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After receiving the report, all walks of life in Yan'an were of course rejoicing, Chairman Mao, Mr. Zhu and Vice Chairman Zhou were particularly happy, Mr. Zhu and Vice Chairman Zhou gathered in Chairman Mao's cave again, in addition to heavy work, enjoy a rare moment of leisure, talk about Xu Rui's achievements, it is really comfortable.

Since the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, everything has been improving.

Intra-party relations have been straightened out, and the anti-Japanese armed forces behind enemy lines under the leadership of the party have continued to grow.

Mr. Zhu said: "After the 20th Division was completely annihilated, the 104th Division of the devil immediately retreated back to Suzhou, if there is no accident, in a short time, the 7th Division of Hokkaido will not dare to come, in my opinion, after this battle, Shanghai can have at least three months of peace." ”

Vice Chairman Zhou nodded and said: "I also think so, at the moment the Far East will win the defeat and lose points, although the devil's Kwantung Army occupies a certain advantage, but this advantage is not decisive, which forces the Japanese government to tilt almost all military resources to the Far East battlefield, so it is inevitable to reduce the military resources invested in the Central China Battlefield and the Shanghai Battlefield. ”

Chairman Mao shook his head and said, "Boss, you two underestimate the determination of the Japanese." ”

After a pause, Chairman Mao immediately said: "In my opinion, in half a month at most, the Japanese army in Central China will make a comeback and launch the third Battle of Songhu again!" Shanghai is not only the largest international metropolis in the Far East, but also the starting point of the entire Yangtze River waterway, and the key to the Yangtze River! If Shanghai is not taken back for a day, the little devil will not be able to sleep peacefully for a day! ”

How else to say that Chairman Mao is a master of strategy once in a thousand years? His vision is powerful, and he gets to the point of the problem at once! Shanghai is indeed the key to the Yangtze River waterway, if Shanghai cannot be recaptured, then the Yangtze River waterway will be cut off by the Songhu Military Division at any time, which is fatal!

Once the Yangtze River channel is cut off by the Songhu Military Division, the 500,000 Japanese troops stationed in Wuhan and Central China will immediately become a lone army, and they may fall into a desperate situation of running out of ammunition and food at any time! Don't say three months, even if it's a month, the Japanese army in Central China will not be able to afford it, after all, the battle of Suizao is still going on.

Mr. Zhu and Vice Chairman Zhou were all awe-struck when they heard this, and the two of them really didn't expect this.

Hehe smiled, Chairman Mao then said: "In my opinion, the Japanese government is indeed very difficult at the moment, but it is far from being difficult to the point where it cannot be revealed, and more importantly, although the battle in the Far East is fierce, the scale is not large, and now the two divisions of the northward cluster are holding each other against the Soviet Red Army in Chita, but the entire Kwantung Army Group is not fully mobilized, so there is no need for large-scale military resource investment, so at this time, take out a part of the military resources supplied to the Kwantung Army, and appropriately tilt towards the Songhu battlefield, The Kwantung Army was affordable. ”

Mr. Zhu and Vice Chairman Zhou nodded again and again, agreeing with Chairman Mao's judgment.

Chairman Mao said: "So I dare to assert that in no more than half a month, the Japanese army in Central China will definitely make a comeback and launch the Third Battle of Songhu." ”

Mr. Zhu nodded, frowned and said, "If that's the case, I'm going to start worrying about Xu Rui, the little guy." ”

Vice Chairman Zhou also thought deeply and said: "Yes, this second battle of Songhu, although the Songhu Military Division won, but the price paid is very great, the eight main battalions before the war totaled more than 15,000 people, after the war sharply reduced to less than 9,000 people, the attrition rate has exceeded 40 percent, if the Japanese army comes back in three months, the Songhu Military Division will have enough time to recover, but if it is only half a month, I am afraid it will be ......."

In half a month, the lightly wounded can return to the team after injury, and the seriously injured have no time to return to the team, as for those recruits recruited after the war, they are far from completing their training, and it is even more impossible to form combat effectiveness! At this time, the situation that the Songhu Military Sub-district will face will become extremely difficult.

Because it can be expected that in the third Battle of Songhu, the Japanese army will definitely have more troops, and the attack on Shanghai will definitely be much stronger than the second Battle of Songhu.

Chairman Mao nodded and said in a deep voice: "It is foreseeable that the situation of the Third Battle of Songhu will be much more severe than that of the Second Songhu Meeting, however, it is not right to say that the Songhu Military Division has no chance at all, however, the question we have to consider now is, is it necessary to conduct the Third Battle of Songhu in Shanghai?" ”

Vice Chairman Zhou said: "Chairman, what do you mean, take the initiative to give up Shanghai? ”

"If the situation requires it, it is not impossible to abandon Shanghai." Chairman Mao brought the cigarette from the pit next to him, picked up the paper and tobacco from it, and said while rolling his own cigarettes, "The core purpose of guerrilla warfare is to save people and land, and people and land will be saved, and people and land will be lost." ”

Mr. Zhu said: "If the situation is forced to reach the point where Shanghai must be abandoned, then where should the Songhu Military Division be transferred?" There are no mountainous areas around Shanghai that are suitable for guerrilla warfare. ”

Chairman Mao said: "If it really can't be done, I'm afraid I can only cross the sea." ”

Mr. Zhu said: "Lao Mao, do you mean to go to the mountainous area of eastern Zhejiang?" Siming Mountain? ”

"It's just a last resort." Chairman Mao rolled a cigarette, struck a match and lit it, took a puff first, and said, "But now, it's not that far." ”

While the three of them were talking, Vice Chairman Zhou's guard suddenly walked in and handed over a telegram.

