1161 The unlucky 14th Division of the Kwantung Army
Just as the base areas of the Eighth Route Army were becoming more and more stable and the troops were further growing.
The situation on the Japanese military side is also quietly reversing.
First, the Eighth Route Army troops took the initiative to withdraw, which was completely beyond the expectations of the Japanese army.
However, although the Eighth Route Army retreated, after withdrawing from some key counties, towns and towns, they built fortifications outside major base areas. It seemed that they were preparing for war. As for whether they were going to carry out the next decisive battle, it was difficult for the Japanese army to judge.
Today's Eighth Route Army troops, especially the anti-Japanese armed forces dominated by elite Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang area, are so powerful that they cannot be ignored by the Japanese army.
After the end of the Eighth Route Army's autumn offensive, the Japanese army, which suffered disastrous defeats in all aspects, has realized that the single strength of the Japanese North China Front Army may no longer be enough to deal with the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
Therefore, even after the Japanese reinforcements arrived, they did not successfully complete the siege of the Eighth Route Army in North China as planned.
However, the Japanese army was worried that the Eighth Route Army would take the opportunity to launch another offensive, so the reinforcements did not choose to withdraw immediately.
Instead, they stationed themselves in North China to assist the North China Front Army and the Eighth Route Army in entering a confrontation.
The interesting point is.
In order to carry out a military blockade of the Eighth Route Army's base areas, the Japanese army built a large number of highway lines, railway lines, as well as bunkers and artillery towers. Now, most of them have fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army.
After the Eighth Route Army carried out additional repairs, it was used as a fortification to resist the Japanese counterattack.
In Kong Jie's words: "Given the little Japs' love of revenge, when we retreat, no matter what the reason is, we must not reveal any flaws. Once there are any flaws, the Japs will definitely counterattack."
Of course, conversely, we can also take advantage of the situation. During the retreat, we should not evacuate all at once, but use the defense fortifications, strongholds, and gun towers along the way as flesh and blood mills to bleed the little devils.
Only when the little devil is thoroughly beaten to the point of pain and fear, will the little devil be able to act honestly and no longer dare to dream of invading our base area.
We can also live a steady life this year."
As a result, in the Eighth Route Army base area, especially in the outer area, something strange happened like this:
In the past few years, the Japanese used to blockade the Eighth Route Army base areas and block some of the stronghold artillery towers on the main communication lines. People who came and went were afraid to avoid them.
Now, instead, they live in the Eighth Route Army troops.
The common people coming and going suddenly felt that these forts and strongholds became friendly.
When passing back and forth, when the trading caravan passed by, I felt more at ease.
Although the comrades of the Eighth Route Army refused to accept them alive or dead, the common people would still show some kindness and leave some fruits and food for the soldiers.
These artillery strongholds, which were originally used by the Japanese to block the Eighth Route Army base areas, have now become excellent defenses used by the Eighth Route Army soldiers to resist the Japanese invasion of the base areas.
The little devils can only live in some important towns and counties, guarding some major transportation lines, and no longer dare to enter the Eighth Route Army base areas at will.
Soon after.
The Japanese army held a summary meeting for public security clearance.
This meeting was unique. It was held directly in Peiping. It was directly chaired by Junroku Hata, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese China Expeditionary Force. Umezu Umejiro of the Kwantung Army and Naosaburo Okabe of the North China Expeditionary Army attended with a number of generals.
The Kwantung Army was divided into groups, each dressed in high spirits.
The same goes for the officers dispatched from Central China. They all looked majestic, as if they were still in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War!
Only the North China Expeditionary Force was particularly different. Yoshio Iwamatsu, the commander of the Japanese 1st Army in Shanxi, and Dohashi, the commander of the 12th Japanese Army in Shandong, entered the venue with a group of bandaged officers.
This one is wrapped around the neck, the other is wrapped around the head, as if each has just experienced a bloody battle.
Those who didn’t know thought the Eighth Route Army had invaded Peiping!
As soon as a group of people came in, they said that they should be responsible for the tragic defeat and that they would lead their subordinates to launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army base area to wash away the humiliation of the Imperial Army.
As the commander-in-chief of the North China Front, Naosaburo Okabe said nothing and looked a little ugly.
How long has it been since the previous commander, Neiji Okamura, was transferred to Guadalcanal, and Naosaburo Okabe took office, less than two months ago.
The North China Front Army experienced a series of disastrous defeats, especially in this autumn offensive. The Eighth Route Army was extremely rampant, besieging Taiyuan, breaking the city of Datong, attacking Zhangjiakou, besieging Baoding, breaking through Jinmen, and approaching Peiping...
