Chapter 389: Battle of North China (35)

The impact of the Second World War on China is indescribable, both Han Yunhua and Chiang Kai-shek are always paying attention to the changes in Europe, although in terms of combat, Europe has almost no impact on the Chinese battlefield, although Japan is an ally of Germany and a member of the axis of evil, but Germany cannot send troops to help Japan directly. In the same way, Japan is also powerless about things on the battlefield in Europe, and China alone has already made Japan anxious, let alone sending troops to Europe.

However, the influence of the political level is ubiquitous, and we can study the current relationship between China and the Kuomintang, which is the Kuomintang's wartime, and it is not difficult for us to see that "Bitterness and Waiting for Change" was the basic policy of the Kuomintang's politics in the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War. China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was the most magnificent chapter in the history of the Chinese nation, and countless patriots dedicated their most precious youth, wisdom and lives for the independence and dignity of the Chinese nation. During the Anti-Japanese War, soldiers sacrificed their lives and sacrificed blood on the battlefield. The peasants regard themselves as a small grass, and in this era, they have been stormy and have contributed their last bit of strength to the independence and self-improvement of the country and the nation. Scholars have worked hard to write articles criticizing the historical outlook of Japanese fascist aggression, analyzing the situation of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, pointing out the inevitable arrival of the dawn in the dark, and expressing their hearts and minds to inspire the people. This is a war for the whole people, and historians, academic workers, and intellectuals like this look around the beacon land at that time, there are countless people who can sing and cry. Although they belong to different classes, strata, different occupations or even different camps. Truly patriotic and conscientious intellectuals gathered under the banner of resistance against Japan and national independence, and devoted their blood, wisdom, and talents to the great banner. The word "change" that the national government is looking forward to refers to major changes in the international situation, which will accelerate the formation of the world anti-aggression front and enable China, which is fighting alone, to gain a strong ally.

Although the people of the world deeply hated the outbreak of World War II, especially the outbreak of the European War, if we look at it from the perspective of China's country, Germany's surprise attack on Bōlan and the declaration of war by Britain and France on Germany are undoubtedly beneficial to China's war of resistance. According to this judgment, the European war that broke out in 1939 was welcomed by the national government and certainly by the whole Chinese people. Because it accelerates the division and combination of the world's two major camps, it is beneficial for China's assistance to the democratic camp. This conclusion is undoubtedly correct on the whole, and it was indeed recognized by the Nationalist Government after the outbreak of the European War. However, at this time, the Nationalist Government still had doubts about the response after the outbreak of the European war, and there was a process of understanding whether to join the German camp or the British and French camps. But in any case, before the outbreak of the European war, the national government of "hard work and waiting for change" did not always expect the arrival of "the great luàn of the world". Stability or drastic change in the European situation is not the goal pursued by the National Administration, but the division of camps caused by stability or upheaval is where the Nationalist Government is really concerned. Therefore, for a period of time, the Nationalist Government would prefer to see the stability of the situation in Europe, hoping that the European and American powers would pay more attention to the situation in the Far East, and even fantasize about including the Far East in the collective security system. The sudden compromise of the Soviet Union and Germany hit the world pattern. The advent of war in Europe was an unexpected upheaval for China, and its bloc composition was not foreseeable by the Nationalist Government in the past. The Soviet Union, which had always been China's main aid to the war of resistance, appeared as a supporter of Germany, making the development of the situation full of uncertainties. It can be said that this drastic change is not the drastic change that China expected and expected. In the face of this change, the National Government responded cautiously and tried to take advantage of the situation. Chiang Kai-shek, who was already at the height of his power, failed to realize his idea of declaring war on Germany and issuing a declaration of expression by his subordinates twice, and the sufficiency of his deliberations and the caution with which he made his decisions can also be seen. From a long-term strategic point of view, a European war is beneficial to China. However, in the short term, China is facing more difficulties and risks. Resolving these risks has become an important part of China's foreign jiāo. It wasn't until two years later that a world upheaval that China really welcomed.

