I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Excluding Shanghai, the national army's counterattack direction is one of Suiyuan, Chahar, and Hebei. The national army undertaking the counterattack mission is naturally the strongest Nanjing army in the Chinese army.

Four generals, Fu Zuoyi, Wei Lihuang, Zhang Fakui, and Yu Xuezhong, held an emergency pre-war meeting in Wuhan. Among the three counterattack directions, Suiyuan and Chahar are actually one, so there are only two counterattacks, one is Suicha , and the second is Hebei.

How to start a war?The four generals didn't think about this issue coldly, because the Nanjing Army had been preparing to march north since it was stationed in Lujin.

First of all, Hebei, the national army's recovery of Hebei is similar to the Northern Song Dynasty's recovery of Yanyun sixteen prefectures (in fact, the outline of the current 14 provinces in the Kuomintang-controlled area is very similar to the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty. The territory is "Xixia", the territory of the Guangxi Army and the Yunnan Army is "Dali", Tibet is "Tubo", and the Mengjiang area controlled by the Soviet Union can be said to be "Golden" or "Mongolia"), Hebei is a key defense area for the Japanese army, because Hebei It is the barrier for the Japanese army to protect the Northeast and the base for attacking North China. Therefore, there are 5 divisions of the Japanese army in Hebei (one of which is in Pingjin), and there are 1 divisions in the Northeast and the Korean Peninsula. The 5 divisions and the 2 divisions in the two provinces of Suicha can provide reinforcements, and the attack difficulty is very high.

However, the economic value and political status of Hebei greatly surpassed those of the Suicha provinces, and Hebei was on the North China Plain, suitable for the impact of the Nanjing Army tank group.

Fu Zuoyi and other senior generals have already analyzed that the Nanjing Army has indeed regained a lot of vitality at this time, but the Nanjing Army is only a part of the Chinese army after all. Therefore, on local battlefields, the Nanjing Army can concentrate its essence and create a certain strength against the Japanese army. Advantages, it is very possible for a division of the Nanjing Army to draw a tie with a division of the Japanese Army in a field battle. In a defensive battle, it is very hopeful that a division of the Nanjing Army will block a division of the Japanese Army. However, this advantage is only partial. And not for a long time, because the overall strength and combat effectiveness of the Chinese army at this time are still relatively inferior to the Japanese army.

As Fu Zuoyi said, "Although (Nanjing Army) is not fully prepared, it is still possible to fight a high-intensity counterattack", it can only be "a high-intensity counterattack".

If there is a protracted war, a war of attrition, and a tug-of-war, the Nanjing Army will not be able to sustain it. Therefore, this battle must be a quick decision and a quick victory. Not only must it be fought down, but also the fruits of victory must be kept.

In addition, Hebei is densely populated, with a total of nearly 3000 million residents (millions of residents have fled to places such as Shandong, Jinyu and other places during the war), and there are many large cities. In the process of recovering Hebei, the Nanjing army will inevitably have to fight The most difficult city battle, the Chinese army launched a tough battle on Chinese cities that were occupied by the enemy in China. The difficulty can be imagined.

The situation in the two provinces of Suiyuan and Chaha is much more optimistic than that of Hebei. These two provinces belong to the weak defense area of ​​the Japanese army. They also have prairie terrain, which is suitable for the impact of tank groups. The population of Alberta is also more than 200 million), but the area is very large, the total area of ​​the two provinces exceeds 200 square kilometers, the land is sparsely populated, and there are only a handful of large cities, so there is no concern about smashing the city and accidentally injuring a large number of people in the country .

More than that, Fu Zuoyi once fought against the Japanese army in Suiyuan (Suiyuan Anti-Japanese War), and he is very familiar with the local terrain, environment, cultural customs and other conditions.

Although the economic value and political status of the two provinces of Suicha are not as good as those of Hebei, the political significance, propaganda significance and diplomatic significance of recovering the two provinces of Suicha are naturally more than that of recovering Hebei province. More importantly, after recovering the two provinces of Suicha, The Chinese army formed a "c" encirclement circle on the north, south and south sides of the Japanese army in Hebei, forming a sense of oppression for the Japanese army in Hebei, and making Hebei a dilemma for the Japanese army to "care about it, but it is a pity to abandon it", because the Japanese army was in There are too many troops released in Hebei, and it is easy to be eaten by the Chinese army. If too few are released, the Chinese army may take advantage of the situation and recover Hebei. In addition, after Chahar was recovered by the Chinese army, the four northeastern provinces The outermost Rehe will be exposed to the front of the Chinese army, and there will be no buffer zone controlled by the Japanese between "Manchukuo" and the Kuomintang-controlled area, which will cause "Manchukuo" to shake the whole country, and the Japanese will also have trouble sleeping , because the most important Manchurian colony of the Japanese was no longer safe.

