Chapter 1147: The Great Defeat (I)

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"May flowers are blooming all over the plains

Flowers cover the blood of the mighty man, in order to save the declining people

They fought tenaciously and stubbornly. ”

This is an anti-Japanese song brought to Zhongtiao Mountain by the propaganda team of the Eighth Route Army, which once floated in the ravines and ravines of Zhongtiao Mountain. It's a pity that after Sun Weiru's Fourth Army was transferred to Gongyi, the propaganda team of the Eighth Route Army, the guerrillas, and the Sacrifice League were all driven out of the Zhongtiao Mountains, and the soldiers and civilians on the Zhongtiao Mountains could no longer hear this song.

May flowers, blooming in the Gogou fork of Nakajo Mountain. Every flower is an unyielding life ()!

Zhongtiao Mountain is located in the south of Shanxi, the north bank of the Yellow River, like a flat shoulder between Taihang Mountain and Huashan Mountain, it seems to be carrying the three Jin at one end, and the three Qin at the other, so it is named Zhongtiao Mountain.

Zhongtiao Mountain is northeast and southwest, northeast high and southwest low, west from Jinnan Yongji and Shaanxi face, east to north Henan Jiyuan, Meng County and Taihang Mountain are connected, north by known as Shanxi granary reputation of Yuncheng Basin, south of a thousand miles of rolling Yellow River, 170 kilometers wide, 50 kilometers deep, the highest peak is 2321 meters above sea level of Yuanqu Li Mountain Shunwangping, the average altitude of the mountain range is 1249 meters.

From the perspective of military strategy, Zhongtiao Mountain and the three mountains of Taihang, Luliang and Taiyue are each other's horns, shielding the Yellow River, Luoyang and Tongguan, and the importance of the strategic position is self-evident.

After the Battle of Taiyuan, Wei Lihuang commanded the 14th Group Army to withdraw to southern Jin, the Jin Suijun army to western Jinxi to deploy, and Fu Zuoyi, who stayed in Taiyuan, finally broke through and retreated to Suiyuan. Just when the Japanese army was intoxicated with the carnival of seizing Taiyuan, Liu Yimin led his instructor to the north to resist the Japanese, set up an ambush in Qi County, and eliminated the main force of the Japanese Fifth Division in Qi County, which was singing, riding cars, armored vehicles, and tanks to reinforce Qi County, and then took advantage of the victory to eliminate the Japanese Chahar Army, attacked and occupied Taiyuan, and stabilized the Shanxi battlefield. After that, the Japanese army attacked in a big way, and the instructor attacked the east to occupy Tianjin, and the Japanese First Army regained control of Taiyuan. After several years of repeated fighting, the pattern of the War of Resistance in Shanxi has been formed, with the Japanese army occupying the communication lines and major cities, and the Central Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the Jinsui Army relying on each other to control the vast rural areas of Shanxi.

The Japanese First Army had launched 13 attacks on Zhongtiao Mountain, and also attacked the Yellow River in Pinglu County, but under the resolute resistance of the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain, they all had to withdraw their troops in the end.

On June 6, 1939, Yang Hucheng, Sun Weiru's troops and the Japanese army that broke through Zhongtiao Mountain fought a fierce battle in Pinglu to defend the crossing of the Yellow River. Those troops trapped in the encirclement of the Japanese army, when they ran out of ammunition and food, vowed not to surrender, and jumped into the rolling Yellow River hand in arm. Dozens of female soldiers at the headquarters, like Lengwa in Shaanxi Province who jumped into the river, jumped into the Yellow River arm in arm. Sadly, the defenders on the south bank of the Yellow River not only did not come to the rescue, but instead set up machine gun fire to prevent the troops on the north bank of the Yellow River from retreating across the Yellow River.

In later generations, those who sued for the right to develop the tidal flats of the Yellow River and the ownership of forest land in a mess will probably not even think that the banks of the Yellow River are soaked in the blood of countless martyrs!

Before Chiang Kai-shek launched the first army, the situation on the battlefield in Shanxi was relatively good, several large armies of our army cooperated with each other, and although the Japanese First Army organized sweeps many times, it still could not stop the continuous attack of the squadron. However, after Chiang Kai-shek made ****, the situation changed, and the original situation of the Central Army, the Jin Sui Army, and the Eighth Route Army closely cooperating and killing the enemy side by side was gone, and what arose was friction, hatred and suspicion of all sizes. This provided an opportunity for the Japanese army to take advantage of.

After the autumn of 1940, the battlefield of Zhongtiao Mountain suddenly quieted down, the little devils no longer attacked Zhongtiao Mountain, and the devils' planes did not go to reconnoiter and bomb. Chiang Kai-shek seized this gap and transferred Sun Weiru's Fourth Army, who was suspected of colluding with the Communists, and also transferred the artillery regiment under the command of Wei Lihuang's 14th Army. Wei Lihuang, who was promoted to commander of the First Theater and chairman of Henan Province, also left, and began to command remotely through the radio while sitting in Luoyang City.

The little devil stopped fighting, the most ferocious unit fighting with the devil was transferred, the commander went to Luoyang, and the ** stationed in Zhongtiao Mountain held his position for several years, and he was tired of fighting, and he couldn't relax his vigilance if he didn't want to.

The defenders, having relaxed their vigilance, began to do business in order to solve the supply difficulties, and what to do with the money. This has led to a situation that has never been seen on the battlefield since ancient times: one-third of the soldiers are holding positions and training, one-third of the soldiers are doing business, and one-third of the soldiers are pushing stones, grinding noodles, cooking and washing clothes. The defenders also compared each other in business, and this regiment commander made a fortune by selling grain, and the regiment commander immediately learned. This battalion commander is reselling bullets, and other battalion commanders wonder why he can sell others but can't? One regiment commander, division commander, or army commander was disgusted with the slow money from reselling grain and ammunition, so he began to resell opium. Later, the Japanese puppet spies were all moved by the news, disguised as traders, and scurried around on the Zhongtiao Mountain, collecting intelligence, pouring opium, and being very busy.

