?Chapter 10: Sweeping Thousands of Army (4)

At around 5 a.m. on the 9th, more than 200,000 officers and soldiers of the second and third two armies of the People's Army hurriedly finished their breakfast and started the action according to the order issued last night.-. [This chapter is updated by netizens]

Considering that the troops in the Eighth War Zone retreated to southern Shaanxi and the weak forces in northern Shaanxi, the threat faced by Longdong has been greatly reduced. After reporting to the People's Army Headquarters for approval, Dong Bicheng decided that all combat troops of the Third Army would advance eastward!

In Gannan, because the local borders with southern Shaanxi and northern Sichuan, considering the security issues of Xu Mingyi's troops from the Second Army's main force advancing to the rear defense zone eastward, an infantry division was left to take over the defense together with the Gannan Security Brigade according to the original plan.

After the operation began, the 4th Division and brigade of the Second Army led to a rapid advance from Fengxiang to the southeast from Fengyang. Fengyang was only fifty kilometers away from Fengxiang. The Second Army advanced along the road and took only about an hour. When most people were still immersed in their sleep, they occupied Fengxiang County, which seemed empty due to the evacuation of political institutions and the escape of the people.

Without having to rest, the commander of the Second Army, Xu Mingyi, used the lights of the headlights to issue an order to the relevant personnel summoned: "Li Zhendong, you take the 24th Division to the southwest to control Baoji. Then set up defenses along the Wei River area to prevent the south of Hu Zong from going north, and open the passage with Tianshui as soon as possible to facilitate material transportation! Chief of staff, you lead the Armored Division and the Engineer Corps directly under the Army, and go to Wugong along the Longhai Line, and build a floating bridge from there to cross the Wei River to Yuji. After the main force of the Group Army arrives, attack and advance to Xi'an! Other units follow behind the Armored Division!"

Although he was a little regretful because he was unable to participate in the Guanzhong battle, Li Zhendong, the commander of the 24th Division, still responded loudly: "Please ensure that the task is completed!"

Yuji, which is later Zhouzhi, is about 120 kilometers away from Fengxiang, and there are two counties of Qishan and Fufeng. With armored rushing speeds of more than 60 kilometers per hour, you can reach martial arts at around 8 o'clock. After many drills, the well-equipped and skilled engineers built bridges built on the Wei River during the dry winter season, which took less than an hour.

Tao Jinghui, chief of staff of the Second Army, measured the distance between Fengxiang and Wugong, and the situation of Guanxi counties after the retreat of troops in the Eighth War Zone, and said with confidence: "At the latest 9:30, our troops will be able to reach Yu'an! Qishan and Fufeng can also fall into the control of our army!"

"Okay, the departure time from Zhouzhi is set at 10 o'clock!" Xu Mingyi decided to say, "It just happened that the air strike was not over, so that the Japanese could see what armored rushing means! Before noon, all the troops advancing east must arrive around Xi'an! Let the Second Army become a nightmare for the Japanese to the future!"

Yinyang is more than 200 kilometers away from Xi'an, and the Second Army took longer on the road. In contrast, Yongshou is only about 120 kilometers away from Xi'an, which has brought a lot of convenience to the operations of Dong Bicheng's troops of the Third Army.

Unlike the Second Army that divided the troops after arriving in Fengxiang, the Third Army had divided the troops from the beginning and advanced along both banks of the Jing River to the surrounding area of ​​Xi'an.

Among them, Song Wei, deputy commander of the Third Army, led the 31st Armored Division, the 32nd Infantry Division, and the 105th Self-propelled Artillery Regiment of the 35th Artillery Division, advanced eastward from the floating bridge built on the Jing River after the army controlled Yongshou, and advanced along the east bank of the Jing River to Jingyang, Gaoling and other places. Dong Bicheng led the main force of the army, with the armored regiments of the 33rd and 34th infantry divisions and the direct air defense brigade of the army as the guide, and advanced from the west bank of the Jing River to Liquan, Xianyang, Xi'an and other places.

Although the distance was close, Dong Bicheng's troops did not rush to Xi'an. Instead, after more than an hour of travel, they stopped fifteen kilometers from Xianyang and Jingyang, preparing to wait for the People's Army to launch a decision-making strike against the Japanese army in northern Xi'an after the People's Army's airstrike.

After the first round of air strikes, Dong Bicheng and Song Wei received notifications from the Air Force, confirming that the enemies in front of the attack were located in Xianyang and Jingyang respectively. This made the two feel much more at ease.

"Let the tanker truck fill the fuel tanks of all the tanks. After taking Jingyang, our troops will go eastward and advance east along the north bank of the Wei River, and cooperate with the troops on the south bank to drive the Japanese out of Guanzhong!" Song Wei ordered.

