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Chapter 755: The consequences of a failed battle are serious

This also resulted in the fact that although the Chinese government's First War Zone had a large number of troops, the combat effectiveness of each unit was extremely poor. Even the people of Henan Province called "flood, drought, locusts, and floods" the four major disasters in Henan Province. This shows how poor the discipline of the troops in the First War Zone of the Chinese government was. This also caused many troops in the First War Zone of the Chinese government to collapse at the first touch when the Japanese North China Front Army launched the Battle of Central Henan.

In the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, Commander Xue, who was the commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, was arrogant and believed that the Japanese 11th Army would never dare to send troops to attack Changsha again after the failure of the previous three Changsha battles. Therefore, the troops of the entire Ninth War Zone were negligent in defense.

In addition, there are many factions of warlords within the Chinese government. When cooperation is needed on the battlefield, the major warlord factions within the Chinese government will fight each other, and even eliminate each other, treating friendly forces as cannon fodder, and all thinking about how to preserve their own strength.

The Chinese government's mistake in strategic judgment of the Japanese China Expeditionary Army also made the Chinese army passive everywhere on the battlefield. The Chinese government's Military Commission had long predicted the "Operation No. 1" launched by the Japanese China Expeditionary Army. However, the Chinese government's Military Commission believed that the Japanese China Expeditionary Army only wanted to open up the Pinghan Railway and attack the Chinese government's army. They did not expect that the Japanese China Expeditionary Army had a greater strategic intention this time.

The information that the Japanese Expeditionary Force in China was about to launch a large-scale attack was obtained by the Fifth War Zone of the Chinese Government from intelligence personnel in Shanghai. The intelligence showed that the Japanese Expeditionary Force in China would use a force of 500,000 to attack the Central Plains region, and reminded the First War Zone of the Chinese Government to be on guard.

When the Japanese Expeditionary Force in China started the Battle of Central Henan, the Military Commission of the Chinese government was concerned that the Japanese Expeditionary Force in China had withdrawn the Japanese Kwantung Army to join the war. They believed that the troops were puppet troops withdrawn from the Northeast and that this was a deception tactic used by the Japanese Expeditionary Force in China.

The Military Commission of the Chinese Government judged that the purpose of the Japanese Expeditionary Army's attack this time was to make a pretext to attack the north and attack the south. The Japanese attack might still be the Guangdong-Hankou Railway. As for the Japanese attack on the First War Zone of the Chinese Government, it was to strike at the main force of the First War Zone of the Chinese Government, to prevent the Chinese Government from withdrawing troops from the First War Zone to reinforce when the Japanese attacked the Guangdong-Hankou Railway.

It was not until ten days into the fighting that Commander Tang, Deputy Commander of the First War Zone of the Chinese Government, discovered that the Japanese attacking force they were facing was the 37th Division of the Japanese North China Front Army.

Due to the Chinese Government Military Commission's misjudgment of the Japanese Army's Chinese Expeditionary Army's strategy, the Chinese Government's First War Zone troops rested in place after the Battle of Central Henan and did not carry out subsequent combat deployments.

In addition, the lack of unity in the combat command of the Chinese government's military was also an important reason for the failure. Although the highest level of the Chinese government, Chief of Staff and Minister of Military and Political Affairs of the Chinese Government Military Commission, Commander He, and Deputy Chief of Staff and Minister of Military Training of the Chinese Government Military Commission, Commander Bai, both participated in the combat command, the Chinese Government Military Commission did not formulate any systematic overall combat plan.

On the one hand, the Chinese government's Military Commission arbitrarily adjusted the deployment of troops on the battlefield, transferring troops in various directions. On the other hand, it had no idea whether to defend or attack, defend or retreat, etc.

As for the Japanese Expeditionary Army in China, the troops of General Okamura Yasuji, commander of the Japanese North China Front, fought from the north to the south, the troops of Lieutenant General Yokoyama Isamu, commander of the Japanese 11th Army, fought from the center to the southwest, and the Japanese Southern Army attacked from the south to the north. Not only did they cooperate with each other strategically, but their combat plans were also very detailed.

At the same time, the great defeat of the Chinese government's army in the Battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi also shocked the whole world. No one had expected that the Japanese army, which was already at the end of its strength, could achieve such a brilliant victory on the battlefield in China.

The U.S. government was also very disappointed with the failure of the Chinese government's army. General Stilwell, the chief of staff of the China Theater, even wanted to replace the commander-in-chief of the China Theater at the highest level of the Chinese government. However, this plan was not implemented due to the obstruction of U.S. President Luo.

However, the tragic defeat of the Chinese government army in the Battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi also made the American government realize that if they wanted to rely solely on the strength of the Chinese government army, they would not be able to launch a counterattack against the Japanese Expeditionary Force on the Chinese mainland. At least, temporarily, the Chinese government army would not be able to launch a counterattack against the Japanese Expeditionary Force.

As a result, the US government came up with a plan to have the Soviet government launch a counterattack against the Japanese army on land.

In February 1945, precisely because of the disastrous defeat of the Chinese government's army in the Battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi, the United States kicked the Chinese government out of the four major allied powers and held the Yalta Conference alone with the Soviet Union and Britain, which caused the Chinese government's international status to plummet. At this conference, the United States, the Soviet Union and Britain directly arranged the post-war pattern of Asia.

At the Yalta Conference, the United States demanded that the Soviet Union fight against the Japanese army, while the Soviet Union demanded that China's Mongolian region agree to establish an independent country. At the same time, the United States and the Soviet Union also divided their respective spheres of influence in various parts of Asia.

The representatives of the Chinese government had no say at the Yalta Conference and were forced to sign an agreement with the Soviet Union. Ultimately, after the war, the Chinese government could only watch helplessly as the Soviet Union held a so-called referendum in Mongolia, which led to Mongolia's independence.

The disastrous defeat of the Chinese government's army in the Battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi also forced the main forces of the Chinese government to retreat to the southwest and dare not engage in large-scale battles with the Japanese army again.

At the same time, the disastrous defeat of the Chinese government's army in the Battle of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi led to a shortage of resources in the areas ruled by the Chinese government. The Chinese government originally relied heavily on land taxes in Henan, Hunan and Guangxi provinces for its finances. Now that these places have been occupied by the Japanese army, these financial revenues can no longer be collected.

In the industrial direction, the Chinese government originally concentrated one-third of the enterprises in the rear area in the Hunan and Guangxi regions. Now these enterprises have been basically destroyed. Due to the shortage of materials, prices in the areas ruled by the Chinese government have continued to soar, which has brought extreme hardship to the Chinese people.

But for the Japanese army, although "Operation No. 1" opened up the Pinghan, Yuehan, and Hunan-Guangxi railway lines, the Japanese Expeditionary Force in China was simply unable to guarantee the safety of their operation. This continental transportation line, which was highly valued by the Japanese army, was never fully opened to traffic, and its strategic intention was not actually realized.