Chapter 461: Commander of the War Zone
readx; In the face of this high-flying barrage of questions, Wei Qingfu tried his best to defend: "It is said that Ben and the Soviet Union have fought in the Zhanggufeng area, and they have not repeatedly backed down; The garrison of troops in southern China was mainly to deal with Chiang Kai-shek's political axe, which advocated resistance; It is an international practice to demand compensation from the defeated countries for their losses, and it is not an original creation of the country! ”
After finishing speaking, he quickly wiped his forehead with his hand, and then watched the other party's reaction. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Gao Fei sneered and asked: "What is the excuse that I shamelessly ran to the land of China to 'oppose Gong', and when the Soviets attacked it, they retreated?" He keeps saying that he wants to be friendly with China, but he attacks on a large scale under the pretext that an ordinary soldier is missing, and his wolf ambition to destroy China is clearly exposed! The so-called peace talks and goodwill are all excuses used to cover up the fact that they cannot eliminate the [***] team on the battlefield! Who but a nerd like you would believe it? Wang Jingwei and others are just satisfying their ulterior motives under the guise of saving the country and the people! ”
Without waiting for Wei Qingfu to react, Gao Fei continued: "If Wang Jingwei's new policy axe can really be realized, do you think he will retreat?" They paid such a big price to advance the front to the hinterland of China, how could we retreat because we changed our political axe! Will the army definitely be stationed under the pretext of helping the New Deal Axe stabilize the situation and deal with Chiang Kai-shek, and then use the power of the New Deal Axe to eliminate the Central Army, and when the potential threat is cleared, is it still necessary to let this political axe that sells dog meat on the head of a sheep exist? I think back then, didn't the small court and scholars of the Southern Ming Dynasty happily welcome the Manchu Eight Banners south, thinking that they just came to avenge Emperor Chongzhen and exterminate the peasant army, but what happened in the end! The so-called "teacher who does not forget the past and the future", you have read so many books, don't you even understand such a simple truth!? ”
Looking at Gao Fei's distressed appearance, Wei Qingfu snorted: "But if we don't stop the war with Yueben, we will eventually destroy the country and destroy the species, and we are not Yuben's opponents at all!" ”
Gao Fei knew that Wei Qingfu had accepted the view that Yue Ben was not really seeking peace, and as long as he re-established his confidence in the victory of the War of Resistance, it was entirely possible to win him over, so he said earnestly: "If we simply compare the strength of China and China, we will not be able to defeat Yu Ben, but the actual war is not simply weighed on the scales to determine the victory or defeat!" The Chinese people are committed to the policy of the scorched earth war of resistance, and even if 40,000 compatriots fight to the last man, they will never surrender, can I make its 100 million people shatter? Based on this alone, there is no chance that China will be completely defeated! In addition, the stupid strategy of the base camp and the political axe also made it sink deeper and deeper into the quagmire of China, and finally suffered a catastrophe! ”
Wei Qingfu asked curiously: "The army is winning on the battlefield, how can it be said that they are stupid?" ”
Gao Fei patiently explained: "Since the outbreak of the '77 Incident', the Yue army has basically adopted the tactics of increasing the number of troops one by one in all the battles with [***], and its confidence has always exceeded its actual ability. If the army could be expanded to 100 divisions within half a year after the start of the war, attacking from North China, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Shanghai, completely dividing the vast territory of China, and then solving them one by one, it may not be impossible to win, however, the top leaders of the company overestimated the combat effectiveness of their own army, and also underestimated the will and determination to resist, so that they had to rely on bribing the Han to achieve their goals! Until now, Emperor Motomoto and the political axe have not regarded China as their opponent, and they have always been thinking about the British and American colonies in Nanyang, and they have joined the German alliance. ”
Wei Qingfu was speechless after hearing this, bowed his head and fell into contemplation, although he was a layman in military affairs, but after comparing Gao Fei and Wang Jingwei's completely different analyses, he still felt that the former's words were more credible.
