Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 420 The Great Victory in Zhongtiao Mountain Seeking Subscribe

1940 10 Month 24 Day.

Under the personal instruction of someone from Jiang, the mighty autumn offensive commanded by the commander of the first war zone came to an end.

The national army in Zhongtiao Mountain attacked on three fronts. With the cooperation of Hu Zong Nannan on the other side of the Yellow River, the national army on the western front recaptured Fenglingdu occupied by the Japanese army, and captured Yongji, Yuxiang, Jiexian, Ruicheng, Pinglu, Xia County and other places destroyed the Japanese Yuncheng Airport.

At the beginning of the battle, the Japanese army concentrated their forces near Yuncheng, and heavily protected Anyi and Wenxi counties along the Tongpu Railway going north.

The national army on the northern line first cleared the Japanese strongholds along Hengyuan Avenue, and then took down Hengling Pass, the bridgehead for the Japanese army to attack the Zhongtiaoshan area. The Japanese finally withdrew to Qinshui.

The national army on the eastern front captured the important towns of Jiyuan and Meng County, and then attacked some Japanese strongholds on the Daoqing Railway.

So far, the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain can be regarded as an unprecedented victory for the national army to regain lost ground since the War of Resistance.

It not only expanded the strategic depth of the Zhongtiaoshan area to the north, but also connected the counties in the southwest of Yuncheng into one piece, opened up a channel with Shaanxi Province on the other side of the Yellow River, and took the two bridgeheads where the Japanese army attacked Zhongtiaoshan to the east. .

The victory at Zhongtiao Mountain has undoubtedly opened up the dilemma of the national army trapped here. Since then, if there are no major mistakes, the national army troops entrenched in Zhongtiao Mountain can compete with them to the end.

Once the Japanese army shows fatigue, they can wait for an opportunity to seek a counterattack.

After the news spread to the rear, Jiang immediately ordered private newspapers such as Zhong* Daily and Ta Kung Pao to publicize it. For a while, the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the people across the country was high.

Jiang was touted as a military strategist with a strategic vision by China * Daily.

There are many reasons for Zhongtiaoshan's great victory.

As for the Japanese army, all parts of the [-]st Division of the Japanese Army located in Changzhi, Zhongtiao, Shandong were annihilated by the Eighth Route Army one after another, and a part of the main force of the [-]th Division in Yuncheng in the west was transferred to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army. The troops were at an extremely weak stage.

As for the national army, someone in Jiang understood that the national army needed a victory to cheer people up, so as to stop the mouths of some capitulators inside.

The combat order was issued suddenly, and the formulation of the combat plan was even more hasty. The national army participating in the war did not prepare in advance. Correspondingly, the arrogant Japanese army did not expect that the national army would take the initiative to launch an attack.

As for the national army trapped in Zhongtiao Mountain, some of the national army generals are forward-looking in military strategy and understand that this is an excellent opportunity to counterattack and regain lost ground.

Under the strong pressure of Jiang, all the ministries in Zhongtiao Mountain were under the command of the Chief Guard, and the officers and men of the ministries were not preserving their strength. The soldiers fought with their backs, and only then did the Zhongtiao Mountain victory come to be.

As for the battle in the territory of the eldest son, with the participation of the Eighth Division of the Central Army, the Eighth Route Army in the north, the Central Army in the east, and the Jinsui Army in the south, under the combined forces of the three parties, launched an offensive from three sides. The Japanese independent [-]th mixed brigade The main force suffered nearly half of the casualties, and more than a thousand Japanese troops were routed to the Anze territory in the west.

So far, the Japanese army's sweeping plan against the base areas of the Eighth Route Army was shattered, and they lost ground one after another.

The words are divided into two parts.

During the days when the national army and the Japanese army were fighting, Zhou Weihan led his troops to stay in Pingshun. The battle was over, but there were many things to sort out.

