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Chapter 1579: Battle of Jehol (5)

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    Although Zhou Dafu's troops are making good progress, if they want to capture Chengde, they must first conquer this stronghold.

    Although Longhua is not a big city and has many mountains and few people, it is a very low-key place with neither mountains nor water.

    But as the northern gateway of Chengde, its geographical location is still extremely important. It is believed that the Japanese went south from here to capture Chengde City.

    Therefore, after the Japanese army occupied Longhua County, they placed a complete infantry regiment here.

    However, since the Japanese army captured most of North China, the geographical location of Rehe has been significantly reduced, so the garrison here has also been continuously reduced, and now there is only one brigade of troops.

    However, just as the Nationalist army was attacking the paddock, the Japanese army in Chengde City immediately sent an additional puppet infantry regiment and an artillery squadron to the Longhua area in order to prevent the main force of the Nationalist army from appearing directly under Chengde City.

    So at this time, Longhua County not only had a complete infantry brigade, but also a puppet infantry regiment and an artillery squadron, which were not weak in strength.

    Major General Tugu¡¯s purpose is obvious. He wants to take advantage of Longhua¡¯s terrain advantage of ¡°eight mountains, one water and one field¡± to kill a large number of national troops.

    In order to achieve this goal, Major General Tugu ordered the Longhua garrison to use a large number of fortifications and strongholds of various sizes previously built outside the city, and use these fortifications to consume the strength of Li Guoyao's troops.

    But what the Japanese army did not expect was that these strongholds did not play much role under the sharp attacks of the special forces.  Since Youkeyong's troops appeared quietly outside the paddock, the troops attacked the troops on the Longhua front line while attacking the paddock, catching the Japanese and puppet troops by surprise.

    In less than 8 hours, the national army retreated more than 50 kilometers, easily removing 11 small and medium-sized strongholds along the way, quietly annihilating more than 300 Japanese puppet troops, and touching  Tanggoutou Town is the most important town in the northwest of Longhua.

    At 5:30 in the morning, the two main regiments under Youkeyong launched an attack on the Japanese and puppet troops in Tangtougou Town. It took less than an hour to overthrow the puppet infantry battalion and a Japanese army stationed there.  A large stronghold for an infantry squadron.

    After wiping out the defenders, the main force continued southward and headed straight for Longhua City.

    At 10:30 in the morning on September 2, after 12 hours of marching and fighting, the main force of more than 6,000 people under Youkeyong's command appeared outside Longhua City and completed the attack on the Japanese army in the county in a very short period of time.  After the siege, the Longhua annihilation battle began.

    The Japanese army was in a very unfavorable situation at the beginning of the battle, even though the Japanese army had been operating in Longhua for a long time and built a large number of fortifications.

    But the Japanese army did not expect that the Chinese army had already lurked a large force in the county. In addition, the foreign military also controlled a pseudo police force in Longhua City.

    When the main force launched an all-out attack on Longhua Town, this force suddenly exerted force and caught the Japanese army by surprise.

    With the cooperation of the national army in the city, the troops quickly defeated Longhua City. The troops then entered the city and started street fighting.

    Although street fighting is cruel, the national army now has an absolute advantage in terms of strength and firepower, so the balance of victory still tilts towards the national army.

    The battle lasted until three o'clock in the afternoon, half an hour before You Keyong arrived in Longhua with the main force. The Japanese and puppet troops in Longhua City were finally eliminated. Most of the more than 2,000 Japanese puppet troops were wiped out, and the remaining few  Partial surrender.

    But it was a street battle after all, so the casualties suffered by Yu Keyong's troops were not small. The two regiments responsible for siege in this battle had a total of more than 1,400 casualties.

    After capturing Longhua, You Keyong did not order the troops to continue southward, because since last night, the troops had marched continuously for more than 100 kilometers and fought continuously for more than 15 hours. Even with war horses, they were extremely tired.

    In addition, marching during the day is easily bombed by Japanese fighter planes, so under Yu Keyong's order, all troops immediately rested in Longhua.

    After nightfall, the troops rested for more than eight hours. The troops gathered again and then headed towards Chengde City, the provincial capital of Rehe.

