The military conference presided over by Chairman Chiang to deal with the upcoming large-scale offensive of the Japanese army fell into a cold spot, and the senior generals who led the troops knew that this errand was not easy to accept, and that it was awe-inspiring and impassioned to turn the tide in the face of danger.

Gu Zhutong was unbearable by the wolves of the Japanese, lost Guiyang, defeated from southern Guizhou to northern Guizhou, the morale of the troops was low, and at this time to take over, it was a game of chess, the master did not enter, a mistake, ruined half of his life, not to mention his name, he was willing to lose his head, and he had to affect his family.

The old man also knew that if he could not prevent the Japanese army from continuing to move north, Chongqing would face a grim situation, and at this time, the change of generals was indeed because Gu Zhutong had no command and suffered defeats, and it was not because Chairman Jiang loved Gu Zhutong and removed Gu Mosan from the crisis to protect his reputation.

At the beginning, Gu Zhutong was not the most suitable person at all to preside over the overall situation in Guiyang, but now, the situation is messed up, and he has transferred Ai Jiang away from the nest of right and wrong, and found someone to go to the top tank, and everyone else is a fool?

Besides, the old man is a difficult master to wait, he loves to skip the command, how much authority he gives himself, it's good to have that ability, and he also follows the light, just like Vice Chairman Tang, every battle must be won, but this is not the case, all the battles in which the old man intervenes, and a draw with the Japanese, that is the biggest victory, these senior generals who have been in the officialdom for a long time, who have been in the sea for a long time, are not human spirits, and naturally understand the stakes.

Chairman Jiang's gaze stayed on the faces of several generals he liked, but these people's eager gaze at the old man was like air. Ignored it directly, and didn't respond at all. This made Chairman Chiang's heart. Extremely disappointed and uncomfortable, his face became more and more difficult to look at, and he was on the verge of going berserk.

In the conference room, it was extremely depressing and dull. Chairman Jiang didn't say anything more, he simply closed his eyes, and his face became calm, but the blood vessels on his temples were beating non-stop, obviously extremely angry, suddenly. A glance responded to Chairman Jiang, which made the old man happy, and finally there were still people who did not let him down completely.

Busy opening his eyes to see. A general with the rank of lieutenant general, typical southerner features, fair face, not tall, ordinary appearance, but a pair of eyes, but flashing with fine light, Chairman Jiang knows. This person's name is Xue Yue, and he holds the idle post of deputy director of the Strategic Research Office of the Military Commission. Usually not very eye-catching, there is no good outstanding table xiàn.

Now he can take the initiative to ask for help. It's really rare, Chairman Jiang remembered Xue Yue, when he was chasing and suppressing the ** Red Army, Xue Yue served as the commander in one direction, had experience in commanding and leading troops, and was also loyal to himself.

He had gradually forgotten him, and Chairman Jiang suddenly felt guilty in his heart, it was really a waste of talent to idle such a general, and he looked at Xue Yue with encouraging eyes.

Xue Yue suddenly got up and said loudly: "Commission, Xue Yue is not talented, he is willing to take the order to go out and fight to the death with the Japanese invaders, he will block the Japanese army from Chongqing and ensure the safety of the capital," the words were shocked, and all the generals were stunned, not knowing that Xue Yue had committed that nerve, and wanted to ask for this seemingly beautiful but actually fatal errand, and the generals who were good friends with him all signaled and reminded him with their eyes.

How could Chairman Jiang not know that these generals, a little Jiujiu in their hearts, secretly hated in their hearts, and said with a smile: "Okay, Boling personally asked for his life, which shows his ambition, and they all say that the country is difficult to think of loyal ministers, and the family is poor and looks forward to filial piety, Boling's intentions are enough to be called a model for everyone here, and the party has this general, so why worry about the Japanese army!" ”

After speaking, he glanced at everyone with a meaningful gaze, and then said: "The Military Committee immediately issued an order to appoint General Xue Yue as the commander-in-chief of the southwest defense line. ”

The military meeting ended quickly, Xue Yue hurried to Zunyi with great ambition, Gu Zhutong finally got out of the sea of suffering, after receiving the order of the military committee, Gu Zhutong breathed a long sigh of relief, he was finally not completely defeated by the Japanese, he felt a little exhausted, not that he didn't want to fight well, fight for Chairman Jiang, and put gold on his face.

However, the facts ruthlessly shattered his wishes, defeated again and again, chased and beaten by the Japanese army, even he himself was not sure whether he could return to Chongqing safely, since Gu Zhutong took charge of the Central Army of the first line in southern Qiannan, as Chairman Jiang said, he took most of the army out of Guiyang and avoided the fate of being completely annihilated.

