These difficulties before Lieutenant General Yuan Mamoru are just one of the disadvantages for him. The most disadvantageous thing is that a considerable part of the 44th Division has already landed, but the headquarters of the 44th Division is still on the transport ship and has not had time to board.
Ashore. In other words, the bodies of the 44th Division were ashore, but their heads were still on the boat.
He commands a force equivalent to two divisions, and his staff and communication personnel are somewhat insufficient. The key is, can the Osaka merchants of the 44th Division obey his command? If he changes to another unit, the former defender will
Of course he doesn't worry about it. But he really doesn't have much confidence in these Osaka soldiers.
But Lieutenant General Yuan Shou also knew very well that under the situation that it was actually impossible to retreat, he had to either wait to die here or make a desperate attack. At the moment, the enemy had obviously covered the entire landing area and several thousand meters of the sea.
Everything within the range has been marked with shooting rulers. If we continue to linger on the beachhead, we will only be able to consume the enemy's artillery fire bit by bit.
Instead of waiting for death here, it is better to concentrate all the forces that can be concentrated and launch an attack inland. Maybe there is still a chance of survival. In Chinese terms, it is to burn the boat and risk it to death. At least the naval fleet on the sea behind you
The artillery fire can also play a certain covering role.
After receiving the order, Lieutenant General Yuan Shou, who immediately understood the intention of the army commander, ignored the intensive artillery fire from the Anti-Japanese Alliance. He immediately dispatched troops and generals, and assigned the 19th Regiment to the 7th Regiment, which is currently the most complete organization.
Most of the regiment strengthened all tanks and forced its way to the west to attack Sunzhengzhuang and Langhuzhuang.
With the 92nd Regiment of the 44th Division that had already landed, and attached to the 19th Regiment of the 9th Division, they attacked the front line of Sanhuzhuang and Dongsun. As for the 44th Regiment that was the worst bombed
The 94th Infantry Regiment of the Division strengthened the downsized four squadrons of the 35th Regiment of the 9th Division and stayed at the line from Qikou to Zhangjuhe to cover the subsequent landing echelons.
It’s not that Lieutenant General Yuan Mamoru consciously mixed it up, it’s just that the troops he can mobilize, including the divisions of the 44th Division, can only be mixed in this way. Otherwise, except for the 7th Regiment, the rest of the units
The main force of the regiment was either crippled by the enemy's rocket launchers, or was blown into parts along with the landing ships on the beach.
A brigade of the 94th Regiment of the 44th Division, which was aboard three Navy Type II landing ships, was destroyed on the coastline together with the transport ship it was riding on under intensive enemy fire. The brigade had not yet
They had time to land, but they were all killed on the landing ship without firing a shot.
In addition to the parts lost during the beach grab, the 44th Division also has a fully formed regiment, which is on the transport ship behind or on the landing craft on the sea that has not had time to unload. The previous enemy artillery fire will
The organization of the two divisions that had already landed was completely disrupted.
The first wave of the 7th Regiment, 19th Regiment of the 9th Division, and the Marine Special Marines that came ashore. Although they also suffered heavy losses under enemy artillery fire, they still maintained basically intact structures. But the second wave
, the 35th Regiment of the 9th Division and the 92nd Regiment of the 44th Division landed in the third wave. The 94th Regiment was very miserable.
Less than half of the landing troops could make it ashore, and except for the rifles in their hands, almost all the heavy weapons were lost. Even the heavy machine guns were only one-third of the number. There were basically no artillery pieces above the infantry cannon.
All losses were lost upon landing. When the Thirty-fifth Infantry Regiment set off, it could only be reduced to four squadrons.
If we still fight according to their original construction, I am afraid that except for the 7th Regiment, the rest of the troops have lost their combat effectiveness. Let alone attacking, self-protection will be a problem. As for the reason why the Marine Special Marines did not arrange a mission,
That was a naval force, and he, an army lieutenant general, could not command it at all.
The most important thing is that under such fierce enemy artillery fire, there is no need to think about reorganizing. The former lieutenant general can only gather all the troops nearby and use them. Whether it is the ninth division or the first
When the Forty-Fourth Division is organized into a regiment, a regiment will be sent out.
Just as Lieutenant General Hara Shou ignored the fierce fire from various artillery groups of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and forcibly attacked deep inland. Behind him were three Japanese destroyers, one Zhanshu class, two Mizou class, and one
The Select-class coastal defense ships, together with the light cruiser Ryutian, did not care about the line-up of anti-Union attacks. They concentrated all their naval guns on the coastline and fired desperately at the anti-Union deep positions. Covering the remaining
The landing craft will send all subsequent troops and supplies ashore in one go.
These eight ships are already the only remaining ships in the Bohai Bay among the combat ships dispatched by the Japanese Navy this time. The remaining ships have either been sunk or have retreated. Before setting off, I originally thought that this
The Japanese Navy, whose mission was very simple, never expected that the losses would be greater than a naval battle with the Americans.
As for whether the retreating ships can safely return to the mainland, it is still unknown. Faced with this result, I don’t know what they will think. It is estimated that the Japanese navy was severely tricked by Du Kaishan.
While I hate the Army to death, I will never step into the Bohai Bay or the entire Bohai Sea again.
Facing a pure army force with only dozens of aircraft and some medium-caliber shore guns, the losses were so heavy that two of the three battleships dispatched were sunk, plus one each of an old-fashioned armored cruiser and a heavy cruiser, as well as a large number of escorting light ships.
