The Chahar Dispatch Corps of the Kwantung Army, which has three independent mixed brigades and two detachments, is at least as strong as a full standing division. The airport in Zhangjiakou is also stationed with four flying brigades of Japanese aviation units.
, It is precisely because of this that the Eighth Route Army did not dare to attack Zhangjiakou, the capital of Chahar Province, when the Tigers came down the mountain. It was like a nasty nail, piercing the junction between the Shanxi-Suiyuan Border Region and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region, causing the Eighth Route Army to
It is difficult for the three main divisions to effectively coordinate operations. If not, it would be possible for the Eighth Route Army's main force of 200,000 people to gather together and even annihilate a Japanese permanent division...
It is precisely because of their strong strength that the Japanese army is very troubled by the activity of the Eighth Route Army, but they are not panicked. The current Xinkou battle situation is becoming more and more favorable to the Japanese army. As long as the situation is opened there, they can free up at least a few divisions.
With the regiment's mobile strength, it is more likely that the country will continue to increase its troops. If there is another large-scale sweep at that time, the Japanese army does not think that the Eighth Route Army will be able to cope with it. But at this time, Hisao Tani's 6th Division, which led his troops south along the Ping-Han Line without permission,
However, the regiment was attacked head-on by the elite troops of the 15th Army, which the Japanese thought were staying in Zhongtiao Mountain, which suddenly disrupted the overall deployment of the Japanese army in North China...
Although they had tried their best to speed up the journey along the way, when they arrived at Zhengding, the county town was still occupied by an advance cavalry regiment of the Japanese. The defenders almost collapsed at the sight of the wind. Not only did they not make any effective resistance, but they seriously
This hindered the progress of Yang Botao's regiment. If it weren't for the fear of being accused of undermining the united front, Yang Botao, who was so angry that he would have wanted to use a machine gun to shoot off these defeated soldiers.
The defeated soldiers were just running for their lives. They had no time to take a closer look at how many Japanese soldiers were coming. After the soldiers of the 15th Army stopped them and questioned them, these guys, in order to get away with it, exaggerated the size of the Japanese soldiers. They were in the tens of thousands.
, a certain idiot actually said that the Japanese came with 100,000 soldiers, and was immediately kicked to the ground by Yang Botao. The entire 6th Division only had 20,000 to 30,000 people. Where did these 100,000 people come from?
Although most of the answers were unreliable, the attentive Yang Botao still discovered a very valuable piece of information. That is, the Japanese who seized Zhengding County were all cavalry. Yang Botao immediately felt relieved, "The chief said, the 6th
In the division's establishment, there is only one divisional cavalry regiment with a full strength of only four to five hundred men. It seems that this is the unit."
Although the 94th Division is considered the weakest among the three reorganized divisions of the 15th Army, Yang Botao has always believed that the regiment he led is the top three main regiments in the 15th Army, and is better than the Japanese in terms of equipment and strength.
The cavalry regiment was much stronger. Even if the enemy defended the city, Yang Botao was confident that he could take back Zhengding County. However, in order to reduce casualties and prepare for the more difficult battle in the future, he did not choose to attack the city, but instead targeted the city.
It was decided to be a train station outside the city...
"Da da da", in front of the fire net of submachine guns and machine guns, a Japanese cavalry squadron of more than a hundred people guarding the train station was quickly wiped out. However, only three of Yang Botao's men were killed by the Japanese cavalry's carbine
As for the sharp sabers of the Japanese cavalry, they did not even hurt a hair on the commanders and soldiers of the 15th Army. Although this battle was small in scale, it once again fully proved how powerful the ancient cavalry was in the face of automatic weapons.
Powerless, the ancient king of land warfare has finally come to withdraw from the stage of history...
After taking the train station, Yang Botao did not order an attack on the city. Instead, he asked his men to immediately build field fortifications on the spot to prevent the Japanese reinforcements from attacking from the north. At the same time, he sent a telegram to the division headquarters explaining the current location and situation of the 2nd Regiment. As for the
Yang Botao only mentioned the victory in the first battle in passing. It is said that since the North China Anti-Japanese War, the appetite of the 15th Army has become much bigger. With a main force group of more than 2,000 people to eliminate more than 100 Japanese, this is simply a matter of course.
If you have the nerve to show off your merits proudly, you will only be laughed at by your fellow troops...
For Zhengding County, Yang Botao has never ordered an attack. This is not because he does not have the confidence to attack the city, but because the county wall is short and thin. As long as the artillery with a slightly larger caliber can destroy it, the protection and cover capabilities are not as good as a few hours.
Even if Yang Botao led his troops to seize Zhengding County, the crude field fortifications excavated by looting would still be lost after the main force of the 6th Division went south. Moreover, it would also disperse the troops and increase casualties. He, Yang Botao, would not be so stupid.
As for the matter, anyway, as long as the train station is in hand, even if the Japanese occupy Zhengding County, it will have no practical significance.
In fact, the Japs in the city also understood this, so they immediately dispatched a cavalry squadron after learning that the train station was attacked. However, apart from causing minimal losses of 1 death and 1 injury to Yang Botao's regiment, the only value of their attack was
Let Yang Botao's regiment add another record of killing 137 people to the military merit book...
Although the two sides had different purposes because of the immediate pressure on the one hand and the subsequent battle on the other, the two armies almost unanimously sent telegrams to their superiors asking for help...
Although Hisao Tani was a heinous man, his military capabilities were still very strong, otherwise he would not have allowed the 6th Division with the worst equipment to become the ace unit of the Japanese army. As soon as he read the telegram, he was keenly aware of the force that occupied Zhengding Railway Station.
The Chinese ** team was not simple. They immediately decided to personally lead the main force of the 6th Division, which was already ready for deployment, to go south immediately to provide support. The 36th Infantry Brigade, which had been left behind in Baoding, also received his order and rushed to Dingxian to protect the main force of the division.
On the back, only one infantry brigade was left to guard Baoding.
Just in case, Hisao Tani telegraphed the matter to the North China Front Army Headquarters, requesting Peiping to send more troops to Baoding as soon as possible to plug the gap. However, the Front Army Headquarters replied that Peking and Tianjin also had insufficient troops at present, and could not mobilize for the time being.
However, within a few days, a new division of the Kwantung Army would enter the customs. Therefore, the headquarters' suggestion was to let Hisao Tani wait for a few days. However, Hisao Tani, who was eager to retake Zhengding Railway Station, did not accept this suggestion. The security guard
Being located in the rear, and only for a few days, Hisao Tani unconsciously developed a sense of luck, but he did not know that almost all the telegram exchanges between him and the front army headquarters were intercepted by the telegraph personnel of the 15th Army.
and easily decipher...
Because he was worried that the enemy would damage the railway, Hisao Tani did not dare to use trains to transport troops. If it was the 5th Division and the Guards Division, such a proud man, all the troops could take trucks at this time, which is fast and saves physical strength, but the
The 6th Division has always been a stepmother, so it cannot expect such treatment. And it must be noted that if it is a combat mission assigned by the North China Front Army or the 1st Army Headquarters, then the 6th Division will usually be on the battlefield.
In the past, cars and even tanks were strengthened (the standing divisions in 1937 were not able to achieve the level of standing armored units in each division, and the 6th Division, which was the worst equipped, was even more impossible.), but this time Pinghan
The battle on the front line was launched by Hisao Tani without permission, so there were no cars, let alone tanks and heavy artillery. The officers and soldiers of the 6th Division could only run away as fast as they could. Anyway, this was the marching method they were most familiar with.
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