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On the evening of the 16th, the Japanese Army's Hankou Radio Station interrupted its normal broadcast and broadcast the news of Zhang Zizhong's death in battle.
Liu Yimin never expected that Zhang Zizhong would die heroically for his country despite the clear reminder in his telegram.
Liu Yimin, who was heartbroken, worked hard all night to write the article "Lessons from Famous Generals Who Martyred Their Country", which he submitted to Dazhong Daily for publication and was broadcast nationwide via telegraph.
In the article, Liu Yimin said sadly that since the Anti-Japanese War, many senior generals of our army have been killed in action. The ones with the highest titles, the greatest influence, and the greatest losses are Zhang Zizhong, Commander-in-Chief of the 33rd Group Army, and Zeng Zhongsheng, Chief of Staff of the Instruction Division of the 18th Group Army.
, Huang Su, deputy director of the Political Department. Among them, the one who had the greatest impact on the ongoing war situation after his death was Zhang Zizhong, commander-in-chief of the 33rd Group Army. Because General Zhang Zizhong died heroically, it was equivalent to announcing that we were thirty-three on the southern front of the Zaoyi Battle battlefield.
The defense line of the third group army was breached by the Japanese army. Next, the three Japanese army divisions are likely to move closer and counterattack towards our pursuing troops heading north in the fifth theater. Our early combat results are likely to be in vain. Next, the Japanese army will take a short rest and carry out new operations.
The tactical action was to cross the Han River and march westward to attack Yichang City. This is not a random guess, but Yichang City has an important strategic position and the Japanese army has sufficient troops to continuously invest in the battlefield.
In the article, Liu Yimin analyzed that General Zhang Zizhong was determined to cross the river and commanded. He died not only by the bullets of the Japanese army, but also at the hands of domestic public opinion. At that time, General Zhang was appointed as the commander of Peking City in order to cover the transfer of the main force of the 29th Army.
The domestic public opinion did not understand the truth, completely ignored Zhang Zizhong’s achievements in the Great Wall War, and denounced General Zhang Zizhong as a traitor with a special reputation in North China. What’s more, General Zhang escaped from Pingjin and returned south to pursue the troops. He passed by Jinan.
He was arrested by Han Fuqu on the charge of being a traitor, and when he went south to Xuzhou, he was boarded and searched by patriotic students who did not know the truth. According to common sense, General Zhang Zizhong should have been unjustly accused of this injustice, and he should have already thought of dying to clear his grievances. After learning from this painful experience, the Chinese people should reflect on themselves.
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At this point in the Battle of Zaoyi, Liu Yimin could no longer write an article or send a telegram. The situation on the battlefield was constantly changing, not to mention that the 16th Japanese Division participating in the battle was notoriously evil.
The combat effectiveness of the Thirty-ninth Division was much more powerful. The participating troops in the Fifth Theater were stimulated by the news of Zhang Zizhong's martyrdom. They were eager for revenge and chased the Japanese Third Division that was retreating to Zaoyang and attacked fiercely. It's a pity for the Holy Church, I
The army's artillery firepower is insufficient, so what can it do even if it surrounds the Third Division? When the Japanese Third Division retreated to Zaoyang, the Japanese Thirteenth Division and Sixteenth Division broke through the main defense line of the 33rd Group Army.
Already turning around, the three divisions lined up and pounced viciously on the troops of the Fifth Theater District who were chasing the third division southward. Our army could not stand still and had to retreat to avoid the enemy's edge. The Japanese army pursued Xiangyang and Xiangyang in one breath.
Dengzhou in Nanyang.
The subsequent development of the battle was exactly the same as in history. After a short rest and replenishment in the Zaoyang area, the Japanese army began to carry out phased combat missions on May 31, crossing the Han River and capturing Yichang.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek completely woke up from his dream and found that all the troops originally on the west bank of the Han River had been transferred to the east bank, and there was no main garrison.
