Chapter 270 2: The Resurgence of the Great War (Asking for Subscriptions, Asking for Monthly Passes, Asking for Various !! ）

Chen Tiebao was actually wounded, and 37 of the more than 60 special combat personnel who went there were also sacrificed, which was the greatest loss of the special operations force since its formation, and if Xu Bao had not temporarily made certain adjustments to the war, I am afraid that Chen Tiebao and others would have all confessed to the prisoner of war camp in Mancheng.

According to post-war statistics, the special operations division lost 37 men in this operation, and another 11 were wounded. The losses of the military command department of the Nationalist Government were even more heavy, more than 40 people brought by Xu Haifeng only escaped less than ten, and the 87th Division Guard Regiment responsible for receiving them also suffered more than half of the casualties, if it were not for the timely arrival of those prisoners of war, perhaps the 87th Division Guard Battalion has now been erased from the battle sequence of the Nationalist Government by little devils.

In addition, the Eighth Route Army also suffered heavy losses in last night's operation, the city-wide guerrillas were completely annihilated, and all 121 cadres and fighters were surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army in the Jiangcheng stronghold, and no one survived, composing a tragic war song.

Fortunately in misfortune, due to the surprise attack of Li Zong and others, the task was completed in a dangerous way, not only rescued those captured soldiers, but also rescued those small eight roads, which can be regarded as the only point that Chen Feng can accept in this battle.

When the news came, Chen Feng was furious. On the one hand, the Fuping Independent Brigade and the Yixian Independent Brigade were ordered to send elite troops to meet Li Zong and others, and the safety of Chen Tiebao and others must be ensured; On the other hand, it actively sent people to thoroughly investigate the reasons for the defeat in this battle.

As soon as he received the news, Chen Feng suspected that there were traitors among the people who participated in the operation, and revealed the action plan to the Japanese army. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Japanese to set a trap in the prisoner of war camp and wait for Chen Tiebao and others to be deceived. Moreover, according to the news sent back by Li Zong and others, the Japanese army obviously got the news in advance, and whether it was the ambush soldiers in the prisoner of war camp or those prisoners of war who were transferred to the garrison headquarters, it was the best proof of this.

But Chen Feng carefully analyzed it, and found that it was strange at this time, judging from the results of the battle situation, whether it was his side, the military commander and the Eighth Route Army, there was no suspicion of leaking secrets, after all, the losses of the national army in this battle were not small, not only the military commander lost a large number of elite agents, but even the most elite 87th Division of the communist army also lost most of the battalion. It can be completely ruled out that the national army deliberately leaked secrets.

The same was true for the Eighth Route Army. The annihilation of a guerrilla army is too heavy a price, and with Chen Feng's understanding of the Eighth Route Army, it is even less likely that they will leak secrets. As for his own people, it is even more impossible. All the people on his side who participated in this mission were special combat personnel. The chances of a leak from here are slim to none.

After thinking about it, Chen Feng still decided to let Hua Dajia check it. In any case, he must find out the reason for the defeat in this battle, otherwise he will not be at ease.

In addition, Chen Feng originally planned to take this opportunity to wrestle with the Japanese again, but since Binshan Yuan took office, the Eighth War Zone has not fought a good battle with the little devils. But both Deng Ping and Kang Ze persuaded Chen Feng to let it go for the time being. What the Eighth Theater needs most now is time for development.

With these three or four months of peaceful development, the Eighth Theater is now developing rapidly in all aspects, especially in terms of industrial and infrastructure construction. From Datong to Tianzhen to Zhangjiakou, from Chicheng in Zhangbei Province to Phoenix Mountain in Chongli, the Eighth Theater has built two front-line beacon lines to block the Japanese army, and more than 100,000 heavy troops have been stationed on this beacon line.

The garrison of heavy fortifications was Chen Feng's first step in blocking the Japanese army, and after this beacon line was the hinterland of the Eighth War Zone. At the same time, more projects under construction are still under intense construction.

In addition, now the military service system covering the entire defense zone of the Eighth Theater has been fully implemented, and a large number of reserve units are being formed. According to the high-level estimates of the Chahar Provincial Government, the Eighth Theater will be able to initially build its own industrial system in another half a year, and at that time, most of the living and production materials needed by the military and civilians in the Eighth Theater can be produced by themselves, and there is no need to purchase them from other places.

Although such a simple and crude industrial system was very fragile and may have collapsed in a single bombing by the Japanese army, it was still an achievement that Deng, Kang and others envied.

Chen Feng knew that what Deng Kang and others said made sense, but he also had his own reasoning. A month ago, the Japanese army headquarters ordered about 250,000 men from nine divisions of the two group armies of the Central China Front to launch an attack on Wuhan, where the Nationalist Government was encamped, with the cooperation of the rebuilt Third Fleet and the Air Regiment, in an attempt to destroy the Nationalist Government's will to resist and force the Nationalist Government to surrender in one fell swoop.

The 11th Group Army, the main force of the Japanese army, attacked along the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the Potian detachment, with the assistance of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army, attacked Xianning in a row under Ruichang, Fuchikou, and Qixi. At the same time, the Japanese 101st Division crossed Poyang Lake and attacked the 1st Corps in the De'an area, and the two sides were in a stalemate.

The 6th Division of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army attacked along the north bank of the Yangtze River, captured Huangmei and continued to advance westward. Ten days ago, after the Japanese army occupied Guangji and Wuxue, they besieged the fortress of Tianjiazhen. One corps of the 4th Corps held the fortress, and the three corps fought on the periphery, and although the defenders of the Tianjiazhen fortress suffered heavy casualties, the fortress was still in the hands of the Chinese army.

