If it weren't for the fact that Yang Zhen chose to combine prudence and surprise attack in tactical formulation when he implemented a counterattack, the raid tactics were always grasped to a certain degree, and he was not too aggressive in tactical deployment. In order to deal with new enemy situations that may arise at any time, a considerable number of reserves are still kept in hand.

At the same time, in the application of specific tactics, the large depth of the detour interspersed, mainly to the west of Baoding. The operation of armored forces on the line between Baoding and Hejian was more about dividing the connection between the Japanese forces and creating conditions for a frontal breakthrough. On the front of each battlefield, it is interspersed with shallow depth and depth, which is dominated by infantry.

The Japanese army also relied on its own usual tenacity and bushido spirit, although the overall formation was rushed into chaos, especially the flanks were scattered, but they were still desperately resisting, and I am afraid that the results of the first day would be much greater. If you don't do a good job on the battlefield in Baoding, it is possible that it will collapse on the same day. But even if it was not completely chaotic, the Japanese army still fell into passivity on the first day.

Compared with the left-wing wing, which was defeated in the first wave, the Japanese troops in the remaining directions were not afraid in the face of the counterattack of the anti-coalition on all fronts. Its ferocity is still the same, and it has not wavered in any way because the overall battle situation is unfavorable. In various battlefields, desperately resisting stubbornly, and constantly trying to find ways to scatter the troops and get as close together as possible.

Even the wing on the flank, which was the first to be crushed, under the command of the successor wing commander, was constantly launching counter-charges. Although the losses were heavy, this wing was still holding back some of the forces of the anti-union as much as possible. In order to reduce the pressure on the main front, create fighters and buy time for the main force to retreat.

At the beginning of the battlefield west of Hejian, after being attacked by the 66th Brigade and regiment, the troops of the Anti-United Nations were evaluated by the North China brother troops who cooperated with the Anti-United Nations to fight against them, and when the situation changed extremely unfavorable to themselves, they did not move like a mountain before receiving the order, and there was no wavering. This point is actually not much different for the Japanese army.

Although the current Japanese army, whether it is the will to fight or the strategic quality of officers at all levels, there is a certain degree of decline from the Japanese army during the 77 Incident as a whole. There was also a certain amount of war-weariness within the country, but the degree of decline of these field divisions and regiments was quite limited. Its fighting style still maintains fierceness.

Its will to fight is firm, its resistance is tenacious, and it is not really weaker than its opponents. Even on the front between Baoding and Gaoyang, one of the six infantry brigades of the 68th Division of the Japanese Army fought a confrontation with the anti-coalition forces that launched a counterattack in front of them.

But no matter how fierce the Japanese army was, the disparity in equipment also made the overall situation worse. An army lacking effective anti-tank weapons can hardly withstand the onslaught of an opponent with a large number of tank mechanized troops on the Great Plain of Jizhong, where there is no danger to defend.

Despite the desperate resistance of the Japanese troops, the initiative on the battlefield still changed hands on the first day. The Japanese troops on the battlefield west of the entire river were caught in a bitter battle. Although the front can barely be supported, on the flank, the roundabout interspersed troops of the Anti-Union are always breaking through the Japanese defense line.

By the time the battle was set that day, the anti-United Nations counterattack force had advanced more than 30 kilometers to the depth of the Japanese army's right flank on the front between Gaoyang and Baoding, which had made the fastest progress. In the frontal battlefield between the rivers, where the progress was the least, in a considerable part of the frontal area, the Japanese army also advanced more than 10 kilometers in depth.

It also cut off the connection between the two infantry brigades of the 70th Brigade of the 64th Division of the Japanese Army, and one infantry brigade of the 69th Infantry Brigade and the main force of the 64th Division. In the northern battlefield of Baoding and the long direction, they took advantage of the previous situation of staggered dogs and teeth, and fought chaotically with the various units of the Japanese army in front of them.

So that he could only look at his flanks, and was devastated by the tank cluster of the Anti-United Nations, but he could not turn back to rescue at all, and he was bitten by the surrounding anti-United Nations forces. In fact, as soon as the entire Baoding frontal fought, under Chen Hanzhang's intention, the two armies fell into a melee from the beginning.

The frontal battlefield in Baoding was really a melee, and before the anti-union troops launched an attack, the commander of the front line had asked Chen Hanzhang whether to make adjustments and reduce part of the force for counterattack operations in key areas. After all, the current staggered front is very unfavorable to the focus of the counterattack.

As a result, Chen Hanzhang directly told him that as long as the troops above the platoon remained intact. Wherever the enemy positions are staggered, counterattacks will be launched on the spot. Before the counterattack, the front-line combat troops should not make any movements, so as not to be detected by the Japanese army. As for the chaos that may be caused, then fight it in chaos, and the more chaotic it is, the better it will be for the overall situation.

The focus of artillery fire coverage was not on the front line of the Japanese army, but on its deep positions. The focus is on the position between the first-line and second-line forces of the Japanese army, as well as the key parts of the deployment of the Japanese army's second-line troops. As for the front line of the confrontation between the two armies, fire of calibers above mortars is not used.

If it is to be fought, it will be a real battle, so that the Japanese army cannot figure out the true intention of the Baoding Battlefield Anti-Union, whether it is a harassing action on the whole front, or a real counterattack. However, at the junction of the various units of the Japanese army, it should be the focus of the attack. However, it is also necessary not to temporarily adjust the number of troops, but to deploy in the direction of the counterattack of each unit.

