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Chapter 1505: Opening up mainland transportation lines (2)

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    After the Japanese army started fighting on the southern section of the Ping-Han Railway, North China Front Army Commander Okamura Neiji and Chief of Staff Oshiroto Sanji paid special attention to the 13th Army, the core force of the Tang Enbo Group in the Kuomintang's 1st theater.

    The North China Front Army has collected intelligence from many sources on the 13th Army of the 1st Theater and the 1st Army of the 8th Theater, which are fighting against it, in an attempt to focus on the dynamics of these two armies.  Because these two armies are well-equipped, well-trained, and have high fighting spirit, the enemy calls them "elite medium-core corps."

    After several years of fighting in China, the Japanese army had these views on the operations of the Kuomintang army, the Eighth Route Army, and the New Fourth Army led by the Communist Party.

    The Japanese army believes that the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, whether they are large or small units, move extremely quickly during combat and have a very tenacious offensive spirit. They will still resist even to the last man. Their tactics are extremely flexible and changeable, and they are good at guerrilla warfare and people's political and political affairs.  Organize work.

    During the attack, the troops gathered quickly. After retreating, it was difficult for the Japanese army to find his whereabouts.

    He has a close relationship with the people. He often wears plain clothes and uses green gauze tents to carry out activities, making him elusive to the Japanese army.

    But its weapons and equipment are poor, mainly relying on seizures, supply is also very difficult, and medicine is even more scarce.

    The Kuomintang army is good at positional defense warfare and has a strong fighting spirit.

    It is equipped with sufficient light weapons, but the backbone of its firepower is mainly mortars, and large-caliber breech guns, tanks, and aircraft are very insufficient. When conducting large-scale battles or large-scale battles, it cannot suppress the Japanese artillery and  The strong firepower of tanks and aircraft always results in heavy casualties.

    Due to insufficient heavy equipment, until 1944, it was still unable to conduct a strategic counterattack.

    Another point is that after the backbone regiment suffers a setback, the morale of other general troops will be greatly affected.

    The North China Front Army Headquarters paid great attention to the actions of the 1st Army, the main force of the Kuomintang Army in the 8th Theater, and the 13th Army, the main force in the 1st Theater, and planned to encircle and annihilate the Tang Enbo Group in this operation to open up the southern section of Pinghan Road.  13th Army to reduce the pressure on its future operations.

    Tang Enbo was the commander of the 13th Army in the early days. When he later served as the commander-in-chief of the 31st Group Army, the army was still under the Tang Group's organization.

    When the North China Front launched an operation against the southern section of Pinghan Road, Okacun was ready to move its main force from Xuchang to the right after capturing the areas around Xuchang and Luohe, and suddenly control the communication line east of the Ruhe River to near Luoyang, forming an attack on the east  For the blockade of the Songshan area, in addition to the original 37th, 62nd, and 110th Divisions, the 3rd Tank Division, the independent mixed 7th Brigade, and the 4th Cavalry Brigade, some units of the First Army stationed in Shanxi will be  The 63rd Division and other troops stationed in Peiping went into battle in an attempt to encircle and annihilate the Tang Group and the 13th Army and occupy Luoyang and the area west of it.

    After various investigations, the Japanese army learned that the 1st theater troops commanded by Tang Enbo, with the 85th Army and the temporary 15th Army, were responsible for the frontal river defense of the Yellow River.  Its main forces, the 13th Army, the 12th Army, and the 29th Army, are deployed in the main resistance zone.

    Each corps of this group army has 2 to 3 divisions. The corps usually has artillery units under its jurisdiction. Each division is composed of 3 regiments. The division has 4 to 5 mountain artillery. The full strength division is about 10,000 people, and the full strength division is about 5,000 to 5,000 people.  6,000 men; each regiment consists of 3 battalions, each battalion has 3 infantry companies, 1 heavy machine gun company, and 1 mortar platoon.

    The establishment of the front-line troops is relatively abundant, with Czech rifles accounting for about two-thirds, and each rifle is equipped with about 150 rounds of bullets.  There are 4 to 5 Czech-style light machine guns in each company, each with about 600 rounds of ammunition, and the same number of reserve ammunition.

    Each regiment has about 12 heavy machine guns, each with about 15,000 rounds of ammunition, and 6 mortars, with each of about 80 rounds.  In addition, each soldier has two to three wooden handle grenades and brings four days' worth of food.

    In terms of the quality of the soldiers, they are generally between 16 and 35 years old. They pay great attention to anti-Japanese education, so the troops have high anti-war morale. However, many junior officers lack combat experience. Half of the cadres are from officer schools, and the troops are well trained.

    In terms of combat, in order to reduce losses, decisive battles are usually avoided, and the combat method of avoiding the strong and attacking the weak is adopted. Against the inferior enemy, the troops are concentrated to attack fiercely, and they must be wiped out.  During combat, general troops are often deployed on the front line, with the main force at the rear, and a battle supervision system is adopted.

