Shortly after Liu Yimin returned to Dadian headquarters, the Battle of Shanggao began.
This time, Liu Yimin did not pay too much attention to the Battle of Shanggao because he knew that the reason why the Japanese army launched the Battle of Shanggao was to use offense instead of defense. He wanted to transfer a division from Nanchang to join the battle in North China and launch an offensive before leaving to change the defense in Nanchang.
The situation. However, this time is slightly different from that in history. In history, the 106th Division and the 101st Division stationed in Nanchang have already returned to China and demobilized, and they were replaced by the 33rd Division and the 34th Division. Now, the army
With their brilliant achievements, the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Divisions have long been wiped out. The 106th and 101st Divisions have also lost the opportunity to return to China and demobilize, and have to stay on the battlefield to confront the Chinese Army.
Compared with the 33rd Division and the 34th Division, the 106th Division and the 101st Division are four-unit ad hoc divisions with more troops and rich combat experience. However, because the soldiers are older and have less combat willpower
Can't keep up with the latter.
No matter which unit of the Japanese army launches the attack, the 19th Army of the Ninth Theater Area around Nanchang is not afraid. Because the 19th Army has replenished and reorganized in time, it is already fully equipped at this time, and with the support of Wang Lingji's 30th Army,
The total number of troops that Xue Yue could use for the Shanggao battle was a full 100,000 troops. Especially last year, Chiang Kai-shek used US aid to purchase a large amount of American equipment, and the Japanese First Army, Second Army, Fifth Army, and 74th Army were all American-style.
The American-style 74th Army is the backbone of the 19th Group Army.
The 74th Army was originally the main force, elite, and outstanding in the military sequence. Now after completing the American equipment, the famous general Wang Yaowu has replaced the weak Yu Jishi as the commander of the 74th Army. The strong general Zhang Lingfu has also returned from injury and has become the 58th Army of the 74th Army.
Deputy division commander. There are 31,000 people in the army. Not to mention the Americanization of weapons, even the military uniforms have been replaced by the olive green of the US military. The combat effectiveness is unrivaled in the entire military system. Putting aside the Japanese aircraft and warships, this is the second largest army of the Japanese army.
The equipment of the divisions, the Fifth Division, the Sixth Division, and the First Guards Division cannot keep up with the 74th Army.
Americanization is the turning point in the improvement of the combat effectiveness of the main force.
The biggest characteristic of the ** operations is the bandit style. They rush in when they win and disperse when they are defeated. Now that the strong 74th Army is the mainstay, the units of the 19th Army are not afraid of being wiped out by the Japanese army and retreat privately.
The phenomenon of standing still will be reduced a lot. When everyone is working hard, how can the little devils take down the 19th Army?
Historically, during the Battle of Shanggao, except for Zhang Chuanghuan, the deputy commander of Li Jue's 70th Army who commanded the operations, he privately ordered his two divisions to evacuate the position after the position was breached, the rest of the troops fought tenaciously and fought hard.
The Japanese troops fought hand-to-hand repeatedly. Even Zhang Chuanchuan's troops performed well in the later battles.
With Xue Yue, a tiger boy, taking overall command, Luo Zhuoying, who was determined to fight against the enemy, and the famous general Wang Yaowu leading the 74th Army as the main force on the battlefield, the Japanese army had to kick the rocks and leave corpses on the ground!
Historically, one of the reasons why the Japanese army launched the Battle of Shanggao was that they were afraid of the Americanized 74th Army, and wanted to kill Chiang Kai-shek's Americanized 74th Army in its initial state. However, the Japanese army was arrogant and thought they could defeat them with one division*
*Two or three armies, only investing two and a half divisions, wanted to completely meet the 19th Group Army. Therefore, the tactics adopted by the Japanese army were still to attack separately. The Japanese army did attack in three ways, but it did not achieve the combined attack.
The purpose was to throw the middle road into the Japanese encirclement, and ended up with a huge defeat. Although history has changed now, the arrogant nature of the Japanese army in Central China has not changed, and arrogant soldiers will be defeated!
Liu Yimin is worried about the changes in the situation on the North China battlefield.
At this time, in order to participate in the world war and seize greater interests in Asia, the Japanese military base camp had adjusted its Chinese combat guidelines and was determined to quickly resolve the China Incident. It requested that "before the autumn of 1941, change the planned plan, not relax the oppression of China, and prepare
In the summer and autumn, the final active operations were carried out in an effort to resolve the China Incident. Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and Chief of General Staff Gen Sugigi reached a consensus on how to resolve the China Incident and clarified the combat policy focusing on the elimination of the resistance forces in North China. China
Based on this, the dispatched army clearly stated on January 30, 1941: "The operations in 1941 will roughly ensure the current occupied area based on the current tasks. Especially in the summer and autumn, comprehensive combat power must be exerted to exert significant pressure on the enemy. We are especially looking forward to it in the summer and autumn."
The battle to eliminate the Central Army in southwestern Shanxi in North China (i.e., the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain). After the victory, concentrated forces to eliminate the Eighth Route Army.dquo;
This decision was made based on the advice of Commander Tada Shun of the North China Front. The leaders of the Japanese army also saw clearly that the security situation in North China was extremely deteriorating, which contained a large number of Japanese invaders. If the resistance in North China was not eliminated, it would not only affect the southward march
Southeast Asia also affected preparations for war against the Soviet Union.
