The former headquarters of the 400th Army, two hundred miles away from Nanping, has become the headquarters of Bai Chongxi since his arrival. Naturally, Bai Chongxi did not come here alone. He also brought more than ten staff officers with him.
Together with the staff of the former 400 Army Military Headquarters, a new joint headquarters was formed. As a new round of war unfolded, this place became even busier.
In a large house of more than 100 square meters, dozens of staff officers are busy non-stop. The sound of sending and receiving radio reports, the sound of telephone calls and the voices of people converge into a noisy sound, and in this big house
There is a small room next to it, and in this small room are sitting several generals with triangular gold stars hanging on their shoulders.
Bai Chongxi, who was sitting at the top, looked at these generals, nodded lightly and said: "Everyone, I believe that everyone knows the intelligence sent from the Guangzhou headquarters. Zhongxin said in the telegram that he has sent the newly compiled
All ten security brigades have been sent to us. The total strength of these security brigades has reached 150,000. They will arrive in Nanping and Minqing in the next few days. Everyone is talking about how to use these new batches.
A security brigade?"
At present, in this headquarters, besides Bai Chongxi, Bai Jingran is the largest commander. He could hear a trace of confusion and hesitation in Bai Chongxi's voice.
Bai Jingran understood Bai Chongxi's worries. In fact, even Bai Jingran was a little worried. He had also heard a little about the security brigade. Wu Dali personally took charge of this unit. Wu Dali was not the person Bai Jingran was.
They are very familiar with each other. I only know that he, Lin Shiqian, and Li Yifeng fought out of Nanjing together, and then served as the chief officer of the air defense force. Later, Su Rui was appointed as the security commander of Guangdong Province to form these security brigades.
Bai Jingran is not worried about the training of the Security Brigade. He is familiar with Su Rui's temper and knows that Su Rui has always been very strict about training matters. Bai Jingran is worried about the Security Brigade, which has never been tested in actual combat.
Whether the troops can complete the next mission. Through the contact in the past few days, Bai Jingran also has some understanding of Bai Chongxi's temper. Even though this Chief Bai is not very talkative on weekdays, Bai Jingran knows that he is a ruthless person.
.If the attack is really red, Bai Chongxi will not take any special care of the security brigade. It is estimated that no one of the security brigade will be able to win a tough fight.
Thinking of this, Bai Jingran said: "Mr. Bai, Chief Su naturally sent the security brigade to fill the vacancies in our army's strength. Moreover, Chief Su also said in the telegram that you have complete decision-making power on the use of the security brigade.
.But considering that the security brigade has just formed an army and has no actual combat experience, should we consider it and not send them to the battlefield so quickly?"
As expected. As soon as Bai Jingran finished speaking, Bai Chongxi shook his head: "What are you talking about? If the soldiers don't go to the battlefield, what are they doing here? Are they here to travel? Commander Bai, I know you are worried about the casualties of those security forces.
It’s hard to explain to Commander Su, but this war is related to Fujian’s choices. Do you think Commander Su will be happy if Fujian is gone?”
As soon as Bai Chongxi's words came out of his mouth, Bai Jingran became speechless. Although Bai Chongxi was not a talkative person, it did not mean that he could not speak. If Bai Chongxi could use his eloquence, how could Bai Jingran be Bai Chongxi's opponent.
Seeing the speechless Bai Jingran, Bai Chongxi also softened his tone and said: "Of course, I will not ask the security brigade to attack immediately. But now our military strength is also very tight, I can ask the soldiers of the security brigade to attack
Let them rest for a few days to let them adapt to the atmosphere of the battlefield, but when it is time to go up, they have to go up. No one is an exception! And I want to make a final statement that this battle with the Japanese army is a battle that determines the rise and fall of our army.
It’s not an exaggeration. If anyone tries to save my strength and escape before the battle on the battlefield, don’t blame me, Bai Chongxi, for being rude to him! Everyone knows what my nickname is. Maybe I can’t compare to Zhuge Wuhou in other aspects, but
I still have the ability to kill Ma Su with tears!" At the end of the sentence, Bai Chongxi's voice became fierce, and all the lieutenant generals in the conference room were awe-inspiring.
Although Bai Chongxi was fierce in his voice at this moment, he was also full of criticism towards Su Rui. Su Rui clearly had the 399th Army in his hands, a force that had experienced battles for a long time, but he just let them stay in Guangdong to guard the family. On the contrary, Su Rui
The Security Brigade, which has only been in force for more than a year, was sent out. Although on the surface it seems that the Security Brigade has ten brigades and 150,000 troops, even an ordinary officer knows that soldiers are more valuable than more.
Doesn't Suri understand it at all?
Thinking of this, Chief Bai, who was not very generous, couldn't help but get angry and became increasingly angry. However, as the commander of the Fujian Theater, he naturally couldn't lose his temper on the spot, so he waved his hands angrily and said: "Okay.
