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Text Chapter 62: Turning the Impossible into Possible

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    Cao Hui was a little angry because the leading company was delayed in Xinyuan for half an hour and consumed a lot of ammunition. However, He Fangren had a smooth journey and annihilated the Japanese army except for the Machangtun line north of Taolaizhao.  Outside of a small team, there was no interception like Xinyuan's at all along the way.

    Because when He Fangren was choosing a route south, although he might face a pincer attack by the Japanese troops in Yushu, he tried his best to avoid taking the Zhongchang Railway. It was not that he was worried about being blocked by the Japanese and puppet railway police, but that he was afraid of being blocked by the Japanese and puppet railway police.  His body was entangled with these miscellaneous fish. Although he didn't pay attention to the fighting power of the Puppet Manchukuo Railway Police, he didn't want his time to be wasted by these guys.

    The route he chose was only a few hundred meters away from the Zhongchang Railway, and even thousands of meters away. Although the traffic environment along the road was a bit worse, and there were no roads to choose from, it also effectively avoided the small Japanese and puppet troops.  The interception of this force would at least not be delayed for half an hour by the Puppet-Manchukuo railway police force, which had actually been fully transformed, like the West Road going south along the Zhongchang Railway.

    As for the fact that there are no roads to use when going south, although the road conditions are a little worse, this kind of road is still nothing to the Anti-Japanese League. After all, the current marching method adopted by the Anti-Japanese League is far from mechanized or  According to the standard of motorization, the main method of marching is still mainly on foot.

    For the current Anti-Japanese Alliance, trucks are only used to transport ammunition and supplies, and to tow heavy weapons. Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even at the division level, they are mainly on horseback. Not only the infantry troops mainly march on foot,  Even the artillery of the general troops below the division mainly adopts the animal-drawn method.

    In addition to the fact that the original design of these artillery was mainly based on animal traction and was not suitable for automobile traction. If it was changed to mechanized traction, major modifications would be required. The remaining reasons were mostly due to the gasoline. There was no way. Now for the resistance  According to the United Nations, every drop of gasoline is precious.

    Although the number of purchased American and Soviet trucks and captured Japanese military trucks is still relatively sufficient, under the current situation that the outsourcing channels for gasoline have been cut off, general troops should avoid using cars for long-distance mobility as much as possible, except for trains.  Otherwise, walking has become the main mode of mobility.

    For the anti-alliance troops who are accustomed to marching on foot unless there are special operations, no matter how bad the road condition of these roads is, it will not have much impact. Besides, this is located in the Songnen Plain. Although there are some ravines, but no matter what  It is much better than marching in the mountains.

    Although the current walking and mountain marching capabilities of the Anti-Japanese Alliance are somewhat different from those of Laoba Road, which relies entirely on walking and marching in Guan Nei, and is known as the iron base, it is not too different. At least after painstaking training, it is not as good as  The Japanese army's marching ability was poor.

    Therefore, although the five infantry companies led by He Fangren were out of breath due to the forced march and left behind many people who fell behind because they could not keep up with their physical strength, the journey was smoother than that of Cao Hui.  Many, even when they arrived at the outskirts of Taolaizhao, it was a full forty minutes ahead of the time specified by the column.

    It's just that although his infantry arrived at the Taolaizhao line ahead of schedule, the artillery he originally carried, especially the two 107 rocket launchers, could not keep up due to road conditions. As for the reinforced artillery in the division and the powerful 14th Army under the regiment,  mm machine guns are still far away in Xin'an, south of the Sancha River.

    In other words, although he arrived at the Taolaizhao front line ahead of schedule, the entire unit was running a little out of sync. Of the five infantry companies, the actual number that reached the Taolaizhao front line was only three and a half infantry companies, and ten and a half infantry companies from the battalion's fire support company.  There is one 2mm machine gun platoon, one 82mm mortar platoon, and one 57mm recoilless rifle platoon. After dividing his troops to capture various key points east of Taolaizhao, he can actually only invest one reinforced infantry company on the Taolaizhao front line.

    After figuring out the actual enemy situation on Tao Laizhao's front line, He Fanggen couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Only then did he realize that the troops and firepower he had thought to have a slight advantage turned out to be at a disadvantage, and he had to divide his forces to capture the east of Tao Laizhao.  Under the circumstances of several key points, the disadvantages are still obvious.

    Facing the so-called railway guard force at this time, which not only has two infantry squadrons, a mortar squadron, and a cavalry squadron, but in addition to the railway police guard force whose equipment is no less than that of the regular Kwantung Army, there is also a and a half  The Japanese infantry of the squadron retreated all the way from the Sancha River, half of the artillery squadron that lost all its artillery, a brigade artillery squad plus an anti-aircraft artillery squadron used to protect the Songhua River Bridge in Taolai Zhao, and a reserve artillery squadron of the 28th Division  The total strength was added to Taolaizhao's garrison, which had seven or eight hundred people.

    He Fangren discovered that he did not have an advantage in terms of military strength, and the artillery had not yet caught up.Under the circumstances, he only had two 57mm recoilless rifles and two 82mm mortars in hand at this time, plus five 60 mortars, and four rocket launchers. The supporting firepower was also far weaker than his opponent.

