Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in hlnovel.com -> Historic -> The iron-blooded mission of resisting Japan

Chapter 1,406: Ideas on paper

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    You can search "Anti-Japanese Iron-Blooded Mission" in Baidu to find the latest chapter!

    In order for the No. 5 combat plan to be implemented smoothly and to end the war on the Chinese battlefield as soon as possible, the Japanese army also made great efforts.

    The 1st Army and the 11th Army, which were responsible for the main attack mission of this operation, conducted research, preparations and drills as planned, and also explored some new combat methods.

    ? Among them, the 1st Army has made the most adequate preparations

    First of all, regarding reconnaissance and intelligence gathering, the First Army, led by the senior staff of the Corps Headquarters, Colonel Miharu Tomomichi, continued to conduct aerial reconnaissance on the Guanzhong Plain, Qinling Mountains, and Daba Mountain, and found that the trees in various places were dense, making it easy for the troops to hide.

    Therefore, they proposed that in order to create favorable conditions for the troops crossing the Qinling Mountains, airborne troops should be used to occupy the mountain passes and dangerous roads in advance to facilitate the passage of ground troops.

    At the same time, passers-by from Shaanxi, Henan, and rear areas were interrogated to understand the conditions in these areas, especially the road and traffic conditions.

    The second step is to discuss issues related to mountain warfare. The First Army Headquarters designated the 36th Division stationed in the Changzhi area in southeastern Shanxi to form an infantry brigade to test the formation of troops in mountain operations, the use of equipment after mules and horses, and training in climbing and elimination.  Mountain combat methods such as fire points on steep cliffs.

    They also made proper arrangements for air and ground coordinated drills. First, they used portable radio stations near Taiyuan and Yuncheng airports to report the situation and indicate targets to fighter jets, attack aircraft, and bombers in the air.  The aviation force takes turns dispatching during drills to support the battlefield.

    In addition, we also conducted research and drills on applied tactics, including methods of climbing cliffs, entering the side of the opponent's key points, and using mortars to launch anchor cables to hook the anchors to stones, trees, etc. on the high ridge.  Personnel climbed on ropes, or hoisted equipment and ammunition up the mountain; they used mortars, anti-aircraft guns, and field guns to conduct experiments on eliminating fire points on the mountain.

    They also studied a series of issues such as logistics and supply, and determined to collect food and pack horses on the spot; solve picnics under high mountain and low pressure conditions; prevent and treat frostbite in high mountain areas.

    Even the military headquarters of the First Army conducted field training. They spent nearly 10 days camping in tents at the Taiyuan Stadium to conduct business drills on the headquarters' organization of battles, support and command, etc.

    Naturally, such a large-scale troop mobilization by the Japanese army could not be concealed from the National Government. Soon Chongqing obtained this strategic information and immediately began preparations for operations in the rear.

    At the end of July, Chongqing made a decision to strengthen the river defense of the Yellow River and the defense of southern Shaanxi in the Hu Zongnan 8th War Zone in Xi'an.

    At the same time, Li Zongren's 5th War Zone in Laohekou, Hubei Province was ordered to strengthen the defense of the area east of Wudang Mountain and control the main roads entering Sichuan and Shaanxi; the 6th War Zone of Chencheng in Enshi, Hubei Province was ordered to strengthen the defense of the Yangtze River and important places on its north and south banks.  , to guard the gateway to eastern Sichuan.

    In addition, the First War Zone in Henan and the Second War Zone in Shanxi, as well as various units of the Eighth Route Army, have also received orders to actively prepare for war, because various signs indicate that the Japanese army intends to engage in a final decisive battle with the Chinese army. At this time, China  There is no way to avoid it, we can only fight it.

    Even Li Guoyao¡¯s headquarters, which had just recovered Suiyuan, received an order from Chongqing, ordering all the main forces of Li Guoyao¡¯s headquarters to go north to the Suiyuan line in northern Shanxi. They must guard the Pingsui Railway and guard against counterattacks by the Mongolian troops.

    Once the Japanese army marches westward to attack Shaanxi, the position of the Pingsui Railway will be very prominent, because once the Japanese army re-conquers Guisui, Baotou and other places, they can completely cross the Ordos Plateau and directly attack northern Shaanxi.

    The Japanese army had done this before, but they were stopped by the Mongolian tribes on the Ordos Plateau and failed to succeed.

    If the Japanese army really wants to attack Shaanxi now, they will definitely find a way to recapture Suiyuan, so the Ninth Army is now the first to bear the brunt.

    To this end, in addition to ordering the Ninth Army to actively prepare for war, Chongqing also ordered the 35th Army, the main force in the Eighth Theater, to prepare to reinforce Li Guoyao's troops at any time.

    What's more, the Nationalist Government in Chongqing was also preparing to move west again. To this end, in 1938, the commander-in-chief of the 22nd Army, Deng Xihou, who led troops from Sichuan to southern Shandong to fight the war, was transferred back from the front, and he organized relevant departments to  Xikang Province is carrying out new construction in preparation for moving the National Government westward again if necessary.

