Chapter 465 Frog Jumping Tactics

Yan'an, Wayao Fort.

**, Zhou Gong and Mr. Zhu are also discussing the changes of the Japanese army in Central China.

As a great strategist rarely seen in ancient and modern China and abroad, ** quickly judged the strategic intentions of the Japanese army in Central China, and immediately said to Zhou Gong and Mr. Zhu: "Enlai, boss, the strategic intention of the Japanese army in Central China is actually quite obvious, that is, it wants to sweep the southwest with a thunderous momentum and destroy the national government." ”

"Huh? Sweeping the Great Southwest? ”

"Annihilation of the National Civil Affairs fǔ!?"

Zhou Gong and Mr. Zhu looked at each other in shock.

** He also said: "Okamura Ninji is still very strategic, knowing that once the national government is destroyed, China will be legally destroyed, and it will be difficult for all forces to twist into a rope like now and jointly resist the Japanese, and then the morale of the Chinese people will be seriously frustrated, but the Japanese will be greatly encouraged." ”

Speaking of this, ** said worriedly: "There are also subtle changes in the hearts of the people in the Japanese-occupied areas of central China and the four eastern provinces, and once the Chinese in these two areas lose confidence and become strong-hearted, the shortage of Japanese troops can be alleviated to a great extent, and the outcome of this war is unpredictable." ”

Mr. Zhu frowned and said: "Ah, although the situation in North China is very good, the equipment of the Eighth Route Army is still very backward after all, especially the lack of vehicles and other means of transportation, and it does not have the ability to strategically maneuver across the theater on a large scale for the time being. ”

"Why don't you ......," Zhou Gongdao, "telegraph to the Nanyang Bureau and transfer the expeditionary force into Sichuan?" ”

** But he waved his hand, and said regretfully: "There is no need to send a telegram, Zhongshu and Iping will definitely judge the strategic intentions of the Japanese army in Central China, but if you want to transfer the Chinese expeditionary force into Sichuan to resist the war, only Zhongshu agrees is not enough, and the Americans have to agree, but I heard that Stilwell has a deep grudge with Chairman Chiang." ”

"What then?" Mr. Zhu hurriedly said, "The Eighth Route Army can't go if they want to, and the expeditionary force can go but won't let them go, is it possible to watch the Japanese army in Central China occupy Sichuan?" Speaking from the bottom of our hearts, the life or death of the Nationalist Government and Chairman Chiang has nothing to do with us, but this matter is related to the life and death of the nation and the country, and we must not sit idly by! ”

"Well, there's no other way to do it now." ** sighed and said, "Immediately call the Northern Bureau and the front command of the Eighth Route Army, and organize several large-scale offensive operations in the near future, be sure to break through all the main lines of Jiāo Tong in North China, and strive to occupy one or two large and medium-sized cities, so as to greatly mobilize the Japanese army, at least not let the Japanese base camp do all its best to attack the southwest." ”

"Is the chairman saying that Wei Wei saved Zhao?" Zhou Gong nodded, and said regretfully, "So far, it can only be like this." ”

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Yangon, meeting room xiǎo of the headquarters of the expeditionary force.

Deng Gong had already seen Yue Weihan's embarrassment, and said immediately: "In this case, why don't we also take the initiative to attack the Southern Army, although this move may not be able to stop the Japanese army in Central China, it can somewhat distract the attention of the Japanese base camp, so that it cannot invest all its war resources in the Central China battlefield." ”

"I think so." General Wei Lihuang immediately agreed.

General Wei Lihuang was not born in Whampoa, so he naturally had no loyalty to Chairman Chiang, and even during the Shanxi War of Resistance, there were serious conflicts between the two, but as a conscientious Chinese, General Wei Lihuang knew very well what the Nationalist Government and Chairman Chiang meant to China at the moment.

Huang Jie didn't make a sound, he naturally wanted to lead his teacher back to China directly.

Stilwell also nodded in comradeship, and everyone's eyes were focused on Yue Weihan.

Yue Weihan was also a little hesitant, the assistance of the 30 American mechanics promised by the US government before, due to the drastic changes in Europe was not all in place, so far, the Chinese Expeditionary Force has only been organized into a total of 12 American armor divisions, including 2 armored divisions.

If there is another half a year, the ordnance produced in Rangoon alone will be enough to organize 10 American armor divisions, and at that time, the Chinese Expeditionary Force will have more than 30 American armor divisions and more than 5 armored divisions, and then launch an attack on the Japanese Southern Army, basically the victory will be assured, but if the attack is launched now, there will still be certain variables in the battle situation.