Finally, there is another point. Suiyuan is in the hands of the Japanese army, and the Northwest China is not safe. The Japanese army in Suiyuan directly threatens the three northwestern provinces. It is very easy for the Japanese army to attack Ningxia and Gansu through Suiyuan and then attack Shaanxi, so as to achieve outflanking North China and Central China The unfavorable situation on the flanks and the recovery of Suiyuan can also strengthen the security of Shanxi. After all, Shanxi is too important, but Shanxi is threatened by the Japanese army on both sides.

What is the goal of this counterattack by the National Army (Nanjing Army)?Chiang Kai-shek has clearly stated, "Recover a province, or wipe out a division of the Japanese army." So, what is the purpose of this counterattack?Retaliation is the first level of purpose, regaining lost ground and attacking the Japanese army is the second level of purpose, and the real ultimate goal is "to promote the results on the negotiating table with victories on the battlefield."

Although Chiang Kai-shek was "out of control and very impulsive", he was not confused, and he did not make the mistake of being ambitious and eager for success. He knew very well that the national army was not yet equipped to launch a comprehensive and strategic counterattack against the Japanese army. For a decisive battle, the result he needs is what Fu Zuoyi said, "a high-intensity counterattack", and the political victory brought about by this high-intensity counterattack, to achieve the fundamental purpose of "promoting peace through war".

Chiang Kai-shek proposed that the goal is to "recover a province, or wipe out a division of the Japanese army." Of the two goals, the latter is more difficult than the former. The Nanjing Army wants to wipe out a division of the Japanese army. According to the plan, due to the vast territory of the two provinces of Suicha and the small number of Japanese troops, it is easy for the Japanese troops to escape. If this plan is carried out in Hebei, then, because of the concentration of Japanese troops in Hebei, "annihilating a division of the Japanese army" means following the Several Japanese divisions fought head-to-head.

It is impossible for the Japanese army to let a single division fall into the heavy siege of the Nanjing Army. If the Nanjing Army surrounds a Japanese division, it means that they will have to fight at least three Japanese divisions who came to rescue.

After the assassination incident on Jeju Island, the Chinese side was extremely resentful, because Jiang Baili’s tragic death, Yang Jie’s serious injury, and Jiang Weiguo’s “dying death” were all indisputable facts. One is resentment that Japan has violated international diplomatic norms by resorting to such indiscriminate means, and the other is resentment that Japan's move is very likely to destroy the blueprint of the "Germany, China and Japan Triple Alliance" that Germany has been painstakingly working on and eagerly longing for. People can be regarded as hating the Japanese; as for the Japanese side, they can't explain it and have suffering.

Objectively speaking, Emperor Hirohito, Minister of the Japanese Land, Minister of the Sea of ​​Japan, Chief of the General Staff, Minister of the Military Command, and the Prime Minister did not intend to assassinate Jiang Weiguo, but they ignored one thing, that is, the Japanese army has always had " The tradition of following the above and making decisions without authorization” is why a small group of fanatical radicals from the 20th Division planned to smuggle from the Korean peninsula to Jeju Island to assassinate Jiang Weiguo. The ship was sunk by the torpedo boat of the Chinese navy, and hundreds of Japanese officers and soldiers who were dead and alive who were about to assassinate Jiang Weiguo were captured alive. The Japanese side cannot deny it. Although it is true that the Japanese high-level officials were not responsible for this incident, the Japanese high-level officials are still to blame. ; If the first assassination allowed the Japanese high-level to find an excuse to shirk responsibility, then the second assassination really left the Japanese high-level speechless. The political adviser and private secretary of the dignified Japanese Prime Minister actually defected in public and confirmed the plan The mastermind behind the second assassination was Emperor Hirohito’s uncle Hatohiko Asakamiya. This was witnessed by all three parties in Germany, China and Japan. And the entire Japanese high-level has nothing to say.

In this matter, the Chinese side was furious, the German side was filled with righteous indignation, and the Japanese side was completely wronged.

It is said that after Emperor Hirohito learned of this incident, he hurriedly summoned King Hatohiko Asaka Palace and complained heartbrokenly, "Uncle, you are too confused."

