The Eighth Route Army began to attack Shanhaiguan so quickly, and the offensive was so rapid that Gangcun Ningci did not expect it.Gangcun Ningji sat down on the chair in despair, his face full of despair, and muttered to himself: "Three days, even if you give me three days, it is enough."
One move is missing, and you will lose all the games" Gangcun Ningci's well-designed plan was about to go bankrupt, which made Gangcun Ningci suffer a blow."
Your Excellency Commander, Tangshan is besieged, and tens of thousands of imperial troops near Shanhaiguan are in danger, and I think that we should withdraw our troops to Tianjin as soon as possible."
Chief of Staff Oshiroto Sanji asked anxiously."
No" Gangcun Ningci waved his hand and said: "It's too late, now Tangshan has been surrounded, even if it is too late to order the imperial army on the front line of Shanhaiguan to retreat now, once the imperial army retreats, it will inevitably face the northern and southern attacks of the Eighth Route Army, and letting them retreat now can only make them die faster." ”"What should I do?"
asked Miharu Oshito, restlessly."
There's no way, no one can save the tens of thousands of imperial troops on the front line of Shanhaiguan, even if Amaterasu comes in person, there is no way.Now they can only be ordered to hold the defensive line, resist the attack of the Eighth Route Army, and try to delay the speed of the main force of the Eighth Route Army to the south, so as to buy time for the imperial army. ”Gangcun Ningji said with a serious face.Ojodo Sanji sighed helplessly, knowing that Gangcun Ningji was going to give up the tens of thousands of Japanese troops in Shanhaiguan, but the matter had come to this point, and there seemed to be no better way.Gangcun Ningji took a deep breath, his eyes were slightly red, showing a hint of madness, he clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said: "I am unwilling, the imperial army has not been defeated, we still have a chance" "Your Excellency the commander means to continue to carry out the original plan. ”Oshiroto Sanji asked cautiously."
Yes, not only must we continue to implement, but also speed up the progress, as long as the imperial army on the front line of Shanhaiguan can delay for a few more days, our plan can still be realized."
Gangcun Ningci gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Immediately order all the imperial troops in Beiping to withdraw to Tianjin immediately, I don't care what method you use, you must all withdraw to Tianjin within two days."
In addition, the imperial army along the Pinghan Railway did not have to be transferred to Tianjin via Beiping, but all of them were changed to highways and withdrawn directly to the Jinpu Railway.Inform the government army of China and ask them to send troops to take over Beiping, Baoding and other places as soon as possible. ”"Hai" Oshiro Sanji hesitated for a moment, and finally responded respectfully, and then turned to deliver the order.At the same time, the headquarters of the Seventh Corps of the Eighth Route Army was filled with excitement and joy.After the Eighth Route Army launched a general offensive on all fronts, everything went smoothly, and everyone was naturally very excited.Li Guotao stared at the sand table in front of him, his expression was unusually serious, his brows were slightly furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.Ma Zhenguo stood beside him, and when he saw Li Guotao's expression at this time, he couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Commander, now that the troops are progressing smoothly, how do you look a little unhappy?"
Li Guotao waved his hand and said: "According to Gangcun Ningci's plan, the Japanese army will retreat to Shandong, and give Hebei including the Pingjin region to the Central Army to take over, hoping to build a buffer zone between our Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army, and at the same time provoke the contradictions between our Eighth Route Army and the Central Army, the Jin Sui Army and other factions, so that we can kill each other, The Japanese army profited from it.Although the devil's conspiracy is difficult to achieve, we can't afford to guard against it.We can cede to the government forces along the Beiping and Pinghan Railways, but we must take Tianjin, so that we can go south through the Jinpu Railway and continue to attack Shandong and other places. ”Li Guotao took a deep breath, and then said: "Although we have now surrounded Tangshan, and the tens of thousands of Japanese troops on the front line of Shanhaiguan have also become turtles in the urn, this is far from enough, we must attack Tianjin as soon as possible, and only by taking Tianjin can we completely smash the conspiracy of the Japanese army." ”Ma Zhenguo frowned and said with a worried face: "But the Japanese army on the front line of Shanhaiguan relies on the position to resist desperately, and it will take some time to eliminate this little devil" Li Guotao waved his hand and said: "We can't wait so long, haven't the main forces of the new 21st Division, the 22nd Division and the 23rd Division of the new formation already rushed to the vicinity of Tangshan, let them immediately take over the outer positions of Tangshan, be responsible for launching an attack on Tangshan City, seize Tangshan as soon as possible, and then go south to Tianjin."
The armored division, the 7th Cavalry Division, and the 17th Cavalry Division were ordered to immediately advance to the Langfang area, cut off the railway connection between Beiping and Tianjin, and encircle Tianjin from the west.Order the main force of the seventh column to continue to strengthen the offensive and be sure to break through the Shanhaiguan line as soon as possible. ”"Yes" Ma Zhenguo responded respectfully, turned around and went to convey the order.According to Li Guotao's order, the Armored Division, the Seventh Cavalry Division, the Seventeenth Cavalry Division and other units immediately left Tangshan and went straight to Langfang.After receiving the news, Gangcun Ningci immediately saw through Li Guotao's intentions, at this time the Japanese army in Beiping had begun to retreat in the direction of Tianjin, but Beiping not only gathered tens of thousands of Japanese troops, but also various government units, as well as a large number of Japanese expatriates, want to withdraw to Tianjin in a short period of time, it is not easy to say, at this time Beiping City has become a mess.Gangcun Ningci immediately ordered the troops to withdraw to Tianjin, get off from Langfang, stick to Langfang, and swear to block the armored division and other units of the Eighth Route Army.The Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army launched fierce battles in the north of Langfang City and Langfang Station, and the battle was quite tragic, and the offensive of the Eighth Route Army was temporarily successfully contained by the Japanese army.However, at this time, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in eastern Hebei made a breakthrough, the seventh column of the Eighth Route Army successfully broke through the Japanese defense line from the left flank, and the new first division and the new second division were immediately ordered to go south, and the new third division detoured back to the area south of Shanhaiguan and surrounded the remnants of the Japanese army in Shanhaiguan.At the same time, the main force of the 17th Column of the Eighth Route Army also concentrated superior forces and launched a final general attack on Tangshan, and with the assistance of the Special Operations Brigade, after a day of fierce fighting, the Eighth Route Army successfully recovered Tangshan and completely annihilated the enemy in the city.Subsequently, the main force of the instructor was ordered to go to Langfang to support the armored division and other units, while the main force of the 17th column went directly south and launched an attack in the direction of Tianjin.The Japanese army had limited forces in Tianjin, so they could only gradually shrink the defensive line and retreat to the urban area of Tianjin.Li Guotao also personally led the new 1st Division and the 2nd Division to speed up the pace to the south to support the 17th Column and prepare to attack Tianjin.As for the remnants of the enemy at Shanhaiguan, there were less than 20,000 people left at this time, and under the siege of the three main divisions of the seventh column of the Eighth Route Army, they held out for less than a day before they were all wiped out.aa2705221: