Chapter Twenty-Eight: On the Way
The development of the Guangzhou branch of the Anti-War League in Guangzhou did not go well. Unlike the armies of other factions in China, the Cadet Army received almost zero humanitarian treatment once the Japanese devils were captured by them. It was not that the Cadet Army deliberately abused the prisoners, but it was that the Japanese regarded the capture as a shame and were very uncooperative after being captured. Their lack of cooperation may be tolerated in the troops of other factions, but in the Cadet Army, they will only ask for their own hardships.
People respect me a foot and I respect people, Ouyang Yun is such a person, the Xuebing Army is influenced by him, and this is the attitude towards prisoners of war. During World War II, the Yamato nation as a whole was poisoned, so people like the so-called anti-war coalition were really rare. The Japanese do not regard the war of aggression as a great crime, they believe in the law of the jungle and take it as a creed, and Ouyang Yun naturally does not bother to talk to them about morality. Once the Japanese officers and soldiers are captured, except for some generals with a certain value, the cadet army will deal with it patiently, and the others basically have only two paths. If you cooperate, then you can accept the labor camp, if you don't cooperate, I'm sorry, after going to the military court, it will be shot at another day.
When he was still in Renqiu, there was an unwritten rule in the Cadet Army to enforce the so-called battlefield discipline. This means no more prisoners. In the Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi Campaigns, all armies, divisions, and even brigades of the Cadet Army carried out battlefield discipline at every turn, which directly caused a large number of devils who had lost their ability to resist to be tortured and killed, and also made it difficult to carry out the work of the Guangzhou branch of the Anti-War League.
Takahashi Ryoko once complained to Ouyang Yun about this matter, but did not receive a positive response. Ouyang Yun's answer was very simple: Don't ask me about this kind of thing, if you want to blame them, blame themselves, if they know what Lu Dao should do and what should not be done as a soldier? Well, we naturally treat them the same way we treat the military, but what have they done? As soldiers, do they deserve the uniforms they wear? I don't know if this is the meaning of your government, if so, then I can only regret to say - your government's attitude has made their soldiers lose the honor of soldiers, so what qualifications do they have to be treated as soldiers?!
What the Japanese devils do in China is anti-human and anti-social. For this kind of person, Ouyang Yun naturally won't give them fair treatment. Ouyang Yun's attitude determined the drastic measures adopted by the Cadet Army against the Japanese army. Because of this, when the plague incident was exposed, Takahashi Ryoko began to worry about whether Ouyang Yun would take retaliatory action. Later, Mei Lanshu's speech confirmed her guess, and she couldn't help but toss and turn, so she decided to negotiate with Ouyang Yun no matter what, and ask him to stop his actions against Japanese civilians.
After lunch, the army continued its march. In the sky, occasionally a reconnaissance plane drove by, and the roar of the engine was earth-shattering, which always startled Miss Ryoko. Although the Cadet Army Air Force is young, after this period of development, it already has the spirit of a king. If the Japanese army still had the courage to fight a war for the Cadet Army and the Army, they did not even have the courage to fight a war for the Cadet Army and the Air Force.
The Cadet Army Air Force and the Japanese Air Force fought N times, and the Japanese army won once, but it was still by virtue of a numerical advantage several times that of the opponent and a surprise to the opponent that the victory was achieved. If Ouyang Yun wanted to take revenge on the plague disaster of the Japanese, he could only use his advanced air force to carry out long-distance delivery. This made Miss Ryoko feel particularly harsh when she heard the sound of the engine.
Ouyang Yun's command car was arranged in the middle of the queue, in front of him were the Eighth and Twelfth Divisions, and next to him was the Third Division. As the chief of staff of the northbound corps this time, Chen Shichang was responsible for the daily marching formation. He considered that the white tassel was in the third division, so he specially arranged it like this.
Compared with a year ago, the most striking aspect of the current Cadet Corps is the full mechanization of the march. The corps nearly six divisions, with a total of more than 70,000 troops, all marched mechanized. Except for those tank crews, armored troops, baggage troops, and artillery (self-propelled guns), the traditional infantry all took trucks, which not only ensured the speed of the troops' march, but also prevented the troops from losing their physical strength due to overwork on walking on two legs. Looking at the endless sea of cars in front and back, Miss Liangzi was full of emotion, remembering the scene when she was facing Ouyang Yun in the Tianjin Japanese lease, and muttered to herself: "The truth is incredible, this man is just like a magician!" ”
Miss Liangzi was fortunate enough to ride in a car with Ouyang Yun, but now Ouyang Yun was looking at the marching map, so she obediently didn't bother him. "After we arrived in Nanchang, we left a brigade to pick up the baggage team behind, and then went directly to Pengze to replace the 74th Army of the Nationalist Army there......" It was Chen Shichang who said this, and he was in charge of the specific march of the troops, and the marching route was formulated by the staff officers headed by him. The reason why he went to Jiujiang first was at Chen Cheng's request.
