Chapter 286: The Sixth War Zone was defeated

March 9, 1941, Sichuan Province

Wang Yue was in full swing in this time and space, and the Bright Sword time and space also did not stop

The great counterattack of the Nationalist army came to an end, and in the battle reports of both sides, they won a decisive victory, inflicting heavy losses on their opponents, as if they would collapse with a gentle push.

Aside from the puppet army, the casualties of the Japanese army have been close to 80,000, half of which are killed, and more than 20,000 people will not be able to return even if they are wounded, that is to say, the Japanese army needs to replenish at least 60,000 recruits, 60,000 people, this is not just a supplement, just forget it, the replacement of veterans with new recruits is equivalent to a large decline in the entire combat effectiveness, just like the fact that after the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army can no longer afford to engage in large-scale battles.

What is even more serious is the loss of weapons and equipment, the war has been fought for several years, and the reserves of the base camp have long been bottomed out, and it is simply impossible to quickly replenish the troops at the front, not to mention that even if there is something, it is not easy to send it to the Japanese troops safely and quickly.

As for the losses of the puppet army, the losses during the entire campaign were as high as 500,000 people, of course, it is estimated that less than 100,000 people were annihilated here, and the others were either captured or anyway, especially in East China, the uprising of the puppet army with the whole division and regiment almost collapsed the situation in the entire East China.

In the past, all artillery had to be used under the guidance of Japanese advisers, but now the situation is that every light machine gun must be equipped with a machine gun leader from Goryeo Province or Wan Island, and the bolt is controlled by the team leader 24 hours a day.

In the view of the Yamashiro government, the Japanese army will need to stop for at least half a year before it can gradually recover its offensive capability, and at that time, the first phase of the national army's training work will be completed, and the two sides will be evenly matched even if they cannot attack and defend.

But just when the rear government and people were still immersed in the joy of the great counteroffensive, in the early morning of March 5, 1941, the devil's 11th Army, which suffered heavy losses in the great counteroffensive and even the commander was captured, took the lead in launching, and the 13th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Yichang decisively advanced westward and broke through the defense line composed of 12 elite divisions of the 6th Theater of the National Army in front of it in one fell swoop.

The newly appointed commander of the 11th Army, Lieutenant General Anan Weiji, also transferred the 6th Division stationed in Hankou to the direction of Yichang to participate in the attack, with more than 26,000 troops in the 13th Division and more than 27,000 in the 6th Division, plus the surrounding garrisons and independent brigades, the number of Japanese troops alone exceeded 80,000, and this scale was absolutely terrifying after the Battle of Wuhan.

Coupled with the puppet army troops, Lieutenant General Anan Weiji was stunned to put together a huge corps of 300,000 people, and with the assistance of the shameful and courageous naval forces, it only took one day to defeat the national army in front of him, yes, it was defeated, twelve national army divisions, nearly 100,000 troops, did not even hold out for a day to be completely defeated, and did not even give the national army a chance to surrender and retreat in formation.

To the east of Yichang is the Sixth Theater of the National Army, and in the time and space where Wang Yue is located, the commander of the Sixth Theater at this time should be the demoted General Chen, but because of Wang Yue's inconvenience, the commander of the Sixth Theater was replaced by Hu Shoushan, who has been in Shaanxi Province, which can also show the importance that the highest authorities attach to the Sixth Theater.

If you don't pay attention to it, there is a mountain city to the west of Yichang, once the Sixth War Zone can't stop it, the government will have to move the capital again, but now where can they move the capital? If you really give up the mountain city and go to Lanzhou or Spring City, what is the difference between it and the death of the country at that time?

After Hu Shoushan took charge of the Sixth Theater, he was also conscientious, and he managed the small width of the defense line like an iron bucket, just like the 12 infantry divisions deployed on the front line, equipped with more than 300 tanks, nearly 600 barreled artillery pieces of caliber of more than 70 mm, and even a battalion of B-4 M1931 203 mm heavy howitzers.

But the problem is that the Japanese army is not only the army, the strength of the Japanese army's air force can be on par with the Yamashiro government's side, and the navy is absolutely crushing, and the timing of the attack by Lieutenant General Anan is too unexpected, and the national army is not sufficient in terms of psychology or campaign preparation.

The first line of defense collapsed, and it is said that there was a second line of defense, and there were even a few small batteries along the river, which were enough to block the fleet of the Japanese Navy, but the devils did not give a chance at all, and the aviation unit seconded by Lieutenant General Anami from Yamamoto's unit drove a biplane fighter full of bombs to break in at a low altitude, and it was a suicidal crash on the batteries along the river, and it took only six old fighters to completely destroy the three batteries along the Yangtze River.

The Japanese fleet did not take care of the Nationalist army in the second line of defense, but inserted a pole into Fengjie in the rear, and used the fleet as a cover to send marines to launch a landing operation.

On 9 March, the Japanese marines occupied the county seat of Fengjie in just one day, and the defense area of the Sixth Theater was completely cut off from the middle, and a large amount of materials hoarded in Fengjie fell into the hands of the enemy.

Although most of them withdrew into the mountains, the heavy weapons and ammunition reserves fell into the hands of the Japanese army almost intact, which made Lieutenant General Anan Weiji, who had almost no preparations for the battle, have no worries.

If you want to say that Anan has no choice, the Sixth Theater has been planning a counteroffensive against Yichang since the day it was established, and a large number of elite troops and equipment have been concentrated in the Sixth Theater, if nothing else, a large-scale counteroffensive will be launched within a few years, and the Japanese army almost didn't hold on to the big counteroffensive this time, and next time, there is a high probability that it will not be able to hold on.

Rather than being pressed to the ground by the national army and rubbing it at that time, it is better to strike first, while there are still hole cards in hand, who let the six theaters of work in the previous counteroffensive not contribute to the 13th division of Yichang at all, so that the Japanese army has more than ten days of combat materials, otherwise, Anan is afraid that he does not even have the capital to gamble.

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