Cao Hui was very angry because the leading company was delayed in Xinyuan for half an hour and consumed a lot of ammunition. On the other hand, He Fangren had a smooth journey and annihilated the Japanese army except for the Machangtun line north of Taolaizhao.
Outside of a small team, there was no interception like Xinyuan's at all along the way.
Because when He Fangren was choosing a route south, although he might face a pincer attack by the Japanese troops in Yushu, he tried his best to avoid taking the Zhongchang Railway. It was not that he was worried about encountering an obstruction from the Japanese and puppet railway police, but that he was afraid of being blocked by the Japanese and puppet railway police.
His body was entangled by these miscellaneous fish. Although he didn't pay attention to the fighting power of the Puppet Manchukuo Railway Police, he didn't want his time to be wasted by these guys.
The route he chose was only a few hundred meters away from the China-Changchun Railway, and even thousands of meters away. Although the traffic environment along the road was a bit worse, with no roads to choose from, it also effectively avoided the Japanese and puppet troops.
The interception by the troops. At least it will not be delayed for half an hour by the Puppet-Manchukuo railway police force that has actually been fully integrated like the West Road going south along the Zhongchang Railway.
As for the lack of roads to use when going south, although the road conditions are a bit worse, this kind of road is nothing to the Anti-Japanese League. After all, the current marching method adopted by the Anti-Japanese League is far from mechanized or
It is a motorized standard. The main way of marching is still on foot.
For the current Anti-Japanese Alliance, trucks are only used to transport ammunition and supplies, and to tow heavy weapons. Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even at the division level, they are mainly on horseback. Not only the infantry troops mainly march on foot,
Even the artillery of the general troops below the division mainly adopts the animal-drawn method.
In addition to the fact that the original design of these artillery was based on animal traction and was not suitable for automobile traction. If it was changed to mechanized traction, major changes would be required. The remaining reasons are mostly due to gasoline. There is no way. Now for the resistance
Literally speaking, every drop of gasoline is precious.
Although the number of purchased American and Soviet trucks, as well as captured Japanese military trucks, is still relatively sufficient, under the current situation that the outsourcing channels for gasoline have been cut off, general troops should avoid using cars as much as possible for long-distance mobility. Except for trains.
Otherwise, walking has become the main mode of mobility.
For the anti-alliance troops who are accustomed to marching on foot unless there are special operations, no matter how bad the condition of these roads is, it will not have much impact. Besides, this is located in the Songnen Plain. Although there are some ravines, but no matter what
It is much better than marching in the mountains.
Although the Anti-Japanese Alliance's ability to march on foot and in mountainous areas is somewhat different from that of Laoba Road, which relies entirely on foot marching in Guan Nei and is known as the Iron Foot, it is not too different. At least after painstaking training, it is not much different.
The Japanese army's marching ability was poor.
Therefore, although the five infantry companies led by He Fangren were out of breath due to the forced march and left behind many people who fell behind because they could not keep up with their physical strength, the journey was smoother than that of Cao Hui.
Even when they arrived at the outskirts of Taolaizhao, they were a full forty minutes ahead of the time set by the column.
It's just that although his infantry arrived at the Taolaizhao line ahead of schedule, the artillery he originally carried, especially the two 107 rocket launchers, could not keep up due to road reasons. As for the reinforced artillery in the division and the powerful 14th Army under the regiment,
mm machine guns are still far away in Xin'an, south of the Sancha River.
In other words, although he arrived at the Taolaizhao front line in advance, the entire unit was running a little out of sync. As for the five infantry companies, the actual number of people who arrived at the Taolaizhao front line was only three and a half infantry companies, and ten of the battalion's fire support companies.
A 2-mm machine gun platoon, an 82-mm mortar platoon, and a 57-mm recoilless rifle platoon. After dividing the troops to capture various key points east of Taolaizhao, he could actually only invest one reinforced infantry company on the Taolaizhao front line.
After figuring out the actual enemy situation on Tao Laizhao's front line, He Fanggen couldn't help but take a breath. Only then did he realize that the troops and firepower he thought he had a slight advantage in were actually at a disadvantage. Moreover, he had to divide his forces to capture the east of Tao Laizhao.
Under the circumstances of several key points, the disadvantages are still obvious.
Facing the so-called railway guard force, which at this time not only has two infantry squadrons, a mortar squadron, and a cavalry squadron. In addition to these railway guard units whose equipment is no less than that of the regular Kwantung Army, there is also a half
The Japanese infantry of the squadron retreated all the way from the Sancha River, half of the artillery squadron that lost all its artillery, a brigade artillery squad plus an anti-aircraft artillery squadron used to protect the Taolai Zhaosonghua River Bridge, and a reserve artillery squadron of the 28th Division
When the total strength was added to Taolaizhao's garrison, which consisted of seven to eight hundred people.
Only then did He Fangren realize that he did not have an advantage in terms of military strength. As the artillery had not yet caught up, he only had two 57-mm recoilless rifles and two 82-mm mortars in hand, plus five six-guns.
The support firepower of zero mortars and four rocket launchers is also far weaker than that of the opponent.
