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Volume 3, Chapter 502: The Encirclement is Coming

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    Just when the Japanese were thinking about how to break open the turtle shell in the headquarters compound, the officers and soldiers of the Southern Jiangsu detachment had already arrived. About two squadrons launched a fierce attack on the flanks of the Japanese army. A dense sound of gunfire rang out, and a large section of the Japanese army fell instantly.  , the remaining Japanese had to evacuate the headquarters and turn towards the west and north of the city.  The next battle will be easier to handle.  The officers and soldiers of the New Second Army who entered the city went straight to the Yangtze River Road in the center of the county, and then quickly passed through the streets and alleys, dividing the Japanese troops into scattered pieces, and then concentrated their superior forces to eliminate them one by one. By dawn, Changshu County had already  Completely fell into the hands of the Sunan detachment.  This battle successfully annihilated more than 900 Japanese troops and more than 1,000 puppet troops stationed in Changshu County, and seized a large number of firearms and ammunition. The Japanese army seized more than 900 large and small gold bars, 190,000 yuan, four boxes of jewelry, jade, and antique calligraphy and paintings.  More than 100 tons of grain, more than 50 boxes of American canned pork, and more than 30 boxes of clothing and cloth all fell into the hands of the southern Jiangsu detachment.  Due to the early occupation of the Japanese military headquarters, communication was interrupted. It was not until the Japanese military headquarters in Suzhou made routine contact two days later that they discovered that Changshu had lost contact. Only through the mouths of traitors and puppet soldiers who fled to Suzhou city did they know that Changshu had fallen.  At this time, the Sunan detachment had made persistent efforts, marched towards Taicang and Jiading, and captured these two county towns within half a month.  At this point, the vast area south of Jiangyin, east of Wuxi and Suzhou, and north of Kunshan Nanxiang has become the stage for the Southern Jiangsu Detachment to fight vertically and horizontally. Li Yong was also promoted to the first level again because he led his troops to win consecutive battles and became one of the special detachments.  The fastest promoted officer.  However, Shunroku Tenden no longer has to worry about this. At the end of last month, he and Chief of Staff Kawabe Shozo returned to the country to report on their duties. Shunroku Tenden served as military counselor and the attach¨¦ chief of the aide close to the emperor. Kawabe Shozo got his wish and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.  , serves as the head of the Education Directorate Department - this is a very important transitional official position before being promoted to the division leader.  The current commander of the Central China Front is Lieutenant General Yamada Otsuzo, the former commander of the Third Army of the Kwantung Army, and the chief of staff is Major General Yoshimoto Sadichi. As soon as these two generals took over the military and political affairs of Central China, they were attacked head-on.  Neji Okamura on the Nanchang front called for advice.  At this time, Okamura Neji was also in big trouble.  After the Japanese Eleventh Army captured Nanchang, it maintained a confrontation with China's Ninth Theater along the southeastern shore of Poyang Lake in the east, Xiangtang in the south, and Gao'an, Fengxin, and Wuning in the west.  The Military Commission of the Nationalist Government judged that although the Japanese army occupied Nanchang, it was depleted, had not yet been replenished, and the garrison strength was insufficient. It decided to launch a counterattack while the Japanese army was not firmly established. At the same time, it ordered Xue Yue and Gu Zhutong to launch a "summer offensive" to harass and contain the Japanese army.  , to prevent them from continuing to invade Quzhou to the east, or to invade Shanggao, Pingxiang and even Changsha from the west.  Xue Yue did not dare to neglect and commanded the troops of the ninth theater to start taking action.  On June 8, the First Group Army used the 184th Division of the 60th Army and the New 10th Division of the 58th Army to attack Fengxin, and used the New 11th Division of the 58th Army to monitor the Japanese troops in Jing'an;  The main force of the Fourth Army attacked Gao'an, and one unit each of the 74th Army and the 49th Army crossed the Jinjiang River north to attack Dacheng and Shengmi Street.  After fierce fighting until the 14th, the Japanese troops retreated to the area of ??Fengxin, Qiuling and Wanshou Palace.  The 19th Group Army conquered strongholds such as Dacheng, Gao'an, and Shengmi Street, but progress was difficult and the attack was blocked.  Troops from both armies failed to advance to the Nanxun Railway as planned.  At the same time, according to the deployment of the Military Commission, the 32nd Group Army of the Third Theater Zone deployed part of the 16th Division, 79th Division, 5th Reserve Division and 10th Reserve Division of the 29th Army in June.  