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- Chapter 1050: Complicity
Although Tang Qiuli¡¯s deployment of troops to encircle southern Japan was swift and timely, Juichi Terauchi still ran away, and slipped away from the Songshaoguan battlefield without warning.
The tactics formulated by Li Honggang, the commander of the 29th Corps, are not wrong. According to his method, Touichi Terauchi could not escape from the Songshaoguan battlefield and entangled the Japanese army for three to five days. There was no problem at all. He only waited for Su The Lu Mobile Corps has completed the outflanking, and everything will be settled according to Tang Qiuli's vision.
After all calculations, Tang Qiuli had figured out Juichi Terauchi's thoughts and the Japanese base camp's next plan. However, he did not expect that Juichi Terauchi was willing to abandon the Japanese Seventh Army surrounded by Chengjiang and resolutely walked away. Moreover, he couldn't figure out what made Touichi Terauchi feel so determined. Could it be that the actions of the Sulu Mobile Corps exposed his campaign intentions?
Temple Shouyi suddenly left the Songshaoguan battlefield, disrupting Tang Qiuli's campaign deployment. The left and right wings of the Sulu Mobile Corps were still following the original plan to outflank them. They were still one day and one night away from their intended destination. When Li Honggang's troops discovered that the Japanese troops had withdrawn, it was already a day and a half later.
The Directly Affiliated Corps surrounded the Japanese Seventh Army, far away in Chengjiang, and could not escape for the time being. More than 200,000 Japanese troops just disappeared from Tang Qiuli's sight, without a trace. He could only roughly judge that the Japanese troops should be heading south to Southeast Asia. , therefore, ordered Li Honggang's Corps to follow and pursue, and Ma Chaoyang's Corps to block the possible passage of the Japanese army at the borders of China, Vietnam, and Myanmar, and try to push the Japanese army into Savage Mountain.
The battlefield, which was under his control, suddenly lost control, which made Tang Qiuli feel a lot more irritable. Li Honggang's regiment followed in pursuit. Whether they could capture the Japanese army was still in doubt. On September 17, Tang Qiuli ordered the Sulu Mobile Corps to immediately stop the original battle plan, gather the troops, assemble on the front line with Songshaoguan, and wait for the next order.
The key issue at present is to find out the whereabouts and whereabouts of Shouichi in the temple. Otherwise, the Sulu Mobile Corps, with more than 100,000 troops, is still struggling in northeastern Yunnan. On September 18, Li Honggang telegraphed to the division commander that after two days of tracking, no one was found. After catching the Japanese army, we found traces of the Japanese army heading west in the Geyitou area north of Songshaoguan.
Tang Qiuli found the location of Ge Yitou on the map and confirmed his judgment. The main force of Shouichi in the temple was indeed heading towards Southeast Asia, but he could not determine which route he took. , and received a call from Li Honggang, "The division pointed out that since the Japanese army has disappeared from our army's sight, it is currently impossible to determine the specific location and direction of the Japanese army. Therefore, I suggest that the 29th Corps be divided into seven groups. If possible, In this direction, search and track, please advise me if this plan is appropriate!¡±
Tang Qiuli thought twice and rejected Li Honggang's plan. The reason was very simple. The troops were divided into seven groups, each with only about 10,000 people. Facing the main force of more than 200,000 Japanese troops, even if they caught up, they would suffer big losses. , if not done, the whole army will be wiped out. The risk is too great, and this matter is definitely not feasible.
On September 20, after four days of tracking, Li Honggang's regiment reached the Wuding area, more than 400 kilometers west of Kunming, but still failed to capture the Japanese troops. More than 200,000 Japanese troops mysteriously disappeared. Li Honggang received a report After that, Tang Qiuli ordered the 29th Corps to stay in the Wuding area, waiting for the next order of action.
He had no choice but to do this. More than 70,000 troops were aimlessly wandering around Northeast Yunnan without any effect. If this continued, the troops would be exhausted. At this point, the traces and whereabouts of Juichi Terauchi and the more than 200,000 Japanese troops became a mystery. Not only was Tang Qiuli racking his brains about the mystery, but Chutian's special operations detachment also had no news about the Japanese army.
Since Shouichi in the temple has disappeared, the Japanese Seventh Army surrounded by Chengjiang has lost its role as a decoy. On that day, Tang Qiuli issued a general attack order to the directly affiliated corps.
On September 20, after a day of fierce fighting, the Directly Affiliated Corps and the four attached Yunnan Army troops captured the Japanese army's peripheral positions in Chengjiang and suppressed tens of thousands of Japanese troops in the core area.
On September 21, Chang Feng, Chief of Staff of the Directly Affiliated Corps, concentrated all artillery fire and violently bombarded the Japanese positions. By the evening of that day, more than 50,000 Japanese troops were annihilated. The next day, the remaining 20,000 Japanese troops were killed in the Seventh Army. Under the command of the commander, Lieutenant General Kenji Iijima, the core position of Chengjiang was defended.
On September 23, the directly-affiliated corps launched the final general attack on the Japanese army. By the afternoon, the Japanese army was completely wiped out. More than ten senior officers under Lieutenant General Kenji Iijima, commander of the Japanese Seventh Army, committed collective suicide by caesarean section.
After four days of fierce fighting, more than 80,000 Japanese Seventh Army troops were annihilated in Chengjiang. In this battle, more than 3,000 casualties were caused by the regiment directly under the *** Division, and more than 8,000 casualties were suffered by the Yunnan Army.
