Tao Jingfei chose to attack Huangjia Town first, and his intention was very obvious. On the entire battlefield east of Texas, the 259th Regiment was located at the junction of the 115th Division and the 120th Division. They were defeated.
The 259th Regiment and the 65th Brigade on its left flank will be directly exposed to the guns of the Anti-Alliance.
Of course, the 259th Regiment, including the entire 120th Division, fled without loyalty before receiving a reply, which actually exposed the right wing of the 115th Division. But now the 259th Regiment, after all,
The final evacuation has not yet taken place. Only by eliminating the 259th Regiment first can we complete the encirclement of the 115th Division.
Moreover, if the 259th Regiment is allowed to run away now, it will also increase the difficulty for Yan Jiujia's front line to encircle and annihilate the two regiments of the 120th Division that have been withdrawing one after another. Therefore, when Tao Jingfei came up, not only did he shoot the first
They attacked the 259th Regiment in Huangjia Town and adopted the tactic of killing a chicken with a knife.
Although he did not have a tank in his hands, he directly invested a complete infantry regiment in this direction. In addition to the troops that had been fighting with the 259th Regiment on the front line of Huangjia Town, it can be said that it is equivalent to investing a reinforced infantry regiment.
Infantry Regiment Tao Jingfei's purpose is very clear, which is to complete the encirclement and annihilation of the 259th Regiment in the shortest possible time.
The other one used an infantry battalion to strengthen the two companies of the original combat troops on the front of Huangjia Town, as well as a heavy mortar company and a recoilless gun platoon, equipped with three flamethrowers. It turned from the breakthrough to the southwest
, forced the front line to Chengjialou and Yangpan to seize these two strategic points between Ningjin and Leling.
In particular, Chengjialou, which serves as the junction between the 115th Division and the 120th Division, cuts off the connection between the 259th Regiment and the 85th Brigade of the 115th Division on its left.
Encircle and annihilate the 259th Regiment in the shortest possible time and create the best fighter planes. And insert directly into the flank of the 85th Brigade and cooperate with the frontal assault troops to encircle and annihilate the 85th Brigade.
Faced with Tao Jingfei's sudden full-line attack, he originally thought that his whereabouts were concealed enough, but the enemy troops were attracted by him staying behind to cover the troops. He only wanted to follow the division commander's order and withdraw in the shortest possible time.
The main force of the 259th Regiment, which quickly completed its assembly in order to retreat eastward, was caught in a trap at that time.
The 259th Regiment, who thought they had withdrawn without anyone noticing, had no idea of their entire retreat route and method. Their opponents had already known it clearly. They had not taken any action when they gathered and retreated.
, Tao Jingfei, under the instigation of Du Kaishan behind him, thought it would be easier to deal with the remaining defeated soldiers when they were gathered together.
As for the 120th Division, although there was no response from the 115th Division at first. But with his keen sense of smell developed in his many years of military career, Yanagawa Shinichi could roughly guess the direction of the 115th Division, mainly
There are likely to be some problems in the direction of the 115th Division Headquarters.
Because judging from the report of the 259th Regiment, when I communicated with Lieutenant General Sugiura Eikichi, the direction of the 115th Division did not suffer a large-scale attack. The battle situation there, at least at that time, still seemed very quiet.
The 65th Brigade, which is adjacent to the 259th Regiment, is only tightly entangled by the enemy in its frontline position, but there is definitely no major battle.
In other words, the 115th Division Regiment Headquarters, which has never given a reply, was most likely to have been attacked by enemy forces that penetrated the rear. Although I don’t know how many guard troops Lieutenant General Sugiura Hidekichi had around him when he encountered the attack.
If the 115th Division Headquarters could lose contact for such a long time, I'm afraid the result would not be very good.
However, due to the tight time limit, Yanagawa Shinichi, who had no time to re-formulate his retreat plan, could only hope that the code of the 115th Division would not be captured by the enemy and that the coded messages he sent would not be deciphered by the enemy. However, Yanagawa Shinichi
Although he was not very confident, his chief of staff, Manchujiro Nakanishi, was quite confident that the codebook would be captured.
Because according to the combat regulations of the Japanese army, when the battle is defeated, the military flag, code book and weapons are strictly required to be destroyed as soon as possible. The military flag and weapons are given by the emperor and must not fall into the hands of the enemy. Moreover,
The feeling of having a weapon fall into the enemy's hands and having it returned to you is quite unpleasant. The code book is a key factor in the success or failure of the battle, and it must not fall into the enemy's hands.
But compared to weapons, among the things that must be destroyed when the war is defeated, military flags and code books are the most important. If weapons fall into the hands of the enemy, they can at best be used to threaten themselves. But once the code book falls into the hands of the enemy,
In the hands of the Imperial Army, one's communications will be unable to be kept secret, and may even lead to the failure of the entire campaign. The military flag represents the honor of the Imperial Army and is as important as the codebook.
In Nakanishi Manjiro's view, the determination and spirit of the imperial warriors and the enforcement of military discipline have never been compromised. Therefore, he insisted that even if the 115th Division headquarters was destroyed by the enemy, the password would never be leaked.
. Because the communications personnel of the division headquarters swore to the truth that when the radio station of the 120th Division called, the one who responded would definitely be the radio operator of the 115th Division.