Panicked, Chiang Kai-shek immediately took measures and ordered the troops in the Fifth Theater Division to be divided into two corps on the left and right, and ordered Li Zongren to command the Second Army, the 22nd Army, the 31st Army and the 68th Army to form the east of the Han River.
The Left Corps was responsible for attacking Xianghua Road and supporting the Right Corps; Chen Cheng was ordered to rush to the front line to command the Jiang Defense Army, the 29th Group Army, and the 33rd Group Army to form the Right Corps west of the Han River to defend Yichang City
For the purpose of combat missions, the 18th Army, which was undergoing training in Chongqing, also received an emergency order to immediately ship to Yichang and guard Yichang.
Unfortunately, these measures were too late, and the defense west of the Han River was empty. On June 10, just two days after the 18th Army arrived in Yichang, the Japanese army attacked the city of Yichang and concentrated hundreds of aircraft to bombard them indiscriminately. The 18th Army fought back.
Both sides fought with blood. After two days of fierce fighting, the 18th Army had to be ordered to withdraw from Yichang City.
The Battle of Zaoyi turned into a pot of porridge, and the Shandong battlefield also turned into a pot of porridge.
On June 17, the second day after Zhang Zizhong died, without waiting for Liu Yimin to order the Japanese army to attack Jiaoji Road, Jinpu Road, and Longhai Road, the Japanese North China Front began a large-scale summer mopping up operation.
The first target of the Japanese attack was the southern Hebei base area.
The Japanese 11th Division stationed on Pinghan Road, the 5th Japanese Mixed Brigade and the 1st Mixed Japanese Brigade stationed in Nangong launched a large-scale raid on the Jinan base area. Cooperating in the operation were the Japanese soldiers on Deshi Road.
The 37th Division of the Japanese Army.
In an instant, the sky over southern Hebei was once again filled with the fierce flames of the Japanese invaders.
Before Liu Yimin could react to how to deal with the Japanese raids on southern Hebei, Jun Tada made his second killing move. On June 19, the Japanese 41st Division stationed in Liaocheng and the Japanese Army stationed in Decheng
The 40th Division commanded two pseudo-North China security army groups and began to adopt a north-south approach to launch a large-scale sweep in the western Shandong area in an attempt to find and annihilate our second column in western Shandong that had not yet completed training.
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At this time, Xu Shiyou led the Luxi Guard Brigade to Jiaodong and was cooperating with the Jiaodong Guard Brigade for reorganization and training. Wang Bingsan's Second Luxi Guard Brigade jumped to southwestern Shandong and Chen Shiqu's southwestern Shandong Guard Brigade for reorganization and training.
The second brigade and the new second brigade were mainly expanded by Liu to establish a second column.
Liu Yimin knew in his heart that Jun Tada might have caught wind of our army's military expansion and training, and would take a ruthless move while our army's military expansion and training had not yet been completed. However, the Japanese army in Western Shandong only relied on these two divisions and two security forces.
The army group just wants to attack my second column, but that idea is naive. Because our army is fighting guerrilla warfare and has the support of a tunnel network, it will be difficult for the little devils to capture the main force of our army. However, once the southern Hebei Province
The puppet troops completed their mopping up mission and pounced on Lu Xi. Then Lu Xi was in danger, and so was the second column.
Liu Yimin immediately ordered Liu Jianli and Zeng Chunjian to use a small force to direct the local armed forces to use the Luxi tunnel network to harass and fight against the Japanese and puppet troops. The main force quickly jumped out to find and annihilate the Japanese logistics troops, and waited for opportunities to attack near Jinpu Road City to force the enemy.
Return to defense. At the same time, a telegram was sent to Zhang Hongtao and Fu Zhuting's Sixth Column on the Hebei-Shandong border to quickly launch offensive operations against the Japanese and puppet troops on the Hebei-Shandong border, forcing the enemy's 40th Division to rescue them.
Tada Shun took action with hatred this time, using poisonous moves one after another.
