Chapter 382: The Battle of Northern Hunan (Page 1/1)

September was destined to be an unquiet month, and judging by all indications, the coming big war finally became a reality.

The 11th Army, composed of the 106th Division, the 3rd Division, the 33rd Division, the 101st Division, three mixed brigades, and other reinforced forces, attacked more than 100,000 troops and pounced on the Ninth Theater, with the aim of annihilating the main force of the Nationalist Army in the Ninth Theater in the northern part of Hunan and the Xiushui area.

The Ninth Theater has a vast area under its jurisdiction, Hunan, Wuhan, and Jiangxi provinces all have defense zones, part of the troops are in Jiangxi, and the rest of the main forces are in Hunan, and the Ninth Theater is not a soft persimmon, nor is it weak in terms of the strength of the troops; the troops under the entire theater have a total of 21 armies, as well as various miscellaneous troops, among which there are many main forces of the Central Army with strong combat effectiveness, such as the 74th Army, the 52nd Army, and the 73rd Army.

The Fifth Army, theoretically, is also currently under the sequence of the Ninth Theater of Operations.

The Japanese army was menacing, but the Ninth Theater was not without the power to fight back, and both sides had the capital to fight to the death.

The Japanese army was far superior to the Nationalist Army in terms of firepower, combat quality, and firepower utilization capabilities, and it was equipped with a large number of aviation and ship units.

The advantages of the Ninth Theater lie in the favorable terrain and the ability to work at ease, and the mountainous areas of the Ninth Theater, as well as lakes, rivers, Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake, Xinqiang River, Miluo River, Laodao River, etc., are all naturally formed advantages, and the Japanese army has a relatively high degree of mechanization.

And these favorable geographical conditions that favored the Nationalist Army undoubtedly played a role in the maneuvering and advancing of the Japanese Army, and the Nationalist Army in the Ninth Theater actively responded to the Japanese Army and met the Japanese Army.

The 58th Army, the 60th Army, the 32nd Army of the 19th Army were concentrated.

The 49th Army, the 52nd Army, the 79th Army, the 37th Army, the 20th Army and the 73rd Army of the 27th Group Army blocked the attacks layer by layer, and deployed defenses one after another.

Quanzhou, Guangxi, where the Fifth Army is stationed, is located at the junction of Hunan and Guangxi, and the Fifth Army is not at ease when the war in northern Hunan is the same, and the Fifth Army is still theoretically a subordinate unit of the Ninth Theater, but it is also a unit directly under the Central Military Commission.

However, in the case of the war in northern Hunan Province, if the Ninth Theater issued an order to transfer the Army, the Fifth Army should also take action, and the command structure was quite complicated.

At present, there is no transfer order, but the Fifth Army has begun to make all kinds of combat preparations, and the largest movement belongs to the military headquarters of the Fifth Army.

The headquarters of the Fifth Army began to distribute ammunition to the divisions, the corps automobile regiment was ready to transport soldiers and tanks, and the tank repair shops directly under the army headquarters began to store spare parts for repair work.

In the garrisons of the divisions of the Fifth Army near Quanzhou, since the beginning of the war in northern Hunan Province, soldiers from the special service battalion of the Fifth Army often came to inspect and inspect and supervise the desertion of various units.

Although the atmosphere of the infantry division below was not heavy, and it was not busy to the point of military units, it was also different from usual, all the officers who went out were all recalled, and the troops began to officially block the camp gates, strictly check the deserters, and check the weapons.

The number of live ammunition that was easily not issued to soldiers also began to increase, and some companies that collected weapons and locked guns in the middle of the night put all their weapons and equipment at the disposal of soldiers, all of which were scenes of combat readiness.

At least Zhang Wei's teaching brigade, which was stationed near the division headquarters, had already felt the breath of "doing a big job."

"According to information from the front, on September 14, the Japanese army launched an attack on the 184th Division under our 60th Army in northern Jiangxi, and the 74th Army of the 32nd Army of the 19th Group Army of our army, and the 58th Army of the 1st Group Army were deployed along the line of Gaoyou, Shanggao, and Jinjiangkou, and were commanded by Commander Luo Zhuo Ying to meet the enemy."

"The enemy's 106th Division attacked our army first. Then it was divided into two roads, attacking to Yinshan, Luofang and other places, and the other road was attacking in the Gao'an area, our army was blocking layer by layer, and now it is in a fierce battle, the main force of the Japanese army in the direction of northern Hunan is also approaching, and the fierce battle in the direction of southern Hunan and northern Hunan will begin in a few days, and it is expected that the main battlefield will be northern Hunan. ”

In the division headquarters of the new 22nd Division, the officers of the whole division and above the battalion level gathered together to listen to the report on the battle situation, and the division chief of staff Chai Zhao conveyed the latest news from the front line to the officers, and explained it in combination with the map and the simple sand table, and the officers gathered together.

Zhang Wei can also feel the severity of the situation through Chai Zhao's brief speech, a few months ago, he was still stationed near Xiangtan, and now, Hunan is about to become a battlefield, and the changes caused by these battles have been completed in only a few months.

"The Japanese have a great appetite this time, and they have concentrated the main forces, the purpose of which is to severely damage our Ninth Theater, which has a large number of main forces of our army, and this is a vicious battle." Qiu Maniac, who was pacing near the sand table, said.

"Master, then, when will we drive over?" It was Colonel Xiong Xiaosan, the commander of the 66th Regiment, who spoke, and the question he asked was also the most concerned question for all the officers in this room, including Zhang Wei.

Madman Qiu hesitated for a moment and did not answer, the military headquarters of the Fifth Army had obvious preparations for war, but the order to open the front line was indeed not heard at all, and when he wanted to ask when he would go up, the division commander of Madman Qiu did not know, and even the army commander Du, he did not receive it.

Deputy Division Commander Liao took over: "There is no order in the army yet, you can all be ready, all regiments and directly subordinate units strictly check the phenomenon of desertion, and if they find that they have escaped, they can make their own decisions and report to the regimental level, and if necessary, they can be shot on the spot to demonstrate deterrence, but they are not allowed to use the method of burying them alive!" ”

"The division commander and I, as well as the chief of staff of Chai, have not received orders from the army, now only the ammunition is distributed, the excess is not cared, everything is subject to the order, each regiment will send people to receive ammunition and food within three days, ammunition will be distributed according to the four bases, food will be distributed according to the three bases, and the excess will be distributed to the soldiers as much as possible, and the excess regiments will store and carry them on their own, and the military salaries will be distributed quickly after they are sent to the regiments, and the military salaries will be issued together this month and the next month, up and down, it's a matter of one sentence! ”

Hearing Deputy Division Commander Liao's words, the officers had a bottom in their hearts, and they still didn't have a letter to cooperate.

"You should do what the deputy division said, do a good job of preparing for war, and everything can be worry-free, from weapons and ammunition to the heads of soldiers, you must be meticulous and prepare for war." Madman Qiu said.

"Yes!"

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