However, the Japanese army suffered greater losses. The situation in the 4th Division was good, but the 12th Division, which originally had more than 30,000 people, now has less than 15,000 people left, and most of them are injured (that is to say,
The total number of casualties exceeded 25,000.), many engineers, artillerymen, and even medical personnel had to pick up guns and join the three infantry regiments that had been severely reduced in number to join the battle...
Just when Su Yu was hesitating whether to send more than a thousand future first-level cadres of the Red Army battalion and company (as soldiers) from the instructor-student corps to the front line, the 2nd Brigade of the Independent Division reported through their only remaining radio station:
The Japanese 4th Division suddenly retreated. Su Yu immediately thought that the 1st Army Corps was not far away, and immediately sent someone to send a message to inquire. After confirmation, he immediately decided to change the strategy. The Red 1st Army Corps joined the war and completely annihilated the Japanese 12th Division.
Since there are no variables in the regiment, the Red Army naturally does not have to rush to eliminate the enemy and sacrifice too many commanders and soldiers. Continuous artillery bombardment and propaganda offensive are more affordable options.
The defeated remnants of the Japanese 12th Division were naturally furious after learning that the 4th Division had actually abandoned them and ran away. Their original determination to fight to the end was shaken, and the news that the enemy had received reinforcements was even more severe.
Their morale was damaged, and coupled with the Red Army's increasingly intensive bombardment and increasingly sophisticated propaganda offensive, the Japanese who had resisted tenaciously finally began to surrender in droves. Lieutenant General Shimizu Yoshige, commander of the 12th Division,
He also committed seppuku after the last telegram was sent. When the large forces of the Red Army arrived on the battlefield, the battle was completely over...
In this battle, the 15th Red Army killed more than 28,000 enemies (the 4th Division only lost less than 1,000 people, which can basically be ignored), captured more than 4,000 Japanese soldiers, and captured the Japanese 12th Army with more than 30,000 troops.
All the divisions were wiped out. It can be said that it was the most glorious victory of the Chinese *** Corps in the war against Japan since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. However, the casualties of the 15th Red Army itself were equally shocking. The battle casualties alone were almost 20,000.
Around 24,000 people, if the non-combat attrition caused by illness due to fatigue and other reasons is added, the number exceeds 24,000, and the heartbreaking number of more than 10,000 sacrifices makes Hu Weidong, who came from the peaceful years, even more...
It is difficult for the readers to accept this, and a large number of them are veterans and party members and cadres. It is obvious that the vitality of the 15th Red Army was severely damaged. In addition, the loss of weapons and ammunition in this battle was also extremely alarming. More than 70,000 shells were fired.
More than half of the large-caliber artillery shells above 105mm were used up. The large amount of ammunition captured from Fengtai was instantly reduced by one-third. If it were not for the post-war seizures, it would have been quite rich. This battle followed the Red Army's tradition of "taking advantage but not losing".
Measured by values, it can even be said that although we win, we still lose...
Among the many seizures, the 54 heavy artillery pieces were naturally the most attractive. 18 of these 54 heavy artillery pieces were 150mm heavy cannons with a range of more than 20 kilometers. Hu Weidong recalled the information in his memory. He found that there were enough
12 guns (because the guns were more conspicuous, the special operations brigade naturally regarded them as the focus of snatching and protection. Fortunately, none of them were blown up by the Japanese.) It was until the late World War II that they could reach the world's advanced level (here is a single gun)
Refers to performance. In fact, the cost of this type of artillery is very expensive. Japan stopped production in the middle of the Anti-Japanese War. The price/performance ratio is relatively low. However, if it is captured, this is actually an advantage...) Type 96
150mm heavy cannon, and it should have just been equipped with troops. Obviously the Japanese spent a lot of money to deal with the 15th Red Army. After realizing this, Hu Weidong, who was brooding about the losses in this battle, felt a lot more balanced.
And those 36 120mm heavy cannons are Canadian 120mm heavy cannons that were frequently used by the Japanese during the Anti-Japanese War, but for some reason did not leave detailed parameters (I spent several hours on this, but I still can’t find the detailed t-t
), but Hu Weidong quickly deduced based on the performance in actual combat that the muzzle velocity of the gun's projectile should be no less than 800ms (which can be estimated based on the range). In the 1930s and 1940s, this data was already enough for a 120mm caliber cannon.
Quite high. It’s also worth mentioning that the Canadian 120mm heavy cannon can also be used as an anti-aircraft gun. In fact, its shooting height and range are much higher than the current main anti-aircraft gun of the Japanese army, the Type 88 75mm anti-aircraft gun (but the rate of fire
Compared with the mobility and professional anti-aircraft guns, there is a certain gap), and considering that the larger the caliber of the shell, the less difficult it is to design the proximity fuse. This kind of heavy artillery, which is not too new, is still very valuable....
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In addition to heavy artillery, the 15th Red Army also seized 10 150mm field cannons (all Type 89), 28 105mm field cannons (all Type 92), 2 150mm howitzers, 14 105mm field cannons, and 3 75mm field cannons.
All are Type 96), 162 grenade launchers, more than 5,000 rifles, nearly 100 vehicles of various types including heavy artillery tractors, etc., if the artillery of the 15th Red Army had not hit them too hard in this battle
, there will be more seized...
The First Red Army Corps that came to the rescue was also very jealous of these seizures, but even Mr. Lin did not expect that before they joined the battle, the Red Army's 15th Army had already eliminated all the enemies. Now he, who has always been poor at speaking, suddenly
It was not time to ask for a share of the pie. But Hu Weidong knew in his heart that if the First Red Army Corps had not arrived in time for reinforcements, the Red Army's Fifteenth Army would have sacrificed at least several thousand more people in this battle, not to mention the political commissar Zhang Hao.
In order to save his face, he couldn't not give any soup to an army.
"We don't have many surplus guns now. In this battle, the two sides were firing, and at least tens of thousands of rifles were scrapped..." Although Hu Weidong complained bitterly, in the end he still dismissed the Red Fifteenth Five-Year Plan.
The army's last few thousand Hanyang-made Type 88 rifles (from then on, the Red Fifteenth Army was only equipped with three types of rifles, namely imported or imitated German rifles using 79-point bullets, 6.5mm caliber Japanese Type 38 rifles and the proportion of equipment continued to increase.
The improved Type 24 semi-automatic rifle.) and the remaining two million rounds of 79 round ammunition were given to the First Army. After all, the First Red Army has now grown to more than 80,000 people. After receiving the support of the Eighth Red Army, it no longer lacked
The rifles are obviously not enough. However, Hu Weidong couldn't help but secretly complain about Mr. Lin's ability to pull troops. Now he finally understands why Mr. Lin was able to pull up an army of one million in the Northeast with a total population of only 30 million in history (this is just counting
The regular army)... (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.)