"It's really great! We have been waiting for this day for a long time!" "Yeah, if we don't fight with the little devil with real swords and guns, we will almost fade into obscurity!" "Hey, four months is enough to satisfy you.
It’s over!” “Raise troops for a thousand days, use them for a moment, and that’s it!”
As soon as Jiang Qiang finished speaking, all the officers in the auditorium screamed. They had been recuperating for many days, and everyone was full of tendons. Feeling full of strength, everyone had long been looking forward to leading the troops to charge into battle.
, drive Japan out of Shandong and China as soon as possible, and even one day be able to cross the sea and land on the Japanese mainland to drive out these hateful Japanese devils!
At the same time, what excited everyone was that in the Shandong Army Group Army, military merit was a mandatory assessment indicator. How could one get promoted and make a fortune without fighting? "Very good! Military morale can be used!" Jiang Qiang nodded with a smile, and then continued.
: "The strategy for this autumn counter-offensive has been finalized by the Chief of General Staff and I after many discussions. Now I will ask the Chief of Staff to explain it to you in detail so that everyone can have a good idea in advance!"
Professionals do professional things. This autumn counterattack is nothing more than gnawing hard bones. There is not much strategic level content. It is purely about the troops' tactical ability to attack difficulties. Therefore, Jiang Qiang does not plan to get too involved in specific tactics. He wants to
What we do is to coordinate from the center to ensure that heavy fire support, air superiority, troop dispatch, ammunition supply, food supply, medical logistics and other tasks are not lost.
After the conference, all officers quickly returned to their respective military headquarters. In the same year, Chen Zhengnian, Zhao Zhengbi, Yun Qichang, Li Sancai, and Gu Liangmin had just returned to their respective military headquarters and division headquarters, and immediately presided over a military meeting
Meeting to discuss and deploy specific tactics! This time, Jiang Qiang determined 6 main attack directions in Lunan, and then used lottery to decide the first army, second army, third army, fourth army, fifth division, and sixth division.
direction of attack.
This is considered to be evenly distributed, leaving everyone speechless. As for how to deploy the tens of thousands of troops under their command, who will be the main force and who will be the auxiliary, that is their own problem! Since armored tanks and heavy artillery will not be used intensively this time
These heavily equipped troops, so Yang Fan simply divided them into six equal parts and assigned them to the First Army, Second Army, Third Army, Fourth Army, Fifth Division, and Sixth Division as infantry cover and heavy fire support.
The Special Forces Division and the Flying Tigers are mobile forces that go wherever they are needed. Although the division of labor among the offensive lines is clear, they all belong to the Shandong Group Army. Naturally, they have to cooperate to fight as a whole. They can never fight in isolation and focus on their own affairs!
At five o'clock in the morning on September 6, the autumn counterattack of the Shandong Army Group officially started. The Flying Tigers of the Huben Army of the Shandong Military Region began to frequently dispatch bombers and fighter jets to conduct intensive bombing and strafing of Japanese positions.
After the bombing was completed, the heavy artillery troops continued to show off their power. The heavy artillery using bottom-load bombs had a range far beyond the field artillery in the Japanese defense positions. Coupled with the deterrence and protection of the Flying Tigers, the artillery troops did not have to worry about their own safety at all.
Full firepower! After the bombing by aircraft and artillery, the infantry, under the cover of dozens of tanks, began to launch a formal attack on the Japanese positions. For a time, the Shandong Group Army was everywhere, and the offensive was extremely fierce. It was possible to regain Shandong's dominance in one fell swoop.
"Baga! The Shandong Army is coming from a bad person this time!" After reading one urgent message after another, the Commander of the Twelfth Army, Hisashi Isshiki Oderauchi, became extremely ugly. He used despicable and shameless tricks to make Jiang Qiang surrender.
After a few months of "good days", the good times did not last long. The sudden and powerful offensive suddenly made the Twelfth Army feel unprecedented pressure again!
Asaburo Kobayashi nodded and said: "This is inevitable. The Shandong Group Army has been recruiting troops in the past few months and constantly expanding its military strength. The most hateful thing is that the Shandong Group Army has opened up routes with Britain, the United States, France and other countries! Although it is only for commercial purposes on the surface
During the transaction, no arms and equipment were purchased, but who knew there were no arms hidden inside?
