The day came as scheduled, and the spring breeze of Hexi warmed both sides of the Huai River, and the ice and snow began to be covered with a layer of new green; The warm sun shone on the people, the farmers were busy in the fields, and the war seemed to have come to a halt at this moment. \.qβV. Com

The war stopped, and the Japanese army that conquered Nanjing continued to attack, successively capturing Dangtu, Wuhu, crossing the river to conquer Pukou and Yangzhou, and occupying two bridgeheads in Jiangbei. The squadron did not make serious resistance, only in Wuhu, Xue Yue led his troops to fight with the Fifth Division, and after occupying these places, the Japanese offensive stopped.

The wheels of war came to a moment to a halt, and both sides were licking their bleeding wounds. After the squadron withdrew from Nanjing, the Chinese base camp published a report on the battles of Songhu and Nanjing. The Chinese government announced that it had killed 260,000 Japanese soldiers, wounded 180,000, captured 238 artillery pieces of various types, captured 8 Japanese tanks, destroyed 154 Japanese tanks, 14 armored vehicles, and shot down 1,233 Japanese aircraft. The squadron suffered 160,000 casualties. The battle report caused a great sensation, and the brief unhappiness of the loss of Nanjing was quickly drowned out by joy.

Not to be outdone, the Japanese base camp immediately published a war report announcing that it had killed 500,000 squadrons, wounded 320,000, captured 30,000, captured 130 artillery pieces, destroyed 20 tanks, shot down 120 planes, and killed 31,000 Japanese soldiers.

Both sides invariably exaggerated the other's casualties and minimized their own.

However, there is still a difference between strength and weakness, although Nanjing was conquered, but the Japanese base camp and the Central China Front were very disappointed, strictly speaking, Nanjing was deliberately abandoned by the squadron, Nanjing was an empty city, and the Japanese army spent a huge price to occupy an empty city. After the squadron wiped out 100,000 Japanese troops, the main force easily jumped out of the Japanese encirclement.

Chiang Kai-shek personally went to Bengbu to attend the summary meeting of the retreating troops in Nanjing, and issued a series of awards and promotion orders at the meeting, at which Zhuang Jihua, commander of the Nanjing garrison, awarded the Order of the Blue Sky and the White Sun, and was promoted to the rank of general, Yang Sen was awarded the Order of the Blue Sky and the White Sun, and was promoted to the rank of general, and Lan Yundong was awarded the Order of the Blue Sky and the White Sun, and was promoted to lieutenant general,...

Subsequently, the base camp made adjustments to the troops withdrawn from Nanjing, abolishing the Nanjing Garrison Command, transferring the 49th Group Army and the 24th Group Army to the Fifth Theater, the 19th Group Army and the 15th Group Army to Jiangxi, the 21st Group Army, the 71st, 72nd, and 78th Armies to the Wuhan area for rest, and Hu Zongnan being promoted to the commander of the 17th Army Corps and transferred to the First Theater.

The main force of the Japanese army was transferred to the south, the Japanese army in North China was empty, and Han Fu's Third Army launched a counteroffensive in Shandong, recovering Huimin, Leling, and Lingxian, and the troops approached Dexian. The first theater also counterattacked the region, recovering Anyang, Cixian, and Pengcheng, and approaching. Wei Lihuang in the second theater launched a counterattack on Yuncheng. The 18th Group Army occupied Taihang Mountain, and the 1st Division of the 29th Group Army also entered Taihang Mountain.

In order to stabilize the situation in North China, the 10th and 5th Divisions were transferred back to North China, the 7th Division remained in the Nanjing area, and the Japanese base camp approved the addition of five more divisions to temporarily stop the offensive until North China stabilized and until the Central China Army was restored.

From this moment on, the War of Resistance completely embarked on a different path from the previous life.

The horse's hooves struck the ground crisply. A puff of yellow dust was kicked up on the dirt road. A group of knights escorted several cars speeding along the riverbank. The loess rolls up the dust.

to the shore of Longzi Lake. The soldiers quickly set up a cordon around the perimeter. Several senior officers got out of the car. The officers, however, accompanied a soldier without rank and a lady toward the lake.

"Chairman. This is Longzi Lake. Reputedly. Zhu Yuanzhang held the boat here. Bamboo falls into the water. Become a dragon. It rose into the air, so it was called Longzi Lake. "It's a gray-haired guy who speaks. Hanging the rank of general: "Crabs are produced here." The shell is full of meat. Creamy and fatty. It is a local specialty. The chairman of the committee to be present must try it. ”

"Oh. No wonder you Li Heling are chubby. It turned out that there were too many crabs here. Chiang Kai-shek was in high spirits. He personally went to Bengbu to preside over the congratulatory meeting. The main goal is still the labor army. Although lost Nanjing. But the whole country was excited. Wiped out more than 100,000 Japanese troops. Such a victory is enough to boost the confidence of the whole people. Now even Wang Jingwei's low-key club locals dare not speak of defeat lightly.