    At this time, Chengde City was in chaos. In less than 24 hours, five county towns were lost one after another, and more than 6,000 soldiers were lost.

    The total number of Japanese and puppet troops in Rehe was less than 20,000, and they lost one-third overnight. Even the stronger Japanese army could not afford it.

    More importantly, the national army is now divided into four groups and encircling Chengde. Whether to defend or withdraw has become an important choice before Major General Tugu.

    Major General TsuchiyaAfter carefully analyzing the strength of both sides, we finally came to the conclusion that once we defend Chengde, the result is likely to be the annihilation of the entire army.

    On the one hand, two of the five elite infantry brigades under his command have been lost, leaving only three brigades of infantry who can hardly withstand the attack of tens of thousands of national troops, and these three brigades account for the majority of new recruits.

    On the other hand, the Chinese army still has a large number of armored troops, but they do not have anti-tank weapons, so this battle is impossible to fight.

    But Tugu is just a small major general brigade commander and has no right to abandon a provincial capital city like Chengde, so he can only report the situation to the Kwantung Army headquarters.

    After receiving the telegram from Chengde, Yamada Otsuzo and others lost their voices again.

    The strength of Li Guoyao's troops exceeded their expectations time and time again, and this battle directly hit their weakness.

    For a long time, Yamada Otsuzo and Kasahara Yukio have not been able to figure out what the purpose of Li Guoyao's troops is to continuously attack various places. Is it just for the sake of fighting?

    After all, no matter how hard they fought, no matter whether it was in the northeast or southeast, they would not be able to capture even a county seat in the end.

    The northwest and southwest directions are similar. The Kwantung Army Headquarters will never allow these key areas to be occupied by the national army, no matter how heavy the price is.

    But now Yamada Otsuzo understands that the troops in the previous places are just building momentum. On the one hand, they are to gain the reputation of the Jiuji Army, and on the other hand, they are to contain the Imperial Japanese Army. The real goal of Li Guoyao's troops is  Chengde.

    ??Well, Yamada Otsuzo admitted that he really lost this time and was plotted by Li Guoyao.

    After the main force of the 117th Division moved north, there were no field troops in the entire Jehol territory. Even the 136th Brigade was not a newly formed second-line garrison, and its combat effectiveness was very weak.

    Although the Iron Stone Army has a good reputation, it has just been replenished, and the rate of recruits is also very high. In addition, part of it has been annihilated, so it will be difficult to complete the task of defending Chengde City.

    Once these troops are surrounded under Chengde City, the consequences will be disastrous.

    ??You have to admit your defeat. In this regard, Yamada Otozo is better than Terauchi Juichi, Sugiyama Gen, Tada Shun and others. He knows the current situation of the Kwantung Army. If he does not recognize the reality, the consequences will be very serious.

    Based on the current situation of the Kwantung Army headquarters, it can no longer bear the consequences of tens of thousands of troops being wiped out. Therefore, after some thinking, Yamada Otsuzo immediately ordered the Chengde defenders to evacuate immediately.

    However, since there were national troops in the east, west, north and west directions, the Japanese army could only retreat southward, with the destinations being Kuancheng and Qinglong lines.

    Yamada Yisan and others believe that Chengde is definitely not the end point of the Chinese army, and their goal must be the entire Rehe.

    ????????????????????????????? Then they can only conserve their strength first, withdraw their troops to the southern Manchuria area, and first protect the transportation arteries inside and outside the pass!

    As for Chengde, let¡¯s wait until the situation in other places is calmed down!

    However, to be on the safe side, Yamada Otsuzo still sent a telegram to the North China Front Army Headquarters, explaining the critical situation in Rehe. At the same time, he hoped that Okamura Neiji could consider the overall situation and dispatch a part of the main force to attack northward and carry out a pincer attack.  The posture of the river.

    After receiving the telegram from the Kwantung Army Headquarters, Okamura Neiji of Peiping was first surprised, and then called a meeting with all senior military officers in Peiping.

    After most of the day's deduction and analysis, Okamura Neiji finally decided to mobilize the troops of two divisions to go north, first advancing towards the outer Great Wall.

    In the view of Okamura Neiji and others, attacking the national army is second, and more importantly, ensuring the safety of Peiping and North China. This is the most important thing.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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