Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 406 The New Battle of Xifengkou ([-])
Outside the iron gate, there were rumbles of cannons and bursts of gunfire.In front of the position of the Third Xue Division, the attacking Japanese army was exhausted, and retreated in an orderly manner under the leadership of the commander.

Major General Sakai Koji, the brigade leader of the mixed first brigade, watched all this silently with a binoculars, with neither joy nor worry on his face.The Iron Gate Gate was not the main direction of the Japanese army's attack. The reason why Sakai Koji invested heavily in the beginning was to test it out. If the defenders on the opposite side were vulnerable or were short of troops and equipment, he would not mind taking advantage of the situation to form a breakthrough.Of course, he never had this fantasy from the beginning.Koji Sakai was a thoughtful officer. Before the battle, he had obtained limited information about the cadet army through various channels. The rising military group has little substantive content in the imperial intelligence system.This made him wary of this mysterious force from the very beginning.

Kenji Doihara knew his strength, and the previous 108th Division was not a big army, but it seemed that it was easily eaten by the Xuebing Army and Ouyang Yun.What surprised him even more was that this unit had advanced tanks and anti-aircraft weapons.The Kwantung Army's previous bombing of Hebei and Chahar, the loss rate of the aircraft participating in the battle reached 50%-if the Xuebing Army did not have fighters, then their air defense weapons and fighting will would be too terrifying.

Based on the above considerations, Sakai Koji quickly adjusted his positioning, thinking that the primary task of his brigade was not to attack, but to defend and try to hold back as many Chinese troops as possible so that the Xifengkou strategy formulated by Kazuki Kiyoshi be completed more easily.Therefore, unlike the Japanese army outside many passes such as Xifengkou, the defense of the First Mixed Brigade was very well done, with all kinds of trenches and traffic trenches in place, and the quality was made according to the standards of the defenders.

Tiemenguan is the most critical location in Ouyang Yun's battle plan. There are three parts of the army stationed here, Li Ganjiang's Third Xue Division, Stern's Independent Brigade, and the 29th Army under the command of General Tong Linge. Corps.Among them, the strong soldiers of the teaching corps were stationed in a village called Tieshuzhuang ten miles away from Tiemenguan, and temporarily concealed themselves.

This action of Sakai Koji fell into the eyes of the three generals, and the three couldn't help but began to doubt the intentions of the Japanese army.In doing so, Sakai seemed to intend to stay here for a long time.Or, have they seen the battle plan of the Xuebing Army?That was terrifying.You know, so far, only a few generals from the Xuebing Army and the 29th Army know about this plan.

After discovering the abnormality of the first mixed brigade, Li Ganjiang immediately reported to Ouyang Yun.

Ouyang Yun not only immediately asked Mu Jiandie and Zhang Zhen to strengthen the secrecy work, but also asked Guo Biao to lead a small team of Spike soldiers out of the Great Wall to conduct reconnaissance along the Tiemen Pass and Dazhangzi line, and found no abnormal movements of Japanese troops. signs, so he didn't take this matter to heart.

There is no terrain that is good for defense outside Tiemen Pass, and although Tiemen Pass and Xifeng Pass are relatively close, because there are mountains in the middle, it takes at least two hours for the two sides to move each other.And if you can't penetrate the position of the first mixed brigade after learning the third division for an hour, then it is impossible to form a surprise attack on the big shoji in the future.

Now, the independent brigade is performing this task. Although the marching speed is guaranteed, compared to the plain area, the advantage of the independent brigade has become a disadvantage in the face of the trench-ridden position of the first mixed brigade.

Of course, Stern doesn't think so.Because compared with other units of the cadet army, the Jewish Independent Brigade may not have the strongest combat effectiveness and the richest combat experience, but it has the most complete organization and arms, such as engineers.For other units of the Xuebing Army, such as the First Xue Division and the Second Xue Division, a division has only one engineering company, while the Independent Brigade has a battalion of engineering troops. Not only that, the engineering battalion of the Independent Brigade is not only equipped with shovels, etc. Compared with the basic tools, the engineering battalion of the independent brigade is fully equipped, that is, a company is equipped with mine detectors that are rarely equipped by the Chinese army.

Like Koji Sakai, Stern is also a general who likes to use his brain.After the pre-war meeting was held, he carefully analyzed various possible wars and came up with corresponding ideas of his own.In his opinion, although the army's battle plan this time is bold and risky, it is the only chance for the Xuebing army at present.Compared with the Japanese army, the Xuebing Army is incomparable in terms of strength and quality of soldiers, and because it needs to maintain a stable investment environment, it simply cannot fight a protracted war.

Standing behind the iron gate, Stern watched the Japanese army retreat in an orderly manner. When they were about to exit the range of the defenders, he decisively gave the order to attack.

The fence at the iron gate pass was pulled open immediately. Amidst the resounding sound of bugles, the flag of the Independent Brigade fluttered on the first truck, and the truck brigade and chariot regiment belonging to the engineer battalion rushed out in the first place.Because today's attack had been considered for a long time, the various trenches dug by the third division left an open space of about ten meters in the area facing the iron gate.

As soon as the three front trucks got out of the trench, the machine guns mounted on the cab fired violently. "Come on!" Once the chariot immediately behind the truck rushed out of the trench area, it began to accelerate, outflanking both sides of the engineer battalion, and quickly sandwiched the convoy of the engineer battalion in the middle.The chariot dragged thick black oily smoke, and rushed to the fortifications dug by the Japanese army. During this period, all the chariots and machine guns on the truck fired at the same time, and the devils fell down in pieces, and suffered such a heavy blow suddenly. , the orderly retreat of the Japanese army turned into a rout.

Koji Sakai was completely stunned when he saw the army rushing out of the pass. He said to himself: "What do the Chinese people want to do? Counterattack?" Thinking of the comparison of the strength of the two sides, he sneered: "So I just wanted to defend , to contain the enemy a little more, it seems impossible now, it seems that the credit for the first attack is none other than mine!" With a fierce wave of his hand, he immediately ordered: "Everyone, jump on me! Since the Chinese people Take the initiative to attack, then we will use this opportunity to attack in." After giving the order, after thinking about it, he asked the staff to send electricity to Xiangyue Qingsi, and reported the situation of closing the iron gate to the enemy army and the current situation of the army .

In the first Battle of the Great Wall, the Japanese army attacked and the Chinese army defended passively. When was there such a thing as a counterattack?Not only Sakai, but also Kazuki Kiyoshi also thought that the Chinese people were crazy, and this was a godsend.As soon as he received a telegram from the First Brigade, he ordered the Ninth Division to continue the attack, and at the same time ordered the No.20 Division to rush to Tiemenguan.

(End of this chapter)