Chapter 5 Section 5 Gao An has a history written in blood

Yu Jishi's guard company commander had half of his head cut off by shrapnel from an enemy plane! After the fall of Wuhan on October 25, 1938, the Japanese army turned from offensive to defensive due to its long front line and insufficient troops. The Chinese side was exhausted due to excessive consumption and was unable to counterattack for a while. The two sides entered a strategic stalemate. Even so, the days of the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Army (11th Army) with Okamura Ningz as the commander were not easy.from Wuhan On the 2,000-mile waterway to Shanghai, the 400,000 people here are responsible for the occupation of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers on both sides of the Yangtze River, and they are facing Li Zongren's Fifth War Zone in the north, Gu Zhutong's Third War Zone in the east, and Xue Yue (after the Wuhan Battle) in the south. , Xue Yue acting as the commander-in-chief of the Ninth Theater) Containment, suppression and strikes of the Ninth Theater, the three most capable theaters in China.Okamura Ningz felt that he was like a giant python in a cage, squeezed on all sides; and like a big fish in a net, even breathing was a little uncomfortable.He wanted to break through this huge net, and then move freely in Central China.Nanchang, the bone stuck in his chest, was first circled on the battle map by him. He wanted to crush this bone, and then sweep the north and south, connect the east and the west, and control central China!

Okamura Ningz's strategic intentions were supported by the Japanese base camp.At this time, the 106th Division, which suffered a devastating blow in Wanjialing, was replenished in the country and returned to the 11th Army. Okamura Ningz got this brand-new new force, which further strengthened his confidence in capturing Nanchang. In the early morning of March 17, 1939, when waves and waves surged on Poyang Lake, more than 20,000 people from the 116th Division of the Japanese Army boarded nearly 40 warships and 50 motorboats. The city guards came. At that time, most of the Chinese army was in a period of rotation training, and the strength of the front-line troops was limited.Wucheng is a small town by the lake, and the defenders consisted of only one division and one regiment. After all, it was difficult to defeat the three-dimensional attack of the 20,000 Japanese army, land, sea and air.The Japanese army finally won a strategic point in the north of Nanchang.

At the same time, with the assistance of the cavalry, the 6th Division also launched an attack on the Chinese defenders in the Wuning area, while the 101st and 106th Divisions forcibly crossed Xiushui, broke Jing'an, ordered Fengxin, and went to Nanchang to hide and kill. Come. Defending Nanchang and its surrounding areas was Luo Zhuoying's 19th Army in the Ninth Theater.Luo Zhuoying, a top student who graduated from the Baoding Military Academy, was capable of fighting, but at this time half of his troops were training on the second line and could not be transferred back for a while. Therefore, facing the aggressive Japanese army, he had no choice but to parry; Unable to resist, he had to ask Xue Yue and Chiang Kai-shek for help.Seeing that the situation was not good, Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly ordered the Ninth Theater to raise the Yinhuai 1st Group Army and Yu Jishi's 74th Army from Hunan to Jiangxi for reinforcements.

In March, it was raining heavily and the roads were muddy. Yu Jishi led his team on the mountain roads in the west of Jiangxi through wind and rain.Although sitting in a small car, the breeze blowing in from time to time outside the window still made him feel chills. The dark clouds hanging all over the sky were as heavy as a stone pressing on his heart: when the battle in Shanghai the year before last, the Luodian front of the 58th Division was under pressure. Too big, Yu Jishi asked the 18th Army for support, but he was pushed back by Luo Zhuoying, then commander of the 18th Army.This moment, that moment, hum, Luo Zhuoying also begged me today!After thinking about it, he let the troops rest for a while, saying that they would leave after the rain stopped.

In this way, when the 74th Army reached Gao'an, Nanchang had already fallen into the hands of the enemy. The 74th Army also settled down near Gao'an. After Nanchang succeeded, Okamura Ningci wanted to expand the results of the battle, so he ordered the 101st Division to stay in Nanchang, and the 106th Division attacked the 74th Army and Gao Yinhuai's 1st Army to the west. The 106th Division was nearly annihilated by the 74th Army and other troops in the battle of Wanjialing. This time, the enemy met each other, and they were extremely jealous. As soon as they arrived outside Gao'an City, the division commander Matsuura let 6 The planes repeatedly bombed the fortifications of the 74th Army back and forth.It is said to be fortifications, but in fact they are simply dug earth bunkers. The 74th Army has just arrived in Gao'an, and their foothold is not stable. How can they have time to repair the fortifications?Therefore, Japanese planes dropped bombs at high altitudes, and chased our soldiers at low altitudes to fire machine guns. Severed limbs and arms were hanging everywhere on bare tree branches.

