Chapter 148: The Old Man's Anger

Wuhan Xingying, the official residence of the chairman.

After the Battle of Xuzhou, the Japanese army only stopped for a few days, and then launched a frenzied attack on the area controlled by the Nationalist Government like a mad dog, and the intention of attacking Wuhan was very obvious.

The frenzied attack of the Japanese army overwhelmed the various theaters of the Nationalist Government, and there was no chance to catch his breath at all, which made Lao Chiang's mood extremely depressed.

At this time, Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin, Commander of the Ninth Theater Chen Cheng, Director of the Military Control Bureau Dai Li, and others gathered at the official residence of the Commission to discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy.

Gently putting the document in his hand aside, Lao Jiang raised his head and suddenly asked, "Cixiu, how is the battle situation along the Yangtze River?" ”

Chen Cheng, commander of the Ninth Theater of Operations, got up and walked to the wall not far away, picked up a teaching whip, pointed to the huge military map on the wall, and said: "Back to the commission, on June 18, the enemy's Central China Dispatch Army ordered the Taiwan brigades and regiments that had been rested and recuperated, with the coordination of the navy, to continue to advance west and launch an attack on Madang, Hukou, and Jiujiang, which were defended by our department. On the same day, the Japanese Naval Command also issued an order to the Chinese fleet to capture the fortresses of Madang and Hukou and cooperate with the army to capture Jiujiang. ”

"Well, how are you doing with your defenses?" Old Jiang asked in a deep voice.

"Defending the Madang and Hukou Jiangfang fortresses are the 16th Army, the 43rd Army, the 73rd Army and the 16th Division under the command of Liu Xing, commander-in-chief of the Jiangfang under our 9th Theater. When the battle situation was tense in the later period, the 18th Army of the 19th Army of the 3rd Theater also participated in the operation. The main force of the troops defending Madang Fortress was deployed in the areas of Huangshan, Xiangshan, Xiayuban, Huangli, Xiangkou, and Zangshanji along the south coast of the Yangtze River, and one brigade was sent by the 53rd Division to fortify Huayang, Leigang, Jiangta, and Wangjiang in the north of the Yangtze River. In the main channel, in addition to being blocked with sunken ships, mines were densely laid. ”

"Yes, a combination of land and water! How's it going? Lao Jiang commented.

"The 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 2nd Infantry Wing of the enemy's Taiwan Brigade and 1 Squadron of Mountain Artillery were the advance team and the navy sailed from Anqing on 22 June. However, our resistance failed to prevent the Japanese army from landing, and then after underwater minesweeping, the Taiwan brigade landed near Maolinzhou northeast of Xiangkou, and after fierce battles with the 53rd Division and the 60th Division, it occupied Xiangkou on the 24th and the Madang fortress area at 9 o'clock on the 26th. ”

"Smack!" With a bang, a fine bone china teacup completed the mission of a lifetime, crushed to pieces with the floor of the office.

All the people in the office were shocked, they all lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at Lao Jiang, and at the same time, everyone was worried about Chen Cheng, the old man was going to get angry!

Sure enough, the old man's angry voice came immediately after: "Niang Xipi, there are as many as 3 armies and 8 divisions in the front-line defenders of Xiangkou Madang, plus more than 60,000 other affiliated troops, and the enemy is only more than 5,000 people in the Taiwan brigade, and the 12 to 1 troops are like this, are you all eating dry food?" ”

Chen Cheng immediately said: "The commission is angry, according to this situation, on the 27th, I ordered Luo Zhuoying and Li Yunheng to recover the Madang and Xiangkou positions and ensure them. Zhuo Ying, commander-in-chief of Luo, supervised the 16th Army, the 49th Army, the 11th Division, the 16th Division and other divisions to restore the positions of Xiangshan and Madang as soon as possible and ensure it. It also stipulates that those who conquer the fortress areas of Xiangshan and Madang will each be rewarded with 50,000 yuan. If the combat is ineffective and the former is not cowering, it will be carried out by military law. ”

"The result?" Old Jiang calmed his anger for a moment, and then asked.

