After all, it was night, and across the Yellow River, although the little Japs on the north side of the railway bridge were hit by artillery fire, there were always bunkers that survived. No, when the fourth regiment and one battalion rushed up to the railway bridge within 500 meters, the Japs again
The fire started, and the bullets hit the iron bridge deck, leaving sparks everywhere. Soldiers were immediately hit, and blood flowed on the track. Zhao Zhengbi, who was following the first battalion, was furious and immediately ordered, "Give me the anti-aircraft guns."
Pull up!"
The anti-aircraft gun was pulled up, and at a distance of 700 meters, the gunner adjusted it for a while, and two rounds of bombs were fired. A Japanese bunker that was spitting bullets was immediately overturned.
The soldiers immediately started running at a low profile and rushed towards the south bank.
When the Japanese squadron that set out from Nanluokou to reinforce the railway bridge arrived at the bridgehead, they ran into the Jiaodong Group Army, which had just defeated the bridgehead defenders and was about to attack Nanluokou. Both sides fired wildly, and the Japanese retreated. Jiaodong
The troops followed in hot pursuit and attacked south of Luokou.
After capturing the railway bridge, the main force of the Second Division drove continuously towards the south bank of the Yellow River through the railway bridge. It divided its forces on the south bank, and one part went to capture Nanluokou. The large force set foot on the Jilu Highway and headed towards Jinan City.
At this time, the artillery group of the Jiaodong Army on the front line of Wangsherenzhuang in the east of Jinan opened fire. After the war, the commander of the second division, Zhao Zhengbi, had a question, that is, did the little devil know that anti-aircraft guns could be placed horizontally to hit tanks and gun turrets?
Bunker? Do you know that the Jiaodong Army has rocket launchers and 107 rocket launchers?
Chief of Staff Liu Jianli gave a wonderful answer: "The little devils know something! If they knew, would they still dare to drive around with a turtle shell as thin as iron to show off their power? Would they still go to such great lengths to build these brick-and-wood turrets?"
It can only bully local armed forces and guerrillas. In my eyes, they are all a pile of rubbish!"
Hisao Tani sat on the bench in Tokyo for a month, and finally sat on the throne of the commander of the 12th Army. He was very happy.
According to Hisao Tani's idea, he wanted to use Jinan City as bait to lure Jiang Qiang's main force of the Jiaodong Group Army to attack the city, and then mobilize elite Japanese divisions to annihilate the Jiaodong Group Army Jiang Qiang under Jinan City. His plan was approved by the North China Front Army
With the affirmation of the base camp, it originally only requested that the first and second divisions of the Kwantung Army be transferred to the pass to participate in the war. As a result, the base camp transferred three divisions at once. Among them, the 23rd division was strengthened by the Kwantung Army and the security of North China.
The divisions were different, with a strength of 18,000. The 14th Division, which was affiliated with the First Army, also returned east from Zhengzhou to reinforce the Jinan battlefield. All this made Hisao Tani ecstatic and felt that he had shined brightly.
The time has come.
This afternoon, Hisao Tani felt particularly good.
The reconnaissance troops and aircraft aerial reconnaissance sent out reported that the main force of the Jiaodong Group Army had arrived in Zhangqiu, and the specific strength of the troops was unknown. The reconnaissance team was unable to penetrate deep into the Jiaodong Group Army's defense area and was unclear about the size of the Jiaodong Group Army. The aircraft came from
The area of smoke inferred that the main force of the Jiaodong Army had arrived in Zhangqiu.
That's enough! Hisao Tani took a ruler and measured it on the map. He also called in the telegrams sent by the 25th Brigade of the 108th Division and read them carefully. He felt that it was a normal march.
At such speed, the main force of the Jiaodong Army cannot reach Zhangqiu, so that should be their vanguard. It seems that the fish has bitten the hook!
What pleased Hisao Tani even more was that the Lunan War was progressing smoothly. The 114th Division, with the cooperation of the Manchukuo National Defense Force, implemented a little breakthrough tactic and broke through the defense line of a regiment of the Jiaodong Army, forcing the Jiaodong Army to retreat.