On the 9th, they crossed the Fuhe River and attacked Nanchang.  After fierce fighting until the 15th day, they captured the city's branch streets and approached Nanchang.  On June 16, the Japanese army concentrated the main force of the 101st Division to launch a counterattack. With the support of fierce artillery fire and aviation firepower, it launched a fierce battle with the Chinese army in the southeast and south suburbs of Nanchang, repeatedly competing for various village strongholds in the area.  Duan Langru, commander of the 79th Division, changed the offensive deployment on the night of June 19 due to excessive casualties among his troops, and sent a telegram to report to the army and the group army.  The commander-in-chief of the 32nd Group Army reported to the Third Theater Command for approval on the grounds that he had changed the plan without authorization, and he was removed from his post and investigated.  Chiang Kai-shek was eager to capture Nanchang. After hearing the report, on June 21, he ordered Duan Langru to be "rectified before the army" for the crime of delaying military aircraft. He Ping, the commander of the 16th Division, was ordered to "take the crime for meritorious service" and order Shangguan.  Yun Xiang went to the front to supervise the battle and limited the capture of Nanchang before June 28th.  On June 22, the 102nd Division regained Xiangtang and conquered Shicha Street again.  The 16th Division once captured Shatanbu, but was captured again due to the counterattack of Japanese reinforcements.  Shangguan Yunxiang then put the 26th Division into battle and launched another attack on June 24.  The battle lasted until dusk on the 25th, when the fifth division was prepared to attack the outer positions of the city and destroy the barbed wire fence. However, due to the intensive Japanese firepower, the division suffered heavy casualties and was unable to continue the attack.  The 152nd Regiment of the 26th Division broke into Xinlong Airport at dawn on the 26th and destroyed three Japanese aircraft.  The 155th Regiment on the 20thAt nine o'clock on the 6th, they rushed to the train station, but were blocked by fierce Japanese fire attacks and counterattacks.  On June 27, the main force of the Japanese 106th Division, supported by aircraft and tanks, attacked the 29th Army on the outskirts of the city from Nanchang and Liantang. The fierce battle continued until 17:00, when the 29th Army was surrounded.  Based on the actual situation on the battlefield, Commander Liu Yuqing saw that it was impossible to complete the task of capturing Nanchang. In order to avoid the troops being annihilated and risking being beheaded by Chiang Kai-shek, he decided to break through Zhongzhouwei and Shicha Street.  A regiment preparing for the fifth division to disguise themselves in plain clothes and sneak into the city was forced to withdraw because there were no follow-up troops to respond.  After Chiang Kai-shek issued the order to capture Nanchang within a deadline of June 28, Xue Yue, acting commander of the Ninth War Zone, believed that since the defense of Nanchang had not been replenished after the war and the weapons and equipment were far inferior to the enemy's, they had an absolute advantage in weapons and equipment.  The enemy has superiority and relies on fortifications to carry out offensive operations, and it is impossible to capture Nanchang according to the subjectively determined time.  However, Xue Yue did not dare to express different opinions to Chiang Kai-shek directly, so he called Chen Cheng to state his views on June 26.  He said: "The attacks from Nanchang and Fengxin began on June 8 and have lasted for more than two weeks and four days. Because our army's equipment cannot match the enemy's, while the enemy's heavy weapons, mechanized troops, and aircraft are capable of  Cooperate with the enemy's army in all operations. Therefore, it is difficult to destroy the enemy's strong positions. " "I am now receiving a telegram: Our army's combat strategy is to consume the enemy, not be consumed by the enemy, avoid the real and attack the weak, and create a protracted war of resistance.  The purpose of this attack on Nanchang is to set up an ambush in advance under the principle of wearing down the enemy, avoiding the real and attacking the weak, using the method of surprise attack, and attacking from all sides, hoping to use the fastest and most agile means to recapture Nanchang and attack the enemy for a long time.  It is impossible, and it is impossible to defeat the enemy. Although the enemy's strength is low, it is difficult to achieve the task of conquering Nanchang before June 28. In addition to strictly ordering all the ministries to overcome all difficulties and continue the fierce attack at all costs, I would like to ask for help.  When talking on the phone, he politely referred to the above situation as Chen Ming. "Chen Cheng forwarded the full text of Xue Yue's telegram to Chiang Kai-shek on June 28.  Bai Chongxi, director of the Guilin camp, also believed that the order to capture Nanchang within a limited time was unrealistic. On June 28, he called Chiang Kai-shek and He Yingqin and tactfully put forward different suggestions.  