Chapter Seventy-Five: Valery's Departure

"Brother Wen, did you hear that? More than 20,000 enemies were annihilated. ”

Zhang Ziwen didn't hear it, he thought that the victory was to hold Xuzhou, but he didn't expect to win such a big battle in Lunan. The annihilation of more than 20,000 enemies means that the Japanese army has at least 10,000 wounded, and this time the devil has lost the strength of one division, and now the entire South and North China region is only 13 divisions.

The victory in the Battle of Lunan was not as simple as killing the Japanese army, it was the first time that the Chinese army achieved a major victory on the battlefield, and its military and political influence was great.

The great victory of Taierzhuang smashed the intention of the Japanese army to occupy the Longhai Railway and the Jingpu Railway, prevented the Japanese army from penetrating directly into the hinterland of China through the Jingpu and Longhai lines, and at the same time greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers and broke the myth of the invincibility of the Japanese army.

All the officers present who had studied for four months knew the importance of this victory and could not help but rejoice. Valery looked at the officers in front of him who heard the victory express their emotions in their own ways, and felt that he had taught the right people, and that the people in front of him had struggles when they were learning, and that the warlords in China had the most serious problem.

But when their country was in danger, they stood up to resist the invaders as soon as possible, and such a strong patriotic feeling was only felt by Valery in China.

Valery knew that the 103rd Division he taught was made up of a group of peasants, and there were few people in the entire division who had gone to school, let alone a military school. He also knew that the 103rd Division had fought from more than 10,000 people to about 500 people he saw, but it was a unit of peasants who fought from more than 10,000 to more than 500 in order to defend their country.

Even with 95% of the battle damage, he was able to pick up a gun and resist the invaders.

"Let's analyze the reasons for the victory in this war, which is mainly divided into three stages.............................."

Phase I; Han Fuqu's unauthorized retreat led to most of Shandong being taken by the Japanese 10th Division without a single soldier and directly taking Jinan and Tai'an. The 5th Division of the Japanese Army rushed to Xuzhou from the Taiwei Highway, and at the same time the 13th Division attacked from south to north to attack the southern line of Jingpu.

Because of the defeat in Nanjing, our army did not have decent troops in various regions, and was attacked by the Japanese army in many places one after another. At this time, the Japanese army surrounded Xuzhou on three sides, just like Nanjing more than 20 days ago.

Phase II; Li Zongren gathered 300,000 troops to entangle with the Japanese army in eastern Anhui and southern Lunan, and the Japanese 13th Division once broke through Bengbu with the support of mechanized troops in Nanjing.

On the Lunan battlefield, the strength of the Third Group Army of the Shandong Laoxiang Army and the 22nd Group Army of General Sun Zhen, who rushed thousands of miles from Sichuan to the battlefield, plus the flanking attack of Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun of the Northwest Army, resisted for more than a month, and General Wang Mingzhang was martyred.

On 23 April, the Japanese army continued to increase its forces and attacked Taierzhuang on the north bank of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and Li Zongren urgently transferred the Northwest Army's Sun Lianzhong's Second Army and the Central Army's Tang Enbo's 20th Army to the north to block the enemy.

Phase III; The Japanese troops, led by the 13th Division, were held back by the Yunnan army, and although the Japanese army could reach Xuzhou with the sight of it, it could not move any further. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi transferred the Central Army to adopt a long-range battle method to intersperse the rear of the Laigu detachment, so as to encircle and annihilate it, and win the victory of Taierzhuang.

"In this war, there is a tactic that has to be mentioned, which is also the key point of victory in the Battle of Xuzhou."

The resistance of our army, the Japanese army began to adopt a simple positional defensive war, so it was often in a passive position, and the weapons and equipment were inferior to the invaders, and they were defeated repeatedly. After the lessons of the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing.

Having learned the lessons of the past, the High Command began to adopt a new policy of offensive and defensive warfare, that is, to closely integrate the defensive position of positional warfare with the offensive of movement warfare and the attack and harassment of guerrilla warfare. In the pre-selected battlefield area, hold the position with a part of the force, attract and consume the enemy; guerrilla behind enemy lines with a part of the force, disrupt communications, harass strongholds, and contain the enemy; The main force corps should make a detour to the enemy's flank and carry out a powerful attack, so as to change the internal line of operations into external operations and strive for the initiative in passivity.

Valery said this, Zhang Ziwen hurriedly wrote it down, and rewrote the words "underdog surprise attack and telecontrol attrition" in his notebook.

"In the Battle of Taierzhuang, Li Zongren sent troops to lure the enemy, the Japanese Laigu detachment went deep alone, and Tang Enbo attacked from afar, this is a teaching-like battle, I hope you can learn the most suitable way of war for the current situation of your country in this last lesson."

Valery chose to use the victory on the battlefield of Xuzhou in the last lesson to teach, because it was specially proposed in view of the characteristics of China's backward equipment and strong willpower.

