Chapter 62 low level error

Based on various intelligence sources, the headquarters of the Thirteenth Army of the Japanese Army realized that the third war zone wanted to replicate the tactical thinking of previous Changsha battles. Unleash a side attack. Every time there is a failure, the Japanese strategists will think hard about countermeasures after research. The "retreat decisive battle" is to wait for work at ease, weaken its strength first and then defeat it. In this Zhejiang-Jiangxi battle, the Japanese Thirteenth Army was almost dispatched.In order to further increase its strength, on May 31, the 11th Army of the Japanese Army stationed in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River also suddenly dispatched two divisions to attack from the western front.The Japanese army dispatched so many troops and on such a large scale that it had never been seen since the Battle of Wuhan, which made it difficult for the "decisive retreat" to achieve its original tactical purpose.

"Going for the outside line" is about starting from the best position and hitting from the side.The Thirteenth Army of the Japanese Army has set up an independent and mixed brigade on the second line in advance to prepare for flank attacks. After such an arrangement, Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, the commander of the Japanese Thirteenth Army, believed that he did not need to worry too much about the two wings for the time being. His first task was to break through Quzhou. On June 3, the Japanese army launched a full-line attack on Quzhou.In addition to throwing heavy troops frontally, the 22nd Division attacked the defensive position of the 58th Division. Smoke and dust filled the position, and the sound of guns and bombs shook the sky and the earth.

The 22nd Division of the Japanese Army did not make any substantial breakthroughs that day, but Zetian's main purpose at this time was to prevent the 74th Army from attacking from the side. As long as the 74th Army "basically fell into a passive position", he felt that Already very good. Seeing that the Japanese army began to besiege Quzhou, the Chinese Three War Zones judged that the plan to attract the enemy with Quzhou as the core had been basically implemented, so they decided to carry out a decisive battle the next day.The task of the Seventy-Fourth Army was to shift from defense to offense, and suppress and annihilate the Japanese army on the south bank of the Qujiang River.

Unexpectedly, Chiang Kai-shek sent an urgent telegram to the third war zone that night, ordering to abandon the original plan for a decisive battle in Quzhou.The reason was that he had received news of the dispatch of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army. The Japanese army was too strong. If the original plan was still implemented, not only would it be difficult to win, but the elite troops such as the 74th Army would also suffer unnecessary heavy losses. The actual situation at this time is indeed not that you can attack if you want to attack, or wipe out if you want to.In the past, like in the battle of Shanggao, the pressure faced by the flanking troops was very small, but now there is a Japanese division in front of the 74th Army, and other troops are also suppressed by the Japanese army with considerable strength. No one can help anyone .

On June 4, the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army raised troops to attack again. At noon, they even detoured the position of the 58th Division in an attempt to break through the defense line from the south.Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 58th Division, sent the reserve team up in time to repel the Japanese army. On June 5, the 86th Regiment of the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army launched a fierce attack on the 172nd Regiment of the 58th Division stationed in the mountain position.The Japanese infantry followed the "Plaster Flag" and rushed forward like crazy. The officers and soldiers of the 172nd Regiment jumped out of the position and threw grenades.

When it was the turn to fight the bayonet, the position was a bit troublesome. Zhang Lingfu hurriedly dispatched the 173rd Regiment, and finally repelled the Japanese attack at dusk.Many Japanese soldiers were killed in this battle, and Lieutenant Shimada Renjiro, commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 86th Regiment of the Japanese Army, was killed on the spot. On June 6, Zhang Lingfu received an order to retreat.At this time, the enemy and the enemy are fighting fiercely, fighting for every inch of land. If they retreat immediately, the Japanese army will definitely follow and pursue them.

According to the agreement in advance, as soon as the trumpeter blew the charge horn, there were shouts of killing everywhere in the position, and all kinds of weapons blared together.When the dust in front of the position was enough to cover the enemy's sight, the charge stopped immediately, and the officers and soldiers jumped out of the trench without waiting for orders, and the wounded soldiers on their backs withdrew from the position. On the way to retreat, another accident happened, and the headquarters of the 58th Division was ambushed by a group of Japanese troops.Zhang Lingfu personally stepped forward to observe the enemy's situation, but in a hurry, he made a low-level mistake. Instead of looking for a concave position or using the artillery mirror to observe, he lay directly on the side of the embankment.

Seeing people who looked like senior officers looking around, the Japanese army immediately aimed at the target and launched an attack.At this distance, the sniper does not have enough range, and only a mortar or hot hatch can reach it.If Zhang Lingfu was standing on a mountainside or in a pit, he would probably be fine, because the mortar shells fly in a parabola, and it is unlikely that they will land exactly where he is standing, but the embankment is different, as long as the shells fall behind, The shrapnel would shoot to the edge of the embankment, and the people lying there had nowhere to hide.

When the mortar shells were about to fall, Zhang Lingfu's adjutant had already noticed that he rolled over and fell on Zhang Lingfu.When the shell hit the ground, the adjutant had a leg broken and more than a dozen shrapnel embedded in his back. Although Zhang Lingfu survived, his hands were also badly blasted. Except for the blocking battle before and after the abandonment of the decisive battle plan, the battles that the 74th Army participated in afterward were all guerrilla warfare, and it was difficult to achieve a decent record.When Wang Yaowu organized a staff group to visit the Changsha battlefield, everyone still looked down upon the 20th Army's style of play, but now they have no choice but to do so.

It should be said that the decision of the Chinese High Command to abandon the decisive battle in Quzhou to avoid the loss of the main force was not wrong. In mid-August, the Japanese 11th Army and 13th Army retreated respectively, but at this time the 74th Army was transferred to northern Fujian, away from the front lines of Zhejiang and Jiangxi.Without the Seventy-Fourth Army, most of the troops left in the third theater lacked the strength and will to chase and wipe out the enemy. In addition, the Japanese army was on stricter defenses, so the later stages of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Battle did not expand the results as before.

Among the previous battles that the Seventy-Fourth Army has participated in, this is probably the most lackluster one. Fortunately, the future is long, and as long as they are willing, the "Tiger Army" still has opportunities to win the flag and make contributions.