Chapter 10025 Battle of Nanning

Xue Yue can't move the killing machine and recapture the 713 Heights, the biggest reliance is on artillery, especially the four heavy artillery regiments, otherwise, just to gnaw with infantry, he can't take it down in three days, but Terachi Shouichi gives himself three days?

The Japanese artillery also went crazy, raining shells fell on the artillery position of the Central Army, Xue Yue didn't need to ask, just listening to the sound of artillery, he could imagine that his artillery was bearing the fire of the Japanese, but this was a critical time, only gritted his teeth and killed all the Japanese troops on the 713 Heights, and he did not hesitate to kill all the artillery.

Hearing Xue Yue's vicious order, the chief of staff hesitated, how much did he know about these four artillery regiments, as the only four heavy artillery regiments, in peacetime, Chairman Jiang was like a treasure, with good treatment and high status, and the regiment commander was highly equipped with the rank of major general, and the person who could serve as the commander of the heavy artillery regiment was not a person with a lot of background and hard roots.

Take this third regiment commander as an example, it is the nephew of Mrs. Gu Zhutong, and besides, shooting a major general must also be reported to the Military Commission for approval, he hesitated whether to remind the commander-in-chief, but Xue Yue looked at him angrily, as if he was blaming him for not giving an order immediately.

Looking at Xue Yue's eyes that were almost eating people, the chief of staff no longer hesitated, at this time, I am afraid that Gu Zhutong was there in person, and he could not save his wife and nephew, Xue Yue's iron-fisted actions immediately deterred some of the artillery troops who were a little flustered and afraid of war, retreating was death, Commander-in-Chief Xue shot the regiment commander to death, the little devil's shells rained down, and he was also a death on the position, it was better to fight, and if he didn't die, he could earn some combat exploits and rewards.

At more than three o'clock in the morning, the chief of staff hurriedly came in, "Report to the commander-in-chief, the 114th Division and the 116th Division of the Fifth Army have regained the 713 Heights," Xue Yue was weak, and breathed a long sigh of relief, finally recaptured, "Order these two divisions to immediately strengthen the fortifications, prepare for the counterattack of the Japanese army, and tell them that even if they die, they must be nailed there," Xue Yue ordered.

The chief of staff looked at Xue Yue, who was obviously relaxed, and continued in a low tone: "Commander-in-chief, I'm afraid that the troops are not enough, and most of the casualties of the two divisions are half, is it possible for the troops of the second echelon to reinforce one division?" Xue Yue asked in surprise: "One 713 Heights, two divisions are not enough?" How? ”

The chief of staff explained, "Commander-in-chief, the Japanese troops on the high ground were all annihilated, and our army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, among them, the commander of the 114th Division was killed, adding up, less than the strength of one division, in addition, the artillery casualties were close to two-thirds, four heavy artillery regiments, artillery that could still fight and heavy artillery that could still be used, that is, one and a half regiments, for a 713 heights, the price we paid was too great." ”

Xue Yue raised his head and did not speak, this time the 713 Heights counterattack was too tragic, especially the artillery, the losses were greater, he seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to say to the chief of staff, "Recapture the 713 Heights, no matter how big the price is, it is worth it, otherwise, we will all die without a place to bury, even if we return to Chongqing, can the commission accommodate us?" The 21st Army was ordered to send a division of troops to reinforce the 713 Heights, and after dawn, the Japanese army would not give up. ”

The chief of staff agreed, and then asked: "Commander-in-chief, are we going to report this battle to the military council?" Xue Yue shook his head gloomily and said: "It's not a glorious thing, forget it, add trouble to the commission, and make him worry, by the way, the regiment commander who was shot will be reported according to the death, and the family can also receive some pensions." ”

Terauchi Shouichi watched the battle of the 713 Heights end with his own eyes, and completely lost contact with the troops occupying the heights, at this moment, he clearly knew that the only chance to break through the defense line of the Loushan Pass of the Shina Zhengfu Army was gone, and at the cost of the lives of thousands of soldiers, the nails wedged into it were pulled out by the Shina Zhengfu Army.

He couldn't understand why the army of the Chinese government suddenly became so strong, and after attacking for six days, the Imperial Japanese Army could not move an inch, was it still the army that retreated from Guiyang? What is the reason for their rebirth, from a group of cowards who only know how to escape, to warriors who will fight to the death? This qiē haunted him like a mystery.

After dawn, the previous pattern will be repeated, attacking, being repulsed, attacking again or being repulsed, how much time will it take, consumed here, Terauchi Shouichi realized that in a short period of time, there is no way to do this Xiongguan in front of him, and the only way to find another way is to attack Chongqing from the northwest direction of Guizhou, this idea made him feel bored.

It was a more difficult road to take, heavy weapons could not be carried at all, only light infantry could pass guò, at this time a dangerous move, may be able to receive unexpected results, the dawn of dawn, just appeared on the land of northern Qianbei, three divisions of the Japanese army, lightly armed, quietly left the Loushan Pass battlefield, rushed to the northwest of Guizhou.

Watching the soldiers disappear between the mountains, Terauchi Shouichi's mood is not much better, since the fifteenth army is all broken, he has not been in a good mood, the only thing that can make him happy is that the base camp has finally moved, the eight divisions formed in the mainland have already boarded the ship in Nagasaki, and they will reach the direction of China and Nanning in the near future, so there is no need to worry too much.

