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Chapter 607: Withdrawal of Troops from Wuhan (2)

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    Okamura Neiji knew that he must be the first unit to enter Wuhan City, and he wanted to take the lead in capturing Wuhan City.

    There was no other way. The entire Matsuura division was wiped out like a blow to the head, almost knocking him down.  This was a disastrous failure and a humiliation he had never suffered in his decades of conducting career.

    Now he has almost become the laughing stock of the base camp, and he doesn¡¯t know how many people are waiting to see his jokes, so he wants to change this situation.

    There is only one way to change this situation, and that is to take the lead in capturing Wuhan City, which is equivalent to making the first contribution.

    With the first achievement, everything in front of him is not an exaggeration. Okamura Neiji understands those people in Japan. They do not understand the differences between Chinese soldiers. In the eyes of those people, all Chinese armies are the same.  , by the way, except for Li Guoyao's subordinates.

    The big guys in Tokyo will never believe that Xue Yue¡¯s fighting spirit changed his strategy, so the only thing he can do is to lead the troops to capture Wuhan City first and firmly take the credit. As for everything else, it doesn¡¯t matter.

    Therefore, on the second day after arriving in Tianjia Town, Okamura Neiji ordered Inaba Shiro to immediately mobilize troops and rush to Wuhan.

    Facing the powerful Okamura Neiji, Lieutenant General Inaba had no chance to refute, although he also knew that if the Sixth Division did this, there would be a high probability that hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops from the periphery of Wuhan to the Dabie Mountains would be safe.  Evacuation would not be able to accomplish the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor's strategic purpose of encircling and annihilating hundreds of thousands of national troops.

    But he did not dare to refute, so he could only follow the orders of the commander Okamura Neiji, commanding more than 20,000 people of the 6th Division to launch a fierce attack on Wuhan City.

    Since the fall of Tianjia Town, from Chiang Kai-shek in Wuhan to the army and division generals in the 5th theater, they have all become frightened. They realize that Wuhan will never be able to be defended again. The remnants of all armies have their eyes wide open to avoid being attacked by the Japanese army.  Outflank, fall into encirclement.

    So a small Niudao detachment unexpectedly shook the hundreds of thousands of defenders in the Jiangbei 5th Theater.  Soon the Ushidao detachment, which had not encountered fierce fighting along the way, arrived at Jieling. They attacked fiercely overnight and broke through the defenses of the Chinese defenders. Then Major General Ushijima Mitsuru, a short and strong man, proudly led the team into Xishui City.

    During this strategic shift, Xu Yuanquan actually led his 26th Army to retreat westward without authorization, instead of staying in the Dabie Mountains.

    Because at the beginning of the Wuhan Defense War, the Xu Department's operations in the area west of Hefei were ineffective, they lost ground continuously, and the troops arbitrarily disturbed the people.  Therefore, Xu disobeyed military orders and retreated without permission. The 5th War Zone immediately reported the situation and requested that he be arrested and subjected to a military trial.

    But this is all for later. Xishui County was captured and Wuhan was shaken for a while.

    At this time, the Nationalist Government¡¯s order to evacuate Wuhan has been fully publicized, and all military units, party and government agencies, and public institutions have evacuated Wuhan.

    The 6th Division also received an aerial reconnaissance report from the 3rd Flying Regiment. In the Xiaojie Ridge area of ??the Dabie Mountains, the Chinese garrison was retreating towards Macheng. After learning of the situation, Inaba Shiro immediately ordered the 36th Brigade.  The entire 23rd Infantry Regiment of Colonel Izano Tora was riding in vehicles with the 9th Independent Light Armored Squadron, the 2nd Squadron of the 5th Tank Battalion, the 2nd Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment, the 3rd Battalion of the 6th Field Artillery Regiment,  A squadron of engineers and others formed a pursuit team.

    When this mechanized pursuit team broke into the area east of Huangpi, it intercepted some of the Kuomintang troops retreating west from Macheng. After the battle, many personnel were captured. About 80 artillery pieces and 14 cars were abandoned along the highway.  .

    The Sano Regiment made great gains in this battle, capturing more than 80 field artillery pieces alone. This number was even higher than the total number of artillery pieces in a Japanese Class A division.

    But Sano¡¯s rapid detachment is a tactical detachment after all. It is more than capable of dealing with stragglers. If it wants to form a division and a group to surround the Chinese rear guard, it seems to be unable to do so.

    In addition, at this moment, the 2nd Army has not yet advanced out of Jiujie and Hekou Town, completely cutting off the Pinghan Line, which left a large gap for Li Pinxian's rearguard, a road leading to resurrection.

    On the evening of December 19, Huangpi was captured by the enemy's 36th Brigade.

    Soon, Shunroku Hata¡¯s China Expeditionary Forces forward command post in Jiujiang, based on the progress of the war situation, issued orders to its troops on December 24 to attack Wuhan and what to pay attention to after entering the city.

