No major defeat is innocent, and the Battle of Zhongtiaoshan is no exception. The defeat of
had already spread everywhere. By May 7, 1941, the Japanese army suddenly launched an attack, and the so-called Zhongtiaoshan was already a mud-silded defense line. However, people at that time were immersed in the victory over the past three years and could not wake up. It seemed that the Japanese army attacked again, and the defense was no problem, and various military disposals were increasingly inappropriate. The Fourth Army has been transferred to the south bank of the Yellow River , and the pillars have been removed. The crumbling Zhongtiao Mountain can be said to be able to fall down with a finger, and the Japanese army has also used unprecedented huge forces, so everything that will happen in the future will not be surprising.
As long as you have a little breath, the Kuomintang army will enjoy peace. Zhongtiaoshan gave them three years, enough for the National Army to complete all the things they wanted to do comfortably. One of the most popular traditions in the military is to do business, and smuggling may be more accurate. This kind of activity is common, and the garrisons sent people to and from the occupied areas to do business.
Someone involved once described the Fifth Army Zeng Wanzhong parts as the market, which means that their business is booming and lively.
Another business that was fascinated was to adjust the defense to Shan County, Henan Province on the south bank of the Yellow River, with its position opposite the Japanese army across the river. Li Jiayu, commander-in-chief of the group army, has been involved in a group with smuggling merchant Yang Qingting since he entered , and sold drugs on a large scale. Heroin alone alone sold 500 taels per month, and used military vehicles to transport them to various counties for sale. Under his leadership, the army was engaged in drug trafficking. On May 7, 1941, the Japanese army had launched an attack on the entire line of Zhongtiao Mountain. On the 8th, the commander of the theater, Wei Lihuang, called Li Jiayu to inquire about the situation on the front line. Commander-in-Chief Li, who was busy playing cards at the Yang family, simply replied with the word "Chief Wei" and "Nothing".
Commander-in-Chief Li said nothing wrong. He has no shadow of the Japanese army here, and he is extremely comfortable and has no problem saying that there is nothing wrong. Those generals on Zhongtiao Mountain who were busy with business would not see the shadow of the Japanese army like Commander-in-Chief Li before the sound of cannons. They could not see the white silver. Who would look at the other ones from the bottom of their eyes? The Japanese army took the opportunity to be busy and clearly grasped the location of the garrison and the names of the supervisors at all levels. When attacking the 80th Regiment of the 27th Division, the traitor shouted out all the names of the company commanders of the regiment battalion. The 80th Regiment retreated in a panic in fear, and the other two regiments, the 79th Regiment and the 81st Regiment followed the wind and fled.
doesn't take much effort to master the list, and the Japanese army spends time detecting the terrain. They touched all the inside and outside of Zhongtiao Mountain, and found some extremely remote paths. The garrison knew nothing about these paths, so of course there was no need to defend. In the Battle of Zhongtiaoshan, a major feature of the Japanese army was heart-wrenching tactics, and small troops specialized in copying the heads of the National Army in the rear. A strange phenomenon of appeared on the battlefield. There was no shot in the front, but the rear was already in a panic, losing contact with the upper and lower parts, and then one by one, one by one, was running around. Another side effect of
smuggling or doing business is that it is a decadent fighting spirit and is numb to the crisis on the battlefield. Three years have passed, and the bloody and courageous spirit in the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan has slowly faded away, and has almost disappeared under the erosion of the wind of smuggling. Everyone can also yell at a high-profile anti-Japanese war, but they have long lost the appeal of the original one. Sometimes a regiment or company will be sent down the mountain to guerrilla warfare. The attacking troops walked around the vacuum area at the foot of the mountain and returned triumphantly without launching a single shot. All parties are happy about this kind of thing, and the happiest thing is the Japanese army, who see through the weakness of this kind of force.
Post-war The Supreme National Defense Committee When summarizing the reasons for the disastrous defeat in the battle, he believed that: "One of the reasons for Zhongtiaoshan's failure was that the enemy depreciated the price and transported the enemy to drugs. The army was profit-oriented, and the smuggling was strong, and its combat effectiveness was weakened. ............ Especially drug trafficking and trafficking were the biggest reason." These words were summarized very well. But when did the National Army abandon the glorious tradition of smuggling? Henan, Hunan and Guangxi Battle is the most typical example.
