However, despite receiving orders from Lieutenant General Eitaro Uchiyama to quickly get rid of the enemy in front of him and retreat to Dingxian County, several regiments around the Baoding battlefield, in order to execute the order of the army commander, concentrated their forces and continuously launched counterattacks in an attempt to fight.
He retreated and clung to his own anti-alliance forces so that he could withdraw to the south of Baoding as soon as possible according to the order.
In fact, as soon as the Anti-Japanese Alliance's comprehensive counterattack started, several regiments around the Baoding battlefield already felt that something was wrong without Lieutenant General Eitaro Uchiyama giving orders. However, these regiments, which had been in an offensive posture before, wanted to change their position.
It is so easy to retreat physically.
Chen Hanzhang, who was in front of them, had kept this protrusion for a long time, just to prepare to go west and then east. Although the Japanese troops on the Baoding battlefield came up in five regiments, Chen Hanzhang still had no intention of changing his plan. Okamura Neji was in Baoding.
Zi then invested five regiments of troops, hoping to kill his opponent.
It's just that these five are in accordance with Okamura Neiji's requirements, no matter which direction Uchiyama Eitaro chooses to attack. But when they go to the battlefield, they must ensure a complete formation of the unit. No matter what the situation is, the troops cannot be dispersed.
.During the attack, the Japanese army always maintained its complete formation.
For Chen Hanzhang, who had been deployed around Baoding before, but the strength of a strengthened division was indeed too much pressure. Coupled with the six infantry brigades dispatched by the Japanese army in the direction of Gaoyang on the flanks, he felt somewhat outnumbered. In other words, Gang
The five infantry regiments that Murura Neiji invested in all at once really made him feel a little overwhelmed.
But in terms of Chen Hanzhang's personality, since Okamura Neji brought this piece of fat to his mouth, he would not easily spit out the piece of fat he bit in his mouth. Although he has been struggling to support it, in the end
At the critical moment, even his own guard battalion was dispatched, but he did not flinch.
Even a Japanese army took advantage of the front-line troops to the extreme and detoured to penetrate into the headquarters, which was only a guard platoon away from him. At a distance of only a thousand meters, even the staff officers and officers of his headquarters picked up their rifles and prepared to fight to the death.
During the fight, Chen Hanzhang still did not waver.
He didn't even take a glance at the Japanese troops that had reached his headquarters. If the artillery hadn't reacted quickly, they concentrated two artillery batteries to block the passage between the Japanese troops and his headquarters.
, buying time for reinforcements to arrive without necessarily causing any consequences.
But even if the headquarters encountered danger, Chen Hanzhang still did not agree to Du Kaishan's suggestion to transfer two regiments of reinforcements from the western front, where the pressure was relatively low, or to concentrate all the tank groups to deal with the enemies of Baoding first. Instead, he insisted on
Du Kaishan is on the second line and must retain a considerable number of reserves.
Moreover, Chen Hanzhang believes that it is not yet time to counterattack. The Japanese attack has just begun, and the troops and strength have not been weakened. The most important thing is that the Japanese army has not yet been entangled with each other. If a counterattack is launched in advance at this time, it is easy to alert the snake.
, it is difficult to complete the total annihilation of these five regiments. On the contrary, on the eastern front, it may bring fighter opportunities to the enemy.
Once the Japanese army is hit and retreats westward to the Taihang Mountains, the consequences will be serious. The most important thing is that the five Japanese regiments are still intact, their overall strength is still there, and the entanglement is not tight enough. Even if the tanks are concentrated
Clustering, with the tenacity of the Japanese army, if the battle drags on, it will be very detrimental to the entire Jizhong front. If the Japanese army makes other changes, it is likely to cause them to lose sight of the other.
In a word, Chen Hanzhang believes that even if the war situation continues, the Japanese army may arrive at any time with follow-up reinforcements, which may complicate his counterattack. But he still believes that it is not the time to counterattack across the board. At least while the Japanese army is still cautious
If you take a front-line push, if you encounter a blow, it is easy to turn around and run away, but you still need to wait patiently.
Therefore, before the main force around the Peiping battlefield went south, he withstood the huge pressure of the Baoding battlefield and remained motionless. He was struggling to support the Baoding battlefield with his existing troops. Then the Japanese Sixty-sixth Brigade
The sudden breakthrough of Ziya River also proved the accuracy of Chen Hanzhang's judgment.
If a counterattack is launched in advance, after all the main forces are transferred eastward, the strength of the entire eastern front and the second-line defensive positions will be reduced to a dangerous level. In this way, after the Japanese 66th Brigade breaks through the Ziya River line, it will be on the eastern front.
We will be able to attack wherever we want without hesitation. If not, the entire defense system from Hejian to Cangzhou is in danger of completely collapsing.
However, although he rejected the suggestion of reinforcements and launching a counterattack in advance, when he faced the attack of five Japanese regiments with a strengthened division, Chen Hanzhang took into account the situation required for the current counterattack. When commanding the defense,
Consciously, the battle lines of the two sides were intertwined, so that you are in the middle of me, and I am in the middle of you.
It is still possible for the Japanese army to advance, but it will be quite difficult to break away or retreat. Chen Hanzhang risked the Baoding battlefield to be broken through by the Japanese army across the board, and created this situation just for the current counterattack. After the comprehensive counterattack started
, this situation played a crucial role. Chen Hanzhang's patience finally came to fruition.
Several Japanese regiments on the Baoding battlefield were entangled in the existing battlefield, and they were not given any chance to get rid of themselves. These five Japanese regiments were now unable to advance. They wanted to retreat with ten
He has eight kinds of weapons, but he can't get rid of his opponent like a tarsal maggot.
