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Chapter 964: Peak Showdown (16)

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    While Li Guoyao's troops were fighting with the Japanese army in southwest Shandong, the Japanese army on the southern front finally recovered from the crazy attack of the Chinese army!

    After taking office, the Chief of Staff of the 21st Army, Hiroshi Nemoto, immediately made a suggestion to transfer the headquarters of the 21st Army from Guangzhou to Nanning. After conducting a rigorous sand table deduction with the Chief of Operations, Takeshi Fujiwara, they formulated a counter-encirclement plan to relieve the siege of Nanning.  Battle plan.

    According to this combat plan, Major General Gengenbo decided to first concentrate his superior forces to attack the main force of the Chinese 38th Group Army located in the area from the northeast of Nanning to Binyang. The 18th Division will be south of the Yongjiang River from Yongning to the east through Liuwei, Nanyang, and Luan  City, then turn left and encircle Lucun and Gantang from Gula, Daling, Liulong, and Tongli southeast and east of Binyang to Zouxi, Baiwei, and Chengtai areas north of Binyang, cutting off the third  The 38th Group Army¡¯s external relations in the south, east and north.

    The Guards Mixed Brigade, under the control of the Fifth Division, was north of the Yongjiang River and parallel to the 18th Division in the south of the Yangtze River. It double-circuited the 38th Group Army south of Binyang and captured Binyang.  .

    The 5th Division and the Taiwan Brigade under its command set out from Sitang and Batang, detoured to the right from the area west and north of Kunlun Pass, and met with the Guards Mixed Brigade in Binyang to form an encirclement and annihilate the encirclement.  The Chinese army within and attacked Binyang.

    However, while the Japanese army made tactical adjustments, the Chinese army did not make much adjustment. This was mainly due to the failure to grasp the enemy's situation in time and extremely rigid tactics.

    From the beginning of the offensive, the Japanese army deployed troops one by one. By that time, the Japanese army had concentrated 4 infantry regiments and 1 cavalry regiment from Qitang to Kunlun Pass. While the troops in other areas were already very weak, the national army still did not change the main battle.  direction, so that the battle time was repeatedly delayed, giving the enemy the opportunity to mobilize reinforcements from Guangzhou.

    In the long battle, due to the disparity in equipment, the attacking troops suffered heavy casualties. The main attacking 5th Army suffered particularly heavy casualties. When this unit surrendered to the 36th Army, it retreated to the Silong area.  During the rest period, more than 16,700 people had been injured or killed.

    We need to know how many people the entire Fifth Army has in total. The casualties of 16,000 to 7,000 account for almost two-thirds of the total strength of the entire army. It can be said that after this battle, China's only mechanized army has been crippled.

    In addition, the 66th Army and the 99th Army also suffered more than 11,000 casualties, and the casualties of each unit exceeded the Central Military Commission¡¯s expectations.

    When the enemy's reinforcements of the 18th Division and the 1st Guards Brigade arrived in the Nanning area from Guangzhou, the main forces of the national army were still concentrated near the battlefield from Wutang to Kunlun Pass, and in the nearby Binyang area. The mountains were not used for large-scale operations.  As a result of the deep deployment, the Japanese troops temporarily mobilized troops to fight when they were conducting short cuts and encirclements near the battlefield, and suffered heavy losses.

    Fortunately, due to the small number of Japanese troops this time, with only two divisions and two brigades, they did not dare to continue large-scale operations.

    When the war was tense, Chiang Kai-shek had to temporarily appoint Zhang Fakui to command the battle in southern Guangxi, and asked Political Minister Chen Cheng to assist.

    Although there were many troops participating in the counterattack throughout the Guinan battlefield and their morale was high, due to too many levels of command, military orders could not be communicated in time, which paved the way for subsequent defeats.

    You must know that there are actually five levels from the Guilin camp to the headquarters of each division. If you reach the fighting company, there are as many as eight levels. It is easy to mess up things when fighting modern enemy forces with such multi-level command. In addition, multiple commands often occur.  Moreover, the command organization was unable to have an overview of the battlefield, responded too slowly, and failed to propose a suitable troop deployment plan in a timely manner.

    Rikichi Ando arrived in Nanning again on November 23, and at 10:00 on the 24th, he issued a combat order to attack the Binyang area.

    All Japanese offensive units reached their scheduled positions on the 27th. On the 28th, visibility was affected by fog on the entire battlefield. Two divisions and two brigades, in addition to performing garrison duties, all participated in this battle.

    That is, the 18th Division made a detour in the southern part of the battlefield; the 21st Brigade of the 5th Division and the Taiwan Brigade made a detour from the west and north of Kunlun Pass, preparing to meet with the Guards Mixed Brigade in Binyang; the 9th Brigade  The regiment and the Guards Mixed Brigade (early mission) attacked Fu Zhongfang's 99th Army north of the Nanning-Binyang Highway.  On January 20, the defenders in the Liutang area retreated, and the Guards mixed brigade immediately left the area and turned right to Lingli and Liujing on the north bank of the Yongjiang River, attacking Binyang on the left flank of the 18th Division.

    The weather on the battlefield was still not good until the morning of December 1, which directly affected the observation and shooting of the Japanese artillery.

    The weather improved at noon, and the 21st Independent Flying Team of the Army and Air Force Colonel Ishikawa Ai began to move to the battlefield. Lieutenant Masanori Kurokawa, the pilot of the 82nd Independent Flying Reconnaissance Squadron, first discovered the large force of the Kuomintang army, flying south from Binyang.  Advance to Wuling Town and Gula to fight the 18th Division and theThe guards were mixed into a brigade.

