In the early stages of the war, due to the arrogance of the Japanese army and the private actions of the Japanese invaders, many flaws were discovered by the Northwest Army, causing the Japanese army to suffer many unjust disasters and lose a considerable amount of troops.
Regardless of the battle situation in the south, after successive defeats in front of the Northwest Army.
The Japanese army has put away its previous arrogance, and there are not so many tricks on the battlefield.
At least in modern warfare, when the Japanese army tries its best to avoid making mistakes, there are few loopholes left for the Northwest Army to exploit.
However, the Northwest Army operated in northern Henan for a period of time, relying on defensive warfare to hold its position.
The battle between the two sides in northern Henan became a tragic war of attrition.
Compared with northern and eastern Henan, although the two sides had occasional frictions and constant small fights, the Japanese army did not make any moves to engage in large-scale battles.
After all, northern Henan had already reached a stalemate at this time, and the Japanese army's detailed operations in Henan also initially revealed that the Central Plains Field Corps was no more than a group army in northern Henan.
Although the two armies of Yang Hucheng and Zhao Tieshu, which had fought many battles in Hebei before, suffered considerable losses, they had also made some improvements in the past few months.
However, although Jiang Li sent a large number of troops to prepare for war on the Longhai Road, there was no obvious sign of advancing eastward.
At this time, the Wuhan battle planned by the Japanese army had reached the stage of full implementation.
Anhui and Jiangxi outside Wuhan were already at war.
Although the Japanese army was powerful, it was unable to conduct three large-scale battles at the same time.
Another reason is that the armored force of the Northwest Army in Suiyuan is getting larger and larger.
The footage of more than 70 or 80 tanks and armored vehicles being exercised was accidentally photographed by a Japanese aircraft.
It can only be said that the idea is not ordinary.
However, more than one-third of them were Tomahawk tanks that the Japanese army was familiar with and feared, which also made the Japanese army really nervous.
Another Kwantung Army was deployed one after another, and even once again weakened the forces in Shandong to Guisui and Jining.
Still not feeling safe, while strengthening mobilization at home, it continued to increase troops in Suiyuan to maintain its relative advantage over the Northwest Army's Li and Du 5th Group Army.
It's just that the lucky reconnaissance plane brought to the Japanese headquarters not only the mechanized troops deployed by the Northwest Army in Suiyuan, but also the fortification group that took nearly two years to build and looked numb.
Compared with Henan, the Northwest Army's preparations in Suiyuan were not lagging behind at all, and even seemed to take it more seriously.
At this time, the Japanese army did not know that in 1938, the steel output in the northwest jumped by leaps and bounds to 970,000 tons.
The iron mines in Baotou contributed more than half of the iron ore, and as more and more people in the northwest After the machinery was driven into the mining area, the railway from the mining area to Lanzhou was connected.
The supply of iron ore to the northwest is still increasing rapidly.
At the same time, the railway starting from Xi'an to Yulin and heading north to Baotou is also under intensive construction.
Ordos, the rich coal in the Shenmu area, and the iron ore in Baotou.
The oil fields in the northwest have laid the most solid material foundation for the northwest industry.
Due to Shenmu, the coal mining conditions in the Ordos area are low and easy to develop, so the northwest has invested a lot of machinery.
As a result, coal production in the northwest has increased much more than iron ore.
In the past, traditional firewood and weeds were used for cooking in the northwest.
In addition, the vegetation in the northwest was not as good as that in the southeast.
As a result, the geographical environment of the northwest has not improved much after a large number of trees were cut down and no proper planting was available.
However, with the introduction of honeycomb coal into a considerable part of the area, coupled with Jiang Li's deliberate promotion, while the northwest has taken on more people, the forest area has increased significantly.
In short, nearly two years after the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, the Northwest not only did not decline due to the war, but also experienced explosive growth in vital fields related to national defense security.
On the afternoon of February 9, the Japanese army set off from Magong Island under the escort of the 5th Fleet and arrived at the mouth of Daya Bay on the evening of the 11th.
At this time, there was only one battalion of the Republic of China army that had completed the Daya Bay beachhead.
They were unaware of the Japanese military's actions.
Two days later, at around 2 a.m., in the dead of night and with the sound of waves coming one after another, all the Japanese warships sailed into Daya Bay.
Entering the area where the landing was planned, no bombardment was encountered and no obstacles were found.
If the Guangdong army caused a certain attrition to the Japanese army at this time, it undoubtedly caused the Japanese army's top brass, Lieutenant General Goto and others, to waste a lot of energy in formulating a complete landing operation plan.
At the same time, more than 30 Japanese aircraft covering the landing wereted a lot of fuel.
The defenders collapsed as soon as they touched the ground.
Japanese Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fumima Konoe sent a note to the ambassadors of various countries on the same day, announcing the beginning of Japan's war in South China and requesting all countries to avoid all aid to China.