He said: "Our army's attack on the enemy must be unexpected in order to be effective. The enemy in Nanchang is already prepared, and our army has done its best to attack at the same time. In order to consider morale and our highest strategic principle, we  It is planned to continue the siege in Nanchang with one-third of the troops, and two-thirds of the troops will be organized separately to promote the active strategy" The purpose of the two telegrams is "to use the spear of the son to attack the shield of the son.  ", on the grounds that the combat guidance did not conform to the strategic policy, he hoped that Chiang Kai-shek would change his order to capture Nanchang within a time limit.  Chiang Kai-shek received the telegram and the report of the heavy casualties of the 29th Army. After much consideration, he finally issued an order to stop the attack on Nanchang on July 2.  At this time, the Japanese army was also unable to fight back due to heavy losses and heavy consumption of ammunition and food. However, Okamura Neji was not sure whether the national army had a temporary truce, so he did not dare to return to Jiangnan to aid. He could only suggest to Yamada Otsuzo to continue to seek help from the country, etc.  After sufficient troops are available in the rear area, a resolute sweep of the base areas and guerrilla areas will be carried out.  Okamura Neiji also suggested that the most important thing for the front army at present is to continue to strengthen its offensive in central Zhejiang. As long as Wu Ming and the New Second Army can be eliminated in one fell swoop, the New Second Army guerrillas in the occupied areas will be like rootless floating ducks.  , will soon wither and die.  Under this circumstance, Yamada Otsuzo rushed to Hangzhou to supervise the battle and strive to break through the frontal defense line of the Chinese army as soon as possible.  July 18, the Japanese Army Hangzhou Garrison Headquarters at Gongchen Bridge in the Japanese Concession in the north of Hangzhou.  A confidential staff officer rushed into the headquarters and went straight to Yamada Otsuzo: "Commander, the 4th, 5th, and 15th Divisions have an urgent telegram." When Yamada Otsuzo received the telegram and read it, he was immediately elated.  Chief of Staff Yoshimoto Teiichi hurriedly asked: "General, what's wrong?" "The Chinese people have a saying that it is impossible to achieve great results. It is true. Although the Chinese guerrillas are causing trouble behind my rear, the 23rd and 33rd  The division can't break through the defense of the New Second Army, but now that all our troops have achieved good results, the situation of the battle will be clear." Yamada Otsuzo pulled Yoshimoto Seiichi to the map and pointed his baton: "This month  , the New Second Army blocked our 23rd and 33rd Divisions in the area north of Zhuji, but no matter how brave they were, they could not avoid the fate of failure. Now the 4th, 5th, and 15th Divisions have successively broken through.  "As the troops in the Third China War Zone retreated one after another in the Kuaiji Mountains, Siming Mountains, and Tiantai Mountains, Wu Ming and the New Second Army are already at the bulge of the entire front. This is a good signal."  Yamada Otsuzo instructed his staff to mark the locations of various Japanese military units on the map one by one, and the situation was immediately clear.  Although the two armies on the front line in Zhuji have been facing each other for more than a month, no one can do anything to the other, but other Japanese armies have successfully attacked: After the Fourth Division occupied Shaoxing and rested for half a month, it handed over the defense to the newly arrived independent mixed 14th Infantry Brigade. It penetrated directly from Shangyu to Shengxian County and is currently advancing to the front line of Dongyang to threaten Yiwu.  After two weeks of hard fighting with the four divisions of the Tenth Army, the Fifth Division was reinforced by the Fifteenth Division, which defeated the national defense line in one fell swoop and successively occupied Shaxi, Tiantai, Xinchang and other places. Currently, the Fifteenth Division consists of An  The article directly inserted into Yongkang and Wuyi, threatening Jinhua.  The Fifth Division Headquarters turned to march northwest, joined the Fourth Division and then moved westward with all its strength.  "If the Fourth and Fifth Divisions occupy Dongyang and go more than 30 kilometers north, they can occupy Yiwu, directly cut off the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, and cut off the retreat route of the entire New Second Army.  Yoshimoto Sadashi's eyes brightened when he saw the situation. He smiled and said to Yamada Otsuzo: "General, you are very right. The Chinese guerrillas in the hinterland of Jiangnan are only a problem. As long as we can capture Wu Ming and the New Second Army this time,  "Main force, everything can be solved." "This opportunity is so good, we must not let it go easily. I want to catch the big fish Wu Ming and eliminate the New Second Army in one fell swoop, so that we can complete what Matsui, Tianjun and other seniors have not completed.  The important task is to leave his name in history. Yamada Otozo waved his hand heavily and said proudly.
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