Du Kaishan's choice to attack the Japanese Marines on the front line of Sun Zhengzhuang first was not unreasonable, no matter from the comparison of the enemy's and our own strength and equipment, or the location of the unit. The participating troops who were originally responsible for the front line operations of Sun Zhengzhuang originally thought that this was the case.
The few Japanese troops, including a large number of naval vessels, were defeated in less than half a day.
But no one thought that these Japanese troops wearing navy uniforms would be so tenacious in combat. The battle to encircle and annihilate this special Marine Corps ashore was even more difficult than to deal with the 93rd Regiment. Especially this one
Although the Marine Corps is affiliated with the Navy, its training and combat quality are not much worse than those of the Army.
Although there was only one night available, the Marine Corps moved very quickly. Taking advantage of this last calm night, they quickly built a relatively complete set of defenses centered on Sun Zhengzhuang, mainly plum blossom-shaped fortifications.
fortifications.
Moreover, a large number of anti-gun holes and a large number of communication trenches were excavated within the entire fortification group. Although due to time constraints, it was not possible to build strong permanent fortifications. All troop movements should be conducted using communication trenches as much as possible. The firepower points of the entire fortification group were intersecting.
There are many firepower points in the layout. The tank regiment to which it belongs has intact eleven special type II internal fire boats and four type 97 tanks, all of which are also deployed concealedly in the village.
During the Japanese landing operation in Qikou, the landing site chosen by the Japanese Navy for this special Marine Corps was in the direction of Mapengkou, north of Qikou, which cleverly avoided those deployed by Du Kaishan in front of Qikou.
False target, showing the main defensive position of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
Lieutenant General Yoshio Utsuki ignored the Navy's small thoughts. Because before the landing plan was implemented, neither Yoshio Utsuki nor the two army division commanders who participated in the war paid much attention to this thousand-man Marine Corps.
For them, the more than a thousand marines dispatched by the navy actually serve as a symbol. If there are more than a thousand marines, they are not much, and if there are fewer, they will not be much less.
The navy did not land at Qikou together with the army, and chose the Mapengkou line in the north. Moreover, because the two army divisions in front of Qikou attracted most of Du Kaishan's attention, they bombarded Qikou at Du Kaishan.
When they reached the Zhangju River line, where the Japanese troops landed, the Japanese marines did not suffer a serious blow.
Compared with the two divisions of the Army that were disrupted, the entire organization and equipment remained relatively intact. Except for some special type II internal fire boats, which were destroyed on the sea and beachheads, almost all heavy weapons,
They are all quite well preserved.
In addition, the ship sailors who escaped from the destroyed light ships and were armed with weapons discarded by the beachhead army also strengthened the strength of this Marine Corps in disguise. Because the original Japanese Marine Corps was small in size,
The navy has a large scope of activities. Therefore, naval troops are often deployed ashore to perform security duties, and even engage in front-line operations when necessary.
Therefore, after the recruits recruited by the Japanese Navy enter the navy, they must undergo some land warfare training when they are trained in the naval regiments of various garrison and garrison prefectures, that is, the recruit training groups. Although it is not as good as the Japanese Army recruit training.
The ground combat training is not as strict as that of the Army. But when necessary, there is absolutely no problem in landing operations.
Although these naval forces are not strong in combat effectiveness and their military quality is not high, they can still carry out ground combat if they pick up guns. Although these naval soldiers who escaped from the light ships that were destroyed in the Qikou line can play a role
The effect is not big, but it also increases the strength of this weak special marine force in disguise.
Of course, these naval forces who were forced to land and fight were only those landing ships along the coast, plus sailors on light ships. Those on large ships more than ten kilometers away from the coastline were trapped in minefields and the distance
The coastline is too far away and is basically frozen in the still cold water of Bohai Bay in spring.
When Du Kaishan judged Sun Zhengzhuang's front-line enemy situation, he made certain mistakes in judging the combat effectiveness of these naval vessels. He did not include the sailors whose ships he destroyed into the Japanese military's combat strength. For the navy, basically
He didn't understand, and he didn't regard those naval soldiers as people who could fight with guns.
In other words, Du Kaishan made a small mistake in judging the strength of the Japanese troops on the front line at Sun Zhengzhuang. Although this mistake is not a big mistake overall, it is precisely this mistake that determines the strength of the Japanese army.
In terms of deployment, certain loopholes and shortcomings were caused.
Errors in judging the strength of the enemy's troops also resulted in Sun Zhengzhuang's front-line troops not only having an absolute advantage in tank performance, but also having only a relative advantage in terms of firepower compared to the Japanese troops in front of them.
Coupled with the unusual tenacity of the Japanese marines, it can be said that the outcome of this battle is not an accident.
Even in the first round of attacks by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, they took advantage of their tank performance and artillery capabilities. The Japanese Navy's tank wing used most of the special type II internal fireboats, special type III internal fireboats, and amphibious landing armored vehicles.
It not only had simple armor protection, but could also carry two torpedoes to fight against the ship when necessary. Two experimental special type four internal fire boats were destroyed.
Although the power of the 50mm artillery of the No. 3 tanks deployed on the front line of Sunzhengzhuang was slightly inferior, it was easy to destroy these thin-skinned internal fire boats. What's more, behind these No. 3 tanks, there were seven directly aimed tanks.
The 16mm cannon cooperates with the operation.
These are actually the so-called Special 2 and Special 3 internal fire boats of amphibious landing tanks. In fact, in addition to being able to move on the water, their armor protection is extremely weak. When fighting on land, their performance is at most equivalent to the Japanese Army's 95
Type light tank. The 37mm gun basically poses no threat to the Union tanks.