This series of offensives left the North China Front in a state of disarray.
As the person in charge of North China, Naosaburo Okabe naturally has the primary responsibility.
Now these Japanese officers no longer care about their dignity.
The old devils Yansong and Doqiao had made up their mind to use this miserable method to win the sympathy of officers from Central China and the Kwantung Army, and they had to find ways to win reinforcements from all sides.
Strive to defeat the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the future confrontation with the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area and regain the situation.
After the meeting officially begins.
Lieutenant General Inoue, the commander of the Japanese division of the 14th Division of the Kwantung Army, was the first to speak. With anger in his words, he was the first to attack the Japanese commander of the Mongolian army.
This time his 14th Division went south and experienced a series of battles that were simply inexplicable.
——The situation at that time was this. The main force, led by the 120th Division led by Commander He of the Eighth Route Army, was fighting with the troops led by the Japanese commander Qita outside Yanqing County.
Both sides carried out shelling and air strikes.
But both parties were like rabbits, they were very clever and evaded immediately.
As a result, the second echelon that rushed over for reinforcements, the 14th Division of the Japanese Kwantung Army, was inexplicably subjected to an air attack by the Eighth Route Army.
They must have been in the Northeast for a long time, and when they rushed here, they launched a large-scale march. Especially when they saw the Imperial Air Force flying overhead and contacted them, they marched confidently and boldly.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But they never expected that the empire’s aviation fleet would run away at the speed of light.
Then the large-scale march was bombarded by the pursuing Eighth Route Army Air Force.
Just like that, the Kwantung Army's Ten Death Divisions were known as the elite A-type divisions of the Japanese. They could be seen everywhere from the early days of the Anti-Japanese War and the Battle of Songhu.
This time, there was not even a shadow of the Eighth Route Army, and it was bombarded indiscriminately by the Eighth Route Army aviation unit.
The casualty figures are quite exaggerated, with more than 2,000 people.
If the Japanese commanders at the grassroots level hadn't reacted quickly, and the little Japs were running around in such a hurry, hiding in nearby valleys and woods, the entire 14th Division of the Japanese might not have been successful.
He died first, and the whole army was destroyed in the wild.
Not only that.
The Japanese's various mechanized combat vehicles, artillery vehicles and other standard equipment suffered heavy losses.
At that time, even the Eighth Route Army's air force taking off from the Zhangjiakou temporary airport was surprised. Starting from the siege of Taiyuan, the air force gradually launched attacks. The Japanese troops in North China marched during the day. Basically, regardless of whether there were air reinforcements, they paid great attention to dispersed marches and field air defense.
As soon as there is any disturbance, everyone has learned how to spread out and hide to hide from the air raids.
One of the main reasons was the Eighth Route Army's smoke grenade tactics, which made it difficult for the Japanese army to distinguish between enemy and friendly air groups. If they accidentally admitted their mistake, the entire unit might be severely damaged.
The other is that the frequency of sorties by the Eighth Route Army Air Force has increased, and the intensity and accuracy of air strikes have increased.
As long as the Japanese commanders are not transformed from pigs, they all know that marching together will result in death by bombing. No one wants to be bombed as soon as they go out.
Unexpectedly, the troops from the Kwantung Army would appear in a group march in such a clear manner, and all kinds of artillery vehicles, tanks, armored vehicles, and trucks would appear in such dense clusters.
The Eighth Route Army Air Force's Type 97 ground-attack rocket attack aircraft, Type 2 multi-seat ground attack aircraft, Pei-2 bombers, mosquito bombers, Type 99 dive bombers, 98 light explosions, 97 light explosions for bombing in turn, and the 95 used by students
fighter jets and some trainer aircraft all fired with live ammunition.
Even the escorting P38 fighter jets and Lawu fighter jets came and fired at low altitudes, and they all went crazy.
In this way, the Inoue Division moved south in high spirits to reinforce the North China battlefield.
As a result, the Eighth Route Army lost more than 2,000 troops before even seeing the position, damaged more than 100 transport vehicles, and had some heavy firepower. Although the Inoue Division was an elite A-type division of the Japanese army, with a full strength of nearly 30,000 people.
, more than 2,000 people will not break their muscles and bones, but they cannot withstand such consumption!
Inoue, the old Japanese man whose heart was pounding and bleeding, was even more wailing.
Many of the elite veterans of his Fourteenth Division were also killed in this battle.
Not to mention the loss of a large number of artillery and mechanized vehicles.
"Since entering China, this is a huge loss that has never been seen in the combat history of our 14th Division!"
