When Du Kaishan went south, Yang Zhen did not go south with him. Instead, he handed over the task of capturing the Banjiehe fortress group to Du Kaishan. Sui Changsheng took full command and prepared to turn around and return to the Baoqing battlefield. After all, as the highest commander in the entire Jidong Military Region As a military commander, Yang Zhen cannot put all his energy in one direction.
Behind Hongshi in the north of Mishan, Baoqing is encircling and annihilating the 8th and 11th Divisions, the center line is fighting a fierce battle with the 29th Division along the Guokui River, and the Western Front is suppressing the 14th Division. You need to think about it, and now is the time to start thinking about the next battle plan.
Although all the command was handed over to Du Kaishan, Yang Zhen asked them to immediately go south to Muling after capturing the Banjiehe fortress group, seize Muling County as quickly as possible, and completely blockade the troops stationed in Sui. The road for the Japanese 12th Division to go north for reinforcements.
Although the 12th Division has not been dispatched, a fully equipped Japanese division is now very close to the battlefield. After all, it is not a comfortable thing. The current situation of the battle is very difficult for the Japanese army. , has already deteriorated considerably, and it will only be a matter of time before the Twelfth Division is dispatched.
Once fierce fighting is taking place on all battlefields and there is no mobile force on hand, all the Japanese divisions in the Northeast have either been completely destroyed or have suffered heavy losses. The appearance of the 12th Division on the battlefield is not a good thing for me.
Although two regiments have been sent south to set up defenses in the northern mountainous area of Muleng to block the 12th Division from moving north, the two regiments, compared with a fully-staffed Japanese division, have advantageous terrain, but their strength is still slightly thin. Some, especially the 12th Division, have been stationed on this line for many years and are quite familiar with the terrain. There are also a large number of puppet Manchu troops to cooperate with the battle. Only by occupying Muling County can the 12th Division's northward reinforcement route be completely closed.
However, he was afraid that Du Kaishan would get his way and ignore the overall combat plan and act on his own initiative. Before Du Kaishan set off, Yang Zhen required him to report the battle situation every hour.
And asked him to stop advancing on the spot and wait for orders after occupying Muling County. In order to supervise this adventurous guy, Yang Zhen transferred back Huang Yuqing, who was engaged in anti-revolutionary work in Mishan County.
Yang Zhen, who was worried that Du Kaishan was suffering from old habits, actually didn't know that Du Kaishan was now much more stable than before, he was no longer a very adventurous person, and he no longer only looked at immediate interests in everything.
After sending Du Kaishan away, Yang Zhen was about to return to Baoqing County when he received a telegram of victory from Wang Guangyu. Wang Guangyu reported that while Du Kaishan was fiercely fighting on the 458th Highland, with the full cooperation of the artillery, the main force of the first column We have completed the clearing of enemies around Baoqing County, wiping out two regiments of the Japanese army as well as one cavalry and one artillery unit each.
During the battle, Colonel Kiyoshi Aoyama, captain of the 43rd Regiment of the 11th Division, was killed, and Colonel Asakawa Tsai, captain of the 44th Regiment, was killed. More than 9,000 Japanese officers and soldiers at all levels were killed, and more than 300 were captured. Later, the remaining Japanese troops were attacked. During the search, Lieutenant General Mitsuru Ushijima, commander of the Japanese 11th Division, was captured.
In addition to the previous losses of the 12th Regiment on the Jinshagang front line, the 11th Division Regiment Headquarters on the Qingyuan front line, as well as the 44th Regiment's casualties in the attack on Baoqing County and the results of Liu Changshun's battle on the northern front, so far During the Battle of Baoqing, a total of more than 17,000 Japanese soldiers were killed, more than 1,000 were captured, and more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers were missing on the battlefield.
Wang Guangyu also emphasized in the telegram that the new incendiary rockets are extremely powerful. A single salvo can destroy all Japanese field fortifications and inflict heavy damage to the Japanese troops in front of them. In the battle outside Baoqing County, especially in the encirclement and annihilation of the Forty
In the battle of the 3rd Regiment, it played a decisive role. Only one fire coverage was carried out, which caused the 43rd Regiment to suffer heavy losses and lose its combat effectiveness.
Wang Guangyu hopes that this new type of extremely lethal weapon can be used in large quantities in future combat operations. The Japanese army has a tenacious fighting will, and encircling and annihilating Japanese troops who are surrounded often requires a huge price. Using this new type of incendiary rockets,
It can effectively kill the Japanese troops of the Hedgehog Group and greatly reduce the casualties of the attacking troops.
Yang Zhen smiled bitterly while holding Wang Guangyu's victory telegram. He knew very well what the so-called new incendiary rockets were. He knew even more about the power of these fuel-air artillery shells, but Wang Guangyu really couldn't stand talking without pain in his back. These rockets
Although the production process is not complicated and the raw materials are not high-end items, all raw materials cannot be produced by ourselves and all need to be imported from Jiangbei, including the steel for making the projectile body.
Although the production process of this kind of weapon is not complicated, the process requirements are very high, and the production is also very dangerous. The requirements for the technology and equipment of the production workers are also very high. According to the current equipment of the arsenal, the current production
The fuel-air bombs and artillery shells that came out were already at their limit.
In particular, the various chemical products used as the main charge can only rely on imports, such as ethylene oxide and propylene oxide. To be honest, although these raw materials have some dangers, the production process is not complicated, but even if it is not complicated, now
They couldn't produce it themselves, they didn't have the equipment, and they didn't have the required chemical experts. They could only import it from Jiangbei in the name of dyes and disinfectants.
