After the Battle of Fujinshan, although China retreated, the Japanese army also suffered heavy casualties! Some of the captains, squadron leaders, and squad leaders are acting as agents. According to Japanese records, after the Battle of Fujinsan, there were only 40 Japanese squadrons left. Based on a squadron of 180 men, the Japanese killed more than 3,300 in this battle.
Sun Lianzhong's subordinate Tian Zhennan led the 30th Army, together with Song Xilian's 71st Army, to jointly arrange the Xiaojieling defense line, and the two cooperated very well, and have been blocking the Japanese army here. However, the accident still happened, and after sun Zhen's subordinates of the Sichuan army abandoned Luoshan without authorization, the important town of Xinyang was presented in front of the Japanese army.
In fact, Hu Zongnan arranged a defensive position in Xinyang very early on. But strangely, the Japanese army did not attack for a long time. This made Hu Zongnan a little puzzled, he was worried that the Japanese army along the road from Luoshan to Xuanhuadian, directly over dabie mountain, attack xiaogan on the back of Wuhan, thus cutting off the Pinghan line, so he immediately ordered the blockade of the Luoxuan highway.
Later, when they captured a Japanese prisoner, they learned the truth, and the Japanese army had no plan to attack Xinyang at all, because they had already learned that Hu Zongnan was a concubine of Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army, and had a tank unit in his hands, as well as an independent artillery regiment.
Hu Zongnan, on the whole, is really difficult to say, and it is difficult for you to judge whether he is excellent or mediocre.
In reality, he was a student of the Whampoa Military Academy and was deeply valued by Chiang Kai-shek, and from this point of view, he must have excelled, but during the War of Resistance Against Japan, Hu Zongnan really did not have anything bright! It even appeared, a very unpleasant place!
At that time, Hu Zongnan had the only mechanized unit of the Kuomintang army, Du Yanming's 200th Division. This unit, which had 5 regiments of troops, originally belonged to the Central Military Commission, and in order to intercept the Japanese army, Chiang Kai-shek allocated it to Hu Zongnan.
However, in the Xinyang area, this unit basically did not play a role!
It is not that Chinese tanks are lagging behind Japanese tanks, but that they are not well coordinated as a whole, which is directly related to the situation on the battlefield. At that time, tanks were a very powerful thing, and they had a great deterrent effect on the senses, both for Chinese soldiers and for Japanese soldiers.
The reason for the problem is that in the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Japanese army was attacking, the Chinese army was defending, and the tank was a weapon that was completely offensive and could only play its greatest role when attacking. In addition, tank warfare requires infantry coordination, and for the Chinese army, the configuration and rhythm of infantry are often disrupted by the Japanese army. In this way, even if the tank unit launched an attack in the local area, due to the lack of follow-up by the infantry, the lone army fell into the position, which was easily damaged by the Japanese shells.
At Xinyang, Hu Zongnan's main force, the 1st Army, fought a battle with the Japanese 10th Division.
According to Hu Zongnan's idea, who could have imagined that the 10th Division, under the leadership of Yoshio Shinozuka, rushed to support, and the right wing of the Chinese army was attacked by the Japanese army.
In order to support Hu Zongnan, Chiang Kai-shek called the Central Military Commission and directly transferred the 15th Artillery Regiment stationed in Hunan to Henan. Hu Zongnan originally had the 11th Artillery Regiment in his hands, and he had 2 independent artillery regiments at once, which was a unique thing in the Chinese army.
In the Battle of Xinyang, Hu Zongnan's main force, Dong Zhao's 1st Division, defended the luoshan front, and the battle was particularly fierce. Soon, however, one of Hu Zongnan's regimental commanders abandoned Xinyang on September 12.
When Li Zongren learned of the situation, he immediately informed Hu Zongnan to lead his troops and move south to Pingjing pass on Tongbai Mountain to cover the westward movement of the large troops in the theater. However, Hu Zongnan was even more arrogant than Tang Enbo, and simply ignored Li Zongren and directly led his troops to Nanyang.
According to Chiang Kai-shek's temper, the generals who defended the positions without authorization had only one result, and that was to be shot.
A year later, Chiang Kai-shek held a meeting in Xi'an to review the Battle of Wuhan and wanted to shoot the commander of the 124th Division, which had abandoned Luoshan without authorization. At this moment, Sun Zhen came out and asked: Giving up Luo Shan is naturally guilty, so what should we say about giving up Xinyang?
At this moment, Chiang Kai-shek was really questioned! He also knew very well in his heart: Xinyang was really lost inexplicably!