Chapter 368: The Battle of the Hundred Regiments Begins
Today, the 36th Army airlifted three batches of three transports, the third transport, two transport planes for ammunition, and two planes for a number of specialists and engineering technicians, as well as an early warning radar and some power generation equipment.
Zhang Yunfei's plan is to design and plan Jinsha Town Airport well and build Jinsha Town into an airport in the real sense.
Since coming to Jinsha Town, in the past two days, Zhang Yunfei has a lot of plans in his heart, Zhang Yunfei is not only preparing to build an airport in Jinsha Town, but also preparing to recover Beiyuan County.
After the recovery of Beiyuan County, Zhang Yunfei prepared to garrison troops in Beiyuan County, and expand his troops on the spot in Beiyuan County, so that when the entire territory of North China was recovered in the future, he could flank the North China Front Army of the little devils on both sides.
From the north, Zhang Yunfei could attack Zhangjiakou, and then march to Beiping and Tianjin, and from the south, he could use the support of Beiyuan County and Jinsha Town Airport, and to the north he could attack Handan, Xingtai, Shijiazhuang and other places, and to the south he could attack Zhengzhou and other places.
In addition, Zhang Yunfei also stationed an infantry division of Qian Long in Jingzhou, and when the time comes, the garrison in Jingzhou can also echo the garrison in Beiyuan County, attacking the little devils from many places.
Of course, the most important thing in such a large part is to have a strong military industry as the support, so in the next year or two, Zhang Yunfei believes that his focus is to speed up the development of industries in the base areas, especially the military industry.
In the afternoon, these experts and technicians in the field of airport and civil engineering construction surveyed and mapped the terrain near the airport as soon as they arrived in Jinsha Town, and in the evening, everyone seized the time to draw a sketch of the airport project.
The next day, Zhang Yunfei saw this sketch, Zhang Yunfei looked at it carefully, and then put forward a little opinion by the way, it is estimated that in half a day, the official construction drawings will come out.
In the next few days, Zhang Yunfei stayed in Jinsha Town, watching the Jinsha Town Airport change day by day, Zhang Yunfei's heart was also relatively happy.
In the past few days, air transportation has been going on, with three or four flights a day, and within a few days, not only a large amount of weapons and ammunition have been transported, but also more than 100 tons of cement.
It only took two days for the cement of the New Fifth Regiment to run out, and it was barely possible to build an airstrip, and Zhang Yunfei originally wanted to build a tarmac, but the cement was seriously insufficient.
Helpless, Zhang Yunfei had no choice but to order, from Datong first to transport a little cement by plane to come over for emergency, if you want to alleviate the cement shortage on a large scale, only after the recovery of Beiyuan County.
In the past few days, two infantry battalions of soldiers have also been airlifted, and according to Zhang Yunfei's plan, one or two infantry regiments of soldiers were first transported, and after this regiment arrived, they began to recover Beiyuan County.
Now Jinsha Town, is simply a scene in full swing, the construction of the airport is naturally progressing steadily, around the airport, there are also several long barracks and warehouses.
Within a few days, the transport convoy of the Eighth Route Army reached several hundred, and most of the weapons and ammunition piled up on the airfield were also transported, and it is estimated that in a day or two, all these ammunition will be carried away by the comrades of the Eighth Route Army.
Zhang Yunfei arrived at Jinsha Town on 13 November, and the transport planes of the flight group began to transport weapons and ammunition to the Jinsha Town Airport on 15 November, and now the time is 19 November, and in another three days, that is, on 22 November, the Eighth Route Army will launch a 100-regiment battle against the North China Army.
Beginning on the 19th, the transport planes of the flying group no longer transported weapons and ammunition of the Eighth Route Army to the Jinsha Town Airport, but kept transporting the soldiers of the 36th Group Army, who were heavily armed.
Every day, hundreds of soldiers and some trucks, off-road vehicles and other equipment are transported, and these soldiers who arrived in Jinsha Town are temporarily stationed outside the town in makeshift field tents.
By the afternoon of the 21st, the soldiers of the 36th Group Army who had arrived in Jinsha Town already had two infantry regiments, and when Zhan Yunfei saw so many soldiers, he thought to himself, tomorrow he could recover Beiyuan County.
Tomorrow, that is, on the 22nd, is the beginning of the Eighth Route Army's 100-regiment battle, and according to the operational plan formulated by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, the 129th and 120th Divisions of the Eighth Route Army, under the unified command of the headquarters, will launch a campaign focusing on the attack on the Zhengtai Railway (Shijiazhuang to Taiyuan).
Zhang Yunfei predicted that this campaign should last for a long time, and basically it should be some small-scale battles, and there should be fewer major battles, and there may be thousands of large and small battles.
