At this time, in the direction of Shanyin, the troops commanded by Yi Liangpin were fighting fiercely with the 32nd Division, but lacked enough infantry. Yi Liangpin could only command the tank cluster in his hands, and used the tactic of small-scale clusters to attack in turns.
The Japanese army in front of us could not defeat the Japanese army in front of us, nor could we get rid of the bite of the Japanese army in front of us.
Even if he could not turn around and join the battle on the front lines of Mayi and Zhangzhuang, he could not break through the Japanese blockade and reinforce some troops of the 10th Division who were fighting hard in Yingxian. Although the Japanese army in front of him had an absolute advantage in strength, it could effectively destroy the resistance.
The tank's anti-tank weapons are insufficient.
Even if they can't help Yi Liangpin in front of them, they can't complete the plan to cut off the connection between Yingxian County and Shanyin. Under the attack of Yi Liangpin's tank groups in turn, they can only rely on the mountains to fight back. At the same time, they continue to launch tactical counterattacks
, trying to penetrate behind Yi Liangpin and attack from both sides {{m) in order to drag this anti-alliance tank force from reinforcements to Yingxian County.
The battle between the two sides at the junction of Shanyin and Yingxian was unprecedentedly fierce, but no one could do anything about the other. Although Yi Liangpin organized his troops many times and tried to bypass the Japanese army, the terrain was too complicated.
, the traversable routes were limited. The Japanese army also took the lead in occupying the key roads for tanks to pass through, and many attempts to make detours failed.
Although Chen Hanzhang's order had always been for Yi Liangpin to guard the junction of Shanyin and Yingxian and entangle the Japanese army. However, as the commander of the 1st Anti-Alliance Armored Division, although the Japanese army did not have a large-scale organized armored force to fight, and
Due to the limitations of the terrain, he was unable to command his entire force during this battle.
However, as the commander of the first armored division of the Anti-Japanese War, Yi Liangpin was never willing to let his armored units be used scatteredly. However, whether the terrain of Shanxi was suitable for large-scale armored clusters did not matter to Shanxi.
Yi Liangpin, a stranger, still knew it very well.
It was rare to capture a Japanese regiment this time. Yi Liangpin wanted to have a good fight. However, the insufficient number of infantrymen in his hands gave him a headache. As a result, although the battle was fierce and the scene was considered vigorous, but who
But there was nothing he could do. He had a lot of tanks, but a serious shortage of infantry.
Even if the Japanese army in front of them is only an infantry regiment, in complex terrain, tanks without infantry cover are basically destined to die. This problem was already understood by Yi Liangpin when he took over the 1st Armored Division. As an anti-tank tank,
He had heard No. 1 mention it more than once about the United Armored Division. He must not underestimate any infantry that had a modern industrial base as its backing.
Tanks without infantry cover are living targets in battle. Not only cannot they play their role, they may even suffer serious losses. The performance of the Japanese tanks is indeed very poor, and their numbers are generally not high.
Not too much. But for an army like the Japanese army that was brainwashed by Bushido and supported by a modern industrial base, the number of tanks does not represent the strength of its combat effectiveness.
Not only can they produce large quantities of tanks at any time when needed, but they can also develop and produce a sufficient number of anti-tank weapons. Even when necessary, their meat bomb attacks will destroy tank clusters without infantry cover.
cause serious losses.
Moreover, the infantry force was insufficient, so Yi Liangpin did not dare to risk an attack. The fighting was intensifying north of Yanmen Pass. He knew that if he let the regiment in front of him pass, the battlefield there, which was already under great pressure, would easily appear.
Collapse. Yi Liangpin could only fight slowly and fight with the Japanese army in front of him.
Yi Liangpin is fighting steadily here, but the situation in Yingxian County to the west of Shanyin is becoming more and more serious. The main force of the 32nd Division, eager to open a deep road to northern Shanxi, as the situation develops, corresponding to the county seat
The offensive became more and more fierce. Especially Chen Hanzhang's interspersed operations against the 21st Division on the Yanmenguan front line were like poking a hornet's nest.
After the start of the Yanmenguan front line, the already fierce offensive of the 32nd Division intensified several times in a short period of time. After the fall of Xinguangwu, they even gave up their usual infantry penetration attack tactics and instead adopted the squadron's attack tactics.
, forming a group charge of the squadron.
And concentrated all the artillery to bombard with all its strength in the southeast and due south directions of Yingxian County. They also concentrated their forces and focused their attacks on these two directions. They tried to lead the entire line with a breakthrough and concentrated their forces to break through the southeast and due south directions, causing the entire Anti-Japanese Alliance to attack.
The defense system collapsed.
The troops of the 10th Division, which had only a small number of troops and had become even more serious after many days of hard fighting, could no longer take care of the entire city defense. They had no choice but to abandon the city wall and withdraw to the county seat to rely on street fighting to delay the loss of Yingxian County as much as possible. In the end,
What troubled Sui Changqing, commander of the 10th Division, was not just the lack of troops. Before the troops could make adjustments when they arrived in northern Shanxi, they were transferred to Ying County to fight.
Before the ammunition could be replenished and the equipment could be replaced, they were transferred to Yingxian due to the tense situation. The four battalions that arrived in Yingxian successively had only seven general-purpose machine guns, five rocket launchers, two large-caliber machine guns and five
60 guns, no 82 mortars and recoilless rifles.
The attached mountain artillery battalion only has five mountain artillery. The subsequent artillery is still being transported by air. The most critical thing is that the amount of ammunition carried is seriously insufficient. In addition to the ammunition carried by itself, it will not have time to carry any supplementary ammunition in the future. The original ammunition in the city
There are only less than 30,000 machine gun bullets in reserve. There is a lot of Japanese-made light weapons ammunition in reserve, but the Anti-Japanese Alliance cannot use it.
