readsfreenovel Chapter 189
Chapter 189
According to the current progress, by the end of the year, each regiment in southeastern Shanxi will basically be able to be equipped with it as regimental-level support artillery.
Supplies to other troops will soon follow.
After discussion with the commander-in-chief, it was decided that the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the Tainan Military Region would jointly fight to counter the Japanese army's autumn mopping-up operation in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei.
This operation was directly commanded by the commander-in-chief. The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was responsible for the Beiyue area, tying down and luring the Japanese army into advancing deeper.
In the south, the Tainan Military Region was responsible for tying down the four surrounding divisions, while cutting off the Zhengtai Line and Pinghan Railway, forcing the Japanese garrison in Shijiazhuang to reinforce.
At the same time, the 4th Military Sub-district of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, the 7th Military Sub-district of the Tainan Military Region, the Jizhong Independent Detachment, and one artillery regiment from each of the two military regions were responsible for attacking Shijiazhuang. (Due to the constant changes in the organization of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, the timeline here only refers to the four military sub-districts.)
In the attack on Shijiazhuang, Huang Hanjia, deputy commander of the Tainan Military Region, served as the commander-in-chief of the front line, and Deputy Political Commissar Liu Ming coordinated the troops of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, the Seventh Military Sub-district of the Tainan Military Region, and the Ji-Zhong Independent Detachment.
After receiving the order from the general command, Zeng Jiwen and others immediately held a meeting to discuss the operation to tie down the surrounding divisions and cover the attack on Shijiazhuang.
Pingshun, Tainan Military Region Headquarters.
At this time, Huang Hanjia, Wu Lin and others who were in charge of local affairs in Changzhi and Wuan also returned to the military district headquarters.
Huang Hanjia, Wu Lin and others looked at the current situation and began to think about how to break the deadlock.
Although the Japanese army has only just begun to mobilize supplies and manpower, according to the intelligence currently collected.
A brigade of the Fifth Division has been stationed in Xingtai, and the remaining Japanese troops in Zhengding County are also beginning to move towards Xingtai in an orderly manner.
In Shijiazhuang, the 108th Division is in place and the 110th Division has also arrived in Baoding.
The Mongolian garrison troops in the Zhangjiakou area also began to move.
Looking at the surrounding areas of southeastern Shanxi, there are two independent mixed brigades and one division in Jinzhong, two divisions in the west, and another mixed brigade in the north.
Zeng Jiwen's idea was to tie down the 109th Division to the area between Jinzhong and Yangquan. At the very least, the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade in Yangquan would have to be prevented from participating in the mopping-up operation.
Zeng Jiwen and others looked at the current situation and suddenly felt that it was a bit tricky and difficult to deal with.
With so many troops to be tied up this time, the troops under each military sub-district probably have combat missions. In this battle, the 389th Division can be said to have taken the initiative to attack from three sides. With so many troops mobilized at once, the defenses in various places are probably stretched to the limit.
Moreover, this time the Seventh Military Sub-district and the Ji-Zhong Independent Detachment needed to attack Shijiazhuang, but they only had 27 regiments of troops, which had to tie down nearly four divisions.
It would be fine if it were normal times, but once the Japanese army got the news that Shijiazhuang was attacked, the two divisions near Taiyuan and the two divisions in western Hebei would definitely rush to reinforce Shijiazhuang at all costs.
The Japanese troops in the Taiyuan direction are not so bad. Although the 20th Division is called a newly formed Type A division, its troops have basically been replenished round after round by Zeng Jiwen and others, and its combat effectiveness is similar to that of an ordinary special division.
Moreover, except for the Independent 5th Mixed Brigade, which has been stationed in Jinzhong and has not fought much with the 389th Division, the other two mixed brigades have been beaten to some extent by Zeng Jiwen and others.
As long as the large Japanese forces were mobilized around Jinzhong, once the entire Zhengtai Line was paralyzed, the reinforcements along the way would have to travel by car. The dangerous terrain along the way would be enough to make the Japanese troops supporting Taiyuan suffer.
The difficulty lies with the 14th Division and the 5th Division in Handan and Xingtai.
Although the two divisions have suffered heavy casualties on the battlefield successively by the 389th Division and the National Army, they are after all genuine Type A divisions, and their reserve troops are not comparable to those of other special divisions.