Although the aviation force also built some secret field airports in Yi County in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region and in the mountainous area west of Mancheng before the war. However, these airports were used to conceal the entire campaign intention and ensure the sudden start of the campaign before the campaign plan was completely exposed.
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Even in the mountainous areas of western Hebei, the current situation between the enemy and ourselves has been reversed. But before the enemy situation around western Hebei has been completely eliminated, these secretly built field airports still need to remain secret before the launch of the battle.
After fully unfolding.
Since the end of the battle last year, the overall posture of the Japanese army throughout Hebei has been to ensure tight control of the Ping-Han, Jin-Pu, Zhengtai, and Shi-De railways, with a focus on ensuring the Jizhong and Ping-Tianjin areas. As for the mountainous areas of western Hebei, they only control the county towns and
The roads along the highway serve as outposts and as the starting point for attacks against Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu.
Before the campaign was launched, Okamura Neiji, who realized that the Anti-Japanese Alliance had moved south, even abandoned the two counties of Laiyuan and Fuping in the western Hebei Mountains in order to shrink his troops. He also reduced his troops to Yi County, Wan County, Tang County, and Quyang.
, Lingshou, etc., at the junction of the mountains and plains in western Hebei. His deployment can almost be said to have completely given up control of the mountainous areas in western Hebei.
Before the war, the aviation force of the Anti-Japanese Alliance took advantage of this situation to secretly transport a large amount of fuel and ammunition to the areas under the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, reserve a considerable amount of spare parts, and build some secret front-line field airports. But as long as the battle
Before the attempt is exposed, the aviation force cannot directly use these secret field airfields for the time being in order to keep it secret.
Not only cannot it be put into use, but even navigation and communication equipment cannot be set up. Oil and ammunition also need to be stored deeper in the more tightly controlled mountainous areas of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. Because the Japanese army also controls Yixian and Yixian, which are closest to central Hebei.
Throughout the county, there are still a large number of spies and spies left in abandoned areas.
Not only will the entire battle situation be exposed once used, the Japanese army who have obtained the intelligence may even send troops to sneak attack these field airports, which will cause too much loss to the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Therefore, in order to strictly keep secrets before the war, the opening of these airports
, we must wait until the battle of Jizhong has begun in full before proceeding.
It was not until Chen Hanzhang and Du Kaishan broke into the Jizhong Plain, and the entire campaign plan was no longer secret, that the aviation force began to carry out final renovations on these field airports. It also gradually mobilized the originally planned combat forces and transferred them to Yixian, Lai
Source, several secret field airfields in the mountains west of Mancheng.
These things are not accomplished overnight, they take time. Under this situation, the aviation force's cooperation will definitely be affected to a certain extent. Although these things are not unfamiliar to him as a senior commander, they are not unfamiliar to him.
It's not completely incomprehensible.
However, he is hardly satisfied with the aviation force's slow movements. Counting today, it is already the fourth day since his Western Group broke through the Beijing-Tianjin Railway line. But so far, the aviation force has not only dispatched some medium-sized missiles with a relatively far combat radius.
Since the bombers took off from Chanan to carry out an air raid on the area south of Baoding on the Ping-Han Railway, I did not even see a single fighter jet covering the assault.
Chen Hanzhang knew very well that it would be fine if the Japanese army did not massively reinforce the Hebei battlefield. Once massive reinforcements were sent to the Hebei battlefield, the world would definitely collapse. Both the sky and the ground would definitely be dispatched at the same time. As for the two major tank clusters interspersed by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, in addition to the new Japanese tanks
In addition to the threats, the biggest threat is probably the Japanese aviation.
He always believed that the biggest threat to tanks, apart from tanks themselves and anti-tank guns, was probably tactical ground attack aircraft. Chen Hanzhang was not unfounded about this. He analyzed the situation on the Soviet-German battlefield comprehensively,
The conclusion drawn is that tanks and tactical aircraft are good partners but also natural opponents on the battlefield.
