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"After passing the five steep slopes, you will see the Jinyin Nest at the mouth of the river; Shihua Street, Baokang County, and the mouth of the river is past the Jinluan Palace. If there are two rooms here, I will not go abroad!"
This folk proverb refers to Laohekou, an important town in northwest Hubei.
Laohekou is located on the east bank of the upper reaches of Han River and belongs to Guanghua County with a long history.
In history, Xiao He, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, who was the three outstanding figures in the early Han Dynasty, and Deng Yu, the general of Emperor Liu Xiu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, had their fiefs in Guanghua County. The great humorist of the Ming Dynasty, the master of couplets, the scholar Xie Jin once and the Wangjiang Tower singing girl Yu Huan'er were here
From the Wangjiang Tower in Laohekou, overlooking Wudang, I drank wine in the wind, competed in poems and essays, and left a romantic story.
Because it is located by the Han River, it was eroded by floods. Guanghua County was moved several times. During the Kangxi and Qianlong years, it was moved to the mouth of the old Han River. In the third year of Yongzheng's reign, it was named Laohekou. Because of the advantage of the Han River boat, it is also located in Sichuan and Hubei.
, the transportation hub of the four provinces of Shaanxi and Henan. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Laohekou had become a densely populated area with five directions, department stores, merchants, and fireworks. It was the most important commercial port in northwest Hubei.
An important town, it is known as Little Hankou.
"Seventy-two streets, eighty-three lanes, twenty-two docks, more than thirty banks, and eighteen guild halls."
Before the war, Laohekou had convenient transportation. For land transportation, there were three roads: Meng(Lou)-Lao(Hekou), Fan(Cheng)-Lao, and Lao-Bai(River). It connected to Xiangfan and Huayuan in the south and directly to Junyun in the west.
Baihe County, Shaanxi Province; the northeast is connected to the Henan Provincial Highway via Menglou. The waterway is responsible for 80% of the freight in Laohekou. There are 22 docks on the Hanshui River and thousands of cargo ships transporting cotton, grain, cattle, sheep, and pigs.
Shan freight is shipped to Hankou, and foreign goods, kerosene, cloth and satin, salt, western medicine and other commodities are transported from Hankou. The business is booming all over the world, and the wealth is abundant reaching Sanjiang. Laohekou is also known as one of the three largest cities in Hubei, along with Hankou and Shashi.
elephant.
In a small city with a population of more than 100,000, there are "Central Bank", "Bank of China", "Farmers Bank of China", "Bank of Hubei Province", "Zhongnan Bank", "Henan Agricultural and Industrial Bank", and "Guanghua County Bank"
, "Da Zhong Bank", "Overseas Chinese Industrial Bank", "Taiyu Bank" and other ten public and private banks, 14 or 5 banks engaged in gold and silver trading and jewelry, more than a dozen large cotton banks, and more than 20 large grain banks.
There are 47 grocery stores in Beijing and Guangzhou, 84 silk and cloth stores, more than 100 hardware and electrical stores, 45 cigarette hotels, more than 50 Shanhuo oil stores, and more than 50 Chinese and Western pharmacies.
, there are also petroleum industry, salt industry, Nanhuo soy sauce garden industry, pig, beef and sheep industry, etc. Only the pig, beef and mutton industry has annual sales and slaughter of about 7,500 pigs, 4,500 cattle, and more than 9,000 sheep.
Thousands of boats and thousands of merchants, the endless Laohekou, the unstoppable Hankou!
Black door panels, pink walls and black tiles, front shop and back house, Hui style attic. Horse head wall with slightly raised eaves, square Taiping pool, central beams and corridors, red railing walkway, surrounded by wing rooms and buildings above.
The courtyard in the courtyard has matching brocade patterns on the doors and windows, both with phoenixes and flying dragons.
If there hadn't been the damned Japanese devils and the damned war of aggression, Laohekou, which occupies an advantageous location, would probably have developed into a large commercial city in Hubei.
The Fifth Theater Commander's Headquarters, the Fifth Theater Senior Cadre Training Class, the Fifth Theater Cadre Training Group, the Eighth Branch, and Laohekou Airport. At this time, Laohekou became the center of the Anti-Japanese War in the Central Plains.