Even if there is no arms and equipment, the vehicles, gasoline and steel imported by the Shandong Army are enough to continuously increase their war potential!" Upon hearing this, Terauchi Shouichi cursed in anger: "The most ridiculous thing is that those officials...
But they turned a blind eye to this, and the mighty Imperial Japanese Navy did not dare to block British and American merchant ships!"
"Oh, who says it's not the case? If we don't cut off the foreign aid of the Shandong Group Army, we will only feed the tigers and let them continue to grow!" Asaburo Kobayashi wailed: "Now the Shandong Group Army has expanded to 10 divisions and more than 200,000 men.
Our Twelfth Army only has more than 70,000 troops, and there is no air support from the Imperial Air Corps, so how can we defend it?"
"Baga! If it doesn't work, we will continue to use the last strategy and tie those stupid Chinese people together to see if they will blow up their own people together!" Terauchi Shouyi's eyes flashed with a sinister look. For the first time in these days,
Although the Twelve Army has been greatly supplemented, he no longer has any confidence that it can withstand the powerful three-dimensional attack of the Chinese Tiger and Ben Army! Therefore, Terauchi Shouichi couldn't help but think of the dirty trick he used before. "I'm afraid not!"
Asaburo Kobayashi shook his head and said: "Now our counties close to the Shandong Army's defense area have almost all become isolated cities. All the Chinese people around have fled, and they can't be caught even if they want to! We were under too much pressure last time, and now Germany
Our allies have opened the European battlefield, and the international situation has undergone tremendous changes. The United States' attitude towards us has also changed. If we anger the United States again, they may really impose sanctions on us!"
"Doesn't that mean that we can only use our lives to fill the aircraft, heavy artillery and tanks of the Shandong Army?" Juichi Terauchi cursed in a very unhappy heart: "Bagaya! When did the lives of the Imperial Warriors become so worthless?
"Asaburo Kobayashi could only comfort himself: "Maybe it's not that bad. After all, we have completed extremely complete reinforcements on various defense lines in the past year or so!
Presumably even if the Shandong Group Army attacks with all its strength, it will never be that easy! Jiang Qiang is too precious about his life. As long as the casualties of the troops are too large, he may stop the offensive and continue to be his local emperor!" "Baga! I can only hope this is the case.
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Terauchi Shouichi sighed helplessly, whether to shrink his head or extend his head with a knife, the only solution for now is to grit his teeth and resist desperately with the help of strong defenses.
"What? Jiang Qiang has started a full-scale counterattack again? Damn it, this guy can't be idle anymore!" After receiving the telegram, the Chairman, who was in a state of panic in Chongqing, finally had a better look. At this time, the Japanese army was
Organize the Changsha Offensive, and the first Changsha Battle is about to begin.
The Chairman has been paying close attention to the development of international events. After the outbreak of the Nomenkan War, he was extremely happy at first. However, what made him sad was that the Nomenkan War stimulated the Japanese army and the outbreak of the European War not only failed to contain a single Japanese soldier
This single death actually increased the pressure on the Chinese army to resist the war and deepened the cruelty of the Sino-Japanese war.
In order to concentrate its forces to fight the German army on the Western Front, the Soviet Union reached an armistice agreement with Japan in Moscow. Immediately afterwards, the Soviet Red Army crossed the border on a large scale and attacked Poland.
At this point, the Japanese army began to devote itself exclusively to the Sino-Japanese War. The Japanese army in China reached 25 five divisions and 20 independent mixed brigades. The total was converted to 35 divisions, totaling more than 922,000 people. Including the navy, air force and other units, in
The Chinese and Japanese troops greatly exceeded 1 million.
At exactly this time, Okamura Neji's Eleventh Army began to attack Changsha. At this time, Chongqing was still suffering from sweltering heat. On the south bank of the Jialing River, 10 kilometers away from the city of Chongqing, on a sunny hillside, there was a two-story Western-style building.
A small building.
This building named "Huangshan Villa" is the official residence of the Chairman of the Generalissimo in Chongqing. If there are no memories and there are no matters that must be dealt with in the Military Commission, the Chairman will work and rest here. In the early morning, the Security Bureau sent
Report by Wang Pengsheng of the International Affairs Research Office of the Central Military Commission.
