The deafening sound of gunfire drowned out everything. The three-kilometer-long forward position was filled with flames and smoke from explosions. Groups of wounded were quickly carried down by brothers from the engineer battalion, and then boxes of ammunition were sent to the firing line.
The Japanese army's fourth charge was extremely fierce. If it were not for the unmatched striking power of the 68th Division artillery regiment and the mortar battalions of each brigade, Li Jinlong believed that the position had been broken through by more than 30,000 Japanese troops half an hour ago.
Fortunately, the density and intensity of the Japanese artillery fire gradually decreased, and it was obvious that the artillery shells had been almost exhausted. However, this large-scale attack launched after the main forces of the two Japanese divisions converged, also allowed three of the 68th Division to
The brigade lost nearly two thousand soldiers.
The bright light of explosions on the battlefield continued, and the machine gun flames flashed continuously. The front of the position was densely covered with charred craters and countless Japanese corpses.
The Japanese troops, who were almost crazy in desperation, were already red-eyed and rushed towards the blocking position of the 68th Division. Within 40 minutes of the fighting, more than 2,000 Japanese troops forded the river twice in an attempt to encircle the right side of the position.
, the 68th Division's teaching team as a reserve team
They had to go forward to meet the enemy and were almost entangled. In the melee, they took advantage of the superior firepower of the commonly equipped submachine guns and light machine guns to fight head-on. At the cost of one-third of the casualties, they finally repelled the cunning Japanese army and brought the entire front to its last resort.
One of the loopholes has been closed.
But from then on, division commander Li Jinlong no longer had any mobile troops available except for the guard company protecting the headquarters.
The Japanese troops who received the urgent order to rush to Langfang and hold their position were not happy. They had never encountered such powerful artillery fire and intensive machine gun fire. They were the first to arrive at the 109th Division, which had launched three charges. They had already suffered three casualties.
There were more than a thousand people, and the division commander, Lieutenant General Yamaoka Shigehou, was so anxious that he cursed.
The three regiments of the 20th Division came at high speed and immediately launched a large-scale charge. Before the first wave of charge was launched, they were blown away by the defenders' fierce artillery fire and dense mortar shells, and were in chaos.
, the ten-minute artillery attack by the defenders finally stopped, and the Japanese army immediately launched
They charged fiercely, but under the dense machine gun firepower of the defenders, they were instantly defeated. There were more than 1,500 Japanese corpses left in the forward position of the 68th Division. In one encounter, the 20th Division alone suffered 3,000 casualties.
This was another serious blow suffered by the Japanese army since they entered North China.
The confidence of the division commander Kawagishi Bunzaburo was shaken. A single charge shocked him. The 68th Division he faced was like a huge iron plate, blocking his way south to regain Langfang and then rush to Tianjin. The 109th Division
Tuan Jiangzuo's restless face was full of helplessness
The panic that could not be concealed, the densely packed corpses of officers and soldiers at the front of the position, and the bloody officers and soldiers who were constantly being carried down, finally frightened the two division commanders Kawagishi Bunzaburo and Yamaoka Shigehou, who once again encountered the powerful Anjia Army, and their generals.
Feeling scared and complaining endlessly.
However, the military orders were overwhelming. The garrison commander Xiangyue Qingsi gave the order to the two divisions: quickly defeat the Anjia Army surrounding Langfang, and then rush to the north of Tianjin at dawn to defeat a division of the Anjia Army besieging Tianjin!
This order left no room for bargaining. Kawagishi Bunzaburo, who had already been defeated by the An family army once, knew very well that if he, the acting commander-in-chief, failed to lead his troops to the north of Tianjin before sunrise tomorrow, more than just dismissal would be waiting for him.
It is as simple as investigating and escorting him back to his country.
After a short discussion, Kawana Wen Sabiro finally persuaded the 109th Division, including the mountains, and pulled out the sword in anger, pointing directly at the south, and issued the order of all the charge with the extremely firm will.
