For the ancient and suffering Chinese nation, these three days have been truly thrilling!
From great sorrow to great joy, and then from great joy to great sorrow, in just three days, everyone deeply understood the profound philosophy contained in the saying "Misfortune depends on blessings, and blessings rely on misfortunes."
Jiujiang, Jiangfang Fortress.
The sun flag was flying over the fortress, and thousands of Japanese officers and soldiers were standing on the ruins of the fortress, cheering. Behind the Japanese officers and soldiers, the mountains were like the sea, and the setting sun was like blood.
Not far away, the forward of the Japanese 3rd Division and the commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade, Major General Ichiro Katayama, held a saber with his sword. He was confidently saying to the communications officer beside him: "Immediately send a report to the division headquarters. After four hours of fierce fighting,
, our unit has successfully captured the Jiujiang River Defense Fortress, and the 6th and 68th Infantry Regiments are advancing along both sides of the Yangtze River to attack Wuhan."
Wuhan, Hankou Pier.
Chairman Chiang was standing on the dock with a melancholy face, looking at the vast Yangtze River in a daze.
At this moment, what came to Chairman Chiang's mind was the popular poem "Linjiang Immortal".
The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away all the heroes. Right and wrong, success and failure are all gone, but the green mountains are still there, and the sunsets are red several times.
The white-haired fisherman and woodcutter on the riverbank is used to watching the autumn moon and the spring breeze. We happily meet each other over a jug of wine, and many things in ancient and modern times are discussed with laughter.
The first two lines of this song "Linjiang Fairy" are undoubtedly very close to Chairman Chiang's state of mind at this time. The Battle of Wuhan, which lasted for several months and gathered nearly two million troops from China and Japan, is finally coming to an end.
It’s settled, the rumble of artillery can be heard faintly in the east and north. The Japanese forwards should be about to enter Wuhan City, right?
At this moment, Chairman Chiang was filled with melancholy and endless unwillingness.
"Commissioner, let's go quickly!" Wang Shihe, the chief of the national guard, urged in a low voice, "otherwise it will be too late."
Chairman Chiang didn't seem to hear it at all. He just stared at the vast river in front of him in a daze. However, he was not remembering the ancients at this moment, but remembering himself. At the beginning of the Wuhan Battle, Chairman Chiang boasted about Haikou.
As the leader of the party and the state, he wants to live and die with Wuhan. If people are in the city, they will die if the city is lost!
Now that Wuhan has been lost, it seems that Chairman Chiang should also die for his country.
"Gun!" Chairman Jiang suddenly turned around and said to Wang Shihe, "Give me a gun!"
"Gun?" Wang Shihe said in astonishment, "Commissioner, what do you want a gun for?"
"Fight back!" Chairman Jiang said, "Fight back with me, fight back to the city of Wuhan!"
After saying this, Chairman Chiang said to General He next to him: "He Yingqin, rectify your troops immediately and fight back with me!"
"Commission!" General He said with a tragic expression, "The troops have been scattered and cannot be organized at all. Moreover, the advance troops of the Japanese have entered the city. If they don't leave, it will be too late!"
"If you want to leave, you go." Chairman Jiang said, "I won't leave anyway, I want to live or die with Wuhan!"
After saying that, Chairman Chiang turned around and left. Wang Shihe winked at the two guards beside him. The two guards rushed forward, picked up Chairman Chiang and left. Chairman Chiang was angry and struggled hard while getting angry.
Said: "Let me go, what do you two want to do? Let me go quickly! Wang Shihe, Wang Shihe..."
Wang Shihe pretended not to hear and forced Chairman Chiang to board the speedboat.
Jinan, Shahe County.
Nearly 60,000 people of the New Sixth Army are winding their way south in an "S"-shaped marching route on the plain.
Marching in open plain areas is very particular, especially when the enemy has air superiority. The march must not go in a straight line, but can only take an "S" shaped route.
The reason is very simple. If you go in a straight line, the enemy planes will just follow your march and shoot all the way, and the number of casualties will be horrifying!
If you take an "S" shaped route, the threat from enemy aircraft will be much smaller.
In addition, taking the "S"-shaped route allows officers to control their troops more intuitively, making it less likely to fall behind or escape. The quality of the Baoshan Division is absolutely excellent, but the quality of the 181st Division, the New 6th Division, and the New 9th Division is not.
It's a bit unreliable, especially after having just experienced Yue Weihan's iron-fisted rectification, there are quite a few people who have ulterior motives and want to take advantage of the opportunity to escape.
In the long marching column, New Sixth Army Commander Yue Weihan was also walking like an ordinary soldier.
Yue Weihan was not doing it for show, to show that officers and soldiers are equal, but purely for safety reasons, because so many people were marching on foot. If you, Yue Weihan, were to ride in a car alone, wouldn't that be asking for death?
Intelligence Director Gao Jingwu suddenly caught up and said: "Military seat, the Military Commission has an urgent battle report!"
Yue Weihan immediately left the marching column and stopped. Following Yue Weihan, Gao Shuxun, Sun Dianying and a dozen major generals Gao Shen who had been transferred from the 181st Division, the New 6th Division and the New 9th Division also stopped one after another. These dozen
The two major generals and Gao Shen were originally colonel commanders of each division, but Yue Weihan transferred them all to the New Sixth Army Staff Headquarters with a transfer order.
Yue Weihan's move of rising up and down secretly is not very clever. Bi Guangheng, Gao Shuxun and Sun Dianying can naturally see it, but what can they do? At this time, the New Sixth Army was already acting collectively, with more than 30,000 Baoshan Division troops.
