Chapter 728: The April Offensive

After sending Ni Hua away, Liu Yimin returned to the command headquarters and didn't close his eyes all night, and his mind was full of Ni Hua's shadow. One moment is the first time to meet Ni Hua in Chengdu, one moment is a night tour of Guangyuan Huangze Temple, one moment is to hold hands with the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and one moment is to love Huaqing Pond. As soon as I closed my eyes, it was the scene of reunion in Qingdao, Fangzi separation, and Jinan reunion. Tossed a battle-hardened, wise and brave Xiǎo guy dizzy. At dawn, Liu Yimin got up and sent a telegram to Ni Hua, the content of which was only seven words: "Girl, you want to kill me!" ”

After sending the telegram, Liu Yimin thought about it and felt funny, he was a dignified seven-foot man, how many big things to do, how many devils were waiting to be killed, how could he become so long-spirited? Is Ni Hua's charm too great, or is he too much in love with her? Could it really be that Gentle Township is a hero's mound?

Liu Yimin wanted to laugh for a while, if he let others see it, he would definitely think that this guy had máo disease in his brain, maybe he would call a doctor to take a look at him to see if he had become stupid.

In the end, Liu Yimin even thought about whether it was because of his martial arts and strong body that he was more likely to indulge in love. I thought that maybe I had always had the desire for pure love before the crossing in my thoughts, so I fell in love with Ni Hua at first sight and loved him a thousand times. Thinking about it again, does he really love Ni Hua alone? Isn't the love for Tang Xingying pure love? That stupid girl dragged her two sons south with her for herself, not to mention that she loved herself wholeheartedly, it was herself, if she didn't love her, she would take it with her wherever she went, for fear that she would miss a little? Thinking about it, I thought of Zhao Xiǎo Man's tearful face and Jingjing's words of "You are a fool", and my brain turned into a pot of paste, and my headache was about to explode.

**After seeing Liu Yimin go to the telegraph room to send the telegram, he stumbled back to the office with a confused face, and didn't know what happened, so he followed Liu Yimin's office.

Seeing Liu Yimin laughing stupidly for a while, he stretched out his head for a while, and he didn't feel that he had entered the office at all, and he stepped forward quickly and shouted loudly: "Report: Headquarters telegram!" ”

**The wind woke Liu Yimin up with a throat.

opened his eyes and looked at the nervous ** wind, Liu Yimin immediately understood that he was distracted again. I feel depressed when I think about it, the medical equipment in this world is too poor, and I have to go for an MRI examination in the original world, or find a psychologist to consult, why do I always run away when I see the end? When I think about it again, I understand that it is nothing, and it is my own thinking that has become complicated. I just sent my beloved wife away over there, and I want to get into trouble here, is this what people do? It seems that he is no longer what he was when he first crossed over, he has become complicated and bad. This is not good, I crossed by myself to fight devils and fight for the construction of New China, not to fall in love. Don't live up to your vows!

As soon as I thought about it clearly, another thought popped up in my mind: If we can not only strive for New China, but also harvest colorful love, wouldn't it be even more worthy of the trip?

Liu Yimin hurriedly shook his head, not daring to think about it anymore, if he thought about it again, he would be sick.

Let the ** wind go to fetch the washing water, squeeze the toothpaste, and after washing, I felt clear-headed, and then asked: "What telegram?" ”

It was really a telegram from the headquarters, forwarding the operational order of the Military Commission to launch the April offensive.

After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin asked **Feng to open the map, walked to the map, lit a cigarette, and thought quietly.

