[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 832: Changes on the American side (ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

Obviously, both the Japanese army and the Nationalist government were aware of the importance of the front-line position of the Xinqianghe River, and they had increased their troops on this front-line battlefield. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In order to strengthen the defensive forces on the front line of the Xinqiang River, at 10 o'clock in the evening of the 11th, the Ninth Theater Commander's Department issued an urgent order, ordering the 72nd Army to advance westward from the Xiushui and Sandu areas to the vicinity of Tongcheng, and commanded the provisional 54th Division to prepare for counterattack operations in this area.

At the same time, the 20th Army (lacking the provisional 54th Division) was ordered to advance to Wang'anwu and Zhugongqiao, and cooperate with the 58th and 4th Armies to attack the Japanese troops advancing south to the west, so as to strengthen the main battlefield forces in northern Hunan.

After receiving the order of the Ninth Theater Commander's Department, Yang Hanyu, commander of the 20th Army of the Sichuan Army, did not dare to slack off, and immediately commanded the army to march from Taoshu Port to Zhugong Bridge, and arrived at the designated position before dusk on the 12th.

In order to buy time for the 20th Army, the 58th Army fought fiercely with the Japanese troops in front of it near Gaojiaqiao. Sun Du, the commander of the 58th Army, knew that the 58th Army was in a difficult battle, so he had to hold on no matter what, and buy time for Yang Hanyu's department, otherwise the deployment of the theater commander's department would be in vain, and tens of thousands of troops would be completely caught in a bitter battle, so he personally went to the front line to supervise the battle.

At the same time, the positions of the 59th, 60th, and 90th Divisions of the 4th Army were also attacked by the Japanese 40th Division. The 3rd and 6th Divisions of the Japanese Army quickly advanced southward, and reached the vicinity of Shipu and Changle Street on the north bank of the Miluo River in the evening; The 6th Division also crossed the river from the whetstone with one part and engaged the 37th Army defending on the south bank in the area of Yanjiapu and Hukou.

At this time, the only troops in the Ninth Theater that were garrisoning on the south bank of the Miluo River were the 95th and 140th Divisions of the 37th Army and the 92nd, 99th, and 197th Divisions of the 99th Army. Xue Yue believed that the main forces of the Japanese army were pinned down on the north bank of the Xinqiang River, so Xue Yue planned to fight the Japanese army on both sides of the Miluo River and counterattack to annihilate the Japanese army.

So the 37th Army (owed to the 60th Division) was ordered to garrison the line from Hukou to Luogong Bridge; The 99th Division of the 99th Army garrisoned the line west of Luogong Bridge and Yingtian to Xiangyin; The 92nd Division advanced north of Sanjie Bridge, occupied positions, and was under the command of the commander of the 37th Army, resolutely blocking the Japanese army; The main force of the 26th Army marched from Liuyang to the vicinity of Jinjing; The 72nd Army was reassigned to Pingjiang and prepared for battle.

Subsequently, the Ninth Theater ordered all armies of the 27th Group Army to attack Changle Street, Whetstone, Guiyi, Xinshi and other places on the flank of the Japanese army north of the Miluo River, delaying its southward advance; ordered the 26th Army to advance from Jinjing to the Wengjiang River; The 10th Army in Hengshan and Lukou was ordered to march to the area of Gaoqiao and Jinjing.

Although the battlefield of the Battle of Changsha is still outside Changsha, it is concerned about the hearts of everyone, including Lao Jiang. On 12 April, the Military Commission sent a telegram ordering the Ninth Theater to hold its existing positions on both sides of the Xiangjiang River and south of the Miluo River, strengthen resistance, maintain the main force on the outer flank, and strive to attack the enemy's flank. At the same time, the 3rd and 5th theaters were ordered to take advantage of the situation to attack the enemy in front of them, so as to prepare for the operation in the 9th theater.

In addition, the Sixth Theater of Operations was also ordered to actively attack the Japanese troops in Jingzhou and Yichang areas, and the camera recovered Yichang. In addition to explicitly placing the 10th and 26th armies under the command of the Ninth Theater, the Military Commission also ordered the 79th Army to be transferred from the 6th Theater and the 2nd Army from the Seventh Theater to reinforce the Ninth Theater.

The strong counterattack of the Nationalist Government not only effectively contained the frenzied offensive of the Japanese army, but also won a lot of praise for the Nationalist Government in the international community, especially the United States. The U.S. Congress urgently approved a bill to provide the Nationalist Government with $20 million in arms in the short term and equip the Nationalist Government with four U.S. mechanics.