I could only watch helplessly as the anti-alliance troops came out from both wings, tearing through the weak defense lines on both sides of my body, and constantly penetrated deeper into myself. I had never thought of getting closer together before, but when I thought of getting closer, it was too late.
More than one step.
The strength of the six Japanese infantry brigades in front of Gaoyang is relatively sufficient. If they can really get closer to the Japanese army in Baoding, then the counterattack speed of the Anti-Japanese Alliance will not be able to progress so fast. At least the troops attacking from between Gaoyang and Baoding will
They would not defeat the Japanese army on the left flank of the Baoding battlefield so quickly and directly penetrated the Baoding battlefield.
Moreover, the counterattack launched by the Anti-Japanese Alliance at the same time in front of Gaoyang made the pressure they faced far exceed that of the Baoding battlefield. A division of the Anti-Japanese Alliance pressed from the front of Gaoyang, coupled with the assault troops on both wings, launched a fierce attack at the same time.
The attack put these six infantry brigades in a very short period of time, and fell into a situation where they were unable to protect themselves.
Not to mention moving closer to the Baoding battlefield, coordinating the Japanese army to break away from the frontal contact with the Anti-Japanese Alliance on the Baoding battlefield was also in danger. The only consolation is that on the Gaoyang battlefield, the number of tanks invested by the Anti-Japanese Alliance was not that many. Although it was trapped
Once you are out of a dangerous situation, there won’t be many problems if you persevere in a short period of time.
At least they could barely hold on for a while until the Anti-Alliance forces that had outflanked the Baoding battlefield turned around. Although a division of the Anti-Alliance forces launched a frontal counterattack, it fell into a bitter battle. However, in response to the order of Lieutenant General Eitaro Uchiyama,
But it is intentional but powerless.
A regiment deployed on the left wing of the entire Baoding battlefield, because of its location, became the top priority in the anti-alliance attack. Lieutenant General Uchiyama Eitaro sent a regiment that had already suffered heavy losses in the previous battle.
.The mechanized infantry group that blocked the resistance was too taken for granted.
Under the fierce strangulation of the front and flank troops of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the blocking position of this regiment was completely destroyed in one day. What was even more serious was that the regiment's command post was hit by a 150-meter missile.
After the millimeter howitzer shell hit, no one in the entire command post survived. As soon as the anti-alliance counterattack started, the regiment lost its unified command.
After tearing apart the defense line of the regiment, the anti-alliance forces that attacked from Gaoyang to the Baoding battlefield did not spend too much time entangled with the Japanese troops. In addition to leaving some troops behind to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the regiment, the main force
Then it swept directly towards the main force of the Japanese army on the Baoding battlefield.
On the Hejian battlefield, the Sixty-fourth Division was also locked in a bitter battle with the anti-alliance forces who launched a counterattack. Although the situation faced was stronger than that on the Baoding battlefield, the division, equipped with effective anti-tank weapons,
The entire front was also torn open by the Second Armored Division on the first day.
Being helpless in the face of the tanks with thick skin and thick flesh, the division used the Japanese army's last trump card against tanks. It continuously organized human bombs in an attempt to drive the anti-alliance tank cluster out of the torn breach. At least.
Able to maintain a complete posture when receiving an order to retreat.
It's just that this is neither the tropical rain forest in Southeast Asia nor the mountainous areas in Pingbei and Pingxi. This is the vast Jizhong Plain. In addition to winter operations, there is not even a green gauze tent for concealment. On the bare Jizhong Plain, let
The Japanese army's meat bullet attacks had almost no significant effect except for the futile attempts to kill lives one after another.
The current anti-alliance infantry-tank coordination tactics have become increasingly proficient. Although the counterattack was mainly based on tanks, each tank group also strengthened its response to a large number of infantry. These were either riding on tanks or riding on semi-trucks.
The tracked armored vehicles and the infantry who coordinated the attack would not easily let these human bombs get close to the tanks.
Every meat bomb that tried to get closer was turned into honeycomb by the infantry covering the tanks. The only effective place for the Japanese army to adopt a meat bomb offensive was outside their own trenches. However, the Anti-Alliance investment
The number of tanks is not one or a few, but dozens or even hundreds.
The infantry protects the tanks, and the tanks also cover the infantry. According to the tactics of the anti-alliance armored forces, the tanks will never be separated from the requirements of the infantry's independent activities, and the two parties cooperate extremely well. When the Japanese army used trenches to launch meat bomb tactics, even if they were blown up
There was an Anti-Union tank, but it also meant that the Anti-Union infantry had also reached the edge of the trench.
Once caught in this kind of close combat, the bolt-action rifles of the Japanese army were no match against the all-automatic firepower of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Under the stranglehold of infantry-tank collaborative tactics, whether it was the Baoding battlefield or the frontal battlefield in Hejian, including the two
In the Gaoyang battlefield between the two countries, the Japanese army was almost helpless against the attack of tank groups in this plain terrain.
Although as soon as the ministries arrived at the designated battlefield, both Okamura Neiji and Uchiyama Eitaro required all ministries to pay attention to digging anti-tank trenches in the absence of effective anti-tank firepower. However, with the cooperation of the Anti-Alliance Engineers
, still failed to stop the anti-Union tank offensive.
Unable to advance or retreat, various Japanese troops were constantly divided and isolated. Especially on the Baoding front line, after the first day of fighting, most of the flanking regiment was overwhelmed. Although they took over the command
Under the command of the first battalion captain, they still resisted desperately and tried to get back together. However, no matter what, this regiment was not only unable to serve as the left wing defense line of Baoding battlefield, but also itself was in a precarious situation.