ff37;ww.ff35;ff18;xff33;.ff23;om u85c0f;8bf4;66f4;65b0;6700;5feb;5c0f;8bf4;9605;8bfb;7f51;     This decisive battle that determined the fate of North China began with the main force of the East Ocean entering the pass. The foundation was the Luanhe Battle. When the Second Corps of the East Ocean conquered Hengshui, counterattacked the Japanese 109th Division and the 62nd Division, the overall situation was determined.
In the dark night before dawn, the artillery group of the First Artillery Army was roaring, and the night sky was red with the explosion of artillery shells. The warriors of the Second Corps of the East Field Army shouted and charged towards the Japanese!
When a large army was fighting, a large army of more than 100,000 people shouted in the night before dawn, which was more stunning than thunder. However, there was a difference in this kind of shout. The shouts of soldiers from the south were slender and shrill, and the shouts of soldiers from the north were thick and dull, but whether they were slender and shrill or thick, they were even scarier than black and white impermanence!
After the fierce shelling, the large group of troops charged and counterattacked. The 109th Division and the 62nd Division were completely destroyed, and their fighting spirit was completely eliminated. One east and one west began to retreat in the opposite direction.
The Japanese soldiers were actually very brave, but this was a large corps battle. The artillery group showed off its might. The personal bravery could not solve the problem. In order to avoid ruining the troops under the attack of artillery fire, retreating is the best choice. The problem is that as soon as the Japanese retreat, the artillery group would be more fierce, and retreating would become a retreat.
After the most elite Second Army of the Second Corps broke into Hengshui City, the small Hengshui City could not accommodate the Second Army of tens of thousands of people. Soon, the Third Armored Brigade took the lead in Hengshui City and joined the battle to pursue the remnants of the 109th Division. The main force of the Second Army followed closely, and together with the Sixth Army, they concealed the defeated troops of the 109th Division.
On both sides of Deshi Road, there are blockade ditches, artillery towers and bunkers in southern Hebei, central Hebei, and the railway garrisons and puppet troops stationed by the Japanese North China Front Army. The fleeing 109th Division and the 62nd Division fled into the strongholds along the line, jumped into the blockade ditch, and avoided our army's pursuit.
The pursuit battle turned into a tough battle, which made Liu Jian extremely sad and angry. He immediately ordered all troops to concentrate artillery fire and cleared the Japanese and puppet strongholds on both sides of Deshi Road.
Before the establishment of the Third Armored Brigade, the First Armored Brigade participated in the battle to annihilate the remnants of the Kwantung Army on the Northeast battlefield. The Luanhe Battle began and joined the battle with independent organization. At this time, the armored advantages of the Third Armored Brigade were revealed. Each unit was platoon, three and four tanks in a group, attacking the artillery towers and bunkers and castles on the Japanese and puppet-German stone road defense line, and covering the Japanese and puppet strongholds.
This scene was a common occurrence when the Japanese pursued the National Army in the past few years. The Japanese were always concentrated on remuneration for our army, which was defended by fortifications, and the troops were bloodied. The troops formed groups, brigades and divisions were killed on the positions. This was the case on the battlefield of Songhu, the Battle of Taiyuan, Xuzhou, and Wuhan. The situation has changed now. It is our turn to use aircraft, cannons and tanks to deal with the Japanese who were holding the 38th hood, holding the 92nd pose, and shooting the Japanese.
Tank guns were bombarded, and with a bang, it was very likely that a bunker would fly into the sky. A few bangs, and the Japanese brick and wood artillery tower might collapse!
The commander of the Japanese North China Front Army, Okamura Yasuji, led the North China Front Army Command and the 25th Division and the 69th Division of the First Army, independent mixed-in-the-Ninth and 10th Brigades, Taiyuan Garrison, Heavy Artillery Brigade, and the special support troops directly under the First Army, the puppet army of Shanxi and the puppet army and the Shimen Garrison were heading east after leaving Shimen. Since the Toshi Road had been destroyed during the daytime bombing and the train was no longer accessible, Okamura Yasuji ordered the remaining cars of the First Army to be left for the 35th Division behind the palace to use. Such a huge Japanese and puppet army could only rely on the rubber wheel truck, the large carts collected, donkey carts and walking forward.
When he ordered the 35th Division to evacuate the Hutuo River defense line, Okamura Yanji had already crossed Xinji, only 30 miles away from Hengshui. At this moment, the rumbling cannons in the direction of Hengshui came into Okamura Yanji's ears. Okamura Yanji immediately understood why Liu Yimin did not launch a large-scale attack on Pinghan Road during the day, and thought that his troops were fighting continuously, so they had to rest on the battlefield. It turned out that they had made a big trap to jump, waiting for him to leave the stone gate and destroy his main force on this big plain!
After awakening, Okamura Yasuji Okamura immediately ordered the radio station to contact the 35th Division, the 62nd Division and the 109th Division to find out the enemy situation.
The 35th Division could not be contacted. The 109th Division reported that it was bombarded on a large scale and the troops suffered heavy losses. It was also subjected to a large-scale counterattack and pursued by the main force of the East Field Army. The troops were in danger of breaking their bodies and requested emergency tactical guidance. The report of the 62nd Division was consistent with the report of the 109th Division. However, their situation was better than that of the 109th Division. I asked if the heavy artillery brigade had arrived and if it could be reinforced immediately.
The first army's heavy artillery brigade was all driven by cars and moved very quickly. It was supposed to have arrived in Hengshui long ago. However, Okamura Nishi was cunning and knew that the most powerful support and cover firepower he had on hand was the heavy artillery brigade that had suffered a lot in the bombing of the plane. He held it tightly in his hand, preventing them from moving forward quickly, stopping and waiting for the large army he led.
