Chapter 408: Self-Inflicted Consequences
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Originally, Sun San wanted to wait for a raid on the front line of Yanggang to get the accessories for the radio station. 【. comtext] But they didn't expect that as soon as they came out of the mountain, they would encounter a brigade of the Eighth Division on the front line of the Seven Tiger Forest River. According to intelligence, there were no Japanese troops in this area.
However, for Sun San, since he had already encountered the Japanese army in advance, there was nothing to be afraid of. And even if Sun San, who was too late in time to make a detour, didn't want to startle the snakes again, although the Japanese army had not yet noticed that these suddenly appeared tanks were not their allies, but in order to rush to the designated place at the headquarters within the specified time, Sun San could only make up his mind to start in advance.
However, with hundreds of tanks and combat vehicles in an armored brigade plus a few vehicle-mounted infantry battalions, all of which were left to deal with a Japanese brigade, Sun San somewhat felt that it was too big and too useless. Although this is the battle of the armored brigade since its formation, taking an armored brigade against an infantry brigade of the Japanese army still makes Sun San feel too embarrassed.
After receiving the report from the vanguard troops, Sun San only hesitated for two minutes, leaving only an armored battalion plus an infantry battalion and a self-propelled artillery company to deal with this Japanese brigade. He led the main force without detouring, increasing the throttle and rushing directly from the Japanese position, directly killing the Yanggang line, and cutting off the Hurao railway line according to the orders of the headquarters.
Sun San's hand stunned the 2nd Brigade of the 31st Wing of the 8th Division of the Japanese Army. Since there were two Japanese-style Type 92 cavalry armored vehicles and a Type 94 light tank at the head, these Japanese troops thought that they were reinforcements transferred to them by their superiors.
The Kwantung Army had two squadrons of chariots at Hutou Fortress, so it was only natural that the Japanese troops on the north bank of the Seven Tiger Forest River regarded these chariots as friendly forces. Because the first few Japanese tanks are the same as the light tanks equipped by the search wing of the 11th Division. When the first few chariots had already driven onto the pontoon bridge built by the Japanese army, the Japanese army did not have the slightest suspicion.
These Japanese troops never thought that the enemy army would have chariots, and they still rushed out from the junction of Hulin and Baoqing, which was densely covered with mountains and swamps. There was no defense at all, not even on the pontoon bridge**. Several infantry guns and Sanqi flat-fire guns did not enter combat at all.
As a result, Sun San led the main force and took a formation with tanks at both ends and cars and mechanized infantry in the middle. Along the way, the guns and cannons rang out in unison, coupled with the continuous pressure and twisting, and the rampage increased the maximum horsepower, using the wooden pontoon bridge built by the Japanese army itself, and forced the passage of the Qihulin River in one go.
After crossing the Seven Tiger Forest River, Sun San left the commander of the chariot regiment to command the remaining troops and annihilate the Japanese infantry brigade. He did not stop at all, and ordered all vehicles to increase their horsepower along the highway from Hulin to Mishan, and interspersed with a straight line to Yanggang.
It was about to get dark, and there wasn't much time left before the headquarters had set the mark. Although the troops have conducted marching and combat training in complex terrain, they have not yet conducted combat training in complex terrain at night. Before night falls, capture the front line of Yanggang.
Without the radio, although the command of the headquarters was lost, it undoubtedly gave Sun San and other armored brigades a rare opportunity to fully display their abilities. Yang Zhen has always encouraged them to have the ability to think imaginatively when formulating battle plans, not to be limited to rules and regulations, let alone to the experience that others have left, and to dare to make bold innovations.
Because the tactics of the armored forces are now at a point of exploration, not only in China, but also in the world. Each country will come up with a different mode of warfare according to its own national strength and equipment. The Germans showed a new mode of warfare in the Polish campaign, but this tactic of relying on the tacit cooperation of aircraft and combat vehicles and adopting a large depth and encirclement was not suitable for the current anti-coalition forces.
However, because the number of armored troops is too small, China does not have its own production capacity, nor does it have the same strong air support as the German and Soviet armies. Therefore, the armored units of the military region should display their own tactics in accordance with the performance and quantity of the existing equipment, and absolutely cannot copy the experience of foreign armies. In battle or in practice, it doesn't matter if you encounter setbacks, but you must not stop because of setbacks.
Since No. 1 has asked for this, then Sun San and several team members also have the strength of newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers. In addition, in order to ensure the smooth flow of command, the headquarters installed a tactical radio on every tank and combat vehicle. Horizontal and vertical links can be implemented between individual tanks. This point is that there is not even a tank corps in Jiangbei.
The smooth communication and command, coupled with the long period of tactical synthesis training and Yang Zhen's usual encouragement, gave Sun San considerable self-confidence. After forcibly crossing the Guò Seven Tiger Forest River, Sun San commanded the armored brigade to take advantage of the afterglow of the setting sun to follow the Tiger Forest kilometers built by the Japanese army and the strong mobility of the armored forces. After arriving at the Yanggang line on time within an hour, he did not stop but continued to attack all the way to the depth of the Japanese Eighth Division.
It's just that after learning that there were enough troops of a wing of the Eighth Division on the front line of Yanggang, Sun San and his subordinates, who were ready to fight a tough battle, did not expect that the battle of Yanggang was completely different from what they imagined. Not only did the hard-fought battle that I imagined before not even show up in the shadows, but I was even busy taking in the captives who appeared to be in a strange situation most of the time.
