The 36th Battle of the Ganjiang Bridge
Shoji Gohashi beckoned the only 2 fighters left in his squadron, and with a turn of the nose, he aimed at the planes of the Chinese formation, and came with a suicidal charge. That is, it doesn't matter whether it is alive or dead, it is just a desperate stalker, reckless of the consequences.
Of course, there is absolutely no good fruit to eat in such a style of play as Shoji Gohashi. After a while, it was beaten down by Mao Yingchu's formation and Gu Piko's destroyer squadron.
Fortunately, Ichiro Yamaki's seven planes fled in the wilderness, which was quite miserable.
In this Qingyunpu air battle, our combined air force destroyed 53 Japanese fighters at the cost of losing six fighters, which can be described as an unprecedented victory.
However, war on land is not ideal.
The 101st Division and the 106th Division of the Japanese Army, with the cooperation of the heavy artillery group, pressed towards the west of Nanchang and began to attack the outer positions of Nanchang.
Bai Chongxi, director of the Guilin camp of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, looked a little anxious, so he urgently ordered all units in the Ninth Theater to hold their positions, and hurriedly ordered Gu Zhutong, commander of the Third Theater, to quickly transfer the 102nd Division to Nanchang to strengthen the garrison in Nanchang and put it under the command of Luo Zhuoying, commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army. In addition, the 16th and 79th Divisions were transferred to Dongxiang and Jinxian in the southeast of Nanchang to guard the south bank of Poyang Lake and respond to the operations in Nanchang. At the same time, the 19th Group Army was ordered to attack the enemy's rear at Mahuiling, Ruichang, Jiujiang, De'an, and other key points with the strength of about two divisions, destroying railways and highways, cutting off communications in the enemy's rear, and preventing the enemy's follow-up troops from reinforcing them.
If this plan is implemented, it will indeed be a relatively good deployment for the defense of Nanchang, but due to poor communication and liaison and the slow movement and poor coordination of troops, the above plan cannot be implemented, and the situation on the battlefield is undergoing profound changes all the time.
The biggest problem is that the main force of the 19th Group, under the control of the secondary forces of the Japanese army, has always been entangled with the Japanese army on the front line of repairing water. And the troops guarding Nanchang are very weak, if you say that you fight against the powerful 101st and 106th divisions, it will be in a very unfavorable situation.
At this time, Chairman Chiang once again had the idea of giving up Nanchang, and he sent a telegram to Xue Yue, commander of the Ninth Theater, Luo Zhuoying, commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army, and Xiong Shihui, chairman of Jiangxi Province: "This battle is not about the gains and losses in Nanchang, but about dealing the greatest blow to the enemy. Even if Nanchang is lost, our armies should attack according to the designated target regardless of everything, and decide on future combat plans in accordance with this policy. ”
In this way, Xue Yue and Luo Zhuoying's confidence in sticking to Nanchang also hesitated.
Chiang Kai-shek sent another telegram to Bai Chongxi, Xue Yue, Luo Zhuoying, and Gu Zhutong, instructing: "1. The main force of the Luo group should maintain its focus on the Hunan and Jiangxi highways, attack the enemy's right side, press on the Ganjiang side, and avoid fighting with the main force on the back of the Ganjiang River. (That is, the main force of the 19th Army should be moved to a mobile position west of the Ganjiang River to avoid being forced by the enemy to the Ganjiang River and fight a decisive battle in an unfavorable situation.) )2.“ Nanchang was held in front of it with the necessary part, and if necessary, it could resist one by one between the Fu and Jiangxi rivers to cover the Chinese army in southern Jiangxi. ”
On the Qingyunpu Airport, Han Xing, Hou Dashan, and Liu Zhiyuan analyzed Mr. Jiang's strategies.
