Three hundred and fortieth IX unexpected narrow victory
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In addition, the logistical supply of large troops for long-distance raids is a global problem. 250,000 people is already the limit that the Japanese army can bear. However, although the number is less than what major Red Party generals such as Hu Weidong expected, because the Japanese have sent all their best troops
Due to its strong generals, the strength of the 11th Army cannot be underestimated. However, the presence of more than 500,000 troops in Xuzhou still makes it more difficult for the 15th Army to complete its mission.
According to the instructions of the central government, the Central Plains Battle was first to achieve decisive results on the Western Front battlefield, which was relatively more certain. For this reason, the North China Aviation Corps was also asked to be transferred to the Western Front to assist in the battle, even as early as the Battle of Lanfeng started.
They had already taken the lead in participating in the war. This was also the first time since the formation of the North China Aviation Corps that they had cooperated with the Kuomintang army in combat.
It was Hu Weidong's suggestion that the Air Force, which the Red Party regarded as a treasure, make an exception for joint operations with the Kuomintang. He had three reasons. First, the Central Plains Bureau had already carried out a long-term "troop movement" work against Shang Zhen's troops, which was very important.
I hope to bring this army over in the near future. It would be a pity to sit back and watch them be wiped out by the Japanese; secondly, this can shape the Red Army's
The Red Party's image of disregarding past grievances and serving the country is politically more favorable; third, even with the support of the Red Party's air force, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers stationed on the Lanfeng defense line still have no possibility of defeating the Japanese westward marching group, so there is no need
I am worried that this effort will actually serve as a wedding dress for the Kuomintang. It will definitely be the troops of the Red Party who will deliver the fatal blow to the Japanese marching westward group.
But to be honest, the fundamental reason why Hu Weidong put forward this suggestion was actually because he was worried that the Communist Party of China would be defeated too quickly and would blow up the Yellow River embankment at Huayuankou like in history. It was easy for Chiang Kai-shek to issue an order, but he never wanted to do so.
How many people were killed? How much damage and direct and indirect economic losses were caused to the people of Huangfan District in the following ten or twenty years? And how much money and manpower was spent on the governance of Huangfan District after liberation? b Time Travel Novel
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Historically, during the Anti-Japanese War, although Shang Zhen's 20th Army had good equipment (roughly equivalent to the average level of the Central Army), its combat effectiveness was as bad as that of the Northeast Army. However, in this time and space, the Army not only relied on Shang Zhen to fight with the Central Plains Border Region
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With the big money, it has more troops and better weapons and equipment, and because of the Red Party's effective "troops movement" work, it has some secret party members as middle and low-level officers and combat backbones. The combat effectiveness of the group's officers and soldiers has therefore been improved to a certain extent.
degree of improvement.
But even so, the 20th Group Army has basically not fought a major battle since the Anti-Japanese War, and the psychological endurance of its officers and soldiers is generally poor. The Red Party does not dare to openly establish a party organization in the 20th Group Army.
There is still a big gap between the organization and cohesion of the authentic Red Party troops. As a result, the dispatched troops in Central China were barely put together.
Under the impact of a tank division that came out, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the Lanfeng Defense Line could not hold out for long. If the Eighth Route Army had not responded in time, there would have been another massacre. The North China Aviation Corps, which had high hopes, was
During this battle, we encountered an unexpected situation and failed to play the role of an armored nemesis. This was also an important reason why Lan Feng was quickly defeated by the Japanese army.
Not long ago, the painful lesson that several tanks of the Japanese First Mecha Army were "fired" by the cannons of Sino-Soviet aircraft made Japanese tank designers realize the necessity of strengthening top protection. However, the design and manufacture of new tanks takes time.
, could not immediately meet the needs of the battlefield, and the Japanese army, which had lost air supremacy and even artillery superiority, urgently needed the support of armored forces. In desperation, the commander of a Japanese tank regiment came up with a plan that looked like
A less clever method is to rivet one or even multiple layers of additional steel plates on the tank's top cover and other weak parts to enhance protection. Doing so will undoubtedly affect the performance of the tank (Note 1). But this person believes that China
There is not enough armor to fight a tank battle with Japan. The Japanese tanks only need to deal with Chinese infantry, so the poor performance is not a big problem. Anyway, no matter how bad it is, they can drive faster than the Chinese infantry.
It is such an emergency change that the efficiency of the North China Air Force's anti-tank operations has plummeted, and the cannon method poses a threat to the tanks. It can only rely on aviation and rockets. However, the former is subject to the fact that the North China Air Force still lacks excellent
bomber pilots, fighter pilots (fighters can mount
Small and medium-sized aircraft weighing tens of kilograms may have difficulty in bombing warships and permanent fortifications, but they are enough to deal with tanks.) They have little experience in carrying out bombing missions against enemies, and the number of bombers in the North China Air Force is also significantly smaller;
As for the latter, the hit rate of rockets has always been low, let alone an aviation rocket.
What's even more terrible is that the pilots of the North China Aviation Corps discovered the problem only after fighting for a while. In order to find out what was going on, a few brave fighter pilots took the risk of flying to ultra-low altitudes to observe, and then they understood the problem.
, and three people were sacrificed for this. So the plane of the North China Aviation Corps hurriedly flew back to replace the rocket launcher. This trip lasted two or three hours. When it returned to the battlefield, the dying Lan
The defense line has been penetrated by the Japanese
Fortunately, the Eighth Route Army arrived in Zhengzhou in time to block the remaining tank division of the Japanese. With the air support of the North China Aviation Corps, it gave full play to the role of the massive anti-tank rocket launchers now equipped to the squad level, and finally crushed the enemy.
The attack of the First Division of Japanese Tanks also meant breaking into the 500,000-strong Eighth Route Army.
The deep Japanese armored forces were trapped in a heavy siege, and the result was obvious. Moreover, it was not just the tank division that was successfully encircled and annihilated. Two Japanese mechanized (motorized) divisions that quickly followed up were also buried with it. But in order to annihilate
For these more than 70,000 Japanese troops, the Eighth Route Army suffered far greater casualties than expected, with a loss of more than 100,000 troops.
Moreover, in this battle, the Japanese tank division almost completely penetrated the 500,000-strong force of the Eighth Route Army. According to eyewitnesses, as long as the Japanese tanks could advance 3 kilometers further west, the battle situation would be dire.
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Note 1: The cost of World War II armored vehicles is generally only one-third to one-half of that of tanks of the same period, and there is no turret structure, so the threat of cannon attack from the top is far less than that of tanks, so there is no need to strengthen protection.
Besides, even the main armor of armored vehicles is generally not very thick.