Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

Chapter 471: Victory in the Battle of Southern Zhejiang

471 Complete Victory in the Battle of Southern Zhejiang (Two in One)

Half a day later, news came that Lieutenant General Naojiro Amaya, commander of the 40th Division of the Japanese Army, was killed on the battlefield.

It was also transmitted back to Ye Qingshan's command center in the rear.

"Commander-in-chief, Naojiro Amatani was killed by the special operations battalion."

Xiao Shanling came over with a smile and reported the good news.

"Huh? That old devil is dead?

That’s good news.”

Ye Qingshan chuckled.

But he didn't care much. Compared with the good news of defeating the Japanese 40th Division, killing a Japanese lieutenant general was nothing in Ye Qingshan's view.

However, Ye Qingshan thought about it and continued, "The Special Operations Battalion will do.

Another great achievement.

It seems that Zhao Dongsheng and Black Bear cooperated well. "

"Well, Zhao Dongsheng is considered to be a very capable officer among the younger generation of our army."

Xiao Shanling nodded.

Ye Qingshan and Xiao Shanling both care deeply about the training of the younger generation of officers in the army.

"Chief of Staff, this seems to be the first Japanese lieutenant general division commander we killed."

After a moment, Ye Qingshan suddenly said this.

Because, Ye Qingshan recalled.

Although, from the Battle of Nanjing to now, he has captured more than a dozen Japanese generals.

On the contrary, the number of Japanese generals killed was not large.

Among them, there seemed to be only three high-ranking Japanese generals at the rank of lieutenant general or division commander.

They are Hagisu Rippei, the commander of the 13th Division of the Japanese army who was captured in the Battle of Nanjing, and Akihiko Akai, a pro-Japanese general.

In addition, all the prisoners were Japanese major generals and colonels.

Those who were shot dead were all Japanese generals at the rank of major general or colonel.

Ye Qingshan and his men didn't want any of the Japanese officers below them and killed them directly on the battlefield.

Therefore, Ye Qingshan suddenly realized at this moment that the commander of the Japanese 40th Division, Lieutenant General Naojiro Amaya, was actually the first Japanese Lieutenant General they had killed on the battlefield.

“It seems to be true.”

Chief of Staff Xiao Shanling also recalled it and found that it was indeed the case.

“Haha, judging from the telegram sent back by the Special Operations Battalion.

This old devil Naojiro Amatani deserves to die.

He actually disguised himself as an ordinary Japanese soldier and wanted to escape from the battlefield.

Notify the radio station and announce this news to the public.

Let the people of the whole country be happy too."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief."

By the 40th, most of the main force of the Japanese th Division in Jiyang had been wiped out, and the rest were still fleeing in the mountainous area.

How many of the Japanese soldiers who fled into the mountains have been killed?

It is currently impossible to count.

Moreover, the battle in the mountains is unlikely to end in a short period of time.

But this is not important. At this point, the Japanese 50,000-strong army on the western front had completely collapsed.

In the end, how many of the 40-strong Japanese army, with the th Division as its core, can escape back to the Japanese-occupied area in Hangzhou alive.

Then we can only wait and see after a while.

On the 12th, Ye Qingshan continued to receive news from Shengzhou at the rear headquarters.

"Commander-in-Chief, in Shengzhou, the main force of the Japanese 21st Division broke through to Sanjie Town from the north.

It was attacked by the 23rd Army, the 209st Regiment of the th Division and the Engineer Regiment.

After a day and night of fierce fighting, most of the Japanese 21st Division was destroyed and broke out to the north.

Currently, the 23rd Army and Commander Lu are leading their troops in pursuit.

I have already told this news to Commander Zhou Pingkou.

Let them continue to block the fleeing Japanese 21st Division in the north, without seeking to annihilate it completely.

Kill as many of the enemy's active forces as possible."

Xiao Shanling found Ye Qingshan and reported the latest battle situation in Shengzhou on the eastern front.

"Ah."

After listening to Xiao Shanling's report, Ye Qingshan nodded slightly.

“You did the right thing, Chief of Staff.

With the strength of the 208th Division in the mountainous area north of Shengzhou at that time, they wanted to completely wipe out the nearly -strong defeated Japanese army.

It is undoubtedly impossible.

Let them do their best, while the Japanese morale is collapsing and they have little fighting power.

The right thing to do is to destroy as many of their living forces as possible."

Chief of Staff Xiao Shanling discovered at this time that the map Ye Qingshan was looking at had changed from the battlefield in southern Zhejiang to the battlefield in northern Jiangxi.

Xiao Shanling understood that the outcome of the battle in southern Zhejiang had already been decided.

Ye Qingshan began to worry about the situation in Chen Cheng's Ninth War Zone.

"Commander-in-Chief, the situation on the northern Jiangxi battlefield is somewhat dire.

