Chapter 239: The Information I Delivered to My Door
In order to retreat safely, Lieutenant General Yanagawa Shinichi and his chief of staff, Colonel Nakanishi Manchujiro, did not know that the person who received the telegram from the 115th Division was not the communications staff officer of the 115th Division.
, let alone Lieutenant General Sugiura Eikichi, commander of the 115th Division.
The person who received his telegram was the frontal resistance force of the 115th Division, which mobilized a group of scouts from various units to form a reconnaissance force that went deep into the rear of the 115th Division to carry out sabotage. Yanagawa, who originally wanted to pull a back,
Shinichi didn't know that this telegram, which stated the idea of retreating and the detailed retreat route, became a reminder for him and his 120th Division.
After receiving Chen Hanzhang's full-line counterattack, which firmly restrained the Japanese troops in the front battlefield of Dezhou and ensured the smooth detour of Du Kaishan's troops, the anti-alliance troops in front of the 115th Division not only mobilized all the troops who could fight
troops and launch a full-line tactical counterattack.
A group of scouts from various regiments were also mobilized to use the gaps in the battle line to penetrate into the depth of the 115th Division and carry out attacks on various strategic targets in the depth of the 115th Division to cooperate with the frontal counterattack troops.
The regiment was firmly pinned on the front battlefield of Ningjin, preventing it from deploying troops southward.
The targets of these attacks ranged from the ammunition storage points of the 115th Division, material replenishment bases to wired communication stations, as well as scouts at all levels of headquarters. After infiltrating into the rear of the 115th Division, they accidentally touched
The 115th Division headquarters is located in Houwang Village, northeast of Ningjin.
At the beginning, a reconnaissance platoon infiltrated and knew that the heavily guarded village in front of them was the headquarters of the 115th Division. As early as the start of the battle, the anti-alliance forces opposite the 115th Division specially organized
The troops were too small and continued to launch deep raids on the 115th Division. As a result, Lieutenant General Sugiura Eikichi's division headquarters was constantly moving its headquarters three times a day.
It was not until six weeks after the battle started that the anti-alliance forces in front of them stopped harassing the rear of the 115th Division because the fighting was too tense. However, some Lieutenant General Sugiura Eikichi, who had no control over his troops, still came every two to three days.
Move your division headquarters once.
However, he did not expect that as soon as he was transferred to Houwang, he would be touched by the scouts re-sent by the Anti-Japanese Alliance. A deputy company commander who led the team, although he did not know that the person in front of him was the division headquarters of the 115th Division, he looked at the
He picked up the high-power radio antenna and thought it was at least a brigade headquarters, so he immediately launched an attack without any hesitation.
However, the deputy company commander who led the team was an experienced veteran. He knew that it would be difficult for a platoon in his hands to solve this target with a squadron of guards. Before the attack, he used a walkie-talkie to communicate with several people moving around.
A reconnaissance squad was summoned, and nearly a company was assembled before a forced attack was launched.
Although the scouts of the general combat forces of the Anti-Japanese Alliance are not as good as the directly affiliated special forces in terms of weapons and equipment and in some aspects, they are not too far behind in terms of tactical reconnaissance capabilities and the combat literacy of the troops. This time, harassment operations behind enemy lines were carried out
, the equipment of the troops has been adjusted again.
Each reconnaissance squad is equipped with a grenade launcher, two MP 40 submachine guns, and an additional sniper staff. The melee rapid-fire firepower and long-range precision firepower have been greatly strengthened. With Qingyi
Compared with the manual rifles of the 115th Division, plus three crooked handles, there was a big gap in the close-combat firepower.
Although the resistance of the Japanese guard squadron was too fierce, the reconnaissance company paid a third of the price with casualties. However, after more than half an hour of fierce fighting, the 115th Division headquarters was also completely wiped out. Sugiura, who resisted with two Southern-style pistols
Lieutenant General Yingji and his chief of staff were killed in his war room.
