-- Wuhan

Jiang Zhong held the telegram and nodded constantly, laughing at Bai Chongxi and the others, "Boling fought well, a division was completely annihilated by us, I don't think those newspapers and Europe and the United States will say that we will only lose the battle." ”

Falkenhausen smiled and said, "Yes, this is one of our biggest victories, and it can be said that it complements the battle of Lunan." ”

Bai Chongxi said with a smile, "Although this victory is big, our overall situation has not changed much, but Okamura Ninji should stop for a while." ”

He Yingqin came in with a piece of paper at this time and said, "Commission, this is the list of meritorious requests passed down below, you see, Xue Boling is hurrying to attack the 101st Division, hoping to take them down, I think the pressure in the south will be much less, but I don't know why the Japanese army on the northern front has not made any big moves so far." ”

"We know why?" Several officers wearing Soviet military uniforms walked in, looked at Falkenhausen and others next to them viciously and said, "Just yesterday, the Japanese army suddenly built a large number of pillboxes and fortifications in Zhanggufeng, and our army has already begun to act. I don't know if it's been assigned by some country. ”

It was none other than Cherepanov and others.

Although Germany's support has almost stopped, after all, it has not yet stood on the side of Japan with great fanfare, and the Soviet Union is now the biggest financier, so it cannot be offended, so he can only say in a haha: "Japan is indeed extremely hateful, and we in China will immediately send a message to condemn Japan's behavior in Zhang Gufeng." ”

Falkenhausen could not stand such a gaze, and immediately said: "This is a unilateral act of Japan, and we Germany have not taken any action against the Soviet Union. It can only be more representative of our German friendship with China, not to mention that we are completely unaware of this matter. ”

When Jiang Intermediary heard this, it was okay now, and he couldn't help anyone, so he simply covered his head and said, "Ahh No, no, my headache is done again, sorry for the several. I'm going to take a break, come on, come on, take me to the doctor. ”

Bai Chongxi and He Yingqin didn't know what was going on when they saw this. Bai Chongxi hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes." Our chairman has an old headache, and this disease has not been cured, so we can only open my head. Send the chairman to rest. ”

Seeing this, Cherepanov and Falkenhausen could only give up, glanced at each other, snorted at each other, and strode away.

Wait for the two to take the people away. Jiang intermediary and the others glanced at each other and laughed, Bai Chongxi smiled and said, "It doesn't matter who they are, the key is that our pressure is reduced." ”

Jiang pointed to the cabinet next to him and said, "If the Soviet Union really fights with Japan." We're halfway there, there's a bottle of red wine, let's have a glass to celebrate. ”

Zhang Gufeng has always been Chinese territory. However, when Tsarist Russia signed the Treaty of Yihui with the Qing government in 1858, it deliberately used different texts of the treaty to secretly steal this area. The Chinese version of the treaty shows that according to the national boundary demarcated in the treaty, Zhang Gufeng is Chinese territory. The Russian version of the treaty assigned Zhang Gufeng to Tsarist Russia.

Whether it is the Manchu government or the Beiyang government or later Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Xueliang, they all regard this place as China's territory, after 918, the puppet Manchu army has no troops stationed here, only a few border police patrol, in a semi-open state.

-- Zhang Gufeng

At this time, Zhanggufeng, which was originally rarely visited, had become a large battlefield, and countless shells fell on Zhanggufeng Mountain, and dozens of Soviet planes continued to dive and drop bombs. The shock wave caused by the shells made the Japanese soldiers inside the fortifications only feel that their internal organs were about to be shattered.

"Ulla!! Ulla!! Hearing the familiar shouts of the Soviets, the Japanese troops hurriedly raised their heads and looked, only to see countless Soviet troops with red stars roaring towards the hill under the cover of tanks.

"Baga, let these white-skinned pigs know what it means to fight bayonets!!" A Japanese soldier Cao pulled out a bayonet and stuck it into his rifle, and took the lead in rushing forward, and the two Japanese soldiers next to him hurriedly followed, forming a three-person team.

At this time, the Soviet army was still in the midst of a purge in which more than 40,000 senior and middle-ranking officers above the battalion level were persecuted. Among them, 80% of the senior officers, 3/5 of the marshals, and a lot of the soldiers were purged, and the more senior they were, the easier it was to be purged, which also greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army.

