As the youngest and most promising general in the former Red Army, although the commander of the 115th Division** was not jealous of Hu Weidong, a rising star, he still inevitably developed a strong sense of competition when he was under 30 years old. Although Lanzhou
At the meeting, the main task assigned by the Central Committee to the 115th Division was to harass the Japanese army's logistical supplies in order to support the direct resistance war between Shanxi and Hebei. However, he still wanted to fight a large-scale and beautiful battle to prove himself. The remaining divisions of the Eighth Route Army
The leaders of the army also have a somewhat similar mentality, but the first one to find a fighter plane was the 115th Division near the water...
In order to catch big fish, the 115th Division mainly helped local people move and clear the country before and after the large Japanese troops marching westward. It was not until the Battle of Xinkou started in mid-September that the main force of the Japanese troops marching westward was restrained by the 300,000 Japanese troops in Xinkou.
Being able to let go, he immediately led the special agent group of the 115th Division to the Pingxingguan area, which had been scouted for a long time, and waited for an opportunity to ambush the Japanese's supply troops. As a result, God's calculations turned out to be a team full of supplies.
At the same time as the baggage convoy drove into the ambush circle, at the other end of the valley, a convoy that was unloading supplies on the front line and returning hundreds of wounded soldiers also got in, making the number of Japanese troops suddenly exceed two thousand (including some
Hundreds of unarmed Korean civilians, but the Eighth Route Army did not know.), the Communist Party of China felt that they were not sure that they could kill these two armies in a short time with only one regiment, so they decided to implement the second set of plans in the plan.
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Soon, a Japanese brigade at each end of the valley came to the rescue, but instead they were surrounded by large troops of the 115th Division deployed on the periphery. You must know that the 115th Division may be the Eighth Route Army, or even the most powerful division in the world. It was reported during the reorganization.
There are as many as 45,000 people, and the actual strength is more than 80,000. Even if the Japanese only dispatched a part of them this time, there must be more than 30,000 people. In addition, because the people near the water and the towers come first, they
It received the most assistance from the Fifteenth Army. Although its weapons, equipment and ammunition reserves were not as good as those of the Japanese, they were at least at the top level in the country. The various advanced tactics passed down from the Fifteenth Army made the 115th Division even more powerful.
After too long, the two transport teams of the Japanese and the two infantry brigades that came in the first wave of reinforcements were completely wiped out. At this time, the second wave of Japanese reinforcements also came. It was no longer a brigade of more than a thousand people, but the head and tail.
Each has an infantry regiment. At the same time, Japanese aircraft groups also continue to visit here. Not only the frequency continues to increase, but the scale is also getting larger and larger.
** had already learned from intelligence in advance that the Japanese had invested five fully-equipped divisions for the Battle of Xinkou, at least two of which were not far from the battlefield, only two or three days away at most. With his usual caution,
Because of his temper, he did not dare to take risks. After cleaning up the battlefield and temporarily repelling the two Japanese infantry regiments that came for reinforcements, he retreated into the mountains as soon as possible. In this battle, the 115th Division killed and wounded Japanese troops in total.
About 5,000 people. More than 3,000 of them were killed, more than 100 cars were destroyed, and a large amount of military supplies were seized. However, what made the police a little regretful was that due to terrain restrictions, the cars could only be blown up and could not be taken away.
The ferocity and tenacity of the Japanese army also prevented the 115th Division from capturing even a single prisoner...
As Hu Weidong had reminded at the Lanzhou Conference, the 115th Division did not suffer unnecessary casualties due to the Japanese suicide attacks as many commanders and fighters did in history. Only a few people suffered losses in the early stages of the battle (which is why the 115th Division
The commanders and fighters gave up the idea of capturing prisoners), but because the scale of the battle was much larger than that of the "Pingxingguan Victory" of the same name in history, the casualties of the 115th Division were greater than in history, reaching more than 3,000 people, including those killed in action
More than five hundred, thanks to the relatively low lethality of the Type 38 rifle used by the Japanese, otherwise two to three hundred more people might have died.
When our own side had the upper hand and favorable terrain, and its military and firepower were several times that of the Japanese army (Note 1), the casualties of the 115th Division were not much smaller than those of the Japanese army. This made *** deeply appreciate the power of the Japanese army, and he became more serious from then on.
While learning and understanding the spirit of the Lanzhou Conference, he also realized that since the establishment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region, the strength of the 115th Division has increased many times, but due to the surge in the proportion of new recruits, most of them are farmers in the base area who have never even touched a gun before.
Mainly, the military quality of the troops has dropped drastically. Thinking of this, Jiang secretly made up his mind to pay close attention to training and let the 115th Division grow into a truly elite division as soon as possible...
Although Mr. Lin, who loves nursing soldiers, is not satisfied, no matter from which point of view, this is an undoubted victory. Even Taizu, who advocated focusing on guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, was very happy when he learned about it.
This was the first great victory after the beginning of the all-out war of resistance. In order to boost the confidence of the whole nation in the war of resistance and to cooperate with the propaganda work, Taizu changed the number of enemies reported to the Military Commission from 5,000 to 10,000 with a stroke of his pen. As a result,
After receiving the telegram, Chiang Kai-shek, who was overjoyed, also waved his big hand for the same purpose. The number of people involved in the "Pingxingguan Victory" suddenly increased to 30,000. The whole country was boiling for a while, and the Eighth Route Army became an influence almost overnight.
It was no less heroic than the 15th Army. However, the Japanese army, out of its habit of boasting about victory and concealing defeat, claimed that there were only 1,000 casualties, including 272 killed...
In the war years, the relationship between the two sides was life-and-death. As long as they were not fools or traitors, they would not do anything to boost the enemy's morale or destroy their own prestige. Even some people who like to be more serious do not do so because they are worried about being accused of being "traitors".
Dare to speak, so both sides insisted on their own opinions, and no one could convince the other. It was not until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War that someone finally conducted a detailed investigation and analysis because the statistical gap between the results of the two sides was too big, and finally got rid of the cocoon.
The truth of this battle was analyzed...
No matter what, the "Pingxingguan Victory" can be said to be a good start for the Chinese Army after the beginning of the all-out war of resistance. The other units of the Eighth Route Army's 120th Division, 129th Division and 115th Division, which were already deep in the battlefield, were deeply inspired to imitate it and march towards the Japanese army.
The weak rear launched attacks again and again. Among them, the two battles at Yanmen Pass were the largest, with a total of more than 5,000 enemies wiped out. The most unexpected thing among them was that the 15th Army, which everyone thought was thousands of miles away, actually
He also had a hand in the Battle of Xinkou, and his substantial help to the Xinkou government was not small...
Note 1: The firepower of the Japanese army did not become truly powerful until the division level. In this battle, the 115th Division used all its main forces with better than average equipment. If terrain restrictions had not prevented the heavy artillery regiment of the 115th Division from participating in the battle, this battle would have been
The 115th Division will gain an overwhelming firepower advantage. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to (.) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)