After twelve hours of fierce fighting on the mountain front line, with the full support of ground and air firepower, the anti-alliance forces completely defeated Hongo Yoshio's breakout attempt at a heavy cost. After twelve hours of fierce fighting,
During the battle, the Japanese suffered more than 11,000 casualties. When the 107th Division, the main force in the breakout, withdrew for rest and recuperation, there were less than a thousand soldiers left.
The 107th Division is one of the three divisions and two independent mixed brigades affiliated to the 44th Army. It has suffered the fewest casualties in these days of fierce fighting, and it is also the one with the most complete combat effectiveness. The division was defeated within twelve hours.
Being defeated internally means that the backbone of the entire Forty-fourth Army has been defeated, and the last viable force that can open a breakthrough has been lost.
The loss of Majiazhai, the middle part of the entire defense system of the Forty-fourth Army, not only meant that the entire Forty-fourth Army was divided into two, but also meant that the large amount of food stored in the mountains around Majiazhai was also lost. This
For Lieutenant General Hongo Yoshio, the blow was unexpected when he decided to break out of the encirclement.
Faced with the increasingly unfavorable situation around him, all Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo can do now is to order the troops west of Majiazhai to take advantage of the opportunity before the enemy forces around Majiazhai have fully established a foothold to immediately attack with all their strength
We surrounded Majiazhai with **. From Majiazhai to Chaihe Fort, the defenders on the mountain front immediately retreated to defend with all their strength.
The failure of the breakout and the loss of Majiazhai, a strategic point on the entire defense line, were two successive blows. In addition, some not-so-good news came one after another from other directions. Lieutenant General Hongo Yoshio's
The mood quickly changed from the high confidence before the action started to abnormal depression.
Faced with the current situation where the various units of the army were divided into two, and the most complete division was completely defeated. At present, the remaining two divisions and two independent mixed brigades have also suffered more than half of their casualties. What is the next step?
What should we do? Should we continue to hold on even though we know there is no hope here? Or should we find a way to break out in another direction?
If we continue to persist here, let alone losing Majiazhai, which stores most of the supplies of the 44th Army, the whole army will starve. Even the current climate is getting colder day by day. If we persist,
, even if you don't starve to death, you will still freeze to death here.
But if we continue to break out, how can we break through? One of our most complete divisions has been included in the breakout operation. Most of the remaining divisions and brigades are not fully organized, and some are still stuck in their positions.
It is impossible to retreat. If we continue to break through, even the adjustment of our troops will undoubtedly be quite difficult.
Gritting his teeth, Yoshio Hongo was still determined to continue breaking through. He gave up all positions, continued to invest his troops in the direction of Kaoshantun, and went all out to create a breakthrough. Even if the entire army died on the breakout route,
It's much better than starving to death or freezing to death here.
Lieutenant General Hongo Yoshio was like a gambler who lost his mind, determined to use the last bit of his wealth to gamble. Opposite him, Du Kaishan slowed down after taking the Majiazhai front line.
The attack speed increased. For Du Kaishan, after defeating the 107th Division's breakout operation, the most critical and tense moment of the entire battle has passed. Now he thinks it should be more stable.
When the 107th Division broke out, Du Kaishan seemed a little nervous compared to the complacent Hongo Yoshio at the time. The Japanese army has always been good at penetrating, detouring, and interspersing during mountain offensive operations. Although he said
In that direction, part of the reserve force was deployed in advance.
But Du Kaishan did not expect that Yoshio Hongo would dispatch a division. There was still a certain deviation in the number of troops deployed. In a considerable part of the area, there was no time to set up a second line of defense. Once the Japanese army broke through,
, then it is very likely to cause the entire line to be passive.
Although after the Japanese breakout operation started, Du Kaishan transferred almost all the aviation units supported by his superiors to that direction. But those twelve hours were still the most tense twelve hours for Du Kaishan in this battle. Well.
The troops on the front line of Kaoshantun not only held on, but also fought brilliantly.
Not only did they tenaciously block the Japanese army's breakout, but with the support of friendly troops and air and ground firepower, they also dealt heavy losses to the Japanese division. Although it cannot be regarded as a total annihilation because thousands of people ran away, it undoubtedly also allowed this division to be completely wiped out.
Among the Forty-Fourth Army, the strongest division had completely lost its ability to fight again.
It is precisely for this reason that Du Kaishan decided to be a little more stable in the follow-up attack. Slowing down the attack speed will do no harm to himself. The Japanese are a crazy nation, and the Japanese army is even more so.
A crazy army. Who knows if they will jump over the wall in a hurry.
However, after capturing Majiazhai and defeating the 107th Division, Du Kaishan did not blindly slow down the attack speed. Instead, he secretly increased the presence of troops and artillery on the backing line. He will use the last reserve unit at hand
, was also transferred to the east of Chaihe River, and the troops were reduced to a certain extent on the mountain front line. It can be said that Du Kaishan has made the most complete preparations for the possibility of the Japanese army jumping over the wall.
Compared to Du Kaishan, the 44th Army of the Kwantung Army, who was preparing to respond with all his strength, Chen Hanzhang, who was fighting west of the Zhongchang Railway, had already compressed the 30th Army, who was facing clear water, and arrived at the mouth of the river in the west of Changtu.
The final annihilation is underway.
The situation faced by Chen Hanzhang was originally much simpler in Du Kaishan. Du Kaishan was fighting in a mountainous area that was more conducive to the defense. The combat area where Chen Hanzhang was located, except for the hilly areas in the west, was mostly plain terrain, which was extremely conducive to
Give full play to the tank assault power of the Anti-Union Army.
