"After continuous bloody battles, the situation in Songhu became more and more stable, and although the national army suffered great losses, it was still able to stabilize the battle line and inflict great casualties on the Japanese army. If you are a commander of the Japanese army, what is the most important thing to consider at the moment? ”

Wu Ming's question caused everyone to think deeply.

"If it's me, then find a new direction of attack and break the current strategic pattern in one fell swoop" Zhang Ying thought about it and answered first, and the generals in the conference room quickly shifted their attention to him.

Wu Ming nodded to Zhang Ying with satisfaction, and said with encouraging eyes: "Zhang Ying, you tell everyone what you think."

Zhang Ying came to the map, calmed down, turned around and said to everyone: "If I were the commander of the Japanese army, in the face of the current state of confrontation, I would definitely look for another breakthrough point, and the best choice is to land on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay."

"Well said"

Wu Ming cheered, walked to Zhang Ying's side, and turned to face the full house:

"The confrontation between China and Japan on the south bank of the Yangtze River and the Huangpu River in Shanghai is comparable to the 'Verdun meat grinder' in the last European war, and the positions and trench battles are very bloody and cruel. If it is difficult to fight from Luodian to the vicinity of the defense line in less than a year and a half, the Japanese army will suffer great losses. ”

"Two months have passed since the outbreak of the war, and the Japanese are arrogantly clamoring for the destruction of China within three months, and to achieve this goal, it is necessary to find a place that can change the situation of both sides in one fell swoop."

"Looking at the surrounding area of Songhu, due to the fierce fighting, the Third Theater has repeatedly transferred troops from the coast of Hangzhou Bay and Pudong to the coast of the Yangtze River and western Huxi to increase the strength and thickness of frontal resistance, and the north shore of Hangzhou Bay plus us only have two divisions and two temporary brigades (the other division is Chen Guangzhong's 63rd Division, which mainly guards the two flanks from Jiashan to Pinghu and Jinshanwei), and the defense is extremely empty."

"Although Hangzhou Bay is not the best landing place in terms of large ship docking, this is just the right place to paralyze the defenders and achieve a surprising victory."

After Wu Ming's analysis, there was silence in the conference room, and everyone was thinking about the possibility of what Wu Ming said in their hearts.

"The Japanese army has set up a big game of chess."

Wu Ming shook his head, took the baton from the staff officer, pointed to the Beijing-Shanghai Railway, and continued to analyze:

"The Beijing-Shanghai Railway is a transportation hub connecting the capital Nanjing and Shanghai, if I am the commander of the Japanese Shanghai Dispatch Army, let the troops fighting on the front line of Songhu drag the national army to the line of Yunzaobang and Zoumatang, and then suddenly land in Hangzhou Bay with the heavy reinforcements of follow-up, go straight to Jinshan and Songjiang, control the railway hub, and then divide a section to quickly pounce on the line of Kunshan and Taicang through the road."

"Subsequently, a part of the Yangtze River between Hupu and Fushan will be landed, directly penetrated into Zhitang, Taicang, Kunshan and other places, and will join the Japanese troops who have landed in Hangzhou Bay, so as to form a huge strategic encirclement, so that the more than 600,000 troops of the national army on the Songhu battlefield can be surrounded in one fell swoop."

After listening to Wu Ming's explanation, the generals were stunned and shocked by Wu Ming's generosity, but after thinking about it carefully, they found that this possibility was not small.

As long as the railway and road lines were controlled, the landed Japanese troops could be easily and quickly transferred, blocking the retreat of the Chinese troops in the Shanghai area in time. The Japanese army has air and sea supremacy, and if it controls the railways and highways again, then the Chinese army, which is under siege, will inevitably be in chaos, and there will be many evils and few auspicious positions.

It must be said that this is an old-fashioned and deadly trap.

Not to mention, Wu Ming's judgment of the current battlefield situation has figured out the tactics that General Matsui Ishone, commander of the Japanese Shanghai Dispatch Army, is brewing. In his previous life, Wu Ming rejected the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing, which had sacrificed heavily, and did not know much about the course of the war, and his current analysis was completely speculative from the perspective of the Japanese army.

