Let’s talk about the Iron Triangle’s battle against the Japanese Sixth Field Division, and Huangyadong’s permanent fortifications to face the Kwantung Army’s Ushijima Division, when the battle begins.
It’s fun to say.
The most nervous ones are not necessarily the deputy chief of staff and his team who are commanding the Huangyadong headquarters, nor are they necessarily the division commander, deputy commander-in-chief and his team who are coordinating the overall situation at the former enemy headquarters.
These generals even had a leisurely time, listening to their subordinates report the interesting story of Li Yunlong scolding his mother at the headquarters!
What worries me the most is the distant Yan'an General Headquarters.
The smoking leader, the commander-in-chief, and a large group of big bosses were sitting together in the military situation room, with several incandescent lamps hanging inside. The military intelligence staff were constantly marking the movements of each unit on the huge map and giant sand table, and the communications office
Keep coming in to report the situation.
After they approved Operation Skyfall and Operation Embankment Breaking, not a single inquiry telegram was sent, and they all relied on frontline command.
The battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and the bosses are willing to trust the judgment of the deputy commander-in-chief and the on-the-spot command of outstanding generals like Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei on the front line.
But they are also extremely concerned about this war of unprecedented scale.
Especially at the beginning of the first phase of Operation Skyfall, they worked from day to afternoon, and finally at 17:00 in the afternoon, the operation officially started.
First of all, at the secret aviation base in the Iron Triangle Defense Zone, the independent team headquarters is assigned to the heavy 150 howitzer regiment, and the headquarters is assigned to the heavy 150 cannon regiment, the 105 light howitzer regiment, the 105 light cannon regiment, the mountain artillery regiment, the field artillery regiment, and the heavy mortar regiment.
, a US-made light howitzer regiment, a heavy Veyron regiment, a medium Veyron regiment, and two light Veyron regiments.
Yang's headquarters, artillery battalion, assault gun battalion, self-propelled howitzer battalion, and 120 howitzer battalion fully cooperated with the Iron Triangle Force to launch an attack on the Sixth Division.
Under a full-line firepower attack, this is much more magnificent than the array of secret weapons of a single team.
The all-out counterattack officially begins.
The two sides fought fiercely for more than three days.
The Sixth Division of Guancun and the mopping up troops of the Twelfth Army were completely defeated by firepower.
The Eighth Route Army troops, which were almost all over the mountains and fields, were fighting on the move. They quickly took the opportunity to make detours, divide and surround the dispersed troops of the Japanese and puppet troops.
In the Huangyadong area, the 129th Division is directly under the Artillery Regiment, the 385th Brigade Artillery Regiment, the headquarters is directly under the Heavy Artillery Brigade, directly under the headquarters is two field artillery regiments, directly under the three mountain artillery regiments, directly under the heavy mortar regiment, directly under the two US-made light howitzer regiments, the 386th Brigade
The mobile mountain artillery regiment, as well as the artillery battalions of 772 and 771, as well as the artillery batteries of the main defense regiments, and the four secret Weilong artillery regiments (rocket launchers), opened fire across the board.
The once arrogant Ushijima Manju Regiment of the Kwantung Army was beaten until it screamed.
The pride of the Kwantung Army and the dignity of the mountain field division were all thrown into the Java Kingdom by the old Japanese Ushijima.
Now he only focuses on leading the troops to escape from this hellish place, escape from the Eighth Route Army's pursuit, and escape back to the comfortable northeastern rear area.
The Eighth Route Army in this place is really scary, and is not the same thing as the anti-alliance forces in the Northeast.
Ushijima Mitsuru even began to sympathize with the difficulties of the Japanese troops in North China, having fought against such cunning, powerful and brutal Eighth Route Army troops for so many years.
It can be seen that the imperial troops in North China still have some courage and strength.
He began to lead his troops to break out.
The eighth mixed brigade of the puppet army, which was originally used as cannon fodder, has also lost contact at this moment.
Ushijima Mitsuru couldn't care less about the Yellow Army. Anyway, he didn't care about the survival of the Yellow Army.
As everyone knows, after entering Huangya Cave this time, although the Kwantung Army Ushidao Manchu Division suffered heavy casualties, the Eighth Mixed Brigade basically suffered no casualties.
After the decisive battle between the two sides began, Yan Sanfu quickly ordered the troops to throw away their guns and ammunition, and honestly asked all the soldiers to raise their hands above their heads, raise the white flag, and wait for the prisoners of the Eighth Route Army in the mountains.
He was very clear about the Eighth Route Army's policy of preferential treatment of prisoners.
For this reason, the Deputy Chief of General Staff had a bit of a headache. As he said at the Huangyadong headquarters: "Yan Sanfu, an old boy, is a good man who can adapt to the changing circumstances. He surrendered directly with such a large force. p>
But tell me, should we accept and adapt the Eighth Mixed Brigade?"