The Fifth War Zone Commander's Headquarters is located in a very ordinary old-style courtyard at the north end of Hujiaying, a suburb of Laohekou. It is surrounded by vegetable fields grown by the people of Hujiaying Township, and there is only a ridge-style path leading to the main road outside.
Above the gate of the headquarters hangs a plaque with the words "Fengfeng Lai Lai" handwritten by General Li Zongren, Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth War Zone, and there is a heavy guard at the door.
Entering the courtyard, there are gravel paved floors, green pines and green bamboos. In the building with one well and three courtyards, the front courtyard and middle courtyard are typical northern dwellings with brick and wood structure, and the backyard is a brick and wood structure imitating European-style buildings. A courtyard is built around the courtyard.
The thatched house serves as a confidential room, secretary's room, duty room and attendant's room.
At this time, the Fifth Theater Command, in addition to Commander-in-Chief Li Zongren, Chief of Staff Xu Zuyi, and Deputy Chief of Staff Wang Hongshao, the staff team was full of talents, including Lieutenant General Zhang Shouling, a full-time senior staff officer in the Commander-in-Chief's Office, Lieutenant General Senior Staff Officer Huang Jianping, Lin Cixi, and Qiao Shang.
Lun, Wen Qiaosheng, Li Zongqing, etc., major general senior staff officers: Mo Jingxiu, Wang Runmin, Wen Tingxiu, Liang Shousheng.
The headquarters has five rooms and eight offices.
The heads of the five offices are Zhou Tianyou, Major General Secretary General of the Secretariat Office, Huang Xuecun, Major General Confidential Secretary; Wei Zhiming, Lieutenant Colonel Staff Officer of the Attendant Office, Shi Ying, Consultant Office, Major General Li Yang, Director of the Confidential Office (also the Chief of the Electrical Affairs Section),
Colonel Tan Yaodong, chief of the investigation office; Major General Feng Shu, director of the investigation room; Colonel Shan Minggao, secretary of the colonel; Colonel Huang Baochong, chief of the first section; Colonel Xie Rufan, chief of the second section; Colonel Pang Yusheng, chief of the third section.
The heads of the eight divisions are Major General Wu Zhongzhi, Chief of the Staff Division, Major General Li Kezhuang, Chief of the First Section, Major General Guo Kezhuang, Chief of the Second Section, Liang Jiaju, Guo Yinguang, Colonel Huo Guannan, Chief of the Third Section, and Colonel Wu Jixin, Chief of the Fourth Section.
; Director of the Traffic Division: Major General Liang Shousheng, Colonel Li Xinwu, Chief of the First Section, Colonel Wang Zun, Chief of the Second Section; Major General Nong Zhizheng, Director of the Adjutant's Office, Colonel Lin Shaozong, Deputy Chief, and Colonel Yao Ming, Chief of the First Section
, Colonel Sun Mufeng, Chief of the Second Section, Colonel Pan Linxin, Chief of the Third Section; He Furong, Director of the Munitions Department, Liang Kejian, Deputy Director, Colonel Guan Zhongfang, Chief of the First Section, Colonel Dang Yun, Chief of the Second Section; Director of the Military Affairs Department
: Major General Liang Jiaqi, Deputy Chief Zang Hanguang, Chief of the First Section Liu Tingbi, Chief of the Second Section Zhou Zhongxuan; Director of the Health Department Xiang Shuo, which consists of the Secretary's Office, the Military Medical Department, the Medical Department, the Inspection Department, and the Medical Clinic; the Military Law Department
Major General Chang Tangxing, consists of the Secretarial Section, the Examination Section, the Military Law Section, the Personnel Section, and the Adjutant's Section; the Ordnance Department consists of the First, Second, and Third Sections, the Adjutant's Section, the Warehouse, and the Manufacturing Factory.
He Yizhi, the leader of the first group (Shanghai group) of the disc reporting group directly under the Ministry of Governor, Wang Jun, the leader of the second group (Anlu group), and Ling Shixiang, the leader of the third group (Xinyang group).
