The third part of the Bloody War of Resistance, Chapter 8, the Eighth Section of the Trick Road, and the Liberation of Wuhan

The same * light in Nanjing, shining on the Qinhuai River, the wind and moon are still the same, the painting boat is rippling on the river, the delicate singing of the merchant girls floats to both banks with the wind, the willows on the shore are clinging, and the young lovers are nestled in the shade of the trees, tasting the sweetness of love. /。 \\

Under this warm light, there was a trace of throbbing under the plane tree, a little anxious, a little frightened, on the street, the number of police and Japanese patrols was obviously more than before, and the officials of the Nanjing government were uneasy and gloomy. On the other hand, the citizens of Nanjing were more excited than ever, laughing briskly, and quietly exchanging news from afar.

There are more sentry posts near the headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army than in previous times, and there are significantly more vehicles coming and going than before. When I stepped into the headquarters, I was greeted by a sense of depression and tension. Inside the building, the officers were in a hurry, and telegrams from all over the country were quickly delivered to the war room.

In the war room, Nishio Shouzo, Itagaki Seishiro and the staff officers of the War Department gathered in front of the map, everyone was silent, and every progress of the Northern Hubei Campaign was sent here in time for Nishio Shouzo and Itagaki Seishiro to make decisions.

The development of the Northern Hubei Campaign to this point made both Nishio Shouzo and Itagaki Seishiro feel a sense of powerlessness, and the original plan had been completely overturned.

An officer came in and whispered a few words in the ear of the deputy chief of staff, Harem Chun, who thought about it and walked to Nishio Shouzo's side: "Commander, Chairman Wang Jingwei asks to see you." ”

Nishio Shouzo didn't think about it, so he replied stiffly: "No." ”

Itagaki Seishiro hurriedly dissuaded: "Your Excellency, let's go and meet, he must have something to do with Wuhan here." ”

"Okay, I'll go meet him, Itagaki-kun, and you can discuss whether you should give up Wuhan, and if you want to give up, how to organize the troops to retreat." Nishio Shouzo was silent, but finally accepted Itagaki's suggestion.

Nishio Shouzo walked to the door, turned around and called Takeo Imai, the head of the fourth section. The headquarters waiting room and the war room are not in the same building, but in a slightly lower building next to it, which is more beautifully decorated.

Arriving at the door of the waiting room, Nishio Shouzo stopped, gently calmed down some of the breath caused by the brisk walk just now, exchanged glances with Takeo Imai behind him, squeezed out a smile, and then pushed the door open

In the meeting room, Wang Jingwei, Chen Gongbo, and Chief of General Staff Ye Peng sat there with a worried face, and when they saw Nishio Shouzo and Imai Takeo coming in, Wang Jingwei took the lead to greet them.

"Commander Nishio, at this time, I would like to forgive me for taking the liberty of visiting." Wang Jingwei was not as elegant as before, on the contrary, when he asked this, he was very nervous, and he grabbed his hand without even waiting for Nishio Shouzo to salute him.

Nishio Shouzo felt that Wang Jingwei's hand was a little cold, a little wet, and a little shaky, and he shook Wang Jingwei's hand hard.

"Chairman Wang, is it because of the battle in northern Hubei at this time?" Nishio Shouzo let go of his hand and went straight to the point.

"Yes, I heard that the war situation is unfavorable and Wuhan is likely to be lost." Wang Jingwei did not shy away from staring at Nishio Shouzo's eyes and said.

Soon after the establishment of the Nanjing government, Guangzhou was abandoned, and despite his repeated protests, the Japanese still gave up Guangzhou regardless of it, and Chu Minyi, chairman of Guangdong Province, could only withdraw to Shanghai with the troops.

If the Japanese army is defeated this time, and the squadron recovers Wuhan, what kind of situation will the Nanjing government face, Wang Jingwei really dare not think.

There is one thing that everyone in Wang Jingwei's government understands that if the squadron hits Nanjing, everyone in this government will not end well. In the list of traitors arrested by the Nationalist Government, all the officials of this government are on the list.

There is only one circumstance that will allow them to avoid the eternal accusation of traitor, and that is that the Japanese have won the war, and their fate has been tied to the Japanese.

Nishio Shouzo obviously understood this, he smiled faintly, and calmly invited Wang Jingwei to sit down, and he also sat down on the main seat, Imai Takeo sat next to Ye Peng, he smiled and said: "Chairman Wang, things are relatively bad, as for whether to give up Wuhan, it has not yet been decided." ”

"Wuhan cannot be abandoned, Wuhan must not be abandoned." Wang Jingwei was in a hurry, Chen Gongbo and Ye Peng's faces showed despair, Wang Jingwei almost jumped up, because he stood too fiercely, his body couldn't help leaning forward, and he hurriedly held the sofa with his hand: "Wuhan is different from Guangzhou, once Wuhan is lost, people's hearts will float, and the whole situation will be over."

