Section 10: Discussion of Encirclement and Annihilation

On the 27th, after a day of adjustment yesterday, the 153rd Brigade was ordered to launch a tentative attack on the front line of Xishan Wanshou Palace, and the main attacking force was the 306th Regiment commanded by Lu Xing. Lu Xing graduated from the Central Army Military Academy, and began to join the army as early as the 18th year of the Republic of China (1929).

Lu Xing is not as shiny and dazzling as a stone, his military experience is also step-by-step down-to-earth, from joining the army to being promoted to regiment commander, he spent nearly ten years, although it is long, but the foundation is very solid, every step is down-to-earth, every step is extremely solid. This has also cultivated his style of leading troops, steady as a mountain, tenacious, and it is naturally appropriate for him to take the lead.

At this time, the Xishan Wanshou Palace had already lost the self-confidence of more than ten days ago, and after receiving the news of the enemy's attack, the commander of the 101st Division and all the officers were shocked. In the previous battles in Gao'an and Dacheng and other places, the 101st Division has lost nearly half of its troops, the 102nd Brigade that escaped from the encirclement is still in the Fengxin area at the moment, there is only one infantry wing in the Xishan area, and some divisions and regiments directly under the troops, the strength is only about 4,000 people, and some of them are still non-combatants.

The attack of the 306th Regiment was very smooth, the Japanese army set up positions and defensive lines on the periphery of Xishan, could not stop their progress at all, under the fierce attack all the way, the officers and men of the 306th Regiment were like bamboos, and they had been killed outside Xishan Town for more than an hour, but when attacking Xishan Town, the artillery units left behind by the Japanese army still brought them a lot of pressure, in the face of the crazy machine gun strafing in front and the shells whistling overhead, Lu Xing decisively ordered to suspend the attack, so as not to suffer too heavy casualties. At this time, he became more and more admired for the stone, presumably the 302nd Regiment also encountered the same situation as them at that time, but why was the 302nd Regiment able to capture the big city, but they were blocked outside Xishan Town?

At the same time that the 306th Regiment stopped its attack outside Xishan Town, the 106th Division of the Japanese Army in the direction of Fengxin also launched a fierce attack on Dacheng. Several wings under the 106th Division are basically defeated under the 302nd Regiment, but compared with other national army units, its combat effectiveness is still quite strong, in the face of the 301st Regiment that is strictly defended, the Japanese army calmly uses artillery to attack on the periphery, and then the infantry artillery coordinates the attack. Although the 301st Regiment had fought several tough battles with the devils on the front line of Chazi Mountain, how could the remnants of the previous 102nd Brigade be compared with the 106th Division that was red-eyed in front of them.

Zhang Handuo was immediately furious, personally drew his gun and rushed to the front line with the guard platoon, they ran head-on into the defeated troops, Zhang Handuo showed no mercy and shot the two company commanders who were evacuated in rout on the spot. At the same time, the guards beside him also raised their weapons and faced the retreating soldiers.

Facing the murderous face of the regiment commander and the swarthy muzzles of the guards beside him, these soldiers could only turn back and fight again in despair, anyway, they all died, and it was more glorious to drag the devil to die together than to be killed as a deserter. After this period of chaos, the officers and men of the 301st Regiment burst out with unimaginable combat effectiveness, knowing that they would die, they gave full play to most of the results of ordinary training, and after a period of hand-to-hand combat, they unbelievably drove the devil's assault force out of the position.

This small victory greatly boosted the morale of the officers and men of the 301st Regiment and gave them confidence, and in the case of Zhang Handuo personally pressing the formation, the subsequent waves of Japanese offensives were also limited in effect. The news reached Zhou Zhidao's ears, which naturally made him praise Zhang Handuo, he had never seen the experience of the 302nd Regiment taking the big city in the heavy siege of the Japanese army, and he had no intuitive concept of the stone and the bravery of the 302nd Regiment, but at present, the 301st Regiment was fought under the noses of the division seat and everyone, and it was already a great merit to be able to successfully take the devil out of the gate.

Sure enough, then Wang Yaowu also personally gave Zhang Handuo a commendation in recognition of the bravery of the 301st Regiment, and urged them to continue to hold the city, so that after the main force of the army arrived, they could use this place as a bridgehead to attack Nanchang.

However, when the news here reached the 302nd Regiment, whether it was Liu Wenfeng, Gao Da Hammer, and Hu Zi, the three battalion commanders, or Lin Xiufeng and Wu Zihuai and others, they all felt that Shangfeng was really a little bit of a big deal, and the 301st Regiment was also called a good performance? Judging by such standards, the 302nd Regiment is estimated to receive commendations every day, and a battle of this scale is not even a plug between their teeth at this time.