The communications staff officer in charge of the radio station was killed, and several dispatchers and receivers were captured. The high-power radio station equipped at the division headquarters, as well as the code book, were all captured because they were not destroyed in time. Just after the battle, the well-preserved radio station was received.
Telegram from Lieutenant General Yanagawa Shinichi.
The Anti-Japanese Communications Corps following the operation discovered that the Japanese military radio signal light was flashing, signaling an incoming call. Without any courtesy, they used the captured code book on the spot, and with the cooperation of the team's translator who was cooperating with the interrogation, they directly translated the letter.
The telegram was translated. After obtaining the contents of the telegram, the participating troops who knew that this information was of vital importance did not dare to delay at all and immediately reported this important information to their own divisions.
After receiving this report, the division commander did not dare to neglect anything until the war situation became urgent. He immediately reported this information directly to Chen Hanzhang. Based on this letter, Lieutenant General Yanagawa Shinichi sent the key information to his door.
, Chen Hanzhang, who is responsible for commanding the entire Hebei-Shandong border battlefield, reacts very quickly.
He immediately mobilized the troops he could mobilize and set up an ambush circle for the 120th Division that was trying to slip away from under his nose. Lieutenant General Yanagawa Shinichi didn't know it yet, but at this moment, on his retreat route,
A division under Tao Jingfei, who had come for reinforcements from the Tianjin battlefield, had already arrived at the Yanjiajia front line northeast of Qingyun.
A big net has been opened, waiting for them to fall into the trap. Originally, according to the plan, after arriving at the Hebei-Shandong border front, the division was scheduled to participate in the battle on the Ningjin front line where the 115th Division was located. The division was eventually captured.
The transfer to the Ningling battlefield was also a blessing due to Yanagawa Shinichi's telegram.
This division was one of the only two infantry divisions left after the Anti-Japanese War ended in the Tianjin Campaign and most of the participating troops were transferred to the Hebei-Shandong border battlefield. After the Japanese army and navy landing troops appeared in Qikou, Yang Zhen
It is believed that the enemy has landed in other directions in the Bohai Bay at least within a short period of time.
Therefore, Tao Jingfei's last two divisions, who had been waiting in Tianjin, were ordered to hand over the defense of Tianjin to the Jidong Military Region and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region 1, which had completed the Jidong operation. Tao Jingfei personally commanded the two infantry divisions and used Jinpu
The railway headed south quickly. After getting off the train at Cangzhou, he was transferred to Chen Hanzhang for command.
Yang Zhen planned to take advantage of these two reasons. After the Tianjin Campaign, he was always on standby at the front line from Beitang to Tanggu in Tianjin. And because of his convenient location, he received full reinforcements from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. At present, the entire North China battlefield was participating in the Anti-Japanese War.
Among the various divisions, the two divisions have the most complete strength and organizational structure.
With the start of the second phase of the battle, the Eastern Front Group commanded by Chen Hanzhang, who was already extremely tired and suffered heavy casualties due to continuous combat without any rest or replacement, gave the final blow to the Japanese troops in the theater on the Hebei-Shandong border battlefield.
A fatal blow to completely resolve this battle that has been going on for several months.
According to Chen Hanzhang's original plan, after Tao Jingfei's two divisions arrived for reinforcements from the south, he prepared to adopt the tactics of "black tigers digging out the heart" on the battlefield east of Texas. He used the two newly arrived divisions of Tao Jingfei's fully equipped divisions.
, attack the 115th Division in the middle first, tearing the entire Japanese army front east of Texas from the middle, cutting off the connection between the Japanese army units in the battlefield east of Texas.
After solving the 115th Division, they concentrated their forces and launched a final general attack on the 22nd Division on the Dezhou battlefield and the 120th Division on the Leling line. However, from En County to the Dezhou battlefield, they completed the encirclement and annihilation of the 120th Division.
After the 100th Division, the Japanese 65th Division, which rescued the 100th Division, suddenly and quickly retreated to the Jinpu line. Chen Hanzhang immediately became acutely aware that the Japanese army was planning to implement a general retreat.
