freenovelworld Chapter 757 Plans of both sides
Chapter 757 Plans of both sides
In addition, the 64th Division of the Japanese Army, the 68th Division of the Japanese Army and the 34th Division of the Japanese Army's 11th Army were responsible for assisting the main attack force to complete the encirclement of Zhijiang.
Faced with the troop deployment of the Japanese Army's China Expeditionary Force, the Chinese government also invested a lot of money this time. The top leadership of the Chinese government ordered Commander He to personally command the powerful forces of the 74th Army, the 18th Army, the 73rd Army, the 100th Army, the New 6th Army, the New 22nd Army, the 92nd Army of the 10th Army Group, and the 27th Army Group of the Chinese government, and to gather the main forces in Wugang and Xinhua, preparing for a decisive battle with the offensive forces of the Japanese 20th Army.
Among them, the 20th Army, the 26th Army and the 94th Army under the 27th Army Group of the Huaxia Government were responsible for protecting the right wing of the Huaxia Army in the Zhijiang battlefield, and sent the 94th Army to assist the Huaxia Army in combat in the Wugang area.
The 92nd Army of the 10th Army Group of the Chinese government was responsible for protecting the left wing of the Chinese army in the Zhijiang battlefield. Its main combat purpose was to assist the Chinese army in operations in the Xinhua area.
On April 9, 1945, Lieutenant General Sakanishi Ichiyoshi, commander of the 20th Army of the Japanese Army who was in charge of the overall command of the Battle of Zhijiang, commanded five divisions of the Japanese Army with a total of more than 80,000 troops and began to attack the Xiangxi region.
The commander of the 20th Army of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Kazuyoshi Sakanishi, also divided the attacking forces into three routes, attacking towards Zhijiang from the north, south and center. The 116th Division and the 47th Division of the Japanese Army were responsible for the attack in the center. The main attack direction of this route of the Japanese attacking forces was along the Shaoyu Highway, attacking westwards to the Anjiang area.
The Japanese Army's 34th Division and 58th Brigade were responsible for the southern attack. These two attack forces attacked towards Hongjiang from Xinning and Wugang areas respectively.
The Japanese Army's 64th and 68th Divisions were responsible for the northern attack mission. The Japanese attack forces along this route were mainly used as feint attack forces, responsible for containing the Chinese government's defense forces in the north.
Between the occupied area of the Japanese Expeditionary Force in China and the Zhijiang area controlled by the Chinese government, there lies a natural mountain range of Xuefeng Mountain. Faced with the three-pronged attack by the offensive forces of the Japanese 20th Army, Commander He of the Chinese government formulated a combat plan to block the enemy step by step, gradually lure the enemy into the depths, and encircle and annihilate the offensive forces of the Japanese 20th Army in one fell swoop, preparing to completely defeat the offensive forces of the Japanese 20th Army in front of the defensive positions of the Chinese government troops in Xuefeng Mountain.
At the same time, in order to ensure the success of his own combat plan, Commander He of the Huaxia government also deployed three direct armies of the Huaxia government in the Xuefeng Mountain area.
You know, with the military assistance from the United States, the Chinese government's direct troops are now equipped with all American equipment. It can be said that the Chinese government's direct troops are no less inferior to the Japanese army in terms of weapons and equipment.
In order to support the offensive operations of the 116th Division of the Japanese Army, the 47th Division of the Japanese Army also selected more than 4,000 officers and soldiers to form the Shigehiro Detachment, and launched an attack on Lantian on April 9, 1945.
The Chinese government's 73rd Army was responsible for the defense of Lantian. The commander of the 73rd Army, Han Jun, judged that the Japanese attacking forces had not yet assembled their forces and it would take at least a few days for the Japanese attacking forces to launch a general offensive.
Therefore, General Han Jun of the 73rd Army decided to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese attacking forces. Before the Japanese attacking forces launched the general offensive, General Han of the 73rd Army used the strength of two regiments to launch an attack in the direction of the Japanese attacking forces.
The attacking force of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army was caught off guard by the sudden attack of the 73rd Army of the Chinese government. The troops on the front line that were originally gathering to attack were badly beaten by the counterattack forces of the 73rd Army. It took two consecutive reinforcements to resist the attack of the Chinese government army.
At the same time, the proactive attack by Commander Han of the 73rd Army dealt a severe blow to the morale of the officers and soldiers of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army, and also allowed Commander Han of the 73rd Army to judge the strength of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army in his mind.
On April 14, 1945, the attacking force of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army began to force a crossing of the Zishui River. Commander Han of the 73rd Army of the Chinese government ordered his troops to offer a symbolic resistance. This made the crossing operation of the attacking force of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army unexpectedly smooth, and also made the commander of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Hiroshi Watanabe, overjoyed.
As soon as the main attacking force of the Japanese 47th Division crossed the Zishui River, Commander Han of the 73rd Army of the Chinese government ordered the heavy artillery unit to begin bombarding the troops of the Japanese 47th Division. At the same time, the Chinese government also dispatched air force units to begin strafing the troops of the Japanese 47th Division that were still crossing the river.
Faced with the fierce firepower of the Chinese government army, the small boats and rafts of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army that were crossing the river sank one by one in the Zishui River under the strafing of the Chinese Air Force, causing heavy casualties to the troops of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army that were crossing the river.
After a day of fierce fighting between the 47th Division of the Japanese Army and the 73rd Army of the Xia Government, the troops of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army were still unable to assemble. Although the distance between the troops of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army was not far, in the face of the fierce firepower of the 73rd Army of the Xia Government, the troops of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army could only act on their own in order to protect themselves. This also made it impossible for the commander of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Watanabe Hiroshi, to command his troops to fight.
It was not until the next day that Lieutenant General Hiroshi Watanabe, commander of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army, took advantage of the cover of night to complete the assembly of the troops of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army.
However, not long after, Lieutenant General Motoshiro Hishida, the commander of the 116th Division of the Japanese Army, who was responsible for the breakthrough in the center, discovered sadly that his 116th Division had been surrounded by the Chinese army. So, Lieutenant General Motoshiro Hishida, the commander of the 116th Division of the Japanese Army, urgently asked for help from the 47th Division of the Japanese Army, which was also responsible for the attack in the center.
After receiving a telegram requesting assistance from Lieutenant General Motoshiro Hishida, commander of the 116th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Watanabe Hiroshi of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army, he also ordered the troops of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army to launch an all-out attack on the defensive positions of the 73rd Army of the Chinese government, trying to break through the 73rd Army's defense line.
However, the offensive intention of Lieutenant General Hiroshi Watanabe, commander of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army, did not succeed. Under the concentrated firepower of the 73rd Army of the Chinese government, the offensive force of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army not only failed to advance a single step, but suffered heavy losses under the fierce firepower of the 73rd Army of the Chinese government.