Chapter 1524: The First Battle to Settle North China (10)
The dawn on June 14 is a standard bloody dawn!
The main force of the 1st Corps, which eliminated the 35th Division of the Japanese Army, galloped on the road leading to Hengshui from Shimen. Zhao Dahe, the commander of the Armored Brigade, who acted as the vanguard of the entire army, exposed half of his body from the turret of the command vehicle and looked ahead.
, constantly commanding the troops to speed up through the on-board radio stations...
Zhao Dahe's voice was straightened in the ears of the armored soldiers: "The fastest speed, the fastest speed, what I want is the fastest speed!"
Almost at the same time, the airports of Peking, Tianjin and Baoding were brightly lit, and the bomber formations of the Chinese and US Air Force who were transferred here were busy refueling and loading, waiting for takeoff.
It turned out that our army was bombed and could not be used. Because it was necessary to support front-line operations, our army mobilized manpower and material resources, engaged in sea of people tactics, and forced the airport runway to level it and it was ready to use it.
Fighter planes were pushed onto the runway, began to glide, and took off one after another.
Zhang Hongtao, the political commissar of the Second Corps and commander of the Sixth Army, who was commanding the troops to pursue the 62nd Division, suddenly heard a sharp whistle and hurriedly looked up at the sky. He saw many bright arcs drawn by artillery shells in the sky.
At the line, I immediately realized that the main Japanese army's forces coming out of the Shimen arrived and began to use heavy artillery troops. It was obvious that this was a test fire of each artillery of the Japanese heavy artillery troops.
Zhang Hongtao decisively ordered the troops to stop pursuing, quickly retreated and evacuated, and escaped from the range of Japanese heavy artillery.
In an instant, the sound of retreating sounded, and the offensive of the Sixth Army units, which were attacking the Japanese 62nd Division, suddenly stopped and quickly retreated.
Such uniform actions made Ueno Masashi Nakasa, chief of staff of the 62nd Division of the Japanese Army, noticed it very much. This guy was so scared by our artillery fire that he was almost running away. Now the Japanese reinforcements have arrived and his courage has recovered.
It was gone. Especially when the Japanese heavy artillery brigade arrived, Ueno Masao Nakasa felt it was time to retake Hengshui City, so he immediately suggested to the division commander to fight back on the whole line.
The 62nd Division of the Japanese Army, like the 58th Division and the 59th Division, is a simplified four-unit division, with the 63rd Infantry Brigade of Major General Tokutaro Nakajima and the 64th Infantry Brigade of Major General Toyora Okumura
The main reason is that when the Japanese army was reorganized, they all selected backbone troops from permanent divisions and some divisions that had been fighting for a long time and had strong combat effectiveness as the basic expansion of new troops. The 62nd Division was established late,
The troops with high recruits also maintained the system of two brigades. However, the brigade was not under two infantry gangs and six infantry gangs, but the brigade system was abolished and turned into five independent infantry gangs.
It is actually similar to a simple joint force of two independent mixed brigades.
Before Liu Yimin led his army to land on the Liaodong Peninsula, in order to cover up the strategic actions of Liu Yimin's troops, all the units of our army launched an active attack on the Japanese army. By the time the Higashiye launched a large counterattack against the Kwantung Army, all the units of our army within the pass had already entered a strategic counterattack.
Repel our counterattack. The troops of the First Japanese Army in Shanxi organized counterattacks and fought over and over again. The troops suffered great losses, so they had to use the supplementary team. Yesterday evening, the 62nd Division advanced to Hengshui again on the way forward again
After being bombed by our bomber group, their strength was damaged again. After the artillery group and the counterattack of the Sixth Army, the 62nd Division's strength was less than half as long as it was. What they needed was not to regain Hengshui, but to retreat quickly
Rest and replenish. However, Hengshui cannot be recaptured. The eastward retreat channel cannot be opened, and the entire army is in danger of safety. The Japanese army cannot do anything if they want to fight to the death. The commander of the 62nd Division agreed to the Chief of Staff Masato Ueno and ordered the 62nd Division to
The regiment pursued our retreating Sixth Army.
The 62nd Division counterattacked on its entire line, leading the 25th Division to independently form the Ninth and Tenth Brigades, and the Heavy Artillery Brigades, who rushed to reinforce the 10th Lieutenant General Shizuka Yoshio immediately ordered the Heavy Artillery Brigade to extend the artillery bombardment and ordered the 25th Division to
The regiment detoured under Hengshui City and surrounded the retreating Sixth Army.
Okamura Yasuji ordered Shinozuka Yoshio to let the heavy artillery brigade attack our artillery group's position first. The problem was that the Second Corps counterattacked on the entire line. The troops fought with the Japanese army, and Li Chang's artillery group had stopped artillery.
The position was transferred. The Japanese heavy artillery troops arrived at the battlefield and could not find our artillery group position. They fired artillery and shelled the Sixth Army, which was pursuing the 62nd Division.
Zhang Hongtao has been through a long battle formation and is very familiar with the Japanese artillery fire. Then he decisively ordered the troops to retreat when the Japanese heavy artillery brigade was tested. That's it. When the Japanese heavy artillery brigade extended its artillery fire, the Sixth Army was injured and killed.
It became bigger.
People cannot escape shells. This is the rule, it is the same for the Japanese, and the same for our army!
The Japanese heavy artillery brigade equipped with 105 howitzers and 105 cannons. The range is long and the killing surface of the shells explode. Once the shells come down, it will be a big pit. Not to mention that shrapnel can directly kill, the shock can make people bleed through the seven orifices.
, fell to the ground and died.
