War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 514: Why are you talking about that...

Historically, Guo Zongfen's troops did perform well in the Pingxingguan Campaign. The 21st Brigade was not annihilated. When the anti-Japanese hero Cheng Jixian led the 343rd Regiment to block the Japanese army in Yaozijian, Guo Zongfen's troops were in Liulang City to cover them. Although the final outcome of the battle was that Commander Cheng died for his country and more than a thousand members of the 343rd Regiment died for their country, the troops that made contributions should be mentioned in history.

This battle tells the story of the historical incident in which the 84st Brigade continued to attack Yaozijian after the 21th Division was defeated at Tuanchengkou. The 71st Division that went to support it almost trapped the 21st Brigade to death.

Xu Chaoyang, with the advance deployment of the 115th Division, directly destroyed the 21st Brigade. Chen Changjie's 61st Army naturally did not go forward to support Tuanchengkou. Of course, there was no need for Fu Zuoyi to stay in the camp to replace Yang Aiyuen to continue commanding in the Pingxingguan Battle.

Therefore, Captain Cheng did not sacrifice himself, and Guo Zongfen was transferred to Xinkou because something went wrong on the front line there.

The 15th Mixed Brigade of the Tojo Corps broke through the Ruyuekou and fought with the 34th Army. Shinohara Seiichiro defeated the 34th Army and successfully occupied Ruyuekou.
Ruyuekou is one of the 34 passes of Yanmen. The defeated 34th Army's Brigade Commander Liang Jiantang wanted to counterattack and retreat to Tiejialing. Unfortunately, Brigade Commander Liang was sacrificed while leading his troops to charge, resulting in the 34th Army being forced to retreat to Fanzhisi. The Japanese army followed and pursued, and the th Army retreated to Ekou again.

Historically, at this point Yan Laoxizi was already in danger of a surprise attack at the Pingxingguan defense line, so he could only order the defense line to retreat to Xinkou. This was the reason why the Battle of Xinkou started, and Fu Zuoyi was in Xinkou at the time.

But now, the danger is gone!
The 5st Brigade of the 21th Division wiped out the 115th Division. Guo Zongfen led his troops to support Ekou. Both sides confronted the Japanese army. Behind them was the 19th Army of Yanmen Pass, and behind Guo Zongfen was Chen Changjie's troops. Just looking at the map, you can tell that Yan Laoxizi was going to make a fool of the Japanese. But it was under this circumstance that Xu Chaoyang told the commander of the 115th Division that Guo Zongfen would definitely not be able to withstand the Japanese attack, and asked the 115th Division to give orders quickly so that he could lead his troops to pick up the spoils!
Why did he say that?

Because this kind of thing has happened in history!
What is the terrain of Pingxingguan? Guo Zongfen was not a threat to the Japanese even though he occupied such a large geographical advantage. Although Fanzhi and Ekou were near mountains, there was a large open area at the foot of the mountains. It was not easy to defend here. Otherwise, Yan Laoxizi would not have withdrawn his troops to Xinkou in history.

This is why Xu Chaoyang believed that even with the support of Guo Zongfen, the 34th Army would still be unable to win.

Once Ekou is breached, the Japanese invaders will have to either attack Pingxingguan again or march to Xinkou. These are the only two options. However, the area near Pingxingguan is already filled with troops. Will they take this risk?
Then it became inevitable to attack Xinkou!

At this time, as long as the opening of Ru Yuekou is sealed, the retreat route of the Japanese 15th Mixed Brigade can be completely blocked. How many bullets does a mixed brigade have?

Can there not be enough food for 115?
But to fight this tough battle, there must be a fierce general to block Ruyuekou and resist the Tojo Corps' southward advance from the Chahar direction. Ruyuekou was held until the end of Xinkou. The 15th Mixed Brigade was blocked at Xinkou, and it was uncertain how long it would last...

