Chapter 499: Attack on the Ryukyus
The military meeting ended hastily, Lan Tianwei, Bai Wenwei, Zhang Shaozeng, Liu Cunhou and others were full of wry smiles and helplessness, in fact, the task of this military operation is not very heavy, and the huge scale of 80,000 troops in an army can't take a single Ryukyu Islands? It's too easy, but the crux of the problem is not here, but that they inadvertently offended Cai Guodong.
Even if they think about themselves, these people deserve it, and when and where is it bad to be angry? Here, think about it from another perspective, if they are Cai Guodong, it is estimated that they are even more angry than Cai Guodong, this is obviously extremely disrespectful to Shangfeng, and they don't take Shangfeng's authority seriously, if their authority is provoked by their subordinates, they themselves know that they will never do so. It's good now, it's easy to fight, but it's not easy to fight to satisfy Cai Guodong, can you know how he will be satisfied? I don't know, Cai Guodong's satisfaction or dissatisfaction is all in himself.
Among these people, in fact, the most wronged is Liu Cunhou, he was completely affected by the pond fish, he has no contradiction with anyone, but Cai Guodong takes it for granted that people despise his authority, Liu Cunhou has not reasoned yet, he can only consider himself unlucky.
In fact, Cai Guodong also had a useful intention in doing this, Xiao Zhenlei and other high-level officials have long wanted to rectify some military generals who are free and loose and cannot be strict with themselves, especially some generals who have taken refuge in the Beiyang era, and they used to want to transfer them to idle departments, but there is no good excuse, and this time they just hit Cai Guodong's muzzle.
In fact, Xiao Zhenlei doesn't care whether his generals are his descendants or not, what he cares about is whether he is obedient or not, and whether his status and posture can be corrected. Even if you are not a descendant, as long as you can correct your posture and be able to obey orders absolutely. He still treats everyone equally, as evidenced by many military generals who are not descendants. But some people always like to be a villain in the belly of a gentleman, thinking that they will not be valued if they are not Xiao Zhenlei's descendants, so they naturally have all reservations on the issue of loyalty, and many generals who were previously Beiyang or the Kuomintang still can't lose the idea of warlords, and can't get rid of the warlords' practices, which is what Xiao Zhenlei hates the most, and now the country has entered a period of reunification, all walks of life have entered a period of rapid development, and the people's living standards have improved and the social environment is good. The political situation is stable, and it is absolutely not allowed to be divided by warlords, no matter who has such thoughts and signs, Xiao Zhenlei has decided to resolutely crack down on them, nip them in the bud, and will not show mercy, nor will he give anyone a chance to show mercy.
On March 19, Zeng Chuang, who received the notice, came to the governor's palace. Cai Guodong's adjutant took him to the door of the office and knocked on the door, and after getting permission, he pushed the door in, "General, Colonel Zeng has arrived!" β
Zeng Chuang took two steps forward and saluted: "Zeng Chuang, a senior military adviser of the Anguo Army, came to report. Please advise the general! β
"Okay, Xiao Liang, go out!" Cai Guodong waved his hand to the adjutant.
"Yes, General!"
"Come and sit!" Cai Guodong got up and pointed to the sofa and said to Zeng Chuang.
"General Xie!"
After the two sat down. Cai Guodong asked: "How many people are in the Anguo Army now?" What about the training and mentality? β
Zeng Chuang straightened his waist and said, "General, now there are 3,246 people in the Anguo Army. I asked Kimura Ronggu to organize them into a regiment, according to the military establishment of the Japanese. It's almost the size of a wing, and it's just been training for a week, and because this reorganization has broken up the original establishment, it's now in the run-in period! β
Cai Guodong thought for a moment after hearing this, and asked, "How long do you think it will take for them to form combat effectiveness?" β
Zeng Chuang said: "General, I am not from the regular army, and I am my shortcoming in the military aspect, but I brought Li Zongren here, and he will watch the training of the Anguo Army every day, I think he should know this, should you call him in?" β
"Okay, just let him in!"
"Yes!" Zeng Chuang borrowed the phone on Cai Guodong's desk to inform the adjutant to call Li Zongren in.
Two minutes later, Li Zongren came to the office under the leadership of Adjutant Liang, "Report, Li Zongren came to report!" β
"Come in!"