After receiving the telegram from the US side, Lao Jiang was overjoyed: Although the aid this time was only $20 million, which was far from the $500 million promised by the United States before, the fact that the United States had so readily promised to provide aid to the Nationalist Government was an excellent signal, and the information revealed was gratifying. This also made Lao Jiang's personal self-esteem and self-confidence unprecedentedly inflated, and in the past two days, he met with He Yingqin, Chen Cheng and others in succession, and talked about his anti-Japanese war strategy.

As for whether Lao Chiang has an overall consideration for this war, whether there is a detailed implementation strategy, He Yingqin and others are very clear, before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Mr. Baili had taken the lead in formulating a detailed battle plan for the anti-Japanese war, and after the Lugou Bridge Incident, Lao Chiang also told them his idea of the Anti-Japanese War, which has since become the national strategy of the eight-year anti-Japanese war against China.

Although Lao Chiang was a second-rate military commander, his military command ability was equivalent to that of an ordinary infantry battalion commander, but his political skills were extremely clever. He knew exactly what he wanted and how he was going to get it.

In the eyes of Western countries, China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression began in 37, but in fact China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression began as early as September 18, 1931, after the September 18 Incident.

Lao Chiang had considered the issue of anti-Japanese resistance a long time ago, but he was a person with a strong desire for power. Moreover, the strategic vision was relatively accurate, so he saw a long time ago that it was not the Japanese who could really threaten his rule, but someone else, so Lao Chiang first considered it from the perspective of his personal or political party when formulating the anti-Japanese strategic policy.

As Brian, a well-known contemporary American historian and political biographer, put it: "As a statesman and political leader, Chiang was a tactician rather than a strategist, and he was slightly superior to his rivals and adept at controlling them." But despite the fact that he ruled the majority of the Chinese population. But he actually does not understand the social basis of the regime as a whole. Summing up Chiang's life, Chiang had his own courage, energy, and leadership qualities, and he was not only a deeply flawed figure. And in the sense of Greek tragedy. He was also a tragic figure - his tragedy was of his own making! ”

It was precisely because he did not understand the basis of society, and because of the political background of Chiang's activities and the historical legacy he inherited, that Chiang's consideration of relations with Japan was extremely inconsistent with the wishes of the people.

As a matter of fact, the Nationalist Government had already had a four-step strategy to deal with Japanese aggression, the first of which was to ensure the absolute rule of the party as the first goal and to compromise with Japan under this goal.

In the 14-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression that began in 31 years, the Nationalist Government had always taken the rule of its own party as its primary goal. Especially before the July Seven Incident. With the tenet of "outside must first be inside". Internally, we will make every effort to suppress the CCP regime. Externally, we tried our best to implement a policy of compromise and avoid war with Japan.

The second step is to actively carry out reforms, improve the national defense system, and reorganize the armed forces. In the face of the Japanese army's attempt to invade China in an all-out way, the Nationalist Government appealed to the League of Nations and actively prepared for war. At the Second Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee of the Kuomintang in July 1936, the Regulations on the National Defense Conference were adopted, and at the Third Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee of the Kuomintang in February 1937, the Regulations on the National Defense Committee were passed, and the National Defense Committee was established in accordance with the Regulations. The National Defense Commission is China's highest military body, which uniformly handles China's national defense operational policy, national troop mobilization, and national defense budget, and has the right to require administrative departments at all levels to cooperate with it in implementing all resolutions.

Beginning in 1936, the previous divisional level was changed, and all kinds of weapons within the army were either coordinated or used in a centralized manner. The combat effectiveness of all units was strengthened, and by the end of 1936, a total of 20 divisions had been reorganized. At the same time, the armed forces of various factions were unified and reorganized, and 10 divisions of the Northeast Army and 10 divisions of the Gui Army were reorganized.

At the same time, the warlord forces in various localities will be incorporated and the armed forces of the whole country will be reorganized in order to achieve the following: The establishment of the armed forces throughout the country will be unified, the deployment of combat units at all levels and the deployment of various arms will be adjusted, and the personnel transfers of various units will be placed under the unified management of the central authorities.

The most important of these was the reorganization of the Sichuan warlords, which were successfully organized by the Nationalist Government from July 1937 to September 1937 in the context of the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

The reorganization of more than 160,000 Sichuan troops not only ended the situation of warlord civil strife in Sichuan, but also provided a new force for the resistance against Japan, and the Sichuan army participated in almost all the large-scale battles in the future, with a total of more than 600,000 casualties, making immortal contributions to the resistance against Japan. The success of this reorganization also laid the foundation for the Nationalist Government to move the capital to Chongqing in the future to lead the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. (To be continued.) )