After the defeat of the Japanese army in Xuzhou, in view of the situation at that time, in order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from continuing to move south and keep Shanghai, Nanjing and other places, the Japanese army finally decided to abandon Wuhan, and the Japanese 11th Army stationed in Wuhan all retreated, retreated to Nanjing and Shanghai, and built a defensive line along the Yangtze River.The Chinese army took advantage of this opportunity to regain Wuhan and large areas of lost territory in Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangxi in one fell swoop.The Japanese 11th Army, the 10th Army and other units concentrated nearly 400,000 troops along the Yangtze River and built a solid defense line along the Yangtze River.After the outbreak of the Pacific War, most of the Japanese navy stationed in China had been transferred to the Pacific theater, leaving only some old ships to continue to be stationed in China.But even so, the little devils still gathered some warships and gunboats on the Yangtze River to assist the Japanese army to protect the Yangtze River defense line.The Eighth Route Army did not have a navy, so these Japanese warships and gunboats were also a huge threat to the Eighth Route Army's river-crossing troops.Ma Zhenguo, who was standing next to Li Guotao, sighed lightly and said: "Not to mention that the Japanese army on the other side has built strong fortifications, just these devils' warships and gunboats are also a huge threat to our army, and if we forcibly cross the river, we will inevitably suffer heavy losses." ”Li Guotao took a deep breath and said with a serious face: "Then I can only find a way to kill these warships of the devils first."
We don't have a navy, and artillery doesn't pose much threat to these warships, so we can only use the air force, and as long as we take out these large warships, it will be much easier to cross the Yangtze River. ”Ma Zhenguo nodded and said, "At present, this method can only be adopted."
However, although it is not easy to cross the Yangtze River, the current battle situation is still very favorable to our army.The Chongqing government has mobilized three theaters, the third theater, the fifth theater, and the ninth theater, with a total of millions of main forces, to assemble in southern Anhui to prepare for a counterattack on Nanjing. ”Li Guotao smiled and said: "Nanjing used to be the capital after all, and its importance is no better than other cities, and Lao Jiang naturally does not want Nanjing to fall into our hands."
However, considering the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War, as long as Nanjing and Shanghai can be recovered and the little devils can be completely defeated, other things are not important. ”"Hey" Ma Zhenguo sighed helplessly and said: "It's a pity that Mr.
Jiang doesn't think so, but he has always regarded our Eighth Route Army as a thorn in the eye, a thorn in the flesh, and wants to get rid of it quickly." ”Li Guotao sighed slightly and said: "Now that the Japanese invaders have not been destroyed, everything must be based on the overall situation, everyone is Chinese, the little devil is our common enemy, defeat the little devil first, and other things can completely resolve disputes through negotiation."
So we should try to avoid friction, and if something happens at this time, we can only cheapen the little devils in the end. ”Ma Zhenguo nodded and said no more.Li Guotao handed the binoculars in his hand to the guard next to him, and then said with a serious face: "We don't care what others do, we must arrange the battle of crossing the river as soon as possible and completely defeat the little devil as soon as possible." ”In early November, the Eighth Route Army concentrated a million-strong army and launched a campaign to cross the river.At the same time, the Central Army also concentrated more than one million main forces and launched a large-scale counteroffensive from southern Anhui.The Eighth Route Army first dispatched hundreds of sorties to bombard the Japanese Yangtze River Fleet, and after several days of combat preparations, almost all the main ships of the Japanese Yangtze River Fleet were sunk.Then the main force of the Eighth Route Army began to cross the river on a large scale.At the same time, the offensive of the Central Army was also extremely fierce, and the Japanese troops who suffered heavy losses from the enemy.The Chinese army regained Wuhu and other places successively, and the million-strong army approached the city of Nanjing.The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army decided that in order to avoid conflict with the Central Army, it finally gave up the attack on Nanjing and left Nanjing to the Central Army.As the absolute main force in the battle of crossing the Yangtze River, the Seventh Corps of the Eighth Route Army crossed the Yangtze River from Zhenjiang to Changzhou, and after three days of bloody battles, successfully broke through the Japanese army's Yangtze River defense line and recovered Zhenjiang and Changzhou successively.Subsequently, Li Guotao personally led the main force of the Seventh Corps to Wuxi and Suzhou, and recovered Wuxi, Suzhou and other places in less than five days.At the same time, the Third Theater concentrated hundreds of thousands of troops to regain Hangzhou in one fell swoop, and took advantage of the victory to recover Huzhou and other places, so that the Chinese army successfully divided the Japanese army into two parts.Among them, the main force of the Japanese 11th Army was surrounded in the area of Nanjing, and the main force of the 10th Army retreated to the area of Shanghai.The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the Chongqing government held consultations, and finally decided that the main force of the Eighth Route Army would be responsible for attacking Shanghai, while the main force of the Central Army would attack Nanjing with all its might.The Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, with a total of more than one million troops, launched an all-out attack on the Japanese army in Shanghai from both the south and the west.Our army attacked rapidly, the Japanese army suffered heavy losses, and in just three days of fighting, the Japanese 10th Army lost 50,000 troops, plus the previous losses, at this time the Japanese 10th Army was left with less than 50,000 people, and retreated to the vicinity of Shanghai in disarray.The main forces of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, taking advantage of the victory, pursued and successively captured Taicang, Jiading, Songjiang, Jinshan and other places.In late November, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army issued an order to launch an all-out general attack on Shanghai, and the Eighth Route Army and the units of the New Fourth Army, with an army of more than one million, launched a fierce attack on Shanghai.The Japanese army relied on the fortifications to resist desperately and stubbornly, fighting the trapped beasts, but it was just a dying struggle.On December 1, Li Guotao led the main force of the Seventh Corps to successfully occupy the downtown area of Shanghai, and all the Japanese troops in Shanghai were annihilated except for a small part that escaped by sea.China's largest city, Shanghai, has been successfully recovered.At the same time, the million-strong army of the Central Army, after nearly a month of bloody fighting, finally succeeded in annihilating the Japanese 11th Army and recovering Nanjing.In South China, the Chinese army also made a breakthrough, and the Chinese army successfully recaptured Guangxi and continued to march towards Guangdong.So far, except for Guangdong, Taiwan, parts of Fujian, and the Liaodong Peninsula in the northeast, all other Japanese-occupied areas have been successfully recovered by the Chinese army.The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression had already won a decisive victory, and the Japanese army was not only defeated on the Chinese battlefield, but also suffered heavy losses in the Pacific theater under the large-scale counteroffensive of the Allied forces.aa2705221: