hustle and bustle. The officers’ quarrels, the hum of generators, the beeping of telegraphs, and the voices of staff officers answering the phone turned the entire operational command room into an enlarged vegetable market.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, Commander, just intercepted the telegram sent by China's Second World War Zone. Sun Weiru, the commander of China's Fourth Army, called Yan Xishan, the commander of China's World War II zone, and asked his Fourth Army to drag the main force of the 108th Division of the Imperial Army to Liushuyan. , to create conditions for other Chinese forces to recover Taiyuan, for which he is willing to pay the price of annihilation of the entire army. Yan has agreed to Sun Weiru's battle plan, and asked Chen Feng, the commander of the Eighth Theater of China, to immediately send a plane to Liushuyan to reinforce the defeated imperial army. The Fourth Group Army of China under siege. At the same time, Yan also ordered Yang Aiyuan's and Wei Lihuang's troops to capture Jinzhong and Qingxu at all costs, and to join forces under the city of Taiyuan on the 15th at the latest." Jiaga Chiyoko reported loudly.

"Sun Weiru? It's amazing that there are such bloody people among the Chinese officers. How is the situation in the Xiayuan Army? How long will it take to defeat the Fourth Army?" Obviously, the reaction of Sun Weiru's subordinates greatly surpassed Umezu Yoshijiro's. It is expected, but he is still more concerned about the battle situation of Xiayuan Xiongmi's troops. If they act according to the original plan, even if the Fourth Army cannot be wiped out, they can quickly return to Gujiao and start a war of attrition with the Chinese army.

"Your Excellency Xiayuan just called to say that they have defeated the 47th Chinese Army and are encircling and annihilating its headquarters. Now the army is preparing to face the 38th Chinese Army and the 15th Chinese Army that came to reinforce them. Please rest assured, Commander. In half a day, they will be able to completely defeat the Chinese army, and they will never disappoint the commander's expectations!" Chiyoko Koga said loudly.

"Nani, the 47th Army of China, according to the combat plan of the Chinese people, didn't the 15th Army of China serve as the front army to clear the way, how could it become the 47th Army of China?" General Yoshijiro Umezu asked calmly.

"It is such a sir, the former army of the Chinese people is indeed the 15th Army. But this Chinese army suddenly split up before entering the ambush circle of the imperial army, and the main force bypassed the ambush point of His Excellency Xiayuan, so Xiayuan In desperation, Your Excellency had no choice but to let the former Chinese army go, and changed the target of the attack to the Chinese Chinese army, which is Li Jiayu's 47th army." Chiyoko Koga said loudly.

"Baga, Xiayuan Xiongmi was kicked in the head by the stupid donkey of Kyushu, doesn't he know that his troops will be surrounded by the Chinese in the valley of China, if the attack doesn't go well, he will face him The tens of thousands of Chinese troops were flanked back and forth, and the plan to wipe out the Fourth Chinese Army completely failed. And his stupid actions that disregarded the overall situation will completely disrupt the arrangement of the headquarters, and even destroy the First Army completely. To be dragged into the dark abyss is simply stupid." Umezu Yoshijiro growled furiously. (To be continued..)