Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Small people can do big things (1)

In the Sino-Japanese Great War in 1941, both China and Japan had a complete victory. The Chinese side was in the battle of Shanggao, and the Japanese side was in the Battle of Zhongtiaoshan.The second battle in Changsha, which made Chen Cheng envious, was actually not very good. Even Chen Cheng himself didn't realize at first that if he hadn't sent troops to attack Yichang, Xue Yue would have lost miserably. The battle started on September 18, 1941. The 11th Army that attacked Changsha was personally under the command of the new commander, Lieutenant General Anan Weiji. Ever Victorious General

Anan Yuji, graduated from the 30th term of the Japanese Army University, was born at the same time as Ishihara Wanji, and was previously the Deputy Minister of the Army. Keiji Anan, Commander of the Japanese Invasion Army Anan belonged to the kind of soldier who had seen the world.It is enough for others to see the emperor once in a lifetime, but Anan was able to see Hirohito every day for a period of time. He is especially liked by the court ladies, and even the empress looks at him differently. This sense of superiority was also brought to China by Anan.At the headquarters of the 11th Army in Wuhan, he took out the combat cases of his two predecessors and came to the conclusion that Okamura was no better than Sonobe. "Scatter".

The garden part was divided into three routes, and the north and south routes did not have any effect. As a result, the lone army in the middle route went deep and was defeated by the 74th Army. Okamura is also divided into three groups, which should be said to be stronger than Sonobe, but it is not because of strategic and tactical strength, but because the small universe of the "weakest division" broke out and suddenly performed dazzlingly, which attracted five troops including the 74th Army. an army. If Anan wants to surpass Okamura and Sonobe, he must overcome "separation" and strive for "unity".

In the second battle of Changsha, the Eleventh Army focused on the Xiangbei Road, and all the troops went hand in hand to support each other. The purpose was to find and eliminate the main force of the Ninth Theater. If possible, Anan really hoped to launch a surprise attack, but unfortunately he couldn't do it. The two sides stared at each other every day, and the troops from all over the country suddenly concentrated in one place. It was really difficult to hide from the other party's eyes. The relevant information had already flown to Xue Yue's desk. . After discovering that the Japanese army had changed from three routes to one route, Xue Yue also hurriedly dispatched troops. He not only transferred troops from the theater to northern Hunan, but also brought in four armies through the command to strengthen the defense.

With so many troops, his thinking suddenly changed. Since Tiger Cub prides himself on Yue Fei, he has a much more passionate desire to win than ordinary people.The reason is very simple. According to folk history storytelling, Yue Pengju is a general who always wins. Who has ever heard of him being defeated? However, the real battlefield is not like this.After all, only one side can win, and if you win the other side, you will lose, so if you want to win every day, it is not that simple! Xue Yue's record has been ups and downs, it seems that if there is a victory, there will be a defeat, and if there is a defeat, there will be a victory.For example, Wanjialing felt elated when the battle of Lanfeng fell short, and the battle of Nanchang was so depressed that he couldn't speak, but he could smile at the first battle in Changsha.

To be honest, under the condition that the enemy is strong and we are weak, Tiger Cub can be proud of himself as a "military genius" if he can do this, even with a 50% winning rate . He probably thought so too.After the first battle in Changsha, there was a scene of Peking Opera behind the Anti-Japanese War. After the opening, people saw that the male number one debuted first.But I saw him wearing a helmet and full armor, guided by a horse boy in front, set off by a handsome flag in the back, and a row of dragon suits on the hatchback, each holding a flag in his hand, and wrote the words "serving the country with loyalty".

Obviously, the number one male should be playing Yue Fei, but looking at the large characters written on the handsome flag, it is not "Yue" but "Xue". Then, the second male came out.Wearing a Lun scarf, holding a feather fan, and wearing a gossip dress, this man is clearly the old man Kong Ming. The audience was all puzzled, thinking that what they were acting was, why did they change again, and Yue Fei also changed his surname. After carefully looking at the program list, I realized that this is a modern Peking opera played through time-traveling, and the name is "New War Changsha", in which Yue Fei represents Xue Yue, and Kong Ming represents Xue Yue's chief of staff.

