Chapter 265 Steel Collision 1 (please ask for red flowers!)
Why did the 062 Division attack Xingta Town, but the previous reconnaissance troops could take a detour? In fact, as mentioned above, the light troops are walking and can find a way if there is no road; however, the main force is fully mechanized
Motorized vehicles are all vehicles, so if the Japanese stronghold in Xingta is not removed, the National Defense Forces will simply not be able to survive. This is also the reason why historical wars and battles over strategic points of transportation arteries are so fierce.
The 1st Battalion of the Tank Regiment, which received the order to go into battle, did not swarm forward. Instead, it was divided into two batches. Half of the tanks were shelling and covering in place, while the other half of the tanks concentrated on driving forward (firing guns while in motion, very quickly).
It is difficult to hit the gun holes of the bunker). After driving to a certain distance, half of the tanks stopped and fired to cover the other half of the tanks coming up.
This tactic of exterminating fixed strongholds is very similar to the group tactics of army soldiers.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."
The Japanese troops on the opposite side seemed to know that the end was coming, and they continued to fire fiercely regardless of the poor air in the bunker!
The advancing tank troops of the National Defense Forces were even more happy because ordinary rifle grenades posed no threat to the tanks, and the Japanese army only had 4 infantry guns, and at least 3 tanks were fighting against each of them.
, coupled with the fact that the tanks are moving and the Japanese artillery is hiding in the bunker, it is clear at a glance which battlefield situation is better or worse.
When the 1st Tank Battalion advanced to a distance of about 300 meters from the Japanese bunker, the four Japanese infantry guns were finally completely destroyed. The other three tank battalions, at the command of the regiment commander, rushed towards the remaining
Those bunkers, the Japanese bunkers with only light and heavy machine guns, how could they withstand the approaching artillery fire of the Wehrmacht tanks.
This style of fighting is called "using a cannon as a rifle" according to Wu Aihua!
It took the 062 Division 40 minutes from arriving at Xingta Town to finally taking over Xingta Town. Among them, one tank collapsed, one soldier was killed by a stray bullet, and seven other soldiers suffered varying degrees of injuries.
of injury.
As for Matsuda Heiji, a "China expert" who had been educated by his father since childhood, he, like other Japanese soldiers, ended up with a mutilated body in China.
Maybe Matsuda Heiji's father, Matsuda Mouguchi, was not wrong about his education. China is indeed a vast land with abundant resources, and it is indeed a good place to make a fortune. Matsuda Mouguchi did make some money through this, but Matsuda Heiji chose
A wrong way to enter China.
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Half an hour ago, Matsuda Heiji's telegram requesting "tactical guidance" was placed on the desk of Lieutenant General Kita Seiichi of the 107th Division.
Seiichi Kita, like Kenji Doihara, started his career as a spy in China. This guy graduated from the 31st batch of the Japanese Army University in 1919 and served successively as the captain of the 68th Infantry Regiment and the captain of the 19th Infantry Regiment.
, member and instructor of the General Staff Headquarters. During September 18, he served as captain of the 37th Infantry Regiment. Later, he was transferred to the Shanghai Expeditionary Army Staff Officer (Intelligence Director) and was promoted to major general in 1936.
In the original history, after the Xi'an Incident, Kita Seiichi believed that the Chiang Kai-shek group's regime was not stable, and suggested that Japan take a " decisive blow" to the Chiang regime! Later, the "expansionists" such as Tojo Hideki and others were just a few
It's just tooth wisdom.
It can be seen that this guy's research on China is also very profound.
However, history has long since turned a corner. Kita Seiichi once served as the head of the Japanese Tianjin Secret Service, the North China Front Army Secret Service Chief, and the actions that planned Wang Kemin and others to establish the "Provisional Government of the Republic of China" did not happen. And in the "
In the context of the massive expansion of the Japanese army in the "Battle of Peking and Tianjin", a division commander was obtained, and the military rank was advanced to lieutenant general.
After receiving Matsuda Heiji's telegram, Kita Seiichi did not immediately send reinforcements to provide him with "tactical guidance." Instead, he got up and came to the huge map to study the situation.
"Why did the China National Defense Force choose Xingta to attack? Could it be that the National Defense Force wanted to directly break into the urban area of Shanghai with the strength of three armies? However, if the National Defense Force had this strategic purpose, they would definitely dispatch more than one division! However, the rest of the National Defense Force
How will our troops act?"
Although Kita Seiichi has a low qualification, he is after all an outstanding graduate from the Japanese mainland (ranked 9 out of 60 people). His calm attitude in times of trouble is quite like that of a lieutenant general, and his analysis is quite reasonable.
After thinking for a while, but couldn't think of anything, Kita Seiichi sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke of the 10th Army, reporting that Xingta was attacked by at least one division of the China Army. After sending the telegram, Kita Seiichi
While drinking sake, I waited for the second telegram from Heiji Matsuda.
However, Kita Seiichi, who had been waiting for a long time, did not receive a telegram from Heiji Matsuda, but received a piece of news that was absolutely earth-shattering: at 4 o'clock in the morning, Jiaxing, Jiashan and nearby towns were attacked on a large scale by the China National Defense Forces.
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"Here it comes, finally here!" Kita Makoto acted like a wise man. After taking the last sip of wine from the glass, he immediately ordered the chief of staff to send a report to Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke to report the enemy situation; at the same time, Kita Makoto picked up the phone and
Order all ministries to fight bravely and resolutely annihilate the Chinese troops who dare to invade.
Putting down the phone, Kita Seiichi called the division headquarters staff to find the two captains of the tank regiment and the field artillery regiment. If the Chinese army dared to come to provoke, they would be given a taste of the power of the Imperial Japanese Army.
