Compared with the battlefield on the middle line, the breakthrough in the middle and the coordination of the two wings were coordinated, and the fight was a big open and a big close. Wang Guangyu on the western front, with the cooperation of the First Department of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the two fronts went hand in hand and fought fiercely. The eastern front In the direction of Wang Xiaoming, it seemed a bit too boring.
The terrain in the area where Wang Xiaoming was operating was far more complex than what Du Kaishan encountered. Under the extremely complex terrain, Wang Xiaoming's march was much more difficult than the battle. The Japanese Third Army in Liaodong shrank across the board to Shenyang to Anhui In the area along the East Railway, Wang Xiaoming tried his best to avoid the Japanese security strongholds in the early stage of the crossing, so he did not encounter the enemy in the early stage of the crossing.
However, after his troops set out from the area north of Fushun along the Fenghai Railway, in order to cover up their tactical intentions as much as possible, they walked over mountains and ridges along the way. Even in many areas, they were in the deep mountains and old forests in the eastern mountains of Xinbin and Hengren. , forcibly cutting out a path along the mountain.
This time is different from the previous trip over Yinshan Mountain. That time, although the mountainous terrain of Yinshan Mountain was much steeper and the altitude was much higher than that of the Liaodong Mountains, in addition to the central line, there are also simple roads available on the east and west lines. This time we passed through the Liaodong Mountains. Forcibly crossing the Benxi line, it can be said that there is almost no way to use it.
At this time, the mountainous areas of Liaodong were far from being almost fully developed as in later generations. Even the mountainous areas of Liaodong were full of highways at all levels. Now the entire Xinbin and mountainous areas east of Huanren, except for a few areas, are still They are all large areas of virgin forest. There are forests everywhere that block the sky and the sun, and there are no roads for mechanized troops to enter.
Moreover, the mountainous areas in this area are also the highest mountainous areas in Liaoning. Along the way, there are a series of peaks with an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, such as Niumao Mountain and Huabo Mountain. During this period, except for a few in the early years, the Japanese army built in order to suppress the First Army of the Anti-Alliance. Apart from a few simple roads, there are no roads to rely on.
Although he has presided over the Liaodong Theater for many times and has rich experience in mountain and jungle operations. He is also familiar with every ditch and ridge in the entire Liaodong Mountains. However, the complexity of the terrain and the characteristics of the execution of the combat plan this time made it difficult for him to Wang Xiaoming's interspersed actions along the way were extremely difficult. Even with Cao Yafan's cooperation and the most detailed map, it still gave Wang Xiaoming a headache.
The actions of the troops under his command, infantry and cavalry, are easy to say. However, the passage of heavy equipment has still become a big problem. Although the artillery of each division before the war, artillery with a caliber of more than 100 mm remained in the rear. It participated in the war. The equipment of each artillery regiment of each division has been replaced with Japanese Type 95 mountain artillery and 107 rocket launchers that are more suitable for such mountainous operations. The number of 76mm cannons has also been reduced from twelve to six.
At the same time, the headquarters also deployed a large number of mules and horses to carry heavy weapons for this Liaodong insertion. All the weapons that could be disassembled were disassembled and mounted on mules and horses. These five divisions also fight in the mountains of Liaodong all year round. , accumulated a lot of experience in mountain combat. All the troops before this battle were also pulled to the north to conduct large-depth penetration drills in the mountains.
In particular, the two armored brigades have conducted many repeated mountain tank penetration drills at the mountain combat training base of the Daxinganling Forest District Military District. In order to achieve the rapid penetration of tanks in the mountainous forest area, these two armored brigade engineering detachments are even equipped with When they reached the battalion level, they were equipped with a large number of axes, saws and other tools for cutting mountains and felling trees.
But after the battle started, the extremely complex terrain of the entire march route, with almost no roads, even simple roads, still greatly delayed his advancement. Despite the full assistance of three engineering battalions, he still had to wait until While avoiding the Japanese security strongholds along the way, Wang Xiaoming's progress was still slow.
By October 24, when Chen Hanzhang's troops had already entered Shenyang, Wang Xiaoming, who had set out from the mountainous area, arrived at the alkali plant in Benxi and started a fierce battle with the Japanese troops stationed at the alkali plant. Wang Xiaoming's troops finally killed him in the mountains of Liaodong. Arriving at a passage, bypassing Qinghe City where the Japanese troops were stationed heavily, and guarding the forts, along the Weizi Valley line, they suddenly appeared at the alkali plant used by the Japanese to control important strongholds in the mountainous area east of Benxi.
Facing the group of anti-alliance tanks that suddenly rushed out of the mountainous area, despite adequate preparations, the Japanese troops stationed on the outskirts of Benxi could still be said to be caught off guard. Wang Xiaoming's first echelon successively occupied the outskirts of Benxi. Important strongholds include alkali plants and small markets, and cut off the area north of Benxi, the connection between the Japanese army and Benxi Lake.
Wang Xiaoming's troops suddenly broke out, and this time they hit the enemy of the Japanese Third Army. The line between the alkali factory and Xiaoshi was very close to Benxi Lake. And Benxi Lake contained the Anfeng Railway, and the entire Kwantung Army A strategic point on the only route of retreat overland.
If Benxi Lake is lost, not only will the second largest pig iron smelting base in South Manchuria be lost, but also the entire Kwantung Army's retreat route. After discovering that the enemy has seized the alkali plant and the small market, the Kwantung Army headquarters will severely The commander of the Third Army, Zhongshan Dun, scolded him and immediately quickly adjusted his deployment.