Why is the military smuggling constantly increasing and becoming more and more serious? It is related to corruption in the supervisor and slack military discipline, which is related to many factors, including the bad treatment of the military. The Zhongtiaoshan garrison is all miscellaneous, and its condition is particularly bad. It is not an exaggeration to say that the soldiers are struggling on the line of disappointment.
The 34th Division Commander Gong Bingfan was captured in the Battle of Zhongtiaoshan. Due to this experience, his feelings about the situation of the army at that time were particularly deeper than those who recalled it. Gong Bingfan said that the Fifth Army was 120 miles away from Bailangdu Ferry. In order to eat food, soldiers on the front line had to go back and forth to carry grain with Bailangdu. The weather was clear and back and forth for more than two days, and it took three or four days for rainy and snowy days. The grain was carried back, and the soldiers had to push and grind the wheat into flour by themselves. The soldiers used by various troops to transport grain, grind noodles, carry water, and harvest firewood, "actually account for more than one-third of the entire company." The base area has "no side dishes", "oil and salt are also difficult", and the soldiers are "heavy and exhausted". What's more troublesome is the problem of wearing
. In winter, the soldiers only had a set of cotton coats. The climate in Zhongtiao Mountain was cold, and the soldiers were watching in the mountains, and their hands were cracked. A set of clothes that are rarely taken off all year round, sleeping in the grass shop every night, soldiers are lice all over the body, and lice are infected with " Return to Hot ", also known as "position fever". Serious ills are sent to the hospital, lacking medical beds, soldiers die in succession, "all the graves are formed near the hospital."
Soldiers regard Zhongtiaoshan as hell, and the strong men rush to escape. The war damage supplements of each unit have never been sufficient. In this case, the vacancies of each front-line division increased day by day, with more soldiers in each company, fifty or sixty or even thirty or forty.
In early March 41, the Japanese army attacked the 14th Army. Zeng Wanzhong, commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army, sent a reinforcement regiment of the 7th Division of the Third Army to reinforce. The troops set off vigorously. When they passed by the 34th Division's garrison, Gong Bingfan took a careful look. There were only more than 60 combat soldiers in each company of the regiment. At that time, the Zhongtiaoshan Army claimed to have 200,000 troops, but the actual force was greatly reduced.
is insufficient personnel, and a large part of them are newly recruited recruits, with weak physical strength, poor military quality and weak fighting will.
It is impossible for the chief officer of the army to not notice the current situation of the army at that time, but few people take it seriously. Why? The four words are profitable, and the gap can bring benefits to the chief officers at all levels such as the company, battalion, regiment, division, army, commander-in-chief. If we were to say that in the early stage of the Zhongtiao Mountain Defense War, everyone was thinking about how to fertilize China with passion. In the later stage, the atmosphere of eating empty space and drinking soldiers developed in Zhongtiao Mountain. This was originally a routine, and everyone is just regaining tradition.
Gong Bingfan said that he had reported to the Chief of the Guard that the suffering of soldiers in his division and the large number of escapes. The Chief of the Guard was very surprised after hearing this, and other troops had never reported it. Chief Wei bluntly said that there are some problems with the leadership of the public division commander. Then the Chief of the Guard happily informed the Public Division that Zhongtiao Mountain was the " Magino " in Anti-Japanese War . The fortifications were strong and the morale of the defenders was strong. The Public Division should really go to the front line to check it out earlier. The dialogue took place in mid-November 1940, when the Public Commander was preparing to lead his troops to Zhongtiao Mountain to succeed the defense of the 14th Army.
41 In mid-April, the 34th Division was stationed in Zhongtiao Mountain for nearly half a year. The public commander and the commander of the Third Army Tang Huaiyuan came to Luoyang to preside over the Zhongtiao Mountain Defense Conference, reflecting the danger of defense single-line equipment and the miserable living conditions of front-line soldiers. Minister He was a little impatient when he heard this, but he was a gentle person. Not only did he not have an attack, but he also said politely that he would let the logistics department study and improve the methods in the future. Both of them are official figures, Commander Tang and Commander of the Public Commander understand the meaning of the words. Don’t say it anymore, just reply if you have nothing to do.
held a defense meeting, but was not interested in the arrangement of defense and the soldiers who defended it, so what else can I talk about?
No one is pushing it, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the paper-smoked Zhongtiao Mountain is falling. It will fall to the ground just when the storm suddenly strikes on May 7th.
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