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Chapter 1282 Suspicious

On both sides of the procession, armored vehicles, jeeps, communications command vehicles, trucks carrying heavy artillery and ammunition, fuel tankers, battlefield ambulances, and other vehicles were in a steady stream. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Xia Jian, who was sitting in an open-top jeep, looked at the factories and shops with closed doors next to the road, and was full of emotion. The bustling industrial and commercial city that can accommodate millions of people is now becoming desolate under the threat of war, and the people of the past are boiling, but it has become a cold courtyard today.

In fact, Xia Jian knew very well that most of the decaying factories in front of him had been rebuilt in southern Sichuan and southern Yunnan, and all the workers and their families had migrated there. Thanks to this relocation, many enterprises have transformed or upgraded their machinery and production lines, which have greatly improved both the scale of production and the efficiency. Moreover, it is precisely because of the continuous investment of Jiangsu and Zhejiang capital transferred by the fear of being affected by the war that all parts of the southwest today are changing greatly every day, iron mines, coal mines, copper mines, salt mines and other mines have been built and mined, metal smelters, hydropower plants, thermal power plants, textile mills, transportation companies, food companies, animal husbandry and aquaculture companies have sprung up, which has greatly stimulated the progress of industrialization in the southwest while facilitating the lives of the people.

However, watching An Jiajun slowly take care of the city from scratch and become as dilapidated as it is today, Xia Jian still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, especially when he saw the indifferent and unfamiliar eyes of the old Nanchang villagers on both sides of the road, it was even more heart-wrenching.

On the way to Lao Nanchang, Xia Jian had discussed with his staff team the strategic layout of the war against Japan, and most people thought that Commander An Yi was still too cautious, and if he had pulled the 24th Army and the 26th Army to North China at the beginning of the war, he would not have necessarily fought the Shanhai Pass now. People have always regarded Manchuria and Mongolia as their lifeline, and once the northeast is unstable, the Japanese army will not dare to provoke a war in Shanghai and the eastern coastal areas at all.

After this understanding, Xia Jian talked to Gu Changfeng, but Gu Changfeng said that Boss An must have his reason for such a layout, and now the temporary victory in North China does not explain the problem, after all, the squadron is only facing the offensive of four divisions and six brigades of the Japanese army, and these divisions and brigades are too eager to draw, many heavy firepower equipment are not brought, once the Japanese army gathers heavy troops, and then the troops are neatly arranged, the outcome is unpredictable.

Gu Changfeng's words extinguished the restless flames in Xia Jian's heart, but with the news of today's unprecedented victory in the air battle in North China, Xia Jian once again germinated the *** who led his troops north to participate in the war. Looking back, Changfeng no longer insisted on his opinion, because he was also tortured enough by the petition sent by his subordinates to participate in the war like snowflakes, so after receiving Xia Jian's telegram, he simply summed it up, and finally made up a war petition signed by all the generals and colonels of the 24th and 26th armies to see what An Yi would do.

Two hours have passed since the letter of invitation was sent, and there is still no news from An Yi, Xia Jian is a little uneasy in his heart, did he make Boss An unhappy this time? However, at this time, seeing the obvious alienation of the people of old Nanchang, he felt that he had done the right thing, as long as he could ensure the safety of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places, and stay away from the troubles of war, old Nanchang would naturally regain its vitality and vitality, and people knew that the An Jiajun did not want to give up on them, and the harmonious military-civilian relations in the past would naturally reappear.

"Do you want to visit the Invalids community where you live?" Yan Yaohuan, the commander of the 30th Division beside Xia Jian, saw the regret in Xia Jian's eyes and asked with a smile.

"If you don't go, otherwise your heart will be even more uncomfortable! This empty city is like a dead city, who would have thought that in just a few years, so much change would happen? Xia Jian sighed.

"It's normal, the people who have a little savings in old Nanchang have been withdrawn to our territory in the first two months of relocation, and now what is left is just some old people who are difficult to leave their homeland...... Also, the passers-by we saw on the road just now are actually victims who have recently moved from flood-stricken areas such as Zhejiang and northern Fujian. Yan Yaohuan explained.

