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The murderous aura forms clouds at three o'clock, and the cold sound spreads throughout the night.
It is most appropriate to use these two lines from "Yan Ge Xing" by Gao Shi, a great frontier poet of the Tang Dynasty, to describe the battlefield of the Zaoyi Battle at this time.
Lieutenant General Sonobe Kazuichiro, the commander of the Japanese Eleventh Army, is a professional officer who went to the Army Infant School and went to the Army University. He has learned a lot of combat command knowledge. Now, he thinks that he has attracted the attention of the Chinese army by launching a feint attack into the Ninth Theater.
The attention of the ** team could be used as a trump card. The smug Sonobe and Ichiro immediately ordered the already prepared right-wing third division to launch an attack from Xinyang to Biyang on May 1. On the same day, they broke through the front of our Second Group Army.
; The next day, the 13th Division of the Japanese left wing launched an attack from Zhongxiang along the east bank of the Han River, directly breaking through the front of our 33rd Group Army. After the two Japanese troops broke through, they advanced northward with all their strength, aiming directly at Zaoyang. Our Second Group Army
After the main force chased the Japanese 3rd Division, the 33rd Group Army chased the 13th Division and waited for an opportunity to ambush it. On May 4, the Japanese 16th Division launched an attack from the central front and immediately broke through the 13th Division of our Central Group.
It is the frontal defense line of the group army.
After our army found out the actions and strength of the Japanese army, Chiang Kai-shek called Li Zongren on May 5, pointing out that the Japanese armies "were only three divisions strong in total, and they were all pieced together from other parties to be distributed in Pinghan, Xinnan, and Xiangyang"
Hua, Jingzhong, and Hanyi all have vast fronts. The strength of each route is only one brigade, or at most one division. The strength is very limited, and there is no active and big intention. It can be inferred that... our army is about to recognize
Reveal the enemy's situation, seize the opportunity... Regardless of all odds, advance bravely, and you will definitely deal a fatal blow to the enemy."
On the same day, the Fifth War Zone adjusted its deployment in response to the Japanese military situation: the 29th Group Army was responsible for guerrilla operations in Dahongshan and flanked the Japanese troops in Jingzhong and Xianghua; Sun Lianzhong of the Left Group commanded the 1st Guerrilla Column to be responsible for guerrilla operations at Tongbai Mountain and flanked the southwest.
Japanese troops on Xianghua Road; Jiang Defense Army, in addition to their original mission, should cross the river eastward with powerful troops, attack in the direction of Zaoshi and Lianshan, threaten the rear of the Japanese army, and support the operations of the Right Group; the Right Group should still stick to the west bank of the Xiang River with one part, and the main force
In the area east of Xianghe River, cooperate with the Central Group to encircle and annihilate the Japanese troops heading north from Zhongxiang; the Central Group should block the attack at the current position and delay the Japanese army's westward advance. As a last resort, it should aim to protect Xiang and Fan and resist one after another east of Zaoyang.
Afterwards, one unit was used to coordinate with the Right Group and the Dahongshan guerrilla army in the north of Zaoyang to attack the flanks of the Japanese army. The main force was transferred to the west of Tanghe and Baihe; the 2nd, 31st Group Army and 92nd Army should be at Tongbai and Biyang.
Encircle and annihilate the Japanese troops advancing westward from the eastern area, and move west of the Tang River as a last resort.
The Japanese army's fighting style was the same as that of the Battle of Suizao, and the deployment of the army was basically the same as that of the Battle of Suizao. However, this time, the Japanese Eleventh Army was ruthless and concentrated three elite standing divisions.
The 6th Division, the 10th Division, and the 106th Division have strengthened their forces and have aircraft to assist them. What they want is a quick victory. .com Therefore, the Japanese attack speed is very fast, advancing 30 to 40 kilometers per day.
, battlefield conditions changed several times a day, and Mashan in the fifth theater felt the pressure was increasing.
