Chapter 106: Retreat as Advance
The stakes are very high, Chen Cheng himself is not sure, Zhang Zhizhong is no longer on the battlefield, so he found Du Yuming, Du Yuming is commanding the battle on the front line, when Chen Cheng said that he wanted to discuss the battlefield strategy with himself, Du Yuming was stunned at first, but then he understood that Chen Cheng must have analyzed with Chiang Kai-shek in command, Chen Cheng is a helpless person, he can only rely on Chiang Kai-shek, so he will not be the same as Liu Yuan, go directly, so Chen Cheng, the commander-in-chief, must be the commander-in-chief.
"Teacher, you can say it, the student will help you with the staff, but you are the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and you still have the final say on how the battle is fought." Du Yuming said more tactfully.
Du Yuming's finger clicked on the map of Du Yuming's headquarters, and said, "Cai Tingkai's 27th Army is transferred out, let him rest and recuperate, the trenches are ready-made, I will find a unit to replace it, how about sending a miscellaneous army from Hunan or Jiangxi?" ”
Du Yuming was stunned for a moment, to be honest, it would definitely be good to be able to save his team, but if he sent a ragtag army from Jiangxi or Hunan, would it be a well-equipped Japanese opponent? However, Du Yuming is a deep person, he will not object at the first time, but nodded and motioned for Chen Cheng to continue.
Seeing Du Yuming's calm appearance, Chen Cheng was very happy and envious, Du Yuming is a talent, and the civil engineering department lacks this kind of person who can calm the scene. But this kind of people emerge in an endless stream from the Southwest Special Economic Zone, the earliest Jiang Xianyun, Hu Lian, He Long, and Xu Xiangqian are all generals who can take charge of themselves, but the only one who can come up with his own civil engineering department is Huang Wei.
"It is impossible to let your people go tightly, I am ready to withdraw Song Xilian's division, Zhao Yiman's independent brigade, and Yu Jishi's 74th Army from the battlefield again, and at the same time order the Eighth Army to move immediately and transfer to the north of Hangzhou." Du Yuming listened to Chen Cheng's deployment, and probably knew his thoughts, at this time Du Yuming found that Chen Cheng's arrangement was not much different from Liu Yuan's previous arrangement, but it was just one point, whether to notify Chiang Kai-shek.
"Instructor, do you think that there are elite troops to defend Songjiang, and Yu Jishi and Song Xilian and Songjiang form horns with each other, defending outside the city to form a defense in depth." Du Yuming thought about it and pointed out Chen Cheng's thoughts.
Chen Cheng was stunned, but a monstrous giant Lang was set off in his heart, this Du Yuming is really not simple, he hasn't said it yet, he has already seen his thoughts.
"However, instructor, have you ever wondered if the motley troops can defend their positions in the city under the bombardment of the Japanese artillery if there is no elite troops to hold on, and they also need time to familiarize themselves with the trenches. It's better to leave Song Xilian behind, my old brother has a set of battles. Du Yuming said with a smile.
"I'm thinking about it," Chen Cheng finally hesitated, this is a matter related to the fate of the country, and it is impossible for him not to hesitate. He needs to think, and if Du Yuming can guess his thoughts, then prove that his strategy is feasible.
However, in the end, Chen Cheng still made a decision, and Chen Cheng's decision was quickly reflected in Matsui Shigen, that is, the war in the urban area was going very smoothly, unlike the Luodian area, the war in the urban area was advancing very smoothly, which made Matsui Shigen dare not rush in easily, you must know that the 33rd Group Army on the opposite side of the road, the troops in the southwest region, not those inexperienced soldiers under Chiang Kai-shek, their soldiers are all elite soldiers who have been trained for a long time, and in positional warfare, they can even not want to go up and down with the imperial soldiers. But for what, the Empire's offensive suddenly became smooth, is there some conspiracy?
Ishihara Waner in Japan also heard about the situation on the front line, and his mind became nervous again, what are the people doing, are they making any big moves, and the anxious Ishihara Waner suggested slowing down the attack, and the people of China are probably concentrating their forces and preparing for a large-scale attack.
After hearing the large-scale attack, Matsui Shigentou was too big, the 33rd Army was too strong, if they concentrated and cooperated with Chiang Kai-shek's most elite Central Army, it would be completely possible to form a thunderous attack group, if they launched a fierce attack on Luodian, then could the empire hold it? Obviously, no.
After looking at the military situation, Terauchi Shouyi sent a telegram to Matsui, reflecting his own opinion, "All strategies are powerless in the face of absolute strength, since they have ceded the city, then we will concentrate our fists on the city, take down the city, we have the most powerful navy in the world, and we can transfer troops at any time." ”
Matsui Ishine admired Terauchi Shouichi's bearing, and if he laid down the urban area, the landing area of the Great Japanese Empire would be infinitely expanded, and he would have his own strategic depth and maneuver area, "Pass my order, telegraph to the Ninth Division, the Third Division, and the Shigedo Detachment, concentrate superior forces, and strike the strongest blow at the urban area, tonight, we must take the urban area." ”
In one day, the entire urban area was lost, all the miscellaneous armies in Jiangxi were killed, and the Japanese army completely linked the landing area and had its own strategic depth.
Under his orders, the Japanese army concentrated the strength of two divisions and carried out a strong attack on the Suzhou Creek area overnight.
But in the face of powerful firepower, disgraced, an attack caused a loss of nearly 15,000 people, giving Matsui Ishine a huge blow, Matsui Ishine heard the news, the sushi in his hand fell to the ground with a snap, and the geisha who had just been called had no time to enjoy it, his body was already weak, and he looked at the chief of staff blankly, not knowing what situation would suddenly reverse.
"How so? It was such an elite army from China that caused a loss of 15,000 people to the empire, it was the most elite army of the empire, and if you lied about the military situation, I would kill you. "Matsui Ishone is like an angry lion, with a command knife in his hand to hack the communications soldier to death.
"General, it's true, we were ambushed by a very elite group army in China, at least more than the strength of the two group armies, and the combat effectiveness exceeded that of the most elite integrated division in China." The communications soldier hurriedly explained.
Matsui Shigen had a bitter face, damn the Shina people, how did they know the intelligence of the empire, and they actually used two group armies to set up an ambush and let the empire set up an ambush with fifteen thousand people, it must be someone inside the empire who betrayed the intelligence.
Kenji Dohihara looked at the telegram sent by Matsui Ishine, and held the telegram tightly in his hand, he had long realized that there were agents of Shina at the top of the empire, and even an organization of Shina, they were everywhere and betrayed the intelligence of the empire, but he searched all the people in the empire who could contact this kind of intelligence, but found that no one had a reason to betray the interests of the empire, so he could only temporarily suppress this matter in his hands.
After the Japanese army was ambushed, Chen Cheng quickly launched a strong attack in the Luodian area, advancing five kilometers again, and although the Japanese army improved its strategic environment, the situation was once again balanced with the Chinese army. However, this time the balance of war has fallen in the hands of the Japanese army.
The Chinese mobilization of elite troops in the Hangzhou area was a great blow to the Japanese Daihon, and their strategic plans were completely disrupted, and in order to create an opportunity for Jinshanwei's landing, they asked Matsui Ishine to continue the attack on the south bank of the Yangtze River in order to confuse the Chinese commanders.
History played a joke on everyone, and before I knew it, I went to the area planned by Liu Yuan again, what is the prospect of the Battle of Songhu, we will upload it at half past ten in the next chapter.