Liu Yimin had just ordered the sixth column on the Hebei-Shandong border to launch an offensive against the Japanese and puppet troops when he received an emergency alert from the Hebei-Shandong border. The Japanese 110th Division commanded the Japanese and puppet troops in the Pingjin area to attack the Hebei-Shandong border.
In cooperation with the Japanese troops stationed in the Hebei-Shandong border and northwest Shandong, the ** troops stationed in Huimin were mixed into the 19th Brigade, the ** stationed in Qingyun was mixed into the 20th Brigade, and the ** stationed in Linyi were mixed into the 21st Brigade, and launched a campaign against the Hebei-Shandong border area
Another dragnet-style sweep to find and annihilate the main force of our sixth column.
At the same time, the 28th Division stationed in Jiaodong also played tricks. First it shrunk and concentrated its main force, and then with the cooperation of the Marine Corps, it began to sweep away piece by piece, followed by the 28th Division in Jiaodong.
Some of the Japanese troops who made an emergency landing were mixed with armed and adapted puppet troops. The Japanese troops fought in the front, while the puppet troops built strongholds in the back to capture Ding Laf and expand the puppet army.
The situation became more and more serious day by day. Liu Yimin immediately ordered Chen Dayong, the commander of the Seventh Column who was expanding and reorganizing the army in Jiao Lai, to lead the main force to Jiaodong. He concentrated the Seventh Column, Zhaoshan's Eighth Column and Xu Shiyou's Eleventh Column in Jiaodong to attack the Japanese army.
The 28th Division launched an offensive operation, using guerrilla warfare and ambush tactics combined with mobile tactics to resolutely eliminate the main force of the 28th Division. At least the Japanese 28th Division must be driven back to Yantai and Weihai area to defend to the death.
Stick to it.
As soon as Chen Dayong led the main force to leave the Jiaolai area, the Japanese and puppet troops in Jinan and Jiaoji Road dispatched troops to attack the Qinghe and Jiaolai areas.
The entire Shandong battlefield was full of fierce fighting.
On June 21, in order to alleviate the pressure in the western Shandong, southern Hebei, Shandong border, Qinghe, and Jiaolai areas, Liu and Luo issued an order for the Jiaoji Road Campaign, determined to concentrate the first column, artillery brigade, cavalry brigade, and the fourth
The column, air defense brigade, engineer brigade, heavy machine gun brigade and heavy machine gun regiment encircled and annihilated the Japanese mixed 18th brigade stationed in Jiaocheng, attracting the Japanese 36th Division stationed in Weicheng and the main force of Li Wenli's puppet army to come for reinforcements.
Annihilate them in the field.
What Liu Yimin didn't expect was that Shun Tada was determined to retaliate this time. The Japanese base camp and the China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters were eager to eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Shandong in order to clear the way for the actions they were planning to participate in the world war. The cost was huge.
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Everyone learns war through war.
Due to the failure of the Nomenhan battle, the decisive role of the Eighth Route Army Liu Yimin's Armored Assault Group in the battle, and inspired by the blitzkrieg of the German armored forces, the Japanese army secretly organized three tank divisions in the Northeast. Originally, these three tank divisions
The Chariot Division was used to prepare for war against the Soviet Union. It was historically established on June 24, 1942. The First and Second Chariot Divisions were affiliated to the Mecha Corps of the Kwantung Army. After the Mecha Corps was dismantled, it was affiliated to the Kwantung Army.
The 1st Front Army of the Army. Later, the 2nd Tank Division joined the Pacific battlefield and was annihilated on Luzon Island in the Philippines; the 1st Tank Division was transferred back to Japan at the end of the war for home defense operations; the 3rd Tank Division
The regiment was affiliated with the Mongolian Army and was stationed in Baotou. Later, it was under the direct control of the North China Front Army and participated in the Battle of Central Henan. When Japan surrendered, it surrendered its arms to the Chinese Army in Peiping.
Liu and Luo personally led the main force to attack the Japanese 18th Brigade stationed in Jiaocheng. As soon as the battle started, before the main force had time to deploy, the Japanese and puppet troops in Jiaocheng abandoned the city and fled towards Qingdao.
