In the War of Resistance Against Japan, there was such a miraculous battle. The Chinese and Japanese sides participated in the war with as many as 280,000 troops, and the battle line was more than 200 kilometers long! In this battle, we not only recovered all the areas occupied by the Japanese army, but even beat the Japanese army to their knees and begged for mercy.
The rest of the 47th Division retreated on all fronts, and all Japanese units retreated to the area before the Battle of Xiangxi, and since then, the Battle of Xiangxi, which lasted 55 days, finally came to an end, and our army won the final victory of the Battle of Xiangxi. So, why is the Battle of Xiangxi called a miracle in the history of the War of Resistance Against Japan? What exactly happened in this battle?
At this time, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in China was nearing its end, and the Japanese army was also in a slight decline in the Pacific theater. In the face of such a situation, Japan, as a shameless aggressor, still did not give up resistance. As the all-out war of resistance drew to a close, Japan began to transfer troops from southeastern China with the intention of fighting a final decisive battle.
Due to the strong military strength of the US military, the situation of the Japanese army in the Pacific theater was very grim. As the war progressed, the United States gradually pushed into Japan's homeland, which was their home base.
The advance of the battle line made the Japanese military very uneasy, and sure enough, the United States successfully landed on the Ryukyu Islands, and the Japanese defense line was finally broken. In the battle of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan suffered a lot, and the Japanese naval force was almost completely wiped out. Japan's maritime supply lines were broken.
There is an old saying: Before the soldiers and horses move, the grain and grass go first. We all know how important supplies are for an army and a countryThe breakdown of Japan's sea supply lines also meant that hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops would not be provided with supplies and adequate food. On the contrary, our country has received a steady stream of food and food from its allies, the US military, and its combat effectiveness and lethality have been continuously enhanced.
Returning to the Chinese battlefield, after the Battle of Yuxianggui, we got supplies from the American army, so the Kuomintang authorities accepted the suggestion of the American army and set up the headquarters of the army in the beautiful Kunming. At that time, we were also ready for a big **.
The Japanese side saw the magnificence of our army, and in order to show its strength and improve the morale of its own team, it believed that the next war must be fought and must be won. Their ideas do coincide with ours. We not only wanted to take advantage of the east wind of the Henan-Xianggui Campaign to severely defeat the arrogance of the Japanese army, but also to completely drive them out of China. In the tacit understanding between the two sides, this battle is inevitable.
Although Xiangxi has not been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, it was particularly important on the battlefield at that time. At that time, we lost the territory of central and southern Hunan and even a large area of Guangxi in the battle, which also made Xiangxi the most favorable for the enemy to attack Chongqing.
As a natural barrier to the capital Chongqing, the Xiangxi region plays an important role in our final battle. Therefore, on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, we are determined to recover Xiangxi. We all know that the Battle of Xiangxi is also called the Battle of Zhijiang. Why?
It turned out that Japan chose to brazenly launch the Battle of Xiangxi, to a large extent, not for a simple attack, but also for a deeper target - Zhijiang Airport. At that time, Zhijiang Airport was one of the most important rear air bases of the Kuomintang army.
Zhijiang Airport is located in the southeast of Zhijiang County, which lasted a long time and was a huge project. However, after its completion, it brought immeasurable benefits to the Kuomintang. Due to the huge site and the excellent location of the airport, the Kuomintang soon transferred all its air force systems to Zhijiang Airport. What does this mean? It meant that once the Japanese army captured the Zhijiang airfield, the Kuomintang's air force would cease to exist.
However, how could we not know about the conspiracy of the Japanese army, we not only knew it, but even took precautions in advance. As early as the United States, the Flying Tigers were already stationed at Zhijiang Air Base. Due to the strong air combat strength, we suppressed Japan's air combat to the death, which also led to Japan's firm determination to win in the Battle of Xiangxi.
If it didn't work, it became a benevolent, and soon the Japanese army had action. The Japanese army, which had been silent for many days, finally began to mobilize troops, and they chose to transfer 80,000 Japanese troops to make the final attack on Hunan, China. Of course, this was also the last offensive battle plan of the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield.
At the end of April, the Japanese army had completed all preparations for the war, and when they felt that it was foolproof, they launched an attack on Wugang, and the Japanese artillery fire was aimed at the west gate of Wugang, and many Japanese troops rushed to the west gate as if desperately.
The reality is brutal,Many Japanese soldiers were killed by our troops without even getting close to the city wall, and with the use of a large number of explosives in the process of city defense, the Japanese army was extremely heavy for a while. On top of such a lifeline built with their lives, there were still a few Japanese soldiers who arrived at the city tower and used suicidal **, and even completed some damage to the city wall for a while.
The appearance of this group of people completely shattered the illusion that the Japanese army captured Wugang. Groups of civilians poured out of the city, braving artillery fire to block all the holes that had just been completed by the Japanese army with sandbags.
In the face of the ladders used by the enemy to climb the stairs, we also burned all the wooden ladders with the ** provided by the United States. Although Japan did not come close to Takeoka Castle, under the suicide attack of Japanese soldiers, our army also caused a certain amount of **.
Faced with waves of Japanese troops pouring in from the front, Wugang's defenders had no choice but to ask for help from Wuyang. In this way, without the knowledge of the Japanese army, the 44th Division of Wuyang caught the Japanese army by surprise.
