The action plan is finally finalized, and everyone is preparing for war and digging tunnels!
The mobilization was naturally left to Wang Husheng. Fortunately, it was still the beginning of spring and the busy farming season was far away, so the people had plenty of time to dig tunnels. Moreover, this work was different from previous work. Not only the elderly and women
You can participate, even teenagers, six or seven-year-old children can participate, and the manpower is more sufficient. kanshhu latest~update
The only thing that made Xiao Yanyue pout was that the base area government had to issue a lot of IOUs this time.
Although these white bars are not valuable, you can exchange them for food from her.
Last time, because the transporters went to Huilonggou to transport supplies, a large amount of the food in stock was gone. This time after the tunnel is built, I don’t know how much food in stock will be left? The only thing that can give Xiao Yanyue some comfort
What is good is that at least the vast majority of people in the base area can safely survive this year's lean spring.
The dozen officers and youth training team students who participated in the meeting dispersed, and soon only Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng were left in the conference room.
Leng Tiefeng hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "Old Xu, are you really sure that the Battle of Huaihe River will be defeated?"
"What do you think?" Xu Rui turned to glance at Leng Tiefeng and asked, "Do you still have unrealistic illusions about your Chairman Chiang Kai-shek? Think about the Battle of Songhu. If it weren't for Chairman Chiang Kai-shek
How could it have led to a disastrous defeat if he had both sides? There was also the defense of Nanjing. If he hadn't led both sides, the outcome would never have been like this."
Leng Tiefeng immediately fell silent. As an eyewitness of the Songhu Battle, Leng Tiefeng had more say than anyone else. The biggest responsibility for the failure of the Songhu Battle would indeed fall on Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, had it not been for the critical moment.
Due to his random command, the outcome of the Battle of Songhu should not have been like this. Even if the battle could not be won, it would not end in a disastrous defeat.
There was also the battle to defend Nanjing. If Chairman Chiang hadn't been on both sides of the fence, he wanted to inflict great damage on the Japanese in Nanjing, but was reluctant to part with his hundreds of thousands of elite elites. As a result, he sent an ambiguous telegram to Nanjing.
The defenders were lucky and waited for the Japanese to reach the gates of Nanjing. They only put up a little resistance and then swarmed toward the Xianguan Pier.
Then there was nothing more. Hundreds of thousands of people couldn't cross the river because they had no boats, so they turned back to the city, threw away their weapons, took off their military uniforms, and hid in the safe area. But the little devil didn't care about this and rushed directly into the safe area.
Arresting people, killing people, and finally getting mad and swiping the butcher knife at innocent civilians.
"Believe me, veteran." Xu Rui sighed, "The Battle of Huaihe River is hopeless."
"Can't we do something?" Leng Tiefeng sighed and said sadly, "Watching the defeat on the Huaihe battlefield makes me feel bad after all."
"How can I feel better in my heart?" Xu Rui sighed, "But we can't change anything. The only thing we can do now is to guard the Dameishan base area and save this sharp knife that has been driven into the heart of the Japanese-occupied areas for our compatriots across the country! As long as we in Dameishan
The base area is not lost for a day, and as long as our Dameishan Independent Brigade is not wiped out for a day, the Japs in Central China will never have any chance of peace, nor will they even think of attacking Wuhan smoothly and without any distractions."
"Wuhan?" Leng Tiefeng said in surprise, "Old Xu, the little devil is attacking Xuzhou now."
"I'm talking about the future." Xu Rui said hurriedly, "After the Japs capture Xuzhou, they will definitely attack Wuhan, so we must defend the Dameishan base area."
Leng Tiefeng nodded and was about to turn around and leave when Wang Husheng suddenly left and returned.
"Old Wang?" Xu Rui said in surprise, "If you don't quickly mobilize the people to dig tunnels, why are you coming back?"
Wang Husheng waved his hand and gasped: "I almost forgot to tell you something just now. It's like this. The underground party in Pucheng just sent a piece of information, saying that the Japs stationed in Pucheng had left yesterday, and now there are only
The next Japanese team is next, and the other is the newly formed puppet army regiment, which is quite empty in defense."
"Is Pucheng's defense so empty?" Leng Tiefeng said immediately, "Old Xu, beat him up?"
Leng Tiefeng still remembered the benefits gained by the Independence Brigade after the last capture of Pucheng. In addition to grabbing more than one million kilograms of military rations from the Japanese, that guy also extorted 200,000 yuan from the local tyrants and evil gentry in Pucheng.
Leng Tiefeng still remembered the smile on Xiao Yanyue's face when he handed the money to Xiao Yanyue, plus gold and silver jewelry worth three hundred thousand oceans, so Leng Tiefeng wanted to attack Pucheng again.
Because he wanted to see Xiao Yanyue's smiling face.
Xu Rui was also a little excited when he heard this. I am afraid that the income from the second dozen of Pucheng cannot be compared with the last time. After all, the local tyrants and evil gentry in Pucheng are not leeks. They will grow back quickly after being cut, but no matter how the income is reduced,
, it is still a county town after all, and it can still scrape out a little bit of oil and water.
However, as soon as Xu Rui had this idea, Sai Hongfu came over with a telegram.
"Here, there's a call from Yunling." Sai Hongfu handed the telegram to Xu Rui, and gently scratched Xu Rui's palm twice with her fingers.
