Chapter 270: The End of the Second Battle of Saibei (4)
Settled Richie? After Pollin and others, Han Yunhua was not easy, and now the battle situation is getting more and more weird, and a large number of Japanese troops do not know where to go. In order to blockade the news, the Japanese army used telecommunications reconnaissance vehicles to continuously haunt Beiping, Tianjin, and other big cities, and the intelligence organs of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were seriously damaged. **Since the vast majority of the information is passed by hand-to-hand hand, the damage is not too severe. However, due to its huge power and the fact that the Military Command Bureau of the Nationalist Government was the biggest opponent of the Japanese army's special high-tech department, it received "special care" from the Japanese army, so the Military Command Bureau suffered a little more damage.
Han Yunhua was very uneasy, the Japanese North China Front Army of nearly 400,000 troops, in addition to the more than 100,000 troops stationed in Shanxi, 670,000 troops stationed in Shandong, and 100,000 troops stationed in Henan and Hebei, there are now about 40,000 or 50,000 troops missing. You must know that it is a devil of two divisions, and wherever it is placed, it is a force that is enough to change the situation of the battle. Han Yunhua would not be surprised if the Japanese army transferred all its troops to attack Han Yunhua's headquarters, but judging from the current situation, the Japanese army seemed to have other intentions.
As soon as Han Yunhua returned to Qian'an City, a telegram was sent from the front line, and the numbers and strength of the Japanese troops registered from the mouth of the Dapu River had been clearly investigated, and the numbers of these devils were very mixed, and the special combat personnel saw the 10th Division, the 14th Division, and the 26th Division from inside. This little devil is not only equipped with tanks and armored vehicles, but also belongs to an artillery unit that is different from the usual Japanese army, with a large caliber, which seems to be a 150mm cannon. The most important thing is that the spirit of this Japanese army is very unusual, and the soldiers are full of arrogance when they walk, and they are definitely the elite troops of the Japanese army. Because Han Yunhua destroyed the road leading the Dapu River estuary to Qian'an when he led the special combat team to retreat, the speed of this little devil's march was not fast. Since last night, I have only walked more than 40 kilometers, and I am still far from Qian'an City.
At the same time, the left-behind troops stationed in Zhangbei County sent an urgent telegram saying that the main forces of the Japanese Army's Yamashita Brigade and the 3rd and 4th Brigades of the Independent Mixed Brigade had rushed to Zhangbei County this morning, and that the total strength of the Japanese army was about 12,000 people, equipped with more than 50 tanks and armored vehicles, and there was also a mule-horse artillery unit, and the commander of the Yamashita Brigade was Major General Yamashita Fumi, commander of the Yamashita Brigade. However, stationed in Zhangbei County was an elite infantry of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and its combat effectiveness was also quite strong; although the number was only one regiment, in fact there were four infantry battalions, with a total strength of more than 3,800 people.
Han Yunhua knew that the intention of the Japanese army was to cut off the back road of the troops in eastern Hebei, but Han Yunhua was not worried about the army led by Yamashita Fengwen at all, since the Japanese army wanted to come to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary, then he didn't care about teaching the little devils a lesson, telling them what it was to govern others in the way of others.
However, Han Yunhua also knew that the combat level of the Japanese army was still very high, and he would never use the old trick of such a simple thing to deal with him. Therefore, Han Yunhua did not rush to give orders to the troops on the front line, but ordered the reconnaissance companies of each unit to expand the scope of investigation. At the same time, Han Yunhua also ordered Qian Zhuangfei's intelligence department to pay close attention to the movements of various units of the North China Front Army and report as soon as there was news.
With the issuance of Han Yunhua's order, the huge war machine of the Inner Mongolia Military Region quickly started, and the information of the reconnaissance department and the intelligence department was also quickly fed back to the front-line command center.
"Wei Peng, are you saying that the Japanese troops from Qinhuangdao have also been dispatched, and there are quite a few of them?" Han Yunhua asked suspiciously.
