"Total annihilation?" Chairman Chiang said in disbelief, "Really annihilated!?"
"Yes." Wang Shihe nodded heavily and said, "We have really completely wiped out the envoys!"
"Okay, great!" Chairman Jiang waved his fist fiercely and said, "Shihe, prepare the car immediately, I want to rush to the General Staff Headquarters immediately! Also, quickly notify the Military Commission and immediately give the Second
The war zone sent a commendation telegram and allocated 500,000 French currency to each frontline participating unit as a reward."
"Yes." Wang Shihe stood at attention and immediately took the order.
"Hey, Darling, it's only six o'clock now." Mrs. Jiang said anxiously, "It's too early."
"Morning? It's too late for me." After speaking, Chairman Chiang walked out of the study without looking back.
Mrs. Chiang could only smile bitterly and shake her head. How could she not understand what the person next to her was thinking? Chairman Chiang was in a hurry to prepare for a press conference and announce to the world the good news of the victory at Xinkou, but then again
Having said that, although the Great Victory at Xinkou was not personally commanded by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, it was absolutely inseparable from his wise leadership.
Taiyuan, Yan Gongguan.
Last night, Chief Yan slept as soundly as ever.
I woke up at around six in the morning and was washing up when my adjutant Xu Youde came in excitedly from outside. He immediately stood at attention and saluted: "General, a great victory at Xinkou! The Japanese First Army Corps stationed in Shanxi has been completely wiped out.
From the commander of the First Army Corps, Koyuki Kiyoshi, to the following, there are almost no one among the more than 40,000 little devils who have slipped through the net!"
"Oh..." Chief Yan almost choked to death on the mouthwash when he suddenly heard the good news.
After a long while, Commander Yan swallowed the mouthwash and said urgently: "Quick, send a congratulatory message to the front line!"
After thinking for a while, Chief Yan added: "Debit another one million yuan from the account and give each of the frontline soldiers two yuan!"
Chief Yan was usually very stingy, but at this time he was very generous. He gave away one million yuan in cash, unlike Chairman Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing who only gave him five hundred thousand French currency.
Five hundred thousand French currency sounds like a lot, but it is not.
After the Nationalist Government lost the Songhu area, it lost a lot of tax revenue and its finances were on the verge of bankruptcy.
In order to raise military expenditures and make up for the huge fiscal deficit, the Nationalist Government began to frantically print legal currency. In less than half a year, the legal currency had seriously devalued. For example, the two million legal currency originally allocated by the Military Commission to the Thirty-ninth Group Army had to wait until this batch.
By the time the military pay was transferred to the Taihang Mountains, it had depreciated to the point where it was worth only 200,000 yuan.
Xinkou battlefield.
The fierce fighting has ended, and the officers and soldiers of the Jinsui Army, the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army are cleaning the battlefield.
Yue Weihan, deputy commander-in-chief of the second theater and commander-in-chief of the front line, surrounded by a large group of generals from the Shanxi-Sui Army, the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army, appeared on the periphery of the battlefield. At this time, the eastern sky was already bright, and the entire battlefield was in full view of everyone. Standing there
As far as the eye can see outside Xinkou Town, there are dead Japanese corpses everywhere.
For a moment, Yue Weihan felt in a trance.
Before that, Yue Weihan had always believed that this battle would be able to completely annihilate the Japanese First Army Corps stationed in Shanxi. But when he actually completely annihilated the Japanese First Army Corps, Yue Weihan couldn't believe it. This was not a brigade or a division.
A regiment, but an organized legion. Although this legion is somewhat unrealistic, it is still a legion after all!
The Japanese First Army Corps was annihilated in this way? More than 40,000 little Japanese were killed or captured in this way?
Yue Weihan pinched the palm of his hand hard and felt a sharp pain. Yes, this is real, not a dream!
Immediately, an uncontrollable hot blood surged violently from Yue Weihan's chest, making him want to look up to the sky and scream.
Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, there have been no less than five battles to completely annihilate the Japanese army's brigade or detachment formation, and there have been three battles to completely wipe out the Japanese army's division formation, namely the Lunan victory, the Pingdingshan victory and the Niangziguan victory. However,
This is the only battle to completely annihilate the Japanese legionary organization. There is no semicolon, and that is tonight’s victory at Xinkou!
Looking at the dozens of senior generals from the Central Army, Shanxi-Sui Army and Eighth Route Army behind him, Yue Weihan couldn't help feeling filled with pride.
How great would it be if the Central Army, the Shanxi-Sui Army, and the Eighth Route Army, these thirty divisions with 500,000 tiger soldiers, could be under the unified command of Yue Weihan?
If he had these 500,000 tiger soldiers under his command, Yue Weihan would really dare to have a good showdown with Shan Shanyuan.
If Yue Weihan really had 500,000 tigers and tigers, he might be able to recover North China in less than eight years!
However, Yue Weihan just thought about it. First of all, it was impossible for these thirty divisions of the Shanxi-Sui Army, the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army to be under his command. Although before the Battle of Xinkou, Chairman Chiang had just promoted Yue Weihan to deputy commander of the Second War Zone.
Commander-in-chief, but this is basically a false title. The only one Yue Weihan can really command is the Thirty-ninth Army.
Secondly, Yue Weihan cannot afford to support an army of 500,000 people now. If it were not for the many Japanese and puppet assets collected in southern Hebei Province, Yue Weihan would have gone bankrupt by now. There is not much land in the Jingxing base area, and even less productive water land. If it were not for the Japanese prisoners of war,
Several irrigation canals have been repaired. I am afraid that the rations of the Thirty-ninth Group Army will be a problem in the second half of the year.
