Chapter 558: The Battle of the Southwest II
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Gao Chu and his adjutant had just returned from inspecting the troops outside, and now Outer Mongolia is much colder than the interior of the motherland.
Moreover, the wind and sand are particularly strong.
Gao Chu wore a big rice dumpling all over his body, and after entering the headquarters with a burning stove, it was like entering spring, and the warmth made people stretch comfortably.
As soon as he took off the plush hat of the locomotive that covered his face, Gao Chu took the hot water handed by a left-behind adjutant.
sighed with emotion {pig} pig island {small} said 3w.: "Damn, thanks to the fact that we are all authentic Northeast people, otherwise we may really freeze here." ”
"But no, the weather in Outer Mongolia is really a fight with our Northeast Heilongjiang border!" The adjutant who handed the water said.
While he was talking, a communications staff officer hurriedly walked in with a telegram in his hand, and when he came to him, he saluted Gao Chu and said, "The general seat, the committee seat has sent an urgent telegram from Nanjing. ”
When Gao Chu heard this, he immediately put away his smile, put the teacup on the table, stretched out his hand to take the telegram, read it hurriedly, and immediately said to the adjutant and the communications staff officer: "You immediately go and inform the air force unit, and immediately dispatch one hundred and fifty BF109 fighters to fly to Yinchuan, and after filling up the fuel, immediately go south and be ordered to station in the southwest." ”
Seeing Gao Chu's serious expression, the two of them didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly stepped forward at the same time, and immediately turned around and left.
After seeing the two subordinates leave, Gao Chu picked up the water cup and muttered: It seems that the war in the south is going to be tense.
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Wuhan, Jiang Gong Xingyuan.
"Commission, great, Zhang Xinghan has promised to transfer one hundred and fifty of today's most advanced BF109 German fighters from the northwest to the southwest." Zhang Zhizhong was a little excited to Jiang Gong.
The admiration for Zhang Xinghan in my heart has also deepened.
Jiang Gong smiled and nodded, and said in his heart, Zhang Xinghan is really unambiguous in national righteousness.
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Guangxi, Nanning, Li Zongren's official residence.
Now Li Zongren is nominally the vice chairman of the Military Commission at the level of Jiang Pingping. But this time Zhang Xinghan established the Southwest Frontier Army, and Jiang Gong served as the commander-in-chief.
He only became a deputy commander-in-chief, and nominally he still had to be crushed by Jiang Gong.
This made him very depressed, and Bai Chongxi was now left in Nanjing by Zhang Xinghan to listen to him. There is no one around to solve problems and pour out their worries.
Therefore, Li Zongren is very depressed now.
However, as the three giants of the Gui family, Huang Shaohong will enlighten him.
"Duke De, don't be discouraged, nominally he Jiang is the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Frontier Army, but aren't you also the deputy commander-in-chief.
And most critically, on the ground in Guangxi. It's still up to you. ”
Li Zongren was a little disheartened and said: "In this matter, Zhang Xinghan is obviously colluding with Jiang Zhongzheng and deliberately suppressing my Gui family.
With Chiang's character, he would not let go of this good opportunity to infiltrate Guangxi, and if I guessed correctly, he should have sent troops to our territory in Guangxi by now. ”
Huang Shaohong just wanted to persuade again, but unexpectedly, an adjutant suddenly walked in hurriedly from outside.
"Sir, there are about 10,000 people in the first section of the Central Army. Entering our Guangxi territory from the Shaoyang and Yongzhou areas, we stationed troops in Xing'an and other places to ask for instructions on whether to let them enter the country. After the adjutant saluted Li and Huang, he reported.
Li Zongren was stunned at first. Then he slapped the table and said: "Look, what I say, Jiang Zhongzheng is a person who does everything, I will say that he will not let go of any opportunity." ”
Huang Shaohong patiently persuaded him: "Degong." Don't worry, Jiang Zhongzheng now has only 600,000 people in his hands, and he is still stationed in five southwestern provinces. Moreover, I heard that Zhang Xinghan left behind 450,000 veterans out of the 600,000, and only gave him 150,000 veterans plus 400,000 new recruits.
How many troops can he send to Guangxi?
We are deeply rooted in Guangxi, how can he easily occupy the magpie's nest and dominate the guests?
Have faith in ourselves.
Besides, our Gui troops are sufficient to resist the attack of the American and British armies alone, and we can use this as an excuse to refuse Chiang Gong's troops to continue southward. ”
However, before Huang Shaohong's words fell, another signal soldier walked in from outside and saluted the two: "Two chiefs, Chairman Zhang is calling from Nanjing. ”
Huang Shaohong chuckled in his heart, and glanced at Li Zongren, who raised his hand to ask for the message.
Just after taking a look, Li Zongren's face changed abruptly.
