Glorious Mission 1937

The sudden mutiny of the puppet army and the fall of Zhengding County made the Japanese army extremely angry. A very difficult problem for Bin Shanyuan and others was, can the puppet army still be used?Although the Japanese army has not trusted the puppet army for a long time, it has always restricted the puppet army in terms of weapons and equipment and establishment, and also set up Japanese army advisers on the establishment of each regiment level and above, which is actually equivalent to supervising the army and responsible for monitoring Urge the puppet army to fight.

However, so many measures still cannot stop the mutiny of the puppet army, and it is the mutiny of the entire division. Therefore, whether the puppet army can be used has become an urgent consideration for the top Japanese army.If it can't be used, what should we do with the 10,000+ puppet troops in North China, and what should we do with the 50 million puppet troops in China as a whole?If it can still be used, how can it be used to avoid the mutiny of the puppet army?

Although there were puppet army mutinies in the past, the scale was far less than this time, and the consequences were far less than this time.So it detonated the discussion of the puppet army among the high-level Japanese army.

The vast majority of officers still think that the puppet army can be used. After all, the puppet army is still very useful. In the case of limited troops, the puppet army is responsible for the security of the rear, which can save a lot of troops for attack.Otherwise, just with the strength of the Japanese army, more than half of it would be spent on law and order, and there is no such thing as an offensive.Therefore, 80% of Japanese military officers believe that the puppet army can and must be used, but it must be used selectively, and the puppet army officers should not be given absolute autonomy.

So the North China Front Army Command urgently issued an order that from now on all the formations above the Imperial Association Corps will add a deputy, and this deputy will be held by the Japanese army.A deputy officer also serves as the supreme commander of a directly subordinate tactical unit. That is to say, in the future, units above the pseudo-corps will have a deputy in addition to an advisor, namely deputy regimental commander, deputy brigade commander, and deputy division commander. [

Unlike a consultant, this deputy position is not a virtual position, but a real position, and he must serve as the highest commander of the battalion and regiment directly under him.As a result, the autonomy of the puppet army was reduced again, and the Japanese army's control over the puppet army was further strengthened.

Regardless of how the Japanese army controlled the puppet army, the battle situation in the entire north changed again following Chen Feng's few orders. The entire army of the eighth war zone seemed to be beaten to death all of a sudden.In the next attack, the momentum will be more fierce.The northernmost 61st Army successfully captured Chengde City with the cooperation of the Eighth Route Army.The 14th Division of the Japanese Army and the 5th Mixed Brigade broke through to the east with more than half of the casualties, while the 61th and 14nd Divisions of the Kwantung Army rushed south to fight.After five days of midnight fighting, although the [-]st Army repelled the Japanese counterattack, it also pursued and wiped out the Japanese [-]th Division.The two sides confronted each other across Qinglong and Qian'an.

The battle in the direction of Xinkou is progressing even more smoothly.Although the First Army stationed in Shanxi has nearly 40 Japanese puppet troops.However, more than 20 people have been lost in the battle some time ago. In addition, they have to deal with the attack of nearly 12 troops from the 11th Army and the siege of nearly [-] troops from the second theater.Therefore, as of December [-], the First Army stationed in Shanxi had lost more than half of the security areas in central Shanxi. Apart from Taiyuan, the only cities controlled by the First Army were Gujiao, Shouyang, Yangqu, and Yangquan. counties and cities, the situation is very difficult.

The battle in the direction of Shimen was the most thrilling. After capturing Zhengding County, Yang Yi ordered his troops to set off overnight and rush to Shimen, and soon came to Shimen city.Then Ma Cao's troops also quickly went south, joined Yang Yi's troops, and launched a full-scale attack on Shimen on December 12.

Although Kimura Heitaro is arrogant and brutal, he still has some tricks.No matter how Yang Yi and Ma Cao's units attacked, the No. 30 Second Division and the mixed third brigade just stayed in the city and did not fight.At the same time, in order to prevent air strikes in the eighth war zone and possible paratroopers, Kimura Heitaro rushed tens of thousands of Chinese people to the top of the city and tied them up row by row with wire.

Kimura Heutaro and Bin Shanyuan passed a telegram, and Bin Shanyuan told Kimura Heutaro that the only thing they can do now is to delay time, as long as they can delay, and the crisis of Shimen will be solved within a week at most.Because of this, Kimura Heutaro came up with such a dirty trick.

Seeing that Shimen could not be attacked for a long time, and the Japanese army still didn't know what conspiracy was brewing, after thinking about it for a while, Chen Feng decided to let go of Shimen first, but sent a special team to quickly seize Jingxing Pass, and at the same time sent a large army out of Jingxing Pass, directly Killed to Yangquan, but only one infantry division and one tank brigade remained in the Shimen area.In Chen Feng's words, the purpose of this operation is to encircle and wipe out the North China Front Army's first army stationed in Shanxi. Attacking Shimen is a supplementary measure. It doesn't matter if we can't attack now. As long as the Zhengtai Railway is cut off, then Yoshio Shinozuka's troops are finished.

When 10 mechanized infantry crossed the Jingxing Mountains and appeared in Yangquan, the Japanese army panicked completely, and Yoshio Shinozuka had to shrink his troops again to prevent being defeated by Chen Feng's troops one by one.Even so, the First Army was already at an absolute disadvantage strategically. On the Shanxi battlefield, the ratio of the Japanese army to the Chinese army reached 1:4.

