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Text Chapter 164 The Turtle Tactics of the 23rd Division

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    Yang Jicai was depressed here because he could not participate in the Linxi battle. Wang Guangyu, who was on the Linxi battlefield over there, was not in a good mood. Now the roundabout troops he commanded were fighting with the Japanese 23rd Division on the Linxi battlefield.  It has entered a stalemate. Although he divided and surrounded part of the 23rd Division, the main force of the 23rd Division was still tightly packed together.

    At present, the main force of the 23rd Division is huddled on the fixed position from Linxi to Lindong. No matter how tempted Wang Guangyu is, it refuses to attack. Except for some tactical counterattacks, it just doesn't make a move, even in the northeast of Linxi County.  After the Linxi Airport was successfully raided by the First Cavalry Brigade and lost, there was no counterattack with any force.

    Originally, after being abandoned at the airport, they tried to use the artillery in their hands for long-range fire control. However, the artillery regiment and the attached heavy artillery were defeated by Wang Guangyu's artillery. They were defeated by Wang Guangyu's Soviet  After the 122 howitzers and 122 rocket launchers were severely damaged, even long-range fire control was abandoned.

    The current performance of the 23rd Division can be summed up in one sentence: it is up to you how you like to toss it. Even if you thrust the bayonet under my nose or even started to cut off my toes, I will never leave the fortifications.  I'm going to fight with you in the wild. If you want me to take the initiative, there's absolutely no way.

    The attitude of the 23rd Division is very clear, that is, if you have the means, just come in. Anyway, the brothers will never come out even if they are beaten to death. The 23rd Division has adopted such a posture of being passively beaten and unable to stand up until death.  This gave Wang Guangyu a headache, and it could even be said that he was helpless.

    The Linxi front line was an extremely important so-called second-line border fortification area for the Japanese army's defense operations against the Soviet Union. It was an important second-line defense line for the Kwantung Army's operations against the Soviet Union. It had a large number of complete fortifications built, and was similar to the Chabei area with its grassland landforms.  Compared with the dominant terrain, Linxi Line is not only the gateway to the north of Rehe, but also has a much better terrain than the east and west Ujimqin Banner that borders Outer Mongolia.

    As the main defense area, the terrain of alternating mountains, rivers and grasslands here is far better than the flat plains of the Ujimqin grassland. Therefore, the Kwantung Army has always used this area as the main defense zone in Western Manchuria. For the so-called battle against the Soviet Union, the Kwantung Army here is  No less effort.

    Although the fortifications here are not as strong as the various fortresses in Eastern Manchuria, and they do not hollow out the entire mountain like the various fortress groups in Eastern Manchuria. At best, it can only be regarded as a so-called border fortification area, but at least it is still good in terms of solidity.  , and another feature of this purely defensive fortification is that various defensive measures are extremely complete. In addition to various defensive fortifications on the surface, a large number of communication trenches are hidden underground.

    Although there are not many permanent fortifications, and the thickness and solidity of the fortifications are incomparable to those of the fortresses in Eastern Manchuria, there are many semi-permanent fortifications, the field fortifications are also extremely complete, and the number of bunkers is quite large.  Various anti-tank obstacles are also quite complete. The combination of these fortifications, surface forts and underground fortifications, surface positions and underground fortifications, brought not only trouble to Wang Guangyu, but also casualties.

    The 23rd Division was, after all, the division that suffered heavy losses from the Soviet armored offensive on the Nomenhan battlefield. When dealing with its own tank offensive, it obviously had more methods. Unlike other Japanese divisions, it was  When there was a lack of anti-tank weapons, a meat bomb offensive was launched at every turn. Moreover, after the division moved to Linxi, it built a large number of anti-tank trenches and cement on the basis of the original bunker group by capturing a large number of civilians.  Anti-tank cone.

    At the same time, the number of flat-fire cannons that can be used for anti-tank is actually twice as many as those of regular Japanese divisions. They are also equipped with new anti-tank cannons, incendiary bottles and other anti-tank weapons. The quantities are also fully prepared.  After Menhan suffered a heavy loss, the 23rd Division obviously put a lot of effort into dealing with tanks. At least the tactical drills for anti-armor cluster offensives were much more proficient and had more methods than the average Japanese division.  .

    On the Linxi front line, Wang Guangyu also discovered a large number of anti-tank mines that he had never seen before fighting the Japanese army. In addition to the Japanese-standard Type 93 anti-tank mines, many of them were imported.  German-made anti-tank mines. These German-made anti-tank mines are powerful and advanced in design.

    These German-made anti-tank mines not only have various detonation methods, but are also much more powerful against tanks than the Japanese Type 93 anti-tank mines. This is undoubtedly a new situation for the Anti-Alliance.  The armored brigade of the roundabout force, a BA-type armored vehicle platoon, was completely destroyed because it accidentally entered the Japanese minefield.

    Not only did German-made anti-tank mines appear on the Linxi battlefield, Wang Guangyu also discovered a type of anti-tank artillery used by the 23rd Division during the battle. The model of this type is not yet clear, and the caliber is in  Fifty millimeters?The tank gun is obviously much greater in performance and power than the latest 47mm anti-tank gun used by the Japanese army.

