As for the heavy artillery brigades, judging from the current battle situation, it is impossible. As mentioned earlier, Japan's heavy artillery brigades are strategic-level units. Until the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, only five heavy artillery brigades were formed in Japan. Unfortunately, So far, two have been annihilated by Suri. (Baidu Search Literature Museum)
Although the Japanese government immediately added a heavy artillery brigade, there are now only four heavy artillery brigades in Japan. One of these four heavy artillery brigades is deployed in the mainland, one is deployed in the Kwantung Army, and the remaining two are deployed in the North China Front and the South China Front. The Front Army and the Central China Front Army did not have a heavy artillery brigade, so the Tsukada attack became so excited after hearing Ishihara Wanji's words.
Temple Shouichi also said quietly: "Ishihara-kun, you also said a few days ago that our military strength in Central China is very tight, and it is impossible to allocate excess troops to support Jiangxi. Why are you talking about this matter now? This is not an agreement with Jiangxi. Are your previous statements contradictory?"
Ishihara Wanji also sighed and smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency, Commander, I am not contradicting myself, but I can't think of any good solution right now."
Terauchi Shouichi laughed bitterly when he heard this. He did not blame Ishihara Wanji for his self-contradiction. After all, war ultimately depends on the contest of strength. Without strength as a backing, any conspiracy will be in vain.
Tsukada on the side said: "Your Excellency, Commander, although the 92nd Division has been defeated, they have not completely lost their combat effectiveness. They will be able to fight again after about a month of rest. Even the 92nd Division We can't rejoin the battle for the time being, but we can order the 114th and 101st divisions to meet the enemy! The most important thing now is to find out whether the three armies of the fifth theater are lurking near the border with Jiangxi. Only in this way can we make countermeasures.”
"Tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk..."
There was a knock on the door, and a staff officer walked in quickly and handed a telegram to Shouichi Terauchi. When Shouichi Terauchi saw the telegram, a trace of bitterness suddenly appeared on his face, and then he sighed: "No need. The China-Gui family The two armies have already launched attacks towards Jiangxi from the direction of Taihu Lake and Huangshi..."
On October 25, 1939 AD, General Li Zongren, Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth War Zone of the Republic of China, and General Su Rui, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth War Zone, held press conferences in Guangzhou and Hongtongshan respectively to announce the In order to respond to the call of the World Anti-Fascist Battlefield and combat the arrogance of the fascists, the Fourth Theater will dispatch an army of 60,000 troops and more than 200 aircraft to launch a counterattack against Jiangxi starting from today, and Li Zongren announced In response to Su Rui's request, two armies of 100,000 troops were dispatched to attack the Japanese army from the direction of Taihu Lake and Huangshi, and they were bound to regain Jiangxi.
As soon as Su Rui and Li Zongren made this statement, it immediately shocked the whole of China. Countless newspapers and media spoke highly of Su Rui and Li Zongren, who launched the campaign, thinking that they had sounded the clarion call for counterattack. But some people were happy. Some people will be worried. Unlike the cheering people and newspapers and media, many social elites and high-level officials of the National Government are shocked. As insiders, they know very well what this counterattack means.
As senior generals of the National Government, Su Rui and Li Zongren arbitrarily mobilized the army to attack the Japanese army without receiving orders from the Ministry of Military Affairs. This nature is really bad. Su Rui is fine. Anyway, Su Rui is usually a normal person. Even though he was known to have his own way of doing things, and he had never received a dime of pay from the central government, it was understandable that he would make decisions without permission. But Li Zongren was different. His troops all depended on the allocation of military funds from the central government, and now they are also Having intervened in this matter, does this mean that Li Zongren, a veteran of the Gui family, and Su Rui, a new star of the Gui family, are going to join forces? Thinking of the chemical reaction that will occur once Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and Su Rui join forces, everyone's hearts begin to hang. Got up.
"Ping Pong..."
A crisp sound rang again in Chairman Chiang's office.
"Niang Xipi, Su Zhongxin, Li Delin! Do they take me as the chairman of the committee seriously? Are they still the National Revolutionary Army? Such a major matter was reported to me only after the battle was launched. This is too outrageous.
I'm going to shoot them all, shoot them all!"
In the office, Chairman Chiang stood in front of his desk with a livid face and was furious. Next to him stood He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Chen Brai, Dai Li, Chen Guofu and other important officials.
Looking at the silent crowd, Chairman Jiang became even more angry and cursed angrily: "Why don't you speak? Aren't you usually very talkative? Why are you mute now? Li Delin and Su Zhongxin don't respect the central government.
We have given an order to send troops to attack Jiangxi without permission. Let’s talk about how we should handle this matter.”
Everyone remained silent and laughed bitterly in their hearts. Although it was wrong for Su Rui and Li Zongren to send troops to attack Jiangxi without the central government's order, they were standing on the principle of justice. You can't publicly condemn them and prevent them from recovering.
