Chen Hanzhang, who knew that time is the key to victory, did not hesitate at all after issuing the order. He immediately divided his troops into three groups and began execution immediately. The west cluster was commanded by Mu Changqiu, commander of the fifth division, and the east cluster was commanded by Yi Liangpin, commander of the first armored division.
And Chen Hanzhang personally took charge of the center line.
The three groups marched hand in hand, heading towards their respective predetermined targets as quickly as possible. The roundabout troops on the western front first seized Wuchuan County, and then, with T-34 tanks as the forerunners, they rushed through the obstruction of a small number of Japanese troops at maximum speed, all the way to Guisui
Galloping, they successively seized Centipede Dam and advanced to the outskirts of Guisui.
Although the Japanese army wanted to ensure transportation from Guisui to Bailing Temple and control Bailing Temple, an important town in Suibei. Even when the war situation was the most tense, the number of troops deployed along the line from Centipede Dam to Wuchuan County did not reduce one soldier.
However, due to the rampage of T-34 tanks, the Japanese troops who tried to block the attack were dispersed within a short period of time.
Even the firepower points built at the commanding heights were wiped out by the firepower of the Double Twenty-Three self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. Even the firepower points built at a tricky angle did not escape the disaster. As for the firepower points on both sides of the road, they were destroyed by a tank shell.
If it goes down, even the tank will simply crush it directly from the fire point, not even the scum is left.
These structures built by the Japanese Mongolian Army to block the activities of the Daqingshan guerrilla detachment were not designed to fight tanks. Because the Japanese never thought that one day, such a group of people would break out of the Yinshan Mountains, which are absolutely not suitable for tank operations.
A large and well-equipped steel cluster.
Against the Daqingshan guerrilla detachment, which had no tanks, artillery, or even a few machine guns, these fortification groups played a considerable role. However, they had no effect against the steel war horses of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Crossing the Great Wall from the Western Front
Qingshan's troops, without even losing a single hair, rushed directly towards the retreating Japanese and puppet troops.
Of the three troops advancing together, the Western Cluster made the fastest progress. After a day and night of forced march, by the early morning of the 29th, the leading troops of the Western Cluster, which were advancing at high speed, arrived at the outskirts of Guisui.
direction, to outflank the Japanese troops in Guisui.
Facing the large and small Japanese strongholds and fortification groups on the outskirts of Guisui, Mu Changqiu adopted the tactic of ignoring the periphery and penetrating into the core. At 11 noon that day, after breaking through the Japanese outer defense line in two directions, the group's artillery shells
Then he fell on the Guisui city wall.
Lieutenant General Nishihara Itsu, commander of the cavalry group of the Mongolian garrison of the Japanese army stationed in Guisui, saw that there were not many troops in the siege of Guisui by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, so he concentrated the main force of the Japanese army stationed in Guisui, which had just returned from the 12th Army.
The 25th and 26th cavalry regiments of the 4th Cavalry Brigade, plus the chariot units directly under the group, under the command of Major General Zuo Majiu, commander of the 4th Cavalry Brigade, all left the city and joined the Western Cluster to the east.
decisive battle of troops.
There is still a force stationed in Baotou, and after being defeated in Wuchuan, there is only one 14th Cavalry Regiment in Guisui, and two squadrons of the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the 3rd Motorized Infantry Regiment, with the cooperation of the main artillery force in the city.
Next, they guarded Guisui City. The thick walls of Guisui were used to consume the offensive strength of the Anti-Japanese Alliance in the south of the city.
At the same time, Major General Mori Shigeki, commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, commanded two squadrons of the 3rd Motorized Infantry Regiment, and the main force of the 13th Cavalry Regiment was stationed in Baotou. It had just been transferred from the Central China battlefield and incorporated into the 1st Cavalry Brigade, and arrived at Wuchuan
The remnants of the 71st Regiment, which had been defeated on the Guisui Highway, stayed in Guihua City.
Xiyuan Yice's tactics were very simple. He first concentrated a main cavalry brigade to defeat the forces invested by the Anti-Japanese Alliance in the eastern part of Guisui. He ensured the smooth flow of the Pingsui Railway and attacked the Anti-Union troops in the south of the city from both sides.
