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Text Chapter 298: The Overpowered Japanese Army

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    A regiment invested by the Anti-Japanese Alliance in the direction of Xinguangwu was reduced to nothing. The 82nd Regiment of the 21st Division of the Japanese Army, which was responsible for guarding Xinguangwu and Yanmen Pass, also lost almost all combat troops.  In this bloody battle, Chen Hanzhang finally achieved his tactical intention of dividing the 21st Division's action sequence, but the price he paid was also huge.

    In order to protect Shinkotake, when the troops were no longer sufficient, in order to make up for the lack of troops, Colonel Okada Miyoshi not only sent three engineering squadrons to the front line, but also directly sent the baggage regiment  Staying behind, half of the regiment responsible for ensuring the transportation of food and ammunition for the entire division was also dispatched.

    As a result, despite the objections of the captain of the division's baggage regiment, he forcibly requisitioned two squadrons of baggage troops. The embers were consumed in less than half a day. When the battle reached this level, his 83rd regiment was already in a dilemma with no troops to mobilize.  In this situation, not to mention counterattacking the old Guangwu, even defending against the new Guangwu was actually beyond its capabilities.

    Not only are there not much infantry left, but even the two mountain artillery squadrons, three rapid-fire artillery squadrons, six brigade artillery squadrons, two anti-aircraft artillery squadrons and one anti-aircraft machine gun squadron left to him by the 21st Division, all artillery and  All anti-aircraft machine guns combined, there are not many left now.

    What annoys the captain of the Colonel Corps most is that the division commander His Excellency Tanaka Jiuichi, when the Anti-Japanese Alliance has a large number of tanks and is very good at using tanks to make detours, in order to ensure the Yanmen Pass road for the 21st Division to fight north,  A lifeline, and a fallback if necessary.

    Nearly half of the fifty-six German-made 50mm anti-aircraft guns that were specially assigned to strengthen the base camp for the 21st Division were left to the 82nd Regiment because they were afraid that the Anti-Japanese Alliance would use tanks as the forerunner to forcibly attack them.  Interspersed behind him, Lieutenant General Tanaka Jiuichi always scorned the information sent by the 32nd Division that the Anti-Alliance tank cluster in northern Shanxi had been attracted by it to the area between Shanyin and Yingxian.

    This old fox doesn't believe any intelligence at all except what he sees with his own eyes. Whether it's from friendly forces, the First Shanxi Army, or even the intelligence from the North China Front Army, he has to verify it again and again before he can partially confirm it.  It is believed that despite the 32nd Division Commander Lieutenant General Ide Tetsuzo's vow, he still left half of the new anti-tank guns allocated to the base camp at Yanmen Pass.

    But I didn¡¯t expect that at the last moment before the outbreak of the Empire¡¯s Pacific War, the latest and most powerful PAK 38-type 50mm anti-tank gun imported from Germany was actually destroyed by myself in just one and a half days during this battle.  Only the four gates in Yanmen Pass were lost.

    You must know that these anti-tank guns have extremely excellent performance and are far more powerful than the Empire's latest Type 1 rapid-fire anti-tank guns. The Empire has only imported less than a hundred guns in total. In addition to the remaining imitations that are necessary as standard, twenty  The First Division is currently the only division in the entire Imperial Army equipped with this weapon.

    After the 21st Division arrived in North China, it changed from the previous aggressive and resolute approach of dispatching Japanese troops. They preferred to sit back and watch the best fighter opportunities go to waste, and stayed in Hebei for a long time. In addition, part of the reason was to adjust the original special forces.  Apart from weapons and equipment that are not suitable for fighting in the Chinese battlefield, the real main reason for fighting in Southeast Asia is to wait for these dozens of new anti-tank guns.

