Glorious Mission 1937

() It's not that General Shou in the temple didn't want to take the opportunity to capture Zhangjiakou again, but the mess in the Pingjin area still needs time to clean up, so now the entire North China front army is busy licking its wounds, plus the troops on the front line of Xinkou are still attacking, 108 and 109 Although the division temporarily withstood the attacks of the Tenth Army and the Sixth Army in the World War II zone, it was already at a disadvantage and its defeat was revealed. Therefore, the entire North China Front Army had no energy to continue fighting with the 61st Army.

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After discovering that the Japanese Army had no sign of attacking Zhangjiakou, Chen Feng was temporarily relieved. Although the 61st Army had achieved brilliant results this time, the number of troops was also severely reduced.

On February 1938, 2, Chen Feng held a division and brigade-level officer meeting in Datong, and all full-time officers of each unit were required to attend.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, Chen Feng came to the meeting room on time, and all the officers participating in the meeting had already arrived.Since the sugar-coated shells of the Nationalist government and the World War II zone were shot back, Yeherina and the brigade commanders of the three police brigades also attended the meeting.

"stand up!"

"salute!"

Chen Feng returned a military salute to all the officers and said loudly, "Sit!"

"According to the latest battle report, the Japanese Army did not continue to attack Zhangjiakou, Xuanhua, and Tianzhen. The 2nd Division of the Japanese Army retreated from Beiping to the northeast overnight, leaving only the 8th Division still in Beiping. However It seems that they are also withdrawing in the past three or two days. In addition, the Second Army of the Fifth War Zone of the Nationalist Government captured Linyi the day before yesterday, posing a huge threat to Jinan and Jining, the shipping center. The main force of the No.15 Division of the Japanese Army has also gone south to Shandong On the battlefield, the Japanese army in the Pingjin area only has two complete divisions left, so the Japanese army will not launch an attack on our army for the time being, so the four-way siege campaign against the Japanese army is over!" Chen Feng said loudly.

"Crack, clap!" As soon as Chen Feng finished speaking, there was warm applause in the meeting room. Li Yifeng and others even applauded loudly. The atmosphere was very enthusiastic.

"Everyone be quiet, the battle is over. But we have a lot to do. First of all, each unit will report their own casualties. Let's start with the 101st Division!" Chen Feng said.

Hearing Chen Feng's roll call, Li Wensheng stood up and said, "Report to the military seat. Although our troops were attacked fiercely by the two elite divisions of the Japanese Army, due to the complete fortifications in Datong, the loss was not very great. According to the statistics of this battle, we The Ministry lost a total of 3765 soldiers. Among them, 1456 were killed, 876 were seriously injured, and the rest were slightly injured. The actual reduction was 2332. In addition, our Ministry lost 71 light and heavy machine guns, 1145 rifles, and 54 artillery pieces in the battle. Most of them were bombarded by Japanese artillery and aviation."

Li Yifeng, the commander of the 222nd Division, got up and said: "Report to the military seat, our 222nd Division lost a total of 2746 soldiers in this battle, of which 1321 were killed, 265 were seriously injured, and the rest were minor injuries. They can recover within a week." Combat strength, the actual reduction of 1586 people. In this battle, our army lost 612 guns, 16 light and heavy machine guns, and other weapons and equipment. The loss of other weapons and equipment was relatively small. In this service, our army wiped out 12198 Japanese and puppet troops, captured 23176 people, bombed Destroyed 13 Japanese tanks, shot down 9 fighter planes, seized 31887 guns, 769 light and heavy machine guns, 29 artillery pieces, 27658 sabers, 9863 war horses, and some silver coins and food."

After Li Yifeng sat down, Xu Bao, commander of the 403th Division of Du Li, got up and said, "Report to the military seat, our army suffered heavy losses in this battle. The 5217 regiment defending Tianzhen was almost wiped out. One-fourth of the total force. Among them, 4 people died in battle, 2609 people were seriously injured, and the rest were slightly injured, and the actual reduction was 1277. However, our army has also achieved major results. The Japanese army left 3888 corpses outside Tianzhen In addition, together with the Shalingzi ambush and other sporadic battles, our army wiped out a total of 16754 Japanese and puppet troops without any prisoners. More importantly, our army severely damaged the Japanese Army's Yamashita Brigade this time, and there were only a few of the more than 2000 Japanese bandits When [-] people fled back to Baoding, it would be impossible to restore combat effectiveness in a short period of time.”

After Li Yifeng sat down, Ye Helina, the commander-in-chief of the cavalry group, got up and said: "In this battle, we have traveled more than 11 kilometers and moved to 6 counties, capturing 1768 counties and one important city. The headquarters lost 116 people. 4856 people were seriously injured, and there were no minor injuries. The rest were all killed. Our army wiped out a total of 2312 Japanese and puppet troops and captured [-] people. In addition, a large number of military and civilian supplies were seized. The specific number is too large to be calculated.”