    "the military camping areas should be avoided in the city and should be located in large buildings in the suburbs to facilitate the maintenance of military discipline and moral conduct; from Liangdao Street in Wuchang, Dawu Temple in Hankou to Xia Pier, and Chaozongmen in Hanyang,  The establishment of refugee areas must protect the buildings, temples, universities, libraries, and exhibition halls in Hanyang, Hankou, and Wuchang. There are concessions and embassies from various countries in Wuhan. Every move of our army attracts the attention of the world. Therefore, we use practical actions to promote the imperial power and use it to  It is an excellent opportunity to understand the true posture of the Imperial Army, so everyone must understand this.Be careful, and take into account the lessons of the past to prevent laxity over time.  Furthermore, Wuhan is the base where our army will be stationed and conduct operations in the future, and all buildings and facilities are strictly prohibited from being destroyed.  "

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    At this time, the enemy's 11th Army attacking troops along the river were approaching Wuhan.

    After the enemy's 116th Division Ishihara Tsuneutaro's 119th Brigade captured Lanxi on the bank of the Yangtze River southwest of Xishui, they took a boat from Lanxi upstream across Huangzhou to the Yangluo area on the north bank of the Yangtze River, about 35 kilometers east of Wuhan.

    After the 36th Brigade of the 6th Division captured Huangpi, they organized two pursuit teams heading south and north, namely Colonel Sano Tora's 23rd Regiment and the attached artillery, armor, anti-aircraft artillery and other units to pursue Hankou.  .

    The 47th Infantry Regiment of Col. Iwasaki Minao pursued north of Huangpi via Yanzigang, Changxuanling, and Yaoji, and captured Hekou Town to prevent the national army from withdrawing westward from the Dabie Mountains, and at the same time to coordinate the 2nd Infantry Regiment.  The 10th Division of the Army moved south from Xinyang along Pinghan Road and the area to the west, detouring around Wuhan.

    The 60th Regiment of Gao Pinbiao of the 15th Division in Jiangnan has also arrived at Gedian, east of Wuchang, and is engaged in a fierce battle with Li Jilan's 55th Division.

    By December 26, the enemy's 11th Army troops had reached areas 30 kilometers east of Wuchang and northeast of Hankou.

    The Japanese army was like a gathering dark cloud, pressing hard towards Wuhan from the east, south and north.  er In the suburbs of Wuhan, with the fall of the surrounding natural barriers and key passes along the river, Wuhan has become a deathbed for military strategists and is besieged on all sides.

    Fortunately, the Nationalist Government learned the bloody lessons of Shanghai and Nanjing and began to evacuate party, government and local government agencies in batches in a step-by-step manner a few months ago, evacuating millions of people.

    Therefore, Wuhan was almost empty at this time. Except for the old, weak, sick and those who were really unwilling to leave their hometown, all those who could leave had left. The city of Wuhan with a population of one million had been reduced by two-thirds.

    To be honest, the Chinese people were really frightened by the atrocities committed by the Japs in Nanjing. No one was willing to hand over their lives to the cruel Japanese.

    At this time, a high-level meeting was being held in the Wuhan Military Commission Building. Since most of the troops had already evacuated Wuhan City, there were not many generals participating in the meeting. There were only a dozen or so people in total, including  Mainly Guo Chan's 94th Army and Li Guoyao's 61st Army.

    Soon after the meeting began, after Chen Cheng, commander of the Ninth War Zone, briefly introduced the enemy's situation, Chiang Kai-shek said in a solemn tone: "Everyone, I am ready to give up on Wuhan."

    Although the order had been issued and everyone knew what the Military Commission meant, it was still surprising to hear these words coming from Chairman Chiang Kai-shek.

    However, despite being surprised, the lieutenant general breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone knew the results of the previous battle to defend Nanjing. It was precisely because of the delay in the order to retreat from above that it resulted in extremely serious consequences.

    Now that the Military Commission has decided to retreat, at least everyone has avoided the fate of being surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army, which can be considered a merit.

    "Everyone, the Battle of Wuhan has been going on for nearly half a year. The Japanese army has suffered unprecedented attrition, and our army's strategic intention has been achieved. Moreover, the Japanese army sneaked into Guangzhou, several places in South China were lost, and the Guangdong-Han Line has been cut off. Therefore, Wuhan's strategic position  It has been lost. If our army persists without force, it will eventually be lost. It is better to decide to give up voluntarily and retain some strength as the foundation for a protracted resistance war and final victory"

    Chen Cheng lost no time but admired from the bottom of his heart: "The chairman of the Generalissimo has good opinion, Wuhan must not fight to the death with the Japanese army."

    Old Jiang glanced at Chen Cheng and continued: "Today in Wuhan, factories, mines, institutions, groups, schools, and refugees have all evacuated as planned. Wuhan is just an empty city. Abandon Wuhan, as is strategic necessity."

    But as soon as the words changed, Lao Jiang continued: "But politically, we must not allow the enemy to set foot on our sacred homeland with peace of mind. Don't you forget, Wuhan is a place with a revolutionary tradition, so it should be symbolized by a military force  Sexual resistance.¡±

    After saying that, he turned to Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng and asked, "Jian Sheng, Ci Xiu, tell me, how many troops should be left?"

    Chen Cheng didn't want to divide his troops randomly for such a superficial thing, so he immediately responded: "Is it possible to keep 1 brigade of troops?"

    Bai Chongxi was obviously not interested in this kind of thing, so he nodded and went through the motions.

    "Which of the generals here is willing to take the initiative to stay in Wuhan City and fulfill the last responsibility of our soldiers?" Lao Jiang asked in a deep voice.

    At this time, a firm voice said loudly: "Reporting to the committee, our 61st Army is willing to stay and guard Wuhan City for you!"

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