Lose ground, if you really condemn someone like this, all the people will not be scolded to death. But if you don't deal with it, it will be another serious challenge to the central government's prestige. What's worse, this dispatch of troops represents a signal.
That is, the old Guangxi clique represented by Li and Bai and the emerging Guangxi clique such as Su Rui have shown signs of union. To put it more seriously, this incident represents the recombination of the two major forces, which will shock the Chinese political arena.
It is undoubtedly huge. With the addition of Su Rui, the Gui Clan is no longer the poor and scumbag country bumpkin it used to be. Instead, it has transformed into a powerful power group that wants guns, guns and people.
, which poses a huge threat to the central forces headed by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek.
Everyone was looking at the ground silently and silently. A pindrop could be heard in the office, except for Chairman Chiang's rough snort.
It took a long time before Chen Cheng said: "Commissioner, since the matter has happened, the most important thing now is not how to deal with Li Delin and Su Zhongxin, but how to turn this matter into an advantage. Li Zongren is not disrespecting the order and getting along with Su Rui."
If you want to occupy Jiangxi, then we can simply add fuel to his fire and order him to send two or three armies to completely muddy the waters of Jiangxi. Once Su Rui and Li Zongren join forces, the entire Guangdong and Guangxi will be their world.
Well, this area of Jiangxi must never fall into the hands of the Gui clan again!"
"Well, Vice Minister Chen is right, Jiangxi cannot fall into their hands again."
Everyone around them also agreed with Chen Cheng's words. The Guangxi clique that has occupied Guangdong and Guangxi is already the most powerful force in the country outside of the central power. If they occupy Jiangxi again, it will be a big deal. Should the central government still mess with it?
Aren't you going to send troops to regain Jiangxi? Then let's get involved and see whose hands Jiangsu will fall into.
After listening to Chen Cheng's words, Chairman Jiang also showed a look of appreciation in his eyes. He nodded and said: "Yes, Li Delin, Su Zhongxin's appetite is also too big. Having Guangdong and Guangxi is not enough. He also wants to control Jiangxi."
Let’s start, if they occupy Jiangxi, will they also occupy Zhejiang?”
"Well, the commissioner is right!"
As we all know, Chairman Chiang's hometown is in Zhejiang. If the Japanese occupy Zhejiang, it can be said that Zhejiang has been occupied, but what if it is occupied by Li Zongren and Su Rui? In that case, where will Chairman Chiang's face be saved?
, this is absolutely impossible.
Finally, Chairman Jiang made the decision: "Okay, let's just call Li Zongren and order him to mobilize two or three more armies to Jiangxi. We must recover Jiangxi. I want to see what Li Zongren will do?"
"
When this telegram sent to the Fifth War Zone in the name of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs reached Li Zongren, Li Zongren laughed, handed the telegram in his hand to Chief of Staff Xu Zuyi and said: "Look at the two Chairman Jiang finally
I couldn't help but take action, but now I'm in a bit of trouble."
Xu Zuyi asked worriedly: "Gong De, should we send a message to Chief Su and discuss countermeasures with him?"
Li Zongren waved his hand, "Well...since Chairman Chiang ordered us to add two to three more armies to join the battle, that's a good thing. We just obey."
"But the mission of our fifth theater is not easy. If so many troops are suddenly mobilized to join the Jiangxi battlefield, the North China Front Army will definitely not sit idly by. Although the old devil Sugiyama Gen is not very capable, he is still good at fishing in troubled waters.
some."
Li Zongren silently calculated in his mind, and finally said: "It doesn't matter, we now have a total of thirty-two divisions in the war zone. We have already mobilized two armies and a total of six divisions. Now after allocating the strength of four more divisions, although the strength
It's a bit tight, but it's not that easy for the North China Front to defeat us at once. What's more, Zhongxin has promised us that if there is any change in the North China Front, he can dispatch more than a hundred fighters to my command at any time.
, with the addition of a hundred fighter planes, I don’t believe that I can’t compete with this old guy Sugiyama Yuan!” At this point, Li Zongren also had a burst of pride on his face.
"Tsk tsk...a hundred fighter planes!" Xu Zuyi also tsk tsk in praise after hearing this.
The air force under Su Rui's command has been so fierce in the battle with the Japanese army in recent years. The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuiho, two battleships and heavy cruisers were sunk by them, which made the current Japanese navy
They dare not approach the waters of Guangdong.
This prestige is not just blown out, but built solidly. If Su Rui really sends more than a hundred fighters to transfer the fifth theater to Li Zongren's command, Xu Zuyi can foresee that if Sugiyama Yuan dares to take advantage of the fifth theater
If their troops are a little empty and want to come over and take advantage, they can completely rely on these advanced fighters to cooperate with the ground troops to hit Sugiyama Yuan in the head and let him know why the flowers are so red!