Okamura Neiji looked at the battle map and kept nodding his head and said, "Yoshi! Yoshi!! Good fight, good fight! How many results have been counted now?"
The smiling staff officer Masataka Kabutoki next to him said, "We have annihilated at least more than 40,000 Nationalist troops, and the Nationalist troops who fled back were also discouraged by us. They probably don't have the courage to persist. The change from victory in sight to complete defeat, but
It’s not that easy to change.”
Okamura Neiji nodded and said, "Next, if I am Chiang Kai-shek's intermediary, I will definitely dispatch troops to Xue Yue from other places. This is also the most powerful one recently, which is the third theater. Transportation from other places is too difficult."
Convenient, so our next step is to hold back the Third War Zone and prevent them from successfully reinforcing Changsha."
With that said, Okamura Neiji looked to the south with admiration and said, "The headquarters is very resourceful. Originally, relying on the Huangshan Incident and the conflict between the New Fourth Army and the National Army, the Third Theater would have absolutely no strength to turn. It's a pity... Chongqing and Yan'an both
They have political wisdom. Although they are fighting, they all know the bottom line... However, the losses in the battle between the Third Theater and the New Fourth Army were not small, especially in the supply of ammunition. There must be problems. We still have at least half of it.
Months’ time!”
With that, Okamura Neiji pointed at Nanchang and said, "Order the Jiujiang troops to launch an intentional attack on Nanchang. Xue Yue is not a true direct descendant of Chiang Kai-shek, but a remnant of the Cantonese army. Gu Zhutong may not necessarily go all out to rescue him.
Especially some time ago, in order to attract the attention of the Chinese people, Chiang Kai-shek kept bragging about Xue Yue, which must have made Gu Zhutong and others feel unhappy. So as long as we give him an excuse, even if Changsha falls, we may not see a third one.
Troops from the Third War Zone have arrived."
——Baishui River
Baishui is the last waterway barrier in Changsha City. Xue Yue worked hard for a year here and established an extremely strong defense line. However, these defense lines built with civil engineering were bombarded by the Japanese heavy artillery and aircraft. The troops in the defense line could only
Gritting their teeth and persisting, many Nationalist soldiers were shocked to death in the artillery fire. It is not that these Nationalist soldiers are very tough, but they clearly know in practice that there is still a glimmer of hope for them lying in the trenches and fortifications.
, and if you pop up and run away, you will really die quickly.
Xue Yue was on the hilltop in the distance, looking at the position in front of him that was like a feast of fireworks. He stamped his feet, but there was nothing he could do. Now the Japanese army had made it clear that they were going head-to-head with the National Army, and they wanted to compete with Xue Yue in terms of heavy weapons, aircraft and artillery, and
Xue Yue didn't have any of these in his hands. Xue Yue slowly put down the telescope and said to Wu Yizhi, who was also looking disgraced next to him, "The Japanese army is determined to fight to the death... How are they doing with the solid walls and clearing the fields in the rear?"
Wu Yizhi replied, "We have moved all the people out of their homes, leaving no house for the Japanese army to live in, no grain of food for the Japanese army, and no well for them to drink unless they break through Changsha City.
, Otherwise, we can only endure this one hundred miles."
As he spoke, Wu Yizhi sighed, "We are still retreating too fast. If we can dig out the Xinqiang River and flood the road in the middle, the Japanese heavy artillery and tanks will be useless."
Xue Yue shook his head and said, "There is nothing to say about the past! It seems that Baishui can't hold on for long. In the end, I have to meet the real seal at the foot of Changsha City and order the digging of Malin River, Baisha River and other rivers. I don't just want this hundred miles."
The ground has become so dark that the Japanese army can't find any place to supply supplies, and I want them to have no way to go!"
Wu Yizhi quickly pointed to the White Water position and said, "We won't be able to move even if we dig."
Xue Yue tugged hard on his white gloves and said, "Our troops are not as good as the Japanese army in terms of marksmanship and firepower, but I can't do it. I can't outrun them by walking? Let's do it this way! If we are marching in the mud,
, we have an advantage over the Japanese army, which is better than being chased by tanks. Don’t forget how we were pierced by seventeen regiments of Japanese tanks at Xinqiang River!"
When Wu Yizhi heard this sentence, he couldn't help but think of the tragic scene of that battle. Okamura Neji had the habit of concentrating the mecha troops to charge as early as the Battle of Nanchang. This time he repeated the same trick, when the National Army troops
When they rushed to the foot of Yueyang City, they only saw the city gates wide open. The assault force composed of hundreds of tanks, armored vehicles and countless trucks had been waiting for a long time. This force was almost four-quarters similar to the German army that had just bared its fangs in Poland.
