The commander of the Central China Front Army, Shunroku Hata, has arrived. The National Army and the New Fourth Army are also not idle. Gu Shutong is quite interesting this time. He did not only give Luo Feng the vacant title of brigade commander, but transferred two full
Although the regiment's supplementary soldiers are all new recruits and their physical fitness is not very good, there are still more than 3,000 people in two regiments!
Once these more than 3,000 new soldiers arrive, the gentleman's agreement between Gao Hanting and Xu Rui can only be voided.≧,
Although the boss was reluctant, Gao Hanting still agreed to redistribute the spoils and took out nearly two regiments of Japanese weapons and equipment from the captured weapons and equipment, specifically to use them to arm the more than 3,000 recruits. Naturally, some ammunition was also allocated.
Arm these new recruits.
Regarding the defensive deployment of Feicheng, Xu Rui, Luo Feng and Gao Hanting have also reached an agreement.
Gao Hanting's four detachments are the first line of defense in Feicheng. The three main regiments plus a pistol regiment that has just been expanded from the pistol battalion are deployed along both sides of the Fei-Wu Highway. If possible, remove the Fei-Wu Highway first.
For the strongholds on both sides, if it is not possible, launch a breaking attack to delay the Japanese in the Wuhu direction as much as possible and buy time for the Feicheng defenders.
Luo Feng's Central Anhui Advancing Brigade was the second line of defense. The two regiments were placed to the south and east of Feicheng to block the Japanese coming from Wuhu and Nanjing respectively. Because there was the Dameishan Independent Regiment behind the Central Anhui Advancing Brigade, Luo Feng
Feng did not leave a reserve team for himself. If this battle fails, he will become Renren.
Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Regiment is the third and final line of defense!
Xu Rui and Luo Feng had fully estimated that the Japs in Nanjing had to cross the river, and the road from Pukou to Pucheng to Feicheng was not only difficult, but also under the control of the independent regiment, so the speed would be slightly slower.
However, the Japs traveling north from Wuhu will definitely reach Feicheng in as little as three days or as much as five days.
Even if Gao Hanting's four detachments tried their best to block the attack, they could only delay the Japanese for two days at most.
This means that in seven days, the Japs heading north from Wuhu will be able to reach Feicheng first. In the remaining seven days, they will have to rely on the Central Anhui Advance Brigade and the Dameishan Independent Regiment to fight to the death.
The Wanzhong Advance Brigade placed outside Feicheng may not play a big role. After all, they are just new soldiers. It would be good if they could not explode after hearing the Japanese artillery. It is a dream to expect them to block the Japanese onslaught for seven days, so
The last hope lies with the independent group.
The independent regiment must hold on to Feicheng for at least seven days! This is really not an easy task!
"Old Xu, do you really want to stop thinking about it? Fighting against the Japanese in a war of attrition is not the way we should behave." Wang Husheng walked over and whispered.
Wang Husheng arrived this morning, and with him came more than 30,000 civilians from the base area.
With the Kawakou detachment completely annihilated, and with the rapid reconstruction of all the destroyed houses in the town and Xiaoli Village with the help of the Mei County government, the prestige of the Dameishan base has been fully established, so Wang Husheng gave an order, and more than three people
Tens of thousands of civilians immediately gathered in Jingcong.
Why did Wang Husheng summon these more than 30,000 civilians? Nonsense, of course they are here to transport supplies. In addition to weapons and ammunition, grain, and oil, there is also a complete set of equipment for the power plant. They all have to be transported back to the Dameishan base area. This
It's not something that hundreds of thousands of people can do. Thirty thousand people would have to make several trips.
However, Wang Husheng was opposed to Xu Rui's decision to agree to Luo Feng's defense of Feicheng at all costs.
"Old Wang, I have already told you the truth. After all, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are cooperating now, so the two parties and the two militaries should cooperate sincerely." Xu Rui explained with a wry smile, but he could not tell Wang Husheng the real reason.
, his move was not for the National Army at all, but for the more than 30 million people in the Huanghuai area!
Again, for the sake of the more than 30 million innocent people in the Huanghuai region, it is worth the effort of the independent group!
However, Xu Rui felt a little uneasy in his heart. Small historical events are easy to change, but in fact, Xu Rui has also changed a lot. For example, Fushimi Miya Toshihiko was not dead in the first place, but now he was killed, and for example, Shanshan
Yuan, who had never been the commander of the Central China Front, was now not only the commander of the Central China Front, but was forced to commit seppuku.
However, major events in history may not be so easy to change.
Xu Rui was a little worried that the tragedy of Huayuankou's dyke break might not be resolved so easily by him. After all, this plan had already been placed on Chairman Chiang's desk and had been approved. When the senior generals at the front deem it necessary,
, they will immediately blow up the entrance to the garden and divert water from the Yellow River to flood the Japanese army.
Thinking of this, the uneasiness in Xu Rui's heart became more and more intense. No, you must be prepared with both hands!
But what needs to be done next requires Wang Husheng's full cooperation. It seems that he must make up a justifiable reason.
At that moment, Xu Rui said: "Old Wang, do you know Falkenhausen?"
"Of course I know Falkenhausen." Wang Husheng said, "Chairman Chiang Kai-shek is the consultant invited from Germany. It is said that he personally commanded the battle during the Battle of Songhu, but the result was very unsatisfactory, and Chiang Kai-shek was disappointed.
