Chapter 1347 Sadness of the famous anti-Japanese general (3) (March ticket is available!)
"Hehe, brother, you are thinking about this matter too complicated." Liu Lang chuckled and shook his head. "Since the man who didn't punish you because of the so-called literati in the country, he must have used it.
Yours. Since the Beiping War, Commander Song has misjudged the situation between the enemy and us, leading to the fall of Pingjin. Especially the North China War has been unfavorable. The 29th Army's nearly 100,000 troops and the Central Army's Northeastern Army still suffered defeats again and again.
As the commander of the 1st Group Army, he cannot absolve himself of the blame."
"What do you mean?" Zhang Zizhong didn't show any joy on his face, but his brows wrinkled.
Everything Liu Lang said was beneficial to him, but he was not happy at all. Obviously, in his mind, he was more concerned about the war in North China, and even worried about the elder brother who made him take the blame.
.The traditional Chinese style of "He is unkind but I cannot be unjust" is vividly reflected in him.
It is really reassuring to have such people as comrades and friends.
"What I mean is that the war in North China is unfavorable. The government also needs someone to take charge. General Song must also shoulder his responsibilities. You and I, as soldiers, should fully understand the importance of defending the territory. It does not depend on who
Whoever is in a high position can escape the blame." Liu Lang said firmly.
His words also reminded this loyal and famous anti-Japanese general that in the face of national responsibility, personal feelings must be put aside first. Whether he is willing or not, if the opportunity comes, he will have to replace it.
"Hey! We will discuss my matter later. I only hope that Mingxuan can stop the Japanese invaders in the Xingtai and Handan area, so as to wash away the shame of our 29th Army's loss of Pingjin." Lieutenant General Zhang sighed with a sad face.
Obviously, even though he was in his idle position, he was also very concerned about the war on the northern front. The former 29th Army and now the 1st Group Army were fighting fiercely with the Japanese invaders in the Xingtai area of Handan. In the past, because the Japanese army besieged Niangziguan with heavy troops, the number of Japanese troops at Shimen was reduced.
Feeling empty, the 1st Army even proposed a battle plan to attack Shimen directly from Xingtai in an attempt to regain Hebei.
But no matter before or now, General Song overestimated himself. Since the July 7th Incident, the 29th Army has been fighting hard for more than three months. Not only has it suffered heavy losses, but its morale has been extremely low due to consecutive defeats.
Not only did they lose the ability to take the initiative to attack, but they even retreated at the first contact with the Japanese army. They were only a straw away from the defeat of the entire army.
Liu Lang knew that the 1st Army Group, which had already heavily stockpiled troops in the Handan and Xingtai areas, was afraid that this November would still end in a disastrous defeat. The fall of the entire Hebei Province was a foregone conclusion. And the second-level general should be responsible for the fall of Hebei, an important city in northern China.
"Brother, aside from this matter, if you were asked to immediately lead the troops into the anti-Japanese battlefield, would you be willing or unwilling?"
"Of course I am willing."
"Well, you are the senior counselor of the Military and Political Ministry, and you are also qualified to make suggestions on the Songhu War at the Military and Political Ministry meeting." Seeing that the food and wine had been almost wiped out by the two of them, Liu Lang simply pushed the dishes aside.
, directly dipped his finger in the wine, used the wine as ink, used his finger as a pen, and drew a map on the maroon tabletop.
The map was very rough and not detailed, but after Liu Lang drew a rough outline, Lieutenant General Zhang couldn't help but take a breath, "Is this Songhu?"
Obviously, in his spare time, this man was not less concerned about the Battle of Songhu hundreds of miles away.
"Hudong, Huxi, Hangzhou Bay, Taicang..." As Liu Lang perfected it little by little, and used arrows to indicate the approximate troop deployment of the enemy and ourselves, Lieutenant General Zhang pointed at something rough that would turn into nothingness soon.
The map muttered to himself.
"Brother, now the Japanese invaders have invested more than 100,000 troops and deployed dozens of warships and hundreds of aircraft on the sea. Although the troops are insufficient, their heavy equipment far exceeds that of our Songhu army. Do you think that between me and the Japanese invaders of Songhu?
How much does victory count for?" Liu Lang casually finished the last few strokes and asked.
"The odds of winning are not high, but after all, we still have more than 600,000 troops in Songhu, and according to the battle reports, although our frontline troops suffered heavy losses, they also knew that it was a national crisis. Both the central army and the local army fought extremely bravely, and the Japanese army was glorious.
It is sheer delusion to think of occupying Songhu with more than 100,000 troops. In this situation, our army can continue to fight with the Japanese aggressors for nearly a month. If we can delay it until winter comes and the Japanese aggressors have tight logistics, our army may still have a chance of winning."
Lieutenant General Zhang replied.
His analysis is quite satisfactory. Although there is no outstanding strategy, it is still considered safe. As he said, if the current situation is maintained, China will not lose so tragically in Songhu and Nanjing.
"What if the Japanese increase their troops?"
"We are also increasing our troops!"
Yes, the Japanese are not fools, on the contrary, they are very smart. Although they initially accumulated heavy troops in northern China and focused their attack on China on the northern front, as the Songhu attack became larger and larger, China reduced 7% of the country to
More than ten troops were invested in the southeastern battlefield, and the Japanese base camp also quickly made deployments, transferring troops from the north to Songhu by sea.