    The armored cluster offensive adopted by the Anti-Japanese Alliance on the Suiyuan battlefield and the Northern Shanxi battlefield shocked even the North China Front Army, which had been psychologically prepared for a long time. What shocked them even more was the anti-tank weapons on hand, whether they were captured  The two-pounder guns that were trophies of the British army were still the Type 97 rapid-fire guns originally equipped by the Japanese army. They even included the Japanese army's latest Type-1 rapid-fire guns, which were almost unable to deal with some of the tanks in the Anti-Japanese Alliance.

    Especially the Maltida II tanks and T 34 tanks, there are almost no weapons that can deal with them. Even the 38 type field guns are helpless at close range.

    Although the small number of Type 90 field guns and the captured British field guns were powerful enough, their numbers were limited after all. With the burden of fire suppression and support, they were somewhat unable to undertake anti-tank tasks.  The most critical thing is the quantity, which is simply far from being able to meet the needs.

    The intelligence uploaded from the Huade, Shangdu, and Datong battlefields was immediately sent to the base camp by aircraft from the North China Front. Photos taken from the Datong garrison and picked up by small aircraft were uploaded to the Xinjing battlefield in the Northeast.  The photos of the Anti-Japanese Alliance tanks, as well as the limited information from the Shangdu and Huade battlefields, were interpreted by the base camp and confirmed to be Soviet-made T-34 tanks and British-made Matilda II tanks.

    The Tokyo base camp, which is also worried about the deterioration of the war situation in North China, knows that once the Anti-Japanese Alliance opens up the land connection with the Guan Nei and is supplemented by the rich human resources in the Chinese Guan, the Kwantung Army may no longer be able to suppress it.  .

    The Japanese base camp understands very well, everything has a chain reaction. If there is no way to contain the tank offensive of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the North China Front Army's operation is likely to completely fail. Once the Anti-Union Army opens up the connection with the North China Front, it will be unlucky.  Not only the Kwantung Army, but also the North China Communist Army, which could also rely on the rapid establishment of military industry support by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, would also plunge the North China Front Army into a state of never-ending peace.

    Moreover, the United States and the United Kingdom, regardless of China's current situation, had direct contact with the CCP army and provided a considerable amount of assistance, which made the base camp even more worried. The Matilda II tanks, Crusader cruise tanks, and other equipment used by the Anti-Japanese Alliance on the battlefield were also used on the battlefield.  A large number of British light bombers appeared on the battlefields of Southeast Asia.

    Coupled with the later appearance in the Northeast, the Japanese army also encountered and captured the American M-3 light tanks on the battlefield in Southeast Asia. These standard weapons and equipment of the American and British armed forces have shown that the United States and the United Kingdom are now beginning to provide assistance to the Anti-Alliance, and these assistance have given  The Anti-Japanese Alliance, which also belongs to the communist army, actually means that it will also be transferred to the communist army in North China.

    Once the communist army in North China is fully replenished with equipment and ammunition and becomes stronger, these communist troops, who are like maggots in the tarsal bones of the Japanese army, will never have peace in North China, and the Japanese army will pay a heavy price in 1941.  The relatively stable situation in North China that we have just gained will all be in vain.

    The ability of these Communist troops to survive and develop is simply too terrifying. If they had not lacked guns, ammunition, and lack of training before, the price the Japanese army would have paid to deal with these people would have been even greater. Now if they are given adequate supplies, they will be even more  If it is even more powerful than a tiger, then the result of waiting for the Japanese army in North China can only be unacceptable to Japan.

    Now more than half of Northeast China has been lost, and only one-third of what was once the lifeline of Manchuria and Mongolia is left. If North China is no longer stable, and the newly formed Fourth Army in central and eastern China is in its own order of operations, the Japanese army will rely on China's rich resources.  , the plan to support war with war will be completely shattered.

    Although the Japanese's strategic vision in this war can only be described as barely satisfactory, they must not allow the Anti-Japanese Alliance to open up ground contact with the North China Communist Army, as well as the chain reactions that will result from the opening up.  , the view is still quite long-term.

