Inside the headquarters, Jun Tada saw that all the senior officers who could be reached had arrived. He counted the number of people and found that there were a lot less. He couldn't help but sigh and asked, "What do you think we should do in the future war?"
An officer asked, "The key now is when will our reinforcements arrive? Is there any news about General Terauchi?"
Tada Shun waved his hand and said, "Don't expect reinforcements. General Terauchi organized seven regiments to enter Shanxi from three directions. They were all blocked at the checkpoint. It is said that it will take half a month at the fastest. The battle report said that those
There are a large number of Eighth Route Army troops and solid fortifications in the level. The entire ground is covered with mines, and there is also a terrifying machine gun. Less than one or two of the charging soldiers can make it back alive. There is no aviation support, and the heavy artillery cannot be fired due to the road conditions.
Come up, there is basically no hope."
Yoshimoto Teiichi said, "Now we have two choices before us. One is to defend Taiyuan City. As you probably know, Yanmen Pass is also in the hands of the Eighth Route Army. Whether our reinforcements will come here in a short time, we must hold on for at least half a day."
month. If we choose to transfer in, we must also fight through Yanmen Pass. There are only two brigades in Datong, and it will take a week for reinforcements from Suiyuan to arrive. If we choose to transfer in, we must move quickly, otherwise most of the Eighth Route Army will
Even if we catch up, we won’t be able to make a successful transition.”
The commander of the 108th Division, Xia Yuan Xiongmi, said, "I think we can defend it. Taiyuan City is a big city with strong defenses. It is not easy to capture. As long as we persist in street fighting and there are Chinese people around, the Eighth Route Army will not dare to use any of them casually."
If the roaring heavy artillery is just an airplane, I think it can last for more than half a month."
Ushijima objected, "Half a month? We have less than 10,000 people. The most optimistic idea is that there will be no more than 3,000 people left in half a month. Even if reinforcements arrive by then, the Eighth Route Army will still have at least 200,000 troops."
, can completely block the reinforcements and annihilate us! I think it is better to turn in!"
Shimomoto Kumiya stood up and said, "General Ushijima, are you scared out of your wits by the Eighth Route Army?"
Ushijima shouted back, "At this time, do you still think that we can win the defensive battle with these wounded soldiers? Once our three division headquarters and one military headquarters are annihilated by the Eighth Route Army, it will be a real joke."
For a time, the supporters of the two plans quarreled, and Tada Shun was also hesitant.
Takeda Takeo stood up and said, "Generals, please calm down and listen to the commander's decision."
Tada Shun looked at Takeda Takeo and said, "Takeda-kun, do you have any ideas?"
Takeda Yixiong hesitated and stood up and said, "There is a Chinese poet Du Mu who wrote a poem. The content is that victorious and defeated soldiers have unforeseen family affairs, and it is a man who is ashamed and endures shame. The children of Koto are so talented, and their comeback is unknown. I think you generals can think about it.
One or two.”
An officer hummed, "We listened to this young boy's advice last time. Why did the whole army dispatch to encircle and annihilate the Eighth Route Army? That's why we became what we are now, and we still listened to him! Haven't we learned enough lessons?"
Takeda Takeo's face turned red when he heard this, he clenched his fists, lowered his head and said nothing.
When Ushijima saw Takeda Takeo like this, he stood up on the chair angrily, pulled out his samurai sword and slashed it on the table, shouting, "Who said that just now, come out! Our way out was taken by Takeda-kun and his soldiers!"
We are able to sit here and talk now, all thanks to Takeda-kun's bravery! Is there something wrong with his early plan? Didn't we surround a large number of Eighth Route Army? We lost because of intelligence! We lost because of the arrogance and carelessness of the soldiers!
If you don’t have a good idea, just shut up if anyone attacks Takeda-kun! Even if I, Ushijima, go crazy, no one will admit it!”
Ushijima Minoru's family is a member of the old Fukuoka domain and has a distinguished family background. His eldest uncle is the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Hata Eitaro, and his second uncle is Hata Shunroku. This makes him afraid of no one in the army, and his character is extremely strong and dares to fight.
, I have been favoring Takeda Takeda since the last combat meeting, especially after Takeda led the troops to break through the encirclement and wounded barracks, they regarded him as the pillar of the future Japanese army. At this time, I saw someone slandering Takeda.
, wherever you can bear it, you will kill people immediately.
Tada Shun shouted, "Ushijima, come down! But although Ushijima was reckless, what he said was right. The main reason for our failure this time was pride and underestimation of the enemy and important errors in intelligence. Takeda's proposal was approved by General Terauchi and I."
Yes, anyone who is against Takeda is against me and General Terauchi!!"
After finishing speaking, Tada Shun said to Takeda Takeo, "Don't beat around the bush, just say it! What you mean is that you think we should transfer in?"
