Chapter 906: Far East Munich (1)

Chairman Chiang ordered the transfer of the main forces of the Central Army in the Songhu area and the area around Hangzhou Bay, throwing a big problem to Tang Qiuli, and also forcing the North China Independent Division to fight on two fronts with limited troops.

The atmosphere in the office was rather depressing; when he was camping in Nanjing, Yang Ketian, in the name of the head of the battalion operations department, sent a telegram to the Chongqing Military Commission to request that the transfer order be revoked, and Chen Cheng, who could serve as the chief of staff of the battalion, bypassed the operations department and directly issued orders to all units on the grounds that Director Tang was absent and the chief of staff could act on his behalf.

Wei Lihuang, who served as the deputy chief of staff of the camp, had an unclear attitude and seemed to deliberately avoid the struggle between Chen Cheng and Tang Qiuli's faction, but during this period, Wei Lihuang went deep into the Songhu and Hangzhou Bay areas to investigate the local defense situation on the spot.

After Tang Qiuli was silent for a while, he said to Yang Ketian: "Ketian, immediately in the name of the Nanjing camp, order the 87th Division of the Central Army to transfer the Nanjing garrison, and telegraphed the Feng Jiwu Niangziguan garrison corps in North China to immediately go south, enter the Songhu area and the Hangzhou Bay area, take over the defense of the Central Army, and the division directly under the corps immediately go south and garrison in Changsha, Hunan. ”

Yang Ketian hurriedly went out to issue an order, Tang Qiuli had a habitual sneer on the corner of his mouth, since Chairman Jiang wants to have fun, then have a good time, transfer the 87th Division of the Central Army from Shanghai, Gu Zhu is the same commander of the light pole, how much can he do, he is worried that he will not have the opportunity to enter the Songhu and Hangzhou Bay area, this generation, but the opportunity to get rich and make a fortune has come.

If you find another opportunity to squeeze Gu Zhutong away, Lao Jiang's money bag will fall into his own hands, and let him suffer a dumb loss, anyway, Chairman Jiang has made it clear that he wants to pit himself, then there is nothing to scruple about, the main force of the independent division enters the area of Songhu and Hangzhou Bay to garrison, and the Japanese may not dare to gnaw on this bone.

Even if you have the courage to come, you have to weigh your own catties, Liu Tiehan is doing something in the northeast, Emperor Hirohito will immediately chōu tendons, and the next development of the shape shì is as he expected, the Japanese will make big moves in the southeast coast and the Liangguang region, avoiding the real and attacking the false, the Japanese are not stupid, they know that the sweet jujube given by Chairman Jiang is not delicious, and it is mixed with the poison of the independent division.

However, if several main corps, which are mainly mobile operations, are trapped in regional defense, after all, it will be detrimental to the overall military deployment, so Tang Qiuli asked the guards to summon in Chen Feng, the chief of the communications department, to record his dictated order: "Commander Wu Hongtao of the Huangya Dòng Base Area Formation and Training Headquarters, immediately set up ten field brigades with no less than 150,000 troops among the existing soldiers in training, and the number of this unit is tentatively designated as the Songhu Garrison Corps of the Independent Division, and the commander is Jiang Yanming, the former commander of the Huangya Dòng Garrison Brigade, and the corps will be within a month, and went to Xuzhou to garrison. ”

"Bai Shicai, commander of the Dingbian Garrison District, immediately set about transferring the Jīng Rui unit to the reserve force, turning it into a formal field corps, with an establishment of 12 field brigades with a total strength of not less than 180,000 troops, and the number of the unit is tentatively designated as the Southeast Mobile Corps of the Independent Division, and the commander is Ma Chaoyang, the commander of the second brigade of the Corps directly under the former division, and the corps will immediately go to the area of Nanchang, Jiangxi to garrison."

Regarding the candidates for the commanders of the two newly formed corps, Tang Qiuli had given careful consideration, Jiang Yanming and Ma Chaoyang, in the Taihang Mountains, during the period of fighting with him, showed a very high military quality, especially during the period of dealing with the Yamaguchi troops, chief of staff of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army, the troops of their two brigades around him, every battle they fought, they saw it in their eyes, it was remarkable, and they could take on heavy responsibilities.

Tang Qiuli thought for a moment, and then said: "Order Li Honggang's troops of the 29th Corps stationed on the Shandong Peninsula to immediately move south to the front line of Hangzhou Bay to take over the original central military defense area.

Tang Qiuli closed his eyes and sorted out his thoughts, most of the troops of the independent division were pressed to the southern region, Feng Jiwu's corps was stationed in the Songhu area, and Li Honggang's corps was stationed in the Hangzhou Bay area, and the two main corps were both grown up on the battlefield of fighting with the Japanese, which was enough to have a huge deterrent effect on the Japanese.

Tang Qiusheng's corps was stationed on the front line in Wuhan, the corps directly under the division headquarters was stationed in Changsha, and the newly formed Ma Chaoyang Southeast Mobile Corps was stationed in Nanchang, and the three corps formed a zigzag arrangement, which could be put into various battlefields at any time in the area south of the Yangtze River, and the newly formed independent division of the Songhu Garrison Corps, Jiang Yanming's troops, as a mobile force, could replace Feng Jiwu's corps at any time and be responsible for the defense of the Songhu area.

