But Yang Zhen also knew clearly that his idea was just a thought. Not to mention the current domestic and international situation, he would not be allowed to do this. The central government, which has been emphasizing work on the Loop, would not
At this time, I agreed to really start a fight with that guy.
And let alone the central government will not allow it, even if it is allowed, it is difficult for me to support such a long supply line at the moment. Baotou is already the extreme extension of the supply line in this battle. Further west, the supply line of the Western Front in this battle
It is really about to collapse. But although the Ordos Plateau is an ambition, Baotou is bound to be won.
It was also under Yang Zhen's repeated instructions and considering the situation that Baotou might face after the battle started. Chen Hanzhang specially selected this small group to take advantage of mechanization and attached it to a cavalry brigade of the Jinsui Military Region fighting in this direction to grab the troops.
Before any action is taken on the Loop, we should reach the Wuliangsuhai line to close the channel for the Loop to reach into the Baotou area.
Although Chen Hanzhang never understood why No. 1 had to seize the barren area of Baotou instead of concentrating its forces to seize northern Shanxi with the cooperation of the Jinsui and Taiyue Military Regions to expand space for the next operation. Regardless of the grain output around Baotou,
The resources are not enough to independently support the survival of an army.
Without a large amount of supplies from the rear, the food there cannot sustain the survival of the troops. Capturing Baotou is just a waste of time and energy. With these forces in northern Shanxi, more results will be obtained. But according to the understanding of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, it must be implemented. I don’t understand
Although strict regulations must be implemented, Chen Hanzhang still carried out the order to the letter.
Under his deployment, after entering the outskirts of Guisui, the Western Cluster immediately mobilized troops to cooperate with the operations of the Jinsui Military Region troops. Along the narrow Tumut Plain area on the north bank of the Dahei River, they pursued Jinsui westward.
The main force of the military region strives to seize the area on the east coast of Wuliangsuhai before taking action on the Loop.
And just as the western front group quickly passed through the highway from Wulanhua to Guisui, and took the lead among the three fronts to launch an attack on the Guisui front line at the same time. Chen Hanzhang on the middle road personally commanded the troops and conducted reconnaissance under the direct control of the military region who had already figured out the terrain of the entire middle section of Daqing Mountain.
Under the guidance of a squadron of the brigade.
The infantry abandoned their cars and took tanks, while the necessary supply vehicles were towed by tanks. They went all the way to the southeast over the mountains and ridges, successively seized Tuchengzi and the Rice and Grain Bureau, and quickly passed through the southwest of Taolin County, avoiding Taolin.
The Japanese and puppet troops on the front line penetrated directly into the front line of Zhuozi Mountain.
This road is the most difficult and the worst section of the entire battle plan to cross the Yinshan Mountains and penetrate into Suinan. Compared with the western route, which has roads to rely on, and the relatively gentle eastern route, this route is
The terrain along the way, which is basically located in mountainous areas, is also the most complex and the progress is slowest.
However, Chen Hanzhang commanded the troops to cross the mountains all the way, relying on the cooperation and guidance of the reconnaissance troops directly under the military region, as well as the excellent off-road performance of the BT fast tank and the T 34 tank, and the powerful horsepower of the engine, to forcefully drill out of the high mountains of Daqingshan.
One way to go.
After waiting out of Daqing Mountain, Chen Hanzhang looked at the vast mountains behind him. Even though he was always fearless, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. If he hadn't replaced the highly maneuverable BT tank before the war,
T-26 tank. The 91-horsepower small engine of the T-26 tank alone may not be able to pass through many areas.
Once those tanks enter the mountains, they can only be dragged over by T-34 tanks with larger engine horsepower. Or because their off-road capabilities are poorer, they cannot pass through the complicated terrain. It can be said that there are almost no roads except for narrow paths.
Can give up.
Although only two trucks were lost along the way, all the tanks rushed over. But along the way, Chen Hanzhang was also sweating. In some places, he relied on the solid armor of the T-34 tanks and the relatively large size of the tanks.
The body of the vehicle was forced to break out of a road. In some places, the two tanks even needed to be towed to each other, bit by bit.
But fortunately, although it was extremely dangerous and the time on the road was delayed a bit, fortunately, we rushed over in the end. Although we paid a certain price, the price was still bearable. At least all the supplies and tanks,
Especially ammunition and spare oil were shipped.
But at the moment, Chen Hanzhang had not thought that due to the complex terrain, the middle cluster that was the last to cross Daqingshan would play a role in stabilizing the sea in this battle. He never thought that the anti-alliance tank cluster would rush out of the Japanese army from Daqingshan.
, after the troops on the center line fought their way out of the mountain, they were caught off guard.
Due to the time delay in traveling over mountains and ridges, although the main force of the midline cluster did not have the first bite of meat, they just caught up with a sumptuous banquet after arriving at Zhuozi Mountain. It was also from behind.
The center line cluster that was killed cooperated with the east line cluster, establishing the situation of the Suinan battlefield in one fell swoop.
As for the eastern route, it progressed smoothly before arriving at Jining. Although the terrain is not flat, the route around Taolin on the eastern route is much smoother than the central route. And in accordance with Chen Hanzhang's order, we did not fight with the small group of Japanese puppets along the way.
The army was entangled and killed Ben Jining directly, making the march very fast.
They even rushed out of Daqingshan earlier than the middle-line troops who were much closer to them. However, after fighting out of Daqingshan, they were on the Jining front line and were following the orders of the North China Front, departing from northern Shanxi and arriving along the Pingsui Railway.
After getting off the train at Jining Station, the 69th Division rushed to the east for reinforcements.