With more than 800,000 troops stationed in Southeast Asia, more than 600,000 of them concentrated on the Indochinese and Malay Peninsulas, and the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma built a large number of defensive fortifications, and these fortifications were so strong that large-caliber field howitzers and heavy aerial bombs were not enough to crack through these solid turtle shells.

At this time, even if all the 12 American armor divisions that had been formed were put into attack, it would not be enough to gain an overwhelming advantage, and Yue Weihan did not dare to say that he would definitely be able to tear through the defense line of the Japanese heavy army group, and once the war fell into a stalemate, it would be easy to dampen the morale of the officers and men of the expedition, and it was even more likely to dampen the confidence of the whole people in the war of resistance.

In short, if the attack is carried out now, the expeditionary force will not be sure of victory.

Seeing that Yue Weihan was a little hesitant, Stilwell suddenly said: "Yue, I know that the Japanese army has stationed heavy troops in the Indochina Peninsula and the Malay Peninsula, and has also built a large number of fortresses and fortifications in the front, and if we attack it, our army's chances of victory are not high, but why don't we try to bypass the heavy army group and strong fortification group of the Japanese army, and attack the weak defense of the Japanese flank?" ”

"Striking at the flank of weakly defended Japanese troops?" Yue Weihan's heart suddenly moved when he heard this.

Why not try frog-jumping tactics? Frog Jump Tactics is Frog Jump Tactics!

Historically, MacArthur used the leapfrog tactic to directly bypass a large number of islands heavily garrisoned by the Japanese army, directly landed on Luzon Island, and then took the Ryukyu Islands and used them as a base to directly threaten the Japanese mainland, until Japan was defeated and announced its unconditional surrender, and the main forces of the Southern Army stationed in Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific were almost still intact.

Of course, MacArthur's leapfrog tactics are not something that can be replicated casually, and this requires strong sea and air transportation capabilities and absolute sea supremacy as a prerequisite.

The US Navy has already controlled the entire southwest Pacific Ocean, and the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet has been formally disbanded half a year ago and has been completely reduced to a coast guard.

However, the Allied forces' sea and air transportation capabilities in the Southeast Asian theater are somewhat thin, because the United States has already invested almost all of its strategic transportation forces in the Mediterranean theater, and although the United States is strong, it is still under great pressure to maintain the operational needs of more than 2 million Allied troops on the Balkan Peninsula.

However, the problem of transport capacity is not insurmountable.

The dock transport ships used for beach landing cannot be taken out by the expeditionary force, and it is impossible for the US government to be put into the Southeast Asian theater, but it is still more than enough to collect hundreds or thousands of large merchant ships, although these merchant ships do not have the ability to protect themselves, but as long as they are protected by the US Navy, it is still not a problem to use them to transport personnel and materials.

At that moment, Yue Weihan strode to the map hanging on the wall, and beckoned to Stilwell, Deng Gong and others: "Come, you all come here." ”

Deng Gong, General Zuo, General Wei Lihuang and others were obviously touched by Stilwell's suggestion, and everyone's eyes were no longer limited to the Indochinese Peninsula or the Malay Peninsula at the extended end of Chinese mainland, but turned their attention to the islands of Southeast Asia and many islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean.

Yue Weihan patted the map and said: "Two years ago, the German army blitzed France, and it made a detour through Belgium to avoid the Maginot Line, which was heavily garrisoned by the French army, and finally France only held out for less than three months before surrendering. ”

"But we can launch a blitzkrieg from the sea!" Stilwell took off the pipe from his mouth, stepped forward and tapped lightly on the map, and said to everyone, "The Chinese Expeditionary Force can use the cover of the US Navy to set sail from Yangon, enter the Strait of Malacca through the Andaman Sea, and seize this place first - Singapore!" ”

"Yes, it's Singapore." Yue Weihan nodded approvingly.

If the frog jumping tactic is adopted, the first target of the Chinese expeditionary force must be and can only be Singapore!

First of all, Singapore is at the very end of the Malay Peninsula, not the center of defense of the Japanese army, stationed on the Malay Peninsula is the Japanese 10th Division, the strength of these two divisions is basically arranged on the narrow Malay Peninsula, for Yangon, Máo Lam direction to build more than a dozen lines of defense, garrison Singapore will not exceed two wings at most.

Secondly, Singapore has an excellent deep-water military port, and the US Navy that occupies Singapore has an advance base.