Turning around, twisting his waist and walking away, Xu Rui's eyes immediately became eager, wishing that the sky would get dark immediately.
However, when Xu Rui's eyes fell on the telegram, the eagerness in his eyes immediately dissipated.
The telegram was sent from the headquarters of the New Fourth Army stationed in Yunling. It conveyed a notification from the Third War Zone. The notification stated that the Third War Zone would plan a series of offensives in southern Anhui in the near future. As the vanguard, the Wannan Independent Regiment
They had secretly crossed the Yangtze River north three days ago and were preparing to recapture Pucheng quickly and without concealment.
Xu Rui immediately threw the telegram on the ground and laughed angrily: "Old soldier, Pucheng has nothing to do with us."
"Why?" The veteran was puzzled. He immediately picked up the telegram from the table and was stunned after reading it.
"Three days ago?" the veteran asked in confusion, "Three days ago we sent troops across the river. Didn't the Japanese in Pucheng just leave yesterday?"
"Isn't this an obvious thing?" Xu Rui said angrily, "The Kuomintang has already received the news. They already knew that the Japs were about to abandon Pucheng, so they hurriedly sent a group across the river to receive them.
, He said that a series of offensives will be planned in the near future, and he really dares to put money in his face. If the little devil hadn't deliberately leaked the news to them, Wan would have dared to send troops to cross the Yangtze River north? Lend him some courage!"
Leng Tiefeng said: "Are you saying that the Japanese abandoned Pucheng on purpose?"
"Isn't that right?" Xu Rui said, "There are capable people there among the little devils. They know that we are not monolithic, and they know that people named Wan are not the same thing, so we take this opportunity to mix in some sand. You see, there is this so-called independent group here.
Pucheng, sooner or later, we have to fight our independent brigade."
Leng Tiefeng said: "That's not the case for Deputy Commander Wan, right?"
"Isn't it?" Xu Rui sneered, "If you don't believe it, let's wait and see."
Leng Tiefeng didn't want to believe it, but Xu Rui knew better than anyone what kind of person the surnamed Wan was. The Wannan Incident was caused by the order of the deputy commander-in-chief Wan, which led to the bloody battlefield of more than 9,000 New Fourth Army soldiers! Poor these nine
More than a thousand brave officers and soldiers of the New Fourth Army did not die on the anti-Japanese battlefield, but fell under the guns of friendly forces.
"Otherwise..." Leng Tiefeng frowned and said in a deep voice, "Find a way to drive away this Wannan independent group?"
"That won't work. We won't take the responsibility for provoking trouble." Xu Rui shook his head and said, "We are not afraid of trouble, but we will never take the initiative to cause trouble. Let's wait and see what his actions are."
Leng Tiefeng said no more.
In the afternoon of the same day, another news came from Pucheng. The Wannan Independent Regiment sent by the Third War Zone successfully regained Pucheng after three days and nights of "fierce fighting". Xu Rui could fully imagine that the officers of the Third War Zone Chief's Department
We must be celebrating at this moment. No matter what, recovering a county is ultimately a great victory, right?
However, the small wave caused by the third theater was quickly wiped out by the turbulent waves on the Huaihe River battlefield.
On the day after Dameishan mobilized all the people to dig tunnels, the Japanese 13th Division unexpectedly launched a large-scale counterattack against the 180th Division. The Japanese offensive was very fierce. Even though the 180th Division had been prepared for it, it was still in danger. As a result,
Banqiao Town, a flanking position at Linhuaiguan, was also lost for a time.
When the news reached the Wuhan camp, the situation Xu Rui was most worried about happened.
Whenever Chairman Chiang faced a major juncture, he would always be indecisive and unable to advance or retreat. This was also the case. The Japanese army only launched a counterattack on the Huaihe battlefield. Chairman Chiang immediately felt the pressure and felt that there was little hope for this battle.
, so a telegram ordered Hu Zongnan’s 17th Army to postpone the attack.
At present, Chairman Chiang does not have many troops at hand to fight. Except for Chen Cheng's civil engineering department who was crippled, the ones that are still intact are Tang Enbo's 20th Army and Hu Zongnan's 17th Army. As for the ones with the best equipment and the most personnel before the war started,
With the three forest guards in full order, the numbers can even be cancelled.
There is also the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps, which has ceased to exist in name only.
Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps was already deep behind enemy lines, and its fate was unpredictable. Therefore, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek did not dare to throw Hu Zongnan's 17th Army Corps into battle easily. This was the only elite force he had left.
Chairman Chiang's reprieve lasted for a whole week.
A week later, the Setani detachment that broke into Taierzhuang was unexpectedly surrounded and annihilated because it was alone and lacked support. Immediately afterwards, the Sakamoto detachment that went hand in hand with the Setani detachment also suffered heavy losses in Yicheng, thus achieving the largest victory since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War.
Victory, more than 20,000 Japanese troops were annihilated.
These 20,000 people are not Taiwanese garrison troops, but elite Japanese troops!
When the news spread, the whole country immediately rejoiced, and Chairman Chiang was also deeply stimulated.
So Chairman Chiang remembered the Huaihe Battle plan that was still on paper, and ordered Hu Zongnan's 17th Army to boldly move eastward, seize Changfeng, and cut off the Feibeng Highway. However, this was no longer a week ago, and Kawaguchi Heiji's regiment had already
After being stationed in Changfeng for a week, Changfeng was almost built into a fortress.
