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Chapter 55 Xiangxi (3)

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    Since Okamura Neiji was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Expeditionary Force in China, he has been ambitious and bent on ending the war in China as soon as possible in his own hands.

    The international situation at this time is already on the verge of collapse for Japan.  Although the Japanese army achieved victory in Operation No. 1 in the previous year and captured large areas of land and cities in China from Henan to Hunan and Guangxi, this battle, which the Chinese called the Battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi, used  The Japanese army, with a strength of 800,000, won a tragic victory in the war and suffered losses of more than 100,000.  What made the Japanese army even more unexpected was that although they had seized more than a thousand miles of land, they had to disperse their already stretched troops to defend these newly occupied places.  , from beginning to end, the railway lines from Peking to Nanning and Guangzhou were not really running.  After the Battle of Guiliu, the combat effectiveness and quality of the Japanese troops stationed in China also declined rapidly, and they were already at the end of their strength.

    Since January of this year, the U.S. military has attacked the Ryukyu Islands, kicking off the Battle of Okinawa.  At the same time, on the battlefield in Myanmar, the Southeast Asian Allied Forces composed of the Chinese Army in India and the British-Indian Army have also advanced towards Yangon. The Japanese army on the battlefield in Southeast Asia is already in a desperate situation facing defeat.  At this time, the Japanese base camp was completely in extreme panic. At this time, they only firmly believed that they could only save the defeat by reaching a peace agreement with China and quickly solving the "China Incident".  However, the base camp also knows that China will not make peace easily at this time no matter what. Even during the Battle of Wuhan and the Battle of Zaoyi when the Japanese army was at its peak, the Chinese army was still unable to defeat them. How could it be possible when victory was imminent?  What about surrender?  However, due to the strong recommendation of Okamura Neiji and others, the Tokyo base camp believed that as long as the main force of the national army was effectively annihilated, the Chongqing government could be forced to negotiate peace.

    However, when they arrived at the Japanese military headquarters in China under the plan of the Tokyo base camp, many senior generals of the Japanese army in China were dumbfounded. Even during the No. 1 battle, the Japanese army had such an advantage that they could not annihilate the national army. At this time  How is it possible to achieve this grand plan with the existing military strength?  However, after the Battle of Guiliu, the Japanese army used the usual single-front attack tactics to attack the airport located in the border area of ??Hunan, Guangdong and Jiangxi. This time, the Japanese army followed the pre-war strategy and attacked quickly, before the national army formed an encirclement.  By the time, I had completely recovered and achieved very good results.  As a result, Okamura Neiji was dazzled by this victory and believed that "a small advance of troops in a surprise attack", coupled with the support of the spirit of Bushido, as long as he was "determined to die", he could "attack the enemy's key point in one fell swoop"  .  In fact, when the Japanese army was in a stalemate with the National Army, its main purpose was to "advance rapidly and retreat quickly". However, the Japanese army rarely adhered to its strategic plan. After capturing a city, it always wanted to hold on, but was defeated by the National Army.  The army was encircled, thus forming a situation of "rapid advance and slow retreat", and the losses were often considerable.  The victory in the Hunan-Guangdong-Jiangxi border area was only the result of a rare Japanese military operation based on established policies.

    When Okamura Neiji proposed this amazing idea to the superiors, the base camp had some doubts at first. However, at this time, the Japanese base camp also fell into madness. In the end, it was moved by Okamura Neiji's plan and immediately ordered the dispatch to China.  The army prepares for the "Sichuan Operation".  Although the above were full of hope for this plan, the Japanese military staff in China knew the truth and replied: "The small advance surprise attack instructed by the commander-in-chief of the base camp will be difficult to implement if used in the Sichuan operation!" But Okamura  Commander-in-Chief Neji and the base camp still did not give up, and the base camp issued another order: "We must use force to suppress and seek peace with Chairman Chiang Kai-shek of China. This is the base camp's most ardent hope for General Okamura!".  After receiving this instruction, Okamura Neiji immediately ordered a war game exercise. During the exercise, the Japanese military commander put forward a premise that "there is no possibility of the Chinese military's reinforcements arriving quickly." However, his opponent's staff officer  But he replied unceremoniously: "On good military roads, it is of course possible to transport it with American military vehicles!" Although the staff offices were tit-for-tat during the exercise, the Japanese field force commander also expressed his hope in this dream-like plan.  High hopes.  Under this situation, Okamura Neiji decided to launch a large-scale offensive in central China to show that the Chinese dispatched troops still existed on the Chinese battlefield.  At this time, the Battle of Western Henan and Northern Hubei was being fought to the death. The Japanese Eleventh Army stationed in central China was also complaining that the defense line was too long, but Okamura Neji still insisted on this battle.

    In March, the Japanese dispatched troops to China instructed its Sixth Front Army to implement Operation Plan No. 20. The strategic goal was to "annihilate the main force of the National Army's 24th Group Army between Dongkou and Wugang, and destroy Zhijiang Airport!"  At this time, the 24th Army of the National Army had evolved into the Fourth Front Army under the Army Headquarters.  The commander of the Japanese Sixth Front Army, Naosaburo Okabe, did not agree with Okamura Neji's decision, but as a subordinate, he had no choice but to obey.  ??The words you said to him over a drink before leaving.  These young soldiers admired him very much as the captain of the regiment. They all had childlike faces because they were too young, and they still had passionate passion after listening to his encouragement. These child soldiers  I firmly believe in his words.  But at this time, he felt that he was a shameless person, knowing that there was a road of no return, but he still wanted to send these children there.  At this moment, he could only believe that this was just because of the cruelty of war, not his ruthlessness.

    Iwanaga left, and the new division commander was named Genshiro Hishida. This Hishida division commander had a different enthusiasm than Iwanaga. He actually believed Okamura Neji's nonsense and believed that as long as the spirit of Bushido is carried forward, everything can be done.  Victory can be achieved.  Matsushita Seijiro never believed the words of the new division commander, but as a subordinate, he could only obey the orders of his superiors. At this time, he was already thinking about how to escape with his soldiers intact.

    The commander of the Hisita Division rushed from Hengyang to Shaoyang. After being occupied by the Japanese army last year, Shaoyang returned to its pre-Republican name and was called Baoqing. At this time, Baoqing was the headquarters of the Japanese 116th Division.  .  The life of Commander Hishida Division was not very good. Before he arrived at Baoqing, he was attacked by the National Army guerrillas on the road. Only he and a staff officer survived by chance, so Matsushita Seijiro met him for the first time.  When he was the division commander, he saw the embarrassment of Hishitian even worse than when he himself was defeated in Changde.  Although Hisita was also very angry that he had been embarrassed in front of his subordinates, he still acted like a commander, treating the danger as nothing more than an insignificant experience, and immediately devoted himself to arranging troops before the war.

    After Hishitian, the commander of the Japanese Twentieth Army, Ichiro Bannishi, also came to Baoqing from Hengyang and set up his front-line command post here.  It was April 15th when Ichiro Sakanishi arrived at Hoqiu, and on that day, the commander issued a formal order to attack.

    Before Ichiro Banishi announced the start of the official attack, Hishida's 116th Division had already started taking action.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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