Before the forty-eight hours left by Yang Zhen were used up, Du Kaishan's side had ended the battle cleanly. And with minimal casualties, he had completely eliminated the remnants of the Sixty-Fourth Division. The entire battlefield had never stopped.
From the river bank to the middle of the Hutuo River, there are corpses of fallen Japanese soldiers and damaged weapons and equipment everywhere.
This battle can hardly be called a battle, but a unilateral massacre. Du Kaishan achieved what he had originally envisioned, and in full compliance with Yang Zhen's requirements, he ended the battle within the specified time. Only
However, the main reason for this ammunition is that the consumption of shells is a bit high.
The sea-of-fire tactics he devised made the two commanders of the Bohai Navy Region and Chahar Military Region, who were assigned by the boss to observe and learn from the battle, as well as the reorganized Acting Commander and Political Commissar of the Jizhong Military Region, these brother units
While being stunned, they also looked at each other and shook their heads.
Several commanders believed that facing more than 2,000 defeated Japanese remnants, such a strategy was too wasteful. If all battles were fought according to Du Kaishan's strategy, what would be the end of the battle?
The amount of ammunition consumed is probably astronomical.
Not counting other artillery shells, there were only a dozen 150mm howitzers, which fired a few salvos. In just a few minutes, hundreds of shells were fired. This kind of 150mm howitzer fired
One cannonball equaled the annual income of five or six small landowners.
There are also those kinds of rocket shells, which can be lost after firing dozens of rounds in one salvo. Add to this the mountain artillery, medium-caliber howitzers, flat-firing anti-aircraft guns, and mortars of various calibers. This battle is at best a reinforcement.
In a battle at the regimental level, tens of thousands of artillery shells were fired like this. All the families in these military regions could not afford to fight this kind of ammunition consumption war.
The leaders of several brother troops who were ordered to observe the battle not only discovered that Du Kaishan's fighting style really made them feel pain. They also discovered that the anti-alliance troops especially liked to use anti-aircraft weapons when fighting on the ground.
Horizontal fire. Especially the twin 23mm anti-aircraft guns. In this kind of battle, the power of horizontal fire is even greater than the power of ordinary artillery. A large number of them are fired in one shot, and the power is extremely astonishing.
However, the power of this kind of anti-aircraft gun's horizontal fire is indeed very powerful. It can easily penetrate all civil fortifications, but the rate of fire and the consumption of ammunition are also astonishing. Their troops are also equipped with this kind of anti-aircraft artillery, but they have never been able to penetrate it.
I have never used it like this. When the good guy presses the firing button, the shells are shot out like running water. Those shot out are cannonballs, not machine gun bullets.
Ever since I joined the Red Army, I have never known what it means to have open ammunition for shooting. Every bullet fired in a battle must be counted. After a battle, the ammunition captured cannot compare with the ammunition consumed.
, will be regarded as a loss-making battle. Several commanders who have been accustomed to suffering over the years are very distressed about the ammunition used in this battle.
Several military commanders who were originally envious of Du Kaishan's sophisticated weapons all shut up after watching the battle. However, in the report, they were all somewhat disapproving of Du Kaishan's command. They thought his combat command was
Modes and victories rely on ammo accumulation.
Although the military and political chiefs of these fraternal forces admire the efficient logistics system of the Anti-Alliance League, in their minds, this does not mean that there is anything too desirable about this tactic. They all believe that the battlefield situation is complex and that during wartime
It is difficult to completely guarantee this ammunition consumption rate in terms of logistics. Once ammunition supplies are not available, it will be a fatal blow to this tactic that relies too much on firepower.
Du Kaishan did not have the time to think about the laments of several brother army leaders. While he was finally dealing with the Sixty-Fourth Division, he also had to take care of the Twenty-Second Division on the Cangzhou battlefield not far away. He
There is not so much time to focus on a certain battlefield.
But compared to the 64th Division, which was completely destroyed, Lieutenant General Saburo Isoda, the commander of the 22nd Division in the Cangzhou battlefield, was far more cunning than his colleagues in the 64th Division. The mission was about to be completed at Du Kaishan
When they surrounded them, they ran away. All the equipment and supplies that could not be brought were thrown away. Even the heavy machine guns were thrown away.
Use the remaining ammunition in your hands to fire all that can be fired. Those that cannot be fired will be thrown directly on the position. The treatment of the wounded is to follow them if they can run, and stay to resist and help those who can walk and crawl.
Contain the pursuers. As for the seriously wounded, give each person a grenade.
Although Du Kaishan discovered that the 22nd Division had escaped, he immediately organized his troops to quickly switch to pursuit and continued to intercept them with long-range artillery fire and aviation. However, the 22nd Division was like a slippery fish.
All remaining troops of the regiment were divided into five groups and fled east and south respectively.
Moreover, when it comes to the selection of the retreat route, it is all about running where it is difficult to walk. Wherever there is a saline-alkali land that is not suitable for tank movement, drill wherever it is. In short, in one sentence, avoid all roads with flat terrain and only go through ditches and bumps.
The division headquarters made no provision for anything except the breakout route and the abandonment of everything.
In addition to using one force to resolutely block the surrounding resistance coalition forces and ensure that the main force can disperse and evacuate safely, each department's breakout actions are carried out on the spot, and the 22nd Division Headquarters does not organize unified actions. Divisions and regiments
The Ministry has only one requirement for each of its units, which is to run as fast as they can.
Saburo Isoda acted quickly and violated the Japanese army's consistent tactical style, which was indeed quite unexpected by Du Kaishan. Although his reaction speed was not slow, Saburo Isoda broke out and ran away before the encirclement was completed.
.Furthermore, Isoda Saburo placed the key direction of the breakout in the southeast, which somewhat caught him off guard.
