The military situation is like fire, and the military order is like a mountain!

It's a pity that the Chinese people still have a saying, called "Military orders are like a mountain, don't listen to the white ball!" ”

Xue Weiying, commander of the 16th Division of the 16th Army, graduated from the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, an absolute protégé of the Son of Heaven, a descendant of the Central Committee, and Bai Chongxi, the boss of the Gui family, in his eyes, is a miscellaneous army!

It's not that Xue Weiying doesn't know the importance of Madang Fortress, nor is he unwilling to reinforce Madang Fortress, but he won't follow Bai Chongxi's order to reinforce Xiangkou and Xiangshan along the highway, he has his own ideas, take a shortcut, that is, take the mountain path to Xiangshan for reinforcements!

After the troops were discharged, the chief of staff of the 167th Division saw that the division commander Xue Weiying had ordered the troops to take the mountain paths, and immediately raised objections, saying that if the troops of a division took the mountain paths, they would inevitably move slowly and would be too late.

Xue Weiying replied that if you take the road, you will definitely encounter the desperate resistance of the Japanese army, and you must take the mountain path.

Seeing that Xue Weiying could not be persuaded by the chief of staff of the 167th Division, he proposed that he should report to his superiors and ask for instructions on which way to go.

Unexpectedly, Xue Weiying at this time was extremely stubborn, and even said: "Everything is waiting for the boss to decide, what do you want us people to do?" Go out! ”

As a result, after the 167th Division got into the mountain path, it got lost after only one or two hours!

This is over, the 167th Division that was ordered to reinforce Xiangshan can not be counted on!

Under the command of Xue Weiying, who graduated from the first phase of Huangpu, the 167th Division did not arrive at Xiangshan until the afternoon of the 26th. At this time, Madang Fortress had fallen on the morning of the 26th and fell into the hands of the Japanese army.

This Xue Weiying has to be the same as Long Muhan, who evacuated Lanfeng County without authorization during the Battle of Lanfeng, to become the commander of the Central Army who was executed! Moreover, both of them graduated from the first phase of Whampoa!

The 167th Division could not be counted on, and the defenders who held the Madang Fortress could only resist desperately!

On the 24th, although the Japanese army attacked and occupied Xiangshan and Xiangkou, the battle of attacking Madang Fortress did not go well.

The fortifications of Madang Fortress are strong, and Bao Changyi, the commander of the fortress position, is extremely vigilant, the Japanese army has just attacked Xiangkou and Xiangshan, and he has appeared, and the troops are in full array, and the Japanese army cannot sneak attack Madang Fortress again, so they can only attack it.

With such a strong fortress, the Japanese infantry would definitely have suffered heavy casualties. As a result, the Japanese army transferred more than a dozen warships, set them up on the Yangtze River, carried out S-shaped cruises, and shelled the Changshan position with naval guns.

In the afternoon, the Chinese Air Force dispatched nine warplanes to Madang Fortress to bomb the Japanese warships. Unfortunately, as soon as the Chinese Air Force was dispatched, it was discovered by the spy traitor, and immediately reported to the Japanese warships, and the Japanese warships immediately stopped shelling the Changshan position and began to shoot at the air. Chinese Air Force fighters could only drop bombs at high altitudes, but did not achieve substantial results.

As soon as the air force fighters left, the Japanese warships began shelling the Changshan position again. The power of the ship's guns was too great, and the defenders of the Changshan position began to suffer casualties, and the situation turned critical.

At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, Chairman Chiang personally called Li Yunheng, the commander of the 16th Army, and ordered him to send the 167th Division to reinforce Xiangshan!

The 167th Division has already come out, and it is lost in the mountains, Li Yunheng is just reporting to them like snowflakes, what is the use?

Early in the morning of June 25, that is, when Xiao Siming led his troops across the Yellow River and stood at Zhaizhuang Ferry, the battle of Madang Fortress had already entered a white-hot state.

The 6th Division of the 16th Army, with the cooperation of air force fighters, launched a counteroffensive against the enemy at Xiangshan and Xiangkou at any cost from early in the morning.