All forward charges penetrated the National Army troops until they reached the Xinqiang River. This was also the main reason for the great defeat of the National Army.
Wu Yizhi said nothing more and immediately went down to arrange it.
After Wu Yizhi left, Xue Yue slowly picked up the phone and said, "Help me get through to the committee."
——Chongqing
Agent Jiang slowly put down the phone. He did not blame Xue Yue on the phone. He knew that the most important thing now was to save the war situation and provide fresh troops for the ninth theater. He looked at the map, and the scepter slowly moved towards Nanchang, and then
He pointed at Jiujiang, nodded, picked up the phone and said, "Get Gu Zhutong!"
——Shangrao
"Go in!" With shouts, Ye Ting was driven into a room. This was the Shangrao Concentration Camp. This was originally a small mountain village. In order to detain the officers of the New Fourth Army, Gu Zhutong ordered all the people here to be driven away.
The better houses were selected and renovated as their own residence, and the worse ones were converted into cells. At this time, two to three hundred New Fourth Army officers of platoon level and above were detained here. Except for those with extremely high ranks like Ye Ting, there were often more than a dozen others.
People live in one room and sit together in rows.
What is a little different here from other places is that for the sake of publicity, all the prisoners here do not wear prison uniforms, but military uniforms. However, the symbols and armbands on the military uniforms have the word "Update" written on them. Jiang Jie and Gu Zhu
Everyone knows in their hearts that the people of the Red Party are extremely difficult to surrender with swords and guns. Only by cleaning their heads can they be used for their own purposes. Political classes are often given here in the name of training. When someone is found to be stubborn,
, in the name of military training, corporal punishment is actually carried out. When ordinary corporal punishment is useless, the National Army here will completely tear off the mask of hypocrisy and transfer the prisoners to the deepest area, where the "gold" (needle)
thorn), "wood" (beating with a stick), "water" (filling with pepper water), "fire" (scalding one's body with a red-hot iron plate or iron bar), "earth" (burying alive), "wind" (severe in winter)
Various criminal laws such as standing outside with no clothes and letting the cold wind blow), "standing" (wire cage), "swallowing" (eating fleas and lice), "tying" (tying the neck with a rope), etc. are waiting for the soldiers of the New Fourth Army. In this way
The white terror will continue until this concentration camp is breached.
Ye Ting walked out of the room, but was pushed back with a bayonet by the National Army soldiers guarding the door. Ye Ting glared at these National Army soldiers, and knew that whatever he said to them was in vain. These people were all selected and could not be like that.
I was simply convinced by myself and could only walk back in frustration.
"Xiyi, why are you angry? Do you know?" A familiar voice came. Ye Ting turned around and saw that it was Chen Cheng. Ye Ting took a breath and said, "Why are you here? I know? What do you know?"
"
Chen Cheng raised his hand, showed Ye Ting the food and wine he had brought, and said, "I'm here to improve your food. Look, this is Jiangxi's special wine. Come and try it?"
Ye Ting laughed and said, "You worked so hard to bring it here, I can't let you take it back again. Come on, let's put it on the table."
Chen Cheng poured wine for Ye Ting and said, "Are you really not aware or are you pretending not to know? Your position as commander of the New Fourth Army has been cancelled."
Ye Ting shook his head, took a sip of wine nonchalantly and said, "I'm already here. Not to mention the position of Army Commander, I'm afraid the New Fourth Army has been canceled by the Chairman, right?"
Chen Cheng quickly waved his hand and said, "You misunderstood!! The Chairman did not cancel the New Fourth Army designation, and your position was not canceled by the Chairman, but by Yan'an!! Yan'an issued a false order to make Chen Yi the commander of the New Fourth Army...
Xiyi, have you seen this? You are just a pawn in Yan'an's heart. Now that you have no use value, you will be thrown away immediately! The Red Party trusts the Red Party!! And you, Ye Ting, are just in their hands.
Think about it for yourself. When you were in the New Fourth Army, did your words or Xiang Ying’s words matter? Now that you are not dead, how long have you been away? Chen Yi immediately became the commander of the army, even using a pronoun.
None!!”
As he said that, Chen Cheng said with an expression that he was not worth it for Ye Ting, "I am really not worth it for you, Xiyi, you should think about it carefully. As the saying goes, a scholar dies for his bosom friend, Yan'an really regards you as an unparalleled scholar."
Is that so? Only the Chairman is the one who really values you! It was the Chairman who asked you to be the commander of the New Fourth Army that day, not Yan'an. I really want to fight side by side with you one day."
Ye Ting just listened, kept drinking, and didn't reply. Chen Cheng tried to persuade him for a long time, but it didn't work, so he left helplessly.
It was getting late now, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Ye Ting walked to the window and looked at the moon outside, worried about the situation of the war and the situation of the New Fourth Army. Suddenly, a stone flew in.