Zeng Chuang said to Li Zongren: "Commander Li, you are familiar with the situation of the Anguo Army, you come to tell General SΓΉ and me, how long does it take for the Anguo Army to form combat effectiveness?" β
Li Zongren said: "Judging from the current situation, it will take two weeks to run-in!" β
After Li Zongren finished speaking, Zeng Chuang said to Cai Guodong: "General, I think we can strengthen the ideological transformation of the Anguo Army composed of these surrendered troops, and carry out all-round propaganda to make them realize the danger of Japanese imperialism, and our Chinese army is going to help them, so that they will not be hostile to us!" β
Cai Guodong was deeply impressed when he heard this, and affirmed Zeng Chuang's Jianyi: "Well, you are not bad, so let's do it, I will send a telegram to the political department, and ask them to immediately send experienced and capable cadres of political work to come over to assist you!" β
Zeng Chuang said happily: "Thank you, General!" β
Cai Guodong thought for a while and said to Zeng Chuang: "You must be extra attentive to the Anguo Army, in addition to the measures just mentioned, you also have to strengthen the monitoring of them, especially for those grassroots officers, you can develop some internal lines among soldiers or officers, and always keep abreast of the internal situation of the Anguo Army and the changes in their thinking, and there must be no moths." When attacking the Ryukyu Islands, or attacking the Japanese mainland in the future, many things that are inconvenient for our army will be handed over to these Anguo troops to do, you just need to give orders to the officers, and do not contact ordinary soldiers, so as not to deepen the conflict! β
Where did Zeng Chuang not understand what Cai Guodong meant by saying this? The meaning of this is obvious, that is, let those Anguo troops be evildoers, and the Chinese army be good people.
Cai Guodong continued: "For those who oppose the Chinese army, the Japanese or Japanese non-governmental organizations who oppose the Chinese army and hate the Chinese country must be resolutely cracked down on and eradicated, this work is mainly based on our Chinese army, and then win over some Japanese who are afraid of death and want to win wealth and nobility, and they will act as guides, and let the Anguo army assist, and for the ordinary Japanese civilians, we try not to be evildoers, if we really want to do it, let the Anguo army do it, so that we can not only be good people, but also let the Anguo army have no way back, You can only follow us all the way to the dark! β
Zeng Chuang and Li Zongren nodded frequently when they heard this, and Zeng Chuang said: "The general is smart, only the Japanese know the Japanese best, and it is best to use the Japanese to deal with the Japanese!" β
Cai Guodong lit a cigarette, took a few puffs and said: "This time I called you over, in addition to asking about the situation of the Anguo Army, the main purpose is to inform you that you still have half a month, and after half a month, we will attack the Ryukyu Islands, and the 14th Army will be responsible for the main attack at that time, and after the Ryukyu Islands are taken, the Anguo Army will be responsible for maintaining law and order on Sanshan Island and cracking down on the anti-Chinese forces that oppose the rule of China. In addition to striking the operatives of Japan and other countries, we must also fight against any Japanese who are hostile to us".
Zeng Chuang and Li Zongren stood up and saluted: "Yes, General!" β
On April 6, the Fourteenth Army attacked the Ryukyu Islands, and the Japanese deployed very few troops in the Ryukyu Islands, adding up to less than 2,000 men, and these forces were mainly concentrated in the area of Naha on Miyama Island. The 40th Division captured the Sakishima Islands without much effort, and the 42nd Division also quickly captured the Amami Islands, Osumi Islands, and Tokara Islands. Only the 41st Division took a little longer to capture Sanshan Island.
When attacking Sanshan Island, the 42nd Division did not land directly in Naha, you must know that Naha is also a relatively large port, the Japanese built very strong fortifications in Naha, of course, it is easy for China's current military forces to land directly in Naha, only large-scale artillery bombardment, and bombing with bombers, Japan can not hold Naha.
Liu Cunhou did not choose to land in Naha, but chose to land at the north and south ends of Sanshan Island, and the four troops advanced from the left and right sides of the north and south ends along the coastline respectively.
This way of attacking the Chinese army made the Japanese army feel that Yan ZΓ²ng's troops were insufficient, so the Japanese army immediately selected strong men from the local Japanese civilians to join the army, and not only trained and issued weapons to these Japanese strong men, but also organized them to resist the attack of the Chinese army.
For this situation, Cai Guodong had long expected it, so the Anguo Army organized by Zeng Chuang came in handy, and under Zeng Chuang's order, Kimura Ronggu led more than 3,000 Anguo troops to land on Sanshan Island to launch an attack on those troops composed of Japanese strong men.
To the surprise of Cai Guodong, Zeng Chuang and others, the Anguo Army led by Kimura Ronggu did not resist this, not only did not resist, but also exerted extraordinary combat effectiveness to kill those rabble composed of Japanese strong men.
"Kill the chicken!" Kimura Ronggu pulled out his command knife and pointed forward to order his subordinates to launch a decisive charge against the tattered army composed of Japanese strong men in front, and the Anguo army, whether officers or soldiers, showed an extremely strong side from top to bottom, they seemed to be not afraid of death, and those Japanese strong men were scared to the bottom.
The Japanese officer in charge of commanding Zhuangding saw that it was the Japanese army who rushed over, and couldn't help but scold: "Baga, Baga Yalu, how dare they serve Huaguo and help Huaguo attack us?" (To be continued......)