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Chapter 1258 Battle of Langfang (2)

The deafening sound of gunfire drowned out everything, and the three-kilometer-long forward position was full of flames and smoke of explosions, and teams of wounded were quickly carried down by the brothers of the engineer battalion, and then boxes of ammunition were sent to the line of fire. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The fourth charge of the Japanese army was extremely violent, and if it were not for the artillery regiment of the 68th Division and the mortar battalions of each brigade with a striking power that the Japanese army could not match, Li Jinlong believed that the position had been broken through by more than 30,000 Japanese troops half an hour earlier.

Fortunately, the density and intensity of the Japanese artillery fire gradually decreased, and it was obvious that the shells were almost exhausted, but despite this, this large-scale attack launched after the main forces of the two Japanese divisions and regiments converged also caused the three brigades of the 68th Division to lose nearly 2,000 soldiers.

The bright light of the explosions on the battlefield continued, beams of machine-gun fire flickered incessantly, and the front of the position was densely covered with charred craters and countless corpses of Japanese soldiers.

In a hurry, the Japanese troops, who were approaching madness, had already killed the red eyes, and rushed forward one after another to the blocking position of the 68th Division. Within 40 minutes of the raging battle, more than 2,000 Japanese troops crossed the river twice in an attempt to attack the right rib of the position, and the training regiment of the 68th Division, which was the reserve, had to go out to meet the enemy, and almost became entangled.

But since then, division commander Li Jinlong has no mobile forces available except for the guard company guarding the headquarters.

The Japanese troops who received an urgent order to rush to the aid of Langfang and hold their positions were also uncomfortable, they had never encountered such a powerful artillery attack and dense machine-gun fire, and they were the first to reach the 109th Division, which launched three charges, and had already suffered more than 3,000 casualties, which made the division commander, Lieutenant General Yamaoka Shigehou, so anxious that he scolded.

Before the first wave of the charge was launched, the three wings of the 20th Division, which immediately launched a large-scale charge, were blown up by the defenders' fierce artillery fire and dense mortar shells, and the defenders' 10-minute artillery fire finally stopped, and the Japanese troops immediately launched a fierce charge, but under the attack of the defenders' dense machine-gun fire, they were instantly defeated, and the corpses of the Japanese troops left in the forward position of the 68th Division were as high as more than 1,500 people, and more than 3,000 people were killed and wounded in the 20th Division alone. This was another serious blow suffered by the Japanese army since it entered North China.

The confidence of the commander of Kawagishi Bunzaburo's division was shaken, and he was extremely shocked by a single charge, and the 68th Division he faced was like a huge iron plate, blocking his way south to recover Langfang and then rush to the aid of Tianjin. The 109th Division's generals' impatient faces were full of unconcealable horror, and the dense corpses of officers and soldiers at the front of the position and the bloody and blurred officers and soldiers who were constantly being carried down finally made the two division commanders Kawagishi Fumizaburo and Yamaoka Shigema, who had once again encountered the formidable Anjia Army, and their generals and generals under their command tremble and complained.

However, the military order was like a mountain, and the commander of the garrison army, Xiangyue Qingji, gave the two divisions an order: quickly defeat the An Jia army besieging Langfang, and then must rush to the north of Tianjin at dawn to defeat a division of the An family army besieging Tianjin City!

There is no room for bargaining for this order, and Kawagishi Bunzaburo, who has been defeated once by An Jiajun, knows very well that if he, the acting commander-in-chief, fails to lead his troops to the north of Tianjin before sunrise tomorrow, waiting for him is not as simple as removing his post and escorting him back to China.

After a short period of deliberation, Kawagishi Bunzaburo finally persuaded the generals of the 109th Division, including Takatsuki Yamaoka, to angrily draw his saber and direct the direction to the direction, and once again gave the order to charge with great determination.

Another extremely tragic fierce battle began immediately, and the dense sound of guns and cannons shook the sky, and bursts of shouts and roars spread throughout the four fields.

