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Chapter 1539: The War in Central China (1) 1

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    On June 14, under the command of Yoshimoto Sadichi, the Japanese and puppet troops in various parts of Shanxi began to shrink their troops. Some less important strongholds were simply abandoned. In just two days, tens of thousands of troops returned to defend several areas near Changzhi.  Important cities.

    However, contraction returned to contraction, and the Japanese army seemed to have no intention of giving up on Shanxi. Its main force, the 63rd Division and the Independent Mixed Third Brigade, were sent from Changzhi and went straight to Liao County and Lucheng and other places. At the same time, they attacked the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the Zhao State in the World War II area.  All authorized personnel are required to remain vigilant.

    On the 17th, the North China Front Army Headquarters suddenly launched its force. Early that morning, almost the entire aviation regiment affiliated with the North China Front Army was dispatched to carry out carpet bombing on the World War II area headquarters on the Liao County front line.  The main force of the Third Tank Division was also dispatched, and suddenly launched an all-out attack on the Chinese army facing them.

    Although the Chinese army was well prepared, it was still somewhat powerless in the face of the Japanese army's joint ground-air three-dimensional attack mode. After a full day of fierce fighting, it had to abandon places such as Liao County and Lucheng.

    The Japanese army did not pursue it. After occupying Liao County, the main force advanced eastward.

    The sudden big move of the Japanese army shocked everyone in the World War II area. They didn't understand what the little devil was trying to do!

    Just when the frontline generals of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were analyzing the strategic purpose of the Japanese army, on the afternoon of June 18, the Japanese army voluntarily gave up all its territory in southwestern Shanxi and withdrew its main force to southern Hebei.

    When the news came, everyone felt a little unprepared.

    Yesterday, he was so awesome, and now he suddenly escapes. This operation is really a bit shocking.

    But it is undeniable that Okamura Neji was really good at building plank roads in secret and tricking Chen Cang. Even Li Guoyao in Datong City was deceived by the other party.

    However, no matter how cunning the little devils were, they still lost this battle. In the battle of Shanxi, the First Army suffered heavy casualties and almost lost all its territory in Shanxi. This was definitely a major blow to the Japanese invaders.

    When the news reached Chongqing, it was naturally promoted as an unprecedented victory. The First World War Zone, the Second World War Zone, and the Ninth Army were all the focus of the propaganda. Even the Eighth Route Army, which had always been disliked, rarely appeared in newspapers.

    What makes Chongqing feel embarrassed is that before the victory celebration here is over, bad news comes from the Hunan battlefield. Changsha, the important town in Hunan, has been captured by the Japanese army.

    While Eitaro Uchiyama's 12th Army was still fighting fiercely with Jiang Dingwen and Tang Enbo's troops in the First Theater in western Henan, Marshal Hata Shunroku of the Japanese dispatched to China was already commanding eight divisions of his 11th Army and the attached artillery and artillery in Hankou.  There are 362,000 armored forces, 67,000 horses, 1,282 artillery pieces, 103 tanks, and 9,490 automobiles.

    Starting from May 27, the second phase of the large-scale offensive to open up the mainland's transportation lines will be launched from Nanxian and Yuanjiang in Hunan in the west, from Yueyang, Chongyang, and Tongshan in the east, with Changsha, Hengyang, and Guilin as targets.

    This time the 11th Army's attack on Changsha, Hengyang, Lingling and other places required the use of considerable forces. Therefore, in addition to the 27th Division transferred from the Kwantung Army and stationed in Jinzhou under Lieutenant General Takeshita Yoshiharu, it was stationed in Dongning County south of Suifenhe.  In addition to the 3rd Tank Regiment and 4 artillery brigades, Lieutenant General Chuan Yin Zheng's 64th Division was also transferred from the 13th Army in Shanghai to Yangzhou, and was transported to Wuhan by rail via Xuzhou, Kaifeng, Xinxiang, Zhengzhou, and Xinyang.

    In order to enable the divisions of the 11th Army to allocate more troops for combat, the Japanese base camp ordered the deployment of the 5th and 7th independent infantry brigades on February 1 and two more independent infantry brigades on February 15 to share the burden.  Defense in Wuhan area.

    The deployment is as follows: the 5th Independent Infantry Brigade is stationed in Jiangling, the 7th Independent Infantry Brigade is stationed in Nanchang, the 11th Independent Infantry Brigade is stationed in Xinyang, and the 12th Independent Infantry Brigade is stationed in Xianning.

    Considering that this was a long-term battle with the main force of China and the casualties would be huge, the Japanese base camp ordered twice on February 7 and 28 to form a total of 6 field supplementary teams equivalent to brigades for the 11th Army.  , that is, Major General Keitaro Morimura's 1st Field Supplementary Team, Major General Yokoyama Norihei's 2nd Field Supplementary Team, Major General Taisho Teizo's 5th Field Supplementary Team, Major General Nakao Koroku's 9th Field Supplementary Team, and Major General Matsui Setsugu's 1st Field Supplementary Team.  The 10th Field Supplementary Team and the 11th Field Supplementary Team of Major General Takaji Iwamoto.