Wang Pengsheng is an expert on Japan, a man of profound knowledge and an effective adviser to the Chairman. This report reports on the latest developments in Japan: After Wang Jingwei surrendered to the enemy and treason, Japan saw another possibility for the Chinese government, that is, to increase the
The intensity of inducement to surrender is increased, and military offensives are used as an auxiliary means of political inducement to surrender.
The report not only mentioned that the Japanese base camp gave the Japanese invaders the task of overturning the local army, isolating and attacking the Central Army, but also mentioned the latest developments in the puppet Manchukuo. Chairman Chiang was very focused when reporting, and he could not help but read out after being fascinated
The source said: "In order to cooperate with the Wang puppet in establishing political power institutions and to continuously exert military pressure on the Chongqing government, the commander of the Japanese Eleventh Army, Okamura Neiji, formulated a Hunan-Jiangxi combat plan targeting the Central Army of the Ninth Theater. This plan
Preparations are being stepped up for implementation.”
The chairman frowned, picked up a pencil and drew a red line under this paragraph, then stood up and moved around, opened the wooden door that was integrated with the sun-facing window, stepped onto the balcony and looked far into the distance. The view here is wide, the fog is
The capital city of Chongqing looked particularly quiet and fresh at this time, lying under the brilliant red sun.
Downstairs is the endlessly flowing Jialing River, and you can still vaguely hear the sound of turbulent water. This scene is beautiful and refreshing, but Chairman Chiang frowns and feels doubly depressed. According to the Japanese invaders
After Wang Jingwei returned to China in mid-June, he made intensive preparations to establish a puppet government.
Recently, Wang Jingwei convened the "Sixth National Congress of the Chinese Kuomintang" in Zhuhai, attended by all members of the Kuomintang who surrendered to the enemy, and prepared for the establishment of a puppet regime. "Alas, the Japanese are trying to annihilate the Chinese army.
While gaining strength, it will weaken our foundation to support the war of resistance!"
The Chairman sighed lightly. Since the Anti-Japanese War entered the stalemate stage, he has realized that Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces will become the main battlefields between China and Japan. But now that the war has indeed burned here, the Ninth Theater has naturally become
Key points in the current war of resistance.
"It's time for the Ninth War Zone to come up with a specific plan!" Thought commanding action, the Chairman immediately returned to his desk, picked up the phone and called Xu Yongchang, the Minister of Military Command, and ordered him to tell him that the Ninth War Zone was summarizing the Battle of Nanchang.
Bai Chongxi, deputy chief of staff, must quickly formulate military deployments for the Japanese army's "Hunan-Kiangxi Operation Plan" and submit them as soon as possible.
"Commissioner, good news, Director Chen called and said that Jiang Qiang and the Japanese are fighting again, and this time it is very large!" As soon as he finished the call, Lin Wei happily found the chairman with a message.
."Very good!"
After reading the message, the Chairman's mood quickly changed. This news came at just the right time. If Yang Fan could really launch a massive counterattack at this juncture, severely damaging the Japanese army would undoubtedly have a huge impact on the current situation!
In addition, what makes the Chairman most at ease is that Jiang Qiang has not been influenced by the Wang puppet and has not engaged in a "tacit war" of non-aggression with the Japanese! With such a big nail constantly acting as a monster in the hinterland of the occupied area, it is very difficult for the Nanjing government
Speaking of which, this is undoubtedly a great event.
Lin Wei nodded and agreed: "Currently, many scoundrels in the party and state who are greedy for life and fear of death are collaborating with Wang Jingwei to advocate the theory of saving the country through curves, which is simply shameless!" Wang Jingwei's theory of "saving the country through curves" is one of the famous capitulation theories, and its main content is
It is propaganda that China is not as powerful as Japan, that the war of resistance will be defeated, and that military resistance will only destroy the country.
Wang Jingwei advocated the adoption of peaceful cooperation methods, first relying on Japan to strengthen his country's economic strength, and then gradually promoting peaceful liberation.
This idea is quite similar to Gandhi's "non-violent non-cooperation" movement in the design of the final national salvation plan, but in essence it still advocates surrender. In addition, the chairman of the committee has also put forward his curve theory of national salvation, which is different from Wang's version.
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The Nanjing version of the theory of national salvation through curves believed that the Chinese Red Party was the enemy of China and the source of the country's subjugation; but in the political context of unity against Japan, Chiang could not blatantly oppose the Red Party.
