[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 223: Lao Jiang's Thoughts (Asking for a Monthly Pass!) ）

The air battle ended with a great victory for the Chinese Air Force, without the support of the air force, and knowing that the reinforcements of the Chinese defenders had arrived, Junrokuro Matsuura reluctantly issued an order to stop the attack, and the Chinese and Japanese armies were like two wounded little beasts, each going back to their own nest to lick their wounds.

Taking advantage of this gap, Ou Zhen reported the situation on the front line to the Ninth Theater Command, and then the Ninth Theater Command reported the situation on the front line to the Military Commission and the chairman of the committee.

Knowing that the Duqi Division really defeated Pengze County, and eliminated a large number of Japanese puppet troops, the corpses of the front-line enemies were piled up into a mountain. The 7th Division itself suffered extremely heavy casualties, and the team responsible for burying the remains of the war dead lined up several kilometers away, not to mention several thousand people, and there were even more wounded. At the end of the telegram, Ou Zhen even judged that the Duqi Division was basically crippled after this battle.

After reading the front-line battle situation reported by Ou Zhen, both the Ninth Theater Command and the Military Commission were silent. Including Chen Cheng, commander of the Ninth Theater, He Yingqin, minister of military affairs, and even Lao Jiang, who lived in Wuhan, was puzzled, and was full of admiration for Ma Zheng and the troops under his command.

Being able to fight against the two master regiments of the Japanese army alone with the strength of a mere division, and still being able to win the battle, no matter how heavy the casualties of this army are, it is enough to be regarded as a real elite division. And Ma Zheng can be included in the world's famous generals only by virtue of this battle, and the name of the Chinese demon general is well deserved.

At the same time, Lao Jiang was also secretly glad that he had transferred this person and this army to the front line in Wuhan at all costs, otherwise the current war situation would not know how much else would be eroded.

Judging from the previous situation, the Ninth Theater was simply unable to stop the Japanese attack on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and in the face of the Japanese army's three-in-one tactics of sea, land and air, both Xue Yue's First Corps and Zhang Fakui's Second Corps could only be passively beaten. Anqing was lost, and Madang Fortress was lost. Peng Ze was lost, Hukou was lost, and even Jiujiang, which was known as the gateway to Wuhan, was also lost.

If Wuhan is lost, this will be extremely bad for China's anti-Japanese war situation, and the impact will be extremely far-reaching both domestic and international. It can even be catastrophic. First of all, in China, Wuhan, as the second largest city in the country and the temporary national capital, if it is captured by the Japanese army, this will be an unprecedented blow to the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the domestic people.

The second is that China is not monolithic, especially within the Kuomintang, there are great differences about whether to fight or not, especially some high-level officials in the national government are not optimistic about the prospects of the war of resistance. The mood of the war of resistance and death spread within the party. Once Wuhan falls, this part of the population will inevitably break with the national government, which can be said to be a disaster for the Nationalist government.

In fact, since the beginning of the war, the international community has been very unoptimistic about China's anti-Japanese prospects, believing that in the face of a powerful Japan, China is just a baby who can just walk, and the two are not opponents of the same level at all, and they are barely placed in the same ring. As a result, China was killed in seconds, and it was precisely because of this that the Japanese army arrogantly shouted the slogan of destroying China in three months.

Although after more than a year of bloody battles. The Chinese government, military and civilian blood and lives have shattered the myth of the invincibility of the Japanese army and punctured the cowhide that it blew out, but the international community is still not optimistic about China, so when the Chinese needed assistance the most, Britain and the United States not only did not help, but also fell into the ground. It has completely cut off the channels for the Chinese government to purchase arms and strategic materials from abroad, and it is simply a bastard.

Now only the Soviet Union, which was sympathetic to the same disease and had a cold lips and teeth, realized the ambitions and dangers of the Japanese and came to the aid of the Chinese government in its most difficult time. But the Soviet Union was also worried that its money would go down the drain, so there were clear limits on the amount of loans. This can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket for the national government. If the Chinese government makes any big mistake on the battlefield, it cannot be ruled out that the Soviet Union will also abandon China like the United States and Britain.

