Volume 1: Inner Mongolia Fengyun] Chapter 442: Zhangjiakou Offensive and Defensive Battle (2) -

Chapter 442: Zhangjiakou Offensive and Defensive Battle (2)

The speed of the Japanese army's attack again was obviously beyond Han Yunhua's expectations, originally after the 33rd Division was completely annihilated by the 300th Division, Han Yunhua estimated that the North China Front might stop for a while, after all, in terms of the more than 20 days of fighting, the losses of the North China Front were not small, although it was said that except for the 33rd Division, the casualties of other units were mainly wounded, and the mortality rate was not high, but it seriously affected the morale and combat effectiveness of the troops.

As a qualified commander, Tada Jun would not let the troops not fight with Han Yunhua at this time, because it was no different from sending him to death. On the second day after the Fifth Division in the direction of Zhangjiakou retreated more than 30 miles, the 5th Division and the 38th Division, with the cooperation of the 3rd Chariot Division and a large number of puppet troops, once again advanced the battle line to Zhangjiakou for more than 20 miles, and the war inevitably extended to the Zhangjiakou area.

Han Yunhua attached great importance to the abnormal performance of the Japanese army this time, and he asked the M-N of the Intelligence Department to find out at all costs what kind of aircraft the North China Front was engaged in, and at the same time ordered the 6th Field Division and the 7th Field Division to act according to the plan, and if it was impossible to do anything, then the troops would immediately withdraw from Zhangjiakou.

In order to take Zhangjiakou and hit Han Yunhua's headquarters hard, this time Tada Jun made a bloody investment, and the four military airfields of the North China Front in Baoding, Beiping, Taiyuan, and Shim-N kept carrying out carpet bombing to Zhangjiakou City, and all buildings over two meters were the targets of their bombing, and even Tada Jun made a request to the Kwantung Army Headquarters, hoping that the flight group of the Kwantung Army could also provide air support to the North China Front during this time.

In addition, Tada Jun also transferred the only field heavy artillery brigade in his hand, the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade, to the front line, and more than 70 M-N field heavy artillery continuously launched artillery bombardments on the positions outside Zhangjiakou. The strong pressure of the Japanese army caused huge pressure on Xu Shiyou and He Guangyu, and the entire Zhangjiakou was a fire Y-o barrel at this time, and the rest of the Japanese army except for their two infantry divisions were all Japanese troops, and the Japanese army at this time, whether it was field heavy artillery, combat vehicles and aircraft in the sky, posed a huge threat to the field 6th division and the field 7th division.

The shelling and bombardment on February 27 alone caused more than 2,000 casualties in two divisions, and most of them were seriously wounded or directly killed.

On the 27th, the Japanese army did not send ground troops to attack the fortified positions, except for the bombing of aircraft and heavy artillery attacks, the surface buildings on the outer positions of Zhangjiakou were completely razed to the ground in just one day, and even the positions of the squadron were flattened by about one meter, and the huge craters were enough to deter the chariots.

On the 28th, about an infantry wing of the 9th Brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army launched an attack on the southern position of Zhangjiakou with the cooperation of more than 50 combat vehicles and tanks, and at the same time, an infantry wing of the 21st Brigade also launched an attack on the defensive position west of Zhangjiakou with the cooperation of the same number of combat vehicles. The 38th Division was not far behind, because the 38th Division suffered serious losses in troops, and it was still a third-rate three-unit division that had just been formed, so only one attack group was formed, and the Japanese army of about four infantry brigades drove more than 3,000 puppet troops to attack the position east of Zhangjiakou with the cooperation of more than 50 combat vehicles.