Wang Jingwei was shouting with almost all his strength, and when he finished shouting these few words, he almost sat down, leaning on the sofa weakly, as if the whole world had collapsed.

Nishio Shou smiled, a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes, he glanced at Takeo Imai, and Takeo Imai also smiled: "Chairman Wang, don't worry, the situation is still under the control of the imperial army, even if you give up Wuhan, the situation will not deteriorate to the extent that it is out of control." ”

"Imai-kun is right," Nishio Shouzo stood up: "I must admit that in the Battle of Northern Hubei, the imperial army suffered a setback, as for whether to abandon Wuhan, it depends on the subsequent development of the war, the imperial army is reinforcing Wuhan, I believe the situation will change soon." ”

Wang Jingwei and Chen Gongbo don't understand military affairs, but Ye Peng is different, he is a military general, he was only fifteen years old to participate in the Wuchang Uprising, and later admitted to the Baoding Military Academy, has more than ten years of military career, familiar with military affairs.

With the current situation of the Battle of Northern Hubei Province, it is impossible for the Japanese to salvage the situation unless they can mobilize more than 100,000 troops to Wuhan within a week. But with the current control capabilities of the Japanese, especially with the air superiority of the Chinese side, it is impossible to have such a fast transport capacity.

And judging from the process of the Battle of Northern Hubei Province, the combat effectiveness of the squadron has been greatly improved, whether it is the Yicheng diversion battle, or the inn annihilation battle, or the Jingshan attack battle; The squadron has shown strong combat effectiveness. More importantly, in this battle, the organizational ability of the squadron was greatly improved.

"Commander Xiwei," Ye Peng sighed softly: "If Wuhan is abandoned, what is the plan of the imperial army next?" ”

Nishio Shouzao's eyes flashed, knowing that Ye Peng had seen the inevitability of giving up Wuhan, since the Battle of Northern Hubei, the puppet army has rebelled, and the Japanese army has lost trust in the puppet army, thinking that the puppet army can be used to deal with GCD, but fighting against the government of China, the puppet army is not only not an assistant, but will also become a hidden danger. But even if Nishio Shouzo doesn't trust the puppet army, he can't distrust the three people in front of him, they are already tied to the Japanese army.

"At present, we have not decided to give up Wuhan," Nishio Shouzo thought about it, decided to tell the truth, get some vaccinations, and at the same time tactfully reminded them that the imperial army still believed them: "It is difficult to hold Wuhan, and the cost is relatively large, Chongqing has mobilized about 500,000 troops to besiege Wuhan, and the imperial army in Wuhan is only more than 20,000 people, we are transferring troops from Jiangnan to the west,..., I can tell you a news, this is top secret news, the base camp has decided to transfer troops from Nanyang, the Soviet Russian battlefield and the country, With the transfer of about 20 divisions and four additional flying regiments to China, totaling 600 aircraft, the strength of China's dispatched army will be unprecedentedly strong. ”

These words made Wang Jingwei and Chen Gongbo's spirits a little invigorated, in the past few years, they have only drawn troops from the Chinese battlefield, and rarely see additional troops. But Nishio Shouzo's words were also mixed with water, and in view of the failure of the Northern Hubei Campaign, Tokyo decided to send more troops to China, but not twenty divisions, but twelve divisions, of which six divisions were from the Soviet Russian battlefield, four from the South Seas, two from the country, and as for the Air Force, there were only three hundred.

The Chinese army was very dissatisfied with this, Ye Peng's feelings, Nishio Shouzo also had it, so Nishio Shouzo and Itagaki Seishiro asked Tokyo for reinforcements of no less than 300,000 troops from 20 divisions and regiments, as well as 800 fighters and 200 bombers, but Tokyo did not hesitate to refuse Nishio Shouzo's request, and clearly told him that the army would give a maximum of 10 divisions and the air force a maximum of 200, and the requirements of the navy must be considered. After the efforts of Nishio Shouzo and Itagaki Seishiro, Tokyo finally agreed to give 600 planes to the 12 divisions.

"What do you need us to do?" Chen Gongbo asked at this time, his heart was very complicated at first, and all kinds of tastes were intertwined, but now that he had thought clearly, since he had already boarded the boat, it was impossible to go down on this boat, and it was impossible to get off the boat halfway.