Step back. The war in the West was even more gratifying. The 35th Division succeeded in a surprise attack. The Jiaodong Army lifted the siege of the 13th Independent Mixed Brigade and began to retreat. The 35th Division and the 13th Independent Mixed Brigade
Under the cover of the aviation group, they rushed forward and eliminated the Jiaodong Army's rearguard.
These two battles allowed Hisao Tani to figure out the designations of the Western Jiaodong Army and the Lunan Jiaodong Army. One was the Lunan Independent Regiment 1, and the other was the Western Security Brigade Guard Regiment 3.
Hisao Tani immediately reported this information to the North China Front Army Headquarters and the base camp, and won another round of praise. You must know that since the Japanese army fought against Jiang Qiang's Jiaodong Group Army, it has always suffered losses and not taken advantage, let alone the identification of the Jiaodong Army's body.
The number was given. Prince Kanin Palace Zaihito was so excited that he did not hesitate to praise him, saying that Hisao Tani was a leader in the Japanese army, with both wisdom and courage, and a fierce style.
Hisao Tani was overjoyed and ordered the Japanese troops in Lunan and Taixi to speed up their attack. With the heroic and tenacious style of the Japanese Army and the tactics of roundabout sneak attacks, he completely defeated the enemy in front of them and made a good start for the complete annihilation of Jiang Qiang's Jiaodong Group Army.
While having dinner, Hisao Tani received a report from the Luokou garrison about the Jiaodong Army's sneak attack on the Luokou Yellow River Bridge. Hisao Tani was shocked. He never thought that the Jiaodong Army would attack the Luokou Bridge. What did Jiang Qiang want to do?
Does he want to blow up the bridge, block reinforcements from the northern front, and encircle Jinan?
Hisao Tani strictly ordered the Luokou garrison to repel the Jiaodong Army's attack, and ordered Lieutenant General Guan Guizhi to mobilize troops to quickly reinforce Luokou. At the same time, he telegraphed the Japanese troops stationed in De County to dispatch quickly to attack the Jiaodong Army's sneak attack on the Luokou Bridge.
Just after issuing the order, another report was received from the Luokou garrison, saying that the Beiluokou and Luokou Yellow River Bridges were lost. Hisao Tani's good mood for the day was completely dispelled in this short period of time. He had served as the most elite sixth soldier of the Japanese army.
The division commander knew that the Jiaodong Army attacked the Luokou Bridge first, in order to block the Jinan garrison's retreat to the north and cut off the Japanese army's support to Jinan from the northern front.
Hisao Tani did not dare to neglect, and immediately reported the situation to Shouichi in the temple, strictly ordering the Japanese troops stationed in De County to recapture the Iron Bridge of the Yellow River. At this moment, Hisao Tani heard the sound of cannons that shook the earth and the mountains. Asaburo Kobayashi stumbled in and ran in.
He opened his mouth and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, the Jiaodong Group Army has begun to attack. They have used a large-scale artillery group. Judging from the sound of the artillery, there are at least three hundred field and mountain artillery."
Hisao Tani now understood that both the 107th Division and the Fifth Division were killed by the artillery fire of the Jiaodong Group Army. Such powerful artillery fire was his original Sixth Division. If it fought in the wild, it would also
It was blown to pieces by the Jiaodong Army.
Hisao Tani pretended to be shocked and scolded Kobayashi Senzaburo: "Why are you panicking? The walls of Jinan city are strong, the Jiaodong Army is the Chinese army, Jiang Qiang will not use so many big artillery to bombard Jinan. As soon as dawn comes, the aviation group will
We can go out and blow up Jiang Qiang and his Jiaodong Army. He is here to die. Go and send a report to Commander Shouyi in the temple and ask him to urge the reinforcements on the north and south fronts to move quickly. I will go up to the city wall and take a look."
