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Chapter 554: The battle situation in Jiangbei

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    After nearly three months of bloody fighting, the Japanese army suffered heavy losses on the Nanxun Line and temporarily gave up the offensive.

    Okamura Neiji now has a clear memory of the battle on the Nanxun Line. Before the war, they thought that the battle on the south bank of the Yangtze River should be the fastest progress among all three armies, and the losses would be the smallest.

    However, what they did not expect was that the Nanxun line turned out to be the battlefield where the Japanese army made the slowest progress and suffered the greatest losses. Because of this, after occupying Jiujiang, the Japanese army did not continue to attack westward, but summed up experience and made up for its losses.

    The bloody battle in Nanxun came to a temporary halt, and the Jiangnan battlefield fell into silence for a while.

    Although the offensive of the Japanese army Okamura has stopped, the Japs have not given up their ambition to capture Wuhan. The troops in Jiangbei are still advancing westward, and the progress is very rapid, which makes the war situation that the National Government has just stabilized difficult to achieve again.  An expected reversal.

    In fact, the Jiangbei battle began as early as early June when the Japanese army captured Qianshan and other places. In order to defend the Jiangbei defense line, the Fifth War Zone deployed Sun Lianzhong's 3rd Corps north of the Dabie Mountains in Lu'an, Yejiaji,  Shangcheng, Gushi, and Huangchuan areas to block the enemy's westward advance and prevent the enemy from crossing the Dabie Mountains.  And completely destroyed the roads in this area, delaying the actions of the Japanese army.

    At the same time, the Nationalist Government also ordered Zhang Zizhong's 27th Army to defend Luoshan, Xinyang and Wusheng Pass south of Xinyang, and Feng Zhi'an's 77th Army to defend Huoshan, Qingshan Town, and the Lianghekou area.

    Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army is located in the Yejiaji, Xiongdian, and Kaishun Street areas, and Song Xilian's 71st Army is stationed in the direction of Shimenkou, Fujinshan, Dingbadian, and Liujiagang.

    In addition, the Fifth War Zone also deployed Li Pinxian's 4th Corps in the Taihu, Huangmei, Guangji, and Xishui areas in the south of the Dabie Mountains to prevent the enemy from attacking Wuhan along the north of the Yangtze River.  Among them, Wang Zanxu's 29th Army is located in the mountainous area north of Taihu County and conducts guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines. Qin Lianfang's 84th Army is located in the west of Huangmei, Zhang Yichun's 48th Army is located in the east of Guangji, and Wei Yunsong's 31st Army is located in the west of Guangji.  area.

    In addition, the Nationalist Government also sent a telegram ordering all war zones to step up their attacks in order to respond to the frontal battlefield. The text read: "Commander Cheng (Qian) of Luoyang, Commander Gu (Zhu Tong) of Tunxi, Commander Xingjiyan (Xishan), Commander Huangchuan Li (Zongren)  ) Chief: The enemy is now devoting all its strength to attack Wuhan, and send most of them out to defend against Russia, and some to rescue southern Shanxi. The east to west transfers are not enough to distribute, so they are to be deployed along the northern section of Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou, Jinpu, Pinghan, and Hebei and Shandong.  , northern Anhui, eastern Henan, Shanxi, Suizhou, etc., the military strength is extremely weak. Now that Qingsha tent has been set up, it is the best period for guerrillas. The troops designated as guerrillas in each theater should take active actions to attack the enemy and try to destroy transportation and communications.  , in order to disperse the forces attacking Wuhan. If the guerrilla strength is deemed insufficient, additional troops must be dispatched as appropriate to ensure that the enemy's lines of communication are completely blocked. We hope that the deployment will be formulated as soon as possible and the exact implementation will be reported."

    In short, the Nationalist Government deployed more than 200,000 troops in Jiangbei to block Prince Dong Jiure's Second Army.

    However, the results were not satisfactory. By August of the war, the Nationalist Government lost Qianshan, Taihu, Susong and other places. Not to mention losing cities and land, the troops in the Fifth Theater suffered extremely heavy losses.

    In late August, when Okamura and Xue Yue were fighting fiercely south of the Yangtze River and the offensive was difficult to progress, Prince Dong Jiure quietly ordered his troops to set off and attack westward.

    The 10th Division and the 13th Division respectively defeated the Yu Xuezhong and Feng Zhian armies within a few days of August 27. After that, the 10th Division entered Lu'an City, and the defenders were captured after fierce street fighting.  Drive out of the city.

    On the 29th, the Tanaka Division occupied Huoshan Castle, progressing faster than the Shinozuka Division.  The division commander, Lieutenant General Tanaka Shizuichi, was so eager to take credit that he did not pay attention to the Chinese defenders at all. After taking Huoshan, he led his troops to march without stopping, ignoring the Chinese defenders in Lihuang County, and took a detour to attack Ye.  Home collection.

    On October 2, after a day of fierce fighting, Yejiaji was captured.  Then they forcibly crossed the Shihe River and approached the Chinese army's main position at Gongjinshan at the mouth of the Dabie Mountains.