There are also the Fifth Theater Depot Directorate, Theater Political Department, Optics Valley Garrison Command, Communications Command, Senior Combat Personnel Training Course, Fifth Theater Cadre Training Group, Material Resources Committee, Grain Purchase Committee, Economic Committee, and Frontline Publishing.
The news agency, the Zhenzhong Daily News Agency, the Special Service Group, the Sixth Column of the Rangers, the Radio Team, the Communications Company, the Automobile Team, the Military Conduct Inspection Team and other units were stationed in the Laohekou area with the headquarters.
Due to the interruption of communications, the Fifth Theater Command Headquarters, the 11th Group Army, and the 84th Army are not yet aware of the loss of the main force of the 173rd Division and the death of Zhong Yi.
Li Zongren obtained the information that the Japanese army was about to launch the Zaoyi battle from He Yizhi, an intelligence officer in the Fifth War Zone and a senior Japanese army translator. Based on this, he reported to the Military Commission and formulated a preemptive combat plan.
The current battlefield situation is that on May 7, the 3rd Division occupied Tanghe, the 13th Division marched north to Wangji, and the 16th Division arrived at Suiyangdian, forming an encirclement of Zaoyang. On May 8
, the Japanese army successfully occupied Zaoyang and declared that the purpose of the operation on the left (east) bank of the Han River had been completed.
In fact, all the troops in the Fifth Theater Division had already jumped out of the gap before the Japanese army encircled Zaoyang. Except for the 173rd Division, which suffered heavy casualties, all other troops had completed their strategic transfer. The main force of the twenty-three divisions, all
surrounded the Japanese army. The Japanese army only occupied Zaoyang, but did not realize the strategic intention of eliminating the main force of the 11th Group Army of the Fifth Theater at all. Instead, they fell into the encirclement of the Fifth Theater.
The ticking sound of the radio transceiver echoed softly in the courtyard of the Fifth Theater Command Headquarters.
Li Zongren, dressed in the uniform of a general of the Republic of China, Chief of Staff Xu Zuyi, Deputy Chief of Staff Wang Hongshao and several senior staff officers gathered around the map of the enemy's situation and looked at it quietly.
At this time, Li Zongren's prestige was greatly increased. The victory in the Battle of Taierzhuang, the victory in the Battle of Suizao and the outstanding performance of the troops of the Fifth Theater in the Battle of Wuhan made Li Zongren the commander-in-chief with the most glorious record in the war.
The famous general is no longer a local warlord separatist in Guangxi. Moreover, Li Zongren has a broad mind and insists on selecting and appointing talents in the five war zones. Whether it is the old troops of the Guangxi clique, the Central Army and other local factions, Li Zongren can
Treat everyone equally. Reward those who have merit and punish those who are guilty.
Liu Qun, the former lieutenant general engineer commander and fortress team leader of the Fifth War Zone, had followed Li Zongren for many years and was an old friend. When fortifications were built during the Xuzhou Battle, the Military Commission allocated a large sum of money for the project, and Liu Qun took advantage of the war.
Absconding with money during the battle. After the Xuzhou War, Li Zongren went to Chongqing and passed by Yichang. Liu Qun, who was hiding in Yichang, thought that Xuzhou had been lost, and Commander Li might have forgotten that he had absconded with money. Even if he had not forgotten,
, during the war years, I followed him for many years, thinking that Commander Li would not embarrass him anymore. Liu Qun went to see Li Zongren and asked Li Zongren to have dinner with the purpose of returning to serve in the fifth theater. As a result, Li Zongren immediately ordered the guards
Liu Qun was arrested, imprisoned in Xiangfan, and executed immediately.
With such a commander-in-chief, the officers and soldiers will not be able to accept it even if they want to!
Xu Zuyi, Chief of Staff of the Fifth Theater Zone, is a native of Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. After graduating from the Artillery Section of the third phase of the Baoding Military Academy, he went to Japan to study. He attended Japan's Army Noncommissioned Officer School and Army University, and is very familiar with the Japanese army's combat tactics.
Xu Zuyi examined the situation map between ourselves and the enemy for a long time, and then said to Li Zongren: "Gong De, the time is ripe. After the Japanese army captures Zaoyang, they will soon return to their original defense position. It's time to close the net!"