I only saw that more than 20 Soviet soldiers were not put in any battle formation at all, but rushed forward in a swarm, looking at the Soviet troops fighting like farmers, the Japanese soldiers laughed, first a block, the Soviet bayonet was opened, and the Japanese soldiers behind immediately followed a stab, stabbing the throat of the Soviet soldier, and the Soviet soldier next to him hurriedly wanted to save, but was knocked unconscious by a rifle butt of a third Japanese soldier to the ground.

"Yo Xi, come on!!" The Japanese soldier shouted as he brandished his bayonet.

Several Soviet soldiers looked at each other, and they couldn't stand the Japanese provocation and rushed forward with a roar.

But the Soviets, who had no combat experience, although they held rifles, did not use the power of these rifles at all.

Seeing his infantry being ravaged by the Japanese, Blyukhel shook his head and sighed that the purge had reduced the combat effectiveness of his troops too much, and could only shout, "Order the troops to withdraw and continue to bombard with artillery and aircraft, our infantry training is too little." ”

"Your Excellency Marshal, I don't think we should retreat, our Red Army warriors have already rushed up the hill, and with a little more effort, we can easily destroy these Japanese imperialists."

It was a young officer who spoke, but it was the newly transferred military commissar, as for the old partner of Blyukhel. May Comrade Stalin live a long life.

Blyukhel shook his head and said firmly, "It's not rushing up, it's the Japanese who want us to fight with them in hand-to-hand combat, you see over there, three Japanese soldiers have killed more than a dozen of us, but they are unscathed, can such a battle be fought?" Our heavy weapons are superior, so naturally we have to give full play to our superiority and give orders. The front line was immediately withdrawn. ”

The young officer exclaimed: "Comrade Blyukhel, you are making the mistake of capitulation, we are three times as many people, and our fighters are much stronger than them, can't our Red Army warriors fight hand-to-hand?" Have you forgotten how we won the battle against the White Army with bayonets? If you insist on such words, I will report to Moscow. ”

Blyukhel snorted coldly and said, "I, Blyukhel, have been fighting for almost thirty years, don't I know what to do?" What capitulationism, the battle you are talking about was fought by me, it was I, Blyukhel, who led an infantry division to defeat the tank division of the White Army. It's tactical, you know? Deliver the order!! ”

Blyukhel was known as the "soul of the Far East" and had a very high prestige among the soldiers, and the officer immediately went down to convey the order, and the angry young officer glared at Blyukhel and said, "Good, good." I'm going to report to Moscow and let Comrade Stalin decide!! ”

Blyukhel shook his head and continued to command the battle dismissively, but his heart was full of worries about the combat effectiveness of the Soviet Red Army. After all, the real enemy of the Soviet Union is not this small Japan, but the entire Western capitalist world. ――

Jiujiang

Okamura Ninji was the only one in his office, and on the ground were shredded telegrams and newspapers. The newspaper clearly saw the head of a Japanese officer -- it was the commander of the 106th Division, Junrokuro Matsuura, and no one could say that the Nationalist Army had lied about his military exploits this time, and the Japanese army had Junrokuro Matsuura accept a lot of interviews before going on the expedition, and now it was impossible for Okamura Ninji to find an identical person to come out.

Okamura Ninji was not like an ordinary Japanese officer. Throwing things at the slightest frustration, or just shredding the newspapers and telegrams, was enough for him to vent his anger. He is now wearing a kimono and holding a brush and practicing calligraphy.

But his mind was like a river overturning.