At 5:40 a.m., the command of the Eastern Front of the Fifth Corps.

"Report: The 68th Division fought fiercely for a day and night, with more than half of the casualties, and the division commander Li Jinlong asked to retreat!" The communications staff officer shouted loudly.

"Agree to retreat, Division Commander Li and the brothers of the 68th Division have already exceeded their tasks and can withdraw, and order the 68th Division to quickly leave the battlefield and retreat westward. In addition, Yang Jiuxiao's division was ordered to be on high alert, move slowly, and not act rashly until the main force of the Japanese army attacked the 17th Army in Langfang! Lu Yixuan ordered decisively.

"Yes!"

Zhang Chengzhu took his eyes off the map, raised his head and said: "Commander Lu, the two brigades of the 29th Army led by Zhang Zizhong and General Zheng Dazhang are still about five kilometers away from the Japanese army. Judging from the strength of the two generals Zhang Zizhong and Zheng Dazhang who pursued southward, it is estimated that it will be difficult to stop the Japanese army from escaping. So I wondered if it was possible to quickly move the Xiao Unarmored Brigade, which had moved between the 17th and 40th Divisions, to the front of the 40th Division, firmly block the northeast direction of Yima Pingchuan, firmly encircle the exhausted Japanese army in the encirclement, and quickly wipe it out? ”

Lu Yixuan shook his head and explained: "Brother Chengzhu, although the Japanese army has suffered heavy losses and is exhausted, the two divisions still have a total of 30,000 people, and if we encircle and annihilate them according to the convention, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve our wish." Looking at the arrangement of our army's troops, after our 17th Division annihilated the two brigades defending the enemy in Langfang, the strength of the whole division has dropped to more than 14,000 people, and the only fully manned 40th Division of nearly 20,000 soldiers has been blocked to the east of Langfang, and the 68th Division that has withdrawn west has suffered more than half of the casualties, and it is difficult to fight again, even if we add the artillery regiment, teaching regiment and three newly formed regiments that we have arranged on the line three kilometers northwest of Langfang, a total of 10,000 officers and men, the total strength of these three directions is only more than 40,000 people, and it can only barely form a U-shaped encirclement on the east, south, and west. It is far from possible to completely encircle it, so we can only hope that the two brigades of General Zhang Zhizhong will block the north.

"Based on this reality, I placed the Xiao Wu Armored Brigade in the southeast corner of the U-shaped encirclement, the purpose of which was to let Xiao Wu's armored brigade rush into the enemy group without hesitation once the main Japanese force attacked in front of the 17th Division in front, and use the speed and impact of armored vehicles and the powerful fire of two light and heavy machine guns to launch a sudden and fierce close massacre, disrupting the enemy formation in one fell swoop, causing local and even overall panic, and the officers and men of the armies on three sides immediately launched a rapid charge to the center, only in this way, Only then can the living forces of the Japanese army be eliminated to the greatest extent. As for the small group of Japanese troops fleeing, we have nothing to do, it depends on General Zhang Zizhong's ability, and they can kill as many as they can. ”

Zhang Chengzhu wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at Lu Yixuan with a calm expression, and couldn't help but sigh faintly: "It's very dangerous!" It is estimated that the casualties of our three divisions will not be less, but only melee combat and attacking the living forces of the Japanese army is the best choice at present......"

Lu Yixuan lit a cigarette, took two puffs, and slowly spit out: "The eldest brother's mood can be understood, but the younger brother believes that the casualty ratio between the enemy and us in this battle will not be small, and if we sacrifice a brother, we can at least exchange for three lives of the Japanese army, it is worth it!"

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At six o'clock in the morning, Baoding, the headquarters of the Fifth Corps.