Ye Ting was startled, and when he looked closely, he found that it was a piece of paper wrapped with stones. Ye Ting quickly stepped forward, opened the paper and read it, only to see that it said "Young Master is trustworthy, please wait patiently, 203"
"
Ye Ting's eyes rolled rapidly. He understood in his heart who the young master was talking about. He swallowed the note with water and sat back on the bed with peace of mind. He was extremely happy at this time. He knew that he had not been given up by Yan'an.
, with his comrades beside him, Ye Ting slowly fell into sleep. In his dream, he returned to the New Fourth Army, quarreled with Xiang Ying, and deduced the battle situation with Chen Yi in Xuancheng, and returned to Jiangnan behind enemy lines.
--Tokyo
"Zhangjiakou fell...it was the Eighth Route Army again. Where did this Eighth Route Army get such strong combat power?" Tojo Hideki said in confusion.
Shunroku Hata on the opposite side also frowned and said, "Yeah, it stands to reason that the Eighth Route Army is just some guerrillas. They are all farmers who have just put down their hoes. Even with the assistance of the Soviet Union, at the beginning, Mongolia, Hebei, and Shanxi were completely under my control.
Under the control of the army, even if there is assistance, it cannot be too much, so it will become like this?"
Ishihara opened his eyes, sighed and said, "I was just suspicious at first, but now I am basically sure...there is someone else behind the Eighth Route Army."
"There is someone else????" Tojo Hideki, Hata Shunroku and other Japanese generals looked at Ishihara Wanji in shock.
Ishihara Wanji nodded and said, "When I went to Germany this time, I found that the owner of the Skoda arsenal that Germany captured became a Chinese. I thought at first, after all, there are so many Chinese, and there are also many wealthy businessmen. This is also
It’s normal, but now that I think about it, maybe what I know is just the tip of the iceberg.”
Tojo Hideki looked at Ishihara Kanji with squinted eyes, and Ishihara Kanji explained, "You should know about penicillin, right?"
Shunroku Hata said, "Who doesn't know this? Penicillin is the best medicine in the world. If it weren't for penicillin, countless soldiers of the Imperial Army would have died on their beds."
Ishihara smiled and said, "The owner of this penicillin is called Jiang Cheng. I have been asking Itagaki Seishiro to investigate during this period. Itagaki Seishiro caught some of Du Yuesheng and others' subordinates in Shanghai. Jiang Cheng appeared suddenly.
, this penicillin was sold by a company he formed with Du Yuesheng and other Shanghai gangsters."
Tojo Hideki said impatiently, "What are you talking about?"
Ishihara Wanji glanced at Tojo Hideki in disgust and said, "What I mean is that I suspect that there is an organization assisting the Chinese Red Party. This organization is not the Soviet Union, but an underground organization. This organization should be very powerful, and...
..I also got a piece of gossip in Germany this time, but I don’t know if it’s true or not.”
Shunroku Hata quickly asked, "Tell me, what's the news?"
Ishihara Wanji whispered, "This is a piece of news our agents got. It is said that the reason why Germany's weapons are so advanced is that they obtained an extremely powerful weapon and then learned experience from it. This weapon was obtained from an underground organization."
Got it! This organization...I initially suspect it is Freemasonry!"
"Freemason???" everyone exclaimed.
Everyone knows the name of Freemasonry, but no one cares about him, because Freemasonry looks very powerful, but in fact it is just a loose organization, and all dignitaries are Freemasons, so
Freemasonry will no longer have any gathering power. This is just like joining the party. If everyone in the world is a party member, then the party will have no fighting power.
Tojo Hideki laughed and said, "What did I think you were going to say? How can Freemasonry have such power? Even if it does, what is it for?"
Ishihara smiled and sighed, "So what I said is a preliminary guess. Do you still remember the final battle I said? It is a battle between races, a battle between us yellow races and white races. In fact, according to strength,
, even if it is difficult for us to conquer China, it will not be like this. I think this is because some white people do not want us yellow people to gather under the honor of His Majesty the Emperor. They hope that we will kill each other and make our strength weaker.
The war between the white races is about to begin. This is a decisive battle between Germany, Italy, Britain and France, which will determine who is the core country of the white race. If we can take the opportunity to unify Asia, when they turn around, we will have
I have the power to fight them... I will continue to pursue it, but I hope everyone will look at the Eighth Route Army again. It is not just a local party and local armed forces, it is an army that may be more powerful than the Chongqing government.
A tremendous strength..."
Tojo Hideki couldn't listen anymore. He stood up and hummed, "I just want to find an excuse for the defeat of my subordinates. Why should I do this? You can tell such fairy tales to your children yourself. I'm leaving!"