Battle of Xuefeng Mountain in China and Japan

The battle to defend Zhijiang is called "Zhijiang offensive and defensive war" in Japanese war history books. China is also called "Xiangxi Battle".

Zhijiang is bordered by Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi and Hubei provinces, sandwiched between the three major water systems of Hunan, Guizhou and Yuan, bordering Changsha and Hengyang in the east, Guilin and Liuzhou in the south and Zhijiang River Basin in the west. This area still passes through Guizhou and Sichuan, intimidating Guiyang and bypassing Chongqing's military region. Xiangxi fell, Guiyang was in danger, and Chongqing was in danger. Attacking this area was originally the first step of Okamura Ningji's plan to attack Sichuan. After the plan was rejected by the base camp, he refused to give up the idea of attacking Sichuan and kept spying on opportunities. With its active efforts, the base camp agreed to the first part of his original plan-fighting in Zhijiang, but the main purpose of the approval was to destroy the US air base in Zhijiang.

In the Japanese "1" campaign last year, seven air bases and more than 30 airports of the Chinese and American air forces in Hengyang, Lingling, Baoqing, Guilin, Liuzhou, Danzhu and Nanning were successively occupied or destroyed by the Japanese. 1In the battle of Laohekou in northern Hunan, which began in March, 945, the US military airport there was also destroyed by the war. In this way, Zhijiang Airport has become the only forward airport of the US Strategic Air Force in China. The airport was expanded by the US military, and its scale was huge. The American heavy bombers that took off from here not only dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese strategic targets in China, but also directly threatened the Japanese facilities in Taiwan Province Province. Tokyo Base Camp also believes that when the Sino-US air force taking off from Zhijiang Airport fights against the landing of American troops along the coast of China, it will cause heavy casualties to the Japanese army. So this nail must be pulled out.

It can be seen that the ideas of Base Camp and Okamura are not exactly the same in the purpose of launching this Zhijiang Raiders. In addition, according to the memory of the chief of staff of the dispatching army, the ideas of the headquarters on this operation are not completely consistent. General Nasaburo Okabe, commander of the Sixth Army of Japan, who was ordered to undertake the task of Zhijiang, opposed Okamura's plan to attack Sichuan from the beginning. He thought this action was an adventure and an adventure, so he disapproved of this Zhijiang campaign. But as a junior, he must obey Okamura's decision. The main force of the Japanese army this time is the 20 th Army of Japan. What kind of commander will Ichiro Sakamoto be? According to the report, "General Banci is addicted to alcohol, eccentric and rude. Recently, he felt unwell or caused by heavy drinking. " Banxi's subordinates complained privately: "The commander may be a little nervous because he drank too much. The staff officers are very unhappy that they have to handle everything themselves. Moreover, the command style is not stable enough and lacks the spirit of observing reality. " High flyers, who studied in Germany, has now degenerated into an alcoholic. In recent years, he has been addicted to alcohol, which is nothing more than drinking to drown his sorrows.

With the prospect of the empire getting worse and worse, the fighting spirit of senior Japanese generals is also declining. For example, when the 12 Army planned to attack the Laohekou area in March, Hidetaro, the commander of the army, called a meeting of division heads, and as a result, several division heads bargained at the meeting and made terms with Neishan. This is the first time in a high-level military conference in Japan. Finally, Neshan was furious and said, "According to all your statements, there is no need to fight this war. The highest mission of the army is to fight. As for the weather and roads, you don't have to consider it. " This shows that senior Japanese commanders have weak fighting spirit.

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