Chapter 14 Blood Gambling

"Your Excellency!" Ishihara is ready to fight back again.

"Sit down, the empire must win this battle, otherwise our staff will not be able to explain to the emperor, and the economy is so poor, the government's approval rating is already a very serious problem, if the news of our defeat comes, then the cabinet will be unstable, the cabinet will be unstable, and our military will have to reshuffle." Bin Shan Yuan's gaze was calm and stern.

"Military is an extension of politics, maybe war is wrong, but politics requires us to support the war, Muto-kun's idea has a certain degree of truth, the national government without the support of Shanghai, they will have no access to the sea, without the sea mouth is equivalent to us cutting off their mouths to eat, today's globalization, the Chinese can not satisfy themselves, Chiang Kai-shek will surrender to us."

"What about the Cabinet?" Ishihara breathed a sigh of relief, his ministry thought that he could fight against the entire staff, so he had to choose a new path.

"The cabinet chose to increase the number of troops." Binshan said.

Ishihara returned to his position and sat down, he had a hunch that this time, his influence on the staff department had dropped a lot, so what was the direction of the empire? I really can't feel the vein.

Later, under the joint operation of the General Staff and the Cabinet, the Emperor agreed to the idea of continuing to increase the number of troops, and a large number of Japanese troops once again embarked on the expedition.

This time, the Japanese side sent a very large number of troops, including the 9th Division, the 13th Division, and the 101st Division of the North China Dispatch Army, all of which were changed to the Shanghai Dispatch Army series, and at the same time sent Taiwan's infantry brigade and Shigeto detachment, the 1st Rear Infantry Regiment, the 1st Brigade of the puppet Jing'an Army, the Li Chunshan Brigade, and the Yu Zhishan Brigade (traitor troops, established by the puppet Manchukuo), so that the strength of the Japanese army in Shanghai reached a full six divisions and regiments, with a strength of more than 250,000 troops.

At the same time, there were some other units, the second and third wings of the Japanese Air Force, and the first wing of the Kwantung Army, all of which were planned to be dispatched to Shanghai, and at the same time continued to dispatch three aircraft carriers to Shanghai.

Zhang Zhizhong's small life is very good, sometimes, there are many contradictions between the generals and marshals, and the war is difficult to carry out, but if the generals and marshals have a tacit understanding, the war will become like a fish in water.

Liu Yuan's move was preemptive, causing huge losses to the Japanese army, Zhang Zhizhong took advantage of the panic of the Japanese army, launched a crazy counterattack against the Japanese army, and dealt a huge blow to the enemy at Chuanshakou, the Japanese army organized death squads and fought desperately, Zhang Zhizhong gritted his teeth and let the troops adopt wave Lang tactics, and the Chinese soldiers surged frantically, and the Japanese army fought one after another.

The Japanese naval artillery bombarded again, once again inflicted huge losses on the assault troops, the death squads were all wiped out, the war lasted for a whole day, the National Revolutionary Army had to stop the attack, Zhang Zhizhong saw that the advance was hopeless, and ordered the troops to withdraw to Luodian again and build fortifications. The angry Japanese ploughed Luodian like a plow, inflicting huge losses on the defenders of Luodian, and many Nationalist troops were killed by naval guns without fighting the enemy's guns.

The battle of Wusongkou was particularly tragic in this counterattack, the Japanese Third Division was a newly built division, but it was still in accordance with the establishment of the regular division, it was really elite, compared to the reorganized 11th Division that fought against it According to the original traces of history, it should have been Hu Lian's troops, and there was no Hu Chain in this life, but it was still the trump card army under Chiang Kai-shek.

His division commander's name is Peng Shan, and he graduated from the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy and the second phase of the Army University General Officer Workshop. Known for his severity and bravery, he is known as "Desperate Saburo".

In the beginning of the battle, he was very desperate, and personally commanded the troops to fight with the Japanese army for a whole day, and the Japanese army lost 5,000 men before it could resist his offensive, and the 11th Division also paid the price of more than 8,000 men.

Of course, these 8,000 people were due to the enemy's artillery bombardment, and in desperation, the 11th Division could only retreat and retreat back to the Dachang position, and the counterattack commanded by Zhang Zhizhong failed.

In a whole day, the Japanese army lost more than 20,000 troops, while the Chinese lost 15,000 to 16,000, but the Nationalist government destroyed almost all the materials of the Japanese army's registered troops, and it can be said that although it did not win, it had some upper hand.

However, Chiang Kai-shek was very dissatisfied with Zhang Zhizhong's performance, if it wasn't for Liu Yuan's stop, Chiang Kai-shek had already made the choice to change generals, and this general was Chiang Kai-shek's favorite general Liu Zhi.

"Fuguo, I am a sinner of the country, the war has been brought down now, I still haven't been able to take the position, and the Japanese have been driven into the sea, I heard that the chairman of the committee is considering changing generals, if not, replace me." Zhang Zhizhong's voice was a little depressed.

Gu Zhutong's face was not very good-looking, and he said to Zuo Quan on the side, "Zhang Zhizhong, a general, is already comfortable, and it seems that the battle on the front line is not easy to fight." ”

Zuo Quan was also very worried on his face, "The Japanese army is indeed an extraordinary force, the strongest army in Asia is not to say, General Zhang Zhizhong has been fighting for more than ten days without a clue, it is impossible to say that he is not timid, I heard that the Japanese have mobilized reinforcements again, I estimate that General Zhang Zhizhong has no confidence in his heart." ”

Liu Yuan waved his hand and said, "I have long told the chairman of the committee that the battle of Songhu cannot be won, so the Nationalist Government has long been prepared to retreat, and the thing we are thinking about now is not to defeat the enemy at all." ”

Liu Yuan's words completely shocked Zhang Zhizhong, "That's not to defeat the enemy, for what?" In Zhang Zhizhong's eyes, the defeat of soldiers is a very shameful thing, and he is even ready to commit suicide in defeat.

"War is an extension of politics, and we launched the Battle of Songhu to achieve our political goals and strategic plans, and from the current point of view, we have achieved all of this." Although Liu Yuan was tired, his voice was like a gentle whisper.

Our purpose in waging war is more to smoke the enemy to attack from the southwest, so that they can attack from different sides to achieve the goal of dragging them down, which can be seen from the continuous sending of reinforcements by the Japanese army.

Secondly, we need to break the myth that the Japanese annihilated China in March, and at the same time try to kill and wound the enemy army on the battlefield, Japan is a small country, as the most scarce resource, their population will always be a hard wound.

Of course, the last point, and the point that the chairman is most worried about, is whether the Songhu generation of industries can be moved, and from this point of view, we have done a good job.

Liu Yuan's analysis was very detailed, and even Gu Zhutong kept nodding, Liu Yuan's political vision was really more long-term than them.

"Then, Fuguo, then you let the chairman change the commander, since this is a war that is bound to be lost, I don't want to ruin your reputation as an undefeated general." In Zhang Zhizhong's eyes, Liu Yuan's prestige is not important, and there are many talents in the new generation of the party-state, but few people who understand politics are pitiful, and Zhang Zhizhong is worried that if Liu Yuan cannot become the leader of the third generation of government, then it will definitely be the heaviest blow to the party-state.

Liu Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "The country is poor and weak, and I can't win a hundred battles, but one thing I can tell you is that a victorious general is never as worthy of respect as a hundred defeated generals. ”