It turned out that although only the 94th Division was sent to deal with the 6th Division of the three divisions of the 15th Army, the remaining two main divisions were not idle, during this time, they went all the way north through the bumpy mountain roads in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border area, and after joining forces with the main force of the 115th Division, the total strength suddenly increased to more than 100,000 people, and then went straight behind the Japanese 16th Division and quickly unfolded, and by the time Nakajima found out, the 16th Division had been surrounded on three sides by more than 4 times its superior strength, And what was even more disadvantageous than the 6th Division that was besieged in Dingxian was that they were surrounded on a large plain without shelter and protection, and they didn't even have time to build fortifications, and the result can be imagined

In order not to give the enemy a chance to build fortifications and wait for reinforcements, the North China General Front Committee, which had been formed for less than two days, almost immediately issued an order to the three divisions participating in the battle to launch a general attack, and a regimental commander of the 115th Division asked the division commander, "Is our regiment the main attack or a feint?" The order immediately resounded throughout the army, "There are so many troops, do you still want to divide the main attack and feint?" Beat me to death! ”

Although the heavy artillery brigade and even all the field artillery were transferred by Hu Weidong to Shijiazhuang to fight north along the Pinghan Line to cooperate with the 94th Division because it was not easy to enter the mountains, the firepower provided by more than 200 mountain guns and more mortars was more than twice that of the Japanese 16th Division, and the number of more than 100 planes that seemed to be black and overwhelming was a heavy blow to the morale of the Japanese army

"How come the people of China have so many planes? And what about our air fleet? Watch out for bombs, lie down! Yes! Military. Net free e-book download // Where are the military doctors? When the artillery of the 15th Army and the Eighth Route Army, a total of thousands of artillery pieces of various types, launched an almost continuous and fierce shelling on them, the morale of the Japanese army, which was not psychologically prepared, plummeted, and the commanders and fighters of the 15th Army and the Eighth Route Army, who thought that they were going to fight a bloody battle, completely defeated the elite of more than 20,000 Japanese troops almost without much resistance, and the veterans who happily grabbed the prisoners of war seemed to have returned to the former domestic battlefield in a trance

"I didn't expect the little devil to be so unbeaten, and almost all the 75mm shells we captured in Fengtai have been wiped out. With so many additional mortar shells, plus the ammunition and aviation gasoline consumed by the air raid, such a big price will not be able to wipe out a division of devils. That's weird", Hu Weidong was surprised at first, and then thought with relief.

In less than a day. The 15th Army and the main force of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army worked hand in hand to annihilate an almost full permanent division of the Japanese army, killing and capturing more than 24,000 Japanese soldiers in total. It was undoubtedly a resounding slap in the face. The total casualties of the squadron in this battle were only more than 8,000 people, and the small number also surprised everyone, including Hu Weidong, and the results of this battle proved eloquently that as long as the squadron gained air supremacy, it was fully capable of fighting with the devils on the premise that its strength and firepower were stronger than those of the devils. For the first time, Hu Weidong felt that his predictions at the Lanzhou meeting were too cautious. "I really can't imagine that the strength of our army is so strong now"

After finding that he was too cautious in anticipating the situation of the war, Hu Weidong decided to let the arsenal start developing the 122mm cannon howitzer as the main suppression artillery in advance, the template is the W86 type 122mm towed howitzer, the range of using the concave extended-range projectile is more than 20 kilometers, and it has the ability to fire 360 degrees, which began soon after and quickly became successful. But mass production will have to wait until the second half of 38, and it will have to wait until 1939 to equip the troops in large quantities ...,

Of course, these are all later words, and it is said that Gu Shoufu, who was besieged in the county, was already a frightened bird, and he was even more panicked after learning the news of the destruction of the 16th Division, and Gu Shoufu, who was worried that he would also follow in the footsteps of Nakajima, led a small number of elite soldiers in his hands to break through the city overnight, while artillery, baggage and other Jishu troops, non-combatants, and the wounded and sick were all thrown into the city and became cannon fodder. Because they did not expect in advance that the devils would abandon their comrades and break through with a small force, the siege troops of the 94th Division accidentally suffered a loss, and they were really rushed out by more than 1,000 people including Gu Shoufu. However, the 94th Division has aircraft reconnaissance, cars underneath, and tanks and armored vehicles to make a surprise attack, how far can Gu Shoufu escape?

As a result, the next afternoon, this group of devils was caught up, and under the impact of the armored forces, the devils, who were already less than a thousand people, were unable to resist at all, and were quickly wiped out. It is worth mentioning that almost everyone thought in advance that the butcher Gu Shoufu, who would resist to the end, saw that there was no way out, and actually knelt on the ground and begged. Seeing this unbelievable scene, several low-ranking officers and ghost soldiers who were still desperately protecting him before couldn't accept this fact, and committed suicide in shame on the spot

"This, what are we going to do?" , A soldier hesitated a little, although the order above was not to leave prisoners, but after all, this is a devil lieutenant general, how majestic it is to capture a devil lieutenant general alive!

"Have you forgotten the villagers who were killed in Dingxian?" , Du Yang, commander of the 1st Tank Regiment of the 15th Army Armored Brigade, said angrily. During the siege of Dingxian, the peripheral troops successively discovered some villages whose residents had been slaughtered, and according to incomplete statistics, the number of people killed exceeded 5,000. Now that the culprit is in sight, how can everyone forgive?

"Kill him! Kill him! One by one, the Chinese spontaneously let out an angry roar, and Gu Shoufu, whose face was as earthy as an earth, was covered with sweat, and his mouth kept shouting, "I surrender!" I demand the treatment of prisoners of war in accordance with the Geneva Conventions! ”

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