From August 30th to September 1st, the less than 30 hours was the most difficult for Han Yunhua, and Han Yunhua didn't care what kind of battle was going under the mountain, he didn't believe that the Japanese army could break through Daqingshan's defense system with those poor artillery with small calibers, and it was wishful thinking to attack a strategic place like Daqingshan, which was well-fortified and had steep terrain for a month or two. But if it were a month or two and the outside world didn't know what it would become, he would not have any disdain to look at the group of "dead people" under the mountain now, in his eyes, it was all the merits of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, and of course, it was also the merits of his Han Yunhua. ,

But soon news came from the bottom of the mountain that the Japanese attack suddenly became extremely fierce, and the Japanese army also used large-caliber field heavy artillery, although the fortifications on the front-line positions were extremely strong, but they could not withstand the frontal attack of 150mm caliber field heavy artillery. In just half an hour's shelling, more than half of the Ming Forts were destroyed in the front line, and some of the dark forts were also damaged to varying degrees. Even the anti-aircraft dòng, which had been built deep underground, was severely damaged, and even a shallower anti-aircraft dòng suddenly collapsed, burying a platoon of wounded soldiers alive in the ground.

The news from the bottom of the mountain suddenly made the atmosphere in the entire operational command room tense, the Japanese army is desperate, and if it does not take down Commander Han Yunhua, it will not give up, everyone knows that the Japanese army does have a lot of artillery wings, and like the cavalry wing, each division and regiment will be equipped with an artillery wing, but there are not many strategic weapons such as field heavy artillery, and there are less than two brigades in the entire North China region. Now that General Binshan Yuan has transferred such an important strategic force, it can obviously show one point, that is, he would rather fold this field heavy artillery brigade that is not suitable for fighting in the countryside and mountain villages to defeat Han Yunhua here.

Han Yunhua only smiled faintly when he found out, and ordered the troops to decisively abandon the most important defensive position in the mountain pass, and all the troops withdrew to the mountain. The Taniguchi position is important, but every step on the Daqing Mountain is full of dangers, and it is a road to go up and down the mountain, although it is not as dangerous as Huashan, but it is also dangerous. And Han Yunhua only needs to let the troops hold on for another two or three days, and now the ruling center of the Japanese army in North China is also seriously threatened by Han Yunhua's department, compared to Han Yunhua, the ** general on Daqing Mountain, the Japanese generals in Beiping City are a lot, not to mention the major generals, there is one general alone, five or six lieutenant generals, in Han Yunhua's opinion, it is still very cost-effective to exchange him for dozens of generals of the Japanese army.

Not to mention that Daqingshan was a mess, the other troops under Han Yunhua's department were like fighting like blood after receiving the order from the headquarters, and the first to make a breakthrough was Wan Guoquan's mechanized brigade, and the combat effectiveness of the infantry wing left by the Japanese army in Zhangbei was really good, but it was not much different from the regiment of the independent 77th Division. The two sides have been fighting for two or three days, and each of them has suffered extremely heavy damage, so when the chariots of the mechanized brigade suddenly appeared on the battlefield, the Japanese army was stunned at once, and the county seat of Zhangbei County also has no city walls, so it is obvious that it can not withstand the assault of the chariot troops with those few simple roadblocks and trenches, and soon the Japanese troops in Zhangbei County left a large number of baggage and wounded and withdrew from the county seat.

Wan Guoquan did not pursue the more than 1,000 Japanese troops who fled, but ordered the troops to hurry up the time to overhaul the chariots, collect fuel and rush to the next battlefield. During this period, the results of continuous combat were certainly brilliant, but the attrition of troops was also extremely serious. Not to mention the weapon bullet, the oil alone almost bankrupted Han Yunhua's department.

The diesel used by the chariot Han Yunhua can not produce it by itself, and can only choose to buy it at a high price from the Kuomintang region, but Chiang Kai-shek and the entire national government are now very taboo about **, so the amount of each purchase is very small, and the battle during this period has used more than 70 of the oil in the inventory this year, according to the prediction of Yang Ruihua, the chief of logistics, the battle of such intensity will be at most half a month, and the mechanized brigade can only stop and act as a fixed turret.

