Due to his personality, Falkenhausen was actually incompatible with the Nazis. However, as a soldier, it is his bounden duty to obey orders and serve the country. Therefore, when he received the transfer letter from the Ministry of Defense, he returned to Germany from Belgium without saying a word. , and then in Berlin, after Keitel, Chief of Staff of the Wehrmacht Command, explained the mission in detail, he took the members of the military delegation who had returned to Berlin first and embarked on the journey to Guangzhou again. Gore asked Keitel had no choice but to come forward. Falkenhausen had always treated him with dignity. In order to ensure that the trip to Guangzhou was fruitful, he could only let Falkenhausen lead the trip. Therefore, as arrogant as he was, he could only Please help Kettle,
After Falkenhausen's last trip to Guangzhou, although the German officialdom broke off contact with the student army, some members of the delegation, including Falkenhausen, kept in private contact with some senior officials of the student army, including Ouyang Yun. On the one hand, this contact was out of personal friendship, but on the other hand, it was deliberately done by the military. Falkenhausen was the head of the Belgian military control government at the time and directly held the power of the Belgian military and government. Ouyang Yun responded to the Jewish Chamber of Commerce. Upon request, he sent personnel to seek help from Falkenhausen many times, and thus rescued about 200 Jews who had no time to escape from Belgium. Because of this incident, Ouyang Yun ordered Chang Gen to establish a fox-eyed European branch in Belgium. Because of the existence of this organization, Falkenhausen had just been recalled to Berlin. Ouyang Yun received a report from Chang Gen and learned about the relevant situation.
After the Zuo Anzhao Division successfully attacked Shuangqian Airport and destroyed a brigade of fifty special attack aircraft from the Japanese army, He Zhengjiang began the Changsha strategy that had been prepared for more than a week. Under the cover of nearly a hundred fighter planes, the newly formed The Third Xuexi Division launched an attack on the Japanese positions in Hengshan County, northeast of Hengyang, with a fully mechanized lineup. At that time, Anand Weiji's formation had also been completed. With Changsha as the center, he mobilized a total of four divisions and one detachment. , two independent brigades and four brigade-level Korean Co-glory Army. The enemy force stationed in Hengshan County is called the Yamashita Detachment. It is composed of a regiment of Japanese troops and a regiment of the Korean Co-glory Army. They are used in air defense. With limited troops and a lack of targeted anti-tank weapons, it was impossible to withstand the steel torrent of the Xuebing Army. After only resisting for half a day, its Xintang position in the east of Hengshan County was broken through, and then it looked like it might be surrounded. Hengshan, with the consent of Anami Weiji, the commander of the unit, Colonel Yamashichiro, abandoned the Korean Communist Army that was still resisting, and fled into the depths of Hengshan with more than 2,000 Japanese troops. Anami Weiji was there. After realizing that the emergence of the Yucun Regiment may not necessarily change the status quo of Hunan's air supremacy, they no longer aim too high to defeat the Xuebing Army and counterattack at the same time, but began to focus on superior strength, hoping to use this advantage to resist the Xuebing Army. Under the guidance of his strategic thinking, the staff of the 11th Army formulated a combat plan called "Blooming in the Heartland". According to this plan, the Japanese troops defending on the long front from Changsha to Hengyang The troops will only put up a symbolic resistance, and then escape into the surrounding mountains. Then, when the main force of the Xubing Army is concentrated under Changsha City, they will suddenly attack with force, forcing the Xuebing Army to engage in a melee. , when it can offset the Xuebing Army’s air superiority to the greatest extent,
Anami Yoshiki is one of the stupidest commanders in the history of the Japanese army (this point has been admitted by Anami Yoshiki himself). Although he feels that the combat plan formulated by the staff seems to be questionable, it is currently the best So, they could only accept that the limited resistance of the Japanese army was even more unable to withstand the attack of the student army. Five days later, He Zhengjiang personally led the Guangxi Guard Division to appear in Tanjiashan Town, which was only fifteen kilometers away from Xiangtan. He Zhengjiang The Western Front Cadet Army was promoted to the commander-in-chief. Except for the 3rd Xuexi Division, which belongs to the old cadet army, the other three divisions are all from Guangxi. Among them, the 2nd Guangxi Police Division is the new 206th Division of the former Central Army Song Yi. What people who came from the Che Corps like most is to fight an upright battle and push forward with a torrent of steel. He Zhengjiang was fine with this. When he was in North China, He Zhengjiang was just a regiment commander. He had limited vehicles. Although he liked this style of play, the conditions did not allow it. After coming to Guangzhou, although he was promoted to the commander of the Third Learning Division early, because Ouyang Yun basically accompanied the army every time he went on an expedition, in fact he The command power of the army has been deprived and weakened. He Zhengsheng's favorite statement about the armored forces comes from Ouyang Yun: A tank may not be able to change anything. A soldier who is not afraid of death can solve it with an explosive pack, but Reaching a certain scale, it will become a nightmare for the enemy,
Anan Weiji wanted to "bloom in the hinterland" and swamp He Zhengjiang's Western Front Army with a sea of people. Little did he know that He Zhengjiang wanted him to do this, because in this way, he could truly implement his "forced push" idea. Four divisions of regular cadet troops, two columns of guerrilla troops, and four division-sized aviation units. At first glance, He Zhengjiang seemed to have the aviation unit best at his disposal. However, when the four divisions When the regular student armies of a division gather on the same front, their strength is not equal to one plus one equal to two, and ultimately equals four, but equal to eight or even greater than eight.
Hengyang is only a hundred kilometers away from Xiangtan, and the terrain is not dangerous, which is very suitable for the march of mechanized troops. At this distance, if Mandrill charged with all his strength, it would actually only take up to two hours to reach it, and even including the time it took to defeat the Japanese resistance time, they should be able to reach their current location within two days. The reason why He Zhengjiang took five days was precisely to solve the problem that the logistics supply line might be defeated by the Japanese army.
The 3rd Xuexing Division and the 1st Guangxi Police Division walked along the east bank of the Xiangjiang River and have already captured Lusong. The 2nd Guangxi Police Division is heading towards Xiangtan from the west along the Hengshan Mountains and has now advanced to the area protecting the pool. The two guerrilla columns, Among them, the Chenzhou guerrilla column had passed through the mountainous area and was distributed on both sides of the Xiangjiang River between Xiangtan and Changsha. By the time He Zhengsheng led the 3rd Guangxi Police Division to Tanjiashan, in fact, the 50,000 Japanese troops in Xiangtan had been surrounded. It can be regarded as being semi-surrounded by the student army.
In terms of military strength alone, even if the troops around Changsha are not included, the Japanese army has an advantage. Under Anan Yuji's instructions, the Japanese army had a detachment and a regiment of Japanese troops and a Korean puppet army mixed into an independent brigade. ", they are actually scattered in the jungles of the Hengshan Mountains. The total number of these enemy forces is about 15,000, plus the more than 50,000 Japanese troops in Xiangtan, the total number is about 65,000, and the Xuebing As for the army, the regular army of the four divisions only numbered over 40,000, plus the two guerrilla columns, the total number was only about 46,000. The superiority in strength caused the Japanese frontline commanders in the Xiangtan area to just come from Zhangjiajie. Lieutenant General Kanda Masane, the division commander of the additional Sixth Division, is full of confidence in the upcoming war.