Chapter 461: No War in North China (7)
Although the Japanese army stationed in Baoding has an infantry brigade plus three puppet army divisions, the total strength is only 30,000 people, while the total strength of the integrated 300th Division is more than 40,000 people, plus the fifth field division and three other recruit divisions that went south together, the Chinese army attacking Baoding exceeded 120,000 people, not counting the ordinary people who have been following the troops to transport materials and ammunition for the troops, so if you calculate it hard, The Chinese troops who participated in the battle of Baoding exceeded 150,000, while the defenders only had more than 30,000 people, and the ratio of enemy and enemy forces reached a terrifying 1:5.
Originally, this siege and annihilation battle was not worth how happy Yang Chengwu was, this was completely a battle between adults beating children and grandfathers bullying their grandsons, which was not worthy of people's special mention, but the final result of this battle made many people remember this battle and remember the name Yang Chengwu. Even Han Yunhua, who had never felt very excited about the total annihilation of a Japanese division, sent a congratulatory telegram after the war, congratulating the reorganized 300th Division on its unprecedented victory.
Yang Chengwu had planned before attacking Baoding, because Baoding was the most important air base of the Japanese army in North China, so he ordered the special combat team to set off in advance and lurked in the suburbs of Baoding, preparing to wait for an opportunity to destroy the Japanese airfield. However, after the battle began, the special combat team saw the opportunity and, with the assistance of the tank unit, quickly broke through the resistance of the defenders of the Japanese Baoding airfield, quickly routed a Japanese infantry brigade and occupied the entire airfield.
Although the Japanese defenders began to wreak havoc on the airfield's runway and the planes parked at the airfield when they saw that the airfield was about to fall, the special operations team had already anticipated that the Japanese might jump over the wall. Therefore, the captain of the special combat team made an urgent decision to protect these planes even if the entire special combat team was left here, so a strange battle in which the Japanese army did everything possible to destroy the planes while the Chinese army protected the planes at all costs began.
Although the 217 special combat squadrons of the 300th Division were only 138 members after the war, and the casualty rate reached an astonishing 40 or more, 144 complete aircraft were captured, half of which were bombers and half of fighters.
In addition, the 300th Division was reorganized in Baoding City and captured a medium-sized arsenal of the Japanese army, which contained two Type 38 rifle production lines, a Type 92 heavy machine gun production line and a supporting ammunition production line, and the most surprising thing for Yang Chengwu was that there was a formal rifle production line and a Czech light machine gun production line here, in addition to supporting gunpowder factories and steel factories, in addition to not being able to produce cannons and shells, the scale of this arsenal was enough to surprise people. According to Yang Chengwu's judgment, the production capacity of this medium-sized arsenal may be about the same as that of the Baotou Arsenal, and it can be put into production as soon as there are enough workers and raw materials.
After the news reached the front headquarters, Han Yunhua immediately called to ask for details, because he had never heard that the Japanese army also had an arsenal in Baoding. But soon Yang Chengwu replied to him that the Japanese army was not only an arsenal in Taiyuan, and the reason why the Taiyuan Arsenal was so famous was entirely because the Taiyuan Arsenal was established by Yan Xishan after more than 20 years of operation, and its scale can definitely rank among the top three in China. Therefore, although the Japanese army dismantled most of the production equipment and transported it back to the Northeast after occupying Taiyuan, some of the equipment left in Taiyuan could still meet the daily needs of the Japanese army.
However, this does not mean that the Japanese army did not have other arsenals in other cities in China, in fact, the Japanese army had arsenals in several important cities in northern China. It's just that the scale of these arsenals is too small, some can only produce some ammunition, can't produce guns, and some can only produce gunpowder, so these arsenals are not as famous as the Taiyuan Arsenal. As for this arsenal in Baoding, Yang Chengwu also made an explanation, in fact, this arsenal was after Tada Jun arrived in North China and took up the post of commander of the North China Front, realizing that the Japanese army's logistics supply line was too long, and the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army along the way were elusive, so often many conflicts were caused by the competition for these arms transported along the way, so he suggested that the base camp secretly build a large arsenal in the central part of North China. …,
General Tadajun's suggestion was quickly approved by the Japanese army base camp, so from December 1939, the Japanese army secretly built this huge arsenal, according to the goal set by the Japanese army at that time, if this arsenal is completed, then the entire North China arms supply will no longer need to be provided by the Shenyang Arsenal in the northeast, but it is a pity that this arsenal has not been fully completed by Yang Chengwu's department, and the Japanese army is losing his wife and soldiers.
According to Yang Chengwu's meaning, he believes that the Japanese army's considerations are actually very reasonable, and now the Inner Mongolia Military Region has also encountered this problem. The arsenal of the Inner Mongolia Military Region is in Baotou, and the transportation network in northern Saibei can be said to be a mess, and the road from Baotou to Baoding is thousands of miles, and the fragile logistics supply line seriously affects the combat effectiveness and combat radius of the reorganized 300th Division.