In the sky, groups of Japanese troops were bombing and strafing, and on the ground were Japanese tanks and armored vehicles guiding the infantry to attack. Artillery shells were exploding and machine guns were firing. The beautiful Jianghan Plain in northwest Hubei was filled with smoke and became a fighting ground for the Chinese and Japanese armies.
Zhong Yi, commander of the 173rd Division of the 84th Army of the 11th Group of the National Revolutionary Army, also named Tianren, is a native of Changsha Village, Funan, Guangxi. He graduated from the Guangxi Provincial Third Normal School and the Shaoguan Lecture Hall. He was Li Zongren’s commander when he launched an army against the old Guangxi warlord Lu Rongting.
One of the key young officers.
The current commander of the Eleventh Army is Huang Qixiang, which has Qin Lianfang's 84th Army and Li Xianzhou's 92nd Army.
The 92nd Army of Li Xianzhou was the Central Army and was going to be sent to Shandong to support the Yu Xuezhong Department in the Sulu War Zone. As a result, the Li Xianzhou Department had not yet set out, and the Yu Xuezhong Department broke out from Shandong when the Japanese army was heavily raiding. The Li Xianzhou Department then
Incorporated into the 11th Army Group, stationed in Xiangyang and Fancheng areas.
Qin Lianfang's 84th Army was composed entirely of Guangxi soldiers. It was formed when the Guangxi Army expanded after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. The first army commander was concurrently served by the famous Gui general Xia Wei. It was under the jurisdiction of Lin Cixi's 131st Division, Liu Ren's 188th Division, Ling
Press the 189th Division in the West. During the organizational adjustment at the beginning of last year, Qin Lianfang, also a famous general of the Guangxi Clan, took over as commander. Lin Cixi's 131st Division and Liu Ren's 188th Division were ordered to be reorganized into the 31st Army. In addition, He Weizhen's 173rd Division from the 31st Army was transferred
, Zhang Guangwei's 174th Division was reorganized into the 84th Army. The 84th Army had three divisions: He Weizhen's 173rd Division, Zhang Guangwei's 174th Division, and Ling Yaxi 189th Division.
Not long after the organizational restructuring of the army, Zhong Yi was transferred to the commander of the 173rd Division due to his military exploits, replacing He Weizhen.
According to the battle plan of the fifth theater, the three divisions of the 84th Army set up defenses at the Suixian and Zaoyang front-line positions on the Xianghua Line to block the Japanese 16th Division advancing towards Zaoyang using central breakthrough tactics.
The position is an established position, but unfortunately, no matter how strong the position is, it cannot stop the bombing of aircraft and artillery, nor can it stop the attack of Japanese tanks.
After the Japanese 16th Division launched its attack yesterday, the 84th Army's first-line positions were broken through and began to enter the phase of resistance.
On the morning of May 5th, the Japanese army went crazy and attacked the positions of the 84th Army. The casualties of the troops increased significantly. In order to preserve their strength, Commander Huang Qixiang of the 11th Group Army urgently ordered the main force of the 84th Army to attack Zaoyang.
Assemble and order Zhong Yi's 173rd Division to move to the rear and cover the main force to retreat to Zaoyang.
After the main force retreated, the 173rd Division, which was tasked with blocking the rear, was stuck by the Japs, and all regiments fell into a bitter fight.
Zhong Yi stood in the command post, holding a telescope and observing the battlefield trends. (7*
The situation was very bad. The enemy's firepower was too fierce. After the plane bombing, there was heavy artillery bombardment. The Jianghan Plain was originally fertile and wild for thousands of miles, and there was no danger to defend. The positions built were bombarded by Japanese aerial bombs and heavy artillery.
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Zhong Yi couldn't help but cursed, "What a shame! If I were to dig into the mountains in Guangxi, the little devils wouldn't be able to find me, and I would be shot with my eyes wide open. I'll hit you every time!"
The Japanese army launched another fierce attack, led by tanks and covered by artillery fire, followed by Japanese infantry charging in groups.
