After Ma Chunsheng and Ye Chao left, Yang Zhen did not put too much thought on their side. The development of the battle situation in front of him made it impossible for him to invest too much energy in a battlefield and let the confidential staff around him After changing the map in front of him to a map in Rehe, Yang Zhen focused his current attention on Rehe,'
The morning before yesterday, the troops attacking from within the pass defeated a regiment of the so-called border defense troops stationed in Xifengkou. They had fully deployed on the Luanping, Fengning, and Longhua lines in Rehe. According to the original plan, they avoided The Japanese and puppet troops gathered heavily on the Qinglong and Lingyuan front lines, and concentrated their forces to launch attacks on various key points of the Japanese and puppet troops west of Chengde.
At the same time, it sent some of the cavalry that secretly left the customs at Gubeikou in advance. With the cooperation of the 11th Regiment of the Jidong Military Region that entered Rehe earlier, they used the cavalry's rapid maneuverability to avoid the main garrison areas of the Japanese and puppet troops. It has even entered the paddock of Rebei and the territory of Chifeng.
It cannot be said that the mass base in the area where the Kannai troops are active is very good, nor can it be said that the covert action skills of these old Eighth Route Army troops are absolutely top-notch. Although the Japanese army has some knowledge of the situation of the Kannai troops changing equipment, they know that the weapons and equipment of these Tuba Road troops have been obtained. Greatly strengthened.
However, the Japanese army always believed that the Kwannei troops would engage in another hundred-regiment battle like last year. Therefore, compared with the North China Front Army, which was already on high alert, the Jehol Japanese and puppet troops affiliated with the Kwantung Army were much less prepared. It wasn't until the Kwannei troops reached the Luanping line that the Kwantung Army realized something was wrong.
Consciously concealing their whereabouts, and also deliberately avoiding various counties where the Japanese and puppet troops were entrenched along the marching route, the troops attacking from inside the pass advanced very quickly. In just two days, they had advanced to Fengning , in Longhua territory, even a brigade of the vanguard troops, after defeating two regiments of the Puppet Manchu Army and a section of the Kwantung Army that came to besiege, entered the western mountainous area of the paddock.
Once these old Eighth Route Army soldiers have enough ammunition to engage in mountain warfare, not to mention the puppet Manchukuo Army, even the Kwantung Army is far behind. They can maneuver in the mountains to set up ambushes, intercept, and play with elusiveness, and their equipment is no longer what it used to be. These old Eighth Route Army soldiers are even more heroic in battle.
This battle was quite enjoyable for the commanders of the Guan Nei troops. This was the first time since they crossed the Yellow River east to join the battle that they did not have to count the ammunition on hand to fight. They followed their superiors and did everything possible to reduce casualties and try their best to reduce casualties. Instructions for solving problems with firepower.
The commander of the leading brigade changed his previous tactics of launching a charge and engaging in hand-to-hand combat after firing three shots due to excessive ammunition. During the ambush battle, he mobilized the entire brigade's three mortar batteries, mountain artillery batteries and infantry artillery batteries. One company each, and three heavy machine gun companies, a total of twenty-seven Type 92 heavy machine guns, formed an absolutely superior firepower against the Japanese and puppet troops who came to mop up the troops.
The Puppet Manchukuo army who came to encircle and suppress them had fought against the old Hebei Reliao army and had always looked down upon the Tubal Army with broken equipment and few bullets. This was the first time they had seen such a lavish Eighth Route Army. As soon as they fought, they suffered a big loss. One regiment of the vanguard was covered by artillery fire before it even deployed.
Although they are still somewhat unskilled in the use of infantry and artillery coordination tactics, these senior commanders who have basically participated in the Long March have rich practical experience, whether it is the selection of ambush locations or the use of various deployments and tactics. Extremely sophisticated and skilled.
After only two hours of fierce fighting, after discovering that Tubal Road in Guan Nei had exited the customs, the two squadrons of the Rehe Independent Guards outside the two regiments of the Puppet Manchukuo Army sent out to encircle and suppress them did not even print a receipt. It was clean. The leading brigade of the Guan Nei troops were neatly surrounded and annihilated at the junction of Fengning and Weichang by using the tactics of mobile ambush in the mountains.
Although this battle exposed the strength and true intentions of the troops leaving the customs, it also played a certain deterrent effect. Most of the troops were trapped in the tiger's mouth, and the remaining Japanese and puppet troops scattered in various strongholds were even more vulnerable before reinforcements arrived. Not daring to show their heads, they either retreated back to various county towns, or stuck to their strongholds and did not dare to come out. The progress of the Guan Nei troops has been much smoother since they left the Great Wall.
When finalizing the operational plan with the central government to jointly open up the communication lines between the Anti-Japanese League and the Guan Nei troops, Yang Zhen proposed the suggestion of avoiding the city, capturing the countryside, getting out of the way of the main road, and occupying both sides. However, for the Guan Nei troops, the territory in Rehe The strength of the Japanese and puppet troops is still quite strong.
At the end of last year, the Kwantung Army disarmed most of the Puppet Manchu Army and replaced them with Koreans. The remaining part, which the Japanese considered relatively loyal and the so-called most elite part of the Puppet Manchu Army, was all transferred to Rehe and even Hebei. Fight and participate in the encirclement, suppression and mopping up of troops within the customs.
This part of the puppet Manchurian army consists of three infantry brigades and one cavalry brigade. These puppet troops plus the ninth independent garrison deployed by the Japanese army in Rehe, part of the 23rd Division, and the local terrain of Rehe. Although the total strength of the puppet army and the puppet police force is not as good as that of the customs troops, it is still very powerful.
