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Coupled with the troops dispatched by the Eighth Route Army 115, they cooperated with them in the attack.
The number of Japanese troops attacking Fanzhi County will reach 70,000.
One force set out from Hunyuan to attack Yanmen Pass.
The main components of this force are Ma Siyuan's Second Division, two tank regiments of the Kagel Combat Division, the five main regiments of the 386 Brigade, and some troops of the 120th Division, totaling more than 60,000 people.
The terrain of Yanmen Pass is difficult and it is not easy for armored troops to deploy, so using infantry to attack is the best strategy.
They will attack Yanmen Pass after the attack in Fanzhi County reaches a certain level.
But before that, they need to conquer Shanyin and Shuozhou City. Then launch an attack on Yanmen Pass.
The Japanese garrison in this area consists of three independent mixed brigades, and there is also a Japanese integrated division in the rear as a reserve force. Their loss of troops will be replenished at any time.
And the Japanese army in this area is also equipped with a lot of armored vehicles and tanks, and also has certain anti-tank capabilities.
This is a direction that requires great attention. If you are not careful, you are likely to encounter an offensive failure here.
This is a battle in the northwest region of Shanxi, and in the southern Shanxi region, Xia Yang's three main combat divisions are also ready for battle.
They coordinated with the troops from Zhongtiao Mountain. A battle plan was roughly formulated.
Among the troops stationed in Zhongtiao Mountain, many combat troops are otherwise inactive. As long as there is a profit, they will move forward enthusiastically.
Zhongtiao Mountain is expected to dispatch about 100,000 troops this time.
But because a large part of them have not received training for a long time, their combat effectiveness is really limited.
But even if these people held an armed march in the southern Shanxi area, Okamura Neji would have to send troops to contain them.
The designated combat plan in the southern Shanxi area is mainly to attack some surrounding targets.
For example, Jiaozuo in Henan, which is close to Jincheng, is within their attack range. Several cities in southern Taiyuan are also their key targets.
As long as they attack these areas, the Japanese troops in southern Shanxi and northern Henan will have to contend with He Changxing and the troops of the Commander-in-Chief of Wei.
According to Xia Yang's calculations, no matter how bad their actions in the southern Shanxi area are, they can still contain three Japanese divisions and an army of nearly 100,000 people.
If Okamura Neiji were more cautious, he might even be able to contain four Japanese divisions and more than 100,000 troops.
Since then, the maximum number of troops that the Japanese army can invest in northwest Shanxi is more than 100,000 people.
Even if they are on the defensive side, these troops are not enough.
The only thing Xia Yang needs to worry about is whether the Japanese troops in Beijing and Tianjin will choose to support the Shanxi area.
Once the Japanese troops were in North China, they were also mobilized to participate in this battle. Then the operation to recover Shanxi may be more difficult than he previously expected.
After the combat plan is formulated, it is the true state of preparation for war.
In northwest Shanxi, the Japanese Fifth Division was also dispatched here.
This is a request made by Seishiro Itagaki, the commander of the Fifth Division, to Kenji Doihara.
After being replenished and reorganized, the Japanese Fifth Division now has a more powerful combat effectiveness.
They are equipped with a lot of armored vehicles and tanks, and can be regarded as a semi-mechanized division.
In fact, the previous Fifth Division was considered half a mechanized division. But because they were later defeated by the Soviets in the Battle of Nomenhan. A large number of tanks and armored vehicles they equipped were also completely destroyed.
The later battles of Taibai Mountain and Wutai Mountain were fought in mountainous areas, so they were not equipped with armored vehicles and tanks.
But now, in order to deal with the large number of tanks and armored vehicles of the Fourth Army, they have also integrated some tank regiments in North China into the Fifth Division.
The mission of the Fifth Division is to hold on to Fanzhi County.
This place is different from Yanmen Pass. Yanmen Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the attack surface is relatively narrow.
But the area around Fanzhi County is a very long river valley. The terrain is flat and the attack surface is wider. Naturally, more garrison troops are needed.
In early June, the Kagel Combat Division, which was the first to complete combat preparations, took the lead in entering Pingxing Pass and began to move towardsThe towns in the Tuohe River Valley advance.
Xia Yang sat on the tank and looked at the Pingxingguan Valley leading to the Hutuo River Valley, and couldn't help but be filled with emotion.
At this time, the area they were in was Pingxingguan, where he led a small number of soldiers in a fierce battle with a transportation brigade of the Japanese Fifth Division.
That was the first victory since the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War.
Although the scale is small, it greatly boosts morale. After all, they had basically been losing battles before, and the anti-Japanese sentiment in the entire country was very depressed.
"Speaking of which, this is also the place where our Fourth Army once fought." Xia Yang said, looking at the familiar terrain of Pingxing Pass.
Xiao Yuebing sat in front of the tank, turned to Xia Yang and said: "Military seat, did you also participate in the Pingxingguan victory?"
Xia Yang nodded and said, "Yes, we were on that hillside at that time."
As he spoke, he pointed to the hillside where they had ambushed.
He can still recall the scene of bayonet fights with the Japanese squadron on that hillside.
Pingxingguan Pass had been occupied by the troops led by Chen Shiliang long before.
The Japanese troops were mainly concentrated in some villages and towns along the Hutuo River Valley.
They have also built a lot of defense lines in those places.
The Japanese army had thought about attacking Pingxing Pass before. After all, once Pingxing Pass was defeated, they only needed to hold such a pass to withstand the attack of Xia Yang and his armored troops.
But naturally Xia Yang would not let the Japanese army go to a dangerous place like Pingxingguan.
At that time, he asked Chen Shiliang's Fourth Division to temporarily dispatch two regiments for reinforcements, and at the same time dispatched a mountain artillery regiment. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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