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Chapter 617: Carnival of Japanese soldiers and civilians!

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    At 11 a.m. on December 28, at the same time that the Japanese army invaded Wuhan City, Japanese Emperor Hirohito summoned the Chief of Staff, Prince Zaihito, and the Deputy Minister of Naval Command, Koga Mineichi, to discuss the Japanese army's capture of the three towns of Wuhan and nearby areas.  Regarding this matter, an edict was given:

    "I am deeply gratified that our land and naval forces worked closely together to overcome many difficulties in the long distance, and finally defeated all the enemies and achieved the goal of capturing Wuhan. I hope to convey this message to all the soldiers."

    Long before this, the Japanese government had stipulated the celebration activities and central slogans after the capture of Wuhan.

    According to regulations, the Japanese government requires that after the announcement of the occupation, radio broadcasts, whistles, propaganda balloons, and messages will be broadcast immediately to make the public aware of this important event in the history of Japan's founding.

    Subsequently, celebrations were held in government agencies, schools, factories, trading companies, various associations, citizens, and villages.  It must be reflected in various gatherings: to promote the imperial power, to be grateful to the imperial army, and to move forward bravely for the great cause of building Japan.  At the same time, the army labored, visited shrines, and expressed condolences to the soldiers who were deployed and the relatives of those who died in the war; various condolence groups were organized to carry condolences and were led by celebrities and other celebrities to the battlefield to express condolences, etc.

    After the news of the Japanese occupation of Wuhan came out, large-scale victory celebrations were held in various parts of Japan and the occupied areas of North Korea and Northeast China.

    Lanterns and festoons were decorated everywhere, and lantern lantern festivities were held while slogans such as "Long live the Emperor," "Long live the Imperial Army," and "Long live the Imperial Kingdom" were shouted.  The "ecstatic" procession of the demonized crowd was shouting all day and night in front of the Sakurato Gate outside the Imperial Palace and around the Miyakezaka Army Ministry and General Staff Headquarters immediately west of the Sakurato Gate.

    For a time, reports were rampant in Japan that the Japanese army had captured Wuhan, the wartime capital of China. Most cities in Japan held victory parades. Even young people who usually stayed in factories took to the streets, cheering and shouting for the troops on the front line.  Be happy with the victory.

    ¡°It¡¯s just that no one knows that their excitement is based on the pain of millions of Chinese people. Maybe some people know, but no one cares.

    And these Japanese people don't even know that this may be their last carnival. As the war enters an indefinite stalemate, Japan's idea of ??a quick victory is completely broken. The situation in Japan deteriorates rapidly, and the living standards of the Japanese people  It also plummeted.

    They didn¡¯t even know that just seven years later, Japan would have to surrender unconditionally as it had never done before. The carnival at this time was in sharp contrast to the disappointed and depressed look after hearing the broadcast in the future.

    But after all, there are only a few people who have such a long-term vision. The vast majority of ordinary people have no idea what will happen next. They will only mechanically follow the crowd and cheer.

    They do have the capital to be excited. Although the Japanese army did not take advantage of the Battle of Wuhan, it is undeniable that the Japs once again dealt a serious blow to the confidence of the soldiers and civilians.

    The entire country of China, due to the fall of Wuhan, suddenly lost its voice and everyone fell silent.

    At the same time, after the Japanese army captured Wuhan, it contained the main force of the Chinese army outside Wuhan, greatly reducing its pressure in East and North China, which was conducive to the Japanese army's counterfeiting in these occupied areas.

    It was also during this period that the puppet armies on the land of China appeared one after another like ghosts and monsters released from the gates of hell.

    In addition, the Japanese army captured Wuhan and quickly used it as the core to control the Yangtze River waterway and railway transportation in central China.

