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After winning the first battle of Changsha, Xue Yue and the Ninth Theater became famous at home and abroad overnight. Not only was the enthusiasm of the Hunan people to resist Japan extremely high, but the morale of the troops was also unprecedentedly high. In addition, before launching the winter offensive, the Ninth Theater gained
The second batch of training troops was replenished and strengthened, and their strength was significantly improved. Tiger boy Xue Yue once again became passionate about revolution. After assessing the situation, he decided to eliminate the Japanese Sixth Division in southern Hubei and regain Wuhan in one fell swoop.
At that time, the Japanese army occupied the Chongyang, Tongcheng, Xianning, and Puqi areas south of the Yangtze River as a barrier to Wuchang. This was a protruding part with Yueyang on the left, facing off against Shang Zhen and Huo Kuizhang's 20th Group Army, and Ruichang on the right.
, Fengxin, to confront Luo Zhuoying's former enemy headquarters in the theater. If this central protrusion can be conquered, the enemy will be able to advance directly to Wuhan along the Guangdong-Han Line.
Xue Yue, the tiger boy, prepared to face the enemy head-on. He focused his winter offensive on Chongyang and Tongcheng and attacked the enemy entrenched in southern Hubei frontally.
If this goal is achieved, Xue Yue and the Ninth War Zone will create miracles again!
With Xue Yue's momentum, the Ninth War Zone naturally fought proactively. Although the campaign goal was not achieved, Yang Sen's 27th Group Army's 1st Division of the 20th Army did indeed invade Chongyang City, the Japanese defense hub in southern Hubei.
The Japanese defense system in southern Hubei was completely destroyed.
The Battle of Southern Hubei ended in ten days, but the winter offensive operations continued until January 20, 1940, which dealt a severe blow to the Japanese army. The main force of the Ninth Theater also suffered heavy losses. After the battle, Guan Linzheng's 15th Group Army Headquarters
and the most elite 52nd Army were transferred to the Sino-Vietnamese border. The Japanese army also transferred the rebuilt 10th Division from the Kwantung Army to take over the defense of southern Hubei. The main force of the 6th Division was transferred to participate in the Guinan counterattack. Now it has
Return to Hubei.
After the winter offensive operations, both sides resumed their battlefield situation. The Japanese 11th Army's 6th Division, 10th Division, 101st Division, and 106th Division were in southern Hubei and Jiangxi.
Bei Tong confronts the Ninth Theater. The Third Division, the Thirteenth Division, the Sixteenth Division and three mixed corps brigades confront the Fifth Theater in Jiangbei.
Xue Yue is an absolute famous anti-Japanese general. He will not let the little devils calm down. No, just after completing the main force replenishment, the tiger boy Xue Yue mobilized 20 more divisions and launched a summer offensive against the Japanese army. The battle started in April
Beginning on the 9th, the attack focused on Fengxin and Jing'an in northern Jiangxi.
Since Xue Yue was a general of the Central Army who came from the Guangdong Army, he used the Sichuan Army, the Guizhou Army and other troops under the command of the theater fairly fairly. There was basically no case of deliberately bullying the miscellaneous troops like Gu Zhutong did in the third theater, and the Guizhou Army
Already centralized by Xue Yue, the Yang Sen Division of the Sichuan Army fought very well in the Changsha Battle and the Winter Offensive. They were praised by the Military Commission and their morale was high. This fight turned out to be a situation where everyone worked bravely and everyone competed for the lead, and the progress was relatively smooth.
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Unexpectedly, only ten days after the summer offensive in the Ninth Theater began, the Japanese army launched a large-scale sweep in Jiujiang. The navy also attacked Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake, and the aviation force launched a massive bombing campaign. This immediately attracted the attention of the Central Military Commission to the operational direction of the Ninth Theater.
Came up.
