Chapter 165 North China Shooting Sunset Eight
By the time the Taihang Corps joined the main battlefield of encirclement and annihilation of the North China garrison on the 20th, the entire North China garrison and the two divisions of the Korean Corps originally had a force of 150,000 troops, but now there are less than 70,000 people left...com
In the face of the powerful lethality of the Taihang Corps, the North China Garage Army and the Korean Corps also seemed vulnerable. The elite Japanese troops, known as the world's most powerful army, were finally defeated to the world's second- and third-rate level in front of the powerful People's Liberation Army.
On July 21, the Taihang Corps divided into two groups, like two sharp blades. One or two groups broke into the 6th Division of the North China Garage Army, the 14th Division and the 4th Mixed Brigade of the North China Garage Army. The 20th Division and the North China Garage Army were broken into the 20th Division and the Korean Corps between Tianjin and Langfang.
The Taihang Corps was also divided into multiple assault squads. With the close cooperation of the brothers of the Fourth Field Army and the Fifth Field Army, the once arrogant enemy of the North China Garage Army was destroyed in ashes under the powerful force of the Taihang Corps, the Fourth Field Army, the Fifth Field Army and other brothers of the Fourth Field Army, the Fifth Field Army and other brothers within three days.
By July 24, the North China Garage Army and the Korean Corps had a total of five divisions and one brigade, and all of them were damaged in the face of our army's strong and powerful attack power.
The vast majority of Japanese devils were shot dead on the spot, and a very small number of Japanese devils who had long lost their fighting spirit became prisoners of our army. Xiangyue Kiyoshi was the lucky senior Japanese officer in the Battle of North China. At the last moment, he was preparing to commit suicide, but was disarmed by the members of our special forces who suddenly came in, becoming the Japanese officer with the largest captive rank in our army in the Battle of North China.
The fate of the other division commanders is not as good as his. They either were shot dead on the spot by our army or chose to commit suicide to thank the Emperor. In short, in the summer of 1937, the Japanese devils, who were originally rampant in another time and space, were like humble wild dogs in this time and space, and were slaughtered by our army at will one by one. They ended the lives of the shameful invaders.
At the same time, in Zhangjiakou, the main force of the East Corps of the Sixth Field Army commanded by General Peng also launched a general attack on the West Corps of the Kwantung Army.
After so many days of continuous attacks, these enemies have become ripe peaches that our army can pick at any time.
Mr. Peng couldn't wait for the Taihang Corps to come and destroy the ripe peaches on his hands.
Just when the Taihang Corps led their troops to attack Xiangyueqingsi's North China Garage Army and the Korean Corps to launch a total of gangs, Peng Dehuai commanded the main force of the Sixth Field Army on the front line of Zhangjiakou. With the close cooperation of our fighter jets taking off from Baoding and Taiyuan Airport, he launched a final general attack on the three divisions of the Kwantung Army's West Corps, the three already broken divisions.
In the face of the powerful attack power of the Sixth Field Army, after four days of tenacious resistance, the three divisions were finally wiped out on July 24th.
The commander of the three divisions of the Kanto Army's Western Corps, Yasuhi Touji, committed suicide. Kuna Seichi was shot dead by our army in the chaos. Kiyotaro Uemura was captured by our army at the last moment.
The vast majority of the troops of the three divisions were shot dead by our army, and a very small number of Japanese devils became prisoners of our army.
During the process of besieging the Western Corps of the Kwantung Army, the Sixth Field Army suffered considerable losses because the remaining firepower of the Japanese were still relatively fierce. Of course, compared with the number of Japanese people wiped out, it was insignificant.
By the night of July 24, there was no sound of gunfire on the land of North China. After more than a year of preparation, after several months of careful planning, and after more than half a month of fierce battle between China and Japan, the battle between North China and Japan, finally came to an end.
In this battle of North China, the People's Liberation Army participated in nearly one million main troops, and in addition to participating in logistics, support, transporting food and ammunition, and rescuing wounded local troops and militia organizations, totaling more than one million. It can be said to be a huge people's war.
Japanese imperialism has invested a total of seven divisions of the Kwantung Army in the South Manchuria, three divisions of the half-man, two divisions of the North China Garage Army, three divisions of the North China Garage Army and one mixed brigade, with nearly 450,000 people, and more than 60,000 Japanese and puppet troops in the North China and South Manchuria, totaling 500,000 troops.