During this period of time, the two divisions fought side by side. The communications troops of the 120th Division were already quite familiar with the method of the 115th Division's radio operators sending reports. Although after the response, the follow-up of the 120th Division
There was no answer to the telegram. There was no reply to the subsequent urging telegram. But there was no doubt that the one who responded was the communications corps of the 115th Division.
In addition to his confidence in the communications capabilities of his division, the reason why Nakanishi Manchujiro is even more convinced is simpler, that is, his trust in the Imperial Army's spirit of Bushido. As the chief of staff of the division, he also knows something
There are some regulations within the Imperial Army that are not on the table.
After repeated defeats in the Northeastern battlefield, and in 1943 in the Pacific battlefield, the Attu Island garrison was completely destroyed for the first time. The base camp was assigned to the chief of staff of the army division and the independent garrison at all levels through the Army Staff Headquarters and the Navy Command Department.
The navy's various special base areas issued a secret order.
No matter which battlefield the ground troops are in, they are in danger of being defeated and destroyed. All personnel in the departments responsible for communications and some secret projects must commit suicide first, and the code books and cipher machines must be destroyed as soon as possible. If anyone dares to disobey,
The chiefs of staff of each division had the right to execute immediately. It was precisely after understanding this secret order that Nakanishi Manchujiro was so confident.
And in Nakanishi Manchujiro's view, it is definitely too late to re-formulate the retreat plan now. Because at this moment, it is dangerous for the 120th Division to stay here in the Hebei-Shandong border area for an hour longer. Rather than taking the entire retreat by then,
If the retreat is a mess, it is better to take an almost impossible risk.
But the problem is that his hope and Nakanishi Manchujiro's persistence are just wishful thinking on his part. Although when he captured the communications soldier of the 115th Division Headquarters, the young soldier also tried to destroy the code book. But the Anti-Japanese Alliance
Those veterans of the reconnaissance force, will they leave enough time for him?
You must know that many of these scouts were eliminated during the selection of special operations forces. Although the training they received is not as good as that of the troops under the Special Operations Command, except for some professional skills, their tactical reconnaissance capabilities and technical and tactical skills are not as good as those of the Special Operations Command.
The level is not much worse than that of the special operations forces.
The entire 115th Division and its two brigades, as well as the 22nd Division, the 120th Division, and the superior 12th Army's code books were captured almost completely.
Although the code books for direct contact with the North China Front Army and the two brigades to which they belonged were destroyed, they had no fundamental impact on the battlefield east of Texas. With the two divisions on the left and right, and the twelve
The code book for military liaison is enough.
Although this secret telegram did not clearly indicate the assembly point of the 259th Regiment after its retreat. However, in order to deceive Lieutenant General Sugiura Eikichi, Yanagawa Shinichi marked on the telegram the 259th Regiment's assembly point connected to the 115th Division's front line.
The retreat time of the Ninth Regiment and the detailed retreat route are quite sufficient for Tao Jingfei's judgment on the front line of Huangjia Town.
The 259th Regiment's gathering position was only a rough judgment, but Tao Jingfei, who had mastered the entire retreat sequence of the Japanese army and the various units' retreat plans, still had a hard time judging the location where the retreated remnants of the 259th Regiment might gather.
Roughly accurate.
When the countdown to his attack began, in accordance with the order of Colonel Motoshimagi, more than a thousand remnants of the 259th Regiment, which had barely withdrawn, had just arrived to the west of Dingli Gan Village in the southeast of Huangjia Town to assemble. Here is the Second
The secret material storage point where the 59th Regiment fights is also where the entire 259th Regiment's ammunition reserves are located.
In previous battles, ammunition supporting the entire battlefield east of Leling County was transported from here. In order to ensure the safety of this ammunition storage point, the 120th Division worked hard. The entire village passed by
With careful camouflage, all supply operations were carried out at night.
As for the residents of the village, except for some young adults who were used as coolies, some of them had even been secretly massacred by the 120th Division. Colonel Motoshigehisa chose this retreat gathering place to replenish the retreating troops.
Enough ammunition and some dry food to ensure the retreat of his troops.
For Colonel Motoshigehisa, although he also knew that as long as the troops were withdrawn, it would be best not to delay too long and to evacuate as soon as possible. However, except for some of the forward troops in the entire division, they could only continue to hold on because they could not evacuate the positions they held.
In addition, all neighboring troops have been evacuated.
The original 120th Division's relatively complete front line turned into a network full of leaks. Without assembling as many troops as possible, he would not be able to deal with the unexpected situation. Who would have known that it would be riddled with wounds?
With a battle line full of holes, will an enemy force rush out from any corner?
If you just retreat in a scattered manner, once you encounter the enemy on the route, you will have no choice but to disperse yourself. In addition, the enemy's rush will actually give the opponent the danger of being defeated one by one. So even if you know that
It was dangerous, but Colonel Motoshigehisa still insisted that it would be safer if the troops gathered together.
Although he did not attend Army University, the military theory of Colonel Motoshigehisa, who came up step by step from below, is no worse than those of his colleagues who attended Army University. He relies on his long-term military career to determine when to make decisions.
I still clearly understand the experience I gained.
He understood that at this time, he had to gather as many troops as possible. In this way, even if something unexpected happened while retreating, he could still concentrate his troops to fight out, or have the ability to fight against the enemy troops rushing over.
As long as you act quickly and decisively, some delays in a short period of time should not be a big problem.