Experienced hunters all know that hunting at night is more rewarding than hunting during the day. The reason is that at night, the miner’s lamp above the hunters only needs to illuminate the rabbits, pheasants, rabbits, and pheasants hiding in the grass nests in a relatively short period of time.
It will be so dazzled that even if the shotgun pokes its tail, it will not be able to react. The hunter will naturally hit the target with perfect accuracy.
Two artillery groups of 12 artillery regiments of the Eighth Route Army fired a salvo of nearly 600 cannons, which was much more powerful than the mining lamps and shotguns above the heads of hunters in later generations. Groups of artillery shells streaked across the sky like meteors, and the gloomy and dark sky suddenly became brighter.
The child stunned the little devils. They were like rabbits and pheasants, dazed, frightened, and stunned.
The cannons are roaring and the ground is shaking!
At this time, the German army had not yet attacked Poland, and the largest artillery battle in human history was still recorded in World War I. Whether it was the commander of the 14th Division, Seki Takamasa, or the Third Artillery Expert, known as
Haru Maeda, the commander of the 15th Division, had no idea of a salvo of nearly 600 artillery pieces in his mind. The bombardment of the Eighth Route Army artillery group made their hearts jump to their throats in shock.
When it was getting dark, the commander of the 35th Division, Haru Maeda, and the commander of the 13th Japanese Brigade, Masanori Morita, got together. The two old Japanese were very dissatisfied with the day's attacks.
, but couldn't figure it out, so they discussed it over and over again, and decided to discuss with Lieutenant General Seki Takamasa, the commander of the 14th Division, whether to move the troops closer together, build a position, camp overnight, and fight again tomorrow. But, no
When they approached Takashi Seki, orders from the North China Front and Twelfth Army Headquarters arrived, instructing them to attack overnight to contain the Eighth Route Army's blocking troops, cover and support the Fourteenth Division's overnight march northward, and seize Jinan.
Morita Masanori was eager to mix the Japanese troops into the 13th Brigade and expand it into a division. He was so excited that when he saw the orders from the North China Front Army Headquarters and the Twelfth Army Headquarters, he immediately shouted "Yoshi" and moved his troops
He had forgotten all the casualties, and encouraged Maeda Haru to gather the main force of the 35th Division, attack Tai'an in one go, and cover and support the 14th Division to attack Jinan.
Maeda Haru was not in the same mood as Morita Masanori. He always felt that something was not right. During the last battle at Anjiazhuang, the 35th Division was also faced with troops from the Taixi Group of the Eighth Route Army, including the Taixi Guard Brigade.
At that time, the artillery wing of the 35th Division opened fire, then used tanks to cover the infantry attack, and supplemented it with aviation bombing. The Taixi Group could not resist it at all, and could only hurriedly move to the mountains to the north. The situation today is not the same.
In this way, the troops of the original Taixi Guard Brigade started to block, and their attack and defense were orderly. They also had sharp weapons to deal with tanks. They relied on villages and towns to fight to the death. What did they want to do? Did they really want to fight to the death?
, will it buy time for Liu Yimin to carry out an ambush in Luzhong or return to defend Jinan?
No wonder Maeda was suspicious. The Eighth Route Army's interdiction force fought so well today. The 35th Division's full-line offensive failed to achieve the expected goal, and the casualties of the troops were still very high. Maeda has already enriched the two supplementary brigades into the combat force.
If we continue to fight, the 35th Division will not be able to replenish its troops. Before dark, they were attacked by a group of Eighth Route Army aircraft, causing even greater casualties.
After thinking about it, Maeda Haru felt that among the three armies on the eastern, northern and southern fronts, his southern front army had the smallest strength, with only two divisions, the 14th Division and the 35th Division plus a **
*Mixed into the 13th Brigade. The brigade of the Puppet Manchuria National Defense Force under its command has been basically exhausted. Their combat effectiveness is not weak, but they were bombed by Eighth Route Army fighters early in the morning, disrupting their organization and being reduced to a regiment.
.This regiment was used as cannon fodder by Masanori Morita, and few of them could walk at the end of the day. In this case, if Liu Yimin wanted to fight, he would definitely choose the Imperial Army on the southern front to attack first. This is common sense among military strategists.
, there is nothing mysterious to do.
As soon as this idea came to mind, Maeda Osamu broke out in a cold sweat. You must know that his 35th Division had just arrived in North China and was defeated by the Eighth Route Army on the Hebei-Shandong border. At that time, those new recruits wanted to escape for their lives.
Not only did they throw away their guns and bullets, they even took off their military uniforms. Most of them took off only a piece of crotch cloth, creating a miracle in the history of war. Although now, after being tempered on the battlefield, the combat effectiveness of the 35th Division has greatly improved.
