The Battle of Dayun Mountain was the prelude to this battle, but it lasted 10 days.
Dayun Mountain is located several kilometers north of Xinqiang River, with an altitude of 960 meters. It is one of the important front positions in the Ninth Theater. The top of the mountain is guarded by the 4th Army 1 Reinforcing Battalion, with the 306th Regiment of 4th Army 102 Division in the west and the newly recruited 58th Army 1 1 Division/Infantry Battalion in the east. Before the war, the defenders constantly sent small troops to attack the Japanese rear and destroy its traffic facilities.
Japanese 1 1 troops, in preparation for "additional operations", concealed and concentrated their main forces to the north of Xinqiang River, occupying a large area of crossing the river, and ordered the 6th Division, which was originally a garrison in Yueyang District, to sweep Dayun Mountain to remove the threat from this side. On the morning of September 7th, with the support of aviation, the 23rd and 45th wings of the 6th Division launched an attack from Zhong Fang to Yanling and Zhanjiaqiao on the north side of Dayun Mountain. After being blocked by the defenders, they made a detour to the southeast. Its 13 United Front Work Department attacked the west side of Dayun Mountain and had a fierce battle with the defenders 102 Division. At this time, the 27th Army discovered that the 40th Division of the Japanese Army in Xianning, southern Hubei Province was transferred to northern Hunan, judging that it was a defensive change with the 6th Division. The Japanese attack on Dayun Mountain was a routine attack before the defensive transformation. So on 7th18th, he ordered the 4th Army to ensure Dayun Mountain, the 58th Army to send troops to cooperate with the 4th Army, and the 20th Army to prepare to attack the Japanese army from Tongcheng to the west, so as to strike when the Japanese army changed its defense.
194 1 year (30 years of the Republic of China) On September 8 and 9, the main force of the Japanese 6th Division continued to storm the east side of Dayun Mountain. Although the defenders struggled to resist, they gave up Dayun Mountain because of the superiority of Japanese troops and firepower. 10, the main force of the sixth division thought it had completed the sweeping task and left Dayun Mountain to gather in the direction of Taolin. Its 13 wing was blocked by China 102 Division and 59th Division near Gantian and Tuanshanpo, and was caught in a bitter battle. On the same day, the 58th Division of China recovered the position of Dayun Mountain, and the 60th Division of the 37th Army, which reinforced Dayun Mountain, also reached the battlefield. The 27th Army then ordered the New 10 Division, the 59th Division and the 60th Division to surround and annihilate the Japanese army face to face, and it was scheduled to attack at dawn the next day. 1 1 On the same day, while these three divisions were engaged in fierce fighting with 13 United Front, the Chongsong detachment of the 40th Japanese Division (composed of 1 infantry United Front) advancing westward from Xianning rushed to Gantian to help 13 United Front retreat to Caoxieling. From 12 to 14, the China army continued to attack the Chongsong detachment, and the two sides fought in the narrow area of Gantian and Tuanshanpo, causing heavy casualties. At this time, the ninth war zone has not yet identified the Japanese attempt to attack Changsha, and still believes that the Japanese attack on Gantian, north of Yanglin Street, is an action to cover its retreat. For example, Xue Yue sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek on 14, saying: After the Japanese army "swept through my Dayun Mountain, the Dunan New Wall River was disturbed. After judging that the enemy was in high school, the 33 rd Division retreated. "
On June 5438+05, the Japanese army was reinforced by the Araki detachment who had just arrived from northern Jiangxi, and the fighting was extremely fierce. At this time, the ninth war zone found that more than four Japanese divisions were assembled in northern Hunan, only to find that the Japanese army had signs of launching a large-scale attack on Changsha, and then the main force of the 27 th Army moved to the south of the New Wall River, and the Battle of Dayun Mountain ended here.
