readytorunbook Chapter 751 Each Has His Own Selfish Motives
Chapter 751 Each Has His Own Selfish Motives
Judging from the terrain of Guangxi Province, the offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army had only two channels to attack Guangxi Province from the north, one was the Huangsha River in Quanzhou County, and the other was Longhu Pass in Gongcheng County.
The Fourth War Zone Command of the Chinese government judged that the attacking force of the Japanese 11th Army would most likely launch an attack from the Huangsha River. Therefore, Commander Zhang of the Fourth War Zone of the Chinese government ordered the 93rd Army of the Chinese government to defend Jeonju.
Commander Chen of the 93rd Army of the Chinese government also gave a guarantee to the highest level of the Chinese government, saying that the 93rd Army could defend the whole state for at least three months.
However, when Commander Zhang of the Fourth War Zone of the Chinese government rushed to Quanzhou excitedly to inspect the defensive fortifications of the 93rd Army, he was surprised to find that Commander Chen of the 93rd Army of the Chinese government had only deployed one regiment of troops on the defensive position of the Huangsha River, while the main forces of the 93rd Army were stationed in Quanzhou County.
Commander Zhang, commander of the Fourth War Zone of the Chinese Government, questioned Commander Chen of the 93rd Army of the Chinese Government with a grim face, what he was planning to do and why he didn't deploy defenses at the natural barrier of Huangsha River. However, Commander Chen of the 93rd Army of the Chinese Government replied that this was all arranged personally by the highest level of the Chinese Government.
When Commander Zhang, commander of the Fourth War Zone of the Chinese government, saw the current defense situation, he felt uneasy that Commander Chen of the 93rd Army of the Chinese government had the audacity to say to the top leaders of the Chinese government that he could defend the entire state for three months.
Therefore, Commander Zhang of the Fourth War Zone of the Chinese Government could only order Commander Chen of the 93rd Army of the Chinese Government to hold on to Quanzhou. Later, Commander Zhang of the Fourth War Zone of the Chinese Government ordered the war zone command to quickly send a transport troop to transfer all the aid materials from the United States in Quanzhou. In the heart of Commander Zhang of the Fourth War Zone of the Chinese Government, he felt that it was a blessing that Commander Chen of the 93rd Army of the Chinese Government could hold on to Quanzhou for half a month under such a deployment. Thank God.
On September 10, 1944, the offensive force of the 58th Division of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army launched an attack on the defensive positions of the 93rd Army of the Chinese government on the Huangsha River.
At the same time, when the 58th Division of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army attacked the defensive positions of the 93rd Army of the Chinese government in front of the Huangsha River, it also sent a troop to carry out a roundabout encirclement operation from a very hidden mountain road in the northeast direction of the Huangsha River. This hidden mountain road was a ditch in the rainy season, but it was passable by people and horses in the dry season. Moreover, this mountain road had not been marked on the map, and only local villagers knew about this path.
As a result, on September 11, after two days of feinting attack by the offensive forces of the 58th Division of the Japanese Army on the frontal defense positions of the 93rd Army of the Chinese Government on the Huangsha River, the flanking forces of the 58th Division of the Japanese Army successfully bypassed the Huangsha River from a hidden path in the northeast of the Huangsha River. For a time, the defense line of the 93rd Army of the Chinese Government in Jeonju collapsed instantly.
The attacking force of the 58th Division of the Japanese Army occupied the defensive positions of the Chinese Army on the Huangsha River with almost no effort. By the afternoon, the attacking force of the 58th Division of the Japanese Army had already attacked Jeonju City.
At this time, Commander Chen of the 93rd Army of the Chinese government had no intention of coexisting with Jeonju City. He directly ordered his troops to set fire to the supplies aided by the United States and the buildings in Jeonju City to delay the attack of the 58th Division of the Japanese Army. Then, Commander Chen of the 93rd Army of the Chinese government took his troops and fled.
Just like that, according to the combat plan of the Military Commission of the Chinese Government and the Fourth War Zone Command of the Chinese Government, the 93rd Army of the Chinese Government should have held Jeonju City for at least one month. However, it was occupied by the offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army in less than three days. As a result, Guilin's overall defense line was shaken across the board, and Guilin's defense was in a very passive situation.
After seeing that the Chinese government's direct military troops that were supposed to be carrying out defensive operations in Quanzhou City had simply fled, Commander Bai, the deputy chief of staff of the Chinese government's Military Commission who actually controlled the Chinese government's Fourth War Zone troops, also began to have doubts.
In the view of Commander Bai, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Military Commission of the Chinese Government, since all the direct troops of the Chinese Government had fled, there was no need for him to let the troops of the Guangxi clique hold on. Therefore, Commander Bai, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Military Commission of the Chinese Government, began to think about transferring his trusted troops of the Guangxi clique to outside the city of Guilin, which made the defensive force of the city of Guilin even more empty.
Commander Chen of the 93rd Army of the Chinese government led his troops to abandon their positions and evacuate Quanzhou after only one day of fighting without notifying Commander Zhang of the Fourth War Zone of the Chinese government, which made the top leaders of the Chinese government and Commander Zhang of the Fourth War Zone of the Chinese government extremely angry.
Therefore, the highest level of the Chinese government directly ordered that Commander Chen of the 93rd Army of the Chinese government be escorted to Guilin, and that Guilin City Defense Commander Wei Yunsong be immediately shot on the spot in accordance with military law.
After the attacking force of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army occupied Jeonju, it began to attack in the direction of Guilin in an all-round way. At this time, the defense of Guilin City had transferred two main divisions to outside the city of Guilin in accordance with the request of Commander Bai, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Military Commission of the Chinese Government. Only two weaker divisions were left in Guilin City to defend.
The troops that remained in Guilin City represented by Commander Bai, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Military Commission of the Chinese Government, were the 131st Division and the 170th Division of the 31st Army of the Guangxi Clique of the Chinese Government. The combat effectiveness of these two divisions was not very good in the Guangxi Clique's army. There were many shortages of troops in the troops, and their weapons and equipment were also not good. There were basically no heavy weapons, and most of the soldiers were still holding Hanyang rifles.
The troops organized by Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, to attack Guilin consisted of three divisions and one regiment, with a total of about 53,000 troops. Under normal circumstances, if the Japanese Army had so many troops to launch an attack, the Chinese Army would have to concentrate more than 200,000 troops to barely deal with it.
However, the 131st and 170th Divisions of the Guangxi Clique together have less than 11,000 people. Judging from the manpower and weapons and equipment, if the troops of these two divisions of the Guangxi Clique can defend Guilin City for half a month, then we have to praise these two divisions of the Guangxi Clique for their tenacity.