The first thousand one hundred and sixty-four chapters
Boss Dai is well aware of Pan Qiwu's words. There have always been factional disputes among the troops of the mountain city government. The key is that the major warlords in the army are very powerful. Although after the Central Plains War, the old man established
Although the warlords still existed, they only made superficial compromises.
It was also because of this situation that the old man took great care of his direct troops. The resources of the mountain city government were all-inclusive, and he attacked, co-opted and divided the local warlords' troops, which naturally aroused strong dissatisfaction among the Linfang faction.
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In addition, the direct line troops and local armies cooperate in fighting. The direct line troops always put the local troops at the front as cannon fodder. This approach is also quite inappropriate, but when it comes to the old man's strategy, Boss Dai, who is a direct line army, cannot do otherwise.
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"Although there are many factions in the army of our mountain city government, and things like lagging behind and refusing to save people are often seen, but this time we cannot blame them entirely for their failure in rescue. Who would have thought that the intelligence agency of the Japanese army actually transferred the telegram order from the Military Commission?
They were all deciphered, and the Japanese military knew the action plan in advance.”
"The reason why they have been unable to break through the Japanese defense line is not because they deliberately put the Tenth Army to death. Under the strict orders of the commissioner, the fight was also very difficult. The Japanese army intercepted them with heavy troops, and their weapons and equipment were much stronger than ours. The casualties of each department were also
very big."
"In the end, the generals who led the troops had the intention of preserving their strength, but lacked the determination to risk being surrounded by the Japanese army for rescue. But in this way, the Tenth Army was completely hopeless. It was less than 20,000 men.
We have enough strength to cope with the siege of the four Japanese divisions, and failure is just a matter of chance." Dai Lidao.
On August 7, the Tenth Army, unable to support the battle, sent a farewell telegram to the mountain city government, then burned important documents, destroyed radio stations, destroyed artillery and other heavy weapons, and prepared for a decisive battle.
Lieutenant General Fang Xianjue announced the disbandment of the military headquarters and drew his gun to commit suicide. Fortunately, he was discovered and stopped by his adjutant.
Considering that there are still more than 13,000 officers and soldiers in Hengzhou, the vast majority of whom are wounded and sick, Commander Fang cannot let go of them. After discussing with the division commanders, he decided to send the chief of staff and adjutant to contact the Japanese army if conditions permit.
lay down your weapon.
Subsequently, Lieutenant General Mitsukio Tsutsumi, the commander of the 68th Division of the Japanese Army, negotiated with Commander Fang. The forty-seven-year defense battle of Hengzhou came to an end, and Hengzhou had been reduced to rubble.
This victory, recorded in history, was a victory. The Japanese army itself lost more than 40,000 people. The four divisions were reduced by more than half, or more than half, and the Tenth Army lost more than 5,000 people.
"Boss Dai sent a telegram requesting the Fujian, Jiangxi, and Hubei offices directly under our station to rescue Commander Fang who is under house arrest, and must deliver him safely to the mountain city."
"The committee spoke highly of the outstanding performance of the Tenth Army in this Hengzhou defense battle, and believed that it is understandable that Commander Fang had to put down his weapons this time." Wang Zhen said.
When the battle reached this point, even the commissioners of the mountain city government knew that they had felt sorry for General Fang Xianjue. The good reinforcements failed to rescue the city until the city was broken. He felt guilty in his heart. Unexpectedly, he did not hold the Tenth Army to lay down its weapons.
Instead, he wanted to rescue Fang Xianjue and entrust him with important tasks in the future.
Naturally, it would be better for the Military Unification Bureau to handle such matters, but the bureau headquarters simply ignored it and placed the burden on the directly affiliated stations, without even mentioning the Military Unification Bureau's provincial stations in Hunan Province.
In this battle carried out by the dispatched troops, the performance of the two sides was very different. Before the battle of the North China Front Army to open the Ping-Han Railway, the direct station had collected a large amount of intelligence and accurately provided early warning to the First Theater Command.
At the same time, the directly affiliated station monitored the Japanese troops in central China from the Japanese command level and through the Fujian, Jiangxi and Hubei offices until the outline of the entire combat plan was figured out.
As for the Tanzhou Station in Hunan Province, it was actually confused about the battle that took place at its doorstep. The messages sent to the bureau headquarters were scattered and worthless. If this is the case, then just cool down and cool down!
"Then you send electricity to Jiang Anhua and ask him to personally supervise this task. Now that Hengzhou has just fallen, the Japanese army's supervision must be very strict. You must not take action at this time. Warn him to have enough patience and wait until the enemy relaxes.
Execute the rescue plan."
"I am planning to go to Jinling. After Wang Jingwei went to Japan for medical treatment, I haven't met with Chen Gongbo much to learn about the current situation of the traitor. By the way, I also chatted with Matsui Tataro who is in Jinling. I just heard the news from Kawamoto Yoshitaro.
I feel it’s still not enough.” Chen Mingxiang said.
Although Yoshitaro Kawamoto is the deputy chief of staff of the Expeditionary Force, he has been in Shanghai for a long time and is late to know about the situation of the headquarters. But Tataro Matsui is completely different. As the chief of general staff of the Expeditionary Force, what?
Everything will be notified in advance.
When he arrived in Jinling this time, although he still took the Army Airlines plane, he did not notify Ma Xiao and other leaders of the Police Department in advance because he did not want too many people to know that he was coming to Jinling.
Marshal Hata Toshiroku was in Jiangcheng, directly commanding and deciding the course of the Hunan-Guangxi campaign. Therefore, Lieutenant General Matsui Tairo, the chief of staff of the dispatched army in Jinling, actually did not have too heavy affairs at the moment and happily accepted Chen Mingxiang's banquet.
If the Chief of General Staff wants to do something, there will be endless things to do. If he is unwilling to do something, he has a large group of staff officers under him, as well as the Deputy Chief of General Staff!
The topic inevitably turned to the war, and Chen Mingxiang also got a piece of information that was not classified. Why was it not classified? It was because of a fine-tuning by the Japanese army.
The Japanese Army Staff Headquarters believes that as the situation changes, the Dispatch Forces Headquarters should immediately start preparations to organize a unified defense combat system that is suitable for the local area. Therefore, it is not necessary for the command structure of Commander-in-Chief Shunroku Hata to be stationed in Jiangcheng.
suitable.
Both the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters and the Expeditionary Forces General Headquarters believe that it is necessary to establish a new front army-level command organization in the Lianghu and Guangxi regions of China to uniformly command operations in these four regions and guide the government affairs of the occupied areas.
This front army is the Sixth Front Army, commanding the Japanese Eleventh Army, Twenty-third Army, Thirty-fourth Army and the troops of the Governor-General's Headquarters in Hong Kong City.
The staff officers of the dispatched army headquarters recommended Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama of the Eleventh Army Headquarters to the headquarters to serve as the commander of the Sixth Front Army.
The reason is that the front army headquarters needs to directly command front-line operations, and a commander like Yokoyama Isamu who has the ability to control the battlefield and decisive command is the most qualified.
