Chapter 482 Counterattack Làngcháo

After a long time, the root Bocai said: "But Your Excellency, after the 10th Army is transferred to Mongolia, what should be done about the defense of Central China?" The 3rd Army alone and the garrison troops and security forces in various places will not be able to control such a large area in any way, and the Chinese army will definitely launch a crazy counteroffensive! ”

"That's a real problem." Okamura Ninji said, "However, it is not unsolvable. ”

After saying this, Okamura Ninji said: "On the one hand, we must shrink the defensive line, except for the large and medium-sized cities such as Changsha, Wuhan, and Nanchang and the lifeline of the Yangtze River waterway, and give up the rest of the remote towns that can be abandoned, on the other hand, we must immediately call the base camp and ask for reinforcements from the Far East." ”

"Your Excellency General......" Nemoto Bo hesitated for a moment, but still said, "The base camp was originally opposed to us launching the Southwest Battle, and now that the Southwest Battle has been lost, the base camp may not transfer reinforcements from the Far East to Central China, and it is even possible to hold His Excellency the General responsible, so I want to ......"

"You don't have to think about anything." Okamura Ninji waved his hand and said indifferently, "As an emperor, everything should be based on the interests of the empire, what is the gain or loss of personal honor?" So, Gengenjun, do as I say, as long as the situation in Central China can take a turn for the better, nothing else matters. ”

"Your Excellency General......" Genbo bowed his head gloomily.

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Tokyo, the base camp of the Japanese army.

The new Minister of War Anami Yui walked into Hideki Tojo's office in a few big strides, and immediately suddenly retracted his feet and said uprightly: "Your Excellency Commander, Okamura Ninji has called, the Battle of the Southwest forcibly promoted by the Central China Front Army has been decided, and the 10th Army trapped in Sichuan will soon leave Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia and go to Mongolia to join the army stationed in Mongolia. ”

"What?" Hideki Tojo changed his course in a huff, "Decide to lose!?" ”

"Hello!" Anan Weiji bowed his head suddenly, and said, "Your Excellency, in this way, the strength of the Central China Front is less than 200,000 people left, and the garrisons in various places are already extremely empty, and the Chinese army is likely to launch a large-scale counteroffensive. ”

"Yaga!" Hideki Tojo became more and more angry, and roared, "Okamura Ninji, this idiot, the base camp resolutely does not allow him to launch the Southwest Battle, but he insists on launching it, and he is stubborn and self-serving, resulting in today's defeat, and still expects the base camp to transfer reinforcements from the Far East to Central China?" Doesn't he know that the situation in the Far East is even more severe than that in Central China? ”

Hideki Tojo did not tell nonsense, and the current situation in the Far East is indeed even more severe than that in Central China.

Molotov's Russian Federation inherited most of the Soviet legacy, including more than 6 million troops and more than 20 million square kilometers of territory, and although the Russian Federation has joined the Axis Alliance, this does not mean that Russia will recognize the military occupation of the Far East.

So far, more than 2 million Russian troops have entered the Far East and are eyeing the Japanese occupied areas, if it were not for Germany's Xiǎo mustache to mediate, Japan and Russia would have fought a long time ago, after all, in history, the two countries have a deep grudge, when in Lushun, China, the two enemies had a tragic and vicious war.

There are no troops to be deployed in the Far East, and there are also no troops to be deployed in North China, Manchuria, and the South Seas.

As for the country, due to the large number of men killed in the war, they have even begun to form NV subdivisions, is it possible to transfer the two NV divisions that have just been formed to Central China?

