After receiving the report from Lieutenant General Yuan Shou, Lieutenant General Liangfu last month, who had been unable to contact the two divisions on the Qikou front line through radio communication, was also surprised. Why did he, the two divisions on the Qikou front line,
We just started fighting on the ground and it ended like this?
Unexpectedly, on the first day of the real ground battle, we were surrounded by a group of enemy tanks and separated from each other. The battle on the first day was like this, how can we fight the next battle? According to
If this situation continues to develop, the Ninth Division and the Forty-fourth Division, which are already unable to protect themselves, will no longer need to cooperate with the frontal battle. The two divisions that support the frontal battle basically have no choice but to wait for others to rescue them.
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Although as early as the landing was in progress, one after another fell into the enemy's tricks. As a result, the navy's fleet of ships participating in the battle suffered heavy losses, and the landing troops also suffered heavy losses under the sudden enemy bombardment. It was already understood that this landing operation was
, I’m afraid there won’t be very good results.
But last month, Lieutenant General Liangfu still did not expect that after just one day of fierce fighting, the Qikou battlefield would look like this. How did the base camp think about two tank divisions and actually let two infantry divisions fight with them?
Two tank divisions are fighting each other. Can this be the same thing?
The head of the base camp must be twitching. The two tank divisions hurriedly ordered the troops to dispatch without finding out their location. How was the intelligence of the North China Front collected? The enemy deployed so many artillery on the Qikou battlefield, so many
The aviation force and even heavy bombers were dispatched, but they didn't know anything before.
Even if the artillery can be concealed, the amount of materials required to support such a large-scale operation can be said to be piled up, but this has not been found out. So many enemy situations are not clear, and the base camp is so hasty and even wishful thinking in launching a counterattack in a hurry.
, are all the people in the General Staff Headquarters thinking?
It's a good thing now, the battle is like this, and the base camp's calculations can be said to be a loser. No matter what the base camp's calculations are, he can make that calculation go to hell immediately. But his two divisions are still on the front line in Qikou
It's not safe now. Now that we can't think of a way, I'm afraid the whole army is not far away from being destroyed.
His army only has two divisions, and if they are really all captured in Qikou, he, a freshly minted army commander, will have to be kicked out if he doesn't have a seat under his butt. The key is the first
The entire army was wiped out in the first battle with the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and I didn't even have to think about my future. What was this?
What makes Lieutenant General Yoshio last month even more worried is that except for a guard squadron around him, he has no soldiers in his hands. He has basically become a bare commander. Even the perimeter of the military headquarters
The warning must be provided by the local garrison in Yantai. Even if he wants to rescue, he can only be helpless.
In desperation, he has still not been able to get in touch with the 44th Division. He does not know that Lieutenant General Sekihara 6 has been killed, and the 44th Division is now leaderless. The army commander keeps trying while
Contact Lieutenant General Sekihara Six and order the 44th Division to move closer to the 9th Division.
On the one hand, a report was sent to the base camp, the Chinese dispatched troops, and the commander of the North China Front Army, asking them to find ways to reinforce the Qikou battlefield as soon as possible. The Qikou battlefield was fought like this, and the base camp played a bad game of chess, and
The North China Front Army, whose sense of smell is extremely disabled, bears the brunt of the responsibility. If they don't come forward to clean up this mess at this time, who else will come forward?
If it weren't for the fact that Yantai Port had no ships other than Chinese wooden ships that could carry large troops. He would have sent part of the 48th Division stationed in Yantai, plus the field supplementary team, directly to Qikou. As for
Whether the Twelfth Army, who is responsible for commanding the Shandong battlefield, will agree, is beyond the control of his currently anxious mind.
However, Lieutenant General Yoshio Mogyue, who had personally experienced the naval fleet's hellish journey on the Qikou coast the day before, also knew that the navy, which had suffered heavy losses this time, would not be able to send ships to support the army's operations. And the army's domestic assets were in the hands of the navy.
The landing ships are now basically abandoned on the Qikou coast. If we want to transport new troops, we can only transfer the ships back from Nanyang.
But wait until those ships break through the U.S. submarine blockade, slowly rush to the local loading force, and slowly rush to the Bohai Bay. This series of actions are completed. According to the development of today's war situation, the two divisions on the Qikou front line
The bones have been cold for a long time.
But he knew that the base camp would not be able to give him any reinforcements at least in the short term. What he knew even more clearly was that if reinforcements were not mobilized for the Qikou front line within a short period of time, the two divisions would also insist on
It won't be long. They are facing two tank divisions, plus countless heavy artillery groups and a large number of infantry. Not to mention that most of the heavy equipment has been lost, even with all the troops, they are no match.
Although he knew that reinforcements from the base camp would not be available in a short time, Liangfu knew last month that there were troops around the Qi Kou battlefield that could reinforce Qi Kou in a short time. There were 120 troops on the Leling front line.
The division is not far from the Qikou battlefield in a straight line.
If the 120th Division can break through the enemy's blockade, there is still a great hope of rescuing the 9th and 44th Divisions. Although it has been quite some time since the attack of the 120th Division was launched,
They have not been able to make any major progress. They are still fighting against the resistance in front of them, and the casualties are not light, but after all, they are the division closest to Qikou.
The only thing that gave him a headache was that the 120th Division was not under the command of his 47th Army, but was part of the 12th Army. In order to save the two divisions in his hands from annihilation,
After fishing it out, Yoshio sent a telegram to General Okamura Neiji and Lieutenant General Eitaro Uchiyama last month, hoping that they could urge the 120th Division to speed up action.
