After 12 hours of fierce fighting on the front line of the backer, with the full support of ground and air firepower, the anti-coalition forces also completely destroyed Yoshio Hongo's attempt to break through at a great price. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info In the 12 hours of fierce fighting, the Japanese casualties were as high as more than 11,000. The 107th Division, which was the main force for the breakout, had less than 1,000 people left when it was withdrawn for rest.

The 107th Division is the least casualty among the three divisions and two independent mixed brigades of the 44 th Army, and it has suffered the least casualties in these days of fierce fighting, and it is also the one that has maintained the most complete combat effectiveness. The division was crushed within 12 hours, which meant that the backbone of the entire 44th Army was broken, and it lost the last viable force to open the breakthrough.

The loss of Majiazhai, the middle part of the entire defense system of the 44th Army, not only meant that the entire 44th Army was divided into two, but also meant that a large amount of grain stored in the mountainous areas around Majiazhai was also lost. This blow was unexpected for Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo, but it was unexpected when he decided to break through.

In the face of the increasingly unfavorable situation around him, Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo can only order the troops west of Majiazhai to take advantage of the opportunity that the enemy forces around Majiazhai have not yet fully gained a foothold, and immediately go all out to encircle Majiazhai. The defenders from Majiazhai to Chaihe Fort and the front line of the mountain immediately contracted their defenses with all their might.

The failure of the breakthrough and the loss of Majiazhai, a strategic point on the entire defensive line, were two successive blows. In addition, some news from other directions is not good. Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo's mood quickly changed from full confidence before the action to extraordinary frustration.

In the face of the fact that the various units under the army were divided into two, the most complete division was completely defeated. At present, the remaining two divisions and two independent mixed brigades have also suffered more than half of the casualties, what should be done next? It's here that I know that there is no hope, but I still have to continue to hold on. Or do you want to find a way to break through in a different direction?

If we continue to persist here, not to mention whether the whole army will starve after losing Majiazhai, which has stored most of the supplies of the 44th Army. Even the current climate is getting colder and colder day by day. If you persist, even if you don't starve to death, you have to freeze to death here.

can continue to break through, how to break through to stand out? In one breakthrough operation, one of his most complete divisions and regiments had already been put in, and most of the remaining divisions and brigades were already incomplete, and some were still stuck to their positions and could not be withdrawn. If we continue to break through, it will undoubtedly be quite difficult to even adjust the troops.

Gritting his teeth, Yoshio Hongo was still determined to continue to break through. Abandon all positions, continue to invest troops in the direction of the backer, and go all out to make a breakthrough. Even if the whole army dies on the route of the breakout, it is much better than starving to death and freezing to death here.

Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo, like a gambler who has lost a red eye, is determined to gamble with the last bit of his family money. And Du Kaishan, who was opposite him, slowed down his attack after taking the first line of Majiazhai. For Du Kaishan, the breakthrough operation of the 107th Division was defeated, and the most critical and tense moment of the entire battle situation has passed, and now he thinks that it should be more stable.

When the 107th Division broke through, compared with Yoshio Hongo, who was complacent at that time, Du Kaishan was a little nervous. In the course of mountain offensive operations, the Japanese army has always been good at infiltrating and detouring, interspersed. Although he said that in that direction, he deployed part of the reserve in advance.

But Du Kaishan didn't expect that Hongo Yoshio would come up and dispatch a division. There is still a certain deviation in the number of troops deployed. In a considerable part of the area, there was no time to set up a second-line defense. Once the Japanese army breaks through a little, it is very likely to cause passivity on the whole front.

Although after the Japanese army's breakthrough operation was launched, Du Kaishan transferred almost all the aviation units supported by his superiors to that direction. But those twelve hours were still the most tense twelve hours in Du Kaishan's battle. Fortunately, the troops on the front line of the backing mountain not only supported it, but also fought quite brilliantly.

Not only stubbornly blocked the Japanese army's breakthrough action, but also inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese division with the support of friendly and neighboring troops and air and ground fire. Although because of the thousands of people who ran away, it cannot be regarded as a total annihilation. But it undoubtedly also made the strongest division in the 44th Army completely lose its ability to fight again.

It is precisely for this reason that Du Kaishan still decided to be slightly more stable in the follow-up attack. Slowing down the pace of the attack will do you no harm. The Japanese are a crazy nation, and the Japanese army is even more of a crazy army. Who knows if they will come when a dog jumps over the wall.

However, after capturing Majiazhai and defeating the 107th Division, Du Kaishan did not blindly slow down the attack. Rather, on the backing line, the presence of troops and artillery fire was secretly increased. He also transferred the last reserve at hand to the east of the Chai River, and took a certain degree of troop reduction on the backing line. It can be said that Du Kaishan has made the most adequate preparations for the possible dog jumping over the wall that the Japanese army may have.

Compared with Du Kaishan, who was preparing to deal with it with all his heart, the 44th Army of the Kwantung Army jumped over the wall in a hurry. Chen Hanzhang, who was fighting west of the Zhongchang Railway, had already compressed the 30th Army of Qingshui in front of him to the mouth of the Tongjiang River in the west of Changtu, and was in the process of final annihilation.

The situation faced by Chen Hanzhang was much simpler than Du Kaishan. Du Kaishan fought in a mountainous area that was more conducive to the defense side, and Chen Hanzhang's combat area, except for the western hills, was mostly plain, which was extremely conducive to giving full play to the tank assault force of the anti-United Nations.