"Deputy Commander, the Second Army is far away, so I'm afraid we can't advance east with our troops. Commander Dong still has to control Xi'an. We only have two divisions to advance eastward. Isn't it a little thin?" Pan Mingkai, commander of the 32nd Infantry Division, reminded, "If we wait for the troops in the south to come up and we advance eastward together, we can leave more Japanese devils!"

"The Japanese have only two divisions on the north bank of the Wei River. They have not as many troops as us. They have to suffer nearly four hours of air strikes from our army. They can't stop our armored rushing!" Song Wei shook his head with a smile, and said, "The purpose of our battle is to take Guanzhong as soon as possible, advance eastward and open up contact with the guards in the direction of the Longhai Line, and then suppress the Japanese army's heavy troops to Central China and reduce the obstacles to combat in North China! There are many rivers on the south bank, and the Second Army is coming up, and the propulsion speed is not as fast as ours. If the Japanese react and are in a stalemate with us in Guanzhong, it will be delayed. I'd better drive them out first and clean up later."

Because the Qinling Mountains are high in terrain, there are many large and small rivers flowing from south to north into the Wei River, which also makes the bridges on the south bank of the Wei River more than on the north bank. Previously, the southern part of Hu Zong had blown up many bridges during his retreat. In order to invade Xi'an as early as possible, most of the Japanese army passed by building floating bridges. If the Japanese army was attacked violently from the head and ended up in the People's Army, they would definitely destroy the bridge and retreat.

Although the engineering forces belonging to the People's Army Group Army are familiar with their business, it takes a lot of time to build a pontoon bridge with passable heavy equipment on all rivers on the south bank of the Wei River from Xi'an to Tongguan. After all, being proficient in business is one thing, and the insufficient amount of available materials is another thing. The most important thing is that the People's Army tanks weigh about 40 tons. The pontoon bridge with passable "bean" chariots built by the Japanese on the spot cannot carry the heavy equipment of the People's Army! The steel box equipment needed by the People's Army to build a pontoon bridge needs to be transported from Longdong.

In this case, instead of fighting with the Japanese army in Guanzhong, it is better to drive them out of Guanzhong first, and after the Longhai line is opened or even after the People's Party pacified North China, concentrate its forces to solve the Japanese army retreating to Central China. Of course, some of these are Zhao Zhenzhong and Zhou Mingyuan, who used the Japanese army to attack Chiang Kai-shek and sent the enemy Han to try their best to brute force.

The second round of bombing of the People's Army ended at around 10 a.m. Just as the Japanese army on both sides of the Wei River were busy cleaning up the mess, treating the wounded and waiting for further orders from the higher authorities, at 10:40 a.m., an armored raid from the People's Army began!

The Third Army led by Dong Bicheng and Song Wei had previously stopped fifteen kilometers away from Xianyang and Jingyang. The Japanese army was busy dealing with air strikes from their heads and did not notice the quietly approaching more than 120,000 troops. The distance of fifteen kilometers was only about a quarter of an hour at the speed of the People's Army's combat vehicles and armored vehicles!

Because it was farther from Xi'an, the 68th Regiment of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army in Jingyang did not suffer much damage in the air raid. However, the more than 3,000 Japanese troops led by Colonel Shibata Yoshi suffered a catastrophe in the raid of the 31st Armored Division of the People's Army!

When the Japanese army was about to approach the position deployed by the Japanese army in the Jingyang area, Yao Guangxun, the commander of the 31st Armored Division, issued a vicious order to the troops in the speeding command vehicle: "After breaking through the enemy's front-line position, destroy all the enemies on our attack line! Crush all those *** into pulp!"

Each armored division of the People's Army has three armored regiments, two of which are tank regiments and one is armored infantry regiments, with a total of 312 tanks and armored vehicles. Due to the use of more advanced suspension devices and artillery stabilization devices, the armored forces of the People's Army have unique ability to attack during marching in this era.

Hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles were rumbled and thunderous. Before they could approach the Japanese front-line positions, the Japanese army discovered the 31st Armored Division of the People's Army that was speeding from the west. Some Japanese soldiers, regardless of whether they were useful or not, began to use their rifles and machine guns to hit the quickly approaching tanks and armored vehicles. Some Japanese soldiers had their expressions distorted due to fear and shouted at the top of their lungs: "Enemy attack! Chariot raid!"

When the Japanese position was more than 1,000 meters away, the tanks and armored vehicles of the 31st Panzer Division began to use the vehicle-mounted 105 artillery to pour artillery fire at the enemy. A total of more than 300 artillery fired one after another, and the position of the Japanese 68th Regiment was immediately covered by artillery fire!