Production of this ammunition began before I was injured last year, but due to production capacity, equipment, and raw materials, not many were produced until the battle started this year. This batch of rocket shells is the largest batch of all similar products.
, there are only 200 105 cannon shells left, and the number of aerial bombs is even less.
But in order to produce these ammunition, a lot of money was spent on imported raw materials. Jiangbei had to settle all these raw materials in cash, and the price was also very high. It was also produced on a large scale. It was already very difficult to produce these raw materials.
I have tried my best and used it in large quantities. Let’s not talk about the issue of confidentiality. Even the production capacity cannot keep up. It’s true that you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are if you are not a business owner, and it doesn’t hurt to stand and talk.
It's just that Wang Guangyu actually solved the 11th Division so quickly, which somewhat surprised Yang Zhen. In Yang Zhen's opinion, even with the help of fuel-air cannonballs, a new type of weapon that will be called atomic bombs in later generations,
And the troops and firepower have an absolute advantage, but according to the combat effectiveness that the 11th Division should have, the progress will not be so fast.
According to Yang Zhen's plan, it would take Wang Guangyu at least three days to complete the encirclement and annihilation mission. After all, the 11th Division, as a veteran standing division of the Japanese army, although its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the 2nd Division and the 6th Division, it is really
He showed his strength wherever he was, but he didn't expect that in less than two days, Wang Guangyu had already ended the battle.
It wasn't until Wang Guangyu's telegram reporting the battle situation arrived that Yang Zhen knew that after learning that the 122 Rocket Artillery Regiment directly under the military region was equipped with a powerful new artillery shell, Wang Guangyu changed his previous tactic of encircling on all sides and attacking steadily, and instead divided his troops to seal off All the breakout routes of the 43rd Regiment, the main force of the Japanese army outside Baoqing, were killed.
Wang Guangyu and Yi Jianping, who overall commanded the Baoqing battle, issued death orders to all participating troops in the Baoqing battlefield. Even if the troops were wiped out, the 43rd Regiment could not be allowed to stand out and fight against the 44th Regiment. After the alliances have converged, the 43rd Alliance cannot be allowed to escape from other directions.
In the process of blocking the breakout of the 43rd Regiment and encircling and annihilating it, Wang Guangyu did not simply stop it. Instead, while blocking the breakthrough of the 43rd Regiment, he mobilized other troops to mobilize forces from the northwest and two directions. Under the cover of artillery fire, the 43rd Regiment's position was compressed as much as possible using step-by-step tactics.
After receiving the order from Ushijima Mitsuru to break out, the 43rd Regiment launched breakout operations in two directions to the southeast that night, trying to either join up with the 44th Regiment, or to break south and return to Misan, but they were deployed in a vertical position. Under the obstruction of the troops from two directions, there was no progress.
After a night of fierce fighting, instead of breaking out of the encirclement, they suffered considerable losses during the night battle. Not only one and a half battalions were crippled, but the artillery unit was also completely defeated in the artillery battle. After a night of artillery battle, only one-third of the artillery was left.
The breakthrough was fruitless, but he suffered great losses. However, the offensive of the opponents behind him continued unabated. During the next day, in order to open the gap as soon as possible, Colonel Aoyama Kiyoshi was forced to give up the eastward breakthrough and fought with Forty-four The idea of reuniting the regiments concentrated all the strength of the 43rd Regiment, turned around and headed south, and tried to break through directly to the Taipinggou line.
Colonel Aoyama Kiyoshi, who wanted to fight with all his strength and open a way out for himself, thought that in front of him, his opponent Wang Guangyu had long expected that the 43rd Regiment would turn around and attack after being severely damaged during the night breakout. For the southern breakthrough, in this direction, not only a reinforcement regiment was mobilized, but also a 107 rocket launcher battalion and two 100mm howitzer battalions were mobilized.
As soon as Aoyama Kiyoshi's breakout operation started, he was hit by intensive artillery fire. As soon as a brigade completed its assembly, it was covered by the firepower of 107 rocket launchers. This brigade lost its combat effectiveness due to heavy casualties before firing a shot. The breakout was even more disastrous.
The attacking Japanese troops suffered heavy casualties under the opponent's intensive artillery and machine gun fire. In just one morning, the 43rd Regiment suffered nearly a thousand casualties, not counting the group that broke out and was defeated by the opponent's artillery fire. By the afternoon, more and more soldiers were killed. His heart grew colder, and he knew that if the battle continued at this casualty rate, even if the 43rd Regiment suffered casualties, it might not be possible to open a gap. Seeing the breakout, Colonel Kiyoshi Aoyama had no choice but to stand on the spot and wait for reinforcements.
He wanted to hold on and wait for reinforcements, because Qingshan Qing knew that the 12th Division was stationed on the Suiyang line south of Baoqing, and the 11th Division had lost contact, unless the Kwantung Army Headquarters wanted to completely abandon the 11th Division. Otherwise, there will definitely be reinforcements. Not only will there be reinforcements, but according to the Japanese army's habit of rescuing people in the face of death, the speed of reinforcements will be very fast.
Excluding the casualties, he still has more than 2,000 troops on hand. He thinks that he still has the strength to fight. He can rely on the Dabaishi River as a natural barrier to support the arrival of reinforcements. However, Colonel Aoyama Kiyoshi has not thought about whether his opponent will give him a blow. He waited for reinforcements.
He never thought that his opponent, with superior strength, would only block his breakthrough from the front, and slowly and slowly compress his living space from behind. It was really just because his troops were powerful enough. I don't want to pay too many casualties.