In order to urge the Twelfth Army to send troops, Shangyue Liangfu, who was eager to fish out his two divisions, even used a pleading tone in his telegram. He hoped that the Twelfth Army could find a way to rescue the Qikou battlefield in the shortest possible time.
Provide support. Even if it's a division or even a brigade.
However, Ryoo Kamizuki, who was currently working desperately to rescue his two divisions, didn't know that even if the 120th Division could break through the resistance blockade, the Ninth Division might still be able to hold on until reinforcements arrived.
However, he has never been able to contact the 44th Division, and it is basically impossible to hold on until his possible reinforcements arrive.
Compared with the calm Sunzhengzhuang front line and the somewhat weird Hulangzhuang two battlefields, the Sanhuzhuang front line, located on the southernmost side of the entire Qikou battlefield, was extremely exciting. Of course, this excitement was relative to the Anti-League, but for the Fourth
The Fourteenth Division can only be described as a complete disaster.
Although the sky was gradually getting dark, Du Kaishan, who continued to work hard, did not stop his attack on the front line of Sanhuzhuang. On the contrary, as night fell, his offensive force became more and more fierce. The tanks aimed directly at Sanhuzhuang.
Artillery fire, assisted by flares, continued to destroy the Japanese firepower.
The infantry used the typical anti-alliance tactics of three groups and one team, and under the cover of rocket launchers, recoilless guns, explosives, and large-caliber machine guns, attacked the remaining positions of the 44th Division. Intersperse, divide, and annihilate.
Eaten the remnants of the 44th Division one by one.
The entire Sanhuzhuang battlefield was illuminated white by groups of flares and several high-power searchlights brought in by Du Kaishan. The intensive sound of gunfire could be clearly heard more than ten kilometers away. It was already
The 44th Division, whose will has collapsed, is only passively resisting. In other words, the 44th Division is now on the verge of total collapse.
At this point in the war's progress, there was actually no suspense on the Sanhuzhuang battlefield. The Sanhuzhuang battlefield was progressing smoothly, which obviously made Du Kaishan relieved. Although the battle at Sun Zhengzhuang delayed some, the overall outcome of the battle was
The progress is still according to my own plan.
Regarding No. 1's order to suspend the attack on Sun Zhengzhuang's front line, change from a storm to a siege, and capture as many Japanese naval officers and soldiers as possible on Sun Zhengzhuang's front line. Although Du Kaishan was also confused and did not know the real reason for No. 1's actions, in the end
Still didn't dare to violate it.
This order was given personally by Number 1 over the phone. It allowed Number 1 to personally make this long-distance call when the war on the Western Front was tense. It also showed that Number 1 valued these Japanese naval soldiers. Although this order made him feel
It was very tricky, but in the end it was executed immediately without any discount.
Fortunately, although Sun Zhengzhuang's Japanese navy is a little more tenacious, its small number of troops has been exhausted after a day of fierce fighting. Even if they are temporarily trapped, it will not affect the direction of the battle. Since No. 1 let these sailors go,
With one horse, he had nothing to say. It was basically the same to deal with the 44th Division first.
As for the Sunzhengzhuang front line, since No. 1 said that the headquarters would take over, it would be better not to participate. If someone is not careful and the Japanese troops on the Sunzhengzhuang front line are wiped out, it will not be good. In fact, Yang had already received the
After receiving the order, Du Kaishan's performance was no better than that of the regimental commander on the front line at Sun Zhengzhuang.
In this kind of life-and-death battlefield, facing a stubborn Japanese army. It would be easy to kill them, but they can't run away, and they can't suffer too many casualties, which is a bit embarrassing. So in the next battle
After receiving the order from No. 1, Du Kaishan, who did not want to be reprimanded, obeyed the order happily.
However, Du Kaishan was also shocked when the people Yang Zhen transferred from the headquarters rushed to his headquarters. Among them were not only the three squadrons of the Special Operations Command, but also a group of technical personnel from the Equipment Department.
, as well as several junior Japanese naval officers captured on the Tianjin battlefield.
Moreover, the group of people sent by the headquarters were actually led by Han Renhe, political commissar of the Special Operations Command. Such high standards made Du Kaishan's originally calm heart become somewhat curious. Except for the Japanese troops on the front line of Sun Zhengzhuang,
Apart from the navy, there doesn't seem to be anything special about it.
No matter how fierce the battle in North China was before, the troops under the Special Operations Command had never been deployed on any battlefield except for some parts of the Peiping battlefield. This time, three squadrons were dispatched at once on the 1st.
Political commissar Han Renhe personally led the team, which greatly increased Du Kaishan's interest.
However, after arriving at Du Kaishan's headquarters, Han Renhe neither rushed to take action nor gave any explanation. Instead, he personally commanded the battlefield east of Sanhuzhuang to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the 93rd Regiment in the Bohai Navy District.
After the commander arrived, he held a small-scale short meeting with Du Kaishan, the commander of the Bohai Navy Region, and a lieutenant colonel who followed him.
At the meeting, Han Renhe bluntly proposed that he hoped that the Bohai Navy Region would select a group of cadres and soldiers who were politically qualified, familiar with the situation in the Bohai Bay, and proficient in operating ships, and would also find ways to collect a few larger ships to match the technologies he brought.
The personnel boarded the sunk and destroyed Japanese ships in the Bohai Bay and dismantled some technical equipment.