After inspecting the fortress construction site, when I returned to the regiment headquarters, I found that the atmosphere in the regiment headquarters was a little strange.
"Old Wang, what's wrong with you? Are you all so serious?" Xu Rui walked into the war room and asked Wang Husheng, who was standing on the mock sand table with a solemn expression.
Wang Husheng said: "Old Xu, something happened on the battlefield of De'an."
"What accident?" Xu Rui's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, "What accident?"
Wang Husheng said: "We don't have much specific information, but based on the current information we can still basically judge that the 74th Army, the ace army of the 1st Army, has been trapped by the Japanese and may be annihilated at any time."
"This is actually expected." Leng Tiefeng said coldly, "Early when Chairman Chiang mobilized his troops to prepare for the decisive battle with the Japanese in De'an, Lao Xu called them to remind them that the first
Although the 1st Army Corps won, it suffered great losses. Although the Japanese were defeated, they were not injured at all. A decisive battle at this time would be beneficial to the Japanese but not good to the National Army. Unfortunately, the headquarters did not listen and insisted on fighting the Japanese in De'an.
decisive battle."
After more than a month, Leng Tiefeng's perception of the National Army Headquarters was completely different.
Sun Changhe said coldly: "What's the headquarters? It's obviously Chiang Kai-shek who insists on his own way."
As the saying goes, love is deep and responsibility is deep. As an officer cadet who graduated from the Central Military Academy, Sun Changhe's loyalty to Chairman Chiang has almost been integrated into his bones. However, because of this, when he discovered that Chairman Chiang was disregarding human life, he was filled with tears in his heart.
The pain and hatred are particularly intense, and the backlash becomes even more severe.
More than half a month ago, Sun Changhe led his guard company to follow Xu Rui north to Huainan. The tragic scenes of starvation and death he saw along the way greatly stimulated him. It was also from that time that Sun Changhe changed from the loyalty of Chairman Chiang to
A supporter of the Communist Party of China, he became a staunch opponent, and even the title of Chairman Chiang changed from "Commissioner" to "Lao Chiang".
Yang Banan also said: "Right now, the 1st Army Corps and even all the troops in the entire 9th Theater are doing their best to rescue Yu Jishi's 74th Army. But let me say something depressing here. Various signs have shown that this is simply Okamura.
A trap set by Neji, the 74th Army is probably doomed."
Yang Banan was also greatly stimulated during the disaster relief trip to the north. However, compared to Sun Changhe, Yang Banan was older and the city was deeper. He did not express dissatisfaction with Chairman Chiang or say that
His hatred is expressed outwardly, but what makes him go further than Sun Changhe is that his political tendency has obviously changed.
Amidst the discussion among Leng Tiefeng, Sun Changhe and Yang Badan, Xu Rui walked to the sand table.
After seeing clearly the situation map of the enemy and ourselves demonstrated on the simulation sand table, Xu Rui couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. The situation he was most worried about finally happened.
Here, I have to praise the wisdom of the ancient Chinese again.
The Chinese nation is really the smartest and best race in the world. This can be felt just from the wise proverbs on the truck.
Among these proverbs, the most popular one is that good fortune lies in the presence of misfortune, and misfortune lies in the presence of good fortune.
Because Xu Rui appeared and accidentally seized the equipment of a Japanese heavy artillery brigade in Feicheng, and then exchanged this heavy artillery brigade with Chairman Chiang for an arsenal, which resulted in a series of chain reactions. Xu Rui
I originally hoped that things would evolve in a good direction.
But in the end, things still showed their cruelty.
After all, the wheel of history has shown its unstoppable and powerful inertia, and because of the emergence and disruption of the little butterfly Xu Rui, the inertia of history has rebounded even more powerfully.
It may be a bit complicated to say this. To put it simply, it is because of the dislocation of this heavy artillery brigade that it is very likely that the outcome of the Wuhan Battle will deteriorate.
In the historical Battle of Wuhan, the Nationalist Army actually basically achieved its pre-war strategic intentions. On the one hand, the army greatly consumed the resources and manpower of the Japanese army. On the other hand, it had to transfer personnel and materials gathered in the camp in Wuhan.
Sufficient time was gained, and it is no exaggeration to say that the Wuhan battle was actually a draw.
But now, the outcome of the Wuhan battle is very likely to turn from a draw to a disastrous defeat!
The logical causal relationship between this is actually very simple. To summarize briefly, it is because Chairman Chiang obtained the heavy artillery brigade from Xu Rui and gave the heavy artillery brigade to the 74th Army, so Yu Jishi’s 74th Army
Was able to annihilate the Songpu Division in one fell swoop at Wanjialing.
Because the Matsuura Division was completely wiped out, Okamura Neji learned from the experience and reflected on his tactical mistakes.
On the other hand, because the Songpu Division was completely wiped out, Chairman Chiang was arrogant and underestimated the enemy. Historically, after winning the great victory at Wanjialing, Chairman Chiang was also hot-headed for a while, but under the influence of Bai Chongxi, Chen Cheng, Xue Yue and others
Despite his dissuasion, he did not really fight the Japanese army in De'an.
However, in this dimension of time and space, Bai Chongxi, Chen Cheng and Xue Yue failed to persuade Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. As a result, the National Army invested more troops than in history in an attempt to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese 11th Army on the De'an battlefield. This also gave
This gave Okamura Neiji the perfect opportunity to eliminate a large number of the effective forces of the National Army.
