In the subsequent breakthrough operation, in order to eliminate the Japanese anti-tank infantry group and the anti-tank artillery position, in one direction of the right flank, two 107 rocket artillery companies and one 122 rocket artillery company were concentrated in one assault, and seven salvos were fired in one go.

The two 150 howitzer companies, five 105 howitzer companies, four 76-mm cannon batteries, and three 120-mm heavy mortar batteries were under the guidance of front-line artillery guides. Barrage fire was also carried out, covering the advance of tank and infantry units into the enemy's depths.

The dense artillery fire blew up the entire defensive depth of the Japanese army's right flank, from three kilometers to more than ten kilometers. The aviation also transferred a bomber squadron from other directions to carry out carpet bombing in depth on the right flank positions of the 100th Division to cover the breakthrough of the ground troops.

Under the full cover of ground artillery fire and aviation, Hou Guozhong's tank troops mobilized later, covering a mechanized infantry regiment of the Anti-Japanese Union, and two reinforced 76-mm self-propelled artillery companies and two self-propelled anti-aircraft machine gun companies cooperated to resume the attack.

Taking into account the first round of attacks, the Japanese infantry anti-tank group, which posed a great threat to the tanks of the confrontation coalition, specially adjusted the combat plan of the tanks. Each tank company was reinforced with a quadruple self-propelled anti-aircraft machine gun, as well as a 76-mm self-propelled gun. It was specially responsible for suppressing the anti-tank fire points of the Japanese army, as well as suppressing the anti-tank groups of the Japanese infantry, and cooperating with the infantry to attack the enemy positions.

At the same time, in the follow-up assault, the mechanized infantry regiment that Hou Guozhong transferred to the front line was equipped with the first batch of wheeled infantry fighting vehicles in the world. Advancing with the tank attack, the power is far greater than that of the original half-track. Basically, the infantry follows the tank wherever it hits. At the same time, the vehicle-mounted machine guns hit accurately and ruthlessly, suppressing the Japanese anti-tank group to the death.

After 21 hours of fierce fighting, the defense system of the 100th Division on the right flank was finally completely defeated. It seized the waist line behind the 100th Division, separated the 100th Division from the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army in Texas, and directly threatened the flank and rear of the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army in the Texas Battlefield.

The defensive tactics and system design of the flank of the 100th Division became the main combat mode used by the Japanese army to defend against the anti-coalition tanks until Japan's unconditional surrender. The ww.81zw.com of August 1 Chinese w was even transplanted to the Pacific theater to deal with the US tank offensive.

However, compared with the flat terrain of the Great Plain of North China, in the battle for the Pacific islands, the Japanese army made use of the terrain of the combat area and partially improved the effect of this tactic. Romance debuted and when the Japanese army consistently built defensive fortifications, it showed Xiàn's talent for stealing chickens and dogs.

In the Philippine campaign at the end of 44 and the Okinawa campaign in the first half of 44 or 5 years, the US armored troops and even infantry suffered even heavier losses. Especially during the Battle of Luzon, the losses of the tank forces invested by the US army even reached two-thirds.

In response to such dense and medium-sized firepower of the Japanese army, long-range direct firepower was deployed in the main communication routes, in the deep concealment of semi-permanent fortifications, or in the field fortifications constructed by using the terrain. It adopts a large-depth defense system that combines far and near and multi-level firepower distribution.

It also used machine guns and artillery fire to cover anti-tank groups, and used terrain and field fortification groups, as well as underground communication trenches, to attack from multiple routes. In conjunction with the direct-aim firing points deployed in depth, it carries out a variety of strikes against the US tank clusters. The US military is almost helpless in the face of the vast tropical jungle of Luzon.

It's just that as the war progressed and Japan's local resources were depleted, the number of anti-tank weapons except for bazookas was already worse than once. In addition, the Japanese army equipped most of the tanks on the Chinese battlefield, so that the Americans did not pay more costs. But even so, in the First Battle of Luzon, the Americans lost almost a thousand tanks and armored vehicles.

In the war between the Japanese army and the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the tactics learned were not such a means. The Japanese army almost copied it, and on the basis of the original anti-slope tactics of the Japanese army, the Anti-United Nations developed a more flexible research, so that the Japanese army could basically not do much in the face of the inferior forces of the Anti-United Nations in the mountain operations, and the mountain anti-incline tactics were basically helpless.

Not to mention that the US military in the Pacific Ocean facing more complex terrain is the combat force of the Anti-United Nations. Bayi Chinese w in w one w net. Net 81 8 z 8 w text. In the text C, O Wen M suffered considerable losses in the face of the Japanese army, which was the way of the other, looked around, and copied its own tactics and defense system to deal with itself. The Americans, of course, can not care about the loss of a thousand tanks.

However, for the entire battlefield in northwest Shandong, there are so many tank units in total, and the loss of a reinforced battalion can be described as quite heavy. Of course, the losses in this battle are so large, and this is not only a tactical problem, but also some other things are very subtle.

When the 100th Division had previously rescued the 72nd Division, it had captured the German Iron Fist rocket launcher copied by the Japanese army in its frontal blockade. However, no one cared about the weapons similar to their own, which the Japanese army was equipped with in large quantities, and some units did not even report it.

Although the Japanese Type 3 tank appeared on the battlefield for the first time, the front-line combat units still divided this latest Japanese tank into a type modification in the intelligence. In the case that the number of tanks dispatched during the Japanese offensive phase did not correspond to the composition of the 4th Independent Tank Brigade, a detailed verification was not carried out.