Therefore, the theory of national salvation through curves was put forward, instructing the National Army troops who were struggling to fight behind enemy lines to defect to Japan. Under the command of the Japanese army, they encircled and suppressed the anti-Japanese armed forces of the Chinese Red Party to achieve the goal of "saving the nation."
As soon as the theory of "curve to save the country" came out, it was immediately welcomed by the Kuomintang troops behind enemy lines or in areas where the enemy and ourselves intersect, and became the most fashionable term for those Kuomintang generals who were "very lonely". The consequence was that during the Anti-Japanese War, there was a "flood of troops surrendering"
, a situation in which the generals are reduced to nothing.
This theory of "curving the country to save the country" completely violates the principle of "curving the country to save the country". It is not saving the country at all, but betraying the country! However, the amazing thing is that after Japan surrendered, all the puppet troops were "taken in" by Chiang Kai-shek, and all the puppet generals
Was appointed to a high military position.
Therefore, Shen Honglie, deputy commander of the Lusu Theater Command, created a set of slogans: Anti-Redism first, resistance to Japan second; Japan may not resist, but the Communists must fight; it is better to become a bandit than to become a Red; it is better to perish by the Japanese than by the Communists.
"Okay, let's not mention these bad things!"
The chairman waved his hand and said: "Call Yanji back and ask him to pay close attention to the movements of the Shandong Army. It is best to understand Jiang Qiang's combat intentions and goals and put sufficient military pressure on the Japanese army!" "Yes!" Lin Wei responded solemnly.
, then turned and left.
Yang Ruifu said loudly and solemnly: "Please rest assured, Juzu, now that we have such advanced weapons and equipment, and we have learned such advanced tactics in the military school, if Dongying County cannot be defeated, how can we still have the nerve to continue to be the leader?"
Brigade soldiers!"
"Very good! The Third Brigade has always been a sharp-edged force known for fighting tough battles. When we took over the flag of the Third Brigade from Brigadier Xie Kangquan, this honor and responsibility fell on us! So no matter what At this time, we cannot disgrace the title of the Third Brigade, let alone the title of the Shandong Group Army!"
Xie Jinyuan nodded, and then said: "The ground troops have begun to attack. Now you return to the regiment headquarters to command the operation. You must fight this battle beautifully today! Not only the brothers in our brigade are watching you , even our brothers in the army are watching you!" "Promise to complete the mission! If there is anything wrong, come to see me!" Yang Ruifu saluted heavily, then turned and left.
Soon, Yang Ruifu arrived in Xiaowangzhuang by car, where the temporary command post of the seventh regiment headquarters was set up.
Under the crazy "Three Guangs Policy" of the Japanese devils half a year ago, the villagers of Xiaowangzhuang were massacred and their houses were almost burned down. Later, the Chinese Tiger Army transformed Xiaowangzhuang into a military stronghold and launched a long-term siege of Dongying County. "The regiment is back. !" "Regiment Headquarters!" "Are there any new instructions from the Brigade Headquarters?" As soon as Yang Ruifu walked into the regiment headquarters, several officers surrounded him.
"There are no new instructions! We are just told to use more brains in the war and not to attack recklessly. In this battle, we must not only conquer Guangrao County, but also fight a beautiful battle!" Yang Ruifu responded with a smile, and then turned to the deputy The regiment leader He Wuxiang asked: "What is the situation of the army now? How is the progress?"
He Wuxiang immediately replied: "The first, second and third battalions are currently attacking with all their strength from the east gate, north gate and west gate. The Japs are resisting extremely tenaciously, and our army has not made much progress for the time being. According to aerial reconnaissance, the Japs guarding Dongying County The army showed no signs of abandoning the city and fleeing. On the contrary, it showed a tendency to defend the county seat and engage in street fighting with our army.
It seems that these little Japs are determined to fight with us and die together!" The main purpose of Jiang Qiang's autumn counterattack was to expand the strategic space and drive the Japanese army out of Shandong. At the same time, in order to prevent the Japs from jumping over the wall to massacre the people in the city, so Yang Fan asked all troops to focus on recovering lost ground and did not emphasize how many enemies were annihilated.
Therefore, considering the actual situation, the Seventh Regiment adopted the tactic of surrounding three and one when attacking Dongying County. The main purpose was to undermine the Japanese army's will to resist, and at the same time, to prevent thousands of people in the city from being massacred by the desperate Japanese.
