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Chapter 979: The National Army¡¯s Winter Counterattack

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    The resignation of the Japanese cabinet chief triggered a series of public opinion storms, which not only affected the Japanese government, but also affected the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield.

    Especially the National Government, after learning that the Japanese government cabinet suddenly resigned, it immediately made a decision to immediately launch a winter counterattack against Japanese troops everywhere.

    In fact, the operational plan for the winter counteroffensive has been formulated for some time. A few months ago, the second phase of the national army's training ended, and the Military Commission made relevant preparations for the winter offensive.

    However, due to the constraints of the Changsha Battle and the Guinan Campaign, the winter counterattack was not carried out this time. Instead, the Japanese army took the lead in order to prevent such an offensive. Its troops in North China launched partial attacks. For example, they were stationed in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province to serve as river defense.  The enemy's 37th Division first attacked the Zhongtiao Mountain area in early December, which put considerable pressure on the first and second theaters of the national army.

    ¡°However, as all major battlefields across the country have temporarily entered a state of truce, and coupled with Japan¡¯s domestic political turmoil, the Nationalist Government decided to implement the previously formulated winter counterattack plan.

    Under the order of the Military Commission, troops from the North China region took the lead in entering the battle. The first to achieve results was the 35th Army of the National Army stationed in Suixi. The army, under the command of Commander-in-Chief Fu of the Eighth War Zone, easily captured the important town of Baotou in Suiyuan.

    Baotou was stationed by the Japanese cavalry group stationed in Mongolia. The group had two cavalry brigades. The 1st Cavalry Brigade was stationed at Sarachi on the railway line east of Baotou, and the 13th Cavalry Regiment to which the brigade belonged was stationed at  In Guyang, north of Baotou, the 14th Cavalry Regiment is stationed in Anbei, northwest of Baotou.

    But the other cavalry brigade was not stationed in Suiyuan, but was stationed in Shangqiu, east of Kaifeng, Henan, under the command of the 35th Division stationed in Kaifeng.

    In view of the limited strength of the cavalry group of the Mongolian Army, Commander-in-Chief Fu decided to take action against the Baotou defenders!

    According to the battle plan, Commander-in-Chief Fu decided to first deceive the Japanese troops in Baotou City and "mobilize" them outside the city, and then attack the 13th and 14th Cavalry units from Guyang and Anbei who were reinforcing Baotou after the Baotou battle began.  Alliance.

    The specific method is to first strengthen reconnaissance and vigilance in the west of Baotou, and spread false information that the National Army troops have arrived in the area west of Baotou.

    Back to the commander of the cavalry group stationed in Baotou City, Lieutenant General Kojima Yoshizo. This guy is an arrogant and brainless idiot. After receiving the above information, he decided to take the initiative to attack the west of the city that day.

    That night, under the personal intervention of Lieutenant General Kojima, a powerful "punitive team" was formed, consisting of a squadron of cavalry led by the captain of the cavalry artillery regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Kumagawa Nagaharu, a cavalry artillery regiment, a chariot team, and a rapid-fire artillery team.

    Early the next morning, this force attacked the Kundulun River area west of Baotou with great momentum.

    However, when Kojima Yoshizo sent off the troops starting from the west gate that morning and prepared to return to his headquarters, he was suddenly attacked about a hundred meters north of the headquarters.

    It turned out that part of the 35th Army disguised itself as civilians, took the opportunity to enter when the North City Gate was released at dawn, killed the Japanese sentries, occupied civilian houses and moved forward. Subsequent troops of the 35th Army entered the city one after another, expanding the occupied area and attacking.  To the various defensive strongholds of the Japanese army.

    Major General Katagiri Shigeru, commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, learned that the Kuomintang army had invaded Baotou City, and immediately led his troops from Sarachi and arrived in Baotou City at 4 p.m. that day.

    Colonel Kazaki Ohara, captain of the 13th enemy cavalry regiment stationed in Guyang, about 70 kilometers north of Baotou, and Colonel Kazuo Kobayashi, captain of the 14th Anbei cavalry regiment, about 90 kilometers away from Baotou, learned that the 35th Army and other troops had invaded Baotou.  Each took the initiative to lead his troops to Baotou for reinforcements.

    However, what they didn¡¯t know was that these two cavalry units were the key targets that the 35th Army wanted to eliminate. Commander-in-Chief Fu personally led the main force of the 35th Army to lay an ambush on the only way these two Japanese armies would pass, waiting for them to fall into a trap.

