In the Battle of Shanggao in 1941, our army used "magnet tactics" to take control of the battlefield and achieved a complete victory, and the commander praised: "This is the most beautiful victory in the anti-Japanese frontal war." Why did there be "magnet tactics", and how did the Japanese army get beaten by our army and flee in a hurry? Follow me and share with you more stories about history you didn't know.
In 1941, the Japanese army gathered nearly 40,000 troops, led a number of tanks and combat aircraft and other combat equipment, and began to attack our 70th Army, which was holding on to the west of the Nanchang area, and they wanted to attack gradually in three ways, and finally meet in our military town of Shanggao. Shanggao connects our major cities and is interspersed with important highways of the two cities. If this place is breached by the Japanese side. It is likely that the Japanese army will take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on Changsha. In turn, the situation on our side was turbulent, and in order to deal with the Japanese army, we also sent a well-trained 74th Army around this place.
National Army
The 74th Army is known as the "Anti-Japanese Iron Army", and they have participated in many major anti-Japanese wars. And their commander, Wang Yaowu, has also made great contributions in many wars and is one of the many outstanding generals of our army. Coupled with the fact that the commander-in-chief Luo Zhuoying also had three excellent anti-Japanese legions under his command, the victory of this battle can be said to be the overall situation. At this time, the commander-in-chief Luo Zhuoying also released the news that if the county seat of Shanggao was breached, the life of the commander of the 74th Division would also be in danger. In order to cope with the three-way tactics of the Japanese army, our army also made corresponding strategies.
tactics
The Japanese wanted to adopt the tactic of encirclement, divided into three routes. Gradually approaching the middle road of our army was annihilated en masse. The Japanese 1st Route Army set out from Anyi County, annihilated the defenders in the southwest direction of our army, and then directly rushed into Shanggao. The 2nd route departed from Nanchang to break through our Gao'an defense and approached Shanggao. The 3rd Road Army also set out from Nanchang and attacked along the south bank of the Jinjiang River, finally compressing the position of our army. Look for an opportunity to annihilate our army and capture the Upper High Area. In order to cope with the enemy's attack, our side also adopted "magnet tactics". Use three lines of force to deeply draw the enemy into our encirclement. Then divide the forces to annihilate the left and right armies and encircle the middle road army.
Encircle the Japanese
In Anyi County, the defense is our 70th Army, the middle road is the 74th Army, and Nanchang is our 49th Army. Stationed in the Shanggao area was the 74th Army of the Tiger Army, led by Wang Yaowu, the most assertive of our side. The Japanese 1st Route Army began its offensive in the early hours of March 15, 41. Due to the strong artillery and air support of the other side, the Fengxin area near Anyi County was breached at noon on the same day.
In accordance with the operational plan, the Japanese army drove our army headquarters to the upper area. Our soldiers continued to retreat to the rear, as they wished. The Japanese army was desperately pursuing and unwilling to give up. As a result, it was getting farther and farther away from the original strategic location of the Japanese army. All the way to the Ganfang area. Ganfang is located in a mountainous area with dense forests and complex terrain. So the Japanese army had to give up heavy combat equipment. Just as they entered our ambush point. It was besieged by the combined forces of the 70th and 72nd Armies of our guarding army. With the help of our army's terrain advantage, every time the Japanese army sent troops, it had to pay an extremely heavy price, and the two armies fought here for two days and nights. The Japanese army could not attack for a long time. In order to retreat, many heavy weapons were abandoned, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties. The first army was basically incapacitated and returned to the vicinity of Anyi County on March 19, and we finally succeeded in unloading one of the Japanese arms.
Repel the enemy
The Japanese general naively thought that the army had completed its combat mission, and as a result, the army suffered heavy losses. Reluctantly, he was ordered to stay in Anyi for repairs. The three-way army attacked our side along the Jinjiang River as planned, covering the smooth attack of the main force on our army. How should our military respond?
After the Japanese army on the 1st road withdrew, the 3rd Japanese army began to attack us.
The Japanese army of the 3rd Route planned to depart from Nanchang. Attack along the north bank of the Jinjiang River, and find an opportunity to meet the main Japanese army. You can then proceed to attack towards the upper heights. At this time, the Japanese 3rd Road army was under strong attack from our 49th Army.
Fiercely attacked the Japanese army
Since the Forty-ninth Army originally belonged to the northeast, its combat effectiveness was extremely strong. Helplessly, the current battlefield belongs to the plains, the terrain is open and flat, facing the elite of the Japanese army, and the enemy has a number of fighters and artillery, because the enemy's artillery attack is too fierce, our army can only gradually fall behind, and gradually lose its superiority.
At this critical juncture, the general base of our 74th Army received the news and sent the 51st Division to provide rapid assistance, wanting to cut off the other arm of the Japanese army together and gradually seal the left and right routes of the Japanese middle road troops. After the arrival of the 51st Division, the unprepared Japanese army was beaten to the ground, and within a day, more than 500 people were killed and had to withdraw. But our army has also paid a very heavy price. There were more than 100 casualties. In accordance with the strategy previously formulated, our army has revised a small part of the combat plan. It was decided to annihilate them all at Pig's Head Mountain, where the Japanese were retreating.