Finally, and most importantly, how many weapons and ammunition will these 500,000 people consume in continuing to fight?
Although the Cangyan Mountain Industrial Zone is under intensive construction, Yue Weihan has no idea how many guns and ammunition it can ultimately produce annually. Basically, it is certainly not a big deal if the weapons and ammunition produced by the Cangyan Mountain Arsenal are used to supply the 39th Group Army.
question, but it is impossible to supply an army of 500,000 for continuous combat consumption.
Thinking of this, Yue Weihan couldn't help but feel a little disheartened. In modern war, in the final analysis, we have to fight for industry.
The Nationalist Government had little industrial foundation to begin with, and after its defeat in the Southwest, its industry shrank even more severely. It was already far behind Japan. Although Yue Weihan had ambitions to build an industrial base in the Taihang Mountains, he could not rely on this alone.
How can an industrial base rival Japan's entire manufacturing industry?
When Yue Weihan was lost in thought, Tang Huaiyuan had already strode over carrying a saber.
"General seat." Tang Huaiyuan paid a military salute to Yue Weihan without any psychological barriers. He then raised the saber in his left hand and said to Yue Weihan, "That old devil Xiangyue Qingji committed seppuku. My guards are late."
After half a step, I couldn't capture him alive. It's a pity. This is Xiangyue Qingji's sword, so I'll give it to the chief."
Yue Weihan looked at the saber in Tang Huaiyuan's hand. It was very beautiful and the handle was inlaid with precious stones.
Since this sword is the sword of Koyuki Seiji, it must have a great origin. It was probably given by the Emperor of Japan. However, Yue Weihan waved his hand and said calmly: "Tang Junjun, I have never been interested in things from Japan. This sword
You'd better give the general's sword to General Wei Lihuang."
"That's fine." Tang Huaiyuan nodded and said, "I'll have someone deliver it to Commander-in-Chief Wei later."
Yue Weihan and Tang Huaiyuan did not expect that Xiangyue Qingsi's sword would eventually fall into the hands of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, and would become the most cherished collection of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek's life, even more so than what Sun Dianying gave to Chiang Kai-shek.
The chairman's royal sword was stolen from the tomb of the Manchu Emperor Qianlong.
Chongqing, Military Commission Press Conference Hall.
Chairman Chiang Kai-shek was announcing the news of the victory at Xinkou to reporters from various countries who were invited.
In fact, as early as the Battle of Taiyuan began, reporters from major media in Western countries have continued to pay attention to this counterattack initiated by the Chinese army. However, no Western media, including the Soviet Union's TANS News Agency, believed that the Chinese army would
The final victory was achieved, and no one believed that the Chinese army could completely annihilate the Japanese First Army Corps in Shanxi.
Therefore, as soon as Chairman Chiang finished speaking, the entire press conference hall exploded.
"Mr. Jiang, is what you said true?"
"Oh, God, it's unbelievable!"
"Has the Japanese First Army Corps in Shanxi really been wiped out?"
“When did the Chinese military become so powerful?”
"This is impossible. How could the Chinese army completely annihilate the Japanese legion-level troops?"
"This is really incredible. Will the Chinese army turn to a strategic counterattack because of this?"
Immediately, the correspondents of major Western mainstream media all abandoned their hypocritical gentlemanly demeanor and began to discuss wildly one by one. The reporters of the British Reuters and the reporters of the Central News Agency even quarreled, as if
The two aggressive roosters were so noisy that the feathers on their necks puffed up.
Chairman Chiang's repeated beckons had no effect, and General He next to him had no choice but to ring the bell.
As soon as the bell rang, the media reporters and distinguished guests from various countries who were obviously out of control fell silent again. The entire press conference hall also returned to silence. Chairman Chiang waved his not very big fist at everyone present and said impassionedly.
Said: "This is not the first great victory of the Chinese army, and it will definitely not be the last!"
"Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, we have repeatedly annihilated Japanese division-level troops in Lunan, Pingdingshan, and Niangziguan. Now, we have annihilated large Japanese regiment-level troops. In the near future, we will annihilate even more Japanese troops.
With a heavy-armed group at the front level, the final victory must belong to the Chinese nation!"
The Chinese reporters in the press conference hall all stood up and began to applaud without emotion. Young female reporters from several newspapers were so excited that they burst into tears.
Distant Tokyo.
Japanese Army and Navy Chief of General Staff Kanin Gongzaihito is listening to the Japanese broadcast of the Central News Agency.
When Chairman Chiang's almost demonstrative words came from the radio, old Japanese Jae-in suddenly became furious. He dropped the radio to the ground, then raised his head and shouted viciously: "Tell Private Tojo to come see me immediately."
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Private Tojo is the nickname given to Hideki Tojo by Kanji Ishihara, the former Chief of Operations of the Japanese Army General Staff.
When he was given this nickname, Tojo Hideki was already at the rank of Lieutenant General and had just been appointed Minister of War. However, Ishihara Kanji was demoted to a remote fortress as a garrison commander. Ishihara Kanji gave him the nickname in person because he was not angry.
Tojo Hideki gave him such a nickname, which was intended to ridicule Tojo Hideki as he did not have the ability to become the Minister of War at all and was only qualified to be a first-class soldier.
Kanin Miya Zaijin borrowed this nickname this time, which shows that he is very dissatisfied with Tojo Hideki.