For several days in a row, the Japanese offensive was fierce. Planes were constantly dispatched for bombing, and warships entered Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake. The troops in northern Jiangxi and southern Hubei also counterattacked against the troops of the Ninth Theater Command who were carrying out summer offensive operations.
The battle was fierce. The Ninth War Zone had to adjust its deployment and change from taking the initiative to resisting step by step, hoping to reveal the true intentions of the Japanese army!
In the War Room of the Military Command Department of the Chongqing Military Commission, Chiang Kai-shek, He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi, Chen Cheng and others were all thinking about the map and studying the Japanese army's true strategic intentions.
What are the little Japaneses going to do? It is clear that the intelligence shows that the Japanese army is going to attack the main force of the Fifth Theater in northwest Hubei, so how come they are attacking the Ninth Theater? Has the little Japanese changed their nature and wants to attack Changsha again?
This is not because Chiang Kai-shek and the big guys in the Military Commission are confused. It is indeed because the Japanese army is obsessed with Changsha and may mobilize heavy troops to attack Changsha at any time.
He Yingqin asked whether he should send a telegram to Liu Yimin in Shandong to ask if there had been any change in the enemy's situation and whether the Japanese army had transferred troops from Shandong to fight south.
It makes sense for He Yingqin to say this. Shandong's Twelfth Army is now unprecedentedly powerful, commanding the Second Guards Division, the Ninth Division, the Twelfth Division, the Twenty-eighth Division, and the Twenty-ninth Guards Division.
Division, the 32nd Division, the 36th Division, the 37th Division, the 40th Division, the 41st Division, the 114th Division, ** mixed into the first place,
, the total strength of the Xuzhou Garrison is almost equivalent to the sum of the 11th Army and the 13th Army in Central China. Troops can be mobilized south to participate in the war at any time.
What He Yingqin didn't know was that the remnants of the Japanese 27th Division had begun to secretly replenish and reorganize on the spot and would soon reappear. The Shandong Japanese Army would have more divisions. However, the newly replenished 27th Division
The regiment was unable to improve its combat effectiveness for a while and could only act as a garrison force, which was incomparable to the madness before.
Chen Cheng and He Yingqin were not on good terms. After hearing what He Yingqin said, he immediately retorted with an accent that deliberately imitated Chiang Kai-shek: "General Manager He is such a noble man and forgets things. Liu Yimin has driven the Communist Party's communication team out of Shandong. How to contact the Military Commission?
Liu Yimin had been ordered to be revoked from his post as commander of the teaching division, demoted to second lieutenant trainee platoon leader, and his unit was sent back to Shaanxi to form a local security force to take on river defense tasks. How dare Liu Yimin disobey the order and serve as the commander of the Shandong Military Region of the 18th Group Army without authorization! This is simply unbelievable.
He is a treacherous minister and traitor, a rebel from a different party, lawless! What are you talking about with him? Are we going to stop resisting Japan without him?"
What a Chen Cheng, he was unambiguous in fighting the Japanese, unambiguous in defending Chiang Kai-shek, unambiguous in dealing with miscellaneous troops, and even more unambiguous in dealing with the Communists! At this moment, he had forgotten all about visiting Liu Yimin with Zhang Zhizhong during the Xi'an period.
I have completely forgotten Liu Yimin's contribution to the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Xuzhou, the Battle of Wuhan, and the First Battle of Changsha. I have not thought about the contribution and role of the Eighth Route Army in the Anti-Japanese War at all, nor have I considered Chiang Kai-shek's contribution to the Eighth Route Army and Liu Yimin.
Is it fair to directly describe Liu Yimin as a rebellious official and a rebel from a different party?
The figures of the Republic of China really had their own personalities. Among the generals of the Republic of China, Chen Cheng had a strict life style, was honest and pragmatic, and had a good way of running the army. He could be regarded as the leader of the country. But it was not good at all. He admired Chiang Kai-shek too much.
