As a veteran of the Japs, Isamu Yokoyama actually started preparing to adjust the entire deployment after the 40th Division was annihilated by the expeditionary force cluster.
But he didn't expect Gao Jian's military department to make such rapid progress. Before he could adjust in place, the expeditionary force cluster divided his middle army into two stutters as fast as lightning.
Even though the Southern Army suffered so much from the little devils in front, basically all of them have become lonely ghosts, and the rest are either mining or squatting in Allied prisoner of war camps.
There are no upper-level generals to summarize these things and let everyone know that the artillery commanded by Gao Jianwu is completely ridiculously strong!
Coupled with the tank attack group of the expeditionary force cluster, Gao Jianwu has only now truly applied it on a large scale for the first time. Previously, it was a small-scale auxiliary and infantry-tank collaborative training for the Southern Army and the Little Devils South China Front Army.
After the training was basically in place this time, Gao Jianwu used his tank attack group to completely crush the Central Army!
These two completely unscientific influencing factors, not to mention the little devil like Yokoyama Isamu, even most of the senior officials within the Eighth Route Army may not understand. When Gao Jianjun truly integrates infantry-artillery coordination and infantry-tank coordination into large-scale applications, The effect can be so amazing.
This allowed Yokoyama Isamu's original plan to use more time to completely ruin the idea of holding back the expeditionary force cluster with four divisions.
But precisely because of this, Yokoyama Isamu's next actions were much more decisive. In order not to be caught and eaten by Gao Jianwu, he directly implemented the tail-cutting survival plan.
Faced with Commander Xue's large-scale siege, Hengshan Yong left a regiment to attack the suspected soldiers, but he and the remaining main force jumped out of the siege overnight and ran eastward!
Commander Xue was caught off guard by Hengshan Yong's escape. Commander Xue was very unhappy when he saw the remnants of the 11th Army walking away and hurried to the front line to eat meat.
Originally, he thought he would create a new victory in Tanzhou, but as a result, hundreds of thousands of troops were busy. First, they lost their troops and were defeated, and finally, when they were about to take the final step, they captured an infantry regiment that was regarded as an abandoned son by the Japs!
Compared with the brilliant record of Gao Jianwu and others who defeated five reorganized divisions during the same period, Commander Xue was simply speechless.
What he didn't even expect was that Gao Jianwu turned around and advanced by land and water, taking down the three towns of Hankou with almost no effort!
Although the top management of Guoli was as uncomfortable as eating a fly, for the Chinese people, Gao Jianwu and the others once again earned everyone's attention.
Because this was another glorious victory in regaining the core city occupied by the Japanese since the Anti-Japanese War, following the recovery of Jinyang, Yangcheng and Hong Kong and Kowloon. Coincidentally, in these recovery battles, Gao Jianwu was the main commander.
Ever since Gao Jianwu led the expeditionary force to fight in groups, it seems that he has always been under the focus of the Chinese people. After all, the victory after victory has made the Chinese people excited, but at that time, they were all foreign little devils.
Gao Jianwu's victory in the Southeast Asian Peninsula was a joy for the domestic people, but the sense of involvement was not always strong.
Now Gao Jianwu came back with his troops. Facing the domestic little devils, he also killed them in all directions. It was like entering an uninhabited land. He fought from South China to central China. No matter what kind of little devils he encountered, he had no power to fight back.
It truly created an invincible momentum.
You can imagine how Commander Xue felt when his former star was robbed of his glory. However, after seeing Gao Jianwu's power, Commander Xue would rather never face Gao Jianwu.
To put it bluntly, Commander Xue was not sure of defeating Gao Jianwu even if he had a force advantage of two or three times.
Yokoyama Isamu fled with the other five divisions, but they were like lost dogs. Now their main bases are gone. The food, drink and diarrhea of tens of thousands of people is a huge figure. Without a strong base to support it, Yokoyama Isamu certainly knows this. No.
