Phi-Fic Chapter 908 Removal
Chapter 908 Removal
In response to Li Shaoyi's disobedience to orders, the Military Commission responded quickly, removing Li Shaoyi from his position as commander-in-chief of the North China Theater and retaining only his position as a member of the Military Commission.
When Li Shaoyi saw the telegram, he didn't know what to say. "Do you really think I want your position? When the Pujiang battle starts in a few days, if you don't give me a tough official position, do you think I'll pay any attention to you?"
The various units of the 72nd Army retreated to Peiping in an orderly manner, launching sniper attacks many times along the way. During the attack on Peiping, the Japanese North China Front Army often consumed the strength of several battalions to capture a county, which made the Japanese North China Front Army very angry. They originally thought that after taking Tianjin, the road ahead would be smooth sailing, but now it seems that is far from the case.
When we first occupied the Jidong government, Li Shaoyi started building bunkers and other things everywhere. Now that the Japanese army is here, these things are finally put to use. Our bunkers have various underground passages, and not much of them are exposed above ground. Even if you want to attack with heavy artillery, you'll have to see if they give you the chance.
Although the distance between Tianjin and Beijing was not far, for the Japanese army, every step forward came at a huge price. Just four days after the Japanese army occupied Tianjin, the three divisions responsible for the pursuit all returned in disgrace.
When they left, there were more than 70,000 Japanese troops ready to go. They were all very excited and wanted to rush to Chahar immediately to let Li Shaoyi know how powerful the Japanese army was.
However, it had only been four days, and although the three divisions could not be said to have been completely destroyed, their casualties had exceeded 30%. It was not impossible to continue fighting, but it would have a huge impact on their fighting will, so the North China Front Command ordered them to withdraw and sent new troops to attack again.
An entire division was wiped out in four days, and this wasn't in Tianjin, but on the way to Beijing.
According to the Japanese headquarters' estimate, our advantages might not be brought into play if we fought around the city. After all, our field divisions were best at fighting in the wild. However, when they actually arrived in the wild, they found that it was far from the case. The 72nd Army, equipped with various mechanical vehicles, was the real king of the wild.
Anywhere can be a battlefield, no matter you are eating or sleeping, as long as you hear artillery sounds around you, it means that the people of the 72nd Army have approached you, and when they attack, they don’t really want to attack you, they just use their superior firepower to kill some soldiers, and then retreat immediately.
Before the attack, the retreat route had already been planned. This was different from when they were in Tianjin. Due to the restrictions of various transportation buildings, there were relatively few retreat routes in Tianjin, and there were fewer opportunities to launch surprise attacks on the Japanese army.
But it is different in the wild now. The retreat routes can be in all directions. Some armies even feel like retreating to the east. In the eyes of the Japanese, the east is their base camp. Do you still want to retreat to Tianjin?
Our army certainly wouldn't retreat to Tianjin, but couldn't we just run a dozen kilometers east and then make a detour south? We have plenty of gas anyway, and it's not like we're running ourselves, so it would only take an hour longer at most. The roads in North China are almost complete.
But the Japanese army was different. Anyone who has chased a car knows that within the first half minute, human strength can even catch up with a car that has just started. But after half a minute, you can only stand there gasping for breath, watching the car in the distance running farther and farther away, and there is nothing you can do.
"If we had known this would happen, we should have withdrawn from Tianjin earlier and slowly engaged them in the area between Tianjin and central Beijing."
In the temporary command armored vehicle, Zhao Tiezhu said cheerfully that when they were in Tianjin, the Japanese army could advance in unison and gave us no chance to penetrate. But after leaving Tianjin, all the Japanese troops thought that the 72nd Army had reached the end of the road, so the various troops rushed forward one after another, and the leading troops that escaped became our target. They have not stopped for the past few days. Even if they were beaten, the other troops also wanted to rush to the front. It was really too tempting for the Japanese army to tear a piece of meat from the 72nd Army.
"We can't have such thoughts. When we were fighting in Jincheng before, I also wanted to hold Jincheng to the death and never retreat. You have to know that we don't have many places to retreat. Now we have such results in the field, but it is also a fluke. We don't have much chance to make mistakes."
Li Shaoyi said very seriously that compared with the Japanese, our chances are indeed pitifully small. After the Japanese make a mistake, they can still make up for their mistakes by relying on their long-term developed comprehensive national strength.
But we are different. We have developed in such a short time that every step is very important to our current achievements. If we make a mistake, how can we make up for it? Compared with the Japanese, the gap in our overall strength is quite obvious.
"Yes, yes, that's all I said. But according to our estimates, the Japanese will have to send out several more divisions before we retreat to Peking. When we retreat to Chahar, your original battle plan to kill 300,000 of them should be easily accomplished."
Zhao Tiezhu said cheerfully, and Li Shaoyi nodded in satisfaction. Originally, in the war in North China, the Japanese casualties were only tens of thousands, but now it has increased seven or eight times. I'm afraid only the Japanese themselves know how much pain they are in now.
"Report to the commander, Beiping Nanyuan Airport was attacked..."
Li Shaoyi and Zhao Tiezhu were happily reading a report when a combat staff officer walked in in a hurry.
After the airport in Tianjin was bombed, the importance of the Beijing airport immediately became apparent. Li Shaoyi ordered a reorganized infantry regiment under his command to quickly go to the Beijing airport and take over the Beijing airport in the hands of the 29th Army. Everything went very smoothly, and our planes also began to take off and land at the Beijing airport, providing strong support for the anti-Japanese war on the front line.
But just fifteen minutes ago, a Japanese armed force rushed into the Peking Airport...
Four fighters and two bombers were destroyed, with few pilot casualties and seven ground crew members seriously injured.
But the most important thing is that the oil depot was bombed...