The reorganized Ninth Division not only has the latest equipment of the Japanese army, such as Type 99 rifles, Type 99 light machine guns, and Type 1 heavy machine guns, but also its noncommissioned officers are extremely rare, and all of them are equipped with Type 2 submachine guns -- ≥.

The most important thing is that the division is also equipped with a large number of bazookas that Chen Hanzhang's unit has encountered on the battlefield in northwest Shandong. The 50-mm anti-tank artillery of its division, although it lost Yan zhòng on the beachhead, still had a certain strength. From the first wave of the offensive, it was at least judged that the division had deployed at least three 50-mm anti-tank guns on the front line of Tiger Wolf Village.

At present, the mountain artillery wing to which the division belongs has at least three Type 94 mountain guns, one Type 95 field artillery, and one Type 91 105 howitzer. From the first wave of battles, Du Kaishan found that this ninth division, although there were not many troops left on the front line of Tiger Wolf Village. At best, it's a strengthened wing, but it's definitely a hard walnut that isn't too easy to chew.

In contrast, the 44th Division was not only equipped with the old 38 rifle, the Type 96 light machine gun, and the Type 92 heavy machine gun. In terms of anti-tank firepower, it is still equipped with the old 47-mm rapid-fire guns of the Japanese army, and the largest number of anti-tank weapons is still the Type 99 anti-tank mines and anti-tank gun grenades.

The artillery had almost no artillery except for two ninety-two infantry guns and three mortars. Even the rapid-fire guns it is equipped with are only three of them. The most critical thing is the fighting will and determination of the division, which is far from being comparable with the ninth division. The first battle against the 93rd Wing has already given people a sufficient understanding of the true combat effectiveness of the 44 th Division.

The prisoners were interrogated and the identity of the 44th Division was ascertained. It was learned that this 44th Division was formed on the basis of the 4th Division left behind by the Japanese army. In addition to some reservists, a considerable number of soldiers are veterans of the Fourth Division who have been mobilized for the second or third time. In other words, the 44th Division, which was raised by the same mother as the Fourth Division, is basically the same virtue as the Fourth Division.

With this result, it is easy to explain the two Japanese divisions that were supposed to go hand in hand before. How can you make such a low-level tactical mistake as one fast and one slow, and the speed of advance is very different from the strength of the attack. It better explains why this 93rd Wing collapsed so quickly. With this understanding, Du Kaishan immediately made up his mind that it was him.

First fight the 44th Division and the Marines on the front line of Sun Zhengzhuang, and completely isolate the 9th Division on the front line of Tiger Wolf Village. When the meat is finished, the bone is finally dealt with. Anyway, there are only so many Japanese troops who landed on the front line of Qikou, and they can not consider the reinforcements of the Japanese army in a short period of time, and they can be quite calm in adjusting their deployment.

The Ninth Division is going to fight, but if it picks this hard bone first, it will definitely waste a lot of time and energy and affect the progress of the battle. Solve the forty-fourth division and the marines first, these two soft persimmons. There was only one isolated Ninth Division left, and when the time came, he could fight as much as he wanted.

Of course, there is still some care for the Ninth Division. With so many artillery in his hands, he appropriately gave this Ninth Division some special care, and weakened his strength in order to finally and completely solve this Ninth Division, laying some foreshadowing in advance. Du Kaishan decided to take the 44th Division first, which doomed these Osaka soldiers to have a hard time in the rest of the days.

After completing the division of the two divisions of the Japanese army, Du Kaishan turned his focus to the 44th Division. Under the blow of Du Kaishan's concentrated superior forces and firepower, although the unit continued to resist, it could no longer form a unified combat posture. In addition, it has been divided itself, and it has directly fallen into the situation of fighting for itself.

By the evening of the same day, the main force of the 44th Division, which had suffered heavy casualties and was already on the verge of collapse, had already fallen into a state of collapse under the intensive air strikes of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. The entire position was covered by the attack aircraft group and artillery of the Anti-United Nations, and the anti-United Nations tank group rushed to pieces.

Although the commander of the 92nd Wing, Ina Shigesei Osa, after being cut off from the 9th Division. Repeatedly launched counter-attacks in the north and east directions, first trying to converge with the 9th Division. After the failure of the operation, it turned to the east, trying to get closer to the 93rd Wing, which was marching towards the Three Tigers. But all his attempts, under the siege of the superior firepower and troops of the surrounding anti-alliance, have only turned into a bunch.

Failed to break through many times, and in desperation, the wing captain could only turn to the defense of the whole line, trying to rely on the small village of Sanhuzhuang to hold on. But his subordinates were already under the air attack of the Anti-United Nations, and they were about to collapse their will. After several failed attempts to get closer to friendly forces, morale fell to the bottom.

On the contrary, it cooperated with it in the battle, and the Ninth Division, as a guest army, fought extremely tenacious. Although the unit had only one infantry brigade, it did not retreat but advanced in the face of the attack of the anti-coalition in front of it, and constantly launched counter-charges. Even for a period of time, letting him get close to the remnants of a brigade of the 92nd Wing in the north was very anti-guest-oriented.

However, it only has the strength of an infantry brigade, and even if it has three heads and six arms, it is powerless to return to the sky when the surrounding friendly forces are weak. After a few repeated killings in the afternoon, the infantry brigade was already a dead and wounded corpse, and was no longer able to carry out any combat operations. It could only lean against the remnants of the two squadrons of the 92nd Wing, and was fixed in a small natural tun south of Sanhuzhuang.