As a result, Xu Rui's mind suddenly came to an unrealized grand strategic concept of Okamura Ningji. In the original history, Okamura Ningji once proposed an idea to send the main force to Wuhan along the north and south banks of the Yangtze River.
While advancing, a partial division was sent to detour from Nanchang, capture Zhuzhou, and then go north to outflank Changsha, threatening Wuhan's rear.
It must be admitted that this idea of Okamura Neji is very scary.
Japan, a small island country, has never produced a decent strategic master since ancient times, but there are still a few people with a certain strategic vision. For example, the so-called Meiji Sanhawu Karasu, who more or less has some strategic vision.
Yes, Okamura Neji is undoubtedly one of these few characters.
The idea of a side attack on Changsha proposed by Okamura Neiji is terrible.
Once the Japanese army actually implements it, it will not only be as simple as the southern end of the Ping-Han Railway being cut off, and the people and materials gathered in Wuhan will not be able to evacuate south in time. What is more serious is that Hunan's defense is extremely empty at this time, and it is likely to be beaten by the Japanese army.
And, in this case, there would be no subsequent four battles of Changsha.
Without the four Changsha battles, the Japanese army would not have been consumed in large numbers, and the deployment of troops would have been much more relaxed. However, the National Army lost the tax revenue from Hunan Province and a large number of troops. When the Sino-Japanese War entered a stalemate, the National Government
The situation we are facing is much more severe than in history.
The only thing that is fortunate is that historically this idea of Okamura Neiji was not implemented.
Because in the De'an battlefield, Okamura Neiji met a super tenacious opponent like Xue Yue. Although in the end Okamura Neiji lost first and then won the De'an battle, and successfully occupied Nanchang, but after occupying Nanchang,
However, the 11th Army no longer had the energy to bypass Zhuzhou and flank Changsha.
But now, history is very likely to change.
Because now, Xue Yue has been transferred from the De'an battlefield, and now the person taking command of Xue Yue on the front line is Luo Zhuoying, a mediocre person.
Moreover, at this time, Chairman Chiang was more proud than in history and underestimated the enemy. Once there was a major defeat on the De'an battlefield, once the 1st Army was severely damaged, it was entirely possible for Okamura Neiji's 11th Army to avoid falling into a conflict with the 1st Army.
If there is a fight, it is entirely possible to separate at least one division, flank Zhuzhou from Nanchang, and then intercept Changsha to the north.
Thinking of this, Xu Rui's heart immediately rose to his throat.
This is troublesome. We must immediately remind the National Army Headquarters to be careful!
But just as Xu Rui was about to walk into the communications office, he stopped again.
Even if you make suggestions, you still have to be strategic. If you just send a telegram to the headquarters blankly, not only will Chairman Chiang not listen, but it will be considered a provocation and contempt for him.
At that moment, Xu Rui turned his cold eyes to Yang Banan.
Yang Banan was frightened by Xu Rui's staring eyes and asked: "Captain, did I say something wrong?"
"No, you are not wrong, what you said is basically correct." Xu Rui shook his head and said in a deep voice, "But the problem is probably ten times more serious than what you said. It is not only the 74th Army that is in crisis, but also
The entire 1st Army Corps and even the Wuhan camp are facing unprecedented threats!"
"What?" Yang Ba couldn't hear the words, and his expression suddenly changed.
Several other senior officers in the war room also changed their expressions, because they knew Xu Rui and believed in Xu Rui's vision and judgment. Xu Rui said that if the 1st Army Corps is in danger, it must be in danger. Xu Rui said that the Wuhan camp
is under threat, the Wuhan camp must be under threat.
"That's it." Xu Rui said in a deep voice, "Baby, I know that you have a good relationship with Wan Xiangyun, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Third Theater Region, and Wan Xiangyun has financial accounts with many senior officials of the National Government. You can give me this right now.
Lao Wan sent a telegram and asked him to warn Chairman Chiang Kai-shek through the high-level route to be careful of the little Japanese attacking Zhuzhou!"
"The Japanese are attacking Zhuzhou?" Yang Banan was stunned for a moment when he heard the words. Sun Changhe, Leng Tiefeng and a dozen student soldiers surrounding the sand table immediately gathered in front of the map posted on the north wall. One of the students
The soldier quickly picked up a ruler and drew a straight line between Nanchang and Zhuzhou.
He read the ruler scale again and said: "The straight-line distance is only three hundred kilometers!"
Leng Tiefeng then said: "According to the Japs' usual advance speed of 300 kilometers, it will take at most seven days for the Japs to appear at the foot of Zhuzhou City. After ten days, Changsha will be lost. By that time, the people gathered in Wuhan to camp,
The only escape route for supplies is to enter Sichuan through the waterway."
Wang Husheng also frowned and said: "The National Government scuttled almost all warships and a large number of civilian ships in Jiangyin and Madang twice in a row. Now the ships that can be mobilized are very limited, and from Wuhan to Chongqing not only has to pass through the Three Gorges, but also
It’s a boat sailing against the current, and its transport capacity is very limited.”
Hearing this, Yang Banan could no longer remain calm. He almost ran into the communications office and shouted to the female communications soldier on duty: "Dongmei, hurry up, send me a telegram!"