Moreover, according to the captive Japanese technicians, as long as the captured arsenal recruits workers, it can be put into production immediately, and the munitions and ammunition produced can be replenished to the nearest units, so that accidents can be avoided in the process of demolition and relocation of the arsenal, and on the other hand, of course, the logistical supply problems of the front-line troops can be solved.
However, Han Yunhua's considerations are obviously more far-reaching, although he can be regarded as a pure soldier, but his analysis of the situation is still very set, and there is no problem with strategic vision. After thinking about it for a while, Han Yunhua decided to demolish and relocate the arsenal to the north of the country, because he knew that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were now negotiating on the ownership of the territory in North China, and the Baoding area was located in the Jizhong Plain, and it was impossible for the Nationalist Government to divide this place to the CCP, so it was only right to demolish and relocate it as soon as possible. Staying here is likely to be to make a wedding dress for others, and what is in your own hands is your own.
In addition, Han Yunhua ordered the reorganized 300th Division to immediately repair the airport in Baoding, and immediately set up air defense positions around the airport, and all antiaircraft machine gun units and antiaircraft artillery units immediately entered the airport in case the Japanese army sent an air force to destroy the Baoding airport, and he himself ordered Shangguan Qing, who had learned how to operate aircraft, to immediately form his own aviation unit on the spot.
To be honest, the operation of aircraft in this era is not complicated at all, but there are really not many people who really understand mechanics, physics and other aspects of knowledge, so I think how the Air Force is doing. After receiving Han Yunhua's telegram, Shangguan Qing immediately entered Baoding Airport with the remaining 100 or so people of the 300th Division's special combat team and the 5th Field Division's Sharp Knife Battalion.
Let's not mention that Shangguan Qing trained these peasant children in Baoding to go to heaven, but when Yang Chengwu received the information that Xu Shiyou's troops had come to Beiping City, he immediately gave up his plan to go south, but ordered the troops to immediately go east to Cangzhou, and then prepared to merge the Pingjin area with Xu Shiyou's department, and first take down Duotian Jun's lair.
While the troops of the Inner Mongolia Military Region were actively advancing, several other armies in China were not eating dry food, and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army telegraphed the entire Eighth Route Army to immediately dispatch the entire army to attack regardless of time and place, from the stronghold of the Japanese puppet army to the county town heavily garrisoned by the Japanese army. The 129th Division dispatched troops to the southeast of Shanxi and southern Hebei, occupying more than 20 county towns in just over a month, and the 120th and 115th divisions also displayed their might on the land of Sanjin and the Jizhong Plain.
Not to be outdone, with the support of Chiang Kai-shek, the 100,000 troops of the Nationalist Government in Zhongtiao Mountain immediately marched north and fought to the death with the first army of the Japanese army stationed in Shanxi in southern Jinnan. As soon as he struck, he completely annihilated an infantry brigade of the Japanese army in Fushan, forcing the Japanese 41st Division to retreat immediately. …,
Nearly 300,000 Jin Sui troops attacked from Jinzhong to Jinnan, and because Yan Xishan's prestige in Shanxi was unparalleled, the Jin Sui army actually defeated Linfen, Hongdong, Guxian and other cities and counties in a short period of time, and the territory of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi was rapidly shrinking.
Although Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka can be regarded as an excellent commander in the Japanese Army, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, no matter how powerful Yoshio Shinozuka is, but under the siege of nearly 700,000 Chinese troops, he is really powerless with only 50,000 or 60,000 Japanese troops and 100,000 puppet troops in his hands, and more than 100,000 people can only be beaten and retreated. Although the Japanese army's aviation now controls absolute air supremacy, but the Chinese army is the king in the dark, every night the Japanese puppet army can not have a good rest, the Chinese army appears like a ghost under the city, now the Chinese army from all directions to Taiyuan, the first army stationed in Shanxi can only retreat step by step, waiting for a possible miracle.
The Office of the Commander of the Headquarters of the Beiping and North China Fronts.
The atmosphere in the palatial office was extremely tense, and at this time, General Tada Jun had already lost his previous personable demeanor. He has always been mild-mannered and irritable for many days, and many high-ranking Japanese officers have been punished by His Excellency the Commander, and even split a guard alive who made a mistake two days ago.
Bring me that idiot Kunisaki Deng, and by the way, inform Yamaguchi that they will immediately convene a military meeting, and invite Wang Sang, Qi Sang, and Zhang Sang.
"Hail"
Soon after being chased by Xu Shiyou's troops, Major General Kunizaki Noboru had no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth, as well as all the officers of the Japanese army who remained in Beiping and above the rank of major general came, and some high-ranking traitors of the puppet Beiping Provisional Government, such as Wang Kemin, Qi *yuan, and others, were also "lucky" to attend this military meeting.
When everyone arrived, Umeko Yamaguchi quickly walked to Tada's office and invited Tada out.
The sound of hard footsteps sounded in the silent corridor, and all the senior officers of the Japanese puppet army sitting in the conference room knew that this was His Excellency the Commander, who had seen such a graceful appearance more than once in the past year.