Okay, let’s all adjourn the meeting. Remember that after you go back, each department must guard its own defense zone and never let the Japanese take advantage of the loophole! Do you understand?”
"Yes!" The officers in the conference room responded in unison and then stood up and began to break up the meeting.
After the meeting, Cheng Sheng, the commander of the 399th Division, walked at the end. He quietly walked up to Bai Jingran and asked softly: "Military seat, why do I think this matter is so suspenseful? Why did Commander Su bring the security brigade gang to the forefront?"
Are the new recruits sent out? You must know that the new recruits in this army account for at least nine cities. If we really want to fight with the Japanese, I am afraid that they will be at risk of collapse."
Bai Jingran smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Don't ask me this question. Chief Su must have his reasons for doing this. And since the matter has been decided, as subordinates, we can just execute it. That's not what we should do."
Worrying."
"I hope so." Cheng Sheng also shook his head and remained silent...
Fujian's terrain is dominated by mountains and hills, with two mountainous belts in the west and middle forming the skeleton of Fujian's terrain. Both mountainous belts run northeast-southwest and are parallel to the coast. Due to the complex terrain of Fujian, the cost of building railways is very high.
In addition, the economy was depressed during the Republic of China, so Fujian had not yet opened trains until the 29th year of the Republic of China.
Since there is no hope for the train, the more than 100,000 security brigade soldiers who went north to reinforce Fujian can only rush to Nanping and Minqing in batches by car. Fortunately, God is fair, and the security brigade soldiers can only take cars, so
The same is true for the Japanese reinforcements. In particular, the Japanese First Tank Division is a purely mechanized force, and marching without a complete transportation network is even more of a torture.
The setting sun shone lazily on a rugged road, and the small trees on both sides of the road had turned gray. On this road, which could barely accommodate two cars, a long team was driving slowly on it.
Because it is a dirt road and has been in disrepair for a long time, the soil can reach the soles of pedestrians' shoes when they step on it. When such a large number of vehicles swarm onto the road, the consequences can be imagined.
Looking at the dust flying all over the sky, Nishizono Issaku, commander of the 1st Tank Division, who was sitting in a black car, looked out the window at the dust that was several meters high and boundless as far as the eye could see, feeling an indescribable depression in his heart.
"Nishizono-kun, what are you thinking about? Why do you look so ugly?" Yoshikatsu Kuroiwa, the commander of the 24th Division sitting next to Nishizono Isaku, couldn't help but asked curiously when he saw the ugly face of his always carefree friend.
"Alas..." Nishizono Issei sighed, turned to Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu and said: "Kuroiwa-kun, China is really too backward." After that, he pointed to the road outside the window and said: "Look, this road
It is the only road leading to Nanping, but look at it, it is only wide enough to accommodate two vehicles running parallel, and there are so many potholes on the road. I really doubt whether my chariot division can still fight after arriving in Nanping.
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"Well, that's true." Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu touched his chin. Since his 24th Division is a typical infantry division, there are few mechanized troops in the division, and most of them still rely on mules and horses for transportation.
Therefore, he didn't think much about the difficulty of the road. Now after listening to Xiyuan Yice's words, he realized that the road was really bad. He then echoed: "I didn't think it was a big deal in Manchuria before, but now I'm in China."
In the coastal areas, this comparison makes it even more different."
"Yes!" Xiyuan Yice said distressedly: "Most of Manchuria is plain. It doesn't matter even if there are no roads for the Chariot Division, but the terrain here is too bad. It seems that the Chariot Division
It is really not a good choice to transfer the regiment here to fight."
Seeing Nishizono Issaku's troubled look, Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu chuckled. He patted Nishizono Issei on the shoulder and said, "Nishizono-kun, what's wrong with you? This is not your style. In the past,
Where has the brave and bold Xiyuan-kun gone? Look around us..."
Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu pointed at the endless troops around him and said boldly: "I believe that with the powerful force of more than 30,000 mighty troops of our two divisions, we will definitely be able to fulfill Commander Gangcun's instructions and defeat those Chinese who dare to resist.
Kill them all, and when we return to Manchuria in glory, I want to see what excuses those bastards from the "Saber Team" will use to deny our military exploits!"
Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu's enthusiasm also infected Nishizono Issei, and his mood improved a lot. He smiled and was about to say something, when suddenly a low roar came faintly from the distance. Niszono Issei's expression changed, and he stretched out his hand.
Rolled down the car window.
As soon as the car window opened, the roar outside suddenly became clear. At this time, Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu also heard the roar outside. He looked out the window and frowned: "Why did those guys from the Army Aviation launch such a loud attack today?"
Zhenzhan, in the past, wouldn’t it be enough to just show up with three planes? Why are so many coming today? Could it be China..."
Having said this, he paused for a moment, and then his face gradually turned pale. After looking at each other and Nishizono Yice, they both said loudly at the same time: "No, China fighter plane!" (To be continued...)
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