The six corps were deployed in the area south of the Yangtze River, and it was not so easy for the Japanese to make a name for themselves in the south; as for the Liangguang and southeastern regions, there were Li Zongren's and Bai Chongxi's Gui Army and Yu Hanmou's Cantonese Army, and after that, the Central Army of Chairman Chiang gathered on the front line of the great southwest.

In order to avoid a confrontation with the main force of the Independent Division, the only direction the Japanese could choose was to land in the Beibu Gulf and pass through Guizhou and Chongqing.

The Liangguang area was originally the best front to stop the Japanese attack, but unfortunately, where is the territory of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, even if he is kind enough to pull the troops up, people may not receive this feeling, and they think that they are here to grab the territory, there is no need to cause this trouble, and wait until Li Bai and the others can't support it, ask for their own heads, and then make a plan.

The empty north, only the north is still worried, only Liu Tiehan has a main army, the strength is weaker, if the Japanese really attack the north in the south and play a trick, their nest will be copied, by the way, the Eighth Route Army, in Shanxi, Hebei, has been raising jīng for about two years, and it is time to make a move, they are Liu Tiehan's backup troops, so that the overall deployment is safe and reliable.

Yu Deshui and Shen Jun looked at Tang Qiuli silently, and did not bother, such a large-scale military transfer of the independent division, at least in their opinion, was the first time, the six corps were pressed to the area south of the Yangtze River, this was to fight a big battle, and they smelled a strong smell of gunpowder from a series of orders from the division commander.

Tang Qiuli suddenly opened his eyes, and at this moment, Yu Deshui and Shen Jun saw a ray of cold light from his eyes, "Director Yu, what is the latest information from the Intelligence Department, and is it still normal to flow with the intelligence of the Military Command Bureau?" Tang Qiuli asked in a deep voice, these two capable cadres are their own eyes and ears who master the secret organs of the independent division, and their intelligence plays an irreplaceable role in accurately judging the situation.

Yu Deshui still said in his usual tepid tone: "Division commander, according to the accurate information of the Chongqing intelligence station, the embassies of the four countries of Britain, France, the United States and Italy in China have been relatively abnormal recently, and the ambassadors of the four countries have frequently met with senior officials of the national government, and during this period, they have also met with Chairman Jiang many times. ”

Tang Qiuli was stunned, and suddenly thought of it, could this be the "Far East Munich yīn conspiracy" that was rarely recorded in the official history of later generations? "Britain, the United States, France, and Italy, at the expense of China's interests, in exchange for the Japanese not to attack Southeast Asia, the guarantee of the traditional interests of Britain and the United States, not to get water, Tang Qiuli already knows what is going on.

He didn't say anything, and then asked, "What does the Intelligence Service think?" Yu Deshui hesitated slightly, this matter is too big, involving several powerful countries in the world, once the Chongqing government and these countries reach some kind of agreement, the pressure on the division commander will be too great, and all his own judgments will have an impact on the division commander, so he has to answer carefully.

Tang Qiuli is very appreciative of Yu Deshui's cautious attitude, as the person in charge of the intelligence department of the independent division, he made rash remarks and drew conclusions lightly, which is incompetent, he used encouraging eyes, signaled to Yu Deshui, boldly said, Yu Deshui sorted out his thoughts, and replied cautiously: "Division commander, according to the analysis of the comprehensive intelligence section of the intelligence department, the following conclusion is that the Chongqing government has indeed reached some kind of verbal agreement with the above-mentioned four countries, and in front of it, negotiations are continuing. ”

Tang Qiuli smiled, he didn't see the wrong person, Yu Deshui was in charge of the intelligence system of the independent division, and he was handy, he suddenly changed the topic and asked: "How about the intelligence flow with the Military Command Bureau?" Yu Deshui's thinking was still entangled in the previous question, and when he heard that the teacher suddenly changed the topic, for a while, his brain was somewhat unable to react.

Seeing a hint of a smile on the corner of the division commander's mouth, Yu Deshui's face was a little redder, and he secretly scolded the corners of his mouth for being distracted, and hurriedly replied: "It's normal, but the intelligence that flows from Jiāo is of little value, obviously, the military commander has left us a lot of back, of course, we are the same," Tang Qiuli understood Yu Deshui's approach very well, the intelligence system is an invisible battlefield, ten thousand times more dangerous than the battlefield of real swords and real guns, and it is impossible for two intelligence agencies belonging to different systems to achieve unreserved cooperation.

Only a fool would show the intelligence system he had worked so hard to build to the other party without any secrets, Yu Deshui is like this, and Dai Li is the same, this has nothing to do with sījiāo, Dai Li can not do it like Ye Xiufeng of the Central Command, suppressing and even destroying the intelligence system of the independent division everywhere, which is already good.

Expecting Dai Li to provide information involving Chairman Jiang is wishful thinking, and the so-called intelligence jiāo flow is an agreement between Tang Qiuli and Dai Lisī, and more importantly, it shows an attitude of not being hostile to each other, trying to ensure that the well water does not interfere with the river water, and maintains a certain delicate relationship.