Chapter three hundred and forty-ninth negotiated siege
Soon, the news of the arrival of a large reporter observation group sent by the central government immediately reached the ears of Su Rui, who was commanding the troops to prepare to attack the city. For this reason, Su Rui specially summoned officers at division level and above to hold a meeting at his temporary headquarters.
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"What? Send a press team here to cover the whole process? And they are press teams from major domestic media and various countries?"
"What does this old man want to do?"
Li Yifeng, who has a straightforward personality, immediately became angry and yelled on the spot, "We are here fighting tooth and nail against the Japanese, but they not only don't give us assistance, they also send a team of reporters here. They even think it's inappropriate."
Aren’t we in chaos enough? If we have the time, we might as well give us a few thousand new recruits!”
Since the start of the war these days, the 300 Army is still going strong, but casualties are inevitable. Li Yifeng's 399th Division has suffered more than a thousand casualties in recent days, so he said what he just said.
"Come on, Lao Li, stop dreaming about expecting the central government to replenish us with new recruits." Bai Jingran on the side frowned: "The problem now is that since those people are here, what about the recapture of Guangzhou?
The battle has changed a bit."
"Yes, now that the reporters are here, the battle has changed a bit."
Suri also had a headache, but he clearly remembered how there was a saying in later generations, "Beware of fire, theft, and reporters." It can be seen that for many people, the uncrowned king of reporters is still very lethal.
Lin Shiqian tentatively said from the side: "Military officer, how about we send a message to reject them? These reporters have no other use than talking talk. Besides, when they come, we have to serve them like uncles. This is not for us."
Are you going to find fault on your own?"
Su Rui smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This is not possible, you have to know. Not only reporters from major domestic newspapers are coming back here, but also many domestic reporters from all over the world. If we really want to reject them
, that would be a disgrace to the whole world."
Li Yifeng was stunned, patted his forehead and said, "What should we do? These reporters will definitely run around when they come, and we will have to send people to take care of their safety. This will be another trouble."
Having said this, everyone felt very confused. This time, Chairman Chiang had given them a big problem. Although it was not unsolvable, he was quite disgusting. Just imagine, they were fighting so hard, but here they came.
You have a large group of reporters following behind you for an interview, but you cannot beat or scold these people. Isn’t this asking for your own fault?
Just when everyone was silent, Su Rui took out a pack of Hardman and spread a circle of cigarettes around everyone. For a moment, the conference room was filled with the choking smell of cigarette smoke. Since coming to this time and space, Su Rui felt
His addiction to cigarettes has increased a lot. Although he used to smoke in later generations, he was not a big smoker, basically only one pack of cigarettes every two days. But now he can't stop smoking even two packs a day.
After puffing for a while, Su Rui exhaled two puffs of smoke from his nostrils and said viciously: "It's impossible not to let those reporters come now, otherwise our reputation will be ruined. But here we are.
It’s up to us to decide how we should conduct interviews after that. Old Bai, you immediately send a telegram to Zheng Shaoyu and ask him to send a group of transport planes to Chongqing to pick up all the reporters. Tell Zheng Shaoyu that those reporters must be safe.
Send it here. If anything goes wrong on the way, settle the account with him."
Bai Jingran responded loudly at first, and then said with some embarrassment: "Military seat, the number of reporters coming this time is not small. There are more than a hundred people. If they all come, how will we arrange them? What if?
They are running around and we have no way to guarantee their safety."
Su Rui sneered: "What kind of place is this? This is a battlefield. Since they come here, they must be prepared to sacrifice. Old Bai, remember, when those people come, you will clear a piece of land. Don't let them everywhere."
Run around, otherwise we will not be responsible if something goes wrong!"
"Are those foreigners the same?"
Suri waved his hand: "It's all the same. No one is born from the same father as the mother. No one is born more valuable than the other. Just tell them so."
"Okay." Bai Jingran could only smile bitterly: "If the time comes..."
"If something goes wrong then I will take care of it!" Su Rui intercepted his words first. In later generations, he has long been disgusted with the phenomenon that foreigners are more valuable than Chinese people. Bai Jingran's words today can be said to have touched his sore spot, so he
The tone was set without hesitation.
The reporter's question was settled in this way, but the next discussion was even more troublesome.
Soon, Li Jinling, the chief of staff of the 400th Division, led seven or eight soldiers to move a large sand table. Su Rui walked up and pointed at the sand table and said, "Everyone, come and take a look. This is what our intelligence personnel in Guangzhou have obtained."
Distribution map of Japanese troops.”
There was a "crash" and everyone gathered around.