Chiang Kai-shek joked. There was a small noise. Chiang Kai-shek smiled and took the lead in moving forward. Song Meiling was slightly two steps behind. She came to the labor army on behalf of the Women's National Salvation Federation.

"Cultural Revolution," Chiang Kai-shek took two steps, stopped and called Zhuang Jihua over: "Let's walk together, you have worked hard in Nanjing, today we will comfort you." ”

Zhuang Jihua smiled and said: "Commander Li has already been comforted, and he has made a mess of me, and when I hear the comfort now, my stomach cramps." ”

Chiang Kai-shek laughed and said to Li Pinxian: "Heling, this is rare, Zhuang Wenge is famous for his good alcohol consumption in Huangpu, and Song Xi said that in terms of alcohol consumption, he can't catch up with Zhuang Cultural Revolution in three." ”

"There, there, I have that ability," Li Pinxian laughed: "The Cultural Revolution is powerful, and the war and drinking are terrible, and that day he forced us to drink three of us, and he fell because he spent too much energy in Nanjing." He sighed as he spoke: "War makes people old." ”

"The road is still long, General Heling, I have fought half of my life, why do you sigh," Zhuang Jihua said with a smile: "Look at the lake and mountains, Rongma Kongtong, but it also has a different taste." ”

Everyone talked and laughed and walked on the shore of Longzi Lake, a painting workshop had already stopped at the lake, everyone got on the painting boat, and the painting boat slowly left the shore and rowed towards the lake.

On the painting boat, a table of banquets has been set up, the main dish on the table is Bengbu specialty crab, Li Pinxian is the landlord, the Chiang Kai-shek couple invited to the first seat, and then asked Zhuang Jihua to sit in the second seat, Zhuang Jihua of course refused, insisted on letting Li Pinxian sit on the second seat, Li Pinxian was promoted to general last year, the name was in front of him, Li Pinxian could not resist Zhuang Jihua, and then Yang Sen sat in front of Zhuang Jihua.

Chiang Kai-shek didn't drink, so everyone didn't drink much, and after drinking two glasses, Li Pinxian diligently promoted crabs to Chiang Kai-shek, everyone ate and drank, Li Pinxian made a few more sentences, Zhuang Jihua lacked a lot in this regard, and he didn't participate much.

"Cultural Revolution, what do you think of the next move of the Japanese army?" The contents on the table quickly dwindled, and Chiang Kai-shek brought the topic to the Japanese movement.

As soon as Chiang Kai-shek's words came out, everyone focused on Zhuang Jihua, the generals who came out of Nanjing went without saying, but Li Pinxian and others wanted to hear Zhuang Jihua's insights, they judged that they couldn't hold the battle of Nanjing, but they didn't expect to end up with such a result, Zhuang Jihua's name of being good at guarding was worthy of his reputation.

"Now the Japanese army has two paths, one is to continue to advance westward and conquer Wuhan in one fell swoop; the other is to go north and open up Jinpu Road; No

For two reasons, the Japanese army must go north to open up the Jinpu Road, there are two reasons, the westward advance must be the threat of our heavy army group assembled in the southern section of the Jinpu Road, after the Nanjing War, the Japanese army no longer dares to underestimate our army, he can not ignore the threat of our army in the southern section of the Jinpu Road; Second, it was of great significance to the Japanese army to open up the Jinpu Road to connect North China and Central China, so I judged that the Japanese army would inevitably go north. ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded, and he turned to Li Pinxian again: "Brother Heling, what do you say?" ”

"The judgment of the Cultural Revolution is reasonable," Li Pinxian flattered, in fact, the road of the Japanese army going north is obvious in the eyes of military experts, he and Li Zongren, the commander of the Fifth Theater, have long believed that the Japanese army will go north, and the strength of the Fifth Theater is too small, except for the training and equipment of the 3rd Group of Han Fudi and Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army, the other 31st Army, 89th Army, and 57th Army are all miscellaneous cards, and now Chiang Kai-shek has left the 49th Group Army and the 24th Group Army that broke out of Nanjing in the Fifth Theater. Coupled with the 23rd Group Army that the Second Theater did not want, Li Zongren breathed a sigh of relief: "Commander Li and I also judge in this way. Chairman of the committee, the Japanese army will definitely go north to the Jinpu line. ”

"It seems that you and the General Staff Headquarters have the same judgment, but the defense of Wuhan should also be strengthened, and the possibility that the Japanese army is advancing west along the Yangtze River is also here." After finishing speaking, he turned to Zhuang Jihua: "Cultural Revolution, I plan to make you the deputy commander of the Fifth Theater, what do you think?" ”

Zhuang Jihua didn't speak, Li Pinxian was stunned, he didn't expect Chiang Kai-shek to have this idea, let this number one genius protégé come to the fifth war zone, yes, this student is quite good at fighting, but will the people from Huangpu listen to Li Zongrendi?

"The student obeys the order." Zhuang Jihua stood up and said.