Regarding the Battle of Dayun Mountain, the Japanese war history is described as follows: Before the Battle was launched, 1 1 Army "made the 6th Division sweep Dayun Mountain on the east side of the open area (altitude 1000m). Because of the serenade mountain, not only did it not receive much effect, but in September 10, it led to four divisions of Chongqing regular army. According to the operational deployment, the area was designated as an open area for the 40th Division to clean up. The division entered from 1 1 one after another, and suddenly met the above-mentioned Chongqing army unexpectedly, and the ministries were forced to fight hard. 15 night, the Japanese army learned of this situation and immediately put the Araki detachment into battle and suffered unexpected hardships. "
Fighting in Xinqianghe area
194 1 year (30 years of the Republic of China) In September, the Japanese troops transferred from all over the country to northern Hunan had all assembled and entered the starting position of the attack. Learning the lesson of Changsha's dispersed forces in World War I, Ananwiki deployed the attacking troops side by side on a narrow front in order to make a breakthrough. 44 brigades and 322 guns and mortars were deployed on the front of the new wall river only 20 kilometers north. Only send the independent HunChengLv 14 Brigade 63 Brigade (Ye Ping detachment) back to the south of Xiangjiang River by boat, attack Qingshan and Yingtian, cover its right wing and cooperate with the main battle. The specific location of the troops' attack is: the 63rd Brigade of 14 Brigade is located near Yueyang, the 4th Division is located on the north side of Sangangzui, the 26th Brigade (Zaoyuan Detachment) is located near Qingfeng Post, and the 3rd Division is located near Jingkou. The 6th Division and the 62nd Infantry Brigade (Jiangteng Detachment), which were independently mixed into 14 Brigade, are located in Caoxieling.
The defenders of the Ninth Theater on the south bank of the New Wall River are the 59th, 102, 90th and 60th divisions of the Fourth Army (subordinate to the 37th Army). Most of them fought in Dayun Mountain and retreated from the north bank of the new wall before dawn on 18. The 58th Army and the 20th Army were ordered by the 27th Army to join the protection of the south bank of the New Wall River, but they have not yet been put in place.
/kloc-September, 2008, Xue Yue ordered the 37th Army (under the 60th Division) to defend the line from Qikou to Luogong Bridge according to the plan of fighting and counterattacking the Japanese army on both sides of the Miluo River. The 99 th Division of the 99 th Army is in the west of Luogong Bridge, guarding the line from Yingtian to Xiangyin; The 92nd Division advanced to the north of Sanjie Bridge, occupied the position, and was commanded by the commander of the 37th Army, resolutely stopping the Japanese army. The main force of the 26th Army left Liuyang and headed for Jinjing. The 72nd Army moved to Pingjiang to prepare for the battle. Subsequently, the Ninth Theater ordered the armies of the 27th Army to attack Changle Street, Modaoshi, Guiyi, Xinshi and other places on the Japanese side to the north of the Miluo River, delaying its southward advance. Ordered the 26th Army to advance from Jinjing to Wengjiang; The 10 troops from Hengshan and Lukou marched into Gao Qiao and Jinjing.
/kloc-at dawn on 0/8, with the help of artillery, aviation fire support and chariots, the Japanese army launched an all-round attack to cross the new wall river. The divisions of the fourth army fought against the Japanese army with established positions. 102 division confronted the Japanese 4th, 3rd and 6th divisions with concentrated attacks, and the fighting was particularly fierce. A few hours later, the Japanese army successfully crossed the river and broke through the front line of the defenders. The 4th Army moved into the east-west second-line positions of Changhu and continued to resist. The third and fourth divisions and Zaoyuan detachment of the Japanese army rushed southward along both sides of the Guangdong-Han railway, and the third division detoured to the rear of the fourth army. Ye Ping detachment of Japanese army also landed near Qingshan at Xiangjiang River mouth along the east side of Dongting Lake by naval vessels, and cooperated with the main force to attack the 99th Army of defenders in this area. By 16, the second-line position of the Fourth Army was broken by the Japanese. Ou Zhen, the commander of this unit, in view of the superiority of Japanese troops, fierce attack and air support, frontal sniper can no longer work, so he ordered the divisions to cover one after another and move to the mountain east of Guanwangqiao to occupy a favorable position, so as to facilitate the Japanese army's later maneuver or attack.
