Chapter 653: Decisive Battle in Jiangnan

In fact, in the eyes of many people, once the Yangtze River defense is breached, it means that the Japanese rule in China has entered the countdown. Jiangnan is different from North China, Jiangnan is not conducive to defense in terms of terrain or other aspects, so although the Japanese army has deployed heavy troops in Jiangnan, in fact, as long as the squadron crosses the Yangtze River, then the Japanese army can no longer do anything but be passively beaten.

Yokoyama Yong is a rare warrior, the 11th Army on the front line of Wuhan and Changsha fought very bravely, this was a more brilliant battle fought by the Japanese army at the end of the war, but under the siege of the squadron **, the 11th Army was also lonely, and soon the 11th Army was surrounded near Wuhan. Fortunately, under the order of the dispatch army headquarters, Yokoyama Yong relied on the strength of the 5 complete infantry divisions in his hands to break through the gap in the south (5. The fastest update) of the encirclement of the squadron, and the army quickly fled south.

Yan Xishan was very angry about Yokoyama Yong's escape, this old general was bullied by the little devil in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, and Itagaki Seishiro only used half a division to defeat the Jin Sui Army and part of the Central Army's more than 300,000 troops, so Yan Laoxi came to take revenge this time. But this revenge was not avenged, but the enemy ran first, allowing Yan Laoxi to hit the cotton with a heavy punch.

However, the occupation of Wuhan can also be regarded as a compensation for Yan Laoxi, Wuhan's status is almost equal to Nanjing, although Nanjing is more symbolic in the eyes of the Chinese, but in fact, in terms of strategic significance, Wuhan is still relatively more important.

On February 25, Han Yunhua crossed the Yangtze River with the former enemy headquarters of the Northeast Front Army, and the army quickly attacked in the direction of Shanghai and Hangzhou.

For these things, Han Yunhua handed them over to Luo Ronghuan and the others who came later, and the large army continued to attack south, and they must not be distracted by this.

On the 25th, Terauchi Toshiichi, the supreme commander of the Japanese Southern Army, ordered six divisions under his command to send troops to Guangxi, China, along French Indochina, which is now Vietnam, to join up with the defenders of the Chinese Dispatch Army in Guangxi. Now that the Great Japanese Empire is in a complete rout, and if it still has to hold on to such a large territory under the condition of limited troops, I am afraid that the final result will be that the Shina people will be defeated individually. Therefore, Terauchi Shouichi suggested that Yan Junliu gather hundreds of thousands of troops from the Chinese Dispatch Army and hundreds of thousands of troops from the Southern Army to hold the Indochina Peninsula and China's Guangxi, Guizhou, and Guangdong.

Terauchi Shouichi's suggestion is very tempting, now that the Japanese army is losing battles in various places, the discerning people have already seen the trend of the development of the war, but if the Japanese army concentrates its forces to stick to a corner of a province, then it is still very guaranteed. But Yan Junliu knows very well what Jiangnan represents in the eyes of those bigwigs in the base camp, it is the most naked wealth, if they agree to the army to take the initiative to abandon the vast majority of the cities in Jiangnan, then I am afraid that those people will eat him directly.

However, there is no other way now, and we can't watch the millions of Chinese troops being annihilated by the squadron one by one. Many people in China do not understand the changes in the Chinese battlefield, the most important thing is that they do not know that the China is no longer the China of a few years ago, and the China army has developed to an unprecedented degree of strength. With the strong support of the Soviet Union and the United States, coupled with the large number of people in China, the development of China has exceeded all expectations.

Now the total number of troops in China has at least exceeded 8 million, nearly 4 million in the Jiangnan region alone, and hundreds of thousands of troops in Korea are fighting in Korea, not to mention that they want to control a large amount of territory north of the Yangtze River, many people in China still think that China is still a little sheep a few years ago, but now sheep have become man-eating tigers, which can tear the Japanese Empire to pieces at any time.

However, out of consideration for the lives of millions of soldiers on the Chinese battlefield, Yan Junliu still sent a retreat application to the base camp. The result was not much as he expected, and the reprimanding telegram came a few hours earlier than he expected, in which the headquarters scolded him, the commander-in-chief of the dispatch army, for scolding him.

At the same time, the base camp demanded that he immediately organize resistance in the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas, and absolutely not take the initiative to give up most of the southern part of the Yangtze River, which was the land that millions of warriors of the Great Japanese Empire had bought with their lives, and it was irresponsible to give up the names in the Yasukuni Shrine at will.

The high-sounding words are very good, but Yan Junliu knows that this is the wealth of those heads in the base camp who are reluctant to support the south of the Yangtze River, and every year they can get countless huge wealth from this land, so these people will never give up as long as they have a little hope.

Just when China sent troops to fight and retreat, news came from the Philippine side that Yamashita Fengfumi and his entire headquarters were attacked by US paratroopers on February 26, and the guard troops were dispersed, and Yamashita Fengfumi, all the senior commanders and all the agency personnel became prisoners of the US troops, and then the US troops used the radio of the Yamashita Fengfu headquarters to order all Japanese troops on Luzon to lay down their arms and surrender to the US forces.

Although many Japanese troops did not believe that General Yamashita would surrender to the American army, and resolutely resisted, many Japanese troops accepted the order of the command and surrendered to the American army, and soon the American army occupied the entire territory of the Philippines.

After the occupation of the Philippines, in view of the series of inhumane policies implemented by the Japanese army on the main island of the Philippines, the U.S. military quickly put Yamashita and others on trial.

On March 1, Yamashita was treated as a war criminal and sent to a military trial court in Manila. At the request of the British government, the Manila Military Court tried Yamashita in public for the first time. The trial went smoothly, and Yamashita Fumi, along with most of the senior officers of the entire 40th Army, were held accountable for the torture and killing of Manila residents and sentenced to death.

Yamashita was very indifferent to the Allied court-martial's accusations, replying, "I don't know, but I won't say I'm not responsible." ”

Indeed, as the supreme commander of the Philippine garrison, Yamashita Fumimi had an unshirkable responsibility for any crimes committed by the Japanese troops stationed on the island, so he admitted and assumed all the responsibility.

After the occupation of the Philippines, the U.S. military did not recuperate, and a large naval fleet rushed to Iwo Jima and the Ryukyu Islands with a large number of troops.

In view of the poor performance of the Japanese on various battlefields, the U.S. military decided not to fight one-on-one with the Japanese army island by island, but to concentrate its forces to open the southern gate of Japan's territorial defense, and first occupied Iwo Jima and the Ryukyu Islands, which were heavily guarded by the Japanese army.

Han Yunhua was very interested in the US army's attack on the Ryukyu Islands, and sent a telegram to the central government, hoping that the central government could send an elite army to fight with the allied forces. The reason given by Han Yunhua is also very good, the Ryukyu Islands have been a vassal state of China for the past few hundred years, and the Shang family everywhere are all princes canonized by the Chinese dynasty. Now that the Shang family has been wiped out by the Japanese, the Ryukyu Islands should be returned to China, and this matter has been clearly recognized in the Cairo Conference, so Han Yunhua hopes that the central government can send an elite to participate in the war.

The central government knows that Han Yunhua is a more serious person, and his strategic vision is relatively far-sighted and accurate, and he never wastes energy on inconsequential matters, but in the military aspect, it is definitely necessary for him to make a move, so the central government has discussed it for a few days ... [This chapter is not finished, please click on the next page to continue reading!] ］