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This has to be said about the "Battle of Peiping and Tianjin" half a year ago. The Japanese army was defeated miserably in North China. The most real reason was only known to a very few people in the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters or the cabinet. For example, Kita Seiichi, who was a major general at the time, knew the situation.
The China Army relied on conspiracy to win. Although the equipment of the China Army was already comparable to that of the Japanese Army, if they really wanted to fight in an upright and decisive battle, the China Army was definitely no match.
If the true situation is completely exposed to the Japanese soldiers or the entire Japanese people, not only the cabinet, the Army Department, and the General Staff Headquarters will not be able to explain it, but also the emperor himself, how can he explain it to his people?
Historically, Japan launched an all-out war against China, clamoring to "destroy China in three months." This argument was also held in parallel time and space, but after the Battle of Peking and Tianjin, this argument was naturally impossible to exist. However, after the disastrous defeat, the Japanese army quickly
The expansion of the military shows that the decision-makers of Japan's national policy have also overestimated the strength of Japan and the Japanese army, and underestimated the strength of China and the National Defense Forces. Otherwise, Japan should really think carefully about what to use to fight the National Defense Forces.
While Kita Seiichi was waiting for the two captains, he received another call from the friendly 117th Division: They had suffered the most comprehensive attack by the China Army!
However, whether it was Jiaxing and Jiashan under its own jurisdiction, or the Huzhou and Changxing front lines under the responsibility of the 117th Division, they only reported that the Chinese Army was in full-scale offensive, but there were no specific numbers of battles between the two sides.
Thinking of this, Kita Makoto was overjoyed: The Japanese Imperial Army was not that easy to defeat; the Chinese Army's move was just their usual night attack and sneak attack method.
"Hold it, hold it, send a small force to find out the strength of the China Army, and then counterattack with heavy troops!"
"Hold on, hold on! In half an hour, the air force of the Imperial Japanese Army can come to support!"
"What, lost the position? It's dead, it's dead, take it back to me immediately!"
In this way, Kita Seiichi answered the phone from time to time, and sometimes lost his temper. But on the whole, Kita Seiichi felt calm inside, because for almost an hour, the losses of the imperial army were very limited, and the imperial air force
We are about to take off for combat.
"Order: The tank regiment attacks! Encircle and annihilate the China Army!" Kita Makoto issued an order as soon as he saw that it was getting light.
Before that, Kita Seiichi wanted to order the tank regiment to attack and cooperate with the imperial soldiers to annihilate or drive away the China Army. However, the commander of the tank regiment, Yoshida Yoshida, thought that the terrain of the south of the Yangtze River and the water town Zeguo might encounter unexpected events at night.
Yoshida refused to go to war. Yoshida's reasons were of course very good, so Kita Makoto had to give up the order. However, it was daybreak and it was time for Yoshida to go to war.
"Hai! Lieutenant General, please wait for the good news about the tank regiment!" Colonel Yoshida walked out of the division headquarters with confidence and began to run for his great cause of jihad. However, he didn't know at all that even the tank regiment
All the soldiers in the team did not know that the much stronger tank regiment of the 064th Division of the National Defense Force was waiting in hiding, waiting for the Japanese tanks to appear.
After bidding farewell to Kita Seiichi, Colonel Yoshida led the Japanese 57th Tank Regiment and rushed out of Jiaxing at lightning speed, rushing toward the southwest of Jiaxing where the National Defense Forces attacked the most fiercely.
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The one who attacked the Japanese 107th Division in Jiaxing was the 064th Division of the National Defense Force, commander Li Hanhun.
Li Hanhun, courtesy name Bohao, was born in 1894 in Wuxian County, Guangdong Province. He graduated from the second phase of Baoding Army Officer School in 1919 and was the former commander of the 5th Division of the 2nd Army of the Guangdong Army.
In the original history, Li Hanhun's life is worth talking about. Compared with many generals of the Republic of China, Li Hanhun became "famous" earlier. During the Northern Expedition in 1926, Li Hanhun was the regiment commander. In 1927, he served in the famous
In the Battle of Shangcai, he defeated the Feng army and achieved one of the most important victories in the Northern Expedition. He was promoted to lieutenant general and commander of the 25th Division of the National Revolutionary Army.
The most shining days of Li Hanhun's life were on the anti-Japanese battlefield.
In early 1936, the death of a Japanese soldier in Shantou caused an uproar in Sino-Japanese relations. The Japanese army actually sent three warships to threaten and intimidate. Li Hanhun commanded his men to rush to repair the fortifications and actively prepare for war. Due to the mediation of all parties and Li
Han Hun's response was correct, and the Japanese army saw no opportunity to take advantage of it, so they had to withdraw their troops.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Li Hanhun was promoted to the commander of the 64th Army. He became the first general under Xue Yue in the Anti-Japanese War. He was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the First Route of the First Corps. In May 1938, during the Battle of Lanfeng, he led his troops in a fierce battle with the Japanese army at Luowang Village.
, and recaptured this strategic stronghold, paving the way for the Chinese army to withdraw westward in the later stages of the Xuzhou Battle. In July 1938, during the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army attacked De'an. Li Hanhun mobilized the strength of 8 divisions and used the "one-stop" tactic.
, pressed more than 10,000 Japanese troops into a ravine less than three kilometers away, and finally gathered them together to annihilate them. In this battle, Li Hanhun's troops won the "Steel Army" banner of the Ministry of National Defense.
In Li Hanhun's life, there were three other resignations that were "sealed with gold and seals."