When Hisao Tani reached the top of the city wall, Lieutenant General Seki Kameji, the commander of the 34th Division, was already there.
Seeing the arrival of Hisao Tani, Seki Kameji saluted respectfully, then pointed to the east in the direction of Licheng and said: "Commander, please look, the car lights illuminate the sky, which shows that Jiang Qiang's army has many vehicles!"
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Only then did Hisao Tani realize that his judgment on the strength of Jiang Qiang's Jiaodong Group Army was ridiculously wrong. He just thought that he would not be able to reach Jinan at the normal infantry marching speed. How could he forget that this guy had been to Tianjin, Dezhou, and Lianyungang, and had eliminated them?
Having captured so many Imperial Army troops, he must have captured many cars, rubber floor carts and war horses. His mobility is probably stronger than that of the Sixth Division!
At this time, Hisao Tani realized that Jinan City might be in danger. Jinan used to be called Jinan Road and Daibei Road, and was renamed Jinan City on July 1, 1929. Jinan City is different from other cities in that it is a city within a city.
, typically easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Before the Qing Dynasty, Jinan City was just an old city with four gates. The east gate was called Qichuan Gate, the west gate was called Leyuan Gate, the south gate was called Shuntian Gate, and the north gate was called Huibo Gate, which is Beishui Gate. The old city wall was as high as
12-14 meters, 10-12 meters thick. Every 70 meters to 100 meters there is a fort protruding 4 meters outwards (commonly known as horse face). The moat is 5, 6 meters to 2, 30 meters wide. There are
There is a barbican city, so each gate is a double gate.
During the Xianfeng period, due to the increase in residents on the east, south and west sides of the city and the prosperity of commerce, the outer city was built. The outer city wall has a circumference of 20 kilometers and is an earthen wall built with boards, commonly known as the Weizi wall. During the Tongzhi period, the earthen wall was rebuilt
It is a stone polder wall, abolishing the northern earth polder and shrinking to the northwest and northeast corners of the city wall. It has a circumference of 12,221 meters, a height of 5 meters, a base thickness of 5 meters, and a top width of 3.3 meters. There are 14 forts along the polder.
, there are more than 3,300 crenels. There are 7 Weizi gates: Yonggu Gate in the east, commonly known as Dongshefang Gate; Dai'an Gate in the south, commonly known as Nanweizi Gate; Yongsui Gate in the southwest; Yongzhen Gate in the west; and Yongzhen Gate in the northwest.
It is Jian Gate, commonly known as Bei Xiaomen; to the north is Haiyan Gate, commonly known as Caishi Weizi Gate; and in the northeast is Yongjing Gate. There is an outer trench dug outside the Weizi wall, which is eight meters wide and four meters deep.
During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, because the old city wall seriously affected the traffic inside and outside the city, an additional gate was opened on each side on the basis of the Ming Dynasty city wall: Kenji Gate was opened to the east of the North Gate, Xunli Gate was opened to the south of the East Gate, and Xunli Gate was opened to the west of the South Gate.
Open Kunshun Gate and Qianjian Gate to the north of the west gate.
After the commercial port was opened in 1904, in order to facilitate the transportation between the city and the commercial port, Puli Gate was added to the outer wall of the Weizi wall, and Lixiang Gate was added in the 5th year of the Republic of China. After the establishment of Qilu University, it was to facilitate the connection with the medical school and hospital in Weizi.
For transportation, a new gate was opened at the south entrance of Nanxin Street opposite the school gate. In the early 1930s, a Zhongshan Gate was opened at the southeast corner of the Weizi Wall.
So far, Jinan City has a total of 19 gates, including eight gates in the old city and eleven gates in the outer city.
Due to the Jinan Massacre in 1928, the middle, south and west old city gates and Wengcheng towers were all destroyed by Japanese artillery fire. When Han Fuju was in charge of Shandong, he was unable to repair it and Jinan was protected by a polder city. Therefore, all the three gate towers were demolished and the city wall was built.
Ring road.