However, all this quietly changed because of the sudden appearance of the Seventh Division, and during this period of time, all the theaters in China were frequently reported good news, not only the precedent of annihilating the Japanese army in formation, but also the precedent of recovering the provincial capital occupied by the enemy, the anti-Japanese situation was very good, and the status of the Nationalist Government in the international community was obviously rising.

Both the United States, Britain, and Germany and Italy have expressed surprise and appreciation that the Chinese government has been able to hold out for so long and that it has counterattacked, and some countries have even begun to discuss whether to aid China. All this is going in a good direction, and all this is decided according to the performance of the army at the front.

Because of this, Lao Jiang was extremely glad for his original decision, although what he meant at the beginning was just to drive the wolf and gobble up the tiger, let the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army work hard, and reap the benefits of the fisherman himself. Now it seems that the effect is very good, the Duqi Division went south for more than 20 days and won successive battles, and the Japanese army had no power to fight back, but its own casualties were also extremely heavy, just as he wanted.

It's just that Lao Jiang is a little pity in his heart, such an elite as the Duqi Division is still crippled in the end, and even if he replenishes more troops, it is impossible to recover his combat effectiveness in a short time, which is a pity.

In fact, Lao Chiang thought he knew Japan very well, after all, he stayed in Japan for a long time in his youth, and even spent a period of time in the 19th Wing of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army as a backup non-commissioned officer. Lao Chiang knew very well the strength of Japan, and even more knew the ambitions of the Japanese for China, and the resistance against Japan was also a last resort.

Lao Chiang also wanted to make the Japanese satisfy their ambitions by compromising and retreating, so that they would no longer have their eyes on China, so in 918 he ordered the Northeast Army not to resist.

But as a result, only a year after the 918 Incident, there was the Great Wall War of Resistance and the 218th Shanghai War of Resistance, followed by the North China Crisis, and until the 36th year, there was also the Suiyuan War of Resistance, so Lao Chiang knew that compromise had no effect, and would only let the Japanese see the weakness and incompetence of him and his country, so after the outbreak of the Lugou Bridge Incident, Lao Jiang decided not to forbear.

The late veteran military strategist Jiang Baili had a deep influence on the anti-Japanese affairs, and the old Jiang often remembered the meaningful words that Jiang Baili said on the Lushan Mountain, and the inner meaning couldn't help but shudder every time ****** thought of it: "The war against Japan, no matter what the point of fighting, it doesn't matter if you lose everything, in the end, the hole card is not to compromise with Japan, only a long-term war of resistance can defeat Japan." In a word, win or lose, just don't make peace with him."

"If the poor relatives themselves are not angry, they will always be looked down upon. The interaction between people is snobbery, and the interaction between countries is not the same? ”

"It's better to ask for others than to ask for yourself, there is no way out****** he chose to resist resolutely, this is the only way out in front of him, if he doesn't resist, everyone else has a way out, but he has no way out, waiting for his only way out, is to be a prisoner."

Somehow, the three words of the prisoner made Lao Jiang suddenly think of the last emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, Qinhui Erzong. As soon as he thought of the fate of the two unlucky emperors of Song Qinzong and Song Huizong in the late Northern Song Dynasty, Lao Jiang became terrified. Lao Jiang has thought countless times that he is the leader of a great country, the supreme commander of millions of troops, and a supreme special person, how can he be a prisoner.

Based on this idea, ****** is iron-hearted, even if he has exhausted his old book, he must unswervingly fight hard, either the fish dies or the net is broken. Moreover****** I also have some understanding of the character of the Japanese, and in the ******'s cognition, the Japanese are a nation that has milk and is a mother, I will learn if you are strong, and I will fight if you are weak. Among the Japanese, faith and honesty are just some words on the lips, and they have no binding force in the slightest.

These beautiful battles fought by Ma Zheng's subordinates really made Lao Jiang have a long face, and the comments of the domestic and foreign media on his commander have also calmed down a lot, and the approval rarely exceeds the criticism. Therefore, Lao Jiang swept away the gloom for many days, and his frowning brows gradually relaxed. (To be continued.) )