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Text Chapter 371 Chinese Expeditionary Force Vietnam Campaign (1)

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    Vietnam was called Annam in ancient times.  -< Shuhai Pavilion >-() Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, it has been called Jiaozhi, a prefecture in China.  At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the feudal princes of the Five Dynasties were at war and could not take care of Vietnam. Vietnam became a independent country, but it has always been a vassal state of China.  All Vietnamese monarchs had to be canonized by the Chinese central government. After the Sino-French War in the late Qing Dynasty, Vietnam became a French colony, called French Indochina (including part of today's Laos and part of Cambodia).

    Yue Hanping decided to launch the Vietnam War in advance. His thoughts traveled through the long river of history and reviewed the history of Vietnam. In fact, the history of Vietnam is a profile of the rise and fall of China.  Now that he finally had the opportunity to regain China's status as a sovereign state, Yue Hanping had to make careful plans.

    Lieutenant General Dohashi Yongyi, the commander of the Japanese garrison in French Indochina, has 7 divisions in his hands. Thanks to the favorable location of the Saigon Arsenal, Dohashi's troops are well-equipped and have sufficient ammunition among the Japanese Southern Army.  In particular, Tuqiao gave priority to 150 Type IV tanks produced in Saigon.  A tank brigade of the French Indochina garrison was formed.

    The terrain of Vietnam is shaped like a dumbbell, thick in the north and south, and slender in the waist along the coastline.  Yue Hanping planned to keep the 8th Army in northern Laos and pin down three Japanese divisions.  The newly formed Sixth Army of the Second Army returned to China. In order to strengthen Chen Mingren's troops, Yue Hanping assigned the 20th Army to Chen Mingren's Second Army.  The Third Army, which he concurrently serves as, has jurisdiction over the 201st Division of the Youth Army and the First Army of the Armored Corps.

    Battle deployment: The 66th Army of the First Army set out from the Laos station, pushed straight into central Vietnam, captured Inkstone, and cut off the connection between the Japanese armies in north and south Vietnam; the new 1st Army of the First Group set out from the Laos station to occupy central Vietnam, and then moved south  The attack advanced and approached Saigon, an important town in southern Vietnam; the Second Army was the main group to attack Saigon. The three armies entered Cambodia from southern Laos (called Ha Lao or Khmer at the time), defeated the Japanese army in front of them, invaded southern Vietnam, and surrounded Saigon;  The 1st Armored Corps of the Third Group Army entered Cambodia and pushed towards Saigon from Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The 201st Division of the Youth Army followed the Armored Corps and spread out in the south of Saigon to outflank Saigon.

    Lieutenant General Yuichi Dohashi, commander of the Japanese garrison in French Indochina.  The Japanese base camp had high hopes for him. Although his unit was named an army (the 38th Army), he actually commanded seven divisions.  3** brigade.  Yuuichi Dohashi is also looking forward to adding a general star to his epaulette in Vietnam.  -< Shuhai Pavilion >-()

    After the Chinese Expeditionary Force ended the Laos campaign, it realized that the Chinese Army was about to launch a campaign to attack Vietnam, and divided its troops into two corps, three divisions in the north (14th Division, 95th Division,  126th Division).  It is commanded by Lieutenant General Maue Inoue, commander of the 14th Division.  The four southern divisions (21st Division, 55th Division, 104th Division, and 92nd Division) were under his personal command to deal with the Chinese ** troops.

    Lieutenant General Dohashi did not adopt a defensive strategy. He deployed the four main divisions near the Cambodian border. Saigon was handed over to the army commanded by Major General Eto Daihachi and mixed into the 49th Brigade and the army commanded by Major General Takeo Yamaguchi.  *Mixed 53rd Brigade

    Served as a defender.  The Saigon garrison was under the unified command of Major General Jiang Teng.

    On the border with Vietnam, Lieutenant General Tuqiao placed the 92nd Division with weaker combat effectiveness on the front line.  Guard Xining.  The 21st Division and the 55th Division were placed on the second line, guarding the Tulongmu and Xin'an lines, preparing to concentrate their forces to encircle and annihilate the leading part of the Chinese ** team.  The first part of the 104th Division defends Gaoling, and the main force is deployed between Gaoling and Xin'an to prevent the Chinese Expeditionary Force from advancing along the Mekong Valley.

    According to Tuqiao Yongyi's idea, Xining and Kaoling on the front line are all to lure enemy troops, and Tulongmu, Xin'an, and Meidi on the second line are the decisive battle zones.

    The Japanese defenders in central Vietnam were the Japanese mixed 34th Brigade, headed by Major General Hattori Hisashi.  Guard the first-line positions in Hue and Yankang.

    April 19, 1944.  The main force of the Chinese Expeditionary Force suddenly launched attacks on Vietnam and Cambodia.  The 8th Army in northern Laos is under the command of Army Commander Li Mi.  The plan to attack Thanh Hoa, an important town in northern Vietnam, forced the three Japanese divisions not to act rashly and suppressed the three Japanese divisions in North Vietnam.

    Lieutenant General Fang Jing, commander of the 66th Army, led his army to cross the Laos border and invade Vietnam.  Major General Hattori Hisashi had little resistance on the outside and voluntarily abandoned Hue.  Concentrate the main force in Yangang.  There were more than 5,300 Japanese troops in this unit, and they built solid fortifications in Yangang.

    Commander Fang Jing invaded Vietnam.  Taking the opportunity to follow Yue Hanping's instructions, he mobilized the Vietnamese people.  Launch a vigorous anti-Japanese movement and form a pro-China military organization.  With the support of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, Le Bin, the anti-Japanese leader of Vietnam in Hue, rapidly developed anti-Japanese armed forces.  In just over ten days, the anti-Japanese armed forces grew to more than 700 people.  The areas controlled by Le Bin include Hue, Dong Ha, and Dong Hoi.