"Who?! The Chinese People's Army's chariots were actually firing in the running?!" The three captains of the 68th Regiment, who were observing with a telescope behind the position, were not caring about the dust and losses in front of him, and screamed in a panic, "Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

It was too late! The distance of about a thousand meters was almost instantly for the People's Army tanks with an off-road speed of about fifty kilometers per hour! Before the Japanese army in front received the order, more than 300 chariots of the 31st Armored Division rushed into the Japanese position and roared in the sound of gunfire and crushed the panicked Japanese army!

In addition to a small number of Japanese troops far away from the front line and escaped because they saw the opportunity early, nearly 3,000 Japanese devils in the entire 68th Regiment were either blown away by the People's Army's artillery fire, or were broken into pieces by heavy machine guns on board, or died under the crushing of chariot tracks!

After the 31st Division broke through, the 32nd Infantry Division and the 105th Artillery Regiment of the Artillery Division also followed up in time under Song Wei's command. After sweeping away the remaining forces of the Japanese army, they continued to advance towards Gaoling.

Song Wei's troops showed off their might in Jingyang, and Dong Bicheng and the main force of the Third Army commanded by the Chief of Staff also met with the main force of the Japanese 3rd Division in Xianyang.

After suffering more than four hours of air strikes by the People's Army, the 3rd Division on the Weihe River suffered heavy losses. Just when the division commander Gao Qiaodaga listened quietly to the chief of staff reporting the damage to the troops, the assault force composed of the armored regiments of the 33rd and 34th Divisions and the direct air defense brigade of the army also launched an armored assault on the positions of the 3rd Division.

Although the two armored regiments and an air defense brigade are not equipped with tanks like the 31st Armored Division, the number of combat vehicles is not much different. If we say it differently, the double-equipped 37 anti-aircraft guns equipped with the air defense brigade are much smaller in caliber. However, the double-equipped 37 anti-aircraft guns also have tanks. The advantageous artillery of the armored vehicles is that they can fire continuously, and the range is much farther than that of the 105 smoothbore gun, and the penetration power is stronger when flat.

The firepower of the assault force was already unbearable to the 3rd Division, and the joining of the 155th Artillery Regiment on the 35th Artillery Division, which followed, made the Japanese who were already in hell fall straight towards the 18th floor!

"Your Excellency, the enemy's armor is too strong, and it has been broken before! It's too late to ask for tactical guidance. Please order the troops to retreat!" The commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, Tang Zhence, was bleeding regardless of the wound on his shoulder. He broke into the command center of the 3rd Division with a pale face and said to Gao Qiaodaohe Er, "The People's Army's armored troops appeared in Guanzhong. This was an unexpected situation, and the front army would understand!"

"Where to retreat?! Are you running fast, or are the Chinese People's Army's tanks fast? Retreat now is just a dead end!" Gao Qiao Duohe Er started to fire and shouted, "Order the troops to get out of the enemy's direction of breakthrough, retreat to the river bank first, and hold on until dark before moving!"

"River Bank? Isn't there no way out?" Tang Zhence widened his eyes in surprise, "There are infantry following behind the enemy. It's even harder to persevere when we retreat to the uncovered river bank!"

"What do you know?!" Gao Qiaodaoji also glared and shouted, "The mud on the river bank will slow the enemy's armored forces, and the soft soil will reduce the power of artillery fire! The British can retreat from Dunkirk because they use the role of the coastal beach! Although it is winter now, by 3 pm, the frozen river beach is the most beneficial to our troops' current defense!"

"Your Excellency!" I don't know if what Gao Qiaodaga Er said would work, Tang Zhence agreed and reminded him, "But this cannot last until night. Judging from the firepower density, the enemy's troops advancing east this time are at least 60,000 or 70,000, which is not something we can withstand. It is best to retreat early!"

Gao Qiao Duohe Er sighed dejectedly: "If you want to retreat, you can only retreat east along the river bank! Besides, there is no other way..."

The 3rd Japanese Division retreated to the north bank of the Wei River, which really increased the difficulty of the Third Army of the People's Army annihilated it. After reporting the situation to the Army Command, Chief of Staff Duan Haishan smacked his lips and said, "This 3rd Division is really worthy of being a permanent division, and the reaction is unexpected. It is almost noon now, and the river bank is soft, our heavy equipment cannot get close to, and the effect of artillery bombardment has also been greatly reduced. But it is not a problem to keep such an enemy behind him. Commander, what do you think of this?"

