Battle of central Henan

1In April, 944, Okamura Ningji, commander of the Japanese North China Army, commanded 12 Army to attack the southern section of Pinghan Railway (Beijing-Hankou) and launched an attack on Zhengxian (Zhengzhou) and Luoyang. Jiang, commander of China's first war zone, commanded eight group armies (1 Corps * * 17 Army) with about 400,000 people. With the support of the Eighth Theater and the Air Force (156 aircraft), the 28th Army relied on the established river defense position on the south bank of the Yellow River to fight against the Japanese army. 19, Japanese army1/kloc-0, 62nd division attacked the position of Mangshantou, 85th Army, 28th Army, from the southern end of Zhengzhou Yellow River Railway Bridge. After breaking through the position, Zhengzhou, Xinzheng, Weishi, Surabaya and Mixian were successively captured on the 23rd. After 3 1 and 4 armies were attacked by the Japanese army, they were evacuated to Funiu Mountain and Hancheng on the 5th and 6th respectively.

On the same day, the 27th Japanese Division from Xuchang South joined forces with the Gongxia Corps (equivalent to brigade) from Queshan and Xinyang North, and the southern section of Pinghan Railway was opened. That night, the Japanese army crossed the Yellow River, captured Hao Ying and Mianchi in Henan, and then entered along the Longhai Railway. The North China Army attacked Luoyang, and the defenders fought alone until the 25th, when Luoyang fell. On June 2 1944, the main force of the first theater and the first department of the eighth theater launched a counterattack. By the middle of the war, the Japanese army was rushed to Shaanxi, Luoning, Songxian and Lushan, and the two sides confronted each other, ending the campaign in central Henan. ?

Battle of Heng Chang

On the same day that the Japanese army captured Luoyang, Qi, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Chinese dispatch army, pushed Nanjing's forward command post to Hankou, and began the Hunan-Guangxi campaign in the main stage of the campaign. 1 In May, 944, Japanese CommanderNo. 1 1 Yokoyama Yong commanded eight divisions,1flying regiment and a navy, with more than 200,000 men, and attacked Changsha and Hengyang with the goal of seizing the Hunan-Guangxi Railway (Hengyang-Laibin). Xue Yue, commander of China's Ninth Theater, commanded four group armies to fight back one after another, consuming and delaying the Japanese army.

65438+ 1 In June, 0944, the Japanese army crossed the Miluo River in the middle and left, and after breaking through the defensive positions, they attacked the Laodao River and Liuyang River in two ways. By 14, the Japanese army had successively captured Yuanjiang, Yiyang and Liuyang. 16, the Japanese 34th, 58th and 68th divisions attacked Changsha city. The 4th Army held out until the afternoon of 18, and all the casualties were exhausted, and Changsha fell. On 28th, the 68th and 1 16 divisions of the Japanese army attacked Hengyang. 10 defenders (four divisions, actually only four regiments) relied on fortifications and fought back with front and side fire cover until July 2 1944, which dealt a heavy blow to the enemy and forced him to stop attacking. On August 4th, the Japanese army 1 1 concentrated four divisions to attack Hengyang for the third time. The defenders fought until the 8th, with heavy casualties. Hengyang fell and the battle of Heng Chang ended. ?

Guiliu campaign

The Japanese army attacked Guangxi from Hunan, Guangdong and Vietnam, and started the Battle of Guiliu. In August, 1944, after Japanese troops invaded Hengyang, Hunan, they attacked Wuzhou, Guangxi from Qingyuan, Guangdong and other places along the Xijiang River on September 6, and another 1 independent mixed brigade attacked Rongxian, Guangxi from Suixi, Guangdong. 14, the Japanese army 1 1 captured Quanzhou, then adjusted its deployment and prepared to attack Guilin. On 22nd, the 23rd Japanese Army was trapped in Wuzhou, and on June 65438+1October1day, Pingnan, Danzhu, Guiping and Wei Meng were successively captured. On the 9th, the 23rd Army104th Division,13rd Division and13rd Division of the Japanese Army broke through the defensive position of the Central Corps and attacked Liuzhou. 1 1 On the same day, the 26th Army, which held fast to Liuzhou, suffered more than half of the casualties and was ordered to evacuate, and Liuzhou fell. Capture Nanning on the 24th.

On 28th, the 2 1 Division of the Japanese Southern Army broke into China from Vietnam and attacked Suilu (now Fusui) in Guangxi. At this point, the mainland traffic line from northeast China to Hanoi was finally opened by the Japanese invaders. Kuomintang troops retreated to Guizhou. The Japanese army pursued along the Guizhou-Guangxi highway with more than 3,000 troops, like entering no one's land. 10, the Japanese 2nd1division and 22nd division joined forces in Suiling. At this point, all mainland traffic lines have been opened. In the middle of the year, the two sides gradually formed a confrontation, and the Battle of Guiliu ended. ?