Taking advantage of this gap, the 28th Regiment was in Ludongnan, the [-]nd Regiment was in Pingshun, and the guerrilla brigade led by Zhang Hao was in Linbei, encircling and suppressing the remnants of the Japanese and puppet forces in the territory.

The three counties were completely contiguous. On the bright side, there were neither Japanese forces nor traces of the national army in the territory, and it completely became the base of the Eighth Route Army.

In the headquarters, Xing Zhiguo is reporting today's work progress.

"Old Xing, I hear what you mean, the 22nd regiment can't go back, and the establishment is divided into the Taihang military region?" Zhou Weihan was a little surprised when he heard it.

"Ding Wei's telegram said that the 22nd regiment is in charge of Luxibei, Lixibei and other places. Lao Zhou, don't think about it!"

"What can I think? The 22nd Regiment is an old army brought out by me, and Liu Tianming is my old partner. It's good to be together!" Zhou Weihan shook his head and said.

This kind of troop mobilization is normal within the Eighth Route Army. The headquarters and division heads must consider the overall situation. From a grand strategic point of view, the Japanese army's defense is empty.

Ding Wei's 28th Regiment and Li Yunlong's Xinyi Regiment are separated from the two places by the Hanchang Highway. Zhou Weihan and Xing Zhiguo have discussed this. It is easy to win the two places, but the defense areas of the two regiments are easily divided into east and west. , This is a taboo for military strategists.

The defeat of the Japanese army in the Changzhi area was only temporary, and they would definitely march along the Hanchang Highway in the future. In this way, the Xinyi Regiment and the 28th Regiment could easily become living targets in front of the [-]th Army.

How could Zhou Weihan do such a loss-making business?

Therefore, Zhou Weihan ordered that the 28th Regiment and Xinyi Regiment only occupy the townships in Ludongnan and Lidongnan, away from the county town and the highway.

"How about Li Yunlong?" Zhou Weihan asked.

"After the Xinyi Regiment returned to Lidongnan yesterday, it launched a campaign against the remnants of the surrounding Japanese and puppet forces today. It won't take long for good news to come!"

"Lao Li is really working hard. This time the Xinyi Regiment has fought enough, but the casualties are not small!"

"The Fourth Regiment has resettled the people who migrated from Changzhi!" Xing Zhiguo said one after another.

"That's good. Since the preparations are almost the same in various places, I will go to the headquarters tomorrow and report the front-line defense plan to the chief. Lao Xing, you stay and take charge of the land reform work in the counties!" Zhou Weihan finally said.

The battle in the Tainan Military Region around Changzhi was brilliant, but the casualties of each regiment were not small.

Among them, Li Yunlong's Xinyi Regiment suffered the most casualties. The bloody battle in Weizi Town, the blocking battle on the Hanchang Highway, the annihilation of the Japanese army's heavy troops on the middle road, and the blocking battle on the Lintun Highway.

In just a few days, the new regiment moved to many places.

The Xinyi Regiment originally had four full-staffed main battalions, one under-staffed fifth battalion, plus the team directly under the regiment headquarters, totaling more than [-] soldiers.

Before the war, among the regiment leaders in the Taihang base area, Li Yunlong was very arrogant, and any regiment leader would brag about him when they saw him.

But after the war, apart from staying in Northwest Li and cooperating with the Special Service Corps to guard the fourth battalion of the arsenal, there were no major casualties.

More than half of the battalions participated in the battle suffered more than half of the casualties. According to the casualty statistics reported by the Xinyi Regiment, there were more than 800 soldiers who died and more than 300 lightly wounded.

In the independent detachment, apart from the Li Daben garrison regiment who participated in the battle in Lijiagou earlier, the cavalry regiment suffered the most casualties.

The casualties of the cavalry regiment were mainly concentrated in the melee battle in Weizi Town and the battle of Tunliu. Before the battle, there were more than [-] people, but after the war, there were only about [-] people left.

Casualties of the remaining regiments were within controllable range.

(End of this chapter)