Faced with insufficient reinforcements and an increasingly embarrassing situation, the Sixty-fourth Division and the Twenty-second Division, which are still fighting on the front line, are starving from guns to men. Especially the situation of the Sixty-fourth Division
It is already extremely dangerous. If we can no longer escape the bite of the surrounding enemies, the entire army will be annihilated.
Uchiyama Eitaro is almost helpless except for constantly issuing retreat orders. But at the moment, he really doesn't know what the situation in the entire Jizhong battlefield will be like when the latest promised reinforcements from the base camp arrive.
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No, it should be said that under the attack of the enemy's huge tanks, how many troops can the several divisions currently participating in the war be able to withdraw? Lieutenant General Uchiyama Eitaro, who is already at his wits end, looked at the map in front of him and headed south faster and faster.
blue arrow, I couldn't help but feel a deep sadness in my heart.
In plain areas like Jizhong, without any permanent fortifications to rely on, our own limited armor strength was eliminated early, and we could only rely on infantry to fight. Without an absolute advantage in both troop strength and firepower, we faced the enemy.
A group of tanks fought in a battle, and such an outcome may have been doomed long ago.
Facing the 64th Division's request for help telegrams almost every hour, Uchiyama Eitaro, who could not even gather a large group of troops at this moment, the only thing he could do was to desperately order the 64th Division to send troops to the enemy at all costs.
Break through the encirclement in the south. Order the 22nd Division to abandon all original combat plans and immediately withdraw to the border area between Hebei and Shandong.
At the same time, he ordered the remaining engineers of the Sixty-fourth Division on the south bank of the Hutuo River to find ways to build a pontoon bridge on the Hutuo River at all costs to open up the retreat route of the Sixty-fourth Division. He ordered a reinforced division to go all out to the designated
We marched to Xianxian County to stop the enemy troops who had crossed the river, and covered the engineers to build the bridge. As for other aspects, at least until the arrival of the new reinforcements promised by the base camp, there was really nothing we could do.
But his opponent obviously couldn't leave him too much time. With Yang Zhen's style, if he couldn't grasp this fighter opportunity, he wouldn't be Yang Zhen. Since Chongqing took the initiative to share part of the Japanese reinforcements for itself,
Pressure, so what are you waiting for?
Yang Zhen issued a death order to Du Kaishan. The encirclement and annihilation of the remnants of the 64th Division must be completed within forty-eight hours at the latest. On the Cangzhou battlefield, the siege of the 22nd Division must be completed within twelve hours.
Encirclement. Except for the Cangzhou battlefield, all participating troops on the central battlefield must cross the Hutuo River before January 5th and advance the entire front south to the junction of Hebei and Shandong.
Order the Western Cluster commanded by Chen Hanzhang on the Western Front to stop the original repair plan after receiving reinforcements and use the main force to clamp down on the Zhengtai Railway. At the same time, send a force southward to cooperate with the troops of the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region as soon as possible to control the Pinghan Line from Xingtai to Shimen.
, completely cutting off the next channel for the Japanese army to reinforce the Jizhong battlefield.
In the battlefield outside Tianjin, Yang Zhen also changed his previous focus on siege and ordered the troops to participate in the battle. Taking advantage of the fact that the Bohai Bay has been completely frozen, the large Japanese ships have gradually withdrawn to Qingdao. The remaining small ships stationed in Tianjin have small artillery calibers and low power.
Small, a favorable situation that poses little threat to the siege troops.
Concentrate all the forces to launch the Tianjin Campaign. Under the cover of the aviation force, completely capture Tianjin and clamp down on Tanggu Port. Completely cut off the last stronghold of the Japanese army in the entire Pingjin front line, seize Tianjin, the largest industrial and commercial city in North China, and lock it
The Japanese army once again peeked at the sea outlet of North China.
A column in Jidong plus four main regiments of the Jidong Army Division concentrated their forces to launch attacks on the Tangshan and Qinhuangdao front lines. Containing the Kwantung Army's strength in Jidong, it was unable to reinforce the Tianjin battlefield and cut off the Beining Railway. It outflanked and protected the flanks of the Tianjin battlefield and collapsed.