"The 106th Division was completely wiped out, and the Chinese National Army actually had such combat power. This is the first unit of our Imperial Army to be completely annihilated, and it will actually be in my hands. Tokyo should already know the news, what will happen to me next? Will he be transferred to the reserves, or will he be kicked out of the military directly? In addition, there is the 101st Division, I have already asked them to retreat, I don't know if they can come back, I am indeed a little light on the enemy this time. ”

Just when Okamura Ninji was thinking about it, a knock on the door disrupted his train of thought, he looked at the words in front of him, the writing was messy, sighed helplessly, and shouted, "Come in." ”

It was a signal soldier who came in, and the signal soldier saluted Okamura Ninji and said, "Report, the Emperor's telegram." ”

Okamura Ninji immediately stepped forward to take it and looked at it, and after reading it, he clasped his hands together and said with tears in the corners of his eyes, "Thank you for your trust, there is no other way to repay Your Majesty's kindness except to die to repay the country." After speaking, Okamura Ninji said in high spirits, "Immediately convene a military meeting, and His Majesty the Emperor will hear the sound of a crane." ”――

conference room

Okamura Ninji read the telegram aloud: "The widow has to hear the broken sound, and the heart is like a knife, but he thinks about it, "The Mean" has words, studious and almost knowledgeable, close to benevolence, and shame close to bravery. The widow has heard the name of "Three Feathers Wu", and thinks about the virtue of Qin Mugong, and only hopes that General Okamura is the contemporary Meng Mingshi, so he has no mistakes, and the widow waits for good news in Tokyo. ”

After reading it, Okamura Ninji said excitedly, "His Majesty the Emperor is so virtuous, do we continue to immerse ourselves in the shadow of failure?" ”

All of them were shocked by Okamura Ninji's good fortune and the Emperor's handling, and shouted in unison, "Long live His Majesty the Emperor!!" ”

Okamura Ninji pointed to the map and said, "It is a foregone conclusion that the Shina people will win a big victory in the south, but this is only a side battlefield, and it will not affect the overall situation, now we have to change our thinking, our strategic goal is still Wuhan, I think the south and the north attack, we have to calm down from the triumph all the way, the national army is not a group of powerless peasants, they also have guns, and many of them are elites who have been trained by the Germans and Soviets, and they are much more numerous than us, I hope that in the next battle, everyone will fight steadily and steadily, and never rush forward, Do you understand? ”

The officers below shouted together, "Understood!!" ”

Okamura Ninji nodded, secretly deciding in his heart that this was his last failure, and in the future, he would never lose to anyone again.

-- Yan'an

"Ah cut" Mr. Zhu rubbed his nose, and Jiang Cheng asked worriedly, "What's wrong?" Mr. Zhu was careful not to catch a cold. ”

Mr. Zhu pointed to the warehouse and said, "My current body will only get better and better, where will it get worse and worse, look at our new baby, so many German weapons and equipment, I can think of how happy our troops are below." ”

In the past half a month, Jiang Cheng has been transporting equipment from Germany and Black Iron Island, and now all the German weapons and half of the Soviet weapons have been transported to Yan'an.

Chairman Mao patted the rows of infantry guns on display and said, "Mr. Zhu, you see that we have so many artillery now, do you want to set up a larger artillery unit?" ”

Mr. Zhu nodded and said, "Well, we can set up an artillery regiment directly under the division in each of the three divisions below, and set up the shelves first, but we are still some small artillery, and the real big guys don't have it yet." After speaking, he looked at Jiang Cheng with a blank look.

Jiang Cheng scratched his head and said, "I'll urge again, boss, you can wait for the news with peace of mind, by the way, how about the reloading machine sent last time?" Did the troops hear anything back? ”

Mr. Zhu nodded and said, "Yes, especially those guerrillas, they are very satisfied, plus the primer and warhead, as long as two or three people can carry it, many guerrillas have simply set up their own small arsenals in some remote places." ”

Chairman Mao stood up, waved his hand and said, "Our guerrillas have now reached Zhuozhou in the north, and in the east to Dezhou, relying on our supplies in Yan'an is no longer possible, and the enemy has been captured, and there are more and more guns, and the ammunition is getting less and less. ”

Jiang Cheng's eyes lit up and asked, "Are you ready to enter Shandong?" ”

Chairman Mao took a puff of cigarette and said, "I have this idea, but we have to wait, it's not a good thing that the army is developing too fast, and everything has to be seen dialectically." ”

At this time, Ba Shun came over and said to Jiang Cheng, "Boss, Zhou Weiguo's telegram." ”

Jiang Cheng took a look, waved it and said to Chairman Mao, "Chairman, the task you gave Zhou Weiguo has been completed, and it seems that I am also ready to take a trip." ”

(To be continued.) )