It is no wonder that Han Yunhua is puzzled, you must know that before deciding to launch the Second Battle of Saibei, the intelligence department of the Inner Mongolia Military Region spent a lot of energy to collect the Japanese garrison in eastern Hebei, so all the Japanese troops in eastern Hebei were investigated by Han Yunhua. The original garrison of Qinhuangdao was the 8th Wing of the 4th Division of the Kwantung Army and the 16th Group of the Imperial Allied Army. However, in order to flank the independent 77th Division in front and rear, a large number of troops such as the 8th Wing and the 30th Wing of the 4th Division were assembled, and were finally served by Li Dayong in the Huma Camp. Now there are only three or two kittens left in the Japanese puppet army in eastern Hebei, and they can still gather such a large-scale force, and they are still fighting from Qinhuangdao to the west.
"Yes, commander, Minister Qian just sent a secret telegram, saying that about 14,000 Japanese troops from Qinhuangdao are rushing towards Qinglong County, where Master Chen is stationed, and the number of the unit is still the Second Division of the Kwantung Army. However, this Japanese army did not march fast, and it was not equipped with combat vehicles, but there were quite a few artillery pieces, and the preliminary estimate should be a reinforced artillery wing. Wei Peng replied seriously. ,
"The Second Division, this is impossible, the Second Division originally had more than 29,000 people, but there were only more than 12,000 people in eastern Hebei, and five or six thousand people were annihilated by our army at Hanjiadian and Sichakou, and the remaining remnants of the defeated army all fled back to Chengde. However, the other part of the troops of the Second Division was stationed far away in the areas of Benxi, Dandong, and Tieling, and it was impossible to reach Qinhuangdao in a short period of time. In my opinion, the eight-layer Japanese army is a combination of the remnants of the Fourth Division and the third-rate garrison troops collected from various counties in eastern Hebei, and there may even be puppet troops among them. It can be said that the Japanese army from Qinhuangdao is completely a paper tiger, and their purpose is to create pressure on our army. Hmph, this old devil is so wishful thinking, I really think that I, Han Yunhua, am so stupid that I don't know anything, and now it seems that the Japanese army wants to carry out a big siege and killing of our troops in eastern Hebei. Binshanyuan mainly relied on this mysterious Japanese army from the mouth of the Dapu River, and the troops equipped with a large number of tanks, armored vehicles and heavy artillery were indeed difficult to deal with, and if they fought a field battle with such an elite, in addition to the reorganization of the 300 divisions, the remaining troops of our military region would not be able to support it in a few days and would be exhausted. However, as long as it occupies favorable terrain, the 8th Brigade should be able to support it for more than half a month. For the plan of the Japanese army, Han Yunhua already had a relatively clear outline in his mind. Looking at the military map spread on the table, Han Yunhua shook his head disdainfully, and then scolded: "Little Japan is really dizzy that it sent such a piece of garbage to bluff. It's just a small plan to encircle on three sides and blossom in the middle, and it is also worth his Binshan Yuan to mobilize the crowd so much. Pass on my order: The 8th Brigade of the Independent Army will use the favorable terrain such as Luanxian, Lulong, Qian'an, and the high ground along the Great Wall to block the mysterious Japanese army layer by layer, and must hold out for more than 15 days, even if the last man fights, this mysterious force must not cross the Great Wall. Ordered Ye Baoguo's headquarters and the mechanized brigade to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the Japanese army in Chengde City, and it was necessary to capture Chengde City within a week. The main force of the Independent 77th Division was ordered to secretly move closer to the Japanese army on the Qinhuangdao side, and if there was an opportunity, they would completely annihilate this Japanese army and inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army. The 300th Division was ordered to reorganize all the 2nd Assault Brigade, 1st Assault Brigade and 1st Regiment, Artillery Regiment, and Cavalry Regiment led by Political Commissar Yang Chengwu to quickly advance to Zhangjiakou and force the Japanese Yamashita Brigade to return to help. If the Japanese army was desperate, then the 2nd Assault Brigade was ordered to take advantage of the situation to occupy Zhangjiakou. Han Yunhua gave the order clearly, and he already had insight into what the Japanese army was thinking. Although it is not yet known that the rest of the Japanese army's forty or fifty thousand troops have arrived there, as long as the Japanese army in eastern Hebei is hurt, those hidden devil troops should be unable to help but jump out, and Han Yunhua wants to beat out the final intention of the Japanese army.
"Yes......"
Peiping? Command of the North China Front.