After the artillery group launched the attack, Jiang Qiang led the headquarters to leave the Hudi Catholic Church in Zaoyuan, took a car to Wangsherenzhuang, and established a headquarters in the reading hall in the village. Wangsherenzhuang is fifteen kilometers away from Jinan, and the car
It takes more than 20 minutes and can be reached in an hour on horseback.
After the location of the headquarters was determined, the communications battalion was busy setting up radio antennas and connecting telephone lines to the divisions and regiments. The telephone lines were unreachable for a while, but the radio stations were quickly connected.
Jiang Qiang first sent a report to General Tang Juwu and General Jiang Baili in Shanghai, reporting that the attack had been launched and was progressing smoothly. Then he sent reports to the brigades and the Lunan Group to Hong Chaoyuan, Yun Qichang of the 4th Division, Zhao Shan of the 8th Brigade, and Zhao Shan of the 8th Brigade.
The Fifth Division's Lishu Village sent a report, asking them to report progress and changes in the enemy's situation in a timely manner. Chang Yuan reminded Jiang Qiang that the combat plan allowed the artillery group to directly bombard the city wall, and the tanks to directly enter the city to launch an attack.
The reason why Chang Yuan reminded me like this is mainly because in the past battles, the Jiaodong Army paid great attention to protecting cultural relics. Under normal circumstances, Jiang Qiang strictly prohibited bombardment of urban buildings. But when is it now? There are elite Japanese divisions on both the north and south fronts.
Stop and rush to Jinan, trying to annihilate the main force of the Jiaodong Group Army under Jinan City. Jinan City is typically easy to defend and difficult to attack. Not to mention the strong city walls, there is a city within the city, and we are limited by the concept of protecting cultural relics and dare not let it go.
Artillery and tanks enter the city, and they just attack the city with ordinary means. I'm afraid they won't be able to take it down even if they attack it for a day and a night. When the Japanese aircraft arrive after dawn, the Jiaodong Group Army will really bleed into a river of blood under Jinan City!
Jiang Qiang nodded and told Chang Yuan that according to the combat plan, except for residential buildings, fire attacks can be carried out in any place where the Japanese army resists!
Since the Japanese invaded China, they have fought countless sieges and occupied many famous Chinese cities. Like Jinan in front of us, the Japanese have occupied it twice. The first time was in 1928 when Chiang Kai-shek led his army in the Northern Expedition to capture Jinan. In order to prevent the unification of China, the Japanese army
, sent the Sixth Division to invade Shandong in an attempt to prevent the Northern Expedition of the Northern Expedition, and caused the appalling May 3rd Massacre in Jinan, massacring more than 17,000 Chinese civilians, and once trapped the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, Chiang Kai-shek, in Jinan City.
The second time was in December 1937 after Japan fully invaded China. Han Fuqu fled without a fight, and the Japanese 10th Division successfully captured Jinan. Photos of the little devils posing on various city gates in Jinan were published in major Japanese newspapers.
In the magazine, the devil-like proud smile of the invaders still echoes in the cracks in the bricks and stones of the Jinan city wall.
November 9, 1938 was the year of Xuyin in the lunar calendar, the month of Renxu and the day of Yisi, which was the 18th day of the ninth lunar month. Winter had just begun. On the 15th day of the lunar month, the moon was sixteen round, and on the 18th day, the moon became full.
It is somewhat dilapidated. Such a night is conducive to the movement of large troops. In a siege, the party besieging the city must be the party with stronger troops, that is, the big will defeat the small, and the strong will bully the weak.