Of course, Isamu Yokoyama would not give up after losing his home base, and the base camp would not recognize it. Therefore, with the tacit understanding of all parties and the efforts of Isamu Hengshan.
Yokoyama Isamu got the opportunity to organize a new Hanyang battle.
To the north, the gangcun kid actually agreed to the 12th Army's Third Chariot Division and the 101st Division and other main forces to go south and launch an attack on the Gao Jianwu Department. At the same time, to the east, Gangcun also ordered the 13th Army's 70th Division and The 60th Division set out from northern Jiangxi to cooperate with the 11th Army to recapture the three towns of Hankou.
Not only that, the gangcun kid lowered his head and broke the barrier between the two red deer on the sea and land. He negotiated with the navy and mobilized a new Zero fighter flying team from Hainan Airlines to come to help in order to break the Gao Jianwu Expeditionary Force. Air superiority established by clustered air forces.
In addition, the Army Aviation itself mobilized a Nakajima Type 1 pilot regiment.
For a time, Gao Jianwu was surrounded by enemies from almost all directions, and faced the siege of the 10 newly mobilized divisions of the Japs again. If the newly recovered three towns of Hankou did not make changes, they would soon be surrounded by the Japs again. .
Under this situation, it is obviously unrealistic to expect preserved fruits. Although Commander Xue still has more than 300,000 troops in his hands, don't expect him to deploy a division to attack the little Japanese's back, thereby alleviating some of the pressure on Gao Jianwu.
These local defense zone commanders, who have long been transformed into warlords, each have their own little ones and do not have much overall awareness.
Only the Eighth Route Army's own people would help their own people, especially the two troops of the Brigade Commander and Li Yunlong who had already set off. After Gao Jianwu conveyed the news of the latest secret mobilization of troops by the Japs, they all accelerated their pace.
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"I didn't expect the little devil to be so obedient, so he obediently mobilized the main force." After receiving the latest information fed back by the intelligence system, Gao Jianwu was not surprised but overjoyed.
"After the 3rd Little Devil Chariot Division and the 101st Division were dispatched, the pressure on Lao Li's side was suddenly reduced a lot. Even on the Brigade Commander's side, after crossing the Yellow River, the pressure was also reduced a lot, and the head-on encounter It's just a cluster encountering a Jaap division and an independent mixed brigade that can stand up to the sky. With the current strength of the two of them, I'm afraid they will break through the Japs' defense in a few days."
"This is great good news for our grand strategy." Gao Jianwu said to everyone at the headquarters with a relaxed smile after reporting the latest situation to the chief officers of each attack group.
After Gao Jianwu received the news about the three-pronged attack by the Japs, he directly updated the latest battle situation on the map and called everyone over for a meeting to discuss countermeasures.
"Old Gao, after all, the three towns of Hankou are the core of Central China. If the kid loses this place, not to mention the kid Hengshan Yong can't bear the consequences of this loss. Even the kid from Gangcun will probably be punished by their base camp." Kong Jie took out his cigarette bag, took a few puffs, and said slowly.
"But we don't encounter little Japs along the way. Even if they don't come, we still have to look for them. Now it will be more convenient for us to have them come to our door." Faced with almost 200,000 Japs, Kong Jie is also very relaxed.
In fact, everyone had been mentally prepared for a long time. Gao Jianwu stabbed the little devil in the heart like this. He must have stabbed a hornet's nest. Sooner or later, the little devil was going to attack, but no one expected that the little devil would come so fast this time. so much!
There is absolutely no doubt about Gao Jianwu's intelligence. After all, Gao Jianwu had accurately predicted the little devil's actions many times and made very targeted deployments in advance.
In terms of intelligence, although it is not clear how Gao Jianwu knew this top-secret information. But everyone can definitely trust it.
"What Lao Kong said is absolutely correct. The little devils who came to our door really saved us a lot of trouble. Now we are no longer able to conduct internal operations as we were back then."
"Besides, the time for the little devils to arrive has to come first. Isn't this just a matter of continuing what we did in Nanyang, gathering the main forces to fight mobile warfare, and letting the little devils be sent away one after another like gourd dolls saving grandpa.
