Chapter 177: Dead Dao Friends but Not Poor Dao

Zheng Dongguo said after the war that Kunlun Pass is a bad nest, good-looking, not delicious.

Qiu Qingquan said: Kunlun Guan is like a woman's **, it is a descendant, and it is also a man's.

Dai Anlan said: Kunlun Guan is like a table clock, there is no bidding, but there is time.

Du Yuming said: Whether it is a nest head, a table clock, no matter what it looks like, it is Chinese.

The comments of the four generals are all based on one foundation, that is, Kunlun Pass is Chinese.

Guangzhou, the South China Operational Command of the Japanese Army.

In the brightly lit war room, all kinds of military personnel commanding the operation are nervously busy.

Ever since he came to Nanning, Toshiyoshi Ando of the South China Front Army has been worried about the battle situation of the Fifth Division of Jun Imamura at Kunlun Pass in Nanning, and the battle reports of the past few days have kept him awake all night.

He was deeply disturbed by the determination of the squadron to win the pass, and the situation of his own troops.

Overnight, he dispatched a group of six people, including Arao Kokoko, chief of operations of the General Staff Headquarters, Major General Suzuki Yusaku, deputy chief of staff of the Chinese Dispatch Army, and Shozo Imoto Kumao and Shuhei Takasawa, deputy chief of staff of the 21 st Brigade, and Takenaka Nakasa, director of the Operations Department, to Nanning by military plane.

At 9 a.m. on 29 December, Japanese military planes landed slowly at Nanning Airport, and while waiting for a special car at the airport, they immediately sent the group to the headquarters of Jun Imamura of the Fifth Division. At 10 a.m., the military meeting was convened.

The commander of the Sichuan Brigade was ordered to attend the meeting.

After taking his seat, Major General Suzuki Sosaku, deputy chief of staff of the dispatch army, first introduced the progress of the campaign by the commander of the division of Moimamura.

Imamura came to the large map and explained while making a comparison:

"On the front of Kunlun Pass, the Chinese Army has strengthened its offensive, and under the cover of aircraft, artillery, and chariots, it has surrounded and conquered the Jieshou and Luotang and other key highlands occupied by our Miki troops, and our Kunlun Pass, Jiutang, and Batang defenders have been divided and are in a state of isolation, while the additional troops of our 21st Brigade have always been blocked layer by layer, and the Second Wing of Taiwan's Infantry and Ito's troops have not been able to break through. The troops under the command of Sakata and Miki were fighting hard. ”

After Imamura finished briefing on the situation, the conference room was silent for a moment.

Then, the chief of operations, Arao Daisa, asked:

"Your Excellency Imamura, what feasible methods do you think our division should use to open up the difficult situation at present?"

Imamura did not have the current passive situation to affect his confidence, and he said firmly:

"I personally led the Yamachi Wing to the north from between the four ponds and the five ponds, and after breaking through the enemy at the edge of the mountain, penetrated deep into the mountains, and then went east into the vicinity of the eight ponds, and dealt a fatal blow to the main force of the enemy army surrounding Sakata's troops from behind.

Then, our imperial army fought a decisive battle with the main force of the Chinese army in Jiutang and defeated them.

I wonder what you think of my plan? ”

No one talked, and there was silence for a while, and Imamura felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

Anteng's plans for Imamura almost ran away.

"Gentlemen, do you think that my counteroffensive plan is incomplete?"

Anteng's deputy chief of staff, Sato, stood up and solemnly said to Imamura and the generals present:

"Now, I will convey Commander Ando's intentions:

From now on, the front will retreat 30 to 40 kilometers from the Kunlun Pass, Jiutang, and Batang lines. ”

Sato walked over to the large military map, picked up a red pencil, and drew a horizontal line between the three ponds and the four ponds.

"Assemble the whole division and adopt a defensive posture on the periphery of Nanning, so that Nanning, the center of the international supply route of French Indochina, cannot fall into the hands of the Chongqing Army again.

The purpose of our visit this time is to jointly study a plan for the defense of Nanning.

Therefore, Commander Ando decided to order the 5th Division of Imamura to cover the concentration of the main forces in Santang and Sitang, and all troops to withdraw from Kunlun Pass. ”

Imamura was unprepared for Ando's sudden decision, Miki had already fought to such an extent, and Nakamura was even more for the emperor.

How Imamura accepted it, he flatly refused.

"The order given by the commander to our division is to order our division to cover the contraction and assembly towards Nanning, and as a soldier, of course, we should not say disobey.

But on what front and what kind of means of warfare should be adopted to cover the concentration of the main forces?

It should be left entirely to me, who is familiar with the current terrain and the enemy's situation, to make my own decision, and not to interfere in any way.

At present, the troops of each stronghold are surrounded by two or three layers of the Chinese army, and ordering them to be late near Nanning at this time is tantamount to invisibly increasing the feeling of defeat for all my officers and men, and boosting the enemy's spirit, which will form a kind of defeat that cannot be contained.

Abandoning your position and fleeing in fear?

Therefore, the line of retreat drawn on the map by Deputy Chief of Staff Sato, even though it was an order from Commander Ando, really made it impossible for me to obey it. 〞

Although Imamura is said to be Ando's subordinate, he has old qualifications and is a lieutenant general like Ando.

He paid such a huge price at Kunlun Pass, and lost so many soldiers, including his favorite general Nakamura Masao, and the current battle situation is not completely controlled by the Chongqing army, but if you continue to fight hard, there is hope that the Chongqing army will form a counter-encirclement, Ando is not convinced by just looking at the map in Guangzhou.

However, the gang sent by Ando would not let him do what he wanted.

Major General Suzuki, as the person who came to fight for power with Imamura, immediately stood up and said solemnly:

"Commander of the Imamura Division, you are an excellent soldier who has fought for many years, and obeying orders is your duty, and you should know the consequences of disobeying orders."

Imamura glanced at Suzuki, stubbornly, and said boldly:

"No, even if the commander has already made a decision, I still think that only a decisive battle in Jiutang is the way for my division to survive."

The venue was deadlocked, with the Fifth Division on one side and the headquarters on the other, and the commander of the Taiwan Mixed Brigade could only watch coldly.

One of the young Zhuang factions under An Teng was stern and fierce:

"Any kind of order, even if it is wrong, you must obey it unconditionally and absolutely"

The atmosphere suddenly turned tense, like the eve of a volcanic eruption.

Imamura sneered, for such a person who doesn't know the height of the sky, he Imamura has seen a lot, enough of them fell under his own knife.

"Young man, it's not your turn to speak yet, your current role is only to convey orders, and the orders you convey depend on who you convey them to."

Ando and his entourage all changed their faces at this moment.

I didn't expect this Imamura to be so disregarded by the military headquarters.

Imamura walked to the map very calmly and issued his order:

"Commander of the Hechuan Brigade, you are the commander-in-chief of the Kunlun Pass front, you must repel the attack of the old man in front of the battle, and Jing will withdraw the Itada and Miki wings that have suffered heavy losses to the rear, and as for the supply of the first line, no matter how much danger you take, you must also replenish it!"

Kazukawa has been under Imamura's coercion for a long time, and knows the consequences of not agreeing today.

If he doesn't agree, he will die, and then it will turn into a farce.

But he lowered his head, which meant that Imamura disobeyed.

Dead friends do not die poor, this is what He Chuan learned from China.