Chapter 301 Encirclement and Annihilation of Hisao Tani 2
However, just after Hisao Tani issued the postscript order, Kenji Doihara's telegram arrived. Doihara's telegram only said one short sentence: "The Chinese Navy has blocked the Yangtze River!"
"Bah!" After seeing this line of words, Hisao Tani, who has a strong personality, panicked and broke a tea cup at hand. Hisao Tani had many calculations, but he didn't expect that the National Defense Force and Navy would be enough to defeat the 11th Army.
The power of destruction.
Hisao Tani was in the army and didn't know much about the navy. Besides, he didn't subconsciously think that the Chinese had any decent navy. But this miscalculation was enough to make the 11th Army irreversible!
Hisao Tani, who had always been dictatorial, had to find several division commanders to discuss countermeasures.
"Your Majesty, Army Commander, since we can't cross the Yangtze River north, we might as well stay and fight to the death with the China National Defense Force!" Lieutenant General Shanpu Gangqing, the commander of the 115th Division, said through gritted teeth.
Yamaura Gangqing, like Hisao Tani, was also a fanatical activist for the invasion of China.
"If our heavy artillery, tanks, and baggage and ammunition were not bombed by the Chinese Army, a decisive battle with the Chinese Army would not be worthwhile at this time!" Lieutenant General Kiji Higashihara of the Japanese 32nd Division was not optimistic about a decisive battle on the spot.
Although Hisao Tani made a move of "disobeying orders and refusing to surrender," not everyone in the five divisions of the 11th Army had the same idea as Hisao Tani. For example, Kiji Higashihara, whose 32nd Division was
It was newly formed and had been trained in Jiading. There was also a regiment stationed at Hongqiao Airport. In addition, he was not very familiar with Lieutenant General Hisao Tani. This series of reasons led to his view of the war situation being very different from Hisao Tani's.
of discrepancies.
Higashihara Kiji believed that if the 11th Army succeeded in crossing the Yangtze River north, even if it would still have to surrender to the Chinese in the future, it would still be considered a success. However, Hisao Tani had not mentioned the strategy of "crossing the Yangtze North" before. If Hisao Tani had said
Now, Higashihara Kiji might suggest Hisao Tani to pay special attention to the movements of the China Navy.
In addition, Higashihara Kiji did not think that the 11th Army had any other way out. Attacking Nanjing to the west, the 11th Army, which lacked ammunition, would be difficult to break through the German weapons reorganization division of more than 10 Nanjing government; return to Shanghai eastward
, is obviously impossible; crossing the Yangtze River to the north suddenly becomes impossible; going south? It is even more of a joke, because two armies of the China National Defense Force with 300,000 troops are chasing behind them.
In this state of being besieged on all sides, Hisao Tani could not escape the fate of being surrounded and annihilated, even if he tried all kinds of means.
"Higashihara-kun, I have a favor to ask of you." Hisao Tani left Kiji Higashihara behind at the end of the meeting.
"Your Excellency General, please tell me if you have anything to do." Higashihara Kiji stopped and said.
"I think the China Army will not give us a chance to leave, so I would like to ask you to act as commander of the 11th Army." Hisao Tani said calmly.
"Your Excellency, General, this is impossible!" Although Higashihara Kiji was very addicted to officialdom, he knew that the commander of the 11th Army was not easy to be.
"Dongyuan-kun, please don't refuse. Because if I don't die, it means that nearly 100,000 imperial soldiers of the entire 11th Army will be buried with me! And as long as I die, these 100,000 imperial soldiers can
Return to the country safely. Higashihara-kun, do you know the difference?" The meeting just now did not reach any valuable opinions or suggestions, but Hisao Tani suddenly understood that the step he took at noon and afternoon today has already
It completely ruined his life.
"General, I understand your feelings and respect your choice, but why don't you choose Mr. Yamaura to take charge of the 11th Army?" Kiji Higashihara quickly figured out the reason. Hisao Tani, too
Only this last resort could save the lives of 100,000 imperial soldiers.
General Matsui Iwane had laid down his arms, and other Imperial Army soldiers could return home safely, but his 11th Army soldiers were completely wiped out because of Hisao Tani's persistence. Not only would Hisao Tani become a sinner of the Japanese nation, even if he
Family members will also be insulted and even assassinated by the family members of the 11th officers and soldiers!
"If I were to charge into battle, I would definitely choose him. However, the next step to contact the China Army is you!" Hisao Tani said.
"That's...ok." Higashihara Kiji agreed with some embarrassment, because he really couldn't tell whether Hisao Tani's words were praising him or derogating him.
Ten minutes later, Hisao Tani sent a secret telegram to the Japanese base camp, saying that he was prepared to commit suicide in retaliation to the emperor, and recommended Kiji Higashihara as the acting commander of the 11th Army.
Half an hour later, Hisao Tani committed suicide by caesarean section in a private house in Shuangfeng Town.
An hour later, Kiji Higashihara, as the acting commander of the 11th Japanese Army, issued an order to surrender to the China National Defense Force. This was the only order Kiji Higashihara issued as an Israeli army commander in his life.
When Higashihara Kiji issued the order for the 11th Army to disarm and surrender, from the southeast, the Fourth and Sixth Army of the National Defense Forces had advanced to Kunshan and Taicang, and the forward troops had discovered traces of the Japanese; from the southwest, the Fourth Army attacking Suzhou
The troops have reached Yangcheng Lake, and the furthest distance between the National Defense Forces and the Japanese troops is only about ten kilometers.
Even if the Japanese army does not surrender, in half an hour at most, the two sides will engage in large-scale firefights.
