As for why Chiang Kai-shek's army was defeated so miserably in the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign, there is certainly a reason.
The most important reason is that Chairman Chiang wants to preserve his strength.
On the one hand, on the battlefield behind enemy lines, the confrontation between the Eighth Route Army and the main force of the Japanese North China Front Army was intensifying. The Chairman still wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers. It would be best if the Eighth Route Army could be completely wiped out and the little devils were completely severely damaged, so he could just sit back and relax. The profit of the fisherman.
If this really happened, the Chairman would laugh out of his dreams.
On the other hand, the Allied Powers such as the United States and Britain implement the war strategy of Europe first, Asia second. They want to resolve the war in Europe first and then deal with the war in Asia last.
Therefore, effective military assistance to the Nationalist Government has been almost non-existent for more than half a year.
Chairman Chiang was naturally unhappy when he saw this situation.
The Americans don't come to help, but let our Central Military Forces take the lead. Doesn't this just want me, Jiang, to lose his troops and lose his generals?
Naturally, the Chairman could not do this kind of thing that would make his relatives angry and his enemies happy. He did not want to shift the focus of the Japanese army's battle against the Eighth Route Army behind enemy lines to his Central Army.
The Chairman wished that the U.S. military could replace his Central Army and go to the front line to fight the Japanese.
then……
After the Zhejiang-Jiangxi War broke out, the Chairman strengthened the defense force in the third theater and even mobilized nearly 300,000 troops back and forth.
However, the Nationalist Government was so focused on preserving its strength and relying on Britain, the United States and other countries to deal with the Japanese that when the battle between Zhejiang and Jiangxi reached a critical point, the Chairman suddenly issued an order for the troops to retreat and passively resist to avoid Quzhou. decisive battle.
The chairman preconceivedly believed based on past experience that the Japanese army would choose to retreat after occupying Quzhou. In this way, he and the Chiang Army would only lose some territory, but they could save the example and wait for the United States, Britain and other countries to take action, and continue to sit firmly on Diaoyutai. Watch the deadly battle between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army behind enemy lines.
The final consequences are:
The Japanese army marched straight in, almost destroying everything, and did not encounter much effective resistance at all.
The Japanese captured cities and territories, destroyed a large number of military airports, and plundered a large number of young people and resources, achieving their strategic goal of "supporting war with war."
In addition, the Japanese army successfully completed their pre-war plan to "destroy the airport and prevent the US military from bombing the Japanese mainland."
And severely damaged the effective forces of the Third Theater. In the entire battle, the Japanese army killed and injured more than 70,000 Japanese soldiers, and more than 200,000 military and civilian casualties. As a result, the combat effectiveness of the Third Theater suffered serious losses.
Throughout the battle, the smooth military offensive of the Japanese army surprised all the countries in the world. The Eighth Route Army was stunned, and the Jinsui Army and the 35th Route Army sighed.
Even the little devil himself felt like he was dreaming.
The entire military operation went so smoothly that it was unbelievable.
Later, in the postwar diary of a Japanese officer who participated in the battle, he wrote this passage:
"After the fighting broke out, the Chinese Communist Party was far more unbearable than we imagined, and there was basically no active resistance from them along the way.
During our army's battle to open up the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line, the Chinese Communist Party did nothing in this regard and simply retreated. Our side completely completed the opening task without even losing a single soldier.
After that, the movements of the Chinese army became more negative. However, considering the turnaround of our army, our army took the opportunity to advance, quickly expanded the results, and completed the great victory of this battle. "
After the war, the Chairman of the Generalissimo also regretted this, but he did not expect that the little devil would go so far.
Of course, these are all things for later.
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Mengxi region.
Generals Kong Jie and Li Yunlong led the rapid reaction force directly under Taihang and an armored corps to successfully complete this combat mission and successfully defeated the Japanese Nanzhi Tank Brigade operating in western Inner Mongolia.
In conjunction with Commander Fu's 35th Route Army's surprise attack, they captured Baotou, the base camp of the Japanese troops stationed in Mongolia.
The two generals became famous in this battle.
The Armored Corps of the Eighth Route Army also
It is nothing but a blockbuster.
After the news came out, the entire North China, the entire Chinese battlefield, and even all international parties were shocked.
At this point, the battle between the two sides is far from over.
The Japanese 26th Division stationed in Datong, under the command of the newly appointed division commander, Lieutenant General Kuroda Shigenori, and in accordance with the orders of the Commander-in-Chief of North China, Okamura Neiji, temporarily mobilized all the mobile units of the 26th Division to piece together A mixed mobile brigade was launched.
Lieutenant General Kuroda's calculation was very good.
He planned to command the mobile troops of his 26th Division. After taking advantage of the Nanzhi Armored Brigade, he would take the opportunity to enter the battlefield to expand the results. If he could successfully insert into the joint between the Eighth Route Army and the 35th Army, he would attack the Hetao area from both sides with the Baotou garrison.
Not only can the mobile units of the Eighth Route Army appear in the western Inner Mongolia area be wiped out in one fell swoop, but they can also take the opportunity to capture the Hetao area and inflict heavy losses on the 35th Route Army.
As a result, Lieutenant General Kuroda never expected that as the elite of the empire and the commander of the armored brigade, he would command the most elite tank force in the empire.
Nanzhi could be defeated so quickly!
Even the mobile troops of the 26th Division did not have time to react.
Finally, when the improvised mixed mobile brigade of the 26th Division rushed to the battlefield day and night, it unexpectedly collided with an armored unit led by Li Yunlong on the way.
Li Yunlong had just led his armored troops to defeat a tank squadron of the Nanzhi Tank Brigade. He was leading the troops in pursuit, preparing to expand the results!