In order to cope with the Japanese attack, the defenders of Zhangjiakou used all the light and dark pillboxes and high-power mines, and the huge number of anti-tank trenches also caused a lot of trouble to the Japanese army, and the two sides fought to the death on the periphery of Zhangjiakou. In just one day, the entire city of Zhangjiakou was in ruins, littered with broken bricks and rubble. The losses on both sides of the attack and defense were very heavy, because the 6th Field Division directly used only a dozen tǐng high-speed sh-machine guns in the division headquarters, so it caused huge casualties to the dense Japanese infantry, but the Japanese army's armored clusters and powerful artillery attack capabilities also made Xu Shiyou's troops taste hardship.

The coming of night finally made the day's battle come to an end, and both sides felt very dissatisfied when they went back to think about today's battle, but the most dissatisfied was Lieutenant General Ando Toshiyoshi, who originally thought that he could achieve a huge battle today, and at least he should directly occupy the positions on the periphery of Zhangjiakou, after all, the strength of the Fifth Division was there, and this Jīng Rui half of the division with brilliant experience could defeat more than 30 divisions of the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army, Now, with the assistance of planes, chariots, and heavy artillery, it is impossible to break through the defense line composed of a ragtag army in China, which makes Lieutenant General Ando Toshiyoshi very faceless, so after receiving the battle report from the front, Major General Kunisaki Noboru is scolded, and ordered the Ninth Brigade to intensify its offensive tomorrow, and be sure to take the position on the periphery of Zhangjiakou by the army at noon tomorrow.

And Xu Shiyou was also very dissatisfied with the battle on the 28th, mainly because the casualties of the troops were indeed a bit large, not counting the Seventh Field Division, the Sixth Field Division alone lost nearly one infantry regiment in today's battle, plus the lack of troops before, the entire Sixth Field Division has lost more than 4,800 people, accounting for more than one-fifth of the total strength of the Sixth Field Division, which is not in line with the strategy formulated before.

After analyzing the offensive situation of the Japanese army, it was seen that the Japanese army really wanted to take Zhangjiakou as soon as possible, but due to casualties or other reasons, the characteristics of the Japanese attack on the Zhangjiakou front line have changed greatly, and the biggest change is that the Japanese army rarely lets the infantry units fight alone, and rarely carries out large-scale group charges.

Han Yunhua is not a good person, after reading the telegram sent back from the front, Han Yunhua found out that the abnormal behavior of the Japanese army must be to cover up some ulterior motive. Qian Zhuangfei's intelligence department's M-N was now greatly enhanced in its ability to gather intelligence, and soon a piece of information about the study of a field observation group composed of senior officers of the Chinese Dispatch Army Command going north to North China was placed on Han Yunhua's desk.

This information came in a timely manner, and Han Yunhua, who couldn't figure out what the Japanese army wanted to do, quickly judged the true intentions of the Japanese army. Moreover, this so-called battlefield observation group reminds Han Yunhua of more things, in addition to being a military M-, Han Yunhua in his previous life was also a TV M-, especially like to watch some military programs or war dramas, Li Youbin's anti-Japanese war blockbuster "Bright Sword" is one of Han Yunhua's favorite TV series. And the scene of Li Yunlong's total annihilation of the Japanese battlefield observation group in "Bright Sword" is a very useful reference for Han Yunhua at this time, it seems that the North China Front is going to put on a good show for the so-called field observation group in the Zhangjiakou area, and his two infantry divisions are the whetstones used by the North China Front to prove their strength or show off their muscles.

Of course, Han Yunhua also thought of another possibility, that is, the Japanese army is very likely to send Jīng Rui special operations troops to attack the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, especially like the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army or the headquarters of major military regions, after all, the Yamamoto special combat team in "Bright Sword" wants to show off by destroying the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. Although this is just a guess by Han Yunhua, besides, the current defense level of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters is not what it used to be, and the whole four guard regiments, two special combat teams and the high-level machine gun battalion can block all the Japanese attacks from the sky and the earth, but if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters is self-evident for the entire Eighth Route Army, so Han Yunhua immediately telegraphed to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters that it must strengthen the defense of the headquarters ... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］