Take Taobao to fight against Japan

The Air Force fought for a whole day, but they didn't see too many devils' ground troops outcropping, as if no one was stationed in the surrounding devils' frontline positions.

But Yang Fan and the others knew very well that the devil soldiers must be huddled in various fortresses and defensive positions, and they were waiting for the Huben army to launch a frontal attack.

On the second day, Yang Fan still did not organize the ground troops to attack. While continuing to bomb the frontline positions of the devils, he further expanded the bombing range and carried out large-scale bombing of the devils' strongholds and positions further back.

As for those densely populated towns, Yang Fan did not carry out indiscriminate bombing, and mainly targeted military targets with obvious targets.

In the early morning of September 9, after two days of carpet bombing, the Huben Army in Shandong began to launch a ground attack on the Japanese troops in Hebei, Henan, and Jiangsu.

At this moment, the real battle was officially staged. The Japanese army hiding in the fortifications of the fortress desperately resisted and tried every means to fight back.

The artillery of the Japanese army in the rear also began to take the lead, using various opportunities to launch shells on the attacking troops of the Huben Army, and even later the Japanese Air Force troops also participated in the battle on a large scale to support the Japanese ground troops!

It's just that these Japanese air forces deliberately avoided launching a decisive air battle with the Huben Air Force, and often turned back after a short contact.

Moreover, the current mainstream Rafale fighter jets of the Japanese army have a maximum flight speed of 685 kilometers per hour, which is not much slower than the Mustang fighter jets and Raiden fighter jets.

After several fights, Yang Fan gradually understood Okamura Ningji's strategy and tactics against the Huben Army. This was to show weakness to the Huben Army, and he was adopting the layer-by-layer resistance tactics of the previous Huaxia Army, using strategic depth to consume the enemy step by step. , Destroy the enemy!

But even so, Yang Fan currently has no good way to crack this tactic.

Because in the case of equal strength, no matter how strong the Huben army has the ability to attack tough problems, no matter how strategic and thoughtful Yang Fan is, there is no way to make a quick victory, only a little hard work.

After this day, the ground troops fought hard for more than ten hours and did not make much progress. They just captured two Japanese positions that were almost in ruins and wiped out less than 2000 Japanese troops.

Although our own casualties were not large, the ammunition and technical equipment consumed were not a small amount.

Thinking about the chips in his hand, Yang Fan really had a headache. According to this consumption rate, he would have to stop to catch his breath in a month at most.

On the same day, the Huben 5th and 6th Group Armies in Guangxi also launched a fierce attack on the Japanese-occupied areas in Guangxi and the further Guangdong direction under the coordinated operations of the Air Force.

Compared with Hebei, Hubei, Jiangxi and other places that the Japanese army focused on guarding, the Japanese army in Guangxi was relatively weaker, so the Chinese army's counterattack was quite efficient.

At the same time, Yang Chengliang and Shao Wenren, who were in charge of the independent attack for the first time, both worked hard and made preparations in all aspects. In one day, the two armies achieved quite a lot and recovered several small towns.

Regarding the arrival of the Huben Army and the military operations launched, the Gui Army was naturally extremely happy and showed great enthusiasm.

Under the instructions of Li and Bai, the Gui army simultaneously organized a large-scale counter-offensive, and cooperated with the Huben army to gradually recover many lost territories in Guangxi.

For a time, the hearts of the army and the people in Guangxi were encouraged, and the war situation was quite optimistic. It can be said that the scenery here is unique!

Chapter 1472 Was Surprisingly Ignored

Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, the Seventh Commander's Headquarters.

Commander Yu Yuqi, Deputy Commander Jiang Guangqing, Guangdong Governor Wu Tiecheng, Shaoguan Mayor Zeng Yangfu and other military and political officials gathered together.

In June 1937, Japanese invaders invaded Nan'ao Island, Guangdong Province from the sea.

At that time, Yu Yuqi was the highest military officer in Guangdong Province. Due to subjective and objective reasons, Nan'ao Island was finally lost. This was the first piece of land Yu Yuqi lost during the War of Resistance.

On October 10 of the same year, with 12 troops, 7 warships, and 500 fighter planes, the Japanese army forcibly landed in Daya Bay and attacked in the direction of Guangzhou.

At that time, Guangdong was the only remaining outlet to the sea in the country, and the rest were reduced to enemy-occupied areas.Therefore, Guangdong is particularly important in the overall situation of the national war of resistance.

