Glorious Mission 1937

Ananwei almost learned the lesson of the first battle of Changsha, and did not invest a large number of troops to attack the main battlefield in northern Hunan as soon as he came up. Instead, he first launched an attack on the Dayun Mountain area north of the Xinqiang River to test the Chinese army. The reality of the team.

Dayun Mountain is located at the junction of Yueyang County and Linxiang City, which belong to Yueyang City in northern Hunan. It belongs to the north branch of Mufu Mountain. It has been a scenic spot in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times.A few kilometers south of Dayun Mountain is the Xinqiang River, the gateway to Changsha. Since the fall of Wuhan, this has become one of the important forward positions of the Ninth War Zone.

Due to the particularity of Dayun Mountain's geographical location, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, not to mention that it is relatively close to the sphere of influence of the Japanese army, so Xue Yue regarded it as a forward observation post in the ninth war zone, and sent heavy troops to garrison here.Knowing that the Japanese army was preparing to launch the second Changsha battle, the Ninth War Zone urgently sent additional defenders to Dayun Mountain.

除了山顶由第4军1个加强营守备以外,其西侧还有第4军第102师和第306团,东侧为第58军新编第11师的1个步兵营，总兵力约为五千八百余人，另外这里还驻有一个加强机枪连。鉴于日军活动频繁，第九战区司令部命令第4军立即对对面的日军进行密切监视，必要时可以派出小部队向日军后方袭击,破坏其交通设施。

Dayun Mountain was close to the Xinqianghe battlefield, and the small troops of the Fourth Army made the Japanese army extremely disturbed. After discussions, the headquarters of the Japanese 11th Army believed that the existence of Dayun Mountain had seriously threatened the flank security of the Imperial Japanese Army. To ensure the smooth implementation of the "Plus Operation" plan, to cover the main force of the No. 11 Army to gather north of the Xinqiang River, Anan Weiji ordered the 6th Division, which was originally serving as a garrison in the Yueyang area, to sweep Dayun Mountain. Lift this side rear threat.

1940年11月4日晨,日军第6师团第23、第45联队在航空兵支援下从忠坊向大云山北侧雁岭、詹家桥展开进攻,遭守军阻击后向东南侧迂回;其第13联队向大云山西侧进攻,与守军第102师发生激战。

At the same time, the 27th Group Army of the Ninth Theater also detected signs of the 40th Division of the Japanese Army in the Xianning area of ​​southern Hubei showing signs of mobilization to northern Hunan, as an old opponent.They were relatively clear about the Japanese army's every move, so they judged that the 40th Division's back must be for the purpose of changing defense with the 6th Division. The Japanese army's attack on Dayun Mountain was a routine offensive before the change of defense.

为了确保大云山方向的安全,11月4日上午十点整，第九战区命令第58军派出部队协同第4军作战,并命令第20军准备从通城向西侧击日军,乘日军换防时给以打击。

For the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, the Ninth Theater has always been more afraid.This Japanese army division is a Type A division of the Japanese Army. It was one of the 17 standing divisions of the Japanese army before the outbreak of World War II. It is well-equipped and has a brutal and sturdy fighting style. , but its combat effectiveness has not declined much. [

This time, after the main force of the Sixth Division arrived on the east side of Dayun Mountain, it quickly launched a fierce attack on the defenders on the east side. The defenders on the east side of Dayun Mountain had only one infantry battalion from the newly organized 58th Division of the 11th Army. There were less than 1 people. Facing the attack of the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army, the defenders fought hard to resist, but because the Japanese army was superior in strength and firepower, blocking the attack was ineffective, so they abandoned the Dayunshan position.

After the Japanese army occupied the eastern position.Use this as your base.Launch a fierce attack on the top of the mountain and the positions on the west side.Even the aviation unit was transferred to coordinate operations.After a fierce battle all day and night, the defenders suffered heavy losses, but they still stood firm.

the next day.The main force of the Sixth Division launched an attack on the west side of Dayun Mountain under the cover of armored vehicles. Although the altitude of Dayun Mountain was not high, the terrain was very steep. The Japanese armored vehicles only advanced less than 300 meters before being blocked by the At the front of the position, the Japanese army had to stop the attack after losing more than 20 tanks.

However, Lieutenant General Kanda Shochu, the head of the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army, was extremely dissatisfied with the performance of the Sixth Division. He ordered a small leader who was weak in attack to commit suicide by caesarean section on the spot, and at the same time authorized the frontline troops to use special forces.Although in the agreement signed between the Japanese "government" and Chen Feng's troops, both sides strictly prohibited the use of special weapons on the battlefield, this agreement was implemented relatively thoroughly in the north, and the Japanese army generally did not dare to use poison gas and other dirt.In case of retaliation by Chen Feng's subordinates.

But in South China, this agreement is not so effective. Although the Japanese army will not use poison gas unless it is a last resort, due to the lack of supervision, once the attack does not go well, the Japanese army will still take risks and germinate.