And when Chen Hanzhang came up, he put all the reserves in his hand, all of which were not left. Attacks on some key areas are undertaken by the reserves. He told the front-line commanders at all levels not to be afraid of this or that, to shoot wherever there is gunfire, and to rush wherever there are Japanese troops. In a word, it was completely mixed with the Japanese army in front of him. Before the main force completes the encirclement, the Japanese troops on the Baoding battlefield must not be allowed to run away from even one squadron.

In this way, not only was the Japanese army confused. Even the forces of the Anti-Japanese Union were fighting and fighting, and it didn't take long for there to be a disconnect between the front and back. After all, the direction of their respective attacks is different, and the deployment of the Japanese troops in front of them is also different, and the progress of all aspects cannot be the same.

The troops of the anti-coalition counterattack were disrupted, and the Japanese troops in front of them also herded sheep, and the two sides were completely mixed together. The battle situation has changed from the original battle to the level of the Japanese army wing and the level of the anti-union regiment. It quickly evolved into a battle at the brigade or squadron level, or even at the platoon level.

And this situation is exactly what Chen Hanzhang, who had painstakingly deployed at the beginning, wanted. As a result, the Japanese army could not figure out where to focus on the attack, and it was unable to gather troops. And his way of using tactics has never been taught in the textbooks of military schools around the world.

Indeed, as Chen Hanzhang expected, when his counterattack began, he did defeat the Japanese army in front of him. Is there such a counterattack? There is not even a single key point of attack, and it is just such a mess, and the Japanese army will not be able to defend and deploy it.

The two armies were like a group of ruffians fighting, and all the tactical use and fire support were thrown aside. Even if there is a huge disparity in strength when encountering the other party, I can't beat you, but if I catch any part of you, I will desperately go where to put the deadly Wang Ba punch, and whoever can't bear it and fall to the ground first can only admit bad luck.

But on the scene, a day of scuffle down. Basically, there is more automatic firepower, more small-caliber direct-aim firepower, and the more reasonable firepower configuration takes advantage of the anti-union. In the face of the anti-Japanese automatic rifles, the Japanese army fought this kind of unorganized battle, and obviously suffered quite a loss.

The battle seemed to be a chaotic fight, but there was always a certain rhythm in the attack. Chen Hanzhang is a chaotic method, but it is not a real sheep herding tactic. This tactical deployment of his was completely in accordance with his own firepower equipment and characteristics, and it was all the more out of his understanding and trust in his own troops. Punching the master to death, that's what he did.

But such a fight does not mean that it must always be continued. At the beginning of the battle, Chen Hanzhang drew a line of demarcation and set up some assembly points in the depth of the Japanese position. When the various units are interspersed and attacked, no matter how chaotic, they must fight towards these assembly points.

As long as the troops are close to this line, they must be assembled nearby. It is not necessary to return the original system, but it is necessary to assemble. Because if you continue to fight like this to a certain extent, it is very likely that you will find your own death. When it's time to let it out, it has to be released. But when it's time to tighten your fists, you have to tighten them.

Although several wing commanders of the Japanese army on the front from Mancheng to Baoding desperately tried to gather the troops who were fighting everywhere. But the whole chaotic front, where is it so easy to assemble. Even under the constant threat of their own wing headquarters, several wing commanders could only press their temperament and find a way to reunite the chaotic troops little by little.

Chen Hanzhang's hand directly made Uchiyama Eitaro's plan to retreat on the entire front around Baoding completely come to naught. But if he chooses to abandon those troops in chaos, then it means that most of the troops he wants to retreat from will be lost, and the entire retreat plan will be useless.

Faced with the embarrassing situation of being unable to withdraw and unable to advance. Uchiyama Eitaro could only order the various ministries to assemble and shrink at all costs. Don't be reluctant to lose what you should lose, and let them be loyal to the emperor if they can't withdraw the small force that can't be withdrawn for a while. In any case, it is necessary to withdraw the whole army from the Baoding battlefield before the enemy's encirclement behind them is completed.

Compared with the speed and progress of progress in other directions, the most frustrating thing at the moment is probably to rush all the way to Qingfeng Shop. Along the way, Xiong Botao's headquarters, which were not intercepted by a large number of Japanese troops, and arrived at the front line of Qingfengdian at dusk that day.

After arriving at the front line of Qingfengdian, the division engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese defense forces without any repairs. Prepare to occupy Qingfengdian during the march, so as to attack north in the shortest possible time, so as to cooperate with the brother troops on the front and flanks, and complete the encirclement and annihilation of the enemy in Baoding as soon as possible.

But to everyone's surprise, Xiong Botao's plan to occupy Qingfeng Store during the march did not fail to achieve its goal. On the contrary, it was in the Qingfeng shop, and it fell into a stalemate. The Qingfeng store failed to be taken down on the first day, which became the only goal that failed to be achieved on the first day after the full-front counterattack started.

At the same time that the Baoding battlefield was in full swing, behind the Baoding battlefield, on both sides of the Hutuo River and in the southern Hebei region, the reorganized Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region concentrated two brigades plus two independent regiments and some local armed forces. In the first division of the Shandong Military Region and the first division of the New Fourth Army in the north, they launched an all-out attack on the Japanese troops left behind in the area south of the Shide railway.

The focus is on Zhengding, Yuanshi, Gaoyi, and Neiqiu on the Pinghan line, as well as the important strongholds controlled by the Japanese army in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area, Nangong, Wuyi, and Shulu. In order to completely cut off the southern line of the Pinghan Railway, and completely open up the ground connection with Taihang Mountain and Shandong Military Region. In addition to the restoration of the southern Hebei region on the whole line, a part of the troops was also used to open up and restore the Shuidong region.