This group of anti-Union tanks suddenly appeared under Guisui City, and the cavalry swarmed and ate them up.
This man studied cavalry at the Army Non-Commissioned Officer School. He began serving in the cavalry unit after graduation, rising from cavalry second lieutenant to cavalry colonel. After being promoted to Army Major General, he also served as the principal of the cavalry school. This is a lifetime of military career.
, except for part of the time working in the agency, the rest served in the cavalry unit.
As an officer with an authentic cavalry background, although the current cavalry has clearly shown a tendency to be eliminated, he is stubborn and has never given up on a heart-warming cavalry assault to recreate the Japanese-Russian cavalry assault.
During the war, General Akiyama, the father of Japanese cavalry, had a glorious history of defeating the weak and the strong, defeating the world's best cavalry, the Cossack cavalry.
Seeing the group of anti-Union tanks and cavalry rushing outside Guisui City at this moment, this man always remembers the glory of his predecessors in his heart, and never forgets that the role of cavalry is not to defend, but to attack, and then attack again. Trying hard to recreate Qiushan
A good old man who created unparalleled feats during the Russo-Japanese War.
However, the commander of the Mongolian garrison, who had previously ordered to stick to Guisui and fully protect the Jining-Guisui railway line, had forgotten the command of the cavalry lieutenant general. He immediately mobilized the only complete two regiments of the fourth cavalry brigade in his hands and assigned them to
Two cavalry artillery squadrons and the tank troops directly under the group immediately left the city to fight.
However, although this man was a little impulsive, he had already become a lieutenant general, and his mind was quite normal. He did not use the cavalry to deal with the anti-alliance tank group, nor did he send the cavalry to fight with the south of the city who was trying to cut off Suiyuan City from Guizhou.
The cavalry brigade that connected the two cities went to fight a face-to-face cavalry battle.
Instead, the main offensive direction of the two cavalry regiments in his hands was placed on the infantry of the 13th Regiment of the 5th Division in the northeast of Guisui. As for the anti-alliance tank units, they were handed over to the group's direct-affiliated combat convoys and motorized infantry.
to deal with it. After destroying the anti-Union infantry, the two cavalry regiments then moved north to attack the tank troops from the flanks.
Anyway, the city wall of Guisui is high and thick, and a large number of field fortifications have been built outside the city to guard against the Chongqing Army in the Hetao area. It is absolutely no problem to hold on for a few hours. No matter how powerful the enemy tanks are, they will definitely climb
Not on the city wall. As long as the east wall can be defended, the Anti-Japanese Alliance will not be able to break through the Guisui city defense in a short time.
The only regret and shortcoming he had was that all the rapid-fire artillery squadrons of his cavalry group, except for one squadron, were transferred to the direction of Chaxi. And the artillery in his hands totaled only five artillery squadrons.
They were deployed in Baotou and Guisui respectively. The entire Guisui garrison only had three artillery squadrons, and one of them was defeated in the Battle of Wuchuan.
Nishihara Yice's move did bring some trouble to the Thirteenth Regiment. With the cooperation of a tank company, the progress was too smooth. They were attacking northeast of Guisui City. Every thought was to be the first.
The Thirteenth Regiment that invaded Guisui City was caught off guard by the two Japanese cavalry regiments that were suddenly rushed out of the city.
Although the Japanese cavalry had switched to search, reconnaissance, and actually became mounted infantry at this time, it did not mean that the Japanese had completely abandoned the traditional tactics of cavalry. The simultaneous dispatch of two cavalry regiments indeed gave rise to the offensive in the northeast of the city.
The 13th Regiment, which was in such a poor state and almost unprepared, caused a lot of casualties.
Under the charge of the Japanese cavalry group, the vanguard battalion suffered one-third casualties in just half an hour. The battalion commander and instructors were all killed, and half of the company and platoon cadres were killed. Two of the eleven tanks of the attached tank company were destroyed.
Under the full cover of artillery fire, they retreated to the front line of Lijiacun to stabilize their position.
After receiving the report from the Thirteenth Regiment, although I was a little careless about the Thirteenth Regiment this time, I did not expect that the Japanese troops in Guisui City, which had become a trapped beast, would come out of the city to actively fight, and the losses were heavy. I was quite dissatisfied. However, the Japanese troops in the city took the initiative to attack.