Although Du Kaishan, who also reacted equally quickly, was not slow in his movements, Saburo Isoda completely surprised everyone and violated the Japanese army's usual tactical arrangement of focusing on cooperation, allowing him to only capture a part of the Japanese army. In addition, the entire Cangzhou battlefield area,
Except for the Ziya River in the west, there are no larger rivers that serve as natural interception lines.
In the end, Lieutenant General Isoda Saburo was asked to take his division headquarters and nearly half of the Japanese army. The large amount of saline-alkali land on the Cangzhou battlefield was not frozen in winter and was quite muddy, making it impossible for the anti-alliance tank mechanized clusters to maneuver quickly.
Implement a battlefield environment with multiple intersections and outflanks like the river battlefield.
Although two squadrons of the troops breaking out to the south were intercepted by Du Kaishan's cavalry brigade and all of them were killed in Dong Village, southeast of Nanpi. One of the troops was pursued by the anti-alliance armored group and was beaten.
They dispersed or were surrounded and annihilated. However, a considerable number of troops, mainly those Japanese troops who had drilled into the saline-alkali land, fled back to Shandong territory.
Although the three regiments of the 22nd Division participating in the battle, as well as other attached troops, only returned one-third of their troops. However, some of the troops of the 22nd Division actually managed to escape under their multiple sieges.
.This is undoubtedly a very embarrassing thing for Du Kaishan.
Du Kaishan, who felt very shameless, directed his anger at the Japanese troops in Cangzhou City. After the 22nd Division withdrew across the Majia River, it was actually impossible to pursue them. He started to pursue the troops of the 22nd Division.
Among them, a division of troops was mobilized to strengthen the Cangzhou battlefield, and combined with the Bohai Navy Region troops, launched a general attack on Cangzhou, which had been besieged for more than half a month.
After sixteen hours of fierce fighting, the remnants of the Japanese 32nd Division in Cangzhou City were completely annihilated. Except for the division commander and division chief of staff, the 22nd Division was picked up by a plane sent by Neji Okamura before the retreat.
, all the remnants of the 32nd Division trapped in Cangzhou were annihilated. However, the battle at Du Kaishan also reduced the entire Cangzhou City to ruins.
At the same time, the main force of Du Kaishan crossed the Hutuo River and Ziya River at Yin Village in Raoyang and Shahe Bridge in Xianxian County. The whole army quickly advanced southward and successively captured Nanpi, Dongguang, Ningjin, Jingjin, and Nanpi on the eastern front.
County, Wuqiao, and in the middle route, they captured Jixian, Xinhe, Wuyi, Nangong, and Hengshui, which was originally the location of Eitaro Uchiyama's latest headquarters. The forward group has already reached the outskirts of Dezhou.
In southern Hebei, the new Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region recovered Guantao, Guangping, Qiuxian, and Yongnian. By this time in the battle, it can be said that the entire Jizhong has been completely restored. The areas under the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region, except for Yulu
With the exception of border areas and parts of southern Hebei District, all controls have basically been completed.
But after receiving Du Kaishan's battle report, Yang Zhen was quite angry. What he was angry about was not that part of the 22nd Division had slipped away, but what he was angry about was Du Kaishan's strategic and tactical deployment in this battle.
, certain problems arose. I repeatedly told Du Kaishan to mobilize troops too quickly and not to be slow in deploying strategies and tactics.
At the critical moment, we must dare to risk everything. The remnants of the Sixty-fourth Division are only more than 2,000 people, and he left one and a half divisions behind. Is this because he does not believe in his own troops, or does he take the enemy too seriously? As a result, Cangzhou was devastated.
The lack of troops to outflank the battlefield allowed part of the 22nd Division to escape. He made a big mistake in his entire strategic deployment.
When Du Kaishan dealt with the remnants of the Sixty-Fourth Division, he used a bull's-eye approach to kill the chicken. However, when advancing on the eastern and central lines, he only used one force to suppress the enemies of Dezhou. Southern Hebei and Jiluyu
Can those towns and cities in the region, which basically have no strategic value, be left to the troops of the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Military Region to recover?
Judging from the current strategic situation, he should focus on increasing the remnants of the 22nd Division after the battlefields of Hejian and Renqiu. Currently, the Japanese army has the largest number of troops around the entire Jizhong battlefield. Its own strategic position is also very important.
Dezhou. Instead of placing it in the southern Hebei and Hebei-Shandong-Henan border areas, those counties have no strategic value and their small number of troops have been basically exhausted after the battle started.
The puppet troops and a small number of Japanese military police in these counties, the tens of thousands of main troops of the Hebei-Luyu Military Region, and a large number of local armed forces can be completely dealt with. His tank clusters can be used to waste gasoline on the mighty
To capture those county towns that basically have no strategic value?
The headquarters did not give him an order to attack and capture Dezhou. But no matter from which aspect, the enemies of Dezhou must pay attention. Dezhou is located at the strategic point of northwest Shandong and is the key to the future defense operations of the entire Hebei Province.
However, he only sent one division of troops.
Du Kaishan made a mistake in the follow-up strategic focus, which made Yang Zhen the most angry. Yang Zhen did not give Du Kaishan a special order before because he thought that based on Du Kaishan's ability, after the first phase of the battle, he would not see the consequences.
Without knowing the key direction of the second step, where should it be.
Where in the entire Hebei-Shandong-Henan border area could become a base for the Japanese army to launch a counterattack, and where would it become the starting point for the Japanese army to launch a counterattack? With Du Kaishan's ability, he would never fail to see it. As a result, this guy finally showed up in the next step of judging the enemy's situation.
Problems, especially in terms of strategic vision, are still lacking.