The Japanese 2nd Army attacked along the northern foot of Dabie Mountain, set out from Hefei in late October, occupied Lu'an and Huoshan respectively, and then attacked in the direction of Gushi and Yejiaji. After the mall was lost, the defenders retreated to the key passes of Dabie Mountain, and the two sides fought fiercely for more than a month. After the Japanese 10th Division captured Gushi, it was stubbornly resisted by the 59th Army in the area of Chunheji and Huangchuan, and was blocked by the 1st Army in the area east of Xinyang, and then was reinforced by the 3rd Division, occupied Xinyang, moved south along the Pinghan Railway, and cooperated with the 11th Army to attack Wuhan.

Although the Battle of Wuhan is still a peripheral battle, the situation on the part of the Nationalist Government is very bad. In terms of land warfare, the Nationalist Government performed quite well, especially the sudden attack of the newly formed five Japanese armoury divisions gave the Japanese army a great shock, and as soon as it struck, the Nationalist Government wiped out four wings, and the enemy's 27th Division was even killed by a major general and brigade commander, and the Nationalist Government's performance was much better than in history.

However, the Japanese army, as in history, still adopted the tactics of advancing by land and water. On land, the Nationalist Army performed well, but the surface battle was far worse, and under such a situation that the main force of the navy was annihilated, the Nationalist Government completely failed to recruit the Japanese Third Fleet, and 120 large and small ships and 350 warplanes posed a huge threat to the Nationalist Government. If the war continues as it is now, Wuhan will probably still be lost.

In addition, half a month ago, the Japanese army formed the 21st Army with the Fifth Division of the North China Front Army as the backbone, with Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Anto, commander of the Fifth Division, as its commander. At the same time, the Japanese base camp ordered the newly established 5th, 18th, and 104th divisions under the 21st Army to set off from Qingdao, Shanghai, and Dalian to Penghu to assemble and stand by, in an attempt to land at Daya Bay and capture Guangzhou.

The 12th Group Army of the 4th Theater of the Nationalist Government was concentrated on the line from Daya Bay to Guangzhou and on the east bank of the Pearl River. On November 10, the main flotilla of the Japanese 21st Army set off and arrived at Daya Bay, Guangdong on the evening of the 12th. In the early morning of the 13th, the 18th Division of the Japanese Army landed on the left side of Daya Bay and in the area of Shrimp Bay on the front; The Hechuan detachment landed on the back of the salt stove; The 104th Division landed at the glass factory on the right side of Daya Bay: the 1st Division of the 18th Division landed at the head of Ao West of Sau Chung and then attacked Tamsui. The Chinese defenders resisted and abandoned the city that night and retreated.

After the landing of another part of the Japanese 18th Division, it advanced to Huizhou; On the 13th, Pingshan was captured; On the 14th, it occupied Hengli and advanced to the southern suburbs of Huiyang. After the 104th Division landed, it occupied Pinghai on the 12th; On the 13th, it occupied Nimshan and Jilong, reached the south of Huizhou, and followed the 18th Division to advance. On the evening of the 14th, the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on Huizhou with superior forces; The Chinese defenders' 151st Division withdrew that night after a little resistance. On the 15th, Huizhou fell. On the 16th, after the Japanese captured Boluo, the main force broke through to Zengcheng; The Hechuan detachment made a big detour from Huizhou to Guangzhou.

The 4th Theater ordered all units to assemble near Guangzhou, and the 65th Army reinforced the Dongjiang River. On the 17th, the 153rd Division routed a Japanese wing on the Futian line, forcing the Japanese to retreat to Boluo; The 20th Independent Brigade defeated a small number of Japanese reconnaissance units at Zhengguo. As a result, the 4th Theater decided to use the 186th Division to hold the front of Zengcheng and mobilize combat vehicles and artillery support; The 153rd and 154th Divisions encircled the Japanese army from the right flank and the 20th Independent Brigade from the left flank, in an attempt to gather the Japanese army at the foot of Langlo Hill between the Zeng (Cheng) and Bo (Luo) highways.

On the morning of the 19th, the 18th Division of the Japanese Army arrived in Zengcheng. The Chinese army fought fiercely with the Japanese army, retreated that night, and Zengcheng fell. On the 20th, the Japanese 18th Division launched a full-scale offensive, and the Chinese defenders' defensive line was broken through, and the defenders retreated backwards. The Japanese army and the Sichuan detachment attacked Conghua and Huaxian in an attempt to cut off the connection between Guangzhou and Shaoguan.

That night, the 4th Theater deployed defenses on both sides of the Guangzhou (Zhou) Zeng (Cheng) Highway to block the Japanese army, withdrew the main force to the Wengyuan and Yingde lines in northern Guangdong, and defended Guangzhou with one section. On the 21st, the Japanese army captured Shahe and occupied the urban area of Guangzhou. The Japanese 104th Division advanced north of Guangzhou and captured Taipingchang; On the 23rd, Conghua was occupied. At the same time, the 5th Division, in cooperation with the navy, captured the Humen Fortress on the 23rd; On the 25th, Sanshui was captured; On the 26th, he fell into Foshan again and arrived in the southern suburbs of Guangzhou last night. At this point, the Japanese army took control of Guangzhou and nearby important places.

Guangzhou was lost, Wuhan was in danger, and Chen Feng felt the need to send troops to contain the Japanese army. More importantly, under such circumstances, the enthusiasm of the people for the War of Resistance has waned, and he, the hero and banner of the War of Resistance, must stand up and give hope to the people, so although it is not the time to start the war, the Eighth War Zone must fight a hearty battle. (To be continued......)