Jambi City is located on the south bank of the Hari River in the southeastern part of Sumatra Island. It is only more than 100 kilometers away from the mouth of the river. From here to the Panjang Strait, ships of about 500 tons can pass. It was the cultural and trade center of ancient Sumatra. Jambi City
The foothills on the west side of the city have been producing oil since more than 20 years ago. There are more than 700 kilometers of oil pipelines connecting the Minas Oil Field in the north and the Palembang Refinery in the south. It is a famous rubber and oil export port in Sumatra.
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For both armies, the most strategic significance of Jambi is that it is a transportation hub connecting north and south of Sumatra, with railways and highways passing through it.
Since the discovery of the Minas oil field, the development of Sumatra Island has accelerated, and the oil port Dumai was built with the joint investment of the Euclid Consortium and the American Standard Oil Company.
After the I army occupied Sumatra, in order to quickly transport rice, rubber, coffee, oil palm, petroleum and other materials on the island, they built a railway connecting Banda Aceh in the north to Lampung Port in the south. Among them, Parlac
, Lantao, Lantao Pulapa, Sepanga, Minas, Gubei, Palembang and other oil producing areas are the most important nodes on this railway line.
In order to defend the city of Jambi, the I Army blew up the railway and highway bridges on the Hari River, and transferred the 56th Division from Palembang, a first-class division, plus the 77th Division that had previously defended Jambi.
The regiment belongs to the second-class division, as well as the attached first, second and third divisions of the Lanyin Puppet Army and du
liThe 30th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment,
The determination of the i Army to hold the Harry River defense line is evident.
However, the Anjiajun did not choose to forcibly cross the Gushicheng section of the Harry River, but deliberately avoided
The sharp edge of the I Army quietly crossed the river at Maradenbesi, Marabote and Marabang'e in the west of the Hari River. With the cooperation of the airborne troops, it was crushed in one fell swoop.
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The defense of the 5th Infantry Brigade successfully penetrated the vast plain area west of Jambi City.
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i In the early morning, after a brief rest and refueling, Lu Xiong led the 20th Army, using the tank division and armored division as arrows, and rushed toward Jambi City.
From Maraden Besi to Jambi is a vast plain area. The road from Jambi to Badong, an important town on the west coast, runs from east to west. After hundreds of years of development, most of the roads along the road are fertile fields. It is the time when the autumn harvest is completed.
The piles of grain and hay are the driest time of the year.
Separating these fertile fields are clusters of rainforests, but this is no problem for the mechanized troops. The tanks directly knock over the thigh-thick forest trees to the ground. The rainforests are layer after layer, which absorbs noise and prevents dust, which can play a role.
The role of covering the march of Anjiajun
seven o'clock in the morning,
Lieutenant General Qing Shuigui, commander of the 40th Army of the I Army, is in the office in the headquarters south of Jambi City, anxiously waiting for the report of the reconnaissance force sent last night.
As the reconnaissance aircraft of the Army and Navy Air Force suffered devastating attacks, coupled with the radio interference that started from the beginning of the battle,
The i army suddenly became blind and deaf. It did not know the fighting situation in other places at all, let alone the main attack direction of the Anjia army, and completely lost control of the battle situation.
"Commander——"
Chief of Staff Major General Isoya Goro rushed into the headquarters excitedly, walked through the large conference room, opened the door of the back office and walked in. He held a report in his hand and said loudly to Shimizu:
"So far, four of the sixteen reconnaissance teams sent out last night have returned, and they have brought back detailed intelligence. According to the reconnaissance, although there are large troops gathered on the north bank of the Hari River opposite Jambi City, no Chinese troops have been found.
There were no signs of crossing the river, but instead a force was found southwest of Jambi, but it was impossible to confirm whether it was the main force of the Chinese army or the air force paratroopers who were guerrilla raiding everywhere..."
To wait for Isoya Goro to finish speaking, Nori Shimizu, who once served as Hirohito's military attache, grabbed the report, read it carefully, pondered for a long time, and suddenly stood up and said:
"Something is wrong with the situation. I judge that the main force of the Chinese army has probably crossed the upper reaches of the Hari River west of Jambi City. We need to adjust our defense immediately, otherwise the defense line will be quickly broken by the Anjia army attacking from the flank. Isoya-kun, please call immediately
General Matsudaira and General Ikegami went to the conference room for a meeting..."
"Boom boom——"
At this moment, a sudden violent explosion sounded. The headquarters and nearby camps were surrounded by a steaming fire. Amidst the flying sand and rocks, a big hole was blown out of the upper two floors of the camouflaged headquarters building. Fortunately, this building
The building is three stories high, and the headquarters is on the bottom floor. Otherwise, Qingshui Juju and his chief of staff would have gone to see Yaozhao immediately.
The staff officers and guards broke in, picked up the frightened Shimizu Nori and Isoya Goro, and rushed toward the basement in panic.
Outside the building, a shrill air defense siren sounded, mixed with the roar of aircraft engines, and it didn't take long for the entire camp to be enveloped by a violent explosion.
