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Chapter 1506: Opening up mainland transportation lines (3)

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    In order to support the operations of the 12th Army, the Japanese 1st Army in Shanxi dispatched the 59th Brigade of the 69th Division, the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade and other units, on the night of May 9, from Yuanqu County in southern Shanxi Province.  Cross the Yellow River from Chengguan, Hedi Village and Heng'ao to reach Mianchi on Longhai Road.

    To support the 12th Army in the East in fighting in the Songshan area and attacking Luoyang, and to prevent the troops in the 8th Theater in Xi'an from continuing to reinforce eastward.

    When the 1st Army attacked westward along the Longhai Road, it entered Yangjiawan, Qilibao and Nuxiang west of Lingbao County and stopped, and finally began to retreat back in early June.

    This offensive operation organized by the North China Front Army lasted 56 days. Except for failing to fight a decisive battle with the 31st Group Army, the main force in the 1st theater, it achieved its intended operational goals in opening up the Pinghan-Hankou Railway and capturing the Luoyang area.

    At the same time, the Hengshan Yong 11th Army in the Wuhan area, in accordance with the unified operational deployment of China's dispatched troops to open up the mainland's communication lines, when the 12th Army captured Xuchang on May 1, he immediately ordered the commander of the 11th Independent Infantry Brigade Miyashita  Major General Fumio led 7 independent infantry brigades and went north from near Xinyang on the night of May 1 to meet the 27th Division of Takeshita Yoshiharuyuki, who was attacking south along the railway from Xuchang.

    Miyazaki's troops arrived at Taiguan, about 20 kilometers north of Xinyang, at 20:00 on May 1. One unit advanced to Yanghe Town, east of Pengjiawan Station. They occupied Minggang at noon on the 2nd, and at dawn on the 3rd  Arrived at Xin'an store.

    Through aerial reconnaissance, the Japanese army discovered that Liu Ruzhen's 136th Division and 143rd Division of the 68th Army, which were originally stationed along the railway from Queshan to Minggang in the 5th Theater, had evacuated the area along the railway, so they continued northward and occupied Queshan on the 3rd  .

    Subsequently, the leading troops of the 27th Division moving south from Luohe occupied Suiping County with only slight resistance.  Arriving at Queshan on the morning of the 9th, they joined forces with the 11th Independent Infantry Brigade of Miyashitao Miyazaki.

    In the seven years after the "July 7th Incident", the Japanese army has been unable to open the Pinghan Road. Finally, on May 9, 1944, when the war situation was unfavorable to them, the Pinghan Road was opened, and later the Hunan-Guangxi Railway was opened one after another.  and the highway to Vietnam and the southern section of the Guangdong-Hankong Railway. This can be said to be a rare highlight moment for the faltering Japanese army in the past year.

    At this time, the Japanese army attacked Imphal in eastern India from Burma and was defeated.

    The Combined Fleet in the Pacific suffered annihilating attacks from the US military many times. Its commander, General Yamamoto Isoroku, was shot down by the US Air Force and died in the ground. His successor, General Koga Mine, died in the Pacific a month ago.  , the situation is very bad.

    Due to successive attacks by the US military, General Anami's Second Front Army on the north coast of New Guinea has been forced to withdraw westward; after losing control of the sea, the enemy's 32nd Division originally stationed in Yanzhou, China, and the enemy's 32nd Division originally stationed in Kaifeng, China  When the enemy's 35th Division was transferred to the New Guinea region, its transport convoy had three large troop transports on the sea about 140 kilometers north of Sulawesi, Indonesia, and were sunk by US submarines.

    In Europe, the Soviet army at this time was driving the German army to the west, and on May 9, it had recaptured the port city of Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula in southern Ukraine and on the Black Sea. British and American troops were here  We are preparing to open a second battlefield in Western Europe.

    It can be said that whether the main road communication line can be opened up is crucial for the Japanese army, so in addition to the North China Front Army and the 11th Army, the 13th Army in Shanghai is also not idle.

    When the 12th Army launched an offensive southward in the Zhengzhou area, Lieutenant General Nagajin Sahige's 13th Army in Shanghai set up a military command post in Bengbu on April 30 in accordance with China's order to dispatch troops to respond to this battle. The command was directed by  The 65th Division transferred from Xuzhou and one brigade each of the 64th Division transferred from Yangzhou headed toward Fuyang along the Yinghe River.

    ??Making an offensive towards the Luohe River on the Pinghan Road, 250 kilometers away, to contain He Zhuguo's 15th Army and Chen Daqing's 19th Army east of the railway, and to support Eitaro Uchiyama's 12th Army to attack southward along the railway.