In this regard, King Jiuyan of Chaoxiang Palace firmly denied it.

Although there is no direct evidence, everyone in the top ranks of Japan has already drawn a conclusion in their hearts: the second assassination was carried out by King Hatohiko Asaka, because he had an unquestionable "motivation" and sufficient "conditions for committing the crime."

Chiang Kai-shek launched this counterattack to seize the great advantage of the Japanese side and make it even better.

It is indeed too bloodless for the national army not to retaliate against the Japanese. If it retaliates and achieves major victories, it can add fuel to the flames and make the Japanese at the negotiating table give up more.

How sophisticated and shrewd Chiang Kai-shek is, what's more, behind him is the "genius conspirator" Jiang Weiguo.

The important decision to counterattack the Japanese army has been settled, and after analysis, it is the best to deploy troops from the two provinces of Suicha, but there is a very big flaw in this move, that is: the tank troops of the Nanjing Army are not in the same position as Suicha. The northern Shanxi region bordering Chacha.

In modern land warfare, the attack power of the army is to a large extent the impact force, and the impact force comes from mechanized troops. Eighty percent of Shanxi's area is mountainous, and the plains in Shanxi are mainly dotted with basins that are generally small in size, and the distribution is fragmented. , There is no whole piece of the Great Plains. In addition, the railways in Shanxi are undergoing comprehensive reconstruction, and many railways have been stripped away. Therefore, it is difficult to quickly pass mechanized troops in Shanxi, and it is not suitable for tank troops to fight.

The Nanjing Army is currently stationed in the two provinces of Shandong and Shanxi. Shanxi has many mountains and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Shandong has many plains and is surrounded by the sea on both sides. In the territory of Shandong.

When Jiang Weiguo first acquired the two provinces of Shandong and Jin, the Nanjing Army was mainly stationed in the south of Shanxi and West of Shandong. At that time, it was to prevent the comeback of Yan Xishan and Han Fuju, and to prevent his own family from defending against foreign enemies. At present, the Nanjing Army is mainly stationed in the north of Shanxi, East of Jin, Lubei and Ludong are completely on guard against the Japanese army.

Among the two provinces of Shandong and Shanxi, the most difficult to defend is Lubei (Shandong is the area on the north bank of the Yellow River), because if the Japanese army attacks Shanxi, it will inevitably be resisted by the Nanjing army relying on the mountains, which is relatively more difficult. If the Japanese army attacks Shandong, Completely move south on the plains, the entire north of Lu is a plain, there is no danger to defend, if you lose Lubei, the next step is the natural danger of the Yellow River, therefore, Lubei is the most difficult to attack and difficult to defend in the two provinces of Lu and Jin. Therefore, the Nanjing Army The 77th Division, the ace of the Japanese army, is stationed in northern Shandong. Naturally, the tank units of the Nanjing Army are also stationed in northern Shandong, and they will not be able to go to northern Shanxi in a short time.

南京军此时共有11个师，除第100师，其余10个师都是野战部队，眼下被编为两个军，分别是第77军（下辖第77师、第74师、第20师、第101师）、第100军（下辖第88师、第99师、第17师），第37师、第38师、第39师和第100师都属于南京军的直属部队（在编制上，第37师、第38师、第39师都是军区的直属部队，第100师是军委会的直属部队，实际上都直接听命于蒋纬国）。

At present, the distribution of the Nanjing Army is as follows: because Shanxi is mountainous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the 100th Army and the 39th Division are stationed in Shanxi; The 77th Division and the 37th Division are stationed in Shandong.

Of the 10 field divisions of the Nanjing Army, 4 are in Shanxi and 6 are in Shandong.

Because Shandong is more likely to be attacked by the Japanese army than Shanxi, the 77th Army is in Shandong, so the Nanjing Army tank unit belonging to the 77th Army is in Shandong (Northern Shandong). Right now, it is most beneficial for the Nanjing Army to attack the two provinces of Suicha, but The tank troops of the Nanjing Army were unable to rush from northern Shandong to northern Shanxi for a while. This was the biggest flaw in the Nanjing Army's attack on the two provinces of Suicha.

If the tank troops of the Nanjing Army were transported from northern Shandong to northern Shanxi, it would take a long time, and secondly, the Japanese army would definitely feel alert and prepare for the battle.

The Nanjing Army stationed in the north of Shanxi is the 17th Division. This division has made great achievements and gained a great reputation in the Jinan raid and Jinan defense battle, so it has become the "first-class army" of the Nanjing Army (the 10 field divisions of the Nanjing Army are also classified , although there are no express regulations, but the Nanjing Army is well aware of it).