After the loss of Nanchang, the Japanese invaders advanced westward.

It has already entered the territory of Xiangxi."

Xiao Shanling looked at the map and the movement routes of the various Japanese divisions in northern Jiangxi that had just been marked by the combat staff, and his expression was somewhat solemn.

"Yes, Commander Chen failed to hold northern Jiangxi after all.

However, I think it is unlikely that the Japanese will be able to seize western Hunan.

At present, the Japanese invaders who invaded western Hunan are running out of strength and have no offensive power anymore.

I guess this was the Japs' original battle plan.

It should have been after the 70,000 to 80,000 Japanese troops won the victory on the battlefield in southern Zhejiang.

Turn around and march westward, support the battlefield in northern Jiangxi, and attack western Hunan."

Ye Qingshan stretched out his hand on the map, gestured, and said to Chief of Staff Xiao Shanling.

“Well, I agree with the Commander-in-Chief on this point.

If that were the case, the Ninth War Zone would be in even greater danger.

It’s a pity that the Japanese never expected that they would lose the battlefield in southern Zhejiang.

And not only did they lose, they lost miserably.

So, by the time the 80,000-strong army escapes from the mountainous area of ​​more than a hundred miles, it is unknown how many will be left.

What can they use to support the Japanese in northern Jiangxi and western Hunan?

If the Japanese commander who invaded Xiangxi at this time still had any brains, he should have withdrawn his troops and stopped attacking Xiangxi. "

Xiao Shanling said with a smile.

Their great victory in the southern Zhejiang battlefield has indirectly affected the war in the Ninth War Zone in the west.

"Commander-in-Chief, good news."

Just at this moment, Xiao Wusheng rushed into the headquarters with a telegram.

"Is there any news from the 76th Division?"

Ye Qingshan looked at the little warrior and said.

“Yes, the commander-in-chief is wise.

It was indeed the good news sent by Commander Lin of the 76th Division.

The telegram said that they had defeated the Japanese 12th Mixed Brigade, killed a Japanese colonel regiment commander, and killed at least two thousand enemies, but the exact number could not be counted.

In addition, kill the traitor Zuo Anhe and annihilate the traitor group under Zuo Anhe's command. "

"Haha, Commander Lin and the others finally got what they wanted."

After listening to Xiao Wusheng's report, Ye Qingshan chuckled.

As the outcome of the main battlefields on the east and west fronts had been decided, there was no news from the 76th Division, which had been chasing westward into the mountains.

Now, finally, the victory news from the 76th Division has finally arrived.

This battle ended perfectly.

Ye Qingshan basically doesn't need to deal with the remaining finishing touches.

"Chief of Staff, the final finishing work on the front line is now left to you.

I'm going back home tonight.

There are a lot of things waiting for me to deal with back home. "

Ye Qingshan looked at Chief of Staff Xiao Shanling and spoke.

Xiao Shanling also understood and nodded: "Okay, Commander-in-Chief, you can go back with peace of mind.

I will take care of the final finishing work on the front line."

"Ah."

Ye Qingshan never doubted Xiao Shanling's ability.

Then, that evening, Ye Qingshan drove back to the rear base.

Originally, Ye Qingshan was planning to take the transport plane of his own aviation team.

That way we can fly back to the rear base faster.

As a result, within just two days, Ye Qingshan received a report from the aviation team.

Their air force's transport squadron crashed five transport planes within a week.

Among them, two crashed due to attacks by Japanese fighter planes.

The other three crashed due to their own malfunctions.

This scared Ye Qingshan so much that he gave up his plan to take his own transport plane.

In fact, the transport aircraft brigade formed by Ye Qingshan at the beginning, all the transport aircraft used in it were modified from second-hand bombers in the hands of the British.

In addition, they conducted frequent air drops during this period and used these transport planes too frequently.

However, due to the lack of timely maintenance and inspection, the failure rate has greatly increased, which is normal.

Therefore, before Ye Qingshan equipped his transport aircraft brigade with new transport aircraft.

Ye Qingshan would not easily take these transport planes.

Safety first, he would rather ride slower.

Ye Qingshan was so anxious that he returned to the rear base.

In addition to some important government affairs in the rear base, he also needed to make decisions and approvals.

The most important thing is that the West Coast Consortium of the United States sent someone to meet Ye Qingshan.

At the same time, after the Japanese were defeated on the battlefield, they became angry again and frantically intercepted the American fleet at sea.

The Japanese risked offending the Americans and this time they did not allow the ship to approach the coast of Wenzhou.

Even at this time, the Japanese negotiation representative went to Wenzhou in person.

He wanted to negotiate with Ye Qingshan to discuss the redemption of Takano Atsuo who was captured by Zhou Xinghai, as well as the twelve senior generals of the Japanese military observation group.

All these matters need to be handled by Ye Qingshan personally.

Others don’t have the courage to make the decision.

