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Chapter 1541: The War in Central China (4)

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    Lieutenant General Seiichi Aoki's 40th Division, west of the Xiangjiang River, began the offensive on May 28 and entered the Shagangzi area of ??Nan County on May 30.

    After that, a meeting was held to conduct research in order to cross Dongting Lake and attack the Yuanjiang River via the Chishan Peninsula.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? out of the 234th Infantry Regiment Captain Toda Yoshinao, the 235th Regiment Captain Horiuchi Katsuki Colonel; the 236th Regiment Captain Oshiba Toshio, and the attached independent mountain artillery 2nd Regiment Colonel Morito Ryuzo and others.

    At the meeting, the chief of staff of the division first introduced the plan of using one force to conduct a feint in an unnamed area south of Xia Pier, with the main force landing on civilian ships at Nanzuizi in the northernmost part of the Chishan Peninsula, advancing southward one by one, and then occupying the Yuanjiang River.

    However, Colonel Katsuki Horiuchi had a different view on this. He believed that since the Central Army in the northernmost area of ??the Akayama Peninsula was well prepared on lakes, waterfronts, beaches, land, and mountainside, it should try to avoid them; and  A night attack by civilian ships will inevitably create chaos and make it difficult to command and control.

    Horiuchi's specific opinion was that the feint in the unnamed area south of the lower dock should be carried out as usual to attract the attention of the defenders. The main force of the Second Division should take a boat in the Wangjiazui area west of the Chishan Peninsula and cross Meping Lake to the west bank of the Chishan Peninsula.  The Central Army landed in the weakly defended areas, then cut off the north-south communication and communication of the island's defenders from the middle, and attacked Nanzuizi from behind.

    Aoki Seiichi is known as a "Nogi Nogi-type" wise and brave figure in the Japanese army. He is very good at accepting the opinions of his subordinates. After listening to Horiuchi's speech and discussing with the chief of staff, he decided to agree to Horiuchi's plan and change Akayama to  To the west of the peninsula, a surprise attack came ashore at night.

    On June 1, the mountain artillery unit and the 235th Regiment began shelling in the feint area, while the main force of the 40th Division crossed Meping Lake at night and landed west of the Chishan Peninsula with only slight resistance.

    Chishan Peninsula is about 25 kilometers long from north to south and only about 5 kilometers wide from east to west. Near the Cheshui Pond in the middle of the peninsula, there is a hill more than 100 meters high.

    After the 40th Division landed ashore at night, it launched an attack at dawn on June 2, which caused chaos among the defenders in the northern and eastern parts of the peninsula. Since the road to the south had been cut off by the enemy, the defenders in the northern part of the island were forced to evacuate by boat.  However, they were bombarded by the feint attack forces such as Horiuchi in the unnamed area south of the lower dock on the North Bank. Many ships were bombed and sunk. After that, the 40th Division moved south along the Chishan Peninsula in heavy rain and captured the Yuanjiang River on the morning of June 5.  On the 12th, Yiyang was captured.

    By early June, the main force of the 11th Army in Hengshan had reached the Laodao River line, but it failed to capture Liuyang due to the strong resistance of the Central Army in the eastern mountainous area.

    Hengshan Yong and his chief of staff went through this period of southward operations and collected various intelligences. Hengshan Yong and his staff in the headquarters all believed that the area from the north bank of the Miluo River to the Liuyang River belonged to the strategic forward position of the Central Army. From Liuyang  The line south of the river to Zhuzhou, Liling, and Pingxiang near the Lu River is the main strategic position of the Central Army; from the south of the Lu River to the Hengyang area, it is the strategic core position of the 9th Theater.

    After studying the above situation, the 11th Army Headquarters prepared to use different methods to fight in the above three areas, namely: in the area of ??the Central Army's forward position, use multiple local annihilation battles to annihilate the defenders in the area.

    In the main position area of ??the Central Army, since the opponent has a large number of defensive forces, complete position construction, command system, logistics supply, etc., it is necessary to use large corps to carry out strategic surprise attacks and division encirclement and annihilation.

    In the core position of the Central Army, the opponent must defend it with heavy troops and invest strategic corps from time to time. Therefore, it is necessary to quickly capture it with the main force in a surprise attack, and pursue it with the remaining power after breaking through its main position.

    Based on the above assumption, the 11th Army Headquarters in Hengshan, at 19:00 on June 7, issued an order to its troops to attack Yiyang and Liuyang at the same time as launching an attack on the Central Army outside Changsha, and then prepare to attack Changsha.

    It was decided that after the 40th Division occupied the isolated Yiyang, it would advance to Ningxiang and capture it.