The transport ship was sunk, destroyed, and an ordinary landing battle was fought. Such a high price was paid. If you tell me, you will probably be laughed out of the navies of other countries.
Of course, for Du Kaishan, it doesn't matter a penny whether the Japanese navy will be laughed at. He only knows now that after the large Japanese ships suffered heavy losses due to his trap, he faced rapid pressure from Japanese firepower.
Decline. The threat posed by Japanese naval guns to our depth has almost been completely eliminated.
The Japanese army did not retreat but advanced under the predicament, and launched a desperate attack, which did not surprise Du Kaishan. After dealing with the Japanese army for such a long time, if he has not yet figured out the nature of the Japanese army, he is not
Du Kaishan was shocked. As long as there was no threat from the Japanese large-caliber naval guns, let alone two divisions, he had nothing to fear no matter how many Japanese troops came.
Facing the crazy attack of the Japanese army, Du Kaishan, who put down his telescope, did not rush to mobilize his troops to counterattack. Instead, he ordered the troops on the front line to fight one by one and lead them to the front line of Yamatozhuang. There he prepared for this old friend in his mouth
A sumptuous banquet. As for the current location, it is still within the range of Japanese naval gun fire.
He did not want to engage in a decisive battle with the Japanese army in this situation. He did not want the two armored divisions in his hands to suffer too much losses. Although the Japanese warships suffered heavy losses, they were still powerful. The Japanese medium-sized ships
Although the caliber of the naval gun is not large, its range is much longer.
The armored divisions in my hands are indeed strong and thick, but that is for the Japanese Army. No matter how thick the armor of my tanks is, they cannot withstand a 120mm grenade shot by the Japanese army. And the Bohai Sea in spring
The relatively muddy tidal flats along the bay were not suitable for tank operations. Without dragging the landing Japanese troops deeper, infantry would have to be deployed in this battle.
Du Kaishan not only adopted the tactics of constant resistance, guiding the 9th Division little by little out of the fire range of the naval guns behind it. He also ordered all artillery units to continue firing two more volleys at the Japanese beachhead with rocket launchers.
In addition to firing, the rest of the artillery stopped firing and moved back.
In particular, he had ordered that two-thirds of the cannon groups whose reserves of artillery shells had been destroyed had stopped firing. The few remaining artillery shells had to be kept for other purposes and could not be wasted on those light ships.
On the ship. He didn't want to shoot out all these long-range and powerful cannonballs in one breath. For him, good steel should be used on the blade at the most critical moment.
As for what he said about old friends, he was right. The 44th Division may not be very familiar to the Anti-Alliance Forces, but the 9th Division was their old friend on the Northeast battlefield.
Friends. Of course, the current Ninth Division has long ceased to be the old standing main division of the Japanese army.
It was reorganized from the five squadrons that stayed at the station before the Ninth Division was defeated, plus several supplementary field replenishment teams. However, in order to cover up its defeat, the Japanese base camp tried to cover up this almost brand-new
The Ninth Division of the division continued to retain the designation of the Ninth Division as if it were a cover-up.
However, since the supplementary troops of this division are mainly composed of the reserve troops of the Ninth Division who stayed behind in the Kanazawa area, it is not an exaggeration to call it the Ninth Division. However, regardless of whether the Ninth Division has deteriorated or not,
But in Du Kaishan's eyes, they are all the same.
In fact, not only the 9th Division, but also the other 44th Division, most of the officers and soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, including Du Kaishan, should be familiar with it. This division is based on the Osaka Left Fourth Division.
. In the 44th Division, there are many rehabilitated soldiers of the 4th Division. Even among the officers, there are also many who fought against the Anti-Japanese Alliance during the garrison of the Kwantung Army.
However, since this division is of the same origin as the Fourth Division and both came from Osaka, in some aspects, the soldiers and officers are not much different from their compatriots, the Fourth Division. The advantage is that they are
The Fourth Division, a compatriot of the same mother, did not participate in many wars and had the most veterans preserved.
The 44th Division was mainly formed with reserve soldiers, but there were many veterans who were mobilized for the second time. But because they came from the same place, everyone has the same shortcomings. In other words, the Fourth Division has
The Forty-Fourth Division does not lack any of its shortcomings.
Therefore, compared to the various regiments of the Ninth Division, which after receiving the order, ignored the resistance artillery fire interception and launched an attack quickly, the Forty-fourth Division followed the consistent practice of its brothers, the Fourth Division.
Style. After receiving a beating during the landing, despite the strict orders from Lieutenant General Hara Mamoru and the division commander Lieutenant General Sekihara Roku, who had not yet had time to disembark, he reluctantly launched the attack.
But both the movements and the intensity were slow and ineffective. Its attack speed could be described as meters. In addition, the chief of staff of the 44th Division, who was originally planning to come to the beach to supervise the battle, had not yet
He had time to land, but the Dafa boat he was riding in was hit by a shell, and the boat and the people sank into the Bohai Bay.
Captain Toyo Kudo of the 94th Regiment, along with his 94th Regiment, were blown over on a Navy II-type landing ship. Of all the senior commanders of the 44th Division who landed, there was only one 90th Regiment.
The 44th Division's landing force was without the command of Second Regiment Captain Inai Shigemai, and the operation was even more delayed.