    Although there are only four in number, they cause far more trouble to the armored forces than the 47mm anti-tank guns and 37mm rapid-fire guns that are more numerous than him. Although his own tanks have been improved,  In addition to the original armor, the turret and hull have additional armor added.

    In the face of Japanese anti-tank firepower, even the latest Japanese 47mm anti-tank gun can only pose a threat at a distance of less than 100 meters. As for the old 37 rapid-fire guns and Type 11 anti-tank guns,  Basically, it cannot bring any threat, not to mention that the trial production has just been completed and is now subject to actual combat testing. There are not many of them in the 23rd Division. They are still equipped with 37 rapid-fire guns.  gun, Type 11 anti-tank gun.

    But even the modified T-26 tank still seems a bit weak when faced with the new anti-tank gun with the smallest number of equipment in the 23rd Division. During the battle, it was beaten by this powerful anti-tank gun.  , destroying five vehicles at close range, plus the previous loss of an armored vehicle platoon, this loss has never happened before for the armored brigade.

    During the battle, the greatest threat to the armored brigade's assault was the vast array of anti-tank mines and new anti-tank guns. On the contrary, it was the Japanese armored forces that posed almost no threat to the armored forces. The 23rd Division  Although there are a lot of tanks, even including armored vehicles, the overall number is not much less than the 1st Armored Brigade.

    But perhaps the lessons learned from Nomenhan were too profound for the 23rd Division and the Japanese armored forces. Except for hiding some of the tank units in the snow and never showing up during the battle, the Japanese army moved the remaining tanks and  The armored vehicles were all buried underground with only one turret exposed. These tanks were used as semi-concealed artillery or machine gun fortifications, and the tank guns and machine guns on them were used to cover the troops against the anti-alliance offensive.

    As a result, this kind of tactics that completely abandoned the mobility and flexibility that tanks should have, and could not fight again and again, and could not run but could only be passively beaten, did not bring much losses to the anti-alliance tanks during the battle. On the contrary,  It was those of our own tanks that had been converted into permanent fortifications. Because their mobility was restricted, they were trapped in a situation where they could only be passively beaten.

    Perhaps the tank battle at Nomonhan left such a deep impression on the 23rd Division. The armored units of the 23rd Division adopted such low-level tactics. In fact, the main force of the 23rd Division's equipment is now  The performance of the tank is no worse than the T-26 tank, the main force of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.

    During the Battle of Nomonhan, the main tanks equipped by the Japanese army were obsolete Type 1 tanks and Type 95 light tanks. Among the tank groups dispatched by the Japanese army, there were only four Type 97 tanks.  Compared with the T-26 tanks, there is a big gap in performance, especially in terms of firepower. The tank cannons used by the Japanese army in the war have an even greater gap in power, which is why Japanese tanks suffered heavy losses when encountering Soviet tanks.

    However, the tanks equipped by the Japanese army this time are mainly Type 97 tanks, with only a small number of Type 95 light tanks. As for the Type 1 tanks with backward performance, they have basically been eliminated. Although those Type 94 armored vehicles and Type 92 armored vehicles  The armor of the Type 97 cavalry fighting vehicles was too thin and the firepower was too weak, but these Type 97 tanks were completely capable of fighting against the anti-Japanese T-26 tanks.

    The Japanese armored soldiers, who were just afraid of being beaten, also imitated the 23rd Division and became a coward. They even discovered that the armor of the anti-alliance T-26 tanks was thicker than the same type of armor of the Soviet army during the Battle of Nomonhan.  After their latest 47mm anti-tank gun was almost useless, they did not even dare to launch a tactical counterattack. The clumsy tactics used by the armored troops of the 23rd Division hardly gave Wang  Guangyu's offensive will create too much trouble.

    It's just that the Japanese armored forces did not cause any trouble, but the 23rd Division's shrinking tactics, coupled with the emergence of new weapons, not only caused considerable losses to the attacking troops, but also made Wang  Guangyu's original plan to lure the Japanese troops away from the fortifications and conduct field battles could not be implemented at all. He could only attack one high ground after another, one bunker after another.

    In fact, Wang Guangyu is not worried about the bunker groups exposed by the Japanese army on the surface. Although the artillery on the tanks cannot do anything about these fortifications built by the Japanese army due to their average thickness of about one meter, none of them can withstand the force of the Japanese army from Mongolia.  The Soviet-made 122 howitzer was obtained and bombarded by one shell.

    Although this kind of howitzer is a bit bulkier, its flat-firing power is almost as powerful as the Japanese 150 howitzer. With one shot, any fortifications exposed on the ground will be completely destroyed. Wang Guangyu regarded the large-caliber howitzer as a flat-firing cannon.  The effect of using it is quite good.

    Compared with these Mingbao, JapanThe almost endless number of bunkers and semi-underground fortifications that were built and connected to each other by underground passages and trenches gave him even more headaches, even if they were equipped with direct firepower of various calibers.  , these bunkers caused quite a lot of trouble to the attacking troops. Of course, what troubled him the most was the 23rd Division's strategy. No matter how you fight, I will not show up.
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