After a long time, Chairman Chiang finally suppressed his anger, looked around at the senior generals and said: "The war situation on both the northern and southern fronts is not optimistic now. Do you have any good strategies?"
The generals either bowed their heads or looked away, and no one said a word.
Someone once said that the national army is composed of first-rate soldiers, second-rate non-commissioned officers, third-rate generals, and inferior commanders!
Although this statement is somewhat biased, it is basically true. The description of Chairman Chiang is particularly penetrating. The fact that Chairman Chiang can become the leader of the party and state shows his extraordinary political skills and charisma, but he is actually very practical in military command.
He lacks talent, but he just likes to command the troops on the front line at higher levels.
For example, in the Battle of Songhu, Chairman Chiang was primarily responsible for the defeat of the Chinese army.
Before the Battle of Songhu began, Bai Chongqi suggested to Chairman Chiang that the Nationalist army should rely on the solid defense fortifications on the Wu-Fu Line to fight a war of attrition against the Japanese army, instead of engaging in field battles with the Japanese troops on the Shanghai coastline. Chairman Chiang refused to do so.
Listen, I insisted on entangled with the Japanese army on the coastline, and as a result, a large number of effective forces were wiped out by the Japanese naval gun group.
In the middle of the Battle of Songhu, the five main divisions of the Japanese army that launched the offensive were exhausted. At this time, the National Army still had the opportunity to actively shrink to the Wu-Fu line and rely on solid defense fortifications to resist the war for a long time. However, Chairman Chiang still remained
He had illusions about the intervention and mediation of the American and British powers, and was reluctant to order the withdrawal of troops, thus losing the best opportunity to retreat. After Yanagawa Heisuke's Tenth Army landed at Kanazanwei, the situation completely collapsed and became irreversible.
Now, even before the Battle of Xuzhou has begun, it is already in danger of miscarriage due to Chairman Chiang's blind command.
As mentioned earlier, the purpose of the Xuzhou Battle was to completely annihilate the Japanese Isoya Division and Sakagaki Division, which were isolated and deeply entrenched, and to force the Japanese army in North China to basically lose the ability to take the initiative to attack. In this way, the Chinese army could concentrate heavy troops in the Yangtze River Basin.
, and used all their strength to deal with the heavy Japanese army group in central China.
But now, the participating troops in the Xuzhou Battle have not yet been deployed in place, but the north and south fronts have been opened. Once the 10th Division and the 5th Division heading south join the 18th Division and the 13th Division heading north to Xuzhou, once
The four divisions of the Japanese army were huddled together. Even if the national army concentrated all its forces, it would never be able to survive!
Chairman Jiang's eyes finally fell on little Zhuge Bai Chongqi.
Bai Chongqi sighed and said with some helplessness: "The northern section of the Jin-Pu line is okay. Although Deng Xihou's 22nd Army has worse equipment, it still has 30,000 to 50,000 people. It should not be a problem to persist for ten days and a half. The key is Jin-Pu
In the southern section of the line, since the 57th Army, the 59th Army and the 21st Group Army have been transferred northward, the door from Pukou to Bengbu is now wide open. The 114th Division stationed in Hefei alone cannot stop the Japanese army from moving northward!"
At this moment, Chairman Chiang's heart was also filled with bitterness.
But then again, Chairman Chiang also has his own difficulties. In a battle to defend Nanjing, more than a dozen of his direct ace divisions fought with all their strength. If the entire Tang Enbo Corps was wiped out in this Xuzhou battle, then Jiang
Now that he has truly become a mere commander, how can he suppress the indigenous warlords in each province?
It was out of this consideration that Chairman Chiang transferred the 57th Army, 59th Army and 21st Group Army north to Xuzhou.
Chairman Chiang had wishful thinking that after the Japanese Central China Front fought to defend Nanjing, it would have to rest for at least three months due to excessive casualties. He never thought that Japan's war mobilization mechanism was far superior to China's.
The Japanese government's war mobilization capability was far stronger than that of the Nationalist government. Although the Nanjing defense battle killed a large number of Japanese troops' effective forces, it was far from enough to cause the Japanese troops to lose their ability to conduct a comprehensive offensive.
After all, the Japanese army's front is not too long now, and they can still support it.
After a long while, Chairman Chiang said: "What if the 57th Army, 59th Army and 21st Group Army were transferred back to Bengbu?"
"It's late, it's already late." Bai Chongqi shook his head and said with a wry smile, "The current positions of the 57th Army, the 59th Army and the 21st Group Army are even farther from Bengbu than the Japanese Army's Northward Advance Group. The Japanese Army is also a mechanized army. I'm afraid it won't be possible.
By the time the various ministries arrived in Bengbu, the Japanese army's northern advance group had already crossed the Huaihe River defense line."
Zhang Zhizhong, the commander-in-chief of the 9th Army next to him, suddenly said: "I don't know how the battle in Nanjing is going?"
"Nanjing?" Bai Chongqi shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "Tang Shenzhi has already run away, can Nanjing still be able to hold on?"
Lieutenant General Zhang Zhi said: "Even if Nanjing is lost, I think there will always be more or less troops breaking out to Jiangbei, right? If the Baoshan Regiment can annihilate the Guoqi detachment and then harass the remnants of the troops that broke out from Nanjing, there should be three to five thousand troops.
With these three to five thousand people, it may be possible to delay the Japanese advance northward for three to five days. These three to five days will be enough for us to adjust our deployment."
"Baoshan Regiment?" Bai Chongqi said rather disdainfully, "Yes, the Baoshan Regiment launched a brilliant counterattack on New Year's Day and unexpectedly knocked out the mountain artillery unit of the Guoqi Detachment. But don't forget, the Guoqi Detachment is a mixed brigade.
