In the War of Resistance Against Japan, many splendid battles and commanders emerged, among which the Battle of Shanggao was a battle of very far-reaching international significance in World War II.
This battle ended in a comprehensive victory for our army, and at the same time, it also heralded the imminent demise of Japan.
The Battle of Shanggao annihilated more than 15,000 Japanese troops, how wonderful was this battle, and how did the Japanese army penetrate the encirclement of our army, resulting in a division and regiment almost being wiped out?
The Battle of the Hundred Regiments, the prelude to the Battle
In 1940, the Japanese army gradually understood the sneak attack tactics of our army, and set up many machine gun bunkers and turrets in various villages and cities to compress the scope of our army's activities.
Although we cannot win a war at once, we can limit the development space of the Chinese army and thus win the war of aggression against China.
Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, and Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief, were very angry in the face of the Japanese army's wanton reduction of our army's activity space and massacre of local villagers.
Therefore, the world-famous Hundred Regiments War was launched, and strived to break through the "cage" policy of the Japanese army. Subsequently, more than 100 regiments of our army destroyed several important transportation hubs such as the Zhengtai Railway, the Pingjin Railway, and the Beijing-Hankou Railway.
And during this period, countless enemy strongholds in important transportation hubs were uprooted, allowing the Chinese army to break through the "cage" and deeply strike at the arrogance of the Japanese army.
But the war has come and gone, and we gave the Japanese army a hundred regiments of war, and then the Japanese army began to sweep our army.
However, since it is to sweep our army and restore law and order in north China, the number of local north China troops alone is not enough to complete this plan.
So the Japanese army sent the 33rd Army to North China, but the 33rd Army was withdrawn from Nanchang, and the Japanese troops in the Nanchang area were empty, and only the 34th Division was obviously not enough to guard.
Therefore, the 34th Division proposed to launch an attack on Luo Zhuoying's troops in the Nanchang area before the 33rd Division was transferred, thus reducing the pressure on the 34th Division to garrison Nanchang.
After much deliberation, the commander of the Japanese 11th Army agreed to this request, and the Battle of Kamigata was about to begin.
The lone army went deep and was surrounded without knowing
In March 1941, the Japanese army, under the cover of aircraft artillery, launched an attack on our 70th Army, and in the next three days, the Japanese three-way army was full of strength and progressed very smoothly.
But in fact, at this time, there were gradually interesting changes in the Battle of Shanggao, and the Japanese 34th Army was "betrayed" by the 33rd Army.
According to the strategic deployment of the Japanese army, the original three-way army could attack the headquarters of our 70th and 74th armies and the 19th Army and Shanggao in a pincer-shaped offensive, and annihilate them.
However, the 33rd Army of the North Road suddenly retreated, and after our army lured the enemy deeper, it suffered heavy losses, and its 33rd Army broke through to the death, and finally broke through the encirclement.
At this time, the 33rd Army believed that the coordinated campaign had been successfully completed, and began to reorganize from the new and march to the North China Battlefield.
In fact, the 34th Army was now going deep alone, and the battle was far from over, but the 33rd Army's move had already put the 34th Army under siege without knowing it.
Facing the 34th Army advancing in the middle of the road, our army detoured from the north and south lines back to the 34th Army to complete the encirclement, and when the Japanese army was aware,
Our army, however, had reached the site of operation and began to engage the Japanese. In this battle, our army marched forward courageously and without fear of death, and the Japanese army could not break through our army's defensive line for a while.
At this time, the 34th Army cooperated with the aircraft cannon to break through, and there was still a glimmer of life, but the commander of the 34th Army annihilated Luo Zhuoying's part and occupied the heart of Shanggao, and still chose to fight to the death. This also put the 34th Army in a situation of no return.
Disasters are lost and heavy losses are enormous
In order to capture Shanggao, the 34th Army threw a large number of poison gas bombs and shells at our Shanggao troops, but still failed to successfully occupy it.
At this time, the situation on the battlefield was very critical, and our army completely contained the enemy 34th Army in the frontal battlefield, while the troops in the rear who cut the back road gradually reduced the range of activities of the 34th Army.
The 34th Army realized that it had fallen under siege and immediately called for help from the 11th Army Headquarters. After receiving the telegram, the 11th Army Headquarters also found the seriousness of the problem, and immediately recalled the 33rd Army and cooperated with the 34th Army to break through the siege.
As soon as the Japanese began reinforcements, our army also increased its strength in the upper areas. The Japanese, under strong artillery fire and friendly support, broke through the siege, but our reinforcements also arrived and began to pursue the Japanese.
At this time, our army completely surpassed the Japanese army, and the Japanese army suffered continuous losses on the road of retreat.
In the end, the enemy 34th Army, even under the support of friendly troops, suffered heavy casualties and retreated to safety. Since then, our army has completed the Battle of Shanggao and won a comprehensive victory in the Battle of Shanggao.
In this victory, our army dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army, and the Japanese 34th Division was almost completely destroyed, and our army captured several enemy mountain guns and countless guns and ammunition.
This battle dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Japanese army, and even more gave the Japanese army a great impact on the Nanchang area.
epilogue
The Victory of Shanggao was one of the few victories achieved by the Chinese army on the frontal battlefield.
This victory was not easy to come by, but at the same time, the Chinese people saw the exquisite command of the Chinese army and the heroic and tenacious will to fight, which encouraged the people's determination to resist the Japanese Kou and accelerated the progress of Japan's defeat on the battlefield in China.