Including Chen Hanzhang, there was insufficient judgment on the possibility of improving the tank firepower of the North China Front. The estimation of the Japanese army's defensive determination on the Enxian battlefield was also not very sufficient, and the reconnaissance of the Japanese army's defense in depth was not careful enough. Before the war, reconnaissance focused on the front, and did not pay enough attention to the flank defense of the 100th Division.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the reason for this situation is that there are still some people in the army who underestimate the enemy. The battle to encircle and annihilate the 72 nd Division went relatively smoothly, and although it had not yet been finally resolved, it was not an operational reason, and it made some cadres of the unit have a fever in their heads.

Just as Yang Zhen pointed out in his telegram to Chen Hanzhang, the lessons of the Battle of Tongzhou have not yet aroused sufficient vigilance, and have not yet awakened the idea of Lao Tzu being the best in the world in the minds of some cadres. For the assault on the right flank of the 100th Division, there was obviously not enough attention paid to the allocation of troops and firepower.

At the beginning of the attack, there was a bit of a disconnect between the infantry and the armored corps in terms of tactical coordination, and the infantry failed to maintain a constant distance from the armoured units. During the operation, the large number of infantry anti-tank groups of the Japanese army was not paid enough attention. The lessons learned from this battle should be summed up and reflected on by the troops, especially commanders at all levels.

However, although the flank penetration of the 100th Division suffered a certain setback, the frontal assault operation of the Anti-Union made relatively smooth progress. After the infantry opened a gap for the tanks, the troops of one battalion and two tank companies were put forward in front of the unit, and the mobile troops quickly penetrated into the depth of the 100th division.

However, although it broke through into the frontal and deep positions of the Japanese army, a large number of anti-tank rocket launchers deployed by the 100th Division in depth, as well as the Type 88 anti-aircraft artillery used for flat fire, also posed a great threat to the tank units of the Anti-United Nations. Fortunately, the infantry that cooperated effectively cooperated with each other and cooperated with the tank, creating a favorable fighter for the tank to break through quickly.

Compared with the flank of the tight defense, in order to rescue the 72nd Division, the front of the 100th Division, which was storming in the direction of Zaonan, was far less rigorously defended. The most fundamental thing is the main force of the entire 100th Division, which still adopts an offensive posture. Its flank deployment was repeatedly instructed by Lieutenant General Eitaro Uchiyama himself, as well as the lessons learned from the experience of the 72nd Division.

In the case of the delay in making a breakthrough, after urgent deliberation, Uchiyama Eitaro directly designated the commander of the 4th Independent Tank Brigade, Hideki Takazawa, to be responsible for the defense of the right flank. The main force of the 100th Division in front of it, under the urging of Lieutenant General Eitaro Uchiyama, was still attacking with all his might.

Although Hou Guozhong's offensive did not take the 100th Division by surprise like the Zaonan Battlefield, it also disrupted the deployment of the entire strength and firepower of the 100th Division. If it weren't for Lieutenant General Jiro Harada, the 72nd Division, which had already learned from the past, would have adopted the tactics of advancing in tandem from multiple routes and fighting steadily and steadily.

The Zaonan battlefield has not yet been completely resolved, and the 72nd Division is still resisting with all its might. The Anti-Japanese Union suddenly concentrated its forces and launched a counterattack on the 100th Division, and the outcome of the 100th Division would not be much better than that of the 72nd Division. However, the overall situation of its frontal attack is still continuing, which also causes a frontal breakthrough, which is faster than the appearance of the flank interspersed situation.

After three days of hard fighting, at a great cost, Chen Hanzhang finally split the 100th Division in half. At the same time, the outflanking troops on both flanks finally converged behind the 100th Division before the Japanese follow-up 65th Division arrived, and completed the encirclement built by the 100th Division and the 4th Brigade of Independent Tanks.

After three days of hard fighting, although most of the tanks of the Fourth Brigade of Independent Combat Vehicles were destroyed, the tank units that the Anti-United Nations put into the battlefield also suffered heavy losses. The tank units that participated in the battle lost more than half of their equipment. This price can be described as quite painful for the anti-United Nations tank troops participating in the war. After completing the division and encirclement of the 100th Division, Chen Hanzhang had to withdraw some of the tank units for rectification.

After receiving Chen Hanzhang's report, Yang Zhen, who was paying close attention to the entire battlefield, did not hesitate at all. The last tank reserve in his hands, the only independent tank regiment equipped with Churchill infantry tanks, and the two independent tank battalions equipped with Matilda II tanks, were all transferred to Chen Hanzhang.

These two tank units were two tank units that took advantage of the campaign recuperation period, using the last infantry tanks aided by the British, and the British Churchill tanks that the Soviets used to exchange American-made medium tanks. After handing over these two tank units to Chen Hanzhang, Yang Zhen no longer had any armored reserves in his hands.

In other words, Yang Zhen has transferred all the remaining tank forces to Chen Hanzhang except for the tank cluster in the direction of Jinpu Road. In the next operation, it is impossible for Chen Hanzhang to receive follow-up armored support. Whether or not the battle plan can be completed within the scheduled time depends on whether Chen Hanzhang can effectively use the final reinforcements given by Yang Zhen.

Although Yang Zhen drained the last armored reserve in his hands in order to reinforce the frontal battlefield in northwest Lu, this reinforcement was something Yang Zhen had to give. Whether or not Chen Hanzhang can achieve his strategic objectives in the battlefield west of Texas is the most crucial factor related to the success or failure of this battle.

As long as the 100 divisions can be solved and some of the follow-up forces of the Japanese army can be severely damaged, the initiative of the entire battle situation in this battle will be firmly in their own hands, even if the Japanese army concentrates a large number of troops on the Qikou line, even if the Japanese army breaks through the interception of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region in the southeast battlefield and penetrates along the Zhengtai Railway, it will no longer be able to change the situation of the war.