Chapter 1164: Command
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The room was quiet again.
However, the faces of these high-ranking generals attending the meeting were still full of panic.
Obviously, they don't have the slightest confidence in the upcoming battle of Zhejiang and Fujian!
The reason is very simple, in the Battle of Nanchang at the beginning of the year, Little Japan invested five divisions, while the Ninth Theater of the National Army invested four group armies, including the 41st Group Army, which was at its peak, but what was the result? As a result, it was still defeated by little Japan.
Now, small Japan has more troops, but the Third Theater has only one group army in Zhejiang Province.
How do you fight this? This battle can't be fought at all, and the strength of the two sides is completely disproportionate!
Liu Jianxu's eyes slowly swept coldly over the faces of the senior generals attending the meeting, and said: "But there is also good news, the Command has urgently transferred the 41st Group Army, which is resting in Wuyuan, to Zhejiang to help, and now, the 1st Division of the Honor of the 41st Group Army should have entered Kaihua." โ
The senior generals attending the meeting finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At least, no more crying like you did just now.
With Luo Zhengying's 41st Group Army joining, although the strength is still very different, at least it has the strength to fight.
After a pause, Liu Jianxu continued: "According to the instructions of the General Headquarters, the primary goal of our army in this Zhejiang-Fujian Battle is to protect the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Highway and ensure the smooth communication line between the Yinjiang Industrial Zone and the rear, so the unnecessary defense areas on the periphery should be abandoned, and the troops should be concentrated to retreat to the front line of Zhuji and Pujiang." โ
"As for Jiande and Lanxi, the 41st Group Army will be responsible for defense."
After another pause, Liu Jianxu continued: "Now, I will announce the division of defense areas again......
At this moment, a communications staff officer hurriedly walked in and put a telegram in front of Liu Jianxu.
Liu Jianxu also said that it was a telegram from the Theater Commander's Department, but when he opened the folder, he saw that it was an urgent telegram sent by the General Staff Headquarters of the East Zhejiang Coastal Defense Corps to the Tenth Group Army.
The content of the telegram is a suggestion from Zhong Yi.
Zhong Yi suggested that the Tenth Army abandon positional warfare and switch to more flexible movement warfare to annihilate the enemy in motion.
Liu Jianxu's brows frowned, sports war? Just kidding, if you really listen to Zhong Yi's abandonment of positional warfare, then who will be responsible for abandoning the city and losing land? Is he Zhong Yi?
He, Zhong Yi, can't afford this responsibility at all!
Seeing that Liu Jianxu frowned and didn't speak, Yu Liangzhen, who was sitting first on the left, asked, "General seat, what's the matter?" โ
"It's your good subordinate Zhong Ziren who gave us a very fucked up suggestion." Liu Jianxu said as he handed the telegram to Yu Liangzhen.
Yu Liangzhen stretched out his hand and took the telegram.
After reading the telegram, Yu Liangzhen didn't say anything, just handed the telegram to Xuan Tiewu, who was sitting under him.
After a while, all the senior generals present had already read the telegram, and then whispered again.
To be honest, among these high-ranking generals present, except for Yu Liangzhen and Zhang Yuannan, I am afraid that there is no third person who will have a good impression of Zhong Yi.
The reason is very simple, because Zhong Yi cut off the financial routes of the Tenth Army and even the Third War Zone, so that they could only tighten their belts and live a hard life.
It's just that Zhong Yi's suggestion made these senior generals excited.
Movement warfare means that you don't have to fight hard with the little devils, then you can keep your troops.
These high-ranking generals of the Kuomintang are warlords who only want to preserve their strength.
Tao Guang, the commander of the 28th Army, said in a deep voice: "General seat, I feel that this is actually the most correct choice, according to the experience of the Battle of Nanchang and the Battle of Suizao, there is still a gap between our combat effectiveness and the devils, and basically it takes the strength of four armies to be able to draw with a division of the Japanese army." โ
After a pause, Tao Guang said again: "Now the Japanese army rushing from the direction of Hangzhou has three divisions, and our 10th Army and the 40th Army add up to five armies, and the difference in strength is too great. โ
"I also think that what Commander Tao said is right." Xuan Tiewu, who had just become the commander of the 91st Army, also said, "If we get out of the way and let the devils in, although the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Highway will definitely be cut off in the early stage, but because our main force is still there, Little Japan will not be able to gain a firm foothold in central Zhejiang and the mountainous areas of western Zhejiang, and will eventually withdraw to Hangzhou, and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Highway will be saved!" โ
The two army commanders said so, and the six division commanders below and several deputy army commanders also nodded in agreement.
Liu Jianxu's heart suddenly moved, if he made the decision to abandon the position and let the devils in, once the result of the battle was different from what the command expected, the final result would be borne by him, but if this decision was made by all the officers above the division commander level who participated in the meeting, then he would have no responsibility.
In the final analysis, Liu Jianxu didn't want the Tenth Army to fight with the devils.
At that moment, Liu Jianxu said in a deep voice: "You mean, this method is feasible? โ
"Feasible!" Including Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yu Liangzhen, everyone nodded vigorously.
Liu Jianxu turned his head and said to the communications staff officer beside him: "Immediately call the headquarters of the theater commander and ask to change the guidelines on the battle of Zhejiang and Fujian, and change the positional war to a movement war!" โ
"Yes!" The communications staff officer turned and left.
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The request of the Tenth Army was quickly transmitted to Yunxiu Tower in Chongqing through the headquarters of the commander of the Third Theater.
At this time, President Chang was convening a meeting with Chen Shi, He Yingpei, Bai Chongbei, Liu Sheng and others.
"Abandon positional warfare and switch to movement warfare?" Chen Shi frowned and said, "Isn't this the CCP's mud-legged routine?" If we want to do the same, then it won't be mud legs? โ
Liu Sheng: "I don't think so, I think as long as it is a good tactic, it should be actively and boldly used." โ
"Good tactics? I'm afraid it's not necessarily. He Yingpei shook his head and said, "Give up the front, the troops will move to the flanks, and they will lose contact with each other, and the unified command will become empty talk, how to support in case of danger?" In this way, didn't it give the Japanese army a chance to break through? โ
Liu Sheng: "Minister He is worried about the problem of command, so why don't we find a way to strengthen the command?" For example, if there is not enough communication radio on the front line, then increase the radio station, if a certain high-ranking general does not listen to the command and does not save him when he dies, then the principal will give him a death order, I don't think anyone will dare, right? โ
Chen Shidao: "Even if the radio station is added, the communication is unimpeded, even if the senior generals on the front line strictly implement the orders of the front line headquarters, but we have never fought such a battle, we are inexperienced, I am afraid, and when the time comes, the tiger will not become an anti-dog!" Not only did the Zhejiang-Jiangxi highway fail to hold, but in the end, the troops also failed to keep it. โ
Liu Sheng: "Then find a powerful commander!" โ