Although this battle was only a small-scale local battle in this battle, it did not affect the final direction of the entire battle. However, this battle also gave the troops of the 1st Armored Division a vivid role.
This lesson made them clearly realize that they still have shortcomings before they can become a fully qualified Iron Lion.
In fact, this is not the first time that the Anti-Union armored forces have shown that their shooting accuracy is inferior to that of the Japanese army. In the tank battle on the Linxi battlefield, the Anti-Union tank gun's shooting accuracy at long distances was obviously not as good as that of the Japanese army. However, after
The modified anti-alliance tanks had an absolute advantage in terms of protection. The power of the Soviet-made 45mm tank gun also exceeded that of the Japanese army, which led to a one-sided battle.
If everyone had equal equipment performance and approximately the same artillery power, the tank battle would probably not have been the same as it was then. The sighting system of the Soviet tank in the middle was lagging behind, and the tank's poor shock absorption function affected the shooting accuracy.
The lack of a dedicated loader also affects the rate of fire, which is a certain reason.
The most fundamental reason is that the training level of the anti-Japanese tank troops is still far behind that of the Japanese army. Whether it was on the Linxi battlefield or in this battle, the reaction speed and shooting accuracy of the Japanese artillery were generally inferior.
They all surpassed the armored soldiers of the Anti-Alliance. Especially the long-range shooting accuracy beyond 500 meters exceeded most of the armored soldiers of the Anti-Alliance.
Although the scale of this local battle was not large, it truly showed the gap between the training levels of the Anti-Alliance armored forces and the Japanese army. After the war, Chen Hanzhang personally listed it as a required textbook for the Anti-Alliance armored training. After the war, Chen Hanzhang personally transferred the tanks involved in this battle.
The company commander came to summarize the experience of this battle.
But in any case, this armored train failed to become the magic weapon that Lieutenant General Sadae Inoue expected to stabilize the war situation. However, after the division of troops, the number of tanks in the Eastern Front Group was only three companies. Although the suddenness of the battle
It was achieved to a very perfect level and caused considerable casualties to the main force of the Japanese 69th Division.
On the Jining battlefield, two of the four infantry brigades of the Sixty-ninth Division were beaten into disability in this encounter. Even Yi Liangpin was getting off the train at Jining Station when he came over.
The 60th Brigade Headquarters and the 118th Independent Infantry Brigade were directly blocked in the carriage by Yi Liangpin's armored group.
After a round of shells, the headquarters of the 60th Brigade was crippled on the spot. Although Major General Fujitaro Ohta, the commander of the 60th Brigade, escaped, the passenger car attached to the rear was different from other stuffy tank trucks.
The target was too obvious and he was hit by three 45mm artillery shells at the same time and was seriously injured.
As for the 118th Infantry Brigade that passed through his brigade headquarters, the two infantry squadrons were blocked in the carriage and were defeated before they even had time to get out of the carriage. The carriage was full of broken limbs and Japanese corpses.
.It’s just that although the raid achieved considerable results, after all, when facing a division of Japanese troops, the number was still very insufficient.
In fact, after Yi Liangpin found out the actual situation of the Japanese army in front of him, he had no intention of directly defeating the 69th Division in one go. His lack of troops was his biggest weakness. The only thing he could do was to take advantage of this encounter.
, divide the Japanese 69th Division, and kill as many Japanese troops as possible in front of them. Create the best fighter opportunity for the main force to finally encircle and annihilate the 69th Division.
After half a day of melee, relying on the impact of the 1st Armored Division Mechanized Infantry Regiment and the 5th Division 14th Regiment under the cover of two tank companies, Yi Liangpin finally achieved his original goal, defeating the main force of the 69th Division and Jining
The four infantry squadrons of the independent third mixed brigade are divided into three separate areas: Sanchakou, Jining City, and Hongshazui.
However, the lack of military strength allowed Yi Liangpin to only complete the encirclement of Jining County, and he had lost the ability to continue the offensive. Faced with the current war situation, Yi Liangpin immediately sent a telegram to his immediate superior, Chen Hanzhang, telling him where he was currently.
He reported the true situation he was in and urged Chen Hanzhang, who was leading a cavalry brigade, to speed up his march.
The Japanese army was also in a panic and gradually stabilized. On the one hand, it used the telephone lines that had not been cut off and the intermittent radio to report the battle situation to the North China Front Army Headquarters and the Mongolian Garrison Army Headquarters in Shangdu, and
Requesting reinforcements. On the one hand, they resisted desperately on the spot, trying to reunite the divisions that had been divided into three pieces.
In fact, as the latest group of the Japanese army, it was specially used to deal with the anti-Japanese armed forces behind enemy lines. As a C-type division specially responsible for garrison, it was later called the security division. No matter the troop establishment or heavy weapons and equipment, it could not
Compared with the field divisions, the Sixty-ninth Division was very unlucky to be deployed to reinforce the Chadong battlefield this time.
The entire organization of the newly formed 69th Division, until the time of departure, was completely organized to guard the Japanese-occupied areas. It has two subordinate brigades and eight independent infantry brigades. There are no divisional cavalry regiments or regiments.
The search regiment, artillery, engineers, and baggage troops are all organized into one brigade.
The Sixty-ninth Division, which was originally intended to be used for garrison duties on the northern section of the Tongpu Railway, was not included in this combat sequence by Okamura Neiji. In Okamura Neiji's plan, this Type C garrison division was
During the entire battle, it was responsible for guarding the northern section of Tongpu Road and ensuring the smooth flow of the Tongpu Railway during wartime.
The reason why it is said to be unlucky is because of the intervention of General Hata Jun. The 110th Division was mobilized in advance, leaving Huade and Shangdu's first and second defense lines empty of troops. And the 69th Division was stationed near northern Shanxi
Along the Tongpu Railway, and before there was time to conduct dispersed garrisoning, the division was still being assembled, so the young men were temporarily captured.
