[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 1190: Crossing the River (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

When the news came, the whole country shook!

Immediately, the Military Commission issued instructions to immediately formulate a new battle plan to severely punish the atrocities committed by the Japanese army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Subsequently, the commanders and political commissars of several major front armies, including Ma Zheng, were called to Taiyuan to hold an operational meeting, and after a day and a night of intense discussions, a huge operational plan was put on the agenda.

According to the battle plan, the Chinese side will dispatch 3 million main forces to break through the entire line of the Yangtze River and cross the Yangtze River to fight the Japanese invaders.

However, in view of the forces used in this war and the logistical support of the current troops, the Military Commission decided to plan for March '45, but a telegram from Washington brought this plan forward by three months.

Many countries, including the United States, were very happy when the Allies learned that China was going to carry out a river-crossing operation, after all, the Japanese army still had a certain combat effectiveness, and now as long as the Chinese troops could contain the Japanese army on the battlefield, then the US forces would be able to reduce much pressure in the South Pacific.

However, because the Chinese side lacked weapons and ammunition, the time of the attack was set for a few months, and the United States immediately expressed their willingness to provide weapons and equipment and much-needed ammunition for the new Chinese government.

Naturally, the Central Military Commission was very happy about this, and immediately said that as long as the ammunition and related equipment provided by the United States could reach China, the plan for crossing the river could be carried out three months ahead of schedule.

Subsequently, under the orders of the Military Commission, a large number of troops began to march along the Yangtze River.

The Japanese army was extremely uneasy about the posture set up north of the Yangtze River, and Okamura Ninji repeatedly reported to the base camp that he hoped to mobilize a naval detachment to Wusongkou to block the Yangtze River channel, and if it was worse, he would send dozens of gunboats to deal with the Chinese fleet.

However, now that Japan's fiasco in the Philippines is a foregone conclusion, and the US military is beginning to actively advance in the direction of Iwo Jima, it will not be long before the United States and Japan will start a bloody battle on Iwo Jima and even the Ryukyu Islands, so Japan has already transferred the vast majority of its remaining navy to the waters of Iwo Jima, and there are no extra ships to transfer to China.

But on the contrary, former Admiral Chen Shaokuan led the only 22 remaining large and small ships of the Chinese Navy and hundreds of large ships under the command of Hu Yanbing to appear on the surface of the East China Sea to intercept and strike at the passing Japanese ships and warships.

On December 17, 1944, in accordance with the order of the Military Commission, all units of the People's Liberation Army launched a river-crossing operation in the early morning of December 18. Under the cover of powerful artillery fire and intercepted by the Japanese army's river defense artillery fire, the 2nd, 6th, and 7th field armies of the first echelon of the 1st Assault Group were the first to board ships and set off on a frontage of more than 150 kilometers.

In addition to hundreds of thousands of elite infantrymen, tens of thousands of fishermen who live along the Yangtze River all year round also participated in this river-crossing operation. These fishermen live in this water area all year round, so the water quality is excellent, and the temper of the Yangtze River is extremely accurate, so Ma Zheng issued a notice, asking the experienced fisherman brother to help support the boat and help the troops cross the river.

The achievements of Ma Zheng's headquarters in completely annihilating the North China Front Army greatly encouraged the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the people of the whole country, and in the half month after the notice was posted, more than 48,000 fishermen and young adults came to sign up.

In the early morning of the 18th, as a red signal flare was lifted into the air, 10,000 ships rushed towards the opposite shore.

Jiangyin Defense Line!

Due to the relatively adequate preparations, the troops soon occupied several Jiangxinzhou garrisoned by the Japanese army, and uprooted several strongholds placed by the Japanese army at the forefront of the Yangtze River one by one. Then, the army braved Japanese artillery fire to attack the south bank of the Yangtze River.

The Japanese artillery fire was very fierce, and in order to block the Chinese troops, Okamura Ninji mobilized 3 artillery brigades and 12 artillery wings at once, and concentrated all the artillery fire that could be concentrated in his hands.

In the first round of shelling, dozens of fishing boats were shot, and because the protection of fishing boats was weak, as long as they were shot, the only result was that the ships were destroyed. However, the troops had already prepared for this, and each large ship had to drag a large raft in addition to the ship itself, just in case, so after the destruction of the large ship, the soldiers quickly got on the bamboo raft and continued to attack.