At 22: 30 on the same day, in order to strengthen the main force of the battlefield in northern Hunan, the Ninth Theater ordered the 72nd Army to move westward from Xiushui and Sandu areas to Tongcheng, and ordered the temporary 54th Division to prepare for the counterattack in this respect. The 20th Army (short of 54th Division) entered Wanggong Bridge and Zhugong Bridge to cooperate with the 58th and 4th Army to attack the Japanese army crossing the river to the west.
19, the 20th Army marched from Taoshu Port to Zhugong Bridge and arrived at the designated position at dusk. The 58th Army fought fiercely with the Japanese army near Gaojiaqiao. The positions of the 59th Division, 60th Division and 90th Division of the 4th Army were all attacked by the 40th Division of the Japanese Army. After fierce fighting, the two sides are still facing each other. The fourth, third and sixth divisions of the Japanese army quickly went south, and in the evening they arrived at Shitoupu and Changle Street on the north bank of the Miluo River. The 6th Division also crossed the river from the grindstone with a unit, and fought fiercely with the 37th Army on the south bank in Yanjiapu and Qikou. At this time, only the 37th Army (with 95th and140th divisions) and the 99th Army (with 92nd, 99th and197th divisions) were stationed on the south bank of the Miluo River in the ninth theater.
On the 20th, the CMC ordered the Ninth Theater to stick to the established positions on both sides of the Xiangjiang River and south of the Miluo River, strengthen resistance, keep the main force in the outer wing, and strive to attack the enemy's flank. Let the third and fifth war zones make use of their weaknesses to carry out face-to-face attacks on the enemy, so as to cooperate with the operations of the ninth war zone. At the same time, the sixth theater actively attacked the Japanese troops in Jingzhou and Yichang, and the camera recovered Yichang. It will be implemented on the 23rd. In addition to explicitly placing the 10 and 26 armies under the command of the ninth theater, the CMC also ordered the 79th army to be transferred from the sixth theater and the temporary 2nd army to be transferred from the seventh theater to reinforce the ninth theater.
However, in September of 18, the telegram sent to the group armies and armies in the ninth war zone was stolen and deciphered by the Japanese Special Intelligence Department and sent to1/army. The army was originally scheduled to attack the south bank of the Miluo River along the Chang (Sha)-Yue (Yang) highway, and its main third and fourth divisions were used in the west of the battlefield (namely Xiangjiang River). When it was learned that there were four divisions guarding the Miluo River in the ninth war zone, and the main force was placed on the Wengjiang River and other places in the east of the battlefield to crack down on Japanese intelligence, the original deployment was immediately changed, and the 3 rd and 4 th divisions turned around one after another. On that day, the fourth, third and sixth divisions and Zaoyuan detachment of the Japanese army forcibly crossed the Miluo River from crossing points such as Luogongqiao, Xinshi, Modaoshi and Wukou, and broke through the front position of the 37th Army. The defenders retreated to the main position. The 40th Division of Japanese Army belongs to Araki detachment. After repelling the side attack of the 4 th Army, Liu Jiangteng's detachment covered the supply line, and the main force turned to the area east of Xinguanqiao and Wengjiang, and it was scheduled to detour south via Pingjiang. On September 22nd, with the support of aviation, the Japanese army launched an attack on the main position of the 37th Army. The two sides fought fiercely for three days. By the 24th, the 3rd and 4th Japanese divisions had broken through the main positions of the defenders and surrounded the 95th and140th divisions. The 37th Army was ordered to break through and move to Marin City, with heavy casualties.
2 1, there was a total solar eclipse that day, which cast a heavy shadow on the hearts of Japanese officers and men. The 6th Division of the Japanese Army turned from Qikou to the north of Wengjiang River and joined the 26th Army of China, which had just arrived at the battlefield. With superior forces, the Japanese army steadily advanced and surrounded the right wing of the 44th Division of the 26th Army. The 32nd Division of the 26th Military Order attacked the rear of the Japanese army in Qikou and joined the follow-up troops of the 3rd Division. By the 23rd, the 32nd Division suffered heavy casualties and was forced to retreat. The divisions of the 26th Army are in danger of being divided. The ninth war zone made the 26th Army take Putang as the center, and the divisions moved closer together to stop the Japanese army. The 26th Army immediately adjusted its deployment, so that the 32nd Division, the 4 1 Division and the 44th Division formed a circular defense around Putang.