Of course, the generals on the Chinese side are not just for nothing. It turns out that Niangziguan and Xinkou have blocked the front of the Japanese army. As early as ten days ago, the Northeastern Army, which was still in Hebei, was also transferred to the southeast.
This includes Liu Lang's independent group.
In other words, no matter in the past time and space or now, the Chinese and Japanese high commands have regarded Songhu as the battlefield for the decisive battle. The Chinese are increasing their troops, and the Japanese are also increasing their troops.
"Then where do you think the Japanese reinforcements will come from?" Liu Lang continued to ask.
"They can only come from the sea, either from Japan or from North China. According to intelligence, part of the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army's North China Front has left its station." Zhang Zizhong said with a serious face.
Although this involves certain military secrets, seeing that Liu Lang has analyzed it so clearly, Lieutenant General Zhang knows that this level of confidentiality may not be considered a secret in the eyes of the rather mysterious Liu Lang.
"Then where do you think the Japanese army will land? If you were given an army of 100,000 troops, where would you choose as a commander?" Liu Lang cast his eyes on the increasingly empty map with a faint look.
After listening to what Liu Lang said, Lieutenant General Zhang turned his attention to the map. The landing locations of the Japanese army were just those few places. In September, extremely tragic landing and anti-landing operations had already broken out there.
Faced with the danger of being bombarded by terrifying naval artillery, one infantry division after another was thrown into those bloody mills. While the Chinese army suffered heavy losses, the Japanese army also suffered.
But obviously, what Liu Lang just said meant something. What if the Japanese army changed the landing location?
Turning his eyes back to the outer reaches of Shanghai city on the map, he looked at the final area that Liu Lang had painted. Lieutenant General Zhang's eyes widened little by little, and he said in a hesitant voice: "Hangzhou Bay Jinshan Guard? But where is that?"
The draft is extremely shallow, and the warships are still some distance from the shore. Soldiers have to rely on small boats if they want to go ashore. Moreover, it is a tidal flat and cannot land heavy equipment. It is by no means an ideal landing site. As long as an infantry division is stationed there, the Japanese army will suffer losses.
great."
"I'm sure that the Japanese reinforcements will land at Jinshanwei." Liu Lang's eyes were serious and he categorically rejected Lieutenant General Zhang's view.
What Zhang Zizhong said makes sense. In the past, General Tang Shengzhi got out of his car and walked around the tidal flat for several times. His ankles stuck in the mud made him sure that this place was definitely not suitable for landing.
Stepping onto the wide beach here with a gun and bullets and grenades, the cumbersome steps can only make it a machine gun target for the defenders. If there is another artillery regiment, it will almost be the complete annihilation of the entire army. No general would be so mentally retarded.
of.
However, the fact is that even at Jinshanwei in Hangzhou Bay, the Japanese army, which had been plotting against China for a long time, had spread spies even before the war. The information about the wide tidal flats at Jinshanwei in Hangzhou Bay was even more detailed than the Chinese themselves.
The Japanese, who had made various war preparations against China many years ago, were so meticulous that it was terrifying. They even kept detailed records of how deep the water was, how wide the tidal flats were, and how deep a person of that weight could sink into the mud.
The saddest thing is that most of the people who did all this for the Japanese spies were local residents, and what they received were just small favors from the Japanese spies. Even when the Military Commission’s Investigation Bureau sent personnel to investigate the Japanese spies, they had already
The local residents who suspected that the small businessmen who frequented the area were Japanese spies did not report the incident in order to obtain supplies again in the future.
Therefore, on China's own soil, the information obtained by both sides is asymmetric, which is really sad and ridiculous. But the mistakes made by the Chinese command do not stop there, but the Japanese army is about to land at Jinshanwei to cover themselves
In fact, they resorted to peace talks again. Naturally, it was an extremely low-level tactical deception.
But the strange thing is that the high command was actually fooled and actually went to negotiate peace with the Japanese army. When hundreds of thousands of troops were still fighting bloody battles and when a large area of land in the north was lost. Liu Lang could only feel depressed about this.
I feel so bored that I want to spit in front of those high-ranking officials who are so lucky!
It was precisely because of his repeated mistakes that the commander of the Songhu Theater, who had already made mistakes, made another mistake and transferred most of the troops stationed at Jinshan Guard to the west of Shanghai for reinforcements, leaving Jinshan Guard behind at Hangzhou Bay.
The troops are pitifully small, including an infantry company, a recruit supplementary company and an artillery company. The regular army only has a few hundred people. And the other most important part of the troops actually comes from the 34th Einsatzgruppe under the command of Director Dai Da of the Military Commission Investigation Bureau.
Hundreds of people.
In other words, in the past time and space, facing the tens of thousands of Japanese troops eyeing three regiments of the Jinshan Guards, there were only a thousand men.
As a result, the landing of Jinshanwei, which was talked about by the Japanese invaders, was successful, and China's national war - the Battle of Songhu was tragic and lonely.
"Only by landing at Jinshanwei can they avoid the bloody landing site in urban Shanghai and use elite troops to flank our main force in urban Shanghai to achieve the purpose of encirclement." Liu Lang continued.
Lieutenant General Zhang was shocked.
As a general of an army, he certainly knew how frightening it would be for the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops in urban Shanghai to suddenly receive tens of thousands of Japanese reinforcements from the direct left of downtown Shanghai, and to have their soft flanks penetrated in this way.
That was a situation where the entire army was annihilated.
But, why could Liu Lang say such words of affirmation?