The fundamental reason for the establishment of the Japanese South China Front Army was that the Xuebing Army intervened and caused the complete failure of the Japanese Nanjing strategy. The Japanese base camp's expectation for the Nanjing strategy was to annihilate at least more than 500,000 central Chinese troops. Completely control the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, thereby laying a solid foundation for the next phase of operations to achieve the glorious goal of destroying China in six months.
The Battle of Nanjing lasted for more than a month, not to mention that this time had far exceeded the original expectations of the Japanese army. What was most unacceptable to the powerful people in the Japanese base camp was that just because of the obstruction of the small warlords of the Xuebing Army, the Japanese army not only It failed to kill a large number of enemy troops, but suffered heavy losses. Among them, the completely dominant Third Fleet was almost wiped out.
In fact, the Japanese army was so happy with their success that they concealed many situations. For example, the Type 99 new tank was completely defeated in the battle with the Jiguang tank. Another example was the tactical mistakes made in the Battle of Bailinpu.
For all these reasons, the Japanese base camp decided to form the South China Front Army under the promotion of front-line army officers. It was bound to strangle the cadet army in the cradle. In order to quickly decide the battle, strive to conquer Fujian and Guangdong in one go, so as not to affect the original The battle plans of the Central China Front Army and the North China Front Army were formulated. The Japanese army suspended the attack speed in these two directions to concentrate its air power in response to the super ground combat power of the Xuebing Army.
Until this time, the Japanese still believed that the only threat that the Xuebing Army could pose to them was their ground forces, and they did not take their air force seriously.
The cooperation between the Mei Agency and the Lixing Society was a lottery ticket picked up by the Japanese. Before this, although the Japanese knew that Ouyang Yun and Jiang were not willing to deal with each other, they did not know that the contradiction between the two sides was so deep that it even dominated the country. The leader actually took up the idea of the forces under his command. The Japanese knew very well the importance of Ouyang Yun to the Xuebing Army. Now that they had the opportunity to gain the maximum benefit with the minimum loss, they naturally refused to let it go. This small elite Japanese army The mission of the troops is to find Ouyang Yun's shelter.
The commander-in-chief of the South China Front was originally appointed to Matsui Iwane's request. The old Japanese obviously wanted to take revenge. Unfortunately, his own health was not up to par, and he was eventually replaced by Shunroku Tsukuda.
The South China Front has five divisions and two mixed brigades, namely the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 13th, 108th Divisions and the 1st Mixed Brigade, and the Taiwan Infantry Brigade. Ouyang Yungang received this When he was writing the list, he couldn't help but laugh. He flicked the telegram with his fingers and said with a smile to other people in the headquarters: "Hey, it's interesting. They all suffered losses at our hands. The Japanese We are not afraid that these devils will tremble when they see us."
Li Hanhun had been to Nanjing and said: "Six divisions with less than 120,000 troops want to eat us. It seems that the Japanese have not accepted the lessons of the Battle of Nanjing at all."
Ouyang Yun handed him the telegram and said: "Look, except for the newly transferred 108th Division, all the division commanders of the other four divisions have been replaced. However, they thought that just changing the division commander would be enough. Is it useful? Among these four people, apart from Hebian Zhengsan, there are two brushes, and the other three people, hehe." He shook his head as he spoke, looking disapproving.
The commander of the 6th Division was named Mitsuda Minio, the commander of the 9th Division was changed to Okuichiro, and the commander of the 13th Division was named Suzuki Shimono. Ouyang Yun was a well-known general of the Japanese army, and he had an impression of them all. I couldn't remember the background of these three people no matter how much I thought about it. I wondered if this was also a consequence of the butterfly effect. Well, that's a good thing. These unknown guys in history should be worse than the famous ones.
The full name of this elite unit led by Major Hashimoto Shota was changed to the "Fenglingguan" task force. Their mission was to find where Ouyang Yun was hiding, and then arrange electronic signal transmitters to guide the aviation force to carry out air strikes. ,
The day after Ouyang Yun came to Fengling Pass, relevant information was sent to Tsukuda Shunroku. Previously, the Mei Agency had sent the electronic signal transmitter as quickly as possible, so Hashimoto Shota was responsible for the training. This improvised elite army immediately set off from Hengzhou and headed for Fengling Pass.
What Ouyang Yun didn't know was that the most critical section of the so-called "Eagle Strikes the Sky, Three Sections" was aimed at him.
Hashimoto Shota, like Obara Ken, had studied in Germany, so he had some experience in special operations. He knew that this exercise of the Xuebing Army would last about twenty days, and during this period, Ouyang Yun would not know how to do it. He left, so he led his troops along the way, not pursuing speed, but taking safety as the top priority. He just wanted to avoid the secret spy of the Xuebing Army and successfully obtain Ouyang Yun's accurate location.