At that time, there were more than 13 Kuomintang troops stationed in Guangdong, and the local armed forces had more than 50 guns. Logically speaking, our side had a great advantage in terms of the number of troops.

However, due to insufficient anticipation of the enemy, Yu Yuqi agreed to transfer nearly 5 troops to the north to participate in the defense of Wuhan before the war, which seriously weakened Guangdong's defense forces.

In addition, many reasons, such as the early withdrawal of the party, government and military organs of Guangdong Province, led to the fall of Guangzhou and other places into the hands of the Japanese invaders.

Shaoguan is a mountain city located in the northern part of Guangdong Province, and it was the second largest city in Guangdong after Guangzhou at that time.

After the Japanese army occupied Guangzhou, Shaoguan became the temporary provincial capital of Guangdong and the anti-Japanese center of Guangdong.

The Japanese army originally thought that Guangdong would be in their hands after the capture of Guangzhou, but they did not expect that the mountain city of Shaoguan would become the anti-Japanese center.

Therefore, the Japanese army was determined to take the city of Shaoguan and open up the communication line of Guangdong.

However, Shaoguan is a mountain city surrounded by mountains that are easy to defend and difficult to attack. It was not easy for the Japanese army to capture Shaoguan.

In order to capture Shaoguan, the seat of the wartime government of Guangdong Province, and open up the Guangdong-Han Railway, the Japanese invaders launched two large-scale offensives to northern Guangdong in December 1939 and May 12, respectively.

At that time, Yu Yuqi had a force of 12 soldiers. Although the weapons were not comparable to the Japanese army, relying on the mountains and mountains in northern Guangdong, coupled with the humiliation brought about by the loss of Guangzhou, Yu Yuqi and his soldiers were determined to fight and fight. This battle came to revenge.

These two battles in northern Guangdong ended with the victory of Yu Yuqi's [-]th Group. Not only Yu Yuqi's shameful masterpiece during the War of Resistance, but also defeated the Japanese invaders who used Guangdong to cut off the Guangdong-Han Railway, threatened the rear of Hunan and Guangxi, and finally forced the southern A strategic attempt to surrender the provinces.

The Japanese army's two large-scale attacks still could not take the city of Shaoguan, so they adopted a siege strategy. In order to cut off the supply line of Shaoguan, the Japanese army blew up the only bridge in Shaoguan, Qujiang Bridge.

However, the Chinese people braved artillery fire to send supplies to the defenders, which surprised the Japanese army.

Because Qujiang Bridge was bombed by the Japanese army, the authorities felt that it would be difficult to defend Shaoguan without an air force. Therefore, the national government established a temporary aircraft factory in Shaoguan and produced many fighter jets.

In a series of air battles that followed, these fighters shot down many Japanese aircraft.

Thanks to the concerted efforts of the army and the people, Shaoguan has been defended for more than two years.

Now, Yu Yuqi and others have finally waited for the big counterattack opportunity they dreamed of: the two armies of the Chinese Huben Army are fighting fiercely with the 23rd and 24th armies of the Japanese South China Front Army.

The Japanese South China Front Army was established on February 1940, 2, and is in charge of large corps-level combat units in southern China and India.

Due to the butterfly effect, the front army did not break away from the battle sequence of the Japanese Huaxia Expeditionary Army according to the original historical trajectory, and was transferred to the Japanese Army Base Camp directly under the jurisdiction of the Indian National Expeditionary Army.

Instead, it still belongs to the China Dispatch Army, and a few months ago, the South China Front Army has been greatly strengthened one after another. The base camp has successively transferred three armies from the Burmese Dispatch Army and placed them under its jurisdiction.

当前华南方面军下辖第23军、第24军、第26军，第27军等日军部队，总兵力超过50万。

Hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops were suddenly transferred to Guangdong. At the beginning, Yu Yuqi and others were all nervous, thinking that the Japanese invaders were going to spend all their money to attack northern Guangdong and Guangxi.

Not to mention the Guangxi side, not only is there heavy troops stationed in the fourth war zone, but a year ago, with the great help of Yang Fan, a large-scale military construction has begun, and an extremely solid strategic defense system has been formed.

As for the Seventh War Zone, the troops were extremely weak.

In August 1940, due to the relocation of the commander-in-chief of the fourth war zone to Liuzhou, Guangxi, and the vacancy of the military command in Guangdong, the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government decided to restore the organizational system of the seventh war zone, with jurisdiction over Shaoguan, Guangdong and 8 kilometers north of Guangzhou. Jiang Guangqing served as the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief, counting 200 divisions.