Some cadres said with a smile: "People like Yan Sanfu are just messing around and working as foreigners. They would waste a lot of rations here. Sometimes I think it's better to leave them to the little devils, eat their little devils' food, and drink their little devils' food."
, but they don’t work hard, just like blood-sucking insects, sooner or later they will wear down the little devil.”
As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help laughing. This metaphor is really vivid.
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At this point, Operation Skyfall got off to a good start.
Then, the Yan'an headquarters received a top-secret communication. Two days later, the first unit of the Iron Triangle Department, the Lang Zihao (the main offensive force of the Iron Triangle), successfully cut off the railway from Shouyang to Yangquan, successfully occupied three stations on the Zhengtai Line, and was organizing the destruction of the railway.
Line culverts and bridges surround Shouyang City.
The main force is on its way to assist Zhou Zhou's defenders in Liao County and attack the Japs' mopping up troops outside the county town. One force is moving into the Yangquan area.
The second unit of Langzihao is invading Jingxing County. One unit is cutting off the Yangquan-Jingxing Zhengtai line. All stations along the way have been occupied. They are destroying railway culverts and bridges. The other unit is intersecting to Yangquan.
The third unit of Langzihao launched a full-scale attack and has cut off the communication line from Xiyang to Licheng. It is cooperating with the Huangyadong friendly forces to surround the southward detachment of the Sixth Division.
On the other side is the Huangyadong area, and the first unit of Shanzihao has penetrated into the Guangzhi Mountain area from Xiangyuan to Licheng.
Shanzihao's No. 2 unit is attacking Li City to cut off the Japanese retreat.
Shanzihao's third force is cooperating with Chen's troops from Shexian County to surround Licheng and attack Shexian County. Shanzihao's force is heading to the canyon in the north of Lucheng, preparing to cut off Lucheng's communication lines.
The Luzihao No. 1 Special Mobile Force in the Luliang Mountain area once again attacked the poorly defended Mingbao Airport in Dai County.
Mingbao Airport in Guizidai County was destroyed, all aircraft equipment was seized, Suqian Airport was captured, part of the aircraft was destroyed, part was seized, and equipment and supplies were removed.
Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport was again destroyed by the Zhongtiaoshan troops who broke through the blockade. Some aircraft were destroyed, some were seized, and supplies and equipment were also moved away.
Changzhi Chengbei Airport was also destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, and all aircraft and equipment were evacuated.
All places were completely in a state of chaos. The Eighth Route Army's front was very long, and local battlefields were even more widely distributed. The battle with the Japanese mopping up troops in the base area was in full swing. But in the rear areas occupied by the Japanese army, they could actually
Take care of you from time to time.
When the old Japanese Okamura ordered again to send more air reinforcements, he discovered it in shock.
There is actually no large airport that can handle this in Shanxi.
These damn Eighth Route Army bastards have even penetrated the areas around the airports into holes, making them completely defenseless.
This made Okamura vaguely think of the Yamamoto special agent team that was specially created by the former commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, when he was still in office.
At present, these small groups of Eighth Route Army troops who have infiltrated from various places are making crazy noises in the Japanese rear areas, sneak attacks on power supply stations, communication stations and train stations, constantly causing various bombing incidents, sneak attacks on airports, plundering aircraft, and once
The nature of the Yamamoto special agent team is so similar!
It's a pity that Yamamoto's special agent team has long become history.
On the contrary, it was the Eighth Route Army that promoted this military field. What an irony.
Finally.
Laojiazi Guancun's Sixth Division failed to hold on to what Okamura promised - timely reinforcements from the Kwantung Army's Ushidao Manchu Division after they completely destroyed the Eighth Route Army's Huangyadong Arsenal.
Okacun also failed to wait for the success of destroying the Eighth Route Army Huangyadong Arsenal.
On the contrary, the Ushidao Manchu Division suffered heavy losses in Huangyadong, and the main force of the Sixth Division was also defeated in the battle against the Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army.
The bad news comes one after another.
The crisis of Taiyuan City being besieged has not been resolved.
Listening to the frontline report on the situation in the Taihang and Shanxi areas, Okacun couldn't help but frown.
The 12th Army units that were transferred to Shanxi this time and the First Army units that stayed behind, as well as the First Army units in Shandong Province, many teams seemed to be escaping from his control, and he could not even figure out the specific positions of these units at the moment.
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He knew very well that this should be the fault of the commanders of the First Army and the Twelfth Army.
It's just that Taiyuan City was besieged, and Yoshio Iwamatsu called for reinforcements, which is also understandable.
Okamura knew that the situation was over, so he didn’t expect so much.
He only hoped that after the crisis in Taiyuan was resolved, the Sixth Division and the Ushijima Division, as well as the First Army and the Twelfth Army, could successfully break away from the entanglement of the Eighth Route Army and quickly follow the established plan.
