The battle between the 16th and 17th Brigades ended not long after dawn.
Angry and angry, Okamura Neiji risked all his money and ordered the flying squadron to evacuate from Yuncheng Airport to Shimen to take off to bomb the 3rd Corps of the 36th Division. They encountered our bomber formation that had completed the bombing mission. The Japanese army
The fighter squadron chased the Chinese and American bomber formations and shot down 8 Chinese and American air force bombers. After our air force fighter formation arrived, the two sides started a fierce battle, from the sky above Texas to the sky above Shimen. This time, the little Japanese flying team retreated from Shannan.
Everything was exposed. Thirty-six fighters, light and heavy bombers were all shot down and destroyed.
Okamura Neji's dream of escaping by plane was shattered!
After wiping out the Japanese 36th Division and the independent 16th and 17th Brigades, Li Qing commanded the 3rd Corps to advance into Dezhou, join up with the special operations formation controlling Dezhou City, and repel the reinforcements from Hengshui to Dezhou.
The 39th Division of the Japanese Army.
The 39th Division was afraid of being annihilated and hurriedly retreated. Okamura Neji was also afraid of the 39th Division being annihilated, so he hurriedly ordered the 58th Division on Tokushi Road. The 59th Division quickly
Reinforce the 39th Division and order the 109th Division of the First Army, which has arrived at Shimen, to quickly advance eastward. It must capture Hengshui and ensure that the Deshi Road is open. Order the 35th Division to block the main force of Dongye heading south from Baoding.
Quickly withdrew across the Hutuo River and set up defenses on the south bank of the Hutuo River. Ordered other units of the First Army to speed up operations and pay attention to air defense. Other units arriving at Shimen would march directly eastward. Ordered the Shandong Twelfth Army to mobilize powerful troops to attack Dezhou and assist the 30th Army.
The Sixth Division, the Fifty-eighth Division, and the Fifty-ninth Division retook Texas.
The Third Corps was fighting like that on the Eastern Front. The First Corps, which was more maneuverable than the Third Corps and had several times more powerful artillery group, did not move much on the Western Front. It just pursued the 35th Division all the way and fought.
He was tepid and unhurried, as if he had been injured in the attack on Baoding and was afraid of a counterattack from the 35th Division.
The First Corps watched helplessly as the main force of the 35th Division quickly withdrew across the Hutuo River and established an advance position on the north bank of the Hutuo River!
Gao Yuan and Hong Chaoyuan were far away, and Wang Jianan was so anxious that he wanted to curse. But Liu Yimin refused to order the First Corps to attack across the entire front.
Wang Jian'an was so angry that he picked up the phone and called Liu Yimin, who was still in Peiping, and shouted into the phone: "Report No. 1, this is Wang Jian'an, the 35th Division has withdrawn to the south bank of the Hutuo River.
If we don’t fight, the little devil will blow up the bridge!”
Liu Yimin said calmly on the phone: "Don't worry, wait and see!"
After saying that, the buzzing sound of Liu Yimin hanging up the phone came from the phone.
Wang Jian'an honestly put down the phone. He could only go and study with Gao Yuan and Hong Chaoyuan on how to break through the Japanese Hutuo River defense line.
The first corps was a little better, but the second corps was even more depressing.
After Liu Jianli commanded the Second Corps to move south from Peiping, he took the highway from Gu'an to Renqiu and to Suning through the hinterland of central Hebei. There is no railway here, and the Daqing River and Ziya River all pass through central Hebei.
There is no waterway to go south directly. The troops can only rely on cars, rubber-tired carts and war horses to move. The speed is much worse than that of the First Corps and the Third Corps. In one day and one night, the distance is more than 200 kilometers. The vanguard armored third
The brigade and vehicle transport troops have arrived at the Shenzhou ground on the north side of Deshi Road and are waiting for cover. The main force on rubber-tired carts and horses is still marching in a hurry around Suning!
The people of Jizhong had just been tortured by the small Japanese raids. Before they could wipe away their tears, they ushered in the main force marching southward. Every household in the village boiled water for cooking. Wherever the troops passed by, there were fellow Jizhong fellows carrying rice dishes.
Wooden buckets and iron buckets full of tea and hot rice were waiting for the soldiers to take a sip and drink so that they could go and kill the Japanese! Various front-line teams also moved quickly, with carts and carts loaded from the packhorses of the Second Corps.
The ammunition boxes were unloaded and the pack horses were released for the soldiers to ride on, so as to speed up the main force's southward pursuit.
Troops are prone to fatigue during long marches. However, the First Corps captured Baoding and the Third Corps captured Dezhou. Only the Second Corps has yet to see success! Liu Jianli, political commissar Zhang Hongtao, and deputy commander and chief of staff Chen Shiqu were so anxious that blue veins popped up in their foreheads.
, constantly urging the troops to speed up.
On June 13th, the Second Corps of our army rushed to liberate Zhangjiakou on the Xiangde Stone Road. The Fourth Corps of Chengde was transporting troops southward via railways and highways. The Japanese and puppet troops in Shanxi were also fleeing desperately in broad daylight.
On the railway and highway from Taiyuan to Dezhou, Japanese and puppet army trains are running, cars and rubber-tired carts are running, and Japanese and puppet army infantry without cars are also running with their feet! The goal is to escape to Shimen.
Flee to Texas and cross the Yellow River.
The Third Corps on the Eastern Front left Texas and assumed a posture to encircle the Japanese 39th Division. The Japanese 58th and 59th Divisions arrived and immediately went into battle without showing any signs of weakness.
