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Text Chapter 329 The Kwantung Army defending in the east and attacking in the west

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    However, although he had no intention of doing it again and stabbing the Japanese army in a decent way, Yang Zhen was on the front of the Japanese defense on the eastern front, with the Fenghai Railway as the center and dividing line, and the line from Xi'an to Beishan City in the west.  , the line from Nanshan City to Wufeng Tower strengthened the deployment of troops.

    The Sixth Division, which had just been replenished and adjusted as one of the top main divisions of the Anti-Japanese War, was transferred between Beishan City and Nanshan City, and was assigned a howitzer battalion and a Japanese-made cannon battalion to continuously launch tactics against the Japanese troops on the Qingyuan front line.  The attacks were carried out in a shallow, deep and roundabout way, pulling out the Japanese army's troop assembly points and blocking positions redeployed on the front of Liaodong.

    In order to disperse the density of enemy troops in Siping's front, Yang Zhen strengthened the deployment of troops in this direction even though he would rather weaken the limited follow-up troop investment in the front battlefield, and ordered Wang Xiaoming to command all the troops on the eastern front, from Xinbin to Qingyuan.  , a diversionary attack was launched in the direction.

    If possible, blow up the Qingyuan Hongtoushan copper mine that was left out in the last harvester operation. Of course, if it can be taken down, that would be the best. If not, then blow it up completely. Yang Zhen plans to  Taking advantage of the Japanese army's current mentality of making up for the situation, the Kwantung Army was given a good lesson in tactical psychology.

    Let the Japanese army disperse a certain amount of troops and expose a gap that can be exploited in front of Siping. Although Yang Zhen concentrated the last bit of troops and launched a new round of offensive this time, it was just to coordinate Chen Hanzhang's battle on the western front, but it did not  It means that Yang Zhen really stopped in the direction of Siping.

    He does not yet have the ability to completely eliminate the main force of the Kwantung Army. However, he can take advantage of the Kwantung Army's current attitude of being overwhelmed on the eastern front and mobilize the Japanese army's deployment on the Siping battlefield on a large scale to find favorable fighter opportunities and ruthlessly defeat the Kwantung Army.  He was very happy to bite off another piece of fat on his body. His requirements were not high. He could just cripple the two main divisions deployed by the Japanese army on the Siping front line.

    However, on the entire Siping battlefield, Yang Zhen still adopted the method of using small blades to cut through the flesh, constantly making shallow and deep detours. This tactic is more suitable for the actual situation of the current Anti-Japanese Alliance. Although the progress is slower, it is not as wide open as the beginning of the campaign.  It was a great combination, but it fought steadily, gradually consuming the Japanese front-line combat troops.

    At present, the situation on the entire battlefield has reached a stage where stability is the main priority. Yang Zhen will never take any risky actions, but Yang Zhen also constantly uses feints to mobilize the Japanese troops on the three fronts of the entire Northeast battlefield.  , trying to find fighter planes to deal with another Japanese army while fighting steadily.

    I don¡¯t know Yang Zhen¡¯s follow-up actions on the Eastern Front. He is just bluffing. In fact, I don¡¯t need to worry about the Anti-Japanese Alliance replicating the last raid. Indeed, there are some people who are afraid of the success of the first sneak attack.  , will inspire the Anti-League to try again.

    The overly cautious Kwantung Army commander chose to strengthen the overall defense posture in the mountainous areas of Liaodong even though his troops were also insufficient. However, considering the defense in depth posture, General Umezu Yoshijiro's defense focus was on Siping and Fengtian.  Periphery.

    Especially in the direction of Siping, although some troops were transferred to strengthen the defense lines of Liaodong and Fengtian, he continued to shrink the position in the direction of Siping, shrinking all the Japanese participating troops in the direction of Siping into a group and placing them in a posture.  If you want to fight, I will fight. Anyway, I am determined not to show up.

    Umezu Yoshijiro's move in the direction of Siping made Yang Zhen, who still wanted to bite another piece of meat from the Japanese army, unable to do anything. The Japanese army used the layered and mutually supporting semi-permanent fortification groups to gradually adopt  Resistance, and even tactical counterattacks were rarely carried out, so Yang Zhen, who had his mouth open, could never find a chance to speak.

