1942 how did the Japanese army react after the naval battle in midway?

1June, 942, the Japanese and American armies fought fiercely in the Pacific Ocean. After the battle of Midway Island, the Japanese army was gradually at a disadvantage in the Pacific Ocean, and the air and sea roads leading to the mainland by Japanese troops stationed in Nanyang were in danger of being cut off. At this time, on the battlefield in China, the Japanese plan to attack Chongqing and Xi 'an was put forward again, and the "No.5 battle plan" was formulated. In view of this situation, and in order to strengthen the connection between the Japanese army in Nanyang and Chinese mainland, the Japanese military department decided to transfer the attack of Tsuda, which had actively advocated attacking Chongqing, from Nanyang to the battlefield in China. 1 July, 9421day, Tsuda flew from Saigon to Hankou, replacing Lieutenant General Anan Wiki as 1 1 Commander of Japanese troops in Wuhan and Central China Dispatching Army.

The Japanese Army 1 1 Force is the only pure field mobile corps of the Japanese army in China, which is responsible for monitoring and attacking Chongqing and Xi 'an, the capital of the Kuomintang, with 6 main divisions and 230,000 people. 1942 65438+On February 7th, Commander-in-Chief Qi of the Japanese invaders held a high-level military meeting in Nanjing, which was attended by the commanders of the Japanese invaders, and re-examined the "Operation Plan No.5" that was stopped by the Japanese base camp on June 5438+065438+ 10. 65438+February 18, sunny. After attending the meeting, Tezuda returned to Wuhan by special plane belonging to 1 1 unit. This is the "79" aircraft just manufactured by Shanghai Aircraft Factory this year. The fuselage is painted with "China China DispatchNo. 1 1No. G3 10/0Jiujiang", which can carry 14 passengers and fly exclusively on the Shanghai-Hankou route.

Jiujiang 10: 20 took off from Shanghai on that day, 1 1 arrived in Nanjing and boarded at 12: 05. After Fujiwara Musashi and his party boarded the plane, Jiujiang continued to fly to Hankou, the western destination, and entered the Dabie Mountains. At about noon 1, Jiujiang flew over the Tomi Temple between Taihu County in Anhui Province and yingshan county in Hubei Province. At this time, the anti-aircraft artillery team of the 4th138th Division, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Regiment, 48th Army of Xingui Department was drilling, and found a huge enemy plane approaching the position from east to west in the direction of the Yangtze River, with a low altitude. "Jiujiang immediately fired.

Coincidentally, on the same day, the Japanese War Department just issued an order to promote Osamu Tezuka as an army general, which made him "lucky" to be the highest Japanese general killed in China during his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. When searching for the scene of the Japanese plane crash, the troops of Xingui Department found the Japanese zhina (Central China) battle plan 1 copy (completely burned), the name and stop sign of the chief officer of Chinese Indian troops 1 copy, the aviation code 1 copy, the aircrew manual 1 copy and three air tickets.

After the Tutian attack plane was shot down, Qi, commander-in-chief of the Japanese invaders, ordered the Central China dispatch troops to mobilize about 17000 troops from the 3rd, 40th, 68th,16th divisions, and set off from Wuhan, Hefei and Anqing on June 5438+09 and 20th. The upstart called the Japanese attack "Dabie Mountain Campaign" or "Li Huang Campaign". The Japanese army quickly found the wreckage of the plane and the body of the Japanese army that was blown to pieces in the bamboo forest near Mituo Temple in Dabie Mountain. The dismembered bodies of the Japanese army were transported to Anqing for packaging and then transported back to Japan for burial.

After Tsuda's death, the Japanese army transferred the notorious general in the war of aggression against China to the commander of the Central China Dispatching Army, and Lieutenant General Yokoyama was appointed as 1 1 army commander.