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Text Chapter 574 New changes in enemy situation

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    Just as the interviewer who received Li He's order was busy teaching Miss Guo, who had made up her mind to join the army, how to use a submachine gun, the battle situation in Tongliao City had already taken a further turn with the successive input of anti-alliance troops.  The changes and artillery's participation in the battle for the first time accelerated the advancement of various ministries.

    By 11 a.m., the Anti-Japanese Alliance had successively captured some strategic points in Tongliao such as the power plant, Laoye Temple, Yuantong Temple, North-South Market, Xinkai Hutong, the Puppet Manchukuo Police Station, Tongliao National High School, Women's Industrial School, and the Puppet Manchukuo Central Bank.  , and divided the remaining Japanese defenders into three independent parts: the Puppet Manchu County Government, Dong Tailong Shaoguo, and the enemy in front of Li He.

    According to the current situation, there is basically no big problem in completely capturing Tongliao County by tomorrow at the latest. Kailu County has been fully captured around ten o'clock. As long as the remaining enemy forces in Tongliao County are eliminated, then the battle has already begun.  The battle of Tongliao will be completely over for more than half a month, and the two battlefields of Tongliao and Linxi will be connected into one.

    But just when Wang Jun was on the battlefield in Tongliao County, gearing up to deal the final blow to the Japanese troops in the city, the battle situation changed dramatically due to the sudden arrival of Japanese reinforcements. Although only part of these Japanese reinforcements arrived in Tongliao City, they caused pain in the city.  The hard-working Japanese army returned the favor.

    After all, compared with fighting alone, the arrival of reinforcements, even if they are small in number, has a great impact on morale. Moreover, after the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, the balance of strength between the enemy and ourselves in the city has also changed considerably. The Anti-Japanese Alliance was originally absolutely  The strength advantage of the army suddenly dropped a lot.

    Facing the new enemy situation, Chen Hanzhang had to adjust his deployment, including a battalion of the armored brigade infantry regiment, an armored reconnaissance company, and the column, which had completed the encirclement and annihilation of the enemy forces between Tongliao and Kailu and were replenishing fuel and preparing to move south as planned.  A company directly under the guard battalion was thrown into the battle for Tongliao County as quickly as possible.

    Even the battalion that escorted Wang Guangyu to replenish Chen Hanzhang's ammunition and supplies was detained by Chen Hanzhang as soon as they got off the car and thrown into the county battlefield. Behind them, more than 200 prisoners of the Puppet Manchukuo Army who had completed screening and mobilization were in higher health.  Okay, weapons and ammunition have also been distributed, and they are ready to be incorporated into the troops and put into the battlefield at any time.

    At the same time, one armored and infantry reconnaissance company from the armored brigade and one infantry reconnaissance company from the last reserve team of the column, two companies from the reconnaissance battalion directly under the third division, a reconnaissance company directly under the cavalry brigade, and a tank company from the armored brigade were mobilized to clear up their own depth everywhere.  Japanese reinforcements even endangered the safety of field hospitals.

    As the resistance of the Japanese army gradually collapsed, most areas of Tongliao County, which had gradually calmed down, once again heard intensive gunfire as new troops from both sides entered the battlefield, while outside Tongliao City, which had originally been completely calm,  , intermittent gunfire also rang out.

    Wang Guangyu understood Chen Hanzhang's seizure of a battalion that was transporting supplies. The reason was very simple. He, Wang Guangyu, had also encountered the problem of insufficient troops. But luckily, after solving the main force of the 23rd Division,  , his direct line of communication with the rear has been opened, and he can obtain additional troops.

    Therefore, after receiving Chen Hanzhang's request for help in disguise, Wang Guangyu generously not only did not recover the battalion, but also transferred two more battalions to Chen Hanzhang from his own few reserve teams.  It has a regiment, plus two attached 100mm artillery battalions, a 107 rocket launcher battalion and a field artillery battalion, as well as a cavalry battalion.