    Its cross-firing anti-tank firepower, as well as a large number of anti-tank trenches and anti-tank obstacles, also made the progress of the armored troops put into the battlefield by the Anti-Japanese Alliance relatively slow.

    After receiving Yang Zhen's order, Wang Guangyu, who was commanding at the front line, concentrated the main force of the Second Armored Division many times, trying to fight a shallow and rapid penetration battle to separate part of the Japanese army in front of him. However, his many efforts were blocked.  The Japanese army's greatly increased number of anti-aircraft artillery groups and new anti-tank tactics were used to contain it.

    The Kwantung Army clearly learned from previous lessons and added air defense cover to the newly repaired fixed anti-tank positions on the battlefield. At the same time, it adjusted the deployment of front-line anti-tank gun positions, strengthened the camouflage of the anti-tank gun positions, and adjusted various positions.  range requirements for anti-tank firepower.

    The most heavily equipped Type 94 rapid-fire cannon is not allowed to fire at a distance of more than 100 meters. The most powerful Type 1 rapid-fire cannon is not allowed to fire at a distance of more than 150 meters. Various anti-Japanese weapons that have appeared on the battlefield in the Northeast were quickly issued.  Various photos of tanks and strict orders specifying the shooting targets of various anti-tank artillery.

    And by himThe Type 88 and Taisho 14-year-old anti-aircraft guns that were painstakingly collected were transferred to the front line as long-range anti-tank firepower. The shooting targets were strictly stipulated. The Maltida II tank, which was helpless against all anti-tank artillery, and the equipment  IV tank with a 75mm tank gun.

    The German-made Panzer III tanks and American-made light tanks were handed over to Type 1 anti-tank artillery. As for other types of light tanks, they were handed over to Type 94 rapid-fire guns, especially the T-26 and BT, as well as the German-made Panzer II tanks, Czech-style  The 38 and 35 tanks were all replaced by the Kwantung Army's Type 94 rapid-fire guns, which had the largest number of equipment.

    At the same time, a large number of light machine guns and grenade launchers were deployed around the anti-tank artillery positions as covering fire, specifically used to block the infantry of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and cooperate with tank operations and protect these anti-tank artillery. For this reason, Okamura Neji never abandoned the Fengtian Arsenal.  After that, almost all the light machine guns from the already depleted reserves were transferred to strengthen the various divisions on the front line.

    Although this shooting distance is almost equivalent to a suicidal defense, for the Japanese army, it is the best anti-tank method. If it is like before, all anti-tank artillery will fight independently, and it will be destroyed three hundred meters away.  If you open fire, you can only destroy your own anti-tank artillery positions from a long distance, one by one like a target.

    In order to make up for the lack of anti-tank guns, Okamura Neiji also distributed a large number of Type 99 magnetic anti-tank mines to the troops in the Siping direction, made a large number of Molotov cocktail Molotov cocktails, and even ordered the frontline troops to organize  Anti-tank brave team, also known as the human anti-tank team.

    In order to contain the tank shock wave of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, Umezu Yoshijiro took all the measures that he considered necessary. Although these measures came at a huge cost, the too close firing distance made the survival time of a considerable part of the Japanese anti-tank guns very short.  More than half a day.

    As for those so-called meat bomb attacks that use Molotov cocktail Molotov cocktails, Type 99 magnetic anti-tank mines, and even the body covered with grenades or explosive packets, as long as the dispatched brave team is dispatched, they basically have no effect.  There was no reply, but the methods adopted by Umezu Meijiro still played a certain role.

    Facing the fire hedgehog-like desperate Japanese anti-tank positions and various anti-tank methods, the speed and breakthrough strength of the anti-tank offensive dropped significantly. The multiple cluster offensives organized by Wang Guangyu paid a certain price.  , but the effect is not obvious.

    It can be said that in the direction of Siping, in the final stage of the battle, Umezu Yoshijiro's tactics of shrinking and adding fire hedgehogs were quite successful. After paying a heavy price and a long-term stalemate with slow progress, Wang Guangyu had to stop this.  Instead of adopting a tactic that was not worth the gain, conventional tanks were used to cover the infantry, and the tactic of attacking on both wings and breaking through in the middle was adopted.

