Glorious Mission 1937

Regarding the question of the Japanese prisoners of war, Chen Feng had always let nature take its course, and adopted an approach of indifference. No matter whether the troops executed the prisoners of war or kept them, Chen Feng did not respond.If you kill them, you will kill them. If you don't kill them, you will keep them. Anyway, mines and forestry farms everywhere need manpower. It is really not many to explicitly ask the troops not to keep prisoners of war like this time.

Not long after the Japanese army withdrew from Tongliao, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Special Mixed Brigades of the Eighth War Zone arrived in Tongliao. They learned that the Japanese army had withdrawn to the west. Only one regiment was left to help the people in the city put out the fire, and the others Pursue now.

On June 6, the 9nd Division finally wiped out the 222th Brigade of the 12th Division of the Japanese Army in Shisan Aobao after paying certain casualties, and then the army went south to face the 24th Division of the Japanese Army.Another army also defeated the remnants of the Alu Banner and occupied the Alu Banner. Then the army continued eastward, heading towards Kailu County where the Japanese army was heavily stationed.

10日上午，第八战区3个特混旅、3个步兵团、1个战车旅外加1个工兵团、1个辎重团将开鲁县团团围住，日军第12师团师团部以及2个步兵联队、1个重炮联队以及1个宪兵大队被围困在了城内，同时被困在城里的还有以德王和李守信为首的伪蒙古军高层以及2个伪军团。

The squadron would not give the Japanese army a chance to break out of the encirclement. After completing the encirclement, the army immediately attacked the city, trying to completely annihilate this elite Japanese division in the shortest possible time.In the direction of Bahrain Left Banner, the main force of the Eighth Division of the Japanese Army, nearly 3 people, rushed straight to the small city of Bahrain Left Banner like a rainbow.

Although Chen Feng didn't like the 12th Division, he was really afraid of the 12th Division.This division is different from the [-]th Division. The entire army is almost all veterans of many battles, and their combat effectiveness is very strong. Among the [-] permanent divisions of the Japanese army, only the arrogant Fifth Division can compete with it. Even the First Guards Division may not be able to beat them.

Knowing that the No.12 Division was in danger, all the Eighth Division rushed to catch up with the Bahrain Left Banner.Even so, it was too late. When they arrived at Bahrain Left Banner, the Kwantung Army Command called to say that it had received a farewell message from Major General Suzuki, and at this time they had lost contact with Suzuki's headquarters.The headquarters judged that Suzuki's department might be in danger.

But the marching route of the Eighth Division remained unchanged.Still going straight to the Bahrain Left Banner, because there are tens of thousands of Chinese troops stationed here. Only by restraining this Chinese army can the No.12 Division have the possibility of breaking through.

On the afternoon of the 10th.General Ueda dispatched 150 fighter planes from the Kwantung Army Air Force to reinforce Kailu.And ordered the Japanese army in Kailu County to break out of the siege under the clearing of the air force.

However.This plan soon went bankrupt, because the two aviation regiments of the Eighth Theater also quickly arrived on the battlefield, and launched a fierce aerial game with the Japanese air force.In this battle, both sides suffered injuries. Chen Feng's troops were shot down with 47 fighter planes and lost 64 pilots.The Japanese army also lost a lot. 44 fighter planes were shot down and 81 pilots were killed. The two sides can barely be regarded as a tie.

By the end of the war until June 6th, the fortifications of Kailu County had all collapsed. If the Japanese flying troops hadn't spared no expense to reinforce Kailu these days, Chen Feng's troops might have captured the small town by now.Even so, the Japanese and puppet troops defending the city also suffered heavy losses. More than half of the two infantry regiments had suffered casualties, and the artillery regiment also suffered considerable losses.In order to prevent the 13th Division from being encircled and wiped out, the Kwantung Army Command immediately dispatched 12 divisions, a brigade and more than 2 National Defense Forces from the Puppet Manchukuo to Kailu for reinforcements.

However, such a large support force was blocked outside Shuangliao City by the Special Mixed 4th Brigade, unable to advance an inch. General Ueda, who was in a hurry, turned half of his hair gray overnight.Despite this, the position of the Chinese army is still as firm as a rock, and the tens of thousands of Japanese troops can't make it back half a step even after repeated sieges.

The Eighth Division of the Japanese Army in Bahrain Left Banner also fell into a bitter battle. They did not expect that the squadron of Bahrain Left Banner had more than 3 soldiers. The [-]-odd Japanese army took the initiative to attack at the beginning, but at this time they could only attack. Being passively beaten, it is very difficult to withdraw, because what they are dealing with is a highly mechanized army. If they leave the current position, I am afraid that the army will be completely wiped out by the Chinese on the way.Therefore, the Eighth Division can only hold on until the arrival of Japanese reinforcements.

On June 6, the puppet Mongolian army in the encirclement was the first to be unable to hold on. More than 15 puppet troops who were unwilling to be cannon fodder suddenly mutinied. The Japanese army discovered and stopped them, but more than 2000 puppet troops successfully withdrew from Kailu County, which caused a great shock inside the Japanese puppet army.

In order to prevent similar things from happening, the Japanese army handed over the weapons of the remaining more than 2000 puppet troops, and controlled the high-level puppet Mongolian army.At this time, the number of Japanese troops in the city was less than 500. After removing thousands of wounded soldiers and hundreds of soldiers guarding the puppet army, the real combat strength was less than [-], while the squadron outside the city had a total of six More than ten thousand people.

