After hesitating for a long time, Lieutenant General Uchiyama Eitaro finally made up his mind and transferred a regiment of one of the 48th Division as the backbone, plus five of the only seven mobile infantry squadrons drawn from the entire Jinura Line garrison.
Coupled with three armored vehicle squadrons to form a reinforced detachment.
In addition, before there was time to land, the two divisions that had evacuated to Yantai with Liangfu last month had one engineering squadron each, one search regiment each, and four squadrons of heavy troops along the Bohai Bay east of Leling.
, forcibly penetrate in the direction of Qikou. At least part of the enemy troops surrounding the Ninth Division will be attracted to move south to reduce the pressure on the Ninth Division.
At the same time, the 120th Division of Leling was ordered to mobilize all troops, including baggage and engineers, to the front line. As the detachment crossed into the Qikou battlefield, the anti-alliance forces facing them were held back at all costs.
.And contacted the naval aviation force in the Shandong battlefield and asked them to send transport planes to the Qikou front line to airdrop some ammunition.
After the 48th Division transferred a regiment, in order to maintain the blockade on the Jiaodong Peninsula, non-combatants from all departments of the army in Shandong, as well as all armed forces that had been mobilized in the entire Shandong Province except Dezhou, were mobilized.
The expatriates took over the task of continuing the blockade from this regiment.
In order to continue to ensure the tightness of the blockade, Uchiyama Eitaro even mobilized the military police from various Japanese-controlled areas except Jinan, as well as Japanese policemen from the pseudo-police stations. Although he also knew the combat effectiveness of these stragglers,
, not as good as a field infantry brigade. But there was nothing he could do, at least the blockade had to be maintained.
Moreover, the Shandong Communist Army trapped in the Jiaodong Peninsula has been constantly trying to cross the Jiaoji Railway and the western blockade. The northern and western blockades are now quite tense. Especially the western line has been breached many times.
Unless enough replacement troops are found, the Communist army in Jiaodong really cannot be trapped.
Once they really break out of the blockade area, Uchiyama Eitaro knows that his backyard will be filled with fire. At present, the Shandong Communist Army's so-called Lunan Military Region and the Shandong Central Military Region's few left-behind troops are frequently dispatched, which has already caused the enemy to lose control of the area.
The garrison troops in various places are in dire straits. What if the main force of the Communist army in Jiaodong protrudes across the blockade area?
Therefore, for Eitaro Uchiyama, he would rather not send more troops to the north, but this blockade area must be retained. The communist army in Shandong must not be allowed to protrude out of the Jiaodong Peninsula. Otherwise, if it cooperates with the northeastern communist army that has already reached the north, it is close at hand.
, then what awaits the Twelfth Army will be a huge fire in the entire rear. This result is absolutely unacceptable to him.
Moreover, the Twelfth Army currently does not have any ability to deal with the fire that may be ignited behind them. These communist troops are like tarsal maggots. Once they are allowed to penetrate into their rear in large numbers, the entire Hebei-Shandong border battlefield will be behind them.
Once again choose to enter the nightmare.
These cannot be eradicated no matter how hard they are, even if they suffer the most serious blow. But once the situation eases slightly, the communist army, which will immediately resurrect, will be much more difficult to deal with than the regular army of the Nationalist Government. General Okamura made such a big determination,
After paying such a high price, they worked hard to trap the Shandong Communist Army in the Jiaodong Peninsula. At least during the battle, they must not be allowed to make a comeback.
After issuing this series of orders in succession, Uchiyama Eitaro hesitated for a moment and sent a telegram to Okamura Neiji and the Nanjing Expeditionary Force headquarters respectively, hoping to mobilize several transport aircraft in the shortest possible time to strengthen the airdrop force.
After all, the Navy currently has some fighter jets and bombers on the battlefield in Shandong, but the Navy only has three Zero-22 transport aircraft.
Relying on these three transport planes, even if you want to meet the minimum supply for the Ninth Division, is far from enough. Without reinforcements from the front army, even if these three transport planes break through the enemy's air defense line, they will not be able to defeat the front line of Hulangzhuang.
The Ninth Division will continue to be hungry. What they need right now is not only food and supplies, but more importantly ammunition.
The Imperial Army does pay attention to bushido and attaches great importance to hand-to-hand combat training, but bushido is to improve the army's fighting will and make the troops have a determination to fight to the death, so that they will not collapse due to low morale. It will not be like the armies of other countries.
Surrender when you lose.
As for hand-to-hand combat, it is a last resort that is used at the most critical moment. It is also used as a decisive means of close combat when necessary. When it only has the advantage of firepower, when has the Imperial Army ever fought hand-to-hand combat? Even if the firepower is not
If you have an advantage, you will make up for it through tactics.
Moreover, the opponent has a large number of tanks, and they fight hand-to-hand combat with bayonets. Wouldn’t that make the whole world laugh at the Imperial Army’s short-mindedness? I’m afraid they were beaten into an ant’s nest by the enemy’s infantry firepower before they even got close. Nomenhan Battlefield
Apart from firepower and the amount of input, the Soviet army's tank tactics were quite poor in other aspects. Meat-and-munition offensives could have unexpected effects.
But the Northeast Communist Army in front of them is different. The enemy's tanks have always formed a close cooperation with the infantry, and the infantry's firepower has an absolute advantage. Under such circumstances, if you resort to close combat, hand-to-hand combat, and meat-and-mortar offensives, you will be dissatisfied with yourself.
There are too many subordinates.
Therefore, Uchiyama Eitaro believes that in addition to food, in order to maintain the Ninth Division's operations, it is more important to air-drop ammunition to the Ninth Division, especially anti-tank weapons. Otherwise, with the current strength of the Ninth Division, it will lose all its
With flank support, two enemy tank divisions can be completely destroyed with a single charge.