Only then did Xia Jian realize that he had made a mistake, and couldn't help but smile: "I said why our An Jiajun's signboard is not working, it turns out that these people are not familiar with us at all...... Will there be enough food for those who have been resettled? ”

Yan Yaohuan was a little unsure: "It should be enough, this old Nanchang is originally the land of fish and rice, so I can't go hungry." Besides, the relocation was mainly for industry and commerce, and the countryside was not affected. I heard that in response to the tide of abandonment in the rural areas of old Nanchang, Jiangnan Group also specially allocated a sum of money to let the people in various villages and towns continue to stay and cultivate, and purchase the grain produced at a high price. If *** people really come in, Jiangnan Group will be responsible for organizing the transfer, so there is no chaos in the surrounding areas of old Nanchang at present. ”

Xia Jian nodded with satisfaction, and at this time, a jeep caught up behind him, and Colonel Lu Taofeng, the chief of the communications department of the 26th Army, got up from his seat and said loudly: "Army commander, the commander is calling, asking you to go to the communication car to contact him in person." ”

Xia Jian was a little surprised, and hurriedly called for a stop, letting Yan Yaohuan continue to command the troops to advance, and he got into the communication vehicle that followed behind. Xia Jian asked the correspondent to immediately send a report to An Yi: "Boss? Is there a result? Is our army going north immediately? ”

An Yi's call back was very fast: "Get on your head!" Your task is to firmly nail the old Nanchang and pay close attention to the situation in Songhu! ”

After reading the translated telegram, Xia Jian frowned and instructed the correspondent to continue to send the report: "According to the discussion of our department, it is unanimously agreed that it will be impossible for the Songhu and Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions to ignite the flames of war!" North China needs the 26th Army more than Jiangnan! ”

"The Japanese have naval superiority and can land at any point along our coast. Nanchang is located in the heart of the south of the Yangtze River, with the advantages of railway, road and water transportation, and can be reinforced at any time. At present, the 39th and 44th Divisions of the 24th Army are in Nanjing, the 102nd Mountain Division and the 103rd Armored Division of the New Second Army are in Bengbu, the 8th and 9th Divisions of the 49th Army in Xiangxi are in Wuhan, and the 13th and 14th Divisions of the 69th Army in Qianxi are in Yichang. At present, 400,000 squadrons have gathered in North China, if the armies go north, how to guarantee logistics? Anti-Japanese resistance is not my part, only when the whole people work together can there be hope of defeating the Japanese invaders! ”

Xia Jian was silent after reading An Yi's reply, and just as he was pondering how to express the eager feelings of the soldiers of the whole army to fight, An Yi's telegram was delivered again:

"Before my second order is issued, the 26th Army must not act recklessly, and those who violate military law will be engaged!"

Xia Jian was out of luck now, and Boss An made a final decision, shattering all his illusions of participating in the war, and could only obediently obey orders.

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Jinghai County Ya, An Yi sent a harshly worded telegram to Gu Changfeng and Ye Cheng, asking all departments not to act rashly. At this time, he had a vague premonition: the Japanese army would never give up, and a greater test was still waiting for him and the An Jiajun.

"Report! According to the deciphered Japanese secret telegram, the commander of the garrison army, Kiyoshi Kazuki, had already boarded the ship and returned to China, and now the temporary acting commander was Seishiro Itagaki of the Japanese Fifth Division. The Japanese army had already begun to strengthen the defensive line in the afternoon, and the troop movements were extremely frequent, and it was estimated that they were prepared for our army's attack plan. ”

After listening to the confidential secretary Wei Changjie reading the message, An Yi muttered: "This Itagaki Seishiro is not an idle person, he and Ishihara Wan'er planned the 918 incident back then, and he calculated the essence of Zhang Shaoshuai's dare not resist, and his vision is ruthless and unique. During the Great Wall War, the intelligence agency in charge of this person had a very critical impact on the entire war situation, and he was a very difficult opponent to deal with. But even if he's a tortoise shell, we're going to touch him......"

Fang Pengxiang nodded: "The fight is definitely going to be fought, at the moment it is rare for our air force to have an advantage, if you don't fight, all parties will not be able to say it." Now I'm just a little worried, where is the bottom line? Is it really necessary to cross the Shanhaiguan Pass and recover the Northeast as the Chinese people hope? ”

An Yi said with a wry smile: "After several battles in a row, the spirit of our soldiers has been beaten, and now everyone thinks that *** people are soft persimmons, and they are scrambling to think of the front line to make meritorious contributions, and sooner or later there will be problems." This afternoon, two hours after the Shang Zhen Division opened for Jinghai, the Third Army, the 26th Route Army, the 38th Army, the 52nd Army, the 47th Division, and the 10th Cavalry Division began to march toward Beiping. Subsequently, Feng Zhi'an, who was stationed in Beiping in the morning, welcomed the friendly troops on behalf of the 77th Army. It has been learned that the Central Military Commission intends to set up a North Parallel Battalion and appoint Xu Yongchang as director and Lin Wei as chief of staff, and together with the Theater Command, they will be jointly responsible for the war in North China. ”

Shen Fengdao frowned slightly: "It seems that the chairman really wants to limit the war to North China, without his hints, Cheng Songgong and Liu Jingfu definitely do not have the courage to set the headquarters under the noses of *** people, it is estimated that there will be a series of big moves next, I hope it will not affect our preparations for war." ”

An Yi said: "This requires our commanders to be sober-minded and not affected by external factors. As long as we don't make mistakes ourselves and have a rough grasp of the battle situation in our minds, the Japanese invaders will have no chance to take advantage of it. At the end of the day, our opponents are just people, not omnipotent monsters! ”

An Yi's words caused a burst of laughter, but An Yi couldn't be happy, he always felt that something was blocked in his heart, but he didn't understand where this feeling came from, so he could only secretly laugh at his suspicions.