The troops gathered together to complete the original goal of the May Day raids - to destroy the Eighth Route Army Depot Jizhong Military Region.
At this time.
Taiyuan area.
The outer perimeter of the Japanese defense line, south of the city.
Not long ago, under Kazuo Iwamatsu's constant appeal, a large number of reinforcements were sent to Taiyuan City, and the temporarily formed joint reinforcement force was attacked by the main force of the 120th Division at night and was completely defeated.
Harada, the leader of the Japanese division who originally led the troops and thought he would be invincible due to his strong troops and horses, was completely stunned and his face was even more humiliated.
A large number of Japanese reporters are still following and reporting on this battle!
Before the battle started, how arrogant the old Japanese Harada was.
After the battle started, he was so disgraced and humiliated himself.
At this time, the crisis in Taiyuan City is not over yet. The commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, is still waiting eagerly for Harada to lead the reinforcements to break through the Eighth Route Army's defense line outside the city and relieve the crisis in Taiyuan City.
Harada had no choice but to grit his teeth and spent nearly two days gathering his troops again, reorganizing them, and then launching a tentative attack.
Because at this time, the entire territory of Shanxi was under the surprise attack of the Eighth Route Army's roundabout infiltration units, the Japanese army basically had no large airports.
In addition, the main air fire reinforcements are placed in the iron triangle base area of the main battlefield and the Huangyadong area.
Harada basically cannot apply for any air reinforcements.
In the absence of large-scale air support, the offensive launched by Harada in the next two or three days will be like a formalized punch-in attack.
A dozen today and a knock tomorrow.
Most of the time, the thunder is loud and the raindrops are light.
When it came time to attack, they saw that the Eighth Route Army was well prepared and the fortifications they had built were extremely strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The little devils immediately concealed their plans and stopped.
Yoshio Iwamatsu, who insisted on making trouble in Taiyuan City, was excited again and again with high expectations, but in the end he was disappointed.
Northwest Military Region Headquarters.
Under the Japanese army's check-in attack, the teacher quickly figured out the old devil Harada's urine.
"It's just wine and rice bags!"
No need to say more, just label this old devil.
Then, the teacher directly ordered the mobile troops of the 120th Division that were originally besieged outside Taiyuan City to be secretly deployed to the north to flank the Japanese Iinuma Guarding South Detachment.
Once again, cut off the reinforcements from the north of Taiyuan City.
Taking advantage of such a huge combat advantage, if you don't rob the Japanese mechanized troops and baggage troops in one fell swoop, in the words of the teacher, "Wouldn't it be a joke to the brother troops!"
The fighting in the north soon broke out
Knowing that the reinforcements coming from the north had also been attacked by the Eighth Route Army's blocking troops, Iwamatsu Yoshio became even more panicked. The Eighth Route Army was afraid that the bastards would eat the weight, and they were determined to attack Taiyuan City!
Naturally, he did not dare to delay and quickly appealed to all parties for reinforcements.
The old Japanese Harada had experienced a disastrous defeat, and his original pride had long since disappeared. He was more like a frightened bird. When he heard that Iinuma Mamoru's troops in the north had also been raided, he did not dare to attack rashly.
Under the old devil's order, the Japanese army began to build field fortifications outside the Nanguan position of Taiyuan City for the first time, and confronted the Eighth Route Army, waiting for reinforcements from the mobile division coming from Yuncheng.
When the commanders of the 120th Division saw this situation, they almost burst out laughing.
This reinforcement force is building fortifications in front of the blocking force. It’s a damn long time since I’ve seen it.
"Those who don't know better think that our Eighth Route Army is on the offensive and is rushing to reinforce us, while the little Japs are on the defensive!"
It is obvious that Yoshio Iwamatsu, who is in the city and is as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, wants to wait for such reinforcements to break through the Eighth Route Army's defense line and relieve the crisis in Taiyuan. I am afraid that the day lily will have to wait for it to cool down.
And in the past few days when Yoshio Iwamatsu was desperately moving reinforcements.
The 120th Division has begun the finishing work of the siege of Taiyuan City.
Originally, the purpose of the siege of Taiyuan was to reduce the combat pressure in the Taihang and central Hebei regions.
On the other hand, it was to take the opportunity to attack the Japanese military facilities around Taiyuan City and seize the war resources.
As for completely conquering Taiyuan City, the 120th Division has no plans yet.
We can't make the little devil completely panic now, as that will only result in more losses than gains.
So the soldiers took advantage of this gap and moved to the next stage of the operation without hesitation, gradually transferring the seized materials back, and the troops gradually withdrew from their positions.
Then only a small number of mobile troops were left on the position that could be withdrawn at any time, and many dummies were tied with straw and put on the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army, thus creating a suspicious formation.
The Japanese reinforcements were so bluffed that they did not dare to attack, and the defenders in the city did not dare to leave the city at will...