Chapter 127: The Withering of the Flower of the Famous General
At this time, Kawagishi Bunzaburo did not immediately send troops to meet Kitaoka Yoshino, but gathered all the senior officers of his Kawagishi Division for a meeting, and the matter discussed was also unbelievable, and the content was: "Is it appropriate to meet the Yoshino Division to break through?" "The opinions present are appropriate; Some are not suitable; Some people even suggested abandoning the Yoshino Division and eliminating the regimental headquarters of the National Youth League in Wangjiahe, which made a lot of trouble. ww.3[wx].
At this time, an old general of Tsurufa stood up, he was Koga Sixteenro, and he said, "At that time, such considerations appeared in the Yamato nation? Since we are the emperor's soldiers, we should share weal and woe; We're in the same boat through thick and thin, but what you just did wasn't exactly what a Yamato samurai was. ”
Kawagishi Bunzaburo respected Koga Sixteen very much and said, "Your Excellency! What is your opinion......? ”
"The Yoshino division needs to be saved! Shen Shaofan's regimental headquarters will also be destroyed! Jiahe Sixteen Lang said: "Since Shen Shaofan has placed all the main forces in the area of Bauhinia Pass, then their regimental headquarters must be very empty, yes, if the large army wants to reach Wangjiahe, they must go through Bauhinia Pass, but when they reach Wangjiahe, they can bypass Bauhinia Pass and cross the mountains. My opinion is that Kawagishi-kun led his troops to rescue the Yoshino Division, and I led the soldiers of the sniper team to cross from the Eagle Cliff into the Wangjia River. ”
Kawagishi Bunzaburo looked at the map and said, "Your Excellency! Are you sure to eliminate Shen Shaofan's regimental headquarters? ”
Koga Sixteen Lang bowed his head and didn't say much.
Kawagishi Bunzaburo also gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! We will act according to this plan. He stood up and said, "I order!" The troops immediately set off for Bauhinia Pass. Wanben wanted to say a few words to Koga 16ro, but when he turned around, he found that Koga 16ro had already left the venue, and he sighed and said to himself, "I hope Kitaoka Yoshino can hold out until we rush." ”
A wave of heat poured into Sun Zhiyu's headquarters on the Bauhinia Pass position, and a few shells landed at the door of the headquarters, Sun Zhiyu pulled the already hoarse throat and shouted: "Tian Long! I'm telling you, even if you headbutt me, you're going to give me back the 8th Wing of the Yoshino Division, and we're about to launch a general attack to wipe out the remnants of the Yoshino Division in one fell swoop. ”
At this time, his detachment was facing the attack of the 8th Wing of the Yoshino Division, although it repelled many attacks, but the casualties were also very large, and he just wanted to ask for reinforcements at the general headquarters, but he received a death order.
Tian Long put down the phone and looked at the battle situation outside, pulled out a pistol and said, "Grandma's!" I'm the eighth ancestor of the devil. Give me all the people. "A few staff officers in the headquarters of the general who kicked and beat him; The correspondents all caught up with the front.
Tian Long led several staff officers through the trenches under heavy artillery fire, looked at the almost crazy devil, curled in his mouth, rolled up his sleeves and shouted: "Commander! Blow the trumpet! As soon as the trumpet sounded, all the soldiers of the detachment rushed out of the trenches and rushed towards the 8th Wing of the Yoshino Division.
Tian Long took the lead, brandished a command knife, shouted and rushed towards the devil's crowd, a few stray bullets passed by his side, and saw that his chest was bleeding, he looked at his wounds, and said with a smile on his pale face: "Damn! It's bad luck! "Slowly fell. The troops were still rushing forward, and the shouts slowly blurred in Tian Long's ears.
The Kadokawa Wing was overwhelmed by the flood of teaching detachments, and they withdrew from the canyon one after another, and before they could catch their breath, the sound of the National Youth League was heard from all sides.
Kitaoka Yoshino was already dead at this time, he looked at the surging squadron leader and sighed: "It seems! I'm going to die here. ”
A famous flower withered in the mountains again, and the land of China became the grave of those crazy invaders. The Yoshino Division was quickly beaten by the large forces of the National Youth League, and although they were still making the last resistance, the general trend was gone, the combat effectiveness of the troops had been completely lost, and the soldiers of the Yamato nation could no longer wash away the previous shame. The Yoshino Division retreated again and again; The number of personnel is also getting smaller and smaller, Kitaoka Yoshino watched his troops being wiped out, his heart calmed down, and slowly closed his eyes, waiting for death to come.