Anan Wei pondered for a moment and then suddenly said: "Your Excellency, maybe the empire should indeed start negotiations with Russia on the sovereignty of the Far East, the Far East has contained too many troops of the imperial army, which has seriously affected the holy war in Greater East Asia, and if this stalemate continues, the imperial army's rule over Central China, North China, South Seas, and even Manchuria will completely collapse." ”

"What did you say?" Hideki Tojo frowned and said, "Negotiate with Russia over sovereignty in the Far East?" ”

"Hello." Anan Weiji bowed his head abruptly and said, "I think that what Russia really needs is not to immediately recapture the Far East, but only to claim sovereignty over the Far East, if the empire can take a step back and recognize the sovereignty of the Far East as Russia, then Russia is likely to take a step back and lease the Far East to the empire." ”

"Lending?" Hideki Tojo frowned, "Do you think it's possible?" ”

"I think it's entirely possible." Anan said, "Because Germany has had similar ideas for a long time." ”

Previously, when mediating the dispute between Russia and Japan, Hitler had put forward an idea that Japan would return the Far East to Russia, but all the strategic resources and ordnance produced in the Far East would be supplied to the Japanese army to support the Japanese army's war in Asia.

Although Anan's Lend-Lease proposal is slightly different from Hitler's proposal, considering the collective interests of the Axis Allies in the world, Hitler and Germany will most likely still support it, after all, for Russia, the resources of the Far East are not indispensable, but for Japan, the resources of the Far East are a matter of life and death!

"Yo Si." Hideki Tojo nodded and said, "Anan-kun, immediately inform the Outer Jiāo Province and start negotiations with Russia and Germany on the issue of sovereignty over the Far East, the bottom line of the empire is to concession the Far East for 50 years." After saying this, Hideki Tojo said viciously, "There is also Okamura Ninji, I think he is no longer suitable to continue to serve as the commander of the Central China Front." ”

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On June 8, the 32nd year of the Republic of China (1943), the main force of Yue Weiguo's group army entered Hubei, and the forward Yu Ting column was straight to Yichang, Okamura Ninji realized that it was impossible to reopen Jing Mén, so he immediately issued his last order as commander of the Central China Front, ordering Yoshio Shinozuka to lead the 10th Army north out of Hanzhong.

On June 9, the Japanese army headquarters officially relieved Okamura of his duties and ordered him to return to China to report on his work, and shortly after returning home, Okamura was transferred to the reserve.

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Guangxi Baisè, Southwest Campaign Front Command.

Mr. Li hurriedly walked into the war room and reported to Yue Weihan with a solemn expression: "Boss, the air force reconnaissance report shows that the main force of the Japanese army on the North Road has retreated from the vicinity of Wanxian, however, what is puzzling is that the Xiǎo devil did not take the Sichuan-Yunnan Highway to the south to Guizhou, but took the Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway to the north and went out of Hanzhong!" ”

"Oh?" Yue Weihan frowned and said, "The Japanese army is out of Hanzhong in the north?" ”

"North out of Hanzhong?" Mr. Xu also said, "Could it be that the Japanese army is going to go to Mongolia through Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia?" ”

"Okamura Ninji is crazy." Commander Bai happened to be there, and said in disbelief at the moment, "From Sichuan to Mongolia, the straight-line distance is thousands of miles, considering the difficult experience of the Shu Road and the harsh road conditions and natural conditions in the northwest, the Japanese army has to march tens of thousands of miles if it wants to escape, let alone a thousand miles, does the devil want to repeat the miracle of the Red Army?" ”

"A repeat of the miracle of the Red Army?" Mr. Li said disdainfully, "That's just a dream." ”

"Regardless of whether Okamura Ninji is crazy or not, we can't let this Japanese army reach Mongolia alive!" Yue Weihan said this, and immediately said to General Xu, "Immediately call the central government, ask the first field and the third field to send powerful troops to intercept it in the middle, and then order Yang Sen's department, Xue Yue's department, and Yue Weiguo's department to follow and pursue." ”

"Okay." Mr. Xu nodded and took the order.