After overhauling the chariot and adding the few oil that had just been captured to the chariot, Wan Guoquan commanded the troops to continue to advance, and their target was Zhangjiakou.

At this time, the defense of Zhangjiakou was extremely empty, although Lieutenant General Yamashita Fengwen was a talent, but unfortunately there were not many troops in his hands, and there were only two infantry brigades when he was full, and of course, the number of puppet troops in the city could also gather seven or eight thousand people. However, compared to the mechanized troops, seven or eight thousand miscellaneous soldiers are simply delivering food. If it weren't for the fear of encountering Japanese planes, so they couldn't march during the day, Wan Guoquan believed that they would be able to rest in Zhangjiakou City before dark today.

Just as Wan Guoquan thought, after receiving a telegram from the troops who had escaped from Zhangbei County, General Binshan Yuan was shocked and immediately ordered the bomber group in Baoding to take off immediately and rush to Zhangbei County. Fortunately, Wan Guoquan knew this trick of the Japanese army, and he barely let the troops stay in Zhangbei County for long, and did not even enter the city, and after the battle of the chariot troops was completed, they drove into a large forest not far from the county seat. ,

In order to protect these baby bumps, Wan Guoquan ordered the motorized infantry regiment to build anti-aircraft positions in the woods, and all the combat vehicles were camouflaged. Originally, Wan Guoquan thought that the Japanese planes would retreat after they could not find them, but he did not expect that the commander of the Japanese air force was also a combat expert, and after seeing that there were no tank troops marching on the road, he immediately ordered the bomber group to carry out a frenzied bombing of Zhangbei County, and then bombed the valleys and woods near Zhangbei County.

Wan Guoquan knew that this group of bombers judged that his tank troops had not gone far, and that the only thing that could hide the tank troops was the valley was the woods, so he put the target here, so even if he didn't move today, the huge fire and smoke after the tank was blown up would also storm the target, so he ordered the air defense position to open fire immediately.

In order to reconnoiter the Chinese tank troops, the Japanese planes flew very low, so they were suddenly attacked by the air defense forces, and three planes were blown up in the air at once, and four other planes were seriously injured with black smoke rising from their tails.

The Japanese army also hated the mechanized unit under Han Yunhua's department, and originally those tanks and tanks were used to equip the Third Tank Division, that is, the cavalry group transformation unit. But now it has become a sharp weapon for the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region to deal with the Japanese army, this tank "brigade" alone has caused tens of thousands of casualties of the Japanese army, and the most important thing is that because of the blow of this tank unit, the Japanese Empire has lost the last nail on the Saibei grassland, and even Xilinhot, which has been in operation for more than two years, has also been lost, how can the Japanese army not hate. Therefore, the Japanese army finally caught the traces of Wan Guoquan's headquarters this time, so more than 30 bombers were dispatched at once, and the formation was a clear display of the tank force that wanted to completely annihilate Wan Guoquan.

Suddenly attacked, the Japanese bomber group immediately raised its flight altitude, and the belly of the plane was wide open, and the bomb fell in the woods as if it didn't want money. Immediately, several chariots were blown up, and billowing smoke slowly rose, even more violent to the target.

However, the Japanese army's aircraft group did not take advantage of anything, and the reason why Han Yunhua equipped Wan Guoquan with a motorized infantry regiment was entirely to deal with the Japanese bomber group. Han Yunhua knew very well that as far as the Chinese battlefield was concerned, there were not many weapons that could deal with the tank troops, not to mention the best and most effective 37 battle defense guns, not to mention the Chinese troops, and even the field troops of the Japanese army were not equipped with a few mén. Therefore, the greatest threat to the tank unit is the Japanese aviation unit, so the main task of the motorized infantry regiment is to protect the safety of the tank unit.

