CHAPTER XLIV
Sticking out your head and looking around is a devil traitor? Gao Quan absolutely disagrees with this statement, it seems that Qian Sixi always shows people with this image when he is on a mission, is Brigade Commander Qian also a traitor? However, today is not really a good person who was injured by mistake, after all, Yamada Shaozo has done a lot of sorry things for the Chinese during his years in the Mei Agency! As for whether Yamada himself felt aggrieved that he was killed by mistake, thinking about so many innocent and mutilated people in China, this Shaozo probably could also understand the Chinese soldiers who shot at him, right?
The image of the unlucky Yamada Shaoza flashed from Gao Quan's mind, "Inform the troops to retreat immediately!" "The two commanders of the Special Brigade and the Reconnaissance Regiment are here, and Gao Quan is asking these two to hurry up and give their troops the order to retreat. Since Qian Sixi is not in Wuchang City, it becomes meaningless to stay here any longer. Wuhan, not the 500 Army can be defeated, today is so big, to be able to withdraw safely is a victory!
When the troops retreated, they did not encounter any irresistible resistance. Although the devils have heavy troops in Wuhan, our soldiers are all infiltrated in makeup, and when they retreat, they also wear the clothes of ordinary people, as long as they put away their guns, they can become the same as ordinary people at any time.
Gao Quan led his two battalions and withdrew from Wuhan safely, and successfully rendezvoused with the large army that came later.
Gao Quan's return to the army was like the old marshal returning to the commander's position, the size of the 500 army, there were countless pieces of information to report to him, and there were countless documents for him to sign. Although before Gao Quan decided to go to Wuhan, he handed over the power of the troops to Xie Zhongming and Wu Guangxing, but these two really lived up to Gao Quan's trust, and there were constant intrigues all day long, and there were often open and secret fights, plus several brigade commanders in the army did not really listen to these two.
Commander Gao sat down in the brigade headquarters of the special brigade and worked for more than four hours just to sign the order and read the draft of the telegram! His neck was also sore, his eyes were spent, and his head hurt when he listened to the report. The correspondents who came in to report were one by one, but Commander Gao was alone, dealing with so many correspondents like a marquee, could he not be tired?
Director Hong couldn't stand it anymore, so he took the initiative to stand next to him and give the military seat a head massage.
"Report, a communications corpsman from the military headquarters sent a confidential letter from the confidential department." Another communications soldier came in and took out a leather envelope from the folder and handed it to Gao Quan.
What are you doing? There is no need for telegraph telephones, and people are used to transmit messages! Do you think it's 500 years ago? Gao Quan was a little depressed in his heart, if it was a telegram, to make a long story short, dozens of words could be finished, but it would be different if it was written in a letter, it would be a few hundred words short, thousands of words long, or even tens of thousands of words! Looking at the thickness of this cowhide envelope, there will be no less paper inside, this is not a life!
With a painful sigh, Gao Quan still took the leather document bag, tore open the seal, and took out the contents inside. This thing can't be called an envelope anymore, it's so big, it's obviously a document bag!
Sure enough, there were documents in the document bag, and the telegram drafts were neatly stacked according to the date of receipt, but this telegram draft was obviously not sent to this side by the other party through normal channels, this was a telegram intercepted halfway, and it was a secret telegram from the Japanese army!
Since the beginning of August, the 3rd and 4th divisions of the Japanese army have begun to secretly move to the vicinity of Yueyang in batches and times, and with the addition of the 6th Division originally stationed in Yueyang, the three main divisions of the Japanese army have now gathered in the Yueyang area! The 40th Division was assembled from the Daye and Xianning areas to the Taolin area, and the Araki detachment of the 33rd Division also began to concentrate in the Taolin area. The Hayabuchi Detachment of the Thirteenth Division is also moving towards the vicinity of Yueyang!
That's it, it's still the Japanese army's movement information that has been intercepted and deciphered by the 500 military secrets, and I don't know how much Japanese troops' movement information has not been intercepted! Where is Yueyang? It's the gateway to the Ninth War Zone! Go south from Yueyang, cross the Xinqiang River, Miluo River, and Laodao River, and you can go straight to Changsha!
Gao Quan had the honor to participate in the first Battle of Changsha, and of course he knew the scale of that kind of battle! Tens of millions of Chinese and Japanese armies fought each other, countless lives were lost, countless soldiers sacrificed their lives, countless unknown generals became famous in one battle and became famous generals in one fell swoop, and countless battlefield generals with outstanding achievements were defeated and killed. Often, a small thought on both sides is the loss of thousands of lives. It's called a big battle!
The victory of a large-scale battle on the frontal battlefield can best enhance the enthusiasm of the people for the War of Resistance Against Japan, make the Chinese people who are being trampled by the Japanese invaders see the hope of victory in the War of Resistance against Japan, enhance the prestige of the government, and make the people more supportive of the army.
When Beiping, Shanghai, Taiyuan, Nanjing, Xuzhou, Wuhan, and Guangzhou fell one after another, the people of the whole country fell into a panic, as if the edifice was about to fall, the country was about to die, and the end of the world was coming. The victory of Taierzhuang, the victory in the Battle of Suizao, and the victory in the First Battle of Changsha all allowed hundreds of millions of Chinese people to see the dawn of victory again and see the hope of the country.
At the moment of national survival, every Chinese son and daughter with blood flowing in their bodies is willing to contribute all their strength for the country and the continuation of the nation's bloodline. Gao Quanquan is a soldier in this great era, and he is willing to dedicate all his blood to this land, and use his body, wisdom and weapons in his hands to fight to the death against the invaders.
After reading these telegram drafts, combined with the current time, Gao Quan knew that the second Battle of Changsha was about to begin! The devil is already deploying troops! Without further ado, Gao Quan immediately summarized the information on the movements of various units of the Japanese army in these telegrams in his hand, combined with his own judgment, and directly reported it to Chief Li of the theater.
Gao Quan is now the general of the Fifth War Zone, and the target of the Japanese army's upcoming attack is the Ninth War Zone led by General Xue Yue. Only a general of Li Zongren's level can have direct dialogues with the commanders of the Central Military Commission and with the chairman of the Central Military Commission across the theater. If this telegram can cause less damage to the hundreds of thousands of officers and men of our Ninth Theater who are about to participate in the war, Gao Quan's attention and investment in intelligence in the past year or so will not be in vain.
After Gao Quan's telegram was sent to the headquarters of the theater commander, it immediately attracted the attention of Chief Li. At the level of the commander of the theater, his vision has long been detached from one place and one city, and in addition to the control of the area to which the theater belongs, the situation of the whole country is also the focus of the theater commander's attention.
When a theater of operations and the Japanese army are engaged, it is often necessary to cooperate with several surrounding theaters of operations. This time, if the Japanese army really prepared for the Second Battle of Changsha, the Fifth Theater would inevitably have coordinated actions. After Li Zongren received the telegram, he organized the staff officers of the theater to conduct a detailed exercise, and at the same time forwarded the full text of the telegram to the Chongqing Military Commission.