Yue Weihan strode into the war room accompanied by Mr. Deng and Mr. Zuo. Mr. Li, Mr. Xu, General Li, General Bai and others who were already waiting in the war room hurriedly came forward to greet him. Now Yue Weihan
His identity is the No. 1 commander of the four fields, which is no longer what it used to be. Even senior officers like General Li and General Bai have to salute when they see him.
To be honest, the Southwest Campaign decided by Chairman Mao was really difficult to fight because the combat area was so huge!
Just the choice of location for the frontline headquarters gave Yue Weihan a hard time. After repeated weighing, he still chose Baise. Then with the help of the US Navy, he brought Mr. Xu, Mr. Li and the accompanying staff to the South China Sea.
Then it flew directly from an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea to Baise, during which the U.S. Navy took a huge risk.
Although it was not easy, at least the command headquarters was set up and the personnel were roughly in place.
But at this time, the situation on the southwest front suddenly changed, and the main force of the Japanese army in Central China actually shrank and retreated!
After chatting briefly with everyone, Yue Weihan asked Mr. Xu directly: "Old Xu, what is the specific situation?"
"The specific situation is this." Mr. Xu nodded and said, "Five days ago, the Sanye 1st Group Army (Xue Yue) and the 4th Group Army (Long Yun) reported that the Japanese army had stopped advancing.
The 'Campaign Joint Command' has not yet been established, and Xue Long thought that the Japanese army was only taking a short rest, so they did not report it immediately."
"But just this morning, the Japanese troops on the north and south routes suddenly began to retreat in large strides. The Japanese troops on the south route have even given up on Kunming City, and the main force has retreated to the vicinity of Qujing!" After saying this, Mr. Xu added, "I judge that Gang
Neiji Murura must have smelled something, the old devil wants to escape early!"
Mr. Xu's judgment is quite correct, and he is worthy of being a veteran senior commander of our party.
However, the old devil Neiji Okamura is even more powerful. The battle headquarters has just been set up here, and even the participating departments have not yet been fully in place. The old devil has already smelled the strange smell and responded quickly. The Japanese army in Central China has
Once they contracted and retreated, the national army was in a very passive position, and its fighter planes had almost disappeared before the Southwest Campaign began.
The situation is clear. If the Japanese troops in Central China are withdrawn from the Lianghu area before the deployment of all the troops participating in the war, the Japanese army's logistics supply line can be greatly shortened. However, as the main force of the battle, the logistics supply line of the Four Fields (Chinese Expeditionary Force) will be greatly extended.
Now, the harsh road conditions in the southwest will be a severe test for the logistics support of Siye’s mechanized equipment.
If the mechanized heavy equipment of the four fields cannot keep up, the troops of the first field, the second field, and the third field alone, even if hundreds of infantry divisions are mobilized, cannot be the opponent of the Japanese heavy force group. Let alone encircle and annihilate the Japanese army in Central China.
Maybe they will be defeated by the Japanese army in central China on a large scale, repeating the tragedies of the Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Wuhan.
What's even more serious is that Okamura Neiji has built a large number of solid fortifications in the Lianghu area.
Once the main force of the Japanese army in Central China has withdrawn to the Lianghu area, even if the heavy equipment of the four fields is sent to the front line, victory may not be guaranteed. I think back then, Yue Weihan made the aircraft and heavy artillery of the Japanese army in North China useless with just a Tumen fortress.
After all, Okamura Neji feels this very personally and will not forget it easily.
All in all, once the main force of the Japanese army in Central China is allowed to withdraw to the two lakes area, the fighter planes in the Southwest Campaign will be completely lost!
Seeing that Yue Weihan was silent, Mr. Xu continued his analysis: "The side attack on Xi'an was just a partial division of the Japanese army on the North Road. It only had one division and one brigade, less than 30,000 people. The Japanese army that attacked Chongqing and Kunming were
If the elite main force of the Japanese army in Central China wants to achieve the campaign objectives, they cannot allow these two lines of Japanese troops to retreat to the two lakes."
"But..." Yue Weihan pondered, "Is there any way to intercept these two groups of Japanese troops?"
Mr. Li, who had been silent next to him, suddenly said: "Actually, this is a problem. As long as we intercept the main force of the Japanese army on the north route near Chongqing, we will also hold back the Japanese army on the south route near Kunming."
"Oh?" Yue Weihan said happily, "Lao Li, how do you say this?"
Mr. Li strode to the map, then pointed at the map and said to Yue Weihan: "Mr. Boss, please see, there are three roads out of Sichuan from Chongqing. One goes out of Hanzhong along the Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway in the north, and one goes out of Zigui along the Yangtze River Waterway in the east, passes through Yichang, and goes straight to
Wuchang, and the other one goes south to Guizhou along the Sichuan-Yunnan Highway."