He also limited his attention to the interests of the Kuomintang. He could not see the victory and development of the Eighth Route Army, let alone tolerate the Eighth Route Army. Liu Yimin disobeyed Chiang Kai-shek's orders. He did not even think about whether Chiang Kai-shek's orders to the Eighth Route Army were correct, fair or unfair!
Chen Cheng's words made He Yingqin choke up and roll his eyes.
He Yingqin, like Chen Cheng, was very resolute in resisting Japan, and the Communist Party was even more resolute. He just sought medical treatment urgently because he wanted to find out the strategic intentions of the Japanese army as soon as possible. He did not sympathize with Liu Yimin and the Eighth Route Army. He wanted to curb the development momentum of the Eighth Route Army more than Chen Cheng because of his
His status is a little higher than that of Chen Cheng.
Due to the defeat in the Battle of Guinan, the Guilin camp was withdrawn, and Bai Chongxi was demoted. He had just returned to Chongqing and continued to serve as his deputy chief of staff and director of the military training department.
Seeing Chen Cheng and He Yingqin fighting against each other, Bai Chongxi said calmly: "The Japanese army will not send troops from Shandong to go south to Central China. Their strategy is to surround Liu Yimin's troops in the Nanshan Mountains of Central Shandong and then attack elsewhere. The little Japanese are afraid of Liu Yimin like a tiger and are afraid of the strength of the troops.
It's not enough to trap Liu Yimin's main force. If the Japanese army dares to dispatch one or two divisions from Shandong to go south, I dare to conclude that within ten days, Liu Yimin's troops will report another victory, and maybe the little Japanese will die for seven more days.
Eight thousand people."
Bai Chongxi had a strategic vision and immediately saw the importance of the Shandong battlefield and the Japanese army's intentions.
Chiang Kai-shek also saw clearly and knew that the Shandong battlefield had attracted about one-third of the Japanese invaders in the pass. Therefore, after capturing northern Sichuan and Longdong, he honestly and temporarily suspended the war, only allowing Zhu Huaibing and others to fight in Taihang.
There will be friction in the region. He is afraid that if he attacks Xi'an with all his strength, he will push the Japanese army into a panic. He really asks Liu Yimin to return to support Shaanxi and knock his army into chaos, so that the Japanese army in Shandong can press on the Japanese army with all their strength.
line of defense, the situation in the Anti-Japanese War would be very dangerous. Because of this, Chiang Kai-shek no longer pursued Liu Yimin's disobedience. He only instructed Soong Meiling to firmly bind Ni Hua and her daughter to Chongqing, inserting a thorn in Liu Yimin's heart.
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Liu Fei, director of the First Department of the Military Command Department, was also looking at the map and said cautiously: "Report to the Chairman: Based on my humble position, the Japanese attack on the Ninth Theater in the past few days seems to be a feint."
Chen Cheng immediately asked: "How can you see it?"
Liu Fei turned to Chen Cheng and saluted and reported: "The Japanese bombing of military key points in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces was very fierce, and the naval ships' attacks on Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake were also very effective. However, the offensive of the Japanese infantry units is suspicious. This
What the Japanese army is best at is outflanking and sneak attacks. This is true for the Battle of Songhu, this is true for the Battle of Taiyuan, this is true for the Battle of Xuzhou, and this is also true for the Battle of Wuhan. Including last year's Battle of Changsha, the Japanese army's actions in northern Hunan were all about frontal attacks and sneak attacks from the middle.
, making long-distance roundabouts and outflanking. So far, several days have passed in the Japanese attack on the Ninth Theater, and no large-scale roundabouts and sneak attacks have been found to outflank the troops. This is inconsistent with the Japanese army’s combat habits. I think,
The Japanese army is using the attack on the ninth theater as a cover to cover up their concentration of troops and prepare to attack the main force in the fifth theater."
He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi, and Chen Cheng almost said in unison: "It makes sense!"
