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At three o'clock in the middle of the night, the 30,000 armored troops of the Kagel Combat Division in the northwest of Beiping City launched a fierce attack on the Japanese defensive positions in the northwest of Beiping City.
They first used fierce artillery firepower to cover and bombard the Japanese positions. Then the cavalry troops were asked to carry out a roundabout and outflank attack on the sides and rear of the Japanese position.
"The armored troops of the Kagel Combat Division attacked decisively and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army from the front and both wings.
At this time, most of the Japanese troops stationed in these peripheral positions were composed of Japanese regular troops, mixed security forces, and puppet troops.
Its relative combat effectiveness is very poor compared to the elite troops of the Japanese army.
However, many fortifications were originally built on the periphery of Beiping City. The Japanese army relied on these fortifications and suffered no heavy casualties under the fierce shelling.
But as the official offensive unfolded, the Japanese troops stationed in the peripheral positions of Peiping felt somewhat unable to withstand the attack.
They lack effective anti-tank means. Those anti-tank trenches and anti-tank mines can only delay the advancement of enemy tanks.
It is almost impossible to completely block it.
What¡¯s more, in the dark night, the Japanese reconnaissance troops had very limited vision conditions.
The area they can see is the area illuminated by the flare. Beyond this range, there is vast darkness, and nothing can be seen at all.
This group of Japanese troops seemed to be shrouded in thick fog in the dark night. All they could see was a few tens of meters in radius, or a hundred meters at most.
"But the Kagel Combat Division is completely different. They rely on powerful night observation equipment to accurately know the Japanese army's movements and defensive deployment in the dark.
Precisely because of this, they could perfectly avoid the sight of the Japanese army, and then use highly mobile cavalry units and motorized infantry to appear unexpectedly behind the Japanese positions.
The frontal defenses of the Japanese positions included barbed wire, trenches, a large number of mine arrays, anti-tank mines, and various permanent concrete fortifications.
But behind their position, there was a flat plain with almost no fortifications.
The cavalry of the Kagel Combat Division broke in directly from the rear of the Japanese army and trampled through these Japanese positions with iron hooves.
Cooperating with the armored troops in the frontal attack, many of the Japanese defensive positions were defeated one by one under such a fierce offensive.
The Japanese military command headquarters was not completely unresponsive.
However, due to the lack of effective investigation methods, the two sides are completely unequal in terms of intelligence.
The whereabouts of the Japanese reinforcements will be tracked by the reconnaissance troops of the Kagel Combat Division. Then dispatch cavalry and armored troops to ambush halfway and directly attack the Japanese reinforcements.
Because the vast majority of the Japanese army are infantry troops.
Without defensive positions, in the vast wilderness, encountering the cavalry and armored troops of the Kagel Combat Division is almost certain to result in death.
After several consecutive reinforcements were ambushed, the Japanese commander realized that if they blindly dispatched reinforcements, they would only die more miserably.
Therefore, the Japanese commander chose to stand still. Make it impossible to hold on to all Japanese positions.
And they immediately mobilized more troops from the Tianjin area to the Beiping area.
Before arriving at dawn, one-third of the Japanese defensive positions in the northwest had been lost.
However, the Japanese army is still unable to organize a counterattack because their troops are really limited. Even last night, the Japanese troops who arrived by transport plane for reinforcements last night were less than one brigade, which was a drop in the bucket.
They can only concentrate their forces on the remaining two-thirds of the position.
If the Kagel Combat Division's advancement speed is followed at this time, then their main force will be able to reach the gates of Peking City in two days.
The situation has become extremely urgent, but their reinforcements are still far away.
The Japanese commander was racking his brains at this time to slow down the Kagel Combat Division's attack.
They even sent people to express their willingness to negotiate peace with the Kagel Combat Division. It is hoped that this method can be used to buy time for their reinforcements.
But the peace talks representatives sent out fought in Kagar.In the military camp, after eating and drinking, he was informed.
Peace talks are impossible, and at the same time, you have no way to return. Just go to the prisoner of war camp and eat steamed buns.
Several Japanese peace negotiators were thrown into prisoner-of-war camps.
The Japanese reinforcements in the Pingjin area at this time were two Japanese brigades outside Shanhaiguan.
They arrived here two days ago.
But because they arrived in a hurry, the number of heavy weapons they carried was limited, not to mention attacking the city wall of Shanhaiguan.
Even the defensive positions of the four peripheral armies were unable to be removed.
During these two days, the Japanese army tried to launch an attack.
However, the elite Kwantung Army, after attacking for a whole morning, was unable to break through the defensive position of a battalion of the Fourth Army. Instead, it was almost outflanked by the armored troops commanded by Luo Xinghe.
This made the Japanese Kwantung Army realize that unless the two transferred Japanese divisions came over and launched an attack on the Shanhaiguan enemy on a wider offensive surface.
"Otherwise, they can only look at the city wall in the distance, but there is no way to pass a step.
But the two divisions have just finished their preparations and are taking the train to come here.
The earliest batch will not arrive until tomorrow.
At this time, in the south of Beiping City, the Eighth Route Army troops also launched an attack on the Japanese positions here in the early morning.
Their purpose of doing this is also very simple, which is to force the Japanese commanders in Peiping City to make a choice.
Either they must defend the city of Beiping to the death, or they must abandon the city and defend the port of Tianjin to ensure the safety of their lifeline.
But the Japanese commander, whose family and numerous property were in Peking City, made a wrong decision.
That is to mobilize some of the more than 5,000 Japanese soldiers stationed in the Tianjin area to defend Beiping City.
This gave Hao Shiwen and his troops an opportunity.
Their armored forces, consisting of hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles, led the infantry offensive troops on hundreds of trucks, and towed hundreds of artillery pieces, running along the road all night long.
When the Japanese army dispatched troops from the Tianjin area to the direction of Beiping City overnight. (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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