Now, it is the powerful Jiaodong Group Army that has surrounded Jinan City. After the artillery group launched a saturation bombardment on the Japanese positions in Wangsherenzhuang, the commander of the First Division Chen Zhengnian issued an attack order. Hu Dawei's 1st Regiment and Zhao Dahe's 2nd Regiment
The tank took the lead to drive out of the hidden position, guiding armored vehicles, cars, cavalry, and infantry, past the Jaap position, and rushed towards Jinan City. Zhou Hao's Tank Jie drove into Jinan City with the Tiger tank
The distance from Wangsherenzhuang to Yonggumen and Yongjingmen in the east of Jinan City is very short. It only took about 20 minutes for the first regiment and the second regiment to arrive. How could Guan Guizhi, the commander of the 35th Division, have thought
Jiang Qiang arrived so quickly that he didn't even have time to blow up the bridge connecting the city gate. He anxiously ordered the 35th Field Artillery Regiment to fire to prevent the Jiaodong Group Army from attacking the city. The 35th Field Artillery Regiment, a total of three
There are sixteen field guns, one mountain artillery battalion less than the permanent division.
In Guan Guizhi's opinion, although the Jiaodong Group Army has an air force, they cannot mobilize at night. During the day, the powerful North China Front Army Air Group provides sufficient air cover. Its field artillery positions are safe wherever they are set up. Therefore, this
In accordance with the principle of using Jinan's old city and new city as the core of defense, Guan Guizhi placed all three field artillery brigades in the city and built positions with the help of city wall cover. The infantry artillery and grenades of each infantry brigade were all mounted on the city wall, forming a
The main reason for this deployment was that Guan Guiji believed in Hisao Tani's words that the Jiaodong Army would not destroy urban buildings.
As soon as the Japanese artillery opened fire, the speeding Jiaodong Army convoy had to disperse quickly. After all, it was an artillery piece, and a shell could overturn a car. No, a car of the Second Regiment was hit by a Japanese artillery shell.
When hit, all the soldiers in the car were blown down and fell under the car.
According to the combat plan, the mission of the First Division was to attack from the northeast and east, take advantage of the armor, break through the city gate and enter the city before the Japanese bombed the bridge.
When he saw that the Japanese army was blocking artillery fire but his own artillery group had not caught up, Chen Zhengnian immediately ordered to stop the advance, retreat backwards, evacuate the troops, avoid the Japanese artillery fire, organize the troops into regiments, prepare siege equipment, and wait for a strong attack.
Starting from the Third Group Army, Chen Zhengnian rose through the ranks of commander of the first regiment, commander of the first guard regiment, commander of the third division, and commander of the first brigade. He has been leading Jiang Qiang's most combat-effective troops. Originally,
When the Jiaodong Military Region was upgraded to the Jiaodong Group Army, several regiment commanders in the Jiaodong Military Region were a bit junior. Zhang Hongtao, Chen Dayong, and Hong Chaoyuan were not able to serve as division commanders of the three divisions. Instead, Liu Jianli and Chen Zhengnian were appointed as the first division commanders.
Division Commander, First Division Commander, the most powerful First Division of the Jiaodong Group Army, Jiang Qiang directly appointed Chen Zhengnian as the division commander without even thinking about it. This contained too much trust. Not only Chen Zhengnian knew this, but also all
The cadres all know it.
When a cadre reaches the rank of first-class main brigade commander, fighting in a war will not depend on whether one is brave or not, but on the level of command.
Since the Japanese army did not have time to blow up the bridges on the trenches outside Yonggu Gate and Yongjing Gate, it means that the Japanese army did not expect that our army's attack speed would be so fast from the beginning. Now it is too late for them to blow up the bridges. As long as the little devil dares to show his face.
, come out one by one and destroy each one.
If the siege was launched rashly before the heavy firepower of the Japanese was destroyed, and the soldiers would be exposed to the firepower of the small Japanese, then the corpses of elites such as myself might be strewn outside Jinan City.
The artillery group commanded by Tao Zhuanghai came up quickly. Their artillery carriages were pulled by pack horses. Naturally, their speed was not as fast as that of cars, but it was not too slow. We were about to attack Jinan. Which soldier would not be excited? Drivers
Naturally, the horse is beaten so that it can run very fast.
Although Tao Zhuanghai sometimes likes to joke with Jiang Qiang, no matter how big or small, but really speaking, he is probably the smartest person in the Jiaodong Army. Every time he plays with Jiang Qiang, he can get some benefits. This guy is smart
It’s here!
