The Japanese bomber formation again suffered a major defeat near Wuhan.

They originally intended to bomb Zhuzhou, but it turned out to be a trap, and they hurriedly retreated, and planned to use their numerical superiority near Wuhan to teach the always arrogant Chinese Air Force a deep lesson. Unexpectedly, another group of "hell cats" left in Chongqing also took advantage of the rainy day and under the cover of thick clouds to raid suddenly. The two-phase flanking attack once again cast a thick shadow on the hearts of the Japanese air force. However, in this battle, when the fighters of China and Japan encountered, the Japanese air force performed very poorly because of many injuries, and most of them did not dare to fight, and even many air forces turned around and fled when they found that the fighters from Chongqing were coming, so although they were defeated, they avoided the fate of possible total annihilation. And the Chinese Air Force did not have many successes, and only about 30 fighters and bombers were killed.

But that's enough.

Because of this defeat, the Japanese air force refused Terauchi Shouichi's strict order and resolutely refused to attack again. This allowed Qin Wei to mobilize enough fighters to protect Guangxi's airspace, once again forming air superiority over the Japanese army. But while Shouichi Terauchi was waiting in horror for revenge from the air, Qin Wei did not move. Not only that, Du Yuming's 5th Army, which had been fighting north of the Red River, also began to take the initiative to disengage from the Japanese army, slowly retreating, and soon most of it retreated into Guangxi.

Terauchi was puzzled by the performance of the Chinese army, but he did not dare to take it lightly. However, after waiting for several days without any movement, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and sent the Taiwan Brigade and the Guards Mixed Brigade that had been hiding in the snow to the battlefield in Guangzhou, intending to defeat the 35th Group Army in one fell swoop, and even wipe out most of it under the city of Guangzhou. However, the 35th Army chose to retreat at this time, just like Du Yuming. Slowly retreated to Guangxi. And because of the threat from the Chinese Air Force, Terauchi Shouichi did not dare to give the order to let go of the pursuit, and could only watch as the other party calmly withdrew to its original position.

At this point, the battle between the two Cantons came to an end.

In this battle, the Chinese side prepared a total of two group armies, and prepared a trap, planning to annihilate the enemy's 18th and 12th divisions in one fell swoop, and at the same time take Guangzhou by taking advantage of the situation, and then recover Guangdong, and reopen the international communication line to the outside world. I didn't expect it. On the contrary, because of the excessive vigilance and unauthorized actions of the commander of the enemy's 18th Division, the area north of the Red River in Vietnam, which had been occupied, was fiercely attacked by the Japanese army. Du Yuming's 5th Army, which was in charge of defending North Vietnam, faced an enemy nearly three times its size on its own. Although there is a Red River to resist, the losses are still serious. After that, he had to withdraw to Guangxi under the order of the General Headquarters of the Liangguang Battle. North Vietnam was thus lost. In addition to the fighting on the North Vietnamese side, the 35th Army attacking Guangzhou also had to withdraw under the leadership of Deputy Commander-in-Chief Deng Longguang because the enemy had already prepared. Most of the cities and towns that had been occupied were also abandoned.

It seems that the Chinese side is the losing side.

However, although the battle between the two Cantons and Cantons is related to China's two lines of external communication, it is of great significance to the future war situation. But more Chinese pay attention to the "Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain" that took place in the north!

The Kuomintang Hu Zongnan launched an attack on Shanxi, but was attacked head-on by the Japanese army Shinozuka Yoshio in Shanxi, suffering heavy losses, and Hu Zongnan was furious. Just as the army was about to reorganize and fight again, the Japanese North China Front, which was expected to have a shortage of troops and could not send reinforcements, still transferred troops equivalent to almost two divisions into Shanxi. That is to say, if Hu Zongnan still wants to continue to fight in Shanxi, he will almost use his more than 200,000 soldiers and horses to fight against nearly 100,000 Japanese troops. Not to mention Hu Zongnan in this kind of battle, even Xue Yue and Bai Zhengxi, fierce people whose eyes were on the top of their heads, did not dare to fight. You must know that in the Battle of Xuzhou, more than 600,000 people of the national army fought against more than 200,000 Japanese troops, three times the number of the enemy, and the result was still beaten to the ground. Now Hu Zongnan only has more than twice as many soldiers and horses as the enemy, how dare he go over and provoke?

Therefore, as soon as he got the news, Hu Zongnan immediately improved the offensive formation for defense, and made a posture of pulling out his feet and slipping away.

But Duotian Jun, who personally led the army to Shanxi, ignored Hu Zongnan at all. As soon as the troops of one division and three brigades entered Shanxi, they went straight to Zhongtiao Mountain.

Everyone knows that Nakajo Mountain is a strategic location.

Here from the west of Jinnan Yongji, and Shaanxi face, east to Jiyuan, Mengxian in northern Henan, connected with Taihang Mountain, north of the Yuncheng Basin, known as the granary of Shanxi, the Yellow River in the south. The territory is vertical and horizontal, the mountains are undulating, the passes are overlapping, and the mineral deposits are abundant. Occupy Zhongtiao Mountain, you can be with Taihang, Luliang, Taiyue three mountains for each other's horns. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, with the successive loss of the main passes in Shanxi, the strategic position of Zhongtiao Mountain became more and more important. As far as the Chinese side is concerned, occupying it can be used as a base to overlook northern Henan and southern Jin, and shield Luoyang and Tongguan. It can disrupt behind enemy lines and contain Japanese troops; Retreat can be defended by danger, actively defend, and cooperate with the entire anti-Japanese battlefield. As far as the Japanese side is concerned, it will occupy an important "bridgehead" for the southward invasion of the north, which can cross the river to the south, ask the Longhai Sea, and invade the Central Plains; It can also go north to connect with its main occupation areas in Shanxi, relieve the trouble of henchmen, and improve the law and order situation in the occupied areas of North China. Therefore, the Zhongtiao Mountain area was regarded as an "important place related to the security of the country" during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