The chairman of the committee is also full of complaints."
"Let's not talk about it for now." Xu Rui waved his hand and said, "Old Wang, you know that I came back from Germany. When I was in Germany, I accidentally learned a top secret. Among the suggestions given by the German advisory group to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, there was this
One of the two suggestions was to open a second battlefield in Shanghai, divert the main attack direction of the Japanese army from the vast North China Plain to the dense water network in East China, and use the favorable terrain in East China to consume the Japanese army. The second suggestion was that once the Japanese army was not fooled,
, then blow up the Yellow River embankment and divert the Yellow River water into the entire North China Plain, forcing the Japanese army to shift its main attack direction to East China!"
"What did you say?!" When Wang Husheng heard this, the hairs all over his body stood up instantly.
Every Chinese will be instilled in this concept by their elders when they are very young. Once the Yellow River bursts its banks, the world will immediately be in chaos. And the only few times the Yellow River burst its banks in history have indeed caused extremely serious consequences to the Chinese nation.
As a Chinese, how could Wang Husheng not know the horror of the Yellow River bursting its banks?
"Old Xu, are you telling the truth?" Wang Husheng's voice began to tremble, "They really plan to..."
"Shh." Xu Rui signaled Wang Husheng to be careful, and then lowered his voice and said, "Old Wang, this is just the most extreme situation, but if you don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. If they really do that, you will do it when the time comes.
How many innocent people have been displaced? We can't just watch, right?"
Wang Husheng came to his senses and said, "So you want to defend Feicheng at all costs?"
"Yes." Xu Rui nodded and said, "This is what I think. As long as the Japs' heavy troops are attracted from the Central Plains to Huainan, the Japs will take advantage of the trend and advance along the Yangtze River waterway to Wuhan instead of from Zhengzhou or Pingxi.
The Han Line goes south, so that the National Army will not have to blow up the Yellow River embankment."
"I understand." Wang Husheng said with a sigh, "If this is the case, it will be worth all our efforts as an independent group!"
"Old Wang, thank you for your support." Xu Rui stretched out his hand to hold Wang Husheng's hand tightly, and then said, "But there is a saying that is good, do your best and prepare for the worst. While we are defending Feicheng, we must also
We should be prepared for the Yellow River to burst its banks, and we should be afraid of the worst case scenario. We cannot afford to gamble."
Wang Husheng said seriously: "Old Xu, what do you think we should do to prepare?"
"Food!" Xu Rui said in a deep voice, "After any major disaster, there will be a great famine. Therefore, we need to prepare a large amount of food in advance, enough for millions of people to eat for half a year or even a year. Lao Wang, I
We know that this is an impossible task for our base area, but we still need to prepare as much as possible."
One million people is only a small part of the 30 million people, but it is already the limit for the independent group.
Wang Husheng nodded heavily and said: "Don't worry, Old Xu, I will do our best to reserve food. If that day comes, we can also try our best to feed as many victims as possible! However, this money issue is a big problem
The problem is, we don’t have that much money.”
"You don't have to worry about this." Xu Rui said, "I will prepare a large amount of money for you in the next two days! Then you can just use the money to buy food everywhere."
"You will prepare a large amount of money in the next two days?" Wang Husheng said, "Old Xu, where did you get the money?"
Xu Rui smiled slightly and said, "Old Wang, have you forgotten the good show in Pucheng? That's all."
"So that's what you had in mind." Wang Husheng was relieved after hearing this, and added, "However, these wealthy landlords have accumulated such a huge wealth by sucking people's fat and drinking people's blood. Now they are using a little of their wealth to save lives."
The people affected by the disaster should do the same."
"That's it, you guys wait in Feicheng for two days." Xu Rui said again, "You don't want to let the civilian workers idle these two days. If you have labor, you have to use it. You let them dig a tunnel from my headquarters.
It leads directly to the Feihe River in the eastern suburbs. With this tunnel, we can evacuate from the tunnel when necessary, and we will not be made dumplings by the Japanese."
"Okay." Wang Husheng nodded and said, "You ask Jiuling to draw a drawing, and I will prepare the manpower right away."
Xu Rui warned again: "Old Wang, please keep it secret. The civilians who dug the tunnel had better camp alone. This tunnel is for life-saving purposes. The fewer people who know about it, the better."
"I know, don't worry." Wang Husheng agreed, turned around and left.
After Wang Husheng left, Xu Rui called Mo Zichen in again and asked: "Old Mo, have you delivered all the letters I asked you to deliver?"
"They've all been sent out," Mo Zichen said, "I've made inquiries clearly, and all the respectable ones have been sent out."
"Well, you have sent people to keep an eye on the four gates for the past two days." Xu Rui added, "As long as they are on the invitation list, they are not allowed to leave Feicheng without my permission."
"Yes, you are not allowed to leave Feicheng without the permission of the captain." Mo Zichen stood at attention and then asked with a sly smile, "Captain, are you planning to kill the poor guy?"
"Kill the poor ghosts?" Xu Rui said cheerfully, "I am killing the rich ghosts! These local tyrants, evil gentry and unscrupulous businessmen have done all kinds of deception, deception, big fights and small fights. Now it's time to settle the matter with them.
It’s time to settle the accounts, hum! Don’t think that there is really no justice in this world.”
