As early as after receiving the report that in the entire Qikou battlefield, except for some remaining enemies in Hulangzhuang, all other Japanese troops had been eliminated. The remaining strength of the 9th Division was less than one regiment. I was keenly aware of the opportunity for the final battle.
Yang Zhen, who had already arrived, immediately gave an order to Du Kaishan to hand over the remnants of the 9th Division of Hulangzhuang to the Bohai Navy District and leave some anti-alliance troops to continue the encirclement and annihilation.
The main force of the Anti-Japanese Alliance participating in the Qikou battlefield was formed into a rapid column on the spot, and was forcibly interspersed from the Qikou line to the south along the Bohai Bay via the Xinhai. After crossing the Majia River south of Xiaobotou, the entire army was
The territory of Di turns to the southwest, between the Tuhai River and the Majia River, passes through Wudi, Xinyang, Huimin, Shanghe, Linyi, and goes straight to Zhangzhuang, the throat of the Jinpu Railway north of the Yellow River.
In order to cooperate with Chen Hanzhang's troops on the battlefield west of Dezhou, and at this moment, they have moved south to reinforce Tao Jingfei's two divisions. They cut off the connection between the enemy in the Dezhou battlefield and the Japanese army in Jinan, and launched an attack on the entire front line from En County and Wucheng in the west to Qingyun in the east.
In the entire Hebei-Shandong border battlefield, all participating Japanese troops implemented a comprehensive encirclement.
For Yang Zhen, although the Qikou Battle progressed at a speed beyond his expectation, the problem in the Qikou direction had been basically solved in such a short period of time. This meant that the two tank divisions invested in the Qikou direction,
Now I can basically free up my hands to go south.
The remaining remnants of the Ninth Division at Hulangzhuang on the Qikou battlefield have so little strength but don't have much dignity, so they let the two armored divisions of the Anti-Japanese Alliance take care of them. At the moment, there is no longer any suspense in the Qikou battlefield, and the current Japanese army is also
It is impossible to continue to increase troops to the Qikou battlefield via sea routes in a short period of time, given the overall situation.
It is not in line with Yang Zhen's usual style to let two armored divisions, which suffered relatively slight losses in the battle at Qikou, be entangled by the few remaining troops in Qikou battlefield. During the entire battle at Qikou, Du Kaishan
Although the consumption of ammunition was a bit excessive, the overall losses of the participating troops were not large, and the combat effectiveness remained relatively intact.
Moreover, although the units participating in the Qikou front line had a longer concealed standby time, the time they actually engaged in ground combat was not very long. The fatigue level of each unit was still very poor compared with the units in continuous operations on other fronts. In
After replenishing ammunition, fuel and supplies, all participating units can basically continue fighting.
Therefore, after receiving the report from Du Kaishan, the 44th Division had been basically solved, and the remaining Japanese Marines at Sun Zhengzhuang had been disarmed. The entire beachhead starting from Ma Pengkou in the north to Zhang Juhe in the south, and some of the remaining Japanese troops were left behind.
, after reporting that all had been cleared.
Yang Zhen did not hesitate at all, and immediately issued an order to Du Kaishan. He wanted to complete the diversion of most of the troops on the Qikou battlefield in the shortest possible time. He concentrated the tanks and armor groups in his hands and carried out forcible penetration towards the Majia River line at full speed.
.Strive to complete the battlefield at the Hebei-Shandong border in one go.
However, Yang Zhen was afraid that this guy would take away all the troops participating in the Qikou battlefield, which would affect the front-line annihilation battle at Hulangzhuang. He also repeatedly emphasized in the telegram that sufficient troops must be left on the Qikou front-line to continue the attack on the Ninth Division.
Regiment encirclement and annihilation. The Ninth Division is not the Osaka soldiers of the 44th Division. Although it is also reorganized, its combat effectiveness and equipment are far better than those of the 44th Division.