Improved, the soldiers' combat skills have improved significantly, and their morale is also very high. However, Maeda Haru knew well that the last battle at Anjiazhuang was against the Taixi Group of the Eighth Route Army and the two security brigades of Liu Yimin's department. If they encountered the 10th Division, they would be eliminated.
Regiment, Liu Yimin's force of the Eighth Division, I am afraid that the Thirty-fifth Division is definitely no match. If nothing else, just the firepower of Liu Yimin's artillery group when he defeated the Thirty-fifth Division, the Thirty-fifth Division
The Fifth Division cannot afford it.
Maeda Haru told Masanori Morita what he thought. Unexpectedly, Masanori Morita grinned and said nonchalantly: "The order from the Front Army Headquarters made it clear that Liu Yimin was originally going to ambush the Fifth Division.
However, his intelligence was inaccurate. He did not know that there were four elite divisions with 100,000 troops concentrated on the Eastern Front, which made it possible to abandon the defense of Luzhong and return to defend Jinan. Now the troops on the Northern Front have defeated the blocking Tubal Road and fled in embarrassment, and the Eastern Front
The main force of the Eighth Route Army was not found, and only the Tubal Road on the southern front was desperately blocking the attack, which showed that the judgment of the front army headquarters was correct. I judged that in two hours, the Tubal Road on the northern front might be completely annihilated. All the divisions on the northern front would be wiped out.
It is absolutely possible to fight across the river overnight, and attack Jinan with the 14th Division before dawn. By the time Liu Yi's forces withdraw from Luzhong, the city of Jinan will already be in the hands of the Japanese Imperial Army."
After hearing this, Maeda Haru felt that what Morita Masanori said was not completely unreasonable. No matter what he said, the Tubal Road blocking the northern line could not be the opponent of the First Division and the Second Division. Even if he looked at the whole world,
There are not many troops that can compete with the First Division and the Second Division. The same is true on the Eastern Front. There are steel arrows like the Armored Brigade, and there are two mechanized divisions like the Guards Division and the Fifth Division.
Including the Sixth Division and the Sixteenth Division, if Liu Yimin still dares to conduct an ambush, then he is really crazy. The four elite divisions of the Japanese Empire, let alone deal with Liu Yimin's department
, even against the Soviet and American troops, they are invincible!
"Morita-kun, what you said makes sense. But I always feel a little worried. What if the Liu Yi army is not in Luzhong, but hidden around Jinan, preparing to deal with us?" Maeda Haru was still a little hesitant.
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Morita Masanori had suffered heavy losses from the Eighth Route Army, but he was blinded by the results of the last battle at Anjiazhuang. He thought that as long as the main force of the Eighth Route Army's instructors was not in Jinan, the Eighth Route Army's garrison troops who were blocking the attack were no match for them.
Seize the opportunity when the main force of the Eighth Route Army is far away in Shandong Province, defeat the blocking Eighth Route Army troops on the southern front, and achieve great achievements.
Seeing that Maeda Haru was still hesitant, Morita Masanori thought for a moment and came up with a way, which was to concentrate all the strength of the 35th Division and the 13th Brigade of the Japanese Army to launch a large-scale night attack.
Capture Tai'an. If the attack on Tai'an is successful, it means that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is not in this area, and you can move northward with confidence and boldness. If the attack on Tai'an still fails, it means that the Eighth Route Army's force in Tai'an is very large, and you must immediately send a telegram to the Twelfth Army Iida Sadagu
The commander and the front commander Shan Shanyuan stopped the attack and quickly moved closer to the 14th Division to build defensive positions. As long as they could hold out until dawn and receive aviation support, they would be safe.
Maeda thought this method was worth a try, but he modified Morita Masanori's opinion, that is, if the attack on Tai'an fails, the 35th Division and the Japanese 13th Brigade must immediately withdraw from the battle and build
Strengthen the defense line and cover the 14th Division. As long as the heavy artillery brigade of the 14th Division is preserved, with those heavy artillery, we can repel the main attack of Tubal Road.
After making up his mind, Maeda ordered all the troops to have dinner, and after the meal began to launch a powerful attack.
In order to ensure the effectiveness of the attack, Maeda Haru ordered the artillery regiment to send all the special smoke to Tai'an City after starting the artillery preparations before the attack, in order to poison all the Tubal Road defenders.
The little devils were used to burning, killing and looting to meet their supplies during the war. But the situation was different now. The little devils all knew that the Eighth Route Army was good at clearing the country and preventing them from finding food. Therefore, for the first time, the soldiers were allowed to carry enough food for three days.
Dry food. Before departure, Maeda Haru believed that three days would be enough for them to occupy Jinan. By then, the Chinese would be able to dig out food even if they were buried in the ground, and the logistical problem would be solved.