The Battle of Bauhinia Pass wiped out an invading force that had committed many serious crimes on Chinese soil, and the Japanese Division A from Shanghai to Henan probably never thought about their fate, or perhaps they had predicted that this would be the fate of the invaders. After the war, Hiyuki Goo stepped on Chinese soil again as a Japanese veteran and repented for the crimes committed by the Japanese army in the exhibition hall of the Nanjing Massacre, but the treasure in his mouth died in the light of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
Zaikawagishi Bunzaburo's troops did not go to Bauhinia Pass again when they learned that the Yoshino Division had been destroyed, because he was now also afraid of Shen Shaofan and the National Youth League, and he didn't know what kind of plans were waiting for him ahead, and the troops returned to the West Gorge after going around and around. Koga Rokuro led more than 100 special combat members of the Kwantung Army to the Eagle Cliff, and they didn't know what kind of troops were waiting for him in Wangjiahe. At the same time, Yoshito Takagi also received the news of the destruction of the Yoshino Division, but at this time, his troops had been stuck together with the special agent battalion of Bailong in Xiping, and there was no way to withdraw for a while, and the troops launched a fierce street battle in Xiping Village.
A series of tactics from Xiping to Bauhinia Pass made the devil taste the bitterness, although the National Youth League eliminated Murakami Sanqiu's division in Xiping, and eliminated Kitaoka Yoshino's division in Bauhinia Pass, but the consumption of the National Youth League was also quite large, and the battle could no longer be fought, and it was time to withdraw from the battle, but where should they go down?
After the battle of Bauhinia Pass, Sun Zhiyu decided that Kawagishi Bunzaburo would not take the liberty of following up, so he was relieved to order the troops to return to Wangjiahe by the same route. In this way, Takagi Yoshito, who was fighting in the streets with Bailong in Xiping, really couldn't sit still, for fear that his fate would be surrounded and annihilated by the main force of the National Youth League in the Xiping area like Murakami Sanqiu, so he quickly got out of his body and pulled the troops to withdraw to Xishan Chudao, Bailong knew that his battalion of continuous combat could not be the opponent of a class A division, so he did not catch up with the troops and went towards the place of Wangjiahe.
After a few days of fighting, Shaofan was naturally very satisfied, and at the same time received a telegram from Chen Chen: their logistics column had arrived in Zhuxi, and the main combat unit was also considering entering Shaanxi and setting off towards Zhuxi, but before leaving, the troops received a key piece of information from the technical reconnaissance company: The special operations sniper team of the Japanese Kwantung Army was infiltrating towards the Eagle Cliff and Wangjiahe, and the leader was the Japanese gun god Kaga Shirokuro.
Now Shen Shaofan is faced with a choice, that is, regardless of Jiahe Sixteenlang, he will directly enter the Shaanxi zone, or he will face it head-on, and fight special operations against special operations; With a sniper-to-sniper general, Koga Rokuro, who has been surrounding the National Youth League for a long time, solved the trouble at one time, and launched a desperate battle with the best sniper unit of the Kwantung Army at Eagle Cliff - Sniper Eagle Cliff.
Shen Shaofan thought about it and decided to leave the sniper company with the sniper company to meet the legendary emperor spear god - Koga Sixteen Lang, and fight him on the Eagle Cliff. Of course, this decision was made at the time, including Sun Zhiyu; The opposition of all the high-level commanders of the regimental headquarters including Bai Long, with Shaofan's temper, what he decided seemed to be impossible to pull back ten cows, and after a series of discussions, they made a choice, that is, to select a group of special operations experts from the sniper company and the special service battalion to participate in the task of sniping Eagle Sorrow Cliff, Bai Long must be inside, and Shaofan had no choice but to agree.
At this time, the anti-Japanese struggle on Chinese soil had entered a relatively stable stage of stalemate, which was what Chiang Kai-shek called resilience defense. In October 198, after the Japanese army invaded Guangzhou and Wuhan, due to the long battle line, the troops were insufficient; The consumption of manpower and material resources is huge, and the financial and economic situation is in trouble; Anti-war and war-weariness began to grow in Japan, and there were endless quarrels within the ruling class over the bankruptcy of the "quick fix" strategy and differences in foreign policy; Moreover, because the Chinese people persisted in the War of Resistance, their strategy of dominating the world was greatly affected, and a passive situation appeared everywhere. Under these circumstances, the Japanese aggressors were forced to adjust their policy of aggression against China.
