Chapter 785: The Battle of Wuchang (6)
In the roar, these Japanese soldiers were chopped to the ground. Of course, before rushing up to cut them, the men of the 60th Army, who had learned badly from the Wehrmacht instructors, first swept them with machine guns.
After making sure that all these people had no ability to resist, he took a knife and cut off the heads one by one. This is also a bad habit that the Wehrmacht instructors learned - killing people and cutting off heads.
After cleaning up these Japanese troops with expressionless faces, the officers and men of the 60th Army on both sides of the positions also slowly gathered in the main position.
Lu Han also came here with people at this time, looking at An Enpu, who was covered in blood, Lu Han was silent.
"Can you hold on?!" After a long time, Lu Han said hoarsely to his love. An Enpu snorted when he heard this, lowered his head and wiped the corners of his eyes.
"What's not going to hold on?! Rest assured, commander, I can still lead my brothers to charge after you have given the order! ”
An Enpu said in a snort, puffing up his chest as he spoke. Luhan smiled and gently patted him on the shoulder as a sign of comfort. Then he turned around and said in a deep voice to the officers and men of the 60th Army on those positions.
"I know everybody's tired, everybody's hard. Suffice it to say: the enemy is also tired! The enemy is also hard! Standing on the ground, Lu Han shouted at the bloodied men.
"When we went out of Yunnan, the slogan was to kill the enemy and serve the country! Now, the Japanese Tsuko is right in front of us! I'll just ask you: Can you still fight?! ”
"Kill! Kill! Kill!! Lu Han was responded to with a heartfelt roar. These men are not just the elite carefully selected by Long Yun.
In fact, when they were trained by the Wehrmacht, they received patriotic education from the Wehrmacht.
The patriotic education of the Wehrmacht was very simple, that is, to take pictures of Japanese soldiers brutalizing Chinese people collected from all over the world. Tell these men that this is the enemy they are going to face.
Among those images were pictures of newborn children hanging from bayonets. There are also pitiful corpses with heads chopped off, and there are people who have been shot and burned villages.
But these are not just pictures, they are also tragic stories. The masters in these stories all died tragically under the butcher's knife of the Japanese army.
These photos and stories. stimulated these strong-blooded men. Almost every week, they see this. Also see those combat reports from the front line.
They are literate and can read newspapers and records. They train, and they train themselves to be strong.
Looking at the tyranny of these Japanese, it aroused the hatred that emanated from the bottom of their hearts. These men have asked for war countless times since the beginning of the war.
Finally. They came to the battlefield in Wuhan. But here. They also lost more than 10,000 brothers who depended on each other for life and death. The rest of the people are naturally angry. The commander's order was handed down, and these people naturally did not hesitate to do what their instructor taught them - kill people and cut off their heads!
"Good! He is worthy of being a man of our Yunnan army! The whole army listened to the order and marched towards Wuchang City! Kill the enemy!! Lu Han roared and led his troops, and rushed towards Wuchang City at the position.
At this time, in Wuchang City, Chen Chengzheng, He Yingqin and others, who were known as the small chairmen, were restless. The Japanese had broken through three lines of defense in succession and were approaching their current hiding place.
Even if reinforcements from the last regiment had been sent, there was still no way to stop the onslaught of the Japanese army. This time, it seems that the Japanese army is determined to defeat them completely.
"That's the way it is now. The Japanese army was just over a mile away. Let's see what to do......" Chen Cheng laid out the map, rubbing his brows and facing everyone.
He was exhausted, and he was overwhelmed by the intensity of the work and the tremendous pressure during this time. At this time, he knew how difficult it was for Jiang Zhongzheng.
Fortunately, at this time, it was a matter of life and death, and no one was messing with him. Otherwise, he would only have more headaches.
"How far away is the nearest unit from us now?!" He Yingqin is a veteran after all, and the first question asked is crucial: "We must start preparing for the evacuation." The direction of the breakout is, naturally, the nearest troops. ”
"The nearest unit should be the 60th Army of the Dian Army, and the commander is Lu Yongheng." But when he saw Chen Cheng facing He Yingqin, he said: "The combat effectiveness of the Dian army is still okay, but they have just experienced the battle with the Japanese 38th Division, and I am afraid that the losses will be not small......"
Chen Cheng's implication was that even if he made peace with Lu Han, he might not be able to withstand the attack of the Japanese army. You know, now all the elite of the Japanese army is attacking in the front of the Central Army.
Once it is pressed, then it is the momentum of Mount Tai. Not to mention the local army of the Yunnan army, even a complete central army has to avoid its edge.
You can't avoid it on your scalp. It can only be the result of the Wuhan defenders.
"What do you say over there in Shoushan?!" He Yingqin was silent for a while, and said to Chen Cheng: "Can't he think of a way?!" The Dian Army can open a gap in a local army, why didn't he advance an inch with the elite of the Central Army? ! ”
Chen Cheng smiled bitterly and said to He Yingqin: "It's not that Shoushan doesn't want to fight. Just came to report that they had laid down three lines of defense of the Japanese army. But the loss was a whole half of the tank brigade. ”
"The Japanese artillery fire was too powerful, and it directly knocked out the tank troops in Shoushan's hands. Shoushan means let's hold on for another day, and he will open the defense line as soon as possible......"