It's ridiculous that Wei Lihuang is still intoxicated with songs such as "Zhongtiao Mountain is high" and "Commander-in-Chief Wei is well commanded"!

At this time, the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain were in a long snake formation, the western front from the north bank of the Yellow River, followed by Zeng Wanzhong's 5th Army and Gao Guizi's 17th Army, Liu Maoen's 14th Army responsible for the defense of the northeast front, and the eastern front was defended by the 9th Army. This long snake formation is the usual formation of the squadron since the First Sino-Japanese War, there is no strategic depth, and the combination between the troops is the easiest place to be broken through ().

He Yingqin held two meetings in Luoyang in three days, and after the commanders of the various armies rushed back to the defensive areas, the only thing they could do was to quickly stop doing business and deploy defenses. It's a pity that the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain have slackened off and can't lift their spirits, and the orders of Shangfeng can't attract the attention of all troops even if they are strict. Come to think of it, the Japanese attacked 13 times and retreated 13 times. Not to mention that the little devil may not come to attack Zhongtiao Mountain, but he will have to obediently retreat when he comes to attack. Coupled with the fact that the commander General Wei Lihuang was studying behind closed doors on Mount Emei, as soon as He Yingqin left, no one could command these troops belonging to different systems, let alone supervise the implementation of He Yingqin's instructions.

The big official is the big official. He Yingqin is the chief of the general staff of the squadron, and he can only be instructed and deployed. As for the specific operational command, it is the business of those petty officers, and the fight is the business of the soldiers.

Things on the battlefield are changing rapidly, and commanding the front line in person may not necessarily guarantee victory, not to mention why Yingqin is gone and Wei Lihuang is far away in Mount Emei?

On the evening of May 7, the Japanese army attacked Zhongtiao Mountain from the east, west, and north "in a pincer shape with a central breakthrough".

The Japanese army, who knew the defenders of Mt. Nakajo well, stormed the junction of the defenders' units as soon as they came up. In the sky, Japanese planes were bombing indiscriminately, and on the ground were Japanese artillery roaring. Nakajo Mountain, all of a sudden, fell into danger.

The hottest business of the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain was the Fifth Army of Commander Zeng Wanzhong, and the Japanese army was also the most familiar with the defense line of the Fifth Army.

Zeng Wanzhong's Fifth Army headquarters was located in Ma Village, south of Sijiao, Xia County. This is a village surrounded by mountains on three sides, facing water on one side, the terrain is dangerous, the deep ditch near the water is called Chaijiagou, also called Hades Gorge, and there is a gravel road along the stream in the canyon. On the cliff on one side of the canyon, Zeng Wanzhong built two heavy machine guns to seal the pass and cover the headquarters.

There are five divisions of the Fifth Army on the periphery, two companies of guard troops at the headquarters, and the terrain of Macun is so dangerous, it stands to reason that it will be difficult for the little devils to fight here.

This Zeng Wanzhong is a veteran of the Yunnan Army, participated in the Northern Expedition, and looks smiling on weekdays, and the people of Macun think he is amiable, not like the commander-in-chief of the group army, but like a Shanxi old man ().

That is, because Zeng Wanzhong's temper is too good, the military discipline of the Fifth Army is the worst among the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain.

What Zeng Wanzhong didn't expect was that the headquarters he thought was hidden and safe had already fallen into the eyes of the Japanese army. At this moment, a small special combat team of the Japanese army was airdropped to the mountain behind Ma Village, and it has been hidden for many days, just waiting for the headquarters of Zeng Wanzhong!

As soon as the battle began, Japanese bombs and shells fell on Macun. As soon as Zeng Wanzhong saw that the location of the headquarters was exposed, he immediately ordered the transfer. As a result, a small Japanese airborne unit that had long been hidden on the hill behind Macun rushed down the mountain beam, destroyed the two heavy machine-gun positions covering the headquarters, and began to pursue the headquarters of the Fifth Army.

In this way, as soon as the battle began, Commander-in-Chief Zeng Wanzhong lost contact with the troops of the two corps and five divisions under his command, and the guard units of the two companies were killed and wounded in the pursuit of the Japanese artillery fire and the airborne small units. General Zeng Wanzhong, commander-in-chief of the dignified Fifth Army, took a few guards and hid in a ravine called Langhuyu in a reluctant place near Ma Village. After hiding for a few days, Zeng Wanzhong, who was already fainting from hunger, was rescued by the people. The local people killed a sheep, tied a raft with sheepskin, and sent Zeng Wanzhong, the commander of the light pole, across the Yellow River.

The only meaningful thing Zeng Wanzhong did in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain was to cross the Yellow River and order the exemption of the river crossing tax of a silver dollar that the common people needed to pay to cross the river.

Zeng Wanzhong's Fifth Army Headquarters was wiped out by Lianwo, which was only a microcosm of the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain. In fact, only an hour after the battle began, the Japanese puppet army spies hidden in Zhongtiao Mountain jumped out, instructed the planes and artillery to bomb targets, and detonated the arsenal. All the small units airborne by the Japanese army in advance came out of the concealment points and pounced on the military headquarters and division headquarters of the defenders.

In just one hour, the Japanese army's special attack operations had miraculous results, and the arsenals of the defenders exploded one after another, and the headquarters of various armies and divisions were cut off one after another. The defenders of Nakajo Mountain fell into chaos for a moment.

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