17 divisions sounds like a lot, but a division usually has 7000 people, which is completely incomparable with a 2 mechanized division of the Huben Army.

In other words, the current total strength of the seventh theater is actually only about 12.

Before that, they could only rely on the mountainous terrain to persist in the war of resistance. However, at this moment, the strength of the Japanese troops in the Guangdong and Guangxi areas suddenly expanded by more than three times.

Moreover, these newly transferred Japanese troops not only brought a large number of technical equipment such as tanks, chariots and heavy artillery, but also sent thousands of combat aircraft in Guangdong.

Under such circumstances, it would be strange if Yu Yuqi and the others did not have a sense of urgency.

However, what puzzled Yu Yuqi and others was that after the arrival of these strong Japanese troops, they did not rush to launch a full-scale attack on northern Guangdong and Guangxi. Instead, they mobilized a large number of civilians and began to build fortifications in Guangdong. .

Until now, more than 47 people of the Huaxia Huben Expeditionary Army have entered Guangxi to fight. With an extremely fierce offensive momentum, they have successively overcome several towns and pointed at the Japanese army in Guangdong.

It turns out that the Japanese army did not come to the fourth and seventh theaters at all, but to prepare for the Chinese Huben Expeditionary Force to use Guangxi as its forward base to launch a full-scale counterattack against the Japanese-occupied areas in South China!

After figuring out the situation, Yu Yuqi and the others felt fortunate, but at the same time felt an inexplicable sense of humiliation: The little Japanese devils didn't treat our Seventh War Zone as a dish at all!

"The Chinese Huben Army's air raid on Tokyo, Japan inspired the morale of the army and the people, and also completely angered the Japanese government. The Japanese invaders are now all mad.

At present, our Chinese theaters are facing great military pressure, especially the sixth theater and the third theater are in dire straits, and the battlefield situation is extremely pessimistic.

The party and the country are once again facing life and death, and we should all work together to relieve the worries of the committee members and fight bloody battles for the great cause of the Chinese nation's war of resistance! "

After regaining his thoughts, Yu Yuqi put down the telegram in his hand and reported, "At present, under the coordinated operations of the Huben Army, the Fourth War Zone has achieved a series of exciting and brilliant results, and is even about to complete the recovery of the entire territory of Guangxi!

Similarly, our Seventh War Zone must also seize the opportunity at this time, and cooperate with the Fourth War Zone and the Huben Army to fight a beautiful strategic counter-offensive battle!

Ladies and gentlemen, if you have any great ideas, just say it now! "

Chapter 1473 Of course you have to fight

After Yu Weiqi's voice fell, the meeting room became completely silent, and all the military and political officials didn't know how to answer the words, and they really couldn't think of any clever schemes.

Because the reason why the seventh war zone has been able to survive until now is not because of its own strength, but because of the mountain defense system that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

At the same time, it is also because there are not many Japanese troops in Guangdong, and their weapons and equipment are not too strong.

But now everything has changed. The Japanese army in Guangdong not only has the strength of three armies, but also is equipped with strong technical equipment.

Therefore, in the eyes of everyone, if the Japanese devils did not come and actively attack themselves, they would be Amitabha Buddha. How dare they attack the forts and cities that the Japanese army is holding on to?

No, that's not called active attack, it's purely called egg hitting a stone, actively stretching your neck to let the devil chop.

"..."

The scene suddenly became cold, and Yu Yuqi's face suddenly became a little uneasy. He now eats meat and drinks with the Huben army in the fourth war zone, and repeatedly attacks cities and villages, which has become a beautiful landscape in the domestic battlefield.

On my own side, at any rate, there are several armies that add up to 10,000+ troops, but all the generals pretend to be deaf and dumb. No one dares to stand up and volunteer to take advantage of this shareholder wind to regain the lost land in their hometown.

Of course Yu Yuqi also knew what was going on, but this was not something that he could not do if he wanted to, because the chairman had already issued a telegram ordering the Seventh War Zone to take this opportunity to launch a decent counterattack war, giving the Japanese army enough military pressure.

So this is not only a military combat mission, but also a political mission, and a positive response must be made no matter what.

"Let me say a few words, it can be regarded as throwing bricks and attracting jade."

Seeing that there was really no one to take the lead, Jiang Guangqing said, "I think our seventh war zone can strengthen the connection of friendly forces to form a strong joint force!..."

"What Deputy Chief Jiang said is absolutely true!"

"The Japanese army is powerful, and it is really difficult for our army to face it head-on. We should formulate corresponding offensive strategies based on the specific military operations of the Huben Army!"