The Japanese army's strategy has undergone great changes, and it has focused its operations on North China. Others may not be aware of this, but Liu Yimin knows it well. According to historical trends, the Japanese army will inevitably launch the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain. The problem is between the present and history.
The Eighth Route Army was so powerful. Should the Japs launch a large-scale operation against the Eighth Route Army first, or should they concentrate their forces on the Battle of Zhongtiaoshan like in history? Liu Yimin had no idea about this.
At this time, the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party had reached the freezing point in the relationship between the two parties since the Anti-Japanese War. Due to Chiang Kai-shek's two massacres, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party no longer trusted each other, let alone the two armies fighting together.
There is another factor here that causes the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to distrust each other.
This factor is an international political factor.
At this time, international relations were in chaos. First, before the Nomonhan incident broke out in 1939, Germany clamored to attack the Soviet Union and asked Japan to cooperate. As a result, Japan and the Soviet army were engaged in a fierce battle in Nomonhan, while Germany and the Soviet Union
The Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact was negotiated and signed on August 3, which meant that the Soviet Union abandoned Britain and France, which had not signed a treaty with it, and Germany abandoned its eastern ally, Japan, forcing Japan to negotiate with the Soviet Union.
The consequence of signing the armistice agreement is that Germany can boldly take risks in Europe, and Germany and the Soviet Union carve up Poland. Now, Germany, Italy and Japan have signed an alliance treaty, forming a fascist alliance, and the international anti-fascist front has also been initially formed.
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On one side is the Triple Alliance of Germany, Italy and Japan, on the other side is the Anti-Sistist Front, and the Soviet Union is caught in the middle. Here it has signed a non-aggression pact with Germany, and truckloads of grain are still being exported to Germany. Over there, it has signed a non-aggression treaty with Japan.
Armistice Agreement. As for the Soviet Union, it is understandable to avoid war for the sake of national security. However, a problem arises.
In the view of the Kuomintang, the Communist Party of China and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union were of the same origin. If the Soviet Union compromised with Japan, would the Communist Party of China still persist in the war of resistance?
Similarly, the leaders of the Communist Party of China also had the same doubts, because the Nationalist Government had always maintained good relations with Germany in the past, although Germany recognized the Puppet Manchukuo and withdrew aid to China after Germany, Italy and Japan signed the "Commons International Agreement".
Military adviser, betrayed China, but Chiang Kai-shek's second son, Chiang Weiguo, has been studying in Germany and just returned to China a year ago. The leaders of the Communist Party of China were also worried that Chiang Kai-shek would be on the wrong side in the battle between Germany and Britain and France, and would compromise with the Japanese army.
Political mutual suspicion and two military coups led to the Kuomintang and the Communist Party glaring at each other. Chiang Kai-shek wanted to drive all the Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army to the north of the Yellow River. He even revoked the instructors and the New Fourth Army designation, declared the New Fourth Army to be rebels, and canceled
The nine main divisions of the Eighth Route Army were provided with military pay; the Japanese did not show any weakness. They successively announced the establishment of the Shandong Military Region, implemented the expansion and reorganization of the New Fourth Army, and ordered all base areas to ban the circulation of legal tender. For a time, it seemed that the Japanese were not the biggest enemy. The two brothers
Instead, we have to fight each other with old fists. This is the characteristic of the current situation.
At this time, the Japanese army deployed troops on a large scale in North China, and they really chose the right time and place.
At this time, the relationship between Germany and the Soviet Union had deteriorated, and there was a possibility of war at any time. However, Japan's new Foreign Minister Matsuoka Yosuke had a whimsical idea of establishing a four-nation alliance of Germany, Italy, Japan, and the Soviet Union, and used the four-nation alliance to confront Britain and the United States, which dominated the Western Hemisphere, and then realize its goals
Establish a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere that integrates Japan, Manchuria and China, including French Indochina and Dutch East Indies.
Yosuke Matsuoka really dared to think that he wanted to bring the Soviet Union closer to the German, Italian, and Japanese fascist alliance!
Liu Yimin knew that historically, Matsuoka Yosuke visited Germany in March and passed through the Soviet Union to sell the Soviet government on the need to strengthen Japan-Soviet cooperation. Then he went to Berlin to meet with Hitler and proposed the establishment of a four-nation alliance. He reminded Japan's Ambassador to Germany Hiroshi Oshima
Under the premise that Germany might go to war with the Soviet Union, he still visited Moscow on his way back and signed the "Japan-Soviet Friendship and Neutrality Treaty" with the Soviet Union in a flash. With this treaty signed, the Soviet Union had less worries and could concentrate its efforts to counter Hitler's attack.
Japan has also been relieved of its worries about going south, and can confidently and boldly launch the Pacific War. And Japan has become the biggest victim, because the domestic people have always connected the Soviet Union and Japan, and in a short period of time, it will inevitably affect
** image.
Historically, it was because the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain took place just after Japan and the Soviet Union had just signed the Treaty of Neutrality and Friendship, which aroused many people's dissatisfaction with the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army. They believed that the Eighth Route Army was ineffective in cooperating with the Japanese army and sat idly by without saving, which led to the fall of Zhongtiao Mountain.
In fact, the fundamental reason for the fall of Zhongtiao Mountain was that the commander of the First War Zone, Wei Lihuang, was not at the defensive line, the army lacked unified and effective command, and was careless, so the Japanese army was caught off guard.
In Liu Yimin's eyes, the series of combat operations carried out by the Japanese army in southern Henan, northern Jiangxi, and the southeastern coast were all smoke screens to hide the large-scale campaign against North China!