September 23, 28th year of the Republic of China, the 11th day of the eighth lunar month, this is a day that will always be remembered by the world. On this day, the Japanese army suddenly lost six elite divisions and a field heavy artillery brigade in Fangcunxi, a hinterland of Qianligang, western Zhejiang. The situation in the entire Jiangnan changed drastically.

It was four-thirty in the morning, the darkest time before dawn.

A dull loud noise came five kilometers northwest of Fangcun. Most of the Japanese soldiers who had just entered the camp for a night did not hear the loud noise, but many people were still alert.

The commander of the 116th Division, Seiko Shinohara, who set up the division command center in a two-story western-style building by the Fangcun River, climbed up from the bed and listened carefully. A muffled thunder sounded endlessly, and the sound went from far to near, just like the muffled thunder in summer.

Navy General Shinohara put on his coat and walked to the room outside, waved to the two guards who came forward: "Go and see if it's raining, why is the thunder so big and long!"

A guard quickly went downstairs and looked up at the sky at the door. There were no raindrops, but at this time the roar became louder and louder, and the whole earth began to tremble violently.

“What the hell is it?”

Most of the Japanese soldiers in Yokomura and camps in the villages in the south woke up. After all, the sound was already very loud, especially the earth was shaking, just like the earthquakes that often encountered in the Japanese archipelago. Even if you sleep like a pig, you will be awakened.

"No, it's the sound of a flash flood!"

I don't know who shouted shrillly, and suddenly the camps were in chaos. Standing at the window on the second floor, Seiichi Shinohara, who was listening carefully, had already heard the horrific rumbling sound of the mountain torrent breaking through everything. The surging momentum that was as heavy as thunder and thunder, scared his lips to tremble, and he turned around and ran downstairs.

As soon as I rushed out of the gate of the small western-style building, I felt the strong wind, the mountains were shaking and the earth were shaking, and the roar was getting closer and clearer. The trees by the river were swaying and overturning violently under the impact of the violent airflow, and the sound of "crackling" trees breaking sounded from time to time.

Sei Shinohara ran away, but how could a person's legs run too fast like a torrent of lightning? The lieutenant general commander of the 116th Division was quickly knocked over to the ground by the huge waves approaching, and was immediately swallowed by the surging flood of Huang Zhuo.

At this time, the Japanese soldiers stationed on the mountains on both sides of Fangcun Creek to guard against the New Second Army's sneak attack or blocking the tunnels on Jiuligang Mountain were all awakened by the loud noise. They came to the mountain pass one after another and looked at the yellow-brown mountain torrent that was pouring down from a distance, and were stunned.

Under the impact of a huge mountain torrent that ran like a giant snake and was as fast as lightning, the entire banks of Fangcun Creek suddenly became vast, with grass and trees splashing all over the mountain and turbid waves emptied.

Accompanied by continuous rumbling, the 20 to 30 meters high trees broke or were uprooted under the impact of the huge current that fell rapidly.

Wherever the mountain torrent passed, the vegetation of trees and vegetation swept like feathers. The powerful momentum and huge destructive power made the Japanese army on the top of the mountain feel desperate.

In the turbid waves, countless Japanese soldiers were swept away by huge waves dozens of meters high. Although many of them grew up by the sea since childhood and had excellent water properties, the current water flow was rapid and fast, and whirlpools were generated everywhere. In addition, the flood was mixed with a large number of trees and beams, bricks, stones and tiles of the destroyed houses, either hit the body or scratched the wound. They were exhausted without flapping, and were lost in consciousness and were swept away by the flood.

The 150,000 Japanese troops stationed on both sides of Fangcunxi had no time to transfer and were all swallowed by floods. The Japanese who were originally on the mountain or camps were close to the high ground had no idea what they should do, and their souls were scared for a moment.

The flood had been raging for three hours before the roar gradually faded away. The turbid current, like thunder, rushed into the distance with destructive tyranny. The sky was already bright at this moment, and the sound of flowing water came faintly in the howling mountain wind. At this moment, there was already silt silt flowing across the mountain and a mess.