    Although for any infantry battalion in the pass, whether it is the National Army or the 18th Group Army, this firepower configuration is quite strong, and can even be described as luxurious, but it is also at a disadvantage when facing the Japanese army in front of them. After all, the opponent's two  A Type 94 mountain gun, a Type 38 field gun, and two Type 92 infantry guns were enough to cover almost all of his mortars.

    This does not include the two Type 88 75mm anti-aircraft guns and the four Type 98 20mm anti-aircraft guns that may be put into the battlefield at any time. Of course, whether these anti-aircraft guns can be put into ground combat depends on Tao Laizhao's front-line command.  The Japanese commander was not very bright and he was a rigid person who did not know how to adapt.

    If the Japanese commander on the Tao Laizhao front line also puts the anti-aircraft artillery of that squadron into ground combat, then the firepower comparison between the enemy and ourselves on the Tao Laizhao front line will be even more disparate, and the only artillery he has on hand cannot be fully invested in Tao Laizhao.  Of course, in terms of individual weapons, the Anti-Union still has an absolute advantage.

    But this is an attack, not a defense. Without the support of heavy weapons, and with equipment and troops at a disadvantage, it is undoubtedly a fantasy for most armies to fight a fortified battle. No army  Being able to rely on the light weapons in hand to defeat the opponent when the supporting firepower is disparate and the troops are at a disadvantage.

    However, although he currently occupies a relative or absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength and heavy weapons, it does not mean that He Fangren, the highest commander of the Anti-Japanese Alliance on the Tao Laizhao front line, will honestly stay outside Tao Laizhao, waiting for supporting troops.  Especially after the lagging artillery caught up, they launched an attack again.

    From the day he joined the Anti-Japanese Alliance, this guy who didn't know what it meant to be afraid faced Tao Laizhao's garrison with superior strength. Although he only had one reinforced company that could directly invest in the attack on Tao Laizhao, he still had no choice.  Attack without hesitation.

    But He Fangren wanted to make this impossible possible, turn the so-called Arabian Nights into real things, and make the impossible possible, even though at this time he didn't even know what an Arabian Nights was.  Never even heard of it.

    In fact, He Fangren's attack at this time was undoubtedly a gamble. He was betting on Tao Laizhao's Japanese defenders. He didn't know how many troops he had in hand. He was even betting on those who were the main force of Tao Laizhao's front-line defenders.  The Japanese troops who retreated along the Chahe front line have become frightened.

    He already knew the composition of Taolaizhao's garrison from the mouth of a wounded Japanese soldier he captured when he occupied Machangtun north of Taolaizhao and annihilated a Japanese squad stationed there, as well as the actual strength and general equipment of the Japanese army that retreated there.  Knowing that the main force of Tao Laizhao's defenders were the defeated troops on the Sancha River line was the fundamental reason why He Fangren dared to be so bold and take the initiative to attack Tao Laizhao's line with a reinforced company.

    As for the Puppet Manchukuo railway police force in Taolaizhao Nei, he did not pay attention to it like his subordinates in Xinyuan, and simply ignored it. In his eyes, if the regular Puppet Manchukuo army was somewhat  In terms of combat effectiveness, those various policemen in Manchukuo are not even scum.

    If during the old Anti-Japanese War, the Puppet Manchukuo military and police often avoided fighting due to reasons such as troop strength, equipment, ammunition, etc., then now, whether it is the Puppet Manchukuo forest police, the railway police, or the railway  He didn't pay attention to the police force or any messy military police and other armed forces.

    But He Fangren, who was very complacent at this time, did not expect that it was these Puppet Manchukuo Railway Police Guards that he had ignored before, which brought considerable difficulties to his battle. Even the reinforced company he led  , and almost didn't get bitten by these police forces that he had always looked down on before.

    If Cao Hui hadn't heard something strange about the gunshots here when he was seizing the front line of Majiatun west of Taolaizhao, and took the risk of dispatching a company from the front of the Songhua River where the Japanese counterattack troops had been discovered, he would have been almost there to support him.  The puppet Manchukuo police guards that he ignored were counterattacked and surrounded to the north of Tao Laizhao.

    Of course, this was after the battle started in full force. As for the Japanese commander who had not yet recovered from the blow last night, he was facing the anti-alliance troops who rushed towards him. Instead of becoming hardened, he was  I almost lost my composure on the spot due to this unfortunate news.

    If Lieutenant General Ishiguro Sadazou, who had not already learned that the Sancha River line was lost and the connection between the 28th Division and the 7th Division had not been cut off at this time, personally sent him a letter ordering him to hold on to the Tao Laizhao line until the Jiangnan reinforcements  Came hereIf we report, we will directly abandon Tao Laizhao and return to the south of Songhua River.

    If Tao Laizhao is lost before reinforcements arrive, even if the battle ends with one soldier, Tao Laizhao must be defended. If Tao Laizhao is lost, let him commit hara-kiri directly to apologize. It was Lieutenant General Ishiguro Sadzo's telegram that told the Japanese troops on Tao Laizhao's front line  The commander fought hard, and it was Lieutenant General Ishiguro Sadzo's telegram that almost changed the development of the entire war in Fuyu and Yushu.
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