Chairman Mao stood up and said, "Blowing up the dam and causing the Yellow River to overflow is an extremely unpopular move. What would you do if you were Chiang Kai-shek's intermediary?"
Jiang Cheng thought for a while and said, "Of course it's all down to the Japanese. Anyway, they have done all the bad things. Now that they are the ones who blew up the dam, the people are willing to believe it."
Chairman Mao nodded and said, "Yes, so Chiang Kai-shek's agency will definitely publicize that the dam was blown up by the Japanese after the dam burst. If this is the case, should we cooperate with the National Army or tell the truth?"
Jiang Cheng hesitated for a moment and said, "We must cooperate with the National Army's propaganda. At this time, the morale of the military and the people of our country must not be shaken. Chairman, can we find a way to prevent Chiang Kai-shek from breaching the dam?"
Chairman Mao smiled bitterly and said, "Why do you think Chiang Kai-shek's agency burst the dam?"
Jiang Cheng immediately said, "Of course it's to stop the Japanese."
Chairman Mao nodded and then shook his head and said, "Half of the way, I understand Chiang Kai-shek's purpose. What he values most now is Wuhan. The Yellow River bursting its banks seems to be just to deal with the attacking Japanese army, but its real strategic purpose is to change the Japanese army."
According to the strategic deployment, the Japanese army is now fighting from north to south. Once Kaifeng is lost, the Japanese army can take advantage of the situation to capture Henan. When the Japanese army in the south attacks from Jiujiang to the north, a combined attack from the north and the south will be formed, and there are railways and river transportation on both sides.
The National Army was absolutely unable to withstand the supply, and Wuhan was bound to fall. Therefore, his purpose was to cut off the Japanese army's attack from the north. The Yellow River is so long, and Kaifeng was chosen to burst its banks in order to destroy the route from Henan to Wuhan.
Railway line, so what you just said is absolutely impossible to stop Chiang Kai-shek from bursting the embankment."
After listening to Chairman Mao's analysis, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but feel convinced and said, "Then shouldn't we do nothing?"
Chairman Mao took a puff of cigarette and said, "The most dangerous thing about the flooding of the Yellow River is not how many people were killed by the water for the first time, but that after that, everyone in the Yellow River flood area will be unable to farm and live. The people have no fields and food, and they are fighting again."
At that time, it was impossible for the National Government to provide massive relief. What else could we do if we didn't starve to death? We can't stop the Yellow River from bursting its banks. The only thing we can do is to prepare to mobilize the people to flee the famine in advance and do a good job in relief work."
Jiang Cheng immediately said, "I don't know if our Red Party has many people in Henan. If not, I can ask Du Yuesheng and others to move too. They have quite a few Youth Gang disciples. It would be best if the Yellow River opens and everyone can join them."
Prepare."
Chairman Mao nodded and said, "Then it's settled. Only when the Yellow River opens can work be done. You know the details of history better than I do. If it's not enough, I think Jiang's agent will probably make arrangements in advance. You ask them to be smarter.
Go down."
Jiang Cheng left the room to contact Du Yuesheng and others. Chairman Mao called Xiao Wang in and said, "Let Comrade Kenong come over."
About half an hour later, Li Kenong came in and said with a smile, "Chairman, you are looking for me."
Chairman Mao nodded and said, "I have something I want you to do. You do this, this, and that. Do you understand?"
Li Kenong immediately understood what Chairman Mao meant, saluted and said, "Promise to complete the task."
Chairman Mao whispered, "This matter must be kept confidential, let's do it."
——Shuangta Township
The embarrassed Hu Lian looked at the National Army soldiers stumbling around and sleeping and asked, "How many people are there already?"
The staff officer next to him replied, "Master, there are already close to 4,000 people. It's already three o'clock in the morning, and no one has come for half an hour. I think they should all be here."
Hu Lian touched his pocket, which contained only a little beef jerky, and asked, "How much food do you have left?"
The staff officer said with a grimace, "The food for everyone can barely last two days."
Hu Lian twisted his mouth and said, "That won't work. The Japs are now to the west of us. In this case, you can go to the nearby villages to borrow some food. The Japs have just captured Lanfeng and will not pursue us so quickly. You will come back before dawn.
Let’s go north immediately.”
The staff officer asked, "North? Where should we go?"
Hu Lian smiled and said, "Where else can we go? Chen Liukou!!"
Doihara Kenji in Lanfeng City knew that Xue Yue had inserted his troops between Lanfeng and Sanyi Village, and he was immediately overjoyed. If Lanfeng had not yet been captured, the Japanese army would indeed be in danger, but now, the insertion has become
Having fallen into a trap, Xue Yue's troops have become sandwich biscuits sandwiched between Kozuki Seiji and Doihara Kenji. If he doesn't eat this, Doihara Kenji can go back to study in mainland China again.
"Order the troops immediately, set off immediately after dawn, attack the rear of Xue Yue's troops, and attack Xue Yue together with General Xiangyue!!" Kenji Doihara immediately issued the order, waiting for dawn.