No matter how far they come. Let’s concentrate our efforts on one stream to eat it, and then go on to eat the other stream. "Gao Jianwu set the general direction for his latest tactics.
Kong Jie continued what Gao Jianwu said.
"Lao Gao is right. We have to concentrate our efforts on this matter and mobilize to annihilate it. However, if all our main forces jump out to fight mobile warfare, I don't know whether these newly recruited people in the city can withstand it. How reliable are they? Okay ah?
After all, they have only been reorganized by us for a few days. It is still unclear whether they can return to our camp and actually transfer to our camp. "
Kong Jie expressed everyone's concerns.
The little devil Hengshan Yong jumped up and down desperately to shorten the counterattack time to an almost seamless battle of Tanzhou. The time left to Gao Jianwu and the others was too hasty.
The garrison force was the sixth attack group, which was mostly made up of captured puppet troops. Now it had to be entrusted with important tasks. As the main force for the inner defense of the city, everyone was worried about Gao Jianwu's decision.
If this was messed up and the city was lost, not only the little devils, but also many people over there would die laughing.
However, Gao Jianwu had his own reasons, and he also had backup plans to deal with it. The most important Hanyang Arsenal now had two main battalions as guards to ensure the safety of the arsenal.
This is Gao Jianwu's current main source of ammunition. The city can lose it, but the Hanyang Arsenal must not be lost.
The main force must be concentrated to fight mobile warfare. This is a general principle that cannot be changed. In this situation, we absolutely cannot wait for the little devils to gather here one after another before starting to fight back.
Let the little devils form a joint force.
Instead, we have to kill one of the little devils separately before they have time to assemble, so that we can have the opportunity to defeat them one by one and eat the large-scale attack of the little devils separately.
If the little devil directly presses 10 divisions together. Gao Jianwu is really difficult to deal with at this stage. After all, no matter how good he is at fighting, he can only deal with some of them.
With the current equipment of four little devils beating one of them, even Gao Jianwu would not dare to guarantee that he could win.
The first to arrive on the battlefield should be the remnants of Yokoyama Isamu's 11th Army. He still has nearly five divisions in his hands. In terms of strength, this is already a very powerful force.
If only against those troops in the national uniform. Almost no war zone can withstand their attacks. Even if there are three or four times more people, it will be useless.
But the Eleventh Army had just been severely punished by Gao Jianwu. Yokoyama Isamu became very cautious now, deploying his troops tightly together. There is absolutely no chance of isolation.
So relatively speaking, the Eleventh Army is now the most difficult to defeat.
Gao Jianwu did not list the 11th Army as his priority target, but instead targeted the 70th Division and 60th Division of the 13th Army.
At this time, the remnants of the 11th Army were huddled in Xianning, while the 70th Division and the 60th Division attacked Huangshi. It seems that these two troops have formed a trend of jointly attacking the three towns of Hankou from east to west, waiting for the tanks of the 3rd Division and the South to go south. After the arrival of the 101st Division, Hengshan Yong commanded the troops to initiate a three-sided encirclement, giving Gao Jianwu a trick to break out of the encirclement.
But how could Gao Jianwu let him get his wish.
After some deployment, Gao Jianwu dispatched 2 heavy artillery regiments and 5 tank battalions to cooperate with the first attack group Zhang Dabiao, the second attack group Xu Shida, and the third attack group Kong Jiebu to besiege and eat the 70th Division and the 60th Division. .
Lu Fan's fourth attack group, three tank battalions, and three 75mm artillery battalions were responsible for blocking reinforcements on the west side. At the same time, they deployed defenses in the Leishan area.
Lu Fan is good at guarding. Give him an attack group. I am afraid that even if Hengshan Yong comes with the whole army, he will not be able to break through Lu Fan's defensive position in a short time. What's more, Gao Jianwu has sent him 3 additional tank battalions this time.
When necessary, the counterattack of the tank battalion cannot be stopped by the flesh and blood of the little devil.