Japanese and puppet troops in eastern Hebei.
This time, Yang Zhen changed his previous plan of not wanting to attack Tianjin, and finally ordered the launch of a decisive battle in Tianjin. It was not because he was willing to distract his energy and troops at this time. It was because he had received great efforts from the Tianjin underground party and tried every means to defeat the Japanese army.
A piece of information conveyed during the lockdown.
After Tianjin was besieged, in order to ensure its own food supply, the Japanese army adopted the method of killing civilians to feed the army. The food reserves of all residents in Tianjin City have been completely confiscated by the Japanese army. All residents in Tianjin City, except for a few large
Except for the traitors, most of them, including some wealthy families, are close to running out of food.
If the situation of Tianjin City being besieged cannot be changed in a short time, the residents in the entire city will starve to death due to lack of food, and the situation will be unimaginable. The Tianjin Underground Party hopes that the Anti-Japanese Alliance can attack the city as soon as possible and rescue the people in the city.
Hundreds of thousands of Chinese people.
In order to send this information out, after the underground secret radio station was destroyed by the Japanese Tianjin Gendarmerie Special High School Section, Tianjin's underground party started to lurk among the puppet troops. A very important figure risked the entire Tianjin underground party to be destroyed.
The danger of destruction caused the intelligence to be sent out. Along with this intelligence, there was also the general distribution of the Japanese army's fortifications in the city.
It's just that the Japanese army doesn't trust the Chinese, even those traitors. The underground fortifications built by the Japanese army in Tianjin City, Tianjin's underground party can only try to figure out part of them. Some core fortification groups were not controlled because the Japanese army was too tight.
It is impossible to find out. This map of Japanese city defense fortifications is at most a semi-finished product.
And after the entire Peking-Tianjin campaign started, especially when the Anti-Japanese Alliance took over most of the areas outside Tianjin, the Japanese army strictly blocked traffic inside and outside Tianjin. No Chinese were allowed in or out of Tianjin, and they tightened their control over the secrets inside Tianjin.
The radio stations were searched intensively. All radio stations belonging to the puppet military and political agencies were even confiscated.
The reconnaissance personnel of the Anti-Japanese Alliance were unable to enter the city despite all their efforts. Almost all of the underground party radio stations in the city were destroyed. Even the radio stations lurking within the puppet government agencies and the puppet army were unable to send any messages because they were controlled by the Japanese army.
The anti-alliance frontline troops did not know much about the situation in Tianjin City. This was the main reason why Yang Zhen delayed moving to Tianjin after taking Peiping City.
In addition to the strong strength of the Japanese army in Tianjin, and at the same time, before the freeze, warships with tonnage of destroyers and below could be directly traced from Beitang to the Tianjin River Port to fully support the Tianjin defenders in their operations. This is because of the city defense fortifications in Tianjin City.
The deployment is still unclear.
And the current Tianjin is different from the Xinjing of the past. Last year's Xinjing was already an empty city when the Anti-Union siege was launched. Most of the Chinese people were relocated by the Kwantung Army who wanted to cut off the supply of Anti-Union troops.
Going to Southern Manchuria, no matter what tactics the Anti-Japanese Alliance adopts, they can do whatever they want.
Tianjin is now the largest industrial and commercial city in North China. Although the total population is not as large as that of Peiping, it is not much different. There are hundreds of thousands of Chinese in the city, and there are dozens of large and small buildings.
Factory. One move can affect the whole body. This battle is difficult to fight. In the absence of detailed information on the deployment of fortifications in the city, attack the city with all possible weapons.
But after receiving information from the Tianjin underground party, Yang Zhen knew that unless he let go of the siege of Tianjin, he would have to fight this tough battle whether he wanted to or not. The lives and safety of hundreds of thousands of Chinese people in the city must be at stake.