    On December 30, after the Japanese base camp issued a congratulatory message for the capture of Wuhan, it quickly issued a new order to the Central China Expeditionary Force: "After the Wuhan offensive operation is over, the occupied area will generally remain within the Xinyang, Anlu, and Yuezhou lines."  The supply line of the 2nd Army was quickly switched from the highway north of the Dabie Mountains to the Yangtze River waterway. After the next spring, the Central China Dispatch Army is scheduled to maintain a strength of six divisions in the area west of Anqing!"

    Then, Hata Shunroku's Central China Dispatch Army quickly made arrangements based on the above orders. First, he ordered the 2nd Army to destroy the Chinese troops in Yingcheng and Anlu in the north of the Yangtze River, and to occupy the area near Yuekou Town (Tianmen County).  , to control the Han River.

    In order to facilitate operations and command, the Central China Front Army Headquarters also decided to temporarily transfer the 119th Brigade of Major General Tsunetaro Ishihara from the 11th Army to the operational order of the 2nd Army.

    At the same time, the Central China Front Army Headquarters also ordered the 11th Army to immediately organize troops to pursue the Chinese army retreating westward and occupy Yuezhou and its nearby key areas.

    After receiving the above order, Nishio Juzo's 2nd Army immediately ordered Ishihara Tsunetaro's 119th Brigade to assemble in Hanyang, and then attack Hanchuan west of Hankou and Huanglingji on the north bank of the Yangtze River to strengthen the military.??The defense of the western region.

    The 10th Division used Okada's 8th Brigade to capture the Anlu and Huayuan areas, preventing the national army from withdrawing westward.

    In addition, the 6th Division of the 11th Army headed north from Huangling, and the 47th Regiment of Iwasaki Minao quickly moved northward, controlling the roads along Hekou Town, Caidian, Huayuan, and Anlu, trying to intercept Sun Lianzhong who was retreating from the west of Dabie Mountain.  Wait for the troops.

    However, Sun Lianzhong and other troops strengthened the vanguard and rearguard and continued to withdraw westward forcefully.  When Song Xilian's 71st Army arrived near Huayuan Station, they found that the enemy had made blocking arrangements there, so they changed their retreat direction and headed north between Xinyang and Luoshan, crossing the encirclement and reaching southern Henan.

    Then the enemy's 10th Division Okada Brigade captured Yingcheng on January 1, and a week later captured Zaoshi to the west of Yingcheng. During the battle, the Japanese army captured approximately 1,000 artillery pieces from the National Army's Fifth Theater in Yingcheng.  30 doors.

    In order to cooperate with the attack on Wuhan, the cavalry group of the North China Front arrived in Taikang and Huaiyang in eastern Henan in early November.  A week ago, the Japanese base camp transferred the 4th Cavalry Brigade of Major General Yoshizo Kojima of the group under the command of the 3rd Division of the 2nd Army and arrived in Luoshan from Hefei.

    The Japanese army did not stop its offensive after occupying Wuhan, and the troops continued to expand their occupied areas to the south and west.

    The main force of the Second Army is busy encircling and annihilating the remnants of the National Army's Fifth Theater. The 11th Army of Okamura Ningji, who has arrived south of Wuchang and on the north bank of Xiushui, is preparing to attack Yueyang.

    In early January, Okamura Neiji visited the front line in person and formulated a battle plan to capture Yueyang.

    According to this plan, the 11th Army decided to use the 9th Division to attack Yueyang along the Guangdong-Han Road in Puqi, Yanglousi, Linxiang, and Yunxi.  The 27th Division went south from Xianning via Baidun and Nanlin Bridge to capture Chongyang and Tongcheng.

    In addition, in order to cooperate with the troops' actions, the main force of the 15th Division moved southwest from Wuchang to capture Jinkou on the south bank of the Yangtze River.  The 11th Brigade of the 6th Division, in coordination with the navy, supported the troops attacking along the railway, and took boats from Hankou up the river to attack Yueyang.

    Yoshizumi Ryosuke¡¯s 9th Division set out from Hesheng Bridge on January 3 and attacked Yueyang along the Yue-Han Road.