The fifth attack group and the newly formed sixth attack group stayed in the three towns of Hankou. Now except for Yokoyama Isamu, there are no enemies in the surrounding area that can threaten this place.
If Hengshan bravely mobilizes the remnants of his 11th Army to attack the three towns of Hankou, then Gao Jianwu will thank his whole family. Immediately transfer the main force to divide the moving Yokoyama Yubu into several pieces and annihilate them.
Once the little devils get moving, with their current command and communication method, it is impossible for them to command like an arm and a finger. Now Gao Jianwu has more than a dozen tank battalions in his hands. Relying on the large amount of oil that he captured from the three towns of Hankou, Gao Jianwu's tank battalions finally no longer dare to use them on a large scale.
In the past, when moving all the way, I was afraid that I would not be able to burn fuel and stay in bed. Therefore, except for extremely necessary battles, the tank battalion saved fuel and waited for the troops in front to open the way.
Fortunately, Gao Jianwu used artillery to clear the way, and the artillery fire was crushing him all the way, so the infantry casualties were not large, which made it even less necessary to invest the tank battalion.
From Yangcheng to Hengzhou, Gao Jianwu's tank battalion simply took a train. The team's fuel was carried to Hengzhou by a convoy, and then they managed to pick up some more supplies from the Meiliguo base in Hengzhou. Arriving at the three towns of Hankou.
Now that Gao Jianwu has revealed that he has enough fuel for at least three months, he has become more active in the use of the tank battalion.
Although cannons are fun to shoot and cause few casualties, they are far less fast than tanks.
After all, the tank rushed in front, and a group of infantry followed closely behind. The little devil couldn't hold any position.
In terms of fighting tanks, although the Little Devils are also equipped with a batch of combat anti-tank guns, the number of such combat anti-tank guns is rare. Their most sharp type 1 mobile 47mm cannon is specially used for anti-tank, and each army will be equipped with it. Fires 12 Type 1 mobile 47mm guns.
Such a small number is simply insignificant to Gao Jianwu's tank attack group. And once an exposed target appears, it will be the first to be attacked by long-range artillery fire.
Even if the artillery does not have Gao Jianwu's precise command now, they will quickly kill these anti-tank guns based on their own abilities.
After all, there have been so many battles, and the artillery is the main force every time. Although Gao Jianwu's command is great, he has also trained a lot of skills in the artillery.
For targets beyond visual range, they certainly don't have Gao Jianwu's clairvoyance to point where to hit. But for targets that can be seen within visual distance, they themselves have strong self-attack capabilities.
They are almost the artillery units with the most practical combat experience in the country, so although their time is not very long, their ability is indeed the first-class artillery unit in the country.
After making combat arrangements, Gao Jianwu used night operations as usual to cover up the traces of the army's movements with darkness.
With his precise grasp of terrain maps, Gao Jianwu can reach his destination through the optimal path. And he tried his best to cover up his movements.
So when Gao Jianwu led a large army to appear in front of the two little Japanese divisions on the other side of Huangshi. The heads of the two division commanders of the 60th Division and the 70th Division were about to explode!
How the first five divisions were killed, although these people don't know the process, but the time is short, their memory is quite deep.
Usually, attacking a division almost always takes a long time, and even a siege can take several days or even months to annihilate.
But Gao Jianwu has broken this convention. The destruction of a division is usually calculated in hours. So he saw Gao Jianwu's expeditionary force cluster appearing in front of him.
Even if they only saw one of the attack groups, the division commanders of the two divisions still panicked and sent emergency rescue to Yokoyama Isamu.
However, by now it is too late. The first ones to arrive on the battlefield were the heavy artillery regiment and tank troops. The infiltration team of the Hammer Brigade, which had been promoted to the assault brigade, had already figured out the location of the Japs' heavy equipment and reported it to Gao Jianwu.