All this seemed to be premeditated, arousing Liu Yimin's vigilance, and he immediately ordered to stop further pursuit and continue to investigate the enemy's situation.
As a result, early the next morning, a large-scale Japanese fleet landed in Qingdao. It seemed that the Japanese troops were already floating on the sea in boats, waiting to attack the main force of the Eighth Route Army!
The Japanese troops who landed were the three tank divisions and the 2nd and 7th divisions that the Japanese army had built in advance. They were rolling in from east to west along the Jiqing Highway.
There were Japanese aircraft fleets in the sky and Japanese armored groups on the ground. Liu Yimin had no choice but to retreat.
Just as the Japanese armored group was heading towards Lu Zhongnan, the Japanese Guards 2nd Division, 9th Division, 12th Division, 29th Division, 32nd Division, and the 3rd Guards Division around Lu Zhongnan
The Thirty-sixth Division, the 114th Division and several mixed brigades all took action, splitting their ways and heading towards central and southern Shandong.
Liu Yimin was no longer in the mood to pay attention to the German occupation of France and the Japanese occupation of Yichang, and concentrated on commanding his troops to counter-mopping up.
This time, the Japanese army was extremely ferocious and menacing. Three tank divisions, one mechanized division, and one standing division set off a bloody storm in central and southern Shandong.
The Japanese army was victorious because of its high degree of mechanization and fast attack speed. The Eighth Route Army was victorious because of its concentrated artillery fire and its rocket launchers, a weapon that little devils had never heard of. When the two powers met, it would depend on whose fist was stronger.
Liu Yimin urgently ordered the central and southern Shandong area to urgently clear the country, and ordered Lei Ming. Yuan Guoping commanded the fourth column, adopting the tactics of spreading landmines widely to delay the attack speed of the Japanese armored group, covering the transfer of the main force and the base area to clear the country; Wang Jianan and Zhang Haitao were ordered to lead the ninth column to go out.
Taiyi mountainous area, kill towards the western Taiyi area; order Hong Chaoyuan to command the fifth column and the Lunan Military Region troops, use the geographical advantages of the mountainous area to block the delayed Japanese 9th and 12th divisions; order Wang Nanhu and Tang Liang to command the 12th
The column intercepted and delayed the 29th Division and the 114th Division of the Japanese army. He led the main force to hide and wait.
After the base area was cleared and cleared, Liu Yimin immediately ordered all units to stop blocking and delaying operations, switch to covert standby and guerrilla operations, and let the Japanese army stride into the base area to prepare for the second stage of counterattack operations.
At this time, the Japanese army's attack speed was faster, and they quickly opened the Taiwei Highway from Taierzhuang to Weicheng, dividing central and southern Shandong and southeastern Shandong into two, and densely built strongholds along the highway.
After completing the superficial occupation of the central and southern Shandong area, the three Japanese tank divisions and the 2nd and 7th divisions withdrew from central and southern Shandong and headed for Qinghe and Jiaolai base areas. The Japanese 114th Division commanded
The ** mixed into the 22nd Brigade, the Lianyungang garrison and the Puppet Manchuria Advance Army to guard Xuzhou and Longhai Road, the 29th Division was stationed in Jucheng, the 9th Division was stationed in Linyi, and the 2nd Guards Division was stationed in Philadelphia.
The newly formed 27th Division was stationed in Yanzhou and Jining Railway Line, the 16th Brigade was mixed into the ** and stationed in Tai'an, the 32nd Division set its headquarters in Boshan City, and the puppet army Li Wenli's headquarters was stationed in Tai'an.
Arriving in Anqiu, Japanese troops from several divisions began to carry out further raids on the central and southern Shandong base area.
The main force of the Eighth Route Army in Central and South Shandong led by Liu Yimin was divided into the Taiyi Mountains, Baodugu Mountains, and Wulian Mountains. All cities and large market towns in Central and South Shandong were completely occupied.
The Shandong base area has entered the most difficult period.
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