Yue Weihan said to General Li again: "The Japanese army on the North Road did not go south to Guizhou as I wished, which means that the No. 1 operational plan has been aborted, and immediately ordered all the units participating in the war to implement the No. 2 combat plan, and the Fourth Field Airborne Division immediately landed in Huaihua to cut off the retreat of the Japanese troops on the South Road, and the first field and the three field participating units immediately launched a general attack on the predetermined target!" ”

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On the morning of June 9, the 32nd year of the Republic of China (1943), more than 300 D-3 transport planes and more than 200 -51 Mustang fighters carrying more than 9,000 officers and men of the airborne division took off from Myitkyina, Baoshan, and Wujiaba airports in Kunming, and traveled hundreds of kilometers to carry out large-scale airborne operations in Huaihua.

On the way back from the airborne landing, more than 300 Japanese fighters heard the news, and a major air battle broke out.

When the fierce air battle lasted for more than half a month, nearly 100 transport planes and fighters of the Chinese Air Force were shot down, while the Japanese air force lost more than 280 Zero fighters, and less than 20 fighters fled in a hurry.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the airborne division successfully captured Huaihua and cut off the retreat of the Japanese troops on the southern route.

At the same time, with the cooperation of the southbound troops of the First Field, the main force of the Second Field gathered more than 1.4 million people and launched a general attack on the military towns along the Yangtze River, such as Jiujiang, Wuhu, and Anqing.

However, just when all sides launched a large-scale counteroffensive, the most unexpected situation was staged.

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Jiujiang, the position of the puppet security army.

It was the 1st Group Army of the Second Field Army of the National Revolutionary Army that was in charge of the main attack on Jiujiang, and the 2 artillery divisions of the 3rd Group Army of the 1st Field Army of the National Revolutionary Army arrived one after another.

However, the two artillery divisions that arrived one after another were fully equipped with thousands of mén artillery pieces!

That's right, there are thousands of mén artillery, including 75mm caliber field artillery, mountain artillery, 70mm caliber 92 infantry guns, and even Soviet-based rocket artillery born from Katyusha, of course, more 60mm or 80mm light mortars, and 300mm caliber unconscionable guns!

At present, the Taihang base, in addition to not being able to produce howitzers with a caliber of more than 100mm, what 75 mountain artillery, 75 field artillery, 92-type infantry artillery, battle defense artillery, rocket artillery, mortars, unconscionable guns, and what Makqin and Czech guns have been able to produce, and the output has also been greatly improved.

Only two days after the battle of attacking Jiujiang began, all units basically destroyed the Japanese puppet fortifications on the periphery of Jiujiang.

Yiye's two artillery divisions have made the puppet security army on the periphery of Jiujiang suffer enough, especially under the firepower of more than 600 mén mortars and more than 200 mén unconscionable guns, it is impossible for the two devils of the puppet security army to find a place to hide.

By the third day, the officers and men of the puppet security army had generally realized that the general trend of the Japanese army in Central China had gone!

At two o'clock in the middle of the night, in a bunker in the Jiangfang fortress, more than a dozen puppet army division commanders and dozens of brigade commanders and regiment commanders held a battlefield meeting to decide their own fate.

"Brothers, I can see that this xiǎo devil is already a grasshopper after the autumn, and he can't jump for a few days." A white-faced division commander said with some discouragement, "Didn't you all notice it, the planes in the sky are bombing us, the Japanese planes have long since disappeared, and the artillery group, my mother, is really scared to death." ”

After saying this, the white-faced division commander said again: "Anyway, this Jiujiang City can't support it for a few days, and it will be a matter of time before it is lost, our brothers have to figure it out, and then follow the xiǎo devil to do it, the result can only be a dead end, if the anti-water gang takes Jiujiang before the battle, maybe there will be a chance to atone for the crime." ”

"But......" a pock-faced division leader said hesitantly, "We have done a lot of immoral things in the past, especially killed a lot of **underground parties, but now we are **bosses, can people let us go?" Don't just help us take Jiujiang, people will take us on the knife when they turn their backs, so what can we do? ”

The division commanders, brigade commanders, and regiment commanders present were suddenly silent.

These two devils and Han jiān, if you really want to talk about it seriously, which one is not stained with the blood of the Chinese people on his hands? With the crimes they committed, the lightest is enough to shoot them ten times and eight times.