The Nationalist Army dragged the Japanese army into the Songhu battlefield, and China and Japan competed in weapons, quality, and equipment. The Japanese army is invincible on the right path and will definitely consider a surprise victory.

Long Shaogang frowned and asked puzzledly: "According to the plan of the division, the Japanese army on the front line of Songhu will reach more than 300,000 by then...... Is this possible? ”

Wu Ming did not answer, his face was extremely solemn.

Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek, who had no hope of mediation, was desperate for the Battle of Songhu and held the Shanghai defense line at all costs, why not the Japanese government and army? Although Wu Ming did not know the specific details of the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese army invested more than 300,000 in the last day, plus the puppet army from Northeast China and Taiwan, with a total number of more than 400,000, this data will not be wrong. Where the follow-up troops are used, it can only be Hangzhou Bay

The more Long Shaogang thought about it, the more he felt that what Wu Ming said was very likely, and stood up with a worried face: "Division, if the Japanese army really implements this plan, then the national army that confronts the Japanese army in Shanghai will be dangerous. Master, you better report this judgment to the Nanjing side as soon as possible."

"Alas...... I submitted this presumption to the Military Council three days ago, but there has been no response to it so far."

Wu Ming smiled bitterly and shook his head, if it could attract the attention of the high-level, there should be a response that day. But now that three days have passed, presumably Nanjing must not be impressed with Wu Ming's opinion

Indeed, after the bigwigs of the Nanjing Military Commission received Wu Ming's telegram, Qian Dajun, He Yingqin and others were not impressed, and Qian Dajun was also ready to send a telegram back to reprimand Wu Ming, blaming him for meddling with rats, but was stopped by Chiang Kai-shek.

At the beginning of the Songhu War, Feng Yuxiang, who was a shopkeeper in Suzhou, saw the weakness of the defense of Hangzhou Bay and wanted to meddle in the defense of this area, but Chiang Kai-shek mistakenly thought that he wanted to get involved in the army and resolutely won the post of commander of the Third Theater. Later, Feng Yuxiang repeatedly warned Chiang Kai-shek that the strategic position of Hangzhou Bay was extremely important, but unfortunately Chiang Kai-shek directly kicked it to North China.

Strictly speaking, Feng Yuxiang's vision was still good this time, but Chiang Kai-shek did not think that he had made a mistake in judgment at all and was stubborn.

The only thing Chiang Kai-shek listened to was that, according to Wu Ming's words, a total of 10 divisions were placed near the national defense line, including the new 2nd Division, including two divisions on the Zhajia line, two divisions on the Kunzhi line, one division from Pingwang to Wujiang, three divisions on the Wufu line, and two divisions on the Xicheng line.

The generals of the new second division discussed the idea of the division commander Wu Ming, Wu Ming clapped his hands lightly and said to everyone: "The landing of the Japanese army on the front line of Hangzhou Bay is absolutely undoubted, the only thing that cannot be determined is the amount of troops invested. ”

After that, Wu Ming waved his hand, and this combat seminar ended.

Wu Ming stopped Lu Kuiyuan, who was about to leave after packing his things, Lu Kuiyuan hurriedly put down his notes and came to Wu Ming's side, a little uneasy in his heart, and said that he would not let himself go to the regiments of the first brigade and the second brigade to pick up people, right?

After the new Second Division was transferred to the front line from Zhapu to Jiaxing, Wu Ming was worried that all departments would be slack, so he came up with an ingenious training method:

They only need to quietly send the flags to the regimental headquarters of each regiment or any area of the battalions under the four regiments to be considered successful, and if the regiments and battalions are unable to defend themselves, they will be judged to fail and need to be punished if they take advantage of the weakness of the special service companies.

In the beginning, the spy company adopted tactics such as attacking the east and attacking the west, and it was easy to put the flag in the barracks of each regiment and battalion, causing each regiment to be punished one after another.

