Chapter Twenty-Five: The Total Annihilation of the Chahar Dispatch Corps 2
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The venue was very lively. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Huang Kegong, chief of staff of the Info386 Brigade, joined later, and once again felt the difference of the 125th Division. Not to mention, his mind is no longer what it was at the beginning. Just a few days ago, he received a letter from his former girlfriend Liu Qian, but it was a letter of renunciation. It can be said that Huang Kegong's inner pain is not an ordinary unforgettable. If the two stood facing each other, Huang Kegong did not dare to guarantee that he himself would not shoot each other. But now it's not good, the two of them are in two places, and he, because he has been influenced and educated by Li Jiansheng, has also let go a lot. After suffering for a few days, he finally made up his mind: instead of living in the world in such pain, it is better to turn the pain into the strength to annihilate the enemy and annihilate the Japanese invaders as Li Jiansheng said, and it is better to die on the battlefield himself, but it will be a hundred! At present, seeing that the cadres are enthusiastically discussing the division commander's idea, Huang Kegong put aside his sadness and actively participated. Not to mention, Huang Kegong came out of the battle in the pile of dead, that is really two brushes, and many suggestions made many generals, including Li Jiansheng, nod frequently.
Huang Kegong proposed that at the time of the first battle, an ambush was set up between Shanyin and Huairen, was this too close to Datong? Can we consider splitting into three or four waves to ambush sequentially? For example, between Datong and Huairen, between Huairen and Shanyin, between Sanyin and Daixian, between Daixian and Yuanping, and between Yuanping and Xinzhou, respectively, to block the enemy? If it is done well, one wing or several brigades will be defeated at a time, and a brigade or even a division will be destroyed in a few waves. In this case, it is impossible for the enemy's heavy army group not to think of it!
Li Jiansheng and Luo Ronghuan glanced at each other. Both of them had joy in their eyes. This Huang Kegong really has two brushes, and when he listens to this, he completely regards himself as an old man of the 125th Division! Good! It's just that these two division leaders didn't know that Huang Kegong had a dead intention in his heart, otherwise he would have a different attitude. However, even if he knew that he had the intention of dying, Luo Ronghuan would most likely feel pity, but Li Jiansheng would sigh that it was a well-deserved death, at least much better than Huang Kegong's practice in history!
However, the 125th Division can produce many people. As soon as Huang Kegong spoke, Gong Houming, chief of staff of the 385 Brigade, opened up again. He believes that what Chief of Staff Huang said is reasonable, but this is a bit idealistic. Gong Houming said that it is very likely that the first wave of enemy reinforcements will only be a brigade, and the second wave will be the size of a wing. If one of the enemy's brigades and regiments were to be defeated, the enemy would inevitably be planes and tanks in battle, and heavy groups would swarm in. What do we do then?
As soon as Gong Houming's words fell, Wu Kelie, chief of staff of the Independent Brigade, laughed. Dao, what to do? Cold! His words are weird, "do" and "mix" are obviously not the same rhyme, but according to his Hunan accent, they rhyme. Looking at his strange laughter, the hall was lively for a while. Wu Kelie mobilized everyone's enthusiasm, and said, where did the enemy get the plane? They were all stolen by our division commander. I bet the Japanese planes wouldn't be able to catch up with this meeting. As for the tanks, didn't the division commander just say that there are bazookas? I tried that guy with the division commander, and it was fierce, a guy and a bunker were gone. I heard that Wu Zheng and they grabbed the plane of Yangmingbao this time, so they used this guy? What the hell is going on? Comrade Wu Zheng!
Wu Zheng smiled, stood up, and said, I think what Chief of Staff Wu Kelie said is reasonable. We used the bazooka this time, and it really works. With only four rounds, one of the enemy's buildings was destroyed. It's really not a bother to hit the enemy's tanks. I guess, one bullet at a time, the package is accurate!
In this way, the group discussed fiercely, and insisted on repeatedly discussing and deducing Li Jiansheng's idea, and finally formed a resolution. Of course, the basic spirit was carried out according to Li Jiansheng's concept, but the allocation of troops and weapons was adjusted again. In the end, the confirmed changes are as follows: First, the three brigades of the Teaching Brigade, the Garrison Brigade, and the Supplementary Brigade, which were originally planned to enter Shandong in advance to open up base areas, except for the Supplementary Brigade, which continued to march to Shandong as the vanguard force under the leadership of Deputy Division Commander Yun Tian and Deputy Political Commissar Liu Qiao, the Teaching Brigade and the Garrison Brigade immediately returned and returned to the main force, and demanded that the troops should march urgently and arrive at the designated place before 12 noon the day after tomorrow. Second, the engineer regiment will build an airstrip in the area of Yingxian, and all 24 planes will be returned to the bombers to fill up the aerial bombs, as well as the new incendiary bombs developed by our own martial arts research institute, and all of them will be thrown down at that time, so that little Japan will drink a pot of hard water! Third, according to the old method, concentrate firepower to beat hard, and it is the artillery that goes first. Moreover, this time, all the artillery regiments equipped with each brigade were handed over to Liu Fugui, commander of the artillery regiment, under the unified command. Fourth, all the bazookas are configured to the front line, and the training is completed. It is required to be accurate, and strive to basically paralyze the tanks on the enemy's periphery in the first wave. Fifth, the cavalry brigade was responsible for destroying the enemy's artillery wing. Let our artillery be able to attack boldly with confidence. Sixth, although the planes at the Yangmingbao airfield were acquired by our army, in principle, the enemy would not have any more planes to participate in the battle. But the air defense forces still have to be prepared for air defense. In the evening, it is confirmed that the enemy has no planes to participate in the battle, and the enemy's tanks can be destroyed by flat-fire method. Seventh, the division staff will come up with a specific plan for all other aspects, and all regiments and units directly under it will act according to the plan.