Before the battle on the front line is decided, these things can be delayed.

But now that we have won the battle, we can’t delay any longer.

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Just when Ye Qingshan had already returned from the front line to the rear base.

In Hangzhou City, the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane was watching the bad news coming from the front line every day.

He was completely numb and desperate.

The situation on the battlefield in southern Zhejiang had reached such a point that even if he were a reincarnated god, he would be powerless to save the situation.

In particular, there was news that the old Japanese soldier Naojiro Amaya was killed on the battlefield.

After the news was passed back to the Japanese rear, the Japanese high-ranking officials were furious.

"Commander, orders from the General Headquarters.

Chief of Staff Itagaki will arrive in Hangzhou tomorrow.

At that time, the General Headquarters will ask you to hand over the front-line command to Chief of Staff Itagaki."

A Japanese colonel took the telegram and went to report to the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane.

"understood."

The old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane responded and waved his hand to let the Japanese colonel go out.

He was not surprised by this result.

He cannot escape blame for the state of the war in southern Zhejiang.

The Japanese emperor attached great importance to this battle. He made arrangements before the war and invested huge amounts during the war.

They even went so far as to ask the Army Department to sell out a small portion of its interests to the Navy Department in exchange for the Navy Department's further assistance.

But the result is the current situation, from the front-line commander Matsui Iwane.

At Nishio Toshizo's headquarters, the top brass of the Japanese domestic headquarters, and even the Japanese emperor, none of them could accept it.

Someone must take the blame for the way this battle turned out.

And the old devil Matsui Iwane is the most suitable person to take the blame.

A day later, Itaen Seishiro arrived in Hangcheng and took over command.

The old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane was going to take a train to Shanghai, and then return to the country to report the entire process of the battle in detail to the headquarters.

“Itagaki-kun, I, a sinner, am leaving.

Before I leave, I want to tell you something."

In front of the train station, the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane looked at Itaenzheng Shiro and said.

"Please speak, Matsui-kun."

"Let the troops attacking Xiangxi withdraw to prevent the Chinese army from counterattacking.

He even gave up the territory in western Hunan that he had already captured and had all his troops retreat to northern Jiangxi.

We suffered a crushing defeat in southern Zhejiang, not only failing to eliminate Ye Qingshan, but also the main force of the Chinese Army's Third War Zone.

On the contrary, we lost tens of thousands of manpower.

Now, our original battle plan was completely destroyed.

The battle plan for opening up Hunan Province must be revised.

Now the opportunity has been lost. The troops attacking Hunan Province are not strong enough, and they also have to guard against sneak attacks from Ye Qingshan behind.

Don't be careless.

Xiangxi can be given up temporarily, but northern Jiangxi must not be lost.

That will be our bridgehead for reattacking Hunan Province in the future.

As for Ye Qingshan in southern Zhejiang, there is nothing I can do about him.

I can only ask Itagaki-kun for help."

Matsui Iwane looked tired and spoke these words weakly.

The defeat in this battle was a huge blow to the old devil.

It won’t recover in a short time.

However, this old devil was so shameless that he had no intention of committing suicide by cutting his stomach open.

Ye Qingshan, who wanted to see the old Japanese commit suicide by disembowelment after his defeat, was destined to be disappointed.

"Hey, I'll remember what Matsui-kun said."

After listening to what Matsui Iwane said, Itagaki Seishirō nodded slightly.

After Seishirō Itagaki took over the front-line command, he immediately mobilized a Japanese brigade from Nanjing.

They went to the southern mountainous areas in batches to pick up the Japanese soldiers who had fled back from the front line.

During this period, the Japanese transferred several troops from the country.

Finally, Itagaki Seishirō was able to bring another Japanese brigade.

On the 15th, thirty miles south of Xiaoshan, the first group of Japanese defeated troops who escaped from the mountainous area were finally picked up by reinforcements sent by Itagaki Seishirō.

"We made it out alive. We finally made it out alive."

The defeated Japanese soldiers who escaped from the mountains alive were all in tattered clothes and in a miserable state. Many of them even lost their weapons.

They were all in a weird state of mind, and when they saw the reinforcements coming, they shouted excitedly.

Then, he snatched the food from the reinforcements and swallowed it frantically.

They hadn't eaten for four or five days, and they had been running away in the mountains all the time, so they were starving.

Over the next half month, defeated Japanese soldiers continued to escape from the mountains.

However, compared to the Japanese soldiers who originally fled into the mountains, only one in ten survived the mountains.

The Battle of Southern Zhejiang was basically over at this point.

The news quickly spread back to the country and the people celebrated. Even the headquarters sent Ye Qingshan a commendation and congratulatory message in a timely manner for the first time.

Indeed, the victory in the Southern Zhejiang Campaign was such a quick victory and such a great victory.

It brought too many surprises to the top command.