The political commissar of the 1st Tank Regiment was an old man who had joined the army with Hu Weidong. He had endured the hardships of poverty. Now seeing that Du Yang actually ordered the discarding of the tank that he had acquired with great difficulty, he suddenly became anxious, "What? I don't want this tank? Fake foreign devils,
I don’t feel sorry for you because you are a bastard!”
The reason why the political commissar called Du Yang a "fake foreign devil" was because Du Yang was actually a second-generation Chinese born in Germany. After Hitler came to power, he persecuted and excluded many "inferior races" including Chinese (Note 1). Du Yang's family
Only then was he forced to return to his motherland. After the North China Anti-Japanese War, Du Yang, who was infected by the heroic deeds of the 15th Army, came to Luoyang to join the army. Because he turned out to be an outstanding pilot, Hu Weidong made an exception and placed him in a field in urgent need of professional talents.
The Armored Brigade served as the battalion commander. As a result, Du Yang performed well in training and exercises, and he quickly understood the various armored troops taught by Professor Hu Weidong. Therefore, Hu Weidong defied all opinions and promoted him to the commander of the First Tank Regiment again.
There are too few domestic talents with excellent professional abilities in this field, but Du Yang, who is deeply influenced by Germanic culture, does not get along well with his colleagues...
It's okay that the training requirements are strict, because Hu Weidong has been emphasizing it since he launched his army in Jiangxi. However, his excessive training volume caused a tank that might have been used for a while to be scrapped early, and at the same time it consumed a lot of precious fuel.
On the training ground, the political commissar of the regiment who was used to a poor life and many commanders and soldiers who had similar experiences were very dissatisfied. His habit of paying attention to military appearance and the respect of superiors and subordinates also made many subordinates who were accustomed to sharing weal and woe and working together with superiors and subordinates to dislike him.
There has always been a strong sense of alienation. Originally, after the killing of the butcher Hisao Tani, the internal atmosphere of the tank group had improved a lot. However, now Du Yang's order to let his subordinates abandon the broken down tanks has intensified the conflict.
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Fortunately, Hu Weidong had been aware of the internal conflicts of the 1st Tank Regiment before the war. Before the war, he specially assigned a staff officer Li Dequan who was good at conciliation to the regiment. When he saw the two bosses in the regiment quarreling again, he immediately came out to persuade them. Li Dequan said:
Before the war, Hu Weidong particularly emphasized that "speed overrides everything" in this battle, affirming the correctness of Du Yang's proposition. At the same time, he persuaded the political commissar, "We have our own troops behind us. Are we afraid that the tanks will be snatched away by the Japanese again? They are just temporarily lost."
It’s just a drop, and it won’t disappear. For the final victory, what does it matter?”
After some talk, the incomprehensible regiment political commissar and others finally withdrew their objections, and the tank engines roared again. The armored brigade of the 15th Army, with the 1st Tank Regiment as the vanguard, became increasingly unstoppable, and continued to defeat the defeated Zhangjiakou and Japanese troops.
After the 109th Division, they defeated the 20th Division, a permanent division, and another ad hoc division, the 108th Division, in one fell swoop. At this time, almost all the Type 89 Chinese tanks of the 1st Tank Regiment had been abandoned or destroyed by the Japanese.
, the 15 T26 light tanks were too special among a bunch of Japanese tanks, and they have been attacked by the Japanese army. Now they have been completely lost. If the second and third regiments had not temporarily given more than 20 95 tanks to the first regiment,
Type light tank, the Tank Regiment might not even be able to gather a battalion of tanks. But even so, the commanders and fighters of the Tank Regiment were still full of offensive desire, but at this time, the General Front Committee sent an order
The order to stop their advance…
In fact, the General Front Committee almost passed a resolution asking the armored brigade to stop the attack. Because after one tank regiment abandoned the broken down tank, the other two regiments followed suit, so the advancement speed was greatly accelerated, so that even if the infantry was marching in a hurry, they would be overtaken by them.
Far away, the gap between the two is getting bigger and bigger. If the Japanese soldiers in the meantime get a chance to breathe and partially regain their organizational discipline and gather together, the armored brigade will be in danger of being cut off by the enemy. Fortunately, the armored brigade will be cut off by the enemy.
At this time, Hu Weidong, who had always disliked cavalry, suddenly remembered this ancient arm. The 15th Army laid off many cavalry, but those cavalry did not retire and were transferred to the Eighth Route Army. In addition to the original cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, now
Even in the Zhangjiakou area, there are tens of thousands of Chinese cavalry available. Although these cavalry belong to multiple troops, it is not easy to coordinate, but to deal with the collapsed Japanese defeated troops, all they need to do is to catch up, raise their sabers, and move towards
The Japs' necks were slashed hard. The dispatch of these cavalry greatly ensured the safety of the armored brigade's rear route, and also effectively expanded the results of the battle. According to post-war statistics, no less than ten thousand Japs died under their swords.
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However, this time the General Front Committee really had no choice. Because no one, including Hu Weidong, expected that bombers would be used on a large scale and with high frequency in the early days of the War of Resistance, the production and reserves of aerial bombs were seriously insufficient, and this war
Before, almost all the inventory was stored in Luoyang. The first batch of cluster bombs dropped were brought by planes from Luoyang. Later, they could only use captured Japanese aerial bombs, because the armored brigade's advance required our bombers to attack the Japanese army.
With almost continuous bombing, there was no time to transport them from Luoyang. However, the special forces had tried their best before to capture the ammunition stocks of the two Japanese airports, and a lot of them were used by the Japanese. Now this kind of almost
Non-stop air strikes consume ammunition at a speed that even the Japanese aviation force has never experienced. Therefore, until this battle has been fought, not to mention that the bomber pilots are generally exhausted. Even if they are willing to overcome difficulties and continue to attack, there are no bombs for a while.
They threw...
"There is nothing we can do about it. It just so happens that everyone takes a break, but I am exhausted..." Xu Guangda, the acting brigade commander of the armored brigade who returned from the Soviet Union just after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, said helplessly.
"Without air support, our losses will definitely be greater, but we still have hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles available here. Even if we charge hard, we can still fight our way out! What's more, the Japanese are already frightened, maybe as long as they hear our
If they hear the sound of tracks, they will flee!" Du Yang shouted unwillingly, "Although I did not grow up in China, I still understand the principle of 'defeat like a mountain'! If we stop now, then at least
Fifty thousand Japanese troops will huddle together. If our main force wants to destroy them, at least 20,000 to 30,000 comrades will have to be sacrificed. And if we persist now, maybe I will sacrifice, you will sacrifice, many of us
They will all die, but these 100,000 Japanese troops will be completely defeated by us, and the troops behind will take care of these defeated soldiers as easily as eating vegetables!"
Note 1: The so-called remarks that Hitler likes China are pure rumors. Among Western countries, only Germany does not have Chinatown. This was the fault of Hitler. In fact, in his eyes, any yellow people are nothing more than soap ingredients, but there are still
It is really speechless for the Germans to make up stories about Hitler being favored by the Chinese in his early years and repaying the favor. The cooperation between Nazi Germany and the government was entirely based on the national interests of both parties...(..yours