Eitaro Uchiyama believes that although the performance of the German rocket launcher imitated by the base camp is indeed not good in the face of the enemy's sophisticated infantry-tank synthesis tactics. It has only a range of thirty meters, which is really a bit too deceptive. When it comes to the range,
Within a few seconds, enemy infantry also followed.
The 100th Division, which is also used on the front line, is quite dissatisfied with these rocket launchers, mainly because of their range. They all agree that this device may have some effect in mountain combat or street fighting, as well as in situations relying on anti-tank fortifications for defense.
But in this vast and unobstructed plain, it was a bit too deceptive.
Except when these rocket launchers were first put into the battlefield, they did play some role and destroyed a lot of enemy tanks. However, as time went on and the enemy quickly adjusted their tactics, these rocket launchers were basically unable to fight back after being beaten.
The situation. The thirty-meter shooting range is really beyond the imagination of the base camp.
However, Eitaro Uchiyama believes that although the hand of this thing is a little shorter, it is better than nothing. In any case, if this can really reach a distance of thirty meters, it will be better than human bullets. If the Ninth Division
If you can get a batch, you may be able to hold on for a while longer.
He also has a batch of more than 500 rocket launchers left behind after replenishing the 100th Division. The Ninth Division, which is also equipped with a large number of such weapons, is no stranger to this weapon. As long as naval aircraft can be airdropped to
The Qikou battlefield will definitely be of some help to the Ninth Division. In any case, it will be better than a human bomb attack.
Of course, the premise is that the Ninth Division in Qikou can persist until the Navy's airdrop planes arrive and receive these airdropped weapons. However, considering the current situation of the Ninth Division, Eitaro Uchiyama continues to urge the Navy. I hope they can take action.
Hurry up, don't wait until the bones of the Ninth Division are cold before dispatching.
Uchiyama Eitaro has been busy for a while, and finally calmed down the anger in Yoshio Utsuki's heart a little. The dispatched army headquarters also responded to Uchiyama Eitaro's request in the shortest possible time. Within five hours at the latest, there will be a second
A batch of seven transport planes arrived at Xuzhou Airport from Nanjing. The second batch of five transport planes will arrive at Xuzhou Airport from Wuhan within seven hours.
In response to the dispatched army's reply, Uchiyama Eitaro and Kametsuki Yoshio looked at each other and could only smile bitterly. Although they also knew that the dispatched army, which did not have many transport planes to begin with, was able to mobilize so many transport aircraft in such a short period of time, it was already their best effort.
.But it is really difficult for the Ninth Division to hold on for five hours.
In fact, both of them knew that all the current efforts were actually in vain. Unless within a few hours, at least one regiment of troops was added to the Ninth Division, plus no less than five squadrons of anti-tank artillery.
.Otherwise, all efforts will not be able to give any help to the Ninth Division.
Because no matter how fast the reinforcements move, they cannot fly to Qikou. Of course, if a large number of aviation forces are mobilized for full support, there may be a way. Whether it is the actions taken by Uchiyama Eitaro or the dispatched troops
Promise is actually nothing more than a consolation prize at most.
But last month Liangfu also knew that these were the best efforts that his old classmate could do. It was simply impossible for the 120th Division to break through Leling and Qingyun's front-line enemy forces in such a short period of time.
Rapid reinforcements to the Qikou battlefield. If the 120th Division can do this, why bother to carry out this landing operation?
Although the 120th Division is still reluctantly launching an offensive, both of them know that if it were not supported by all the inherent bushido will of the Imperial Army, based on the current casualty ratio of the 120th Division, any one of them would be replaced.
The army should have withdrawn from the battlefield long ago.
The reason why this division can still be on the offensive is that the enemy's focus is not in this direction. Except for part of the tactical counterattack, most of the rest of the time is holding on. The enemy's firepower deployment in this direction is not the focus.
.The entire battlefield is still dominated by divisional artillery, and there are not many so-called rocket launchers and large-caliber artillery.
It turns out that Uchiyama Eitaro has never been clear about why the enemy's deployment on the Eastern Front is so bold. Judging from the previously exposed situation, General Okamura Neiji and he have always believed that the enemy's deployment of troops on the entire battlefield around Texas
, mainly focusing on the battlefields west of Texas.
Still doubting the enemy's overall deployment situation, which is heavy in the west and light in the east, why are they not afraid of breaking through the eastern front and deploying their front-line troops in Texas to implement a shallow and deep encirclement and outflanking. After the battlefield in the west of Texas was fully launched, according to
The enemy's main counterattack direction is still believed to be the Ping-Han Line and the northwest Shandong battlefield, ensuring the junction of the two battlefields, and using the northwest Shandong battlefield as the main battlefield.
Taking the left wing of the Dezhou frontal battlefield as the main breakthrough point, the main battlefield is still located in the west of Dezhou. Combining the Hebei battlefield with Shanxi's southeastern Shanxi battlefield and the Pinghan Road battlefield form a trinity situation. In other words, the enemy's entire deployment situation,
It should be to defend in the east and attack in the west.
Now it is clear that they have secretly assembled a large number of troops in Qikou and Xinhai lines deep in Leling. Their two tank divisions, which have never appeared on the battlefield, are also deployed in Qikou and Xinhai lines. They can attack
, in a position where retreat can be defended and advanced and retreated freely.
If the Leling line is broken through by the 120th Division, the two tank divisions deployed deep in Qikou can reach the theater north of the Majia River within 24 hours. If the Leling line is not too large
A big change, these two tank divisions, plus a large number of attached infantry, can wait quietly for the Japanese landing troops to arrive on their own.