    With the promulgation of the No. 5 combat plan, the atmosphere on the entire Chinese battlefield instantly became tense, as if a storm was about to come!

    The order was sent to Datong. After Li Guoyao read it, he first gathered all the intelligence together and conducted a careful analysis. In the end, he did not order the troops to enter combat readiness, but asked everyone to continue to rest and recuperate.

    throughAfter careful analysis, Li Guoyao determined that what the Japanese army was currently undertaking was the famous Operation Plan No. 5, but this huge operation plan ended up in ruins.

    Regarding this combat plan, Li Guoyao heard his instructor say it many times in his previous life. In the words of the instructor at that time, the Japanese did not go crazy and start a war on two fronts. Instead, they concentrated on implementing this plan, or there was not so much later.  If there are too many changes, China may not be able to survive.

    First of all, the plan itself is very impressive. The northern and southern fronts simultaneously attack the Nationalist Government, which is in its most difficult period. Although the probability of annihilating the Nationalist Government is not very high, the possibility of capturing Chongqing and Chengdu and invading the rear area is very high.  Big.

    But it's a pity that God's calculations are not as good as those of humans. In the end, this huge plan turned into one of the Japanese army's plans for a sky garden.

    There are several main reasons that ultimately led to Plan 5 becoming a paper exercise. The first was the failure of the Japanese army in the Pacific.

    When the North China Front planned a large-scale attack on China's rear areas such as Sichuan in the spring of 1943, a new situation emerged on the Pacific battlefield that was extremely unfavorable to the Japanese army.

    First, the 4th Fleet of the Japanese Navy Vice Admiral Inoue Narumi, in order to attack Port Moresby, New Guinea, encountered a powerful counterattack by the US Navy Admiral Nimitz's Pacific Fleet in the Coral Sea south of the equator.

    In this battle, the Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Shoho was directly sunk under the attack of 93 bombers taking off from the US aircraft carrier.  Another destroyer and four special ships were also sunk.  As a result, the Japanese Navy's plan to cooperate with the Nanhai Detachment of Major General Horii Tomaro to attack Port Moresby came to nothing.

    ¡°Furthermore, when Japan used the main force of its combined fleet to attack Midway Island, it suffered a complete failure.  Four aircraft carriers were sunk and the combined fleet was forced to withdraw from the battlefield.  Nagumo Chuichi's 1st Air Fleet no longer had a mothership, and its designation was eventually revoked.

    What's even more serious is that the Army suffered heavy losses. The 2nd Division and 38th Division of the 17th Army commanded by Lieutenant General Hyakutake Haruyoshi, as well as Kawaguchi Kiyote's 35th Brigade and Ichiki Kiyoshi's 28th Regiment, prepared to  When attacking French New Caledonia, British Fiji, and New Zealand Samoa via Guadalcanal Island in the southern Solomon Islands, they were met with a counterattack by four U.S. divisions landing on the island and a tight blockade by the maritime fleet.

    After that, the Japanese army on Guadalcanal was almost completely destroyed due to fighting and starvation.

    Because the war scenes were particularly cruel, many people in the Japanese army suffered from mental disorders.

    The chief of staff of the 17th Army, Major General Futami Akisaburo, and the commander of the 35th Brigade, Major General Kawaguchi Kiyoshi, were dismissed from their posts because they were frightened into "war disease".

    Ichiki Kiyoshi, who created the "Marco Bridge Incident" on the outskirts of Peking, also committed suicide due to the serious battlefield conditions and few troops left.

    In response, the Japanese base camp transferred the 51st Division stationed in Hidemitsu Nakano, Guangdong Province, China, to the 17th Army.

    It can be said that after entering the autumn of 1942, the war situation became increasingly unfavorable to Japan.

    In the winter, the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" advocated by the Japanese invaders was also broken due to the defeat of Midway Island and Guadalcanal Island in the Pacific.  In the words of some Japanese, we encountered the "Nomonhan" on the Pacific Ocean again.

    Based on the war situation in the Pacific, the Japanese base camp believed that the defeat of the Solomon Islands war was a foregone conclusion and would affect the war preparations against the Soviet Union in Northeast China.

    ¡°The only way to stabilize the Southern Army at present is to transfer a certain number of troops from the Chinese battlefield to the Pacific region. Therefore, the troops on these two battlefields must remain stable for the time being and cannot be used for other purposes.

    In view of this, the Japanese Chief of Staff Gen Sugiyama reported this to Emperor Hirohito and received approval, and finally issued an instruction to suspend "Operation No. 5".

    ps: Due to poor management and the impact of the epidemic, Lao Cang¡¯s restaurant finally failed to survive and closed down.  Lao Cang went to deal with this matter today, so it affected the update, sorry!

    Lao Cang invested more than 200,000 yuan in this hotel, but in the end he only recovered the transfer fee of 80,000 yuan, and the rest was all wasted. Alas, the nth business venture failed!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report