"How to support?! That's the way it is now, the Japanese are only a mile away from us! How to fight?! He Yingqin jumped like thunder and yelled at Chen Cheng: "Rhetoric! You tell Shoushan, three hours! I have three hours for him to call in! Otherwise, wait for us to collect the body! ”
As he spoke, He Yingqin took a deep breath and said to everyone: "Everyone, now is not the time for us to argue. I suggested contacting Lu Yongheng immediately and telling him the news that we were about to break out and ask him. ”
"Arrange the troops behind the palace to block the Japanese attack. Try to buy us time to break out, and at the same time, all departments coordinate and wait for orders to be ready to break out at any time! ”
He Yingqin's words made everyone stunned, and then looked at Chen Cheng, who didn't speak. Seeing that Chen Cheng nodded helplessly, he stood up and said in a deep voice: "I agree with the teacher's opinion, everyone go back and prepare ......"
Only then did everyone disperse, and Chen Cheng's achievements during this time were obvious to all. At least after Jiang Zhongzheng was gone, Chen Cheng did not panic, but calmly commanded all units to continue to fight against the Japanese army.
If it weren't for Chen Cheng and Dai Li's cooperation, maybe this Wuchang City would have been in chaos a long time ago. But these two people found a "chairman" to patrol around and suppress the limelight of the Japanese army. Let the Central Army withstand the attack of the Japanese army to the death.
Everyone has supported it until now, and Chen Cheng's title of "Little Chairman" is well deserved. At least, everyone in the Whampoa department thinks that this little chairman is quite reliable.
In contrast, He Yingqin's prestige has greatly diminished.
In this regard, He Yingqin was helpless. It can only be said that it is a difference of fortune. In the beginning. It is always difficult for him to snatch Chen Cheng's command. Otherwise, it will cause confusion. And at that time, He Yingqin still hesitated.
But later, Chen Cheng's command was easy, and He Yingqin was even more difficult to snatch the command. After all, life matters!
Even at the height of the fighting in China, the land of Europe was not calm. The mustache finally extended his hand to Czechoslovakia after numerous temptations.
In fact, this was just another temptation of the mustache, and he had no ambition to start a war at this time. At this time, what he wanted was to test the tacit understanding between Britain and France, and their bottom line.
In order to complete the instructions of the mustache, the German Foreign Minister Joachim. Feng. Ribbentrop was constantly busy traveling between England and Germany. Of course, Hitler would not stop expanding his army.
In his opinion. Those damned "Gallic roosters" will give in because "Germany once again has the power to make them fearful"!
Therefore, he instructed the whole country to "strengthen our power and let those who try to do harm."
The Germans are afraid! We want to take back the glory that belongs to Germany, and we want to make those damned thieves and thieves pay! ”
Under the guidance of this thinking, the whole of Germany began a frenzied expansion of the army. Unlike in history, Germany at this time received a large amount of resources from the three eastern provinces and the Soviet Union.
Those agreements that Trotsky was forced to sign. What was brought to Germany was a large amount of much-needed supplies. It includes petroleum, iron ore, industrial raw materials...... And so on.
For a while, Germany as a whole seemed to be extremely prosperous, and even some economists were already studying the roots of Germany's prosperity.
Just when the mustache and the eyes of Europe were attracted to each other, a strange procession quietly set off from Kazan and rushed to Moscow.
There are not many people in this team, only about 20 people. But if you look closely, you will see that there are more than a dozen people in this team who have the characteristics of the Young Gro Saxons. And the rest, typical Slavic looks.
They quietly crossed various lines and battlefields along the way. Miraculously there was no attack. It was not until the confrontation between Trotsky and Stalin's troops that the Young-Saxon-looking ones were picked up by another group of Slavic-looking uniformed soldiers.
A few days later, they arrived in Moscow. In the Kremlin, they met Trotsky.
"I want to know what you're here for." Trotsky looked at the visitors in their long coats. He said in a deep voice: "My friend just told me that you are not ordinary people...... I don't know what you capitalists are coming to me for. ”
But I saw a leading man looking left and right, and said in a deep voice to Trotsky: "Dear President Trotsky, we are here to represent the goodwill of peace. Make no mistake about it, we are not here to start a war. On the contrary, we hope that Russia as a whole will calm down. Your war has gone on for too long......"
"I'm the U.S. Congressional and President's Special Envoy, Rupert." The man saluted Trotsky and whispered: "This is the British envoy Peters, and this is the French envoy Césaire." ”
Rupert pointed to the two men beside him and said in a deep voice to Trotsky: "We have come with a wish for peace. ”
"Imperialism has always been uneasy and well-intentioned, do not pretend to be merciful. Just tell me what you're here for. Trotsky remained unmoved, still cold-faced.