Huang Shaohong, who was on the side, tightened his heart and asked, "Degong, what did Zhang Xinghan say in the message?" ”
Li Zongren handed the telegram to Huang Shaohong, and said with some disappointment: "Zhang asked us to let the Central Army enter Guangxi, the great enemy is at present, with the interests of the country and the nation as the priority, and join forces with the Central Army to resist the enemy, hmph, this is to indirectly help Jiang Zhongzheng to encroach on the territory of our Gui family." ”
Huang Shaohong carefully read Zhang Xinghan's caller with a heavy heart, pondered for a moment, and said: "Degong, don't be impulsive, now Zhang Xinghan is in charge of the world, it is the time when the sun is in full swing, and he occupies the banner of national righteousness, and we can only obey the orders of the central government for today's plan."
Otherwise, at any time, we may be detained by those who have a heart for the felony of fornicating with foreign enemies and betraying the country and the nation, and then we will be finished.
The only way to do this is to take strict precautions against the central army entering the country, and they will not dare to play any tricks at this stage. ”
Li Zongren pondered for a long time, forcibly calmed down his impulsive mood, and said indifferently: "It seems that it can only be like this." ”
Huang Shaohong is right, in the current situation, Zhang Xinghan is completely from the interests of the nation. The overall interests of the country are proceeding.
He must not obey his orders, or he may be in a desperate situation where he will never be able to turn over.
Sure enough, after a while, another communications officer took a telegram and reported that Bai Chongxi had sent an urgent telegram from Nanjing.
It turned out that after learning of Zhang Xinghan's latest series of arrangements, Bai Chongxi was deeply afraid that Li Zongren would be impulsive and do something that was not conducive to the current situation of national unification and foreign affairs, so he hurriedly sent a telegram to persuade Li Zongren.
With the persuasion of Huang Shaohong and Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren had no choice but to swallow his anger and agree to the entry of the Central Army into Guangxi.
Myanmar, Mandalay, an important city in the north.
The headquarters of the 1st Division of the US Airborne Forces is now stationed here.
Lieutenant General MacArthur, the current commander of the 1st Airborne Division, is working with his staff on an operational plan to attack China's border defenses.
Today's MacArthur is because of the arrival of Zhang Xinghan, which has led to changes in history, so under the Hu Die effect, he wears many hats.
In addition to his positions as Marshal of the Philippines and Commander-in-Chief of the Philippine Army, MacArthur also became a lieutenant general four years ahead of schedule.
And in this war against China, he served as the commander of the 82nd Division of the Army, known as the first airborne division in the United States.
This 82nd Division is a well-known ace division of the US Army in history, alongside the 101st Division.
Its predecessor was the Army's 82nd Division, which was formed in World War I, that is, on August 25, 1917, and because all the officers and soldiers of the division were from all 48 states of the United States, it received the reputation of "the division of the United States". In the spring of 1918, the 82nd Airborne Division crossed the ocean to expedition to France, participated in three major battles, and dealt a powerful blow to the German army. After the end of World War I, the 82nd Infantry Division was converted into a reserve division.
In the original history, during World War II, this division was converted into an active division by the United States according to operational needs. For environmental considerations and operational needs,
On August 15, 1942, the U.S. Army officially renamed the 82nd Infantry Division the 82nd Airborne Division. In 1943, the 82nd Airborne Division carried out parachute and airborne assaults on Sicily and Salerno respectively, which played an important role in the smooth offensive of the Allied forces in Italy.
In 1944, the 82nd Airborne Division took part in the largest airborne operation in its lifetime, successfully defeating the Germans in Normandy.
In this operation, the 82nd Airborne Division pre-selected terrain similar to the airborne area to repeatedly practice airborne operations, and strengthened the training effect by adding simulated training.
The 82nd Airborne Division first produced a detailed model of the airborne area according to the size of the terrain features, and then the aircraft shot a movie above the model, and then added a blue filter to the film, so that the plane flew over Normandy over Normandy in the moonlight and the landing site was truly displayed in front of the airborne troops.
After this training, the 82nd Airborne Division was able to quickly assemble and attack, although its personnel were very scattered after landing in battle.
One of the small units that landed near the German 91st Division adopted an ambush tactic and killed the German division commander who had returned from the meeting, causing the division to fall into confusion for a while, and attracting all the German 91st Division to the place, thus ensuring that the landed American troops did not encounter a counterattack at the critical moment.
After that, the 82nd Airborne Division was incorporated into the 18th Airborne Corps. In December 1944, the 82nd Airborne Division adopted the tactics of deep airborne infiltration, which caught the Germans by surprise and turned the tide of the Allied war. After the end of World War II, the 82nd Airborne Division was designated by the U.S. Army as a combat-ready army division in November 1948 and was based at Fort Breg, North Carolina.
However, now, because history has changed, this airborne division was formed several years in advance, although the number is still the 82nd Airborne Division, but it is basically the name of the first airborne division of the US army.
Because it is the first airborne division-level unit in the U.S. Army today.
MacArthur came from a military family, and his father, MacArthur Sr., was a three-star lieutenant general in the U.S. Army.
He was even more enthusiastic about war, so when the US Pacific Fleet was attacked by the Chinese Air Force in Japanese waters, he was extremely indignant and immediately applied to command the troops to participate in the operation against the Chinese army.
Through his own efforts, he successfully assumed the post of commander of the so-called No. 1 Division in the United States, leading his troops to enter the Sino-Burmese border in the first batch to prepare for an attack on China. (To be continued......)