Knowing that Jingyang had fallen into the hands of the New Fourth Army, Duo Ze's expression darkened, and he knew that with the failure of the New Fourth Army in Tianmu Mountain, his days in China were numbered. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, because the transfer order from the base camp has not yet come down, he still has to think about cleaning up this mess.

Judging from the current situation, the focus of the New Fourth Army is to open up the connection between southern Jiangsu and Tianmu Mountain, and in a short period of time, it will not threaten Huzhou, as for the direction of Hangzhou, the Jiang Cheng detachment has returned to Hangzhou, at most, it is to abandon Wukang, and the two sides will return to the pre-war state.

What worries him the most is the 17th Division.

Because Yixing and Jingyang fell into the hands of the New Fourth Army in southern Jiangsu one after another, this meant that the 17th Division, which stayed on the front line of Guangde, was surrounded by Liu Tianshu on three sides.

Of course, it is impossible for Liu Tianshu to eat the 17th Division, and the current 17th Division does not suffer much losses, even if Liu Tianshu's independent divisions all come up and fight with dignity, they may not be the opponents of the 17th Division.

However, the 17th Division is an important force of the Japanese army in Central China, and it cannot be exhausted in the contest with the independent division, and if there is no 17th Division, what will the Japanese army use to fight against the nearly 200,000 troops in the third theater.

Thinking of this, Duo Ze finally decided to let the 17th Division withdraw westward from Liu Tianshu's base area, and then assemble on the front line of Wuhu.

He could not use his whimsy to plunge the 17th Division into a confrontation with the Independent Division.

As for how to deal with the independent division in the future, its own successor will come to take charge.

Just as the 17th Division was retreating, the Japanese base camp adjusted its commander of the 13th Army, which was responsible for the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Suzhou, and Anhui operations, and Lieutenant General Fujitai took over from Tazawa.

Fujita entered Shanghai and ordered all units to temporarily carry out their original combat missions, with the 22nd Division remaining on the front line in Hangzhou, the 144th Division in charge of the southern direction of Zhejiang, the 17th Division remaining on the Wuhu line in Nanjing, and the 11th Independent Division in charge of the defense of Shanghai's periphery.

Liu Tianshu saw that the devils had no signs of attacking the base area for the time being, discussed with Jiang Jinyong, and ordered all departments to quickly rest and replenish to prepare for the battle for autumn grain.

Fortunately, the base area in southern Jiangsu and the base area of Tianmu Mountain are connected, and the Sixth Division and the Independent Division can cooperate with each other, and this year's crops in the base area are bumper harvests, and the devils suffered a defeat some time ago, so they should not dare to rush into the base area to grab grain.

After he arrived in Shanghai, he carefully studied all the previous combat examples in his defense area, and found that among the surrounding New Fourth Army, Liu Tianshu's independent division turned out to be the most difficult to deal with. First, the independent division has its back to Tianmu Mountain and can advance and retreat freely, and second, the three brigades under its jurisdiction are all strong forces that can fight well, and they have their own unique characteristics in both attacking and defending. What surprised him even more was that the combat style of the independent division was varied, and its intelligence gathering capabilities and special operations capabilities were even more superb.

Liu Tianshu can force back a division of the empire with just one of his divisions, and this alone, if it is an opponent, is enough to make Fujita Jin feel admired in his heart.

Since the independent division was difficult to deal with, Fujita Jinji decided not to use troops on a large scale for the time being, but to collect this year's grain first.

However, not dealing with the New Fourth Army does not mean that it will not deal with the Chinese army.

After careful study, Fujita Jin decided to choose the direction of the attack in southern Zhejiang.

Just when Liu Tianshu was busy commanding the troops to help the people harvest the crops, the 12th Independent Brigade of the Japanese Army quietly transported Wenzhou, suddenly landed from Wenzhou, and launched an attack on the 33rd Division of the Third Theater of Operations in southern Zhejiang, and at the same time, the 144th Division suddenly rushed in the direction of Lishui.

It turned out that after the outbreak of the Pacific War, in order to combat the arrogance of the Japanese army, the US military sent B-25 bombers to bomb several cities in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya, Japan, but after these heavy bombers completed their bombing missions, they could not fly back to the returning aircraft carriers, and all of them flew to the military airfield in Lishui in the Third War Zone and then flew to Sichuan.

The Japanese mainland was bombed, and the whole country of Japan was terrified, so the base camp ordered the 13th Army to destroy the troops of the Third Theater in southern Zhejiang and destroy the military airfield of the Third Theater in southern Zhejiang at all costs.

Liu Tianshu received the information, and after studying it on the map, he thought that the Japanese army would launch an attack on southern Zhejiang with this point alone, and the Third Theater should be able to deal with it, so he didn't take it to heart.

Besides, in order to prevent the independent division from entering southern Zhejiang, the Third Theater had already deployed heavy troops on the Jinhua front, and it naturally could not develop southward without an order from the military headquarters.

Fortunately, the Japanese army's attack on southern Zhejiang was finally blocked by the troops of the third theater of operations.

In the spring of '43, because the Chongqing government received a large amount of aid from the United States, the troops in the Third Theater were all replaced with American-style equipment, and at this time, with the victory of the US Navy in the Battle of Midway last year, the advantage of the small Japanese Navy in the Pacific Ocean was lost, and the American GIs began to fight brutally with the Japanese army on those densely vegetated tropical rainforest islands in the Pacific Ocean. In order to contain the offensive of the American army, the Japanese army began to draw elite troops from the Chinese battlefield to the Pacific theater.