Seeing the ferocious attack of the little devil, Zhong Yi felt nervous and did not dare to neglect. He immediately ordered the reserve team to dispatch and resolutely defeat the little devil!
After issuing the order, Zhou Yi ordered deputy division commander Zhou Yuan to stay at the headquarters and take command. He grabbed a medium-sized rifle, led a guard squad out of the division headquarters shelter, and ran toward the forward position.
The children of Bagui are heroes in the world!
The position facing the Japanese attack arrows had long been destroyed by Japanese artillery fire, and no one was alive anymore.
A little Japanese tank roared, rushed up to the position, turned the turret, jerked its butt, and with a "boom", opened fire on the second-line position behind it.
At this moment, a short, dark and thin soldier crawled out from the dead pile of Chinese defenders next to the tank. He seemed to be stunned by the cannon and was squirming on the ground, looking around with dazed eyes.
When he saw the tank firing next to him, the Chinese soldier seemed to wake up. He shook his head vigorously, shook off the dust, grabbed a bomb bag in the trench, pulled the lead, climbed to the side of the tank, and
The package was delivered under the tank. Boom, the dust mist caused by the explosion shook the tank several times, and then it caught fire.
The Japanese soldier following the tank woke up and pounced on him viciously, stabbing several bayonets into the Chinese soldier's back at the same time.
As soon as a little Japanese soldier pulled out his bayonet, he found that his legs could not move. When he looked down, he saw a Chinese soldier whose legs had been broken by the bombing and covered in blood. He was hugging him tightly, with smoke still coming out of his arms.
The little Japanese got scared, screamed, and stabbed the Chinese soldier's back with the bayonet, and bright red blood spurted out. At this time, the grenade in the Chinese soldier's arms exploded.
An officer climbed up from the trench that had been blown up by the Japanese army. He opened his machine gun at the little Japanese infantry who rushed towards them.
The brothers who were lucky enough to be alive were all firing, holding rifles and grenades to fight the Japanese.
Seeing the Japs stepping across the position and tearing a hole in the 173rd Division's defense line, the reserve team rushed up, firing machine guns and rifles at the Japs infantry on both sides of the tank, and grenades flew out row by row, in the Japs charging formation.
Pieces of dust and mist arose.
Deputy division commander Zhou Yuan, who was in the command post, ordered mortars to fire to cover the reserve team's counterattack.
The 173rd Division does not have anti-tank anti-tank artillery. When encountering Japanese tanks, the only way for armored vehicles to survive is to explode them with bomb packs and cluster grenades. That requires the lives of brothers. Ten lives may not be exchanged for a tank.
Armored vehicle.
When Zhong Yi arrived, the reserve team was already strangled with the Japanese army. Zhou Yi yelled: "Throw that mother! You're dead, kill me." The Zhongzheng rifle in his hand opened fire, killing a man with a ferocious look on his face.
The little devil who was stabbing a brother with a bayonet hit his head so hard that it turned into a flower!
The lieutenant general and division commander personally went into battle to fight, and the life-threatening ferocity of the Guangxi soldiers was completely aroused! The brothers stepped on the corpses of their comrades and the corpses of the Japanese, rising like the tide, and blew them up with grenades and bombs.
Shot and stabbed with bayonets, they turned into a pack of hungry wolves desperate for their lives!
The little devil got scared, and the tanks and armored vehicles backed up, covering the infantry and retreating.
As soon as the Japanese retreated, Zhong Yi ordered his brothers to retreat to prevent Japanese artillery fire!
In just a moment, the Japanese artillery shells fell, first hitting the mortar position, and then launched an artillery fire interception towards the retreating defenders in an attempt to retain the 173rd Division.
The counterattack just now was very heroic, but the casualties of the troops were too great. After the reserve of one regiment was withdrawn, only one and a half regiments were left.
Zhou Yuan sent someone to inform Zhong Yi that the army commander ordered the 173rd Division to retreat to Zaoyang.
