In order to ensure the smooth advance of the anti-alliance forces at night, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region mobilized a large number of cadre militiamen, which were deployed along two lines of the highway at night. At intervals of ten meters, people held torches to illuminate the advancing troops. At the same time, they mobilized
Some places were armed and carried out strict security along the way.
During the advance of the Anti-Union Forces, no one was allowed to take a step closer to the road, so as to ensure the covert advance of the Anti-Union Forces heading south. A large number of light and dark sentries were deployed along the mountains on both sides. Once any abnormalities were discovered, they were dealt with immediately.
.At the same time, if there is any movement of an aircraft in the sky, shoot and call the police immediately.
However, although the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region had made adequate preparations, it almost did not cause trouble. Many militiamen and local armed forces who were transferred saw so many tanks and armored vehicles, as well as a large number of cars and heavy artillery for the first time. Although the superiors
I have given a clear warning, these are all for my own people, but there is still some panic.
Especially the militiamen in Beiyue and Hepingxi District. During the counter-mopping up, they had seen the little Japanese tanks, but they had never seen the Chinese tanks. So many tanks and armored vehicles came out at once, and some militiamen ordered their superiors to
His warnings were thrown aside, he turned around and ran away.
There was also a certain amount of chaos among the local armed forces leading the team. There was no way, so many tanks appeared at the same time, and the march of a division meandered for more than ten kilometers. It was really shocking. Not to mention the local armed forces and militia.
Those cadres who came from the old Red Army and served as stay-at-home officers last year felt a little unnatural when they saw these tanks.
Fortunately, although there was a certain amount of chaos, the cadres leading the team were all experienced and capable after all. In a short period of time, we coordinated with the cadres leading the Anti-Japanese Alliance and found ways to stabilize these basic militiamen.
and the sentiments of local armed forces, ensuring the needs of the anti-alliance forces to move into the pass.
At the same time, in order to cooperate with the offensive prepared by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region concentrated the original main forces and the troops returning from the northeast into four columns. It also received the troops who had gone out for training and those who had returned with them.
The heavy equipment of four field artillery regiments and four 105 howitzer regiments.
Among the troops reorganized by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, except for one column and three independent brigades used in the Shanxi battlefield, the rest of the troops were all used in the Hebei battlefield. At the same time, the troops in Shanxi-Suiyuan and Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu were also completed
The formation of the column level was completed. The Taiyue Military Region also formed a separate column and five independent regiments, preparing to cooperate in the war.
At the same time, the Third Division of the New Fourth Army in the south also began to move northward one after another. Cooperating with the troops of the Shandong Military Region, they prepared to launch operations against the Jinpu Railway and the Japanese Twelfth Army in Shandong. Compared with other strategic areas in the pass, the Shandong Military Region also targeted its own characteristics.
They are also constantly reorganizing their troops, and have independently formulated a combat plan with the Tongpu Railway and the Japanese troops in Shandong Province as the main targets.
According to the unified deployment of the central government, each major strategic area also used the original local troops as the basis and backbone, and transferred a group of military and political cadres from the main force to form a group of new corps. Although it did not meet the 100 required by the central government,
Although the regiment met the standard of the regiment, it also tried its best to form seventy-three new regiments with nearly 100,000 recruits.
Moreover, these newly formed troops have basically completed full training. Thanks to the vigorous reinforcements of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the light weapons are relatively complete and can be replenished into the troops at any time. The only problem is that most of these new troops are still in the Soviet Union.
Within the territory of Beihe and Shandong, only one-third is located in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan base areas.
In the words of the central government, North China is really ready to sell the iron in this battle. However, although everyone understands that the cost of this battle will be very high, everyone also understands that this battle must be fought. It is not only to solve the problem of various disputes in North China.
The problem of food shortage in large base areas, as well as the heavy domestic and international political pressures faced after the dissolution of the Communist International, also made it necessary for the central government to fight this war.
On October 30, all combat forces of the Anti-Japanese Alliance had moved into offensive positions and completed their deployment. The armored forces responsible for the roundabout on the western front, under the unified command of Chen Hanzhang, had secretly entered the territory of Changping. The troops responsible for the insertion on the eastern front were
, under the command of Du Kaishan, waited secretly outside Gubeikou.
These two intersecting troops were not the first batch of troops to enter the battlefield. The time for them to really break out of the Yanshan Mountains was after the front-line combat troops broke through the first line of Japanese defense and completed the division of the Japanese troops in Pingjin and Tianjin. As the second
After the echelon enters the battlefield, it must exert its mobility as much as possible, expand the breakthrough point, and penetrate with all its strength to the designated location to the south.
The troops deployed in front of them, with the cooperation of the troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, have seized Gubeikou and Juyongguan, opening the way to attack around Beiping. The participating troops on the eastern front of the Anti-Japanese Alliance are also already in Hebei.
With the cooperation of the armed forces of the Eastern Division, the entire deployment was completed. At the same time, the two main columns of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, accompanied by five directly affiliated artillery regiments, and some local armed forces, had secretly moved into the Pingxi area.
On the northeastern front, the anti-alliance forces used two armored brigades as sharp knives to form a pincer attack on the two wings of Siping. They also used six divisions to launch a full-scale attack on Siping. On the front line of Kangping, Faku, and Changtu, there were also
Four divisions and one armored brigade were concentrated. In the territory of Jehol, the three divisions of the Anti-Japanese Alliance also launched a full-line defense in the direction of western Liaoning and eastern Hebei.
On November 1, when all units participating in the war had completed their deployment, the Japanese Eleventh Army in Central China concentrated two-thirds of its forces, a total of forty-five infantry brigades, and the independent mixed Seventeenth Brigade.