After a long time, the white-faced teacher said, "Brothers, still can't you understand? ”

After saying this, the white-faced division commander said viciously: "Anyway, I understand it, we must not follow the path of the xiǎo devil to the black, no matter how you decide, anyway, our division will definitely turn against the water tomorrow, as for after taking Jiujiang, whether the ** authorities will settle accounts after the autumn, then I can't care so much." ”

"Yes, I support Master Xiong." Another division commander said, "In the past few years, I have helped the Japanese do a lot of immoral things, and it has really harmed many Chinese people, and now we have this opportunity to atone for our sins, but we can't miss it again, even if the new deal wants to settle accounts after the autumn, let's also ask for peace of mind, right?" Anyway, everyone is still Chinese, isn't it? ”

The remaining division commanders, brigade commanders, and regiment commanders also strengthened their determination at the moment, and they all expressed their stance that they would oppose the water tomorrow.

The next morning, when the two artillery divisions of Yiye just wanted to come to a routine shelling, fierce gunfire rang out in Jiujiang City, and when the hot air balloon was raised, it was actually the devils in the city who fought with the puppet army first, and at noon, the gunfire in the city gradually fell silent, and then the puppet army in the city sent a liaison officer, saying that it was to offer prisoners to surrender to Cheng.

In this way, Jiujiang City was taken before even launching a general attack.

The news of Jiujiang's recovery was not reported in time, and it was first spread in Jiangxi and Anhui provinces, and this earth-shattering incident had a serious impact on the Japanese puppet forces in the two provinces.

Even bandits who had always hid in the deep mountains and old forests went out of the mountains one after another to take the opportunity to rob the Japanese convoy.

This is what the world often says about the sedan chair carried by everyone, and for the Japanese army, it is the wall that is pushed by everyone.

In less than half a month, most of the counties and townships in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, and other provinces broke away from the Japanese puppet rule and announced their participation in the New Deal, and the sphere of influence actually controlled by the Japanese army in Central China rapidly shrank to a few large cities such as Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, Nanchang, Hangzhou, and Guangzhou.

China, which had been trampled by the Japanese army for five years, finally ushered in its first counteroffensive.

The Japanese army's rule over Northern, Central, Southern, and Eastern China was already in turmoil.

In such a situation, not to mention Yue Weihan and President Xu, they did not expect that even Chairman Máo, who was far away in Yan'an, did not expect such a dramatic turn in the situation in Central China, and at this time, the negotiations between the Japanese government and the Russian government on the sovereignty of the Far East had just begun, and it was still far from the withdrawal of Japanese troops from the Far East.

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And in Huaihua, Hunan, the Siye Airborne Division also successfully intercepted the main force of the Japanese army on the southern route.

After ten days of hard fighting, the 3rd Army (Long Yun and Du Yuming's Divisions) of the 6th Army of the Four Fields also quickly penetrated from the flank, forming an encirclement posture against the main force of the Japanese army on the South Road.

Naosaburo Okabe, who had just been promoted to general and commander of the Central China Front, realized that the collective fragmentation of the 3rd Army was inevitable, and that more than 300,000 squadrons had already completed the encirclement of the Japanese army, and that the Japanese army was not only inferior in terms of strength, but also at an absolute disadvantage in terms of weaponry and logistical support.

The squadron not only has a large number of tanks and heavy artillery, but also has air force to help in the battle.

However, the Japanese air force has basically lost the ability to fight in the southwest, and because the supply cannot keep up, the Japanese artillery and combat vehicles have basically become decorations, and Okabe Naosaburo even has to worry about the rations of the 100,000 Japanese troops under his department, because China's great southwest is originally a barren land, coupled with drought, food is already extremely scarce.

The only thing that comforted General Naosaburo Okabe a little was that the Japanese troops on the northern route, commanded by Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, had broken through the four lines of the squadron in a row within half a month, and had successfully escaped the Chinese heavy army group that was chasing after them, and had now entered the Jiāo boundary area of Gansu and Ningxia, and would soon be able to enter the Mongolian steppe.