Originally, according to Shinozuka Yoshio's idea, the First Army has now lost the qualification to compete with the Squadron, and the most sensible choice is to break out from the east or the southeast of Shanxi.Although the consequences of doing so will lose the territory, it can keep the troops.But it's a pity that Yoshio Shinozuka's suggestion was rejected by General Bin Shanyuan, because Bin Shanyuan has great confidence in Hu Lie La. Once the Hu Lie La disease breaks out, then Chen Feng's troops will definitely withdraw. Now hold on for a few more days, The benefits to the empire are also huge.Therefore, Bin Shanyuan ordered the First Army stationed in Shanxi to stick to Shanxi at all costs!At the very least, we must keep Taiyuan.

The battle in the direction of Changping was the most intense. Originally, on the 11th, the Second Army had already destroyed the Japanese city defense fortifications. Unfortunately, on the 12th, the Japanese army suddenly sent more than 600 tanks to join the battle. The results of the battle have all returned to zero.

Angry Xu Hu released the only tank brigade in his hands, and played 350 against 600.The two sides launched a decisive battle belonging to the armored forces under Changping City.The battle lasted for 4 hours, and the final result was the disastrous defeat of the third division of the Japanese tanks. 600 of the 419 tanks were destroyed, and 202 fled back to the city.The armored brigade of the Second Army lost only 187 tanks, of which 142 were captured Japanese Type [-] light tanks.

In fact, Japan began to produce tanks as early as 1927, but due to limited understanding of armor tactics, the Japanese army has been dividing the tank wing into various field divisions for a long time, only using it as a large bunker for infantry charges.After the outbreak of the war of aggression against China, tank troops participated in the large-scale offensive operations of the Japanese army.

In 1934, the Kwantung Army first became an independent and mixed first mechanized brigade.In the subsequent Battle of Xuzhou, Battle of Nanchang, and Battle of Nomonkan, the Japanese army concentrated on tank assault tactics.A few months ago Okamura Ningji used chariot and cannon tactics in the Battle of Nanchang.It took only 7 days to capture Nanchang.Coupled with the fact that Poland was destroyed in more than [-] days after the blitzkrieg, the Japanese army was extremely shocked, so the Japanese army headquarters ordered the formation of a mecha army, with Tokuro Yoshida as the commander, and the first, second, and third divisions of tanks and battle tanks. Che taught the brigade.Among them, the first and second chariot divisions and the chariot teaching brigade are all under the Kwantung Army's battle order.Only the third chariot division is assigned to dispatch troops in China.

The commander of the third division of the Japanese chariot division is Lieutenant General Nishihara Isce.The division has jurisdiction over the Fifth Tank Brigade, the Sixth Tank Brigade, the 3rd Motorized Infantry Regiment, the rapid-fire artillery team directly under the division, the search team, the 3rd Motorized Artillery Regiment, the air defense team, and the engineering corps. squadrons, maintenance squadrons and baggage squadrons.

Although the tank divisions of the Japanese army are fully organized.There are many soldiers, but the combat effectiveness is not very strong. This has a great relationship with Japan's industrial level and the performance of armored combat vehicles.Armored troops are not the same as infantry.The quality and tactical use of infantry have a great impact on the battle.

而装甲部队的战斗力主要是取决于战车的『性』能和数量，日军战车第三师团主要装备的是九五式轻战车和九七式中战车以及九七改中战车。九五式轻战车是日军在**式战车投入列装后根据侵华战场的实际需要设计研制的轻战车。该战车乘员3人，装备九四式37mm战车炮1门或九八式37mm战车炮1门，另有2挺762mm机关枪。每小时速度40公里，最大航程250公里。九七式中战车乘员4人，装备九七式47mm炮一门，另有九七式77mm机枪两挺。

与之相比，陈锋所部现在装备的主力坦克可就强大太多了，t34坦克全重32吨，乘员4人，主武器为一门762毫米f-34主炮，副武器为两挺762毫米pt机枪，车宽292米、车高239米，В-2-34水冷柴油发动机、功率373千瓦、最大行驶时速55公里、最大行程468公里，通过障碍高075米、越壕宽249米、爬坡30度、装甲厚18－60毫米。

It can be said that this is the most classic tank in the history of World War II. Even in the later period of World War II, it is still the main force.Although it is not as good as the German Tiger tank in individual confrontation, it has inherited the advantages of the Soviet-style weapons. Its structure is simple and easy to operate, and it does not require highly educated soldiers to operate it. This kind of tank is solid, far less delicate than the Tiger tank.

Although the t34 can only be a medium tank in Europe, in Asia, compared with the bean tank of the Japanese, the huge t34 can be regarded as a very successful heavy tank. Although the Japanese tanks outnumbered the Second Army in quantity, they were far behind in quality.If it weren't for the armored brigade of the Second Army equipped with less than 200 T34s, all the rest would be replaced by captured Japanese Type [-] tanks. Otherwise, this battle alone would be enough for the Japanese Army's Third Tank Division to go out Die before you win. [

Even so, the Third Tank Division of the Japanese Army suffered a devastating blow, and it was impossible to restore its combat effectiveness within half a year. No matter how useful it is, the armored troops under Chen Feng will still die.With the rapid progress of various battlefields, Chen Feng's unit's southward battle has also entered the countdown! (To be continued..)

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