Hou Dashan and Liu Zhiyuan didn't say anything, and Han Xing couldn't hold it back, so he had to say: "Mr. Jiang's first plan is to abandon Nanchang and let the main force of the national army move to the west of the Ganjiang River, that is, to fight west of Nanchang, I think there are still some problems. Nanchang is a military important place, especially our air base, and with Nanchang, we can form air restraint over the Wuhan area. As for holding Nanchang, it is also possible to use air supremacy to assist the army's defense.
Putting the favorable situation without using it is really a mistake!
Mr. Jiang's second article is not clever, since Nanchang doesn't want it, why do you still keep it? The Fuhe and Ganjiang rivers resisted one after another, but with the current state of the national army, they could not fight a regular defensive war, and they resisted one by one, and if they didn't do it well, they would become a rout and retreat, and they would become the meat of the Japanese army's mouth. ”
"So what do we do?" Hou Dashan asked Han Xing.
"We can't crouch here and get beaten, can we?" Liu Zhiyuan also said.
Han Xing thought for a while and said, "The general situation is like this, we can't do it for the sake of it. Let's see an opportunity, let's just vote for it! ”
Due to the devastating blow of our Southern Expeditionary Army in Fengxin County, the Japanese tank group also suffered a part of the losses, and could only wait for the arrival of the 101st and 106th divisions, the main force of the Japanese army.
Two days later, the Japanese 101st and 106th Divisions arrived. At this time, the commander of the 11th Army, Okamura Ninji, returned the reserve of the 147th Wing of the regiment to the 106th Division to strengthen the assault force of the division.
The 106th Division occupied Anyi on the 23rd, and its 11th Brigade attacked Gao'an to block the reinforcements from the Chinese Ninth Theater to Nanchang, and the main force turned eastward through Fengxin.
Anyi County is 30 kilometers northwest of Nanchang and Gao'an is 30 kilometers southwest of Nanchang, and the occupation of these two places on the one hand encircled the city of Nanchang on the west side (Poyang Lake on the east side) and on the other hand, prevented the Chinese troops from supporting Nanchang on all sides.
Junrokuro Matsuura of the 106th Division, personally led the army, followed by the main force of the 101st Division, followed by the assistance of the heavy artillery group, and killed Nanjing violently.
This Junrokuro Matsuura was almost wiped out in the Battle of Wanjialing. It's really good that the scar forgets the pain, this time it's called Huazi leading the big wolf dog, it seems that he is going to play ruthlessly, and he wants to avenge the revenge of the whole army of Wanjialing. Along the way, it was indeed invincible, invincible, invincible, and arrived at the Ganjiang Bridge in the west of Nanchang City on the 25th.
At this time, he collided with the 102nd Division of the Chinese army.
At this time, the 102nd Division belonged to the command of Gu Zhutong, the commander of the Third Theater of Operations, and Gu Zhutong received an order from Bai Chongxi, the director of the Guilin camp, and urgently ordered the 102nd Division to support Nanchang. Due to poor communication and slower movements, the 102nd Division arrived at the outskirts of Nanchang and happened to meet the large army of Matsukiyo Junrokuro.
When Wang Jialie was in charge of Guizhou, this division was subordinate to the 2nd Division, and Bai Huizhang was the division commander. After the resignation of the Guizhou warlord Wang Jialie, the 2nd Division was reorganized into the 102nd Division of the National Revolutionary Army, with Bai Huizhang as the commander of the lieutenant general.
The 102nd Division is the central descendant of the miscellaneous army and the miscellaneous army of the central descendant. The Central Committee is either from the Army University or the Whampoa Military Academy, and Bai Huizhang is not, but he has always been in the most backbone of the Kuomintang. Due to factional disputes within the Kuomintang army, the 102nd Division, formerly known as the Guizhou Army, has been in an embarrassing state, and its subordinate corps has changed frequently, and it has "looked for its mother-in-law everywhere" in the Anti-Japanese War.
Speaking of Bai Huizhang, almost no one knows now! But when it comes to the site of the Zunyi Conference, everyone in the world knows it.
