Glorious Mission 1937

When the Kuomintang army in the Changsha area was in a bitter battle, the Eighth Route Army also encountered unprecedented troubles in North China. On November 11, after the 10st Division and the 21th Division of the Japanese Army increased troops to southern Hebei, under the order of the Eighth Route Army headquarters, The Shandong Military Region assembled 114 divisions, 3 brigades and 4 independent regiments, and launched a sudden attack on Zaozhuang, an important town in southern Shandong. The Japanese army did not expect the Eighth Route Army's attack to be so sudden, let alone the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness. Therefore, after persisting for a day, Zaozhuang declared its fall. More than half of an infantry brigade of the defenders suffered casualties, and a puppet infantry regiment was wiped out. The loss was not small.

In the next two or three days, various units of the Eighth Route Army attacked frequently and successively occupied Cangshan County, Fengcheng, Xinshan and other places, which seriously threatened the security of Xuzhou, an important military town, Jining and Linyi, the water transportation and navigation center.

However, just as the Eighth Route Army was preparing to make persistent efforts to open up the safe passage between Luxi and Lunan as soon as possible, two divisions of the Japanese army suddenly appeared in front of them, and quickly launched a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army. .

These two divisions are not units under the No.12 Army stationed in Shandong, but two divisions directly under the command of the North China Front Army Command of the Japanese Army. The various ministries solved the crisis in Linyi after one day, and re-occupied Cangshan County on the 11th, and the soldiers pointed directly at Zaozhuang.

At the same time, after receiving reinforcements from the 12st and 21th Divisions of the No. 114 Army, the Japanese troops in southern Hebei quickly launched a counterattack against Chen Feng's troops.The two sides fought extremely fiercely.

On November 11, Hu Tiesheng's troops approached Nangong City and confronted the 13st Division of the Japanese Army and the more than 21 Japanese puppet troops in Nangong County.In the early morning of the next day, the Nangong offensive and defensive battle started. The two sides fought the most tragic battle from the very beginning, and even a two-hour artillery battle broke out between the two sides.

Due to the astonishing performance of Chen Feng's subordinates, the Japanese Army Base Camp specially strengthened the artillery capabilities of the Japanese Army. Originally, each division would have an artillery regiment and a horse division regiment, and the artillery regiment under its jurisdiction would be equipped with 36 field guns Cannon and twelve 120mm howitzers.If it is an independent field artillery regiment, there are 36 120mm howitzers and twelve 75mm field artillery), if it is an independent field heavy artillery regiment.It will be equipped with 24 150mm heavy howitzers, and the field heavy artillery regiment will be equipped with sixteen 100mm cannons.

经过加强之后，日军给华北的每个师团都装备了一个加强炮兵联队。每个联队都辖有5个炮兵大队。每个炮兵大队都装备有12——18门山炮、野炮榴炮或者是加农炮。就拿与胡铁生所部对峙的日军第21师团来说吧，这个师团现在就辖有一个加强炮兵联队，共装备了24门口径为75mm的山炮以及36门120mm榴炮。就火炮的数量和质量来说，并不比陈锋所部的一个炮兵旅差多少。

Therefore, the two sides engaged in a fierce artillery battle at the beginning of the war, hoping to use the power of artillery to defeat each other, but each underestimated the combat effectiveness of the other.After the artillery battle, the reinforced artillery wing of the Japanese army lost more than 420 people, and another 22 artillery pieces were destroyed.Chen Feng's troops also suffered heavy losses, with 385 casualties and 21 artillery pieces destroyed. [

At the same time, Liu Li's headquarters was blocked by the Japanese mixed sixth brigade and the third chariot division in Hengshui. The two sides fought inextricably, but the Japanese 114th division suddenly reinforced Hengshui. The number of Japanese and puppet troops in the country has far exceeded that of Liu Li.

On November 11, under the cover of the Third Division, the Japanese army divided its forces into three groups to attack Liu Li's headquarters. In desperation, Xu Fufu had to order Liu Li's troops to retreat. At the same time, they sent troops to the Eighth Theater Command call for help.

Chen Feng did not expect the Japanese army to play such a trick. At that time, he thought that with the containment of the Northern Route Army, the Japanese army in Shandong would not reinforce southern Hebei. Shandong.

But apparently there were some experts in the Japanese army who came up with a clever trick to get Tao to replace Li Zang and Jin Chan to get rid of their shells.The two recruit divisions stationed in Pingjin were secretly transferred to Shandong, and the two field divisions in Shandong suddenly sent troops to southern Hebei.Not only did he draw the Eighth Route Army out, but he also caught himself by surprise.

更重要的是，完全暴露了的八路军此时已经陷入了苦战，山东的日军No.12军司令部出动了2个旅团配合第36师团、37师团作战，而山东的军阀汉奸马良也集结了6个师4万余人参与进攻。

Don't look at those big and small traitors who didn't dare to fight against Chen Feng's troops. Whenever they met, they would either surrender or abandon their guns and run away.But they don't have so many worries about the Eighth Route Army. Bullying the weak and fearing the strong is their instinct. During the battle in Luxi and Lunan, Ma Liang's puppet army put great pressure on the Eighth Route Army.