"Baga!"
In the room on the second underground floor of the headquarters, Qingshui, who had evacuated here, was in shock and cursed loudly: "How do you do security work? China's fighter planes flew overhead and dropped bombs, but our air defense troops didn't even react at all.
... Dereliction of duty, this is serious dereliction of duty, that bastard Ohno Jiro, I want him to commit suicide and apologize!"
The intelligence staff officer Tada Suke, who rushed over in a hurry, said with a sad face: "I'm sorry, Commander, Ohno-kun cannot be blamed for this, because we were attacked by missiles from An's army...the missiles were too fast.
, by the time the air defense force led by Ohno-kun discovered the alarm, it was already too late. Fortunately, of the three missiles that attacked the headquarters, only one hit the headquarters building, otherwise it would have been all over!"
"missile?"
Qing Shui was stunned for a moment, and then waved his hand dejectedly: "It's this kind of mysterious bomb again. It seems that we have been targeted by the Chinese for a long time. The reason why they stayed until now to attack is probably because they want to take away us."
The command system... is not good, it must have been An Jiajun's attack...
"Isoya-kun, please immediately send a call to Matsudaira-kun and Ikegami-kun in my name. Ikegami-kun will take over the Harry River defense line. Matsudaira-kun will lead his troops to the southwest of the city. It is best to build two or three anti-tank trenches there.
! The speed must be fast, An Jiajun may not be far away from us!"
"Hey Yi——"
More than 200 bombers, supported by more than 100 fighter jets, attacked Jambi.
The i army carried out a fierce attack.
On the ground, bombed by fighter planes
The i army was in chaos. Tanks, transport vehicles, ammunition warehouses and gathered groups were carefully taken care of. There were violent explosions of fire everywhere.
After receiving the order from Commander Shimizu, the 56th Division, led by the division commander Lieutenant General Matsudaira Masako, quickly mobilized to the southwest. However, under the air raids of the Anjia Army Air Force, they did not wait for them to build a defense line.
Anjiajun's armored and tank troops have already moved forward.
Just at this time,
The division headquarters of the i Army was discovered by the Anjia Army Air Force because it had too many false starts. More than a dozen bombers were concentrated to attack it accurately. As the houses covered with camouflage nets were razed to the ground, including the division chief of staff,
More than 20 members of the division and regiment were killed.
Matsudaira Masako, who went to the front line to supervise the deployment of positions, had to move the division headquarters to the subordinate brigade headquarters and direct the battle through temporary telephone lines.
Right there
When the I Army was knocked upside down by the bombing, the tanks and armored units of the Anjia Army rushed forward like an endless stream of iron. More than 200 Leopard II tanks, more than 300 armored fighting vehicles, and self-propelled artillery,
Under the cover of self-propelled rocket launchers and anti-tank guns, and with the help of armed helicopters overhead, the attack was overwhelming.
The defense line built hastily by the i army.
The long-range grenades fired by the broken crossbow II 120mm and 150mm heavy cannons landed with great accuracy under the guidance of air fighters.
On the I Army's position, firepower points were destroyed one by one, providing cover for the assault of tanks and armored troops.
The i Army's anti-tank trenches were not dug in time, and the defense fortifications were only dug to half a meter, which was completely unable to resist tank attacks. Just then
When the i army was in panic, the Leopard II tank roared and rushed forward first.
i army position.
However, Matsudaira Masako was not easy to follow. After discovering the tank cluster of the Anjia Army, he immediately mobilized his troops and deployed all the anti-aircraft guns originally used for air defense into the jungle to temporarily serve as anti-tank guns. When Leopard
iitank rush
When the I Army's position was reached, these anti-aircraft guns immediately began to fire, and several Leopard II tanks that were caught off guard were hit and burst into flames.
At the same time, the two tank brigades assigned to the 56th Division began to conduct a counter-raid. More than fifty Type IV tanks occupied favorable positions and formed a dense blockade firepower.
Continuous breakthroughs
The Leopard II tanks of the I Army's two temporary defense lines slowed down, and
The Type IV tanks of the i Army were engaged in a confrontation. The tank crews of the Anjia Army were very experienced and did not let the tanks stop at a fixed position. Instead, they used short-stop fire, that is, they stopped instantly during the march and the gunners fired.
Accurately shoot, and then immediately resume operation, the entire process of staying for no more than two seconds. In this way, almost every shot can hit a vehicle.
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Aiming tanks and anti-tank guns of the i Corps was extremely difficult.
The Type IV tanks of the i Army were located on fixed positions, and to a certain extent they suffered like fixed targets. Under this tense confrontation,
The shortcomings of the i army's tank crews' lack of training began to be exposed. Their hit rate against moving targets was not high. The two sides fought for more than ten minutes. As the Anjia army's subsequent tanks and armored fighting vehicles broke in,
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The i army's defense line began to loosen.
At this time, another tank unit that was detouring from the south suddenly came up
The i army appears from behind and directly kills
The i army's front and rear were torn apart. This tank force attacked from behind.
