The Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth War Zone, Li Zongren, is really living like a year now. He is sitting on pins and needles. Seeing that the Japanese 5th and 10th divisions have already taken their seats, but his master has not yet served the food. What kind of battle is this? What's more terrible is that the Jinpu Railway South is
The line is also wide open, Jiang just likes to give random orders!
The only thing that made Li Zongren feel a little relieved was that Jiang finally temporarily allocated the Tang Enbo Corps to the fifth theater. This was the elite of the Central Army, with three main forces under its jurisdiction. With these three main forces, Li Zongren
I finally felt that I had the confidence to challenge the two ace divisions of the Japanese army.
In the communications room, telegrams kept ringing.
In the war room, the combat staff were busy placing various small flags on the simulated sand table.
Accompanied by Bai Chongqi, Li Zongren walked into the war room and said as he walked: "Jiansheng, if you are not by my side, I always feel unsure about anything."
Bai Chongqi smiled bitterly and said: "Gong De, why am I willing to stay with Mr. Jiang?"
"Haha, okay, let's not talk about this." Li Zongren waved his hand and said, "Deng Xihou's 22nd Army has been stationed along Zaozhuang, Teng County. The defeated 2nd Army has also established a foothold in Jining. Pang Bingxun's 2nd Army has already established its foothold in Jining.
The 3rd Army Corps has also arrived in Linyi. It should not be difficult to delay the Japanese 10th and 5th Divisions for five to ten days. With these five days, all participating units can enter the designated area and form an encirclement against the Japanese army. The key is..."
"The key is the southern section of the Jinpu Railway." Bai Chongqi shook his head and said, "Due to Jiang's blind command, most of Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army, Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army and the 21st Group Army were transferred away from the Bengbu Huaihe River Defense Line.
As a result, the door is wide open, and now only the 114th Division and the Baoshan Regiment of the 51st Army are left in the entire Anhui Province."
"That's what I'm worried about." Li Zongren said, "With just the two regiments of the 114th Division and the Baoshan Regiment, it's probably very difficult to stop the Japanese advance northward. It will take time to readjust the deployment. It seems now.
It will take at least five days before the nearest 59th Army can reach Bengbu."
Bai Chongqi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Gong De, you don't have to worry. The worst result is that the Battle of Xuzhou will fail. Jiang has already made a new plan."
"New plan?" Li Zongren asked in shock, "What plan?"
Li Zongren stepped back, then leaned into Li Zongren's ear and whispered: "Blow up the Yellow River embankment!"
"What did you say?" Li Zongren's face suddenly changed. Bai Chongqi quickly stretched out his hand to signal Li Zongren to silence. Only then did Li Zongren swallow the words that came to his mouth.
The confidential staff officer suddenly walked in with a folder in hand and said: "Main Officer, Baoshan Regiment has an urgent call!"
The Nanjing Defense War has ended, and the Nanjing Garrison Theater no longer exists. The Central Military Academy Teaching Corps of the Baoshan Regiment has also been transferred from the Nanjing Garrison Theater to the Fifth Theater and is under the command of Li Zongren. However, today's Central Military Academy Teaching Corps has
Existing in name only, only the Baoshan regiment is left.
Bai Chongqi stretched out his hand to take the message and couldn't help but said: "This is a good idea!"
With that said, Bai Chongqi handed the message to Li Zongren again. After reading it, Li Zongren frowned and said, "Jiansheng, does this work?"
"It doesn't matter whether it works or not, just treat it like a dead horse and a live doctor." Bai Chongqi said, "Anyway, the result won't be worse than it is now."
"That's true." Li Zongren nodded and said, "I will send a telegram to Jiang and ask him to send out the air force to take pictures."
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Jiangpu, Beixiao.
After a whole night's work, all the more than 7,000 corpses of the dead officers and soldiers of the Kunozaki detachment have been collected, and according to Yue Weihan's request, a pattern of the Japanese flag was placed in the wilderness of Zhenbei. This is a picture with Japanese corpses.
The sun flag was piled up and the whole flag was broken into several pieces, which is a metaphor for the "broken jade" of Japanese soldiers.
The superficial meaning of this pattern is easy to understand. It means that all Japanese invaders will be "broken into pieces" on the Chinese battlefield.
But in fact, this corpse pattern is a blasphemy to the Japanese flag and a provocation to Japan's national character. Obviously, Yue Weihan tried to completely anger the Japanese base camp and even their emperor in this way, so as to induce them to dispatch Jiangbei's troops.
Two main divisions came to hunt the Baoshan Regiment.
Liu Yi, the regimental deputy, suddenly said: "Regiment leader, just chop off the heads of these little devils. I heard that the little devils believe in Amaterasu. If their heads are moved, they will not be able to get the protection of their bullshit Amaterasu.
I won’t be able to be reincarnated and become a human being in my next life. Wouldn’t this make the little devil even more angry?”
"No, what a bad idea you have." Yue Weihan rejected the proposal without hesitation.
Arranging the corpses of the Japanese soldiers into broken sun flags will only anger the top brass of the Japanese army. But if the heads of these Japanese corpses are cut off, it will only anger the ordinary soldiers of the Japanese army. The ordinary soldiers of the Japanese army will definitely go crazy.