Chiang Kai-shek decided to launch the April Offensive for several reasons, the first was that the strategic position of Nanchang was too important, and this loss made it difficult for the Third Theater to connect with the rear area, and military supplies could only rely on the roads of Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces, and the situation in the unoccupied areas of the southeastern provinces was even more difficult. As the supreme commander-in-chief, Chiang Kai-shek, proceeding from a strategic height, inevitably demanded that the Ninth Theater recapture Nanchang, and ordered other theaters to launch offensive operations to contain the Japanese army and respond to the operations of the Ninth Theater. The second reason is that the enemy-friend posture is there. Since the end of the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army has occupied the narrow strip of land along the river from Shanghai to Wuhan, and has been threatened by the million-strong army of the third, fifth, and ninth theaters. Among them, the most critical is the northern Jiangxi region with Nanchang as the core. As long as the squadron has a successful assault in the northern Jiangxi region, it can cut off the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army. The Japanese army wanted to capture Nanchang during the Battle of Wuhan, but in the first battle of Wanjialing, the 106th Division was almost completely wiped out, and the Xiǎo devil had to temporarily withdraw his impatient claws, and he was no longer able to go south to Changsha or capture Nanchang to the east. Now, although Nanchang has fallen, a large number of Japanese troops have been pinned down in North China by the Eighth Route Bureau, and the mobile strength of the Japanese army in Central China is Okamura Ninji's 11th Army. After the Battle of Nanchang, although the squadron suffered heavy casualties, the Xiǎo devils must not be much better, and Chiang Kai-shek wanted to launch a counteroffensive to recapture Nanchang, which was naturally reasonable. The third reason is that Chiang Kai-shek has already seen through the situation in Japan, and when he met and talked with Liu Yimin in Xuzhou, the situation analyzed by Liu Yimin is now showing up step by step, and 80 percent of Japan's land area and population base are placed there, and 80 percent of the financial budget has been used for the war of aggression against China. Not to mention that they have expanded their troops by 100,000, 200,000, and 400,000 at a time, what can they do if they expand their army of one million? China is so big, can one or two million troops occupy all of China? If we continue to fight like this, as long as we can ensure that weapons and ammunition can be continuously sent to the front line, the situation of the devils will become more and more difficult. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek was going to take the initiative to launch an offensive operation. The fourth reason is that the Eighth Route Army has continued to develop and grow in North China, with outstanding combat achievements, and has won one battle after another. In the eyes of the Chinese people, it is a battle to lose a fast place, and one after another to lose teachers and land. If this development continues, I am afraid that the Chinese people will think that the Eighth Route Army is the main force of the Anti-Japanese War, but it has become synonymous with the loss of divisions and land, and it is necessary to carry out counteroffensive operations, recover Nanchang, and let the Chinese people see, ** is the real mainstay and the main force of the Anti-Japanese War.

Chiang Kai-shek's thoughts, not to mention Liu Yimin, people with a little strategic mind will guess if they think about it carefully.

Regarding the launch of the April offensive, Liu Yimin was very conflicted. On the one hand, this is the result of the reflection on the passive defense strategy since the beginning of the war, whether Nanchang can be recovered or not, it shows a problem, with the cooperation of the Eighth Route Army, it has initially completed the supplementary training after the Battle of Wuhan, recovered its vitality, restored its confidence, and has the strength to take the initiative to attack the Japanese army. On the other hand, launching the April Offensive with the counteroffensive on Nanchang as the core was not correct in terms of operational guiding ideology. Chiang Kai-shek repeatedly claimed verbally that "we will no longer fight with the enemy for a little bit and a line" and that "our army's strategy of fighting is to consume the enemy without being consumed by the enemy, to avoid the real and attack the weak, and to create a protracted war of resistance." But what is the counterattack on Nanchang and the Japanese army fighting for key cities? The Japanese army has air superiority, and the firepower of the ground troops is extremely strong, and the counterattack on Nanchang is tantamount to putting the troops in a violent position under the Japanese army's superiority in ground and air firepower, and the casualties are bound to be extremely heavy. This kind of fighting, the Eighth Route Army will not fight, let alone Liu Yimin, and none of the division commanders of the Eighth Route Army will command the operation like this.

Liu Yimin knew that the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, Okamura Ningji, was very sinister and vicious. This guy is the best at caging people's hearts and boosting morale. In this capture of Nanchang, he did not use Jīng Rui's Sixth Division and the Sixteenth Division as the main attack, but used the First First and Sixteenth Division, which was almost completely wiped out in the first battle of Wanjialing, to be moved by the mess.

At 8 o'clock on March 21, the Japanese armored group crossed the pontoon bridge over the Xiushui River and led the 1st 06th Division to attack, and then detoured to Nanchang along the west side of Nanxun Road, and in only two days, the armored group arrived at the bridge of the Wailuhe River in the south of Fengxin City, causing the defending troops to drop the 38mén artillery deployed on the outskirts of the city and hurriedly retreat. For the lack of anti-tank weapons and training, the sudden appearance of the Japanese armored group is tantamount to a cold attack.

Okamura Ninji also learned to concentrate on the use of artillery groups to release poison gases. When the Japanese army captured the Xiushui defense line, they concentrated 140 mén artillery, shelled more than three times in a row, and finally concentrated on the gas bombs, firing 3,000 rounds of gas bombs in 10 minutes. Later, the Japanese army fired 15,000 rounds of poison gas bombs on the front of the 12 kilometers, of which 5,000 rounds of poison gas bombs were fired on the front of the 101st Division, and 10,000 rounds of poison gas bombs were fired on the front of the 106th Division, causing the defenders to lose their combat effectiveness due to poisoning.

In the Battle of Nanchang, Japanese planes threw a large number of white phosphorus bombs, that is, incendiary bombs, turning the defenders' positions into a sea of fire.

Because the Japanese army used all the vicious means that could be used, Okamura Ninji was able to quickly capture Nanchang within 10 days and achieve the goal of the campaign.

