The reason why Yoshio Shinozuka hid the tank regiment at the beginning was entirely based on the experience provided by other troops. Regardless of whether the Japanese admit it or not, on the current Chinese battlefield, it is undeniable that Japan The people's tank technology and technical and tactical level have been far behind by the cadet army. Before the launch of the light tank, the Japanese had high hopes for their latest tank, the Type 97 Chilo medium tank. Yes, well, in the Second Battle of the Great Wall, Chilo entered the battlefield as the main tank for the first time. As a result, he was bound to lose every time he saw "Jiguang". In the later stages of the Second Great Wall Battle, he ran away when he saw Jiguang. It was not like a tank falling down. Became a lost dog,
Chilo couldn't do it. The Japanese had painstakingly developed the Type 99. So what? In the Battle of Nanjing, Qian Guangming used a brigade of tanks to defeat a Japanese brigade of Type 99. After this battle, the Japanese were still clamoring for what they were going to do. How to fight to the death with the Xuebing Army, but in their reliance, there is no trace of the chariot army anymore.
If Ouyang Yun and Koizumi Toshiichiro did not appear in the history of this time and space, then although the Japanese tanks would be outstanding on the Chinese battlefield, the Japanese would never pay too much attention to the development of tanks. The opponent's Progress determines the level of its own development. Yes, the fundamental reason why the Japanese now basically have separate tank units for Class A and Class B divisions is precisely because of the strength of the Xuebing Army’s tank troops. Ouyang What Yun Youyou didn't know was that it was precisely because he had invented the Jiguang tank early that Japan's tank experts and tacticians received more attention and support. When Koizumi Toshiichiro came to the world, now Japan People dispatched all their inventory and domestic old-fashioned tanks to the Chinese battlefield to prepare for the replacement of products.
This is a secret of the Japanese army, and Yoshio Shinozuka knew nothing about it. The reason why he treasured this tank regiment was because although the regiment was weak against the trainees, it could not resist the Chinese troops from other factions. At that time, he was still the main force of the army.
When Ono's tank regiment was sent out to intercept Yang Jianfeng's regiment, Shinozuka Yoshio had the foresight and did not expect them to defeat Yang Jianfeng's regiment. His original request to Ono was: as long as they can stop it for two hours. The task is completed,
Yoshio Shinozuka had a high opinion of Ono Moto. Of course, to put it another way, it can also be said that he had a high opinion of his own tank regiment. Ono Moto Ma and his soldiers did have the courage and determination, but how could they be mechanized? Combat is not based on human will. Mechanical performance is the first factor that determines victory or defeat. Therefore, a scene that stunned Yoshio Shinozuka and Isamu Yokoyama soon appeared.
Onomoto had just left the main force with his chariot troops, and Yang Jianfeng's regiment met him. Then, the two sides began to shoot at each other from a distance of thousands of meters. Amidst the rumbling explosions, one strange car after another There were also old-fashioned 99s in Luo that caught fire and exploded one after another. The worse ones were blown off the turret and turned into a pile of burning scrap metal.
The battle only lasted for twenty minutes. It was not a battle on the same level at all. Whether it was Chilo or the old 99, the Japanese tank artillery had good skills and could hit the target frequently, but the result was But it makes people feel incredible. After the "Boom" explosion, the hit "Mandrill" only had a few dents or scratches on the body. It paused for a moment and then continued to rumble over. On the other hand, Chilo and the old-fashioned 99. No matter where it is hit, even if it explodes, it will either turn into a pile of burning scrap metal, or it will lose the ability to maneuver, and then be turned into a pile of scrap metal by another shot.
After twenty minutes of fighting, not one tank of Yang Jianfeng's regiment was damaged, but the infantry carried by it suffered more than a dozen casualties. As for Ono Moto's tank regiment, more than twenty tanks were destroyed. Others saw that the situation was not good. The enemy turned around and ran away, causing a commotion among the infantrymen who were lagging behind.
Upon seeing this, Yoshio Shinozuka cursed: "Hakagaru, Ono Motoma, what are you doing?" Just as he was about to let the infantrymen behind him form a formation to snipe, Yokoyama Isamu patted him on the shoulder and said: "Shinozuka-kun. , I think it’s better to cross the river by force.”
"Forcibly crossing the river, what will happen to the Chinese artillery?"
"Spread out so that the Chinese cannot organize artillery fire."
Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the "Mandrill" tank regiment of the Cadet Army that was pushing towards the lagging infantry, and then looked at the surrounding terrain. In desperation, he had no choice but to issue an order, leaving Okada's 8th Brigade to snipe. Pursue the enemy and let other troops advance to the upper reaches of Xiushui in large groups, and make it clear that as long as they can keep a distance of one kilometer from the large groups in front and behind, they can freely cross the river.
Yoshio Shinozuka's order may be right, because as of nine o'clock that night, a total of nearly 25,000 people in the 10th Division and the 108th Division had successfully escaped the pursuit of the cadet army. Of course , If you consider that more than 17,000 of them were wiped out in total, the losses were heavy, and their success in breaking through was too great.
The 10th Division and the 108th Division attacked first and then fled, and then suffered heavy casualties in the pursuit of several divisions of the Xuebing Army. After receiving the battle report from Motojiro Taniguchi, Sotake Yamamuro did not dare to continue to entangle with Jiang Tiezhang's third guerrilla division, and immediately He led his army back to Madang,
On February 4, the Battle of Nanchang ended with the Chinese side's great victory over the Japanese side after the Chongqing Government's Ninth War Zone successfully surrounded and annihilated the Japanese Army of Fengxin. In this battle, the Japanese 11th Army suffered a total of more than 150,000 casualties. Among them, more than 150,000 were killed in battle. In addition, the 2nd Army suffered more than 17,000 casualties, and the killed were about 17,000. On the Chinese side, the Xuebing Army suffered more than 17,000 casualties. The Chongqing Government The casualties in the ninth theater were around 2,000.
After this news was published in the newspapers later that day, once it spread, it immediately shocked the world. People in the unoccupied areas of China did not say that it was an all-night party. As for the occupied areas, even though the Japanese army tightened the blockade of public opinion, this As soon as the news of victory spread like grass in the cracks of rocks in spring, it soon spread in the occupied areas.
This time, neither Nishio Hisao nor Hata Shunroku, no one dared to hide anything from the Tokyo base camp. So, while all parts of China were in carnival, the atmosphere at the Tokyo Imperial Palace, where the Japanese base camp was located, was like a national mourning. In the midst of extreme dullness and stagnation,
The whereabouts of Neiji Okamura was not disclosed by the Ninth War Zone, and the Japanese did not make a relevant statement. Therefore, the culprit who caused the Japanese army's defeat in the Battle of Nanchang did not appear in Emperor Hirohito's reprimand. Of course, according to Japan According to people's political practice, if the army suffered such a huge defeat on the front line, those responsible must be held accountable in the rear. So, the next day, Nobuyuki Abe stepped down, and the former Navy Minister and Commander of the Combined Fleet, Yonai, conquered the Salted Fish Fleet. He turned over and became the new Prime Minister of Japan.