Finally, Singapore is located in the heart of Southeast Asia, and once the Chinese Expeditionary Force occupies Singapore, the Allied air power will be able to use Singapore as a base to carry out air strikes against the Japanese-occupied areas within a radius of thousands of kilometers, so that it will be almost impossible for the strategic resources captured by Japan in Southeast Asia to be safely transported back to the mainland.

Stilwell and Yue Weihan both nodded, and the rest of them naturally would not object.

Huang Jie, chief of staff of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and Zuo Zong, deputy chief of staff, did not dare to slack off, and immediately summoned dozens of senior staff members of the staff to begin drawing up the battle plan.

However, before formulating the battle plan, Yue Weihan still asked Huang Jie to send a warning telegram to Chongqing.

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Chongqing, the conference room of the Military Commission.

Upon receiving Huang Jie's telegram, Chairman Jiang was also taken aback.

Chairman Chiang did not dare to be careless, so he immediately drove to the Central Military Commission and urgently summoned Senior Party-State Generals such as General He, General Chen, General Li, General Bai, and General Xue Yue to discuss countermeasures.

After everyone finished circulating the telegram sent by Huang Jie, Chairman Jiang said worriedly: "Let's talk about it, what should we do at this time when the party-state is in danger?" ”

"Bench, this is clearly alarmist." Admiral Chen was a little unimpressed.

After saying this, General Chen said: "How many troops are the Japanese army in Central China?" Less than 500,000! With such a small number of troops, in addition to garrisoning the nine provinces of Central China, it is also necessary to guard against the attack of 500,000 New Fourth Army, and how many troops can be transferred to the attack? The troops also attacked Sichuan and Yunnan in two ways, and Okamura Ningji would never do this unless his brain was in the water! ”

Chairman Jiang frowned, and said in a thick Ning accent: "Whether this is alarmist or not, we must rather believe what it has than what it doesn't, if the Japanese army in Central China really has this plan, how many troops can be invested at most?" How much combat strength does the Central Army have left at present, and is it possible to hold Sichuan and Yunnan? ”

Admiral Chen flattened his mouth and stopped talking, and this fart was a slap on the horse's hooves.

General Bai suddenly snorted and said: "Although the Central Army still has nearly 2 million troops, it has not been paid for more than half a year, and the officers and soldiers usually eat what everyone here also knows, to be honest, these officers and soldiers have not been deserters until now, I am already very surprised, what combat effectiveness can such an army have?" ”

Chairman Jiang's face immediately sank, and Admiral Bai's words undoubtedly touched the pain in his heart.

Admiral Bai was still pouring salt on Chairman Chiang's wounds, and said very unceremoniously: "With all due respect, unless the Chinese Expeditionary Force urgently transfers one or two group armies back to China to resist the war, the Japanese army in Central China only needs to transfer 300,000 people, which is enough to attack Sichuan and Yunnan, and with the current combat strength of the Central Army, it will absolutely not be able to hold the southwest." ”

"Don't think about sending the expeditionary force back home." Chairman Jiang said indignantly, "At this point, Yue Weihan didn't get in the way, but he hated Stilwell but resolutely refused to allow it, Niang Xipi, the Yankees have made it clear that if the Chinese Expeditionary Force wants to return to China, it can, but it must give up all the American weapons and equipment and return to China empty-handed." ”

"Then you have to transfer." Admiral Li sighed and said, "Hurry up and move the government to Jiuquan." ”

As early as the 26th year of the Republic of China, at the beginning of the full-scale outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Chairman Guomin and Chairman Jiang had already foreseen the fall of the coastal areas, so Chongqing was set as the accompanying capital, however, what few people know is that in addition to setting Chongqing as the accompanying capital, the National Civil Affairs fǔ actually set up a second accompanying capital, that is, Jiuquan, Gansu.

The intention of setting up the second escort capital is not to be known, that is, to prevent the loss of Sichuan, the Nationalist Government can move westward to Jiuquan to continue to lead the anti-Japanese struggle of the people of the whole country, but from the very beginning, Chairman Chiang was very resistant to the establishment of the second escort capital, and never thought that he would flee to Jiuquan after the fall of Sichuan.

When General Li's voice fell, Chairman Jiang was furious and said: "Niang Xipi, if I don't go anywhere, I will die in Chongqing!" ”

Soon, Chairman Jiang knew that he was out of shape, and immediately adjusted his mood and said in an extremely serious tone: "I don't believe it, the 2 million Central Army can't hold a Sichuan, I have already decided, swear to live and die with Chongqing, swear to live and die with Sichuan, and swear to live and die with 20,000 people in the southwest!" ”