Fortunately, it was before dawn, and it was dark, and the Japanese artillery observation targets were not as clear as during the day. The 62nd Division of the Japanese army was so nervous that it was too late to indicate the exact artillery coordinates to the heavy artillery brigade. Otherwise, the Sixth Army would suffer losses.
It's getting older.
The Japanese cannons were roaring wildly, and the 25th Division, the 62nd Division, independently formed the ninth and 10th Brigade's remaining tanks and armored vehicles roared, covering the infantry toward the Sixth Army.
The artillery shells were flying and the bullets were flying. The Japanese soldiers, like chicken blood, carried the 38th cover, dragged machine guns, 92 infantry cannons, and grenade launchers, and launched a fierce attack on the Sixth Army.
The battle situation under Hengshui City seemed to have reversed suddenly.
Liu Jian did not order the Second Army to return to the Sixth Army immediately, but ordered the Second Army and the Tenth Army to strengthen their offensives and annihilate the remnants of the 109th Division. At the same time, he ordered Zhang Hongtao to command the Sixth Army to retreat to Hengshui City and to turn the Japanese to the
The artillery group was guided within the range; ordered Li Chang to command the artillery group to quickly transfer positions, shorten the distance with the Japanese heavy artillery brigade, and destroy the artillery positions of the Japanese heavy artillery brigade.
The 109th Division was accurately bombarded by the artillery group, and was pursued by the Second Army, guided by the Third Armored Brigade, and was beaten to pieces. This is the best time to wipe out them.
As for the Sixth Army, Liu Jian knew it. It was the main force of our army. After the war, he advanced and retreated in moderation. As long as he avoided the Japanese heavy artillery brigade artillery bombardment, the incomplete troops that the Japanese bombed were bombed would want to encircle and annihilate the
Six Army, dream!
Liu Jian hopes that the Sixth Army will firmly absorb the main force of the Japanese army around Hengshui City so that Li Chang's artillery group can enjoy the fun. Moreover, he has contacted the plateau, and the First Corps is moving towards the fastest
When Hengshui arrived, the big net was already established. As long as the Japanese did not escape or escaped slowly, they would not be able to escape and destroy their destiny.
As soon as Liu Jian issued the order, he received a report from the Second Army's reconnaissance battalion. The Japanese 69th Division and the Shimen Garrison left the highway from Shimen to Hengshui and fled towards Jizhou.
At the beginning, Liu Jian thought that the 69th Division and the Shimen Garrison were going to detour east of Hengshui City and attack the Second Corps. He immediately ordered the reconnaissance battalion to follow up and report to the Japanese troops towards Jizhou.
, artillery and other details.
The reconnaissance battalion called back and reported that the Japanese 69th Division and the Shimen Guard Retreat were not equipped with troops in the retreat team, there were fifteen tanks and twelve armored vehicles, the rest were rubber vehicles, big trucks, donkey trucks, and other
There were four cars, and the troops were mainly walking. In addition, some cars drove out from the 62nd Division departing from Hengshui City, including cars and trucks, and were moving closer to the 69th Division.
Liu Jian realized that the Japanese army wanted to escape, and there were big fish in this team. Eighty percent of the commander of the North China Front Army, Okamura Yasuji, chairman of the puppet North China Political Commissar Committee, and Qi Kuiyuan, commander-in-chief of the puppet North China Public Security Army, were among them.
Liu Jian sent an emergency telegram to Chen Zaidao to inform the situation and ordered the troops of the southern Hebei Military Region in Jizhou and Zaoqiang to prepare to block the delayed Japanese 69th Division and Shimen Garrison, and must wait until the main force arrives to encircle and annihilate.
Japanese army.
Liu Jian originally wanted to order Zhang Hongtao to draw one division from the Sixth Army, and two divisions to pursue the 69th Division and the Shimen Garrison that intercepted the Japanese army's attempt to escape, but the Japanese army in front of the Sixth Army was attacking fiercely, and it was impossible to be anxious.
When he evacuated the troops, he had to let Okamura Yanji escape for a while. Anyway, he couldn't escape, so he couldn't escape.
When the Japanese heavy artillery brigade fired, Li Chang's eyes lit up suddenly. He excitedly said to the political commissar Wang Shanzhu: "Okay! The Japanese have this trick, which is great, so I, Lao Li, won't take them seriously.
flat!"
Wang Shanzhu immediately said, "You're so terrible! The Sixth Army is getting shelled. Hurry up and let the field artillery brigade lean up to destroy the heavy artillery of the Japanese army. If it's a little late, the Sixth Army will suffer a great loss!"
The field artillery brigade itself was moving towards the 62nd Division, but they were pulling horses. In order to prevent the Japanese army from discovering, they didn't even hit the torches, and the horse's hooves were covered with cotton cloth, which was a little movement.
Li Chang immediately answered the phone number of the field artillery brigade commander and ordered him to speed up. After the movement was in place, he immediately set up a cannon to destroy the Japanese heavy artillery brigade positions. At least he had to drive them away and not pose a threat to our army.
Then, Li Chang ordered the three artillery regiments of the Mountain Artillery Brigade, the Mortar Brigade, the Second Army, the Sixth Army, and the Tenth Army to prepare for artillery. In Li Chang's words, the Japanese were delivered to the door, and I want them to be well.
Drink a pot!
It's ridiculous that the commander of the first Japanese army, Yoshio Shinozuka, did not know that he had stepped into the trap, and thought the attack worked. He smiled on his face and kept saying Yoshi, constantly ordering the 25th Division, 62nd
The division, independent mixed 9th Division, accelerates the attack speed, and must keep the enemy in front of him outside Hengshui City. They cannot let them escape back to Hengshui City, as this will increase the difficulty of annihilation of the enemy!
In a while, it will be clear to the sky. Yoshio Shinozuka knows what it means to the Japanese army that lost its air supremacy!