Chapter 163: Independence Supports the Crisis
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Wuhan Military Commission.
Xia Chao reported the movements of the Japanese army to the Military Commission.
Chairman Chiang asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think after reading the telegram of the summer tide?" ”
Bai Chongxi said: "Matsui Shigen transferred a brigade of the 13th Division and the 40th Division to attack Lunan, and the pressure on Wuhan was much less. We can take the opportunity to strengthen the fortifications, train new soldiers, and prepare for a long-term hold on to Wuhan. ”
Li Zongren also means this. What they considered was that although the Japanese army had reduced the pressure on Wuhan, it did not mean that there was no pressure, and in the next step, if the Japanese army annihilated the troops of the summer tide and freed up their hands, the advance on Wuhan would be more violent.
Wuhan must be ready for the next large-scale Japanese offensive.
As soon as Chen Cheng heard this opinion, he let the Japanese army attack Lunan. He said: "This is not good, I think that taking advantage of the transfer of Japanese troops and reducing the pressure on Wuhan, we should take the initiative to attack and actively respond to the operation of Lunan." ”
He Yingqin said: "After several large-scale battles, our army's equipment is backward, relying on complete fortifications, and the Japanese army is fighting for attrition, so that it can barely withstand the Japanese offensive.
Once the Japanese attack again, we won't even have enough troops to hold our positions, so it's better to be safe. ”
Li Zongren and others are all in this opinion. They also have a point. As He Yingqin said, the Nationalist army fought a field battle with the Japanese army, and the chances of victory were almost none.
Chairman Chiang thought that everyone's opinion was sound, but it was too unfair to the summer tide. Every time something happens, people come to the rescue. This time, the military commission ignored the distress, and some of them could not be justified.
He thought about it again and said, "Let's transfer this opinion to Tianchao first and listen to his thoughts." ”
Headquarters of the 35th Group Army in Weishan County.
Zhang Zizhong and others received a telegram from the Military Commission and were very angry. Zhang Zizhong said: "The national army of nearly 100 divisions in Wuhan faced only a hundred thousand Japanese troops, and they asked us to rescue many times.
Now, let's deal with 100,000 Japanese troops independently, and they will leave it alone, which is too much to say, right? ”
Xu Feihu and the others also made noise, and there was chaos in the conference room.
Zhao Dengyu, who attended the meeting, said: "If this is the case, we will give up Zaozhuang, let the Kaijinpu railway line, and let the Japanese army in North China drive straight down and join the Wuhan front." ”
Xia Yu and Liang Guodong were born in Huangpu, so it was inconvenient for them to express different opinions on the tactics of the Military Commission, but they were also dissatisfied in their hearts.
Chen Shuming has always been steady, although he is not happy in his heart, he does not show it.
Xia Chao didn't say anything, he knew that the matter might be even more serious than this.
There are many factions within the national army, and when various factions encounter danger, it is good if they do not fall into the ground, and it is basically no fun to rescue each other. Even if they wanted to rescue, they could not count on it due to the backward level of tactics and equipment.
At present, the worst thing is Tang Enbo's Henan direction, once he can't hold Heze and abandons Shangqiu again, the Japanese army facing the base area will at least add more divisions. Communication to the outside world will be cut off again.
Everyone talked about it for a long time, and when they saw that the summer tide was silent, they also shut up. Xu Feihu asked, "Commander, what do you think?" ”
Xia Chao understands that he can't complain at this time, which is not only useless, but can only make everyone's mood worse. He smiled and said: "When we came here to establish a base area, we didn't expect others to help in the first place, let's analyze the enemy situation, in fact, it is not so terrible." ”
He first described the worst result, Tang Enbo abandoned the Shangqiu line, the base area was attacked by the devils from all sides, and the main force of the group army was compressed to a narrow area centered on the calf, and finally fought a decisive battle with the devils.
He asked: "Do you think that this kind of result is afraid of us?" ”
When Xia Chao said this, Chen Shuming immediately said: "This is impossible. The base area is full of tunnels, and the guerrilla army also has a large number of mines, I don't boast, I don't need our regular army, just rely on my guerrilla army and militia, if you want to be compressed by the devils to the area around the calf, the devils have to die 50,000 people. ”
Everyone laughed when they heard it. Indeed, no matter who is the commander of the devil, in the face of such a huge network of tunnels, thousands of mines, and elusive attacks, there is no certainty of victory.
The point is, there are still 100,000 regular troops.
Xia Chao then analyzed: "When it comes to equipment, individual firepower and melee support firepower, we are all stronger than devils. The strengths of the devils are, firstly, aircraft, and secondly, large-caliber long-range artillery.
Against devil planes, our biggest firepower advantage is anti-aircraft guns. The devil can't afford to consume, even if we exchange 5 anti-aircraft guns for a devil and a plane, he can't afford to change it. Are all planes less than a one? How long does it take to train a pilot?
The biggest threat is long-range artillery, and this problem is easy to solve. What does our special forces team eat? You can attack them in advance, or you can enter the tunnels and attack them at any time. I believe the special forces will be able to accomplish this task. ”
When he said this, Zhang Quan immediately expressed his position and said, "Commander, rest assured, I promise to complete the task." ”
Taking advantage of Zhang Quan's speech, Xia Chao picked up the teacup and drank water. Hu Xiaoman immediately came over.
Hu Xiaoman is the director of the confidential office, and she is responsible for recording the records of major meetings, and she is also responsible for the role of an orderly, and she pours tea and water for each general.
The teapot is uniformly distributed by the logistics department, but if anyone pays attention, they will find that the teacup of the summer tide is specially prepared by this girl, which is a pale green carved teacup, which is smaller than other people's, so that the number of times you need to add water is more. She's happy to take the opportunity to get closer to the summer tide.
While she was recording, she watched the summer tide at any time, ready to come over and add water to him.
Everyone talked about it for a while. Xia Chao continued: "The two strategic groups of devils are working together to attack us, which sounds terrifying. However, the national army held back most of their troops, and the maximum number of troops they could use was no more than 120,000.
The most critical problem is that these forces belong to two large groups and are problematic to command. So the cooperation between them will be greatly reduced. ”
After listening to the analysis of the summer tide, everyone also felt that the attack of the devil was not a big deal. The resentment against the Military Commission is also much less.
Before the meeting, Xia Chao consulted various tactical materials in his mind and conducted many wargames. The plan for the anti-sweep campaign is ripe. He formally presented his campaign plan, which was quickly approved by the top brass of the army group.
Next, it is the work of Xia Feng, the chief of staff, who is responsible for formulating a specific campaign action plan.
After the meeting, Chen Shuming was sent to Tang Enbo's headquarters in person, sent him 1,000 Japanese-style 38-style rifles and some bullets, and gave him another 100,000 legal currency.
Tang Enbo promised to hold on to Shangqiu and ensure the safety of the flanks of the summer tide.