Madang was so important that the senior officials of the relevant parties all stared at the progress of the war with their eyes wide open. The 3rd Division was attacked by an air attack in the mountainous area in the southeast of Tonggu County. The Hankou Flying Group was defeated.
The planned counterattack failed, and the 11th Army could not be counted on. Tojo Hideki could only strictly order Sawada Shigeru's 13th Army to reinforce Madang at all costs. At the same time, he began to organize a new Santai Offensive. He decided to kill a chicken with a sledgehammer and use
The strength of the three divisions removed the Santai Guerrilla Column, a cancer in the belly of the Imperial Army. The Japanese were anxious, but the central government in Chongqing saw an opportunity for counterattack. The Japanese strategic center moved to Hunan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, and Anhui.
The transfer to Shanghai gave the Central Army an opportunity to launch a counterattack in northern Hubei and southwestern Henan. The main reason why Chiang Kai-shek was eager for the Central Army to launch a counterattack this time was to contain the student army. He saw it clearly.
, Once the Xuebing Army captures Madang, Jiangxi and even Hunan may be recovered by them. If Hunan and Jiangxi are recovered, then the Xuebing Army will not only own the vast area south of the Yangtze River, but also lay a solid foundation for marching into Jiangbei. He will not
I dare to imagine that if Jiangsu, Hubei and Anhui are recaptured and occupied by the Xuebing Army, can the central government still be called the central government?
As for the Xuebing Army, Ouyang Yun, who was far away in Karachi, began to pay close attention to the Madang war after finishing some urgent matters at hand. In his plan, he would set off to return to Guangzhou in three days. Li Tieshu confirmed the news
After that, he immediately informed Rao Guohua and reiterated the order that Madang must be recovered within three days, "When the Commander-in-Chief returns to Guangzhou, I hope that Madang can send back good news. I think the Commander-in-Chief will like this gift."
Madang was so important that it even aroused great attention from the Commander-in-Chief. This put a lot of pressure on Rao Guohua and forced him to seriously consider Zhang Lingfu's proposal and whether he should take advantage of his military strength and adopt a multi-pronged strategy.
, occupying the collapsed tunnel, although the Xuebing Army suffered more than one battalion in casualties, it was generally smooth. In view of Li Tieshu's strict order, Rao Guohua was even mentally prepared to trade three for one, but this still cannot be changed.
In the reality that the situation has been unable to be opened up for a long time, he originally thought that with the advanced base of the collapsed tunnel, he would be able to use his own advantages in weapons and equipment to gradually suppress the Japanese army's living space. In the end, it would be like an ant colony.
The battle was the same, annihilating all the little devils in the mountain fortifications or driving them out. In fact, this was not the case. The Xuebing Army's good luck seemed to have run out. The next battle was surprisingly unsatisfactory. Wansen Regiment attacked
In one afternoon, all methods were exhausted, but in the end they only occupied two lanes and five bunkers. The price they paid was more than 60% casualties of the entire regiment, which was already disabled.
The Japanese army defended every tunnel entrance, every lane, every bunker, and even every hiding place for soldiers. At first, the Wansen Regiment could easily open up the situation with flamethrowers, but soon
The Japanese army found a corresponding method. Speaking of which, it was Rao Guohua who reminded them. The little devils began to use soaked quilts as curtains at the entrance of the tunnel as a shield against the flamethrower. This actually reduced the effectiveness of the flamethrower.
It was so compromised that from two o'clock in the afternoon, Wansen had to use people to fight for control of the tunnels, hidden soldier caves and even bunkers. While the Japanese army waited, the Wansen Regiment's casualties immediately doubled.
They were more familiar with the structure of the mountain dug by the little Japs than the cadets. Often, the cadets of the Wansen Regiment had just captured a tunnel, and suddenly a Jaap appeared from behind them, and gunshots rang out, catching the cadets off guard. Suddenly, they were shot and fell to the ground. More often, a Japs holding explosive packs or cluster grenades suddenly rushed in from the tunnel next to them. Even if the trainees could react quickly and shoot immediately, it was still inevitable. Injured by the explosion,
By nightfall, the Wansen regiment could no longer attack, so Rao Guohua had to replace another regiment. However, it only lasted until midnight. More than half of the regiment suffered casualties and had to be replaced again. The result of their battle in the middle of the night was only one battle. Just captured two tunnels and a few bunkers,
"This won't work. If we continue fighting like this, let alone three days, we won't be able to win it in a week." Rao Guohua was anxious and kept pacing around the headquarters.
No one in the headquarters said anything. If we don't fight like this, what can we do?
Suddenly, a staff officer hurriedly came in to report that the scouts lurking on the other side reported that the Little Japanese reinforcements were preparing to cross the river. The crossing point was at Section 3.
Sawada Shigeru had long ago sent reinforcements. At this time, in the vast area across the Madang Fortress, the Japanese army had gathered a division and an independent brigade. In Jiujiang, new numbers also appeared in the Japanese army's sequence, which were affiliated As an independent brigade of the 11th Army, the Xuebing Army Air Force completely controlled the air superiority over Hunan and Jiangxi, so the Japanese reinforcements did not dare to cross the river during the day. For the same reason, the Air Force provided intelligence, and Rao Guohua had a clear view of the deployment of the surrounding Japanese troops. Knowing that if he wanted to capture Madang in a short time, the key point was not to allow the Madang defenders to receive reinforcements, so in order to prevent the little devils from crossing the river at night to reinforce the south bank, he had a countermeasure early on.
Rao Guohua was furious because of the unsatisfactory fighting on the front line. The Japanese troops in the northern part of the Yangtze River chose to cross the river at this time, which was like hitting the muzzle of the gun. He immediately turned around and walked to the telecommunications room, took the microphone from a communications staff officer, and began to communicate with the reconnaissance team on the other side. He contacted the soldiers and learned about the situation of the Japanese troops in the No. 3 River Section from the scouts. He picked up another message and called the artillery joint headquarters, and ordered Tu Bo, the commander of the heavy artillery brigade directly under the army there, to let the artillery troops do their best. Design preparation, shooting Zhuyuan temporary school is No. 3 river section,
A quarter of an hour later, the scouts reported that the first wave of Japanese troops crossing the river had begun to board the boats. They looked like a large group, and the main force was still three thousand meters away from the ferry.
"The little devil is testing us." Rao Guohua said coldly and ordered the scouts to continue the reconnaissance. Then he called Tu Bo and told him to set the parameters for shooting Zhuyuan based on the No. 3 river section.
After finishing the arrangement, he cursed fiercely: "Damn it, this time I'm going to make the little devil walk away without food."
Jiangbei was ordered to reinforce Madang by the 13th Independent Infantry Brigade under the 13th Ground Army. The commander of this brigade, Major General Haruo Yamamura, was very cunning. The troops he sent across the river first were not regular troops under his command, but his own. A security group from the local Peace Corps,
After the security group boarded the boat to cross the river, he proudly said to his officers: "Our enemy Rao Guohua is a powerful China general with rich combat experience. He should have thought that we would use the cover of night to cross the river. If that were the case, If so, then let them fight like dogs."