Yang Zhen's attitude towards the troops inside the customs that cooperated with him was that the troops in the Bohai Sea Region should be trained, but they should not be allowed to lose their vitality. Moreover, facing the thousands of troops of the Ninth Division who were gathered on the front line of Hulangzhuang, Yang Zhen could not do anything on his own.
It is still somewhat difficult to rely on the Bohai Navy Region troops.
Yang Zhen's opinion was very clear. Jingzhou must not be carelessly lost at this time. The interspersed operation must continue, and sufficient troops must be left on the Qikou battlefield. Considering the number of infantry in Du Kaishan's hands, Yang Zhen personally drafted a letter
A telegram to the Bohai Navy Region. I hope they can send some troops to cooperate with Du Kaishan's roundabout operations.
Not only is it to train and improve the ability of the Bohai Navy Region troops to carry out large-depth penetration operations. The entire area north of the Yellow River on the Jinpu Line is under the jurisdiction of the Bohai Navy Region. These troops who are residents are familiar with the situation of roundabout routes and lead them.
They will play a big role in interleaved operations.
However, Du Kaishan was not satisfied with the battle at Qikou and his hands were itchy. He had been thinking about going to Chen Hanzhang to grab food for a long time. After receiving Yang Zhen's order, he was quite ecstatic, but he did not show any signs of it.
Due to the hesitation and delay, he immediately adjusted the deployment of troops on the battlefield of Hulangzhuang.
Except for leaving one tank battalion, two 105 howitzer companies, one infantry division-affiliated artillery, one reinforced infantry regiment, and one division commander to personally command the original participating forces, the rest of the troops will be
Mainly, the troops invested by the 1st Armored Division on the front line of Hulangzhuang were withdrawn. At the same time, some positions were transferred to the two regiments in the Bohai Sea Region.
At the same time, all light and heavy machine guns, mortars and ammunition captured in the battle against the 44th Division will be temporarily transferred to the Commander of the Bohai Sea Region. However, according to the central government, all weapons transferred by the Anti-Japanese Alliance will be uniformly deployed by the central government and will not be handed over directly.
Orders to the troops of various military regions.
Du Kaishan also repeatedly emphasized to the commander of the Bohai Navy that he could use the ammunition at will, even if it was used up, it would not matter. However, all light and heavy machine guns and mortars were only temporarily lent to them. As for how much they lost on the battlefield,
That's their own business.
Du Kaishan is very clever on this point and has a lot of over-minds. His superiors have requested that the captured equipment is not allowed to be transferred to the brothers' troops, so I can lend it to the brothers' troops for use. As for the brothers' troops, they lost part of it on the battlefield.
, then there is nothing I can do.
As for the commander of the Bohai Navy Region, he was tacit about Du Kaishan's loan. He promised to borrow the money and waited until the war was over to pay back the amount. After all, his main force in the Bohai Navy Region had changed their equipment, but the local armed forces
The equipment is still very poor. Besides, our troops are expanding and the weapons and equipment are not yet available. It would be nice to get more.
Du Kaishan handed over some positions and reorganized the withdrawn troops on a small scale, compressing the organization and enriching the organization. Four infantry regiments and two infantry regiments in the Bohai Sea Region will be adjusted and enriched.
, as well as four independent battalions of the military division, plus two armored divisions. Except for the battle-damaged tanks and the remaining tank battalion, all the remaining troops were organized into two echelons.
Du Kaishan, who was afraid that several Japanese divisions on the battlefield east of Texas would quickly withdraw to the south of the Yellow River under the circumstances of successive defeats in the overall battle situation. If he arrived late, he might not even be able to catch a single hair.
It was quite fast. After receiving the order, it only took six hours to complete the formation, adjust the equipment, and replenish fuel and ammunition before completing the turn.
In order to carry out anti-landing operations, the two cannon regiments transferred to the Qikou front line by the Anti-Japanese War were because after intensive use, there were not many remaining artillery shells. Moreover, although these large-caliber cannons had a long range, they were too
Too bulky. Du Kaishan concentrated all the artillery shells in the 150th Cannon Battalion. In addition to following him south to fight, all the other artillery pieces were transferred back to Tianjin for rest.