When the news of the surrender of the Japanese 11th Army reached the naval flagship "Dingyuan 01", Wu Aihua was already asleep, because he once again used the "Dragon's Nest" to attack small Japanese ships at the Yangtze River Estuary and Chongming Island.
The Japanese military fortifications were "collected and destroyed", which was really exhausting.
However, the surrender of the Japanese 11th Army was a major event. Duan Shengen, Commander of the First Fleet of the Navy, and Lin Guozhang, Commander of the Navy, took a certain risk and called Wu Aihua in time.
The navy general's understanding of Wu Aihua is far less profound and comprehensive than that of the army. If it were an army general, he would never wake Wu Aihua up at this time. Instead, he would just hand the news directly to the security adjutant Shen Ren, and Shen Ren would understand the news.
Judge the importance and decide whether to wake up the Commander-in-Chief.
"Where is Hisao Tani? How could it be Higashihara Kiji?" After Wu Aihua woke up, he was not happy because the 11th Army laid down its weapons, but asked where Hisao Tani was. This shows how deep Wu Aihua's resentment towards Hisao Tani was.
"Tani Hisao? There is no information about him in the intelligence." Lin Guozhang said.
"Send a report to Noji and order all units to move forward steadily in accordance with the established deployment. We must prevent the Japanese army from breaking out and launching a counter-attack! We must especially prevent Hisao Tani and senior Japanese officers from absconding!" Wu Aihua thought for a while and said again
Lin Guozhang and Duan Shengen said, "The naval fleet must strengthen patrols. If ships are found on the river, they must immediately go forward for interrogation. If they encounter ships that do not cooperate with the interrogation, they will be shot to death!"
"Yes." The two men saluted and replied.
Obviously, the two naval admirals understood the focus of Commander-in-Chief Wu.
Why did the Japanese base camp, which had been extremely arrogant before, happily choose to surrender on the spot? This cannot but be said to be Wu Aihua's careful thinking.
The National Defense Forces officer responsible for contacting the Japanese East China Front Command for surrender was Major General Lin Fengxiang, Chief of Staff of the 024th Division. Before his departure, Wu Aihua personally sent a report to the 024th Division and gave some surrender conditions, the most important of which were two:
First, the National Defense Forces will allow all Japanese soldiers who lay down their weapons to return to Japan after negotiations between the two countries and the two militaries. Second, the National Defense Forces will not pursue the crimes committed by the senior Japanese generals in China.
, but will not be allowed to hold any military positions that are detrimental to China!
Wu Aihua did not think much about whether such "cheap" Japanese prisoners would bear corresponding political responsibility, but Wu Aihua would not explain anything to other people in the society. Even among the top brass of the National Defense Forces, Wu Aihua's decision was not very clear.
I just vaguely felt that Commander-in-Chief Wu must have some deep meaning in doing this.
Wu Aihua's move certainly has "deep meaning". The system's willingness to take action shows that Wu Aihua is capable of safeguarding the country's security and unity at any time. He is not afraid that Japan will become bigger because of this, but hopes that Japan will grow even bigger than in history! In history, Wu Aihua
Japan, in World War II, was almost the enemy of the entire world except Germany, which shows that if the Japanese are fattened up, the world will be more exciting.
However, there was no way he could say this orally.
Perhaps in his later years, Wu Aihua will reveal this shocking secret in his memoirs. But I don’t know how the Japanese will feel at that time. It turns out that since 1937, the Japanese nation and the Japanese army have been just a piece of Wu Aihua’s big game.
piece!
Perhaps, by that time, the Japanese will have awe of China.
After the Japanese 11th Army announced its surrender, the National Defense Forces continued to advance step by step and did not rush to capture prisoners. However, Huang Wei and Wang Dongyuan, commanders of the 11th and 15th Reorganized Divisions of the National Army, surprisingly ordered their troops
Speed up the advance and be sure to capture some Japanese soldiers. This is a military achievement!
Even if he can capture 100 people, it is still a great achievement in the national military system.
At about 1 o'clock in the middle of the night on March 6, the leading troops of the 11th Reorganized Division of the National Army formally contacted the Japanese army. The National Army pursued and shouted at the same time, demanding that the Japanese army surrender immediately on the spot.
However, the Japanese army still ran forward wildly, completely ignoring the pursuing national army. When the national army battalion commander saw this, he shouted angrily and immediately ordered his soldiers to shoot at the Japanese army. However, the Japanese army was not a vegetarian. Faced with the lack of
The Japanese army had never been afraid of the trained Nanjing government troops. What's more, the Japanese army they were chasing was a rear group of the Japanese 6th Division.
"Da da da..." The Japanese army's dozens of crooked machine guns suddenly fired in a fan pattern. The pursuing national army was caught off guard and dozens of people were mopped down in an instant. Then, the Japanese army launched a counterattack and dropped several more
Ten people. Only then did the battalion commander of the national army realize that capturing prisoners was not such an easy task.
This cannot be blamed on the Chinese army's rash advance or greed for credit, because they do not know the psychology of the Japanese army. The Japanese have always admired and even feared the strong. As long as you are stronger than him, he will obey you. In the Chinese army, the Japanese army has been
All the experience gained is that the Fujian and Guangdong National Defense Forces are powerful. They basically chase the Japanese army. However, the Japanese army has never achieved the record of annihilating even one of their battalions in battles with them. The National Army, on the other hand, is not a match for the Japanese army at all.
At all times, they were chased and fought by the Japanese army. The two sides fought, and the Japanese army never lost a brigade-level unit.
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