    However, in the direction of Siping and Liaodong, the overall strategy adopted by Umezu Yoshijiro was to focus on defense. However, in western Liaoning, the order he issued was exactly the opposite. Umezu Yoshijiro clearly ordered the two Japanese divisions deployed on the Xifuxin and Chaoyang lines to use  Due to the mountainous terrain of Nuruerhu Mountain in the local area, troops were mobilized to fight a limited offensive against the Anti-Japanese Alliance.

    In the view of Umezu Yoshijiro, if the Anti-Japanese Alliance can be driven out of the western foothills of Nuruerhu Mountain in the western Liaoning battlefield, the entire Nuruerhu Mountain can be controlled in his own hands, and the overall defensive position can be expanded to the northwest to the Laoha River Basin.  , which can change the overall defense posture of the Kwantung Army in western Liaoning in the future.

    This not only allows us to achieve a condescending posture when defending the Western Liaoning Corridor, but also allows us to use the hilly areas of Western Liaoning to block layers of attacks, consume the enemy's effective forces trying to enter Western Liaoning from the direction of Jehol, secure the Western Liaoning Corridor, and ensure the communication between the Kwantung Army and the Chinese dispatched troops.  The communication channel between them is smooth.

    At the same time, it can also lay the foundation for re-entering Rehe in the near future. Although the current Kwantung Army general commander who currently believes that the best strategy of the Kwantung Army is to defend, he is not sure whether Rehe can be recaptured.  Being too enthusiastic, he did not focus his defense on Rehe in this battle. Instead, he directly reduced the entire western Liaoning front to the Nuruerhu Mountain line.

    The current General Umezu Yoshijiro is no longer enthusiastic about regaining the lost ground of the entire Kwantung Army. His current thoughts are on how to defend South Manchuria, but he still believes that if the northwest front can be expanded to Laoha  River Basin, controlling all of Nuruer Tiger Mountain will change the overall situation of future operations.

    Nuruerhu Mountain is connected to the Qilaotu Mountain in the northwest, the Yanshan Mountains in the west, and the Songling Mountains in the hilly areas of western Liaoning. It is located at the junction of the Mongolian Plateau and the Liaohe Plain. To the east is the barrier of the Liaohe Plain, and to the east is the barrier of the Liaohe Plain.  To the south, it forms a corner with the hilly areas of western Liaoning, dominated by the Songling Mountains, and the mountains of eastern Hebei.

    Although the mountains here are high, they are not steep. If we can fully regain control of the Nuruerhu Mountains and push the western Liaoning front to the Laoha River, we will be in an advanced stage.In a position that can be attacked and retreated, it is quite beneficial to change the situation of the entire western Liaoning and Jehol battlefields.

    At the same time, in terms of strategic situation, if the entire Nuruerhu Mountain area is controlled, it will be more secure to ensure the safety of coal and mineral bases such as Fuxin and Beipiao in western Liaoning. Several major coal mines in Fushun suffered serious damage during this attack.  Since then, the coal in Fuxin and Beipiao has become the only remaining coal production base in southern Manchuria, and safety is of paramount importance.

    If the two major mining areas of Fuxin and Beipiao were lost again, the Kwantung Army would really run out of coal. In order to ensure the safety of the mineral resource base in western Liaoning, Umezu Yoshijiro gritted his teeth and fought against the anti-alliance and advance army units on the western Liaoning front.  , started a mountainous battle.

    However, he was worried that the two divisions would be drained of blood in the tug-of-wars in the mountains. He repeatedly told the two division commanders on the front line that the speed of this limited offensive battle must be grasped.  , try not to go deep into the Laoha River Basin, and the attack stop line is strictly delineated on the east bank of the Laoha River.

    However, in order to reduce the pressure on western Liaoning, Umezu Yoshijiro instructed the commander of the Fourth Army of the Kwantung Army in western Liaoning, Lieutenant General Washizu Jinhei, to appropriately organize squadron-level reconnaissance troops to penetrate deep into the enemy's army and attack the enemy's  Baggage and headquarters, but the strength and quantity of troops invested must be strictly controlled.
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