    ?According to Kurokawa's report, the national army's southward march in the Binyang area has about 20,000 people and about 50 vehicles.

    Based on Kurokawa's aerial report, Ando Toshiyoshi decided to stick to the original plan and sent an encouraging telegram to his troops that night, stating: "The success of this operation depends entirely on the decisive battle on December 1st.  Each will use his strength to fight bravely in the hope of victory.¡±

    On December 1, the Japanese troops continued to make detours as planned and narrowed the encirclement. The independent flying teams of the Army and Air Force, as well as about 100 Navy and Air Force aircraft, focused on bombing Binyang and the large and small bridges behind the Kuomintang army.

    As a result, the 38th Group Army Headquarters located in Binyang, after being bombed, and the 99th Army defending the Kunlun Pass area, Li Yannian's 2nd Army, the 49th and 76th Divisions that attacked Wuling in the southeast from Binyang, and the 66th Division  The 159th, 160th and 118th Divisions of the Army, and the 7th Tank Company lost contact.

    Because the troops of the 38th Group Army were poorly prepared for this battle, many were temporarily mobilized and hastily responded to the battle. The troops arriving on the battlefield came first and then went into battle before they had established contact with each other and established defensive positions. As a result, in December  On the 1st, they were finally defeated by the enemy one by one, and the entire battlefield was quite chaotic.

    During the retreat, due to the crowding of troops, most of the bridges were blown up by enemy planes, making it impossible for tanks, cars, and heavy equipment to pass through and were lost.

    On December 4, the main force of the national army, the 36th Army, the 99th Army, as well as the 9th Division and the 159th Division, had withdrawn to the Shanglin area northwest of Binyang outside the enemy's encirclement. Zheng Zuomin, the commander of the 9th Division, was attacked by the enemy during the retreat.  The 49th Division and the 76th Division withdrew to Daqiao and Litang areas east of Binyang. The 66th Army, the 160th Division and the 118th Division, which originally fought in Qitang and Batang, have withdrawn to Qingtong north of Hengxian County.  , school chair area.

    The Japanese Guards Mixed Brigade led by Takesho Sakurada captured Binyang City at 18:05 on December 2.  Juna Seiichi's 18th Division occupied Zoewei northeast of Binyang at 14:30 on the 3rd, controlled the road bridge on the Qingshui River, and faced off across the river with the newly formed 33rd Division that had just arrived to fortify the area.

    The national army in front of Kunlun Pass began to resist the attack of the 5th Division. Because Binyang in the rear was occupied by the enemy on the 2nd, it began to retreat on the 3rd. At this point, the Binyang battle came to an end.

    On the 4th, Ando Toshiyoshi arrived in Binyang, and with the division commanders and brigade commanders here, they made a decision on the defensive deployment in the Nanning area after the battle.  Then on the 8th, the attacking enemies retreated to Nanning.

    The 18th Division quickly returned to Guangzhou to cope with the attack launched by Yu Hanmou's 12th Group Army near Guangzhou.

    After the 5th Division subsequently abandoned the Qitang and Batang areas, its defense posture in Nanning was as follows: the 5th Division was within about 10 kilometers around Nanning, and the Guards Mixed Brigade was located in the area south of the Yongjiang River;  The Taiwanese brigade is still along the Qin-Ning Highway.  After the above-mentioned deployment, all units arrived at their designated positions on December 13.

    Within about a week of the Japanese attack on Binyang, the casualty statistics were 295 killed and 1,307 wounded, a total of 1,612.

    In this battle, the Guilin camp failed to accurately grasp the enemy's situation, so it temporarily mobilized large forces to fight the enemy. The formation of resistance positions and the construction of fortifications were extremely hasty, so it was unable to block the enemy or effectively kill or consume it;  The support of the special forces operations was poor. 24 tanks and 30 cars were lost during the operation. In addition to the battle damage, most of them were due to the bombing of bridges and the failure to use standard equipment to bridge them in time.

    When the news came, the whole country was shocked. No one thought that the early stage of the Kunlun Pass Battle was so impressive, but how could the little Japanese even the disadvantage in such a short period of time.

    Especially in the southwestern part of Shandong, Li Guoyao originally planned to take advantage of the current good opportunity to conquer the southwestern part of Shandong. After all, there are only two or three thousand Japanese troops left in the front line of Heze, and this does not include the garbage in combat effectiveness.  The two devils.

    As long as he was given a few days, Heze City would definitely be captured, but now the war on the southern front ended so quickly, and it ended with a major victory for the Japanese army, which put Li Guoyao in a dilemma.

    If they continue to attack, the Japs will definitely mobilize a large army to reinforce Southwest Shandong. After all, the battle on the southern front is over now, and the Japs don¡¯t need to worry about anything else, and they will be able to mobilize reinforcements from other battlefields.

    But if we stop the offensive now and give up the plan to capture southwestern Shandong, then our early efforts will be in vain.

    What's more important is that the opportunity is rare. This time, the little devil has no time to mobilize troops. The troops in southwestern Shandong only have a few thousand people. Once the little devil calms down, reinforcements will arrive in an instant. If you think about it, there will be such a good thing.  I'm afraid the opportunity is hard to come by.

    Therefore, after the troops conquered Chengwu and Shanxian, whether to continue northward to attack Heze or to rest and recuperate in place became a difficult problem for Li Guoyao and others!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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