The 74th Army played a huge role in the battle to encircle and annihilate the Japanese 17th Division, and suffered heavy losses of its own, of which the 51st and 57th Divisions both suffered more than 30% losses. The 74th Army is the descendant of Lao Chiang's lineage, and this time the losses are so heavy that Lao Chiang is distressed. However, Peng Ze's position is too important, once Peng Ze loses, the whole of Jiangxi will be equivalent to opening the north gate, so Chen Cheng realized the chairman's intentions, so he repeatedly asked the Xuebing Army to quickly go north and take over the defense of the 74th Army.
"Commander-in-chief, I personally think it's better for us to go directly to Jiujiang. Jiujiang faces the river on three sides, which can just give full play to the advantage of our army's firepower, and it is much easier to defend than Peng Ze. As for the Pengze multi-waterway, the Japanese have now basically controlled the surface of the Yangtze River, and at that time, those gunboats will be a great threat. Moreover, if the national army behind us loses, we may even be surrounded in Pengze. Pengze's dense water network is not conducive to the mechanization of our army...... "Chen Shichang is now really growing. At a young age, he was able to serve as the chief of staff of the Northbound Legion this time, which showed his weight in Ouyang Yun's mind. Unlike those older colleagues, Chen Shichang first considered the problem from the perspective of the student army, so he had the latter remarks.
Ouyang Yun silently looked at the map and did not speak, but in his mind, the phrase "Madang Fortress" jumped out. In that time and space, Madang Fortress failed to play its due role because of the betrayal of the treacherous, and the fortifications that the Chinese had worked so hard to build were cheaper to the Japanese in the end. And in this plane, the emergence of the butterfly effect has changed all of this. The defenders of Madang Fortress changed, and, not only was not lost in the first round between the two sides, but the 74th Army was achieved.
Madang Fortress is an existence that can be compared to Jiangyin Fortress, as long as Madang is defended, then the Japanese want to open a gap on the south bank of the Yangtze River will be shattered. In the case that Shangrao and Yingtan have been recovered, Peng Ze's existence also ensures the safety of Fujian and the northern line of Guangdong - thinking of this, Ouyang Yun said: "No, if you don't go to Jiujiang, we will guard Peng Ze!" ”
"Yes!" Chen Shichang answered, and then started to do homework with another staff officer with a ruler.
After entering May, the weather in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River became a little hot, which saved a lot of work for the logistics department of the Cadet Army, and all the cadets were able to meet the march with only a vest and a blanket on the basis of the original uniforms. Ouyang Yun also wore this kind of vest, the difference was that his vest had been modified by Pan Meiren, with two more pockets for cigarettes and lighters. The weather was good today, and he was stuffy in the car at noon, Ouyang Yun quickly felt the heat, so he took off his shirt and only wore the vest, which made him look less powerful than the superior, but it seemed much closer.
Miss Ryoko spoke several times, but she was afraid that it would affect their discussion of the military situation, so she never interjected. Japanese women are actually a little moved in their hearts, because what they are studying now is military affairs, and as a Japanese, they don't even mean to avoid her, does this mean that after the last heart-to-heart meeting, Ouyang Yun has really believed in her?
"Commander-in-Chief!" The Japanese woman called him softly.
Ouyang Yun was holding a cigarette in his hand, instinctively, he quickly snuffed it out in the ashbox in the car, and said, "I'm sorry, I forgot you were here!" ”
In that time and space, when there were women present, Ouyang Yun was a non-smoker, and he couldn't stand it anymore, so he would ask for people's opinions. He has always kept this habit, and he usually has nothing, but at this moment, his quality is becoming more and more prominent.
The Japanese woman's heart warmed, and she said, "It's okay, I used to smoke too." ”
"Oh," Ouyang Yun grinned and glanced at her, only then did he remember that the person in front of him was once Kenji Dohihara's right-hand man, a high-level spy of the Japanese. He said: "Miss Ryoko, you really shouldn't have acted with the army, this time you don't have to be usual, the battle will be extremely fierce." You should know that on the battlefield, bullets don't have eyes. ”
"Xie Lu Xie Commander-in-Chief cares, however, this time I have to come. Commander-in-Chief, I have a question I would like to confirm, does Minister May's last remarks mean that the Cadet Army is about to launch retaliation against Japan for the recent plague incident? ”
Ouyang Yun frowned, he didn't expect that a Japanese woman would be so sensitive and would be able to draw such a correct judgment from this matter. He didn't know what to say, and the reason why Ryoko came to such a judgment was not because of Mei Lanshu's speech, but because he understood his personality. He thought for a moment and said, "I can't tell you about this, because it's confidential. ”
"Commander-in-Chief, I know that our country has adopted such inhumane means of war against the people of Guangdong, which is wrong and criminal. But what I would like to ask the commander-in-chief to think about is that just like those innocent civilians in Guangdong, the Japanese civilians, they are also innocent......"
Ouyang Yun shook his head, he stared into her eyes and asked, "Are you sure?" I've heard that many of you Japanese civilians donated everything they had, even their bodies, in order to support the so-called 'Shina Campaign'. Hehe, they're innocent?! ”