Although the Japanese base camp has issued an order to leave at least one brigade of defenders around the airport, Zhangjiakou is now under heavy siege by the enemy. The Japanese troops are stretched thin, and there is no brigade of enemy troops near the airport. Therefore, Chaha
The headquarters of your dispatched corps naturally came up with the idea of mobilizing troops from the airport (including other important strongholds far away from the front line). Although the garrison of a brigade is the bottom line that must be guaranteed, there are policies at the top and decisions at the bottom.
Countermeasures, these 1,500 people are a brigade, and 500 people are also a brigade! Moreover, ten of the elite veterans were removed. As a result, Xiong Dali and his special operations platoon, which had a total of only 50 people, were beaten to a pulp and suffered a loss of 200.
After many people, together with the pilots at the airport, a total of thousands of people surrendered to the special operations platoon. Of course, this is not all due to Xiong Dali and the others. The black pressure planes that flew in at the right time in the sky may have a greater effect...
Almost at the same time, because most of the personnel of the special warfare brigade were removed, the brigade captain Xu Chengji also followed the old commander Gao Jingting to the Northeast. Long Feibao, who returned to the 15th Army's special warfare brigade as the brigade captain, also took only one platoon with him.
Captured the Japanese ammunition depot with stronger defense...
It is said that Long Feibao was transferred from the special operations brigade by Hu Weidong mainly because he was not good at disguise and deception, and he never learned Japanese very well. But when it comes to the ability to lead a small team in combat, even Hu Weidong may not be able to compare with him.
In this mission, Long Feibao fully demonstrated his talents, which undoubtedly gave him a good start in controlling the proud soldiers of the special operations brigade.
Long Feibao's cousin worked as a guard for Taizu and Duke Zhou. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Long Feibao, a sharpshooter and kung fu master who was transferred to the special operations brigade, also performed well. He led his troops to take down the Japanese in Zhangjiakou.
Clothing and grain warehouses. At this point, the three locations in Zhangjiakou City, which may not be the most important, but are certainly the most difficult to completely recover, have been captured by the special forces without any damage, and Xiong Dali, Long Feibao, Long Feihu and Hu Weidong have been sent there before.
Together with the princes who went to the Northeast, they continued to create legends in the subsequent Anti-Japanese War. They were called the four "soldier kings" among the Chinese people by the soldiers who worshiped the heroes, and they were also given nicknames - "
"Jackal", "Bear", "Tiger", "Leopard"...
The peripheral defenses were constantly being broken through by the enemy, and important facilities such as the airport and ammunition depots in the city were also occupied by Chinese troops who appeared out of nowhere. Major General Yukio Kasahara, commander of the Kwantung Army's Chahar Dispatch Corps, was immediately in disarray.
He had just taken office not long ago and had no previous experience in commanding a large army. Under such tremendous pressure, he was unable to control the entire army. In a panic, he asked Tianjin for help and was reprimanded (How could it be possible to sacrifice a general named Juichi Terauchi to save a major general like you?
), seeing that the isolated city was difficult to defend, he had no choice but to lead his troops to break out to the west. As long as they joined up with the four field divisions, they might not be able to take Zhangjiakou back! But what he never expected was that they had just joined up with the 109th Division
, more than a hundred Chinese aircraft flew overhead, causing great damage to the Japanese army with cluster bombs newly equipped to the troops. At the same time, the armored brigade of the 15th Army also suddenly arrived, nearly two hundred
Tanks and armored vehicles rushed like a raging flood towards the Japanese soldiers who were still busy avoiding plane bombings...
The Japs, who had never seen tank group assault tactics before, were suddenly shocked. Originally, if it were just tanks and armored vehicles, the Japs could still rely on anti-armor weapons such as anti-tank guns, or even suicide attacks to slow down the armor torrent.
.But the problem is that the planes in the sky are now watching. As soon as there are Japanese soldiers operating anti-war artillery, they will be bombed immediately. Moreover, most of the Japanese soldiers habitually avoid the bombs dropped by the planes. Only some fanatical Japanese officers and soldiers can spontaneously
How could sporadic suicide attacks be able to stop nearly two hundred tanks? As a result, the combined force of more than 40,000 Japanese troops was simply overwhelmed. And the armored brigade that had achieved initial victory did not stop.
, continue to advance deep into the enemy's army. Drive the Japanese army all the way westward, "Don't worry about the flanks, the brother troops will follow soon. We just need to move forward, move forward, and move forward. Who can stop us?"
We will crush them!”….
Just as the armored brigade was rushing forward, the Zhongtiao Mountain defense line was undergoing the most violent artillery bombardment ever on Chinese soil. The firepower of the two field heavy artillery brigades was really extraordinary. It accounted for almost 10% of the number of Japanese army heavy artillery in active service.
40%, especially the 240mm heavy howitzer, which will kill all humans and animals in one shot. However, Fang Xianjue, who wanted to prove himself, had been working hard to repair the fortifications in the past few months, even though he had no battles to fight, without wasting even a single shot.
In a short time, the tunnel system in Zhongtiao Mountain had been initially perfected before the war, and played a great role in the battle, greatly reducing the casualties of the troops. During the battle, Fang Xianjue usually kept the troops behind, and waited until the enemy's artillery fire was completed.
Quickly advance through the tunnels to defend the position, and the Japanese can't see the defenders mobilizing outside. In fact, most of the time they are just frantically wasting artillery shells on the position where there is no one at all...
The news of the fall of Zhangjiakou undoubtedly gave Itagaki Seishiro a blow. Knowing that he did not have much time, he had to send the infantry out in advance. However, the terrain of Zhongtiao Mountain was naturally very unfavorable for the northern army to attack south, not to mention that there were already long
With the prepared advanced fortifications and Fang Xianjue, a future star general who was good at defending, the 5th Division, which had two infantry brigades under his command and had already lost a lot of strength, tried its best, but still could not get past the situation, and it was even more fatal.
Yes, Itagaki didn't have much time. The anxious Seishiro Itagaki soon sent a telegram to Taiyuan to ask for help. Not only was he reprimanded and rejected, but it also greatly increased the confidence of the defenders who learned this information by deciphering the telegram, and the 5th Division's offensive naturally
It’s becoming increasingly unsustainable…
At this time, the armored brigade of the 15th Army, which was making a deep assault on the Japanese, encountered a lot of trouble. The Japanese Type 95 light tank with excellent stability, the Soviet T26 light tank and those armored vehicles were in good condition, but they had always been in good condition.
The Japanese Type 89 Chinese tank, which has a high failure rate, breaks down continuously and needs to be stopped for repairs from time to time, which seriously affects the advancement speed of the armored brigade.
"No, if this continues, the rapid cut-in required by the army commander will not be completed." As the commander of the Assault Arrow Tank Regiment, Du Yang is more anxious than anyone now. After hearing that a Type 89 tank cannot be repaired immediately,
Finally, he bit his lower lip and resolutely ordered, "Ignore it, the whole regiment will continue to penetrate deeply into the Japanese army!" (This site...your support is my greatest motivation.)