Shi Jianfei, the commander of the teaching brigade, got up and said: "Report to the military seat, I will not assist the 101st Division to defend Datong this time. The loss of the unit is relatively small. A total of 1211 soldiers were lost, of which 234 were killed in battle, 235 were seriously injured, and the actual reduction was 469. The troops lost a lot of equipment, including 2311 rifles, 26 machine guns, 11 artillery pieces, and several other weapons and equipment.”

Since the Xinghe Jingbei Brigade, Jining Jingbei Brigade, and Taolin Jingbei Brigade acted together with Chen Feng, the casualties had already been reported to the military headquarters, so Wang Hansheng stood up and reported by himself: "Report to the military seat. Our Xinghe Jing Bei Brigade, Jining Jing Bei Brigade, and Taolin Jing Bei Brigade moved to more than ten cities such as Zhangjiakou, Xuanhua, Huailai, Yanqing, Xiahuayuan, Beiping, etc., together with the Japanese Heavy Artillery Brigade, Garrison Wing and Gendarmerie The troops fought against many armies, and the headquarters suffered heavy losses. The three brigades lost 11289 soldiers in this battle, of which 4212 were killed, 1762 were seriously injured, and the actual loss was 5974. The loss was heavy, but our army The results obtained are brilliant. Our army captured 5 county towns and one provincial capital city, wiped out 14734 Japanese and puppet troops, and captured 4465 people. According to our preliminary inference, the Japanese army guarding Beiping lost more than 3 There were about 6000 people, so our army wiped out a total of 5000 to 6 Japanese and puppet troops. This time, our army completely wiped out the Fourth Field Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Japanese Army, and the leader of the captive brigade, Tsubasa Ueda There were more than 108 people under Major General Otsuka Iwataro, the general and deputy brigade, which shocked the Japanese militarism. In this service, our troops seized 2 Japanese field heavy artillery and more than [-] tons of shells. In addition, two Japanese troops were seized A lot of weapons and equipment of an infantry regiment were seized."

After Wang Hansheng finished speaking, Chen Feng got up and said: "All the division commanders have said about the casualties of their respective troops, so I will make a summary here. Because the Japanese army dispatched four armies to besiege our headquarters, and sent heavy troops to attack The important military towns of Suiyuan Province, Guisui and Baotou, attempted to complete the strategic encirclement of our 61st Army, thereby annihilating our army in one fell swoop. The two strategic groups of the Japanese Army, the North China Front Army, and the Mongolian Army deployed a total of 18.6 troops. With the cooperation of infantry, engineering, cavalry, artillery, tanks, aviation and other arms, we brazenly launched a full-scale attack on the garrison of our 61st Army. At the end of the battle, a new arm, the paratrooper, was even dispatched. In the case of a huge difference in the strength of the enemy and ourselves Next, our army adopted the tactic of a small number of troops sticking to important cities, and the main force of the army jumped to the enemy's periphery, successfully occupied the enemy's rear bases Zhangjiakou and Tianjin, and at the same time completed the tactical siege of Beiping City, where the Japanese army's command center is located, thus achieving The initiative of the entire campaign."

"In this service, our army wiped out more than 13 captured Japanese and puppet troops, including more than 8 regular troops, more than 154 city defense troops composed of Japanese overseas Chinese, and the rest were 6 Japanese captured in Tianjin. It caused heavy losses to the japanese army in North China, and severely damaged their vitality. Our army also captured three of the only four airfields of the japanese army in north China, shot down 5 captured japanese fighter planes, and severely damaged the japanese army The Temporary Air Corps of the North China Front Army. At the same time, it completely wiped out the Fourth Field Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Japanese Strategic Force, reducing its strategic heavy artillery force from 22 brigades to 128. At the same time, our army also seized a large amount of strategic materials. The volume is 13 tons, a total of 7 types, of which about 1 tons were rushed back to the administration, more than 1 tons were handed over to Zhongyang, and about 178 tons were distributed to Tianjin people and donated to other anti-Japanese forces As well as mass organizations, including more than 157 tons of concessions, schools and other departments. In addition, our army also burned a total of 14 Japanese military companies and foreign firms, destroyed 1 factories, confiscated 4 banks, and gave the puppet forces in Pingjin The economic foundation of the region has caused devastating damage." Chen Feng paused and continued: "Our army recruited more than [-] students and more than [-] recruits in the Pingjin area during this battle, and nearly [-] refugees came from the Pingjin area. Successfully transferred back to Zhangjiakou. At the same time, our army also created and broke through many firsts, the first time to wipe out the heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army, the first time to capture a large warship, the first time to capture combat aircraft, and the first large-scale capture of battle vehicles and tanks, the first recovery of the provincial capital, etc. The most important thing is that after this battle, the prestige of our army in North China has once again increased, while the prestige of the Japanese army in North China has been hit again, especially its combat effectiveness has been affected Serious suspicion of the puppet army and other anti-Japanese groups, I dare to conclude that after this battle, North China will usher in a new anti-Japanese upsurge. In addition, our army will give Japan political, military, economic and other aspects this time The wounds caused by the Japanese army, the Japanese army will not be able to recover to the level before the first battle within a year or two, and the Japanese army will no longer have the strength to attack our headquarters in a short period of time. continued...)