Takeda Yixiong nodded and said, "I do think so. In the previous battles of the Eighth Route Army, everyone only remembered tanks, planes and roaring heavy artillery. But no one noticed that in some battles, they also used a kind of heavy artillery. I asked the soldiers
, the caliber of this heavy artillery is definitely above 105. I estimate it should be the Soviet 122 heavy artillery. With such heavy artillery, coupled with a large number of aircraft and tanks, Taiyuan cannot be defended at all. The purpose of the Eighth Route Army is obvious. They are
He wants to take over the whole of Shanxi, and in that case, I think we should give it to him!"
Hearing that it was given to him, everyone looked at Takeda Takeo. Ushijima stammered, "Takeda-kun, are you infected by the wounded soldiers? Why did Shanxi just give it to him?"
Takeda Yixiong smiled confidently, pointed to the map and said, "Don't just look at Shanxi, we have to look at the overall situation. The entire China battlefield has changed a lot from last year. In North China, Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing only has some guerrillas here.
The only ones with a large number of troops are Wei Lihuang's troops near Zhongtiao Mountain and Hu Zongnan stationed in Xi'an. The other is Yan Xishan in southern Shanxi. Shanxi, like Sichuan, is a small closed kingdom as long as it holds the pass. Now the Eighth Route Army has occupied it.
Here, the Eighth Route Army is affiliated with the Second War Zone in China's organization. The commander of the Second War Zone is Yan Xishan, and Yan Xishan is the original king of Shanxi. Will he sit back and watch Shanxi become the Eighth Route Army's Shanxi?"
Shun Tada and other Japanese officers couldn't help but fell into deep thought. Takeda Yixiong continued, "At the same time, I don't know if you have carefully checked what Chiang Kai-shek said at this year's plenum. Know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be in danger in a hundred battles. Although we made intelligence mistakes on the Eighth Route Army,
However, the information at the plenum held by Chiang Kai-shek can be said to be accurate. Chiang Kai-shek said at the meeting that the purpose of the Sino-Japanese war was to restore the situation before the China Incident, and that the solution to the Sino-Japanese war was through the Pacific Conference. This is what he said
It's because of him and lack of confidence in our fight, but this major matter is decided by Tokyo. I won't talk about it for now. Everyone listens first. The focus is on the following. Chiang Kai-shek said that we should dissolve the red, prevent the red, limit the red, and fight against the red.
A series of anti-Red secret documents were promulgated, such as "Measures for Restricting the Activities of Alien Parties", "Measures for Handling Problems of Alien Parties", and "Measures for Preventing Red Party Activities in Occupied Areas". It can be said that the period of close cooperation between Chongqing and Yan'an has passed."
Saying that, Takeda Takeda took some small flags and planted them and said, "Look, everyone, this is the situation after the Red Party occupied Shanxi. In the south of Shanxi is Yan Xishan, to the south and west are Chiang Kai-shek, and to the north and east are our troops.
From a small perspective, the Eighth Route Army occupied Yanmen Pass instead of occupying the south entrance. It is obvious that it did not have confidence in being able to stop our army's counterattack in Datong after occupying Datong. It will become that Datong is our army, the Great Wall is the Eighth Route Army, and southern Shanxi is Shanxi.
The Sui Army and Chiang Kai-shek's troops, Yan Xishan and Chiang Kai-shek will be dissatisfied with the Eighth Route Army's occupation of most of Shanxi such as Taiyuan. The Eighth Route Army, which finally got a decent base area, will never give up these places. You say, once we promise not to attack Chiang Kai-shek
and Yan Xishan, what will happen to them?"
"The Chinese love civil war the most! They will definitely fight!" Ushijima said with bright eyes.
Takeda Yixiong nodded and said, "Yes! Although the Eighth Route Army has the support of the Soviet Union, it is because of the support of the Soviet Union that Yan Xishan and Chiang Kai-shek cannot tolerate the Eighth Route Army! After all, we are still a foreign country, but the Red Party is Chinese, and their rule is more
Our rule is much stronger, and the hatred between the White Party and the Red Party is much deeper. Among other things, Xu Haidong, who blocked our retreat for several days, had all 66 of his family members killed by Chiang's intermediaries! What do you think?
Is he at odds with us or with Chiang Kai-shek's intermediary?"
Hearing that 66 members of his family were killed, Tada Shun couldn't believe it and said, "Such a thing actually happened? I can't imagine that he still needed to salute when he saw Jiang Jie. It seems that the contradiction between the red and white parties has us
There is still not enough research.”
Takeda Yixiong nodded and said, "So, our transfer will give space to the Eighth Route Army and Chiang Kai-shek. They will definitely fight to the death for Shanxi. If two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. This is a matter for our empire."
