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Chapter 1575: Battle of Jehol (1)

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    The Japanese army captured the entire territory of Rehe in 12 days and defeated more than 100,000 Northeastern troops. In addition to the strength of the Japanese army, more importantly, the original Nanjing government had no determination to resist Japan and still pursued its policy of "Anti-foreign forces must first pacify the interior."  As a result, the troops lacked the determination and confidence to fight the war, and their command was also very inconsistent.

    In addition, Tang Yulin's troops had been instigated by the enemy. At the beginning of the battle, the commander of Dong Futing's 106th Infantry Brigade in Chaoyang, Shao Benliang, first led his troops to surrender to the enemy's 8th Division; Cui Xingwu, the commander of the cavalry brigade in Kailu,  Also surrendered the 4th enemy cavalry brigade.

    Due to the instigation of the Japanese army, some echelons surrendered to the enemy one after another, causing mutual suspicion and self-intimidation within and among the troops, and disorderly retreat, causing the command authority to lose control of the troops.

    In fact, the Japanese army faced many difficulties when attacking.

    For example, the 6th Division on the North Road encountered severe cold temperatures of more than minus 30 degrees in the eastern grasslands and sand dunes at the end of February. A large number of frostbite occurred, so much so that its air transport unit was dedicated to airlifting cold-proof equipment and frostbite-resistant equipment.  personnel to the rear hospital.

    In addition to the large-scale non-combat attrition, the Japanese troops also moved very slowly due to the snow everywhere. In fact, they could not effectively cooperate with the actions of other Japanese troops.

    ¡°If the national army could persist in resisting and actively prepare at this time, the situation would not be so decadent and embarrassing.  Worst of all, it was impossible for the Japanese army to capture the entire Jehol in just 12 days.

    However, due to several incidents of surrender on the battlefield and disobedience of orders, Tang Yulin's troops retreated in an disorderly manner, causing the northern defense zone of Rehe to be shaken.

    On February 25, Beipiao, Chaoyang, and Kailu fell at the same time.

    The Japanese 4th Cavalry Brigade, the 6th Infantry Division and Zhang Haipeng's 5 infantry detachments.  The two cavalry brigades quickly moved forward in circuitous directions toward Tianshan, Lindong, Daban, Linxi and Chifeng as planned. The 4th Cavalry Brigade occupied Chifeng City on the evening of March 2 after a fierce battle with Sun Dianying's troops.

    The 6th Division was suddenly attacked by Sun Dianying's troops at the Hala Crossing east of Chifeng, and reached the vicinity of the Japanese division headquarters.  The staff, service personnel and a small number of troops of the concentrated headquarters of the Japanese 6th Division rushed to resist. When the follow-up troops of the Japanese army arrived, Sun Dianying's troops evacuated.

    The 8th Division attacking Chengde and the mixed 14th Brigade attacking from Suizhong to the west supported each other and pushed forward quickly.

    The Rehe defenders only resisted in the Yebaishou area. At this time, the Japanese army had formed a roundabout encirclement in the north, causing the entire battle situation in Rehe to shake. So Tang Yulin withdrew from Chengde without a fight and retreated to Fengning to the west.

    Afterwards, the 8th Cavalry Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Miyake Tadashi of the 8th Division's Kawahara Brigade entered Chengde. Wan Fulin's 53rd Army retreated from Lingyuan to Lengkou in Xiliang, while Zhang Zuoxiang led his troops to retreat to Xifengkou  .

    The Kwantung Army headquarters, which commanded this operation, moved to Jinzhou on March 3. Muto Nobuyoshi also arrived on the same day and ordered the 6th Division and the 4th Cavalry Brigade to defend the Chifeng area. Other troops moved to the Great Wall as planned.  Advance.

    Then the mixed 14th Brigade arrived at Lengkou, the 8th Division arrived at Gubeikou, and the mixed 33rd Brigade arrived at Jielingkou and Yiyuankou. The Jehol Operation launched by the Kwantung Army ended.

    Just when Rehe was lost and the Japanese army continued to attack the front line of the Great Wall, public sentiment across the country was abuzz, and they criticized the National Government's non-resistance policy.  Not deploying more capable troops to the front, demanding the punishment of the commanders responsible for the fall of Rehe, etc.

    When the Kwantung Army launched a large-scale invasion from Jinzhou and Tongliao to Rehe, the Nanjing government, regardless of the peril of the country and the nation, still concentrated Wu Qiwei's 4th Army, Luo Zhuoying's 5th Army, and Zhao Yantao's 8th Army, a total of 10  The division's troops, commanded by Chen Cheng, launched the fourth major encirclement and suppression campaign against the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army from Le'an and Yihuang in central Jiangxi Province to the south in Xiaotian, Dongshao and Luokou areas of Ningdu County.