Zhong Yi knew the battle plan of the fifth theater and knew that Commander Li wanted to gather and annihilate the Japanese troops around Zaoyang. Their blockade was just to delay the Japs, cover the transfer of the main force to the outside, and let the Japs infiltrate into the encirclement. Therefore, after receiving
After Zhou Yuan's order to retreat came from the army, Zhong Yi immediately ordered each regiment to take turns covering and retreat quickly.
On the great plain, there is an unobstructed view. As soon as the blocking Chinese troops retreated, the Japanese army immediately pursued them and used tanks, armored vehicles, and cars to quickly penetrate the 173rd Division to separate and surround it.
One side wants to successfully break out of the encirclement, while the other side pursues them relentlessly. The vast Jianghan Plain witnesses the unyielding Chinese people and the bloody killings of the Japanese army.
On the second day, the Japanese army was still in pursuit, but the 173rd Division, the military headquarters, the group army headquarters, and the commander's headquarters lost contact, and the radio failed!
By this time, the losses of the 173rd Division after three consecutive days of fierce fighting had been very heavy, and the organization was disrupted. After Zhong Yi organized his troops, he judged that the main force of the Japanese army would attack Zaoyang directly, so he divided his troops into two groups and headed north of Luyanyi.
Assemble. Zhou Yuan led the way, and he led the left column and the troops directly under the division into the area between Taiping Town and Cangtai, north of Zaoyang.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the left wing detachment led by Zhong Yi and the main force of the Japanese army were overtaken by the Japanese army in Taiping Town and Cangtai, Tanghe.
Facing the powerful enemies surrounding him, Zhong Yi knew that the only way to break out of the encirclement was to fight tooth and nail.
The Czech machine guns were concentrated. Zhong Yi picked up a machine gun and opened the way ahead, leading his troops to break through the encirclement.
At this time, the Japanese army has regarded Zhong Yi and others as easy prey. How can they let them break through successfully?
Zhong Yiji couldn't remember how many magazines he changed. He only knew that the barrel of the machine gun was red and he replaced it with a rifle. After finishing the bullets in the rifle, he held a pistol in one hand and a grenade in the other, charging and firing.
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The Japanese cavalry troops came forward. The cavalrymen were laughing wildly on their horses and waving their sabers wildly. In an instant, rivers of blood flowed!
Zhong Yi commanded the remaining brothers to form a prototype defense circle and fired desperately at the Japanese, hoping to repel the Japanese cavalry.
On the Great Plains, when infantry met cavalry, they were inherently at a disadvantage. Coupled with the firepower of the infantry units being overtaken by the Japanese, the situation became increasingly critical.
The soldiers of Baguizi are all masters who will fight to the death. Whether they are in the Eighth Route Army or in the Communist Party, they have never put their lives in the fight against the Japanese.
The position was broken through and broken again by the Japanese army, cut and cut again. Each brave and unyielding life bloomed with loyal flowers and incomparable beauty on the Jianghan Plain.
At the end of the battle, Zhong Yi only had 40 soldiers left.
Looking at the dark and thin faces, and then at the arrogant Japanese cavalry on the periphery, Zhong Yi calmed down, and simply sat down, asked for a cigarette from a brother, lit it, and slowly smoked it away
Already.
Seemingly stunned by the calmness of the central officer, the little devil's cavalry actually stopped chasing them, reined in their horses, raised their sabers, and looked coldly at the group of Chinese soldiers who had run out of ammunition and reinforcements.
After finishing his cigarette and throwing away the cigarette butt, Zhong Yi squinted at the little devil, sneered twice, and whispered: "Little devil, if I had planes, cannons, and tanks, I would be better at fighting than you! Are you trying to be pretentious!"
After saying that, Zhong Yi turned to his brothers and shouted: "I swear to death that I will not be a prisoner! In my revolutionary life, I will never be insulted by the Japanese invaders!"
After shouting, Zhong Yi pulled out his gun and pulled the trigger against his temple!
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