    Then there is Yokoyama Isamu's 11th Army, which left Wuhan to command operations at the front and could no longer command the troops around Wuhan. Therefore, the Japanese base camp ordered the formation of the Wuhan Defense Force on March 1 and appointed the Chief of Staff of its Domestic Defense Headquarters.  Lieutenant General Tadayoshi Sano is the commander of the Defense Forces, and Colonel Masataka Kabutoki is the chief of staff.

    In order to defeat the national army outside Changsha and occupy the important town of Changsha in one fell swoop, the 11th Army made preparations for four months. The combat plan alone was revised as many as 17 times. It can be said that all aspects of the situation were considered.

      The plan to attack Changsha was formulated by Colonel Seitaro Takei, the senior staff officer of the 11th Army. Its core content was that in order to deceive the 6th Theater in Enshi and the 9th Theater in Changsha, all attacking divisions were falsely gathered on the Yangtze River.  In the Jingzhou, Shashi, Haoxue and Jianli areas on the north coast, they made a gesture of planning to attack Changde, the 6th theater.

    Before the attack is launched, quickly cross from the area north of Yueyang to the south of the Yangtze River to prepare for the attack and carry out the attack.

    The main force of the 11th Army concentrated its attack on Changsha along the east side of the Xiangjiang River and annihilated the troops of the 9th Theater. The other force was sent from the south of Changsha to the west of the Xiangjiang River to defeat the troops of the 6th Theater that were reinforcing Changsha.

    After occupying Changsha, the areas north of Changsha and east of the Xiangjiang River were assigned to various military units to serve as security guards to ensure the stability of the rear areas of the main army.  Each division is assigned two to three brigades, and each garrison point is preferably one to one and a half brigades.

    ??To defeat the heavy defenders in the Mufu Mountain and Jiuling Mountain areas east of the Xiangjiang River from the side, and prepare for combat in the Hengyang area.

    After being approved by Isamu Yokoyama, Colonel Takei¡¯s combat plan was sent to the Nanjing Expeditionary Forces Headquarters by Major Sentaro Higashi, the staff officer for establishment and education, on March 7.

    ¡°However, the General Headquarters of the Expeditionary Forces was surprised by Takei¡¯s plan. The main reason was that the pseudo-gathering in the Shashi and Jianli areas did not take into account the vulnerability to concentrated air attacks by the Chinese and American air forces on the gathering areas.

    Second, the main force does not cross the river until before the attack, and moves forward and expands. This makes it a good target for the Chinese and American air forces to attack ships and large troop movements.

    Third, in this battle, rear supply is a key, but in terms of transportation, no attention was paid to the use of precious ships.

    ??Also in this battle, troops from the 6th Theater will definitely participate in the battle. Therefore, in the area west of the Xiangjiang River, the main force of the army should be considered from the beginning.

    In addition, some troops were withdrawn to ensure the rear of the army, which made the organization of each division incomplete and affected the next battle.

    ??Furthermore, the attack on Hengyang should be included in the first phase of the battle plan, and the attack on Guilin and Liuzhou should be included in the scope of the next phase of the battle plan.

    Since Takei¡¯s plan did not meet the requirements that the dispatched army had studied at the chiefs of staff meeting, the senior staff officer of the dispatched army, Masaichi Amano, asked the 11th Army to revise it.

    On March 15, the 11th Army held a meeting of chiefs of staff of its affiliated units to study and determine the issues of this operation. Amano Shoichi also attended the meeting. As a result, Takei still conveyed and studied his original plan at the meeting.  After the meeting, Amano asked Takei to revise the plan in person, but Takei believed that this was based on the situation of the defenders in front of him.

    Colonel Amano also asked the Chief of Staff of the 11th Army, Nakayama Sadake, to modify this plan. Zhongshan concentrated his forces to the east of the Xiangjiang River, and after capturing Changsha, he sent troops to the west of the Xiangjiang River; he started the first phase of the unplanned attack on Hengyang, and  After conquering Changsha and then attacking Mufu Mountain and Jiuling Mountain, this consideration was probably due to insufficient troops.

    This surprised Colonel Amano even more, because the China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters believed that it had transferred several additional field supplementary teams to the 11th Army and transferred them to the 27th and 64th Divisions, and prepared to resume operations after the war in Henan was over.  The first part of the 3rd Division and the 37th Division were put under the command of the 11th Army, which already has a lot of troops.

    Since the 11th Army¡¯s combat plan was inconsistent with the vision of the Chinese dispatched troops, several consultations yielded no results.  After Amano Shoichi returned to Nanjing, he proposed to replace the senior staff officer of the 11th Army of Colonel Seitaro Takei. Therefore, on March 23, the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters transferred the senior staff officer of Lieutenant General Kita Seiichi of the 1st Front Army of the Kwantung Army stationed in Yehe, Mudanjiang Island.  The dispute between the Chinese dispatched troops and the 11th Army over the battle plan was resolved when Colonel Takeji Tsuki arrived in the 11th Army to replace Takei.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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