The sky was bright, Terauchi Shouichi had just finished eating an unpleasant breakfast, his expression was somewhat lonely, today, I don't know how many loyal and brave imperial soldiers, fell on the mountain in front of him, Lieutenant General Yamazaki, chief of staff of the dispatch army, rushed over, Terauchi Shouichi was very strange and asked, "Yamazaki-kun, is there anything happy about it?" ”

Yamazaki couldn't suppress his joy and said: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the unexpected good news, Yamashita-kun's 15th Army did not have all the jade shattered, just now, more than 3,000 soldiers of the 15th Army who broke through from the direction of Duyun listened to the sound of artillery and found us, according to them, there are more than 3,000 people behind, and they will arrive one after another." ”

Terauchi Shouichi stood up suddenly, almost knocked over the table, what an unexpected surprise, in the encirclement of the devil Tang Qiuli, there were more than 6,000 people, escaped, miracle, what a miracle, Terauchi Shouyi didn't know what it was like when he saw these soldiers who were ragged, yellow-faced and thin, and like savages.

Even if these soldiers of the 15th Army of the Japanese Army were lucky, if it weren't for the large-scale artillery battle last night and the continuous sound of artillery that attracted them, these Japanese soldiers who had lost their souls and fled for their lives would still be being chased and killed by Chutian's special operations detachment in the mountains and dense forests of northern Qianbei.

More than 10,000 people broke through from Xiyun Peak, and within a few days, more than 4,000 people were killed by the special operations detachment, and there was no battle of Loushan Pass, these lonely souls and wild ghosts from a foreign land could not get out of this land that did not belong to them no matter what, in fact, there were already two special operations detachments, and they chased here, hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, and they couldn't take advantage of it. I had to give up and go back to report to the detachment leader Chutian.

Tang Qiuli, who was far away in Wuming, southern Guizhou, learned that the defense line of Loushan Pass of the Central Army was torn open by the Japanese army, and he really sweated for Xue Yue, he knew too well the operational characteristics of the Central Army, and the combat effectiveness was not weak, as long as it was broken a little, it was very easy to shake the whole line, if the supreme commander panicked and mishandled it, it would be a situation of total rout, more than 400,000 routed troops, like a flood of embankments, even if Chairman Jiang came in person, he could not reverse the situation.

Fortunately, Xue Yue was not chaotic, handled it properly, and recaptured the lost position overnight, for the central army on the front line of Loushan Pass, the most dangerous moment has passed, and the hole cards of Shouichi in the temple have almost been played, probably only the dangerous move of westward advance into northwest Guizhou, but Liu Xiang's more than 200,000 Sichuan troops, where are they waiting for him, the Japanese army on the expedition of the labor division cannot be pleased.

Nearly 400,000 Japanese troops have been dragged by Xue Yue to lose their temper, lose their spirit, and divide their troops to the west, even if Terauchi Shouichi immediately stops and rushes back to Guinan from northern Qianbei, he has to leave the army used as a surprise soldier in northern Qianbei, waiting to be surrounded and annihilated, and he can't take advantage of it inside and outside.

That night, Tang Qiuli gave an order to Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps in Jishou, Xiangxi, and Enshi, Northern Hubei Province, "Commander Tang Qiusheng, after receiving the order, your corps immediately went south and rushed to the front line of Nanning, Guangxi, to participate in the encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese army on the Guinan and Leizhou Peninsulas. ”

On 22 August, Tang Qiuli issued an order to Ma Chaoyang's Southeast Mobile Corps, which participated in the Nanning Campaign, two brigades directly under the corps, and six brigades of Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps.

Tang Qiuli's troops mobilized to the front line of Nanning had two main corps, plus seven brigades with more than 450,000 troops, forming an absolute superiority in the strength of more than 100,000 Japanese troops in the Nanning area, and a firepower superiority more than ten times that of the Japanese army.

After the campaign was launched, Tang Qiuli divided his troops into five brigades to attack the Japanese troops stationed on the first line of the Beibu Gulf, Qinzhou, Fangchenggang, and Beihai to defend the enemy, and fought fiercely for three days, conquering all three places, annihilating more than 30,000 Japanese troops, and controlling the landing sites on the first line of the Beibu Gulf in his own hands.

On August 23, the troops attacking the Leizhou Peninsula passed through Guigang, Guangxi, and went straight to Maoming, an important town in southwestern Guangdong, and on the same day, they recovered Maoming, and from the 24th to the 27th, they conquered the Lian River, Suixi, Mazhang, Zhanjiang and other places, and on the 28th, they conquered Leizhou and Xuwen, and after five days of fierce fighting, they recovered the Leizhou Peninsula and annihilated more than 20,000 Japanese troops.

At the same time, the six brigades of the troops belonging to Chen Han, the commander of the Guangzhou garrison, went out of Guangzhou to take over the first-line defense from Zhongshan to the coastal area of Yangjiang.

Tang Qiuli shot at Guinan and the Leizhou Peninsula, and General Terauchi Shouichi, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army base camp and the Japanese Southern Dispatch Army in China, was extremely shocked, and the most painful person was His Excellency Terauchi Shouichi.

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