, Mu Changqiu actually felt a big stone fall in his heart.
As an important town in the northwest since the Qing Dynasty, the entire Guisui City was merged from the original Guihua City and Suiyuan City. Whether it is Guihua City as the old city or Suiyuan City as the new city, the city walls were all built
It is tall and thick. After the Japanese occupation and the repeated counterattacks by the Chongqing army in the Hetao area, the Japanese army built a large number of fortifications inside and outside the city. The entire Guisui City can be said to be a very hard nut to crack.
He does have an absolute advantage in terms of equipment, but if the Puppet Mongolian Army is included, the two regiments he has on hand, even with a cavalry brigade, only have a slight advantage in strength. The combat effectiveness of the Puppet Mongolian Army is indeed not that good.
It does not pose any threat to oneself in the field.
But the task of hiding in the fortifications and firing guns outside can still be completed, especially the ability to shoot hidden guns. Attacking such a fortified city is not what Mu Changqiu wants. Because of the many fortified battles, it seems that
The casualties caused by street fighting to the attacking troops would be far higher than those caused by field fighting. Mu Changqiu was dozing off, but he did not expect that the Japanese army took the initiative to send him a pillow.
Now that the Japanese army has taken the initiative to send troops to fight, it is a God-given opportunity for Mu Changqiu. If he gave up this opportunity, he thought he would not forgive himself. Faced with the changes in the war situation, Mu Changqiu immediately adjusted his deployment and moved ten
The Fifth Regiment strengthened one company of medium tanks, two companies of fast tanks, and the main force of the cooperating Daqingshan guerrilla detachment, and continued to attack from the east of the city. The three battalions of the first cavalry brigade in the south of the city were assigned to the heavy mortar battalion of the cavalry brigade.
Continue to attack in the direction of Guihua City.
He personally commanded the remaining tank troops, strengthened one battalion of cavalry, one infantry battalion of the 15th regiment, a 107 rocket launcher company, a company of double 23mm anti-aircraft guns of the division's anti-aircraft artillery regiment, and an anti-aircraft machine gun directly of the 15th regiment.
Under the cover of the company's firepower, the two cavalry regiments launched a fierce attack on the flanks of the Japanese counterattack.
He ordered the Thirteenth Regiment to retreat to Lijiacun to immediately reorganize its troops and assign a tank company to launch a counterattack from the front, in conjunction with its own roundabout offensive on the flanks. It strived to completely defeat the Japanese Fourth Cavalry Brigade in front of them and clear all the way for the next step of the battle.
Obstacles to reduce the pressure during siege.
Major General Zuo Majiu, who was feeling complacent about defeating the Anti-Alliance offensive in the northeast and forcing the Anti-Alliance to retreat five kilometers, and believed that the Anti-Alliance's combat effectiveness was no more than this, saw the Anti-Alliance tank troops rushing towards him from the side.
, without the slightest hesitation.
Immediately command his own cavalry, in addition to Nishihara Issaku. After receiving the report, in order to expand the results of the battle, he invested a squadron of the 14th Cavalry Regiment, a squadron of motorized infantry, plus a division of the Puppet Mongolian Army to continue to maintain a frontal position against the enemy in front of him.
Outside of pressure.
The main force strengthened the group's only four rapid-fire cannons and then all attacked, trying to completely defeat the anti-alliance tank group rushing from the flanks, establishing the battle situation on the eastern front of Guisui City in one fell swoop. Then they turned to the south and fought a decisive battle with the enemy cavalry.
.Use your own cavalry to fight a great victory at the foot of Guisui City.
This man, whose mind was dazzled by the early victory, forgot that his saber could kill infantry, but his saber could not break through the thick armor of tanks. If we talk about the battle in the European battlefield where the Polish cavalry attacked the tanks,
, if it was an accident, it was not because the Polish cavalry was confused and used cavalry to attack the tanks.
In this battle, they were arrogant and did not know how to stop when the situation was good. They were thinking of using sabers to smash enemy tanks and create a world miracle. The Japanese army consciously committed suicide. Using cavalry to attack tank clusters on their own initiative would only lead to madness.