General Binshan Yuan once again regained his kind image, and no longer had the irritability of the previous days. At this time, Binshan Motozheng was discussing the next battle plan with the chief of staff, Major General Gangtian, when suddenly a crisp voice shouted outside the door: "Report"
Admiral Binyama could hear the voice of Major General Umeko Yamaguchi, so he said very calmly, "Please come in"
Yamaguchi Umeko strode in with long legs that the Japanese rarely had, and said: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, the base camp is in an emergency, the mission to trap Han Yunhua has failed, all the jade of the Kawashima squadron is broken, and the squadron leader Miss Yoshiko Kawashima is missing, and it may be the same as that batch of weapons production line, and it has fallen into the hands of the Shina. At the same time, the Germans also entered the barracks of Han Yunhua's department, and the base camp ordered our North China Front Army to annihilate the troops left in eastern Hebei by Han Yunhua's department at all costs, and at least completely destroy the production line of those weapons. ”
General Binshan Yuan was not surprised by the news at all, it seemed that everything had been expected. Putting the magnifying glass in his hand on the table, General Binshan Yuan said helplessly: "As I thought, this plan failed in the end. But it doesn't matter, the main force of Han Yunhua's department has been pinned down in the eastern Hebei area, and it is impossible to go south to support the Chiang government, and our strategic goal has been achieved. Although we lost most of Jidong, as long as Tadajun's side fights well, what Jidong lost is not unjust. Annihilating Han Yunhua is not something that can be done in a day or two, you must know that the Han Department now has at least more than 150,000 troops, and they are all not inferior to the elite of the Imperial Army. Although this figure is not accurate, it is only a preliminary estimate based on the current distribution of South Korean forces. But its accuracy should be above 70%, so the idea of annihilating Han Yunhua's department should not be mentioned again. Binshan Yuan said to Yamaguchi Meizi, he knew that this woman's background was not ordinary, not to mention that her father was the actual operator of the base camp, even her sister was a powerful figure in the Imperial Army University, controlling the promotion and distribution of all army officer cadets, and she was really a figure that could not be offended. As long as the woman in front of her can penetrate the wind with the people in her family, then the life of the North China Front Army will be much better. ,
"Your Excellency the Commander has considered it very thoughtfully, Han Yunhua's division is indeed different from the ordinary Chinese troops, and it is almost impossible to wipe out all this troops in a short period of time. But this time, the base camp sent a top-secret telegram with a backup code, and it was a death order, so ...... So......" Yamaguchi Meizi seemed to want to remind General Binshan Yuan of the importance of this mission, although she also knew that the strength of Han Yunhua's department was far from what those frogs at the bottom of the well in China could imagine. Before the start of the war, who would have thought that there would be a force in China that would be not inferior in combat effectiveness to any field division of the empire under the same establishment, and who would have thought that in less than two years, this army would actually use the stolen imperial chariots to form a powerful armored force. You must know that they are only a small branch of the Eighth Route Army under the leadership of the Chinese government, and they are not regular troops supported by the Chinese government. The most unbelievable thing is that the commander of that unit, from the commander Han Yunhua to the ordinary generals, did not have the slightest record in the imperial archives. Now it is no longer enough to describe the strength of this branch with the phrase "strong combat effectiveness", every time this army appears in the field of vision of the empire in a strange form, it always means a new round of defeat for the empire. Although many people in China have now realized that this Chinese army is not only detrimental to the face of the Imperial Japanese Army, but has strategically posed a huge threat to the empire. But despite this, the empire still underestimated the danger of Han Yunhua's subordinates. The situation of raising tigers for trouble has been formed, and wanting to remove the threat of Han Yunhua's subordinates at once is tantamount to a fool's dream.
"There's nothing good about it, as for the base camp, I'll explain it myself, this Major General Yamaguchi can rest assured." General Binshan Yuan turned to the chief of staff on the side and asked, "Gangtian-kun, are our troops already in place?" ”
"Report to Your Excellency Commander, the 1st Division has landed at the mouth of the Dapu River and has now occupied the county seat of Changli, and Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe is leading his troops towards Qian'an, where Han Yunhua's armored force is stationed. At the same time, Major General Yamashita led three infantry wings, an artillery wing, and a tank brigade also launched an attack on the Chinese troops entrenched in Zhangbei County, and it was progressing smoothly. According to your order, all the imperial troops and the Imperial Allied Army of China that withdrew to Qinhuangdao changed into the uniforms of the Second Division of the Empire, and the reinforcements disguised as the Second Division appeared in the eastern part of Hebei and were slowly moving towards the 77th Independent Division of China. As soon as all the other forces of the empire are in place, Lieutenant General Yasui Toji will lead the remaining 6,000 troops of the 2nd Division and more than 1,000 people gathered from the counties around Chengde to launch a counterattack on the Shina troops outside Chengde. Moreover, according to His Excellency Yasui, the Shina troops do not seem to know the actual strength in the hands of His Excellency Toji Yasui, and now there are less than 6,000 troops besieging Chengde and Chengde, and His Excellency Yasui is confident that he will be able to annihilate all the Shina troops outside Chengde City in the first time, and all the troops are already in place, just waiting for the support of the aviation regiment. Major General Okada said loudly.