Coupled with the ferocity and abnormality of the 44th Army in Wuyang, the Japanese army once thought that our army still had backup, and they couldn't help but panic. This is the soldiers of Wugang finally fought Wugang City, and formed an encirclement of the Japanese army with the 44th Division of Wuyang, and the Japanese army quickly collapsed and defeated Wugang City.
After the defeat of the Japanese army, under our blows, they retreated to the vicinity of Suining. And we did not give the Japanese army the slightest room to breathe, and quickly transferred the 5th Division to Ma'anshan for a strong attack, and with the cooperation of the 44th Army, our army quickly drove the Japanese into our encirclement.
The 5th Division and the 44th Division launched a final general attack on the few Japanese troops. Although the Japanese army did not have many people, they were equipped with great lethality**. In order to reduce **, our army decisively chose the path of melee attack. Sure enough, the Japanese army quickly chose to retreat and attempted to evacuate to Wanfu Bridge. What they didn't know was that their plan had been expected by us for a long time.
It turned out that our army had already formed a temporary assault team in concealment, and thanks to the leadership of the local people, we quickly detoured to the back of the Wanfu Bridge battlefield by small road. Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army had no time to estimate the base camp.
Our army quietly appeared, and under the frightened eyes of the Japanese army, we quickly destroyed the Japanese army's Wanfuqiao base area, and eliminated more than 200 officers of the Japanese command on the spot, resulting in the paralysis of the Japanese front-line command. Capture the thief and capture the king first, nothing more.
In this battle, we successfully captured the enemy's heavy artillery fire, and with the heavy **, we began to attack to the maximum extent, and soon all the Japanese troops except for the 115th Division were wiped out by the 44th and 5th Divisions.
In order to prevent the Japanese 115 unit from having a chance to escape, we have been chasing this army relentlessly. Interestingly, the 115th Unit, which fled in a hurry, actually ran into the 94th Army of our army by surprise in the process of marching and fleeing. The rat hit the cat's nest, and the Japanese army had no way to retreat, and since then the Japanese army has been wiped out on all fronts.
Soon the time came to the 13th, and all the commanders of the 44th and 5th divisions of our army at this time successfully arrived at the front line of the war. At this time, the Japanese army had only a few companies of strength, and the main position of the Japanese army soon fell into our hands. Most of the Japanese soldiers ran and fled, and some even knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
We killed most of the Japanese officers, and victory was on the horizon. However, the cunning Japanese 1st Brigade abandoned the base camp and fled. With the help of the cover of the mountain, they hid in the mountain for five days.
Of course, we will not ignore such a fish that slipped through the net, and after searching for our army day and night, this cunning and cowardly Japanese squad was finally discovered by us, and the squad leader was killed on the spot, and the 109th Wing has since become the history of the anti-Japanese battlefield.
Immediately after that, the various divisions and regiments of our country converged one after another, preparing for the final decisive battle. Until then, we'll have to retake Cave Town. Here there was a fierce clash between our army and the Japanese army. Japan knew that it was already resisting, so it dispatched all the elite of the army.
While the ground forces were fighting fiercely, we finally took advantage of our own operations at home, dispatched our air forces, and after being flanked by the Chinese and American air forces, the Japanese troops finally began to break and flee in all directions. On the battlefield at that time, many soldiers who had no place to flee even knelt on the ground and raised white flags to surrender.
At the same time, on the battlefield of Furong Mountain, the situation of our army is not optimistic. There were less than 200 of our troops left on the Furong Mountain battlefield, but the Japanese army still had 1,000 men. It can be said that the Japanese army at this time had an overwhelming advantage over our army. The Japanese army clearly discovered this, and they shamelessly chose the tactic of crowds.
At that time, we had reached the end of the war, and we were already seriously insufficient, so we could only drop bombs on the Japanese when they were attacking, so as not to waste them unnecessarily. Because of our courageous resistance, the Japanese could not get close to us for a while.
But the reality is cruel, under the artillery fire, more than half of our army has already been **, and even high-ranking officers have been seriously injured because of their leadership. However, we also inflicted great damage on the Japanese army, and the Japanese army finally retreated to the area before the Battle of Xiangxi in our attack and resistance. Since then, we have achieved a complete victory in the Battle of Xiangxi.
In this miracle battle created by our army, we caused a total of more than 27,000 Japanese troops, and the number of confirmed deaths was even more than half. Among the many Japanese soldiers who died, some chose to commit suicide during the siege.
In this miraculous battle, we not only inflicted a major loss on the Japanese army, but even collected a lot of loot. We got a lot of heavy **, including mortars, heavy machine guns, and a lot of light machine guns and rifles.
The most dramatic thing is that we also captured a large number of Japanese war horses and Japanese flags. The importance of the national flag to a country is self-evident, and there is a rule that all armies must abide by on the battlefield, that is, even if there is only one person left on the battlefield, we must firmly protect our national flag.
Due to the large number of Japanese surrenders, we not only gained many prisoners, but also got their national flags, and this battle also made Japan a joke in the Pacific theater. It not only thwarted the Japanese army's conspiracy against Zhijiang Airport, but also greatly boosted the morale of our army, allowing us to face all the next battles with confidence. This is a historic and undeniable battle of miracles!
The people live and work in peace and contentment, and no longer have to worry about the invasion of war. We are a fortunate generation, and a generation destined to remember history. We will never forget the soldiers who worked hard to stand in front of the people in the Battle of Xiangxi, and we will never forget the greatest and selfless spirit of the motherland.