What was the impact of the battle between Henan, Hunan and Guangxi?

War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is made up of countless battles, and the battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi is just one of them, so it is not well known to most people, but many aspects of this battle deserve our deep consideration. Next, let's take a look at the impact of this war. The following is the influence of the battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi that I carefully arranged for you. I hope you like it.

The influence of the battle between Henan, Hunan and Guangxi

positive impact

The battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi not only defeated the Japanese strategic attempt, but also greatly contained and attacked the Japanese army, greatly increasing the difficulties of the Japanese invaders themselves. For this offensive, the Japanese army invested 465,438+/kloc-0,000 soldiers, 800 chariots and nearly 70,000 war horses, and launched an attack on the front line of 2,400 kilometers. This is also the largest offensive action mobilized by the Japanese army in history. In the end, the Japanese army successfully occupied the American Air Force Base at the cost of 24,000 deaths, which caused huge human and material losses to China, but at the same time, it was unable to expand its achievements because of insufficient troops, and it was on the defensive for a long time in the battlefield in China.

For China and Japan, the development of the 1944 war situation brought great influence to both sides, which was a major turning point in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and the sign of this turning point was the battle between Chongqing, Hunan and Guangxi and its influence. One of the reasons why the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines led by Zhong * * * have developed so rapidly is that the main attack targets of the Japanese army from 1943 to 1944 are all aimed at the Kuomintang battlefield, especially in the spring and summer of 1944? World War I? Two-thirds of the 800,000 Japanese invaders (Chinese troops) were concentrated in the Kuomintang battlefield, greatly reducing the pressure on the anti-Japanese base areas in North China and Central China.

negative impact

The situation that Chongqing National Government was repeatedly frustrated and retreated in the Japanese World War I greatly damaged the impression of China (especially the National Government headed by Chiang Kai-shek) in the United States. Some people in the American army doubted the anti-Japanese war ability of the Kuomintang army, and the relationship between Stilwell and Chiang Kai-shek had deteriorated to a critical point before this campaign. Stilwell compared the poor performance of China's army with the excellent strength of his Indian expeditionary forces in Lancia, Myanmar and Myanmar. He pointed out that the corruption and incompetence of Chiang Kai-shek's regime was the main reason for prolonging the war, and even advocated that Chiang Kai-shek should replace him as the supreme commander of China Theater. Chiang Kai-shek also almost angrily asked the United States to replace Stilwell.

1At the Yalta meeting in February, 945, in order to make the Soviet Union send troops to attack the Japanese army in Chinese mainland as soon as possible, American Roosevelt reached a secret agreement with Stalin behind China's back: part of China's territory (Outer Mongolia) was allowed to become independent under the protection of the Soviet Union. The direct cause of this serious consequence is the failure of Kuomintang troops in Henan, Hunan and Guangxi. The command conflict between China and the United States finally ended with American concessions. 1At the end of 944, American President Roosevelt was forced to replace Stilwell. However, the impression of the American government and people on the Kuomintang government in China has turned into distrust and contempt, which has affected the outcome of the post-war civil war to some extent.

The course of the battle between Henan, Hunan and Guangxi

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 people, and captured the railway (Hengyang? Guests) as the goal, to Changsha, Hengyang area. 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. In the meantime, the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, which was blocked in Dongshan, Hunan, suffered heavy losses in Liling, Chaling, Anren and other places. Later, with the support of the 27th Division, 34th Division and 1 3rd Division1Division, the encirclement was not broken until the end of the month. 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.

The time of the battle between Henan, Hunan and Guangxi

The Battle of Yuxianggui was a large-scale offensive campaign carried out by the Japanese army in China, Henan, Hunan and Guangxi from April 1944 to February 10.