Chapter 176: The roar of cannons and the majestic chariots
(This story is purely fictional, please do not imitate it!)
The "maiden battle" of the National Defense Forces Air Force ended with an extremely successful result, which made the entire National Defense Forces very happy. Wu Aihua asked the National Defense Forces Air Force to come up with reward measures as soon as possible to reward meritorious personnel and provide compensation for the sacrificed soldiers. At the same time, the air combat will be
disseminated to the outside world through press releases.
"The stupid Kwantung Army! I didn't cause trouble for you, but you came to cause trouble for me!" Although he won the victory, Wu Aihua was unhappy in his heart. Indeed, as analyzed by Yamashita Fengwen, the National Defense Forces are currently indeed
It cannot compete with Japan's national power.
Why do you say this? Didn’t the National Defense Forces achieve great annihilation effects with very few casualties in every battle? In fact, as Yamashita Fengfumi said, the National Defense Forces really rely on tactics to win, and the defeat of Suzuki Shigeyasu Ichi
The reason for the battle was that the National Defense Forces discovered the target before the opponent, and the National Defense Forces used the tank battalion and destroyed the opponent's artillery first. Otherwise, even if they won in the end, they would suffer heavy losses. In fact, the Japanese army
The mountain artillery battalion of the National Defense Forces was in a state of disarray with only small artillery such as grenades, which shows that the military quality of the Japanese army is indeed good.
However, Wu Aihua did not want to cause trouble for the Kwantung Army for the time being, so he only used a combination of punches against the North China Front Army.
On September 6, after several days of secret movements, the 1st Division of the 1st Group Army of the National Defense Force, the instructor division directly under the National Defense Force, the 3rd Regiment, 5th Regiment, and 6th Regiment of the Armored Division directly under the National Defense Force, and the 3rd Regiment of the Howitzer Brigade of the Artillery Division directly under the National Defense Force, totaling 68,000
They formed the "Chahar Detachment" of the National Defense Force and quietly arrived at Huailai and Zhangjiakou.
Chahar Detachment of the National Defense Force: Commander Zhou Changbing, Deputy Commander Wang Weiqing, and Chief of Staff Sun Yuantao. Zhou Changbing is the commander of the teaching division, Wang Weiqing is the commander of the 1st Division of the 1st Group Army, and Sun Yuantao is the deputy commander of the Armored Division.
Zhangjiakou, Huailai, Xuanhua and Yanqing are the northernmost range of the "North Taihang Base" originally determined by Wu Aihua. However, due to limited troop strength for several months, the above-mentioned areas have been occupied by the Japanese Chahar Dispatch Corps. According to the National Defense Forces No.
According to the report of Zhang Binxian, commander of the 1st Group Army, except for Wang Weiqing's 1st Division, which arrived in northern Hebei early, the remaining four main divisions and units directly under the group army will secretly arrive at the Beitahang Base around September 7.
After receiving this news, Wu Aihua's combination boxing attack against the Japanese army was launched. Taking Chahar from the north was Wu Aihua's first move after the "first move" of the combination boxing: the left uppercut!
To occupy Zhangjiakou, the capital of Chahar Province, there will inevitably be the most direct confrontation with the Chahar dispatched corps of the Japanese Kwantung Army.
Previously, Wu Aihua only thought about this level. It was not until one day when he turned on his computer to check information that he discovered that he had missed an important location: Baotou. Moreover, there is another advantage: Baotou had been completed as early as 1923.
The railway.
If future generations of Chinese people do not know the meanings of the names Daqing, Baotou and Panzhihua, then they are definitely not Chinese.
Baotou's name covers almost all important industrial categories such as steel, energy, textiles, minerals, ordnance, etc. It has obvious advantages in metal mines, non-metal mines, animal and plant resources, especially rare earth minerals, which will be one of the most important cities in the country in later generations.
Treasure. Building a complete industrial base with Baotou as the center is enough to double the economic strength of the National Defense Forces within two years.