The originally vast and green riverside and fields were already beyond recognition, leaving only fragments of broken tree roots and exposed rocks, various artillery and guns everywhere, and the bodies of Japanese corpses hung on the rocks and destroyed tree trunks, which was shocking.

From the Fangcunxi River Valley to the mountain surface fifty or sixty meters high on both sides, all vegetation and soil have been cleaned up.

The surviving Japanese were still in shock, and the shaking shouts of killing sounds were already heard.

The officers and soldiers of the New Second Army in the tunnel rushed out with shouts and launched an attack on the Japanese army. At the same time, a fleet of ships spread out in the northeast of the mountain. The officers and soldiers of the New Second Division, who had already accumulated strength, were majestic and heroic, and came to Fangcun with a momentum that looked down on the world.

The next battle was very simple. There were only two or three thousand Japanese troops stationed on both sides of Fangcun Creek. Under the attack of the New Second Army, which was familiar with the terrain, they were almost defeated at once. Most Japanese soldiers witnessed the tragic situation of the army's defeat, and their soldiers had no fighting spirit. They surrendered under the call of Japanese traitors mixed with the surrender of the New Second Army officers and soldiers.

The 11th Japanese Army Command in Quzhou City.

When the flood peak, which was dozens of meters high, rushed out of the stream and swept towards the Changshan River, Okamura Yasuji received a timely notice. A small number of Japanese troops staying in the stream and high ground said that the flood peak was probably forty or fifty meters high, and all the tumbling inside the water were corpses. It is estimated that the front-line troops will be in danger.

After listening to the report of the communications officer, Okamura Yanji, who had just fallen asleep at three o'clock in the morning and got up with anger, almost staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Major General Aoki Shigemasa, the chief of staff who rushed into the room with the communications officer, looked extremely serious: "General, you can set out to the airport immediately and take a plane to Hangzhou or Nanchang. It takes only 35 kilometers from the Xikou to get here. At the speed of the flood peak, you will arrive in Quzhou in less than an hour."

"Although the water level will drop a lot after the flood reaches Changshan River, it will definitely flood the city of Quzhou, which is close to you. Whether it is an airport or a highway, it will be paralyzed by then. If you want to leave, you will not be able to leave!"

Okamura Yasuji's face was pale: "After losing more than 100,000 troops, what's the face I have to go back? Let me live and die together with this Quzhou City!"

Major General Aoki shouted: "Commander, this is not your responsibility. Who knew before that Wu Ming was ill-intentioned and stored water upstream of Fangcun Creek and then exploded the dam? Judging from the telegram, the water stored in this dam is at least hundreds of millions of cubic meters, which is not a day or night. However, the aviation army gained nothing after more than a month of reconnaissance. How could this be blamed on the commander?"

"Besides the six divisions stationed in Fangcun, our 11th Army currently has the 3rd and 101th Divisions in Guchongkou, the 34th Division guards the railway safety of the Quzhou to Nanchang, and the 40th Division ensures the smooth water and land routes from Hangzhou and Ningshao to Quzhou. In addition, there is also the independent mixed 14th Brigade guarding Jinhua, and the 7th Regiment of the Tanks stationed in Longyou..."

"If these troops want to safely withdraw to Nanchang and Hangzhou, they still need the general to plan and must not give up on themselves!"

"But--"

Okamura Yasuji shouted loudly: "The Seventh Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery was also destroyed in Yoshimura, which is the only strategic decisive force in the empire... Before, the 10th Army destroyed the Sixth Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery, General Yanagawa Heisuke had a caesarean section for this, and I must also take responsibility!"

"General! Please forgive me for being rude!"

Major General Aoki waved his hand, and several servants rushed up, raised Okamura Natsuji and ran away. Okamura Natsuji said loudly: "Let me go... Let me go..." But no one paid attention.

Aoki said: "General, don't worry, leave, I will be responsible for this..."

After saying that, Shigemao Aoki began to exercise command on behalf of Okamura Yasuji and ordered the units of the 11th Division located in eastern Gan and western Zhejiang to quickly evacuate. Especially the 7th Regiment of the chariots near Longyou Railway Station immediately retreated to a high place to avoid the flood peak, and waited until the flood retreated to Jinhua and retreated to Hangzhou.