Regiment, is it possible for the Baoshan Regiment to annihilate the Kunisaki Detachment with just one regiment? It’s just a joke!”
"Why is it not possible?" Zhang Zhizhong frowned, "Wouldn't the Chongteng detachment be annihilated by the Baoshan regiment?"
"The Chongteng Detachment is a detachment in name only, but in fact it has the strength of three infantry brigades and one infantry regiment." Bai Chongqi curled his lips and said, "Besides, the Chongteng Detachment is only a garrison brigade in Taiwan, while the Kunisaki Detachment is based on the 5th
The 9th Brigade of the division is composed of basic personnel. Are the combat capabilities of the two comparable?"
"Maybe... a miracle will really happen?" Someone next to me suddenly whispered.
"A miracle?" Bai Chongqi said coldly, "If such a miracle can happen, the sun will rise in the west."
Just as Bai Chongqi finished speaking, Wang Shihe, the chief of the national guard, suddenly walked in excitedly, stood at attention and saluted Chairman Chiang: "Commission, great victory, great victory in Jiangpu!"
"A great victory at Jiangpu?" Chairman Chiang said with a horrified expression, "You mean..."
"It's the Baoshan Regiment." Wang Shihe nodded heavily, "Yue Weihan just sent a clear telegram to the whole country in Jiangpu. The Baoshan Regiment, with the cooperation of the local militia, security teams, Communist guerrillas and bandits, was completely wiped out at around 8 o'clock this morning.
Kunizaki Detachment, Noboru Kunizaki also committed suicide."
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and all the senior generals in the entire war room were in a panic.
"Oh my God, I just mentioned the Baoshan Regiment. The Baoshan Regiment really wiped out the entire Kunisaki Detachment!?"
"A miracle, simply a miracle. A mere defeated regiment actually wiped out the entire elite Kunisaki detachment of the Japanese army?"
"It's incredible, it's really incredible. How did Yue Weihan lead his troops? How did he fight the battle?"
"Yes, I really want to go to Jiangpu to see it for myself. It's really unimaginable and unbelievable!"
Among them, the one with the "richest" expression is probably Bai Chongqi, the deputy chief of the General Staff. He just said that the Baoshan Regiment would never create a miracle, and before he finished speaking, the Baoshan Regiment really did create a miracle.
A defeated regiment of more than 3,000 men really wiped out nearly 10,000 elite members of the Kunisaki detachment!
The expression on Chairman Chiang's face was also full of surprise, and his inner feelings were even more complicated.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that with Yue Weihan's boldness, he should be shot ten times. It would be enough to disobey orders before the battle. These are all trivial matters. Chairman Chiang does not want to argue with him. But a guy who forges orders will ruin him ten times.
It was impossible for Chairman Chiang to just expose the matter of several direct ace masters.
Chairman Chiang thought that Yue Weihan would definitely die in the battle at Jiangpu, so that would be the end of the matter.
Seeing that Yue Weihan was born in Huangpu and borrowed from Fenghua, Chairman Chiang was still willing to posthumously give him the rank of Army Major General. When the Anti-Japanese War is won in the future, his memorial tablet will also be placed in the Temple of Heroes.
However, Chairman Chiang never expected that this boy Yue Weihan would create another miracle!
Not only was the Baoshan Regiment not annihilated by the Guoqi Detachment, it even annihilated the arrogant Guoqi Detachment. Now, Chairman Chiang didn’t know what to do. Ordinarily, Yue Weihan should be shot for fabricating the leader’s order.
But if he really wanted to kill this kid, how could Chairman Chiang bear it?
Nothing else, this guy Yue Weihan is really good at fighting!
There are tens of thousands of mid-level officers and senior generals from Huangpu, and there are many generals from Fenghua County, old and young, but none of them are more capable of fighting than Yue Weihan. At the moment, the country is facing a national crisis. When it comes to hiring people, someone as capable as Yue Weihan can fight.
There are only a few good generals but no one has too many. How could Chairman Chiang be willing to kill him?
Besides, even if Chairman Chiang really wants to kill Yue Weihan, I am afraid that the people of the country and the public opinion circles will not agree.
Now Yue Weihan is an anti-Japanese hero in the eyes of the people across the country. To be exaggerated, Yue Weihan and the Baoshan Regiment have even become the spiritual pillars of the entire nation’s resistance war. If Chairman Chiang really wants to kill Yue Weihan, he will undoubtedly take out the backbone of the entire Chinese nation.
, the determination and morale of the country's military and civilians to resist the war will immediately plummet, and the country may really perish.
"Committee? Commission!?" Wang Shihe shouted twice in succession before Chairman Jiang was brought back from his thoughts.
A trace of bitterness soon appeared on Wang Shihe's face, and he said in an extremely solemn tone: "Commissioner, there is a call from Nanjing. Nanjing city has been lost at 6 o'clock this morning. Gui Yongqing, acting commander of the garrison theater and captain of the teaching corps,
The general has also sacrificed his life for the country. This is the farewell message sent by General Gui before his death."
With that said, Wang Shihe handed a piece of telegram to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek.
The entire war room immediately became silent, and everyone hung their heads in guilt.
Although all the 700,000 people in Nanjing have been relocated, Nanjing is the capital of the National Government after all. Now that the capital has been captured by the Japanese invaders, how can they, as senior generals of the party and state, feel at ease?
After reading the telegram, Generalissimo Chiang let out a long sigh and said, "Where are the troops in Nanjing?"
Wang Shihe's expression became increasingly gloomy, and he whispered: "Most of the hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers guarding Nanjing died in the battle. Only more than two thousand people crossed the Yangtze River and retreated to Pukou. The two thousand people were entrusted by General Gui.
The seriously wounded men defended the Xiaguan Pier and sacrificed their lives in exchange for it."