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Chapter 912: The Battle of Kunlun Pass Begins

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    After the fall of Nanning, both the Japanese army and the Chinese army reacted greatly. The Japanese army was thankful that the attack went smoothly and finally entered the hinterland of Guangxi. Taking this opportunity, they will attack the northwest of Guangxi according to the planned plan and completely capture it.  The entire South China region.

    On the day when the Japanese army occupied Nanning, the 21st Army Headquarters handed over the Taiwan brigade to the command of the 5th Division Commander Jun Imamura. The headquarters left Qinzhou and returned to Guangzhou.

    The 5th Division then held a grand entry ceremony in Nanning, and then used the 21st Brigade to guard the area east of Nanning, the 9th Brigade to guard the area to the west, and the 2nd Brigade of the 42nd Regiment, Major Sozaburo Matsumoto, to guard the area beyond Nanning.  In the Sitang area in the east, the 5th Cavalry Regiment and the 3rd Brigade of the 21st Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Morimoto Takumi, are located in the Batang area in the northeast of Nanning, guarding towards Binyang.

    At the same time, at the Gaofeng Pass north of Nanning, the 2nd Brigade of the 41st Wing of the 9th Brigade, Major Ikakuharu Ikano, was stationed and guarded the direction of Wuming.

    The Taiwan Brigade is stationed in Qinzhou and is responsible for protecting the supply line from Qinzhou to Nanning.

    But soon, the 21st Brigade was attacked by a regiment of the 188th Division of the Kuomintang Army and its attached artillery and tank units of the 5th Army in Batang. Nakamura Masao hurriedly led the main force of his brigade to Batang that day.

    On November 5, after fighting with the 188th Division and the 1st Section of the 200th Mechanized Division, they advanced about 10 kilometers and occupied Kunlun Pass.

    After that, the defense force of the area was strengthened, and a squadron of anti-tank guns, a squadron of mountain artillery, a squadron of mortars, a squadron of engineers, two squadrons of radio and a health team were dispatched.

    Then the Japanese army prepared to attack Longzhou and other places about 190 kilometers southwest of Nanning. This was the second target of the 5th Division's attack.

    At this time, the national army was shaken by the fall of Nanning, which shook the entire South China region. The senior officials of the Nationalist Government were quite angry about this, and ordered the frontline troops to prepare to counterattack and recapture Nanning.

    The Kuomintang army had detected that the Japanese army would attack the Longzhou area, so it mobilized the local people to dig all the roads from Nanning to Ningming through Wuxu, Suwei, Shanwei, Qurong, Dongmen, Suilu, Liuqiao and Ningming.  destroy.

    After the 5th Division occupied Nanning, they immediately began to fill in the dug roads and build an airport in preparation for the attack on Longzhou.

    Then, according to the plan, the commander of the 9th Brigade and Chuanyuan Qi led the 11th Regiment, the 1st Battalion of the 41st Regiment, a mortar squadron, an engineer squadron, a vehicle squadron, and a health team from Nanning to the town.  Nanguan and Longzhou attacked.

    Major General Oikawa¡¯s offensive plan is for the 11th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Rikuchi Kaori from Changshan County, to command the 1st and 3rd Brigades of the regiment, and some engineers as the advance team to capture Zhennanguan; Oikawa will lead the main force of the brigade to attack Longzhou.

    This force occupied Longzhou after building roads, marching, and engaging in continuous small-scale battles with the Kuomintang troops. Subsequently, the advance team from Shan County occupied Zhennanguan.  When the 9th Brigade attacked Longzhou and Zhennanguan, 105 people were killed and 256 wounded.

    In terms of the overall operation, it was relatively smooth, and the casualties were not very large, so the Japanese army was very satisfied with it.

    However, when Oikawa Genchi arrived at Mingjiang east of Ningming on the 20th, he suddenly received an order for "the Chinese army to launch a massive counterattack towards Nanning and the brigade to return quickly."  Therefore, after the 9th Brigade occupied Longzhou and Zhennanguan, it immediately made preparations to return.

    When occupying Longzhou, the Japanese army seized a large amount of imported materials, including 100 cars, 580,000 gallons of gasoline and heavy oil, a large amount of copper, bar steel, 180 tons of lead, 6.7 tons of tin, 1 ton of tungsten, heavy industrial materials, gunpowder,  Ammunition, clothing, etc., and 359 rifles.

    When the 21st Brigade retreated in a hurry, it was difficult to take away many supplies. In addition to setting fire to them, manpower was organized to push many supplies into the nearby river.

    The materials robbed and burned by the Japanese army thought they were owned by the Chinese government and were for military use. However, in fact, most of the materials were American goods. Therefore, Japan had another foreign affairs dispute with the U.S. military.  This has also made the already precarious relationship between the United States and Japan even more fragile.