Politically, China abandoned its past stance of "not taking the Nationalist Government as its opponent" and instead adopted a strategy of mainly political inducement to surrender to the Nationalist Government, supplemented by military strikes. Militarily, it is necessary to stop the strategic offensive on the frontal battlefield and re-consolidate the areas already occupied. Economically, it has stepped up economic plundering in an effort to "feed the war with war."
After changing its policy of aggression against China, its military strategy was also adjusted accordingly. First, abandon the strategy of quick victory and prepare for long-term operations. Second, it is clearly stipulated that military operations should serve political and strategic work. Third, limit the scale and intensity of the war in order to reduce attrition. In terms of the scope of operations, "we will not attempt to expand the occupied areas unless there is a major need" and "we will vigorously refrain from expanding the front for which we are not prepared"; In terms of troop strength, "in order to prepare for future changes in the international situation, it is necessary to reduce the number of troops stationed in the cantonment and the consumption of troops in all aspects"; In the form of combat, "contact" is only "when the enemy concentrates his forces to attack, he will counterattack in time and consume his combat effectiveness." Fourth, shift the focus of military strikes to anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare in the rear.
In order to end the war as soon as possible, the Japanese army launched operations against Changsha, Guinan and Yichang on the frontal battlefield from September 199 to the summer of 1940, but they did not achieve the expected goal.
In the first Battle of Changsha, both sides invested relatively large forces, and the Japanese 11th Army launched the "Battle of Hunan and Jiangxi" to attack Changsha under the command of Commander Okamura Ninji. In order to break the strategic attempt of the Japanese army, Xue Yue, the acting commander of the 9th Theater of Operations of China, commanded. With a force of about 400,000 troops in more than 16 armies and more than 0 divisions, they adopted the operational policy of resisting and luring the enemy into depth one by one, and eliminated the attacking Japanese troops near Changsha. The battle was mainly fought in three directions: northern Jiangxi, northern Hunan and southern Hunan. On the Ganbei side: On September 14, the Japanese 106th Division launched an attack from Fengxin, northern Jiangxi, to the 60th Army of the 19th Group Army, the Chinese defenders at Huibu; The 101st Division was used to carry out a diversionary attack on the first army of the Gao'an Squadron and the 58th Army. The Chinese defenders did not resist the Japanese attack, the positions were broken through, and the 60th and 58th armies moved to Yifeng, Lingjiangkou and other places respectively; The first army moved to the line of Gray Port and Yuanpu on the right bank of the Jinjiang River. On the 18th, the Japanese army captured Shangfu, Muraqian Street, Xieqiao, etc., and stormed Gao'an. On the 19th, after a fierce battle, the defenders abandoned Gao'an and retreated to the southwestern highlands of Shiguling and Shinaowei to prevent the Japanese army from attacking westward. On the 1st, the 1st Army counterattacked Gao'an and engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese army; On the day, the restoration of Gao'an and Gaocheng entered the line of Maxingshan and Zhaojiashan. The 74th Army entered and occupied Xieqiao, Nanshan Ho. The Japanese 101st Division retreated northeast from Gao'an and Wuqiaohe. The main force of the 106th Division attacked westward from Fengxin, broke through the positions of the 18th and 15th divisions of the defenders, occupied Hengjie and Ganfang on the 4th, and continued to advance westward. On the 5th, the squadron mobilized several divisions to counterattack the Japanese army in the Ganfang area and engaged in a fierce battle with it. By October, the Japanese army had advanced to Dadun Street and Stone Street. The squadron was stationed in Ganfang and Hengjie, cutting off the retreat of the Japanese army advancing westward. On the 6th, the 1st Army and the 0th Army of the ** Squadron were ordered to besiege the Japanese army, and fought until the 9th, occupying Shawoli, Jiuxiantang, Shangfu, Yecheng and other places, and pursued by victory, successively conquering Luofang, Huibu Sandu, and Xiushui. The Japanese army retreated to Wuning, Jing'an, and Fengxin. On the northern Hunan side: On September 18, the 6th Division and the Nara Detachment, the main force of the Japanese army, forcibly crossed the Xinqiang River and launched an attack on the 5th Army of the 15th Group Army, which was defending on the north bank of the Xinqiang River. The defenders resisted stubbornly for five days and nights, and on the evening of the same day, they were forced to retreat to the south bank of the river. At dawn, the Japanese army, supported by heavy artillery fire, forced its way across the new wall and advanced southward; The Kamimura detachment landed in Yingtian near the mouth of the Miluo River and formed a flanking attack