"First of all, to stabilize the people's hearts, every official of the government must take responsibility, the news of Wuhan must be blocked from the ordinary people, the news censorship agencies must pay real attention, and in addition, it is necessary to collect grain, cloth and medicine as soon as possible, especially grain, not less than 10 billion kilograms, during the Northern Hubei Campaign, there was a serious food shortage in the imperial army," Speaking of this, he turned to Ye Peng: "The most important thing is that the army, during the Northern Hubei Campaign, the peaceful rescue ** frequently rebelled, betrayed the imperial army, and betrayed our common cause, so we must make great efforts to rectify the peaceful army." , especially officers, the army is to be in the hands of reliable officers. ”

"Rest assured, we'll get back to work." Wang Jingwei stood up and solemnly assured, and Chen Gongbo immediately reminded: "We immediately ordered all localities to start collecting grain, but Jiangnan has just sown seeds, and it will not be harvested until June." ”

"The Chongqing Army will not make any more major moves before June," Nishio Shouzo immediately replied, "Now we will start collecting surplus grain, and after the harvest in June, we will collect 10 billion kilograms." ”

"Rest assured, we'll get the job done." Wang Jingwei agreed without hesitation.

Chen Gongbo closed his eyes, this should be put in the past, he must strive for it, 10 billion kilograms, is not a small difficulty for the current Nanjing government occupation area, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the richest regions in China, but these areas are not all under the control of the Japanese army. Zhejiang, where the Japanese controlled about two-thirds; Jiangsu is even less, northern Jiangsu, most of which is controlled in the Sulu theater, the Japanese army only retains a few points along the Yangtze River, and southern Jiangsu, the third theater controls half. It is conceivable that in order to collect these 10 billion kilograms of grain, it is very likely that all the rations of the common people will be snatched away, and the resistance of the common people will become more intense.

However, neither Wang Jingwei nor Ye Peng actually had control over the army, and the army of the Nanjing government was completely controlled by the generals, and before, the Japanese also deliberately connived at this situation.

However, on the surface, Wang Jingwei still had to make a move, and he appointed Chen Gongbo as director of the Political Department as a face of Nishio Shouzo, strengthened the political work of the army, and decided to adjust the garrisons in various places. Nishio Shouzo immediately reciprocated, saying that the imperial army would fully support the Nanjing government's army reorganization.

The atmosphere in the reception room was more harmonious, and at this time, the head of the first section, Amano Daisa, pushed the door in and whispered in Nishio Shouzo's ear, "Call from Tokyo." ”

Nishio Shouzo chuckled in his heart, but he still kept a smile on his face, he stood up and said goodbye to Wang Jingwei, who knew that it must be a battle ahead, so he also said goodbye and left.

After Wang Jingwei and the others left, Nishio Shouzo immediately walked quickly to the war room, and Amano said as he walked: "Prime Minister Tojo announced his resignation, and the base camp called, ordering to abandon Wuhan and retreat from Wuhan immediately. ”

Although he was already mentally prepared, Nishio Shouzo couldn't help but pause before entering the war room. Apparently the officers in the war room already knew the news, and they greeted him in silence.

"What do you guys think?" Nishio Shouzo stood still in front of the map before asking. The Japanese army had a tradition of subordinate officers, and even in wartime, these junior officers could ignore orders from Tokyo.

"According to the current situation, Wuhan can't hold on." Itagaki Seishiro replied: "At present, although the North China Dispatch Army has sent two divisions to the south, but they are too far away from Wuhan, the Fifth Army of China has controlled Queshan, and after Toshima withdrew from Xinyang, the China Army has taken control of Xinyang, and the Second Army of China did not pursue Toshima after seizing Xinyang, but it is estimated that it is going north, rushing to Queshan to block our southward troops.

After the loss of Xiaogan, the 3rd and 104th Divisions had to break through the defenses of the 60th and 77th Armies of China to return to Wuhan, and I have reason to believe that part of the China Army was rushing from Zhongxiang to Xiaogan.

The 15th Division had turned to Jiujiang along the Yangtze River, and the 116th Division was alone in Wuhan, and on the periphery of Wuhan, there were 300,000 troops attacking Hesheng Bridge. To continue to transfer troops from Jiangnan, in addition to the lack of time, the troops are also scattered and formed a refueling tactic, so our opinion is to abandon Wuhan. Abandoning Wuhan now, you can still save the troops to the greatest extent, if He Shengqiao or Huanglingji are broken through, it will be too late. ”

Nishio Shouzo stared at Itagaki, Itagaki looked at him silently, Nishio Shouzo's gaze turned on the faces of the deputy chief of staff, Harema Jun, Amano and others, they all faced him with the same silence, waiting for his decision, it was obvious that this conclusion was reached after their discussion, and it was their unanimous opinion.

I'm a little late today, so I beg your pardon.

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