"Yo Xi, very good, don't worry about the aviation regiment, it will be in place soon, now the aviation units of Baoding Airport and Beiping Airport have been assembled, and they can support the army at any time. Hahaha," said Admiral Binshan Yuan excitedly. At the same time, General Binshan Yuan turned around and asked, "Yamaguchi, are your troops in place?" When can you go on the offensive? Our army wants to teach the ** a lesson to China, and now we can only rely on you in Yamaguchi. ”
"Your Excellency Commander Haiyi, please rest assured that this time, our army has secretly transferred six integrated infantry wings, three cavalry wings, two artillery wings, one engineer wing, and one baggage wing from the front line, and all of them have arrived in Jinan. However, the special high-tech department has already secretly reconnoitred the garrison of a large unit of the Eighth Route Army in Shandong, and is now secretly transporting troops to the designated combat area, and it is now nearing completion. At most, there will be no possibility of escape for the Shandong troops, please rest assured, Your Excellency, Commander, that Yamaguchi will never fail to live up to Your Excellency's trust, and long live the Emperor of the Great Japanese Empire," Umeko Yamaguchi replied.
"Long live the Great Japanese Empire, long live His Majesty the Emperor," Senior General Binshan Moto and Major General Okada replied in unison.
However, at this time, news came from the Central China battlefield south of the Yangtze River that the 11th Army of the Japanese Army had concentrated three divisions and two independent brigades totaling more than 80,000 people, and launched a large-scale attack on more than 30 divisions under Luo Zhuoying's headquarters in China's Ninth Theater. ,
After the First Battle of Wuhan, although the Japanese army dispatched a large number of troops, the results achieved were minimal, and it can even be said that they suffered heavy losses. Instead of taking Wuhan, where the Chinese Nationalist Government was encamped, its own casualties were extremely heavy, the two reorganized field divisions were completely annihilated, the two field divisions were disabled, and the 11th Army had become a toothless tiger, and the threat to the squadron had been minimized. Subsequently, the enraged Japanese base camp divided the tasks of the Japanese troops stationed in China and ruled them into divisions. The 11th Group Army stationed in Anqing, Jiujiang, and other areas became the Japanese unit closest to the defense area of the Chinese troops of the Central China Front; in order to prevent the squadron from counterattacking, the Japanese base camp and the Central China Front supplemented the enemy's 11th Army; in addition to transferring several disabled divisions and regiments such as the 10th Division to the North China Front, four newly organized and reorganized field divisions and regiments in China were transferred to the battle sequence of the 11th Army. So at this point, the Eleventh Army had actually become the only force to carry out a field attack on China. After the Battle of Wuhan, China formed an encirclement posture with heavy troops in the 9th and 5th theaters of the Yangtze River in the north and south of the Yangtze River. At this time, the strategic position of the Nanchang area became more prominent, not only covering the strategic transportation line connecting the 3rd and 9th theaters, that is, the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, but also being a strategic base for the Chinese side to gather heavy troops, posing a major threat to the Japanese army. There was also an airfield in Nanchang, where Chinese planes often went to bomb Japanese warships in the Yangtze River. To this end, the Japanese army actively prepared for an attack on Nanchang. At this time, the 11th Army was in a confrontation with the main forces of the Chinese government in Jiangxi and Guangxi regions of China holding the rear of the southwest, and constantly sought opportunities to attack, trying to take advantage of the opportunity to take Wuhan, and then forced the Wuhan Nationalist Government to surrender with military strikes and the Japanese government's strategy of political inducement to surrender. Therefore, the battle of Nanchang is imperative.