On the 24th, the 40th Division of the Japanese Army also joined the attack on the 26th Army.
On the night of 25th, the Japanese army broke into the position of the 26th Army from the eastern and southern lines. The 26th Army was ordered by the war zone to move to the southeast of Jinjing, and joined the 72nd Army south of Pingjiang.
At this time, the 10 army from Hengyang and Lukou (with three divisions, the preparatory 10 division and the 190 division) has arrived at the battlefield, and was ordered to lay the front line and occupy Gao Qiao, Jinjing and Fulin. On September 24th, the 37th Army140th Division, which broke through in the south near Suikou, moved to the vicinity of Jinjing, and the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army advanced along Changyue Highway. The 6 th and 40 th divisions of the Japanese army also bypassed the right wing of the 26 th Army and entered the vicinity of Jinjing to join forces with the 10 Army. On the morning of 24th, with the support of aviation, the 3rd and 6th divisions of the Japanese army launched an attack on the 10/90 division of the10 Army respectively. On 25th, the Japanese Third Division occupied the Fu Lin store. The 4th Division and Zaoyuan detachment have also arrived and started to attack the 3rd Division of 10 Army. By 26th, the positions of divisions of 10 Army had been breached by the Japanese, and Jinjing and Liqiao were lost. Some troops moved to the rear of the Japanese army in the northeast of Jinjing, and the main force was ordered to move to Langli City, south of Laodao River, for refuge and rectification.
During this period, the 4 th, 20 th and 58 th armies of the 27 th Army were ordered to attack the Japanese side, but failed to achieve the purpose of cutting off the Japanese supply line and delaying its southward advance.
The ninth war zone was originally scheduled to have a decisive battle with the Japanese army on both sides of the Miluo River (mainly south of the Miluo River), but the attempt to destroy the main force of the Japanese army was not realized. On the contrary, all the troops stationed in this direction were broken by the Japanese army one by one, which caused heavy losses.
Fighting near Laodao River and Changsha
The 4th, 3rd, 6th, 40th divisions, Zaoyuan detachment and Araki detachment of the Japanese army broke through the defenses of the 37th, 26th and 10 armies of China in the south of the Miluo River, then took advantage of the situation to rush south, and arrived at the north bank of the Laodao River one after another around September 25th, approaching Changsha.
At this time, the troops of the ninth theater in the north and south of Laodao River and near Changsha are:
99th Army: Except that197th Division is located near Qingshan and Lulintan on the south bank of Xiangjiang River, and it is in a state of confrontation with the Japanese Ye Ping detachment that landed there, the main force of this army (99th and 92nd Divisions) is located in the area north of Laodao River and west of Yuedong Railway, attacking the Japanese army from west to east to south.
72nd Army: It was ordered to move from Xiushui to the west, and has reached the south of Pingjiang, ready to attack the Japanese army from east to west.
26th Army: The Japanese army moved from Wengjiang and Putang to Shiwan, Genggutai and Wenjiachang for a little rectification, and prepared to cooperate with the 72nd Army in attacking Jinjing.
74th Army: It was ordered to March westward from Jiangxi. Its 57th Division has arrived in Dongyang, and its main force (5 1 and 58th Division) is located near Liuyang.
79th Army: ordered to reinforce Changsha from Changde and Lixian in the sixth war zone. Its vanguard, the 98th Division, arrived in Yuelu Mountain on September 24th, and its main force (82nd Division, tentatively 6 Division) is still on the way.
Temporary 2nd Army: It was ordered to send reinforcements from the 7th Theater to Changsha, and it was being transported from Guangdong to Zhuzhou.
37th Army: The 95th Division occupied the southwest position of Marin City and prepared to cooperate with the 74th Army.