In this regard, neither the National Government nor Chen Feng could do anything about it. Once the Japanese army decided to use poison gas, they would destroy the evidence at all costs in order not to be caught. It is difficult to gather evidence for them.

With the help of poisonous gas, the Japanese army finally captured the position on the west side of Dayun Mountain. In view of the ferocious approach of the Japanese army, the Fourth Army had no choice but to order the troops on the mountain to retreat and abandon their positions, and Dayun Mountain fell.

Dayun Mountain is just a frontier stronghold. Although it is extremely important, it is far away from the main battlefield, so it is not suitable for long-term garrison at all.Therefore, after the Japanese army captured here, they did not send troops to guard it, but ordered the engineering troops to completely blast the fortifications built in the ninth theater on the mountain, and then the Japanese army withdrew from Dayun Mountain.

After the main force of the 6th Division completed the "sweeping" mission, they assembled in the direction of Taolin, preparing to carry out the next phase of the combat mission of attacking northern Hunan.However, its 13th Wing was blocked by the Chinese 102nd Division and a part of the 59th Division near Gantian and Tuanshanpo, and fell into a bitter battle.

The two divisions fighting with the 13th Wing of the Japanese Army are the backbone units of the 27th Army. Although the combat effectiveness of the 27th Army is not very strong, it can only be regarded as the middle-lower among the more than 40 armies owned by the National Government. However, this group army inherited the consistent toughness of the Sichuan Army, and it fought quite bravely.

The commander-in-chief of the No. 20 Seventh Army is an old warlord who has experienced many battles. Although this person has a bad reputation among all the warlords, his determination to resist the war is the strongest among the Sichuan Army. After the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance in 1937, Yang Sen asked for orders to lead his troops out of Sichuan on foot to fight against Japan. Was assigned to the Ninth War Zone.

During this period, Yang Sen fought bloody wars against Japan and made many military exploits. Almost all the wars in central China he did not participate in. The Sichuan army he led participated in many battles such as the Songhu Battle, Wuhan Battle, and Changsha Battle.Although the troops under his command were insufficiently equipped and lacked "medicine", supplies and medical equipment, the soldiers still wore straw sandals in winter.

However, as soon as Yang Sen's troops left Sichuan, they went to Shanghai to participate in the Songhu Anti-Japanese War. The whole army held the position in the bloody battle for 5 days and nights until Wei Yunsong's 31st Army and Ye Zhao's 66th Army took over.The Sichuan Army led more than 18000 people, with more than 7000 casualties. Yang Sen's unit was the most capable unit in the Songhu Battle except for the 88th Division of the Central Army, which was equipped with German weapons, and the team directly under the Tax Police Corps. One of the five most capable divisions on the battlefield, Chiang Kai-shek immediately ordered to give priority to supplies and replacements.

Although Xue Yue was the commander-in-chief of this battle, Yang Sen and Luo Zhuoying proposed the idea of ​​resisting the enemy, so Yang Sen attached great importance to it. He didn't want to be named and scolded by Lao Jiang again. The comment "Tengxiao Youbang" always lingers in his mind.

After learning that the Fourth Army had lost the main position of Dayun Mountain, Yang Sen immediately telegraphed the Fourth Army Commander Ou Zhen and the 59th Division Zhang Deneng: "Dayun Mountain can be lost, but the Fourth Army must not withdraw. , we have to think of a way to hold back the Japanese army, buy time for the deployment in the theater, hold off the Japanese Sixth Division for a week, the Fourth Army will get credit for it, otherwise Ou Zhen and Zhang Deneng can explain it to the Military Commission themselves!" [

Under Yang Sen's high pressure, the 59th Division and the 102nd Division that cooperated in the operation bit the tail of the Japanese 13th Wing tightly, and the two sides fought hard.A total of more than 13 people from the 4600th Artillery Battalion, which was coordinated by the [-]th Regiment, were blocked on the front line of Gantian and Tuanshanpo. Facing the siege of more than [-] Chinese troops, the Japanese army felt powerless and had to send Lieutenant General Kanda Masakane Report and request the division and regiment headquarters to give combat guidance.

After receiving the telegram for help from the 13th Division, Kanda Shochu did not dare to neglect. After experiencing the elimination of the Imperial Army many times by the establishment system, the senior generals of the Japanese army have become cautious now. They are gone, they finally regard the Chinese as real opponents, and I wonder if the Chinese army should be happy or sad at this time?

第六师团主力立即前往甘田、团山坡一线增援第13联队，趁此机会，第58师收复大云山阵地,而此时第九战区向大云山增援的第37军第60师亦已到达战场,第27集团军遂命新编第10师、第59师、第60师在日军第六师团主力赶到战场前包围并歼灭当面日军第13联队,定于次日拂晓开始攻击。

However, just as these three divisions were fighting fiercely with the 3th Regiment, the Shigematsu Detachment of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army marched westward from Xianning to Gantian, rescued the 40th Regiment from the encirclement, and then withdrew to Caoxieling Walk.Afterwards, the squadron pursued in the direction of Caoxieling and launched an attack on the Chongsong detachment.

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