At about 4 o'clock in the morning, Huang Ye, commander of the first battalion of the 4th Regiment of the 3rd Division of the First Field Army under Ma Zheng, led a company to break through the Japanese position in Lugang.

The Japanese defenders made several counterattacks, but they were all repulsed. At 6:10 a.m., the 1st Field Army repelled the defenders' last counterattack, consolidated the beachhead, and then rapidly developed the offensive in depth, until 6 o'clock in the afternoon of the 18th, the Japanese army's Yangtze River defense line west of Wuhu was broken through, and the entire Japanese Yangtze River defense line began to waver.

On the morning of the 19th, Okamura Ninji personally went to Wuhu to personally arrange the blockade, but to no avail. That night, the 1st and 2nd assault groups of Ma Zheng's headquarters launched a powerful advance operation.

The 3rd, 8th, and 9th Field Armies of the first echelon of the 1st Assault Group were deployed at Longxiao Port, and after breaking through the defenders' defenses in Tianshenggang and other places, they repelled the repeated counterattacks of the 31st, 123rd, and 186th Divisions of the Japanese Army, and on the morning of the 20th, they arrived at the line of Nanzha and Baizhang Town, and established a beachhead of more than 50 kilometers from east to west and more than 10 kilometers from north to south.

At the same time, many puppet troops of Wang's puppet regime have seen that the situation is not good, and many people have taken the initiative to contact Ma Zheng's department. On the night of the 23rd, more than 9,000 defenders of the Japanese Jiangyin fortress rebelled, and with the cooperation of Ma Zheng's department, the 66th Division of the Japanese army was completely annihilated, and the Jiangyin Fort was controlled and the river was blocked.

That night, the 26th Field Army of the Second Assault Group set out from the section from Longwokou to Yong'anzhou in the northwest of Taixing, broke through the defenders' river defense positions at the predetermined section, controlled the beachhead more than 100 kilometers wide and 5 to 10 kilometers deep, and soon occupied Pengze, Dongliu, and other places.

In the southwest region, Li Zongren and Peng Lao commanded three group armies, 21 infantry divisions, and two independent columns, with a total of 550,000 people, to launch the Eastern Expedition from west to east, preparing to completely drive the Japanese army out of Sichuan.

After half a month of hard fighting, the army finally regained Chengdu. Subsequently, the army continued to advance eastward, attacking Chongqing, which had been occupied by the Japanese army for two months, and achieved great results, and on the 24th, the army descended on the city of Chongqing.

In the direction of Wuhan, with the support of aviation and a large number of warships, Yan Xishan led the Central Plains Front Army and the Central Front with 1.24 million men to cross the Yangtze River south. Although it was stubbornly resisted by Yokoyama's Yusho troops, the progress was relatively smooth.

The attack of the Chinese defenders on all fronts caused great pressure on the Japanese army, and telegrams for help were sent to Japan one after another, so that people all over the country already knew that the little devil was now about to end, and the puppet army traitors were worried one by one, lest they become the heads of the king's priests.

By December 28, the Chinese side had 870,000 troops crossing the Yangtze River and were attacking in the direction of Nanjing, which was heavily defended by the Japanese army.

Wherever the army passed, the masses of the people welcomed them, many of them took advantage of the situation to send their children into the army, and young and middle-aged people took the initiative to follow the militia behind the army to help the troops transport supplies.

Okamura Ninji was also aware of the danger at this time, and in view of the fact that the entire line of Jiangfang had been broken through, and the troops were in danger of being divided and encircled, he hastily deployed and retreated on the afternoon of the 30th, preparing to withdraw to South China to continue resistance.

Seeing that the general trend of the Japanese army had gone, the 4 division commanders of the Wang puppet regime surrendered to Ma Zheng's headquarters with more than 30,000 people, followed by a large number of puppet army uprisings in the Japanese puppet strongholds, and the Japanese army's rule in Jiangnan was in jeopardy.

After receiving the report from the front, the Central Military Commission immediately issued the latest operational order to the General Committee of the former enemy, demanding that all units should only continue to advance, regardless of strategy and tactics, and that the troops should only dare to advance forward.

In addition, in addition to organizing the second echelon army to continue to cross the river, the main force of the army developed an offensive in depth of Japanese defense.