He arrived at Jiulong Mountain two days ago, which is only a few dozen kilometers away from Fengling Pass. Then he used Jiulong Mountain as a base and divided his men into nearly ten small teams. They disguised themselves as local mountain people and searched in the direction of Fengling Pass. , I finally made a discovery yesterday. Of course, this discovery also came at a price, that is, a small team went out with eight people, but only one person returned safely. Fortunately, one person escaped, otherwise the Xuebing Army Headquarters would be hidden. will remain a mystery,
The temporary headquarters of the Xuebing Army is located more than ten kilometers away from the real Fengling Pass. It is a hill with a height of about 100 meters. With the hill as the center, the entire area of more than 50 miles is covered by forest. It can be said that It was quite concealed. Liu Kui deployed a large number of hidden sentries around the hill. Taking into account the existence of these hidden sentries, Hashimoto Shota first notified Shunroku Tsukuda by telegram and set the time for the air raid to be today. Then the entire army was dispatched and decided to use Break through the defenses of the secret sentries in a head-on manner to find the exact location of the temporary headquarters of the Xuebing Army.
Before entering the Detachment of Women's Army, Hashimoto Shota and his entourage managed to knock off three hidden sentries posted by Liu Kui without any risk. Thinking that they were close to the target location, they stopped first and sent a confirmation telegram to Shunroku Tsukuda, and then decided to hurry up. Time has passed by force,
Bai Liusu was wearing a camouflage and had been lying in a patch of dense grass for more than half an hour. For half an hour, she was almost motionless. She felt that her whole body was numb. She couldn't help but think to herself: What happened when I saw Liu Dakai and the others doing this? During this kind of training, I would lie down for two or three hours and nothing would happen. Why did I feel like I couldn’t hold on even after lying down for half an hour? Could it be that we women are not born to be special forces? She gently said He twisted his neck and looked to the side. He saw the company commander named Shui Lan twisting his body rhythmically. He knew that she was suffering more than him, and he felt a little proud. Shui Lan was brought here by Shui Hongxiu. When she first came here, her performance was not very good, but as the training progressed, she began to excel. Ouyang Yun even once saw her practicing fighting and praised her: "A natural-born special forces material, a female soldier, if you train well, it seems that It won't be long before you can compete with the wolf cubs." Ordinarily, Shui Lan is a soldier under her command, and she should feel bright after receiving praise from the commander. But in fact, ever since she discovered this Shui Lan Lan always practiced very hard when Ouyang Yun showed up. She didn't have a good look towards this subordinate. Now, after discovering that she was cheating, she couldn't help but feel a little proud. She was about to reprimand and show off her authority when she suddenly heard a gunshot. Then a sharp female voice sounded: "Japanese." She was startled, raised her head, and saw Fu Qiuju, a female soldier not far away who was serving as a secret sentry, running back quickly dragging her gun, "Everyone, don't move." She hurriedly said. He shouted loudly, then jumped up and faced Fu Qiuju,
She walked around two trees and saw behind Fu Qiuju, a group of Japanese soldiers wearing yellow military uniforms and helmets, silently chasing after her. She shouted to Fu Qiuju: "Keep running." She lowered her voice again. She said to the others: "Everyone, hold still, don't shoot yet, let them get closer." After saying that, she turned back and ran, twisted her body a few times, and suddenly threw herself into a pile of grass.
At the Detachment of Women's Army, the trees were relatively sparse, so the weeds grew very lush. After Bai Liusu appeared, the Japanese who were chasing him did not expect that a large number of enemies were ambushed here. They thought it was just another hidden sentry, so they pursued him even more happily.
Hashimoto Shota thought: "There are Chinese female soldiers here. They should be not far from the academy headquarters. Women are no more resistant than men. Maybe we can ask them directly." After thinking about it, he added again. The order just now: "No shooting, capture the ones alive."
Dozens of Japs spread out into the woods and chased Fu Qiuju in a fan shape. A few of them noticed Bai Liusu's pretty face and rushed towards her with ulterior motives.
Bai Liusu threw himself into the grass, opened the safety on the gun, grabbed a grenade, and also opened the safety.
Seeing that the little devil was only fifty meters away from them, and the gasping next to them became heavier and heavier, Bai Liusu thought for a moment, stood up resolutely and shouted: "Qiu Ju, get down." Then he put his hands that were already on fire. Qing Yan threw out the grenade with all her strength and shouted: "Sisters, fight."
The woods are no better than the open areas. Because of the obstruction of trees, fifty meters is not the best ambush distance. Thirty meters or even closer can have a greater effect. However, after all, it is the first time for most people in the Detachment of Women. Confronting the Japs head-on, and the rumors about the Japs in the society were too scary, making many people timid before fighting. This forced Bai Liusu to think carefully and adopt the strategy with the highest safety factor to gain a certain buffer. distance, so that the sisters have time to adapt,
The composition of the Detachment of Women seems to be about a quarter of those who came down from Yingya Mountain, and about a quarter of the female students and young women who followed from North China. The rest are locals from Guangzhou, or people from other places who come to study. Fortunately, the female students in Bingjun were supported by the sisters who came down from Yingya Mountain. Therefore, although three-quarters of them were mentally disturbed because of their first war and had almost forgotten how to shoot, Hashimoto's The Japs still received a head-on attack. After the first round of confrontation, more than a dozen of the Japs at the front fell.
The momentum of the Japanese charge was immediately curbed.