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When the Directly Affiliated Corps landed in the Bagan Yabi area of ??Sumatra Island, they adopted a cut-off tactic, dividing more than twenty brigades of troops into two and advancing to the east and west directions of the island. From this, It also separated the Japanese garrison, the 21st Division, the 23rd Division and the 5th Brigade on Sumatra Island.
Among them, more than 30,000 people from the 21st Division of the Japanese Army and the Second Corps of the Royal Association Army on Sumatra Island were forced to flee to the west in the face of the powerful attack by the troops directly under the corps. Although the Royal Association Army troops were repeatedly defeated by the 20th Army Corps, Lieutenant General Ikeno, the commander of the 1st Division, ordered the rear to be cut off, but after losing more than 20,000 people, he was unable to stop the continuous attacks of the western section combat troops of the directly affiliated corps.
Blocking and escaping all the way, more than 10,000 remnants of the Japanese 21st Division and the Second Corps of the Imperial Army of Sumatra were defeated. In early July in Banda Aceh, they stood on the beach and looked at the waves. In the undulating dark green sea water, Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers listened to the roar of artillery behind them, and howled in despair. Apart from running back and forth nervously on the beach, they could do nothing!
Ahead, there is the East Indian Ocean as far as the eye can see. Behind, there is a fierce offensive of pursuers. Banda Aceh is not the boarding place determined by the base camp. At this point, the Japanese 21st Division and the Second Corps of the Royal Association of Sumatra Island The remaining 10,000 people have reached a desperate situation.
Banda Aceh is a small seaside town, and it is still a place of interest on the island of Sumatra. However, today, it is destined to be baptized by artillery fire. Major General Xu Xianzeng, commander of the fifth brigade in charge of the battlefield command of the western section of the corps, is also a tourist attraction. A ruthless character, he knows how to fight such a battle!
The so-called "trapped beast still fights!" Xu Xian didn't want to cause too many casualties to the attacking troops in Banda Aceh. In his opinion, more than 20,000 Japanese troops and more than 10,000 puppet troops were already delicacies on the plate, and they had to take a bite early. Take one bite later and there won¡¯t be much difference.
Another reason was that the troops were pursuing extremely fast and the artillery units had not caught up in time. Therefore, Xu Xianzeng did not rush to launch an attack. Instead, he deployed a tight line of defense more than 20 kilometers east of Banda Aceh. The blockade waited for more than a day until the heavy artillery regiments of each brigade arrived, and then concentrated all the heavy artillery. Nearly a thousand large-caliber artillery began to attack the Japanese and puppet troops on the beach in Banda Aceh. Covered by fierce artillery fire.
Nearly an hour of shelling caused smoke and flames to billow into the sky on the Banda Aceh beach. After the artillery fire stopped, Xu Xianzeng did not order the troops to attack immediately. Through his telescope, he saw many white flags flying on the Japanese position. , especially on the puppet army positions, there were many white flags.
¡°Brigade Commander, there are white flags everywhere, the Japs and puppet troops have surrendered!¡± Colonel Cheng Jun, the brigade chief of staff, reminded.
"I didn't see it!" Xu Xianzeng smiled coldly and said, "Order the artillery to continue bombarding for thirty minutes!"
Another thirty minutes of shelling cut off the Japanese and puppet soldiers' thoughts of surrender. When the soldiers rushed to the Banda Aceh beach under the cover of tanks, there was no longer a living Japanese soldier or soldier in sight. They were puppet soldiers. After an hour and a half of shelling, more than 23,000 Japanese troops from the 21st Division and more than 10,000 remaining members of the Imperial Army of Sumatra Island disappeared in the overwhelming artillery fire!
After the war, according to the local indigenous residents, not all Japanese were killed by Chinese soldiers' artillery. In the following days, they successively discovered corpses floating on the sea, including Japanese. There were also soldiers from the Imperial Alliance Army, whose bodies had been deformed by the sea water. Among them, there was a Japanese with two gold stars hanging on his collar badge. He might be a high-ranking official!
The western battlefield of Sumatra was a clean annihilation, while the Japanese 23rd Division and the 5th Brigade on the eastern battlefield were relatively lucky. There was only a narrow gap between Sumatra and Java. Sunda Strait.
The word "Sunda" represents wind in the Sixty-Four Hexagrams of the Book of Changes. More than 40,000 Japanese soldiers probably borrowed the power of the wind and used various sea-crossing tools to cross the Sunda Strait and escape to Java Island. It is said that , they even used the big bathtubs in the homes of the indigenous residents, and successfully escaped more than 20,000 people. The Eastern Combat Force of the directly affiliated army captured half of the Japanese soldiers. It was also an overwhelming artillery fire, and more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers were killed. It suddenly disappeared into ashes.
Because more than 20,000 Japanese troops escaped, Major General Xiao Jinshan, the commander of the 9th Brigade in charge of the battlefield in eastern Sumatra, reported to the division commander and requested punishment. Tang Qiuli, who received the report, did not take it seriously at all, but for the sake of the A rear field hospital of the Ninth Brigade and hundreds of wounded people were massacred by soldiers of the Imperial Association Army in the area north of Dingyi, which gave Xiao Jinshan a serious warning.
¡°Division Commander, the Battle of Sumatra Island is basically over. Are the brigades directly under the corps and the four brigades of the Songhu Garrison CorpsEnter other battlefields? For example, Java Island battlefield! "Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe reported the battle situation in front of Tang Qiuli and made suggestions.