To capture Chahar, one only needs to eliminate the Japanese Kwantung Army dispatched corps, or directly face a large-scale attack by the Kwantung Army, without having to consider the complexity of domestic politics at all.
At this time, the strength of the Japanese Kwantung Army was not very strong, because Japan had not yet massively increased its troops. Even if it later increased its troops, Japan would not be able to mobilize a large number of the Kwantung Army into the Kwantung. Otherwise, Japan in history would not let it go
The millions of Kwantung Army troops are no longer needed.
Therefore, if Wu Aihua wants to fully control Chahar, it seems that he only needs to annihilate the Chahar Dispatch Corps of the Kwantung Army, which is equivalent to one to two Japanese divisions.
After the Japanese offensive in the Pingjin area ended, the main defense line of the Chahar Dispatch Corps did not change. Sakai Hoji's independent first mixed brigade was stationed in Zhangjiakou. The Corps was directly under the Field Artillery Regiment.
Hideki Jojo and others are stationed in Zhangjiakou; Masato Honda's mixed 2nd brigade (without the word "independent", the Japanese army's organization is too complicated) is stationed at the south entrance and Juyongguan; Shinohara Seiichiro's 15th mixed brigade is stationed at Huai Lai
(Huai Lai was captured by this brigade from Tang Enbo's 13th Army), and Tanigawa Miyoji's independent 1st Infantry Brigade garrisoned Huai'an.
In a word, the Japanese army was stationed along the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway. As for the vast Chahar area north of Zhangjiakou, it was controlled by the "Mongolian United Autonomous Government". This "Mongolian United Autonomous Government" was actually a lackey of the Japanese army.
Together with the Japanese army, they expelled Fu Zuoyi, a communist in Chahar Province appointed by the Guomin government.
According to the new situation, Wu Aihua delineated the eastern line of the "North Taihang Base" in Huailai, while the northern line expanded to Duolun and Baotou.
The mission of the Chahar detachment of the National Defense Forces is to annihilate the 15th mixed brigade of Shinohara Seiichiro who is entrenched in Huai Lai and the troops of Tojo Hideki and Sakai Hoji who are entrenched in Baotou with lightning speed, and in
Huailai built a barrier in the northeastern part of the "North Taihang Base" to ensure the safety of the Chahar area and the entire "North Taihang Base".
At 10 pm on September 6, the battle began with the Eastern Front Group led by Wang Weiqing! The 1st Division of the 1st Group had 3 infantry regiments, 1 artillery regiment, 1 tank regiment, and a total of 25,000 people.
Shinohara Seiichiro's mixed 15th Brigade had only two regiments and less than 8,000 troops.
Like Tang Enbo's defense of Huailai, Huailai Station was also the focus of Shinohara Seiichiro's defense. However, Wang Weiqing adopted completely different tactics from the Japanese army. For the 16th Regiment of Colonel Goto Juro who defended Huailai Station, Wang Weiqing only sent
An infantry regiment was placed on guard and surveillance, but heavy troops were concentrated to attack the camp in the east of the city where the brigade and regiment headquarters were located.
A few days ago, the National Defense Forces Air Force had carried out warning bombings on Huailai and Zhangjiakou. Therefore, when Wang Weiqing commanded the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division and the 1st Battalion of the Tank Regiment to attack the Japanese camp, they were immediately attacked by the 30th Wing Pigs.
Colonel Tetsuro Shikakura resisted tenaciously, and the infantry artillery, mortars, grenade launchers, etc. were used in an orderly manner.
Seeing the tight defense of the Japanese army, Wang Weiqing immediately ordered the artillery battalion of the 1st Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the Tank Regiment to engage in firepower exchanges with the Japanese regiment. The Japanese army took advantage of the favorable terrain and strong fortifications, and the National Defense Forces relied on fierce artillery fire and armored cover. The two sides fought hard.
What a joy!