However, Du Kaishan completed the combat transition so quickly without any haste. Within six hours, under his desperate urging, the troops below not only completed the compression and adjustment of the battle-damaged establishment, but also the replacement of fuel and ammunition.
Supplementary question. He even specially asked a regiment from the Bohai Navy Region that was most familiar with the interspersed route to cooperate with him in the battle.
In fact, Du Kaishan's ability to complete the reduction of troops and organizational adjustments in such a short period of time must be attributed to the 44th Division. After completing the encirclement and annihilation operation against the 44th Division, Du Kaishan's military strength
Most of them have been freed up. After all, the remaining 9th Division on the front line of Hulangzhuang is not qualified for him to dispatch two tank divisions to encircle and annihilate it.
In fact, during preparations for a general attack on the remainder of the 9th Division, Du Kaishan only defended Lieutenant General Du Kaishan, leaving one tank regiment and two infantry regiments. After completing the encirclement and annihilation of the 44th Division
, the troops on the Sanhuzhuang front line and the Sun Zhengzhuang front line have not invested in the Hulangzhuang front line at all. Instead, they are making some adjustments and are preparing to grab food from Chen Hanzhang's pot.
The reason why he had made preparations in advance was that except for the front line of Hulangzhuang, he could not deploy so many troops. The battle of Qikou did not satisfy him at all. Therefore, in the 44th Division, the entire army
After the collapse, his adjustments on the front of Hulangzhuang were more of a bluff.
This is what he calls psychologically overwhelming the enemy. As for when it comes time to take action, he will not invest so many troops at all. He will use two armored divisions that seem to be fully staffed, plus two infantry divisions and a large number of troops.
To strengthen the artillery and attack a division with only a few thousand men left, Du Kaishan could not afford to lose that man.
So he had already made preparations to go south to grab food from Chen Hanzhang. However, Du Kaishan, who had been punished by Yang Zhenhao before, no longer had the courage to act without permission before receiving the order. Now he has received the No. 1
With the order to go south immediately, Du Kaishan, who had been anxious for a long time, would be willing to waste even one minute?
Six hours after receiving the order, Du Kaishan, which had completed the main turn of the main force, quickly deployed southward. After passing Xinhai County, the troops split into two groups, passing through Yangerzhuang and going straight to Botou, preparing to cross the four lines with Botou.
Nusi River passes through the old city and Yanshan Mountain directly into Qingyun County.
One road could not accommodate so many troops, artillery and vehicles, so in order to speed up the action, after passing Xinhai County, Du Kaishan's troops split into two groups. One went directly to Qingyun through Yanshan, and the other went south via Xinhai.
Personally command the echelon on the left wing and quickly penetrate southward.
Its two armored divisions traveling on the dry roads of the Bohai Bay in spring are equipped with hundreds of tanks, armored vehicles, and self-propelled artillery, plus transport infantry and an attached pontoon regiment, equipped with a large number of cars, half-track armored vehicles, and engineering
Vehicles, as well as tractors and fuel trucks pulling various types of artillery, plus a large number of pack horses equipped by the infantry, and divisional artillery pulling horses, raised dust that could be seen clearly from more than ten kilometers away.
Du Kaishan's troops, which adopted semi-mechanized and motorized marches, moved much faster than the foot infantry. It was quite fast. Just when Uchiyama Eitaro issued a general retreat order to the entire 12th Army on the Hebei-Shandong border
Du Kaishan's vanguard troops have already reached Botou and the Zhanghuiting line east of Qingyun County.
The Sinvsi River, which was originally dug as a canal for flood discharge, has been neglected for many years since the late Qing Dynasty. Most of the river has been silted up into dry fields, and it is basically impossible to see where the river is. The Du Kaishan headquarters, which originally planned to build a pontoon bridge,
We simply gave up preparing to build a pontoon bridge and quickly passed through the Sinvsi River, which had basically silted up into a plain, directly from Botou to Zhanghuiting.