Seeing that the concept was basically finalized, Li Jiansheng announced the dismissal of the meeting. The commanders of the units left on their own. Li Jiansheng also told Chen Dayong of the Equipment Department that the Martial Arts Research Institute temporarily stopped producing firearms and only produced bullets, shells, and bombs, and would resume production when there was a chance in the future. Chen Dayong responded.
After the arrangements were completed, Li Jiansheng went to Hu Yong, the head of the radar information detachment, and Yang Huwei, the political commissar, to discuss the radar information and the communication between the vehicles. What he didn't know was that after he left, Li Qing, the head of the armored detachment, and Qian Zhuangming, the political commissar, invited Xu Kai, the head of the special task force, and Wang Zhengfei, the political commissar, to dinner, saying that they were talking about things. As for what to talk about, no one knows.
Li Jiansheng made arrangements for an ambush non-stop, and the Kwantung Army Chahar sent an independent mixed 1st Brigade under the leadership of brigade commander Sakai Hoji to assemble troops, and the defense of Datong was handed over to the 2nd Mixed Brigade led by Honda Masasai, and then came directly to Taiyuan.
There were two types of mixed brigades in the Japanese army. One is an independent mixed brigade, which is a basic combat unit with a fixed establishment in terms of personnel and firepower, second only to divisions and regiments. Independent mixed brigades generally have jurisdiction over 5 independent infantry brigades (there are also 4 or 6 independent infantry brigades), and the special forces of the brigades and regiments include cavalry, artillery, engineers, and baggage troops, and some independent mixed brigades and regiments have brigades and artillery. A very small number of independent mixed brigades have separate infantry wings under them. The other is an ordinary mixed brigade, which is generally subordinate to a division or follows the actions of a division or an independent brigade. In terms of rank, independent mixed brigades and divisions are at the same level and are directly under the command of the corps; And ordinary mixed brigades are commanded by divisions. This time, Sakai Hoji led the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade of a very high rank, while Honda Masazai commanded a mixed brigade of average rank. The former is an independent combat force, while the latter is mostly a garrison force.
As for Honda Masasa, who succeeded Sakai Hoji Defense Daito, he was born in Nagano Prefecture and graduated from the 22nd class of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School in 1910. Seven years later, he graduated from the Army University and was a key member of the Showa warlords. In August 1933, he was promoted to the rank of Commander of the Army and served as the commander of the 22nd Infantry Wing. This year, that is, in August 1937, he was promoted to major general of the army and was promoted to the commander of the 2nd Mixed Infantry Brigade of the Kwantung Army. In order to cooperate with Itagaki Seishiro's 5th Division to participate in the battles of Nankou and Xinkou, the Kwantung Army upgraded and expanded the 2nd Mixed Infantry Brigade to the 2nd Mixed Brigade, which was still led by Honda Masasai.
Li Jiansheng is no stranger to Honda's political materials. On the contrary, he still has some love for this little Japan. Because, according to the official history, Honda Masato will succeed Musaku Suzuki as deputy chief of the General Staff of the Shina Dispatch Army in December of the same year, two years later, that is, Lieutenant General of the Tsuki Army, and assist Commander Nishio Toshizo and Chief of the General Staff of Itagaki General. He was appointed commander of the 8th Division of the 3rd Army of the Kwantung Army, and later served as the head of the Army's Armored Headquarters in June 1942, the commander of the 20th Army in March 1943, and the commander of the newly formed 33rd Army in April 1944, with the 18th Division of the Japanese Army under Shinichi Tanaka and the 56th Division of Yuzo Matsuyama stationed in northern Burma. The Chinese Army in India and the Chinese Yunnan Expeditionary Force fought mainly against his troops. But for some reason, this little Japan, during that operation, listened to the advice of the chief of operations of the headquarters, Masanobu Tsuji, and did not retreat from the attack of the central **, which resulted in the total annihilation of the Lameng and Tengyue garrisons, and the suicide of Mizumi Genzo, the defender of Myitkyina. The losses of the whole army were as high as 23,000. For this reason, he was attacked by the bereaved family of the Japanese army, who asked him why he did not allow the garrison to break through. It is said that Li Jiansheng likes him because he has a high position, but he is relatively stupid in battle, and he is not as cunning as a fox like Itagaki or Yamashita Fengwen, otherwise he would not have caused such a big loss to the Japanese army. However, although Li Jiansheng lamented that he planned to send this little Japan to the west this time, which might make the Japanese army suffer less losses in the future, he still decided that no matter what, this time he would concentrate his firepower to extinguish him first.
Sakai Hoji must not know that Li Jiansheng, who appeared out of nowhere, was about to eat his troops in one bite. However, even if he knew, he would smile slightly and say arrogant!