When approaching the east gate, Tao Zhuanghai issued an order with a wave of his hand. The cavalry brigade artillery regiment followed the cavalry brigade westward with its attached artillery units. The other three artillery groups all stayed behind. Because Li Chang discovered his original plan
Adjustments are needed. As long as the artillery fire is concentrated to blow open the east gate and northeast gate first, allowing the elite First Division to attack the city, the little devils in Jinan City will be finished.
The Japanese cannons were shelling continuously, forcing one group and the second group to extinguish their lights. Chen Zhengnian waited impatiently and urged Tao Zhuanghai to hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, he couldn't wait any longer.
The artillery group of the Jiaodong Group Army does not have cars. Their artillery is horse-drawn, and the shells are transported by rubber trucks. Because the roads here are really difficult, they can march quickly under the moonlight. The little Japanese artillery does not know that their nemesis has arrived.
, the god of death was dancing above their heads, thinking that their bombardment was very effective, so they continued to bombard. However, they changed the direction of the bombardment and began to bombard the southeast, south, and west of Jinan City, because the Japanese artillery observers discovered
, the large forces of the Jiaodong Army are advancing in a roundabout way towards these places, needless to say, they are going to encircle Jinan City on all sides.
The artillery brigade of the Jiaodong Army has been tested in the war. Not only has it formed a complete set of cadre education and artillery technical training systems, but it also has much richer actual combat experience than the 35th Division Field Artillery Regiment. It is night, and the Japanese artillery fires are non-stop.
To fire artillery on the ground is equivalent to marking the direction and coordinates of the artillery attack for the Jiaodong Army.
Tao Zhuanghai studied artillery when he studied in Germany. The artillery regiment commander, battalion commander, company commander, and platoon leader of the Jiaodong Military Region were all trained by Tao Zhuanghai himself. They were the only ones who had received professional education in artillery. However,
He is not a country bumpkin. Now there is no need for Tao Zhuanghai to personally measure distance, wind speed and other specific data. That is the job of the technical cadres of each artillery regiment.
While the artillery group was establishing a position, Gao Yuan also completed the troop formation and firepower allocation of the First Brigade. It was decided that dozens of tanks from the First Regiment and Second Regiment would line up and bombard the city walls and gates. All the troops in the brigade were
Flying thunder cannons, infantry cannons, mortars, grenade launchers, and heavy machine guns were used to deal with the enemy fire points on the city wall. Cooperate with Tao Zhuanghai's artillery group to blast a gap between Yonggu Gate and Yongjing Gate, and then
With tanks as the forerunners, the First Regiment, Second Regiment, Third Regiment, and New Regiment all entered the city. After entering the city, they quickly cleared the Japanese defensive forces in the outer city, allowed the artillery group to enter the city, and directly attacked the gate of the inner city.
After taking control of the inner city, attack westward with the ultimate goal of capturing the commercial port and the Japanese airport.
Before launching the Jiaoji Road Campaign, all artillery units received an emergency training mission from the General Staff Office, which was to practice infantry-tank coordination tactics. For the cadres of the main brigades of the Jiaodong Army, this was an old tactic. Jiang Qiang was in Jiaodong.
The regional military academies have infantry training syllabuses transferred from Shanghai, which are clearly stated in the training outline. The last National Normal University Competition before the Anti-Japanese War included exercises on this subject. But this time it was different, as training on earth tanks was added.
The so-called earth tank is a square table covered with bedding soaked in cold water to prevent the enemy's bullets from penetrating and to cover the soldiers' rapid attack.
When the Japanese field artillery first started firing, Hisao Tani and Commander Guan Guiji of the 35th Division stood on the inner city tower and had a clear view. The bombardment had a good effect. The Jiaodong Army's convoy was quickly evacuated, and the cavalry behind it also evacuated.
They had to bypass the city wall and go west. The infantry also extinguished their torches and scattered around Jinan.