Yu Jishi was stationed in a village outside Gao'an City, and the enemy planes may have noticed its specialness, so they swarmed to attack.After a few loud bangs, Yu Jishi only felt pushed down by something and pressed down on the ground, so he couldn't hear anything.When he regained his hearing and pushed away the objects on his body, even he, who had experienced battles and was used to seeing blood, was terrified. His guard company commander was cut off by shrapnel from an enemy plane to protect his safety. Lost half of my head! The enemy's arrogance made the 74th Army angry, and Gao Yinhuai's actions made Yu Jishi and his subordinates Wang Yaowu and Qiu Weida (replacing him)

Feng Shengfa was the commander of the 58th division) annoyed.Gao Yinhuai's 1st Army was a team reorganized from the Yunnan Army, and its combat effectiveness was already weak. When it encountered the bombing of the Japanese army Hu Tianhaidi, it had long been timid before fighting.Later, when the Japanese infantry attacked, they simply retreated 30 miles, watching helplessly as the 106th Division drove the 74th Army out of Gao'an City. From then on, Yu Jishi and Gao Yinhuai formed a root of discord. The 74th Army "hated" Wu Jiwu, not only looked down on the Dian Army, but also looked down on other miscellaneous armies across the country.

After the fall of Gao'an, the forwards of the 106th Division pointed directly at the west of Jiangxi and the north of Hunan, and Changsha was shocked three times a day. Chiang Kai-shek strictly ordered the third and ninth theaters to work together to implement the "Nanchang Raid Plan", and Xue Yue recaptured Nanchang at all costs. Wang Yaowu picked up the Zhuangxing wine and said, "Brothers, tonight you will step on the blood and corpses of the dead brothers, and wash away the blood, tears and hatred for them and for us who are alive! Do you have the confidence and courage?"

Half a month later, the 32nd Army of Shangguan Yunxiang in the Third Theater, together with the 9th Army of Luo Zhuoying in the Ninth Theater, the 1st Army of Gao Yinhuai, the 49th Army, and the 74th Army, a total of 8 armies launched an attack on Nanchang. Three-way counterattack. The target of the 74th Army was still the old rival 106th Division. Yu Jishi used Wang Yaowu's 51st Division to attack Gao'an, Shi Zhongcheng's 57th Division to attack Dacheng and Longevity Palace, and Qiu Weida's 58th Division as the general reserve.Shi Zhongcheng's 57th Division, which originally belonged to the 73rd Army, was not yet part of the 74th Army's organizational system at this time, but after the training was completed, it was temporarily controlled by it and followed its actions.

The last time the 106th Division was kicked out of Gao'an City like a rabbit, Wang Yaowu regarded it as a great shame and humiliation. If the pontoon bridges of Jinjiang were not still there that day, I am afraid that the 51st Division would not escape the doom of the entire army. Now the commander Given the chance to fight back, he, Wang Yaowu, absolutely does not have the weakness of "being afraid of well ropes for ten years". In the middle of the night on April 22, the sky was as dark as the bottom of a pot. Following Wang Yaowu's order, the 51st Division's mountain artillery, mortars, and flat-fire guns launched a shocking bombardment on Gao'an City, and bombs like meteor showers went straight to the city. Gao'an City Wall and the fortifications of the 106th Division, amidst clouds of smoke and fire, the city wall collapsed section by section, and pieces of corpses rose and fell one by one. Junrokuro Matsuura seemed to have returned to the place called Wanjialing a year ago.