    In addition, the 3rd and 13th Divisions launched an attack from the northwest and southeast of Liuyang on June 10 against the Central Army relying on the steep mountains.

    The 116th Division and the 68th Division, west of Liuyang, avoided the front of the Central Army's established positions and began to attack the defenders along the Liuyang River on June 16.

    The 34th Division, the 58th Division and the 58th Brigade of the 68th Division began to attack the strongly fortified Yuelu Mountain and Changsha Street on June 16.

    For this reason, the 34th Division should promptly suspend the battle against the 162nd Division of the Central Army in the Gaojiafang Mountains. In Zhaojiazhuang, about 16 kilometers north of Changsha, the 57th Brigade crossed from Baishazhou to the west of the Xiangjiang River on the night of June 11.  Attack the defenders at Yuelu Mountain in a roundabout way.

    After receiving this order from the 11th Army in Hengshan, the Japanese 3rd and 13th Divisions in the east began to take action.

    ?Defending the Liuyang area are the 150th Division and 161st Division of Wang Zejun's 44th Army, as well as the 60th Division, 95th Division, and 140th Division of the 37th Army that retreated from the south of the Miluo River to the area.

    At this time, the 13th Division continued to detour from Guandu and Yonghe east of Liuyang to the southeast of Liuyang. After continuous battles with the defenders, the 13th Division reached Nieqiao south of Liuyang; its 116th Regiment arrived south of Nieqiao  After entering Dayaopu, the 63rd Regiment entered Shangli City, southeast of Dayaopu, and surrounded Liuyang from the east and south.

    With the support of the 13th Division, the 3rd Division used 3 infantry regiments, cavalry, and artillery regiments to attack Liuyang in 3 routes from the Dongyang City, Beishengcang, and Yongleqiao areas, about 20 kilometers northwest of Liuyang.

    When the 3rd Division attacked Liuyang, in addition to Chiluli's 13th Division providing support in the southeast, Sakuma's 68th Division also provided support in the Chunhuashan, Yong'an, Jiangbei, and Zhentou areas to the west.  for direct support.

    At that time, there were the 44th Army defending the Liuyang area, the 20th Army and the 72nd Army that had withdrawn from both sides of the Miluo River, and the 58th Army of Lu Daoyuan who came from the direction of Liling for reinforcements.  The 37th Army, which retreated from the south of the Miluo River, was located in the Guanzhuang area, about 40 kilometers southwest of Liuyang.

    When the 58th Army marched toward Liuyang, the original plan was to cooperate with the 44th Army, 20th Army, and 72nd Army already in Liuyang to encircle the enemy 13th Division southeast of Liuyang and far away from other divisions.  However, this action was discovered by the enemy. On the night of June 12, Hengshan's 11th Army ordered the 3rd, 13th, and 68th Divisions to quickly assemble to the Liuyang area to prevent the isolated and prominent 13th Division from attacking.  The southeast of Liuyang was surrounded and annihilated.

    After receiving this order, the 3rd Division stepped up its attack on the west and middle roads.  The 68th Division attacked Puji and Guanzhuang from Zhentou, and approached Liuyang from the southwest.

    After fierce fighting outside Liuyang, the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Division's Neng Regiment, the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, and the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment captured Xihu Mountain in the west of Liuyang City at 4:00 a.m. on June 14.  Then they attacked Liuyang City from there, and then Liuyang City was captured by the Japanese army.

    In this battle, from May 27 to June 10, after 15 days of field battles, the Japanese army advanced about 130 kilometers, reached the outskirts of Changsha on June 10, and made preparations to attack the city.

    On June 18, the Japanese army captured Changsha City, which was defended by three divisions of Zhang Deneng¡¯s 4th Army of the Central Army, and then continued southward along both sides of the Xiangjiang River to attack Hengyang.

    The occupation of Changsha is extremely meaningful for Hengshan Yong's 11th Army and the entire China Expeditionary Force.

    Starting in 1939, the Japanese army began to concentrate its forces in an attempt to seize this strategic town and include the entire land of fish and rice in Hunan into their invasion territory. However, due to the determined resistance of Chongqing, the Japanese army failed to capture this strategic town in the three Changsha battles.  Heavy city.

    Especially during the Third Battle of Changsha, the Japanese army suffered a huge loss from General Xue Yue's Tianlu tactics. Only less than 20,000 of the 70,000-strong army escaped, which was an unprecedented loss.

    However, in this battle, they captured this important town in less than twenty days, which is indeed of great significance.

    However, in the face of such a major victory, the Japanese were still not happy because the Japanese mainland was bombed by the U.S. Air Force.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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