The Corps launched a counterattack, covering the 39th Division's escape and retreat, and straightening the defense line. Then, the Third Corps and the Japanese army came up with the idea of digging fortifications, accumulating strength, and preparing for the war.
After the Japanese Twelfth Army received the order from Okamura Neiji, the commander, Lieutenant General Dohashi Ichi, and the chief of staff, Major General Yoshio Hongo, were in trouble because they had no troops to mobilize.
The Twelfth Army originally commanded the 2nd Guards Division, the 27th, 32nd, 37th, 39th, 41st, 60th, and 114th, a total of eight divisions and
A total of 11 independent mixed brigades, including the 1st, 5th, 7th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd, and the newly built Jinan garrison,
The two garrison teams of Qingdao Garrison have extremely large forces and occupy an advantage on the battlefield in Shandong.
The Xuzhou Garrison has been stationed in Xuzhou for a long time. The new recruits turned into veterans, and their combat effectiveness increased significantly. They were transferred to the battlefield in northern Jiangsu to deal with the counterattack of the New Fourth Army, and separated from the 12th Army.
In order to cooperate with the Kwantung Army in combat, Okamura Neiji transferred five divisions in total, the 2nd Guards Division, the 27th, 32nd, 37th, and 39th Division, and the 1st Guards Division from the Twelfth Army in one go.
, the fifth, seventh, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and other seven independent mixed brigades, which are equivalent to draining the main force of the 12th Army. Now, the 18th independent mixed brigade has been annihilated in the Qinhuangdao area
, the 2nd Guards Division, 27th, 32nd, 37th and other four divisions and the independent mixed first brigade, the independent mixed fifth, and the independent mixed seventh brigade were annihilated on the Luanhe River line
, the independent mixed 16th, 17th, and 18th brigades were annihilated south of Cangzhou and north of Dezhou, leaving only the 39th Division still confronting the 3rd Corps. In the entire Shandong area, currently
There are only three divisions including the 41st Division, 60th Division, and 114th Division and four independent mixed brigades including the 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd.
As well as Jinan garrison and Qingdao garrison.
As for the puppet troops in Shandong, the puppet Manchukuo advance army with the strongest combat effectiveness has been wiped out by our army, and now there is only an empty number left. The other puppet troops, that is, the troops of the puppet North China Security Army stationed in Shandong, have stronger combat effectiveness. The other puppet troops
The troops can't even get on the stage.
Historically, the Twelfth Army had such strength. But there is no comparison between now and history. If Liu Yimin's troops were still in Shandong, these three divisions and four independent mixed brigades would have been killed long ago.
After Lin Biao led the main force of the 115th Division eastward into Shandong, there was a lot of pressure at first. The Japanese army blocked and raided with fierce momentum. However, since Okamura Neji took away the main force of the 12th Army, the situation on the battlefield in Shandong changed.
changed.
Think about Lin Biao, how brilliant his command level is, how can it be compared to Lieutenant General Tuqiao? In addition, the main force of the 115th Division entering Shandong is much stronger than the brigade Luo Ronghuan used when he entered Shandong in history. It is simply impossible.
Than! No, Lin Biao seized the opportunity to launch a full-scale counterattack on the Shandong battlefield. Although he could not contain the Japanese divisions and brigades, the losses of the Japanese army were extremely heavy, and they were not beaten much. Tuqiao was hit once
The generals have been requesting that the main force transferred to Jidong be withdrawn from the two divisions to reverse the unfavorable situation, but the base camp and Okamura Neiji refused. As a result, the main force of the 12th Army was buried under the muzzle of Higashino.
Lieutenant General Dohashi was unable to mobilize troops, and he knew that if he did not recapture the North China Front, it would be completely destroyed. With no other choice, he had no choice but to order the 41st Division, which was holding on to Shandong Province, to mobilize troops to attack Dezhou.
In order to recapture Dezhou in one fell swoop, he welcomed the army led by General Okamura Neiji into Shandong, united his forces, and defended Shandong.
Our army's defender in Western Shandong was the famous general Chen Guang, who was led by the veteran troops of the First Red Army of the Central Red Army. As soon as the 41st Division of the Japanese Army mobilized troops to attack Dezhou, before they could take action, they were discovered by Chen Guang, who was in a counterattack state.
.Suddenly, the clarion call for a major counterattack sounded in the land of Western Shandong. It became a question whether the 41st Division could leave Shandong, let alone attack Dezhou.
In the afternoon, our bomber formation once again dispatched on a large scale and launched a massive bombing campaign against the Japanese army.
The focus of this bombing was the Japanese First Army.
Since its retreat, the Japanese First Army has not been subjected to large-scale bombing by our bomber group, and has rushed to transport the supplies and ammunition stored by the First Army in Taiyuan. By this time, the Japanese and puppet troops had completely evacuated Taiyuan, and the main force took trains and cars.
, the rubber-tired carts were rushing towards Shimen. In addition to the 109th Division, which had already crossed Shimen and turned towards Hengshui, the 62nd Division of the First Army had also arrived at Shimen and was heading east. Only the 25th Division
, the 69th Division, the independent 9th and 10th Brigades, the Taiyuan Garrison, the Heavy Artillery Brigade and other units, as well as the Shanxi puppet troops, are still trekking between Yangquan and Shimen.
At this time, a large dark cloud passed over the Taihang Mountains and covered the railway and highway from Shimen to Yangquan.
Those are not dark clouds, they are the effect of a large fleet of aircraft temporarily blocking the sky and the sun!
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