On 25th, Xue Yue ordered the 79th Army to be stationed in the north of Laodao River to defend the periphery of Changsha. The temporary 8th Division of the vanguard of the temporary 2nd Army was limited to arrive in Langli City on 26th for standby. The 74th Army should advance to Huanghua City with two divisions, and occupy the frontline positions of Xiajiatang, Chunhuashan, Chishi River and Shihuizui to meet the Japanese troops heading south.
However, this telegram in the ninth war zone was stolen and deciphered by the Japanese Special Intelligence Department. The Japanese army 1 1 troops believe that the 74th Army is one of the most elite troops in Chiang Kai-shek's central system. Since the first Changsha Battle of 1939 in September, it has fought many times with 1 1 army, and it is the old rival of1/army, and it is fighting in the high ground again. 1 1 Anan, the commander of the army, immediately adjusted his deployment and ordered the 3 rd and 4 th divisions to March south of the Laodao River. Remove the task of occupying Pingjiang by the original 6 th Division and advance to the Laodao River Valley to intercept the 74 th Army; The 40th Division marched south after sweeping the area near Jinjing.
On the evening of September 25th, the Ninth Theater Command was evacuated from Changsha to Xiangtan. On the same day, when the 57th Division, the vanguard of the 74th Army, arrived near Chunhua Mountain on the north bank of Laodao River, it found that Chunhua Mountain had been occupied by the Japanese, and then occupied Swan Mountain on the south bank to confront the Japanese. The Japanese army launched an attack on Swan Mountain, and the two sides fought fiercely all night. By the morning of 26th, the Japanese army was repelled. The 57th Division took the opportunity to counterattack, recapture Chunhua Mountain and cover the main assembly of the 74th Army. Then he handed Chunhua Mountain to the 58th Division and went north to Marin to meet the Japanese army. On the morning of the 27th, the main force of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, with the support of the Air Force, stormed the front of the 57th Division continuously, and was stubbornly resisted by the 57th Division. The Japanese army also invested 4 divisions to attack the left wing of 57 divisions. The 57th Division suffered nearly 3,000 casualties, but it persisted. At the same time, the 58th Division fought fiercely with the Japanese 6th, 3rd and 4th Divisions in Chunhuashan, Xiajiatang and Wujiadu, the 5/kloc-0 Division was in Wujiadu and Yangjiatan, and the 95th Division of the 37th Army cooperated with the 74th Army in Wangjiachong and Yanggongqiao. The defenders held their positions on both sides of the Laodao River, stopped the Japanese army or took the initiative to attack, which caused considerable losses to the Japanese army, but it also caused serious losses. The 74th Army was in full swing. On the night of September 27th, the ninth war zone ordered the troops to quit fighting and move eastward to Dongyang City and the south bank of Hengjiang River, ready to attack the Japanese army. After crossing the Laodao River, the Japanese army went straight to Changsha, while its 3rd and 6th divisions rushed from the east of Changsha to Zhuzhou.
The Ninth Theater and the Military Commission did not estimate that the Japanese army would invade Changsha, and did not prepare for the defensive operations in the suburbs and urban areas of Changsha. Therefore, after the Japanese army suddenly crossed the Laodao River, Changsha had no soldiers to defend, and citizens fled in succession, resulting in road congestion and extremely chaotic order. Only the 98th Division and the 8th Division 1 Brigade have arrived in Changsha, and the main forces of the 79th Army and the 2nd Army are still on their way.
At 5 o'clock in the morning on the 27th, the 98th Division joined the Japanese Zaoyuan detachment in Sanyantang and Baimaopu, north of Changsha, and launched a fierce battle. With the support of aviation fire, the Japanese army made a continuous assault; At the end of the battle, he broke through the front line of the 98th Division and approached Changsha. On the 28th, the Japanese Zaoyuan detachment broke through the position of the 293rd Regiment of the 98th Division and rushed into Changsha. The 6th Division of the 79th Army, which had just arrived in Yuelu Mountain, was ordered to enter Changsha to start street fighting with the Japanese army. On September 30th, the 4th Division of the Japanese Army also arrived in Changsha, and a part of its 3rd Division once broke into Zhuzhou, fighting with the vanguard of the 2nd Temporary Army, and the 2nd Temporary Army immediately retreated. The 6th Division of the Japanese Army was assembled near Zhentou City, and the 40th Division was assembled near Lion Mountain. Araki detachment and Jiang Teng detachment are responsible for covering the rear traffic lines. At this point, the Japanese army 1 1 thought that it had completely achieved the expected operational purpose and stopped attacking.