Xue Yue on the other side could not wait any longer. He looked at the surrounding terrain and felt that he could not advance or retreat. There were great plains all around. If he retreated now, how could he run past the Japanese tanks with two feet, let alone for this time?
There was a big interlude. He had already carried out a forced march once, and now he wanted to do another forced march. Xue Yue believed that his troops could not do it.
"Bo Ling, what should we do now?" Wu Yizhi asked.
Xue Yue squinted his eyes and said, "If you don't succeed, then Chengren, we must not let the Japanese army's pincer attack come true. We fought hard and ordered the troops to attack Sanyi Village overnight. The defenses there were destroyed by the 200 Division. Bilan
It's easy to fight, and there are few infantry, so we take advantage during night battles."
Wu Yizhi knew that any order at this time was much better than no decision, so he immediately issued the order.
——Sanyi Village
Xiangyue Qingji was sitting in his tent, waiting for dawn with peace of mind. All the Japanese troops were sleeping next to the chariot. They only waited for the order to be issued and immediately launched an attack with the friendly forces in Lan Feng City.
Suddenly, Kozuki Seiji heard a noise coming from outside. Kozuki Seiji walked out and asked, "What's going on?"
A soldier saluted and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, gunshots were heard outside. It may be that the soldiers fired."
Xiangyue Qingji nodded and was about to let the soldiers go down. Suddenly a burst of fire appeared outside the window, followed by a huge explosion.
"Baga, the enemy is attacking!!" Xiangyue Qingsi stood up immediately and strode out of the door. He only saw countless artillery shells falling into Sanyi Village. There were running Japanese troops everywhere, and a cry of killing came from far away.
came from near.
"Don't panic, everyone gets into the chariot and prepare to attack!!" Xiangyue Qingji took the lead in getting into a chariot and drove the chariot out of the camp. He only saw countless people rushing towards here in the darkness.
, the shells fell like raindrops. From time to time, a tank was hit by the shell, causing the tank to be blown to pieces.
But more tanks successfully started to move, and they started shooting at the attacking National Army.
"Bo Ling, are the casualties too high?" Wu Yizhi said worriedly as he saw that two regiments were crippled in just half an hour.
Xue Yue shook his head and said, "Ci is not in charge of troops. If these tanks start moving and are assisted by the Japanese infantry, our losses will only be greater. Pull up the anti-tank artillery quickly, quickly, quickly!!"
Hong Yuan is called Fatty Hong because he is fat. Although he has been in the army for more than 20 years, he is still only a battalion commander because of his low education.
"Battal Commander, the regimental commander let us go up." A tall communications soldier ran over and said.
"What? We're here now? Aren't we the fourth group? Where are the three groups in front?" Hong Yuan asked in disbelief.
"They are all maimed. The commander of the second regiment died because of the bombing of the iron bastard. Battalion Commander, we will be here soon. I, I am a little scared." The tall communications soldier looked at the fierce battlefield not far away and whispered.
said.
"I'm afraid of you. Our battalion commander is so fat. If you hide behind him, he won't be able to hit you." A dark-faced soldier chuckled.
"Go away, I'm usually too nice to you. Xiao Mao, don't be afraid. The devils are also born from their mother's side. They will die just the same if they are hit by a bullet. Brothers, listen to me. Work in groups. The squad leader will take the lead.
Good explosives, these iron bastards will look good, now we are laying siege to them, this is a good opportunity to make meritorious service and get money, give them all to me!!"
Soon, twenty or thirty tanks appeared in front of Hong Yuan and others. Looking at the iron bastard who was covered in sparks by bullets but did not do anything, Hong Yuan felt faint.
"Here it comes, here it comes, the combat artillery is here." A group of soldiers cheered and shouted, only to see more than a dozen German 37 guns arriving at the gun positions one after another and starting to shoot at the Japanese tanks. This was what Xue Yue could mobilize.
All anti-tank guns are gone.
The 37-gun cannon was used against Japanese tanks three to four hundred meters away. In just one round of shelling, seven or eight tanks were turned into fireballs.
"Okay, good fight. Brothers, charge forward and cover our artillery!!" Hong Yuan stood up and shouted loudly, kicking some frightened soldiers nearby out of the trench. "Get up here,
Come on, come on, don’t run, come on!!”
——Lan Fengcheng
Kenji Doihara, who had received the news, was sorting out his military uniforms. He did not expect that Xue Yue would launch an attack overnight. At this time, a soldier came in and said, "Report, there are a few farmers who want to see the general."
Kenji Doihara touched his head and asked doubtfully, "Farmers? Bring them in."
I only saw an old man and a young farmer walking in. The old man kept pulling the young farmer and said, "Sanwa, let's go back quickly. Forget it, these are troubled times, these are the Japanese."
, we can’t forget our ancestors!!”
The young farmer struggled desperately and said, "Dad, you are already here, what are you talking about? We have to avenge mother's revenge and Mei'er's revenge."
Several Japanese soldiers looked at the quarrel between father and son and stood there as if watching a show. Kenji Doihara shouted, "What's going on? Are you making a noise?"
Only then did the Japs separate the father and son.