Gao Fei felt that the heat was almost over, and pressed the last straw with his hand: "Over the years, there are countless party members and local forces who have participated in the 'overthrow of Chiang', but why did Wang Jingwei stay in Hanoi for so long but no one rose up to respond to him?" The reason is very simple, no one wants to be a sinner of the nation, and the stench will be left for 10,000 years! After a while, Wang Jingwei's patience will run out, and our chairman will not let him go, so the best choice is to run to the occupied area of the Japanese army in disgrace and build his so-called New China under the enemy's bayonets! ”
"I'm definitely not going!" Wei Qingfu said categorically: "If Wang Zhaoming really does this, then he is a naked hypocrite, a profit-hungry Han annihilator, and a traitor!" Although Wei is reckless, he still disdains to be in the company of such people! ”
Gao Fei was overjoyed when he saw the classmate who had finally persuaded Cai Yu, and suddenly had an idea in his heart, and asked, "Mr. Wei, do you still want to go back to Hanoi?" ”
Wei Qingfu replied, "Of course! These are all your speculations, you can't be sure, see is believing! Although your analysis is very reasonable, but Wang Zhaoming dared to assassinate the Manchu Qing Dynasty officials when he was alone, and he should not be the kind of person you said! ”
Gao Fei nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let's wait and see!" Then he stared at Wei Qingfu and said, "If Wang Jingwei is the same as I speculated, can you continue to stay by his side quietly!" ”
"You want me to be a spy!?" Wei Qingfu said in surprise: "I can't do this kind of thing!" ”
Gao Fei hurriedly comforted: "I only want you to lurk inside the enemy, you don't need to send information to the outside often, only when it is extremely urgent, I will send someone to find you!" ”
Wei Qingfu thought for a while and said, "Okay, I promise you!" In case I have an urgent matter and want to contact you, how can I contact you? ”
Gao Fei was overjoyed and said, "When the time comes, you can go to the concession and find a person named Qin Shuangliang!" ”
Subsequently, Gao Fei and Wei Qingfu discussed a more secure set of communication methods to prepare for breaking into the interior of the army, so that the Ninth Army successfully planted a nail in Wang Jingwei's side
After the Battle of Wuhan, Chiang Kai-shek carefully analyzed the military strength of both sides of the enemy and our side at a military meeting held at Hengshan in Nanyue, and believed that after occupying Wuhan and Guangzhou, the army had reached the limit of its strength, and in addition, the troops behind the enemy continued to threaten the waterway of the Yangtze River, further increasing the pressure on its logistical supply, and should not be able to launch a large-scale offensive in a short period of time. In the future, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression will enter a stage of stalemate between the enemy and us.
Based on the above judgment of the situation and the opinions of all the generals present at the meeting, Chiang Kai-shek put forward the guiding principles for the future operations of the squadron: concentrate superior forces and launch limited offensives and counterattacks in succession at the relatively weak points of the army's defense line, so as to contain and consume the enemy; Actively respond to the guerrilla forces behind enemy lines, strengthen control and harassment behind enemy lines, turn the enemy's rear into the front, force the enemy to be confined to the point line, prevent his overall domination and material plunder, and smash his attempts to use China to contain China and use war to feed the war; At the same time, troops were selected to take turns for training, strengthen combat strength, and prepare for a counteroffensive.
In order to adapt to the rapidly expanding scale of the war, it is necessary to command operations more flexibly. The Military Commission carried out a reform of the military system, temporarily abolished the establishment of the corps and corps, and made the army the basic unit of operations. The camps in Xi'an, Guangxi, and Yucheng were abolished, and two camps in Tianshui and Guilin were set up, with Cheng Qian and Bai Chongxi serving as the directors of the camps, and under the Supreme Command, Generals Cheng and Bai were respectively responsible for commanding the two major battlefields in the north and south.
In addition, the High Command redivided the national theater of operations and adjusted the deployment of troops:
In the first theater, the commander Wei Lihuang included the 2nd and 3rd Group Armies, a total of 12 infantry divisions, an infantry brigade, a cavalry division, a cavalry brigade and other special forces, responsible for the defense of Henan and Anhui.
