After confirming that the Japanese army entrenched in the Wushan area had been wiped out, Li Yunlong left the task of cleaning the battlefield to Xiao Zhuge, who was still consolidating the defense line in Zhong County, and then led the main force of the new army to pounce on Yichang without looking back. If it was Before the war, if the Thirteenth Division relied on terrain and fortifications to defend Yichang, the New First Army might not be able to capture Yichang.
But the current situation is that the main forces of the Sixth Division and the Thirteenth Division have been completely wiped out. The command system of the Eleventh Army is still in chaos. There are less than 3,000 Japanese logistics personnel and one division of the Peace Founding Army in Yichang. When he learned that the main force of the National Army was rushing towards Yichang, the division commander of the Peace Founding Army immediately reported to the highest command of the Japanese army in Yichang. The official stated that he would defend Yichang to the death, and at the same time asked the Japanese commander to organize the orderlies to distribute weapons and organize the defense.
The unruly chief of staff actually agreed with the opinion of the commander, who was said to be a top student at Baoding Military Academy, organized the panicked logistics personnel, issued an impassioned pre-war mobilization, and prepared to distribute weapons to thousands of logistics personnel. .
I didn’t expect that the division commander of the Peaceful National Founding Army had colluded with the military commander early on. When the Japanese army had the upper hand, they planned to destroy the Japanese supplies in Yichang, let alone the current situation. More than a hundred light and heavy machine guns deployed around the school grounds at the same time Opening fire, more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers were wiped out in a short time. The Japanese army was not even given a chance to surrender. The only one who survived was the Japanese Army Chief of Staff. After all, he was also a "meritorious minister."
In the early morning of April 1st, while Li Yunlong was still entangled with the sporadic Japanese and puppet troops outside Yichang, Yichang was recovered. Almost at the same time, the news of Nanchang's recovery also came, like a stimulant, which made the army recover in the past few days. The gloomy rear area, which had always been gloomy, erupted in an instant. Even in the middle of the night, a massive parade broke out in Chang'an, Chuncheng, and Shancheng - everyone was venting their emotions with all their strength, and the joy could not be stopped no matter what. live.
On the morning of April 1, 1941, Li Yunlong's troops marched into Yichang and took over the city defense of Yichang. During this period, the Japanese Yamamoto troops sent a small team to try to assassinate Li Yunlong and other generals using 150mm mortars, but they were defeated in time by our Sichuan East guerrillas. Although the Japanese army forged He obtained almost a complete set of military uniform certificates, and even took care of details such as the height and physical characteristics of the operators, but Li Yunlong just smiled.
God is not as good as man. Yamamoto Kazuki wanted to stage a drama of fighting in the palace under the spotlight of reporters. He did not expect that Director Dai of the Military Command Bureau was sitting in Li Yunlong's car. It turned out that the uprising puppet The military commander and he were actually old friends, and there were many details behind this uprising that Director Dai must implement.
When the Japanese army's 150mm high-explosive grenade exploded, if Li Yunlong hadn't tried his best to protect him, Director Dai might have been honored. Even so, a truck serving as a guide still killed more than a dozen military commanders at once, including The three of them are proper core members, the kind with heavy blood debts. In order to assassinate Li Yunlong, Director Dai has many ways to choose from, but it will never be like this.
After the attack, Li Yunlong neither chose to exit the city nor transfer to an armored vehicle. Instead, he chose to walk with Director Dai to the headquarters of the original 13th Division. Along the way, there were people roaring with applause like a tsunami, and there were people flying all over the sky. There are colorful flags and ribbons, but there are also gunshots from time to time and bullets that may fly at any time.
Li Yunlong didn't show any fear on his face when he faced these people. Even after a military agent next to him was shot in the head, he still held a cigar in his mouth and waved his arms with a smile on his face. This moment was recorded by a Bald Eagle reporter, and it was quickly posted on the The latest issue of "Time" magazine, plus an article introducing this famous military strategist, scientist, writer and film screenwriter, made this man who came out of the Dabie Mountains quickly become the idol of all bald eagles. .
Of course, these are all things for later. After arriving at the headquarters of the Thirteenth Division, Li Yunlong accepted interviews with Chinese and foreign reporters. Facing the camera, Li Yunlong announced that the new army would not stop in Yichang and would wait for the commander of the Sixth Theater Command. After the Chief's Office and the main force arrive in Yichang, the New First Army will move south to directly attack the remnants of the Japanese Eleventh Army that are still resisting in Wuhan.
On April 2, a tank unit of the Ninth War Zone entered the urban area of Wuhan. The Japanese army, which had been relying on the urban area to resist, had already taken a boat to Jiangbei. By now, the southern part of Hubei Province had been completely liberated, and the troops of the Ninth War Zone had One unit continued to guard the Japanese troops still deployed on the north bank of the Yangtze River, while the other unit advanced toward Jiujiang under the cover of armored troops, hoping to seize Jiujiang in one go.
Although the Jiangbei area of Wuhan is still under the control of the Japanese army, the situation of the Japanese army in Wuhan is not too bad at this time, because they no longer have the supplies to support their continued resistance, and they cannot even meet the most basic supply of bullets.
Anan Weiji had transferred most of the material reserves when he was fighting his last battle. Later, when the Ninth War Zone besieged the city, the main force of the Japanese army in Jiujiang concentrated in the residential areas on the south bank, trying to intimidate the citizens to resist the Ninth War Zone's attack. Facts have proved that the Japanese army did It was successful, but this time they missed the puppet troops on the north bank. Although the puppet troops did not have the ability to seize the city, they could still do it by concentrating elite forces and cooperating with the Military Command Bureau to get rid of the ammunition and supplies stored by the Japanese army on the north bank.
On April 1, news of the recovery of Yichang and Nanchang came. The puppet troops in Wuhan immediately launched a riot. After destroying the Japanese ammunition depot, grain depot and material reserve depot, they immediately withdrew from the city and headed north to the Dabie Mountains. Go, Anan Weiji will mobilize all the local garrison troops in Hubei Province. The counties in the north generally only have a small team of troops stationed there, not even a heavy machine gun. Let alone intercepting these puppet troops, the puppet troops will not attack the county towns. They are all having fun.
If there is no food, they can send troops to grab food. The three huge towns of Wuhan can always grab enough food, but without ammunition, it will be fatal. In desperation, the Japanese army can only abandon the south bank area and concentrate on retreating to the north bank, which will block the ninth theater. Bingfeng's expectations were all thrown to the navy.
But what the Japanese army never expected was that the Sixth Theater of the National Army, which had experienced a major war, would still be able to go south to attack Wuhan. Although the new First Army was a newly formed force, it was also a well-equipped army of 70,000 people. Ah, even the 11th Army at its peak needs to concentrate its main force to deal with it, let alone the 11th Army that is now disabled.
Before Li Yunlong's new army over there left Yichang, the Japanese in Jiangbei, Wuhan, were in complete chaos.
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