Later, the disgraced old man Inoue came to the temporary headquarters of the Mongolian Army with bandages, only to find that Nanada and others were drinking leisurely. He was so angry that he turned over the table. If Nanada hadn't been higher in rank than him,
I almost drew my sword and killed someone.
Commander Nanada was still a little puzzled and asked what was going on.
Inoue asked: "Excuse me, Commander, how could such a large-scale Eighth Route Army air force appear in this place? Our unit was bombed and suffered heavy losses. Why do you still have the heart to drink here? Have you forgotten the great achievements of the Japanese Empire?"
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Qita said: "We had known for a long time that there would be an air raid after the Eighth Route Army's shelling. All troops and equipment were hidden in bunkers. Except for a few unlucky ones who ran slowly and were injured by shrapnel, there was almost no loss.
Inoue-kun, when you came here, did you see any warriors escaping from the bunker outside our headquarters?
How many casualties did you suffer, dozens of people or a few trucks?"
"..." Inoue said with red eyes: "Preliminary statistics show that more than a hundred trucks and their supplies, as well as camel-borne artillery, were damaged, and nearly two brigades were injured or killed. The losses are very heavy!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room was stunned.
A Japanese major general next to Qita couldn't help but said: "Don't the general know that the Eighth Route Army has an air force? Are they all gathering on the roadside to eat and being bombed by the Eighth Route Army? It is simply unbelievable...
Or is it that the general's troops have been fighting so many security battles with the guerrillas in the Kanto region that they have even forgotten basic field air defense? Are they still marching in dense formations and waiting for the planes to come, standing still and watching bombs fall?"
Inoue: "..."
"Baga!"
He was so ashamed and angry that he wanted to rush forward and fight the Japanese major general.
There was a scene in the meeting where Inoue attacked the officers stationed in the Mongolian army.
In response, Commander Nanada just said coldly: "Inoue-kun, I think your Kwantung Army is not as superior and powerful as you think. I suggest you fight within the Kwantung, especially in the North China and Taihang areas.
Before the Eighth Route Army fights, first understand your opponent well.
The Eighth Route Army here is not as easy to deal with as your anti-union guerrillas in the Northeast."
Inoue suppressed his anger and expressed to Hata Junroku: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, I apply to lead our 14th Division to be stationed in North China to assist the North China Front in dealing with the Eighth Route Army.
I heard that among the Eighth Route Army troops, the Eighth Route Army in North China is the most powerful, and among the Eighth Route Army in North China, the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, especially the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area, is the most rampant.
Among the Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang area, I heard that the Eighth Route Army field group soldiers wearing steel helmets called the Iron Triangle were the most powerful.
In this case, I would like to issue a military order to the Commander-in-Chief, and I will definitely wipe out this damn Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop, and completely suppress the arrogance of the Eighth Route Army that dares to be hostile to our Empire of Japan.
With elites fighting elites, if the most elite so-called steel helmet soldiers of the Eighth Route Army can be wiped out in one fell swoop, I think the morale of the Eighth Route Army will be greatly reduced, and there will be nothing to fear!"
The idea is indeed a good one, but the Japs officers in Central and South China don't have any special expressions.
But the Japanese officers in North China looked at Inoue like an idiot.
Hata Junroku even showed a worried expression.
But Lieutenant General Inoue was absolutely certain that the 14th Division of the Kwantung Army was indeed the elite of the Japanese army. If even the 14th Division could not kill the Eighth Route Army's steel-helmeted soldiers, no one would really be able to count on it.
As for the officers in North China.
"The Eighth Route Army is not easy to deal with, especially this helmeted soldier, who is extremely cunning and powerful. In the past few years, we have not thought about annihilating this team, but we have never succeeded..."
Following Hata Junroku's gaze, the Japanese officers on the North China side quickly avoided his gaze and lowered their heads.
Junroku Hata shook his head helplessly, and then thought, the Kwantung Army, which had never been frustrated, came with vigor, which might be the opportunity to defeat the Eighth Route Army's steel-helmeted soldiers.
So he specially warned: "Inoue-kun, I can agree to your request, but there is a prerequisite. As Nanada-kun said, I hope that before dealing with the Eighth Route Army's steel-helmeted soldiers, you must first thoroughly understand your opponent and the Eighth Route Army."
A special force.
In addition, it is necessary to conduct a thorough analysis and understanding of all the battles in which our army fought and lost against the Eighth Route Army in the past two years.
Then we’ll make subsequent plans.”
"Hi!"
Inoue responded, there is also solemnity among the dark colors, and the Eighth Route Army troops with aviation power cannot be underestimated.