Old Chang has been wounded in seven places, and he will definitely not recover within two days. Who can Xu Chaoyang send? Qu Yong can fight, but he is not smart enough. Xu Chaoyang is afraid that Qu Yong will rush out to the steep terrain with a gun and fight the devils. This guy can really do it! Isn't that useless? Yu Minghao is not a general who fights hard battles. Xu Chaoyang set his sights on Han Xianchu while drinking!
The deputy commander of the 688th Regiment and his 688th Regiment are a force that cannot be tougher. Good steel must be used where it counts...

"Chaoyang!"

"Chaoyang!"

"Hahahaha!"

Xu Chaoyang raised his head instantly. He had been looking forward to this voice for too long!
"Old Yang!"

Cough, cough!

Old Yang came, still coughing a little, but he had recovered his spirits and looked energetic as he took big strides.

bump!
As soon as the two met, Lao Yang gave Xu Chaoyang a slap: "Okay, you didn't embarrass us!"

"In the battle of Tuanchengkou, you have truly brought glory to us Northeasterners. The entire rear is talking about your heroic deeds!"

"we."

Xu Chaoyang responded with a smile, pulling Lao Yang to sit next to him: "We are now the 217th Brigade, and your new position is the director of the political department of the 217th Brigade." "You helped our regiment become a brigade?"

Old Yang looked at Xu Chaoyang with excitement!
"Of course!" Xu Chaoyang was so cocky, just like a man who finally earned some money outside and hurried home to show off to his wife: "Can your man embarrass you?"

"Get lost!" Old Yang cursed with a smile, and then saw the map in front of Xu Chaoyang: "Are you going to attack the Tojo Corps in Ruyuekou?"

Xu Chaoyang nodded: "Our brigade has no base to develop yet. It's not a good idea to always be squeezed with the 115th Division in Pingxingguan. There are too many troops and they can't be deployed. So, I picked a base. What do you think?"

Then can Xu Chaoyang say that he drank too much?
Every man has to whistle and whistle when he gets home. He will never tell his wife about the slaps he got outside and the embarrassing things he did.

"Good place!"

"Ekou and Fanshi are the development bases, Tiejialing and Ruyuekou are the passes, and together with Pingxingguan, they form a battle line that can completely block the Japanese outside the pass and prevent them from entering the hinterland of Shanxi!"

"But in this way, we have formed a buffer zone between Yan Laoxizi and the Japanese, which reduces their pressure while increasing the pressure on us and the entire 115th Division."

Xu Chaoyang stood up and said, "Then can our 129th Division always stay in northern Shaanxi? All the members of the 386th Brigade are warriors, so shouldn't they have a place to display their talents?"

"I'm telling you, the 129th Division is our mother's family. If I can't beat them, I'll just send someone else!"

Yang Jingyu understood that the phone at that time was a crank phone, so he quickly asked, "Do we have a phone?"

Xu Chaoyang pointed to the side and said, "Telephone? This time we even have a radio station!"

"All of them were seized at Tuanchengkou!"

"This thing can be used after being adjusted by technicians." In the direction he pointed, two radios were placed there.

"Comrade Wu De has returned to his hometown to apply for regimental political commissars, battalion political instructors, and company instructors for us. He also said that he would transfer some technical personnel to us... This time, our 115th Division has been allocated five radio stations, one for each of the three regiments and two for the brigade headquarters. That's a lot!" Xu Chaoyang raised his chin as he spoke.

Yang Jingyu was indeed laughing, but his laughter was very restrained. He said, "So how many people are there in our brigade now?"

"Even with the troops that the 115th Division has given us, our brigade still has 3400 people. We don't have a base, so we can't recruit soldiers. Fortunately, the 115th Division also gave us the 688th Regiment, and asked us to train it into the 688th Regiment of the 115th Division. Counting the hundreds of people in the 217th Regiment, Lao Yang, your man now has nearly 688 people under his command!"

"At least five thousand people!" If Xu Chaoyang were given wings, he could fly up and bite people!

"What about ammunition and weapon configuration?"

"What are you talking about..."

(End of this chapter)