However, although Zhongtiao Mountain is located in Shanxi Province, it was not the defense area of the Jin Sui Army during the Anti-Japanese War, nor was it under the jurisdiction of Yan Xishan's Second War Zone. The Kuomintang Central Army was stationed here, and in terms of the division of theaters, it was attributed to the first theater of which Wei Lihuang was the commander. In the spring of 1938, in order to reduce frontal losses, the Chinese army in Shanxi scattered hundreds of thousands of troops in the southern Jinnan area, established fortifications, and carried out guerrilla warfare. After the Japanese army invaded Shanxi, "in order to consolidate North China, suppress Luoyang, and peep into Xi'an, it has besieged Zhongtiao Mountain thirteen times since 1938, but all of them have not succeeded." Based on this, Wei Lihuang's army soon grew to 260,000 people, and the solid operation of Zhongtiao Mountain was known as the "Maginot Line of the East"!

But the problem is that when Tada Jun called, Wei Lihuang was in Emei Mountain - this famous general in the national army sequence, known as the "Tiger General of China" by the Japanese, because he refused to go along with Lao Jiang to engage in friction with the Communist Party some time ago, coupled with his growing strength, he was deeply feared by Lao Jiang, and was deceived by Lao Jiang to go to Chongqing to report on his work, and then he was placed under house arrest on Emei Mountain.

In other words, when Tada Jun came over, the national army on Nakajo Mountain was at the time when the dragons were leaderless. In addition, because of the blockade of Nakajo Mountain, the Japanese army has stationed three divisions outside Nakajo Mountain for a long time. As a result, as soon as Tada arrived, the strength of the Japanese army quickly doubled, and it had the strength of nearly five divisions. And everyone thought that Tada Jun was going to Hu Zongnan, and Zhongtiao Mountain was not prepared at all. Therefore, when the Japanese army launched an attack, the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain were taken by surprise, and in less than three days, they broke through the defensive core position of Zhongtiao Mountain and surrounded the two main armies of its main force. Then, Tada quickly launched another onslaught. The Chinese army had no way to retreat from the Yellow River, and most of them were scattered except for a few breakthroughs......

In this battle, the Chinese army suffered more than 30,000 prisoners, more than 40,000 killed, and more than 100,000 troops lost; The Japanese army suffered less than 1,000 casualties and more than 2,000 wounded.

That's not all, in order to return to Shinozuka Yoshio in time, Tada Jun ordered the killing of prisoners after the battle, and more than 30,000 prisoners of the National Army were massacre in the Nakajo Mountains...... After that, Tada Jun left two brigades to continue to sweep the Zhongtiao Mountains, and led the rest of the troops to kill in the Taiyuan area.

When Hu Zongnan heard this, he quickly changed his defense to retreat.

And learned that Hu Zongnan had withdrawn, and Fu Zuoyi's troops, who were besieging Datong, also had to retreat back to Sui.

……

"Shame, shame! This is truly the greatest shame in the history of the Anti-Japanese War—"

The defeat of Nakajo Mountain was disastrous, and the duration of the entire battle added up to less than five days! When the news broke, the whole country shook. The mood of the people, who had been full of confidence in the prospects of the war because of the series of victories, suddenly fell to the bottom, and even lower than before. Faced with such a situation, Chiang Kai-shek was furious:

"What are you doing standing here? What for——? Do you still have the face to stand here? ”

Looking at He Yingqin, Zhang Zhizhong, Chen Cheng and others standing in front of him, looking at them with their heads down and looking obediently trained, Chiang Kai-shek was even more angry and wanted to eat people:

"You are all senior generals of the national army, and you are all my subordinates, and now Tada Jun is bullying me and there is no one in China, and I regard hundreds of thousands of troops as nothing, what do you say? What to do——? ”

"Commission, the students think that they should immediately send people to Nakajo Mountain to regroup the scattered troops, and regain the lost territory while Tada Jun and Shinozuka Yoshio are still unable to look back." Chen Cheng sighed secretly and stepped forward to say.

"Where are there any troops in Zhongtiao Mountain now?" He Yingqin couldn't help but snort coldly. When Tada Jun attacked Nakajo Mountain, all the units of Nakajo Mountain were fighting their own battles, and they were unable to draw up an operational plan in time, so he, the defense minister, could only command it remotely. But even if he used all his strength, he still couldn't stop the rout of the national army after all. He is even more pessimistic about the present and future of Nakajo Mountain. But Chen Cheng actually said that he wanted to take it back? Isn't that a slap in the face?

"I don't know if Lu Dao was lucky or unlucky, but before Tada Jun launched an attack, we transferred Sun Weiru's Fourth Army away from Nakajo Mountain...... The Fourth Army is known as the 'Iron Pillar of Zhongtiao Mountain' and its combat effectiveness is extraordinary. Tada Jun is now in a hurry to clean up the mess in Shanxi, leaving only two brigades there, if Sun Weiru is transferred back at this time, there is still a considerable chance to regain control of Zhongtiao Mountain. Chen Cheng replied.

"If you really want to counterattack, it's best to pull the Communist Party together." Zhang Zhizhong twisted his eyebrows, "Otherwise, with Sun Weiru alone, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with Tada Jun's counterattack." The Japanese are now in Shanxi, but they are equivalent to concentrating seven divisions! ”

"Give Zhu De an order to let the Communist Party cooperate with the national army...... Don't let Tada be so arrogant! (To be continued......)