    Speaking of the National Army's camp in Guilin, we learned through reconnaissance that the Japanese army only had the 5th Division and the Taiwan Brigade from Qinzhou Bay to Nanning, and from Nanning northeast to Kunlun Pass. They were stationed quite scattered and were organizing manpower to fill up Nanning.  The road was dug out to the west, preparing to attack Longzhou and Zhennanguan.

    Based on the above enemy situation, Guilin camp director Bai Chongxi believed that the opportunity was rare, and immediately proposed a counterattack to regain Nanning. The plan was approved by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, and agreed to use the main force of the air force and transfer Chen Ji's 66th Army in Ji'an, Jiangxi to  Guangxi and Ling Yu Hanmou's 12th Army launched an offensive to contain the enemies in Guangzhou.

    The Guilin camp then issued a combat order to recapture Nanning: Xia Wei's 16th Group Army, followed by Zhou Zuhuang's 1st?The column attacked the Gaofeng Pass north of Nanning, and the other group attacked Sitang and Wutang east of Nanning to support Xu Tingyao's 38th Group Army in capturing Kunlun Pass.

    Wei Yunsong¡¯s second column (the 31st Army) attacked Nanning from Datang and Wuxu south of Nanning, and blocked Qinzhou¡¯s reinforcements to Nanning.

    Xu Tingyao's 38th Group Army used its main force to annihilate the enemies near Kunlun Pass, then attacked Nanning, and coordinated with the 16th Group Army and the 26th Group Army to besiege Nanning.

    The 46th Army of Cai Tingkai's 26th Group Army and the advancing 3rd column concentrated on Lingshan County in southern Guangxi and the Luwu area west of the county.  Destroy the enemy's transportation from Qinzhou Bay to Yongning, focus on attacking the Xiaodong area west of Luwu, and block the enemy's reinforcements from Nanning.

    After the 66th Army reaches Gula and Gantang in the southeast of Binyang, it should cross the Yujiang River from the Nanxiang area west of Hengxian County in Yongchun (now Luancheng) east of Yongning and attack the enemies east of the Yong-Qin Highway.  Destroy its transportation and communications, and prevent the enemy from moving north for reinforcements.

    The missions of the Air Force: reconnaissance of enemy ship activities and landings on the sea surface of Qinzhou and Fangcheng; bombing of enemy aircraft carriers, airports, warships and transport convoys; covering ground troops' attacks on Kunlun Pass and Gaofeng Pass; dispatching at any time when notified to support ground troops in operations

    The artillery unit; the main force is located near Silong to the west of Binyang, assisting the 38th Group Army in attacking Kunlun Pass; the other part is located in the Shuangqiao area south of Wuming, cooperating with the first column to attack Gaofeng Pass.

    And the main force of the 99th Army of the 38th Group Army Fu Zhongfang is the general reserve team, and the camp command post is located in Qianjiang.

    The enemy's 5th Division stationed in Nanning was not informed in advance that the Kuomintang army would attack Nanning soon. According to the original plan, the commander of the 9th Brigade and the Chuanyuan Seventh Division were ordered to set off from Nanning and attack Longzhou and Zhennanguan.  However, the Chinese army launched an attack on Kunlun Pass at 11:30 that day.

    The Japanese troops defending Kunlun Pass were the 5th Cavalry Regiment, the 3rd Battalion of the 21st Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Morimoto Takuji, and the attached artillery units. Their strength was relatively weak, so the 5th Division ordered the captain of the 21st Regiment to lead his 1st Infantry Regiment.  , the 2nd Brigade and some cavalry went to reinforce.

    The captain of the 21st Regiment, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, led the troops in 31 vehicles to Jiutang, not far south of Kunlun Pass, and set up the regiment headquarters there, and then sent troops to carry out reinforcement attacks at Kunlun Pass.

    Xu Tingyao¡¯s 38th Army¡¯s army attacking Kunlun Pass was Du Yuming¡¯s 5th Army.

    The army used Zheng Dongguo's Honorary First Division, equipped with one company each of mountain artillery, combat defense artillery, and tanks, to attack Kunlun Pass; Qiu Qingquan's new 22nd Division attacked Wutang and Liuzhou between the east of Nanning and Kunlun Pass from the north.  The 92nd Division of the 99th Army, Liang Hanming, attacked Qitang and Batang from the south of the highway and surrounded a narrow strip of land about 30 kilometers along the highway from Wutang to Kunlun Pass; the 200th Mechanized Division led by Dai Anlan was located in Si  The areas east of Long and south of Binyang are on standby.  After the above troops were deployed, they all launched fierce attacks on time.

    At this point, the Battle of Kunlun Pass has begun!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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