Yoshio Shinozuka was a few years younger than Okamura Yiji. He was angry and full of blood. He immediately suggested concentrating his forces on the way to eliminate the East Field Army attacking Hengshui, and then heading east to regain Dezhou, and then relying on the canal to set up defenses, blocking the pursuing Eighth Route Army and Liu Yimin's Northeast Field Army to the west of the canal.
Yoshio Shinozuka's style of playing is the normal style of playing for the Japanese army, and their troops are also quite strong, so they can definitely fight. But Okamura Yanji knew that he had fallen into a trap. At this time, the troops on the Pinghan Road in Liu Yimin's western front must have entered Shimen. Maybe they will chase the 35th Division's butt and beat them immediately. When it dawns, the damn bomber group will appear again. Such a large-scale army is the target of bombers. Where can I attack Hengshui and capture Texas?
In any case, you have to repel Liu Yimin's pursuit of the 62nd Division first. Otherwise, not only the 62nd Division is in danger, but the large troops led by itself are also in danger.
Okamura Yasuji ordered Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshinozuka to command the 25th Division, independently form the 9th and 10th Brigades, and the Heavy Artillery Brigade quickly reinforces the Hengshui front line, responds to the 62nd Division, repels the pursuing troops of Liu Yimin, and then quickly turns to evacuate the battlefield, bypass Hengshui before dawn, passes Jizhou, Zaoqiang, and passes through the canal and enters Shandong to join the 41st Division, arranges positions between the canal and the Majia River, and blocks the chasing enemy.
The Taiyuan garrison commanded the puppet troops brought from Shanxi to carry out on-site, build fortifications, and set up tight defenses to block Liu Yimin's main force who might pursue from west to east; the 59th Division, the 39th Division, and the 58th Division, which were on the front line of Dezhou, left one to block the enemy's pursuit in front of Dezhou, sent one to respond to the 109th Division, and then quickly bypassed Dezhou, controlled the Shandong plain area, and arranged a defense line based on the Majia River to meet with the main force.
This deployment was made without contact with the 35th Division. Although Okamura Yasuji imagined that the 35th Division was in the marching and the radio might not be able to contact with it, he still made the deployment based on the annihilation of the 35th Division.
Okamura Yasuji told Yoshio Shinozuka that he must use the heavy artillery brigade to destroy the artillery positions of Liu Yimin, at least forcing him to transfer the positions and not support the battlefield. At the same time, do not fight and retreat quickly, and be sure to move before Liu Yimin's democratic forces siege.
Okamura Yanji was very decisive. He had already judged from the rumbling cannons that there was a powerful artillery group in the Hengshui line. After his main force rushed forward, he might become the wandering soul of Liu Yimin's large-scale artillery group, repeating the mistakes of the Kwantung Army and the Yuzakui Sangmu Chongming Group in the Battle of Luanhe. Therefore, he wanted to use the heavy artillery brigade to bombard our artillery group's positions and then escape.
Okamura Yasuji told Yoshio Shinozuka to pay attention to air defense after evacuating Hengshui. If necessary, rely on the village, the market town to hide, deploy defense, and defend on the spot, avoid the bombing during the day, and then move eastward in large quantities at night.
Yoshio Shinozuka went to command the troops to reinforce the 62nd Division. Okamura Yasuji immediately ordered the 25th Division, the 69th Division and the Shimen Garrison to evacuate the highway from Shimen to Hengshui with the Front Command, and run towards Jizhou, preparing to take a step forward to meet the troops led by Yoshio Shinozuka.
At this time, Okamura Yanji was still thinking about escaping. Where could he run?
Just when Okamura Yasuji ordered Yoshio Shinozuka to reinforce Hengshui and the enemy in the Texas fled around Texas, the Third Corps, which had recovered their physical strength, launched an attack on the 36th Division, the 58th Division, and the 59th Division of the Japanese Army. This time, Li Qing changed his style of fighting and took the Second Armored Brigade as the guide to concentrate the entire regiment's cars, heavy machine guns, 92 infantry artillery, grenade launchers, mortars, and rocket launchers all on the car. The 7th Division of the Third Army took a car, the 8th Division of the Third Army, and the 9th Division followed up, concentrated firepower and implemented an intermediate breakthrough. The Eighth Army and the 11th Army detoured from both wings and surrounded the Japanese army.
This tactic is a typical tactic when Liu Yimin organized an armored assault, and it has been tried and tested.
The three artillery regiments of the Third Corps fired concentrated their artillery and beat them hard at the center of the defense line of the three Japanese divisions. After the firepower was extended, they also beat them hard along the middle.
Under the cover of artillery fire, the Second Armored Brigade launched an armored group attack on the Japanese army. It attacked according to the attack channel opened by the artillery group. Following closely behind was the steel torrent composed of cars. The 92 infantry cannons, grenade launchers, mortars, and rocket launchers on the cars opened fire violently on the cars. The car-mounted machine guns on the tanks and heavy machine guns on the cars made the mountain sound, splashing ammunition at the Japanese army, killing the Japanese army, making the Japanese howl and howl invincible!
The Second Armored Brigade broke into the Japanese Defense Line Center, and the 7th Division convoy followed closely through the Japanese Defense Line Center, the Eighth Division of the Seventh Army and the Ninth Division broke into the Japanese Defense Line Center, and the defense lines of the Japanese 39th Division, the 58th Division and the 59th Division were divided.
Chapter completed!