After Liu Fei expressed his thoughts, the ideas of several people were basically unified. They took the map and ruler and carefully calculated on it. The more they calculated, the clearer they became. This was a standard way for the little devil to make an attack in the east and attack the west. However, there was something inside
There is a key factor, that is, the Ninth Theater must withstand the offensive of the Japs. Otherwise, the Japanese army can also change the combat plan and take advantage of the Ninth Theater. For example, if the Japanese army can be defeated in the direction of northern Jiangxi or southern Hubei
The first unit of the Ninth Theater is likely to pursue the victory and severely damage the main force of the Ninth Theater.
Chiang Kai-shek glanced at Liu Fei approvingly, pondered for a while, and then said: "Xiangzhuang's sword dance is aimed at Peigong. Our intelligence is accurate. The Japanese attack on the ninth theater is a feint, and the purpose is still to encircle and annihilate our fifth theater."
The main force in the theater. This is an out-and-out conspiracy to deceive our army. The fifth theater is ordered to deploy quickly in accordance with the instructions of the Central Military Commission’s previous telegram and be prepared for battle. The ninth theater is ordered to use the terrain to fight resolutely. Once the Japanese army moves towards
When the fifth theater attacks, it is necessary to carry out counter-offensive operations to attract the Japanese army so that it cannot fully attack the main force of the fifth theater. Other theaters must follow the combat plan and launch offensive operations against the Japanese army to support the fifth theater operation."
After the Songhu Anti-Japanese War and Liu Yimin's advice, Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong learned how to use the terrain to fight, and they also knew what it was like to use the main force to fill the Japanese army's muzzle with courage on the Songhu battlefield.
Stupid behavior. The Battle of Wuhan was fought better. The Japanese army used the terrain to fight, and the Japanese casualties were much greater. Northern Jiangxi, southern Hubei, and northern Hunan are mountainous, and the troops of the Ninth Theater were familiar with the terrain. As long as the strict order
With Xue Yue's ability, it is basically impossible for the Japanese army to take advantage of it. The battlefield terrain here is much better than that of Jianghan Plain.
"Chairman, are you sending a report to Zhu De and Peng Dehuai in the name of the Military Commission, ordering all units of the 18th Group Army to launch active offensive operations against the Japanese army to contain the Japanese army?"
Bai Chongxi had forgotten that the Japanese had just defeated the Eighth Route Army.
He Yingqin asked doubtfully: "Jiansheng, if you give such an order to the 18th Army at this time, will they carry it out?"
Bai Chongxi took off his military cap, scratched the top of his head with his hand, and said: "In any case, the Communist Party is resolute and trustworthy in resisting Japan. Their problem is the arbitrary establishment of political power and the arbitrary expansion of the army, not that they do not resist Japan.
The records of the Eighth Route Army are there, and their combat effectiveness is very strong. I am afraid that the equipment of Liu Yimin's department is much more advanced than that of the elite of the Communist Party. However, the telegram to Zhu De and Peng Dehuai must make it clear that the Military Commission has determined that the Japanese army is trying to encircle and annihilate the Eighth Route Army.
The main force of the fifth theater. If the main force of the fifth theater is lost, we will lose the Jianghan Plain grain-producing area, and the war situation will worsen. Let Zhu and Peng command Mao Zedong, Liu Bocheng, He Long, and Xu Xiangqian to attack the Japanese First Army with all their strength.
Order Liu Yimin to concentrate his main force to launch a strong attack in the direction of Xuzhou, Tai'an, or Qingdao, and be sure to hurt the Japanese army so that it cannot send troops south for reinforcements."
What Bai Chongxi said is common sense. When fighting a war, the whole country should play a game of chess. When Liu Yimin met Chiang Kai-shek in Xuzhou, he made it clear that if the north fights the south, the south fights the north, and the frontal battlefield and the battlefield behind enemy lines cooperate with each other, the Japanese army will be completely mired in quagmire.