Tang Qiuli looked at the large military map of the Southwest Pacific region on the wall and did not answer Zhao Yuhe's words. After a while, he slowly said: "Yuhe, now, our troops occupy all the battlefields on various islands. Absolute advantage, no need to increase troops, no need! "
"What I am considering now is the future development trend of the Australian battlefield. Since it has been determined that the Japanese will regard the Australian mainland as a must-protect area, they will inevitably invest heavy troops. Deputy Commander Tang's troops alone are not enough!"
"Commander, what you mean is that the troops of the direct-affiliated corps that have concluded the Sumatra Island campaign will be deployed on the Australian battlefield!" Zhao Yuhe immediately understood what the division commander meant.
"Yes!" Tang Qiuli nodded and said: "It turns out that I am not in a hurry. With the total force currently commanded by Deputy Commander Tang, plus Wu Zhenjiang's aviation force, if they can face the Australian Japanese army in terms of strength and equipment, The advantages are very obvious! ¡±
"However, the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet has joined the Southwest Pacific battlefield, and the directly affiliated corps has been transferred to the Australian battlefield. It is imminent. What I am worried about is here" As he spoke, he pointed to the location of the East Indian Ocean on the map.
Zhao Yuhe was startled and said eagerly: "Speaking of which, are you worried that the Japanese naval combined fleet will leave the East Indian Ocean before the meeting and pose a threat to our maritime logistics supply lines?"
"Yamamoto Isoroku has this strength and ability!" Tang Qiuli said in a rather serious tone, "Yuhe, please convey my order immediately. First, the brigades of the directly affiliated corps on the battlefield of Sumatra Island must immediately end their rest and recuperation. , immediately set off to the Australian battlefield, and the four brigades of the Songhu Garrison Corps were stationed on Sumatra Island!"
"Second, Zhou Yushan, deputy director of the Division's Logistics Department, you must stockpile enough weapons, ammunition, and logistics supplies for more than 800,000 troops for five months in the area occupied by our army in southern Australia within one month. "
"Third, order Lieutenant General Amosyev, commander of the Second Fleet currently stationed in Vladivostok, to immediately lead the rest of the fleet southward, except for the remaining warships, and use the Hainan Island Navy and Air Force Base as an anchorage to stand by!"
A confrontation with the Japanese Combined Fleet in the southwest Pacific is inevitable. Tang Qiuli must concentrate all the forces of the fleet to be able to fight. His worries about the logistics supply line of Tang Qiusheng's regiment in the East Indian Ocean on the Australian battlefield are not unfounded. , that is the lifeline at sea for hundreds of thousands of division soldiers. The Japanese base camp can clearly see it. Yamamoto Isori, who is an excellent tactician, knows full well that sooner or later he will take action!
"Commander, are you putting too much pressure on the Logistics Department? In one month, more than 800,000 troops, and the amount of medicine and supplies consumed in five months is almost an astronomical figure!" Zhao Yuhe couldn't help but suggest.
"Zhou Yushan has a way! The teacher pointed out that the logistics department has this ability!" Tang Qiuli said unmoved.
Zhao Yuhe grinned, secretly praying for Zhou Yushan's blessings, and went out to issue orders.
Following the end of the Battle of Sumatra, the division troops also made great progress on other battlefields, and launched fierce battles with the Japanese troops in their last strongholds. If there were another five days, the forty troops on the Southwest Pacific battlefield would There are tens of thousands of Japanese troops, not one of them can escape.
At this moment, the main force of the combined fleet commanded by Yamamoto Isoroku arrived in the sea area of ????the theater. The morale of the Japanese army soldiers who had survived the desperate situation suddenly soared. When General Yamamoto took action, he was very bold.
The first thing they entered was the Arafura sea area, and they started a fierce battle with Le Yiqin's Southern Flying Group in the Shuidom airspace of Irian Island. The flight group has just stationed five fighter regiments and three bomber regiments. In terms of the number of fighter planes, it is inferior to the Japanese navy's carrier-based aircraft. Therefore, this is an asymmetric air battle.
After the war, although the Southern Flying Group fleet did not suffer much losses and achieved the record of shooting down more than 60 Japanese carrier-based aircraft at the cost of losing more than 50 fighter jets, the Southern Flying Group commander Le Yiqin was still shocked. Major General, I feel extremely unhappy.
Later, the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet entered the Banda Sea. In order to cover the retreat of the Japanese troops on Sulawesi Island, they conducted a battle with the fighter force of the Southern Flying Group over Makassar on Sulawesi Island. It was a fierce air battle. In this battle, both sides lost almost the same number of combat aircraft, but in the isolated city of Makassar, more than 100,000 Japanese soldiers who clung to the city were able to board ships and evacuate safely.
With the powerful Japanese naval combined fleet joining the Southwest Pacific battlefield, the situation on the battlefield immediately changed. Not only were the division troops oppressed the Japanese army troops in a corner,The resistance became fierce, and the possibility of being intercepted by the division fleet at sea was completely eliminated, and a large-scale evacuation to Australia began.
It can be said that Isoroku Yamamoto single-handedly changed the fate of hundreds of thousands of Japanese Army soldiers being annihilated on various battlefields in the Southwest Pacific.
(To be continued r1152
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