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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 635 Shijiazhuang Attack and Defense

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    Chapter 635: Shijiazhuang Attack and Defense

    Shijiazhuang, an important strategic location in central and southern Hebei Province, fell into the hands of Tang Qiusheng's troops of the Sulu Mobile Corps of the ** Division. This battle was to attack the weak links of the Japanese defense. The commander of the corps was not satisfied with the performance of the two brigades responsible for capturing Shijiazhuang.  Not entirely satisfied, he found that as the war got bigger and bigger, commanders at all levels, especially those at the brigade level, were keen on large corps operations, and they always felt that the battles were vigorous and the results were brilliant. For the ** division's ability to start in the Northeast  , almost forgotten.  -< Piaotian literature registered members recommend this work >-%.net

    With two brigades of nearly 25,000 troops and equipped with a large amount of artillery fire, they attacked Shijiazhuang, which was defended by only one Japanese regiment with less than 4,000 troops. The battle turned into a stalemate and took nearly eight hours to capture.  Meeting his requirements, so even though the battle was over, he was still very dissatisfied. If this attack on Shijiazhuang was completed by his cousin Tang Qiuquan's special operations detachment, it would only require four to five detachments and take no more than four hours.  , the battle will end neatly.

    Tang Qiusheng is a very thoughtful person, and has been sharing important responsibilities for his younger brother. As the master's strength continues to grow, the problems exposed make him feel uneasy, and he feels the need to have a detailed and in-depth discussion with Qiu Li.  Once, however, he did not have time now. The 150,000 Japanese troops reinforced from the direction of Peiping and Tianjin were already approaching the outskirts of Shijiazhuang.

    After repelling or severely damaging this Japanese army, his regiment will have two attack targets to choose from, one is Peiping and the other is Tianjin. It can also target the Japanese peripheral troops in the periphery of Pingjin, including Chahar, Rehe, and East Hebei.  , swept away, and echoed Liu Tiehan's troops in the direction of Cangzhou. He smiled knowingly at the headquarters in Shijiazhuang.

    Qiu Li's strategic intention was to take advantage of the fact that the main mobile force of the Japanese army in North China was trapped in the Taihang Mountains, to smash the Japanese strategic rear area in North China to pieces, and to mobilize Okamura Yingji to return to Pingjin. During the movement of the Japanese army, he chose the most advantageous position.  Opportunity, annihilate one or several of them, change the balance of enemy and enemy forces in North China, and lay the foundation for the next strategic decisive battle with the Japanese army in North China.

    This was also a task assigned to him by Tang Qiuli. The staff came in and interrupted Tang Qiusheng's memories. The four brigades of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps assigned to our regiment had arrived. The brigade commanders were waiting outside the headquarters to be summoned by the commander.  , receiving the mission came very quickly, Tang Qiusheng thought in his mind, with these four brigades with nearly 50,000 troops, the Shijiazhuang Battle would be much easier to fight. With 190,000 people to face the Japanese army of 150,000 troops, that is  Even if they work hard, they can wring out the blood of the Japanese army.

    In Tang Qiuli's words, the Sulu Mobile Corps should be left alone if the sky falls. It should be nailed to Shijiazhuang like a nail to attract more Japanese troops to fight for it. He couldn't believe that Okamura Neji saw his home base being occupied.  He could also concentrate on sweeping the base areas in the Taihang Mountains. In a sense, this was also a small-scale decisive battle between the ** Division and the North China Japanese Army. Therefore, Tang Qiusheng kept all the four assigned brigades as strategic reserves.  .

    After hearing the tasks assigned by Tang Qiusheng, the four brigade commanders under Feng Jiwu looked at each other. No one spoke, and their expressions were obviously dissatisfied. If their commander Feng Jiwu had arranged the tasks like this, he would have shouted  Get up, why are we sitting on the bench while the other brigades are fighting the Japs face to face? In terms of combat effectiveness, we are no better than them?

    On April 6, the Japanese reinforcements coming from the direction of Beiping and Tianjin began to attack the outlying positions of Shijiazhuang. The battle became intense at the beginning. After receiving the order from Okamura Neiji to recapture Shijiazhuang at any cost, the Japanese troops launched more than a dozen joint operations at the same time.  The force of the team violently attacked the position of the Sulu Mobile Corps from the northeast on a front that was more than 40 kilometers wide. The number of troops dispatched in the first attack wave amounted to more than 40,000 people.

    The support and suppressive artillery fire of the Japanese army exploded the position of the Sulu Mobile Corps into flying sand and rocks and billows of gunpowder smoke. The artillery of the Sulu Mobile Corps did not let the Japanese artillery run rampant for long. A burst of shells hit the exposed position.  On the Japanese artillery position, the Japanese artillery did not bother to bombard the Chinese defenders' positions, shifted their targets, and started an artillery battle with the artillery of the ** Division.

    The Japanese infantry, which had lost fire support, suffered heavy casualties under the intensive automatic fire attack of the Sulu Mobile Corps. Corpses were scattered everywhere. The first wave of attacks was crushed without much effort. The Japanese infantry who participated in the attack  , less than 30,000 people were able to go back. With one blow, the Japanese commander who directed the attack was beaten until the stars came out of his eyes. The battle lasted until dusk, when the Japanese army gave up in shock. The blocking position of the Sulu Mobile Corps was not lost, and the Japanese army stopped at  Outside Shijiazhuang.

    After a day of artillery battle, the artillery of both sides fired real fire. Metal pellets piercing the air were flying densely in the sky. The roar of artillery was endless. The Japanese artillery, which had almost the same number of artillery pieces as the Sulu Mobile Corps, was finally defeated.  , the eight attached Japanese field artillery regiments,?Five were beaten to the point where they were not fully organized. According to later estimates from the Sulu Mobile Corps Operations Office, on this day, both sides fired nearly 200,000 artillery shells of various calibers.

