Chapter 948: Yu Hanmou's tricks

After landing, the Japanese 15th Army, which was responsible for attacking Guangdong from the direction of the Leizhou Peninsula, first ate a brigade of the Guangdong Army, and then killed the small town of Hai'an with several thousand people, leaving no jī dogs, and finally, burned the town to a light, and it was the Kono Wing of the 9th Division of the 15th Army who did this evil deed.

After Tang Qiuli learned of the Hai'an tragedy, he was so angry that he broke a few teacups, his face was blue, and the special guards who were standing guard outside, across the room, could hear the angry wheezing sound of the division commander, the sound of hurried footsteps walking back and forth, and suddenly, the thunderous shouts of the division commander came from the room, "Communication Staff Officer" The communication staff officer waiting outside hurriedly ran over.

"For the record, Tang Qiuli, vice chairman of the Military Committee of the National Civil Affairs, commander of the North China Independent Division, and commander-in-chief of the military joint defense of the five southwestern provinces, ordered that all units under his command should not accept the surrender of the Japanese Kono Wing, and that all officers and men of our unit should be shot on the spot once the officers and soldiers of the wing were captured, and there was no need to report it, and this order was immediately issued to all units," this was Tang Qiuli's angry voice.

As soon as this order was issued, it meant that the Japanese Kono Wing had been sentenced to death, and I don't know how other troops would carry it out, but all the troops of the independent division would definitely meticulously carry out the division commander's order, in fact, since the bloody hand regiment, the predecessor of the independent division, there was no habit of leaving Japanese prisoners, after all, publicly stating that no prisoners would be left behind, for Tang Qiuli, there were only two times, and the other time was for the Japanese Qingshui Brigade that caused the Sucheng bloody case in the Taihang Mountains.

This is just the beginning, for Yamashita Fengwen's 15th Army, it is their inherent habit to kill the Chinese people, after the occupation of Hai'an, Yamashita Fengwen's main force, immediately rushed to the Leizhou Peninsula important town Xu Wen, where a division of the Cantonese army, became the next target of the Japanese.

In the face of the ferocious offensive of the Japanese army, Yu Hanmou, chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Government and commander of the provincial garrison, was frightened, and like all local tycoons, he regarded his own territory as his life.

Let's not talk about what it feels like to be sheltered under the wings of others like a lost dog, if the soldiers in his hands are lost by the Japanese, whether Yu Hanmou can get out of the ground in Guangdong is unknown, there are too many people who want his life, he lost Hai'an, more than 4,000 people, did not make Yu Hanmou faint in distress, he is not distressed by the Japanese army, but distressed by his own soldiers, is it easy to pull up this little bit of people?

Finally not frightened, Yu Hanmou immediately telegraphed the third division stationed in Xu Wen to immediately retreat to Leizhou, meet with the fifth division there, and build a defensive line in Leizhou, this order is in line with the actual situation, in the face of the superior Japanese army, the strength of the third division of more than 8,000 people, it is impossible to resist, and it is also necessary to temporarily avoid the Japanese front.

But Yu Hanmou forgot, patronizing the retreat of the Third Division, and throwing tens of thousands of Xu Wen people to the Japanese army, with the Hai'an tragedy, the Japanese will not let go of Xu Wen's people, if the Third Division blocks the Japanese army in Xu Wen for a day, the people in Xu Wen City can flee to the inland, as soldiers, protecting the people is one of their duties.

But Yu Hanmou didn't think about what would happen to the people at all, in his eyes, the people were a fart, as long as he could ensure that the troops were not wiped out, he could give up anything, not to mention tens of thousands of people, after learning that the Third Division had begun to retreat, Yu Hanmou finally breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, he even had to give up Leizhou City.

At this point, Yu Hanmou knew that with his own strength, he could not stop the fierce offensive momentum of the Japanese at all, only asking for help, so his telegram to Tang Qiuli asking for help seemed pitiful, "Commander-in-Chief Tang Xunjian, the Japanese offensive is fierce, Hai'an is lost, our Guangdong army has suffered heavy losses, Xu Wen is about to die, with the strength of Guangdong Province, it will be difficult to stop the Japanese attack, and it is a matter of time before Guangdong Province falls." ”

"Therefore, Han Mou implored Commander-in-Chief Tang to look at the millions of Li people in Guangdong Province, and take action to turn the tide, and have long heard that the troops under the commander-in-chief are brave and good at fighting, and it is not too late to make a move.

Tang Qiuli finished reading Yu Hanmou's telegram asking for help, smiled coldly, and ordered the communications staff officer to send Yu Hanmou a telegram back, "Hai'an is lost, thousands of people were slaughtered by the Japanese army, give up Xu Wen, where will Xu Wen and tens of thousands of people be placed?" If the 3rd Division held on to Xu Wen for a day, the tragedy could have been completely avoided, and the army retreated before the people, so how could the people of Guangdong look at the Guangdong army? ”

The telegram was sent, Tang Qiuli was still uneasy, what he was most worried about was Xu Wen's tens of thousands of people, the Japanese army had already killed the red eyes, and would never let go of the unarmed people, he was anxiously waiting for the news that made him worry and blame himself, Mei Xue couldn't comfort him with words, so he could only hold his hand tightly.

