THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 21. 1938.
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Can China Achieve A Military Victory Over Japan?
The following is part of a radio broadrast given
Station X60K, Canton, by Percy Chen, last night).
This year 1962, opened with the Japanese in control of parts of Chansi of Quiyuan, the greater part fasciiil Shantung north of The Yellow River. They also held Shanghai and Nanking. Our troubis? remained within 10 kilometres of the Shanghai Nanking railway and the nutskirts of Banu-
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From the south at Pukow, Gen- offensive
IN SHANTUNG cral Mateul tried to push his men dank, in Shansi, for the purpose of On the Shantung front the suc worthwards 2
the clearing that province of Chinese cesses both of our regular and allack upon lisuchow. He failed. troops. What a task? The strate- guerilla, troops gave General Mina- liis army was defeated by General zic task is a correct one. So long mi in Korea some anxious moments. Chang Tsc Chung at the Rual as Chinese troops remain in Shansi
We were cutting the railway liver hear Pengpu.
the Japanese cannot hold north
in many places. The roads through Chine. This is an axiom which is the mountains were under the do- it would be well here to ****
clear to even people who are not minance of our guerillas and Eid
the failure uf Itagaki's
military. But General Katzuki at- were advancing to recapture Ning- plan No. 1. It was attempted in February prior to the offensive in tempted his task with about 200,000
vang, Tsining and Yenchow. Shausi. According £0 the men over a total frontage of more
In addtiion, at Lini we had in- than 800 miles since he would have ficted a severe defezt upon Japan- -Mechanical mechanised mind" the
to clear our forces from north rapture of Heuchow WHA to be
ese troops operating from Tsingtao effected
Shansi, along both sides of the They lost 4,000 men in a decisive by an advance directly along the Tsinpu, Hailway.
At the Railway from Tatung to Puchow,
battle. At Feihsien our defence same time a mechanised forces was
as well as the passes and moun positions continued to hold up the to advance from Yenchow through
tains of south-east Shansi, and Japanese forces which trying to: Taining in the direction of Kwei-
link up with those attacking Lini. Katzuki ordered the advance of in the works we had defeated the the Japanese troups on the railway
attempts of the Japanese to ad. from Taiyuan to therefore
capture Linfen. entirely aji
separate
vance to other Lunghai railway He himself despatched several operation which couhi But infu-
cast of Hsuchow via Lini. On the Their waverings were ended for enre the advance apen Hauchow divisions from his concentration at Tsinpu itself the Japanese advance Changtel in North Honan. General had reached Lincheng which is the blowing up of all did not dawn non teneral Itagaki. Duibara with his 14th Division got junction of a railway branch line Japalicee properly 11: Tsingtay. But as tieneral Itagaki has broken This was tuu much for such hot
even the elementary principles - uf heade like Itagaki and feugal and military science in all his majur they crossed the Yellow River at operations it is not likely that he
Tzinan, would give this points, attached and advanced to capture Tinglan, tion. As we know the Tsining reached until a week or so later. spake General Itagaki." The Jap-
The question faring the Japair was the true direction of the meat blow against uur forces, They
it either attack in Chausi Pro
into Shantung, or along The Yolgize towards laskow, or they might risk the vasion of South China with a decisive attack upun Canli.
them
SEVERAÌ
by the
Our forces in Shantung refused battle for either Tainan or along the Taingtho-Tainan Railway, and withdrew to prepared positions around Taining. The Shantung forces along the railway withdrew the mountains south of the railway.
into
teh. That Kweitch was 150 miles away frum Hsuchow and was
division failed.
much considera-
SHANSI TASK
Western Shansi.
down to Yuanchiu on the Yellow
which runs east and then curves to
Iliver. The Japanese 5th Division join the Lunghai ria Tihsien-
Taierchwang-Yuenho.
reached Menghsien
But March.
the 5th on
not
Puchow
And with what results?
Was
The offensive had taken two weeks. The Japanese had occupied the
from railway
Taiyuan
to
After these defeats the Japanese Puchow. They had emerged on the the Yellow River and high Command, under the leader- banks of ship of General Minami, apparent-could look over at the Lunghai ly allowed itself to be talked into Railway, and sometimes shell it. In fact that is what they did for
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It was then probably that "p
anese strategy was clear, and so was Itagaki's plan No 2.
In March the Katzuki-Doihara offensive in Shansi also failed. So in Aprii Itagaki's No 2 Plan began
to unfold itself.
Since the defeat at Lini render- ed an outslanking movement im possible between Hsuchow and the
several days at Fenlintu opposite sea, Itagaki probably suggested to Tungkwan. But they had not that the advance along the Tsinpu cleared Shansi of Chinese troops.
The 8th Route Army remained with all available forces.
railway be continued and pushed At the with its divisions in Wutai, north- same time he would lead one of his east Shansi. Its divisions with "mechanized columns" along the General Yen Hsi Shan's also were branch line from Lincheng through in the rear of the Japanese in
Yihsien and Taierchwang and south-east Shansi. They were also reach the Lunghai railway at Luen- in west Shansi. There was no stra-
ho." From thence he would turn tegic gain.
westwards and attack Hsuchow The Japanese tried to cross the from the east simultaneously with Yellow River at Szeshui. They the advancing forces from the seemed to aim at cutting the Lung north along the Tsinpu mainline. hai railway. Several hundreds The advance under General Isogai crossed. They were rounded up along the Tsinpu was pushed at and annihilated.
crossed great speed and sacrifice by the Ja- over. So the dykes were cut by panese. Itagaki pushed his the Chinese command and the in- chanized force along the branch vaders were drowned. No more railway. Isogai reached Hanch attempts were made to cross.
wang, 40 miles north of Hsuchow To carry out this offensive in and there came to a stop. He Shansi the Japanese had transferr- was opposed by impenetrable Chi- ed troops from the Tsinpu Railway nese defences. section in Shantung. Taking ad-
Itagaki reached Taierchwang on vantage of this our troops were able the 4th April-and the Japanese to consolidate their positions spokesman in Shanghai announced south of Tsining and prepared 2 "The capture of Hsuchow is now. counter-offensive. Alarmed at only a matter of days”!
More
this the Japanese pretended to be
aiming at crossing the Yellow
MECHANICAL MIND
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too
River opposite to Kaifeng. From A mechanical mind is not Gengkiu, 60 miles north of good in a general, How was it Kaifeng General Katzuki launch- that the veteran General Minami red his men through our in far away Korea failed to see guerilla infested regions and that Isogai was driving his tired
came to the north bank of the men onwards-across the entire Yellow River opposite Kaifeng. We front of the Chinese lines. It is probably assembled men to meet true that he was advancing south- this attempt to cross. But that did wards along the Tsinpu Railway. not prevent us from also concentra- But the Chinese forces were not ting men in South west Shansi, at falling back along
the railway. Pinglu, at Menghsien, and other They were opening up their lines places and drive the Japanese back and falling back on Either Side of at Chinsien, and Anyi. We also the railway so that any counter ad- re-occupied the towns of Licheng, vance they made was aimed at 100 miles north-west of Changteh, chopping the railway in as many and Linhsien 50 miles west of places as possible. Between the Changten. In this way the pres- 4th April and the 14th April the sure was lessened on Tungkwan entire railway line between Yen- and by menacing Changteh we chow and Hanchwang was sub- forced General Katzuki to return jected to constant attack by Chinese to his headquarters at Shihchiach regular and guerilla troops. The wan, a more cautious man and less regulars operated from west of the inclined to listen to the scatter railway and the guerillas from the brained schemes of Messrs. mountains east of the railway. Doihara, Itagaki and Isogai.
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