On March 24, 1941, the Japanese army once again attacked the Zhongxian defense line. The Zhongxian county defense line was breached by the Japanese army and the defenders surrendered. The remaining troops in the Sixth Theater had to retreat 20 kilometers to the second line of defense and continued to hold on. Shoushan committed suicide at the headquarters, but was fortunately saved by guards.
As a last resort, the highest authorities had no choice but to order Xiao Zhuge to take over as the commander-in-chief of the Sixth War Zone and rush to the front line overnight to maintain the defense line. As for Hu Shoushan, the highest authorities did not treat him lightly and sent a small transport plane to pick him up overnight.
After Xiao Zhuge arrived at the front line, he discovered that the so-called defense line was full of loopholes. The army structure was completely disrupted, almost all heavy weapons were lost, ammunition was seriously insufficient, morale was low, and the morale of the army was floating. There were even cases where the army was separated from the army. .
Without further ado, they reorganized the troops overnight and shot two army commanders, five division commanders, and seven brigade commanders in succession. They finally stabilized the floating morale of the army. However, they relied on the existing troops and weapons to block the Japanese advance. It's really unrealistic.
Fortunately, the losses of the Japanese army in the previous series of battles were not small. The Sixth Division, which was the main offensive force, had already lost 8,000 people. Even Anami Weiji directly integrated many local garrison troops into the Sixth Division. , and it’s not possible to jump into battle at any time. After all, there are too many aspects that need to be straightened out.
The losses of the Thirteenth Division were relatively small, but this was only relative, because the Thirteenth Division was the first to bear the brunt of the several battles against the tank troops of the Sixth Theater. The veterans of the front-line troops suffered a large number of casualties, which made the morale of many troops low. High and in urgent need of rest.
After the main division of the Japanese army retreated, the attack on Zhongxian County did not stop. On March 25, under the supervision of the Japanese army, the puppet troops began to attack the Zhongxian defense line. Due to the support of the artillery group, The puppet army's offensive was quite fierce, opening gaps in the defense line several times. If Xiao Zhuge hadn't dragged the reserve team into the battle in time, the defense line would have been breached.
Thinking about it, it is understandable that the current situation of the mountain city government is quite critical. The Japanese army is unstoppable and has a tendency to take over the mountain city in one go. Under this situation, many officers have changed their minds and no longer act sneaky as before, but After showing his true ability, what’s the way out? What a bullshit retreat. The battle has reached this point. Does the mountain city government still deserve to be everyone's retreat?
On March 25, a material warehouse of the Ministry of Military Affairs located on the outskirts of Shancheng City was detonated by Japanese agents. All the 50mm grenades urgently produced by the Ordnance Industry Administration were destroyed. Also destroyed were the 82mm mortars prepared to be supplied to the First Army. Artillery shells and more than 8,000 rounds of high-explosive grenades used by the Type 41 mountain gun.
On the same day, a convoy that was urgently transported from northern Shaanxi to a mountain city was attacked by bandits. More than a thousand tons of fuel were destroyed. Due to the serious damage to the road, the mountain city had to wait at least another month to obtain fuel by land because When the Ministry of Military Affairs was conducting inventory, they suddenly discovered that many oil depots in the mountain city had been sold out by Japanese spies colluding with management personnel. Judging from the current fuel status, even if the military has mastered the armored fleet, it does not dare to use it, and even the Air Force does not dare to use it. I can't hold on for a few more days.
On March 26, the troops from the Ninth War Zone arrived at three towns in Wuhan. The Japanese troops did not choose to fight with the Ninth War Zone on the periphery, but took the initiative to retreat to the city. It was not until this time that our intelligence department suddenly discovered that the Japanese actually Incendiary materials and explosives were scattered all over the urban area of Hankou, and gas bombs were even piled up in many residential areas in an attempt to threaten the city and citizens and force the national army to submit.
Helpless, Commander Xue of the Ninth War Zone had to stop his troops at the foot of Wuhan City and turn around to clean up the towns he had left behind. For this combat operation, Anan Weiji almost mobilized all the garrison troops in the Eleventh Army Defense Zone. As a result, many counties only have a small garrison, and there are even counties that only have one reinforced detachment left. They are so empty that if they don't take this opportunity to capture the city, they will really be sorry for such a God-given opportunity.
On the same day, the National Army troops in the direction of Nanchang also launched a counterattack. Although the Japanese troops in Nanchang were not as empty as those in Hubei Province, the Japanese army, which had never been supplemented, had a difficult time. The National Army's artillery fire extended to the city several times. In order to cope with the battle in the mountain city, the troops near Nanchang killed a large number of Japanese troops with huge losses, regardless of the cost, and continuously recaptured nearby towns. If the Eleventh Army did not adjust its deployment, it would only be a matter of time before Nanchang was recaptured. .
On March 27, the naval death squads, with the assistance of the guerrillas in eastern Sichuan, sneaked into enemy lines and laid mines in the Fengjie River section, blocking the retreat of the Japanese naval fleet. At the same time, the navy mobilized dozens of torpedo boats and nuclear explosive speedboats to attack near Zhongxian County. The Japanese fleet carried out a surprise attack, and the Japanese were also prepared for the possible actions of the navy. Therefore, after losing dozens of ships, they only sunk two small-tonnage frigates and a minesweeper. Just before the Japanese Navy After they were satisfied that they had squeezed out the last bit of blood from the Chinese Navy, the second wave of attacks arrived.
Two 1124 patrol boats bravely met the four destroyers and five minesweepers on the opposite side. At this time, the mountain camp of the temporary 68th Division, which finally arrived, began to release floating incendiary bomb smoke canisters into the river. This method of covering one's own ships confused the Japanese navy. Although the large amount of smoke could cover the two small gunboats, it would also affect itself. In that case, wouldn't both sides become blind fires?
On the Japanese Navy's side, there was an artillery battle with the two 1124 torpedo boats. The firepower of the 1124 torpedo boats was too weak for the Japanese fleet and could not cause any effective damage. The Japanese army's firepower was very strong. , but the 1124 torpedo boat is too small, and the smoke is obscuring it and it is impossible to hit it accurately.
But just when the officers and soldiers on the Japanese fleet began to get a little anxious, four G-5 torpedo boats rushed out of the smoke at high speed. Several torpedo boats released torpedoes very close to the Japanese fleet, and then turned around. Scattered away.
The Japanese fleet did not suffer any losses in the previous counterattacks. Several warships were damaged to varying degrees, and the personnel and close-defense weapons on the ships were also lost. When attacked again, they were naturally not as powerful as before. , within a short while, two destroyers and a minesweeper were destroyed, and another minesweeper was injured. The Japanese fleet was frightened and retreated quickly, hiding under the cover of the army's artillery fire, and even ignored those colleagues who fell into the water. Well, This is special about the Japanese Navy.
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