Although Jiang Qiang spent a lot of effort to evacuate the surrounding people, it was impossible to turn the county where the Japanese were entrenched into an empty city. There were still many people in the county who were trapped in the city for various reasons. But even so, this battle must be If you keep fighting hard, you can't never fight with the Japs just because you're afraid of hurting the common people, right?
"Since the little Japs want to die, then we will help them! The Japs want to fight in the streets with us, how can we still be afraid of them? It's just a good time to practice with these little Japs! Okay, you guys who are left behind at the regiment headquarters, keep in touch at any time. I am now Go to the front line and have a look!" When Yang Ruifu heard that the Japanese were fighting to the death, he was not surprised but happy. It would be boring to scare the little Japanese away easily.
"Tuan Zuo, how can this be done? It's just us who are going to go!" "Yes, Tuan Zuo! You are the leader of the regiment, and you should be in charge of the regiment headquarters and make arrangements!"
He Wuxiang and others naturally tried their best to dissuade them. Although they now have the absolute initiative, it is theoretically safe to go to the front line to check the military situation, but guns have no eyes, who knows if they will suddenly be attacked by stray bullets? "
Stop talking nonsense! Haven't we experienced enough bullets and bullets before? This is an order, not asking for your opinion!" Yang Ruifu didn't listen to the advice at all. It has been almost two years since he had no real swords and guns to fight against the little devils. Listen.
Hearing the constant sound of gunfire in front of him, he felt extremely itchy.
Although Yang Ruifu is in an important position now and can no longer lead the way on the front line like before, there is still no problem in going to the front line to take a look! After saying that, Yang Ruifu walked out directly with four guards.
Regiment Headquarters, he walked quickly towards the position of the 1st Battalion, which was mainly attacking the east gate of Guangrao County. After walking for ten minutes, Yang Ruifu arrived at the 1st Battalion Headquarters and met the 1st Battalion Commander Wan Lianqing. They briefly exchanged a few words
, Yang Ruifu picked up the telescope and looked forward.
At this time, more than 160 soldiers from a battalion and a company were attacking the Japanese position outside Guangrao County under the cover of 12 tanks and 2 self-propelled artillery. The front-line offensive troops had already completed the latest change of uniforms. They were not only wearing body armor, but also
The latest tactical helmets and goggles, various light and heavy firepower configurations are not the best, only better.
Dongying County is located in a plain area, and there are no high mountains and mountains around it that can be defended by danger. The only barrier for the Japanese army is the carefully built and reinforced fortifications inside and outside the city! In particular, a large number of urban buildings in the county have been carefully transformed by the Japanese, forming a
There are so many cross firepower nets. Since the base camp's current strategic focus is on annihilating the effective forces of the Central Army and inducing the surrender of the Nationalist Government, the Twelfth Army can only grit its teeth and carry it on.
The commander-in-chief, Touichi Kanderauchi, could only strictly order his subordinates to hold on and carry out a war of attrition. The Japanese defenders stationed in the counties and towns surrounding the Shandong Army Group and the fortress could only "live in the position, and die in the position."
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The Japanese soldiers stationed in Dongying County were the Takimura Brigade of the independent 5th Brigade. The captain, Takimura Akira, gave up the fantasy of escaping unscathed early and prepared to fight the Shandong Army in the city to the end. In this regard,
I have to say that the Japanese devils are very tough, especially those Japanese veterans!
Throughout this period of World War II, basically not many Japanese surrendered, especially on the Pacific battlefield. Faced with these killing machines that were not afraid of life and death, even the Americans who were armed to the teeth suffered a great loss and once suffered from
Got a phobia! "Hey, the little devils have made quite a few bunkers and turrets. Let's play with some of them today! Hurry up and hit the kinetic bombs and fuck them! Hurry, the heavy artillery that the brothers are waiting for is showing off!
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Xue Dong is the commander of a self-propelled artillery. This time he was ordered to cooperate with the infantry to attack Dongying County. At this time, the self-propelled artillery he was riding followed the tank troops to the outside of Guangrao County. The view and shooting range were excellent. The bunker in front of him should belong to the Japanese.
A main fortress not only had heavy machine guns, anti-tank guns, but also anti-tank guns. The firepower was so fierce that the frontline troops could not hold their heads up.