In the second theater, the commander Yan Xishan, the strength of the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 14th, and 18th group armies, a total of 32 infantry divisions, 14 infantry brigades, five cavalry divisions, three cavalry brigades and other special forces, is responsible for the defense of Shanxi and Shaanxi.
In the Third Theater, Commander Gu Zhutong had troops including the 10th, 23rd, 25th, and 32nd Group Armies and the newly formed 4th Army. and 32 infantry divisions, 2 infantry brigades, and other special forces, which were responsible for conducting guerrilla warfare in Zhejiang and Jiangsu.
In the Fourth Theater, the commander Gao Fei was responsible for the defense of Liangguang with troops including the 19th, 12th, and 16th Group Armies, a total of 25 infantry divisions, 2 reading infantry brigades and other special forces.
In the Fifth Theater, the commander Li Zongren was the commander of the army, and the troops included the 2nd, 22nd, 29th, and 33rd group armies, and the guerrilla corps of the Henan-Hubei-Anhui border region. A total of 26 infantry divisions, a cavalry division, a cavalry brigade and other special forces. Responsible for the defense of western Anhui, northern Hubei and southern Henan.
In the Eighth Theater, Commander Zhu Shaoliang included the 7th and 17th Group Armies, with a total of 6 infantry divisions, 9 infantry brigades, 4 cavalry divisions, 4 cavalry brigades and other special forces, responsible for defending the Ganningqing and Suiyuan areas.
In the Ninth Theater, the commander Xue Yue acted as the 1st, 20th, 19th, 27th, 30th, and 31st Group Armies, the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Border Region Guerrilla Corps, a total of 52 infantry divisions, and other special forces and guerrilla units, responsible for defending Hunan, southern Hunan, and western Jiangxi.
In the 10th Theater, Commander Jiang Dingwen has the 34th Group Army, with a total of 9 infantry divisions, 1 infantry brigade, 1 cavalry division, 1 cavalry brigade and other special forces and security forces, responsible for the defense of Shaanxi.
In the Sulu Theater, the commander-in-chief Yu Xuezhong had 7 infantry divisions, special security forces, and guerrilla units under his command, and carried out guerrilla warfare in northern Jiangsu and Shandong.
In the Jicha Theater, Commander-in-Chief Lu Zhonglin had five infantry divisions, one cavalry division and guerrilla units under his command, and carried out guerrilla warfare in Hebei and Chahar.
The total strength of the country is 250 infantry divisions, 29 reading infantry brigades, 13 cavalry divisions, 10 cavalry brigades, in addition to a considerable number of special forces and guerrilla forces that cannot be accurately counted. However, due to the heavy losses of well-trained and experienced veterans in previous battles, and the general lack of training of hastily formed troops, the actual combat effectiveness is far worse than that of a year ago.
In view of this, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the troops in all theaters on the Yangtze River to reorganize and rotate training in phases and batches from the beginning of 1939 to replenish the personnel and equipment, and by the end of 1939, all the training should be completed and preparations for a counteroffensive.
At the same time as the large-scale reorganization and training of the troops, the Chinese side actively co-opted Wang Jingwei and other dissidents within the Kuomintang to divide the opponents, and at the same time actively expanded the army in its own territory and waited for an opportunity to launch a new offensive.
Because of the grim situation in Guangdong, Gao Fei did not participate in the military conference in Nanyue, so when the 21st Army retreated in the Guangzhou area again, he summoned several division commanders of the 12th Group Army and the commander of the group army, Yu Hanmou, the commanders of the 78th Division, the Jewish Legion, the 60th Division, and the 61st Division assembled in northern Guangdong to Shaoguan to convey the resolution of the Nanyue Conference and at the same time discuss the operational plan of the theater.