However, the changes in the development of the situation and the smoothness of Du Kaishan's roundabouts made Chen Hanzhang finally change the original plan according to the changes in the situation. After several considerations, he sent a report to the division under Tao Jingfei who had just got off the bus in Cangzhou, asking them to
Speed up your action and rush to Qingyun Line via Cangqing Highway.
Cooperate with the troops west of Dezhou and the front, and change the original Black Tiger's heart-breaking tactic to pinch the head and tail. With the strength of the front battlefield of Dezhou and the strength of the battlefield west of Dezhou, first hold back the 22nd Division and the Sixth Division on the Jinpu Line.
The 15th Division. Use the two elite divisions under Tao Jingfei to attack the 120th Division in the east first. Then use one force to cooperate with the front troops of Ningjin to deal with the 115th Division.
At the same time, he ordered all the troops on the front of Ningjin to launch a full-scale tactical counterattack against the 115th Division. They tightly entangled the 115th Division and waited for the arrival of reinforcements from Tao Jingfei's troops to completely eliminate the 115th Division together.
On the battlefield of Dezhou, they tightly entangled the 22nd Division, and used the troops west of Dezhou to suppress the 65th Division and the 1st part of the 48th Division. Holding these two Japanese troops back, they could not do anything before Du Kaishan arrived.
retreat.
For Chen Hanzhang, changing the original plan to deal with the enemies on the entire Hebei-Shandong border battlefield first to deal with the enemies on the eastern battlefield of Dezhou is also a helpless move based on the current actual situation. The various units participating in the west of the Dezhou battlefield,
Because the continuous fighting was not only extremely exhausting, but also after encircling and annihilating one hundred divisions, each division suffered heavy casualties.
The various units in the northwestern Shandong battlefield west of Texas actually have no sustained assault capability at the moment. They can only continue to use tactical attacks to contain the 65th Division and cannot reinforce other battlefields. The participating units in the battlefield west of Texas are unable to continue to launch attacks.
The troops on the front side of Dezhou alone would not have enough energy to swallow up the 22nd and 65th divisions on the Jinpu Road.
After several considerations and comprehensive consideration of the battle situation on the entire eastern front and the Hebei-Shandong border battlefield, as well as the current allocation of enemy and friendly forces, plus the follow-up forces that the enemy may invest, after Du Kaishan began to penetrate southward, Chen Hanzhang asked Yang Zhen for instructions to send two troops under Tao Jingfei's command.
Two fully-equipped divisions were deployed on the battlefield east of Texas.
As for the frontal battlefield west of Dezhou, Chen Hanzhang decided to focus on containing its forces first. After solving the 115th and 120th divisions on the line from Ningjin to Qingyun, he waited for Du Kaishan's troops to be inserted in place.
Then they encircled the Japanese troops along the Jinpu Railway.
In Chen Hanzhang's view, the two divisions, the 115th Division and the 120th Division, have suffered heavy casualties in the repeated tug-of-war over the past month. In fact, they have lost the ability to continue fighting. Even two divisions have suffered heavy casualties.
The combined strength of these divisions is roughly equal to that of the sixty-fifth division, which is still fully equipped.
At present, on the Jinpu Road battlefield, the 22nd Division and the 65th Division, which are close to each other, have relatively sufficient strength. Especially the 65th Division among the two divisions has not yet been severely hit, and its organization and strength
They are all relatively complete. In addition, a detachment of the 48th Division has been strengthened, and the overall strength comparison is quite strong.
Compared with the battlefield west of Dezhou, the two Japanese divisions in the battlefield east of Dezhou are weaker. They have become the softer persimmons in the entire Hebei-Shandong border battlefield. The most critical one is Chen Hanzhang.
It is believed that the troops themselves are extremely exhausted at the moment, and the network is getting wider and wider, and the battlefield area is also expanding.
Instead of using a large number of troops to be held back by the relatively strong enemy heavy group on Jinpu Road, it is better to deal with the weaker one of the two large enemy forces first. After the entire battlefield east of Dezhou is freed up, all participating units can then attack.
Concentrate superior forces to eliminate the enemy on Jinpu Road.