on the 15th Army; The 1st Division moved south from Maishi in an attempt to eliminate the ** squadron in northern Xiangbei. The 15th Group Army resisted the Japanese army based on the positions of the Xinqiang River and the Miluo River, and after inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese army, it withdrew to the south bank of the Miluo River on the 4th. On the 6th, the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government telegraphed the 9th Theater of Operations to fight a decisive battle with the main Japanese army near Changsha. The armies immediately entered and occupied positions in accordance with the order, flanking and ambushing the Japanese troops. On the 7th, the Japanese army advanced southward by separate routes, and on the 0th, the main force of the Japanese army advanced to the north bank of the Laodao River, and went straight to Yong'an City, Jinjing, Uesugi City, Qingshan City, Qiaotouyi and other places north of Changsha. Due to the fact that the Japanese army was alone in the depths, they were blocked and ambushed by the ** squadron on the way, and were forced to stop the attack. On the southern Hunan: On September, the Japanese division launched an attack on the 79th Army of the 15th Group Army, and on Sunday, it occupied Maishi and Taoshugang, and then attacked the upper reaches of the Miluo River. The 7th Army of the ** Squadron and the 79th Army of the 15th Army engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese near Maishi, and many of them were annihilated. By the 9th, the Japanese army captured Nanlouling and Pingjiang, and arrived at Zhuxi Factory, Longmen Factory, and Changshou Street. The 0th Army and the 79th Army of the ** Squadron each attacked the Japanese army in the vicinity of Xianzhong, Nanlouling, and Taoshugang, and the main force pursued the Japanese troops in Zhuxi Factory and Longmen Factory. On October 1, after the 0th Army recovered Longmen Factory, it flanked the Japanese army on Changshou Street, and the 79th Army recovered Taoshugang, Maishi, Xianzhong, and Chiayi. On the day, the main force of the Japanese 1st Division and the Nara Detachment of the 1st Division joined forces at the Sanyan Bridge, and moved east to Zhajin to attack and repair water; On the 4th, after fierce battles with the 7th Army and the 79th Army, they retreated in the direction of Nanjiangqiao, Maishi, and Tongcheng respectively. The 15th Group Army followed the Japanese army in pursuit, and successively recovered Anding Bridge, Changle Street, Xinshi, Tear Luo and other places. On the 5th, the Japanese army retreated on all fronts, and after the Shangcun detachment was attacked by the new division of the 54th Army, it fled back to Yueyang from Dongting Lake by Yingtian; By the 9th, the 6th Division had retreated to the Xinqiang River; The 1st Division withdrew to Tongcheng; The Nara detachment retreated to Tsujo. In the pursuit of the whole line, the squadron regained Pingjiang, Nanjiang Bridge and other towns. On the 1st, the battle ended.
Kawagishi Bunzaburo and Takagi Yoshito's divisions were far away in Henan and were pinned down by the National Youth League in the Xixia area, so although they received the order to rush to Hunan to participate in the Battle of Changsha, they still did not step out of Henan for a long time, Okamura Ninji was also quite annoyed, and repeatedly ordered the Kawagishi Division and Takagi Division to cross Hubei to Yueyang and join the main force of the Japanese 11th Army. At this time, the National Youth League also received an order from Chiang Kai-shek from Chongqing, asking them to rush into Sichuan to recuperate and recuperate, and at the same time to them in Xiping, Henan; The battle around Bauhinia Pass was greatly praised. In the tone of praise, Shen Shaofan saw that Principal Jiang was dissatisfied with their move, it seemed that the time to enter Sichuan could not be delayed any longer, and the wish to eliminate Kawagishi Bunzaburo and Takagi Yoshito could not be realized, but Shen Shaofan still decided to deal with a key matter at hand, and the special combat team faced the sniper team of Kaga Sixteenro at Eagle Sorrow Cliff was a matter that had been decided a long time ago, and Shaofan did not think of changing his plan at all.
The main force of the National Youth League still entered Shaanxi according to the original plan, and then went south to Zhuxi to join the logistics column, while Shen Shaofan and Bai Long led the special combat team to deal with the sniper team of Jiahe Sixteen Lang at Yingchou Cliff, and then directly went south from Henan to Hubei, entered Wudang Mountain through Shiyan, and went west to Zhuxi from Zhuxi, where they would completely converge with the National Youth League at the same time as the arrival of the large army.
Wangjiahe guards the last gateway from the south into Shaanxi, Xiping Town has also determined its place in the west of Henan, from ancient times to the present, Wangjiahe has always been a key road in Shaanxi in the south, Bauhinia Pass is also the hub of this artery, but there is no absolute thing in the world, in the war-torn era in ancient times, the ancients found another road to Wangjiahe in that group of mountains, that is, - Yingchou Cliff.