Therefore, when Gao Jianwu first came up, he used the tank battalion to cover the heavy artillery regiment, and approached the little Japanese heavy equipment to establish artillery positions. After a bombardment, the artillery regiments of the 60th Division and the 70th Division were almost turned into cannon fodder.
In addition, they were here to attack, and they did not form a strong fortification in terms of defense. Faced with such a good offensive opportunity, Gao Jianwei was not polite at all.
After an overwhelming bombardment of the Japs, Gao Jianwu's tank troops began to attack with the cooperation of three newly formed mechanized infantry battalions. Although the number of infantry was small now, it was enough to follow the tanks. Each tank There should be at least one class following behind.
Coupled with the presence of the assault brigade sniping at the Japs' officers on the battlefield, Gao Jianwu devastated the main infantry regiments of the two divisions, while only a few auxiliary regiments fled when the situation was amiss.
By the time Gao Jianwu had finished the battle, he had cleaned up the battlefield. The marching team of Hengshan Yong, who hurriedly assembled and frantically wanted to rescue, had just reached a place about ten kilometers away in front of Leishan.
Faced with such a fighter opportunity, Gao Jianwu decisively ordered Lu Fan's attack group not to take action yet, but to wait for the little Jaap's forward troops to be exposed, and then cut off Hengshan Yong's 11th Army in the middle!
Sure enough, this time Hengshan Yong commanded more than 4 divisions to move in sequence, and pulled out a long snake formation several kilometers long. Lu Fan, who was lying in ambush in the mountain forest, waited for them to pass nearly halfway, and suddenly opened fire to cut off the team.
More than 50 mountain guns and hundreds of mortars of various calibers fired almost simultaneously. Such fierce artillery fire poured on the heads of the hurriedly marching little Japs. For a time, the little Japs suffered heavy casualties.
Hengshan Isamu did not expect that when Gao Jianwu was fully attacking the 60th and 70th Divisions, he would still have the energy to ambush such a powerful attack group, waiting for him here.
Although he desperately organized manpower to fight back against Lu Fan's department, the current communication method of the Japs determined that they had no way to command teams above the brigade in real time. Relying on the transmission of information from the radio, Yokoyama Yong often received news that a brigade was under attack. information.
Then there was no more. Then, the brigade might not even have a chance to send a report and reply. The communications corps or the brigade headquarters were destroyed by artillery fire!
The command troops fought fiercely for most of the day, but except for leaving a large number of casualties, Yokoyama Isamu got nothing. When Yokoyama Isamu finally accepted his fate and turned towards the south with less than two remaining defeated soldiers from his division, it was already The other three divisions of the Japs, who had been surrounded by soldiers led by Lu Fan and Gao Jianwu, were now like being surrounded and beaten randomly, with no power to fight back.
Gao Jianwu's artillery will never miss any target that poses a major threat to the attack group. As long as there is a call message, within a few minutes, Gao Jianwu will command the heavy artillery regiment to send the shells to the little Japanese's head!
With a comprehensive full-view map of the battlefield, Gao Jianwu's combat effectiveness has soared to the extreme!
In his hand, he is receiving the latest battle situation information briefings fed back from the battlefield walkie-talkie at any time.
After all, there are tens of thousands of people on the battlefield now, and there is a buzz everywhere through voice transmission, making it impossible to communicate. The information further condensed by the correspondents allows Gao Jianwu to control the battlefield more quickly, allowing the heavy artillery regiment he controls to fire the shells. Go where you need it most.
Two 155mm howitzer heavy artillery regiments covered most of the three divisions that the Japs were trapped in. Every time the artillery fire was fired, it meant that at least one of the Japs' gathered squads or above was bombarded by heavy artillery under the command of Gao Jianwu. Lose!
Compared with rifles and machine guns, the 155mm howitzer is a veritable head harvester in the hands of Gao Jianwu.
After one shot, dozens or even hundreds of people were gone. The 24 155mm heavy artillery, even if the firing speed was slower, but in turn, these 24 155mm howitzers were produced by Gao Jianwu as if they were firing continuously!
Three more little Japanese divisions, all wiped out!