In Kenji Iijima¡¯s underground headquarters, Chang Feng discovered? Nei Shouyi's telegram to the Seventh Army, "Iijima-kun, going south to Kunming is facing many difficulties. Songshaoguan has become an insurmountable obstacle for the imperial army. The strategic direction of the base camp has been transferred to Southeast Asia. He ordered the troops to go south immediately, and Jun The situation really worries me. If I can break out of the encirclement on my own, I can deal with it as appropriate."
"With the existing strength of the dispatched army, it is impossible to rescue the Seventh Army from danger. I hope Mr. Iijima will cherish himself and shed the last drop of his blood for our Empire of Japan and His Majesty the Emperor. ** In the ****, there will be the spiritual status of the kings of the Seventh Army, who will be respected by all generations. They should be the role models of our emperor."
I don¡¯t know if it was this telegram that caused Iijima Kenji, who was already desperate and desperate, to finally suffer a mental breakdown. He took a dozen senior officers to cut open his own belly and led tens of thousands of soldiers to death. Among them, however, this also proved that Tang Qiuli's judgment was basically correct. The main force of Shouichi Temple had already retreated towards Southeast Asia.
Just after the Battle of Chengjiang, Tang Qiuli ordered the directly affiliated corps to go south immediately to meet up with Ma Chaoyang's corps, making sure to block the temple in China. At the same time, he also ordered the ** aviation force, the Southern Flying Group, to dispatch all The fighter planes conducted a large-scale search for the whereabouts of the Japanese troops west of Kunming.
On September 24, good news finally came from the Fifth Fighter Regiment of the Southern Flying Group. A large number of Japanese troops were discovered in the Baicaoling area in northern Yunnan, and were rushing towards Binzhou and Cangshan in western Yunnan. When the news came, the Japanese Army The headquarters was filled with joy as they finally grabbed the tail of Juichi Templeuchi.
When Chief of Staff Yang Ketian connected the Japanese army's marching route on the map into a curve that stretched toward the border area, Tang Qiuli had to admire the cunning and sophistication of Shouichi Temple.
" Undoubtedly, this time the more than 200,000 Japanese troops were able to successfully complete the strategic retreat without being discovered by Li Honggang's regiment. No one expected that Touichi Terauchi took a wrong turn. The route he chose was unexpected.
If you want to reach the border, you can only go west. The traces left by the Japanese army in Geyitou also proved this. Therefore, Li Honggang's regiment followed this logic and pursued it westward. In fact, Juichi Terauchi commanded the Japanese army and continued to Go north and enter Panzhihua in southern Sichuan, then turn to the west, follow the direction of Baicaoling, and go straight to Binzhou and Cangshan in western Yunnan.
Tang Qiuli used a pencil to extend the current march route of the Japanese army, from Ben and Tengchong in western Yunnan to Myitkyina in Myanmar. It was finally clear that Juichi Terauchi's ultimate goal was to capture Myitkyina in Myanmar. This was related to Japan's new The Southeast Asia Expedition Force formed has been linked to the recent frequent activities in southern Myanmar and Yangon.
The Japanese finally took action in Southeast Asia. Originally, landing on the Indochina Peninsula from the coastal defenses of Vietnam was the fastest and simplest route. Using Hainan Island as the starting base and cutting across the Indochina Peninsula could also achieve the strategic goal, but Tang Qiuli wanted to To eliminate the two divisions of Japanese troops operating along the borders of China, Vietnam, and Myanmar, the Ma Chaoyang Corps was dispatched to perform this task.
As a result, it disrupted the original strategic deployment of the Japanese base camp. Vietnam's coastal defense was too close to Guangxi, China. If the Japanese army landed here, they would be violently attacked by Ma Chaoyang's regiment. As soon as they started to attack Southeast Asia, Encountering such a powerful opponent, the General Staff of the Japanese base camp believed that this was not cost-effective.
Southeast Asia is the traditional sphere of influence of Britain and France. The Japanese army's combat target is the British and French troops. The battle with Tang Qiuli's Japanese division has added an unnecessary opponent to the Indo-China Peninsula. Since Juichi Terauchi's Southern China Expedition Army , If you have not completed the combat mission in South China, there is no need to provoke that China devil Tang Qiuli.
At this time, the European battlefield has entered a new stage. France has been occupied by Germany and has been subjugated. Its colonies in Southeast Asia have been fully accepted by the United Kingdom. The Japanese have only one opponent, the British. At this stage, Japan and the United Kingdom are still There is no declaration of war, so there will not be too many obstacles for Japan to dispatch troops to Southeast Asia through the Strait of Malacca and into the Indian Ocean.
Although the British were highly wary of the Japanese activities in the Indian Ocean, on the European battlefield, the British Expeditionary Force was defeated by the German army and was overwhelmed. There was no spare energy to pay attention to thousands of miles away. Outside Southeast Asia, and from the heart of the British, they absolutely do not want to offend the Japanese. As long as they can live in peace, the British will be happy.
At this stage, the British cannot and do not dare to offend the Japanese. Tang Qiuli synthesized a series of complex situations that occurred in the European battlefield and Southeast Asia and came to his own conclusion. The Japanese will soon take action in Southeast Asia. By then, the international situation will undergo drastic changes.
However, Tang Qiuli would never inform the British of this shocking judgment. This was originally part of his Southeast Asia strategic plan, to expel the Japanese Southern China Dispatch Troops into Southeast Asia and prepare the Japanese division troops for overseas operations.?Look for a valid reason.
What¡¯s more, he didn¡¯t even have a good impression of the extremely selfish John Bull. What made him even more intolerable was the British army¡¯s attitude towards the Army Division.
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