Although the first kick went smoothly, the real test has not yet come. Although Rehe is located outside the mouth, the transportation is not backward. The Jincheng Railway can easily connect the Jinzhou Province and even Fengtian Province of the Puppet Manchuria. The Japanese army mobilized large forces to the west. Once something happened in Rehe, which was the chokepoint inside and outside the pass, it would be strange if the Kwantung Army did not fully reinforce it. The real test for the troops inside the pass was yet to come.
Yang Zhen, who is now the commander of the Hebei Reliao Advance Army, is a well-known military god and is known as the commanding ability of the contemporary Sun Wu and the future marshal of the Republic. Yang Zhen is naturally not worried and has gathered together the original 129th Division and Taihang Division. Yang Zhen is also very confident about the combat effectiveness of the New Hebei Reliao advance of the elite troops of the Military Region and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.
For this battle, the central government spent a lot of money. Not only were all the elites of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region on the front line dispatched, but also the main regiments of the 129th Division, except for the Taiyue Military Region troops, almost all the rest were mobilized. Dispatch, these troops are all elite troops and fist troops that have completed the change of equipment.
Today's Jire-Liaoning advance army brings together the essence of the two major strategic areas. Compared with the previous Jire-Liaoning advance army with incomplete equipment, the equipment is already different from what it used to be. Not only are the weapons made in Poland and Japan the same from top to bottom. equipment, and even equipped with 70% of the artillery of the customs troops.
However, in this kind of large corps operations, it is not enough to rely solely on the ability of the top commander and the bravery of the troops. Infantry and artillery coordination tactics, attack tactics, and the organization and coordination of battles of different scales are all important to commanders at all levels of the internal troops. It's quite a test.
Whether the corresponding command capabilities of the cadres at all levels within the customs forces who have long been accustomed to guerrilla warfare can be strengthened with changes in equipment and situations, and whether the combat effectiveness of the troops will be improved accordingly with the improvement of equipment, this all depends on This is a problem that Yang Zhen is very worried about.
Especially when facing the real main force of the Kwantung Army, the Japanese Rehe Garrison and the 23rd Division, to what extent it can fight is still unknown for Yang Zhen. To solve the Japanese and puppet troops in Rehe, it is impossible to rely solely on One or two mountain ambush battles cannot completely solve the problem.
Needless to say, the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops deployed in Rehe, as well as the Japanese and puppet military strongholds scattered throughout the territory of Rehe, will be a tough nut and test for the Guan Nei troops. Last year’s Hundred Regiments War, Although the Guan Nei troops already have corresponding experience in attacking difficult situations, the current situation in Rehe is fundamentally different from that in Guan Nei.
On the battlefield inside the Guan, there is the support of the common people and the cooperation of all aspects of the troops. However, in the territory of Jehol, not only does there not be much mass base, all problems need to be solved by the troops leaving the customs. In addition, in the main combat areas, there is also a lack of troops from other directions. Cooperation, and the maneuverability of the Kwantung Army is not comparable to that of the Japanese army in the Kwantung region, and the combat effectiveness and equipment of the puppet Manchu army are not comparable to that of the puppet army in the Kwantung region.
As the troops inside the customs exited the customs and started in full swing, the true intention of this battle has been completely exposed. Whether the 23rd Division can be eliminated in the shortest time has become an important factor in the success of this battle. The most important thing is that as long as the 23rd Division is captured, there will be a 70% chance of success in this battle.
This is why Yang Zhen did not hesitate to risk offending Jiangbei by gathering one-third of the army's tanks and armored vehicles, as well as a reinforced division with the strongest combat effectiveness, a cavalry brigade, a large number of cars and gasoline, and equipped with Commanded by the best column commander in the entire army.
The purpose of forcibly detouring to the Linxi front line through Outer Mongolia was to support the operations of the troops inside the pass and attract the main force of the Japanese 23rd Division in Xing'anxi Province and Rehe to reduce the burden on the troops inside the pass and allow the troops inside the pass to fight as much as possible. You may pay less unnecessary costs.
In order to support the operations of the troops within the customs, Yang Zhen also concentrated two squadrons of transport aircraft, one brigade each of light and heavy bombers, and two brigade of fighter jets at the occupied Wangye Temple and Aershan Airport, and stockpiled a large amount of food and ammunition. , medicine and other supplies, as long as the customs troops enter the front line of the paddock, they can be airdropped and provide air support.
Wang Guangyu, who had led his troops across the border from the Aershan line last night, but had not heard of anything yet, was able to arrive in Linxi on time and complete the task assigned by his superiors to cut off the connections between the various units of the 23rd Division. And can they defeat the 23rd Division and create favorable conditions for the Anti-Japanese Alliance and Guan Nei forces to join together? Can Chen Hanzhang, who turned around from Guo and attack southwest, arrive at the designated place on time?
Thinking of this, Yang Zhen looked down at the map in front of him again. Although he was a little anxious, Yang Zhen thought about it and finally gave up sending a report to Wang Guangyu and asked him about his progress. As for Wang Guangyu's ability, Yang Zhen Zhen is still very confident. As long as Jiangbei doesn't interfere, there shouldn't be any big problem if Wang Guangyu arrives on time.
Is Jiangbei, who is currently too busy to take care of itself, still capable of interfering with Wang Guangyu's actions? Jiangbei's great leader, who regards Outer Mongolia as a taboo, is probably already very anxious at this moment. Does he still have the mind to worry about what will happen in Mongolia thousands of miles away? Thing?
And without the support of Jiangbei, does Mongolia's bullshit leader still have the guts to confront the Anti-Japanese Alliance head-on? Do they have the guts to block the so-called People's Army with the little they have, which has been crippled by the Anti-Japanese Alliance? Attack a mechanized combat group with air cover.