Glorious Mission 1937

As soon as the Eighth War Zone made an action, the Japanese army got the news. This is not because the Eighth War Zone's secrecy measures were not in place, but because of other reasons.The action in the eighth war zone was too big this time, and it almost came out in full force. It is not easy to conceal the mobilization of more than 50 troops.

In addition, in the past two years, Saibei Province has recruited refugees and other poor people to come to Saibei to solve the problem of population shortage in Saibei. Therefore, it is inevitable that Japanese spies will get in. Very good, and the results are obvious to all. In the past two years, a total of 1624 espionage cases were cracked, with an average of more than 2 cases per day, and 4583 Japanese spies and puppet traitors were captured. Except for a small number of people who were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment, the others were all sentenced to death. .Despite this, there are still many Japanese eyeliners in the entire Saibei Province.

Another reason is that from the beginning to the end, Chen Feng never thought about the issue of secrecy. Instead of issuing a gag order, he hyped up the war in the newspapers.Therefore, shortly after General Binshan Yuan received the telegram sent by the intelligence department, the Saibei Daily, Saibei Military Daily, Saibei Economic Daily and other newspapers and magazines sponsored by the Northern Saibei Provincial Government published the news of the Eighth War Zone's use of troops against North China.

After receiving the news, Bin Shanyuan did not dare to be negligent. He knew very well that the Chinese army was powerful. Because of this, the original imperial order to transfer him back to the country was temporarily cancelled. The reason was that His Royal Highness Prince Xianyuan did not like it very much. Tada Hayao didn't recognize Tada Hayao's ability, so he was ordered to stay in North China for a while.

He had personally experienced the powerful combat power of the Eighth War Zone. At this moment, Chen Feng suddenly announced to send troops to North China.General Bin Shanyuan was very clear about his intentions. Since General Zhina dared to say this, he would definitely not be firing empty guns, but would definitely send troops, and he was very confident that he would definitely defeat the front army, otherwise he would not have propagated like this.

General Bin Shanyuan hastily called a military meeting with the commanders of the first-level army of the North China Front Army and the divisions directly under the front to discuss countermeasures.

After discussions with the senior leaders of the North China Front Army, it was judged that there may be several directions for the attack of the Eighth War Zone of China. The first and most likely direction of attack is the Zhang (Jiakou) Xuan (Hua) line, because it is the closest to the Pingjin area.Once they defeated the defenders at Xiahuayuan, Zhulu, and Changping.Then you can directly approach the city of Beiping, which is the fastest way to attack the front army.

Secondly, there is the line of Jing (Le) and Xin (kou). Since the Chinese people have already occupied Yanmen Pass and Ningwu Pass, they have taken the initiative strategically.Advance, attack, retreat, and defend.Coupled with the assistance of the Second Theater of China.The Eighth War Zone of China is likely to join forces with the Second War Zone of China to launch a siege to the First Army in Shanxi.

Rehe line again.Where it is connected to the east of Jibei, once the hands of the northern Chinese people, the entire passage inside and outside the pass may be cut off by the Chinese.more importantly.There are many powerful troops in China in the eastern Hebei region, and there are even troops at the division and brigade level.Although the imperial army encircled and suppressed many times, the effect was minimal, and many troops were damaged instead.

Now the imperial army's control over the Eastern Hebei region is gradually weakening. Even counties heavily guarded by troops are not very safe. Even Bin Shanyuan believes that as long as the Chinese people are willing, some less important counties can be captured at any time.With the assistance of these troops, it is actually not very difficult for the Eighth War Zone of China to capture Jidong.

After the meeting, the North China Front Army frequently mobilized its troops, and all the troops originally used to attack Henan were also transferred northward. At the same time, Bin Shanyuan urgently sent a report to the country, requesting the headquarters to immediately ship the newly formed troops to North China to prevent the occurrence of the previous situation. For this reason, the North China Front Army's battle plan to capture Henan was forced to run aground.

On the night of November 1939, 11, a reconnaissance company of the 28nd Group Army of the Eighth Theater went to Xiahuayuan Gujiaying Town to rescue more than 52 women who had been captured by the Japanese army. An encounter was held, and since the battlefield was closer to the front line of Shimono Garden controlled by the Japanese army, a Japanese infantry squadron soon came to reinforce it.

The reconnaissance companies of the 52nd Army are all elites trained according to the training methods of special forces, and their weapons and equipment are also extremely sophisticated, which is far from what the current Japanese army can compare. Therefore, although the Japanese army has 2.5 times their strength, but In order to protect those rescued women, this reconnaissance company fought to the death and fought hard against the Japanese army which was several times its own.

Seeing that the attack could not be defeated for a long time, the Japanese army sent another infantry squadron and an artillery squadron to reinforce. So far, the Japanese army's strength in Gujiaying Town has reached more than 52 people in three infantry squadrons and an artillery squadron.At this time, the reconnaissance company of the [-]nd Army had already suffered one-third of the casualties. In order to complete the rescue mission, the reconnaissance company still gritted its teeth and persisted.