At the same time, the 3rd and 101th Divisions in Guchongkou were allowed to retreat to the Ruoling line, and build a defensive position to warn the enemy in front of them. After the flood recedes, it immediately retreats from the highway to Yushan.

Finally, Shigemae Aoki called the air force at Quzhou Airport and asked them to leave a transport plane waiting for Okamura Yanji, and the rest of the planes would take off, because it would not take long before it would become a land of sawa, and it would be too late to fly away.

After dealing with everything, Aoki Shigemaki took his own life. In just a quarter of an hour, the flood swept across the city, and the entire Quzhou city was swallowed up by a huge wave of more than ten meters high. It was not until three hours later that the flood receded.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the vanguard of the New Second Army arrived in Quzhou by air sailboat, leaving two battalions to clear the remaining enemies in the city. The rest of the troops continued to go south along the Qujiang River. As a result, several air sailboats found tanks and armored vehicles of the Seventh Regiment of the Japanese Fighting Tanks that had just been withdrawn from Longshan at Lingshan Port, a tributary of Qujiang. They were trapped in the mud and unable to move. They immediately reported to the military headquarters.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the New Second Division took a sailboat to the east of Lingshan Port between Shangxutou and Yantou, and launched an attack on the 7th Japanese chariot Regiment that had been trekking.

In the night, the Japanese tank soldiers in the Japanese army were unable to destroy the tanks in time. In addition, more than 4,000 Japanese soldiers, including the baggage troops transporting ammunition and fuel, were nearly half killed for their stubborn resistance, while the rest were captured. The New Second Army seized 90 medium and light tanks, 35 wheeled armored vehicles, 20 artillery tanks and more than 400 trucks in one fell swoop.

In the direction of Changshan County, the 3rd Division and the 101st Division were battling step by step. After the flood from Changshan River subsided, they immediately seized the time to cross the Changshan River from Hudingshan Mountain, and then tried their best to retreat towards Yushan.

The New Second Army had limited troops, and a brigade of the Independent Division could only follow suit, "escorting" the Japanese army out of the western Zhejiang border and retreating to eastern Jiangxi.

In the early morning of September 24, when all the results were counted, Wu Ming sent a telegram to the Military Committee of the National Government to report the victory to Qianligang.

The Qianligang Battle broke out on August 18th. The Japanese army successively used the 16th, 6th, 13th, 23th, 32nd, and the 7th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade to launch a fierce attack from Fangcun River.

Relying on the terrain and solid fortifications, the New Second Army defended layer by layer. For more than a month, the New Second Army's defensive forces withstood the pressure, killed and injured more than 30,000 Japanese troops, and gradually attracted the main force of the Japanese army to the preset trap. Finally, using the strategy of flooding the Seventh Army to wipe out six Japanese divisions and a field heavy artillery brigade, and then annihilated a Japanese tank gang.

This battle lasted 36 days, and 180,000 Japanese troops were wiped out. Almost all the remaining troops of the Japanese 11th Army were destroyed, and the entire Central China Front Army suffered unprecedented heavy damage.

What is particularly important is that after the flood subsided, the New Second Army successively seized eight Japanese gang flags from various places in Quzhou, including the gang flags of elite troops such as the Sixth and Sixteenth Divisions. This means that eight army gangs will withdraw from the army sequence forever. This is indeed an unprecedented humiliation faced by the Japanese army after the Meiji Restoration.

The news of the New Second Army came, and the overseas Chinese were thrilling. Hundreds of thousands of people spontaneously held unprecedented grand gatherings and parades to celebrate the victory.

Especially in Chongqing, the local military and civilians, regardless of gender, age, were immersed in festive excitement, and were cheering crowds everywhere. National flags were hung in front of the doors of every household, connecting them to show patriotism. There were large slogans in the streets: "Celebrating the victory of Qianligang", "China will win", "Long live General Wu Ming", and "Long live the new second army".

Whether in cities or villages, firecrackers and gongs and drums were loud, and people in the city newspapers used cars to pack large bundles of trunks and spread them all over the streets. Various national salvation groups rushed to the streets, parade, shouted slogans, sang, improvised speeches, performed operas, and vilified the invaders. People even painted large portraits of Wu Ming, the commander of Qianligang Victory, on three door-sized drawing boards, carrying them in front of the parade.

