Chiang Kai-shek's troops, who lost the Battle of the Central Plains, attacked Changsha in three ways, could Zhang Gui hold out?
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Chiang Kai-shek lost the Battle of the Central Plains at the outset, and the powerful offensive of Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang and others completely defeated Chiang Kai-shek's army.
At this time, at the end of May 1930, Chiang Kai-shek was also decisive. After the defeat of the Longhai Line, he quickly withdrew his army, shrunk the defensive line, and took a breath first.
01 The night before
Compared with Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan, Chiang Kai-shek's most powerful thing is his financial strength. He occupied the richest southern region, and the supply of soldiers was even more generous than that of Feng Yuxiang and others. In less than a month, Chiang Kai-shek emerged from the defeat at the Battle of the Longhai Line.
At the end of June 1930, Chiang Kai-shek organized a three-way army to attack Changsha directly. The prelude to the Battle of Hunan was opened by the mighty Jiang army.
Chiang Kai-shek's strategic vision was very strong, and he made full use of his naval and military superiority. On the Hunan chessboard, three moves were played. His first goal was to eat Zhang Gui's army.
On the front of Changsha was Chiang Kai-shek's three-way army, and two more large armies went straight into Hengyang, and even the navy drove into Hunan.
Chiang Kai-shek's arrangement hit Zhang Gui's sore spot in an instant. Hengyang was attacked, Changsha was attacked, and Zhang Gui was not allowed to take care of each other. Reluctantly, he had to withdraw from Changsha and other places and retreat to Shonan.
Chiang Kai-shek's armies converged and headed straight for Shonan.
02 Fighting
Zhang Gui's army had no choice but to fight Chiang Kai-shek.
In their respective positions, the two sides have begun to dig trenches frantically, and whoever succeeds in digging first will seize the opportunity.
"Boom!" What broke this tranquility was Chiang Kai-shek's artillery, chiang kai-shek's soldiers were full of strength and willing to spend money, and the soldiers dug trenches the most.
The shells of Chiang Kai-shek's army were smashed down one by one, and at this time, Zhang Jun's soldiers could no longer dig trenches, and one by one they lay down on the half-formed trenches, receiving the baptism of shells.
Round after round of shelling, Zhang Gui's artillery was also suppressed. At this time, the commander of Chiang Kai-shek's army issued an order to charge.
Chiang Kai-shek's soldiers began to rise from the trenches and charge forward. The rifles and machine guns in their hands opened fire in unison, and all the bullets formed a torrent of steel and rushed towards Zhang Gui's army.
Zhang Gui secretly said in his heart that Chiang Kai-shek's army was coming in a menacing manner, and these soldiers of his own were likely to be unable to resist. Zhang Gui had lost the opportunity at this time and had to save his breath.
Taking advantage of the gap where Chiang Kai-shek's artillery had stopped, Zhang Gui immediately ordered the artillery to bombard along the path of Chiang Kai-shek's soldiers' charge.
The shells pierced the sky, cut through the air, and began to bombard the chiang army soldiers on their way.
The shells played a very effective role in blocking the attack, and immediately, all the soldiers of Zhang Gui's army opened fire in front, and one by one the shell shells landed on the ground, with a hot temperature, and the smoke of gunfire was emitted, and the charge of Chiang Kai-shek's army was frustrated.
03 Victory
But the commander of Chiang Kai-shek's army was not a simple person, and he immediately ordered the shelling to continue and shoot out all the shells. As long as Jiang Jun could break through to the position, with the crushing of the numbers, Zhang Gui was doomed.
The strength of Jiang's artillery bombardment was far more powerful than Zhang Gui's army, and Zhang Gui's army, which had just improved, was directly suppressed at this time. Suddenly, an extremely sharp voice came from afar.
"Boom!" It's like thunder! It's a naval gun!
Chiang Kai-shek's navy had arrived, and the caliber of the naval guns was too large and too powerful, and they exploded on the positions of Zhang Gui's army, causing the positions to be directly muted.
At this moment, Jiang Jun continued to charge, and at this moment, the soldiers of Jiang Jun lost their obstacles and were striding forward in a big stride, jumping into the position of Zhang Gui's army!
In a short time, the position was scattered by The soldiers of Jiang's army, and Zhang Gui saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly withdrew and headed toward Guangxi.
Resources:
"On the Great War of the Central Plains of the New Warlords of the Kuomintang in 1930", "The Great Reference for The War of the Republic of China", "The Great War of the Central Plains"