It is really strange that Eitaro Uchiyama is not in a hurry when he is very likely to face a flanking attack. Although he knows that Chongqing and his current opponent may not have any cooperation on the battlefield. But at this time in Chongqing,
Preparing to counterattack East Henan really felt like a thorn in his back.
However, he was already exhausted from dealing with the Jizhong battlefield and was really unable to mobilize troops to increase the defense of the eastern Henan region. The only thing he could do now was to send out telegrams requesting reinforcements like snowflakes to Tokyo, Nanjing and Jinan.
Whether it was the current critical situation in the entire Jizhong battlefield or the frequent small moves in the first battle zone behind him, Uchiyama Eitaro was extremely anxious.
During the Battle of Nomonhan, where the Japanese Army first experienced what modern army combat is, what it means to charge in groups with hundreds of tanks, and what it means to rain down artillery shells, which are worth less than bullets. He served as the artillery commander of the Kwantung Army.
Uchiyama Eitaro was really beaten hard by the Soviet army, which did not have strong combat capabilities at the time and relied solely on the sheer quantity of steel to win.
The former artilleryman of the Kwantung Army who once commanded almost all the heavy artillery units of the Eastern Army and participated in the war. Faced with the overwhelming artillery fire of the Soviet Army, the Japanese artillery that was once proud of the Chinese battlefield had almost no experience of fighting back. This former Kwantung Army
The commander of the artillery had an unforgettable memory. The same overwhelming force that the Soviet army dispatched that year, which directly submerged the Japanese infantry and tank troops in the torrent of steel, made him remember it even more deeply.
Although I was not too impressed by the poor tactical literacy displayed by the Soviet army at that time, the flood of Soviet tanks and the density of firepower that used artillery shells as bullets made the artillery commander of the Kwantung Army once proud.
The raised tail quickly restrained itself. Compared with his arrogant colleagues, this man who had experienced unforgettable pain was much more stable.
That battle made the former Kwantung Army artillery commander one of the few Japanese Army commanders who had experienced fighting against modern opponents before the outbreak of the Pacific War. At the same time, he was also the only senior Japanese commander who remained in the army during that battle.
Lieutenant General Eitaro Uchiyama in the military attaches great importance to modern equipment.
In fact, as the artillery commander of the Kwantung Army at that time, he did not agree with the decision of the commander of the 23rd Division, Komatsubara, to commit seppuku as required by the base camp. He believed that regardless of the outcome of this battle, Lieutenant General Komatsubara was one of the most outstanding commanders in the entire Japanese army.
There are not many generals who have fought against the Soviet Army's modern, firepower-oriented army.
Of course, the performance of the Soviet army at that time was not satisfactory. Their tactical literacy was generally quite poor, and their multi-arm coordination and tactical communication capabilities were extremely poor. Especially the infantry-tank coordination tactics were almost extremely poor. When tanks attacked
, with almost no infantry cooperation. But after all, at least in terms of the number of heavy equipment, it was already the strongest opponent the Japanese army had encountered at that time.
With this kind of firepower, hundreds of tanks can be dispatched to participate in the battle at a time, and the weapons and equipment are far from being comparable to that of the Chinese army. It can also be regarded as the first time since the First World War that the Japanese Army has fought with the most advanced Western equipment.
Fight against a powerful opponent. Regardless of success or failure, the experience gained is extremely valuable.
In order to take responsibility for the crime, you can let him retire from active service. But your own people forced him to death, but you sent the Japanese Army's only division commander with modern combat experience to a dead end. At the same time, he also completely cut off the
The Imperial Army summarizes its experience in confronting armored groups. That is the experience gained by the Imperial Army at the cost of tens of thousands of casualties on the Nomonhan battlefield.
It's good now. The opponent I looked down on before has become completely stronger. The number and performance of the tanks invested far exceed that of the Soviet army in Nomenhan. Their tactical literacy and ability to cooperate with multiple arms are also far greater than those of the past.
The Soviet army. However, the Imperial Army personally ruined the experience gained in the Battle of Nomenhan that year against the Soviet armored group with flesh and blood.
In addition, the mediocre Yasushi Sakai, a super prodigal with almost no experience in anti-tank combat or commanding tank group combat, ruined so many of the Imperial Army's already small armored forces in one fell swoop.
At present, on the Jizhong battlefield, there is almost no way to fight back against the enemy's armored offensive. If Lieutenant General Komatsubara had not committed seppuku and he had been in charge, this result would never have been achieved.
Eitaro Uchiyama believed that as long as the enemy's tank cluster offensive was contained, his troops on the Jizhong battlefield would still be able to defend their existing positions. But the reality was that just when the enemy's tank cluster attacked, all participating troops on the front line were
There are almost no countermeasures except the less effective means of human bombs.
The enemy army used the tanks as the guide, penetrated in the direction of their own depth, and outflanked them wherever they wanted. It can be said that the fighting was very smooth, even more comfortable than living on the kang of your own home.
On the plains of Jizhong, where there are no green gauze tents for concealment in winter, the only effective human bomb attack by the frontline troops is far from that good. The enemy's
The infantry-tank coordination tactics are too proficient. Meat bomb offensives organized at such a high cost are often directly wiped out by the enemy's infantry before they can be launched. Although the effect is not at all, it is unable to change the overall situation.
passive.
Facing the overwhelming armored offensive of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, as well as the Soviet army's more tacit understanding and proficiency in multi-arms coordinated operations than the original Soviet army. I do not hate Lieutenant General Yasu Sakai and Lieutenant General Eitaro Uchiyama who lost most of the tanks of the North China Front.
It's strange that he has to gnash his teeth. No matter what his reason is, the consequences are undoubtedly extremely serious.