Order the Japanese 25th Division stationed on the line from Qinghe City to Weiziyu in the north of Benxi Lake to return immediately to recapture the small city and the alkali factory at all costs. Order the 79th Independent Brigade stationed on the Fengcheng line to retake the line at all costs The price must also be to recapture the front line of the alkali plant and completely seal the breach that has been opened.
The originally calm battlefield in Liaodong, as Wang Xiaoming's troops advanced to the small city, the mountainous area east of Benxi Lake immediately fell into fierce fighting. Almost all the Japanese troops along the Anfeng-Feng Railway were mobilized. After Wang Xiaoming reached the small city, he could It was said that it directly hit the most painful spot of the Third Army, including the Kwantung Army.
Just when Wang Xiaoming was constantly fighting through obstacles in the mountains of Liaodong, he opened a passage to the south. On October 24, just as Wang Xiaoming's troops appeared on the front line of the alkali plant, they used the attention of the entire Japanese Third Army at this moment according to the planned plan. , were all attracted by the opportunity of Wang Xiaoming's troops.
The Anti-Japanese Alliance dispatched all its transport aviation forces and carried out the first large-scale airborne operations of the Chinese people in the entire Anti-Japanese War in the two areas of Anshan and Benxi Lake. Two paratrooper divisions carried out the first large-scale airborne operations in the two areas of Anshan and Benxi Lake. At the same time, airborne operations were carried out, plunging the Liaodong region into even more chaos.
In this airborne operation, the first one to kick off the operation was the two squadrons affiliated to the Military Region Special Operations Command. At this time, they had secretly penetrated into the outskirts of Anshan. After receiving the order to start the operation, these two squadrons, in addition to one The squadron seized control of Anshan Airport.
Another squadron sent troops to secretly sneak into the Anshan Showa Steel Works and surrounding areas to provide ground guidance for subsequent paratrooper airdrops. Compared with the mountainous area east of Benxi Lake, the fight was earth-shattering. The battle for Anshan Airport really kicked off on the Anshan battlefield. , but quietly.
Although this Kwantung Army military airport was actually abandoned as a military airport due to the continuous air raids by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the entire Kwantung Army aviation force was transferred south, except for a group of abandoned training aircraft. However, the airport is basically intact.
But it can provide a good venue for anti-connection drop.
However, although this airport is actually abandoned, it is still used by the Kwantung Army as a frontline backup airport. Therefore, although the number of defenders is not large, two teams of the Kwantung Army's Anshan Independent Garrison are stationed here as well.
Airport security force.
But these two Japanese teams currently have basically no actual warning targets except for a bunch of training aircraft that can only be left in the hangar due to lack of spare parts. Because the front line is still far to the north, the entire Anshan territory is unusually calm.
.I currently have no targets that I can actually be vigilant against, so my overall vigilance is very lax.
When the squadron responsible for seizing the airport penetrated the surrounding area of the airport, they found that the airport had almost no other defenses except for the two barbed wire fences on the outside. There were no troops deployed in the bunker around the entire airport. At the gate.
The sentry was also lazy and lacked any energy.
There is no patrol team dispatched at all in the airport. Only one of the three searchlights in the entire airport is turned on. The light emitted by this turned on searchlight does not change in one place for an hour. The security sentry on the tower is responsible for monitoring the entire airport.
He was sleeping soundly with his rifle in hand.
Although the two machine gun fortifications at the entrance and exit are deployed cross-wise, only one of them has two machine gunners who are also sleeping soundly. The crooked machine guns in front of these two machine gunners are simply firing without bullets.
It wasn't loaded. Even the machine gun was dragged away by the anti-alliance troops who came over. The two machine gunners inside who were sleeping quite hard didn't know that the guy who was eating them had been lost.
Faced with such lax vigilance, the troops responsible for seizing the airport quickly cleaned up the two Japanese squads without any effort. The two Japanese squads were sleeping soundly in the airport barracks.
, they all became prisoners in a daze.
The special forces responsible for dealing with the enemy at the airport took full advantage of their stance but failed to fight. The officers and soldiers participating in the battle even thought that they were not encountering regular Japanese troops, but a group of ordinary people without any military training. This was a
An army is not even a group of fish.
After an interrogation, it was discovered that the original Anshan Guard Corps had long been incorporated into the newly formed brigade. The Anshan Guard Corps, which is now responsible for the security of the entire Anshan and Showa Steel Works factory area, is the original Anshan Guard Corps Commander.
Part of the force was composed of mobilized Japanese and Korean expatriates in Anshan and the Japanese police in Anshan.
Among all the officers, none is a serious field officer. Except for some retired officers who were mobilized, most of the officers were temporarily reassigned from the original Anshan Puppet Manchukuo police with certain positions.
. In the entire Anshan City, except for the anti-aircraft artillery responsible for air defense tasks, there are no soldiers in the entire garrison under the age of thirty.
As for the two squads responsible for guarding the airport, not a single fighter plane has landed at Anshan Airport since the war began. The anti-Japanese fighter group constantly cruising above the airport is the target of all activities. During this period,
Everyone was exhausted. Finally, we didn't suffer any bombing or strafing tonight, so the security forces were sleeping in the barracks.
The squadron leader responsible for commanding these two squads returned to his home in Anshan City to reunite with his wife. Anyway, the airport is as high as the sky and far away from the garrison headquarters. As long as he doesn't take the initiative to go home for a night, it's okay.
No one knows. Without the chief officer, this group of guys who were already unorganized became even more unorganized.
After easily succeeding in the direction of the airport, the leading cadre responsible for commanding the Anshan infiltration operation immediately sent all the interrogation information to the rear headquarters. At the same time, the troops who infiltrated Showa Steel Works and other parts of Anshan also encountered roughly the same situation.
.The only areas with relatively tight security are the two Japanese radar stations used for security north of Anshan Airport.