Annihilate the Japanese army
Our army used firepower to lead the enemy troops to Pig's Head Mountain and engaged in a deadly struggle with them. Japanese casualties gradually exceeded a thousand, but the battle did not make any effective progress, at this time the Japanese generals have begun to panic, helpless Japanese troops launched poison gas bombs, our army does not have any professional equipment, can only use cloth dipped in some water for simple protection, in order to annihilate the 3rd road Japanese soldiers, even in the face of poison gas bombs, began to convulse the soldiers, but still insisted on the post. Finally, under the cover of poison gas bombs, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on our 51st Division, highlighting the encirclement of our army. Although the Japanese Third Route Army has broken through the siege, under the high-intensity combat, their army has also suffered heavy casualties. The left arm and right arm have all been lost.
The Japanese suffered a crushing defeat
After the defeat of the left and right armies, the Japanese commander-in-chief did not feel that the strategy had failed. Because at this time, the Japanese soldiers in the middle of the road have never stopped winning battles. Although the attack time in the middle is late, it has already caught up with the pace of the other two roads. The middle road troops believed that their victories were continuous because they were strong enough. To their surprise, they would also suffer heavy casualties in this battle. The Japanese army has been marching towards the upper heights, and it has been in the middle of our arms. Especially when our side gave up guarding Gao'an County, a military stronghold. The confidence of the Japanese army has swelled to the extreme. At this time, they think that they have no disadvantage. The Japanese general ordered the army to march at full speed and attack towards the upper heights. Our troops were also quietly waiting for the Japanese to enter the ambush circle. The 74th Army was already waiting here, as the 51st Division was transferred. Therefore, the number of soldiers who can attack has been reduced by 1/3, and the battlefield area has also been reduced.
Battlefield area is reduced
At this time, the Japanese army was full of self-confidence, and Our Side Zhang Lingfu was calm and calm. It was decided to first use two companies of troops to hold back the attacking Japanese troops. Another part of the force from the Japanese flank to encircle and annihilate, although this battle is very dangerous, but as long as successful, it can seriously damage the Japanese army. The most important thing was to delay the two companies of the Japanese army, and if they could not resist the whole plan, they would collapse completely. However, in the end, the soldiers of these two companies did not live up to everyone's expectations, and stubbornly persisted until the implementation of the plan was completed, and the Japanese army did not move forward.
Resist the Japanese army
What was even more surprising was that the Japanese commander saw that only two companies thought that victory was in sight, and actually went into battle to kill the enemy himself, and died under the first wave of attacks on our side. The remaining soldiers saw the commander warriors and fled. How they will deploy next. Let's move on.
After the front row of troops was breached, how would the Japanese deploy?
After this, the Japanese army still did not give up. Towards the end of the campaign, the Japanese commander-in-chief gathered all the remaining forces and launched a ferocious attack on the upper heights. In order to take the high in one fell swoop, the Japanese sent aircraft to bomb continuously. Due to the fierce offensive, the soldiers in the front row of our side had difficulty in combat. The battle intensified, with more than 4,000 dead and wounded on both sides. The next day, the Japanese sent 70 planes to continuously bomb, our reserve team also rushed to the battlefield, many Nationalist troops martyred themselves, and when the battle came to a difficult time, the miscellaneous servants in the rear of our army had also gone into battle to kill the enemy, and finally annihilated more than 2,000 enemy troops. It was precisely because of everyone's persistence that the troops who later encircled the Japanese army bought time.
Encircle the Japanese army
When the reinforcements arrived, they annihilated the encircled Japanese forces in an instant. After the Japanese army found itself surrounded, it asked for help from the headquarters, but before the reinforcements arrived, they were cut off by our army and could not help. Reinforcements did not arrive for a long time, and the trapped Japanese army began to use poison gas bombs again. Finally, on the 30th, the Japanese broke through the siege with the help of poison gas bombs. Under the pursuit of our army, we escaped from Shanggao, and our army will be successfully retaken by the Japanese occupation. The Japanese fled back to Nanchang, not daring to take a single step.
The Japanese fled back to Nanchang
The Battle of Shanggao was finally won. In this battle, our side annihilated more than 20,000 Japanese troops. Killed four enemy officers. Numerous combat equipment were captured. and countless military supplies. The Japanese army, on the other hand, was too humiliated by the defeat and lied about the number of casualties of only more than a thousand. The 74th Division of our army also won the highest honor of "Flying Tiger Banner" because of its meritorious service in the War of Resistance. The Battle of Shanggao not only dealt a deep blow to the madness of the Japanese army, but also laid a solid foundation for the victory of the Later Battle of Changsha, and carried out different blows against all aspects of the Japanese army.
Netizens said: In order to alleviate its own embarrassing situation, Japan has come to attack our country and seize all available resources, which is really disgraceful. Cruel war, let these heroic soldiers give up their own, to create a happy life for us now, although we do not know their names, but we will firmly remember their deeds, inherit their perseverance, sacrifice for the country spirit, in the motherland needs, dedicate their own modest strength. Use our blood to create a better future.
Anti-Japanese martyrs
With this copy, I would like to pay tribute to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country!