As a result, Wu Ming and the new army were well-known throughout the world. Wu Ming became an unprecedented national hero and great war god in the minds of the people of the country, and was worshipped by the world.

Under the pressure of public opinion, the Military Committee of the National Government promoted Wu Ming to general and upgraded the New Second Army to the New Second Army, with the New Second Division, the New Third Division, the New Fourth Division, the New Fifth Division and the Only One Division, the Only One Division, the Only One Division, the Only One Division, the Only One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, the One Division, were stationed in Shangrao, Jinhua, Ningbo and other places. The New Second Army needed to recover it on its own.

After Okamura Yasuji returned to Nanchang, he received a definite battle report from the news broadcast of Phoenix Radio. He could not hide his self-blame and was so sad that he had a sacrificial cesarean section. Twenty-four officers below Yoko Yamada, the commander of the Central China Front Army, surrendered to apologize. Seishiro Itagaki, who had just stepped down as Minister of the Army, rushed to Nanjing to take over as commander of the Central China Front Army. At the same time, Japan urgently dispatched six new divisions to Shanghai to strictly prevent the Central ** team from launching a full-scale counterattack.

The first thing that Seishirou Itagaki arrived in Nanjing was to withdraw all the troops west of Lin'an and Fuyang and south of Qiantang River in Zhejiang, strictly guard the defense lines of Tianmu Mountain and Qiantang River. At the same time, the troops invaded eastern Jiangxi retreated to Dongxiang through railways and highways, backed to Nanchang, and relying on the mountains from the north and south to resist the threat from the New Second Army.

While expanding his troops, Wu Ming advanced slowly. At the end of October, he completely recovered eastern Gansu and Jinhua, Zhuji and Ningshao lost territory, and also liberated Xiaoshan, which had been lost before the war in Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and confronted the Japanese army across the Qiantang River.

For more than a year after that, the Japanese army did not dare to look south. Chiang Kai-shek was also worried that Wu Ming would make more contributions and did not dare to mobilize the New Second Army to fight. Wu Ming was unwilling to consume too much Japanese troops, allowing Britain, France, the United States and other countries to enjoy secretly behind their backs, so he has been defending Zhejiang and Jiangxi.

With the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army was unable to mobilize troops to attack the New Second Army. The central, western and southern Zhejiang were peaceful for most of the time, and the economy recovered greatly. Ningbo even became a trading port where overseas materials poured into the country. Wu Ming and the New Second Army made a fortune.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it was late March 1945. Due to heavy losses in the US Iwo Jima battle, there were many concerns about attacking the Japanese local area.

At the strong request of the Americans, Wu Ming led his troops to restore Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands with the help of the American fleet. At this time, the United States threw two atomic bombs on Japan's mainland and the Japanese government surrendered.

After the war, Wu Ming launched a purge against the Japanese in the Ryukyu area, deported them to Japan, and massacred some stubborn protesters. Because Wu Ming's massacre was secretly photographed by American reporters, it attracted strong attention from international public opinion after being reported by the New York Times.

In the early 1946, in order to obtain US aid, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the transfer of the New Second Army to return to China, preparing to encircle and suppress northern Jiangsu and Shandong liberated areas.

Wu Ming announced his step down in Ryukyu, and the New Second Army mutiny, and the 200,000 troops disappeared. Then the Ryukyu restoration organization announced its independence and established the Ryukyu government.

The Ryukyu Self-Defense Army immediately appeared, among which the veterans of the New Second Army, Long Shaogang, Zhang Dongning, Dai Ziran, Luo Yuming, Yang Sixian, and Yin Dizhong, mostly served in the Ryukyu Self-Defense Army, and other important people such as Mao Liangwu served as senior officials in the Ryukyu government.

The Ryukyu people elected Wu Ming as honorary president of the Ryukyu Republic.

In the summer of 1946, Wu Ming and his family appeared in Hong Kong and began his glorious career of dominating Xiangjiang economically and manipulating Ryukyu behind the scenes of politics.
Chapter completed!