Thinking of the Battle of Xuzhou, Yue Weihan's mood suddenly became extremely heavy.
Yue Weihan originally thought that after the Battle of Nanjing, he would be able to go to Shanxi with ease, but now he realized that this was simply a wishful thinking. The historical trend of the Battle of Nanjing had just been changed here and 700,000 refugees had been saved.
Another more serious historical event was approaching him.
This heavy historical event is Huayuankou!
Historically, due to the defeat in the Battle of Xuzhou, the Nationalist Government had no choice but to order the digging of the Yellow River embankment. As a result, a large area of Yellow Flood Area was created in the lower reaches of the Yellow River and the Huaihe River Basin. More than a million people died directly from floods and tens of millions were displaced.
, becoming homeless refugees.
From Jiangsu and Henan to Shaanxi and Sichuan, the refugees died all the way, forming an unprecedented map of thousands of miles of starvation!
When the words "Wanli starved to death" appeared in Yue Weihan's mind, he suddenly felt an inexplicable trembling from the depths of his soul!
When a powerful enemy invades, the country is destroyed and the family is shattered, the most innocent ordinary people are always the ones who suffer the most. As a soldier, as long as he has some conscience, how can he sit idly by and ignore it?
In order to save the 700,000 refugees in Nanjing, Yue Weihan and all the officers and soldiers of the Baoshan Regiment dared to risk their lives!
So this time, for the sake of the survival of tens of millions of refugees, the Baoshan Regiment has no reason to escape. Yue Weihan is just worried that the weak strength of the Baoshan Regiment will not be enough to change the outcome of the Battle of Xuzhou. After all, Xuzhou
The battle and the defense of Nanjing were completely different things. They were completely different.
But no matter how difficult it is, Yue Weihan will try to change history!
Again, as long as he is still breathing, he will never let the Huayuankou tragedy happen again, nor will he let tens of millions of people in more than 40 counties in the lower reaches of the Yellow River and Huaihe River Basin be displaced and become thousands of miles away.
Death of hunger!
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Yue Weihan did not know the specific arrangements of the General Headquarters and the General Staff regarding the Battle of Xuzhou. After all, the Anti-Japanese War had already deviated from the official history. At least the end of the Nanjing Defense War had been delayed by nearly a month, and the attack
The casualties of the Japanese army in the city far exceeded those in official history. Therefore, the deployment of the national army could not remain unchanged.
However, Yue Weihan could still roughly guess what the situation was like now.
With Chairman Chiang's temper, the heavy artillery brigade originally belonging to the Shandong Army will definitely be transferred to Tang Enbo's Corps, so the Shandong warlord Han Fuju will definitely flee without a fight. So now, the Yellow River Defense Line, the Canal Defense Line and the entire northern section of the Tianjin-Puzhou Railway
I'm afraid that the door has been opened, and the Japanese 10th Division may have captured Jinan.
As for the Ludong area, because the commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone, Li Zongren, believed that it was a strategic death zone, only 500 marines were left to symbolically guard Qingdao. With this small force, it was impossible to block the Japanese front. The reputation was terrible.
The well-known Sakayuan Division may have advanced to Weifang along the Jiaoji Railway.
So the current situation is that the Japanese army has not yet been deployed, but the Japanese army is approaching.
To put it bluntly, the Hongmen Banquet has not been set up yet, but Liu Bang, who came to attend the banquet, has already arrived outside the gate!
What's even more terrible is probably the threat from the Japanese troops on the southern line of the Jinpu Railway. Judging from the telegram issued directly by the headquarters, maybe the entire Anhui Province is resorting to an empty city strategy, and maybe only the Baoshan Regiment is left in the area south of the Huaihe River and north of the Yangtze River.
We must support the regular army, otherwise, we would not have issued such an "appalling" military order.
Let a remnant regiment of the Baoshan Regiment block the two main divisions of the Japanese army for half a month. Will your brain be tortured?
This is only half a month, not three or five days! No commander with any brains would be able to issue such an order. This is not only irresponsible to all the officers and soldiers of the Baoshan Regiment, but also irresponsible to the entire Xuzhou Campaign!
According to Yue Weihan's temper, he would never accept such a military order that was tantamount to death. However, if things were as he suspected and there was no regular army in the entire Anhui Province except the Baoshan Regiment, then the situation would be different.
, if the Baoshan regiment does not step forward at this time, who can the people count on?
Once the Japanese 13th and 18th Divisions quickly move north along the Jinpu Railway and occupy Xuzhou, the plan for the Xuzhou Battle will be completely aborted. Then, in order to prevent the Japanese army from using the Jinpu Railway as a main artery to transport strategic materials in North and Central China,
and soldiers, Chairman Chiang will definitely issue an order to dig up the Yellow River embankment!
As a result, tens of millions of people in more than 40 counties in the lower reaches of the Yellow River and the Huaihe River Basin will still not be spared!
If we want to save the tens of millions of people in the lower reaches of the Yellow River and the Huaihe River Basin, there is only one way to hold back the Japanese 13th and 18th Army Groups so that they cannot move northward smoothly, and they cannot be allowed to cross for at least half a month.
The Huaihe defense line bought enough time for the Xuzhou battlefield to encircle and annihilate the two main Japanese divisions, the 5th and 10th divisions.
But then again, how easy is it to hold back the two main divisions of the Japanese army?