Thinking about the outcome of the historical counteroffensive Nanchang operation, Liu Yimin felt a burst of anger in his heart, ** soldiers do not lack bravery, nor lack loyalty, what they lack is flexible strategy and tactics. Isn't it impossible to counterattack Nanchang, slow down later, launch an offensive in other areas, mobilize the Japanese army, and wait for the Japanese army in Nanchang to be empty, and then launch a thunderous blow, isn't it much better than now? Why bother to let so many good warriors die in vain?

From the counterattack on Nanchang to the battle of Suizao that began immediately, Liu Yimin felt that Nanchang was too far away and beyond the reach of the whip, so he could have a hand in the battle of Suizao, so that the Xiǎo devil would die a little more and more miserably.

Liu Yimin thought about it for a long time, and felt that he still had to send a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Cheng, and Xue Yue, explaining his thoughts, and at least letting them plug the leakage and reduce the losses of the troops.

Liu Yimin had a certain idea and drafted a telegram to Chairman Jiang of the Central Committee and the General Headquarters, Commander Chen of the Ninth Theater, Commander Xue Dai, and Commander Luo Zhuoying's former enemy.

In the telegram, Liu Yimin first analyzed the current situation of the enemy and us, and pointed out that in addition to the Kwantung Army, a large number of troops of the Japanese army invading China were concentrated in North China, and the troops dispatched to Central China were relatively weak, and the only mobile force was Okamura Ningji's 11th Army. Our 3rd, 5th, and 9th Theaters also had to deal with the 11th Army, and the rest of the Japanese troops were on local garrison. This shows that our army's strategy in the past two years of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has been correct, and it has achieved the goal of turning the main force of the Japanese army into a local garrison.

Then, Liu Yimin began to analyze the gains and losses of the deployment of the counteroffensive against Nanchang. According to Liu Yimin, it is very necessary to counterattack Nanchang, because Nanchang has an important strategic pivotal role, and if it does not counterattack now, it will also counterattack in the future. However, how to ensure the success of the counteroffensive on Nanchang is worth pondering. The best strategy is to postpone the sneak attack on Nanchang, first launch an offensive operation along the Yangtze River, and mobilize the Japanese army to divide troops to help. When the Japanese troops around Nanchang are empty, then blitzkrieg Nanchang can ensure success in one fell swoop. Otherwise, the Japanese army will concentrate heavily around Nanchang, not to mention that it will be difficult to succeed in the counteroffensive and sneak attack, and even if it succeeds, it will not be able to hold it. Under the cover of Japanese bombs, incendiary bombs, artillery shells, and poison gas bombs, the ancient city of Nanchang could only be turned into a ruin, and the troops suffered unnecessary losses. The middle strategy is to use the sneak attack on Nanchang as bait and concentrate the main force to send reinforcements, as long as it can eliminate the Japanese reinforcements all the way and achieve the goal of consuming the Japanese army. As long as the living forces of the Japanese army are eliminated, and the cooperation of other directions is added, the Japanese offensive will be dissolved, and it will have to go on the defensive. The next strategy is the current counteroffensive battle plan. If this plan must be carried out, Commander Chen Cheng or Acting Commander Xue Yue should be asked to personally take command of the First Group Army and the 74th Army, and urge the unit to cut off the Nanxun line. If the Nanxun line cannot be cut off, there is no possibility of success in the sneak attack on Nanchang.

After writing, Liu Yimin thought about it and wrote: "Since the Battle of Xuzhou, the operational guiding ideology of our army's supreme command has changed from passive defense to active defense. With this kind of command and deployment, our army will certainly be able to turn defeat into victory in future campaigns, defend and win, and even achieve a great victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan. ”

After receiving Liu Yimin's telegram, Chiang Kai-shek read it and scolded, "Niang Xipi!" Hindsight! What are you going to do earlier", he forwarded the telegram to Chen Cheng, Xue Yue and Luo Zhuoying, and instructed on it: "Counterattack Nanchang, and cut off the Japanese reinforcements and contacts first." The First Group Army and the 74th Army must carry out the battle plan in accordance with the plan and resolutely cut off the Nanxun Line."

The counterattack on Nanchang is already ready to be launched, and the two armies of the Third and Ninth Theaters have attacked Nanchang secretly, so how can it be said that it can be stopped if it is stopped? Therefore, the best policy proposed by Liu Yimin was not implemented in advance, and the middle strategy was too late to be deployed, so it could only be implemented according to the existing battle plan. It's just that Chen Cheng, Xue Yue, and Luo Zhuoying all saw something from Liu Yimin's telegram, and with Chiang Kai-shek's strict orders, they kept sending telegrams to the First Army and the 74th Army, urging them to dispatch the main force to complete the scheduled tasks.

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