"Cold!" Dong Bicheng smiled, "Didn't the Japanese use the river beach wetlands to serve as protective forces when the weather is warm at noon? Then we will leave the main force of the 34th Division and the rocket launcher regiment of the Artillery Division. When the freezing starts at three or four o'clock in the afternoon, we will use heavy firepower to annihilate it! I don't believe it. With the firepower of the rocket launcher regiment and the firepower of a division, can the 3rd Division still make a big splash?!"

"This method is good!" Duan Haishan's eyes lit up. After thinking for a while, he added, "The Second Army is probably coming soon. When they arrive at the south bank of the Wei River, we will use firepower to attack both sides, and we must make the 3rd Division a slag!"

Due to the long journey and the bridges and rivers were built in the middle, although everything went smoothly, the Second Army only advanced to 9:30 in advance. However, shortly after advancing from Zhouzhi, the Second Army had to build bridges and advance eastward because the bridges in the Laohe River and Fenghe River were destroyed when the Eighth War Zone retreated, and then advanced eastward again.

Facing the situation in front of him, Tao Jinghui was anxious, but he could only sigh: "It is said that eight waters surround Chang'an. If we had built bridges along the way and arrived in Xi'an, the Third Army would have been waiting for a long time!"

"You don't have to worry about having a good meal!" Although Luo Zhensheng, deputy commander of the Second Group Army, was anxious, he smiled and comforted, "The Japanese entered Guanzhong with six divisions and one chariot cluster. Except for two divisions on the north bank of the Wei River, the others were all on the south bank of the Wei River! Lao Dong and his team advanced rapidly on the north bank of the Wei River, which would only attract the attention of the Japanese army to the north. When we caught up, they would just catch him off guard!"

"This idea is good, but it cannot stop the Japanese army from entering Xi'an on the east bank of the Ba River from entering west!" Xu Mingyi frowned and thought, "If you want to hold the Japanese back, you may have to work with the Air Force brothers again, delay the Japanese army through air strikes, and win time for our troops to advance eastward! Ask for air support from the headquarters!"

In order to carry out the "blizzard" operation, the two theaters of Jinan and Yulin were each equipped with three aviation divisions, while the three aviation divisions led by Lin Xiang were cooperated with the Guanzhong direction. The headquarters is now directly under the headquarters and will be under its jurisdiction after being formed in the Luoyang theater. The three aviation divisions led by Luo Qingrui are directly under the headquarters of the People's Army.

"It seems that no matter how careful the considerations were before the war, there were always unexpected places." After receiving a telegram from the Second Army, Zhou Mingyuan sighed after the Fourth and Fifth Air Divisions of the Mingkong Division took off and supported him, "Not only did the Longhai Line Bridge that originally expected to play a mobile role were destroyed, but even the highway bridges entering Xi'an from west to east were destroyed. When Xu Mingyi and the others arrived in Xi'an and then advanced eastward, they might be destroyed by the double damage of the Eighth War Zone and the Japanese, and there would be even fewer bridges left on the big and small rivers! This is really difficult step by step!"

"This is because of the inadequate reconnaissance before the war." Zhao Zhenzhong did not care too much and explained, "Before the retreat of the Eighth War Zone, Guanzhong was in a state of tension due to the battle on the front line of Tongguan. Our army's reconnaissance personnel were difficult to enter. Besides, even if we knew about the destruction of the bridges in Hu Zong's southern retreat, we could not stop them. This is also the reason why we had previously asked Guanzhong to "annihilate one enemy and defeat most of its forces". As long as the Japanese wanted to run, just breaking down all the bridges along the south bank of the Wei River would be enough to delay the operation of our Second Army for three or five days. And the Third Army, which was fighting on the North Bank alone, would be difficult to complete the anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-ant

"Fortunately, the shortcomings in Guanzhong can be made up through other places." Zhou Mingyuan smiled, "We will definitely gain a lot of money now. I just don't know what the two old Japanese devils, Okamura and Hata Shunruo, will have their expressions now!"

On the same day the People's Army marched into Guanzhong, the first and third two armies of the Guards also crossed the East Ming Dynasty in southern Hebei, crossed the former Yellow River route, and cut off the Pinghan Line in northern Henan. At the same time, the three aviation divisions affiliated to the Jinan War Zone also began an air strike on the Liaodong Peninsula, the two peninsulas in Korea, and the blockade of the Bohai Bay.

The sixth, eleventh and twelfth armies under the jurisdiction of the northern Shanxi, Suidong and Yulin war zones also began to launch large-scale attacks on the Japanese army's méng army and other units.

On November 9, once the People's Party armed forces were launched, they dispatched millions of troops, forming a sweeping force against the Japanese army dominated by North China!

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