Later, the regiments gradually adapted to the tactics of the special service company, strengthened their vigilance and defense, and made great efforts to capture the officers and men of the special service company.

The two sides have come and gone, and the spy company has gone from occasional misses to frequent sneak attacks, and can only find ways to improve its tactics.

The offensive and defensive sides fought with wits and courage, and all kinds of cunning tricks emerged one after another, which fell in Wu Ming's eyes. Although there was no actual combat, this training method effectively ensured the battlefield adaptability and reaction capacity of the main regiments of the New Second Division.

Lu Kuiyuan was a little worried about the failure of the second company of the special agent last night, which was responsible for the attack on the first regiment and the third battalion barracks, and his face was a little ugly.

Wu Ming couldn't help but say, grabbed Lu Kuiyuan's arm, dragged him to the map, pointed to the line from Zhapu to Pinghu, and ordered: "Kuiyuan, the training task I gave you earlier is over. Starting today, you will gather up the two spy companies, command the engineer regiment, and plant mines on the line from Dushantang to Huanggutang, so that the Japanese landing troops can have a good taste of our specialties."

The mines are simple to manufacture and extremely inexpensive to build, which is very beneficial to the defending side, and since joining the Songhu battlefield, the mines carried by the new second division have not come in handy, and the accumulation has reached an astonishing number now. As the time for the Japanese army to land on the front line of Hangzhou Bay was getting closer and closer, Wu Ming was ready to let go of his hands and feet.

Lu Kuiyuan frowned and thought for a while, and suggested, "Master, is this appropriate?" If we want to lay mines, I suggest that they should be planted on the beaches from Haiyan and Haitang to Zhapu to prevent the Japanese army from landing and to the east of Dushantang. ”

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Wu Ming scolded and said dissatisfiedly: "If the Japanese army wants to cut off the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway, it must occupy Songjiang County, and the most likely landing sites should be Quangongting, Jinsiniang Bridge, Jinshanwei, Jinshanzui, Caojing to Tuolin. ”

"In addition, when mines are planted on the beach, most of the mines will be detonated when the Japanese naval guns bomb them, and a small number of mines will not have the effect of stopping the enemy at all, which is a pure waste. It's different in front of our position, no matter which direction they come from, we will let him come and go. ”

Lu Kuiyuan immediately understood what Wu Ming meant, and smiled: "Master, don't worry, I will arrange it properly" After speaking, he slipped away with a smile on his face.

Wu Ming shook his head and returned to the office next door, before he sat down, Zhang Dongning hurriedly walked in, during this time Zhang Dongning was busy with the relocation of the factory in downtown Shanghai, and his beard was unkempt, which was not at all in line with his usual clean and tidy image.

"Dongning, everything is going well, right?"

Wu Ming poured a cup of tea and handed it over, Zhang Dongning took it, drank two sips, and hurriedly said to Wu Ming: "Division, General Luo Zhuoying, who has been promoted to the commander of the 15th Group Army, found me and asked if we can sponsor them with another batch of bazookas and unconscionable cannons?" Now the fighting on the Songhu front is becoming more and more intense, and the losses of bazookas and unconscionable guns are extremely serious."

Wu Ming nodded, not surprised.

Over the past month or so, the 15 th Group Army, with the 18 th Army as the main force, has participated in the battle for Luodian, which is known for its brutality. Just imagine, the officers and men of the 18th Army guarded a position and used the great power of bazookas and unconscionable guns to force the Japanese army back.

Wu Ming had already sent three batches before and after, but they still could not meet the needs of the operation. After pondering for a while, Wu Ming turned to Zhang Dongning and said:

"Okay, I'll inform Mao Liangwu to send another batch of weapons and equipment. You first collect the conscienceless cannons and bazookas we are equipped with, and send them to Chief Luo immediately."

"Yes"

Zhang Dongning responded, but his brows were still tightly locked: "Master, Dai Li rushed to Shanghai a few days ago and asked all factories and enterprises to relocate to the southwest."

Wu Ming's eyes were cold, he was still coming.