Liu Qing was overjoyed when he received Lu Yixuan's battle report, took a deep breath, adjusted his excitement slightly, hemmed his military hat under his military uniform, strode out of the telecommunications room, and came to An Yi's side in front of the large map: "Report to the commander, Commander Lu called, most of the main force of the Japanese army has entered the encirclement set up by our side, and the general offensive of the Battle of Langfang has started five minutes ago!" ”

An Yi clenched his fists with excitement, Hu Jialin, Zhou Zhirou, Huang Yingwu, Fang Pengxiang and other generals couldn't help cheering in unison, at this moment, waited for three days and two nights, and spent countless sweat and blood of 100,000 soldiers in the whole army, Lu Yixuan's call undoubtedly announced that the hard work of the soldiers of the whole army finally came to fruition, and the victory of the entire battle was like the rising sun that was about to erupt, just in front of him.

"Order: Call General Wan Fulin and Pang Bingxun to immediately launch a feint attack on the enemy defending south of Tianjin for no less than ten minutes, and then the two armies will all retreat to the original defense line south of the Liuli River, and An Yi will go to Nanjing in person to ask for credit for the officers and men of the two armies!" An Yi was excited, and his voice trembled slightly.

"Yes!"

An Yi walked in front of Zhou Zhirou: "Brother Zhirou, it's your turn next, and my radar regiment will also be commanded by you!" ”

Zhou Zhirou's face was ruddy, and his expression was extremely firm: "Don't worry, Commander An, in five minutes, sixteen fighters of my Ninth Brigade will take off, and after that, a squadron will take off every thirty minutes, and we will not let the Japanese planes show off their might in the skies over our North China!" ”

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The morning glow on the horizon gradually appeared, but the sky above the Langfang battlefield was shrouded in gunsmoke, and there was no daylight.

Eighty-four armored vehicles divided into three formations and rumbled towards the dense Japanese troops like arrows, and the light and heavy machine guns on the vehicles spewed out angry tongues of fire, and the oncoming Japanese troops fell in pieces in the dense rain of bullets.

The roar of the armored vehicles drowned out the wails, and the hard armor crashed into the Japanese troops who did not have time to escape, and in the thick smoke of gunpowder, the blood mist was steaming, which was extremely tragic.

The powerful torrent of steel divided the Japanese army within a radius of three kilometers into broken parts, and the 40,000 soldiers of the Anjia Army who rushed up from the east, south, and west roared like thunder and murderous spirit, and the bullets sprayed by submachine guns and pistols were as dense as a torrential rain, and the grenades that were constantly thrown out exploded one after another in the scattered Japanese army, and the 30,000 Japanese troops were like rotten wood in the flood under the storm-like blow.

Kawagishi Fumizaburo and other generals saw that the general situation had gone, and fled north, hundreds of Japanese troops lost morale and fled in all directions.

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At 8:10 a.m., Nanjing, the headquarters of the Military Commission compound.

From half past seven o'clock, every battle report sent by the North China front will trigger bursts of exclamations, and the hall will burst into cheers and applause when they learn that the An Jiajun has won a decisive victory and is taking advantage of the victory to pursue the victory.

"Resignation, go and inform Jiegong and inform you of the victory in the battle of Langfang!" Li Liejun grabbed Chen Cheng's hand and said excitedly.

Chen Cheng nodded frequently: "Good ......"

"Chairman Chiang has arrived—"

Chiang Kai-shek, who was dressed in a neat uniform, strode into the command hall, and saw a full hall of generals rushing up excitedly, and a pair of eyes suddenly lit up: "Cixiu, Jiansheng, the battle of Langfang is over?" ”

"Report to the commission, Langfang is a great victory! An unprecedented victory! Chen Cheng shouted excitedly.

Bai Chongxi stepped forward and said with a smile: "According to preliminary statistics, more than 20,000 enemies were annihilated and more than 2,000 were captured in this battle. ”

Chiang Kai-shek trembled slightly with excitement: "Order, commend the Fifth Army...... Also, immediately announce the news of the victory in the Battle of Langfang to the whole country! ”