Bullets rained down, flesh and blood flew, and the warriors of the 6O Division pounced on the Japanese position!

One by one, young bodies fell in pools of blood, and one by one the fresh lives came to an abrupt end this morning!

At this time, the Central Military Commission received a good report from the 18th Group Army transferred from the First Theater, reporting that the eastward advance detachment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army had eliminated the two brigades of the Japanese Fifth Division's Supplementary Brigade and the Fifth Baggage Wing in the vicinity of the Canal Bridge near Liaocheng in Shandong on the evening of the 24th, and used the Japanese pontoon bridge to cross the Yellow River and advance in the direction of Jinpu Road.

The telegram from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army said that the reason why the 115th Division's eastward advance detachment crossed the Yellow River eastward was to carry out the order of the Central Military Commission and the First Theater to keep the Japanese Fifth Division and the 16th Division in North China for half a month.

The Central Military Commission has a strict division of theaters, and the Eighth Route Army's operational area is in Shanxi, which is subordinate to the Second Theater. Whether it was the advance detachment of the 115th Division advancing eastward to the Jilu border or the hinterland of Shandong, in the eyes of some people, it was all in violation of the division of the theater of the Central Military Commission. However, Chairman Chiang had already pointed out during his speech at Lushan that there was no distinction between north and south, between old and young, and that all had the responsibility of defending the land and resisting the war. North China has all fallen, Shandong has all fallen, all have become behind enemy lines, the Eighth Route Army is guerrilla behind enemy lines, pinning down the Japanese army, fighting anywhere, as long as it can eliminate the devils!

The reason why the telegram of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army stated that the advance detachment of the eastward advance was ordered to march eastward was to consciously maintain the united front and to reduce unnecessary trouble!

There was a fierce battle on the front line of Madang, and the heads and brains of the Military Commission were staring intently at the battle in Madang, and after receiving the good news from the 18th Group Army, they were immediately jubilant. After all, the ** team has won the battle again!

He Yingqin, chief of the General Staff, Xu Yongchang, director of the Military Command Department, and Liu Fei, director of the First Department of the Military Command Department, all stood in front of the map, including Chen Cheng, commander of the Fifth Sanitary Guards and commander of the Ninth Theater, all of whom were recruited by Chairman Chiang to study the impact of the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army's eastward advance into the hinterland of Shandong on the Battle of Wuhan.

The Japanese army attacked Madang Fortress, and the next intention was definitely to capture Hukou and Jiujiang, and the real Battle of Wuhan began!

At this time, what the Military Commission was most worried about was that the Japanese North China Front would move south and join the Battle of Wuhan.

They all studied strategy, and everyone from Chairman Chiang to Liu Fei, who held the lowest position, knew in their hearts that the North China Front would inevitably send troops to participate in the Battle of Wuhan. It's just that the guerrilla warfare of the Eighth Route Army in North China is now fighting well, and it has pinned down the North China Front Army so that it cannot draw troops to the south for the time being. Once the North China Front encircled and annihilated the most capable Eighth Route Army, Xiao Siming's Division, it would definitely go south to participate in the war as soon as possible. The key now is to see how long Xiao Siming can drag the Japanese Army's Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division in North China.

There are too many government agencies, factories, equipment and materials in Wuhan that need to be turned to the rear, and time is extremely precious.

Liu Fei, director of the First Department of the Military Command Department, was one of the formulators of the Wuhan Battle Plan, and after looking at the map for a while, he suggested that he should immediately report to the 18th Group Army, ordering Xiao Siming's troops to cross the Yellow River, take advantage of the emptiness of the Japanese army between Jinan and Tai'an and Tengxian, immediately destroy the Jinpu Road, and quickly move south, destroy the eastern section of the Longhai Road, and completely cut off the supply line of the Japanese army in North China.