"Although Xi'an has been lost, the hinterland of China in the deep northwest is separated from the Japanese army in North China by Shanxi and the Taihang Mountains. If the Japanese army leaves Hanzhong in the north, they will definitely go there and never return. It can be said that they are surrendering to death. Therefore, the Japanese army in central Sichuan will never leave.
With this route, there are only two routes left: leaving Wuchang in the east and heading south to Guizhou."
"If we can block Jingmen with a powerful force before the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army on the north route cannot go eastward, the Japanese army will have no choice but to go south to Guizhou, and the Japanese army on the south route will inevitably linger in Guizhou in order to meet the Japanese army on the north route.
, in this way, all the Japanese troops from the north and the south will be dragged into the southwest hinterland."
Yue Weihan's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and the already hopeless battle situation seemed to have become clear again.
Historically, it is not unreasonable for Mr. Li to stand out from thousands of Communist generals and become the senior commander of the People's Liberation Army who is best at large-scale combat. At this time, Mr. Li was quite good at making decisions and tactical command when the situation arises.
He may be slightly inferior to Yue Weihan and Mr. Xu, but in terms of tactical planning, he is almost unrivaled.
At least Yue Weihan and Mr. Xu failed to solve the knotty problem of how to hold back the Japanese troops from both the north and the south at the same time!
However, this knot is only half solved, because it is not easy to find a "good one"!
Since it is blocking Jingmen, this "effective force" can only be mobilized from the three fields. The three fields have a total of four group armies. Among them, Xue Yue's 1st Group Army and Yang Sen's 2nd Group Army are currently in central Sichuan. After all, it is Xue Yue's 1st Group Army that is transferred.
Group army? Or deploy Yang Sen's 2nd Army? This is indeed a question.
Yan'an, Wayaobao.
When Chairman Mao was drafting a special report on "strategic counter-offensive in the near future," Mr. Zhu suddenly walked into his cave in excitement, raised the telegram in his hand, and said loudly: "Old Mao, the Southwest Campaign Frontline Command has already
A detailed combat plan has been drafted, and I think this plan is very feasible."
Chairman Mao put down his writing brush and said thoughtfully: "I heard that the Japanese troops on the north and south routes have shrunk and retreated. Has the Southwest Campaign Frontline Command figured out any way to intercept these two Japanese troops?"
Mr. Zhu handed the telegram to Chairman Mao and said: "Yue Xuli has already prepared a countermeasure."
"Oh?" Chairman Mao happily took the telegram and after reading it in a hurry, he exclaimed, "Okay, very good. This plan is quite good. I only sent out one group of surprise troops and intercepted the Japanese troops from the north and the south at the same time. It can be seen that
Our front-line commanders are still very good at fighting and using troops."
After saying this, Chairman Mao asked again: "Has Yue Xuli decided which troop to send to take on this important task?"
"Yang Sen's 2nd Group Army." Mr. Zhu said, "Compared with Xue Yue's 1st Group Army, Yang Sen's 2nd Group Army is more familiar with the terrain in eastern Sichuan, and it is easier to get support from the local people. In addition, the 1st Aviation Division in Siye and
The 2nd Aviation Division will also come out in full force to assist Yang Sen’s 2nd Army in locking down Jingmen.”
Chairman Mao nodded, immediately put out the cigarette butt and picked up the brush again.
The guard next to him, Captain Li, quickly stepped forward and spread out the rice paper. Chairman Mao dipped his brush in ink and wrote on the rice paper "Thousands of troops and horses block Jingmen" with seven large Chinese characters.
Leshan, Sanye 2nd Army Headquarters.
Yang Sen is convening the main generals of his unit for pre-war mobilization.
Although Yang Sen's Sichuan Army has been incorporated by the CCP and has been given the designation of the Sanye 2nd Army, the CCP still retains considerable autonomy for the Sichuan Army. Not only has it not adjusted the commanders of each army or division, it has not even been changed like other
The three major field armies sent political commissars to combat units at all levels, but only party representatives.
Yang Sen's 2nd Army has 6 corps and 12 divisions, with a total strength of nearly 100,000.
When the Sichuan Army first left Sichuan in the 26th year of the Republic of China, it had a total of 400,000 troops. However, until now, the 400,000 troops have only less than 100,000 people left. Because Liu Xiang, Deng Xihou and other Sichuan warlords either died of illness or died in battle,
Yang Sen actually became the only remaining big boss in central Sichuan, and all Sichuan troops naturally gathered under his banner.
