Chapter Seventy-Six: The Place of Landing
Because of the outstanding performance in the summer towards the front, everyone gave him face and waited for him to talk down. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Unexpectedly, Xia Chao said: "What you said makes sense, please continue." ”
The generals thought he had some good advice, but it was just a sycophancy. Everyone said in their hearts: "Do you still need to say this?" What we said made sense, not to mention that this strategy was formulated by the Supreme Military Commissar. The discussion continued.
Actually, this is not what Xia Chao wants to say, he is opposed to this strategic policy of the Military Commission. However, he suddenly felt that it was useless to tell these people, and they would only obey Chairman Chiang's orders. Moreover, if I told them what I thought, it was possible to leak the secret, so I changed my words temporarily.
Zhang Zhizhong saw that Xia Chao was hiding something, so he hastily ended the meeting and called Xia Chao to his office. He asked: "Celestial Empire, what do you think differently about the strategic policy of the Battle of Songhu made by the Military Commission?" ”
Xia Chao said: "With such a strategic idea, the battle will definitely be defeated. ”
Zhang Zhizhong said: "This time, the Military Commission mobilized more than 700,000 troops to participate in the battle, and the Japanese army used the navy to transport troops, at most more than 200,000 people, and it is still possible to annihilate the Japanese army, at least it can prevent the Japanese army from occupying Shanghai."
You must know that Shanghai is the largest industrial city in China and the economic center of China, and it cannot be occupied by the Japanese army. Such a deployment by the Military Commission is justified. ”
Xia Chao said, "Commander. "When talking about business, Xia Chao called Zhang Zhizhong. He said: "The account cannot be calculated in this way, the Japanese navy and air force are huge, and even the firepower of the army cannot be matched by the national army, and such a deployment can only consume the main force of the national army in vain, and Shanghai cannot be defended." ”
Zhang Zhizhong said: "What you said has some truth, then, how do you think the troops should be deployed?" ”
Xia Chao said: "In the coastal areas, place a small number of troops, let the Japanese army go ashore, fight step by step, and consume their vital strength.
The main force of the Nationalist Army retreated beyond the range of the Japanese naval guns, and took advantage of the terrain of the rice fields and water network in the south of the Yangtze River to set aside some troops in the front to resist step by step, gradually forming the depth of the campaign, and sending powerful troops to flank the attack.
Only in this way can we continuously consume the Japanese army and give full play to the superiority of our army's strength. ”
Zhang Zhizhong shook his head and said: "I am afraid that it will not work to put the Japanese army ashore to fight, once they occupy the land position, reinforcements will land in a steady stream, if they are allowed to smoothly assemble troops and replenish supplies, the pressure on the national army will be greater." ”
Xia Chao knew that it was difficult to convince Zhang Zhizhong, and he couldn't convince him, and there was no way to convince the Military Commission and Chairman Jiang. So he kept silent and took his leave.
He returned to the station and sent a telegram to Zheng Lanni, asking him to forward the telegram to Dai Li.
Dai Li, who was in Nanjing, received a telegram from Zheng Lanni, and sat there thinking carefully. The stakes are high, and he can't be more cautious than cautious. After thinking about it for a long time, he decided to personally send a telegram to the summer court.
What was written in the telegram of the summer dynasty?
It turned out that no one would have any doubts about the Japanese army's landing operation, and there were many places where the Japanese army could land on the long coastline of Shanghai, but everyone could not determine where the Japanese army would choose to land.
Determining the landing site of the Japanese army was crucial to the defense of the national army.
Xia Chao knew where the Japanese army landed in history, and he judged that even if history had changed somewhat, for example, the Japanese marines were annihilated. However, the Japanese army still will not change the landing site.
The reason for this is that preparations for such a major operation as a landing operation must be made a long time in advance: the enemy situation, topography, hydrological data, and so on at the landing site cannot be completed in a day.
Now that the Japanese army is at sea, it has approached Shanghai, and the landing plan has not been leaked, and a temporary change is impossible.
The top brass of the Nationalist Army made various speculations about the landing location of the Japanese army, but they just did not expect that the Japanese army would land on the Yangtze River. Therefore. If the landing site of the Japanese army pointed out by Xia Chao is true, the deployment of the national army will also be significantly adjusted, which is not a joke.
Dai Li had to be cautious.
Xia Chao can provide information to the Military Commission on his own, but he is only a small lieutenant colonel, and his words have no weight. So he thought of Dai Li, the same words, coming out of Dai Li's mouth, will attract attention, after all, Dai Li represents the intelligence organization of the Fuxing Society.
Dai Li and Xia Chao sent several telegrams in succession, and Xia Chao noted in the telegram that he was willing to guarantee his life, and Dai Li decided to report to the Supreme Military Council.
The War Room of the Supreme Military Council of Nanjing.
Chairman Chiang, He Yingqin, Feng Yuxiang, Chen Cheng, and others were studying the issue of troop deployment for the Battle of Songhu. For possible landing sites for Japanese troops, they chose several sites. The General Staff of the Military Commission has also made corresponding arrangements.
Unbeknownst to Xia Chao, he had weakly changed history, and his victories in Beiping and Shanghai had greatly strengthened the confidence of Chairman Chiang and the top brass of the Nationalist Army, who believed that in this battle, the Nationalist Army had mobilized one-third of the country's troops, of which the most elite main divisions of the Nationalist Army alone had reached more than 30. There is optimism about the prospects for the Battle of Songhu.
Wang Shihe pushed the door in and reported that Dai Li asked to see him.
After Dai Li came in, Chairman Jiang asked, "Yunong, what are you doing here?" ”
Dai Li said: "Report to the principal, the students have important information about the landing site of the Japanese army. ”
Chairman Chiang said, "Oh, you say come and listen. ”
Dai Li said: "Please move, I will report on the map." ”
When everyone stood in front of the wide military map of the Songhu area, Dai Li pointed to the two place names on the map and said: "The first place is here, Chuanshakou. The unit in which the Japanese army was preparing for the landing was the 11th Division. The second location is here, the Wusongkou Railway Wharf, where the troops preparing to land are the 3rd Division. ”
Chairman Chiang and others were taken aback, they did not expect that the Japanese army would enter Wusongkou along the Yangtze River.
He Yingqin said: "This is impossible, we have already laid a large number of mines on the Yangtze River, and there is an artillery blockade of the Wusongkou Fort on the river bank, how is it possible?" ”
Chairman Jiang also asked with some skepticism: "Yunong, is the news reliable?" ”
For Xia Chao, Dai Li still believed it in his heart, but after all, this matter was too important, he hesitated for a moment and said, "It should be reliable." ”
He Yingqin said: "What do you mean? Is it reliable? ”
Chairman Jiang was also a little unhappy, but he did not get angry, because in his opinion, Dai Li's work has always been reliable. He asked with a pleasant face: "Yunong, tell me, how did you get this information?" ”