    This encirclement and suppression campaign lasted from February 26 to March 21. In other words, when the Japanese Kwantung Army was attacking Jehol and the Eastern Great Wall, the main force of the elite Kuomintang army did not go north to resist the Japanese, but was engaged in internecine warfare.  **Large-scale civil war.

    When conducting propaganda to the outside world, the Nanjing government repeatedly confused the truth and stated repeatedly that in order to resist foreign aggression, one must first pacify the domestic situation. The reason why the national army failed to concentrate its forces to resist Japan was because it was restrained by the Communist armies in various places.

    Haraqin Banner. Meilin Valley. Frontline Command.

    In the simple headquarters, Zhou Dafu was discussing the enemy's situation with Deputy Division Commander Lei Erhu and Chief of Staff Xu Dayou, as well as more than a dozen combat staff from the headquarters.

    On the huge terrain sand table, the mountains and rivers of Jehol Province are clearly listed, and there are two kinds of red and white flags on it. The red flag represents the national army, and the white flag represents the Japanese army.

    "Chief of Staff, has the attack order been issued?"

      "Report to the division commander, the order has been issued, and all units have launched operations according to the combat plan!" Xu Dayou replied immediately.

    "Although there is no turning back, the attack order has been issued, and the frontline troops have also launched operations according to the plan, I still feel a little uneasy. What do you think our chances of winning this battle are?" Chow Tai Fook asked in a deep voice.  .

    Lei Erhu immediately said: "If we only deal with the Japanese army in Rehe, the chance of winning is more than 80%. According to the information we have offline, currently, there are four troops stationed in Rehe, and the first one is Guandong  The 117th Division of the Army is a new unit of the Kwantung Army that has just been established less than half a year ago. Both the quantity and quality of its soldiers are far behind. The most important thing is that the division has now gone north to reinforce the battle on the Chaoyang front.  , the threat to our army is almost zero."

    "The second Japanese army independently formed the 136th Brigade. The brigade commander was Major General Naojiro Tsuchiya. It was originally stationed in Nenjiang. However, after the 7th Division was annihilated not long ago, the Japanese army had to defend Rehe.  There is a serious shortage of troops, so this unit was transferred to Jehol. But alas, there are only less than 5,000 men at the moment, there is also a lack of artillery, and the combat effectiveness is average. "

    Then Lei Erhu continued: "The third garrison in Rehe is the Kwantung Army Special Guards, stationed in Chengde. The number is unknown, but it should not be very many! The last one is the puppet iron and stone troops, although the number is declared  There are 20,000 people, but after the previous losses on the Chifeng front line, it is estimated that it will not exceed 10,000 people. In other words, we are currently using 60,000 elite troops to deal with 15,000 to 15,000 Japanese and puppet troops of average strength.  Occupying an absolute advantage!¡±

    "More importantly, we have been planning this battle for more than a month. In order to create opportunities for us, the headquarters even attacked everywhere, dispatching more than 200,000 troops to cover us, and the main force of our army even  We have already infiltrated most of the towns before the attack. If we can¡¯t win, then we really won¡¯t have a hard time explaining to the headquarters!¡±

    Zhou Dafu immediately said: "As Deputy Commander Lei said, if it were just the Japanese and puppet troops in Rehe, we would indeed have a high chance of winning, but don't forget that Rehe is different from Baicheng Wangye Temple, and it is also different from Tongliao Chifeng  , this place is close to the pass, and as long as you cross the Great Wall, you will reach the territory where the North China Front Army is stationed!"

    "The commander of the North China Front, Okamura Neiji, is not an easy guy to get along with. Once we start fighting here, the old boy will get involved even if he doesn't know. And it only takes one or two days to go north to Rehe from Jidong or the periphery of Peiping.  If the Japanese troops in the pass move north for reinforcements and the Kwantung Army headquarters orders the 117th Division to move south for a pincer attack, this battle will not be easy for us."

    "The commander's consideration is that we can only win this battle quickly and capture Rehe before the Japanese army can react. If possible, we will take the initiative to advance along the Great Wall and threaten the security along Beiping!" Lei Erhu said.

    "Well, once our army moves south along the Great Wall, and Zhangjiakou is occupied by our army, the North China Front Army Headquarters will be directly under the threat of our army. Even Okamura Neji would not dare to take this risk!"

    Then Chow Dafu continued: "But to be on the safe side, it is time for our headquarters to move forward. After the meeting is over, Lao Lei, you will go to the Western Front and watch the battle there. Lao Xu and I will be responsible for the east  Line, let¡¯s communicate more and keep in touch, hoping to capture the whole of Rehe within a week!¡±

    "OK!"

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