While Yang Sen was lecturing his subordinates, large groups of fighter planes flew over the sky from time to time.
That was the 1st Division of Shine Aviation. The fighter jets of the 2nd Division were transferring. From time to time, groups of huge transport planes would fly across the sky. Those were Shine's transport planes that were transporting weapons, ammunition and aviation fuel to Chengdu Shuangguisi Airport.
, when the Air Force transfers, it is not enough for fighter jets to fly over; a large amount of aviation fuel must also be transported.
"Do you see, the sky is full of our planes, planes flown by the Chinese!" Yang Sen got excited and shouted at the subordinates in front of him, "In the next ten days to half a month, these planes will coordinate the entire process.
When our 2nd Group Army fights, our Sichuan Army can also get air support like the little devils, haha!"
The Sichuan army generals present were also very excited. Before, they would not have even dared to think about it.
I remember that when the Battle of Songhu was the most difficult, even the Central Army did not receive air support from the Air Force. But now, the Sichuan Army can get full escort from the Air Force even when marching. The little devil can just send out a few planes.
The days when we could show off our power in Chinese airspace are gone forever!
"I've said so much, but it's actually just one word." After talking for a long time, Yang Sen finally began to make a concluding speech, "Run! Let me run as fast as I can to death. Run as fast as you can, and grab it as fast as you can.
Get in front of the Japanese, and then nail them to me like nails between Wanxian and Yichang. Even if you die, you won’t be able to let even a little Japanese pass by!"
On June 2, the 32nd year of the Republic of China (1943), 100,000 Sichuan troops began a large-scale, long-distance march.
The straight-line distance from Leshan to Wanxian is nearly a thousand miles. According to the march intensity of 250 miles per day, it would take four days to complete. However, the main force of the Japanese army on the North Road has mostly withdrawn to the vicinity of Chongqing. From Chongqing to Wanxian
, the distance is already less than 600 miles. Although the Japanese army is a pseudo-mechanized force, it is no problem to travel more than a hundred miles a day.
Faced with an almost impossible mission, the tenacious Sichuan soldiers did not give up.
It’s midsummer in June, the clouds are clear and the wind is gentle.
Suddenly, two Japanese reconnaissance planes emerged from the thin clouds.
Kondo Jiro comes from Sendai and is a son of an Orion. He has longed to soar in the sky like an eagle since he was a child. After graduating from middle school, he reported to Kyoto Aviation School without looking back. As a result, he was admitted with excellent results. After graduation, he successfully joined the Central China Japanese Army.
4th Aviation Group, became a rookie pilot.
Originally, a rookie like Jiro Kondo had no chance to fly into the air.
However, in the Pacific and Southeast Asian battlefields, the Japanese army has consumed too many veteran pilots. The current Japanese aviation force seems to be a bit out of control. As a last resort, the Japanese aviation force can only transfer a large number of rookies like Kondo Jiro to the front line. I hope they can
He grew up quickly in actual combat.
Just as Jiro Kondo flew his plane out of the clouds, the communicator heard the exclaim of wingman Toshio Kitajima: "Kondo-kun, look, the China Army! The large force of the China Army!"
Jiro Kondo turned the fuselage slightly and looked at the ground through the porthole. He immediately saw an extremely spectacular marching scene. Tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers were marching forward in a messy formation on the open plain terrain.
The march is like thousands of migrating wild horses, running endlessly towards the unknown front.
"Kitajima-kun, no matter where these Chinese troops are going, we must stop them as much as possible!" Kondo Jiro issued an attack order to his wingman through the communicator. However, just when Kondo Jiro was about to fly the plane into a dive, the thin air in front was blocked.
Four P-51 Mustang fighter jets suddenly emerged from the thin clouds. The blue sky and white sun flags painted on the wings were so dazzling.
"Kondo-kun, be careful, China Air Force!" Almost at the same time, wingman Kitajima Toshio also spotted the Chinese fighter jet.
Before he finished speaking, the four Chinese fighter planes had divided into two formations and pounced on two Japanese reconnaissance planes respectively. In just two rounds, the four Chinese field fighters easily shot down the two Japanese reconnaissance planes by virtue of their performance and numerical advantages.
The soldiers of the Sichuan Army, who were marching at full speed on the ground, witnessed the aerial battle scene throughout the whole process, and suddenly burst into cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami.
"The Chinese Air Force is rising!"
"The Chinese Air Force wants it!"
Amid the overwhelming cheers of the Sichuan soldiers, the four Chinese War Eagles in the air formed a straight formation and flew around the field three times before turning around and roaring away to the east.