About Xue Yue, in history, is also a famous figure, in the battlefield of resistance against Japan, played a great reputation, among them, the most famous two battles, one is the defense of Changsha, the other is the victory of Wanjialing, almost completely annihilated a division of the Japanese army, the Japanese army feared to call the "Tiger of Changsha", stationed in Hunan and Hubei, become the biggest worry of the Japanese army.

Gu Zhutong was glad that he was able to get out of this chaotic situation, and finally had no reputation to be discredited, saving some face, and naturally welcomed Xue Yue to take over his command, after Xue Yue arrived in Zunyi, the transfer was carried out smoothly and quickly, and Gu Zhutong did not reserve.

Gu Zhutong left and went back to Chongqing, he was glad that he could get out, Xue Yue came, and arrived at the almost messy Zunyi front, here, he could already hear the "rumbling" cannon sound of the Japanese attack on Xifeng, he was excited that he could have the opportunity to display his ambitions, and the two of them got what they wanted, but the results were different.

Chairman Chiang was busy mobilizing a large number of troops and rushing to northern Qianbei to block the momentum of the Japanese army's northward advance; Xue Yue was busy reorganizing the troops and reorganizing the defensive line in the Zunyi area; Tang Qiuli in Mashan, northern Guibei, was also busy organizing the Nanning Campaign.

In southern Guizhou, the troops of the independent division quickly advanced in the direction of Nanning, and the Japanese army quickly retreated to get rid of the fate of being encircled and annihilated.

The Nanning campaign planned by Tang Qiuli should be a copy of the Duyun Campaign, with the aim of encircling and annihilating more than 100,000 Japanese troops who had advanced north to Duyun to rescue the 15th Army of Fengwen under the mountain, recovering Nanning, the Leizhou Peninsula and the Guinan region, and controlling the Beibu Gulf.

According to the changes in the enemy's situation, Ma Chaoyang's corps, from the direction of Mashan, went south, pursued and pressed the Japanese army to concentrate on the Nanning line, in order to gather the troops to annihilate this force, creating conditions, on August 5, Tang Qiu left the command of the troops, entered Wuming, and the two wings of the roundabout troops also reached the periphery of Nanning, and a trend of encirclement of Nanning was initially formed.

The more than 100,000 Japanese troops in Nanning, once attacked, Terauchi Shouichi, who attacked Chongqing, will face a dilemma: one is to ignore the encirclement of the Japanese army in Nanning and resolutely attack Chongqing, and the other is to send a large number of troops back to help Nanning.

From northern Qianbei to southern Guizhou, hundreds of kilometers of road, the Japanese reinforcement troops, not more than ten days, unable to arrive, in the west of Duyun eight brigade troops, from the Japanese reinforcements flank, this part of the Japanese army, is a plate of fat to the mouth, so, this battle, Tang Qiuli can be said to have taken the initiative.

As for how to fight, according to the shape of the battlefield, Ma Chaoyang's opinion was inclined to annihilate more than 100,000 Japanese troops in Nanning, but Tang Qiuli did not agree.

With more than 100,000 troops of the Ma Chaoyang Corps, the more than 100,000 Japanese troops who stuck to the fortified city, the strength is not superior, even if Nanning is captured, the casualties of the troops will be very large, if it is an ambush in the middle of the Japanese army that returns to Nanning, these concerns will not exist, therefore, Tang Qiuli's final decision is to besiege Nanning without attacking, see the reaction of Shouichi in the temple, and then make specific arrangements.

Ma Chaoyang was full of reluctance, he was afraid that this battle would be ruined again, and he ran from Guangzhou to Guibei, and from Guibei to Guinan, for nearly a month, a battle was not fought, not only did he feel aggrieved, but the regiments, brigade commanders, and soldiers who were in high love will also complain, and this soldier will not be easy to bring in the future.

Tang Qiuli didn't know Ma Chaoyang's thoughts, when he talked about the soldiers again, Tang Qiuli glanced at him and said with a smile: "Commander Ma, I don't think it's the officers and soldiers at all levels who have opinions, but your Commander Ma is full of complaints, right?" According to the original plan, the Nanning campaign will be fought, you will not be able to eat, and when the time comes, there will be troops from other corps to participate, but it is not your business alone. ”

The next day, Tang Qiuli received a telegram from Changfeng who led the troops to pursue and annihilate the remnants of the 15th Army of the Japanese Army.

Moreover, carrying out similar tasks with a large force will not be satisfactory, and the casualties of the soldiers will also increase, so instead of throwing more than 50,000 troops from four brigades into the mountains and mountains and entangled with the remnants of the Japanese army, it is better to hand over this task to the special operations detachment of Chutian to complete independently, and the troops can be put into the Nanning battlefield to increase the superiority of the Japanese army.

Tang Qiuli thought for a long time and gave Chu Tian an order that the 9th and 10th Brigades of the Corps and the 8th and 9th Brigades of the Feng Jiwu Corps should immediately break away from the battle and go south to participate in the Nanning Campaign.

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