    On April 25, the force arrived near Zhengyangguan, west of Shouxian County and on the south bank of the Huaihe River. Its 69th Brigade also entered the Fengtai area on the north bank of the Huaihe River on the same day. Yoshio Ohta set up his command post at Zhengyangguan, north of the Huaihe River.  Bali Duo.

    The two brigades separated from their base on April 25, first captured Yingshang, and then attacked Fuyang.

    The 69th Brigade, after dispatching from the Fengtai area, went west via Maoji, Xiaji, Jiangyue, Guanluchen, and Xiaqiao to attack Yingshang. It fought many small-scale battles with the defenders on the way and arrived on the 26th.  The area east of Yinghe River.

    The enemy's 71st Brigade attacked Yingshang from the north of Zhengyangguan along both banks of the Yinghe River. Its route east of the Yinghe River ran from Luozhuangtaizi through Zhouxiang, Shijiagang, and Zhanjiagang, and reached Yingshang County.  The east bank of Yinghe River.

    On the road west of Yinghe River, they attacked from Xiaositai and Dali Terrace on the other side of Zhengyangguan, and then Cai Yingzi attacked along the road to Yingshang.  The brigade is on the east side of theWith the cooperation of the 69th Brigade, Yingshang was occupied. Ohta Yoshio gathered the main forces of these two brigades in the area west of Yingshang.

    At this time, Ma Bukang's 8th Cavalry Division, with about 1,000 men, and He Zhuguo's 15th Group Army were in contact with the Japanese army west of Yingshang. Liao Yunze's 2nd Cavalry Army was deployed in the Wangjiawei area west of Fuyang, and the army's temporary  The 14th Division is deployed in the Fuyang area.

    Chen Daqing's 19th Group Army, according to the deployment of the 1st theater, is in the Shenqiu area northwest of Jieshou to prepare for emergencies in the direction of Luohe to the west and Fuyang to the southeast.

    Lieutenant General Nagatsu Sahige was based on the fact that his offensive force only had one division, while the Kuomintang army in front of him had two armies and cavalry units, and the entire battlefield was a plain, making it extremely vulnerable to sudden detours by cavalry units.  Therefore, he ordered the 65th Division to be cautious in its actions. The two brigades must maintain close contact and be prepared to deal with the cavalry during the attack and when garrisoning.

    After Ota Yoshio's 65th Division occupied Yingshang on April 27, its westward advance slowed down. By May 6, it occupied Liushilipu, about 30 kilometers north, in a total of 9 days.

    That is, on the 4th, they occupied Shibalipu in the northwest of Yingshang, and on the 5th they reached Sansanlipu. After the battle at Sanshilipu, they reached Liushilipu and stopped on the 6th.

    Since the enemy's 27th Division and the 11th Independent Infantry Brigade on the Pinghan Road had captured Xuchang, Luohe, and Queshan in early May, the Chinese Dispatch Army agreed that the 13th Army should withdraw these two brigades and return to their original locations.  Apply.

    The 65th Division retreated from the Liushilipu front line on the night of May 8th. After gathering in Yingshang on the morning of the 9th, it retreated to Zhengyangguan and Shouxian County, and crossed to the south of the Huaihe River on the 15th, where the enemy's 13th  The military strategy to respond to the battle in the southern section of Pinghan Road has ended.

    After the battle in the Zhengzhou area began, Shunroku Hata sent his deputy chief of staff Yasuo Tangkawa and staff officer Masa Amano to the North China Front headquarters to learn about the situation of the battle.

    On May 7, Shunroku Hata, Yasuo Tangchuan and three staff officers set out from Nanjing to the southern section of Pinghan Road for inspection, and arrived in Zhengzhou on the 8th.

    In addition to reporting the battle situation to him, Okamura Neiji also made a brief report on the next battle plan of the North China Front. Okamura believed that the 12th Army's encirclement and annihilation operations against Tang Enbo Group were progressing generally smoothly, and the expected goal of annihilation could be achieved in the near future.  .

    In addition, the North China Front has already fully considered the next combat operations and formulated a guidance plan for the Luoyang battle. It is preparing to issue an order for the battle on the night of the 8th. The main decisive battle direction is in the southwest of Luoyang. The decisive battle time is scheduled for May 15  in the future.

    Based on the operations in the Dengfeng Mountains and the concentration of troops in the areas east and south of Luoyang, the North China Front Army Headquarters in Okamura determined that it was scheduled to cross to the south of the Yellow River on May 11 to the 1st Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi.  On May 9, the army troops crossed from Chengguan in Yuanqu, Shanxi Province and Nangou, east of Pinglu County, about 35 kilometers southwest of Chengguan, to the south of the Yellow River, and captured Mianchi and Yinghao stations on Longhai Road west of Luoyang, blocking the  Traffic west of Luoyang and blocking the 8th theater from Xi'an via Tongguan to the east for reinforcements in preparation for the attack on Luoyang.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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