Liu Fei said that the Pinghan Railway was cut off, the section of the Jinpu Road between Tianjin and Luokou Bridge was cut off, and if the Japanese army in North China wanted to go south to participate in the Battle of Wuhan, it would rely on the Jiaoji Railway from Qingdao to Jinan and the Jinpu Railway south of Jinan, and the other supply line was the Longhai Road from Lianyungang. Although at the end of the Battle of Xuzhou, our army destroyed the Longhai Railway, the Japanese army must be rushing to repair the Longhai Railway, and it will not be long before the Longhai Railway can be restored to traffic. The Eighth Route Army must be allowed to completely destroy the Longhai Railway!

Liu Fei added that as long as the Japanese army's railway supply line was cut off, it would greatly delay the Japanese army's transportation of troops and ammunition supply, which would be the most powerful support for the Battle of Wuhan!

Xiao Siming's department blew up the Taohe Railway Bridge over Zhengtai Road, the Ziya River Railway Bridge on Jinpu Road, the Luokou Yellow River Bridge, the Hutuo River Railway Bridge, and the Highway Bridge, which led to the interruption of Zhengtai Road for several months, the interruption of the northern section of Pinghan Road, and the paralysis of the northern section of Jinpu Road. Otherwise, the Japanese army used Zhengtai Road, Pinghan Road, and Jinpu Road to transfer troops and transport supplies, which was very convenient!

As long as Xiao Siming destroys the Jinan-Tengxian section of the Jinpu Road and the eastern section of the Longhai Road, the railway transportation lines of the Japanese army in North China will be paralyzed in addition to the Zhengtai Road, Pingsui Road, and Tongpu Railway, which have not long been opened to traffic, and the chances of winning the battle of Wuhan will be greatly improved!

He Yingqin, chief of the General Staff, agreed with Liu Fei's suggestion, but added two opinions, one was that Xiao Siming's division of the Eighth Route Army must be ordered to capture a county town on Jinpu Road, and hold on to the spot for a period of time to attract Japanese troops and cover the Wuhan battlefield. It is best to completely leave the 5th and 16th divisions of the Japanese army in Shandong, so that they cannot go south to participate in the war; The other is that after completing the task, Xiao Siming's troops should retreat to the west of the Yellow River and go to the Jilu border area, and cannot enter the Yimeng Mountains east of Jinpu Road. It is not part of the operational area of the XVIII Army!

As soon as Liu Fei heard this, he knew that General Chief He had started a small calculation to consume the miscellaneous army again, and hurriedly said no, the strength of the Eighth Route Army was guerrilla warfare, and it was mobile and flexible. It was not difficult for Xiao Siming's troops to capture a county occupied by the Japanese puppets on Jinpu Road, but the difficult thing was that they could not hold it. If Xiao Siming's troops are forced to defend to the death, it is equivalent to burying such a capable unit under the Japanese army's aerial bombs and shells, ** will not agree!

Chairman Jiang involuntarily burst out with a sentence of "Niang Xipi", but still said: "This Xiao Siming fought well, and he really transferred the 5th and 16th divisions of the Japanese army back to North China and relieved the danger of Zhengzhou and Luoyang. Niang Xipi! If all the troops can fight like this, why should they be invincible in the War of Resistance? ”

Liu Fei thought that Chairman Jiang agreed with his opinion, and was thinking about drafting a telegram immediately, but he didn't expect Chairman Jiang to say "Niang Xipi" again, and then said: "Report to the 18th Group Army, tell Zhu De and Peng Dehuai that the defense of Wuhan is related to the overall situation of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and we are in danger of destroying the country and exterminating the species!" All our comrades and soldiers should not be afraid of sacrifice, actively fight, and respond to the defense of Wuhan. Order the 115th Division to advance eastward, be sure to completely destroy the eastern section of Jinpu Road and Longhai Road, and capture Jinan or Tai'an one after another, and hold on to the spot for at least half a month, forcing the Japanese army in North China not to go south to participate in the war! ”

After all, Chairman Jiang was the chairman of the committee, and he did not say that Xiao Siming's troops should withdraw to the Jilu border area west of the Yellow River after completing their tasks. That's because he knows that if Xiao Siming's troops can really capture Jinan or Tai'an and hold out for half a month, it is difficult to say whether Xiao Siming himself can live or not, and there is no need to say nonsense about letting them return to the Jilu border!

Niang Xipi!

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