Although Yu Hanmou was determined to resist in the early stage, he was beaten by a combination of punches by the Japanese army and lost his direction.
The Japanese army advanced northward from Tamsui Yichidian.
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In just one night, they successively captured Huiyang and Huizhou, and then crossed the Dongjiang River.
The next day, Yu Hanmou ordered the 157th Division to assemble towards Yangcun.
But before the Guangdong army had too much preparation time, that night, the Japanese 18th Division captured Boluo again.
When the Wuhan Central Committee urgently sent the 64th and 66th armies from Nanxun Road south to support Guangzhou.
The Japanese 18th Division's rapid advance team, consisting of one cavalry and infantry brigade and two armored vehicle squadrons, entered Futian and occupied Zengcheng.
"Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw" Since the Japanese army has successively dispatched troops from Central China and Taiwan to land in Daya Bay.
Withdrawal became the main theme of the Guangdong army.
"Send the order, get up and light a fire and make food for me.
Whoever dares to retreat without permission, I will take whose head."
There are many soldiers and generals in the same nest.
In fact, the Guangdong army is by no means all soft-legged shrimps, but they followed the wrong team.
Just joined the team.
When a large number of Cantonese troops were defeated, they even fled quickly when they heard that the Japanese troops were coming.
The commander of the 459th Brigade, Zhong Fangjun, woke up the soldiers from their sleep at midnight.
After hastily replenishing his physical strength, Zhong Fangjun quickly led his troops from Jiuzitang to Luofu Mountain.
In an attempt to make the final save for this collapsed situation.
When Zhong Fangjun led his troops to the Futian line, he could already see the lights of the Japanese army in the night that had not dissipated.
The Japanese army was also scrambling for time, hoping to take advantage of the chaos in the Guangdong army's position to achieve the greatest results as quickly as possible without showing signs of fighting spirit.
As long as your physical strength allows, move forward day and night.
Zhong Fangjun, who noticed the movements of the Japanese army, immediately used tanks as the leader and asked the soldiers to advance alternately through the barren weeds and woods.
When the armies of both sides were very close, the Japanese army also discovered the soldiers of the 459th Brigade.
However, at this time, the 459th Brigade was already firing guns and tanks, and the tanks were also speeding up, attacking the Japanese army's ranks, causing chaos to the advancing Japanese army.
However, it was almost dawn at this time, and Zhong Fangjun, as a unit going upstream, had no reinforcements.
In front of the Japanese troops that continued to arrive, and in front of the Japanese planes that successively arrived for reinforcements, the 459th Brigade, which had not received any reinforcements, suffered heavy casualties.
"Brigade, we can't fight anymore.
Our brothers are dying.
Several tanks have also been destroyed by the Japanese army."
When the regiment leader Huang Zhihong rushed to Zhong Fangjun, who was commanding on the battlefield with a pistol, there were already several bullet holes in his uniform.
At this time, Huang Zhihong looked at Zhong Fangjun with a hint of tears, "Tourist, please leave a trace of fire for our trip."
"I have sent a request for reinforcements to the division headquarters.
If we rush for a while, the division headquarters reinforcements will definitely arrive.
Kill the Japanese and serve the country.
At this time, where is the secret service camp?"
Zhong Fangjun shouted sharply with his knuckles turned white.
"At" this time, two companies of the secret service battalion had been mobilized to enter the battlefield.
They seemed a little sparse compared to usual, but in this bloody morning sun, there was a kind of desolation and solemnity.
"Kill the Japanese and serve the country" "Kill the Japanese and serve the country" The soldiers of the 459th Brigade, who were exhausted from fighting, responded one after another, but as they went to the back, they became more and more unanimous, but there were fewer and fewer soldiers who responded.
"kill" Zhong Fangjun held a bayonet and fought with the Japanese soldiers.
The soldiers from the special agent battalion next to him were also fighting crazy at this time.
Trying to keep out the Japanese soldiers who wanted to catch the big fish.
A small group of Japanese soldiers was killed by the special agent battalion, but at this time the Japanese machine gunners had also turned their guns.
"House seat, be careful."
Huang Zhihong saw this thrilling scene and rushed forward a few steps, pushing Zhong Fangjun to stagger.
Da da The Japanese machine guns fired at the right time, and the soldiers of the secret service battalion who had no time to react were swept to the ground.
When Zhong Fangjun turned around, he saw a scene that made people's eyes split.
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Huang Zhihong's chest was splattered with blood, and he fell to the ground twitching in pain.
"You little devil, my mother-in-law," Zhong Fangjun roared, "What are you doing standing there in a daze?
Save Captain Huang."
The remaining soldiers of the secret service battalion fought back desperately, killing the Japanese machine gunners with a burst of gunfire.
The fight could no longer go on, and the successive messages requesting reinforcements sent to the division headquarters were like a flood of mud.
Zhong Fangjun, who was heartbroken, took the remaining troops, and Huang Zhihong, who was still alive and was losing his life, fought and retreated all the way to Shitan.
