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The Japanese bomber formation suffered another major defeat near Wuhan.

They originally intended to bomb Zhuzhou, but it turned out to be a trap, so they hurriedly retreated, and planned to use their numerical advantages near Wuhan to teach the always arrogant Chinese Air Force a deep lesson.Unexpectedly, another group of "Hellcats" who stayed in Chongqing also took advantage of the rainy day and came in a surprise attack under the cover of thick clouds.The two-phase attack once again cast a thick shadow on the hearts of the Japanese aviation soldiers.However, in this battle, when the fighter planes of China and Japan encountered each other, the Japanese aviation troops performed very poorly because of repeated injuries, and most of them did not dare to fight. Turned around and fled, so although he was defeated, he avoided the fate of possible annihilation of the entire army.However, the Chinese Air Force did not have many victories, and only about [-] fighters and bombers were shot down.

But that's enough.

Because of this failure, the Japanese air force rejected Terauchi Shouichi's strict order and resolutely refused to attack again.This allowed Qin Wei to mobilize enough fighter jets to protect Guangxi's airspace, once again forming an air superiority over the Japanese army.But when Shou Yi in the temple was waiting in panic for the revenge from the sky, Qin Wei remained silent.Not only that, Du Yuming's 5th Army, which had been fighting north of the Red River, also began to disengage from the Japanese army and retreated slowly. Soon, most of it retreated to Guangxi.

Terauchi Shou was puzzled by the performance of the squadron, but he did not dare to take it lightly.However, after waiting for several days without any movement, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and sent the Taiwan brigade and Guards mixed brigade that had been hiding in the snow to the Guangzhou battlefield, intending to defeat the 35th Army in one fell swoop, and even wipe out most of it Under the city of Guangzhou.However, the 35th Army chose to retreat at this time. Like Du Yuming, it slowly retreated to Guangxi.And because there is a threat from the Chinese Air Force.Terauchi Shouyi did not dare to give the order to let go of the pursuit, he could only watch helplessly as the opponent retreated back to his original position calmly.

So far, the battle between Guangdong and Guangxi has come to an end.

In this battle, China has prepared a total of two army groups.After setting the trap, it was planned to wipe out the enemy's 18th and 12th divisions in one fell swoop, and at the same time take advantage of the situation to take Guangzhou and then recover Guangdong.Re-open the international traffic lines to the outside world.Unexpectedly, because of a night reconnaissance operation by a reconnaissance plane in the Beibu Gulf, the prepared condom could not be put on the Japanese head, on the contrary.Because of the excessive vigilance and unauthorized actions of the head of the enemy's 18th Division, Haruki Hyakutake, the area north of the Red River in Vietnam that was originally occupied was violently attacked by the Japanese army.Du Yuming's 5th Army, which was in charge of defending North Vietnam, faced an enemy almost three times its size alone in this battle, although there was Honghe to resist.But the damage remains severe.In the end, they had to withdraw to Guangxi under the order of the General Command of the Guangdong-Guangdong Battle, and the North Vietnam fell.In addition to the fighting in North Vietnam, the 35th Army that attacked Guangzhou had to withdraw under the leadership of Deputy Commander-in-Chief Deng Longguang because the enemy had already prepared.Most of the previously occupied cities and towns were also abandoned.

It seems that China is the loser.

However, although the battle between Guangdong and Guangxi is related to China's two external lines of communication, it is of great significance to the future war situation.But more Chinese people pay attention to the "Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain" that happened in the north! [

Hu Zongnan of the Kuomintang launched an attack on Shanxi. As a result, he was hit head-on by the Shanxi Japanese army Shinozuka Yoshio, and suffered heavy losses. The troops almost equivalent to 2 divisions were transferred into Shanxi.That is to say, if Hu Zongnan wanted to continue fighting in Shanxi, he would almost use his 20 soldiers and horses to fight against nearly 60 Japanese troops.Not to mention Hu Zongnan, Xue Yue, Bai Chongxi and other fierce men with staring eyes would not dare to fight this kind of battle.You know, in the Xuzhou battle, more than 20 Japanese soldiers fought against more than 60 Japanese troops, three times the number of the enemy, and they were still beaten to the ground. If they hadn't responded in time and ran fast, the [-] troops might have I was made dumplings by others.Now Hu Zongnan only has more than twice as many troops as the enemy, so how dare he go and provoke him?

Therefore, as soon as he got the news, Hu Zongnan immediately changed his offensive formation to defensive, and made a gesture of running away.

But Jun Tada, who led the army to Shanxi in person, ignored Hu Zongnan at all.As soon as the troops of one division and three brigades entered Shanxi, they rushed straight to Zhongtiao Mountain.

Everyone knows that Zhongtiao Mountain is a strategically important place.

It starts from Yongji in the south of Shanxi in the west, faces Shaanxi in the west, ends in Jiyuan and Meng County in the north of Henan in the east, and is connected with Taihang Mountain. It is adjacent to the Yuncheng Basin, which is known as the granary of Shanxi, in the north, and the Yellow River that flows thousands of miles in the south.The territory is full of ravines, undulating mountains, overlapping passes and rich mineral deposits.If you occupy Zhongtiao Mountain, you can become horns with the three mountains of Taihang, Luliang and Taiyue.After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, as the main passes in Shanxi fell one after another, the strategic position of Zhongtiao Mountain became more and more important.For the Chinese side, if they occupy it, they can use it as a base to control northern Henan and southern Shanxi, and shield Luoyang and Tongguan.Advance can disrupt the enemy's rear and contain the Japanese troops; retreat can defend against danger, actively defend, and cooperate with the entire anti-Japanese battlefield.As far as Japan is concerned, it means occupying an important "bridgehead" for southward and northward invasion. It can not only cross the south and the south, visit the Longhai Sea, and invade the Central Plains; Improve the security situation in the North China occupied area.Therefore, the Zhongtiaoshan area was regarded as an "important place related to national security" during the Anti-Japanese War.

