Chapter 72 8. Weak against strong, calmly challenge

On September 29, the 94th, 22nd, and 109th Divisions of the 16th Army of the Kuomintang Army, and the 130th Division of the 53rd Army, a total of 4 divisions, with the cooperation of the Air Force and tanks, marched along the Pingsui Railway in two echelons. Huailai attacked, trying to capture Yanqing first, and then detour to Huailai. The second column of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region faced the battle calmly, resisted bravely, and repelled many enemy attacks.By October 2, the Kuomintang army occupied the Chadao, Nanyuan, Neipao, and Dongxihuayuan areas. On the 3rd, the 94th Division of the Kuomintang Army along the north side of the railway from Maquanzi, and the 109th Division from East and West Garden along the south side of the railway, launched a full-line attack on the Huoshaoying, North-South Qiliqiao, and Daziying areas east of Huailai, and dispatched aircraft More than 100 sorties cooperated with the actions of the ground forces.The 109th Division fired more than 7,000 shells in order to break through the positions of the troops of the Jinchaji Military Region and disrupt its defense system.

The troops of the Jinchaji Military Region launched a heroic counterattack.After 4 hours of fierce fighting, the troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region annihilated all of the 325th Regiment of the 109th Division and 1 battalion of the 327th Regiment, and captured 3 tanks. The Kuomintang army was blocked from attacking Huailai from the front and was forced to switch from offensive to defensive.At this time, Chiang Kai-shek sent Chen Cheng, his chief of staff, to Nankou in person, and deployed troops to detour from the side. On October 7, the Kuomintang military vehicles transported the 43rd Division and the 121st Division of the 94th Army of its reserve team (1 regiment for a long time) to Shahe in an attempt to detour the troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region from Mapiaoquan and Hengling, 20 kilometers southeast of Huailai. sideways.

In response to the enemy's attempt, the head of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region decided to use the 1st Column, the 4th and 3rd Brigades of the 2nd Column, the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Column, and the 30th Brigade of the 10th Brigade of the 4th Column that had just been transferred from the Western Front. The regiment set up an ambush in the Mapuquan area. On the 8th, the 127th Regiment of the 43rd Division entered Mapuquan, and the main force entered the Shuijian area.The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region used the 1st Brigade as a blocking aid, and the 2nd and 4th Brigades wiped out the 127th Regiment of the enemy of Ma Jiquan.The main force of the enemy's 43rd Division fled back to Shahe.

So far, after more than 10 days of fighting, the troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region on the Pingsui Eastern Front have wiped out two entire regiments and one battalion of the Kuomintang army, with a total of more than 10,000 people, and blocked the Kuomintang army in the area east of Huailai. Just as the main forces of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region were fighting fiercely with the Kuomintang army on the east line of Pingsui, and when the troops in the northwest of Zhangjiakou were empty, Fu Zuoyi took the opportunity to disguise the main force of the enemy with the 32nd Division of the 35th Army, marched towards Datong and Yanggao with bluff, and threatened to attack Pingsui. Zhangjiakou attacked in the southeast of the road.

On October 7, the enemy temporarily formed the 3rd Army (2 divisions) and commanded the newly formed 31st Division, 101st Division, and 4th Cavalry Division of the 35th Army, and went from near Jining to Nanhaoqian (now Shangyi). Attack Zhangbei. Because Fu Zuoyi's troops did not have enough vigilance to detour to Zhangjiakou via Zhangbei, when Fu Zuoyi's troops entered Nanhaoqian and Daqinggou on the 8th, the head of the 17th Army Division of the Hebei-Chahar Military Region mistook it for a small group of enemies, and the head of the military region ordered the cavalry The brigade went straight to Nanhaoqian and Dabagou to annihilate the enemy.At this time, more than 2,000 cavalrymen from Fu Zuoyi's department went straight to Zhangbei, and Zhangbei only had 1 company of the military garrison regiment and 1 cavalry company stationed there.

Fu Zuoyi's cavalry quickly broke into the city.The garrison regiment of the military region took reinforcements by car and was bombed by Kuomintang army planes on the way. Although they arrived at Zhangbei, they were already in a disadvantageous position and were forced to retreat in the afternoon after fighting fiercely with the enemy.After Fu Zuoyi's follow-up troops arrived in Zhangbei, they continued to advance towards Zhangjiakou.Although the teaching brigade stubbornly blocked the enemy in Langwogou, it was forced to retreat because it was outnumbered and the main force of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was unable to move in time. On the 10th, Fu Zuoyi's troops captured Langwogou.In this way, the troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region had no danger to defend north of Zhangyuan. On the 11th, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region and various agencies in Zhangjiakou City withdrew from Zhangjiakou.

In order to cooperate with the Pingsui Eastern Front, the 8th Brigade of the 3rd Column of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the Independent 4th Brigade of the Hebei-Chahar Military Region, and the Independent 7th and 8th Brigades of the Jizhong Military Region, etc., set off to the south of the Ping-Han Line on September 29. The section from Hebei to Zhuoxian launched a large-scale attack.The independent 1st and 2nd brigades of the Hebei-Shanxi Military Region and local armed forces attacked the Yujiazhuang and Dingxian sections of the Ping-Han Line.As of October 3, after 5 days of continuous fighting, the above-mentioned troops successively captured Wangdu, Xushui, Dingxing, Rongcheng and other 4 counties and wiped out more than 8,000 Kuomintang troops, forcing the Kuomintang army to transfer the 5th Division of the 94th Army And one regiment of the 121st Division went south for reinforcements on October 15.The troops of the Jireliao Military Region also launched an extensive attack, annihilating more than 7,000 Kuomintang troops and recovering 3 Jidong counties.