However, the entire division has just been organized, and its troops and equipment are all in a state of security and has not yet been transferred to the field division. Although the troops are relatively sufficient, the number of heavy equipment is lacking. The division's artillery battalion only has four field guns and eight
The organization of Menshan artillery. As for other artillery, there are only brigade artillery squads equipped by each infantry brigade.
Although the North China Front Army took into account the current situation of the division's establishment when issuing the order, it decided that after the division was concentrated in Jining, it would receive part of the artillery and other arms of the independent mixed third brigade in order to convert the division from
The garrison organization was changed to a field organization.
But the battle broke out too suddenly, not to mention that the equipment had not yet been received. Even the main force of the division had not had time to arrive in Jining, and was slapped by Yi Liangpin. At this time, because
The train must give priority to the most urgently needed reinforcements on the Chadong battlefield. The third mixed brigade has been assembled, and the troops and equipment prepared to strengthen the 69th division are still far away in Datong.
After doing this, the two aspects of Jining's battlefield were equal to half a catty to eight liang. In addition, including the garrison strength of the independent mixed third brigade in Jining City, even in the melee, they withstood
Although there were a lot of casualties, the 69th Division had an advantage in strength, but suffered from insufficient heavy firepower. The only twelve mountain field guns were scattered in two areas.
Yi Liangpin wanted to attack, but suffered from insufficient troops. He only had two infantry regiments in hand, plus an infantry battalion from the Daqingshan Guerrilla Detachment. He wanted to eat up the 69th Division in one go, plus the independent third division.
Part of the brigade's garrison, where do they have such a big appetite?
But Yi Liangpin was quite unwilling to give up. After the Japanese army stabilized their position, he immediately adjusted his deployment. With the 14th Regiment as the base, he concentrated four battalions. With the cooperation of two tank companies, he
There are three infantry brigades of the Japanese 69th Division in Ningcheng District, plus the remaining two and a half of the four infantry squadrons stationed in Jining by the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade, as well as a disabled remnant of the 118th Brigade.
, surrounded in the area south of Jining City Railway Station.
As for the two Japanese infantry brigades and a squadron at Sanchakou, they can only be watched by a mechanized battalion and a tank company. The two Japanese infantry brigades that have already disembarked at Hongshazui in the south, plus a rapid-fire artillery squadron, can only be guarded by a mechanized battalion and a tank company.
An infantry battalion can be used to block the attack on the front line of Guancun.
Now such a situation has formed on the entire Jining battlefield. With the forces of the Anti-Japanese Alliance being roughly equal, they bluffed the Japanese troops in Jining City, rather than encircling them, it was better to say they were trapped inside the city. And outside the city
The west and south directions were actually in a state of semi-encirclement. At this moment, there were only two companies behind Yi Liangpin to defend Taolin's enemy forces.
What made Yi Liangpin even more troubled was that the Japanese army also had an independent third mixed brigade near the battlefield. Even within the big-mouthed and thin-skinned encirclement he deployed, there were four squadrons. Of course, he didn't know this yet.
The four infantry squadrons had been beaten into second-class disabilities by his random punches at this moment. But after all, the shelf was there, so it had to be taken into account.
If the main force of the surrounding independent mixed brigades also participates, then the troops on hand will definitely be at a disadvantage. Behind Tao Lin, there are two baggage squadrons and an engineer squadron of the Japanese 110th Division, as well as two
An infantry squadron. Added together, it is equivalent to a reinforced infantry brigade.
Jining is the closest place with a railway line to the entire Chadong battlefield. It is also the closest place where the Japanese army in Shanxi can use the railway to reinforce the Chadong battlefield and replenish supplies to the Chadong battlefield. It is also located in the deep zone of Shangdu and Huade line. From here
To the east, it can directly threaten the back of the Japanese army in Suidong. By attacking Jining, it can be said that it is stabbing in the waist of the entire Japanese army in Suidong, Suinan, and even northern Shanxi. It can even be said that it is inserting a punch in the entire Japanese army's deployment.
Inch on.
The importance of Jining's position on the entire battlefield now determines that this is the closest unit to the battlefield and the only unit that the Japanese army can rush to the battlefield in the shortest time. It will definitely join in. And with the Japanese army's consistent
In terms of efficiency, this third mixed brigade is bound to arrive on the battlefield in the shortest possible time, and by then I will be passive.
Now that he is clearly overstretched, he still doesn't know the progress of the central and western fronts. What he is more worried about is that if he fails to complete the encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese troops in Jining City first, and the surrounding Japanese troops rush to surround him, he will be in trouble.
They might be surrounded by the Japanese army. So after sending a telegram to Chen Hanzhang, Yi Liangpin took the lead in attacking the Japanese army in Jining City, regardless of the fact that his own strength was slightly less than that of the Japanese army.
In fact, as Yi Liangpin expected, the Japanese reinforcements arrived very quickly, and the scale of the Japanese reinforcements far exceeded his judgment. After receiving a telegram from the 69th Division and knowing that Jining was besieged,
The shocked Okamura Neiji immediately mobilized the main force of the third independent mixed brigade and quickly set off from Datong to reinforce the Jining front line.
At the same time, after the winter sweep, he stayed in Shanxi and prepared to mobilize six infantry brigades and two artillery regiments from the 41st Division as the second echelon. In addition, he had already arrived in Taiyuan and dispatched troops.
The four infantry brigades of the 15th Division drawn from East China formed a detachment, commanded by Lieutenant General Qing Shuigui, the commander of the 41st Division, and immediately took a train to Suinan for reinforcements.