Good thing! We can even promise to Jiang Jie that we will only attack the Eighth Route Army and not the Central Army, and then jointly attack with Jiang Jie. I believe that Chiang Jie will definitely attack the Eighth Route Army with more confidence, and then we can reap the benefits, and now Wang Jingwei also
In our hands, we can also magnify the terror of the Red Party to attract more people to Wang Jingwei's Nanjing government."
Tada Shun burst out laughing and said, "Okay, okay, Takeda-kun looks at the overall situation, and what he said makes perfect sense. It's just like playing chess, giving up one place to achieve the overall situation. What do you think?"
Chief of Staff Yoshimoto Teiichi looked at Takeda Takeo with admiration and said, "Takeda-kun is indeed a disciple of Ishihara Kanji. He has an overall strategic vision. I support Takeda-kun's idea. Indeed, by withdrawing from Shanxi, we can not only shrink our troops, but also
It can cause civil strife in China, which is a killing of two birds with one stone."
Ushijima laughed loudly and said, "Takeda, you are really good at talking. I don't know why, but when you say this in a defeated battle, it seems that the Eighth Route Army and others suffered the most. How did you get such a big head?"
Other Japanese officers also nodded, admiring Takeda.
Takeda Yixiong lowered his head and said, "I have been looking through the previous information these days. Because the Eighth Route Army's information was inaccurate, I could only look at the information that should be correct. That's when I came up with this idea."
Tada Shun snapped the case and said, "Okay, that's it. Not only is it settled, I'm going to add fuel to the fire. Yoshimoto Teiichi, send a call and say that in the battle of Shanxi, our army admits defeat and is willing to return Taiyuan City to the Second World War."
General Yan Xishan, commander of the theater, hopes that General Yan Xishan can come to Taiyuan as soon as possible to accept it! Just write it like this."
Ushijima clapped his hands and said, "Commander, that's a good move. I want to see what the Eighth Route Army will do after receiving this telegram from us. If they enter Taiyuan City, Yan Xishan will definitely not let them go. If they don't enter, they will
Can you bear to give Yan Xishan the place he worked so hard to build?"
Tada Shun was also very satisfied with his move. He touched his beard and said, "Okay, order the troops! Pack up! We still have to break Yanmen Pass!"
--Luliang Mountain
Mr. Zhu looked at the telegram and couldn't help but smile bitterly, "This old devil Tada Shun really doesn't want to give us any peace of mind. Just get out of here and leave us with such a big trouble!"
Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "Mr. Zhu, this little devil has studied us thoroughly. He knows that we are at odds with Yan Xishan and Jiang's agents. I think this telegram is more powerful than a division."
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Zuo Quan nodded and said, "Chiang Kai-shek has begun to fight against the Red Army and undermine the anti-Japanese united front. As soon as this telegram came out, he became more reasonable. There have been constant telegrams from southern Shanxi these days. It's all the Shanxi-Sui Army that is fighting against us."
They tried to grab territory, but we pushed them back. We just defeated the Japs, so the Jinsui Army didn’t dare to mess around!”
Mr. Zhu sighed and said, "We have almost solved this military problem. Now it is a political problem. In this regard, Lao Mao is an expert. I think we should let Lao Mao decide what we should do!"
Zuo Quan pointed at Taiyuan and asked, "Then shall we enter Taiyuan or not?"
Jiang Cheng said quickly, "Go in! Of course we have to go in! There is no reason why we should stop just because the Japanese sent a telegram. Besides, how can we pursue them in Taiyuan?"
Mr. Zhu snapped the case and said, "Yes! Come in! Not only do we have to come in! We also have to go in with great fanfare, including aircraft, tanks and artillery. We have to intimidate some people so that they don't dare to mess around! Then we continue to pursue the Japanese army until
Until Datong, we can make the next step."
Zuo Quan nodded and said, "Then shall we defend Yanmen Pass to the end? Or shall we withdraw at some advantage?"
Mr. Zhu thought for a while and said, "I still want to fight to Datong. It is not worthwhile to block the Japanese there. I will order the troops to retreat when our follow-up troops arrive, and then pull the front to Datong! Even if Datong cannot be defended in the end, we will not be able to defend Datong."
I need to give it a try!"
--Ji County
Yan Xishan almost jumped up with joy when he saw the telegram. He quickly pulled Yang Aiyuan and said, "This little devil is really good. He gave us such a big gift before leaving."
Seeing Yan Xishan like this, Yang Aiyuan couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Sir Yan, will the Eighth Route Army give up Taiyuan to us?"
Yan Xishan's face turned fierce and he said, "Taiyuan originally belongs to us Shanxi people, where can we give it to them? Well... you go and send electricity to the Eighth Route Army. I want to meet with their Commander Zhu in Ji County to talk about some coordination between the two armies.
question."
Yang Aiyuan quickly nodded and agreed to go out to generate electricity.
Yan Xishan looked at the map on the wall and murmured, "Taiyuan...I'm coming back!"