After Gao Fei read out the operational guidelines formulated by the High Command, Ma Debi said with a smile: "I didn't expect that our chairman would be able to attach importance to guerrilla warfare from a strategic height. ”
Gao Fei also said with a smile: "The reason why the chairman made this decision is probably because of the lessons learned from the defeat of his regular army and the Red Army guerrillas in the civil war in the previous ten years. However, as long as the regular army on the frontal battlefield continues to take the initiative to attack and attract the main force and attention of the army to the front line, it will still be able to greatly reduce the pressure on the guerrilla forces behind the enemy lines, and this will play a fairly positive role in supporting and cultivating the development and growth of the guerrilla forces behind the enemy lines. Of course, with the development and growth of the anti-Japanese forces behind enemy lines, the more puppet armies will be contained and consumed, and in turn, they will also play a role in promoting the frontal battlefield. ”
As the commander of the regular army, Yu Hanmou has always despised guerrilla warfare, so he is unwilling to spend too much time on this issue, so he said bluntly: "Senior Commander, since the army is insufficient, let's continue to reorganize and train the army according to the predetermined plan, which is also in line with the spirit of the Nanyue Conference." ”
Gao Fei glanced at the commanders present and said: "The training of the army cannot be relaxed, but I think there are some problems with the commander's judgment of the current situation between the enemy and us, and I am afraid that a limited attack will not achieve the goal of containing the army, but will give the enemy time to expand the army and gather troops!" ”
Yu Hanmou immediately asked, "How can you see it?" ”
Gao Fei explained: "It is already a modern industrial country, with a complete industrial system and reserve system, and it can expand more than a dozen divisions and regiments in a very short period of time, how can it be that there are not enough troops? At the time of the Battle of Songhu, the base camp thought that the strength of the army was insufficient, and as a result, the 10th Army copied the back road; During the Battle of Wuhan, he still believed that the enemy's troops were insufficient and it was impossible to land from Guangzhou, so he constantly transferred troops to the north, and was finally caught off guard by the army; Now we are still obsessed, thinking that the army is not capable of launching a new offensive, if we think so, we will definitely die an ugly death! ”
Liang Shiji, commander of the 154th Division, asked puzzledly: "China's population is several times that of the previous one, and there are still problems with the source of troops, how can they easily expand so many troops?" ”
The commanders of the 9th Army knew more or less about this question, but the division commanders of the 12th Group did not know anything, so they all looked at Gao Fei and waited for him to give an answer.
Gao Fei said: "The physical fitness of our people is relatively poor, and the average life expectancy is only 35 years old, while I am 50 years old, that is to say, this man can still serve in the army at the age of 35. In addition, it is said that the implementation of the reserve system of all soldiers is a soldier, and the men of appropriate age have basically received military training, and they will soon have combat effectiveness after being incorporated into the army. Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the standing army of Yueben had 17 divisions and regiments, with a total strength of about 500,000, and from 1931 to the present, there were almost two million retired soldiers. How can we think that I am incapable of continuing the attack? ”
After listening to Gao Fei's words, the generals of the Cantonese army generally felt that they had been empowered, and their understanding of the book immediately rose to a new height.
Ou Hong, commander of the 153rd Division, asked: "Since I have such strength, why don't I do my best to fight and completely defeat our army?" ”
So Gao Fei repeated what he said to Wei Qingfu a few days ago, and finally added: "The strategic layout of the political axe is global, and in all the plans they have formulated, conquering China is only the first step, and then they must march southward to seize the oil-rich Nanyang, and then use the materials of Nanyang and Chinese mainland as the backing to challenge the old empires such as Britain and the United States, so as to achieve the hegemony of Asia, and then take the step of competing for global hegemony." ”
Ou Hong said with admiration: "I can't imagine that your Ninth Legion not only has a set of battles, but also collects information without ambiguity!" I don't know how to get such classified information? ”
Gao Feijie smiled mockingly and said: "This is not confidential information, but the established national policy formulated by Emperor Meiji Meiji decades ago. ”
Ma Debi was stunned when he saw that the commander of the 12th Group Army present was stunned by the facts listed by Gao Fei, and he felt a little overwhelmed, and hurriedly said: "It is said that Ben has always despised China, and the so-called arrogant army will be defeated, as long as we make good use of it, we still have a great chance to win!" ”
(To be continued)