The tanks of the i Army opened fire,
The i army's position was thrown into chaos.
The side and back of the tank of the i Army were hit by armor-piercing projectiles and exploded and caught fire.
In just twenty minutes, under attack from both front and back,
All the remaining tanks and vehicles of the i Army were burned into piles of scrap metal.
As the trump card of the Class A division, the destruction of the tank troops was almost equivalent to a stab in the chest of Commander Matsudaira Masako. Before he could catch his breath, Anjiajun's tank army was like a sharp sword.
penetrated
i Army position, and began to outflank the enemy.
Although the i Army put up a heroic resistance, they were quickly crushed into powder under the attack of tanks and armored vehicles.
On the south bank of the Hari River northwest of Jambi City, a tank battalion entered
In the munitions warehouse built by the i army on the riverside, more than fifty tanks did not recklessly engage in hand-to-hand combat with the oncoming Japanese infantry. Instead, they only used short-stop firing methods and used the tank's main gun to fire incendiary grenades from a distance and bombarded them.
The ammunition depot and oil depot of the i Army.
The shells fired by the Leopard II tank fell like raindrops on the oil tank trucks and oil facilities. Each shell caused a huge explosion and a burst of fire. After fifty tanks violently fired more than 500 shells,
, this munitions warehouse has turned into a sea of fire, and the temperature is as hot as purgatory.
As the strategic points in the west and south of the city were conquered one by one by the Anjia army,
The remnants of the 56th Division of the I Army were forced to retreat into Jambi City, preparing to join the 77th Division and the Lanyin puppet army in street fighting relying on city defense.
Lu Xiong did not immediately organize troops to launch a siege at this time, because at this time the air force came to report,
The I Army Lan Yin Army Command sent a division and a team from Palembang.
li infantry brigade to reinforce the Jambi battlefield. Although they were attacked by Anjia Army fighter planes along the way, they
The i army still passed Jinshi and approached Bayong Nyingchi, which was only more than 40 kilometers away from Jambi.
After Lu Xiong contacted Fu Guanjie, commander of the Third Group Army, he left an armored division and a motorized infantry division to monitor the troops huddled in Jambi City.
i Corps, then personally led the tank division and motorized infantry division to meet the incoming enemy troops heading south.
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At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the enemy and we engaged in battle in the Bayon Nyingchi area, more than 20 kilometers south of Jambi City. When the battle began, the Anjia Army used precise artillery fire and skilled tactics, as well as precise air and artillery fire support, to defeat the enemy.
The i army was immediately stunned.
The battle raged until evening,
The i army was repulsed, leaving dozens of trucks and hundreds of motorcycles burning on the ground, like lighting torches lit in advance for Anjia officers and soldiers.
Anjiajun tanks and armored units were in hot pursuit.
The i army lacked night vision equipment, so An Jiajun was able to approach very calmly.
In the temporary defensive position constructed by the i Army, the two sides fought fierce battles at close range again and again.
At this time, the gap in the quality of the officers and soldiers between the enemy and ours is undoubtedly clear.
Although the i army fought bravely, they were like headless flies, bumping around everywhere. With the support of snipers, the Anjia officers and soldiers, in squad units, carried rocket launchers and recoilless rifles and went around to the rear where the enemy was entering.
To shoot,
The anti-tank guns of the i Army were all destroyed without even showing their power.
Fighting late into the night,
The i army has been defeated several times in a row, and its morale is extremely low.
In order to avoid being surrounded and annihilated by the Anjia army,
The trucks and motorcycles of the i Army were racing to escape. Unfortunately, although the road was wide, it could not accommodate so many vehicles. The vehicles were crowded together and almost became living targets under the firelight. The tanks of the Anjia Army were like practicing target practice on the shooting range.
Take turns to fire, one by one
I army trucks and motorcycles turned into burning scrap metal.
The battle continues until times
i One o'clock in the morning,
The I Army's defense line was finally penetrated across the entire line. Under the attack of the roundabout tank troops,
The 157th Division of the i Corps and du
The 8th Infantry Brigade suffered a devastating defeat.
In the dawn light, the sound of gunfire gradually stopped. The exhausted Anjia officers and soldiers looked around and saw a spectacular scene.
I Army trucks, motorcycles, artillery and rifles were scattered across the landscape, and there were burning trees with flames or black smoke everywhere.
On the battlefield with a radius of more than ten kilometers, the ground seemed to be burned by a dead fire. The ground was all black. A large number of Japanese corpses were broken into pieces and fell to the ground completely burned.
After cleaning up the enemy intrusion on the southern front, Lu Xiong did not retreat, because at this time Fu Guanjie's third group army had successfully crossed the river in the west of Jambi City, and then joined Lu Xiong's two divisions left in Jambi to attack Jambi.
The city launched an attack.
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i At six o'clock in the afternoon, after three days and three nights of fighting, the last building in Jambi City was breached by the Anjia Army. Lieutenant General Qingshui Ruju and the members of the headquarters quietly escaped from the southeast of the city into the dense forest, and then bypassed Bayon Linzhi.