The father kept shouting, "You can't say it, you can't say it!!"
Kenji Doihara said in a Henan accent, "I wonder what happened to you? Can you introduce yourselves? Oh, I have to introduce myself first. I am the commander of the 14th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army.
, Doihara Kenji.”
"Is the division commander very big?" the young farmer asked.
Doihara Kenji smiled and said, "It's okay. We are currently fighting against the poisonous Chiang Kai-shek intermediary government. My time is very urgent. I wonder what is going on with you? Could it be that our soldiers have behaved inappropriately?"
?If that’s the case, I’m sorry.”
Seeing such a smiling officer, the father and son couldn't believe it. When did the man with the gun become so easy to talk to?
The young farmer stamped his feet and said, "Dad, look at it, what am I going to say? Chinese and Japanese, aren't they all human beings? They are all the same, that division commander is like this." Before he could say anything, the young farmer said
Started to cry.
Kenji Doihara glanced at me with disgust, and immediately said with a smile, "Don't be sad, tell me what happened that made you take the risk to see me."
The young farmer said, "We are all villagers outside Lanfeng. We have nothing to do with the world. No matter who comes, we pay tribute and food on time, and we don't dare to do illegal things. Tonight, a group of rebels suddenly came.
We saw that they had guns, so we gave it to them. But they thought it was too little, so they tried to rob us of it. We saw that they had guns, but we didn’t dare to resist. Finally, they tried to rob women. My sister resisted and was beaten to death by them.
My mother was also seriously injured and died when we left."
The old man stamped his feet and said, "Stop talking, it's all our own suffering. Sir, he is young, don't blame him, we will leave immediately."
Kenji Doihara thought for a while, then suddenly bowed and said, "I'm sorry. It's all because of my lax discipline that has caused your pain. I will definitely make compensation to you."
The old man was stunned immediately, and the young farmer quickly said, "Wrong, wrong, it's not you, it's the rebels of the National Army. We only hope that you can avenge us."
Kenji Doihara was stunned; he shook his head and asked, "National Army? National Army? Don't worry, we will resolutely eliminate them. They are probably in the west, and we are ready to go there now."
The young farmer shook his head and said, "It's not the west, wrong, it's the north."
Kenji Doihara was excited and asked, "Northern side, where is your village?"
The young farmer said, "My village is in the south, but I heard from those rebels that they are going to Chenliukou in the north."
Kenji Doihara broke out in a cold sweat first, then laughed loudly and said in Japanese, "Thank you Amaterasu, thank His Majesty the Emperor for your blessing, be well." Then he said in Chinese, "I promise you, we will definitely annihilate this bad guy with a big conscience."
The National Army, who are here to avenge you, come and take them down to eat and drink, give them some money, and send a squad to escort them back to the village."
The uncle has not reacted until now. Has the official apologized to himself? Has the official apologized to himself?
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, Gao, I didn't expect these Chinese people to betray their own troops." A staff officer said in disbelief.
Doihara Kenji laughed and said, "Have you seen it? The Chinese people have no concept of nation and state. They only know their own interests. They are stupid and corrupt. They are no longer the Han and Tang Dynasties thousands of years ago. Now this place should be controlled by our Yamato nation."
come to control, but there are many of them, and simple killing will only bring resistance. Give them some small favors, and they will become the most loyal dogs of our Yamato nation. Immediately send two brigades to Chenliukou, surround and prepare to attack there.
The National Army, the other troops leave a squadron to guard Lanfeng, and the others want the Xue Yue Corps to attack!!"
Xue Yue saw that the sky was already getting dark, but Sanyi Village was still under the control of the Japanese army. The National Army's offensive was becoming increasingly weak, and more than half of the casualties from the anti-war artillery were lost.
"Bo Ling, the Japanese troops in Lanfeng have begun to attack our rear. It's no longer possible. Let's withdraw. We have killed at least a hundred of their tanks this night, which is enough." Wu Yizhi said anxiously.
"If you don't withdraw, we have three times more people than they do. Why withdraw? Let Guide's troops attack Lanfeng immediately. Damn it, even if it turns into a chaotic battle, I will fight with the little devil!!" Xue Yue roared with red eyes.
shouted.
Wu Yizhi saw that Xue Yue was so determined, so he had no choice but to communicate with Cheng Qian who had returned to Germany.
——Guide
Cheng Qian looked at Wu Yizhi's battle report, shook his head and said, "How did this little battle of Lanfeng end up like this?"
Huang Jie next to him said, "Mr. Cheng, the combat effectiveness of the 14th Division is indeed very strong. If Xue Yue cannot hold on, I am afraid that Kaifeng will be in danger. The Japanese army will probably cut us off from Wuhan through Kaifeng and Zhengzhou."
, If that happens, we will become alone."
Cheng Qian nodded and said, "In this case, you guard Guide, and I will command the troops to attack Lanfeng. I don't believe it. The small Fourteenth Division can turn into Sun Wukong. It's a huge change."
Huang Jie nodded quickly, but secretly complained in his heart, this is the first line of morality, I am afraid that his life will be miserable.