At this time, no one from the Chongqing Supreme Command, Lord Gunggun, to the senior advisers in the Fifth Theater Headquarters realized that the Japanese army had two goals in this battle. One was to capture and destroy both sides of the Han River.
The main force of the fifth theater was to capture Yichang. Of course, the Japanese army did not clearly stipulate whether to stick to Yichang after capturing Yichang. Because this was no longer the period of the Wuhan Battle, and the Japanese army was limited by huge military expenditures and limited troops.
We have no intention of expanding the occupied area, we just want to find the main force of the Chinese Army, force Chiang Kai-shek to surrender, and end the war of aggression against China as soon as possible.
Xu Zuyi's words were supported by Deputy Chief of Staff Wang Hongshao and several senior advisers!
At this time, Li Zongren became calmer and calmer, sat on the chair and thought carefully.
The current situation is that after the Japanese right-wing Third Division captured Zaoyang from the north of Zaoyang, it reached the east of Xiangyang. As soon as the Japanese army retreats, our army can counterattack and counter-encircle the entire Japanese army participating in the Zaoyi Battle.
The first step is to counter-encircle the Third Division. As long as the Third Division is defeated, the next battle will be easier to fight, and it will only be a matter of time before the Japanese army is destroyed.
Moreover, our elite Tang Enbo's 31st Group Army is waiting in Nanyang and can quickly go south to join the battle and annihilate the Japanese Third Division.
Now, Li Zongren, who had created brilliant achievements such as the Battle of Taierzhuang and the Battle of Suizao, was determined to create miracles again and was ready to kill the Japanese army.
Li Zongren thought for a long time, then raised his head and said to Xu Zuyi: "Chief of Staff, report to the Military Commission and Chairman Chiang Kai-shek that the Japanese army has captured Zaoyang today and will soon withdraw to the original defense position. The Fifth Theater is determined to take advantage of the enemy.
When retreating, encircle from all sides, first concentrate the main force to encircle and annihilate the Japanese 3rd Division, and then pursue the victory and annihilate the 13th and 16th Japanese Divisions."
The Jianghan Plain has a good climate and lots of rain.
As soon as Li Zongren finished speaking, it started to rain lightly.
Deputy Chief of Staff Wang Hongshao laughed: "Gong De, God is really helping our army. When it rains, the gravel road on Xianghua Road will become muddy, making it difficult for the Japanese army's vehicles to move. They can't escape even if they want to! This time, Xiao
The devil is dead!"
After receiving the telegram from the Fifth Theater Zone, the Military Commission judged that the Japanese army would retreat to its original position. The main retreat route was Xianghua Road, and vehicles could not move on this road after the rain. Therefore, it prepared to order the troops in the Fifth Theater Zone to take advantage of the Japanese army's unfavorable situation and lack of supplies.
, the opportunity to retreat was difficult, capture it with all your strength, annihilate it near the battlefield, and then pursue it towards Yingcheng and the Garden Line.
Chiang Kai-shek is going to devour the Japanese army of 100,000 in one fell swoop!
Our army was determined to counterattack, but the Japanese army made a mistake at this time.
Although the main force of the fifth theater was not eliminated, after eight days of fighting, the Japanese army successfully captured Zaoyang, once again demonstrating their combat effectiveness.
The commander of the Eleventh Army, Sonobe Kazuichiro, had no intention of attacking northward. At 8 o'clock in the evening, he issued an order to order all frontline troops to turn back to their original bases after arriving at the Tanghe-Baihe line and prepare to carry out the siege on the west bank of the Han River.
war.
Just three hours later, at 11 o'clock in the evening, the Chongqing Military Commission issued a general offensive order to the fifth theater.
In an instant, the troops of the fifth theater of war that had withdrawn without a trace began to take action. Six divisions of Tang Enbo's 31st Group Army quickly moved south in the Nanyang area, and a total of six divisions of the 30th Army and the 75th Army were in the west.
The five divisions of the 33rd Group Army were in the south, and the five divisions of the 45th Army and the 94th Army chasing the Japanese army were in the southeast. All began to move concentrically.
The real battle of Zaoyi has begun!
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