The artillery battalion of the Marine Regiment of the National Defense Force is a standard howitzer battalion, equipped with 12 105mm howitzers. In the Japanese army, only field artillery regiments or independent field artillery regiments are equipped with this level of artillery, usually at the division level.
Only combat troops are equipped with field artillery regiments, just like the Japanese 20th Division, which is equipped with a 26th field artillery regiment.
Therefore, the result of the confrontation between the two sides was that the Japanese army could no longer withstand the power of this howitzer after an hour, and had to mobilize artillery from other directions to participate in the exchange of fire.
When all the artillery and troops of the Japanese army were mobilized to block the 1st Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the Tank Regiment, the 1st Division Artillery Regiment, which had already been itching for a long time, immediately launched a covering artillery bombardment on the Japanese artillery position.
The artillery regiment of the Marine Division and the artillery battalion of the Marine Regiment are not simply the addition and subtraction of several battalions and one regiment. The artillery regiment is equipped with 1 heavy artillery battalion and has 8 150mm cannons. It is by no means that two howitzers equal one.
Door cannon. Heavy artillery, generally used to attack strong fortresses.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."
With the earth-shattering roar of 150 cannons, Japanese fortresses were blasted into the sky one after another! The Japanese defense line was soon blasted with a big gap by the invincible heavy artillery.
"1st Battalion, Chariot Regiment, assault!" Seeing the opportunity coming, Wang Weiqing immediately waved his hand to attack!
24 "T-12" assault vehicles rushed out from behind a slope one after another and rushed towards the Japanese camp!
"Da da da..." The machine gun on the tank began to roar.
"Boom, boom, boom..." This is the roar of the T-12 Type 37 tank gun.
At first, tanks only dared to hide in the distance and fire shells because the Japanese army had 70mm infantry guns, which posed a greater threat to light tanks. If it was a T-24 tank, it would be completely unafraid of the enemy's small tanks.
However, the detachment commander Zhou Changbing took all the tanks to the direction of Zhangjiakou. There is a Japanese field artillery regiment in Zhangjiakou, which should not be underestimated.
Once the Japanese artillery was destroyed, the tanks of the National Defense Forces basically had no rivals in the Eastern battlefield where the artillery fire was not strong enough and the tanks were not thick-skinned enough.
"Boom -" the tank gun is a kind of direct-fire gun. It can hit fixed targets within a distance of 3-500 meters. It is accurate every time. In the area where the tank runs over, the Japanese army has hidden grenade fire points and machine gun fire points.
, were named one by one by tank guns.
Some Japanese soldiers who were not afraid of death were holding cluster grenades or explosive packs and tried to rush up and blow up the tanks. If there were two tanks in one, maybe the Japanese would succeed, but Wu Aihua never played such tricks.
, if you want to play, play swarm. As long as the tanks are dispatched, a battalion of 24 tanks and 48 armored personnel carriers will attack in a unified manner. Not to mention artillery, there are hundreds of machine guns. As long as a Japanese soldier pops up, there will be at least several.
The bullets from the machine gun swept over immediately.
In his early years, Zhuang Xizhen, the commander of the 2nd Division of the Independent Column, was not praised by Wu Aihua for agreeing to use a tank company to attack the national army's defense line. Instead, he was criticized.
Wu Aihua said that the power of tanks lies in swarm charge. If it is a tank, it may not be able to deal with three soldiers or a soldier holding a grenade launcher, but if dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of tanks charge,
, which is basically equivalent to a steamroller. No one can deal with such a group of tanks. Unless the enemy also has dozens, hundreds or even thousands of cannons, otherwise, just one charge of the tanks can break the enemy's will!
Colonel Tetsuro Inokagura did not expect that one of his regiments would only resist for an hour before being defeated by the National Defense Forces, which were not much larger than his own. In a panic, he assembled the last brigade.
The infantry force is ready to defend the powerful armored force of the Wehrmacht with flesh and blood.