    Xinyang. Headquarters of the Fifth War Zone.

    In the war zone commander¡¯s department, Bai Chongxi stared at the map in front of him solemnly, with an angry look on his face.

    Commander Bai just received top-secret information from the Military Command Bureau. He learned that just as the two divisions of Shinozuka and Tanaka were attacking westwards like a pair of iron pliers with their mouths wide open, the Japanese 3rd Division  In addition to leaving a section to guard the rear communication lines, the main force pounced on the rear of the 6th Division of Gangcun on the north bank of the Yangtze River to strengthen assisting forces in secondary directions.

    At the same time, Fujie's 16th Division followed the Shinozuka and Tanaka Divisions as the main offensive reserve force. The Japanese army actually had four divisions in the primary and secondary directions in the north direction.

    At this time, Bai Chongxi, as the acting commander-in-chief of the fifth theater, woke up from his dream.  It turns out that Dong Jiure focused his main attack direction on Dabie.Lu, trying to bypass Xinyang and Wushengguan, and then go south to Wuhan.

    This was completely contrary to their previous judgment. This discovery made Bai Chongxi feel both sudden and useless.

    As a former commander-in-chief of the enemy and a commander-in-chief of a theater, a mistake in judging the enemy's main attack direction will inevitably lead to a wrong main defense direction. At best, it means lack of ability, and at worst, it is dereliction of duty. This makes this person who has always been  Chief Bai, who is known for his strategy, is quite depressed and angry.

    Of course, depression and anger cannot solve the problem. Although there are currently 300,000 defenders in the 5th theater, about 150,000 are located at the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains. The Central Corps has 60,000 to 70,000 troops, but the Left Corps is at the forefront of the Japanese offensive.  But there are less than 100,000 people.

    ??In other words, Sun Lianzhong's Zuo Corps needs a miscellaneous army of less than 100,000 people to fight against an elite Japanese army of 100,000 people. Everyone knows the disparity in strength.  Not to mention the 100,000-strong miscellaneous army, even the 100,000-strong Central Army does not have this ability.

    Bai Chongxi once served as the training director of the Nationalist Government and has also done considerable investigation and research on the current military strength of China and Japan. He knows the actual combat effectiveness of the two countries' armies.

    Based on past combat experience, a Chinese division with strong combat effectiveness can draw a tie with a Japanese regiment only if its tactics are completely correct.

    You must know that an infantry regiment of the Little Devil is only equivalent to China's reinforced regiment in terms of level and scale. This shows the gap between the two sides. In many cases, even an infantry brigade of the Little Devil can defeat a division of the Chinese army.

    It may sound like a fantasy, but it¡¯s true!

    Now at the Fujinshan and Gushi front lines, Sun Lianzhong can mobilize only seven or eight divisions, while the combined strength of the Tanaka and Shinozuka divisions exceeds 10 regiments. The disparity makes the usually calm and composed "Little Zhuge"  "Also a little panicked.

    However, the front line of Fujin Mountain had to be guarded, so after thinking about it again and again, Bai Chongxi called the headquarters of the 3rd Corps in Shangcheng!

    After a few busy signals, the phone was connected, and a young voice came from the other end of the phone: "This is the headquarters of the Third Corps, who are you looking for?"

    "I'm Bai Chongxi, ask your Commander-in-Chief Sun to answer the phone!" Bai Chongxi said immediately.

    "Hello, sir, please wait a moment!"

    After a period of rustling sounds, a man's voice with a northwest accent came over the phone: "Hello, Chief Bai, I'm Sun Lianzhong!"

    Bai Chongxi immediately said, "Commander Sun, I know everything about the situation on the front line. Your department is under great pressure! Time is also tight. Your department should seize the time and adjust its deployment quickly. The main force should be placed at the mountain pass on the right wing. Can you, Tian and Song armies,  Everyone is mobilized to the front line."

    "yes!"

    Then Sun Lianzhong asked: "Sir Bai, you also know the situation of our unit. With so many miscellaneous soldiers from more than ten divisions, I have no clue at all against the dozen or so infantry regiments of the Japs. Please prepare yours for us."  Some reserve teams!¡±

    When Sun Lianzhong asked about the reserve team, Bai Chongxi was silent for a long time and said: "Commander Sun, to be honest, there is no reserve team in the war zone, but I have already sent a report to Wuhan, requesting that some troops be mobilized to Jiangbei to serve as  Reserve team.¡±

    "And Wuhan has also agreed, but we don't know yet which army is coming to reinforce you! But no matter what, you must defend your position and you must not let the little devil pass through your defense zone!"

    As he spoke, he sighed and added: "Brother Lu, the success or failure of the Zuo Corps' defense this time is related to the overall situation of the war zone. You must block the two Japanese divisions from the Dabie Mountain Pass. If they are allowed to rush in and the rear defense cannot be adjusted in time, the war zone will be  The defense will be shaken across the board, and the consequences will be unimaginable. Now that the safety of the war zone is at stake, it¡¯s up to you. As long as you can withstand it, you can make your own decisions before reporting. I wish you can show off the power of Taierzhuang in the past"

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