Chapter 298: The Japanese Army Withdraws from North China
In mid-February, Xia Huayi handed Zhang Guoxing a piece of information, Zhang Guoxing took it, studied it carefully, was surprised, and asked: "I am ready to give up Pingjin, or even the whole of North China?" ”
Xia Huayi nodded seriously, Zhang Guoxing frowned, feeling that he must have some big conspiracy, otherwise, with their ambitions, they would not spit out the cake they ate in their mouths for no reason, what are they going to do? Not daring to make a decision, Zhang Guoxing reported the matter to Wei Chendong in Nanjing.
Wei Chendong, who was in the presidential palace in Nanjing, immediately discussed it with the staff officers as soon as he received the information, and then invited Yang Meiting, director of the Yanhuang Intelligence Bureau.
"Meiting, you can take a look at this information to see if there are any loopholes."
Yang Meiting took it carefully, and when she saw that Wei Chendong was so cautious, she didn't dare to be slow, so she studied it carefully.
"General, recently, I did receive a report that there were signs of large-scale mobilization of the army in the Pingjin area, and I always thought that they might be doing this for the war in North China, but now it seems that this is not necessarily the case."
"Oh? Tell me what you think", Wei Chendong said with a smile.
"In fact, Pingjin, and even the whole of North China, now the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to me, even if they don't retreat, how long will it take, they will still be repelled by us, in Shanxi, Taiyuan and Inner Mongolia, there are more than 500,000 of our army, in Shandong, our army also has nearly 300,000, has formed a flanking attack on Pingjin, North China, and we are easy to supply, the front is short, but I am different, their strength in North China does not exceed 500,000, since Jinzhou was captured by our army, cut off its connection with the Northeast, There is a big problem with their supply and reserves, and they have to defend a large area of Pingjin, and the pressure is very great, on the other hand, our army can concentrate its forces, no need to defend, and use superior forces to fight against the Yue army, even if we open the door to the great northwest now for Yue himself to enter, they do not have the guts, looking at the above, in fact, North China has completely lost its original strategic significance for Yue himself, but will consume their strength here, and be dragged to death step by step. It is understandable that I am ruthless to give up now......"
......As soon as Yang Meiting's voice fell, Wei Chendong took the lead in applauding, and then several other staff officers who listened with relish also applauded.
"Huh...... Originally, I always felt that among our Yan and Huang Army, Tie Lihua had the most keen strategic vision, but I didn't expect that our Director Yang would also be the best ......," a staff officer surnamed Peng said with a smile.
Yang Meiting smiled slightly, "As the so-called, Shibei San, it must be impressive, in the past few years, I have studied these things a lot, I don't often say, the people who follow General Wei are both cunning and smart, if I fall behind, wouldn't it make them laugh, then my director will be a little unworthy of his name."
"Yo yo, praise you, it's still exciting...... several staff officers laughed at Yang Meiting with a sour look.
"Hmph, you old stubborn, you can't afford to make some jokes", Yang Meiting pretended to be angry.
"Uh...... We forgot that our Director Yang is just a girl", a staff officer surnamed Liu immediately said.
"Then our General Wei is still a hairy boy", Yang Meiting curled her mouth and said to Wei Chen.
"Alas, you guys, why did you joke and open it on my head", Wei Chendong smiled helplessly.
"Haha......" Everyone couldn't help laughing, and the tense atmosphere was also relaxed a lot.
"Then since I don't plan to want North China, then where will they go, if they lose North China again, they will only have a small part of Liaoning and a small part of Shandong in China, without these strategic depths, they will fail faster, I feel that my move must have a great purpose, they must want to free up the forces in North China for other purposes, but I don't know where they will invest", Gao Shen, surnamed Peng, also became serious and talked about his thoughts.
Wei Chendong stood up, paced back and forth a few steps, and said as if talking to himself: "Judging from various appearances, I have not given up my strategic intentions towards China, that is to say, they still have great plans against China, but since they have a plan, but they give up the place they have in their hands, they will definitely not do such a loss-making deal, and the 500,000 troops in North China are freed up, and wherever they are invested, they are a huge force, so let's talk about it, where does I want the most in China now?" ”
"Great Northwest", someone immediately said.
"Yes, it's the Great Northwest, but they don't have the strength to take it, and they don't have the conditions, this place can be completely ruled out", Wei Chendong said loudly.
"South China? If he said that he had taken this place, he would have been able to echo Taiwan from afar, and it would have been much easier to supply him, and besides, in South China, our army would not have the main force of our army except for General Wu's 100,000-strong army, and the surname of his own success would be much greater."
Many people agree with this view.
Wei Chendong didn't hurry to speak, sat down again, picked up the teacup and took a sip, "This may have a surname, and if I hit this idea, the possibility of their success is also very large, how can I look at it, it is understandable that I chose this place, we want to get it, and I should be able to guess it, but even if I take Fujian and other places, I Wei Chendong is sure to take it back within half a year, which is a big circle for me and I have returned to the original point."