Su Rui pointed to the sand table and said: "Look, everyone, Guzhuang Qianlang has withdrawn most of his troops to Guangzhou for defense. Now there are more than 40,000 Japanese troops in Guangzhou. It looks like a lot of people. But please don't
Forgot, Guangzhou is not Jiangmen, let alone the county towns of Enping and Maoming. It is a big city with thousands of square kilometers. It is undoubtedly a fool's dream to tightly control Guangzhou with tens of thousands of people. Although the number of our troops is smaller than that of the Japanese army
We can't hide much, but don't forget, this is our land and our territory. There are hundreds of thousands of citizens in Guangzhou. They are our strong backing and our powerful help. Although the little devils are everywhere
But I believe this cannot be hidden from the citizens who have been born and raised here all their lives. As long as we have their help, it will be much easier for us to regain Guangzhou, don’t you think so?"
Lin Shiqian smiled and said: "It is indeed a military seat. The words he said made our hearts warm."
"Hahaha……"
Everyone laughed after hearing this. Everyone knew Suri's temper. He was not someone who couldn't take a joke, so everyone often joked with him to lighten the mood.
After laughing, Su Rui continued: "According to the intelligence, Guzhuang Qianlang divided his Japanese army into two parts, with Taiping South Road as the boundary. To the south is the defense area of the Japanese 108th Division, and to the north is the Japanese independent mixed brigade.
and the defense areas of the remnants of the 38th and 48th Divisions. The Japanese army deployed a large number of bunkers and fortifications here in an attempt to drag our army into the quagmire of street fighting. Therefore, our difficulty in this battle is how to conquer the position on the basis of
To reduce the casualties of our army, I hope everyone will share their opinions and work together."
Li Yifeng first said: "Military, if you ask me, the Japanese have laid many bunkers in the city. If we try hard, the casualties will be huge. You don't allow us to use heavy weapons. How do you think we can fight this battle?"
Su Rui smiled and said: "Well, Li Yifeng, you have conquered my army. The prohibition on using heavy artillery only means that except for heavy howitzers and bombers with a caliber above 155, artillery with a caliber below 105 can still be used.
And we can still use tanks. For this siege, I plan to break up the more than 90 tanks of the armored regiment into parts and distribute them to various siege troops. I will also issue a large number of recoilless running and
Explosives, I think the casualties can be reduced this way."
"Recoilless rifle?" Upon hearing this new term, the eyes of several generals around them lit up. Anyone who is a soldier doesn't like new weapons and equipment.
Li Yifeng quickly asked: "Military seat, what exactly is a recoilless rifle? Please tell everyone about it."
Su Rui smiled slightly and said to Bai Jingjing, who was smiling and silent next to him: "Old Bai, you drank foreign ink in Germany, tell everyone about it!"
Bai Jingran smiled bitterly and said, "Military Commander, don't you think you're insulting me by saying that? Well, I'll tell everyone about it."
Then, Kashiwa Jingran started talking to everyone. A recoilless rifle is a type of artillery that does not recoil when fired. It is mainly used to directly aim at armored targets, suppress, and destroy effective forces and firearms. Currently, it is mainly equipped in Western countries.
It is still very rare in Asian countries.
After listening to Bai Jingran's introduction, everyone's eyes began to light up. With this anti-armor artillery that can be carried by one soldier, the infantry's ability to attack difficult problems can be enhanced.
Seeing everyone's happy look, Su Rui couldn't help but warn: "Don't get too happy, everyone. Although the recoilless rifle is convenient, the firing procedure is also very cumbersome, and the most important thing is that Guangzhou is our city, and there are
There are so many residents, so when you go back, you must restrain your troops and never act innocently. After all, the people living here are our compatriots. Do you understand?"
Everyone answered in unison: "Yes, I understand!"
"After that, I will arrange the areas where each unit is responsible for attacking...Lin Shiqian's 398th Division..."
Just as Suri was assigning tasks, people in Guangzhou were also in panic.
Three hundred troops conquered the outskirts of Guangzhou and surrounded the city. Naturally, such a big thing could not be hidden from anyone, and the citizens in the city began to get into chaos. Although the citizens of Guangzhou knew that it was the national army outside the city and they were themselves.
Family, but who can tell clearly about things like war? After all, bullets don’t have eyes. No one knows whether the bullet will fly to you. If you are killed by a stray bullet, who will you complain to?
?Therefore, starting yesterday, the entire city of Guangzhou fell into chaos. Citizens took to the streets to frantically purchase food and medicine and hoard water, causing panic for a time.
For Wang Chunsheng, all this has nothing to do with him, because he has been unemployed since the day before yesterday, all major newspapers have closed down, and printing plants have stopped working. Naturally, they, the newsboys who make a living by selling newspapers, have lost their jobs. (