    At this time, most of the troops of Zhang Fakui's 2nd Corps had moved to the Mufu Mountain area to prevent fighting against the water. When the enemy's 9th Division arrived at Lushui River, because the bridge had been destroyed, they immediately crossed the river at night, occupied Puqi, and  Continue westward.

    ?Then the 9th Division launched the 9th Cavalry Regiment of Morigo Sixth Colonel and attached 2 infantry squadrons, passed Tingsi Bridge, and occupied Jiayu County on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

    After occupying Puqi, the 6th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 3rd Tractor Convoy, and the 5th Tank Battalion originally assigned to the 9th Division were successively transferred to the 27th Division to attack Chongyang and Tongcheng.

    ?Then the 9th Division divided its troops into two groups, one consisting of 4 infantry brigades and 1 mountain artillery brigade, and attacked Yueyang along the north of the railway via Xindian and Yuantan.  The other line consists of 3 infantry brigades and 1 mountain artillery brigade. It runs along the south of the railway, supporting the North Road on the right and the 27th Division on the left. It passes through Yanglousi and Taolin and attacks Mo south of Yueyang.  Daokeng, Xinkai pond.

    At the same time, the 11th Brigade of the 6th Division, which was attacking up the river from Hankou, captured Paizhou on the south bank and Longkou on the north bank, and then captured Xindi (the seat of Honghu County) on the north bank, and fought with the 9th Division  The troops from Railway North attacked Yunxi together.

    Under the joint attack of the 1st Division of the 9th Division, the 11th Brigade of the 6th Division, the 1st Division of the 3rd Navy Fleet, and the 3rd Army and Air Force Flying Regiment, Yueyang City was captured by the enemy at 21:10 on January 17.

    Then the 11th Army commanded by Okamura Neji entered Xianning. A few days later, Tongcheng was captured by the enemy's 27th Division.

    At this point, the enemy's 11th Army's operations in Jiangnan have temporarily stopped. From now on, they will confront the troops of the 9th Theater across Xiushui in Jiangxi and Xinqiang River in Hunan.

    It is worth mentioning that during this period, when the Japanese army arrived in the Yueyang area, the Nationalist troops in Changsha thought that the Japanese army would continue to advance southward. In the panic, they set fire to the city of Changsha to implement the "scorched earth war of resistance". In fact, they were far away from the Japanese army.  It is still 130 kilometers away from Changsha.

    Since the plan to burn the city was strictly confidential, the action of burning the city happened suddenly without receiving orders.  Therefore, when the fire broke out, the people who stayed in the city were still sleeping.

    When I woke up from my dream, I thought it was the Japanese army entering the city.  They were preparing to flee for their lives, but the fire was already approaching and most of the streets and alleys had been blocked by fireworks.

    People who fled for their lives in the raging fire were trampled to death by the crowd, some were crushed to death by cars, and some were burned alive by the fire amid the crowding and chaos.

    In the Changsha fire, more than 90% of the houses in the city were burned down, a total of more than 56,000 buildings; more than 30,000 people died directly in the fire.  The economic loss caused by the fire is approximately more than 1 billion yuan, accounting for approximately 43% of Changsha's total economic value.

    More importantly, the Wenxi Fire destroyed the historical cultural relics of the Chu State in Changsha City since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the cultural relics on the ground were destroyed to almost zero.  Changsha is one of the few ancient cities in China that has remained unchanged for more than 2,000 years, and its cultural heritage has been interrupted here, causing immeasurable losses in historical research.

    When the investigation was carried out afterwards, it was found that the commander of the city defense, Feng Ti, was responsible and was sentenced to death.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)It is one of the few ancient cities in the country that has remained unchanged for more than 2,000 years, and its cultural heritage has been interrupted here, causing immeasurable losses in historical research.

    When the investigation was carried out afterwards, it was found that the commander of the city defense, Feng Ti, was responsible and was sentenced to death.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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