After losing its combat effectiveness due to large-scale drug addiction in the division, the Eighth Division was transferred by Hakuda Shigeichi to the border area of Mishan, Hulin, and Baoqing to rest and recuperate. At present, in accordance with the request of Hatian Shigeichi to support the front-line battlefield of the Boli Jinsha River at any time, the division commander Tsukada Tsukasa did not move the division headquarters to Mishan County or Dong'an Street, the capital of Dong'an Province of the puppet Manchuria, which is across the river from Mishan County.
Instead, it was deployed to the front line of Tiger Lizi and Donghoutun that controlled the Mishan and Hulin highways and railways, and the garrison of Hulin could form a mutual strategy.
In the entire division, the 31st Wing is equipped with three artillery squadrons deployed in Yanggang in Hulin to protect its flank. Because the entire 31st Wing is the 8th Division's current unit with the highest proportion of drug users.
However, Tsukada Attack has not done too much, and he did not put the Fifth Wing, which has the lowest drug use rate, by his side, to defend the division headquarters. Instead, the 17th Wing, which was a little closer, plus the main force of the divisional search wing and an artillery brigade, were deployed around the division to cover the safety of the division headquarters.
As for the 8th Division, which has the lowest proportion of officers and men addicted to drugs, only 50 percent of the 5th Wing, after reinforcing the four squadrons of the 17th Wing, plus two field artillery squadrons and one 105-mm cannon squadron, is deployed on the front and rear five posts to support the battle on the Jinsha River line at any time.
Tsukada's deployment was well underway. The Tiger Lizi Line was originally the most important ammunition and material warehouse of the Japanese army in the entire East Manchurian region, and it was also an important sortie point and cantonment point in accordance with the war plan against the Soviet Union. Not only are there a large number of barracks and military depots that have been built here for the garrison, but also the road and railway line from Mishan to Hulin are choked, and it is really in a zone that can be attacked and retreated.
The fifth wing still has a relatively high proportion of guns, and half of its combat effectiveness. It is ready to support the battle in Boli. Whether it was to maintain the dignity of the Eighth Division or to cope with the withering order that Hakata Shigeichi might come at any time, it was more appropriate to place the Fifth Wing on the front and rear five posts.
It's just that whether this deployment can achieve Lieutenant General Shigeichi Harata's intention to let the Eighth Division rest and recuperate on the one hand, and on the other hand, to support the Boli battlefield at any time, for Tsukada's attack, the psychological aspect is not at all calculated. Because the current Eighth Division can have forty percent of the combat strength left, which is already an overestimate.
At present, almost all the smokers in the 8th Division are addicted to drugs. Since cigarettes were an important supply material for the Japanese army, according to the supply regulations of the Japanese army, Japanese soldiers could not only buy cigarettes from the division and regiment station, but also have a daily quota. This means that the 8th Division has a fairly high proportion of smokers.
Almost all the people who smoked in the entire division were addicted to drugs, and the number of people who were addicted to drugs in the Eighth Division even accounted for 70 percent of the division's combat soldiers. For these officers and soldiers who have a history of drug abuse for more than half a year, it is not so easy to quit drugs.
Although the chief of the military medical department of the division and regiment spent a lot of effort, it had little effect. Shigeichi Harata gave him three days to restore the 8th Division's combat effectiveness. However, judging from the current situation in which the battle at the front is tight and the Eighth Division has been unable to dispatch for a long time, it is obvious that the efforts of this military medical unit are very limited.
Although the heroin urgently airlifted from Siping made the Eighth Division barely able to withdraw to its current station, what happened later was a nightmare for the military doctors of the entire Eighth Division. In desperation, in order to ensure that the Eighth Division still retains a certain combat effectiveness under the tense situation of the war ahead. And under the acquiescence of Lieutenant General Tsukada who never nodded his head but did not veto, the military medical minister could only barely survive with heroin that was urgently airlifted, at least to make the Eighth Division not look so weak.
At present, the most beautiful scenery of the various wings of the Eighth Division every day is that every day before breakfast and after dinner, the military doctors of the division and regiment inject or distribute heroin to the soldiers who are addicted to drugs, so as to maintain their so-called combat effectiveness. Another scenery is that in daily training, soldiers who are often addicted to drugs let out heart-rending shouts because of drug addiction.
After the soldiers had consumed the heroin they had been given to them, they were each alive. But if you become addicted to drugs, you will have snot and tears all your eyes, and you will lie on the ground and roll on the ground. Even if the Japanese soldiers were well-trained, tenacious, and cruelly managed, if drug addiction could be stopped by confinement, there would not be so many drug rehabilitation centers in the world.
In the first few days of drug rehabilitation, the method of confinement was also adopted, but it was often the officers and soldiers who carried out the drug rehabilitation outside and the officers and soldiers who were in drug rehabilitation at the same time as the drug addicts. If all the officers and men who are not addicted to drugs are transferred out to carry out the confinement of those officers and men who are addicted to drugs. The Eighth Division could not even send out guard troops. In desperation, I can only take the method of drinking water to quench my thirst. Wait until the war is over, and then think of other ways.
In order to weaken the will of the Chinese to resist, the Japanese Imperial Family and the Kwantung Army extracted wealth from the Chinese, refining and selling a large amount of drugs in the northeast. A large amount of ill-gotten gains have been made on the Chinese, leaving behind countless white bones. But this time, the stones they lifted ended up hitting themselves in the foot, and the Eighth Division could be said to have suffered the consequences.
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