Everyone quietly lowered their heads, during this time, His Excellency the commander knew the mood, and he could not delay the future of most of his life because of a small mistake, so every senior officer of the Japanese puppet army seemed extremely pious.
Seeing that these officers were all performing very well, General Tada Jun was very uncomfortable, but it was rare that he did not get angry. Now that the Chinese army is in the city, it may not be long before he, the commander of the front, will become a prisoner of the Zhina, and it is likely that some of these officers will take his place as the new commander of the front, and of course he may also be reduced to ashes with the city.
But in any case, the current Tada Jun's heart is full of loss, he came with confidence at the beginning of his tenure in North China, but the result was that he was continuously hit by the god of war in Saibei, not to mention the loss of troops, and now the entire front army is about to be driven out of North China, and even the whole of North China.
Cleaning up his feelings, Tada Jun cleared his throat and said: "Gentlemen, now that the people of China have come to the city, and the war in the entire North China has been seriously eroded, I, the commander, have an unshirkable responsibility to live up to His Majesty's expectations. I hereby swear, but if the city of Peiping is not safe, I will stay in Peiping with all of you to deal with all possible situations, and I will never escape alone. ”
"Hail"
"Gentlemen, now in addition to the situation in Shandong is acceptable, we have almost lost most of North China, the Eighth Route Army, the Jin Sui Army, the Central Army and the evil wolf Han Yunhua in the north of the million army besieged our front army, and the reinforcements have not arrived for a long time, so we need a lot of efforts, yesterday the commander of the China Dispatch Army sent a telegram, His Excellency Nishio Shouzo, saying that the reinforcements of the five divisions have been formed, and they will be shipped to North China in the near future, as long as our army holds on for more than half a month, there will be enough troops to counterattack, In addition, the base camp will also send reinforcements from five divisions to support our army in a short period of time, so the current battle situation will be entrusted to you"...,
"Long live the Great Japanese Empire for His Majesty's loyalty, Long live His Majesty the Emperor"
In fact, at this time, many people no longer believe in the so-called reinforcements, especially those big traitors, they are all some wall grass, the wind is strong over there, and the wind is strong and the side is down, don't look at the now respectfully shouting "Long live the Great Japanese Empire", but in fact, they have gone to confidence in the North China Front.
Not only does the Japanese army have its own intelligence system, which of these seemingly spineless Chinese is easy to fool, Tada Jun said before and after that this is a division and regiment may have, but ten divisions and regiments are only how many troops, at most more than 100,000 people, now the Japanese army's divisions and regiments are not just at the beginning of the war without moving 300,000 people, the newly formed C-class garrison division adds up to 10,000 people, the better ones can reach 15,000 people, and the worse ones are 12,000 people. And look at the momentum of the Chinese army at the moment, not to mention anything else, Han Yunhua's department in the north alone is enough to make people frightened, although these but the traitor psychology is not to mention, but which one has not received a letter with bullets, people have already extended their tentacles to Beiping City, but these stupid commanders of the Japanese army are not clear at all, at this time almost all traitor psychology is mixed.
In fact, although this meeting looked like a pre-war mobilization meeting, in fact, all the officers of the Japanese puppet army knew that this was a death order from His Excellency the commander, and a death order to live and die with Beiping City. You must know that not to mention fifteen days, even if you hold on for ten days, you may not be able to hold it, the troops of the Inner Mongolia Military Region are not ordinary Chinese troops, and a heavy city like Zhangjiakou can be defeated in a month, and the fortifications of Beiping City are obviously much worse than those of Zhangjiakou City, so almost everyone has opinions about defending Beiping City.
But now there is no pure land in the entire North China region, although the war in Shandong is not too fierce now, although the 12th Army is now only a mere infantry division and a few independent infantry wings, but there are not many Chinese troops in Shandong, plus those puppet armies of Ma Liang, there are no accidents in Shandong for the time being.
Senior General Tada was quite satisfied with the realization of these officers present, and did not jump out to oppose or suggest retreat. But there are some things that should be said that must be made clear, because if you don't make it clear now, it will kill people when these people make small moves underground.
Tada Jun cleared his throat and said loudly: "Gentlemen, I know everyone's thoughts very well, half a month is not a long time, and it is not short to say that it is not short, it is very difficult to hold Beiping for half a month under the siege of the Chinese army, but may I ask you, do we still have a way out?" I think you all know what the Imperial Japanese Army did in the North Branch, and the troops outside the city are all Han Yunhua's troops, and everyone should have heard of Han Yunhua's devil's methods against the Japanese. Immediately afterwards, Tada Jun said to Wang Kemin and others: "Wang Sang, Qi Sang, don't be happy, Han Yunhua is ruthless in dealing with us Japanese, and even more ruthless in dealing with you people who are called "traitors", as long as there is a bloody case in your hand, or you are listed in the list of demons, the blood killing order has already been prepared for you, so you people, like us, have no way out" ......,