It is your responsibility as a Chinese soldier to protect yourself.
The city of Tianjin must not only be attacked, but also captured in the shortest possible time. However, considering the safety of Tianjin, the largest industrial and commercial town in North China, the large number of factories in the city, and the safety of hundreds of thousands of people, Yang Zhen issued the attack order.
At the same time, an order was also added that it was strictly forbidden to use artillery with a caliber of more than 100 mm in combat within the city.
When fighting in residential areas and factory areas, it is strictly prohibited to use all artillery except recoilless rifles and rocket launchers. We must try our best to ensure that this largest industrial and commercial city in North China and a large number of factories in the city are completely returned to the embrace of the Chinese. If
If possible, the main force of the Japanese army should be annihilated outside the city as much as possible.
Tao Jingfei, who received Yang Zhen's order and was responsible for commanding the battlefield in Tianjin, took advantage of the situation that had gradually cleared the periphery of Tianjin and concentrated the forces of five divisions. Under the cover of a heavy artillery regiment reinforced by the headquarters and tank troops, they launched an attack on Tianjin City.
A general attack was launched.
However, the Japanese troops who were stationed in Tianjin relied on the strong fortifications built over the years to resist desperately. Every time the attacking troops took a step forward, they would encounter crazy counterattacks by the Japanese troops. Although most of the Japanese troops in the periphery had been cleared, in the face of the stubborn resistance of the Japanese troops, the attacking troops
The battle was still extremely difficult.
Compared with the extremely difficult battle in the Tianjin battlefield, the battle in the Jizhong battlefield was not smooth either. Although Du Kaishan had compressed the remaining troops of the 64th Division to the front line of the Hutuo River, and weakened them as much as possible during the pursuit and interception.
The strength of the Sixty-fourth Division was reduced. However, the remnants of the Sixty-fourth Division, relying on the unique inertia and resilience of the Japanese army, were still desperately resisting.
Originally, Du Kaishan planned to trap him on the bank of the Hutuo River and adopt a siege as the main method. Although the remnants of the Japanese 64th Division escaped from his siege, it was revealed from the confessions of captured Japanese prisoners of war and the corpses of Japanese soldiers killed in battle.
Judging from the abandoned supplies, the remainder of the division was already short of food and ammunition.
On average, each person can only issue twenty rounds of ammunition per day, and can only eat one meal. Medicine and other supplies are in short supply, and the wounded soldiers no longer even have bandages. All logistical supplies have been almost cut off. Even in the river
On the battlefield, part of the troops must be deployed most of the time to collect food, which means that only the minimum supplies can be barely maintained for the battle.
This is true for the Hejian battlefield with a larger range of activities. Now it has been trapped in a small area on the north bank of the Hutuo River that is as big as a palm and does not even have a larger village. Even if the Japanese army wanted to rob it, there would be no place to rob it.
Du Kaishan believed that the remaining troops of the 64th Division were actually on the verge of collapse. Although there was no shortage of water guarding the river, how long could they last without food?
As long as you trap them for a few days, they will starve to death without having to fight. Although this takes a little longer, it can reduce casualties and ammunition consumption to the greatest extent. Now the entire Jizhong battlefield, although relying on the wealthy Hebei
In the Central Plains, food no longer has to be transported thousands of miles from the northeast.
However, in the entire Jizhong, the only supplies that can be solved are grain. The rest of the ammunition and oil need to be transported to the northeast. The headquarters and No. 1 have invested such a large-scale armored force in the Jizhong battlefield, and the fuel required every day is an astronomical figure.
.If consumption can be reduced as much as possible, it will be of great benefit to alleviate logistical pressure.
At least some ammunition can be saved and used on other battlefields. Therefore, Du Kaishan's original plan was to trap the remnants of the 64th Division on the north bank of the Hutuo River, a palm-sized area. As long as the Japanese army was blocked
By breaking through the encirclement route and cutting off the Japanese army's contact route on the south bank of the Hutuo River, the remaining troops of the 64th Division will not cause any big waves.