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Chapter 537: Battle in the Mountains of Northern Jiangxi (1)

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    Behind the defenders¡¯ position, Li Guoyao was also paying close attention to the battle on the front line!

    To be honest, the situation in front of him was a bit beyond his expectation.

    Originally, according to Li Guoyao's previous strategic vision, Xue Yue's First Corps deliberately leaked a loophole to allow the Japs to attack. On his side, he first held back the Matsuura Division, waiting until the opportunity was ripe to annihilate it in one fell swoop.

    However, what he did not expect was that although the reinforcements of the Japs arrived, one of them suddenly went south as he expected. However, he never thought that it was the replenished Matsuura Division that went south, not the newly arrived Japanese troops.

    Li Guoyao had also heard about the army on the opposite side, the newly formed three-unit field division of the Japanese army. Of course, compared to the 27th Division, their division commander was obviously more famous.

    Honma Masaharu is indeed quite famous in history, partly because of his military record, and secondly because he was the first Japanese general executed by the US military after the war.

    After the outbreak of the Pacific War, Masaharu Honma was ordered to go south to attack Singapore, and his opponent was the famous MacArthur.

    Originally, with Mai Shuai's ability, Honma Masaharu had little chance of winning. However, because the US military at that time advocated Europe first and Asia first, the US military deployment in Singapore was extremely weak, and the US Navy had just been hit by the Pearl Harbor incident, so  This gave Honma Masaharu an opportunity.

    In the end, the Japanese army successfully occupied Singapore, and MacArthur retreated to Australia in despair.

    Although this seemed to be a highlight in Honma Masaharu's military career, what happened after that completely ruined his life.

    After the Battle of Singapore, in order to deal with the nearly 80,000 captured US-Philippine coalition prisoners, the Japanese army created the tragic "Bataan Death March".

    During the six-day forced march, tens of thousands of prisoners suffered inhuman abuse and died due to hunger, thirst, infection and other reasons. It is known as one of the three massacres committed by the Japanese army in Asia.

    Although the main person in charge of this operation was Honma Masaharu, the data proves that this massacre was obviously not Honma Masaharu's idea, but the attention of his staff officer Tsuji Masanobu.

    If we want to talk about an accomplice to the principal criminal, then Masaharu Honma can only be regarded as an accomplice.

    However, these are no longer enough to erase the Americans' hatred for Honma Masaharu, especially MacArthur. Therefore, the US military had a very important goal when they counterattacked Singapore - to kill the executioner Honma Masaharu who killed the US military!

    Therefore, when the U.S. military successfully counterattacked Singapore and captured Masaharu Honma, MacArthur demanded that he be hanged without even thinking, and that he be executed immediately.

    Although this approach was not in compliance with the rules of the trial and was not legally recognized, no matter who objected, it would be difficult to change MacArthur's determination to kill him.

    In the end, with the coordination of many parties, Masaharu Honma was exempted from hanging and replaced by shooting, which at least preserved his dignity as a soldier.

    Objectively speaking, if the crime of the "Bataan Death March" is entirely placed on Honma Masaharu, it does seem a bit unfair. However, as the senior commander of the Japanese army at the time, Honma Masaharu obviously has an unshirkable responsibility.  Responsibility, there is no doubt that he should be sentenced to death.

    In fact, Li Guoyao had expected that the 27th Division would move south to Hongtu Ridge. This is not to say that Li Guoyao was a god in predicting events, but that there were indeed not many troops currently available to the 11th Army Headquarters. The closest one was the 27th Division.

    It¡¯s just that Li Guoyao didn¡¯t expect that Okamura Neiji would choose to let the half-disabled Matsuura Division go south instead of the fully-staffed 27th Division.

    He can only say that the inertia of history is too great. In history, Okamura Neji sent Matsuura Junrokuro south to attack De'an. As a result, Okamura Neji sent a courier and Matsuura Junrokuro landed in a box.

    I didn¡¯t expect that history has changed so much, but this army will still be responsible for carrying out this mission. Is this the legendary ¡°fate¡±?

    However, for Li Guoyao, there is not much difference between the 106th Division and the 27th Division.

    Under terrain conditions like Hongtu Ridge, as long as there are no problems on the Jiujiang North Line, the possibility of them dragging the 27th Division to death is very high.

    So after Li Guoyao watched the Japanese army's first attack, he personally ordered Lu Zhanwu not to care about weapons, equipment and ammunition, just do his damn thing!

    On September 17, following an order from Songpu, a team of more than 20,000 people marched south from Hongtu Ridge and headed west via Huima Ridge.??.

    That afternoon, its vanguard troops easily broke through the weak defense line of the Wutailing defenders and penetrated in depth without stopping.

    After the news that the Songpu Division suddenly disappeared from the Hongtuling front line was reported to Wuhan through the Military Command Bureau, everyone on the Military Commission was shocked. Even Chairman Chiang was alarmed and immediately called the 61st Army and the First Corps.

    Li Guoyao's answer to this was that he didn't know, and said that the enemy in front of him had many troops and was very powerful, and the pressure on their 61st Army was extremely great.

    As for Xue Yue¡¯s command, the answer was equally simple. No abnormalities were found, all lines were calm, and everything was normal.

    Of course, both Xue Yue and Li Guoyao knew about the 106th Division going south, but there were some things they could only do but not say. Otherwise, if there was a problem on the northern line, they would not be able to shoulder this responsibility. After all, Zhang Fakui had previously  Being removed from office is one example.

    In the mountains northwest of De'an, the Songpu Division was advancing with difficulty.

    In the Lushan area in summer and autumn, cotton-padded jackets are worn in the evening and yarn is worn in the afternoon.  The rugged mountain roads made it difficult for mules and horses to move forward, and soldiers often had to carry and push them forward.

    The clothes of the officers and soldiers were soaked with sweat, and the mountain breeze blew at night, making the ground cold to the bone. The Japanese officers and soldiers suffered a great deal.

    What¡¯s worse is that the maps taken by many units of the Japanese army were printed in unknown years, and they were completely unrecognizable at the scene.

    In addition, there is often heavy fog at night and there are difficulties in lighting restrictions. The units often lose contact and soldiers run everywhere, which makes Songpu very troubled.

    But the military orders are like mountains and the troops are unpredictable. Only by quickly rushing to the rear and getting rid of the Chinese army's attack can we gain safety.

    Songpu knew the power of this point, so he ignored the tenacious blocking of the small group of defenders along the way and regardless of all losses, he rushed forward with all his strength.

    In the face of the crazy Japanese army, the performance of the national army was also unpredictable. Xue Yue actually sent the warrior Li Jue to stop the Japanese army from going south.

    When Matsuura Junrokuro was heading south quickly, he found a national army coming from the southeast, blocking their way.

    This national army is well-equipped and has a large number of people.

    After Junroku Matsukura saw it in the telescope, he judged that this was the elite of the national army. Although the opponent had a large number of people and seemed to have more than one division, he did not care. With the strength of one division, he could completely solve it.

    So, he ordered the troops to form a circuitous formation and quickly rushed towards the troops.

    Seeing the Japanese troops approaching, the Chinese troops immediately formed a formation to fight back, but were quickly defeated by the Japanese troops.

    However, after being defeated, this unit did not break up. Instead, it retreated to the back and continued to block the Japanese army. So the two sides chased and fled to fight in the mountains of northern Jiangxi.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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