Chasing the Japanese army
10 year 10 month 1 day, after the Japanese army occupied Changsha, because the front line was too long and the consumption was too large, the Kuomintang troops in the 3rd, 5th and 6th war zones fighting in Changsha launched a fierce attack on Japanese troops everywhere, especially in the 6th war zone, and attacked Yichang, killing more than 7,000 people, which was like "encircling Wei to save Zhao". Japanese troops retreated from Laodao River and Changsha on 30th. The Japanese army 1 1 Army issued a U-turn order: the 40th division was tied for the first, fourth, third and sixth divisions. Among them, the 40th and 6th Divisions are on the right wing, and return northward via the route of Yong 'an City-Mafengzui-Changle Street; The fourth division is on the left, returning north along the Changsha-Xiangyin line. The 3rd Division is in the middle, and returns north along the road between the left and right. At this point, Zhao Jiping, the 79th Army Division, entered Changsha City, and all Japanese troops quickly retreated. The 20th Army and the 58th Army threatened the Japanese rear in Nanshan Bridge and Dongshan District in Meixian County.
Xue Yue immediately ordered the 2nd Army and the 79th Army to follow the Japanese army face to face after learning that the Japanese army had retreated. The 74th Army, 27th Army (the 4th Army, 20th Army and 58th Army command the 72nd Army and 26th Army) and 99th Army, which are located in the north and south areas of Laodao River and Miluo River, were ordered to intercept and attack the Japanese army according to their current positions, so as not to cross the New Wall River safely. Chiang Kai-shek also sent a telegram, demanding that "the ninth war zone should take advantage of the enemy's fatigue, pursue boldly, seize the opportunity to occupy Yueyang, and actively destroy the wuyue Railway, and attack the enemy in various ways on the way to retreat, so that it cannot retreat to the original defense; And contain the defense and delay the transfer to Wuhan to facilitate the operations in the third, fifth and sixth theaters. " According to the above orders, various units pursued, intercepted and attacked the retreating Japanese army, killing them to a certain extent, but failed to disrupt their actions. By June 9th, 10 (recorded in the Japanese war history as June 6th, 10), all Japanese troops had retreated to the north of Xinqianghe to restore the pre-war situation. The second Changsha Battle ended here.
In the battle, the Chinese and Japanese troops in southern Hubei and northern Jiangxi cooperated with the main battlefield in northern Hunan by attacking and defending each other. Among them, the 72nd Army of China, which was stationed near Xiushui and Sandu, found that the 40th Division of the Japanese Army, which had been defending southern Hubei, had moved westward, and then attacked the Japanese strongholds and traffic lines near Tongshan and attacked Tongshan County. The Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi border region marched into the Japanese stronghold near Xianning, and once conquered Tingsi Bridge and Yanglousi Station, destroying some Japanese fortifications, communications and logistics facilities. A part of the Japanese 14 brigade in charge of Ruoxi garrison attacked some positions of China 78th Army in Wuning, and the Japanese 34th Division stationed in Nanchang attacked some positions of China 19 Army on the south bank of Jinjiang. These operations were small in scale and failed to affect the actions of both sides in the main battlefield.
Other theater operations
During the battle, in accordance with the orders of the Military Commission on September 20 and thereafter, the third, fifth and sixth war zones launched a wide range of harassment activities against the Japanese army, posing a certain threat to some Japanese strongholds and traffic lines. In particular, the counterattack in Yichang in the sixth theater developed to a large scale, which shocked the Japanese army.
