Chapter 443: Zhangjiakou Offensive and Defensive Battle (3)
Now that he has learned of the intentions of the Japanese army, then Han Yunhua is not polite, the abacus of the North China Front is a thief. But Han Yunhua is not a vegetarian either, and it just so happens that he is really afraid that the Japanese army will stop attacking now, and the whole army will retreat back to Beiping, Tianjin and other big cities, so that the plan to consume the vitality of the Japanese army will be completely lost.
Now even if Han Yunhua does not yin* the Japanese army, the Japanese army will take Zhangjiakou at all costs. In Han Yunhua's view, even most of China has fallen, and the gains and losses of Zhangjiakou are insignificant at all, and after occupying Zhangjiakou, troops have to be sent to garrison them, and the mobility and flexibility of the troops have greatly decreased, so a large city like Zhangjiakou close to the enemy-occupied area is a chicken rib for the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and it is a pity to abandon it if it is tasteless.
But for the Japanese army, it was different, what is Zhangjiakou, that is the capital of Chahar Province, is the gateway to Beiping, taking back Zhangjiakou means that Beiping has one more barrier, and the defenders in the Beiping area will not always be vigilant, and even do not need to station so many troops. Therefore, the Japanese army in Zhangjiakou is bound to win, even if it pays a big price.
Since the Japanese army was so interested in Zhangjiakou, then Han Yunhua was not polite, and took the opportunity to urgently transfer a large number of heavy machine guns and mines to Zhangjiakou, and at the same time, there were more than 2,000 machine gunners who accompanied the escort troops.
The commander's intentions Xu Shiyou and He Guangyu were very clear, that is, Zhangjiakou would definitely not be able to hold it, but the two of them could not give up Zhangjiakou to the Japanese army, and the Japanese army had to fill it with human lives if they wanted to take Zhangjiakou.
At the Beiping airport, almost all the high-ranking generals of the North China Front led by General Tada Jun, as well as the high-ranking traitors Wang Kemin and Qi *yuan of the Beiping puppet regime, were waiting for the arrival of the field observation mission sent by China.
To be honest, Tada Jun actually didn't like this field observation group very much, but this is also human nature, and those guys didn't come for the purpose of learning and exchange. So originally he didn't plan to pick up the plane in person, but when he learned that the officer leading the team this time turned out to be Lieutenant General Okamura Ninji, the commander of the Eleventh Army, he changed his mind. Like some veterans of the military department, Tada Jun admires Okamura very much, and Okamura Ninji's prestige in the army also makes him have to pay attention to Okamura and his party.
"Kobayashi-kun, when will Okamura-kun arrive at the airport, are we here a little early?" Tada Jun asked in a low voice to Major General Kobayashi, deputy chief of staff of the North China Front.
"Your Excellency, half an hour ago, the headquarters of the Shina Dispatch Army sent a telegram saying that His Excellency Okamura has already passed through the Shandong region, and according to the itinerary, he should arrive soon, and he thinks that it is necessary for us to wait."
"Yo Xi, Kobayashi-kun is reasonable"
When Tada Jun and Major General Kobayashi were talking, there was a low buzzing voice over the airport, Tada Jun looked up, and saw that under the protection of dozens of fighter planes, several large transport planes were slowly descending, and the blood-red sun symbol on the fuselage of the plane made Tada Jun feel excited.
Soon the door of the cabin was opened, and a group of highly well-dressed senior officers slowly stepped off the plane, perhaps not suitable for the high-altitude flight of the plane, so more than half of the more than 100 members of the field observation group had poor faces, and more than a dozen were even covered in filth, as if they had just vomited.
Okamura Ninji didn't see anything, he was wearing a standard imperial uniform, looking mighty and graceful, seeing Tada Jun in a general's uniform, Okamura Ninji immediately walked up quickly and bowed his head, then bowed respectfully, and then said loudly: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency, the 121 members of the Field Observation Mission of the Headquarters of the Command of the Dispatch Army of the Command of the Dispatch of the Commander of the Command of the Dispatch of the Commander of the Command of the Commander of the Command of the Dispatch of the Commander of the T ”…,
Tada Jun was very satisfied with Okamura Ningji's attitude, waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okamura-kun, the arrival of the field observation team is the honor of our North China Front, and it is also a good opportunity for us to strengthen exchanges and learning, please get in the car, let's go back to the headquarters to talk, please" Tada Jun put his posture very low, he knew that Okamura Ningji's own military rank was only a little lower than his own, and Gangmura's military merits were among the best among all senior generals, especially his strategic vision was extremely ruthless, and his prestige in the army was also very high, So I still don't want to offend such a promising general easily, and I also have a request for him, and there is no way to lower my posture.