    Fang Jing transferred some military cadres to help Li Bin train the anti-Japanese armed forces.  With the support of the local people in Vietnam, Li Bin sent reconnaissance personnel to find out the Japanese deployment in Yangang.

    Commander Fang Jing¡¯s 66th Army quickly divided into four groups and attacked Yankang.Enter.  The 34th Brigade of the Japanese Army formed the first line of defense in the Mangshan Mountains, guarded by the 133rd Brigade of the Japanese Army.  The captain of the battalion, Major Saigo Takafuku, was an officer with a background as an engineer. Infantry was the dominant force in the Japanese army, so most soldiers looked down upon the commander of this non-infantry combat unit.

    But it is undeniable that Xixiang is a very dedicated soldier, and his engineering profession was of great help to this defensive battle.  Major Saigo didn't blindly hold on to the entire front, so he didn't have enough troops.  He selected several key areas and set up strong fortification groups. Each fortification group tried to maximize the range of the gun. For those areas of little significance, he decisively took measures to give up.

    After Xixiang¡¯s efforts, the first line of defense made full use of the dangerous terrain and the cross-covering fire network to effectively control its own position and maximize the force resources of the brigade.

    The forward of the 66th Army was temporarily assigned to the 165th Regiment of the 55th Division. The regiment leader, Colonel Han Yuchen, led the army as the vanguard of the entire army to attack the first line of defense of the Japanese army.  Captain Han arrived at the front line of the Mangshan position, chose a high ground, and personally inspected the Japanese defense situation.  In the telescope, the front line of Mang Mountain was quiet, and the Japanese position was almost invisible in the telescope.

    Captain Han secretly took a deep breath, "Damn, that little devil is so smart. This commander is not simple. He did not build trench fortifications that ran through the entire line. Instead, he selected key points and built hidden firepower points and bunker fortification groups."

    I turned around and asked the guide of the accompanying Vietnamese anti-Japanese guerrillas, "Are you familiar with the terrain in this area?" The guide was a thin Vietnamese with dark skin and short stature.  He nodded, "I'm familiar with this area." The translator quickly conveyed the guide's words to Captain Han.

    The regiment leader said: "That's good, you give me a terrain map through the Mangshan Mountains, and I will think about the attack route." The guide quickly drew a simple map of the mountainous area. Captain Han frowned and looked at the simple map.  On the map, he drew his hand on the northeast side of Mangshan Mountain, "Can I get there?"

    The Vietnamese guide looked carefully and nodded, "This is a small road with steep cliffs, which is not conducive to a large force attack. If a large force attacks, I suggest attacking from the southwest, where the mountains are gentler and the terrain is open, making it easier for a large force to attack."  "

    Commander Han thought for a moment, then took a sketch with his big hand, "That's it, Commander 1, your battalion will take action tonight and make a detour from the northeast. Be careful not to expose the target. Whether this battle will succeed or not depends entirely on it.  It's yours. I will personally lead the second and third battalions and feign an attack from the southwest. Prepare first and start the attack in two hours!"

    The three battalion commanders each took their orders and turned around to prepare.  The regiment is directly under the artillery battalion, and an artillery position is set up 4 miles away from the Japanese position in the southwest.

    Two hours later, the artillery of the Chinese ** team opened fire first, aiming at a hilltop in front of them and bombarding them fiercely.  40 minutes later, artillery fire was extended, and the Chinese infantry began to charge.  When the Chinese ** team launched the attack, there was no movement at all from the Japanese firepower points.  Until the Chinese infantry was 200 meters away from the top of the hill, the Japanese firepower points opened fire one after another.

    The coverage of the Japanese firepower points firmly controlled the road under the mountain. There were more than a dozen Japanese firepower points on the top of the mountain, all of which were bunkers built by making full use of the mountain topography.  There are several bunkers built using natural caves. The entrances of the caves are covered with grass and cannot be seen from the outside.

    A dozen Chinese soldiers were immediately knocked down, and the rest looked for bunkers and opened fire on the Japanese firepower points behind the bunkers.  Behind the bunker, several Chinese soldiers quickly marked the location of the Japanese firepower points.  Ten minutes later, the first wave of attacks by the Chinese Army stopped, and the retreating soldiers handed over the marked Japanese firepower points to the artillery.

    The artillery bombarded at fixed points according to the marked firing point directions.  "Boom, boom, boom", the 16 artillery pieces of the Chinese *** team aimed at the Japanese firepower points and blasted fiercely, and the roaring shells pierced the sky.  The Japanese bunkers were very concealed, and Japanese artillery fire had limited damage to them.

    When Commander Han was bombarded by artillery, he sent infantry forward and hid in the grass at the front.  One squad of Japanese soldiers even crawled to a place less than 100 meters away from the Japanese position, and their own shells almost missed their scalp.

    A soldier tried to use the cover of artillery fire to climb to the nearest Japanese firepower point.  As soon as he climbed out of the grass, he was discovered by the Japanese soldiers in the bunker.  Major Saigo's bunker was set up very scientifically. The terrain in front of the bunker made it impossible to hide his body.  The Japanese soldiers were hiding in the bunker. A Japanese soldier was holding a 38 rifle and pulled the trigger on the Japanese soldier. "Click", a gunshot was heard, and a big hole was drilled out of the Japanese soldier's head, and his blood was stained red.  The land beneath you.  (To be continued)

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