    The ambush battle went smoothly. When the two groups of Japanese troops entered the predetermined ambush circle, the defenders immediately launched rapid, violent and continuous attacks. As a result, most of Obara Kazuaki's 13th Cavalry Regiment were wiped out;  In addition to heavy losses, its commander, Colonel Kazuo Kobayashi, was killed.

    After this period of fierce fighting, the plains in this area were littered with the corpses of killed Japanese soldiers, lost and running horses, and lost weapons. The two cavalry regiments failed to achieve their intended reinforcement purpose.  , but suffered heavy losses.

    And the enemy "punitive team" that set out from the west gate at dawn did not find the target after leaving the city to fight. As a result, they returned empty-handed after sunset and entered the battle inside the city. The two sides started street fighting.

    The next morning, the commander of the Mongolian Army Naosaburo Okabe decided to send two additional infantry brigades to Baotou based on the situation in Baotou. At this time, the 35th Army had basically controlled Baotou.head.

    In addition, the ambush battle was over and the expected combat objectives were achieved. Subsequently, under the order of Commander-in-Chief Fu, the 35th Army withdrew from Baotou and completed the first phase of the operation.

    At the same time, the Sulu Theater Headquarters stationed in southern Shandong also received an order from the base camp, requiring the Sulu Theater Headquarters to take immediate action to launch an attack on the Japanese troops in Jiaodong and Tai'an, and to cooperate with the winter counteroffensive operations of other troops in North China.

    After more than half a year of development in the Sulu Theater, the total strength of the Sulu Theater has been expanded from 55,000 to 85,000. The strength has increased a lot. They also knew that the situation of the 12th Army was not good at this time, so they immediately took action.  .

    As for the Japanese 12th Army, after Heze was attacked, the 12th Army Headquarters in Jinan City, after many considerations, proposed on January 1, 1940 to concentrate the main force of the army and attack the Heze area in order to destroy Li Guoyao's headquarters.  The plan for the anti-Japanese base areas in this area.

    The plan was approved by the North China Front Army on January 2. On the same day, the North China Front Army Headquarters issued a combat order to the 12th Army to attack the Hetao area with the 32nd Division and the 41st Division as the main force.

    But this order had just been issued, and the Japanese troops had just made preparations for the war, and before they had time to fully assemble, they received a telegram that Jiaodong was in danger.

    Furious, the commander of the 12th Army, Odaka Kamezo, had no choice but to send a report to the North China Front Army Headquarters, requesting to suspend the plan to attack Heze and instead mobilize troops to reinforce Jiaodong.

    There is no way, the Jiaodong area has the important town of Qingdao. As the most important seaport in Shandong, it is not only an important base for the navy, but also the only safe passage between the Japanese army and the country. A large number of resources are shipped back to Japan through Qingdao port every day.  So there is absolutely no room for error.

    When the Japanese army temporarily concentrated its forces to reinforce Jiaodong, Li Guoyao, who learned the news, immediately ordered the troops in the Heze area to immediately gather at Penglou Town in the north of Heze to threaten Juancheng.

    But Li Guoyao warned Wen Debiao that without his order, the frontline troops could only wait and must not take the initiative to attack the Japanese army. Once the Japanese army came over, the troops would immediately withdraw to Heze.

    Anyway, it¡¯s just a sentence. If nothing happens, you can tease the Japanese devils with fake power. Once the other side gets serious, withdraw immediately to avoid the enemy¡¯s edge.

    Although he didn¡¯t quite understand what Li Guoyao meant, Wen Debiao still decisively carried out his order!

    In fact, what Li Guoyao thinks is very simple. The most important task of the army at present is to recruit new soldiers and prepare for war. Before that, he has to endure even if the sky falls.

    Originally, for the Japanese counterattack on Heze, Li Guoyao's plan was to voluntarily give up Heze and all the county seats, and the troops would go around outside the city to fight guerrillas.  But he didn't expect that the commotion in the Sulu War Zone would attract the little devil's attention, and he could only watch the fun happily.

    Of course, in order to prevent others from saying that he is ungrateful, he still has to have the posture that the troops should have, but if he is asked to send troops to attack, he will naturally move when he should move, and Li Guoyao will not move when he should not.  Anyone who comes out casually.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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