At ten o'clock in the evening, an infantry battalion of the 52rd Special Mixed Brigade of the 3nd Army finally rushed to the battlefield. There were less than 3 people left, more than half of them were wounded, but to Li Fuquan's relief, the more than 2 women who were rescued were all intact.

Furious, Li Fuquan ordered his troops to go into battle immediately, and together with the reconnaissance company stormed the three Japanese infantry squadrons. At 11:30, most of the three Japanese infantry squadrons suffered casualties and were almost wiped out. After all, it was close to the lower garden, so the Japanese army's backup troops arrived soon again. This time, the Japanese army's reinforcements consisted of an infantry regiment and a tank squadron.

The Japanese army originally planned to wipe out the Chinese army in Gujiaying Town in one fell swoop. However, the idea is full, but the reality is skinny. When the Japanese reinforcements arrived, the Special Mixed 3rd Brigade and the First Regiment also arrived, and then the reinforcements from both sides arrived. Then they went into battle. So far, the total number of Chinese and Japanese troops on the front line of Gujiaying Town has reached more than [-].

With the escalation of the war, both Xu Hu and the commander of the 114th Division of the Japanese Gujiaying Lieutenant General Suematsu Shigeka knew that the powder keg had been lit, and no one could stop the outbreak of the war. At one point, Lieutenant General Xu Hu and Mo Song Maoqia immediately adjusted their strategies and tactics, adding troops to Gujiaying Town one after another.

On the morning of November 11th, the total strength of the Chinese army gathered in Gujiaying Township had reached about 29 people in one brigade and two regiments, and the Japanese army did not show any weakness at all. The total strength of the Field Infantry Regiment is no less than that of the 2nd Army.

The battle on the front line has also become intense. The reconnaissance company that first entered the battle and the 3rd Brigade, 2st Regiment and 29nd Battalion of the Special Mixed Forces all suffered more than half of their casualties, and were withdrawn by Liu Li, the former enemy commander of Gujiaying Town. The nerves of both China and Japan are tense.At noon on the 12th, the two sides even had a tragic air battle over the battlefield. The Japanese army dispatched 12 Type 11 fighters and 15 Type 20 fighters, while the Second Army dispatched 16 Iraqi fighters. [-] fighters and [-] Iraqi-[-] fighters, the two sides staged an air battle with eagles striking the sky in front of all the army soldiers participating in the battle above Gujiaying Town.

In this battle, 12 fighter planes were shot down in the eighth war zone, and another 9 fighter planes were injured, and the Japanese army did not take advantage of it. 24 of the 9 fighter planes were shot down and 11 were injured. It hurt both sides.

Xiahuayuan. The headquarters of the 114th Division of the Japanese Army.

"Nani, is the supreme commander of the opposite Chinese army a woman?" Lieutenant General Suematsu Maocha, the commander of the 114th Division, asked incredulously.

"Hay, this is absolutely true."

"Major Matsudaira, have you found out the number of the Chinese army on the opposite side?" Suesong Maoqia asked again.

"Reporting to your Excellency, Division Commander, it has been found out that it is a newly formed mixed brigade in China, designated as the Third Special Mixed Brigade, which was upgraded from the local security forces." Major Matsudaira replied respectfully.

"Has your intelligence department checked the deployment of troops and firepower?"

"Incompetent and incompetent. Now I only know that the third special brigade has two infantry regiments and some directly subordinate units. I also know that the commander of this infantry brigade is a woman named Liu Li. I don't know the specific strength of the troops. But What is certain is that this Chinese army has artillery, and the number will not be less than one artillery brigade. Judging from the situation on the battlefield today, it is equipped with 75mm mountain artillery and field artillery of the same caliber, but no heavy artillery.

"idiot!"

"Hay!" Major Matsudaira lowered his head and responded.

"Baga, it's not about you, the Chinese people are too arrogant, they even sent a woman to fight against this general, hum!" Lieutenant General Suesong Mocha said angrily.

"Hay!"

“传我命令：炮兵联队立即前往顾家营镇，另外命令步兵第127旅团步兵第65联队绕过顾家营镇攻击支那军队的侧翼，第102联队以及步兵第115、150联队全部给我压上去，我倒要看看这个支那女人拿什么来阻挡我的114师团。”末松茂洽中将大声说道。

"Hay!"

Gujiaying Town North. Special Mixed 3rd Brigade Headquarters.

Liu Li asked with a heavy heart: "Old Chen, have the casualties of the troops been counted?"

Chen Youliang, deputy brigade commander of the 3rd Special Mixed Brigade, frowned and said: "The statistics have been calculated. Our army lost 827 people in half a day and one night, of which 411 were killed in battle. The casualties are huge!"

"The casualties are a bit high. We lost nearly two battalions on the first day of the war. There will be more big and bad battles in the future. No, we must change our tactics!" Liu Li said. (To be continued..)