In the division headquarters of the 17th Division, when the division commander and North Shanxi garrison commander Chen Mingren explained to the deputy division commander, division chief of staff, three brigade commanders, and three deputy brigade commanders the military situation of the Nanjing Army's preparations for a counterattack and the major issues of how to counterattack, the 171th Division Zhang Yun, the deputy brigade commander of the [-]st Brigade, was the first to express his opinion. He was very emotional: "Master, your soldiers are so fast! Since the headmaster has ordered the war, what are we waiting for?"

Chen Mingren said helplessly: "Wait for our armored troops to rush from northern Shandong to northern Shanxi!"

"How can we still fight?" Zhang Yun said solemnly, "Is it true that our Nanjing Army can't fight with other troops except the 77th Division? The Japanese army in Suiyuan is only one division. What are we afraid of?"

Chen Mingren looked at Zhang Yun: "You mean..."

"Attack now! Starry night and night! March at full speed!" Zhang Yun has a firm attitude, "I believe that the Japanese must have predicted that a new war is coming. On the one hand, launching a battle is by no means a trivial matter. Therefore, the Japanese will estimate that we will need a period of time to prepare, and we can attack and kill him by surprise! On the other hand, the 77th Division is the trump card and core of the Nanjing Army, and the Japanese will stare at the 77th Division Division, the 77th Division prepared in situ, the Japanese can tell that the 77th Division and the entire Nanjing Army are about to attack Hebei, and the 77th Division is going from Lubei to Shanxi, and the Japanese can tell that the 77th Division and the entire Nanjing Army are about to attack Hebei. To attack Suicha, the 77th Division is a huge smoke bomb. The Japanese would never have imagined that the main force of this battle is our 17th Division! And we launched an attack very quickly! !"

Chen Mingren pondered for a moment: "Our 17th Division is in North Shanxi, the 99th Division is in East Shanxi, and the 88th Division is in Northeast Shanxi. At least we have to wait for the 88th Division to join us?"

"Master seat! That would be a waste of time!" Zhang Yun said decisively, "Why wait? Wait, we have delayed the time, and the Japanese have time, so how can they achieve their speed? Why should a Japanese division be afraid? One of us is enough!"

"Is the army ready?" Chen Mingren asked.

"Master, since we came to Lujin, we have been preparing to fight again every day!" Zhang Yun became more and more determined, "We are preparing every day! Isn't the soldier welcoming the war just like welcoming the sun every morning? When did we ever relax? Moreover, the morale of the brothers is high, knowing that the second son was assassinated by the Japanese, seriously injured, and very likely to die, the morale of the brothers is about to explode!"

Chen Mingren took a deep breath: "Having said that, it's just..." He hesitated a little.

"Master seat!" Zhang Yun said with a deep expression, "Chen Qingzhi of Nanliang led 47 white-robed troops to launch the Northern Expedition, penetrated four thousand miles into the territory of the Northern Wei Dynasty, swept half of the Northern Wei Dynasty, won 32 battles, and won all [-] cities. Victory, capturing Luoyang City, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, with one against ten or even one against a hundred, repeatedly creating miracles and always winning undefeated, our descendants are all fascinated by it. Don't we have the spirit and courage of our ancestors on the battlefield now? ? We are the Nanjing Army!"

Chen Mingren looked at Zhang Yun and smiled with relief: "Yes! We are the Nanjing Army!"

Chen Mingren immediately reported Zhang Yun's combat plan to Xiao Yao, Jiang Weiguo's agent, and Xiao Yao replied: "Very good! With this ambition and ambition, why not? The four military commanders are still in Wuhan, and the Japanese expect us to At the very least, we will wait for the four officers to come back and deploy before launching an attack, so we will launch an attack now! We should keep in mind that we are the Nanjing Army!"

Taking the initiative to attack a division of the Japanese army with the strength of a division and risking being surrounded by the follow-up main force of the Japanese army, but going forward without fear, the entire Chinese army can only do such an almost insane feat by the Nanjing Army.

On December 12, Jiang Weiguo was assassinated on Jeju Island;

On December 12, the Wuhan Military Commission held an emergency high-level meeting and decided to launch a "high-intensity counterattack" against the Japanese army;

On the night of December 12th, the 13th Division of the Nanjing Army in North Shanxi launched a counterattack against the Japanese army in Suiyuan with lightning speed, and the speed of the action was astonishing.