When entering Yingxian City, the entire army only carried thirty rounds of 60 artillery shells, twenty-one rockets, and five mountain cannons. All the artillery shells combined were less than a hundred. Now Sui Changqing's biggest headache in the city is not even the strength of the troops.
Not enough, but the ammunition is seriously insufficient.
After giving up the defense of the city wall, in some positions, the troops could only replace the automatic rifles in their hands with captured Japanese 38 rifles. The remaining part of all standard ammunition was handed over to the squad machine guns for use.
Ensure that the machine gun firepower can be maintained.
But despite the critical situation, Sui Changqing in Shanyin City insisted that the newly-organized troops of the 10th Division being trained in the mountainous area north of the city continue to train as planned. Even if the Japanese army had completely occupied Yingxian County, they were absolutely not allowed to transfer a single unit.
Soldiers marched into the city to reinforce.
Sui Changqing's attitude was very clear. The entire division would be reorganized according to the plan. After the reorganization was completed, the division political commissar and deputy division commander who gathered the follow-up troops immediately commanded the right wing to forcibly outflank the 32nd Division's rear. He himself and the division staff
The commander commanded the only troops to hold back the main force of the 32nd Division.
Although after arriving at the battlefield in northern Shanxi, Chen Hanzhang's task for the 10th Division was to hold off the 32nd Division so that the main force could not suffer any interference in the battle against the 21st Division. However, Sui Changqing carefully analyzed the surrounding battlefields.
After the situation, I don't think that my responsibility ends here.
Although the battlefield is partially unfavorable at the moment, the overall battle situation is relatively favorable. It is his style to let him take the beating honestly in Ying County. Although the situation here is deteriorating very quickly, the overall strength of the Japanese army
, but not too much.
Especially the Japanese troops in front of them were only two regiments. Two regiments were nothing in the eyes of Sui Changqing. Although the Japanese troops on the right wing were large, they were firmly restrained by Du Kaishan and could not send reinforcements to the west. The ones to the west were
The 21st Division was being besieged by the troops commanded by Commander Chen. The two regiments of the 32nd Division were almost fighting alone, which made Sui Changqing very excited.
And although I am currently struggling to support myself with a decisively inferior force, the past few days can be said to be quite difficult. However, after these two or three days of fighting, although I have suffered heavy casualties, the thirty-two Japanese troops on the opposite side have suffered a lot.
Life in the division will not be easy either.
The two battalions of my old army were all veterans who had spent more than a hundred battles. They had absolutely no say in terms of military or political qualities. And what kind of troops were those two battalions transferred from the headquarters security regiment? They were known as the whole army.
The troops at the military scout cadre training base have individual combat skills and company and platoon tactics that are unparalleled in the entire army.
They are all veterans. Platoon leaders from other units who are transferred to this unit can only serve as squad leaders. Their combat style is extremely fierce and their combat effectiveness is extremely tenacious, not to mention their skills and tactics. They are all uniformly uniform.
With two weapons, long and short, the combat effectiveness of a company is greater than that of a battalion of ordinary troops.
Such a unit has indeed suffered heavy casualties if it persists in the past few days. But Sui Changqing does not believe that the Japanese army in front of him will have an easier time. Although he has suffered a lot of losses, after these few days, as the attacking Japanese army,
The casualties can only be greater.
This was a well-known militant during the Anti-Japanese War. And as a chief of staff, he has always been known for his careful thinking and calm analysis of any situation. Since he served as the deputy director of the Headquarters Operations Department and the commander of the 10th Division, because of him
With his capabilities, his 10th Division has always fought on the main battlefield.
After the Battle of Xingjing, due to the casualties of the troops, excessive losses, and lack of replacement troops, they had been waiting in the rear for nearly a month. He watched the brothers' troops fighting in full swing, but he could only stare at him because he had no replacement troops.
, how could he be so willing to play a supporting role in this battle? He had always been the first-class main force in the Northeast battlefield, and when he arrived in northern Shanxi, he only played a supporting role. How could he swallow this sigh of relief?
Although all of my troops are now new units, when they were organized, their structures were complete. There was even an entire regiment that was fully integrated into my army. Although it was an engineering regiment, it was an adult unit.
Although there is a certain shortage of heavy weapons for the equipment that has been organized into its own troops, the gap is not too big.
Moreover, although most of the units incorporated were from the security forces, they were all units that had completed the training syllabus. The engineering regiment was also fully staffed and had completed all military training. And in accordance with the regulations and orders of the Anti-Japanese Alliance,
The military cadres of this engineering corps are fully equipped and have received strict training.
Although all those technical personnel have been transferred out before they were incorporated into the army, the transfer of these people has no impact on the combat effectiveness. After all, this is an organized effort to go to the battlefield, not to repair airports and roads. Those technical personnel went to the battlefield,
On the contrary, it delays things.
The most important thing is that the current army, especially the transferred guard troops, has a high proportion of veterans who have experienced actual combat. It can even be said that the proportion of veterans in the army is the highest at the moment. A considerable number of them have even been in the army for two years.
veterans. The combat effectiveness of those troops is very strong.
It was precisely because of the calm analysis and judgment on these issues that Sui Changqing believed that although it was now an organized unit, the decline in combat effectiveness was limited. Even because of the proportion of veterans integrated into the unit, in some aspects there was still
Some improvements.
He believed that facing the two Japanese regiments in front of him, after all the troops arrived, he still had the strength to fight. Although it was difficult to annihilate them all, there was no problem in defeating them. Especially when he could still challenge Commander Chen
On the premise of using the troops and applying for tank and air support, it is still possible to fight a rout.