    Such a large-scale artillery battle was rare in the North China battlefield, and it left a deep impression on the Chinese and Japanese soldiers who participated in the battle. In advance of this incident, almost all of them said with sighs: "That artillery fire was really good.  Half of the sky was red, and when the two of them talked, they had to shout in their ears, "The artillerymen of the Sulu Mobile Corps also paid a considerable price."

    The number of artillery pieces lost exceeded 160, and as many as 1,800 artillerymen were killed. After that, the Japanese artillery no longer dared to blatantly provide fire support for infantry attacks, and could only fire a few shots secretly, and quickly  Move positions to avoid retaliation from the artillery of the Sulu Mobile Corps.

    The Japanese infantry, which had lost the suppression and cover of ground artillery fire, suffered from the automatic weapons firepower of the squadron. The single-shot Type 38 rifles and the Somi submachine guns that faced heavy rain of firepower were no match at all. The Japanese soldiers  Just one shot was fired, and dozens of bullets were fired. The Japanese soldiers who fell on the ground were not wounded at all, and they were all beaten into pieces by the bullets.

    Moreover, the soldiers of the *** Division fought extremely smartly. They were out of the range of the submachine guns and allowed the Japanese soldiers to hit the trenches with 38 guns. When the Japanese soldiers spread out their skirmishers and accelerated their charge, they suddenly opened fire together and the heavy rain fell.  Like a three-dimensional metal wall, bullets like a three-dimensional metal wall knocked the Japanese soldiers into pieces, forming a death barrier from the front of the Central Military Corps to the range of the Somi submachine gun. None of the Japanese soldiers who entered could  Returned alive.

    The fighting on the front line was lively, but Zhou Yushan, deputy director of the logistics department and commander of the transportation headquarters of the ** Division, was extremely busy. More than 800 trucks were transporting supplies and ammunition to the front line day and night. Zhou Yushan was very good at planning, because  The Huangyadong base area was surrounded by heavy Japanese troops and was kept secret, so it was unable to accept the wounded.

    He established a transportation line from Shijiazhuang to Dingbian via Taiyuan. The trucks were not empty back and forth. Back to Dingbian, they transported the wounded, supplies from Shijiazhuang, machinery and equipment from factories and mines, and everything else that was needed. In terms of the implementation of Tang Qiu  The one who left the Sanguang policy most thoroughly was Zhou Yushan. In his words, he would not leave a single nail for the Japanese. Deeply affected by the life of Logistics Minister Zhang Quanhui, Zhou Yushan and his soldiers almost moved all of Shijiazhuang.  .

    In particular, the Japanese spent a lot of effort to restore the Jingxing Mining Area to some appearance. All the machinery and equipment were cheaper than Zhou Yushan. Later, they simply transported a large amount of coal to Dingbian. Finally, in various mines and tunnels  , buried a large number of coal, pressed the switch, the Jingxing mining area was reduced to rubble in the violent explosion, and within two or three years, the Japanese could not even think of digging out a piece of coal.

    The front line was fighting hard, and Zhou Yushan was working hard on disassembly and transportation. According to his wishes, his transportation troops would be busy as long as Shijiazhuang fought. After the war, Tang Qiusheng said to his subordinates with emotion: "Without the logistics support of the transportation headquarters, we  The Corps is fighting much harder. At the very least, the nearly 100 tons of ammunition consumed every day is a big problem, and there are so many wounded. "

    Hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops fought outside Shijiazhuang for three days. They were beaten to a bloody pulp by the Sulu Mobile Corps. Every day, if thousands of people were not included, they felt as if they were not fighting. The Japanese commanders fought with fear, and artillery fire continued everywhere.  The air was filled with smoke that blocked out the sun all day long. In the early spring of April in North China, there was no breath of spring at all. The strong smell of blood and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke filled every cell in the bodies of the commanders and soldiers on both sides.

    On the fourth day, he took out the trump card in his hand, the only tank brigade, and launched the largest attack since the war began. There was no other way. Damn Commander Neiji Okamura sent another telegram to urge him. In addition to cursing  In addition to the incompetence of the frontline commander, he also issued a restriction order. If Shijiazhuang could not be recaptured in three days, all senior officers above the level of major general would be dismissed from their posts on the spot and sent to a military court, or they would have their own caesareans performed to pay homage to the emperor.  Apologize

    Hundreds of tanks, covering tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers, frantically attacked the forward positions of the Sulu Mobile Corps. The Japanese commander went crazy. He didn't want to die, so he had to let the soldiers die. This was in the North China battlefield, and the Japanese army used armored power.  The largest and most concentrated one, the tanks rolled up the thawed ground dust, mixed with the thick smoke emitted by the tank engines, like a rolling dragon, and pressed towards the forward position of the Anti-Japanese Mobile Corps.

    Tang Qiusheng had already moved his headquarters from the urban area of ??Shijiazhuang to Wuji, which was only a dozen kilometers away from the first-line defense positions. He had seen through the psychology of the Japanese commander and was eager to retake Shijiazhuang. His troops would defend and the Japanese would attack.  Relying on the field fortifications that had been repaired, without the threat of Japanese artillery and with the superior firepower of our own artillery, the Japanese army was undoubtedly looking for death with a pure infantry attack.

    Fighting like this, killing and injuring a large number of Japanese troops exposed in the wild, was also the case before the war.It was one of the key points of the determined combat plan. For this reason, he sternly rejected the repeated requests from the brigade commanders on the front line for counter-assaults. The time had not yet come.

    (To be continued)
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