Before the choking smoke had cleared, Wang Yaowu waved his hand, and several commandos ambushed in the darkness rushed towards the gap in the city wall like arrows.At this time, the 106th Division was indeed not the team at Wanjialing. It was like a severed earthworm, with a particularly strong self-repair ability. A machine gun was mounted in the gap. Following bursts of chirping gunshots, the figures in front of Mars fell to the base of the city wall one by one. "Fuck your mother!" Wang Yaowu grabbed his military cap and threw it on the ground, "Heavy machine gun, go! Destroy it! Everyone put on white towels, big blades, and charge me!" Out of excitement, Wang Yaowu said this incoherently. After destroying the enemy's machine guns and rushing into Gao'an City, the officers and soldiers of the 51st Division armed with big knives would slash when they encountered a knife that was not wrapped in a towel. Have the Japanese ever seen such a formation?The one with long legs rushed out of the city, while the one with short legs ended up being separated.Gao'an City was finally taken back by the 51st Division. The white towels were originally prepared to prevent the poisonous gas of the Japanese, but now they have a new purpose. The 57th Division fought quite hard.Xishan Wanshou Palace is located at the intersection of Jinjiangkou and Gankou, controlling the Gao (An) Feng (New) Highway, and is the west gate of Nanchang City. Of course, the 101st Division will not abandon it easily.With the defenders resisting and reinforcements pouring in, the 57th Division fell into a dilemma for a while.Difficulties also appeared in front of the 51st Division. On April 23, the second day after the 51st Division captured Gao'an, Matsuura Junrokuro launched a new round of attacks on Gao'an when his opponent's foothold was not stable. Like two fighting bulls who refuse to admit defeat, once they come into contact, it is a fight. The officers and soldiers of the 51st Division led the flames of war outside the city this time, and many people rushed out of the city gates, heading directly towards the various formations of the 106th Division. To kill and run. Seeing that they were about to pounce on the Japanese, puffs of light yellow smoke suddenly rose from the position of the 106th Division, and drifted towards the advancing Chinese ranks like flying clouds with the wind. "Poison gas!" Someone yelled, and some people began to bend down, cough, beat their chests, and fell to the ground! Unable to pull out the towel, let alone wet the towel, more and more people are pulling their hair and kicking their legs, bending their hands and bowing their waists, and then bleeding to death from all seven orifices! First there was the sound of coughing, vomiting, and convulsions after phlegm and blood clogged the trachea, followed by deathly silence! The military boots of the soldiers of the 106th Division kicked the corpses of the Chinese people and stepped into the gate of Gao'an City! In the 15 years since he joined the army, Wang Yaowu has never shed tears on the battlefield, but this time, he cried, and he cried so sadly and earth-shattering! "Gao An can't be lost, whoever loses it will be taken back by me!" Xue Yue gave Yu Ji a death order. Yu Jishi saw that the 51st Division suffered too many casualties, so he transferred the 58th Division to attack Gao'an.Wang Yaowu refused, so he called Yu Jishi and said, "Junzuo, don't feel sorry for the 51st Division. Even if the 51st Division is beaten down to the last person, this person must be the main force to fight Gao'an!" With the help of the 58th Division, the 51st Division surrounded Gao'an again.Junrokuro Matsuura was also tired and scared from the fight, so he stayed in Gao'an City for a truce behind closed doors, and received supplies by airdrops every day. He is waiting for reinforcements. No, you can't just sit and watch the devils recharge their batteries and wait for an opportunity to counterattack!After discussing with Qiu Weida, Wang Yaowu decided to attack Gao'an again on the third day after losing Gao'an.A strong attack will definitely not work. More than half of the brothers in the 51st Division have been killed or injured, and they are unable to fight hard any more. The 600 strong men of the whole division were drawn out, each with a carbine automatic rifle, 4 grenades, and a big knife. A bowl of liquor was placed in front of each of them, and 50 yuan was piled up. In the dark night, in the quiet queue, only Wang Yaowu's voice sounded like thunder: "Brothers, it's time for us to take revenge tonight! It's time for our 51st Division to honor the nation and ourselves! Think about a Over the past month, how many of our brothers have died tragically under the guns, knives, and poison gas bombs of the violent sun! Think about how much fatigue, pain, and shame we have endured here over the past month! Tonight, you will step on the dead brothers For them, for those who live for us, wash away the blood, tears and hatred! Do you have confidence and courage?" Wang Yaowu picked up the Zhuangxing wine, and the 600 strong men also picked up the Zhuangxing wine, "Yes"! After drinking the full bowl of Zhuangxing wine, Wang Yaowu continued: "Okay! I will keep the 50 yuan for you. You are back. I will give it back to everyone, you are honored, and I will take care of your families. Let's go!" The night wind whizzed, and the 600 strong men quickly disappeared into the vast chaos. After a night of fierce fighting, the 106th Division was once again expelled from Gao'an City. Except for 28 of the 600 strong men who survived with wounds, the rest all died heroically! And the 57th Division has also received good news. Dacheng and Shengmo Street have been conquered one after another, and the Longevity Palace and Qiuling are imminent! But the battle on the outskirts of Nanchang turned increasingly unfavorable.Since the 74th Army and Gao Yinhuai's 1st Army were trapped in the Gaoshou and Fengxin areas respectively and could not escape, the Nanxun Railway had been under the control of the Japanese army. As a result, the Japanese army successfully transported 4,000 marines from Shanghai in early May to reinforce 101 division. The 101st Division counterattacked. The two armies in the third theater, Luo Zhuoying, fought hard and retreated to Xiangtang; Shangguan Yunxiang led his troops to counterattack. Back to Nanchang to show off. At this point in the bloody battle, it is no longer realistic to take back Nanchang. On May 7, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the Third and Ninth War Zones to stop attacking Nanchang. The 50-day Nanchang offensive and defensive battle ended with the defeat of the Chinese army.According to post-war statistics, in this offensive and defensive battle, the Japanese army suffered more than 24,000 casualties, our army suffered more than 37,800 casualties, and the 74th Army alone suffered more than 6,000 casualties in the Battle of Gao'an. Gao An, since then there has been a history written in blood! In 1974, there has been another history written in blood!