After completing the encirclement, Chen Hanzhang adopted the tactics of centripetal assault of armored clusters, giving full play to the assault power, firepower and speed of the tank. In addition to the multi-way assault of the infantry, a breakthrough was made in a short period of time, and the division of its 30th Army was completed.

Of course, Chen Hanzhang's progress is so fast, and it is not without a price. The strength and equipment of the 30th Army of Shimizu Rules were once the highest in the Kwantung Army in a short period of time. The total number of anti-tank guns it is equipped with is also one of the best among the corps of the Kwantung Army.

Because of the terrain and location, the army was equipped with a third of the anti-tank guns of the Kwantung Army. The large number of anti-tank artillery groups of the Japanese army, coupled with the red-eyed Japanese army, constantly adopted the tactics of meat bullets, which also brought a lot of losses to Chen Hanzhang's troops in the fierce battle.

In particular, the losses of the tank units of the main attack were somewhat too huge. The independent tank regiments that participated in the battle, except for some, generally had only a dozen tanks left. One of the largest losses of a separate tank regiment, with only three tanks remaining. Even the 1st Panzer Division lost almost a fifth of its tanks.

The battle losses of the tank troops even made Chen Hanzhang ask Yang Zhen for a time whether he would slow down the attack slightly in order to readjust the deployment of troops. In order to ensure that the troops participating in the battle will not hurt their vitality in this battle as much as possible. After all, the replenishment of tanks is not too easy for the Anti-United Nations.

However, Yang Zhen did not approve Chen Hanzhang's request for instructions. Instead, he told him not to give the Japanese army any respite, not to give the Japanese army any adjustments to continue, and not to care about losses and casualties. Attack, attack, attack, attack in desperation, never stop the offensive until the Japanese army is completely destroyed.

When the breakthrough operation of Qingshui Rules was temporarily launched, Chen Hanzhang keenly felt that this was a rare opportunity to reduce casualties. He immediately adjusted his deployment and transferred all the reserves in his hand. Consciously in the south of the two encirclement, which is also the two encirclement circles with the largest number of troops besieging the Japanese army, in some parts of the consciously to open some gaps, adopted the tactic of using tanks and infantry to intercept and kill in multiple ways.

However, Chen Hanzhang did not blindly let the mouth open, Chen Hanzhang was very cautious in the choice of mouth, and also delineated a certain range. lest he fail to hit the rabbit himself, and even the grass he hugged was lost. He gave a death order to the front-line troops, giving way to the direction of the opening, and absolutely not allowing the Japanese army to cross the range he had demarcated.

On both sides of the mouth, Chen Hanzhang concentrated a large amount of firepower to form a cross firepower. And with some tanks, they were deployed on both sides of the Japanese army's pass. And the main force of the air force assigned to him by his superiors was placed in the direction of the breakthrough that he consciously left for the Japanese army.

The most important thing is that at this time, the Japanese army has fallen into chaos. Although the order issued by Qing Shui was to choose the direction of the breakout, when the front line of Shenyang and Tieling had been lost, and there were no friendly troops in the surrounding area except Xinmin, breaking through in the southwest direction became the only choice for the 30th Army.

Of course, Chen Hanzhang is also very "in line with the military's will", and he consciously set aside the opening, which is mainly placed in the southwest direction. As a result, as soon as the breakout of the divisions and regiments under the 30th Army of the Qing Shui Rule began, they found themselves trapped in a fire net composed of artillery, aviation, and infantry weapons.

And in the process of this firepower pursuit, the artillery of the Anti-United Nations actually played a double-layer barrage that only appears when attacking. Artillery groups of various calibers, under the guidance of front-line artillery observers, constantly smashed tons of shells on the heads of the Japanese troops who broke through.

In addition to the anti-coalition aviation in the sky, all kinds of aircraft took turns to attack, as well as the coordination of various infantry firepower. Chen Hanzhang consciously let go of several openings on both sides, and the dense various firepower knocked down the Japanese troops who broke through the encirclement in pieces. The Japanese troops, who barely rushed out, were chased and killed by the surrounding tanks.

In the face of this situation, not to mention the overall military quality at present, especially the newly formed divisions and regiments whose will to fight has declined by more than a notch. Even the old Kwantung Army, which has always been known for its tenacious will to fight, a few years ago, may not be able to withstand such a blow.

Under the heavy fire attack during the breakthrough, the morale and morale of the army have been completely chaotic to the bottom. All the units of the Japanese army that broke through fell into a mountain of defeat, which was the first time that it had appeared in the Japanese army since the Meiji Restoration when Japan created a new type of army.

No one is paying attention to anything, let alone any plan made by the original superiors. No one paid attention to the attacking troops, the flank covering troops, the first echelon, the second echelon. The Japanese army, which had been laughing at the Chinese army, was being repeated on themselves.

The entire 30th Army, which completely collapsed, and all the Japanese units that broke through the encirclement were almost completely out of order, and the formation was herded. As long as all the Japanese troops were not blown down by the shells, they did nothing, threw away everything they could throw away, and buried themselves in the southwest direction and fled desperately.

After paying a lot of price, he barely escaped from the fire net and the tank pursuit, and finally struggled to run out of the far twenty or thirty kilometers, and the Japanese army was only a dozen kilometers closer.