The words are divided into two parts. After the siege troops actively carried out grassroots democratic activities such as the "Zhuge Liang Meeting", various bizarre tactics were quickly applied to the battlefield. The Japanese army in Jinan, which was already barely holding on, became increasingly distressed, and 94
The division even successfully blew up the Yellow River Bridge on the Jinpu Line the next day...
As a precaution, Hu Weidong specially approved a large amount of high explosives and sent demolition and bridge experts to destroy the railway bridge so completely that the Japanese would not be able to repair it for several months. But Luo Binghui, political commissar of the 94th Division, was poor.
He was born in China and has always been thrifty. After ordering the blowing up of this railway bridge, which is currently ranked among the top in China, he couldn't help but say with great regret, "Such a bridge was blown up by ourselves, alas!"
The division commander Hu Lian was more open-minded than him, "There is no way, the national strength is not as good as others, and there is no way to defend the enemy from outside the country, so we can only do this. Keep good accounts first, and when the Anti-Japanese War is won in the future, let's go to Tokyo to collect debts together!"
Luo Binghui couldn't help laughing when he heard this. Since Hu Weidong started this tradition, the economic losses recorded by the 15th Army alone are now more than one billion oceans, not counting the military and civilian casualties. If it accumulates to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War,
How big a number should that be? I don’t know if the Japanese can afford to pay...
The Japanese troops in Pingjin and Tianjin greatly increased their strength after they transferred back several elite field divisions from Shandong. The Eighth Route Army's offensive was immediately blocked. After the Yellow River Bridge on the Jinpu Line was blown up, the Japanese troops in Pingjin and Tianjin were no longer able to quickly support Shandong (after all, shipping by sea is not as fast and convenient as railways and roads).
,especially
There are currently no transport ships waiting outside Tianjin, and Japan will have to wait for extra time to transfer ships from other places.). They no longer need to fight with the main force of the North China Front Army, so the three armies voluntarily withdrew from the battle and planned to return.
their respective bases.
The Japanese troops in Pingjin were naturally not willing to let go of the main force of the Eighth Route Army, which had finally revealed their whereabouts. Moreover, the bombing of the Tianjin-Puzhou railway bridge prevented them from directly going south to rescue the Japanese troops in Shandong, but it also made it impossible for the 15th Army, which they had always been afraid of, to escape soon.
Shandong rushed to Hebei to help in the war, so the Japanese army brazenly sent out multiple elite field divisions to pursue them. However,
However, the three commanders of the 18th Group Army are all military geniuses not seen in ten years. Even their political commissars are rare talents. They use retreat to mobilize the enemy to create fighter opportunities to gather and annihilate the enemy's army, which is precisely the people's army.
With his special skills, the Japanese who had somewhat underestimated the strength of the Eighth Route Army were now pursuing them so recklessly. How could they possibly take advantage?
As a result, the Japanese 9th Division, which was pursuing the most urgently, was cut off by the main force of the 37th Army of the 18th Group Army, which successfully escaped behind them within a few days. Subsequently, the 27th Army commanded by ** and the 37th Army commanded by Liu Bocheng
The 34th Army rushed forward immediately, and the 9th Division was an elite permanent division. Under siege from three sides by the Eighth Route Army's nearly 200,000 troops, whose combat effectiveness was now almost as good as our own, it was unable to escape the fate of being annihilated.
The Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters was extremely shocked after receiving the telegram. However, they could not blame too much for the 9th Division, which fought almost to the last man. "It is not that the 9th Division is too useless, but that the enemy is too strong."
!Since when did the Chinese Red Army become so powerful?”
It is particularly worth mentioning that in this battle, the 37th Army under the command of Xu Xiangqian had a complex composition, including many ethnic minorities and Muslims and other religious believers (Note 1). They played a mainstay role. Not only did they successfully cut off the enemy's rear
Road, creating conditions for the three armies to encircle. At an incredible speed,
A simple field defense position was constructed, and for nearly a week, it blocked the two-sided attack by the 9th Division and three other elite Japanese permanent divisions, ensuring the final victory of the battle. Although the 37th Army suffered its own casualties
The number is really huge, with initial estimates exceeding 20,000, but not only are they completely
became the order of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters. He also single-handedly killed and wounded more than 30,000 Japanese soldiers and captured more than 30,000 Japanese soldiers. Such a force that at first glance seemed like a "rabble" could actually perform like this. One cannot help but admire the outstanding leadership of its commander Xu Xiangqian.
With his strength and commanding ability, even he is a great military strategist who has never been seen in a century.
Taizu, after reading the battle report, couldn't help but admire him for being "like Han Xin." It is said that because of Zhang Guotao's death and the strength of the 15th Army, the central government had more trust in Xu Xiangqian, the original commander-in-chief of the Fourth Front Army, which also made him more powerful in this time and space.
Got more opportunities to show off their military talents...
The 9th Division was destroyed. It also suffered heavy casualties. The Japanese divisions immediately did not dare to advance rashly. However, the march speed could not be increased in this way. They could only watch as nearly 200,000 enemies calmly retreated into Jincha.
Ji base area. After the war, the three armies of the Eighth Route Army verified and summarized the results, and were pleasantly surprised to find that they actually killed and captured more than 30,000 Japanese soldiers in this battle. This was really the first time that the Eighth Route Army had participated in the resistance war.
It was the greatest victory achieved when fighting alone since World War II. However, looking at the number of prisoners of war of less than 1,000 and the permanent attrition of more than 9,000 people, and thinking about the 200,000 people in the Eighth Route Army facing the Japanese troops in Pingjin and Tianjin whose total number was not much greater than theirs,
After all, it was a shame to retreat voluntarily. The deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, who had always had a bad temper, was still very dissatisfied, "Compared with the 15th Army, you still have a gap!"
Regarding the victory of the Eighth Route Army, Hu Weidong and other commanders of the Fifteenth Army were also very happy. However, after the bridge bombing, the anti-Japanese battlefields in the north and south of the Yellow River became relatively independent. No matter how good the fighting there was, it would not be of much help to the Fifteenth Army in a short time.
In short, everything has to be relied on by oneself. After the restoration of military democratic systems such as soldiers' committees, the tactics of the Fifteenth Army's offensive troops have become more flexible. However, in the face of the Japanese air superiority, solid fortifications and desperate resistance, the Fifteenth Army's eagerness is still difficult to achieve.
Go down the whole city...
Note 1: The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area and the base area behind enemy lines in Jizhong are all under the leadership of the 27th Army. The Shanxi-Suiyuan base area (almost all of the territory allocated during the recovery of the lost land in Shanxi was merged into the Shanxi-Suiyuan Border Area) is peaceful.
The two major base areas behind enemy lines in West and East Hebei are both led by the 34th Army. Both armies can recruit and supplement soldiers locally in North China, but the soldiers of the 37th Army are all brought from the northwest. Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai provinces
A large part of the army is inhabited by Muslims. Naturally, a large part of the recruited soldiers are religious Muslims (there are also a few believers of other religions). The Red Party, which advocates atheism, naturally has a very difficult time organizing work in this army.
Objectively speaking, it has greatly affected the cohesion of the army. Therefore, objectively speaking, the 37th Army is the weakest overall strength among the three armies under the Eighth Route Army...