There are two main types of bombers dispatched by the Japanese army this time, one is the dive bomber, which is designed to make the aircraft dive towards a specific target and quickly release the bombs it carries when it gets close to the target. After dropping the bomb, the plane turned to climb and back into the sky. The other is a high-altitude bomber, which is a large aircraft that flies high above a target and drops multiple bombs, essentially carpet bombing an area. For specific targets (such as a building) that were not easy to aim at at the time, dropping a large number of bombs greatly increased the likelihood of hitting the target. Fortunately, among the more than 30 planes dispatched this time, dive bombers were the mainstay, so it provided convenience for Zhang Dingguo's defense.

Zhang Dingguo did not disappoint Wan Guoquan, the air defense system established by the infantry regiment was very perfect, and every time the Japanese bomb was dropped, one or more planes would be destroyed. In less than fifteen minutes of fighting between the two sides, fifteen Japanese planes were destroyed and damaged, and the rest were also raised high, so that the accuracy of the bomb delivery was much worse.

Half an hour after the battle of Jiāo, the Japanese commander had no choice but to order the troops to return because the Japanese bombers were depleted of bombs and most of the planes were injured of varying degrees of severity. After the Japanese planes flew away, Wan Guoquan immediately asked the troops to count the losses and rescue the wounded.

What Wan Guoquan didn't expect was that in just half an hour, his chariot troops lost forty-six chariots, almost one-fifth of the total number of chariot brigades. During this period of time, the mechanized brigade has only lost a total of one combat vehicle, and these are not because of battle damage, but because of problems with the body and had to return to the base for maintenance, except that in yesterday's battle, two combat vehicles were blown off by the Japanese cavalry unit with grenades. But today, after losing so many chariots in such a short time, Wan Guoquan's heart was as uncomfortable as being stabbed with a knife. ,

But he also knew that this was not a place to stay for a long time, and there were still two and a half hours before dark, and the Japanese planes could no longer be dispatched after dark, but the Japanese could still send a bō plane during this time. So stay here and wait to be bombed, Wan Guoquan ruthlessly ordered the troops to move immediately, except for the regiment that left the wounded in the independent 77th Division, the rest of the troops immediately rushed to Zhangjiakou.

Sure enough, an hour and a half later, a larger group of Japanese planes came to Zhangbei County again, this time Wan Guoquan was obedient, he covered all the chariots with straw, and at high altitude, he couldn't see that the piles of straw below were the Chinese chariot troops they were looking for. After bombing the county seat of Zhangbei and the grove where Wan Guoquan's headquarters had just hid, the Japanese bomber group returned.

After the Japanese planes left, Wan Guoquan held back his anger and ordered the troops to continue to advance, and they must take Zhangjiakou tonight.

At the same time, Master Chen's headquarters also competed with the last bit of strength that the Japanese army's North China Front Command could mobilize in Miyun, with more than 34,000 people in Master Chen's department, while the Japanese army only had less than 5,000 Jīng sharp troops, and there were more than 13,000 puppet troops, and the two sides launched a decisive battle in the Miyun area.

Although the Japanese army had the help of aviation units, Master Chen's troops were too many, and there were more than 50,000 cavalry coming towards the Miyun defense line. Under the fierce attack of Master Chen's headquarters, the Ninth Group of the puppet army was the first to retreat, although the Japanese army's supervision team was suppressed, but after three large-scale charges of the independent 77th Division, the Ninth Group of the puppet North China Security Army, which was responsible for the frontal main battlefield blocking task, inevitably deserted, and because the Japanese army responsible for supervising the war at that time was attacked by the large army of the independent 77th Division, it was unable to suppress those deserters, so it caused the final collapse of the Ninth Group.

Originally, I saw people fleeing at the beginning, but most of the puppet army was taken by the Japanese army, and they knew how the Japanese army dealt with the puppet army who deserted on the battlefield and did not dare to flee, but seeing that the imperial army didn't care about the few soldiers who fled, many people joined the fleeing crowd. Soon more and more people fled, and for those troops who fled, neither the Japanese army nor the squadron had time to take care of it, so it soon caused the final collapse of the Japanese puppet army on the Miyun front.