Volume 1: Inner Mongolia Fengyun] Chapter 448: Post-War Summary——

Chapter 448: Post-War Summary

Zhangjiakou City was finally broken, the 6th Field Division and the 7th Field Division and the Japanese 5th Division, 10th Division, and 26th Division took the initiative to withdraw from Zhangjiakou after three days of street fighting in Zhangjiakou City, and on March 19, 1940, Zhangjiakou City was occupied by the Japanese army again, and the Zhangjiakou offensive and defensive battle ended.

At the same time that Xu Shiyou's headquarters withdrew from Zhangjiakou, the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front could not wait to announce to the outside world that after more than a month of hard fighting, the imperial army finally annihilated more than 100,000 people from the five infantry divisions of Han Yunhua's headquarters in China, recovered Zhangjiakou, an important town in North China, and completely lifted the threat of Han Yunhua's headquarters to the Pingjin region.

The war report of the North China Front spread throughout the country in a very short period of time, and both Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Government and other forces believed that this was the first major defeat of Han Yunhua's troops since the formation of the army, and for a time the anti-Japanese atmosphere in the country was very solemn. The Wang puppet regime, on the other hand, seized the opportunity to vigorously preach their so-called "curve to save the country" heresy and sensationalize the people's hearts.

Although there were constant congratulatory telegrams from the outside, under the organization of the Beiping puppet regime, the city of Beiping was full of lanterns to celebrate the major victories of the imperial army. However, the North China Front Army Headquarters was a different scene, and instead of the slightest festivity, the entire headquarters presented a miserable, desolate, solemn and dignified atmosphere, which was very depressing.

Headquarters, conference room.

General Tada Jun said with a calm face: "Gentlemen, after a month and a half of hard fighting, the front army finally took back Zhangjiakou from Han Yunhua's subordinates, but this does not mean that our Imperial Japanese Army has won in this battle. You have seen the battle report of this battle, but let me tell you the truth, the achievements of our front army to the outside world are all false, because we and we have not eliminated so many Chinese troops. Now let Gangcun-kun tell you about the true results of this attack on the Zhangjiakou Imperial Army, please Gangcun-kun"

"Hai," Okamura said respectfully.

"Gentlemen, since February 5, the front army has launched a full-scale attack on the Eighth Route Army in northern Hebei, northwest Hebei and in the middle of Hebei where Han Yunhua's headquarters is entrenched, and in this battle, our front army has killed and wounded more than 40,000 people of the Eighth Route Army, of which more than 30,000 people have been killed and wounded by Han Yunhua's department, and according to reliable information, more than half of the two Jīng sharp infantry divisions under Han Yunhua's department have lost their combat effectiveness. However, the casualties of the Front Army were also extremely heavy, with the 5th Division suffering 22,235 casualties, accounting for 79 of the total strength, of which 7,689 were killed. The casualties of the 38th Division were 10,098, accounting for 86 of the total strength, of which 6,111 were killed. The total number of casualties of the 33rd Division was 13,678, the death toll was 61,238, the number of prisoners was 4,356, and the number of missing was 2,123. Therefore, in this battle, the Imperial Army lost 120,000 troops, of which the Imperial Army lost more than 50,000 soldiers, and the number of dead and captured exceeded 30,000, so from the tactical level, the battle of the Front Army was a fiasco, and as for the strategic level, the victory or defeat was also unpredictable" Okamura Ninji said slowly, he needed to give all the senior officers present a time to digest.

Although he had only been in North China for less than a month, Okamura Ninji had a certain understanding of these high-ranking officers of the North China Front. Okamura Ninji strongly felt that the Japanese officers in North China were vaguely divided into two extremes in terms of understanding Han Yunhua's department, and some imperial army officers still did not have a clear understanding of Han Yunhua's department, and their understanding of Han Yunhua's department was only superficial, and when others lost the battle, they would not think that the fighting power of the people was strong, but that the commander of the imperial army was incompetent.

The other kind of people have a sense of fear of Han Yunhua's subordinates, because of the strangeness and strength shown by Han Yunhua's subordinates, these officers of the independent H-N brigade and the C division are very frightened of Han Yunhua's subordinates. Such troops were very popular in the battle sequence of the North China Front, and even several infantry divisions with strong combat effectiveness publicly stated that their divisions could not and did not want to encounter the main force of Han Yunhua's division in battle. And this time, Han Yunhua's subordinates pulled out their teeth and knocked out the 33rd Division of Lieutenant General Gampa Shigetaro, which intensified the fear of such people.

Han Yunhua didn't know that he had risen to the level of the demon king in the hearts of the Japanese army, and when the North China Front Army held a military meeting, Han Yunhua also held a military meeting at the level of the commander of the Inner M-Ng Ancient Military Region in Jining.

Han Yunhua was not very satisfied with this anti-sweep D-NG operation, mainly because he seriously underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, and due to insufficient preparation, the 6th and 7th Field Divisions and the 5th Field Division stationed in the area of Wei County suffered extremely serious losses, so Han Yunhua made a profound self-examination at the beginning of the meeting.

"Comrades, we have achieved the results of the stage X-NG in this anti-sweeping D-NG campaign, in this anti-sweeping D-NG campaign, our army annihilated an entire division of the Japanese army, disabled four infantry divisions and a tank division of the Japanese army, and killed and wounded more than 122,000 Japanese puppet troops, of which the Japanese accounted for a little more than one-half. At the same time, our army also captured nearly 20,000 puppet soldiers and more than 4,500 devils. However, due to my personal mistakes, I seriously underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, underestimated the accuracy of the Japanese commander, and underestimated the command level of Okamura Ninji, so our army suffered heavy losses in this battle. Our army lost as many as 31,213 soldiers in this battle, of which 8,766 were killed, and the casualty rate of the three divisions of Li Dayong, Xu Shiyou, and He Guangyu was as high as 50. As soon as the voice turned, Han Yunhua suddenly raised his voice by more than one syllable, and said loudly: "Comrades, but our losses are still very worthwhile, although we lost tactically, no matter how many Japanese soldiers we killed and wounded, but the military goal of the Japanese army to occupy Zhangjiakou has been achieved, so in terms of tactics, we did lose, but in terms of strategy, our army has won the strategic initiative." According to reliable intelligence, the Japanese army seems to have a big operation, since last month it has secretly transferred troops from North China and Central China, just two days ago the Japanese 14th Division has left North China on the ship, the specific itinerary is unknown, and the Japanese 110th, 109th, and 114th Divisions have also begun to assemble in the Beiping area, and the Japanese army assembled in the port of Tianjin has reached more than 100,000 people, so I personally think that the Japanese army will not provoke a major war in North China in the short term, and their target should be other places outside China, so our battle to annihilate the hundreds of thousands of Japanese puppet troops this time is of great significance. ”

As soon as Han Yunhua's words fell, Luo Ronghuan, who had a deep knowledge of strategic layout, gasped and asked in disbelief: "Commander, are you saying that the little devil is preparing to start a war against the Soviet Union?" ”

"Not necessarily, but it is not impossible" Although it is true that Japan did not go to war with the Soviet Union in history, but turned south to attack the forces of the United States, the world power at the time, and Britain and France in Southeast Asia. But now history has changed so much, even Hitler in Germany was affected by this and launched an attack on the Anglo-French rout in Dunkirk two days in advance, although the British engine plan was very detailed and feasible x-ng, but only to withdraw about 150,000 Anglo-French troops from the port of Dunkirk, ... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］