Zhang Ziwen wrote down all Valery's analysis, not only because it was a major victory and Valery's last lesson, but also because the tactics used in this war were too suitable for troops like the 103rd Division, which were too backward in equipment.

"Students, this will be my last class in China, and I hope you are lucky in the just war to defend your country."

When Zhang Ziwen heard that Valery not only did not continue to teach, but also returned to China, he thought that he could continue to consult him in the future, and he didn't know if he could get in touch again.

The absence of Valery was not very touching to others, and even more so to those who had received a professional education. Only Zhang Ziwen thinks that those who educate people are teachers, and they should respect teachers, but it is difficult to speak, so he can only follow Valery after class, but he doesn't know what to say.

"Dear Zhang, you should follow me to my room again, do you have any questions?"

Valery saw that Zhang Ziwen must have come to ask questions all the way from the classroom to the door, and Zhang Ziwen jumped when he heard Valery ask.

"Colonel Valery, I have some questions for you, do you have time to answer them?"

Zhang Ziwen was a little embarrassed to open his mouth and could only push the boat down the river, Zhang Ziwen usually has a lot of problems, but because Valery has too many teaching tasks that have not been solved, Valery saw that Zhang Ziwen was so studious and answered Zhang Ziwen's questions one by one, and it was already early in the morning after the answers.

After answering Zhang Ziwen's question, Valery saw that Zhang Ziwen was still not leaving, so he could only ask.

"Dear Zhang, do you have any more questions?"

Zhang Ziwen wanted to ask Valery when he was going to leave the next day when Valery finished answering, but he felt that there were some hypocrisy that was not good to bring up, Valery asked again and again, Zhang Ziwen felt that he was awkward like a big girl, so he said it happily.

"Colonel Valery heard you say in class, are you going home?"

"Yes, dear Zhang, the time has come for your national government to hire me, I want to go back to my country, and when your country is over the war and can go to the Soviet Union, I will take you to see the sun that never sets in the North Pole, and take you to taste the most delicious vodka."

Valery's words have two meanings, one is that China invited Zhang Ziwen to be a guest in China's victory, and the other is that China's defeat allowed Zhang Ziwen to take refuge in Russia. Zhang Ziwen heard Valery's affirmative answer, but it was a pity that he no longer had the opportunity to learn in the future.

"Colonel Valery, I will visit you in the Soviet Union while our country is victorious in the war, and I hope you will not be surprised when the time comes."

Zhang Ziwen's words also have two meanings, one is to defeat the Japanese to be guests, and the other is that the dead people can't be guests.

"You Chinese are the most polite people, and I will welcome you when the time comes."

Zhang Ziwen didn't ask what he wanted to know for a long time, so he went straight to the point.

"Colonel Valery, may I ask when you are leaving tomorrow? I want to send you. ”

Zhang Ziwen was informed by Valery that he would take a car from the camp to Changsha at 6 o'clock tomorrow, take a train south to Guangzhou, and take a car across the ocean to Vladivostok.

At 5:30 a.m. the next morning, Zhang Ziwen got up, and from today onwards, the 103rd Division Teaching Brigade will be restored to the 103rd Division of the National Revolutionary Army.

Zhang Ziwen stood at the door for a while, and the spring rain drifted in the sky, which reminded Zhang Ziwen of "Sending Du Shaofu to Shuzhou", Valery deserves Du Shaofu but he is not as good as Wang Bo.

At six o'clock, Zhang Ziwen had already been drenched in the rain, and it was a black Ford that slowly drove out, and the car stopped when it reached the gate of the camp.

"Dear Zhang, why don't you hit the umbrella? Hurry back and change your clothes. ”

Valery knew last night that Zhang Ziwen would definitely send him when he asked him to leave, but Valery, who wanted to leave on time, didn't expect Leonid to get drunk with Dai Zhiqi the day before and delay for more than ten minutes before getting Leonid into the car.

Seeing Zhang Ziwen standing at the door waiting for him from afar, Valery saw that it was raining heavily in the sky, but when he got out of the car, he saw that Zhang Ziwen's clothes had begun to drip and knew that Zhang Ziwen had been waiting for a long time.

"Colonel Valery, these two gadgets are my parting gift to you."

Zhang Ziwen took out the wood carvings of the Monkey King and the Sha Seng that he bought, Valery once said that he admired the dedication of the Sha Seng and Leonid admired the spirit of the Monkey King, so Zhang Ziwen wrote to Lu Qingman and asked her to ask the master to carve the two wood carvings in Wuhan, intending to give them to the two Soviet teachers when they parted.

Valery turned out the wood carvings sent by Zhang Ziwen, turned around and handed the two books to Zhang Ziwen and put his contact information on the book, without saying a word, and drove towards Changsha on the muddy road.