Chen Feng admitted that he was really overconfident this time, and was tricked by the Japanese army, but the Japanese army only took back the initiative in the war that was lost at the beginning, which was nothing.Chen Feng immediately ordered the 40th Group Army stationed in Datong to dispatch a division and an artillery brigade to the south to reinforce Liu Li, and at the same time ordered Xu Fufu's troops to crush the Japanese 1nd Division as soon as possible.

Among the Japanese troops in southern Hebei, only the No. 30 Second Division under the command of Lieutenant General Kimura Heitaro has the weakest main force, and it is best to break through there.Besides, the strength of Xu Fufu's department is not weak. As long as the air reinforcements are strengthened a little, they will be able to break through the blockade of Kimura's department in a short time.

On November 11th, with the cooperation of the Northern Air Force, Xu Fufu's headquarters launched another attack on Gaoyi County. This time Xu Fufu received the death order from Chen Feng, so the battle between the two sides fell into a fierce battle from the beginning.

At the division headquarters of the 32nd Division of the Japanese Army in Xingtai, Kimura Heutaro held a telephone with an angry look on his face. He just received news that the arsenal of the No. 30 Second Division was bombed by Chinese fighter planes, and more than half of the medicine storage was destroyed. destroyed, with a large number of casualties.

What's more dangerous is that after this period of fighting, the No.30 Second Division suffered extremely heavy losses.The 32nd Division was originally a second-class division with three units. In addition, it was severely damaged by the Eighth Theater during the second Taiyuan Battle.

During the battles with Xu Fufu's troops these days, the Japanese army felt a lot of pressure. In the face of the fierce artillery fire from Chen Feng's troops, the Bushido spirit that the Japanese army is proud of didn't matter. Hit you on the head.To be able to persist for such a long time, Kimura Heitaro also tried his best.

Now that the soldiers have suffered heavy losses and the arsenal has been destroyed, Kimura Heutaro deeply feels the crisis.Thinking of those familiar names on the secret files of the Imperial Army, Kimura Heutaro couldn't help but shudder. According to the statistics of the Imperial Military Intelligence Department, from Showa 12 to the present, the Imperial Japanese Army has been lost in the hands of this hateful General China. There are 19 generals, including famous generals like Kihide Abe.

Kimura Bingtaro was scared, really scared. If the front army didn't send reinforcements as soon as possible, he might really be unable to hold on. For this reason, Kimura Bingtaro couldn't care less about being reserved, and immediately sent a message to the North China Front Army Command Send a message requesting reinforcements, especially air reinforcements, to suppress the air strikes of the Chinese Air Force no matter what.

After receiving the telegram from Lieutenant General Kimura Heutaro, Tada Hayao and Lieutenant General Kobe Naozaburo immediately discussed the matter, and unanimously decided to immediately send aviation reinforcements to the front line of Gaoyi, because they knew very well that the combat effectiveness of the imperial army on the front line of Gaoyi was not enough. They are not strong, but it is the elite troops of the Chinese who are attacking them, and there are also a large number of tank troops and aviation troops. Without reinforcements, Kimura's department may really not be able to persist. [

Gaoyi is the gateway to Xingtai, if Gaoyi falls, Xingtai will be in danger.With the speed of the Chinese mechanized troops, it will take less than half a day to reach Xingtai, and the main force of the imperial army has already suffered heavy losses in Gaoyi, so they still have the strength to defend Xingtai.The most important thing is that Xingtai is very close to Handan, and Xingtai will not be able to keep Handan if it loses it.The two important cities of Xingtai and Handan are the center of gravity of southern Hebei. If they fall into the hands of the Chinese, it will be tantamount to the loss of southern Hebei.Therefore, in any case, the life and death of Kimura's subordinates cannot be ignored.

In view of the critical situation on the front line, Hayao Tada immediately made a decision to order 10 fighters from the 11th, 18th, and 108th Squadrons of the North China Front Army's Third Flying Group to fly to southern Hebei to reinforce Kimura's headquarters.

Since it is unclear whether the new fighter jets newly equipped by the Empire are the opponents of the new fighter jets of the Chinese people, Tada Hayao did not order the bomber fleet to follow, but only sent three fighter squadrons to test.At the same time, Hayao Tada gave clear instructions to Lieutenant General Toshiki Kinoshita of the Flying Group. If the latest new fighter jets of the empire could not notify the new fighter jets of that person to contend, they were required to return immediately and never entangle with the Chinese people.

Lieutenant General Toshiki Kinoshita knows about the strength of the Northern China Air Force. Last time, the flying troops of the Central China Front Army and his flying troops were dealt a devastating blow. The fighter planes were shot down one by one, and Lieutenant General Toshi Kinoshita will never forget that tragic scene.

It has always been the air warriors of the Empire of Japan who have been chasing and killing the Chinese Air Force fighters, but that time he saw another kind of air battle, the Imperial Air Force warriors became weak chickens, and the Chinese Air Force turned into eagles. After an air battle, the Japanese air warriors suffered heavy losses, so that they have not fully recovered to this day. (to be continued...)