Shi looked at their indignant looks, and couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle, these guys, one by one, are too arrogant, who is born to be a veteran and a fierce general? It is not only through the experience of bloody battles and through the life and death tests of one battle after another that they gradually lose the fear of war and death, and only then do they be ashamed to calm down on the battlefield and give full play to their ordinary training skills, so that they become unchanging veterans. Like the 301st Regiment, in fact, it is walking on the road of passing strong troops, and it is not obvious at the moment, when they fight some more bloody battles, and then go through a few bloody battles, as long as the casualties are not too large, and the veterans retain enough, the combat power can definitely be greatly improved.

Because of the fierce attack on Dacheng, the 306th Regiment commanded by Lu Xing was naturally very careful when attacking Xishan, although the battle lasted for a long time, but the casualties of the two armies were not large. However, compared with the 306th regiment's free retraction, the pressure of the Japanese army in Xishan is obviously much greater, the 101st Division after the tragic blow of the Battle of De'an, now it has suffered heavy losses, I am afraid that after the end of the battle, even half of the personnel will not be reached, this nearly half of the battle loss ratio is rare even in the case of continuous battles, it is conceivable that if Xishan is lost again, resulting in the opening of Nanchang's West Gate, I am afraid that the entire 101st Division is in danger of being withdrawn. For the glory of the division and the future of the officers and men of the division, the Japanese troops who are now staying in Xishan naturally do not dare to be careless.

Therefore, every time the 306th Regiment moves, it can make the defending Japanese army nervous for a while, and this kind of rumorous situation has never happened to the Japanese army again. This situation fell in the eyes of the officers and men of the 306th Regiment, which also greatly increased their confidence, and when they fought, they were more handy.

At this time, the battle situation in Gao'an has been sorted out and reported to the theater command and the military commission, and when they heard that the 74 th Army had won a great victory and regained Gao'an, Xiangfuguan, and Dacheng, the officers from top to bottom were greatly excited and happy, especially when the battle situation was not ideal everywhere, this great victory was even more encouraging. If the troops are sufficient, after conquering Xishan, you can directly kill the city of Nanchang, with the Japanese army's strength at this time, there is no chance to take Nanchang.

The situation was in vain in a great favor for the national army, which made the superiors very happy, and the Military Commission even directly telegraphed to Yu Jishi: "The three losses and three gains of Gao'an this time not only show the sophistication of our army's combat strength and make the enemy fearful, but also expose its weakness that it can neither fight nor defend, so that the spirit of all our officers and men is extremely invigorated, and it is very gratifying, and I hope that the officers and men will make persistent efforts to achieve the task of counteroffensive and complete the mission of the revolution." [Note]

However, Yu Jishi was also very distressed at this time, with their original plan, after taking Gao'an City, they naturally rushed to Xishan to kill Nanchang. However, at this time, in the face of the strong threat of the Japanese army on the front line of Fengxin, he had to deploy the 57th Division between Gao'an and Fengxin, and the 58th Division was deployed in the area of Gao'an and Chazishan, and the troops facing Xishan were only one of the 51st Division.

Although the number of Japanese troops in the Xishan area was not large, one Chazi Mountain blocked their entire army for five days, and there were not enough troops, and it was obvious that the Xishan Mountain, which was more dangerous, was enough to pose a greater threat to them. So Yu Jishi has been thinking about this issue for the past two days, and taking the opportunity of the commendation order, he reported his thoughts after rethinking.

His idea immediately aroused great repercussions in the Military Commission, like throwing a big stone into the calm water, stirring up monstrous ripples.

Encircle and annihilate the new 106th Division!

Looking at Yu Jishi's redrawn battle plan in view of the current situation, everyone was stunned, and when the news reached the chairman, he naturally agreed very much; if he could really encircle and annihilate a division of the Japanese army, its strategic significance would be great, and the morale of the people throughout the country would be boosted as one can imagine. Especially when they were in Wanjialing, they already had the experience of encircling and annihilating once, although they let the devils escape partially, but the glory of the results will be passed down through the ages, if this time they can succeed in encircling and annihilating again......

However, others have a negative attitude towards this battle plan, and the battle of counterattacking Nanchang has already begun, so how can they change their formation halfway? The actions of hundreds of thousands of troops cannot be changed by saying that they can be changed, and if they cause chaos and suffer heavy losses, who can bear this responsibility?

Some people even scolded Yu Jishi for being arrogant and bold, and he should be severely reprimanded! Yu Jishi's report caused controversy and confusion, which he himself did not expect.

[Note: This paragraph cites historical data, and it is said that Chairman Chiang personally called him.] The battle of Gao'an is of great significance, countless martyrs sacrificed their lives for the country, as a descendant, we should not forget these national heroes! 】