"We played well in Nanjing, and I hope you play better on Jinpu Road." Chiang Kai-shek smiled with satisfaction, and then encouraged: "The 49th Army and the 24th Army can form an attack corps, the Cultural Revolution, how much rest time do you need?" ”

Zhuang Jihua thought for a while and said: "The Japanese army's initiative this time is very heavy, and there will be no three months to attack, I estimate that the Japanese army will launch an offensive at the end of May or even June, which is enough time for us to rest." ”

After withdrawing from Nanjing, Zhuang Jihua adopted a plan of retreating in great strides, Li Zongren once personally came to ask him to leave some troops to help Huainan defend, but Zhuang Jihua invited him to the troops to see, and Li Zongren no longer insisted after seeing it.

"However, principal, the students think that the Fifth Theater still needs to increase the number of troops," Zhuang Jihua is now a little more confident, and he wants to fight a bigger victory in the Fifth Theater: "In Nanjing, the Japanese army suffered a light loss to the enemy, and this time in order to open up the Jinpu Road, the Japanese army must mobilize heavy troops to come, to hold the Fifth Theater, Huainan needs at least two group armies, and Huaibei and Shandong need at least four group armies." ”

Chiang Kai-shek shook his head again and again when he heard this: "I don't have so many troops for you, the General Staff believes that the Japanese army will attack in two ways, north and south, in order to protect the flanks, it will also attack the first theater at the same time, and the first theater also needs to increase the number of troops. ”

"Then give me the 22nd Army." Zhuang Jihua asked Chiang Kai-shek for troops in public, but he didn't expect Chiang Kai-shek to shake his head: "The area around Wuhan also needs defense, just look at the 22nd Group Army." ”

"Otherwise, the 60th Army of Guangtingdi and the 58th Army of Lu Han, as well as the new 38th Division and the new 22nd Division of Sun Liren and Liao Yaoxiangdi will be transferred to me."

Zhuang Jihua simply regarded himself as the commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, and began to desperately ask Chiang Kai-shek for troops, but Chiang Kai-shek still did not allow it: "The defense of Wuhan is also very important. ”

"Principal, I'm asking for a price, you land to pay back, can't you have it yet, the troops are insufficient, how can you let me fight?" Zhuang Jihua spread his hands: "General Heling knows that the original strength of the Fifth Theater of Operations, Han Fudi's Third Army is the main force, but Han Fu doesn't listen to the transfer much, Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army has only two divisions, and now in Qingdao, if the Japanese army lands in Qingdao, they may not be able to stop it; These two units can be regarded as capable of fighting, and the other troops, Han Deqin's two divisions of the 98th Army were reorganized from the Jiangsu Security Corps, and the essence has long been withdrawn, Pang Bingxun said that it is a corps, but in fact there are only five regiments, and its combat effectiveness is limited, and Commander Li said that it is a group army, but in fact it is only a 31st Army, or a newly formed unit, and its combat effectiveness is not optimistic.

The 23rd Group Army, the 24th Group Army, and the 49th Group Army suffered great losses in the early stage of operations, and their combat strength could only be counted as 70 percent. Headmaster, you'll need to give us more troops. ”

Zhuang Jihua's ruffian appearance made Song Meiling couldn't help but be happy: "Cultural Revolution, this matter can also be bargained." ”

"Of course I can," Zhuang Jihua said eloquently: "If the troops are insufficient, the battle will be defeated, and I don't want to fight a battle like Nanjing." ”

"Isn't Nanjing fighting well?" Song Meiling was a little strange.

After the Songhu War, the Japanese army should rest for a month, at least half a month, and the Japanese army's appetite is too great, so they dare to make a far-reaching detour with two divisions, and the two divisions are divided into two routes. Next time, we'll not be so lucky. Zhuang Jihua said seriously.

Song Meiling didn't understand military affairs, she glanced at Chiang Kai-shek, and saw that although Chiang Kai-shek's face was smiling, there was a trace of displeasure in his eyes, and she understood after a little thought, the battle of Nanjing was advocated by Chiang Kai-shek, but now Zhuang Jihua said so, no wonder he was unhappy.

"After all, the victory was won, and when Nanjing retreated, the chairman of the committee was worried every day, for fear that you would be trapped in Nanjing and not be able to get out." Song Meiling smiled to hide Jiang Jie's emotions, but her eyes were not paying attention.

Zhuang Jihua immediately understood, and he also changed his tone and said: "The troops have been making summaries recently, from soldiers to officers, from tactics to strategy, everything is being done at all levels. I have read some summaries of the Shanghai War, the most serious of which is the tactic of adding oil, and the same is true for Nanjing, I am not saying that Nanjing should not be defended, it is a last resort to defend Nanjing, and I also supported it at the beginning. But I thought that if the original army had been stronger, especially the 60th Army of Guangting, it would have arrived earlier, then the results would definitely be more brilliant, and Ushijima and Suematsu would not have been able to escape. Since we have more than two months to prepare, we can completely mobilize more sufficient troops to wipe out some of the Japanese army's vital forces on the Jinpu Road, so as to lay a good foundation for the future defense of Wuhan. ”

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