    He also took the initiative to propose that Chen Hanzhang send the prisoners of the puppet Manchukuo army to him. After screening, he would select a group as supplementary soldiers.  If you can't borrow it, the number of political workers is quite sufficient.

    Chen Hanzhang sent over all the prisoners and laborers of the puppet Manchukuo army. He could complete the screening in a short time and add as many troops as possible. He could also effectively solve the problem of insufficient troops in both departments. As for the laborers, although it was impossible  He could be trained into qualified soldiers in a short period of time, but after all, he had a relatively stable rear area.

    By sending it to him, Chen Hanzhang doesn't have to carry such a big burden to march and fight. The next operational headquarters of Chen Hanzhang's unit has not yet been determined. If there is an intervening mission, these tens of thousands of workers will have to be left behind.  , and at the same time, the quantity of materials on his side is more abundant than that on Chen Hanzhang's side. Transferring workers to him can also save transfer time and transportation capacity.

    Regarding Wang Guangyu's actual desire to get a share of the prisoners from the puppet Manchukuo army, Chen Hanzhang readily agreed. Under the situation where two divisions of the Japanese army were pressing down on the situation, he allocated the money to himself.  A full regiment of troops, as well as part of the artillery and cavalry, is a huge favor.

    Moreover, the total number of prisoners of the puppet Manchukuo army is?It's not too small, and I can't digest it. I don't have enough political workers on my side, so I can't complete the screening in a short time. Without screening, I can't replenish the troops. Instead of doing this, it's better to send him to his place to screen first, and then everyone can get half of it.  , everyone is happy.

    As for Chen Hanzhang, who wants to focus all his energy on the changes in the battle situation, he doesn't have much time to argue with Wang Guangyu on this trivial matter. If he has that free time, he might as well think about how to deal with the changes in the battle situation, not to mention this.  This new enemy situation is not only a test for oneself, but also for the troops below.

    The reason why the Japanese reinforcements were able to bypass Chen Hanzhang's cordon at Shuangliao, Horqin Left Back Banner, and Kulun Banner this time, and not only suddenly appeared in Tongliao County, but some of them even ran to the rear of the 18th Division, was because they dispatched  The troops are a bit special. They are neither armored troops, nor cavalry, nor infantry. They are paratroopers who appeared on the Northeast battlefield for the first time.

    Although the current situation of the Tongliao battle is already certain, Chen Hanzhang believes that it is a certainty. Not to mention a small group of reinforcements cannot change the situation. Even if the entire fifth division is dispatched, according to the current development of the battle situation, when the front line of Tongliao is reached, the troops of the 14th Division will not be able to change the situation.  The bones were already cold.

    But now, after all, we are facing a new type of combat that we have never encountered before. How to deal with it requires careful consideration. Before this battle, the headquarters had issued a warning to the Japanese troops in Guanzhong during the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain.  The tactics used by a small number of paratroopers in combat reminded commanders at all levels to pay attention to taking precautions against Japanese paratroopers during combat.

    In order to remind commanders at all levels to pay attention to this new branch of the Japanese army, which has not been seen since the mobilization of Northeast China, the headquarters also issued several combat examples of German paratroopers on the European battlefield obtained through the Soviet Union, as well as the personal formula drawn up by No. 1  Paratrooper combat plan.

    But because the Japanese paratroopers had not participated in the war before, Chen Hanzhang was a little careless and put more energy on the Japanese troops along the Zhongchang Railway in the east and the Fifth Division in the south, and even on the Japanese troops in Fengtian.  I thought that the first time the Japanese paratroopers appeared, it would fall on my head.

    At around 2 p.m. that day, Japanese aircraft, which had not been seen since the Battle of Tongliao began, suddenly visited the Tongliao battlefield in large numbers. However, these aircraft dropped neither bombs nor supplementary supplies for the Japanese army, but actual bombs.  Heavily armed people.