Laymen don't care, they just watch the excitement, but experts are dissatisfied. Some people can't stand it after seeing half of it, and turn their heads and leave. After checking in the press, they found out that Xue Yue had someone make up this ridiculous drama, so there was a lot of discussion.Tiger Boy couldn't hold back his face, so he reasoned that the chief of staff was messing around. The chief of staff looked aggrieved and said that it was agreed by the chief... I can't stop laughing.While the performance of modern Beijing opera cannot continue, the success or failure of the campaign has to be put into a big question mark.

impulse is the devil Xue Yue knew very well that although the first Changsha battle was advertised as a "Changsha victory", the victory was very reluctant.Although Okamura Ningji failed to break any of the troops in the Ninth War Zone, he also failed to break down any of the opponent's established armed forces. Both sides suffered casualties, but when the Eleventh Army retreated, the Ninth War Zone Just got it cheap. The failure to achieve great results is closely related to the strategy and tactics adopted: the main force "resisted one by one", retreated while fighting, and returned to chase after the Eleventh Army took the initiative to retreat. Of course, it could not kill the big dragon. I can only catch some small fish and shrimp.

This time the troops are strong enough to fight harder. Xue Yue's latest deployment is to "permanently defend" on the Xinqianghe line first, and wait for the 74th Army and other powerful legions to arrive, and then fight a big victory like the battle of Shanggao. The prerequisite for this tactic to be effective is that it must be able to defend from the front. Tiger Boy has full confidence in this, because the defenders of Xinqianghe are the Fourth Army. In Xue Yue's view, it is an iron gate. The "Old Iron Army" guards the gate in the front, and the "New Iron Army" will enter the battle later. When the time comes to surround the Japanese army like this, the play will be performed well.

When a person is impulsive, the devil will get on him.Hu Zai looked at his bowl of music, he didn't expect that other people used to eat instead of bowls, but basins. This time, Anan used more troops than ever before. Although Okamura used six divisions to attack Changsha, a considerable part of them were brigades, which could only be regarded as detachments at best. On the other hand, Sonobe's offense was high, and it was extremely stingy. They only threw from head to toe Two divisions and one brigade. The Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain shows that without big investment, there will be no big output, and the era of empty hands and white wolves has long passed. Anan adopted the method of abandoning some strongholds, mobilized four divisions and added five detachments at one go, and at the same time, referring to the experience of the Nanchang Battle, he unprecedentedly strengthened special equipment. Due to the destruction of the roads in northern Hunan, the assembly of the Japanese special forces was very difficult. It took half a month, but after the completion, it immediately showed its majesty. On the north bank of the Xinqiang River, there are twenty-six artillery brigades alone, equivalent to more than four artillery brigades, and the total artillery is close to more than half of the infantry.During the Battle of Nanchang, Okamura used 170 cannons, and the cannons assembled by Anan were almost twice this number: 332! After the artillery salvo, the defenders' position on the south bank was in a mess, with thick smoke billowing everywhere and people who were killed or injured by the bombing. In the use of special forces, Anan is better than Okamura.On the front line in northern Hunan, he not only used artillery, tanks, and aviation, but also dispatched paratroopers for the first time.These paratroopers descended from the sky and suddenly threatened the Fourth Army from the rear. The front of the Xinqiang River is only within 20 kilometers, so many infantry and special forces piled up all at once, and the old iron army can't stand it. The scene of the Battle of Nanchang reappeared again. On the morning of September 18, the Fourth Army's position was breached, and the situation took a turn for the worse. After realizing that the opponent's formation was very large, possibly far exceeding the previous scale, Xue Yue immediately ordered the troops in the Mufu mountain area to the east to launch a side attack. This was a tactic used as early as the first Changsha battle, that is, to keep large forces on the side of the Japanese attack, and while preventing the opponent from detouring, look for opportunities to counter-encircle through side attacks. After resuming the move, the battle situation on the front line eased, and the Japanese army's aggressive offensive also slowed down. Xue Yue was very happy, thinking that his palm was hitting the opponent's vital point, but he was wrong, the mistake was that Anan had already intercepted and deciphered the telegram. The frontal easing was not caused by the side attack of the troops in the Mufu mountain area. On the contrary, it was because Anan temporarily changed the battle plan and drew two main divisions from the front to attack the Mufu mountain area.