The third war zone was ordered to start a full-scale attack on September 23. Its 100 Army (deployed on the south side of Poyang Lake as a lake defense) frequently launched attacks on the positions of the 34th Japanese Division around Nanchang, advanced to Niuxing, Lehua and the suburbs of Nanchang, seized the front city of Louqian and Huangxidu, and repelled the Japanese army many times. The 23rd Army (as the defense on the east bank of Poyang Lake in Anhui Province and from Hukou to the south bank of the Yangtze River) has repeatedly attacked the key points along the Yangtze River, such as Hukou, Pengze, Madang, Guichi and Fanchang, which were guarded by the Japanese 1 16 Division, and once rushed to the riverside to lay mines. The 32nd Army (defending the Jiangsu-Anhui border area east of Xuancheng and west of Taihu Lake) successively launched attacks on the strongholds and traffic lines near Wuhu, Lishui, Wujin and Changxing of the Japanese 15 Division. 10 Army (as a coastal defense from both sides of Qiantang River to eastern Zhejiang) repeatedly attacked the strongholds near Fuyang, Yuhang, Shaoxing, Cao E, Yuyao, Fenghua and Xikou, destroying Jiaxing-Jiaxing Railway. The 25th Army (as the coastal and inland defense of Fujian) attacked the Japanese in Xiamen Island, Rinan Island and Minjiang Estuary, and once conquered Rinan Island. By1October 20th 10, the third war zone was ordered to stop attacking.
The fifth war zone, focusing on destroying Japanese railways and highways, began to launch a wide range of offensive and guerrilla operations on September 25. Its 2 1 Army, based in Dabie Mountain, attacked the strongholds on the north bank of the Yangtze River and the south section of Pinghan Railway, which were independently mixed by the Japanese army between Guangji and Wuhan as 14 Brigade and 40th Division. The Left Army (3 1, 15 Army) launched attacks from the north and south of Huaihe River to the south of Su County on Jinpu Railway, between Xuzhou and Kaifeng on Longhai Railway, and Xinyang north and south on Pinghan Railway, destroying many railways and once conquering Banqiaoji south of Su County. Based on Tongbai Mountain, the Central Army (2nd Army) attacked the Japanese strongholds from Pinghan Railway Garden to Xiaogan, Suixian and Yingshan, captured Duzhong Mountain and Xujiadian, and once invaded Suixian. The Right Army (29th Army), based in the north and south of Dahongshan, attacked various strongholds near Jingshan and Zhongxiang, destroying Zhong Jing Highway. By June 65438+1October 1 1, the fifth war zone was ordered to stop attacking.
After the Japanese occupied Yichang in June, the sixth war zone was established. 1940. Its jurisdiction includes northwest Hubei, west Hunan and east Sichuan. The dividing line with the fifth war zone is roughly on the line of Xianghe (Hanshui), and the sixth war zone is in the west. The boundary with the ninth war zone is roughly in the line from Shimenqiao to the north bank of Dongting Lake south of Changde, and the sixth war zone belongs to the west and north. The troops under its jurisdiction include 27 divisions of the *** 10 Army, including the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the 20th Army and the 26th Army. Face to face, the Japanese army has 13 division (guarding Yichang and Dangyang), 39 division (guarding the east of Dangyang and west of Xianghe) and 18 brigade (covering transportation lines). 194 1 in late August, the Japanese army 13 division was ordered to draw out the 26th brigade to form Zaoyuan detachment to participate in Changsha combat, and 18 brigade was transferred to the west of Xianghe to take over the defense of the 4th division (the 4th division was also transferred to participate in Changsha combat), thus greatly reducing the number of Japanese troops (especially Yichang defenders) in the 6th war zone. 2 1 On September 20th, 2002, the CMC ordered Chen Cheng, commander of the Sixth Theater, to seize the opportunity to recapture Yichang, and began to attack on the 23rd. This important action is not only to deal with the ninth war zone, but also to alleviate the great threat of the Japanese army to Chongqing and the southwest rear area. In order to strengthen the offensive power of the sixth theater, the CMC ordered that 33 armies (2 armies and 6 divisions) under the jurisdiction of the fifth theater be temporarily placed under the command of the sixth theater.
