In the end, this matter was naturally in vain, but everyone quickly turned the topic to the Jiangxi battlefield. The two central armies on the Jiangxi battlefield this time were the 14th Army and the 94th Army. Because
The Japanese army concentrated the strength of two divisions to confront them. Although the Japanese army was much smaller in strength than them, the Japanese army relied on the favorable terrain and took advantage of defense, and also had air superiority. In addition, the Guangxi troops
There was no work to be done, so they fought very hard, which also caused the telegrams from the two armies to ask for reinforcements flying to Chairman Chiang like snowflakes.
In this regard, Chairman Chiang had no choice. He also knew that his family would have objections after they interfered with this, and they started to work hard but not contribute. The other party's intention was very clear. Do you want Jiangxi?
Yes, but you have to do it on your own terms. If you want us to help you, there is no way!
At the end of the discussion, the matter broke up unhappily, and Chairman Chiang had to angrily announce the adjournment of the meeting.
When Chairman Chiang returned to his residence angrily, Mrs. Chiang came over and sat down next to him. She gently held his hand and said, "Darling, have you encountered any difficulties again?"
Committee member Jiang let out a long sigh, held Mrs. Jiang's hand and whispered softly: "Madam, the national situation is difficult, but everyone still cares about their own little calculations and interests, and some people are bold in doing things. As a committee member, I
It’s so hard to grow up! Sometimes I really want to get drunk so I can forget all these worries!”
Mrs. Chiang smiled sweetly, and a warm look flashed across her beautiful face. She said softly to Chairman Chiang: "Darling, the Lord once taught us, 'You must not look at the wine when it is red. Although it is comfortable to swallow, it is still bitter after all.
You are like a snake, and it stings you like a poisonous snake, so please don’t break the commandment!”
Seeing his wife, who was just as charming as when he was young, Chairman Jiang was deeply moved. He held Mrs. Jiang's hand tighter. He said movedly: "Madam, you are really a confidante given to me by God!"
Hearing her husband's praise, Mrs. Jiang just smiled and said, "Darling, can you tell me why you were angry just now?"
Chairman Chiang nodded and told the story about Bogmolov suddenly coming in to the Seventh Army during the meeting just now and stealing their latest tank information. Finally, he sighed: "Madam, my center is currently on the battlefield in Jiangxi.
The army was at a disadvantage and sent several telegrams to the central government asking for help. However, Su Zhongxin, who had vowed to regain Jiangxi, stood still in Ganzhou and now he is advancing towards Fujian. I am really embarrassed!"
Mrs. Jiang comforted: "Darling. If the war in Jiangxi is not going well, we should retreat first. After all, we don't have the strength yet. But I think what Bogmolov mentioned makes us have to guard against it.
The war between us and the Japanese is currently going on, and if we continue to antagonize the Soviets, it will be very detrimental to our cause of the War of Resistance!"
At the mention of Bogmolov, Chairman Chiang was filled with anger. He groaned: "The Soviets are bullying us too much. They just want us to hand over stolen information and even spies.
Compensation, do you really think that we have no anger at all? We in China are indeed a weak country, but a weak country also has the dignity of a weak country. And he wants me to deal with Su Zhongxin, how should I deal with it? They now have hundreds of thousands of troops, even more
It's Li Delin and Bai Jiansheng who are collaborating together, almost forming an iron triangle. What can I do about it? They really stand and talk without pain, and they just turn against each other. I still don't believe it. Without him, Soviet Russia, we wouldn't be able to resist the war.
?"
Looking at her angry husband, Mrs. Jiang sighed secretly and said softly: "Darling, since we can't do anything about the Japanese on the Jiangxi battlefield for a while, we should withdraw our troops first. Anyway, we can't care too much about it.
Gain or loss of land?”
Chairman Chiang was silent for a long time and then sighed, "Let's take another look. If the occupation still doesn't improve in a few days, we can only withdraw our troops."
While Chairman Chiang was in a dilemma, General Juichi Terauchi, the commander of the Central China Front in Nanjing, was also worried about the war situation in Jiangxi and Fujian. At this time, Chief of Staff Tsukada Kaoru was reporting to him the latest battle situation.
"Your Excellency, Commander, now the Seventh Group Army has occupied Shicheng, the 101st Regiment of the 61st Division has been completely destroyed, and Commander Tanaka has sent two consecutive telegrams requesting reinforcements to the headquarters. You see, what should we do now?
What can I do?"
Terauchi Shouichi didn't speak, he just lowered his head and thought about something. Seeing that Terauchi Shouichi lowered his head and said nothing, Tsukada couldn't help but bravely spoke to him: "Your Excellency, Commander, the war situation in Fujian and Jiangxi is tense now, what do you think?
Don’t you want to transfer the 16th Division led by Ishihara Division to provide support?”