Mei Xue felt distressed, her husband's palms were cold, and she seemed to be trembling slightly, Mei Xue understood Tang Qiuli's mood at this time, and knew the pain hidden in his heart, and the hatred for the brutal crimes of the Japanese army, as well as the deep self-blame that could not change the facts, and in the evening, the news about Xu Wen finally came.

The Japanese army occupied, almost an empty city, Xu Wen's people, after learning that Hai'an fell, the people in the town were slaughtered, immediately fled the whole city, and finally caught up with the Japanese army before the occupation of Xu Wen, escaped from Shengtian, this is also fortunate to the people of Guangdong, know what kind of bird Yu Hanmou's troops are, at a critical time, they can't count on it at all, and it is good not to harm the people.

Tang Qiuli breathed a sigh of relief, feeling weak all over his body, his limbs were weak, and he sat on the chair like collapse, Yu Hanmou himself and the other Cantonese troops did not care at all, if they dared to defend in Nanning like the Gui army, the common people would have a chance to escape, and the telegram to Yu Hanmou during the day must have made him feel bottomless, at this time, maybe Yu Hanmou was thinking about how to escape.

It didn't matter whether Yu Han was alive or dead, the people in all parts of Guangdong must avoid being slaughtered by the 15th Army of the Japanese army, and judging from the route of Fengwen's attack under the mountain, it seems that the main purpose of occupying the southwestern part of Guangdong, at most, occupied Guangzhou, and then turned the main forces to the direction of Nanning, otherwise, they would never attack along the Leizhou Peninsula, whether it was Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, or Yangdong, they were all places where they could land.

At the beginning of the war in the south, there was some violation of Tang Qiuli's original plan, mainly because Yu Hanmou's Cantonese army did not do anything, and the independent division troops had to intervene in the battlefield in advance, he issued an order, Ma Chaoyang's southeast mobile corps, immediately from Ji'an, Jiangxi, to Guangzhou, through Shaoguan, to take over the defense of the Guangdong army in the Guangzhou area, Feng Jiwu Corps, dispatched six brigades of troops, from Fujian to the west, control the eastern Guangdong region, in the area of Jiang Mén, Zhongshan and deployment, and Ma Chaoyang's corps in a mutual support situation.

Tang Qiuli mobilized his troops in this way, as long as he wanted to fight a tug-of-war with the Japanese army in the area of Guangzhou, attract the main forces of the Japanese Seventh Army and the Fifteenth Army attacking Guangdong in Guangdong, and reduce the pressure in the direction of Nanning.

At this time, he really can't let Yu Hanmou run too fast and too far, he should give this Guangdong Banlatu Emperor a reassurance, he immediately sent a telegram to Yu Hanmou, "Chairman Yu, the situation in Guangdong is not as Your Excellency said, it is eroded to the point of being out of control, my independent division Ma Chaoyang Corps, Feng Jiwu Corps six brigades totaling 250,000 people, have entered Guangdong from two directions, among them, Ma Chaoyang Corps 160,000 people, will be deployed in Guangzhou. ”

At present, the 3rd and 5th Divisions of the Cantonese Army in Leizhou should abandon the plan of blocking the Japanese army on the front line of Leizhou and immediately retreat to the vicinity of Guangzhou to stand by, and all the units of the Cantonese Army in southwest Guangdong should abandon the current defensive area and retreat to the vicinity of Guangzhou.

Tang Qiuli must emphasize this point, otherwise, Yu Hanmou's subordinates must run faster than the common people, concentrate their forces, and fight a tough battle with the Japanese army in the area of Guangzhou, which was not Tang Qiuli's plan, but Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's Nanning defense battle forced Tang Qiuli to intervene in the battlefield in advance, as for how long the Guangzhou battle will be fought, it can only depend on the progress of the Nanning defense war.

There was another major factor that prompted Tang Qiuli to make this decision, that is, the 15th Army of Yamashita Fengwen, which frantically slaughtered the Chinese people, this is a group of executioners who killed red eyes, Tang Qiuli was determined to kill all this beast Japanese army near Guangzhou, especially the Kono Wing that caused the Hai'an tragedy, and he could not let it go.

After Yu Hanmou received Tang Qiuli's second telegram, his previous frustration and apocalyptic frustration were swept away, and his face was red with excitement, and he muttered again and again, "This is saved," just now, he was also studying with his subordinates how to run and run there.

The Japanese will not let go of Guangzhou, an important town in Lingnan, Yu Hanmou did not plan to fight to the death with the Japanese, before receiving Tang Qiuli's telegram, he had already given an order to the troops in southwest Guangdong, immediately withdraw to Guangzhou to assemble, the eldest brother took you to run away, what Leizhou, Zhanjiang do not want, with people and guns, are you still worried about no territory?

He sent a telegram to Tang Qiuli asking for help, but he was also not at ease, and wanted the troops of the independent division to block the Japanese for him, Zhanjiang retreated, and after staying away from danger, he made plans, and the Japanese were not unable to cooperate, of course, he did not tell anyone about this idea, including his own henchmen and generals.