ushernet Chapter 593 Target: Wenzhou
Chapter 593 Target: Wenzhou
By this time in the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign, both the Chinese and Japanese armies were actually performing normally, and no one had any particularly outstanding battles to be happy about.
The troops of the Japanese 13th Army also occupied Jinhua, Lanxi and Quzhou in Zhejiang Province in accordance with the combat plan formulated before the war. According to the plan of the Chinese Expeditionary Army and the Japanese Army Headquarters, they destroyed the field airports built by the Chinese government Air Force in these places, but this did not mean that the Japanese army won.
Although the Chinese government's army evacuated these areas under the fierce attack of the Japanese army, the main combat forces of the Chinese government basically suffered no losses. The combat plan formulated by the Japanese 13th Army before the war to eliminate the main forces of the Chinese government was not completed. Therefore, the Chinese army cannot be said to have failed.
As for the fact that a large number of field airports built by the Chinese government's Air Force in Zhejiang Province were destroyed by the Japanese 13th Army, this was not a big deal. After the Japanese army retreated, the Chinese government's Air Force would organize manpower to rebuild them.
However, when the Japanese army occupied Quzhou and attacked Yushan and Shangrao areas in Jiangxi Province, Commander-in-Chief Gu of the Third War Zone of the Chinese Government and Commander-in-Chief Xue of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government both made a mistake.
That is, Commander Gu of the Third War Zone of the Chinese Government and Commander Xue of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government both wrongly judged that after the Japanese army captured Quzhou and destroyed a large number of airports built by the Chinese Government Air Force in Zhejiang Province, the battle launched by the 13th and 11th Armies of the Japanese Army should have completed the combat mission. According to past practice, the next step for the Japanese offensive forces should be to retreat.
Therefore, Commander-in-Chief Gu of the Third War Zone of the Chinese Government ordered all troops to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army according to the previously formulated combat plan. According to the experience of previous battles between the Chinese Government and the Japanese Army, as long as the Chinese Government’s troops implemented the tactic of "retreat and decisive battle", the Japanese army would take the initiative to retreat regardless of whether it achieved its combat intentions.
However, this time, Commander Gu of the Third War Zone of the Chinese Government and Commander Xue of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government did misjudge the Japanese army's combat intentions. The Japanese army's combat intentions were to destroy a large number of field airports of the Chinese Government Air Force in Zhejiang Province, to open up the Zhejiang-Jiangxi railway line, and to occupy these areas. This is why the Japanese Army's Chinese Expeditionary Force had to mobilize so many troops to carry out this battle.
Because of the deviation in the judgment of the Japanese army's goal in this battle, the counterattack of the Third War Zone of the Chinese government against the Japanese offensive forces failed.
As the Japanese 11th Army and the Chinese Army formed a standoff in Shangrao area, the commander of the Japanese 13th Army, Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, also turned his attention towards Wenzhou.
After the Japanese Army's Kojune Brigade, which was highly expected by Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, commander of the Japanese Army's 13th Army, captured Lishui, it has been resting in Lishui for half a month due to an unexpected incident of mass poisoning. Now the commander of the Kojune Brigade, Major General Kojune Kunio, has finally waited until all the poisoned officers and soldiers have basically recovered their combat capabilities.
Therefore, the commander of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade, Major General Xiaojunjiang Bangxiong, immediately began to prepare to lead the troops to launch an attack towards Wenzhou. Now the commander of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade, Major General Xiaojunjiang Bangxiong, is really anxious, as the battle is about to be over, and all the troops have achieved good results, except for his temporary brigade, which has become the laughing stock of all the troops.
However, the commander of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade, Major General Xiaojunjiang Bangxiong, also had his own way of explanation. All the combat troops of this temporarily formed brigade were drawn from the North China Front Army. They were originally troops fighting in the direction of Shanxi Province. When they came to the southern battlefield of China, of course they would have problems with acclimatization. This was all understandable.
Major General Xiaojunjiang Bangxiong, commander of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade, felt that as long as he captured Wenzhou cleanly and efficiently, those guys who laughed at his brigade would naturally restrain themselves. As soldiers, they still needed to rely on real combat achievements to speak for themselves.
The commander of the Kojune Brigade, Major General Kojune Kunio, commanded his troops to attack quickly towards Wenzhou City. However, since no Chinese troops were found defending along the way, there were only a few local Self-Defense Forces of the Chinese government that offered some weak resistance, the Japanese Kojune Brigade made rapid progress.
However, when the commander of the Japanese Kojunjiang Brigade, Major General Kojunjiang Kunio, led his troops to the vicinity of Baitadi and Guoxi respectively, they were finally met with strong resistance from the Chinese army. This did not surprise the commander of the brigade, Major General Kojunjiang Kunio, but made him very happy.
In the view of Major General Xiaojunjiang Kunio, commander of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade, if his brigade occupied Wenzhou with basically no hindrance, then in the eyes of other troops, the Xiaojunjiang Brigade would be simply taking advantage of the situation and would not even have fought a decent battle.
Now that the Chinese army has cooperated with him and deployed defensive forces in Wenzhou City, his brigade can now actually break through the Chinese army's defense line in Wenzhou and occupy Wenzhou as the winner of the battle.
Moreover, judging from the level of blocking firepower of the Chinese army that he had just seen, Major General Xiaojunjiang Kunio, commander of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade, believed that the main force defending Wenzhou on the opposite side must be the main force of the Third War Zone of the Chinese government. This was a good opportunity to prove his brigade.
Defeating the defense line of the main force of the Third War Zone of the Chinese government and occupying Wenzhou City, this is so exciting just thinking about it, not to mention that the opportunity is right in front of us now.
Just as Major General Xiaojunjiang Bangxiong, commander of the Xiaojunjiang Brigade, expected, the defense force arranged by the Third War Zone of the Chinese government in Wenzhou City was an elite force, that is, the new 22nd Army previously transferred from the Ninth War Zone.
Originally, the Third War Zone of the Chinese government deployed the 74th Army and the New 22nd Army near Quzhou, preparing to use these two direct troops of the Chinese government to counterattack the offensive forces of the Japanese 13th Army there.
But later, due to the increase in the number of Japanese troops, the highest government authorities ordered Commander General Gu of the Third War Zone of the Chinese government to abandon the decisive battle with the Japanese army in the Quzhou area. As a result, the 74th Army and the New 22nd Army jumped from the vicinity of Quzhou to the outer line of the Japanese 30th Army's offensive forces.
Later, Commander Gu of the Third War Zone of the Chinese government ordered the 74th Army to go to Shangrao area to prepare to launch a counterattack against the offensive forces of the Japanese 13th Army there, and ordered the new 22nd Army to secretly move to Wenzhou, preparing to launch a counterattack against Lishui from the direction of Wenzhou after the counterattack in Shangrao area was successful.