Everyone looked at each other after hearing this, nodded slightly, and then said with questions: "What about General Wei's opinion?" ”
"I'm not sure, but I've thought of a place," Wei Chendong frowned and said lightly.
"Oh?" A few people were stunned, Yang Meiting was also very interested, she also thought that the possible surname of this entry into South China was relatively large, and now Wei Chendong raised an objection, the surname of the latter will naturally not be untargeted.
"Northeast". Wei Chendong only spit out two words.
"Northeast?" Everyone was startled, apparently not reacting at once.
"But there are no less than 600,000 troops in the Northeast who are resisting me, how can I take them away?" Yang Meiting is also unknown.
"But I am not less than 500,000, if you add 500,000 reinforcements, it will be nearly a million, and if I am myself, since I am determined to seize the Northeast, I will transfer troops from North Korea again, and take the Northeast in one fell swoop with absolute superiority, so as not to let the Yan and Huang Army have a chance to react, the three provinces of Northeast China are rich and rich, and now the Northeast has been built into a second reserve base by our army. And they can also get a lot of oil, mineral deposits, materials, etc., at least they can support them to fight for another two years, how to calculate how cost-effective, they spent so much effort to seize my Northeast first, is to take a fancy to the material reserves and strategic location here, if the most important place in China is said to me at the moment, needless to say, it must be the Northeast, but the Northeast is heavily guarded by me, and it is generally difficult to think that they will abandon North China and attack there......"
"At the beginning, we spent so much effort to gain a foothold in Heilongjiang, and then used it as a base to develop into today's situation, but if the northeast falls into the hands of Yue himself again, I am afraid that they will not be so easy for us to retake it again, our army is now strong, and the Soviet Union may not let us borrow from Mongolia, if I say that I will deploy heavy troops in Liaoning and Xing'an, so that our army has a strong ground force, I am afraid that it will be difficult to break through the enemy's defense line in a short period of time, and the army may come back to life. It's going to be a stalemate again, and that's not what I want to see......"
After listening to Wei Chendong's analysis, everyone was shocked and asked solemnly: "Then what is General Wei's plan?"
"My opinion is that no matter whether or not my goal is in the northeast, we must take it as the first object of defense, even if we give up some places that may be taken away by Yue, we will not hesitate to do so", Wei Chendong is such a person, as long as he makes a decision, he will not regret it, and everyone agrees.
"Immediately telegraph Zhang Guoxing and ask his subordinates to ......"
An urgent telegram was sent to Zhang Guoxing, who was also very cautious, thought about it, and immediately acted according to the instructions.
Sure enough, from February 25 to 28, the army was frequently moved, and the First Fleet and the Third Fleet also broke through to Dagukou and Huludao in Tianjin. On the night of the 29th, countless Japanese troops boarded ships from the two places and left, and on the second day, although Zhang Guoxing got some news, he did not act rashly, let the Yue army move, sat in Chengde by himself, and made a public appearance.
For five days, the troops of Beiping, Tianjin, and other North China evacuated from Tianjin, Huludao, and Qinhuangdao, and boarded the fleet to leave. The Third Fleet and the First Fleet, on the other hand, kept going back and forth between China and Korea, and if there were reconnaissance planes of the Yan and Huang Army, they would be immediately driven away by the swarming planes of the Japanese Army.
At the beginning of March, the 500,000-strong army finally landed in Sinuiju and was assembled.
On March 1, Zhang Guoxing determined that the main force of the army had withdrawn from North China, so he immediately led the main force of his army into the land of Pingjin and quickly occupied other places in North China, so that North China fell into the hands of the Yan and Huang Army.
"Haha...... gave them a big gift for no reason, and Zhang Guoxing accepted it unceremoniously, but is our gift so easy to receive? At the headquarters of the Kwantung Army in Shenyang, Umezu Mijiro was not discouraged when he learned that Zhang Guoxing's troops had bagged the whole of North China, but he was quite excited.
"Congratulations commander, now the Yanhuang Army Central China Front has been dragged in North China, and it will not be able to reinforce the Northeast in a short time, I'm afraid that when they react, my more than 100,000 troops have annihilated the main force of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Army and blockaded the Northeast, when the time comes, I don't know how Wei Chendong, who claims to be extremely smart, will feel, haha......" Kenji Dohihara and his proud disciple Nanzao Yunzi glanced at each other and laughed profligately.
"This time Inada-kun is a great achievement, he is a hero of the empire, his sacrifice is worth it, Kenji hereby asks the commander to give Inada-kun an important award", Kenji Dohihara earnestly pleaded with Umezu Mijiro.
Umezu Mijiro didn't know what he was thinking, this Inada Ichiro was his subordinate, and his subordinates had merit, how could he, the chief, not be rewarded, but if this battle was successful, everyone would be willing to give them this reward, so Umezu Mijiro happily agreed.
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(To be continued)