Regiment, one unit from each of the three divisions of the Thirteenth Army.
Under the cover of powerful artillery fire and aviation, the troops were divided into three groups and launched an attack on the west bank of Dongting Lake. A fierce battle broke out with the Chongqing Sixth War Zone troops who were stationed in the west of the lake. In order to realize the strategic intention, the 11th Japanese Army in Central China mobilized almost all
All the troops that could be mobilized were put into the Changde attack.
On the same day, in order to isolate the main force of the Japanese navy in Rabaul, the US military launched an air attack on Rabaul for the land-based aviation force and looked for a reliable combat base. Under the cover of the strong navy, it landed on Bougainville Island and landed on Bougainville Island.
In the surrounding area, an unprecedented fierce battle broke out with the Japanese navy.
Compared with the fierce fighting in other directions and the Pacific battlefield, the battlefields in North China and Northeast China, which should have started first, were still quite quiet. Except for small-scale outpost battles, tactical reconnaissance operations, or artillery battles, neither side had any
Any major battle would occur. This puzzled everyone.
At this time, the Northeast War situation had been handed over to Guo Bingxun, and Wang Guangyu and the army commander were under unified command. Yang Zhen, who arrived at the Pingxi base area of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region with a light headquarters and established an advance headquarters, was quite calm.
Constantly summarizing all aspects of the situation, but has been slow to issue an attack order.
Originally, Yang Zhen did not want to be the secretary of the General Front Committee, which was finally established by the Central Committee according to his proposal. The Central Committee indeed followed his request and did not let him serve as the first secretary. However, the Central Committee appointed Yang Zhen as the responsible person of the General Front Committee.
Second Secretary of Military Command.
As for the first secretary, the boss who rushed to Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei from Yan'an will be personally responsible. This battle is of great importance and involves the coordination of several forces. Therefore, the central government finally decided that the boss will personally serve as the first secretary, in the middle.
Coordinate all aspects of command.
However, after meeting with Yang Zhen, the boss clearly told him that as the first secretary, he was only responsible for coordination. As for how to fight, it was Yang Zhen's business. He, Yang Zhen, was responsible for military issues. Political issues
, the commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region serves as the political commissar. The troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region are personally commanded by the deputy commander-in-chief.
Yang Zhen, who was forced to rush to the shelves, could only take over the task of overall command. However, with the support of his boss, it was much easier for Yang Zhen to straighten out the command relationship. But for Yang Zhen to be so calm,
But it left the boss and deputy commander a little confused.
In contrast to his comrades who were confused by Yang Zhen's composure, Okamura Neiji, who was stationed at the North China Front Army Headquarters in Peiping, was put under great pressure by Yang Zhen's composure. Such a large number of opponents were placed in front of him.
, no one can completely remain calm.
It is almost impossible to keep such a large-scale mobilization completely confidential. Therefore, after the Anti-Japanese Alliance troops arrived one after another, the focus of confidentiality was placed on the troops on the second line who were preparing to implement large-scale penetration.
The troops that the Japanese army started to contact are now fully deployed, and even if they want to keep it secret, they can no longer keep it secret.
With the Japanese army's tactical intelligence collection capabilities, it is still possible to identify its front-line opponents. Without this ability, the Japanese army would not have been able to sweep through most of China in a short period of time. Moreover, the frontline troops of both sides have already begun to
With a small-scale contact, it is even more impossible for the Japanese army to resist the already deployed troops of the Allied Forces, and they cannot even find out the approximate strength of the troops.
When the front-line troops of the Japanese army found out that the anti-alliance forces in front of them included eleven divisions, one armored brigade, five independent tank regiments, and a large number of artillery and cavalry, Okamura Neji was covered in wounds on his back.
white hair sweat.
But with such a large force in front of him, he still refused to launch an attack. In everyone's heart, Alexander Okamura Neji wanted to launch an offensive several times, but because of several divisions on the front line,
The director resolutely opposed it and gave up. But the feeling of having my heart hanging in mid-air was really not pleasant.
As time passed, Yang Zhen remained very calm and continued to collect information on all aspects of the battle. It was not until November 12th that Yang Zhen issued the order to prepare for the final attack. But the order was only to let the troops prepare for the attack.
Being prepared to attack at any time and when to launch an attack still left everyone confused.
It was not until November 15th that Yang Zhen received a report that the Japanese troops on the front line had begun to gather and seemed to be preparing to strike first. Yang Zhen made a prompt decision and immediately ordered the troops that had arrived at the front line to launch a full-line attack between Beijing and Tianjin. The first round
The artillery fire will hit Shunyi and Heping Valley on the outskirts of Peiping.
Originally, Okamura Neiji wanted to strike first and take advantage of the complex terrain in the Pingbei Mountains that was not conducive to large-scale movement of tanks. Although several division commanders fighting on the front line were not convinced by his idea,
He raised objections. However, under the invisible pressure in his heart, Okamura Neiji finally defied all opinions on November 13 and made up his mind to launch the attack first.
Although he never thought that he could completely block the Anti-League troops in the Yanshan Mountains, he could at least figure out the Anti-League's intentions and disrupt the Anti-League's deployment. The most important thing was to stab him first, which would be better than his own.
I just sit here and work hard. I can't do it. I just sit here and wait for my opponent to come knocking.
After thinking for a long time, he finally ignored the objections of the division commanders on the front line and concentrated the troops of six infantry brigades on the front line, preparing to launch a tentative attack focusing on the Changping area of Pingbei. At least to regain control around Miyun.