Once again, the fierce fierce battle began, and the dense sounds of guns sounded, shouting, and the roar spread throughout the four fields.
At 5.40 in the morning, the Eastern Line of the Fifth Army.
"Report: Sixty -eight Division fought for a day and night, less than half of the casualties, and the teacher Li Jinlong asked to retreat!" The communication staff reported loudly.
"Agree with consent, Master Li and Brother Sixty -eighth have extended the task and can be withdrawn. They ordered the 68th division to quickly leave the battlefield and retreat west. In addition, they ordered Yang Jiuxiao to be highly alert and move slowly. Before attacking the 17th Army of Langfang, he was not allowed to act lightly! "Lu Yixuan decisively ordered.
"yes!"
Zhang Chengzhu's gaze opened from the map and raised his head: "Chief Lu Jun, the 29th Army and two brigades led by General Zhang Zizhong and General Zheng Dazhang are still about five kilometers away from the Japanese army. Upper part, turn around, escape from the north or northeast. Judging from Zhang Zizhong, Zheng Dazhang's two generals pursued south, it is estimated that it is difficult to stop the Japanese army escape. There is no armored brigade in the middle of the ten divisions, quickly transferred to the ahead of the forty division, firmly blocked the northeast direction of Yipingchuan, and surrounded the tired Japanese army in the encirclement circle, and quickly annihilated? "
Lu Yixuan shook his head and explained: "Brother Chengzhu, although the Japanese army lost major losses and fatigue, there are still 30,000 people in the two divisions. Looking at the arrangement of our troops, after the 17th Division annihilated the two brigades of Langfang, the entire division had dropped to more than 14,000. East of Langfang, the 68th Division withdrawing the sixty -eighth division in the west has been more than half of the casualties, and it is difficult to fight again. There are only more than 40,000 generals in the three directions. They can only barely form the east, south, and west three -sided U -shaped surrounds. It's north.
"Based on this reality, I put the Xiao Armored Brigade in the southeast corner of the U -shaped encirclement. The purpose is that once the Japanese army attacked the seventeenth division on the front, let the armored brigade of Xiao Wu rush into the enemy without hesitation. In the group, use the speed of the armored vehicle, the impact power and the powerful firepower of the two very important machine guns, and the sudden, violent close -up massacre, disrupting the enemy formation in one fell swoop, causing local and even overall panic. Quickly launch an charge to the central area. Only in this way can we eliminate the life of the Japanese army to the greatest extent. As for the small stocks and the Japanese army, we have no choice but to see General Zhang Zizhong's ability.
Zhang Chengzhu wiped the sweat on his forehead, and looked at Lu Yixuan, who looked calm, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's dangerous! It is estimated that our three divisions will not be less casualties, but there will be only melee of the melee. The living force to crack down on the Japanese army is the best choice at present ... "
Lu Yixuan lit a cigarette, took two strong puffs, and slowly exhaled: "I can understand the elder brother's mood, but I believe that the casualty ratio between the enemy and ourselves in this battle will not be small. If we sacrifice one brother, we can at least exchange for three lives of the Japanese army."
, it’s worth it!”
...
Six o'clock in the morning, Baoding, Fifth Army Headquarters.
Liu Qing received the battle report from Lu Yixuan and was ecstatic. He took a deep breath, adjusted his excitement slightly, straightened his military uniform and straightened his military cap, strode out of the telecommunications room, and came to the front of An Yi in front of the large map: "
Report to the commander, Commander Lu called, most of the main force of the Japanese army has entered the encirclement set up by us, and the general offensive of the Langfang Battle started five minutes ago!"
An Yi clenched his fists tightly with excitement. Hu Jialin, Zhou Zhirou, Huang Yingwu, Fang Pengxiang and other generals couldn't help cheering in unison. For this moment, they had waited for three days and two nights, and spent countless sweat and blood of one hundred thousand soldiers in the army. Lu
Yixuan's call undoubtedly announced that the arduous efforts of the entire army had finally yielded results, and the victory of the entire battle was just before our eyes like the rising sun that was about to burst forth.