In accordance with this stern order, Li Yunheng, commander of the 16th Army, and Wang Tiehan, commander of the 49th Army, immediately commanded their troops to launch a fierce attack on the defending enemy Botian Brigade in Xiangshan and other places on the south bank of the Yangtze River, which controlled the east entrance of Madang Fortress. The terrain of Ranxiang Mountain is surrounded by water on three sides and the slope is steep, and the 313th Brigade of the 105th Division of the 49th Army, which attacked the mountain, launched an attack from the southeast at 0:00 on June 28. The battle lasted until dawn, and a part of the enemy's Botian Brigade retreated west to Xiangkou because it did not support its face, and Xiangshan was recovered by the 313th Brigade. During the counterattack on Xiangkou, Shou was unable to overcome it due to the fire support of air planes and warships on the river. ”

Chen Cheng then continued: "At this time, in order to strengthen Eijiro Kondo's 1st Sentai Squadron, the enemy's Chinese fleet sent a large number of additional reinforcements to it on July 1, including Tachibana Masao Nakasayuki's 21st Mine Squadron, Kato Eikichi Nakasayuki's 2nd Artillery Fleet, Urai and Ashida's 15th Air Force, and Rear Admiral Terada's 3rd Air Force. ”

After that, the enemy navy carried out minesweeping along the river from Madang to the mouth of the lake to remove underwater obstacles. Although our army dispatched 220 sorties of CБ light bombers to bomb, and many enemy naval ships were sunk and damaged, our army lacked the firepower to attack the fortified positions on the water, so it still failed to stop the Japanese reinforcements. After clearing more than 600 mines, the enemy navy opened the waterway. ”

Subsequently, the Habata Brigade and the Sato 101st Brigade on the left flank, in a roundabout way from the land on the south bank, coordinated with Kondo's water troops, and stormed the positions of the 16th and 167th Divisions in Pengze and the 60th and 105th Divisions in the 3rd Theater, and Pengze was occupied by the enemy's "Taiwan Brigade" at 8:30 on June 29. ”

"Peng Ze is also lost?"

"Yes, I lost it!"

Lao Jiang's hand stretched out to the table again, and suddenly found that the garrison had been shattered, and said with a full stomach: "Go on!" ”

"A few days ago, with the cooperation of a large number of naval vessels, the enemy's Taiwan brigade advanced westward from Peng Ze, and on the 3rd attacked the garrison positions of Liu Yuqing's 26th Division and Peng Weiren's 77th Division at Hukou. The enemy has been fighting fiercely for two days and nights in a joint operation on water, land, and air, and the battle has been extremely fierce, and no news has come so far! Chen Cheng said.

"Look at you, hundreds of thousands of troops in the Ninth War Zone were beaten by tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers and lost their armor, and then look at the Communist Party's Seventh Division, how long has it been since they were formed, look at their achievements, and they have completely annihilated a brigade of the Japanese army, and they also captured the commander of a major general brigade of the Japanese army, and you are a group of rice buckets compared to others!" Lao Jiang said angrily.

Lao Jiang's angry voice came out through the door panel, which made several guards standing guard outside the door give a cold shiver, and secretly said that which unlucky guy was not long-sighted, and he actually made the chairman unhappy at this time.

After all, the guards are outside the door, and the pressure on He Yingqin, Dai Li, Chen Cheng, Wang Shi and others inside the door can be imagined.

Perhaps because he didn't want to mention these troubles anymore, Lao Jiang's voice changed and asked, "Yunong, how is the investigation?" ”

Dai Li's voice was full of anger when he heard Lao Jiang calling himself, and the momentum of the old man's speech was much greater than before, it seemed that he was holding back the fire in his belly, and he definitely couldn't rush at his old man's mold at this time.

Thinking of this, Dai Li immediately got up and said, "Bench, it's been checked." ”

"Oh, I've found out, is the result true?"

"It's true!"

"How did it go, how did the devil's cavalry brigade run to the defense area surnamed Ma in a good manner, and it was swallowed by others, and the harem Chun is not necessarily much smarter than Liannuma Pan?" Lao Jiang seemed to have found an outlet and said loudly.

Dai Li didn't dare to talk, and immediately said: "Here's the thing, the Japanese army suffered a big loss in the Battle of Zhangjiakou at the hands of Ma Zheng, not only was the location of the headquarters breached, but also the lieutenant general commander Liannuma Pan was killed. The Japanese army regarded it as a great shame, so they kept waiting for an opportunity to retaliate. ”

"A few days ago, the Japanese army somehow knew that Ma Zheng's wife was practicing medicine in the Chahar tribe, so they sent the first brigade of the cavalry to suddenly attack the Chahar tribe, killing and wounding more than 20,000 people, the old leader of the Chahar tribe was killed in battle, the current leader Bi Lige was captured, and Ma Zheng's wife was also missing. In a fit of rage, Ma Zheng led a large group of men and horses north to intercept and kill the first cavalry brigade and started a fierce battle with it. After two days of fighting, Ma Zheng's troops completely annihilated the brigade and captured the enemy's commander, Major General Takamori Koichi. ”