After reading this, Vice Chairman Zhou said: "Chairman, boss, the Comintern has just sent a telegram asking our Central Committee to issue an order to the Songhu Military Sub-district to hold out in Shanghai for three to five months no matter what. ”

"A hundred thousand dollars?" Mr. Zhu said abruptly, "The Comintern is really generous, and the aid they give to the Nationalist Government is often in the tens of millions of dollars, but the aid to our CCP is not too much in 100,000 dollars!" After speaking, Mr. Zhu turned his head to Chairman Mao and said, "Lao Mao, we can't give this order." ”

"Of course, such an order cannot be given, we are not on the front line, we do not understand the specific situation of the front line, how can we issue combat orders on behalf of the front line commander? This is both unscientific and extremely irresponsible. Chairman Mao nodded, and said to Vice Chairman Zhou, "Enlai, you can reply to the Comintern like this." ”

"Yes, Chair." Vice Chairman Zhou nodded, got up and left.

Seeing Vice Chairman Zhou leave, Mr. Zhu asked Chairman Mao again: "Lao Mao, you just said that even if the Japanese devils made a comeback in half a month and once again deployed heavy troops to attack Shanghai, the Songhu Military Division is not without a little opportunity, but you can tell me, where is the opportunity for the Songhu Military Division?" ”

"Urban guerrilla warfare!" Chairman Mao said in a deep voice, "The only chance for the Songhu Military Division is urban guerrilla warfare!" In the past, we always thought that guerrilla warfare could only be fought in ravines and ravines, but this was wrong, but in fact, as long as a large and medium-sized city like Shanghai was well organized and properly commanded, guerrilla warfare could also be waged. ”

"Urban guerrilla?" Mr. Zhu fell into deep thought.

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Meanwhile, in Tokyo.

A profound summary of the defeat is being held at the War Department.

Among the important people who attended the summary of the defeat were the chief of the army general staff, Miyajihito Kanin, the minister of the army, Toshiichi, the minister of the army, Hideki Tojo, the vice minister of the War Department, and the commander of the Tsurumai fortress, Seishiro Itagaki.

Hideki Tojo's posture this time is very low, or very pragmatic.

This time, Hideki Tojo not only officially recognized the Chinese side's statement about the Second Battle of Songhu, but also did not hesitate to slap himself in the face and invited Seishiro Itagaki, the former commander of the Twelfth Army, who had just been dismissed by him, back to the War Department, and Seishiro Itagaki presided over the summary of the defeat.

Itagaki Seishiro didn't care about Tojo Hideki's face at all, and said directly: "The reason why the second Battle of Songhu was defeated was for one reason, too impatient!" Before the 7th Division could be in place, the 20th Division hurriedly launched an attack on Shanghai, and the speed of advance was too fast, so that there was a lesson in the fire attack at Jiangwan. ”

"Hello!" Hideki Tojo immediately got up and said, "I have an unshirkable leadership responsibility for the defeat of Jiangwan. ”

"Tojo-kun, the theme of this meeting is the defeat and the final, not to hold anyone responsible." Kanin Miyazaihito waved his hand and motioned for Tojo Hideki to sit down again, to be honest, the moment he just heard the news that the 20th Division had been completely annihilated, Kanin Miyazairen was very angry and really wanted to remove Tojo Hideki's position.

But Tojo Hideki's subsequent series of actions, but the idle palace Zaihito's resentment disappeared most, in any case, Tojo Hideki still has a mind, and he has always been decisive in doing things, and he has also taken responsibility, at least from the current stage, there is no one more suitable for the post of deputy minister of the army than him.

Hideki Tojo let out a sigh and sat down again.

Itagaki Seishiro said again: "But then again, although the Imperial Army was defeated in the Second Battle of Songhu, and the 20th Division was also completely annihilated by the Songhu Army Division, the Imperial Army did not gain nothing. After a pause, Seishiro Itagaki continued, "Through the second Battle of Songhu, I have seen Xu Rui's weaknesses more clearly!" ”

"Xu Rui's weakness?" Shouichi Terauchi asked, "What is Xu Rui's weakness?" ”

"Not enough troops!" Itagaki Seishiro said in a deep voice, "Xu Rui, or the biggest weakness of the Communist Party's Songhu Military Division, is the lack of troops!" As long as we grasp the weakness of Xu Rui or the Songhu Military Division of the Communist Party and then carry out targeted strikes, defeating Xu Rui is predictable and will no longer be an impossible task. ”