However, although Zhongtiao Mountain is located in Shanxi Province, it was not a defense area of ​​the Jinsui Army during the Anti-Japanese War, nor was it under the jurisdiction of Yan Xishan's second theater.The Central Army of the Kuomintang is stationed here, and in terms of division of the war zone, it is attributed to the first war zone where Wei Lihuang is the commander-in-chief. In the spring of 1938, in order to reduce frontal losses, the squadron in Shanxi dispersed tens of thousands of troops in the southern Shanxi area, built fortifications, and carried out guerrilla operations.After the Japanese invaded and occupied Shanxi, "in order to consolidate North China, suppress Luoyang, and gain a glimpse of Xi'an, they have besieged Zhongtiao Mountain thirteen times since 1938, but none of them succeeded."Based on this, Wei Lihuang quickly developed his army strength to 26, and even managed Zhongtiaoshan as solid as gold, known as the "Oriental Maginot Line of Defense"!

But the problem is that when Jun Tada called, Wei Lihuang was at Mount Emei—this famous general in the first rank in the military order, who was called "Tiger General of China" by the Japanese, because he refused to join him some time ago. Lao Jiang went to engage in friction with the Communist Party, coupled with his growing strength, he was deeply feared by Lao Jiang. Lao Jiang found an excuse to trick him into Chongqing to report on his work, and then he was placed under house arrest on Mount Emei.

In other words, when Hayao Tada called, the people on Zhongtiao Mountain were at the head of the group.In addition, because of the blockade of Zhongtiao Mountain, the Japanese army stationed three divisions outside Zhongtiao Mountain for a long time.As a result, as soon as Jun Tada came, the strength of the Japanese army nearly doubled rapidly, with the strength of nearly five divisions.And everyone thought that Jun Tada was going for Hu Zongnan, and Zhongtiaoshan was not prepared at all.Therefore, when the Japanese army launched an offensive, the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain were caught off guard. In less than three days, they broke through the core defensive position of Zhongtiao Mountain and surrounded their main two group armies.Then, Tada Hayao quickly launched an onslaught.However, the squadron is backed by the Yellow River, and the road can be retreated. Except for a few breakouts, most of them collapsed...

In this service, the Chinese army captured more than [-] people, killed more than [-], and lost more than [-] troops; while the Japanese army only killed less than [-] people and injured more than [-].

Not to mention, in order to return to Yoshio Shinozuka in time, Hayao Tada ordered the killing of prisoners after the battle, and more than 3 Japanese prisoners were massacred in Zhongtiao Mountain in this way... Afterwards, Hayao Tada left two The brigade continued to sweep the Zhongtiao mountain area, and led the rest of the troops to the Taiyuan area.

When Hu Zongnan heard about it, he quickly changed his defense to retreat.

Knowing that Hu Zongnan had withdrawn, Fu Zuoyi, who was besieging Datong, had to retreat back to Sui.

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"A great shame, a great shame! This is truly the greatest shame in the history of the War of Resistance—"

Zhongtiao Mountain suffered a disastrous defeat, and the total duration of the entire battle was less than five days!When the news came out, the whole country was shocked.The mood of the people who were full of confidence in the prospects of the confrontation because of a series of victories suddenly fell to the bottom, even lower than before.Faced with such a situation, Chiang Kai-shek was furious: [

"What are you standing here for? What—? Do you have the face to stand here?"

Facing He Yingqin, Zhang Zhizhong, Chen Cheng and others standing in front of him, watching them lower their heads and look obediently trained, Chiang Kai-shek was even more angry and wanted to eat people:

"You are all senior generals of the Communist Party, and you are all my thighs. Now Tada Hayao bullies me, the Chinese, and treats my hundreds of thousands of troops as nothing. You say, what should I do? What should I do—?"

"Commissioner, the students think that we should immediately send people to Zhongtiao Mountain to regroup the scattered troops, and take back the lost ground while Tada Hayao and Shinozuka Yoshio still look back." Chen Cheng took a deep breath, stepped forward and said.

"How can there be any troops in Zhongtiao Mountain now?" He Yingqin couldn't help but snorted coldly.When Tada Hayao attacked Zhongtiao Mountain, the various ministries of Zhongtiao Mountain fought independently, and it was impossible to formulate a battle plan in time. As the Minister of Defense, he could only command remotely.But even if he tried his best, he still couldn't stop the ** from being defeated.He is even more pessimistic about the present and future of Zhongtiao Mountain.But Chen Cheng actually said that he wanted to take it back?Isn't this slapping him in the face?

"I don't know whether it was luck or misfortune. Before Jun Tada launched his attack, we transferred Sun Weiru's Fourth Army from Zhongtiao Mountain... The Fourth Army is known as the 'Iron Pillar of Zhongtiao Mountain', and its combat effectiveness is extraordinary. Tada Jun is now He was in a hurry to clean up the mess in Shanxi, leaving only two brigades there, and if Sun Weiru was transferred back at this time, there was still a good chance of regaining control of Zhongtiao Mountain." Chen Cheng replied.

"If you really want to counterattack, it's best to be able to pull the guns together." Zhang Zhizhong frowned, "Otherwise, Sun Weiru alone may not be able to deal with Tada Hayao's counterattack. The Japanese are now in Shanxi. Gathered seven divisions!"

"Give Zhu De an order to let ** to cooperate with ** in combat... we must not let Hayao Tada be so arrogant!"

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