"Order: Call Wan Fulin, General Pang Bingxun, and immediately launch a feint attack of no less than ten minutes against the enemy defenders in the south of Tianjin City. Then both armies will retreat to the original defense line south of the Liuli River. General An Yi will go to Nanjing in person to assist the soldiers of the two armies.
Please give me credit!" An Yi's voice trembled slightly in excitement.
"yes!"
An Yi walked up to Zhou Zhirou: "Brother Zhirou, it's your turn next, and I will leave my radar regiment to you to command!"
Zhou Zhirou's face was rosy and her expression was extremely determined: "Don't worry, Commander An, in five minutes, sixteen fighters of my Ninth Group will take off. After that, a squadron will take off every thirty minutes. We will not let the Japanese army
Planes show off their power over North China!"
...
The morning glow gradually appeared on the horizon, but the sky above Langfang battlefield was shrouded in gunpowder smoke, making it dark and dark.
Earth-shattering shouts of killing and intensive gunfire merged together. Eighty-four armored vehicles were divided into three formations, rumbling like arrows and rushing towards the dense Japanese army. The light and heavy machine guns on the vehicles spewed out angry tongues of fire. The oncoming Japanese army was densely packed.
In the hail of bullets, they fell in pieces.
The rumbling roar of the armored vehicle drowned out the screams. The hard armor hit the Japanese troops who were unable to escape and flew into the air. In the thick smoke and blood mist, it was extremely tragic.
The powerful torrent of steel divided the Japanese army within a three-kilometer radius into various broken parts. The 40,000 soldiers of the Anjia Army rushed up from the east, south, and west, roaring like thunder, murderous intent rising into the sky, and bullets sprayed from submachine guns and pistols.
, as dense as a torrential rain, the grenades thrown continuously exploded one after another among the stunned Japanese troops. Under the blow of the storm, the 30,000 Japanese troops were like rotten wood in the flood.
Seeing that the situation was over, Kawagishi Bunzaburo and other generals galvanized their horses to flee north. Hundreds of Japanese troops lost all morale and fled in all directions. The stubborn enemy who resisted had no time to fight with their bayonets and was beaten into bloody gourds by dense bullets and crushed by the unstoppable tanks.
Passing corpses one after another, knocking away Japanese soldiers one after another, they quickly charged northward with an indomitable momentum.
...
Eight ten in the morning, Nanjing, Military Commission compound headquarters.
Generals gathered in the command hall, and the atmosphere was warm. Starting at 7:30, every battle report from the North China Front would trigger bursts of exclamations. The news that the Anjia Army had achieved a decisive victory and was pursuing victory rang out in the hall.
Waves of cheers and applause.
"Ci Xiu, hurry up and inform Duke Jie of the great victory in the Langfang Battle!" Li Liejun grabbed Chen Cheng's hand and said with great excitement.
Chen Cheng nodded frequently: "Okay..."
"Chairman Chiang has arrived——"
Chiang Kai-shek, dressed neatly in military uniform, strode into the command hall. When he saw the generals and colonels rushing up to the hall with great excitement, his eyes suddenly shone brightly: "Ci Xiu, Jiansheng, is the Langfang battle over?"
"Reporting to the committee, Langfang is a great victory! An unprecedented victory!" Chen Cheng shouted excitedly.
Bai Chongxi stepped forward and said with a smile: "Preliminary statistics show that more than 20,000 enemies were wiped out and more than 2,000 captured in this battle. The divisions of the 17th Army are still pursuing the victory. The specific results will have to wait for some time."
Chiang Kai-shek was so excited that he trembled slightly: "Send an order to commend the Fifth Army Corps... and immediately announce to the whole country the news of the victory in the Langfang Battle!"