However, several envoys felt that there was nothing, and Trotsky was notoriously anti-capitalist. He also advocated a "permanent revolution" and "support for the global revolution."
It is precisely this that makes European and American countries very disgusted with him. But now they have no choice but to come to the door, for no other reason. They only hoped that the USSR would cut off the supply of raw materials to Germany.
The speed of Germany's expansion has surprised both the European countries and the United States, but each country has its own small calculations. No one was willing to really take action against Germany.
After all, no one knew how deep the damage and the intensity of the war would be, and it was a strange plan that was discussed in secret countless times.
The plan was to bring peace to the Soviet Union without revolutionary support from all over the country. At the same time, they cut off Soviet supplies to Germany, hoping that thus they would be able to extinguish German ambitions.
In some ways, this is an upgrade to appeasement. How effective it will be is still unknown. But compared to war. Britain, France and the United States are still willing to try this approach.
The first person they communicated with was Stalin, who was better than Trotsky. Although Stalin also made Europe and the United States wary, at least he was willing to communicate with Europe and the United States.
Obviously, the first step in Europe and the United States is completed. Stalin agreed to their proposal, and Europe and the United States were responsible for mediating the reshuffling of government between him and Trotsky, provided that they did not support the revolution.
"You should know by now, Chairman Trotsky. Because the war led to the displacement of more than 40 million Soviets. So far, at least four million people have lost their lives in the war. It's cruel. It is our hope that you and Chairman Stalin will be able to stop such wars and strive for peace......"
The US envoy Rupert said in a deep voice to Trotsky that the identities of these envoys were known only to the cabinet of his country. And their own identities are all subordinate to intelligence agencies.
"Chairman Trotsky, we are thinking about the Soviet Union from a humanitarian standpoint. And on this point, we have already communicated with Chairman Stalin. He completely agrees with having a conversation with you......"
The British envoy Peters took over and said to Trotsky: "We have always believed that you are a merciful man with a big heart. We hope that your mind will bring peace to the Soviet Union......"
High-sounding words. It's so nice. But in fact, the real idea of Britain, the United States and France was to remove the shadow of Germany from the Soviet Union.
The arms were to be supplied by them, and it was better for Trotsky and Stalin to fight each other. But this is clearly unlikely at the moment. They had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, to remove the shadow of Germany first.
"Our three countries have reached an agreement as soon as you and Chairman Stalin really enter into the process of peace negotiations. Then our three countries are ready to provide a series of assistance to the USSR. The French envoy Césaire said to Trotsky.
"These include food, money and loans. And machinery. ”
Of course, Césaire didn't finish his sentence. These were not all free, and the USSR needed to exchange them with its own resources. The German deal with Trotsky in exchange for a large amount of resources. These are also coveted by common law.
"Conversation?! Stalin killed so many of our comrades, I have no way to talk to such a dictator! Trotsky coldly addressed the three of them: "A man like him is simply an insult to the Soviets!" ”
"At the same time, I warn you. We will not compromise with the capitalists! Trotsky said to the three: "Take your so-called 'aid' and leave!" ”
Although Trotsky said so, the trio did not give up. Instead, he smiled. The US envoy, Rupert, spoke: "Chairman Trotsky, please don't be so quick to assert. I think it's better to consult with your comrades...... I can wait for your message in Moscow. ”
Rupert dared to say that. It's confident. All three countries have secretly investigated, and the current Soviet Union, whether Trotsky or Stalin, is in fact in a bad situation.
The war depleted a large number of people, which led to a sharp decline in agricultural production. The decline in agricultural production has led to widespread famine, a trend that has now spread.
Trotsky was buying large quantities of grain from Germany. And Stalin was also buying grain from the three eastern provinces to survive the famine. From Stalin's troops to Trotsky's, there were already quite a few doubting the need for such a war to continue.
Large swathes of territory were lost, and resources were sold at low prices. The country is plunged into famine, and all kinds of rumors are flying in the sky. Is this what they want from the Soviets?!
"If you are willing to wait, then wait!" Trotsky looked at them coldly and said in a deep voice: "But I tell you, don't get too much hope. ”
With that, Trotsky had them sent away.
After walking out of the Kremlin, the group burst out laughing. Trotsky, though he showed toughness, showed his weakness by not daring to touch them in the slightest.
He should also know about the situation in the Soviet Union, and he himself is hesitating. It's just that he subconsciously wants to refuse such an offer, and that's okay. Just wait quietly for his comrades to convince him.
Three hours after their meeting, Tu Qianjun, who was in Beijing, received a secret telegram from Moscow. Holding this telegram, Tu Qianjun smiled faintly.
Situ Meitang's movements are really fast, and this is already in action. But for now, it seems to be working out pretty well. At least, one of the two on the Soviet side already took the bait.
"Order the Second Army Corps to immediately attack the Shandong region, and there must be no mistake!" Putting down the telegram, Tu Qianjun gave an order to the adjutant beside him! (To be continued)