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He Yingqin asked again: "If Zhu and Peng were to order Liu Yimin to cooperate in fighting in Shandong, wouldn't it mean that we recognized the legal existence of Liu Yimin's troops in Shandong?"
Before Bai Chongxi could answer, Chiang Kai-shek let out a cold snort. Now, Bai Chongxi did not dare to answer, and the room fell silent.
Chen Cheng glanced at Chiang Kai-shek's face and said: "Commander He, Minister Bai, the 18th Army belongs to the Second War Zone, and their combat area should be in Shanxi. The order from the Military Commission should be issued to Commander Yan of the Second War Zone, by
He conveyed the Military Commission's order to Zhu De and Peng Dehuai. This is one. Second, without the cooperation of the Eighth Route Army, wouldn't the Communist Party of China be fighting? What about our revolutionary spirit? The Communist Party of China is the main force of the Anti-Japanese War. We have made arrangements in advance. Fifth,
There are another 300,000 main troops in the war zone, and our army will win this battle. Thirdly, the Eighth Route Army is accustomed to wandering without attacking. Even if they are ordered to do so, they may not carry out the orders. Facts since the beginning of the war have proved that Liu Yimin fights when it is advantageous.
He will never fight a deadly battle, a tough battle, or a vicious battle between oil and water. There is no use giving him orders!"
Chen Chengyi sternly gave three reasons. He simply felt that he was sure of victory and did not want the Eighth Route Army to take credit from this battle and reap political benefits for the Communist Party. People present would understand this after a moment's thought.
There is another meaning. Neither He Yingqin nor Chen Cheng said it. Everyone present understood that the chairman of the committee detained Liu Yimin's wife and daughter in Chongqing and refused to let them go back. He also wanted Liu Yimin to actively cooperate in the battle. Just dream!
The matter was settled like this. Just when Sonobe and Ichiro thought they had a plan and launched an attack on the Ninth Theater to cover his concentration of troops, orders from the Military Commission flew from Chongqing to various theaters. Except for Shandong's
Liu Yimin's department, including the divisions of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, received orders from the Military Commission transferred from the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Second Theater Command, requesting to launch offensive operations against the Japanese army and coordinate operations in the Fifth Theater Command.
The Fifth Theater Headquarters located in Laohekou was busy, the radio kept ticking, and General Li Zongren, the famous anti-Japanese general and commander-in-chief of the Fifth Theater, stepped up the formation of troops and prepared to face the Japanese army.
The Chinese ** team is ready!
Facts have proven that the Military Commission's intelligence is accurate and its judgment is also accurate.
On May 1st, International Labor Day, the Japanese Eleventh Army launched the Zaoyi Battle.
The Japanese 3rd Division commanded 5 infantry brigades of the 10th Division, 1 mountain artillery battalion, and 2 infantry brigades of the 101st Division. They left Xinyang and launched an attack on Minggang. The attack was aimed directly at Tanghe. The target was
Attack the Nanbaihe area of Xinye and the vicinity of Fancheng, preparing to press towards Zaoyang from north to south, cutting off the retreat route of the main force of the fifth theater to the north.
The Japanese 13th Division commanded 4 infantry brigades of the 15th Division, 3 infantry brigades, and 1 mountain artillery battalion of the 22nd Division, marched north along the east bank of the Han River west of Dahong Mountain, and encircled the Fifth War Zone in the Fancheng area.
The purpose of the main force is to form an encirclement with the 3rd Division.
The Japanese 16th Division commanded 3 infantry brigades and 1 mountain artillery battalion of the 6th Division, and deployed in front of Suixian County, preparing to attack Zaoyang from the center after the two wing divisions formed an encirclement, and jointly attack the main force of the Fifth Theater in three ways.
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Sonobe and Ichiro's military strength at this time was stronger than in history, and they also had an additional reserve team consisting of five infantry brigades, responsible for protecting transportation and supply lines and supporting the division at any time.
The brutal battle of Zaoyi has officially begun!
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