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In Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito was shocked by the rout of the Army Air Corps in North China and personally rushed to the base camp to consult the chief of staff and the chief of the military command department about the policy toward China.

The chief of staff of Xianyuan Palace, who is seventy-two years old this year, with white hair and a slightly chubby body, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, now that the country's economy has shifted to a wartime economy, the army has also been mobilized, and the new army divisions are constantly expanding, just like a bow and arrow shot, there is no turning back!" ”

Ten years younger than the chief of staff of the Kanin Palace, the chief of the military command department, King Fushimi Palace Hiroko, looked very old because he was too thin, and after kowtowing respectfully to Hirohito, King Fushimi Palace Hiroko sat up straight:

"Your Majesty, although the Army and Air Force have suffered heavy losses, there are still more than 900 warplanes in the Imperial Navy, which is enough to cope with the pitiful number of backward fighters of the Chinese army...... I still don't understand how the fools in the garrison managed to destroy all the warplanes that the Empire had spent so much money building. ”

Kanin Miyazaihito is the uncle of Emperor Showa, and he is respected by his seniority, and in the face of the provocation of King Hirokoshi of Fushimi Palace, he didn't care: "Your Majesty, this air battle was defeated under the personal command of Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, and I couldn't even believe my ears when I heard it, but it did happen." Tokugawa was the founder of our Imperial Army Air Corps, the first pilot to fly into the sky in our country, and he was also the contemporary head of the Shimizu Tokugawa family. If this matter spreads, the impact on my big *** empire is unimaginable. Fortunately, Kazuki Kiyoji took the initiative to take the blame, so let's pass this matter! ”

Hirohito naturally knew the influence of the Tokugawa family in the *** aristocratic class, and at the moment pinched the *** royal family's unique voice and responded vaguely, waving the fan in his hand, signaling the Xianyuan Palace Zaihito to continue.

Xianyuan Gong Zairen sighed with emotion: "After Tokugawa got the news of the defeat in the air battle, he found the surviving pilot as soon as possible, and he understood the entire process of the air battle. In response to this fiasco, Tokugawa wrote a summary, originally he was going to hand it over to Kazuki to pass it on to His Majesty and apologize himself, but Kazuki stopped his stupidity in time and persuaded him that the living Tokugawa would be more useful to the empire than the disemboweled Tokugawa...... Kazuki avoided the scandal and saved an excellent general for the Imperial Air Force, which is why I punished him lightly! ”

King Fushimi Miyahiro asked with interest, "I wonder what conclusions Tokugawa has reached?" ”

Xianyuan Gong Zairen said solemnly: "Tokugawa said frankly that our fighters are far behind the fighters in China, whether it is flight speed, climb rate, maximum speed endurance time, cruise speed, navigation time, fighter weapons, fighters and other aspects of communication, it has been completely at a disadvantage. ”

King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong was extremely shocked and asked in disbelief: "Could it be that the fighters of the Shina Air Force are more advanced than the fighters of our Imperial Navy?" ”

Xianyuan Gong Zairen sighed: "Soon Tokugawa's report will be sent to the base camp, you can see for yourself when the time comes, I believe this matter is true." In the seventh year of the Showa era, the imperial fighters had competed with the fighters of the China Air Force in Shanghai and won a complete victory, but in the eighth year of the Showa, in the air battle on the front line of the Great Wall, the imperial fighters had no advantage, I estimate that the fighters of the China Air Force are now much more advanced than us, otherwise there would not be this unprecedented fiasco, we must catch up! ”

King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong asked puzzledly: "In this case, then your staff should choose restraint to avoid greater losses, why did you choose to expand the war?" ”

Xianyuan Gong Zairen said loudly: "Now that the Great *** Empire has transferred to a wartime economy, everything revolves around the war, and it is difficult to turn back." Although the China Air Force has advanced fighters, its weak national strength will inevitably lead to a shortage of production, so we cannot give them sufficient time for development, and we must seize the opportunity to consume them as much as possible. At the same time, the key to determining the outcome of a war does not lie in whether a certain weapon is advanced or not, but in the person who is the best of his ability. ”

King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong nodded: "Understood, let it go, our navy will cooperate with your actions, and this time we must teach the Shina army a painful lesson!" ”

Hirohito smiled with satisfaction when he saw the two royal seniors clasping their hands tightly together, shaking their fans to cover their mouths.