If that guy wasn't a lieutenant general, and he himself was a lieutenant general. As the commander of the army, he didn't even have the power to remove that guy from his post. I'm afraid Lieutenant General Eitaro Uchiyama would have directly killed the guy who failed to achieve anything but failed.
, the guy who lost the entire North China Front and most of the tanks in two days.
The empire's national power was limited and could not support the consumption of the two major steel giants, the army and the navy. These tanks were put together by the headquarters for the North China Front after great painstaking efforts. As a result, in a short period of time, they were wasted by him.
As a result, now I have almost no way to deal with the enemy's tank offensive.
Doesn’t he know that it’s easy to consume these tanks, but difficult to reproduce them? It’s easy for him to waste them, but it’s not easy for the empire to replenish them. Now the entire Chinese dispatched army doesn’t even have anti-tank guns left, let alone tanks.
How many gates? As for the replenishment of the base camp, we don’t know if they will be able to arrive in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
In this Mapingchuan, it can be said that the North China Plain is the best natural battlefield for tanks. In the absence of effective anti-tank guns, it is fucking strange that the battle can be won with infantry against tanks.
Even if the Imperial soldiers are brave enough to die, there is no way this man can beat steel. If people can beat steel, then why did the Empire spend so much money to build so many tanks and heavy artillery?
Cursing that idiot ten thousand times again, he lost almost 80% of the Imperial Army's extremely precious tank resources, which he had dispatched for the North China Front. As a result, he could only use infantry to go head-to-head with the enemy's tank groups.
Lieutenant General Yasu Sakai was in a difficult situation.
And appointed this mediocre guy to serve as a garrison in Jizhong. And after he arrived at Shimen, he kept himself in a vacuum, clinging to the old views and refusing to retreat to the best river in the entire battlefield and the largest river in the entire Jizhong.
, behind General Okamura Neiji who held the Hutuo River line, which was almost a natural barrier to the enemy tank cluster.
Before new reinforcements arrived, Lieutenant General Uchiyama Eitaro could only desperately urge the frontline divisions to cooperate and retreat to the south bank of the Hutuo River. In a rare move, Uchiyama Eitaro even issued a secret order to the frontline divisions. Tell him
As long as they can safely highlight their main force, they don't need anything else.
Whether it is artillery, ammunition, supplies, or all kinds of equipment that cannot be carried in a short period of time. If you can stand out in an organized manner, everything can be thrown away. Including the wounded who can no longer be carried, everything can be thrown away. As for
The only thing left is to continuously send out telegrams for help to everyone who can ask for help.
Fortunately, the base camp will not sit back and watch Baoding and the large battlefields of Hejian. All the Japanese troops participating in the war were wiped out. At the same time, the situation in other directions is getting worse and worse and continues. Although it is no longer able to mobilize too many troops, it is constantly trying to find ways
Provide reinforcements.
Having already landed in Lianyungang, a division transferred from the base camp from Southeast Asia is following the reinforcement route that the Japanese troops on the Baoding battlefield took when they first arrived in Baoding. After arriving at Kaifeng via the Longhai Railway and crossing the Yellow River, they are heading to southern Hebei for reinforcements.
And a division reinforced from the mainland has also arrived in Pukou in full force.
At the same time, the Japanese base camp in Tianjin Port has been blocked by the Anti-Alliance Air Force and turned into a dead port. They are also constantly trying to find ways to increase troops from North Korea, the mainland, via South Manchuria, Tangshan, and Qinhuangdao to the eastern Hebei region. In an attempt to re-establish
While opening up the Beining Railway, they also wanted to adopt the method of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao to reduce the pressure on the Japanese army in North China.
It's just that North China is in the coldest month of winter, the coldest period of the year. Except for Tianjin Port, which is blocked by the anti-Japanese aviation forces, Qinhuangdao Port, which is at a higher level, is already frozen. The Japanese army has already
Unable to carry out sea transportation, the only option is land reinforcement which is not very efficient.
The reason why the newly reinforced Japanese troops did not land directly at Qingdao Port. Instead, they chose Lianyungang Port, which is far away, or even Pukou. It is not that the Tokyo base camp was not in a hurry, and Qingdao Port, which is closest to the Jizhong battlefield, and Jiaoji Port were left.
Instead of using the Jinpu railway, they landed from Qingdao. No one could guarantee that the reinforcements would arrive before the end of the Jizhong battlefield.
At present, except for Qingdao Port, which is visited by Anti-Japanese long-range bombers from time to time, it is no longer safe. The more important reason is that the entire Jiaoji Railway is currently under large-scale raids by the Shandong Military Region.
The Shandong section of the railway is also almost paralyzed. The entire Shandong battlefield is now in a state of chaos.
Unless the so-called Shandong Military Region of the North China Communist Army is completely destroyed within a short period of time, the Japanese army will land in Qingdao and will no longer be able to use the Jiaoji Railway. As for the Shandong section of the Jinpu Railway and the northern Jiangsu section, the current situation is no better than that of the Jiaoji Railway.
How much better.
The Shandong Communist Army, which could be defeated in a short period of time, was like a maggot on the tarsus. Where could the Japanese army find so many troops? If there were enough troops, why did the Japanese army bother to mobilize reinforcements from the mainland? At the same time, the Shide Railway was in the Anti-Japanese War
Under the air strike of the aircraft, it was completely paralyzed and impassable.
Landing at Lianyungang from the easternmost end of the Longhai Line, which has not yet been harassed by anti-Japanese bombers, and taking the relatively safer Longhai Line has become the only option for the Japanese army to reinforce Jizhong in the shortest possible time. It is not far away.
It was not as good as Lianyungang in Qingdao, and its throughput capacity was too poor. The Japanese army had no choice but to let the second wave of reinforcements land from Pukou.