    Otherwise, they would not have repeatedly agreed to Okamura Neji's requests, which even in the eyes of the commander-in-chief of the China Expeditionary Forces, Shunroku Hata, seemed to be unreasonable in the eyes of the commander-in-chief of the China Expeditionary Forces, to form an organized division under the situation that the troops have been used to the extreme.  Regiments, a large number of anti-tank guns, anti-aircraft guns and other equipment, food, ammunition and other supplies. It is not easy for the current Japanese army to get what they want.

    In order to avoid further deterioration of the situation in North China, contain the armored cluster offensive of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and ensure that the North China Front Army could expel the Anti-Japanese Alliance that had entered northern Shanxi, the Tokyo Base Camp not only spent a lot of money, but also suspended the offensive in Southeast Asia and mobilized  Return to the two divisions.

    Even after second thoughts, before the decision to start a war with the United States and Britain last year, in order to deal with the powerful American and British armored forces, it was imported from Germany as a housekeeping treasure and prepared for large-scale imitation of the latest 90-door PAK Type 38.  Fifty-six of the 50mm anti-tank guns were transferred to the 21st Division.

    Before entering the battlefield, the former Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army and current commander of the First Army of the North China Front was reminded repeatedly by the commander of the 21st Division, Lieutenant General Tanaka Kuichi, that in order to ensure his  The rear route was safe, leaving half of it to the 82nd Regiment that stayed behind.

    As a result, although this man gave full play to the true role of these new-style anti-tank guns, which are also the most powerful anti-tank guns of the Japanese army, he did contain the anti-Japanese tank group and outflanked and captured the old Guangwu during the movement.  The intention was actually used in the right place.

    However, after Chen Hanzhang changed his tactics, except for the four gates left behind at Yanmen Pass, the rest were under the blockade of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and could not be withdrawn from the front line. They could only be used as infantry artillery that was overqualified.  During the attack, they were either destroyed, or they ran out of ammunition and had to blow themselves up. Also in the repeated tug of war, the main force of his 82nd Regiment also consumed the embers bit by bit.

    Chen Hanzhang's judgment was correct. The troops he threw into the front line of Yanmen Pass suffered heavy casualties. However, under the concentrated superior firepower of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the absolute advantage of individual firepower, the Eighth Regiment of the 21st Division who insisted on the front line of Yanmen Pass was defeated.  The Twelve Regiments also exhausted their own blood.

    With the few troops left on hand, Colonel Okada Miyoshi would not dare to reinforce the new Guangwu no matter what. Yanmen Pass is the escape route for the 21st Division. Even if the old and new Guangwu are lost, as long as Yanmen Pass is in hand,  Once the main force of the division returns to support, there will be room for relaxation, but if even Yanmen Pass is lost, then the 21st Division will really be trapped in the battlefield in northern Shanxi.

      What's more, among the only one and a half squadrons left around him, half of the squadrons are not combat troops at all. Except for half of them being orderlies and grooms, the remaining half are actually responsible for cremating Japanese soldiers who died in the battle.  There were corpses and cremated soldiers without even guns. In such a situation, Okada Miyoshi still dared to send troops to reinforce the Shinkobu battlefield that was entering its final moments.

    Apart from sending out an infantry squad and an engineering squad as symbolic reinforcements, they simply did not dare to dispatch any more soldiers. And of these two squads, except for losing one in the artillery blockade area that passed through the Anti-League, the rest  Also on the anti-slope position of Xinguangwu, it was blown to pieces by a mortar bomb.

    There were only a dozen troops who actually rushed to reinforce Xin Guangwu. They could only send telegrams to the division headquarters, asking the division headquarters to return immediately to recapture Xin Guangwu and provide frontline reinforcements to Yanmen Pass.  Protect the lifeline of the 21st Division and the final retreat.

    Colonel Okada Miyoshi, whose strength has been exhausted, is no longer able to reinforce Shinguangwu. After Chen Hanzhang captured Shinguangwu, he was unable to continue southward. He could only use the original regiment in Beiyue District and the remaining troops.  , and left an artillery unit to defend Xinguangwu on the spot.
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