After completing the encirclement, Chen Hanzhang adopted the tactic of armored cluster centripetal assault, giving full play to the assault power, firepower and speed of the tanks. Coupled with the simultaneous advance of multiple infantry assaults, breakthrough progress was achieved in a short period of time, completing the
in order to divide its Thirty Army.
Of course, Chen Hanzhang's rapid progress was not without cost. Qingshui's Thirty Army had the highest strength and equipment of the Kwantung Army in a short period of time. The total number of anti-tank artillery it equipped was the highest among all the corps of the Kwantung Army.
Among them, it is also one of the best.
Due to the terrain and location, the army was equipped with one-third of the anti-tank guns of the Kwantung Army. The Japanese army's large number of anti-tank gun groups, coupled with the red-eyed Japanese army, continued to adopt meat bomb tactics, and in the fierce battle
It also caused considerable losses to Chen Hanzhang's troops.
Especially for the main attacking tank unit, the losses were a bit too huge. Except for some of the independent tank regiments that participated in the war, generally only a dozen tanks were left. The independent tank regiment that suffered the most losses only had three tanks left. Even
The 1st Armored Division also lost nearly one-fifth of its tanks.
The battle losses of the tank troops even caused Chen Hanzhang to ask Yang Zhen for instructions on whether to slightly slow down the attack intensity in order to readjust the deployment of troops to ensure that the troops participating in the battle would not be damaged as much as possible in this battle. After all, tanks
The supplement is not an easy task for the Anti-League.
But Yang Zhen did not approve Chen Hanzhang's request for instructions in the telegram. Instead, he told him not to give the Japanese army any chance to breathe, not to give the Japanese army any adjustment to continue, and not to take into account losses and casualties. Attack, attack, attack, attack regardless of anything.
, the attack must not be stopped until the Japanese army is completely destroyed.
When Qingshui's regular breakout operation was temporarily launched, Chen Hanzhang keenly felt that this was a rare opportunity to reduce casualties. He immediately adjusted his deployment and mobilized all the reserve forces in his hands. He consciously moved to the south.
The two encirclement circles were also the two encirclement circles with the largest number of Japanese troops. Some gaps were consciously made in certain parts, and the tactics of using tanks and infantry to intercept and kill in multiple ways were adopted.
However, Chen Hanzhang did not just give up the opening. He was very cautious in choosing the opening, and at the same time, he also set a certain range. In case he failed to catch the rabbit, he even lost the grass. He gave it to the frontline troops.
The death order was to give way to the direction of the opening, and the Japanese army must not be allowed to cross the scope they had demarcated.
On both sides of the opening, Chen Hanzhang concentrated a large amount of firepower to form a cross firepower. He also used some tanks to deploy Japanese troops on both sides of the opening passage. He also placed the main aviation force assigned to him by his superiors on his own.
The direction of the breach left intentionally by the Japanese army.
The most important thing is that the morale of the Japanese army at this time has fallen into chaos. Although Qingshui ordered each to choose a breakout direction, in Shenyang, the Tieling line has been lost, and there are no friendly troops around except Xinmin.
Breaking out toward the southwest became the only option for all units of the Thirty Army.
Of course, Chen Hanzhang also "complied with the morale of the army" and placed the openings he consciously left mainly in the southwest. As a result, as soon as the breakout of the divisions of the 30th Army in Qingshui Rules began, he found himself caught in a trap composed of artillery.
, in the fire net composed of aviation and infantry weapons.
In the process of this fire chase, the anti-alliance artillery actually fired a double-layered barrage that would only appear when attacking. The artillery group composed of artillery of various calibers, under the guidance of front-line artillery observers,
Continuously dropped tons of artillery shells on the heads of the Japanese troops who broke through.
Coupled with the Anti-Alliance aviation in the sky, the continuous attacks of various aircraft, and the cooperation of various infantry firepower. On both sides of the few openings that Chen Hanzhang consciously made way for, intensive firepower of all kinds wiped out the Japanese breakout troops in pieces.
However, the Japanese troops who managed to rush out were chased and killed by the tanks that surrounded them.
Faced with this situation, not to mention the current overall military quality, especially the new divisions whose fighting will has dropped significantly. Even the old Kwantung Army a few years ago, which has always been known for its tenacious fighting will,
I'm afraid I can't withstand such a blow.
Suffering heavy firepower during the breakout, the morale and morale of the military were completely in chaos. All the Japanese troops who broke through the encirclement suffered a crushing defeat. Since the creation of a new army in Japan during the Meiji Restoration, this army has remained the most popular among the Japanese army.
The situation that appears for the first time.
No one paid attention to anything, let alone the plan made by the superiors. No one paid attention to the attack force, the flanking troops, the first echelon, and the second echelon. The Japanese army has always laughed at the Chinese army.
What happened is happening again on their own.
The entire Thirty Army had completely collapsed. Almost all the Japanese troops who broke out of the encirclement were completely disrupted and herded sheep. As long as all the Japanese troops were not knocked down by the shells, they did not care about anything, threw away everything that could be thrown away, and buried their heads.
Escape desperately to the southwest.
After paying a lot of money, he managed to escape from the fire net and the tank chase, and finally escaped a way to heaven. He finally struggled to run twenty or thirty kilometers away, and the Japanese troops who were closer than ten kilometers away had not waited for him.
After taking a breath, I was shocked to find that I had fallen into new encirclements.