Although the Baoshan Regiment has annihilated the Kunozaki Detachment, and both the spirit and temperament of the officers and soldiers have undergone radical changes, there are only more than 500 veterans left, even if the more than 2,000 elites and four who broke out of Nanjing are supplemented.
The more than a hundred security guards are in good order, but where are the ammunition?
The Kunisaki detachment was wiped out and a lot of weapons were seized, but the ammunition was almost zero!
The Baoshan Regiment is now seriously short of ammunition. The infantry cannons have no shells, the grenade cans have no grenades. The Type 92 heavy machine gun and crooked light machine gun have become fire sticks. Even rifle bullets can only be issued to each soldier in five rounds.
This kind of ammunition reserve cannot even fight a small-scale ambush battle, let alone an increased-intensity positional battle.
Taking a deep breath, Yue Weihan ordered Tang Dashan: "Datang, go and notify Deputy Liu, Deputy Deputy Lu, Da Long, Lao Chi and the others, and ask them to come to the regimental headquarters immediately for a meeting."
Tang Dashan took the order and left. Soon, several regiment deputy and battalion commanders all arrived.
When everyone had arrived, Yue Weihan put down the message in his heart and said in a solemn tone: "I want to inform everyone that Nanjing has been lost this morning and the battle to defend Nanjing has ended. However, we were not defeated because the 700,000 people in Nanjing were
All the folks have been safely relocated."
Liu Yi's expression changed slightly and he said: "Tuan Zuo, where is the main force of the national army in Nanjing?"
Yue Weihan sighed and said: "Most of the heroes died for the country. Only more than 2,000 people crossed the river and retreated to Pukou. However, the little devils did not take advantage. Their deaths will not be much less than ours."
"Well done." Tears suddenly welled up in Liu Yi's eyes, and he exclaimed, "The brothers in the national army on the other side of the river are all well done."
"Yes, they are all good people. They have not disgraced us Chinese!" Lu Xiufeng slapped the table hard and said, "Regiment leader, what should our Baoshan regiment do next? Are there any new instructions from Shangfeng?"
"Yes." Yue Weihan picked up the telegram again and said, "This is the latest instruction from Shangfeng."
The eyes of the two regiment deputy and six battalion commanders immediately fell on the message. Lu Xiufeng even asked eagerly: "What did Shangfeng say?"
"Shangfeng has decided to incorporate the more than 2,000 remaining troops from Pukou into our Baoshan regiment."
After Yue Weihan said this, the two regiment deputy and six battalion commanders suddenly became excited. These two thousand people are all elites.
However, the excitement of several regiment deputy and battalion commanders had not passed. Yue Weihan changed his tone and said: "Shangfeng also ordered us to hold back at least half of the Japanese 13th and 18th Divisions that had crossed the Yangtze River.
They cannot be allowed to cross the Huaihe River defense line within a month, and I can also tell you that there is probably only one of our national troops south of the Huaihe River and north of the Yangtze River."
The expressions of several regimental deputy and battalion commanders suddenly changed, but no one said anything.
This time, even Chi Chengfeng was rare. After experiencing the Battle of Jiangpu and annihilating the Guoqi detachment, the temperament of all the officers and soldiers of the Baoshan Regiment has indeed undergone a radical change. A victory worthy of being recorded in history will be a great win for them.
People who have never been a soldier cannot imagine how great an impact an army can have.
Liu Yi, the regimental deputy, suddenly said: "You don't have to worry. Even if we are the only national army unit north of the Yangtze River and south of the Huaihe River, we are not fighting alone. We have fellow villagers from Anhui Province and militia groups from counties and towns, as well as security guards."
With the strong support of the regiment, even the bandit armed forces are willing to fight side by side with us."
Chi Chengfeng's heart moved and he said: "Tuanzuo, can you please keep Reporter Zhao?"
Cao Xinglong also echoed: "Lao Chi is right. Reporter Zhao is very good at mobilizing and organizing the masses. It would be great if she could stay and help us."
"You have to ask people if they are willing to do this. We don't have the final say." Yue Weihan frowned.
"His grandma." Chi Chengfeng said disapprovingly, "Members of the group, I see that reporter Zhao doesn't even look at you right. He clearly likes you. As long as you come forward, this will be done."
"Shut up." Yue Weihan said coldly, "This is a military meeting, don't talk about such irrelevant things."
Chi Chengfeng scratched his head and did not dare to say anything more at the moment.
Yue Weihan added: "According to the information provided by the Military Command Bureau, the Japanese 13th Division has entered Yangzhou and the 18th Division has also entered Chaohu. The two main divisions of the Japanese Army have nearly 50,000 people. It is absolutely impossible to stop us.
Live, and now we are extremely short of ammunition and have no capital to block the attack."
"Since we can't stop it, we can only delay it!"
"We have to find a way to anger the little devils, make them lose their cool, and mobilize troops to surround and annihilate us. Only in this way can we lead them by the nose and toss in southern Anhui. We don't want to eliminate them, we just want to drag them out for ten and a half days.
Months, then the task assigned to us by Shangfeng will be considered completed."
At this time, Yue Weihan did not know that the Japanese army had decided to implement a hunting plan against the Baoshan Regiment. The old rival Shigeichi Watanabe's special operations brigade and Colonel Sato's special high school agents would soon be parachuted to near Pukou, and the 13th Division
The regiment and the 18th Division will soon roll over from the east and west directions.