On the 17th, the headquarters of the 12th Division was bombed by the Northern Air Force, Lieutenant General Uemura was seriously injured, and a large number of senior Japanese commanders were killed.At this point, the Japanese defense line that had been strong for nine days finally collapsed.At night, the troops from the Eighth War Zone entered Kailu City under the clearing of the armored troops. The remaining less than [-] Japanese troops fought fierce street battles with the army. It was not until the early morning of the next day that the remaining enemies in the city were wiped out.

According to post-war statistics, the army carried out a total of 10478 corpses of Japanese soldiers and 2123 corpses of puppet soldiers from Kailu City. There were 1897 puppet soldiers who revolted on the battlefield.The eighth theater of the Kailu offensive also lost nearly 4000 people, of whom more than 2000 were killed. These [-] people were mainly killed in the street fighting last night.

The 12th Division was encircled and wiped out, and Lieutenant General Uemura was killed in battle. This incident completely shocked the Kwantung Army's senior management, as well as the Soviet Far East Red Army.The terrifying combat power displayed by Chen Feng's troops shocked everyone. How long did it take for a complete reinforced division of the Japanese army and more than 4 puppet troops attached to it to be easily wiped out? How could this make them calm down? .

After the 12th Division was encircled and wiped out, the Japanese army quickly realized that the Eighth Division was in a very bad situation at this time. For this reason, General Ueda called Lieutenant General Yamada Osan on the front line of Shuangliao, asking him to break through at all costs. The Chinese positions on the front line of Shuangliao, otherwise all the officers above the major general would all cut their belly to thank His Majesty the Emperor.

When the news that the 12th Division was encircled and wiped out came, there was another person who was not calm. This person was Bin Shanyuan, the commander of the Japanese North China Front Army.As a qualified commander, Bin Shanyuan was keenly aware of a fatal problem.With the demise of the 12th Division, the Eighth Division will be unable to support itself and will soon withdraw. At that time, the Chinese army will soon occupy the eastern grassland.In the end, the Chinese will definitely go southward, and together with the Chinese army on the front line of Xiaofenghuang Mountain, they will attack Rehe and the 14th Division in the eastern Hebei area.

Although the combat effectiveness of the 14th Division is not weak, with the help of the mixed 5th Brigade and a large number of Imperial Association troops, it is not necessarily much stronger than the 12th Division. Under the siege of two or even more Chinese troops It is likely to follow in the footsteps of the 12th Division.General Bin Shanyuan, who had a strong sense of crisis, did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered the 14th Division, which was preparing to go north, to stop its operations, and then urgently reduced its troops.

Just in case, Bin Shanyuan ordered the First Army to stop attacking immediately, and the troops stick to the acquired territory and digest the occupied area.The 32nd Division, the mixed 6th Brigade, and the 10th Brigade immediately went north to Peiping, and reconnaissance planes were dispatched frequently to prevent the squadron on the front line of Xiaofengshan from making any moves.

Following the strong orders of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, Yamada Otosan and the others are not calm now, and they will all die if they do not defeat the Chinese army in front.The furious Yamada Otozo immediately convened a military meeting above the regiment captain, ordered the army to attack the Chinese army in the city overnight, and formed a death squad.

In the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the Special Mixed 4th Brigade, the Japanese army was simply crazy. They rushed to their positions like Xiaoqiang who could not be beaten. Once they were beaten back, the Japanese army would immediately organize a new attack. Once they were killed, there would be more The Japanese army swarmed up, covering the sky like locusts.

Such a crazy attack continued until dawn. The corpses of the Japanese and puppet troops were everywhere in front of the position of the Special Mixed 4th Brigade, piled up like hilltops, and the land outside the city was stained red with blood. flow into the distance.

The Japanese army suffered heavy losses, and the 4th Special Mixed Brigade was not having a good time. Less than 8000 of the more than 4000 officers and soldiers can move now. Among the remaining 1000 people, there are more than 4 wounded, and even the brigade commander Xu Dazhuang was also seriously injured.More importantly, the fortifications of Shuangliao City had all been destroyed by the fierce Japanese artillery fire, and the outer positions were almost lost. In view of the heavy casualties, the Special Mixed [-]th Brigade requested reinforcements from the general headquarters.

Li Yifeng didn't expect the Japanese army to be so crazy, and hurriedly ordered the Special Mixed 4th Brigade to withdraw quickly, and at the same time sent an aviation regiment to the front line of Shuangliao to cover the retreat of Xu Dazhuang's troops.

The withdrawal of the Special Mixed 4th Brigade was very sudden and hasty, and even the remains of most of the martyrs who died were not taken away, but buried hastily in place.Originally Yamada Otozo wanted to order the troops to pursue, but seeing the exhausted Japanese army and the Chinese fighter planes circling and bombing in the sky, Yamada Otozo had to give up and let the 4th Special Mixed Brigade leave.

The Eighth Division of the Japanese Army also knew how dangerous their situation was. Seeing the unhurried attack of the opposite Chinese army, General Tsukada was very anxious.He was much stronger than Lieutenant General Uemura who had never fought much, and he knew that the Chinese army was pestering them at this time in order to better destroy them in the future.

For this reason, after urgent consultations, the Division Headquarters of the Eighth Division decided to send an infantry brigade and a puppet infantry division to stay behind, and the main force of the Division Headquarters immediately went south and returned to Chifeng.

Tsukada's decision to break the wrists of the strong men finally saved the entire Eighth Division. Although the troops that arrived later wiped out all the remaining Japanese and puppet troops, the main force of the Eighth Division had already retreated far away, and Li Yifeng couldn't catch up. Very angry. (To be continued..)