After a day of fighting, the Japs suffered heavy casualties and no longer had the arrogance they had when they first started attacking in the morning. The soldiers finished their meal slowly, and under the scolding of the officers, they began to prepare for the attack. Waiting for the artillery wing
When all-out bombardment was concentrated, all the regiments of the 35th Division were still in their starting positions.
At this moment, the Eighth Route Army artillery group spoke.
Maeda Haru is an artillery expert. He knew it was over as soon as he saw the artillery fire formation of the Eighth Route Army artillery group. Unfortunately, he was right. Sugimoto Yuan, Yamashita Tomofumi, Iida Sadagu and other idiots fell into Liu Yimin's trap again.
The fate of the 21st Division, the 8th Division, and the 10th Division once again fell on his 35th Division and Sekii Takamasa's 14th Division. Needless to say, Liu Yimin was already here
A dragnet has been laid, and now it is beginning to be closed.
Maeda Haru was stunned and didn't know what to do anymore. He murmured to himself: "It turns out that artillery can also be used intensively like this! Is Tubali crazy? Don't you know that artillery shells are precious?"
Morita Masanori was also frightened, but he had seen the power of the Eighth Route Army's artillery. Several of his original infantry brigades were buried under the Eighth Route Army's artillery.
Seeing that Maeda was stunned, Morita Masanori hurriedly slapped him on the face. Not to mention, the slap worked, and Maeda woke up from his daze.
The sober Maeda Haru knew that the opportunity was fleeting, and immediately ordered the troops to stop the attack and evacuate quickly to avoid the shelling. After the Eighth Route Army's shelling ended, the troops built positions on the spot and prepared to counterattack the Eighth Route Army's attack.
Morita Masanori reminded Maeda Haru that he must report to the Twelfth Army Headquarters and the North China Front Army Headquarters immediately. Otherwise, when the Eighth Route Army blows up the radio station, it will be too late to report.
At this time, Maeda Haru hated the blindly commanding Sugisu Yuan and Iida Sadugu. He wanted to kill them, so why would he be willing to send them a telegram? But the situation was urgent and he could not tolerate his temper. He had to do it.
Report the enemy's situation. As a result, the strangest battle report in the history of Japanese military warfare was born: "Army General, Commander of the North China Front His Excellency Sugimoto Sugi and Commander of the Twelfth Army His Excellency Iida Sadagu:
Under the command of the two commanders, the Army's 35th Division and the Army's 13th Brigade and the Army's 14th Division were attacked by a powerful artillery group of the Eighth Route Army in Tai'an and Feicheng. Facts have proved that the Eighth Route Army instructor division
The main force is not in Luzhong at all. The battle plans of the Front Army Headquarters and the Twelfth Army Headquarters were all formulated to cooperate with Liu Yimin. Congratulations to both of you. You can capture the enemy at the expense of more than 50,000 elite soldiers of the Japanese Empire.
Jiaoji Road and Jinan. But I have to remind you that you have to act quickly. Otherwise, after Liu Yimin eliminates the 14th Army Division, the 35th Division and the *** merge into the 13th Brigade,
It’s hard to predict whether you can still occupy Jinan.”
The signature is Maeda Haru, Lieutenant General of the Japanese Army and Commander of the 35th Division.
This guy Maeda Haru didn't change his bad temper even when he was about to die. He mistook Sugimoto, who was extremely powerful in the Japanese army, as the brave general Odaka Kamezo and ridiculed him. Of course, Maeda Haru was not stupid and knew this letter.
As soon as the telegram was sent, Sugisumoto and Iida Sadagu were completely offended. Even if he died, he would be framed by them, and his family would probably be unlucky. Therefore, Maeda Osamu sent this telegram to Kanin Gong Zaijin at the same time.
The prince, the newly-appointed Prime Minister, General Hata Toshiro, and the former commander of the North China Front, General Touichi Terauchi. It was like he bit Shanshan Yuan and Iida Sadugu hard before he died.
Maeda Haru's order was good, but it was a little late. Two artillery groups of the Eighth Route Army dealt with the 35th Division and the 14th Division respectively, and the 300 rounds that fell on the 35th Division were all at once.
Artillery shells, what is that concept? If the 35th Division can withstand such a high-intensity attack, it will no longer be the 35th Division.
Sure enough, when Maeda Osamu's order was issued to each regiment, the 35th Division and the Japanese Army were mixed into the 13th Brigade. Cars, carriages, tanks, armored vehicles, motorcycles, artillery, including soldiers
Everyone is dancing under the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army. Who will pay attention to the orders of the division commander?
The blow has only just begun.
Maeda Haru and Morita Masanori suddenly discovered that many torches were suddenly lit on the north side of Jinpu Road, which stretches for dozens of miles from Jieshou Station in the north to Dawenkou in the south. Groups of Eighth Route Army troops poured out from the north side of Jinpu Road.
, shouting and roaring, launched an attack from east to west.
The Eighth Route Army East Group takes action!
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