During the seventeen days from July 7 to July 24, the People's Liberation Army wiped out all Japanese troops, most of which were shot dead, and a small number of Japanese troops who had lost their will to resist were captured by our army. Because of the soldiers' deep hatred for the Japanese devils, almost no disabled Japanese personnel were left behind in this battle.
As for the battlefield seizure, it can only be described as a massive amount. In addition to the Japanese Air Force aircraft that were successfully attacked by special operations forces, our army seized a large number of Japanese devils' cannons and other weapons and equipment on the battlefield, which can almost arm the full-Japanese equipment field army with more than 300,000 people.
Of course, although our side achieved a great victory, there were quite a few casualties. The entire army suffered more than 120,000 casualties, of which 60,000 were sacrificed and seriously injured. More than 60,000 were lightly injured.
The most serious casualties were the troops directly under the 51st Army of the Fifth Field Army, the 512th Division and the 513th Division, which refer to the troops guarding the Pingjin area that were put into battle from the beginning. The entire army suffered more than half of the casualties. After nearly 80,000 people died and seriously injured, and the number of people who were slightly injured reached more than 30,000.
The second is the 532nd Division of the 53rd Army. During the three days and three nights of defending the front line of Zhangjiakou, the troops stubbornly resisted the crazy attacks of Japanese devils several times that of themselves. Although nearly two-thirds of the casualties, more than half of the casualties and serious injuries were reduced to more than half, reaching more than 10,000 people, and the number of minor injuries was even 10,000. The troops can be said to be everyone's lottery. However, they created miracles and wrote a brilliant mark for the victory of the Battle of North China.
Starting from the night of July 7, in these days, not only the war between China and Japan, but also almost all the world's concern for politics, were staring at this extraordinary war that took place in the ancient East.
However, before the war, no one would have imagined such a result even by the boldest military analysts and prophets.
A Chinese nation, who has been weak for a long time and has almost always played the role of slaughtering lambs for nearly a hundred years, actually slapped the so-called Eastern power, domineering and arrogant Japanese Empire with such a strong record.
It even dug out the hearts of the Japanese Empire. The Kanto Army, which claimed to never fade away the flower of the Imperial Army, twelve divisions of the thirteen divisions of the North Manchuria and North Korea, plus the three divisions and a brigade of the North China Garage Army, composed of the most powerful troops of the Empire, were almost not even a bit of scum left after being swallowed by the Central Government in just over a dozen days.
Before the war, Japanese militarism clamored that as long as it invested twenty divisions, it could annex the entire China in half a year, which became the biggest joke in history.
The far-reaching significance of this war has not only deeply affected the world today, but also affected the world pattern for hundreds or even thousands of years in the next.
Since Xun Huaizhou arrived in North China in April, he has never interrupted contact with the chairman. By the time the war officially began on July 7, there were almost a few telegrams every day to report the latest trends on the battlefield to the Military Commission and the Chairman at any time.
When the Taihang Army appeared on the battlefield in North China with an extremely powerful posture, the one who felt most gratified was the chairman. At that time, it was precisely because of the Chairman's full support that Xun Huaizhou could convince the big men of the Military Commission to support him in spending a lot of money to build this surprise soldier.
It can be said that the success or failure of this army touches the hearts of everyone who knows the existence of this army. Now that this army appears on the battlefield, it has an unexpected effect that everyone can't be surprised. How can the Chairman not be excited?
Like Xun Huaizhou and others these days, the Chairman spent most of his time guarding the huge military sand table in the North China region of the Chongqing Military Commission’s war room. He watched the combat staff change the military deployment and movement positions of the participating sides on the sand table from time to time based on the telegrams sent from the front, and study the combat conditions at any time.
On the evening of the 14th, Xun Huaizhou called to inform the Taihang Corps that the Taihang Corps had more than 70,000 troops with more than 80,000 troops in just two days and one night, and the Chairman could no longer suppress his excitement. He hugged him tightly with Premier Zhou, who was standing beside him and was also extremely excited.
Everyone in the war room also cheered. Lin Shuai and Liu Bocheng, who were specially rushing back from the South China and Southwest troops, also celebrating each other with high-highlights. The combat room was even more laughing.
Because, everyone knows that this victory not only means that there is no suspense in the Battle of North China. The Japanese army, surrounded by our three major field armies, will be slaughtered by our army from then on. More importantly, Xun Huaizhou's advanced military establishment idea has withstood the test of the war and has been verified by actual combat. Since then, our army's modernization and development path has become the only choice for our party and our army.
More importantly, from this moment on, our army has become an invincible force on the world stage. How can this not make the founders of the People's Liberation Army excited in the war room?
Chapter completed!