    Nearly eighty Japanese transport planes and bombers entered the sky above Tongliao from the direction of Shuangliao in three batches. Although the anti-aircraft artillery under Chen Hanzhang responded extremely quickly, they were ready for battle after receiving the notification from Shuangliao, and  Fierce anti-aircraft fire and anti-aircraft machine gun fire shot down eleven transport planes and bombers carrying paratroopers flying at an altitude of 1,500 meters along the way.

    However, because the anti-aircraft guns under Chen Hanzhang are all team-owned 23mm small-caliber anti-aircraft guns and 14-mm anti-aircraft machine guns, although the rate of fire is fast, the range is not too high. In addition, the Japanese aircraft have never been used before.  After appearing on the battlefield, most of the troops below the division, and even some of the anti-aircraft weapons of the division-affiliated anti-aircraft artillery units, were pulled to the front line to participate in the battle as ground support firepower.

    And although the Japanese aviation has not appeared above our heads since the Tongliao battle started, its absence does not mean that there is no need to be prepared. The Tongliao battlefield is not just a Tongliao county, but also the Horqin Left Wing Middle Banner.  Ammunition and material storage points, the Kailu battlefield, the artillery cluster due north of Tongliao County, and the air defense needs of the troops moving south.

    Therefore, the anti-aircraft artillery under Chen Hanzhang, in addition to the anti-aircraft artillery regiment affiliated to the headquarters, which also has certain mobile units, most of the anti-aircraft artillery are organized into companies and are scattered throughout the battlefield. The deployment is also very scattered. In the short term  Concentration is not an easy thing.

    Despite receiving notifications from Shuangliao in advance, the only anti-aircraft artillery units that had time to participate in the battle were a pair of 23mm anti-aircraft artillery batteries from the 18th Division anti-aircraft artillery battalion originally deployed along the Shuangliao-Tongliao highway. The column was directly under the anti-aircraft artillery regiment 37  One company each of the anti-aircraft artillery and the 57th anti-aircraft artillery, and a platoon of the 14mm anti-aircraft machine gun company of the 54th regiment.

    As well as two double 23mm anti-aircraft gun platoons of the 18th Division deployed around Tongliao County, one consisted of two captured Japanese 13mm anti-aircraft machine guns, a Type 98 20mm anti-aircraft machine gun and a Type 88  Seventy-five anti-aircraft guns, a temporary anti-aircraft battery, and a twin fourteen anti-aircraft machine gun platoon.

    Moreover, these anti-aircraft artillery units deployed around the entire Tongliao County are themselves scattered. Therefore, although the anti-aircraft firepower was extremely fierce due to equipment factors, the number of Japanese aircraft shot down was not large, and it was not possible for the Japanese to give up the airdrop.  attempt.

    After eleven were shot down, the remaining sixty-two bombers and transport aircraft were deployed throughout the area south of the Xiliao River, starting with Tongliao County.As the core, more than 700 paratroopers were airdropped, but due to the interference of anti-aircraft fire, only more than half were airdropped into Tongliao County.

    During the landing process, a considerable number of them were killed by ground fire. However, although the total number of Japanese troops who landed safely in Tongliao County was only a little more than 300, and because of the parachuting, the landing range was scattered everywhere inside and outside Tongliao County.  Yes, but the impact on the battle situation cannot be underestimated. It is not just a simple matter of increasing the strength of the Japanese defenders and reviving the originally depressed defenders.

    The important thing is that the arrival of new Japanese troops delayed the end of the battle. Most importantly, it had a big impact on the entire battle situation. What's more, the Japanese paratroopers who are reinforcing Tongliao have not yet been identified. There are only these in front of them.  , there is still a follow-up second echelon.

    If there is a second echelon, then these new enemy situations that may appear at any time will involve adjustments to Chen Hanzhang's overall troop deployment. At the same time, if these paratroopers are just a prelude to the Kwantung Army launching a full-line counterattack, their appearance heralds the Japanese army's full-scale counterattack on the Tongliao front.  Starting, it will also involve Chen Hanzhang's deployment of the next battle.
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