At 8 o'clock in the morning of the 22nd, the Eighth Route Army, with a strength of no less than 22 regiments, began to attack the Zhengtai Railway on a large scale. At the same time, appropriate forces were also deployed to carry out extensive sabotage attacks on the Pinghan, Jinpu, Beining, and Deshi railways, as well as some major highways in North China, so as to cooperate with the sabotage battle of the Zhengtai Railway.
Zhang Yunfei still knew the entire battle plan of the Eighth Route Army, and according to the "Battle Preparation Order" formulated by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the battle of 100 regiments would be divided into three stages, and the time might last for several months.
Phase 1. The Eighth Route Army launched a general attack on the main communication lines such as Zhengtai, Pinghan, and Jinpu, focusing on sabotaging the Zhengtai Railway. According to the plan, this stage of the battle will be completed in about 20 days.
The tracks, bridges, tunnels, water towers, stations, etc. of the Zhengtai railway line will be destroyed; The Binh Han, Thi Duc and Bac Ninh railways and major highways will also be cut off; The aim was to paralyze the lines of communication in North China.
Phase II. The task is to continue to expand the results of the battle and destroy the enemy's and puppet strongholds on both sides of the lines of communication and deep into the various anti-Japanese base areas.
During this period, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region mainly carried out the Lailing Campaign, the 129th Division mainly carried out the Yuliao Campaign, and the 120th Division mainly attacked Tongpu Road. In these battles, the Eighth Route Army would deal a heavy blow to the enemy; All enemy strongholds that our army plans to uproot will also be uprooted.
Phase 3. The main task is to counter the revenge sweep of the puppet army. During this period, the Eighth Route Army will face a large-scale sweep of the puppet army against the anti-Japanese base areas such as Taihang, Taiyue, Pingxi, and Beiyue.
With the beginning of the Battle of the Hundred Regiments of the Eighth Route Army, for a time, there were battles everywhere in North China, and due to the support of Zhang Yunfei's large number of weapons and ammunition, the Eighth Route Army had nearly 300,000 troops and sufficient ammunition, and many little devils were eliminated on the first day......
Beiping, the headquarters of the North China Front Army of the little devil.
Since this morning, Okamura Ninji has received a lot of telegrams, especially from several divisions along the Zhengtai Railway, and the telegrams sent by them account for the vast majority of these telegrams.
These telegrams, without exception, all claimed to have been attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and many units of the Eighth Route Army, with regiments and battalions as units, carried out a large-scale attack on themselves.
To the surprise of the little devils, not only were there a large number of the Eighth Route Army this time, but also many of the Eighth Route Army troops were also equipped with a lot of Type 92 infantry guns and mortars, and it seemed that there was plenty of ammunition, and many of the little devil troops were actually shelled by the Eighth Route Army.
The machine guns of the Eighth Route Army also seemed to go crazy, and they actually shot crazy at the little devils, and the bullets were like no money, and many little devils died under the shooting of the Eighth Route Army.
Because the little devil was not fully prepared, he did not expect that the Eighth Route Army would launch so many troops and launch a full-scale attack in such a vast area.
Many railways, highways, and bridges were blown up by the Eighth Route Army, and the little devils had to rely on two legs to run back and forth.
Looking at these telegrams, Okamura felt that this battle was full of strangeness, and in the past, Okamura Ningji might have been happy that he had implemented the "cage policy" in North China, but if he followed the Eighth Route Army's style of play, the "cage policy" that he was proud of would have completely failed in a few days.
Now, the Eighth Route Army has only been fighting for a few hours, and so many railways, highways, and bridges have been blown up by the Eighth Route Army, and many strongholds have also been uprooted by the Eighth Route Army.
Soon after Okamura took office, he saw the Eighth Route Army's base areas behind enemy lines sprung up in the North China Battlefield, so Okamura Ninji vigorously promoted the "Public Order and Rectification Plan" in North China, implementing the so-called "cage policy" of "using railways as pillars, highways as chains, and pillboxes as locks."
Okamura Ninji didn't think about it, the "cage policy" that he had been working hard for nearly a year would show some signs of collapse in the face of the Eighth Route Army's offensive in just a few hours, and if the Eighth Route Army continued like this, not ten days, all roads, railways, and bridges would be seriously damaged, and in that case, his various units would have to retreat in major cities and towns, and the Eighth Route Army's base areas would be connected into a large area.
Thinking of this, Okamura Ninji shuddered, and immediately said to his chief of staff: "Notify all the personnel in the headquarters and above to hold an emergency meeting." ”
It seems that Okamura Ninji is really in a hurry, and he is ready to brainstorm and come up with an effective plan together.
When the high-level imps of the North China Front were holding a meeting there, Zhang Yunfei's two regiments were heading towards Beiyuan County, and Zhang Yunfei was ready to personally command the battle in Beiyuan County.
(To be continued)