    In addition, the Japanese military secret service also found that the Tang Enbo Group's combat methods have recently changed. They often adopt the combat methods of the Soviet army, that is, using a favorable defensive posture to attract enemy troops to their positions, and then carry out heavy frontal and cross firepower.  Kill.  In terms of position building, great attention was paid to the construction of stronghold positions, the development of firepower and mutual support.

    During night attacks, the unit often deliberately shouted to cause the Japanese troops to consume ammunition.  When attacking, they usually start with shouting, then intensive shooting, and then throw grenades.

    It must be said that the Japanese army has great intelligenceHis ability is truly astounding, and his understanding of the situation reaches almost every level.

    After the "July 7th Incident", Tang Enbo's troops first fought fiercely with the enemy at the south entrance of the eastern section of the Pingsui Railway, and then moved to northeastern Shanxi, Handan in front of the Pinghan Road, Yuci and Taigu south of Taiyuan, and southern Shandong  Zaozhuang in northern Jiangsu, Xuzhou in northern Anhui, and Su County in northern Anhui.

    During the Wuhan Defense War, they served as mobile troops stationed along the railway west of Nanchang.  After the fall of Wuhan, in order to strengthen the mobile forces in northern Hubei and southern Henan, the Tang Group was transferred to southern Henan. Just like Wang Yaowu's 74th Army, the mobile troops used in the 3rd, 9th, and 6th theaters in Jiangnan became the 3rd.  1. The core corps of the 5th theater.

    This unit has been stationed in Henan Province for a long time and is familiar with the situation in central Henan, southern Henan, and northern Hubei.

    When the Japanese army turned right from Xuchang to attack Yuxian, Jiaxian and other areas, the Lingtang Group of the 1st Theater Command controlled the Linru Highway between Songshan and Funiu Mountains and the area on both sides of the Ruhe and Yihe rivers.

    Soon, the main force withdrew to the mountainous area south of the highway, while some were still dealing with the enemy around Dengfeng.  Sun Weiru's 4th Group Army withdrew from Hulao Pass to Yanshi.

    After 10 days of fighting against the Tang Group west of Xuchang, the Japanese 12th Army occupied the area from the west of the railway to both sides of the Ru River, and reached the Longmen area south of Luoyang to prepare for the next attack on Luoyang.

    At this time, the Japanese army's situation was as follows: the 62nd Division, the main force was assembled near Changbu Street and Jiaxian County, southeast of Linru; the 110th Division, the main force was assembled at Jiangzuo and Ludian lines in Yingyang Town, west of Dengfeng; the 3rd Tank  The 3rd Division, the main force is concentrated between the south of Longmen Street and Baisha; the 27th Division, the main force is located in Banza and Daying areas south of Linru; the 63rd Division, the main force is located east of Gong County; independent mixed  The main force of the 7th Brigade is located in the main camp and the previous camp to the north; the main force of the 4th Cavalry Brigade is gathered around Linru Town.

    When the siege of the Tang Group came to an end, the North China Front made a detailed report via telegram to its staff headquarters and the China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters on May 9.

    According to this report, first, the 12th Army continued to mop up the defenders in the southeastern mountains of Dengfeng. At the same time, according to the front army's intention to quickly annihilate the defenders near Baofeng and Daying, the offensive was still in progress.

    After discovering signs of the retreat of the defenders in front of them, Ye Fu Changde's 63rd Division and other troops immediately turned to the offensive on the evening of the 8th. At around 7 a.m. on the 9th, the first-line troops had reached about 10 kilometers southwest of Sishui.  Phoenix Village is advancing towards Xiyanling.

    The main forces of Tang Enbo Group's 29th Army, 85th Army and 12th Army, which attempted to support Luoyang's defense, have suffered devastating blows in the battles since the 2nd.  At present, it is judged that the main force of the 12th Army and the first part of the 13th Army still retain combat effectiveness.

    The 96th Army of the 4th Group Army has successively assembled to the north of Luoyang. In addition, the Chinese army has been mobilized frequently around Luoyang. It has been confirmed that the 9th Army of the Liu Kan Corps has arrived near Luoyang for reinforcements.  The 16th Army of Xi'an 8th Theater has made preparations to mobilize eastward.

    Since the beginning of the war, as of May 6, the Central Army had abandoned 16,671 corpses and captured 3,202 people.

    The Japanese army seized 4 105mm caliber heavy cannons, 4 field guns, 10 mountain guns, 45 mortars, 11 anti-tank guns, 68 heavy machine guns, 223 light machine guns, 5,212 rifles, 49 automatic rifles, and pistols  730, achieving the previously planned tactical purpose.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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