After listening to Tsukada Gong's words, Terauchi Shouichi's face became even more gloomy. He stood up and walked around the room a few times with his hands behind his back before turning back and saying: "No, the Sixteenth Division is the main force surrounding Nanjing. Once it is transferred, it will
It will cause turmoil in Nanjing City, so I don’t think this is a good idea. Alas... the strength of the Central China Front Army is still too weak!"
Seeing that his suggestion was rejected, Tsukada became even more dissatisfied. Ever since Ishihara Wanji came here, Terauchi Juichi came to him to discuss all matters big and small, while his chief of staff was constantly ignored by him.
This really made him very dissatisfied with his high self-esteem. Finally, he wanted to take this opportunity to suggest that the 16th Division be transferred to Jiangxi or Fujian by Juichi Terauchi, but this proposal was rejected by Juichi Terauchi as soon as he made it out.
Tsukada still refused to give up and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, Jiangsu Province is now defended by the Sixth Division and the 180th Division, and there are no powerful enemies around. The Sixteenth Division can only stay here."
The role it plays is not that great, so why not transfer him there?"
"Um!"
Terauchi Shouichi turned his head and glanced at Tsukada Gong, with a hint of coldness in his mouth: "Tsukada-kun, I understand what you mean very well. You have had strong opinions on Ishihara-kun since he came, but I want to say
Yes, a character like yours is very undesirable. The reason why the empire was able to transform from a barren and small island country into the most powerful country in Asia is because of the sincere unity of all of us in the Yamato nation. How could we do this if we were all like you?
How can we accomplish the cause of common prosperity in Greater East Asia by fulfilling the sacred mission entrusted to us by the Emperor?"
Listening to Terauchi Juichi's reprimand, Tsukada Gong could only lower his head and bow and said: "Hai, what your commander taught you is that I failed to live up to your expectations!"
After talking for a long time, Terauchi Shouichi felt a little tired. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go out first, and call Ishihara Wanji in by the way. I have something to discuss with him."
"Hai!"
Tsukada bowed and exited the door. When he passed by the hall, he saw the person he was just talking about conducting a map deduction with several staff members. He forced himself to hold back his jealous expression.
Looking at him, he said: "Ishihara-kun, your Excellency, Commander, is affectionate!"
Ishihara smiled and stood up, and nodded calmly towards Tsukada: "Tsukada-kun, thank you for your hard work. I'll go over first."
"Go ahead, don't keep your Excellency Commander waiting too long."
No matter how jealous Tsukada was in his heart, his face was full of smiles at this moment.
Looking at Ishihara Wanji's back, Tsukada Gong secretly thought about how to get rid of this annoying guy, otherwise his position as chief of staff would be lost sooner or later.
Ishihara Kanji came to Juichi Terauchi's office and knocked on the door, and soon the voice of "Please come in" came from inside.
Ishihara Wan'er pushed the door open and asked, "Your Excellency, Commander, do you have anything to do with me?"
"Yes, Ishihara-kun." Terauchi Shou nodded and waved to him, "Ishihara-kun, I heard that you are conducting deductions with your staff these past two days, how is it? Have you come up with any new ideas?
"
Ishihara Wanji nodded and said: "Yes, Commander, according to our judgment, the Central China Army on the battlefield in Jiangxi has gradually shown signs of failure in the past few days. Their two armies have gradually suffered casualties under our strong counterattack."
Increase. And I think that the China Central Army is a weapon that Chiang relies on to deter other forces. If the casualties are too high, he will definitely not be able to bear it. Therefore, I judge that as long as the counterattack continues for two days, the casualties will reach Chiang's bottom line.
He will definitely retreat."
Terauchi Shou nodded: "Well... are you sure?"
Ishihara Wanji said proudly: "Commander, please rest assured, I think the certainty should be around 70% to 80%."
"Okay, just be 70 to 80% sure!" Terauchi Juichi then asked: "Then what do you think of the Seventh Army's sudden shift to Fujian?"
Ishihara smiled softly: "Commander, please don't worry. Su Rui originally wanted to join forces with Li Zongren of the Guangxi faction to attack Jiangxi, but was interfered by Jiang. However, Su Rui was unwilling to take advantage of Jiang's fire. It was before.
He stayed put for a while, but finally, forced by domestic public opinion, he turned to attack Fujian. Don't worry, as soon as the Central China Army withdraws its troops, he will definitely return to Jiangxi."
Terauchi Shouichi said with some doubt: "Oh, are you so sure?"
"Of course!" Ishihara Wan'er said with an affirmative look: "Now Su Rui does not dare to open two battlefields at the same time, because he has not yet swallowed the strength of two provinces in one go. If he wants to fully compete with our Central China Front Army, he will at least
He still has to work hard for a year or two! And conquering Fujian will not bring much benefit to him, because if it depends on population and wealth, Jiangxi is much stronger than Fujian, and Su Rui is not that stupid!"
Terauchi Shouichi was silent for a long time before he asked quietly: "But do you have any good way to prevent the Seventh Army from taking over Jiangxi?"
Hearing this, Ishihara Wanji also smiled bitterly, "Your Excellency, Commander, I really have no good solution now..."