After the infantry brigade of the Ninth Division, which was mainly anti-guest, lost its combat effectiveness and assault power, the Japanese army in the entire Sanhuzhuang battlefield was even more chaotic. Although most of the Japanese troops were still passively resisting, it could only be regarded as a dying struggle in a state of despair.

Although it was getting dark, Du Kaishan did not have the slightest idea of stopping or reducing his attack. For the remnants of the 44th Division on the front line of Sanhuzhuang, his order was only one sentence, attack, attack, attack without stopping. Regardless of whether it is dark or day, as long as the enemy does not stop resisting, they will continue to attack without stopping.

However, compared with the smooth progress of the battle on the front line of Sanhuzhuang, the special marine corps invested by the Japanese Navy in the northernmost Sunzhengzhuang, as well as the accompanying naval tank unit, the progress of the battle was not very smooth, and it can even be said that the battle was very unsatisfactory.

Compared to the Osaka soldiers of the 44th Division, these forces were far less than his naval counterpart, but they were much more outstanding. Sun Zhengzhuang, who was the first to attack, fought the front line for nearly a day, but the attacking troops could not solve the problem. These navies on the front line of Sun Zhengzhuang resisted too stubbornly.

In fact, in this operation, the Japanese Navy invested this special marine unit at the level of a reinforced brigade, as well as the only tank wing, to form a mixed infantry and tank force to participate in the battle, and the real purpose was naturally not to serve the army. To be precise, it is to test the combat capability of the Marine Corps, which is being greatly expanded, in defensive warfare and counterattack warfare.

The so-called special marine corps of the Japanese Navy does not have a long history, it has not been established for a long time, and the number and equipment of the troops are not strong. Moreover, although the navy is also equipped with mountain artillery, armored vehicles and other weapons, the proportion of artillery even exceeds that of the army. In a series of offensive battles in China and the Pacific, it has also participated in many wars.

However, after the large-scale expansion, it was the first time to participate in a landing operation, and especially the first time to participate in such a large-scale operation. Therefore, the Navy sent this Marine Corps to participate in the war this time, and it is necessary to test the actual combat capability of the expanded Marine Corps and the performance of some special equipment.

Although the Japanese Navy has a large number of impulsive generals, after all, the navy, which has been in contact with the outside world for a long time, is not as conservative as the army. As a matter of fact, in the face of an increasingly unfavorable war situation, the navy, which had already begun to prepare for the worst, began to greatly expand the Marine Corps in the second half of '43.

And in the case of less and less resources available, it is equipped with some new equipment as much as possible. In order to make the necessary preparations for a decisive battle on the ground when needed. Sending troops to participate in this operation is a very important part of the navy's overall preparation.

This is also the real reason why Rear Admiral Ogata Maki so generously handed over the Navy's precious Marine Corps, as well as the only tank wing, to the command of Lieutenant General Haramoru, an army hillbilly. You must know that even in the past, the navy and the army did not participate in many ground operations, and the navy and the army did their own thing. Let the Navy hand over the precious Marine Corps to the command of the Army, that is not to think about it.

This time, the Navy sent the only tank wing of the Marine Corps to the North China battlefield to test the combat capability of the newly formed Marine Corps. It's just that although the vision is better than that of the army, after all, the narrow-minded nature of the island people still has the upper hand. There is still a lot of criticism in the navy about the navy's action of paying for the cost of the army, but in the end it is for the army.

In particular, there were no large ports, and the navy basically had no interest in Lushun, the largest base of the Japanese navy in the whole of China, and Hebei, which was not far away in a straight line. There is still quite a lot of controversy within the Navy about sending the Marine Corps to participate in the war, especially the opposition from the Southern Combined Fleet.

In the face of great internal controversy, the Navy finally invested only a reinforced special Marine Corps at the brigade level, and of course, the Navy currently has only one tank wing. You must know that the Navy Command Department, the original plan was to dispatch all the special joint marines of Maizuru Town, and the total strength is equivalent to a total of more than 10,000 people in a division of the army.

Of course, the navy only sent such a small number of troops in this ground operation, and the army also played a significant role in it. The army, which has long regarded the entire Chinese battlefield as its own territory, does not want the navy to get too involved in other parts of the Chinese battlefield except for the Yangtze River.

In particular, in order to win the navy's strong support for this landing operation, the army, which had already conceded a great deal of interest in Shandong, absolutely did not want the navy to intervene in the Hebei battlefield. For the original overall plan of the Navy, there was quite a lot of interference from the Army.

As a result, the Marine Corps sent by the Navy became the weakest in strength and firepower among the Japanese landing forces. Even if you add the hundreds of sailors who escaped from the wrecked battleships and armed with the discarded weapons of the Army on the beachhead, the total strength is only 2,000 men. Although it is equipped with six mortars and two mountain guns, its firepower is still at an absolute disadvantage.

The most critical thing is that this Marine Corps does not have any anti-tank weapons except for two Type 94 37 rapid-fire guns. It's just that the troops and firepower are the weakest, but the department is responsible for the defense of the right flank of the entire Qikou line, and the position is quite critical. In order to complete the complete encirclement of the Ninth Division, this Marine Corps on the front line of Sun Zhengzhuang must first and thoroughly solve the problem.