However, this kind of failure in tactical coordination is just a learning process for everyone. Even if it is a failure, there is no need to criticize oneself bitterly.
Not to mention the mistakes made by the Chinese army, the Japanese army was not much better. While the war was going on, the army and navy were still at each other's throats! Even late in the war, the navy stipulated that a ship transporting the army's supplies could not exceed 500 kilograms.
, which almost drove the Japanese army general to death.
In the early stages of the Battle of Songhu, tactical mistakes did not achieve the expected results, but they were not fatal to the entire large-scale battle. The National Army later increased its troops to 700,000, but the Japanese army at that time was only 200,000. Even if they had
The help of aircraft and giant ships cannot pose a fatal threat to the 700,000-strong army.
What's more, the war has reached September, and the Chinese army has been fighting bloody battles. If the air force is gone, then the army will fight to the death. If you shoot down an infantry company, I will kill another one. After a day of bombing, an infantry division will be gone.
, then let’s take another one. The huge sacrifice is not without effect. In exchange, Songhu was killed inextricably and the Japanese army was also seriously injured.
During the entire Battle of Songhu, nearly a thousand officers of the national army were killed at the rank of lieutenant or above, including more than 10 senior officers above the rank of major general (excluding those who sacrificed their lives to pursue the promotion). That is not a simple number. There are tens of thousands hidden behind it.
The blood and lives of officers and soldiers.
Then, the stupid move of the bald man who was a genius in politics but not worth mentioning in terms of military talent appeared when he was a battalion commander.
The 21st Group Army transferred from Guangxi arrived at the Songhu front line. The bald man hurriedly organized the 10 divisions of the army into the central army sequence and received combat ordnance and ammunition. The 21st Group Army belonged to the ace troops of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi Gui, so as to be able to fight
Able to fight to enjoy prestige in the local army. At this time, Xiao Zhuge offered advice to the bald man. He believed that purely passive defense was not a long-term solution. It would only increase casualties and would not win. It was necessary to take the initiative with a main assault force and implement an active defense strategy.
, there is nothing wrong with this move, and there is nothing wrong with the bald man giving the order to carry out the counterattack.
However, the bald man was overly concerned about the size of this main assault force.
How big is it? Damn it, Liu Lang heard about this scene in Wuhan. Although he knew that this must have happened, he still roared with nowhere to vent, and kicked a tree as thick as a human leg in the yard.
big tree.
No one knows why Liu Tuanzuo, who was smiling just a moment ago, became so angry.
During the day on October 18, Chinese troops guarding the south bank of Hazaohama cooperated with Liao Lei's 21st Group Army to launch a full-scale counterattack. On that day, the Japanese 9th Division Yoshizumi Ryosuke, Ito Masaki's 101st Division and the 1st Division of the 3rd Division
, also launched a fierce attack on the south bank of Zhaizaobang. The main forces of both sides collided head-on. The Gui army was on the battlefield for the first time and had no experience in fighting the Japanese army. It rushed into the dense rain of bullets with its flesh and blood body, mistaking the smoke released by the Japanese army for poisonous gas, and formed a formation
Self-confidence; In addition, only the Gui army wearing steel helmets and yellow military uniforms on the Songhu battlefield at that time was extremely conspicuous and became a living target for the Japanese army. The 20,000-strong army was attacked by Japanese aircraft, artillery, tanks and machine guns with intensive firepower in one day.
They were dispersed and most of the tens of thousands of death squads were killed in the battle. Only the brigade commander of the group army died in the battle.
Two reorganized divisions were organized to serve as commandos. Is this because their heads were squeezed by the door? The 60,000-strong Gui Army was an elite force! Whenever Liu Lang saw the records in the history books: in one day, yellow military uniforms covered the entire block, which made people so excited.
When people are shocked, their hair will stand on end.
How brave were the Gui army, the only Guangxi soldiers in the country who had never surrendered to the Japanese invaders? They knew that the front was a dead end, but no one retreated, and in the end they all died on the battlefield.
The Gui army had a full strength of 60,000. After only five days of bloody fighting, only 20,000 remained. While Zhuge was hiding in his room and crying bitterly, Liu Lang was even more depressed. Only he knew best.
This battle was not only the defeat of the Gui army, but also a turning point in the defeat of Songhu. The most important new force in the Songhu battlefield was sent into the meat grinder and killed.
From then on, Songhu's 700,000-strong army was no longer able to counterattack and could only huddle on the ground and defend hard. However, all 700,000 soldiers were placed on the Songhu battlefield. The battlefield that originally seemed very large became
It seems too narrow.
But just like this, although the Japanese on the opposite side are at an advantage, Shanghai is still in the hands of the Chinese army. Just like what Zhang Zhizhong said just now, when the war is intense, why do you say that Songhu will be defeated?
The Japanese base camp should also be extremely painful during this period. Japan is an island country with limited resources. It cannot afford to compete with a huge country like China for endurance and tenacity, so the only way is to fight quickly. This is
At that time, the Japanese high command was extremely angry and anxious because the Japanese army was still unable to achieve a decisive victory after several reinforcements, or even failed to fundamentally change the battle situation.
Even if the Japanese high command decided that the southeastern battlefield should be the place for the decisive battle between China and Japan, it ordered the deployment of the 6th, 18th, and 114th Divisions, and the Kunisaki Detachment (5th Division, 9th Brigade) from North China and China.