Chapter 395 Fighting Again (2)

On the fifth day after Jiang Weiguo's assassination, the Nanjing Army launched a retaliatory counterattack against the Japanese army. The speed of its action shocked the Japanese and caught them off guard. Some people even suspected that Jiang Weiguo's assassination on Jeju Island was actually "self-directed and self-acted." It is a bitter trick", Jiang Weiguo had just been assassinated, and the Nanjing Army counterattacked, which was too fast and too suspected of a long-planned plan.

However, this conspiracy theory was quickly ruled out, because the Nanjing Army did not counterattack in an all-round way, and the Nanjing Army was actually very hasty, otherwise it would not have dispatched only one division at the beginning of the war.

If the Nanjing Army is really "self-directed, self-acted, and planned for a long time", it will definitely invest heavily in counterattacks, but the fact is: the 17th Division in northern Shanxi has invested in counterattacks alone, and the rest of the troops are still gathering, mobilizing, and preparing .

The two provinces of Suiyuan, Shanxi took the Great Wall as the dividing line and passed through Yanmen Pass. The 17 elite soldiers of the [-]th Division crossed the Great Wall with the momentum of a long dragon, and headed towards Suiyuan, which fell to the north of the Great Wall and fell into the hands of the Japanese.

Yanmen closed, and the 17st Brigade, the vanguard of the 171th Division, held a very special swearing-in ceremony under the auspices of the deputy brigade commander Zhang Yun.

Up and down the city wall, military flags fluttered.

Zhang Yungao stood at the Yanmen Gate and raised a loudspeaker: "Brothers! We are about to cross the Great Wall! The Great Wall! The Great Wall! More than 2000 years ago, the cavalry of the Han Empire led by Huo Qubing crossed the Great Wall and chased and killed the Huns for three thousand miles. Kill the barbarians from all directions to surrender! Now, we will be like the ancestors of our Chinese nation! Cross the Great Wall! Exterminate the enemy! Recover the lost land! We will be invincible like our ancestors!" He shouted, "click Smoke up!"

In Yanmen Pass and nearby fortresses of the Great Wall at Baicaokou, officers and soldiers of the brigade guard battalion of the 171st Brigade ignited wolf dung, wormwood, cow dung, wolf grass and other fuels that had been piled up in the beacon tower of the Great Wall. Then several buckets of water were poured into it.

Immediately, puffs of thick wolf smoke rose up from all over the Great Wall like black tornadoes, straight into the sky, one after another, echoing each other and stretching endlessly.

For a while, the Yanmen Gate was closed, and the smoke was everywhere.

Beech smoke, this is the military alarm signal when the ancient Chinese nation found the enemy's situation in the frontier.

The vicissitudes of life, now this scene reappears, the difference is that at this time the Chinese nation is no longer resisting the northern nomads, but the Japanese pirates who invaded the Chinese land.

The vast wild goose gate is closed, and smoke from wolves rises into the sky. Coupled with the severe winter wind and the desolation of everything at this time, it looks more tragic and passionate.

The Nanjing Army definitely did not use beacon smoke to communicate, but to boost morale.

"Let's sing!" Zhang Yun roared.

Inside and outside the Yanmen Pass, the military songs of the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army went straight to the sky along with the wolf smoke:

"Smoke from the wolf, the mountains and rivers look north! The dragon flag rolls up, the horse neighs, and the sword's aura is like frost.

The heart is like the vastness of the Yellow River, who can resist in 20 years?Crazy with hatred, where the sword is directed, how many loyal brothers and sisters buried their bones in a foreign land!Why regret a hundred deaths to serve the country?I can't help but sigh, and I am speechless, with blood and tears in my eyes!Horseshoes go south, people look north.

The grass is green and yellow, and the dust is flying. I would like to defend the soil and restore the frontiers. "

"No return!" The raging roar resounded through the Yanmen Gate.

The majestic Great Wall has survived the vicissitudes of life for thousands of years. Thousands of years ago, the south of the Great Wall was the Central Plains of China, and the north of the Great Wall was Beidi Quanrong. Thousands of years later, the south of the Great Wall was China, and the north of the Great Wall was Japanese pirates from Japan who belonged to China but were crossed over the sea. occupied country.

The 17th Division straddled the Great Wall and went out of Jin to attack Sui. The first stronghold it faced was Fengzhen, which belonged to the Japanese occupation of Suiyuan and was controlled by the Japanese army. The Japanese army stationed in Fengzhen was a regiment, the ninth of the 5th Division The 9th Wing of the Brigade has a total strength of more than 11 troops, and more than [-] puppet troops to help out.