China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression actually saw the dawn of victory.

After the completion of the rearmament, the units of the Third Theater became more vigilant against the development of independent divisions, and after learning that there were elite troops in the third theater to the west and south of Tianmu Mountain, the military headquarters began to worry about the safety of the independent division.

On this day, as soon as Liu Tianshu came back from the arsenal in Tianmu Mountain, Jiang Jinyong said with a solemn expression: "Tianshu, the military department has transferred an urgent telegram from the central government. ”

While speaking, Jiang Jinyong handed over the message, Liu Tianshu took it, and the central government asked the independent division to make preparations for crossing the river and going north.

It turned out that the central leaders who were far away in Yan'an, after carefully studying the situation in southern Jiangsu and Tianmu Mountain, believed that the deployment of the two main divisions of the New Fourth Army here was a bit of a waste of troops, and this would easily cause dissatisfaction with the Nationalist Government.

On the one hand, the Japanese army was waiting for the battle, and on the other hand, the Third Theater was eyeing the enemy, and did not take advantage of the development of the two divisions, and after careful consideration, it was decided to transfer the independent division to cross the river and go north, leaving only the sixth division in the south of the Yangtze River for development.

Of course, it is not a simple matter for the army to move north, especially since the independent division now has three brigades, so it is natural that such a large troop operation must be planned very carefully.

"Let the independent division cross the river and go north?" Liu Tianshu frowned, as a middle- and high-ranking general in the New Fourth Army, he still had some understanding of the current situation in the base areas in North China.

Some time ago, after Okamura Ningtz became the commander of the Japanese army in North China, he concentrated the Japanese army in North China to carry out a brutal sweep of the base areas, and the base areas suffered a lot of losses.

Although China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has seen the dawn of victory, it is now the darkness before the dawn, and it can be said that it is the most difficult period. It is also reasonable for the central government to transfer independent divisions to the north at this time.

It's just that the army is heading north, and just providing food and grass is a very big problem.

"Yes, the central government wants us to go north immediately, first to the base area in northern Jiangsu." Jiang Jinyong nodded.

In the order forwarded by the military department, it was only for the independent division to go north to northern Jiangsu, and as for where the ultimate goal was, the military department did not say.

"Okay, inform Luo Quan and Zhang Zhouhong, let's discuss it first." Liu Tianshu directly stated his position without saying a word, since the military department came to the order, he naturally carried it out unconditionally, and besides, he was also keenly aware that it was indeed inappropriate for the two divisions of the Jiangnan Independent Division and the Sixth Division to be crowded in the narrow area of southern Jiangsu and Tianmu Mountain.

Moreover, the base area has to bear the burden of two divisions, and the pressure is not small, if the independent division can cross the river and go north, and hand over Tianmu Mountain to the Sixth Division to manage, it may be more beneficial to the entire cause of the War of Resistance.

Anyway, the 13th Army of the Japanese Army, judging from the current situation, should not be able to carry out the base areas of the New Fourth Army on a large scale.

Xiang Luo Quan and Zhang Zhouhong received the notice and rushed back quickly.

"Division commander, political commissar, what's wrong?" Xiang Luoquan saw Liu Tianshu and Jiang Jinyong sitting in the headquarters smoking, put his hat aside when he entered the door, took a sip of water and asked.

"You take a breath first, we'll talk about it later." Jiang Jinyong smiled and raised his hand.

Zhang Zhouhong walked to the side and sat down directly, moved a porcelain cup, took a sip of it, and his eyes swept over the faces of Liu Tianshu and Jiang Jinyong.

After the two of them rested for a while, Liu Tianshu looked at Jiang Jinyong: "Political commissar, let's talk about it." ”

"An urgent telegram was sent to the chief of staff, deputy division commander Zhang, and the military headquarters, and the central authorities instructed our independent division to immediately make preparations for crossing the river and heading north, and when the time is ripe, immediately cross the Yangtze River north and go to the base area in northern Jiangsu." Jiang Jinyong took the telegram and directly conveyed the order of the military headquarters.

"Let's cross the Yangtze River north?" Xiang Luoquan couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this.

"Yes, this matter is still top secret, except for the four of us, we can't let other comrades know." Jiang Jinyong said with a serious expression.

"Division commander, political commissar, there are more than 20,000 people in our independent division now, how can so many people cross the river and go north under the noses of devils?" Xiang Luoquan was stunned.

Zhang Zhouhong was also taken aback when he heard the news, you must know that the devils are blocking the Yangtze River, and there are more than 20,000 people in the independent division, and it is indeed not an easy task to cross the Yangtze River north without knowing it.

"Hehe, to the chief of staff, the methods are all thought up by people, can a living person suffocate urine to death, since the central government has given instructions and the military department has come to order, we must complete it to the letter. Besides, Jiangnan really can't accommodate so many troops. The Third Theater has long blocked our way to the south, and I think the central authorities are looking far and letting the independent division cross the river and go north, which is a very wise decision. Liu Tianshu smiled and said.

"Comrade Tianshu is right, we must unconditionally carry out the orders of our superiors, and as for when and how to cross the river, we can study these issues carefully, and I believe that we will be able to find a safe way to smoothly cross the Yangtze River, rush to the base area in northern Jiangsu, and complete the tasks assigned to us by the superiors." Jiang Jinyong said with a serious expression. (To be continued.) )