In retaliating against the people in Jiangbei, it is the Chinese who ultimately suffer.
Seeing that the broken jade sun flag had been placed, Yue Weihan said again: "Okay, let's go."
When Yue Weihan returned to his base, more than 2,000 people who had broken out from Nanjing had arrived in Jiangpu. The regiment deputy Lu Xiufeng had asked them to gather in an open space outside the town and were registering.
Seeing Yue Weihan, Lu Xiufeng quickly stood up and stood at attention, and the more than two thousand officers and soldiers lined up also turned their heads.
Yue Weihan glanced at it, his nose was sore, and tears were about to burst out of his eyes. What kind of army is this? Everyone is unkempt and ragged, and many officers and soldiers still have blood stains on their faces that have not yet dried up.
The wounds that opened like fish mouths looked like they were caused by bayonets.
Still far away, Yue Weihan smelled a suffocating stench!
But Yue Weihan never frowned because of this. He knew where the stench came from. These respectable officers and soldiers were fighting bloody battles with the Japs anytime, anywhere, day or night, on the streets and alleys. Where did they find the time?
How can I take a bath? If I don’t take a bath for several months, can my body not stink?
These officers and soldiers looked at Yue Weihan with cold eyes, but Yue Weihan didn't care.
These are all veterans who crawled out from the dead, and they are all iron-blooded warriors who survived a narrow escape. They have been fighting bloody battles with the Japs in Nanjing for more than half a month. If you find one at random, you will probably kill all the Japs.
Count them on two hands. They are the true elites of the national army. Of course they have their own dignity and pride!
However, Yue Weihan is confident that these veterans can be integrated into the Baoshan Regiment!
Yue Weihan paid the standard military salute to these veterans, and then said to Lu Xiufeng: "Vice-deputy of the Lu regiment, have you all registered?"
"They've all been registered, a total of 2,609 people. The eldest among them is a lieutenant company deputy, nine second lieutenants and platoon leaders, and the rest are ordinary soldiers." Lu Xiufeng's eyes turned a little red as he spoke. This army
The officer death rate was so high, which shows how brutally they fought in Nanjing.
"Good job, all good job." Yue Weihan sighed after hearing this.
The soldiers of the national army who defended Nanjing were really good. They may not have high consciousness or lofty ideals, but for the sake of the country and the nation, they did not even frown even if they died. Yue Weihan couldn't help it.
He turned around and saluted the heroic "veterans" again.
After the ceremony, Yue Weihan turned back and ordered Hua Hanlin: "Hanlin, ask the people from the guard company to boil water immediately, give the brothers a good bath to relieve their fatigue, and then ask the cooking team to make rice and cook it vigorously.
I took out all the silver dollars that the deputy chief’s department gave me and went to the fellow villagers to buy some pigs for lunch!”
"Yes." Hua Hanlin agreed and went happily.
The more than 2,000 veterans lined up on the playground finally reacted, and many people began to swallow their saliva. It was said that the street fighting in Nanjing lasted for more than half a month, and they usually drank cold water and ate dry food when they were hungry. It was not serious at all.
After having a hot meal, they couldn't remember how long it had been since they tasted wine and meat.
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Shanghai Japanese Concession, Japanese Central China Front Headquarters.
Chief of Staff Tsukada walked into Matsui Iwane's office with a sullen face, stood upright and said: "Your Excellency, General, this morning the Air Force reconnaissance plane discovered a national flag pattern made of the remains of the Imperial Army's fallen soldiers near Epo, and
Photos have been taken and developed, please take a look."
With that said, Tsukada handed over the two photos in his hand.
Matsui Iwane reached out to take the photo, and after just one glance, his face immediately darkened. The viewing distance of the photo was relatively far, and because the reconnaissance aircraft was flying too fast, the shooting effect was not good, but it could still be distinguished.
It is a pattern of a torn Japanese flag.
Matsui Iwane immediately understood what the Chinese wanted to express.
The Chinese are demonstrating, a naked demonstration against the Empire of Japan and the Imperial Japanese Army. This is not only a desecration of the Japanese flag, but also a desecration of the Japanese national character!
Tsukada said in a serious tone: "Your Excellency, General, I have received a reconnaissance plane report and found the whereabouts of a Chinese reconnaissance plane over Jiangpu. I suspect that this is a conspiracy of the Chinese people. The Chinese people are likely to take photos of this pattern.
Then it was published on the front pages of major newspapers. It is foreseeable that after this photo is published, the Chinese people will be delighted."
Matsui Ishi said with a gloomy face: "The imperial army's military prestige will be damaged again, and its morale will also be dampened."
"What is even more worrying is the reaction of the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor after seeing this photo." Tsukada said with concern, "Because the Battle of Nanjing dragged on for too long and suffered too many casualties, the base camp was originally very hostile to us.
I am extremely dissatisfied. If I let them see this photo again, I am worried..."
Matsui Iwane couldn't help but feel a trace of bitterness on his face.
Although Tsukada didn't say the last half of his sentence, Matsui Iwane knew what he was going to say.
In fact, Matsui Iwane himself has vaguely felt that the base camp is already dissatisfied with him. If he still cannot successfully solve the Baoshan Regiment this time and restore the influence, then his military career may really come to an end.