After the 17st Brigade of the 171th Division arrived first, it launched an attack without waiting for the follow-up 172nd and 173rd Brigades. Yu officers and soldiers roared towards Fengzhen with overwhelming morale, deep-seated hatred, and angry fighting spirit.

Before the attack, Zhang Yun made such a calculation for the brigade commander Zhou Fu: "The Japanese army has four thousand, and our army can fight with four thousand. The puppet army is 5000, which is simply a mob. Our army can beat them with one thousand." Get rid of it, fight and count, the enemy has a total of 8000 people, but our army has [-] people. It is a shame if you still shrink back when the enemy is weak and we are strong! What are you waiting for? Beat these bastards!"

Zhou Fu smiled and said, "Zhang Yun, you are really a desperate man!"

"Fengtian kills the thieves!" Amidst the earth-shattering roar, the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army were unstoppable like a herd of tigers, crushing the Japanese and puppet troops in momentum before they fought.

The Japanese and puppet troops were completely stunned when the war started, because China and Japan were still in the period of armistice after all, and the Chinese army "did not even say hello, and went to war directly", which had greatly caught the Japanese and puppet troops by surprise, and the Nanjing army The attack was launched on the sixth day after the Jeju Island incident. The speed was so fast that it was almost impossible for the Japanese to react. What's more, the 171st Brigade launched the attack in the middle of the night, which made the Japanese and puppet troops completely unable to parry.

Since the Nanjing Army and the Chinese Air Force "are originally a family", the Nanjing Army's "land-air coordination" is very strong. When the 171st Brigade swept up with the momentum of Mount Tai, the bombers of the National Army had just bombed Fengzhen. The Japanese and puppet troops were dizzy and suffered heavy casualties. The next moment, the 171st Brigade had flooded Fengzhen like a plow. It became a ruined building and a sea of ​​corpses and blood.

Facing the ferocious attack of the Nanjing army, although the Japanese army fell into chaos like the puppet army, they quickly recovered and launched a fierce counterattack, and the puppet army was about to collapse.

In Fengzhen, the Nanjing Army and the Japanese Army were engaged in a bloody battle where either you die or I die. The Japanese Army was not as powerful as the Nanjing Army and the infantry and light weapons must be inferior to the Nanjing Army, so they were constantly wiped out by the Nanjing Army. Outside Fengzhen, a large number of puppet soldiers The army fled in panic.

In just three hours, the Nanjing Army conquered Fengzhen and wiped out about 3000 Japanese soldiers. The captain of the 11th Regiment, Captain No Yuichiro, finally fled Fengzhen with 60 or [-] remnants in a panic, and fled to Liang, more than [-] kilometers west of Fengzhen. city.

After the 171st Brigade captured Fengzhen, the other two brigades of the 17th Division also arrived. The whole division, including the 171st Brigade, continued to advance without stopping. The capital of Suiyuan Province and the core of Suiyuan Province is Guisui (Hohhot).

Among the mountains in northern Shanxi, the ancient Great Wall winds like a dormant dragon. Inside and outside the Great Wall, flying sand and stones, wind and thunder billowing, the army is like a flood, footsteps are like thunder, steel helmets are like clouds, and bayonets are like forests. The 17th Nanjing Army The officers and soldiers of the division crossed the Great Wall in a blazing mentality of seeking war, and the whole division swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger.

The Japanese army in Suiyuan is the 5th Division. This division was first in North China at the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War, and then transferred to East China to participate in the Battle of Nanjing. In the "North China Raiders", the "Great Wind" was revived and swept half of Shanxi. After the Sino-Japanese peace talks and armistice, the division was transferred to Suiyuan to be responsible for the defense of Suiyuan. At this time, the division commander was Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki .

In fact, Lieutenant General Itagaki had already been selected as one of the candidates for the next Army Minister before he participated in the Sino-Japanese War, but things went against his wishes. He did not perform well in the Chinese battlefield. Although he was very powerful in Shanxi, he was repeatedly defeated in Nanjing. , which affected his promotion path, so he was still the division head of the 5th Division.

Lieutenant General Itagaki was shocked when he received the report of the Nanjing Army's counterattack against Suiyuan. There are two countermeasures, one is to shrink the troops to Guisui, defend in an all-round way, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements, and the other is to dispatch to fight.