With the tiger and wolf troops watching eagerly, who dares to disobey Yue Weihan's military orders?
It would only be a few days before brothers Shi Youxin and Shi Youxin were shot.
As for the dozen or so regimental commander positions vacated by the 181st Division, the New 6th Division, and the New 9th Division, of course officers must be transferred from the Baoshan Division. Moreover, it has only just begun. After a while, Yue Weihan will
We will definitely dispatch battalion, company, and platoon-level officers to the 181st Division, the New 6th Division, and the New 9th Division! Once the regiment, battalion, company, and platoon-level officers have been replaced by the backbone of the Baoshan Division, then we should clean up the division commanders and brigade commanders.
Long position.
In short, Yue Weihan only believes in his own people. He will never rest assured if this army is not in the hands of his own people. As for Gao Shuxun and Sun Dianying, it doesn't matter whether you are willing to accept Yue Weihan's command or not, anyway.
As long as Yue Weihan is not dead, they will not be able to return to their old army.
After receiving the telegram from Gao Jingwu, Yue Weihan only glanced at it twice, and his face immediately darkened.
Sun Dianying and a dozen major generals Gao Shen were immediately worried. Yue Hao's executioners would not take the opportunity to kill, right?
"Military seat, did something happen in Wuhan?" Gao Shuxun took two steps forward and asked with concern.
Unlike Sun Dianying and others, Gao Shuxun quickly corrected his position. Although Yue Weihan did something unreasonable in replacing the regiment-level officers of the New 6th Division, Gao Shuxun was also unhappy, but after all, the New 6th Division belonged to the New 6th Division.
The order of battle of the Sixth Army, and Yue Weihan is the commander of the New Sixth Army, so he has this right.
"It's not just Wuhan." Yue Weihan shook his head and replied, "Jiujiang was also lost!"
"Jiujiang!?" Gao Shuxun was also a figure, and he lost his voice immediately, "So the Yangtze River Channel..."
"Order the troops. The rear team will change to the front team and return to Shimen!" Yue Weihan sighed and gave the order sadly.
Wuhan has been lost, and the strategic fulcrum of the Wuhan Battle no longer exists. The loss of Jiujiang means that the Japanese army will soon be able to open up the Yangtze River Channel. Once the Yangtze River Channel is opened, the Japanese Central China Front Army will be able to quickly obtain supplies from the Yangtze River Channel.
It was time to pursue and annihilate the defeated troops on a large scale.
If the war reaches this point, the worst result is the direct destruction of the country!
The best outcome can only be that Hunan and most of Hubei fall.
Moreover, the New Sixth Army, Sun Lianzhong Group and Yu Xuezhong Group's attacks on the Ping-Han Line, Jinpu Line and Longhai Line have become meaningless! Since attacking the Ping-Han Line has lost any meaning
, the New Sixth Army would not be able to continue to go south and fight to the death with the Japanese army heading north.
It's nothing for the little *** to lose two divisions, but if China loses the New Sixth Army, its vitality may be damaged!
At this juncture, it would be good to preserve one more point of national defense strength. It was based on this consideration that Yue Weihan did not hesitate to issue the order to return to Shimen, and after returning to Shimen, the New Sixth Army also absolutely
I won't stay at Shimen for too long, I will rest for half a day at most, and then I will give up guarding Shimen.
The order was quickly conveyed, and the troops that were heading south immediately turned around and headed north again.
Gao Shuxun said rather depressedly: "Military seat, the situation was originally good, how did it become like this?"
"Isn't it because we have an inferior commander!?" At this moment, Yue Weihan's heart was also filled with resentment.
As the American said, Japan has first-rate soldiers, but only second-rate officers, third-rate commanders, and inferior commanders!
*** The soldiers are really impeccable.
Let’s just say that the Sichuan Army was the worst equipped. They only ate two thin meals a day and were so hungry that their chests pressed against their backs, but they could still fight the Japanese with their bayonets! What does it mean to have no regrets? This is called no complaints.
Regret! For the sake of the country, the nation, and the words "Chinese" on the tombstone, they dared to put their lives on it!
The Sichuan Army is like this, other local armies are like this, and the Central Army is even more like this!
Looking at ancient and modern times and five thousand years ago, the volunteers on the Korean battlefield were slightly better. In terms of courage alone, even the People's Liberation Army during the Liberation War could not compare with the Japanese during the Anti-Japanese War.
It is a bit unfair that the grassroots officers of the Communist Party of China are rated as second-rate, but it is also an indisputable fact.
In terms of combat bravery, the grassroots officers of the Communist Party of China are even better than ordinary soldiers. However, as officers, it is not enough to be brave in combat. They must also understand tactics! However, most of the grassroots officers of the Communist Party of China are
They are illiterate and have never received a true military school education. How many of them understand the art of modern warfare?
As for the third-rate commander and the inferior commander, this is an absolutely fair evaluation!
*** serves as the commander of the war zone and the senior generals who command the group armies are almost all veterans. When it comes to speculation and camping, all of them are experts, but when it comes to fighting, almost all of them are laymen.
As for Chairman Chiang, as long as he has a third-rate level, the results of the Battle of Songhu, Xuzhou and Wuhan will be much better. If Chairman Chiang has a first-rate level, maybe the Battle of Songhu can directly destroy Xiao*
If **'s ambitions were gone, there would be no Battle of Xuzhou or Battle of Wuhan.