Choose difficult places to walk.
The Japanese army had more important tasks and could not take care of this remnant for a while, allowing Zhong Fangjun to lead the remnant to escape the pursuit of the Japanese army.
Just arrived at the stone beach and watched the rolling river water.
There are only a few hundred people left around.
The rest either died in battle or were separated in the rout.
"Housemaster, what should we do next?"
Chu Zili, the commander of the secret service battalion, asked in a hoarse voice.
"Captain Huang's injury cannot be delayed.
You bring a few brothers to disguise yourself and send Commander Huang to the provincial hospital for rescue.
I have my own plan here."
Zhong Fangjun sat on the tree stump next to the stone beach, his mood was low.
In between, he seemed to have aged more than ten years.
When Chu Zili left with a few soldiers carrying a stretcher.
Zhong Fangjun sent most of the soldiers around him to search for his lost subordinates.
Chu Zili had walked more than a mile, and together with several soldiers around him, he heard the harsh sound of gunfire behind him, as well as the exclamations of the soldiers seated in the camp.
Chu Zili and others looked back in horror, seeing that the rocky beach was already in chaos.
On that day, Zhong Fangjun, the commander of the 459th Army, felt that he had suffered a defeat and was unable to fight again, nor could he call for reinforcements.
Faced with the situation where the Cantonese army retreated hastily and the Japanese army encircled Guangzhou.
In despair, Zhong Fangjun committed suicide on the stone beach with a gun and a drink of bullets.
The rapid progress of the landing troops made the Japanese 5th Division originally planned to land at the Pearl River Estuary five days ahead of schedule.
After encountering sporadic resistance, the Humen Fortress also fell in one day.
While Yu Hanmou made a rapid advance towards Guangzhou along both sides of the Zengguang Highway, the Japanese army also captured Shilongshi on the Guangjiu Road.
Yu Hanmou then led his headquarters to withdraw to Qingyuan that night.
Only the police tax corps and a small number of military police were left to guard Guangzhou.
On the afternoon of the next day, the Japanese army occupied Guangzhou, the largest city in the southeast of the Republic of China without a fight.
"In order to meet the needs of the war against China, the Japanese army has re-adjusted its various departments in China.
At present, the empire has dispatched 28 divisions, 19 independent mixed brigades, 3 mixed brigades, 1 cavalry group army, and 1 flight group in China.
The group has an independent flying team and the Chinese navy's fleet, with a total strength of no more than one million, which should be in the early 940s and 500s.
Our Northwest Army, the Jinsui Army is responsible for the North China Front, with about 11 divisions, 13 independent mixed brigades, and a cavalry group of about 1/2 of the total number of Japanese invaders.
In fact, the Northwest Army Group bears almost two-thirds of the pressure on the Japanese army.
This is a situation that the commander has carefully managed over the years. " Yang Hucheng said sincerely.
If he had not joined the Northwest Army Group, received a large number of supplements, and the training of soldiers had been greatly strengthened, it would have been a bit difficult to gather the strength of the original Shaanxi Army to fight against a Japanese division.
Hundreds of thousands of Jinsui troops could only huddle in the mountainous areas of southern Shanxi and lick their wounds.
The 29th Army, if the Northwest Army had not marched all the way north, would have been defeated in Pingjin, where would the current situation be.
"This is a situation that hundreds of thousands of Northwest troops fought together.
Even if I am covered in iron, I can't drive a few nails.
To say the least, thanks to Lao Yang, you joined the Northwest Group in time.
If you had set up another mountain, Or they can merge openly and make their own plans privately.
I'm afraid the Northeastern Army and the 29th Army will follow suit.
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It was really a headache at that time.
The warlords of the Republic of China had been the emperor for too long.
Guangzhou fell without a fight, which is the best example.
In fact, even with the strength of the Japanese army, if we can work together as a rope, we will not fall.
It's such a shame, Guangzhou."
Jiang Li waved his hand and sighed with regret.
"The easy fall of Guangzhou did shake the great powers' view of our country to a certain extent.
At the same time, the Japanese army captured Guangzhou and spread its influence to Southeast Asia.
The situation in Europe is now the same as before the European War more than 20 years ago.
Great powers such as Britain and France are still under control.
Under the threat of the Japanese army, they must surrender I heard that Japan has openly used diplomatic pressure to force Britain and France to close the Yunnan-Burma Highway and the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway respectively.
We must hurry up and rush to transport the materials needed in the northwest.
If it comes to that point, we will have to leave.
Within the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union will choke us.”
Yang Hucheng suggested that Yang Hucheng would not take Jiang Li's polite statement seriously.
Ever since Jiang Li started the uprising in Fengtian City, a small battalion commander could actually do such a big thing.
He was more than audacious.
Even if he really wanted to create a split in the Northwest Army and establish a new mountaintop, I believe that Jiang Li's temperament of killing him would not tolerate him
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