After receiving the order, the Sixth Theater decided to deploy and issued the order on September 23rd. The main points are: attack Yichang with Jiang Fangjun's main force (7 divisions including the 2nd Army, the 94th Army and the 5th Division of the 8th Army); Attack Dangyang with 26 armies (under the jurisdiction of 32, 75 and 39 armies), put the main force to the west of Dangyang, and cut off the Han (Kou)-Yichang highway to prevent the 39th Japanese Division from reinforcing Yichang. 33rd Army (under 59th and 77th Army) attacked Jingmen and cooperated with 26th Army to cut off Hanyi Highway. The 20th Army (under the jurisdiction of 53rd Army, 73rd Army and 87th Army) attacked Bailuoji (northeast of Yueyang), Shashi and Jiangling, cut off the western section of Han (Kou) Jing (Shan) Highway, and prevented the Japanese from reinforcing Yichang. The attack time of each department is limited to September 27th and 28th.
However, the troops lacked preparation in advance and the adjustment and deployment were slow. It was not until September 30 that the attack began. Relying on the established positions, the Japanese army stubbornly resisted, and many attack force confronted the Japanese army, making little progress. By the evening of June 3 10, Jiang Fangjun's main force had completed the siege of Yichang. In order to conquer Yichang quickly, the Sixth Theater also made the 75th Army of the 26th Army 13 Division, the 77th Division of the 20th Army and the 73rd Army join the Yichang side to fight, and ordered all the armies to attack the Japanese army head-on and conquer the established targets. However, at this time, the Japanese 1 1 Army had finished the Changsha Battle and began to turn back to the original defense.
At this time, only the 56th, 58th, and 104 wings of the 13 division were left in the vicinity of Yichang and the city, and each team was stormed by the China army for several days, resulting in heavy casualties. The 39th Japanese Division stationed in Jingmen and Dangyang was also besieged by the China army, unable to reinforce Yichang. On June 9, 2000, Dongshan Temple and Ciyun Temple in the eastern suburb of Yichang were all captured by China army, and the strongholds in the north of Yichang were also breached in many places. 13 division on the one hand put the wounded and non-combat service personnel into battle, on the other hand, it provided emergency services for 1 1 troops in Wuhan. 10 10 in the morning, the Japanese army in Yichang burned military flags and secret documents, and officers below the division level prepared suicide sites and equipment, wrote down suicide notes, and waited for the last moment. But at this time, in order to solve the crisis in Yichang, the Japanese army had already arrived near Jingmen for emergency car transportation. 1 1 Army decided to put Zaoyuan detachment and 13 Division 103 Brigade east of Yichang under the command of 39th Division, and made an all-round advance to Yichang.
10 10 in the morning, China's 32nd Army, 2nd Army and 75th Army 13 Division captured several strongholds in the suburbs of Yichang, and broke into Yichang city from the east to start street fighting with the Japanese. The Japanese bombed China's army with 20 planes and released poisonous gas. The assault troops suffered heavy casualties and retreated outside the city. In the afternoon, the sixth theater ordered to adjust the deployment and prepare for another attack. In view of the fact that the Japanese returning troops are close to Yichang, in order to avoid passivity, the Military Commission telegraphed the Sixth Theater to stop attacking on the morning of June 5438+/KOOC-0/October 65438+/KOOC-0/October 0/KOOC-0/to evacuate the troops from the city in a planned way and control the key points to rest. This is the end of the counterattack against Yichang in the Sixth Theater.
The Japanese "North China Army" (commander Okamura Ningji) and 1 1 Army fought in Changsha. On October 2nd, 65438/Kloc-0, the 35th Division crossed the Yellow River from Xinxiang to the south, but on October 4th, 65438/Kloc-0, it easily repelled the 3rd Army troops in the first war zone and occupied Zhengzhou, an important town in the Central Plains. On June 365438+1 October 3 1, although the 35th Division withdrew from Zhengzhou and returned to the original defense, it established a bridgehead position at the main point of Bawangcheng on the west side of the Yellow River Bridge on the south bank of the Yellow River, and stationed two infantry brigades and1artillery brigade, which created favorable conditions for later opening up mainland traffic lines.