Guerrilla warfare was once the magic weapon for the Chinese army to defeat the strong and restrain the Japanese army. China's vast and complex terrain also naturally gave the Chinese army an advantage in this area. In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, it relied on the combination of positional warfare and guerrilla warfare. At that time, it was still far away Only the not-so-powerful Chinese army was able to crush the Japanese army's boast of destroying China one after another. The current situation has changed. With the Xuebing Army entering Chongqing to form a coalition government, China's comprehensive national power and military strength are increasing at a rocket-like speed. The rise, reflected on the battlefield, is the quiet change in the offensive and defensive status of the Japanese army. Guerrilla warfare, which was once looked down upon by the Japanese, has now become a compulsory military training for more and more Japanese officers, at least in the Malay Peninsula and Japan. course.
What is quite interesting is that thanks to "On Guerrilla Warfare" brought by two American journalists from Mao, a large number of military officers in not only the United States and Japan, but also the United Kingdom and Soviet Russia are reading this book and reading it. I hope that I can at least find tips on how to restrain this tactic of the Chinese army.
Mikio Sanada was one of the students of "On Guerrilla Warfare". However, it must be the relationship between nation and country that prevented him from fully accepting Mao's theory. Therefore, the guerrilla war he understood became what it is now. .
Separate a small force to ambush Nanhua, then lure the main force of the Chinese army to come to the rescue, and then order the large troops ambush in the woods on both sides of the road to rush out. The essence of guerrilla warfare is actually to use a small number of troops at the right place. Killing the enemy's effective strength, thus adding up a small amount into a large one, in exchange for the transformation of strategic advantages and disadvantages. Sanada obviously did not understand this truth. He exposed all his strength at once, which could certainly inflict heavy damage on the Xiao Yun Hai Brigade. However, at least now, at least The area west of Singapore is the home ground of the Chinese army.
The Japanese assault still caused considerable casualties to Xiao Yunhai's brigade. Seeing the soldiers in front falling in pieces under the intensive shooting and shelling of the Japs, Xiao Yunhai's face turned red and his eyes were about to burst. "Get down." "Come on, don't run around! Hold on to the spot!" he roared, and then ordered the artillery behind him to immediately launch a counterattack.
For this ambush carefully planned by Sanada, if the targets of the ambush were replaced by other troops, even the elite of the Third Army would definitely be able to achieve victory in a very short period of time. However, the target of his ambush now is the entire China. The Seventh Central Army Group is the most well-equipped in the army.
Before the Seventh Central Army, the most wealthy in the Chinese army was the Sixth Central Army, which was the former Jewish Independence Army. When the Chinese army generally used artillery as division-level support firepower, the artillery of the Sixth Central Army had already Equipped to the regiment. However, even the Sixth Central Army in its most wealthy days is incomparable with the Seventh Central Army now. The most obvious difference is that all officers and soldiers of the Seventh Central Army are now equipped with bulletproof tactics. Vest. You know, this is the latest equipment of Langya.
The existence of bulletproof vests allowed the Central Seventh Army to reduce its casualties by at least half under the sudden Japanese attack. Moreover, although most of them were injured, they still had certain combat capabilities because the wounds were outside the vital parts.
Mikio Sanada was also careless. If he had taken some time to search the scouts carefully after killing the scouts of Xiao Yunhai Brigade, he would have discovered the secret of the bulletproof vest. Unfortunately, he was not like that. So, when he discovered that the effect of the first round of strikes was far lower than expected, he had already lost his room for maneuver.
Half an hour into the battle, one of Sanada's officers realized something was wrong, and tactfully advised Sanada to give up his plan to annihilate the Chinese army and retreat immediately. This Japanese officer just found that the Chinese soldiers on the opposite side were difficult to kill.
We still don’t know where the specific problem lies. In half an hour, the Japanese army launched a total of two charges. Each charge achieved certain results, but the cost was very huge. What puzzled some Japanese soldiers was that they clearly
He hit the vital points of the Chinese soldiers on the opposite side with his guns, but those soldiers were still able to fight. This also made many Japanese soldiers die with their eyes wide open, because they did not understand how the enemies they had obviously killed came back to life.
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In the first quarter of an hour of the battle, Sanada sent a victory telegram to Koizumi, saying that he had successfully ambushed a Chinese army in Bukit Gambit and was encircling and annihilating it.
At the same time, Xiao Yunhai's telegram asking for help had also been delivered to Gu Zhutong through Lin Jiangshi.
Sanada's telegram was to avoid being held responsible for disobeying orders later, while Xiao Yunhai's telegram was because he was unclear about how many Japanese soldiers were on the other side and was worried about being eaten by them all. Interestingly, both of their telegrams were sent to their top commanders.
An error in judgment occurred. In Koizumi's view, although Sanada's disobedience to orders is abominable, if he can really kill a division-level China Army (lying about military information and exaggerating is the same thing in China and Japan), it will help improve morale.
Help, so although he reprimanded Sanada in his reply, he did not ask them to give up the ambush and retreat immediately. As for Gu Zhutong, because he could not figure out whether the ambush was an individual act or a strategic deployment of the Japanese army, he immediately ordered
The aviation force provides full support.
Sanada received Koizumi's "encouragement" and naturally became more energetic. At this time, he could not hear the correct advice from his subordinates. He was ordering another charge when the buzzing sound of fighter jet engines came from the northeast.
More than fifty Chinese fighter planes appeared on the battlefield, and he could no longer run away at this time.
Two and a half hours into the war, as a chariot brigade supported by Lin Jiangshi arrived on the battlefield, the situation was completely reversed. At this time, the casualties of Xiao Yunhai's brigade had exceeded 1,000, while the casualties of Sanada's brigade were more than 1,000.
Two thousand. In terms of combat capabilities alone, the Xiao Yunhai Brigade is actually very immature. However, due to the bulletproof vests, their attack power may not be enough, but simple defense is not something that the Sanada Brigade can chew on.
Sanada's brigade can no longer attack, but Xiao Yunhai's brigade has just added a tank brigade. In addition, they have been on the defensive and consume less physical strength, so once they launch a counterattack, they have a physical advantage.
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By about ten o'clock in the evening, most of Sanada's brigade was wiped out, a small part of it was routed, and the rest, including Sanada, were all captured.
The outcome of the Bukit Gambit encounter strengthened Koizumi's determination to retreat across the board. However, when the frontline defensive positions were almost completely penetrated, they would definitely have to pay a heavy price if they wanted to escape.