Therefore, considering the progress of the battle and the pressure of Japanese reinforcements that may be faced on the line from Baoding to Hejian, Chen Hanzhang still suggested that the headquarters coordinate or urge the aviation force to speed up the deployment process and provide air support and cover for future battles in the central Hebei battlefield.
In particular, we will increase support for the Baoding battlefield.
In order to make up for the slight shortage of ground troops, speed up the progress of the battle, reduce the casualties of the troops, and make adequate preparations to deal with possible changes in the situation in the future. His aviation troops have moved south to station in Yixian and the west of Mancheng, and several
The troops at the secret field airport can't always be used as decoration there.
After receiving Chen Hanzhang's telegram, he knew that his capable subordinate was probably dissatisfied with the performance of the aviation force at this stage, but Yang Zhen just smiled and had someone forward the telegram to the western part of Yixian County.
, a secret command post specifically directed the fight for air supremacy in the central Hebei battle, and served as a deputy commander of the aviation force for ground tactical support.
That man was an old subordinate of Chen Hanzhang. Although he was a cadre transferred from the Army, he also studied air command in the Soviet Union. He was also the first person among all the army cadres transferred to the aviation force of the Anti-Japanese Alliance to fly an aircraft into the sky.
Forwarding this dissatisfied telegram from his old superior would probably have some impact on him, an old subordinate.
Compared with Chen Hanzhang's telegram urging the aviation force to take action, Yang Zhen was a little hesitant about Chen Hanzhang's previous telegram to adjust the deployment. The previous plan to use the Shimen and Xinle lines as the final location for the West Cluster was to consider completely cutting off the Zhengtai Line.
, completely blocking the First Army on the Shanxi battlefield.
Now changing to turning in Baoding will cause some unstable factors to appear on the flanks of the army. Moreover, placing the turning corner in Baoding is tantamount to giving up the natural blocking line of the Hutuo River. At the same time, Baoding is adjacent to Baiyangdian to the east and Taihang Mountains to the west.
, the battlefield seems a bit too narrow.
But every advantage has its disadvantages. Compared with the Xinle line, the water network around Baoding is dense, and the Japanese offensive route can only be restricted to a narrow area. At the same time, its large-scale offensive cannot form a whole. It is obvious that Chen Hanzhang is preparing to attack Baoding
There are still many benefits for a region to adopt an overall strategy that focuses on defense.
Yang Zhen doesn't care about the gains and losses of a city or a place. He doesn't really care whether the line from Baoding to Shimen can be captured. Yang Zhen, like Chen Hanzhang, prefers to destroy the enemy in field battles. The battle of siege
, for Yang Zhen it was still quite reluctant.
If Chen Hanzhang used the water network terrain around Baoding to wear down the Japanese reinforcements bit by bit. At the same time, using the line between Hejian and Gaoyang as the flank cover and starting point for the entire battlefield, it would still be of great benefit to this Jizhong battle.
.Although Baoding is located northwest of Hejian, it is only a few dozen kilometers away from Hejian.
If the Japanese reinforcements attack Baoding, the main force in Hejian can directly penetrate its flanks at any time. If the Japanese army directly attacks Hejian, the Baoding line will also pose a threat to its flanks. Although Chen Hanzhang will terminate the attack on the line and temporarily stay on the Baoding line, it will be slightly
Not satisfied. But after several considerations, Yang Zhen finally agreed with Chen Hanzhang's opinion.
However, Yang Zhen repeatedly told Chen Hanzhang in the telegram that he must stay calm. If he adopts defensive counterattack tactics, he must be prepared to deal with the complexity of the situation. I am afraid that a large-scale Japanese counterattack will be within a short time, so he must be prepared
The protection of the flanks, especially the own left wing.
When the Japanese army was attacking and unable to break through from the front, it was their usual tactic to use flanking detours. They only left one reinforced infantry division, one cavalry brigade, and some tank troops on the Baoding battlefield, which seemed a little thin.