"Seconded!"

In fact, there is really not much to discuss, because strength determines appetite, and the seventh theater really does not have enough strength to challenge the Japanese army.

After all, in the end, it depends on what kind of routine the Huben army is, and then they can cooperate with the fourth theater to attack some relatively weak Japanese defense areas.

After the Huben army conquered towns and areas, they sent troops to garrison and planted the blue sky and white sun flag.

Well, the main meaning of the chairman is this. In one sentence, the Huben army must not let the tigers beat the rabbits, and take piece after piece of land by the way while beating devils.

But obviously, this is really too much to worry about.

Don't say that Yang Fan doesn't have that idea now, nor will he in the future!

All Yang Fan's efforts are just to make the Chinese nation stand up again, and it is by no means any greedy thoughts.

Huaiji County, Guangxi, War Room of the Huben 5th Army Headquarters.

A month ago, Yang Chengliang led his troops from Burma to Hezhou, Guangxi after several turnarounds, and then Yang Chengliang moved the headquarters to the forefront of Huaiji County.

Huaiji is located at the junction of the three provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan. During the Anti-Japanese War, it was still under the jurisdiction of Guangxi, but at that time the provincial capital of Guangxi was located in Guilin.

At present, the 5th Army has successively conquered several nearby small towns, and the leading offensive troops have already arrived in Guangning County, Jiankai County, and Yangshan County in Guangdong, and will soon launch a tough battle against these three counties.

Here, the Nanling Mountains stretch for more than 1000 kilometers from east to west. This mountain range is distributed on the borders of Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi.

The average altitude of the Nanling Mountains is about 1000 meters, but there are many mountain passes with an altitude of only 200 to 400 meters, such as Xing'an Pass, Zheling Pass, and Meiling Pass, which have always been important traffic passages between the north and the south.

The Nanling Mountains are not high, but they are still a geographical dividing line in the south of China, and the watershed between the Yangtze River and the Pearl River Valley. It has many geographical advantages that are easy to defend but difficult to attack.

It is also because of this that after the Japanese army captured Guangzhou and other plains, Guangxi, northern Guangdong and other regions could still hold on for a long time.

The Japanese army also anticipated that the Huben army would launch a counterattack from Guangxi, so they built a large number of fortifications in these easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack mountainous areas.

So now, when the Huben Army wants to invade Guangdong from the Nanling Mountains, it encounters the same problem.

The Huben Army possesses powerful three-dimensional land and air combat capabilities, as well as leading-level air force and armored forces, but it cannot exert sufficient advantages in these mountainous terrains.

The 5th Army fought hard for more than ten days in a row before it was able to move forward more than 40 kilometers and break through the outer defense lines of the three counties.

But this is just the beginning. The Japanese army has built a very solid defense system in Guangning County, Jiankai County, and Yangshan County.

Looking down at the military map in front of him, Yang Chengliang pointed with his finger: "How many ordinary Chinese people are still not stranded in these three counties?"

A staff officer said in a deep voice: "According to the information, there are not many people in these three counties, basically all the people who can escape have escaped, but there are at least three to 4000 people who are being held hostage by the devils.

The devil looks like this, it is obvious that he wants to drag these people to be buried with them! "

"These bastards!"

Yang Chengliang's brows suddenly twisted into Sichuan characters, and he cursed angrily.

The feeling of fighting in the city is different. There are bumps and bumps along the way, and there is no sense of openness and refreshing like defensive counterattacks and field battles. There is always a feeling of restraint.

Kong Yitao of the 15th Army frowned and said, "That's right, these beasts are not human beings at all. They usually do their best to harm the people, but they are so vicious in wars, and they take ordinary people as hostages."

"What's so strange about this, there's nothing these beasts can't do."

Gao Zihang of the 14th Army snorted softly, turned to look at Yang Chengliang and asked, "Commander, how should we fight? We can't stop fighting because of this, right?"

"Of course I want to fight!"

Yang Chengliang frowned, and said with a gloomy face, "We can only do our best to obey the destiny, and try our best to bomb and shell the military targets of the Japanese army!"

Zhu Tao, Commander of the 13th Army, nodded and said: "If innocent people are hurt, this blood feud can only be attributed to the Japanese!"

Yang Chengliang nodded his head lightly, gritted his teeth and said: "Pass my order, the bomber formation and the artillery unit will destroy the Japanese city defenses according to the original plan! The siege troops are ready to enter the city and fight in the streets!"