As soon as the two armies fought, most of these so-called internal fire boats with thin skin and thin flesh were destroyed. But the remaining few were destroyed with the cooperation of the only Type 97 tank squadron of the regiment.
Outside, the walls had long been fortified and the deserted village of Sunzhengzhuang continued to cover the infantry and even launched tactical counterattacks.
Faced with the situation that the battle situation in Sunzhengzhuang was dragging down the overall retreat, Du Kaishan did not hesitate even though he was annoyed. He simply ordered the troops on the front line of Sunzhengzhuang to trap the Japanese troops so that they could not move closer to the 9th Division. After that, he mobilized to the front line of Sunzhengzhuang.
122 rocket launcher battery, plus one 150 howitzer battery, 76 cannon battery and 105 howitzer battery.
Prepare to use these strengthened artillery, in conjunction with the original artillery participating in the war, to concentrate firepower on the Japanese Marine Corps in Sunzhengzhuang, and directly wipe Sunzhengzhuang, a small village on the Bohai Bay, from the map. After the fire coverage is completed,
, and let the infantry go directly to sweep up, so that the battle can be ended as soon as possible.
Anyway, after nearly a day of fierce fighting, although it was not possible to completely wipe out the Japanese navy, which in his eyes was somewhat overreaching. After a day of fierce fighting, although it was not possible to completely eliminate these marines. But according to the battle situation reported by the following troops.
, there should not be many enemy troops left.
It's not that he can't deal with this Japanese army, it's that he doesn't want to and can't limit his limited troops to a certain battlefield indefinitely. Such a small battlefield can hold back one of his reinforced regiments and one armored force in Dudu.
In Kaishan's eyes, it was very uneconomical. Moreover, unless Sun Zhengzhuang's enemy troops were eliminated, the isolation of the Ninth Division would never be completed.
Du Kaishan, who thought that he didn't have much time and had been delayed on one battlefield for too long. After nearly a day of fierce fighting, his opponent was only a thousand marines and a few hundred naval soldiers on the Sunzhengzhuang battlefield.
He was very dissatisfied with the solution to the problem. However, the tension of the war situation did not give him much time to adjust and curse, so he simply came up with a complete solution.
After deploying some additional artillery to join the battle, Du Kaishan ordered the tank troops on the front line of Sunzhengzhuang to be assigned a reinforced infantry battalion. Do not delay further in Sunzhengzhuang. Instead, he moved diagonally towards the flank of the 9th Division from between Sunzhengzhuang and Hulangzhuang.
As for the battle at Sunzhengzhuang, let the infantry and artillery handle it.
There are not many Japanese troops left in Sunzhengzhuang, and they basically have no heavy weapons. After mobilizing so many artillery, they still don’t need so many tanks to take care of them. They don’t have that much face. The top priority now is to deal with the Japanese troops.
Two encirclement circles were built on the flanks of the Ninth Division.
After completing the deployment adjustments, Du Kaishan personally picked up the field phone and issued a death order to the former enemy commanders on the Sunzhengzhuang front line. They were required to cleanly and completely eliminate the enemy troops on the Sunzhengzhuang frontline before midnight today.
, it is absolutely not allowed to happen in a situation that delays the overall retreat.
Although there were some mistakes in judging the enemy situation at Sun Zhengzhuang, Du Kaishan's grasp of the battle situation was still very accurate. Just as he issued the death order to the front-line troops, the Japanese Navy's Yokosuka 7th Special Marine Corps on the front line of Sun Zhengzhuang, and
The Naval Independent Tank Wing has also reached its most difficult moment.
As the top priority in the first round of attacks, although the Sunzhengzhuang front line did not suffer such a large-scale air attack like the 44th Division on the Sanhuzhuang front line, it also did not withstand such a large-scale air attack like the main force of the 9th Division at Hulangzhuang.
Nearly ten thousand artillery shells were fired in one day. And among the artillery shells that fell on our heads, large-caliber artillery accounted for a considerable number.
However, under the continuous attack of a strengthened infantry regiment with strengthened tanks and artillery, the Marine Corps with limited strength, no matter how tenacious the resistance, no matter how complete the fortifications were built, it still has limited strength and is in a disadvantageous position in terms of firepower.
At a disadvantage. After a day of fierce fighting, although they stubbornly withstood the attack of the anti-alliance forces and defended the core position of Sunzhengzhuang, their own casualties also reached 67/10 of the total strength.
It can be said that even if the remaining sailors collected from the ships are included, the current Yokosuka 7th Special Marine Corps of the Japanese Navy has suffered heavy losses. Especially the heavy equipment has basically been completely destroyed under the superior firepower of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
Losses. By the end of the battle, only one mortar remained in the entire Sunzhengzhuang front-line Japanese army, and all other artillery pieces had been lost.
The navy sent to participate in the war was the only independent tank regiment of the navy. In addition to the tanks on the beachhead and destroyed on the sea, there were more than twenty internal fireboats, plus a squadron of Type 97 tanks.
, all have been destroyed after a day of hard fighting.
At present, all the outer positions of the front-line Japanese troops in Sunzhengzhuang have been lost. The remaining Japanese Marine Corps forces can only retreat to Sunzhengzhuang, a village that is only as big as a palm. After a day of fierce fighting, the only remaining ruins in the village are clinging to it. That is,
It is said that the Japanese Marine Corps on the front line of Sunzhengzhuang has reached its last moment.