Chapter 164: The Turtle Tactics of the 23rd Division
Yang Jicai was depressed here because he could not participate in the Linxi battle, and Wang Guangyu, who was on the Linxi battlefield over there, was not in a good mood. Now the roundabout troops he commanded were fighting with the Japanese 23rd Division on the Linxi battlefield.
It has entered a stalemate. Although he divided and surrounded part of the 23rd Division, the main force of the 23rd Division was still tightly huddled together.
At present, the main force of the 23rd Division is huddled on the fixed position from Linxi to Lindong. No matter how tempted Wang Guangyu is, it will not attack. Except for some tactical counterattacks, it will not make any move. Even in the northeast of Linxi County
After the Linxi Airport was successfully raided by the First Cavalry Brigade and lost, there was no counterattack with any force.
After originally losing it at the airport, they tried to use the artillery in their hands for long-range fire control. However, the artillery regiment and the attached heavy artillery were defeated by Wang Guangyu's artillery. They were defeated by the Soviet artillery under Wang Guangyu.
After the 122 howitzers and 122 rocket launchers were severely damaged, even long-range fire control was abandoned.
The current performance of the 23rd Division can be summed up in one sentence: it is up to you how you like to toss it, even if you thrust the bayonet under my nose or even started to cut off my toes. I am determined not to leave the fortifications.
I'm going to fight with you. If you want me to take the initiative, there's absolutely no way.
The attitude of the 23rd Division is very clear, that is, if you have a way, just come in. Anyway, the brothers will never come out even if they are beaten to death. The 23rd Division put on such a posture of being passively beaten and unable to stand up until death.
Wang Guangyu had a headache. It could even be said that he was helpless.
The Linxi front line is an extremely important so-called second-line border fortification area for the Japanese army's defense operations against the Soviet Union. It is an important second-line defense line for the Kwantung Army's operations against the Soviet Union. It has a large number of complete fortifications. It is similar to the Chabei area with grassland landforms.
Compared with the dominant terrain, Linxi Line is not only the gateway to the north of Rehe, but also has a much better terrain than the east and west Ujimqin Banner that borders Outer Mongolia.
As the main defense area, the terrain of alternating mountains, rivers and grasslands here is far better than the flat plains of the Ujimqin grassland. Therefore, the Kwantung Army has always used this area as the main defense zone in Western Manchuria. For the so-called battle against the Soviet Union, the Kwantung Army here
No less effort was put into it.
Although the fortifications here are not as strong as the various fortresses in Eastern Manchuria, nor are the entire mountains hollowed out like the various fortress groups in Eastern Manchuria. At best, it can only be regarded as a so-called border fortification area, but at least it is still good in terms of solidity.
. Moreover, another feature of this purely defensive fortification is that various defensive measures are extremely complete. In addition to various defensive fortifications on the surface, a large number of communication trenches are hidden underground.
Although there are not many permanent fortifications, the thickness and solidity of the fortifications are incomparable to those of the fortresses in Eastern Manchuria. However, there are many semi-permanent fortifications, and the field fortifications are also extremely complete. There are also quite a lot of bunkers.
Various anti-tank obstacles are also quite complete. The combination of these fortifications, surface positions and underground fortifications, brought not only trouble to Wang Guangyu, but also casualties.
The 23rd Division was, after all, the division that suffered heavy losses from the Soviet armored offensive on the Nomenhan battlefield. It obviously had more methods to deal with its own tank offensive. Unlike other Japanese divisions,
When there is a lack of anti-tank weapons, a human bomb offensive will be launched at every turn. Moreover, after the division moved to Linxi, it built a large number of anti-tank trenches and cement on the basis of the original bunker group by capturing a large number of civilians.
Anti-tank cone.
At the same time, the number of flat-fire cannons that can be used for anti-tank is actually twice as many as those of regular Japanese divisions, and they are equipped with new anti-tank guns, incendiary bottles and other anti-tank weapons. The quantities are also well prepared. In No.
After Menhan suffered a heavy loss, the 23rd Division obviously put a lot of effort into dealing with tanks. At least the tactical drills for anti-armor group offensives were much more proficient and had more methods than ordinary Japanese divisions.
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On the Linxi front line, Wang Guangyu also discovered a large number of anti-tank mines that he had never seen before fighting the Japanese army. In addition to the Japanese-standard Type 93 anti-tank mines, many of them were imported.
Anti-tank mines made in Germany. These anti-tank mines made in Germany are powerful and advanced in design.
These German-made anti-tank mines not only have various detonation methods, but are also much more powerful against tanks than the Japanese Type 93 anti-tank mines. This is undoubtedly a new situation for the Anti-Alliance. Attachment
The armored brigade of the outflanking force, a BA armored vehicle platoon, accidentally entered a Japanese minefield and was completely destroyed.
Not only did German-made anti-tank mines appear on the Linxi battlefield, Wang Guangyu also discovered a type of anti-tank artillery used by the 23rd Division during the battle. The model and caliber of this type are not yet clear.
The 50mm anti-tank gun is obviously much greater in terms of performance and power than the latest 47mm anti-tank gun used by the Japanese army.