Pay more attention to contact and cooperation with the troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region to ensure the safety of your own flanks.
Especially in the mountains of western Hebei, Wanxian, Tangxian, Quyang, Xingtang, and Lingshou were all still under the control of the Japanese army. There must not be any relaxation or carelessness because the flanks are located in the mountainous areas of western Hebei.
The more conducive the terrain is to defense, the more attention must be paid to protecting one's flanks.
At the same time, Yang Zhen clearly told him that he would take overall responsibility for the Jizhong battlefield and unified command of the anti-alliance forces participating in the war, the troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and some troops of the Southern Hebei Military Region. After achieving the overall strategic intentions of his superiors,
It's up to him to decide how to fight.
In fact, Yang Zhen's reminder was quite timely. Chen Hanzhang paid a certain price and eliminated two tank regiments of Lieutenant General Yasu Sakai. He completely annihilated a Japanese tank regiment in Xin'an and tore open the Japanese defense line in Xin'an.
The Japanese troops on the front line of Xin'an desperately blocked the attack. After forcibly crossing the Tang River, the main force of Xiong Botao's force continued to cross the river and met up with Du Kaishan in Hejian County.
Troops that detoured around the city seized the city, defeated the left defense line of Baoding North Battlefield, marched straight down the Cao River to capture the Guantai, cut off the direct connection between the Japanese troops in the north of Baoding and Baoding City, and completely annihilated the Japanese troops west of Baoding. Cooperating with the frontal attack troops, the troops in the north of Baoding were
The entire position of the main Japanese army on the battlefield was cut into pieces, and they had seized Caoheji and were conducting the final encirclement and annihilation.
On the battlefield east of Baoding, we seized Xin'an, compressed the Japanese troops in Xin'an back to Baoding City, and pulled out the deep nails on the right wing. In the entire Baoding battlefield, in addition to Baoding City, as well as to the north of Baoding and south of Caohe, there were still some remaining Japanese troops.
, the third day on which most of the Japanese troops had been eliminated.
The main force of the Japanese First Tank Brigade, more than a hundred tanks, with the cooperation of part of the Japanese 35th Division, suddenly appeared north of Wangdu. Together with the cavalry brigade and the first unit of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, which were north of Wangdu,
An encounter was fought along both sides of the Ping-Han Railway.
The cavalry brigade and a regiment from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region that participated in the war came into contact with the Japanese army along both sides of the Ping-Han Railway and came into contact with the first wave of Japanese reinforcements that appeared in central Hebei. Then, despite the unfavorable terrain and the comparison of equipment and strength,
Under disparate circumstances, they fell into a bitter battle.
Although after a whole day of fierce fighting, the brigade, with the cooperation of a regiment from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, only allowed the Japanese army to advance more than ten kilometers, using a reinforced 76mm cannon battalion, recoilless rifles and rocket launchers to destroy the tank.
There are more than ten tanks and a large number of trucks in the vanguard of the 1st Brigade.
And inflicted considerable damage on the Japanese infantry participating in the battle, killing and wounding more than a thousand Japanese infantry. However, they themselves also suffered heavy casualties in the day's fierce battle. When night fell, the cavalry brigade, which was really unable to support, had to be ordered to use
Under the cover of night, we withdrew to the mountainous area west of Wangdu to rest and recuperate, leaving the route from Wangdu to Baoding open.
The cavalry brigade suffered one-third of its own casualties and two-thirds of the casualties of a regiment in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. However, it delayed the Japanese vanguard for a full day, buying time for Chen Hanzhang to mobilize his troops and adjust his deployment.
It also bought a day for the aviation force to complete the final preparations before the large-scale sortie.
Although this day is not too long, it is extremely important for Chen Hanzhang and even this Jizhong battle. It was also on this day that Chen Hanzhang completed the final adjustment of strategic deployment and completely completed it.
The final solution to the remnants of the Japanese troops in Baoding North Battlefield.