Although for any infantry battalion in the pass, whether it is the National Army or the 18th Group Army, this firepower configuration is quite strong, and can even be described as luxurious. But it is also at a disadvantage when facing the Japanese army in front of them. After all, the opponent's two
One Type 94 mountain gun, one Type 38 field gun, and two Type 92 infantry guns were enough to cover almost all of his mortars.
This does not include the two 88-type 75mm anti-aircraft guns and the 98-type 20mm anti-aircraft guns that the Japanese army may put into the battlefield at any time. Of course, whether these anti-aircraft guns can be put into ground combat depends on Tao Laizhao's front-line command.
The Japanese commander was not very bright and he was a rigid person who did not know how to adapt.
If the Japanese commander on the Taolaizhao front line also puts the anti-aircraft artillery of that squadron into ground combat, then the firepower comparison between the enemy and ourselves on the Taolaizhao frontline will be even more disparate. Moreover, the only artillery he has on hand cannot be fully invested in Taolaizhao.
Of course, in terms of individual weapons, the Anti-Union still has an absolute advantage.
But this is an attack, not a defense. It is undoubtedly a fantasy for most armies to fight a fortified battle without the support of heavy weapons, and with equipment and troops at a disadvantage. No army
It can defeat the opponent with the help of small weapons in hand when the support firepower is disparate and the troops are at a disadvantage.
However, although he currently occupies a relative or absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength and heavy weapons, it does not mean that He Fangren, the highest commander of the Anti-Japanese Alliance on the Tao Laizhao front line, will honestly stay outside Tao Laizhao, waiting for supporting troops.
Especially after the lagging artillery catches up, they can attack again.
From the day he joined the Anti-Japanese Alliance, this guy who didn't know what it meant to be afraid faced Tao Laizhao's garrison with superior strength. Although he could directly invest in attacking Tao Laizhao with only one reinforced company, he still had no idea.
Attack without hesitation.
But he, He Fangren, wanted to make this impossible possible, turn the so-called Arabian Nights into reality, and turn the impossible into possible. Although at this time, he didn't even know what Arabian Nights was,
Never even heard of it.
In fact, He Fangren's attack at this time was undoubtedly a gamble. He was betting on Tao Laizhao's Japanese defenders, and he didn't know how many troops he had. He was even betting on those who were the main force of Tao Laizhao's front-line defenders.
The Japanese troops who had retreated along the Chahe front line had become frightened.
He already knew the composition of Taolaizhao's garrison, as well as the actual strength and general equipment of the Japanese army that retreated there, from the mouth of a wounded Japanese soldier he captured when he occupied Machangtun north of Taolaizhao and annihilated a Japanese squad stationed there.
Knowing that the main force of Tao Laizhao's defenders were the defeated troops on the Sancha River line was the fundamental reason why He Fangren dared to be so bold and take the initiative to attack Tao Laizhao's line with a reinforced company.
As for the Puppet Manchukuo railway police force in Taolaizhao Nei, he did not pay attention to it like his subordinates in Xinyuan, and simply ignored it. In his eyes, if the regular Puppet Manchukuo army was somewhat
In terms of combat effectiveness, those various policemen in Manchukuo are not even scum.
If we say that during the old Anti-Japanese War, due to troop strength, equipment, ammunition and other reasons, the Puppet Manchukuo military and police often avoided fighting. Then now, whether it is the Puppet Manchukuo forest police or the railway police, whether it is the railway
I don't care about the police force or any other messy military police and other armed forces.
But He Fangren, who was very complacent at this time, did not expect that it was these Puppet Manchukuo Railway Police Guards that he had ignored before, which brought considerable difficulties to his battle. Even the reinforced company he led
, he almost didn't get bitten back by these police-type units that he had always looked down on before.
If Cao Hui hadn't heard something strange about the gunshots here when he was seizing the front line of Majiatun west of Tao Laizhao, he took the risk of dispatching a company from the front of the Songhua River where the Japanese counterattack troops had been discovered, and rushed over to support him. He would have almost been counterattacked.
The puppet Manchukuo police guards who came out and were ignored by him were surrounded to the north of Tao Laizhao.
Of course, this was after the battle started in full force. As for the Japanese commander who had not yet recovered from last night's blow, he was facing the anti-alliance troops who rushed towards him. Instead of becoming hardened, he almost didn't.
I lost my composure on the spot due to this unfortunate news.
If Lieutenant General Ishiguro Sadazou, who had not already learned that the Sancha River line was lost and the connection between the 28th Division and the 7th Division had not been cut off at this time, personally sent him an order that he must hold on to the Taolaizhao line until the Jiangnan reinforcements
When the telegram arrived, it was necessary to abandon Tao Laizhao and return to the south of the Songhua River.
If Tao Laizhao is lost before reinforcements arrive, even if the battle ends with only one soldier, Tao Laizhao must be defended. If Tao Laizhao is lost, let him commit hara-kiri directly to apologize. It was Lieutenant General Ishiguro Sadzo's telegram that convinced Tao Laizhao's front-line Japanese troops
The commander fought hard. It was this telegram from Lieutenant General Ishiguro Sadzo that almost changed the development of the entire war in Fuyu and Yushu.