After reading the battle plan drawn up by the North China Front, Okamura Ninji did not express his opinion, although in his opinion there were still many things that could be improved in this battle plan, especially when Tada Jun actually ordered the troops to erase all the common people and villages of China from the map, which Okamura Ninji could not agree with. But Okamura Ninji knew the purpose of his visit to North China this time, he wanted to understand a real North China and the real North China Front. So what he had to do was to look and assess with his eyes the real combat effectiveness of the North China Front.
Tada was very happy to see that Okamura Ninji did not revise or give advice on the battle plan drawn up by the General Staff of the Front Army, because Okamura Ninji's temper was also notoriously bad in the entire Japanese Army, and once he passed through his battle plan, he would not hesitate to point out any mistakes or loopholes, and even scolded the formulator for being stupid.
Since this battle plan can now be approved by Okamura Ningji, it means that Okamura Ningji still recognizes the visual feast prepared for them by the North China Front, which makes him feel relieved.
The battle on the Zhangjiakou front is still in full swing, even if Okamura Ningji and others arrive, there is no change in the slightest, like Okamura Ningji, Lieutenant General Ando Toshiyoshi, the commander of the Fifth Division, is also a capable commander, although the attack in the first two days was not smooth, and the Fifth Division lost a lot of outstanding soldiers, but as an iron-blooded officer, he knows very well the position he is in now, the Fifth Division plus the Fifth Brigade of the Third Tank Division and the Sixth Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery, If such a heavy force cannot be solved by even two divisions in China, then his command ability will definitely be questioned.
"Your Excellency the division commander, Your Excellency Gangcun and others have arrived in Xuanhua, should we send troops to protect them along the road?" Major General Noboru Kunisaki, commander of the 9th Brigade, asked.
Ando Toshikichi looked at Noboru Kunisaki dissatisfied, and then said: "No need, we are a field army, what we should do is how to defeat the enemy in front of us, as for protecting those guys, it is what the honor guard and gendarmes have to do, and it has nothing to do with us." Kunisaki-kun, I am disappointed in the performance of your 9th Brigade during this time, I hope that your 9th Brigade will not let me down again after those guys from the Field Observation Group come, otherwise you should know the consequences."
"Hai" Kunizaki Noboru knew that he and the entire Ninth Brigade had indeed performed very poorly during this time, and if it weren't for his outstanding military achievements, he would have been taken down a long time ago, so he could only bear the rebuke of Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Ando.
Under the orders of Toshiyoshi Ando, all the units of the Japanese Fifth Division, plus several powerful technical units to assist the attack, carried out the eleventh attack on Zhangjiakou City on March 1.
It was still the same old routine, first the non-stop bombardment of the aviation regiment and field heavy artillery, and then the follow-up of the tank troops, and the main infantry of the Japanese army could only follow behind the tank. Even as the tanks were marching in, the Japanese artillery units were still firing. …,
On the position of the 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment of the 6th Field Division, Yang Shilang roared angrily: "He's the best, this group of Japanese devils raised by dogs, how can the shells come to our position as if they don't want money, the losers of the dog's day, I'm afraid it will take hundreds of thousands of oceans to support it in this half an hour."
"Commander, stop scolding, the devil's chariot is coming up? Most of our minefields have been cleared by the devil's artillery, and the rest can no longer inflict a devastating blow on the devil's chariot troops, this time it's another hard battle."
"Old guy, our turtle shell is repaired quite well, for the time being, the little devil still can't take us, you let the soldiers prepare the conscienceless cannon, once the devil's chariot drives to the first anti-tank trench, the conscienceless cannon will be pushed out, at that time the devil's heavy artillery will not dare to fire, and then it will be time to look at us" Yang Shilang is very satisfied with the conscienceless cannon, that guy's power is great and very light, the operation is also very simple, a cannon can be operated by up to four people, and it is very effective to deal with the devil's chariot, In the past two days, more than 30 Japanese tanks have been lost under the unconscionable gunners.
"You kid is bad to the bones, no wonder the commander often scolds you kid for being a natural bad seed, the little devil stall you count them as eight lifetimes of bad luck, okay, you command here, Lao Tzu will give you to watch the little rabbit cubs in the artillery battalion, those guys are too losers, yesterday morning, two hundred explosives bags didn't even work for an hour to let those guys play, it's not okay not to look at it" Liu Guoqiang, the political commissar of the regiment, is also an old qualification, but limited to the military level and knowledge level, So he has not been reused, he has been in the army for twenty-seven or eight years and is still only a political commissar, although this has a certain relationship with his original background in the old army, but more importantly, this guy's political quality is a little poor.
However, Han Yunhua still values him more, although Liu Guoqiang is not very good at fighting, but that mouth will indeed say that after Han Yunhua took the hand for a year, his political consciousness has been greatly improved, and he was appointed by Han Yunhua as the political commissar of the Sixth Field Division and the First Regiment. Since Yang Shilang is also a wild monk, the two of them have a tacit understanding together, and they save Shangguan Qing a lot of things at that time.......