), the 2nd Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment, the 6th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 1st and 2nd Reserve Infantry Regiments, etc., totaling about 120,000 people, formed the 10th Army, with Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke as the commander, preparing to carry out landing operations to open the
situation. At the same time, the 16th Division of Nakajima Jinchao in North China was ordered to be transferred to the Shanghai Expeditionary Army. The number of Japanese troops on the Songhu front line increased to 280,000. This included 9 divisions of the Army and 2 brigades of the Navy.
The main force of the 3rd and 4th fleets and air force.
For China at this time, there is still a chance. Although it is not said to win, it definitely should not turn an effective retreat into a rout like it did in the past. There are still four lines of defense between Songhu and Nanjing. If
If it can be effectively garrisoned, even if it cannot withstand the Japanese army's 300,000-strong force, under the layer of fortification, it will definitely give Nanjing soldiers and civilians time to effectively retreat to Wuhan and other places, and it can even drag the Japanese army into the coming cold winter.
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In Nanjing in January, the lowest temperature can reach minus 15 degrees Celsius. It won’t freeze you to death.
However, the leader was about to make a mistake again. In the next few days, Liu Lang knew that the real cause of Songhu's defeat was about to come.
Although he couldn't tell General Zhang clearly about this at all, even if he did, he would just treat him as a madman, because there were still about ten days before then.
Liu Lang still remembered that Mr. Qi Xisheng commented in the article "Military in the Anti-Japanese War" in the future: The final failure of the Songhu Battle was not due to strategic errors, but to deviations in execution. If the Chinese army could leave the battlefield two weeks early, it would be easy
If we retreat to preserve our strength, this battle will be the most glorious victory in the history of the Anti-Japanese War. Unfortunately, the headquarters failed to fully grasp the changes in the battlefield and only expected the enemy's defense line to collapse. It did not panic until the enemy's massive reinforcements landed and directly threatened the Chinese army's flank defense line.
Retreating could no longer save the entire front line from defeat.
In fact, it is not so much a problem of the headquarters as it is a matter of luck on the part of the supreme commander. As a politician, he really places China’s hopes too much on the mediation of Western countries.
In an attempt to use political means to resolve the military issues that both sides have been fighting for.
Facts have proven that this is extremely wrong.
Yes, the purpose of that person who insists on "fighting" Japan is to enable better "talks" in the future. And the adjustment of the international community is the life-saving straw he clings to. Therefore, when the bald boss hears about the international
The alliance was going to hold a so-called "Nine-Nation Pact" meeting in Brussels on November 3 to discuss the war between China and Japan, and was immediately overjoyed.
Originally, the bald boss had listened to the suggestions of Bai Chongxi, Chen Cheng and others and decided to abandon Shanghai and adopt a protracted war strategy. The entire army retreated to the existing defense fortifications outside Shanghai to fight and consume the Japanese army. This was wise under the circumstances at the time.
It was a feasible move. But the news that the "League of Nations" was about to hold a meeting disturbed his sensitive political mind.
On the second day after the order was issued, at 10 o'clock in the evening on November 1, he, Bai Chongxi, Gu Zhu and others took a train and braved the rain to Nanxiang, the headquarters of the Central Army of the Kuomintang's Songhu front line. They summoned a group of teachers above the division commander in a primary school
An emergency military meeting attended by generals. At the meeting, the bald man said that the Nine-Nation Convention meeting was of great importance to the fate of the country. I ask you to make greater efforts and support the Shanghai battlefield for another period of time, at least 10 days to two weeks.
In order to gain strong international sympathy and support, Shanghai is a very important economic base for the government. If it is abandoned prematurely, the government's finances and materials will be greatly affected.
After the meeting, it was announced that the withdrawal order was revoked, and all troops stood firm to their original positions. The new order was passed to the position, and the troops were in an uproar. The order was repeated twice in a short period of time, which greatly affected the morale of the Chinese defenders. Some of them had already packed up their bedding and fortresses.
The soldiers who left had to return to their positions in a hurry, and the order of the team began to become chaotic.
From this moment on, the defeat of Songhu was doomed. As the Japanese Tenth Army landed at Jinshanwei, only inserting a soft flank of hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops, the 67th Army, together with a division of the Sichuan Army, defended Songjiang for three days and nights, losing all casualties.
, after Army Commander Wu Keren died heroically for his country, Songjiang was broken, and it was inevitable that the retreat would turn into a rout.
The most terrible consequence that followed was that Nanjing had been opened wide.
The so-called League of Nations that the bald man expected was nothing more than a mild statement of condemnation against Japan.
Liu Lang knew that this group of shameless politicians from the Western powers were waiting for the Japanese to destroy China before they could take a share of the pie and completely turn China into a colony for them to gain wealth.
The independence of a nation has always been based on the strength of its own fist, rather than relying on the mercy of others.
The compassion of human beings is essentially kindness from the bottom of their hearts and means giving. But once it is involved in politics, it becomes an ugly and disgusting gain.
In front of General Zhang, in order to save Songhu from the upcoming crisis, Liu Lang, who was already risking his life, almost completely analyzed the gains and losses of Songhu in the previous two months, although he did not name any faults in the commander's tactical command.
, but the meaning of Liu Lang's words was already very clear.
Liu Lang came here because he wanted to work hard. Before Songhu's defeat was completely established at the end of October, he tried his best to kick the butt of the stubborn "elephant" of history, even if he was just a small butterfly.
Even though you know it’s extremely difficult, you still have to give it a try, right?