Yi Liangpin, who had just started commanding the Eastern Front Group, thought that the Japanese troops in front of him were just the Japanese Third Mixed Brigade stationed in Jining and Fengzhen. They discovered his whereabouts and mobilized troops to besiege him. But as the number of Japanese troops in the surrounding areas increased,
After more and more troops arrived, and the actual strength far exceeded that of a brigade, Yi Liangpin felt something was wrong.
However, Yi Liangpin was a veteran after all. Faced with the siege of superior enemy forces, instead of defending on the spot, he used the maneuverability of the tank group and started an offensive battle with the Japanese army with medium tanks as the forerunner. Using the tanks'
The impact caused the entire Japanese army's march to be thrown into chaos.
In fact, this battle was a confusing battle from the beginning. Yi Liangpin always thought that the Japanese troops in front of him were the independent third mixed brigade currently stationed in Jining, Fengzhen, and Zhuozi Mountain. Until the number of Japanese troops around them increased.
Only after more and more troops arrived, far exceeding the strength of an independent mixed brigade, did they feel something was wrong.
The 69th Division of the Japanese Army in front of them did not even think that the Anti-Japanese Alliance tank cluster would rush out of the Daqingshan Mountains, which they had always believed was impossible to pass through the tanks and armored clusters. They did not even expect that the Anti-Union Alliance Army would attack them.
On the frontal battlefield, when the battle is still fierce, so many tanks will be deployed to use deep and roundabout tactics to penetrate deep into themselves.
Although the Guisui side has taken the lead, almost all the Mongolian garrison troops and the North China Front Army do not believe that the anti-alliance tank group will climb over the Yinshan Mountains, which is impossible to climb in the traditional sense, and forcefully bypass the Wulanhua line.
Crossing to Suinan. In their impression, tanks cannot operate without roads.
Even when fighting in mountainous areas, it is impossible for a large number of tank groups to cross the steep Yinshan Mountains. When the Japanese army raided the base areas behind enemy lines in North China, they used tanks more than once. But those so-called tanks are actually a bunch of tracked armored vehicles.
We can only move along mountain roads. Crossing mountains and ridges is simply impossible.
Besides, all the Anti-Union tanks have been put into the battlefield. A large number of Anti-Union tank troops are participating in the battle in Chadong and Manchuria. Where can they find so many tanks? So the entire North China Front Army, after receiving the Guisui
After being informed by the authorities, they basically didn’t take it seriously.
Almost all the staff officers of the North China Front still believed that Lieutenant General Nishihara Issei was making a fuss out of a molehill and mistaking the little Communist harassment in the Daqing Mountains as the main force of the Anti-Alliance attack. Are you kidding? The steep Yinshan Mountains are not those low and low-rise mountains.
In many of the hills, it was extremely difficult for even infantry to climb over, not to mention tanks. A large number of tanks attacking was probably an illusion of Lieutenant General Nishihara Issaku.
Yi Liangpin, who was assaulting along the eastern front, did not expect at the beginning that he would encounter reinforcements from a division mobilized by the Japanese army from northern Shanxi at the front line of Jining at this time. The entire Japanese army inside and outside Jining City,
The number far exceeded the original expectation. At the same time, more Japanese troops were arriving on the Datong to Jining section of the Pingsui Railway Line.
In other words, the Sixty-ninth Division, which was originally used on the Chadong battlefield, was eventually intercepted by the main force led by Yi Liangpin and Chen Hanzhang who arrived later. It can be said that the current situation, regardless of the
Neither the defending Japanese army nor the attacking Yi Liangpin were prepared at all.
This Jining battle was in a state of chaos from the beginning, and everyone was caught off guard. What made both parties even more unexpected was that as both sides invested more and more troops, this battle was originally just a partial battle.
The encounter battle eventually evolved into the beginning of a bloody battle of unprecedented scale.
If the North China Front Army could make the quickest response in the shortest time when it received the request for help from Nishihara Yice, the Sixty-ninth Division would not have been passive from the beginning. Since the tanks can cross the Yinshan Mountains, they can penetrate directly.
Guishui front line. So it is not difficult to take a roundabout way to Taolin and go straight to Jining.
Now that this judgment has been made, Jining will definitely strengthen its vigilance when the 69th Division passes through its jurisdiction. At least, it will place security troops at various mountain passes in Taolin, north of Jining, or in the intermountain plains.
In that way, the Sixty-ninth Division would not be so passive even if it encountered Yi Liangpin's outflanking troops in Jining.
The 69th Division, which is mentally prepared, will also make some preparations in advance. At least it will not be like now. When encountering the outflanking troops of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, a considerable number of troops will be killed before they have time to get off the car.
He was blocked in a train carriage and beaten violently on his head and face.
However, the entire North China Front did not take Xiyuan Yice's request for help telegram seriously at all. From top to bottom, everyone stubbornly believed that it was impossible for tanks to cross the steep Yinshan Mountains and penetrate from Suibei to Suinan.
Guisui was definitely under siege, but it was definitely not as big of a threat as he said.
At most, it was just some harassing attacks by the Chongqing troops in the Hetao area. Such attacks are not uncommon in recent years. In a raid the year before last, didn't the 1st Cavalry Brigade lose a cavalry regiment captain?
The few armored vehicles he modified in the Loop can be regarded as a large-scale armored cavalry group. What kind of joke is he, Lieutenant General Nishihara Issaku?
Besides, the Fourth Cavalry Brigade has now been reorganized, and your cavalry group is now actually organized into two cavalry brigades. Coupled with the directly subordinate artillery team, chariot convoy, and motorized infantry team, this strength far exceeds that of an ordinary division.
.Facing several armored vehicles, how can you shout in such fear?