Although there are only four of them, they cause far more trouble to the armored forces than the 47mm anti-tank guns and 37mm rapid-fire guns that are more numerous than him. Although his tanks have been improved,
In addition to the original armor, the turret and hull have additional armor added.
In the face of Japanese anti-tank firepower, even the latest Japanese 47mm anti-tank gun can only pose a threat at a distance of less than 100 meters. As for the old 37 rapid-fire guns and Type 11 anti-tank guns,
Basically, it cannot pose any threat. What's more, the Type 1 47mm anti-tank gun that has just been completed trial production and is now subject to actual combat testing is not in large numbers among the 23rd Division. They are still equipped with 37 rapid-fire guns.
Gun, Type 11 anti-tank gun.
But even the modified T-26 tank still seemed a bit weak when faced with the new anti-tank gun with the smallest number of equipment in the 23rd Division. In the battle, it was beaten by this powerful anti-tank gun.
, destroying five vehicles at close range. In addition to the previous loss of an armored vehicle platoon, this loss has never happened before for the armored brigade.
During the battle, the greatest threat to the armored brigade's assault was the vast array of anti-tank mines and new anti-tank guns. On the contrary, the Japanese armored forces posed almost no threat to the armored forces. The 23rd Division
Although the number of combat vehicles is quite large, even including armored vehicles, the overall number is not much less than that of the 1st Armored Brigade.
But perhaps the lessons learned from Nomenhan were too profound for the 23rd Division and the Japanese armored forces. Except for hiding some of the tank units in the snow and never showing up during the battle, the Japanese army transferred the remaining tanks and
Armored vehicles are buried underground with only one turret exposed. These tanks are used as semi-concealed artillery or machine gun fortifications, and the tank guns and machine guns on them are used to cover the troops against the anti-alliance offensive.
As a result, this kind of tactics that completely abandoned the mobility and flexibility that a tank should have, and could not fight again and again, and could not run but could only be passively beaten, did not bring much losses to the anti-alliance tanks during the battle. On the contrary,
It was those of our own tanks that had been converted into permanent fortifications. Because their mobility was restricted, they were trapped in a situation where they could only be passively beaten.
Perhaps the tank battle at Nomenhan left such a deep impression on the 23rd Division. The armored forces of the 23rd Division adopted such low-level tactics. In fact, the main force of the 23rd Division's equipment is now
The performance of the tank is no worse than the T-26 tank, the main force of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
During the Battle of Nomonhan, the main tanks equipped by the Japanese army were obsolete Type 1 tanks and Type 95 light tanks. Among the tank groups dispatched by the Japanese army, there were only four Type 97 tanks. The Japanese tanks participating in the battle
Compared with the T-26 tanks, there is a big gap in performance. Especially in terms of firepower, the power of the tank guns used by the Japanese army in the war is even greater. This is why the Japanese tanks suffered heavy losses when they encountered Soviet tanks.
However, the tanks equipped by the Japanese army this time were mainly Type 97 tanks, with only a small number of Type 95 light tanks. As for the Type 1 tanks with backward performance, they have basically been eliminated. Although those Type 94 armored vehicles, the Type 92
The armor of the Type 97 cavalry fighting vehicles was too thin and the firepower was too weak, but these Type 97 tanks were completely capable of fighting against the anti-Japanese T-26 tanks.
The Japanese armored soldiers, who were just afraid of being beaten, also imitated the 23rd Division and became a coward. They even discovered that the armor of the anti-alliance T-26 tanks was thicker than the same type of armor of the Soviet army during the Battle of Nomonhan.
After their latest forty-seven millimeter anti-tank gun was almost useless, they did not even dare to launch a tactical counterattack. The clumsy tactics used by the armored troops of the 23rd Division hardly gave Wang
Guangyu's offensive will create too much trouble.
It's just that the Japanese armored forces did not cause any trouble, but the 23rd Division's shrinking tactics, coupled with the emergence of new weapons, caused considerable losses to the attacking troops, and also caused Wang's
Guangyu's original plan to lure the Japanese troops away from the fortifications and conduct field battles could not be implemented at all. He could only attack one high ground, one high ground, one bunker, and one bunker after another.
In fact, Wang Guangyu is not worried about the bunker groups exposed by the Japanese army on the ground. Although the average thickness of these fortifications built by the Japanese army is about one meter, the artillery on the tanks cannot do anything. But none of them can withstand the force of the Japanese army from Mongolia.
The Soviet-made 122 howitzer was obtained and bombarded by one shell.
Although this kind of howitzer is a bit bulkier, its flat-firing power is almost as powerful as the Japanese 150 howitzer. With just one shot, any fortifications exposed on the ground will be completely destroyed. Wang Guangyu used the large-caliber howitzer as a flat-firing cannon.
The effect of using it is quite good.
Compared with these open forts, the ones built by the Japanese army were almost endless. There were various underground forts and trenches connected to each other, as well as those semi-underground fortifications, which gave him even more headaches. Even if they were equipped with various
With a full range of direct firepower, these bunkers caused considerable trouble to the attacking troops. Of course, what troubled him the most was the one deployed by the 23rd Division. No matter how you attack, I will be a tortoise who won't stand up.