No. 87 on the east side of Pipa Bridge (later renamed Ziyin Road, also known as Hongqi Road) in Zunyi City, on January 15, 1935, the Party Central Committee held an enlarged meeting of the Politburo here, which completely reversed the fate of the Red Army, and this place is the private residence of Bai Huizhang, the former commander of the 102nd Division.
Bai Huizhang, known as Jianru, a native of Zunyi, Guizhou, was the commander of the 2nd Division of the 25th Army, and was reorganized into the 102nd Division by the central government in Weining, Guizhou in May 1935. After the reorganization, it was organized into two brigades and four regiments, with a total of more than 9,000 people.
The 102nd Division during this period had just been trained in Jinxian and Jingdezhen. When the number of soldiers was inspected by the Ministry of Military Affairs in Dongxiang, due to continuous battles with the Japanese army, the whole division was seriously lacking, so 1,500 Jiangxi soldiers were replenished nearby. From then on, the 102nd Division was no longer a unit composed of officers and soldiers of Guizhou origin.
It is good to be able to go to the periphery of Nanchang to block the Japanese army at this critical time.
Han Xing decided to help this 102nd division.
Han Xing hurriedly took Liu Zhiyuan's regiment and Hou Dashan's mechanized regiment to the west of the Ganjiang Bridge.
The Ganjiang Bridge, in fact, is a pontoon bridge, and according to the conditions at that time, there was no way to build a decent bridge. Although the flow of the Ganjiang River is not too large, the river surface is too wide, and in some places it can reach more than 1 kilometer. How much silver would it cost to build such a wide river!
Han Xing's troops and Bai Huizhang's 102nd Division were fighting against the water, and as long as they crossed this bridge, they basically entered Nanchang City.
The artillery in front rumbled, and the 102nd Regiment of the 304th Division had already caught fire with Junrokuro Matsuura's team.
The leaders of the two teams quickly stepped forward to make contact.
Han Xing saluted Bai Huizhang and said, "Han Xing, commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army, I am here to report to you." ”
Bai Huizhang also saluted Han Xing and said, "Bai Huizhang, commander of the 102nd Division, also reports to you." ”
Taking this opportunity, Han Xing took a closer look at this Bai Huizhang and saw that Bai Huizhang was thirty-seven or eighteen years old, medium-sized, strong, and seemed to be eloquent, and he was already wearing a two-star lieutenant general's epaulette.
Before Han Xing could speak again, Bai Huizhang spoke first, and first praised Han Xing for a while: "It's Commander Han, I heard your name, and I am like thunder!" I won't talk about the brilliant achievements of your first southern expedition. In this southern expedition, you completely annihilated the Japanese army's tank group in Fengxin County, and yesterday, you defeated the Japanese air force at Qingyunpu Airport, and I heard that you wiped out 50 or 60 Japanese fighters at once. It's a remarkable achievement! ”
Han Xing's face was expressionless, unwilling to listen to his nonsense, now that the war is tight, it can be said that every second is like gold, and any nonsense will bring a waste of time. The loss of time will also cause many disadvantages to the war.
Seeing that Han Xing was unwilling to listen to his flattering words, Bai Huizhang had no choice but to stop the car and said to Han Xing: "At present, our 102nd Division has only six or seven thousand people, and the Japanese army has 40,000 people. Commander Han, you say, how to fight this battle, I listen to you. ”
Han Xing thought for a while and said, "Do you think this is okay?" Your troops are in front, and our troops are responsible for air support, artillery support, and if an enemy breaks through your position, our tank battalion will go up and charge it. ”
When Bai Huizhang heard this, he was very happy in his heart, and he was afraid that the Japanese army was most afraid of them, that is, they were afraid of their aviation and artillery. Besides, if the Japanese army really broke through the position of the 102nd Division, as soon as the tanks of the Southern Expeditionary Army were on board, it would be even better to fight.
I hope that the Southern Expeditionary Army will be the talker, but don't be like other national armies, their mouths are like smearing honey, but when it comes to fighting, it will be diluted.