News came from the motorcycle reconnaissance platoon:
"Report to the captain, there is a large Japanese mobile force coming towards us from the east!"
Li Yunlong was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Is it the Japanese chariot unit?"
The reconnaissance platoon leader replied on the walkie-talkie: "Captain, it's not like the tank troops of the Nanzhi Brigade. Judging from the situation, they seem to be little Japs coming from the direction of Datong. Although they are a mobile unit, they are not capable of mobile combat. There are not many tanks and armored vehicles in the vehicle.
There were more trucks and cars in the team, as well as many Japanese cavalry.
There were quite a lot of troops, a dense mass of darkness, at least one or two regiments. "
Li Yunlong was happy when he heard this.
"Haha, damn, someone brought us pillows when we fell asleep!
According to my order, we will not chase the Japanese chariot troops who are escaping. We cannot lose any more watermelons just to chase a sesame seed.
All the tanks rushed directly to the east, and with a frontal impact, they directly defeated the enemy's mobile force that was coming over! "
After the encounter between the two sides started.
It was basically a one-sided slaughter.
There was no danger in the prairie. The mixed mobile brigade of the 26th Division was on its way. The battle broke out when the Japanese were caught off guard.
The armor level and combat effectiveness of both sides are not at the same level at all.
The Japanese army only temporarily transferred a mixed mobile force from the 26th Division, and the team was not equipped with many tanks and armored vehicles.
Speaking of which, the mobile unit of the 26th Division originally had more tanks. However, after the Eighth Route Army's mobile unit made a surprise attack on Datong, the assets accumulated by the 26th Division for many years were captured and the armor level dropped significantly. Only then did it appear The embarrassing aspect in front of me.
The improvised mobile units were mostly trucks, cars, motorcycles, and many primitive cavalry units.
The number of tanks and armored vehicles is extremely limited, and they are still some older tanks and armored vehicles.
As for some of the newly equipped armors and tanks, according to the orders of the headquarters, they were temporarily transferred to the Nanzhi tank group.
On the other hand, Li Yunlong's side was the most elite armored unit among the mobile units directly under the Taihang Army of the Eighth Route Army, although it only had one armored barracks.
When all the modified tanks, armored vehicles, and various combat vehicles launched an all-out attack under the roar and strafing of the installed artillery and machine guns, the formation was so shocking to the little devils who witnessed this scene.
Numbness, liver and gallbladder split.
After just one confrontation, the Japanese mobile brigade directly blew up the camp.
At that time, some of the few tanks and armored vehicles of the Japanese army were knocked out by Li Yunlong's anti-tank guns and self-propelled artillery at the first opportunity.
The Japanese major general who led the team had no time to complain and quickly ordered a strategic transfer.
——Escape!
If they don't escape, there may even be a danger of annihilation of the entire army. The combat effectiveness of the armored vehicles these damn Eighth Route Army has on hand is simply frightening.
He suddenly understood why the Nanzhi Brigade was defeated so quickly.
The improvised mobile troops that the Japanese army put together were not considered armored forces at all, and they were not much different from flesh and blood in the face of these torrents of steel.
But the problem is, even running away seems to be difficult.
Whether it is the two legs of a soldier, the four legs of a war horse, or various vehicles, it is difficult to escape the pursuit of an armored vehicle of the Eighth Route Army.
Li Yunlong was so excited, this battle was so damn enjoyable.
Under his leadership, the soldiers drove tanks back and forth to attack, killing them many times. After chasing for dozens of kilometers, the Japanese's entire mixed mobile brigade was completely disabled.
[An app that has been running stably for many years, comparable to the old book-chasing tool, used by all old bookworms.
come on! "
Kong Jie said happily: "Old Li, if you want to talk about your bragging skills, no one would dare to admit you to second place. How dare you think of a group of ten or eight chariots!"
Changing the topic, Kong Jie continued:
"However, after this battle, our Eighth Route Army's armored units have completely established their reputation. As long as the Japanese are still sure that we are operating in the western Inner Mongolia area, there will definitely be reinforcements from new tank units.
Considering that the Nanzhi chariot cluster was destroyed by us, the number of chariot troops sent by the Japanese will definitely be much larger. "
"Haha, then I'll just kill him!" Li Yunlong said.
Kong Jie shook his head with a smile and analyzed the actual situation:
"Old Li, it's a pleasure, but if we really fight like this, our rapid reaction force and all the armored forces directly under Taihang will probably become history.
Before the start of this battle, we also discussed with the boss and deputy chief of staff at the headquarters that this time our armored forces can achieve results in the Mongolian area. In the final analysis, we should take advantage of the little Japanese to underestimate the enemy and catch the Japanese by surprise.
And took advantage of the Japanese army to launch a major sweep.
But this time we were completely exposed. Once the Japanese have the equipment, they will definitely have a series of subsequent combat methods against our armored forces.
With the military strength of the little devils, there will definitely be no shortage of bombers and fighter jets targeting our armored forces, including tank troops that will subsequently encircle and suppress us.
Therefore, it can be said that this battle was the first battle in which our Eighth Route Army's tank troops became famous. But for a long time to come, it may also be the last large-scale armored battle!
After this battle, we must change the armored combat strategy, temporarily disperse our armored units and assign them to front-line support. "
Li Yunlong didn't know the situation. He was just unwilling and finally sighed.
"Damn it, one day the armored force belonging to our Eighth Route Army will be really strong, and we won't have to be as helpless as we are now. We will kill him by then!"
Kong Jie smiled and said, "Don't worry, we will do it one day."
"But...Old Li, although the evacuation and dispersion of our armored forces is certainly unavoidable, that doesn't mean we have to do it right now.
Since this is our first battle, it is also our last battle.
Of course it was time for a good fight.
How about we fuck him again and again? "
