Chapter 1000 Is it to withdraw or to defend?

The defense of Kunming lasted only one day, and under the fierce attack of more than 100,000 Japanese troops, Long Yun, chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Government and commander of the Yunnan Provincial Garrison, was already terrified, and he swore that he had never seen such fierce artillery fire in his life, and had never seen such a desperate Japanese soldier.

As soon as the battle began, the Japanese artillery fire enveloped the positions of the Dian army, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, the fire was shining, and the fortifications and pillboxes that were repaired before the war were almost like paper paste in the face of the dense raindrops of shells.

Long Yun's standard is the mode of the domestic warlord melee, but he found that he was very wrong, the soldiers of the Yunnan army were blown up by shells and broke their limbs and arms, flying all over the sky, and the masonry bunker became the grave of the soldiers of the Yunnan army.

Two hours after the Japanese attack was launched, the Yunnan troops in the first line of positions on the outskirts of Kunming completely retreated, and the second line of defense only resisted the Japanese army for less than three hours.

Long Yun, who commanded the battle, was in a hurry, and hurriedly transferred to the Yunnan Provincial Garrison First Division, this unit is the descendant of Long Yun's lineage, the soldiers are well-trained and well-equipped, and all the good equipment of the Yunnan Army is spent on the First Garrison Division, in order to stabilize the passive situation in the northern suburbs, Long Yun assigned two of the three artillery regiments to the First Garrison Division.

The 1st Garrison Division did not live up to Long Yun's expectations, and more than 9,000 soldiers, under the cover of artillery fire, carried out a counter-assault on the vanguard of the Japanese army that broke through.

Without waiting for Long Yun to celebrate, the Japanese army who turned over launched a second fierce attack, with a brigade of artillery covering the position of the 1st Garrison Division in all directions, and the volcanic eruption-like artillery fire flooded the position of the Yunnan army, and the two artillery regiments lost more than two-thirds of the artillery in the artillery battle with the Japanese artillery.

In order to avoid the fate of the annihilation of the first garrison division, Long Yun had to transfer the strength of two divisions again, and used the bodies of thousands of soldiers to block the holes in the northern suburbs.

Counting the casualties, Long Yun was so distressed that he fainted, and in a day of fierce fighting, the Dian army lost more than 20,000 people, especially the first garrison division that he regarded as the top of his heart, with more than 7,000 casualties, basically disabled, and the only three artillery regiments were disabled, and two were disabled. This is the family foundation that Long Yun has worked so hard to accumulate, and it is almost exhausted in one day.

The losses of the troops fell second, mainly the senior officers of the Yunnan Army, who had been broken by the Japanese army, and had lost their spirits, saying that they were afraid of the Japanese army like tigers, and it was no exaggeration to say that they were afraid of the Japanese army like tigers.

The soldiers suffered heavy casualties, the generals had no fighting spirit, and they were bent on avoiding the enemy, the battle of Kunming could not be fought, Long Yun had no idea in his heart, and the generals unanimously asked to evacuate Kunming, this is a statement on the face, in fact, it is to escape, Long Yun also wanted to open, the battle to defend Kunming, fought and fought, and explained the past to Yunnan Province, as for Tang Qiu, there must be a statement, the battle situation is critical, the Japanese offensive is fierce, weigh the pros and cons, there is no difference between two days and one day.

Therefore, with the telegram pointed out to the independent division a few hours ago, stating the reason for evacuating Kunming overnight, he immediately received a reply from Tang Qiuli, which gave him a big problem.

Seeing where a few generals were slapping the table and hitting the stool, and they didn't want to stay in Kunming for a minute, those civil officials who advocated coexistence with Kunming before the war, the clay carvings and wood sculptures were like wooden sculptures, and they had nothing to do with their own high looks, Long Yun was angry in his heart.

Tang Qiuli's telegram made it clear that if the Dian army evacuated Kunming overnight, in the future, on the ground in Yunnan, there would be no place for him to play Long Yun, others did not understand Tang Qiuli's style, but Long Yun knew very well that this Vice Chairman Tang had a tough hand, first there was an example of Yu Hanmou losing his head, and then there was a lesson of Xu Liejun's disgraced face, and he Long Yun would not be an exception.

Coughing lightly, Long Yun opened his mouth and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, everyone already knows the content of Vice Chairman Tang's telegram, no need for me to say more, the Yunnan army will never return to Kunming, this is an ironclad fact, we should have a countermeasure, two paths can be chosen, one is to follow the requirements of Vice Chairman Tang, stick to Kunming for a morning, and the other is to evacuate Kunming overnight and avoid going to the northwest of Yunnan, but there will never be a chance to come back. ”

The shape is stronger than people, Long Yun's words, to those few senior officers of the Yunnan army who are making a lot of noise and shouting, and they can't wait to leave immediately, they have a basin of cold water head-on, it is easy to go, but it is difficult to come back, logically speaking, Tang Qiuli is responsible for commanding the army of the whole country, and the behavior of the Yunnan army is to disobey the military order, which is not a light crime.

Further, northwest Yunnan is located in a remote area, the land is vast and barren, and the bitter cold land is not comparable with Kunming at all, the one here, willing to squat in the northwest of Yunnan, I am afraid that there is no bright wine, BMW fragrant car, mellow wine beauty, flower world days, a few days can not bear it, look at these people, that is the master who can live a hard life?

Hold on to Kunming for a morning, they don't have the courage, let alone such confidence, they were scared by the ferocious attack of the Japanese, when the time comes, whether they can delay the arrival of the independent division troops, it's really hard to say, also, Tang Qiuli promised to be good, can the troops really come, who can call it?

These bigwigs in the central government, playing conspiracy, playing tricks, turning over the clouds and rain, are all masters, killing people with knives and weakening local strength, which is a common means, he Jiang is not less worried about our Yunnan army, who dares to guarantee that he Tang Qiuli will not come to this hand again, the Yunnan army and the Japanese have fought out, and Yunnan has not fallen into his hands Tang Qiuli?

Difficult, this difficult, Long Yun and the senior generals of the Yunnan army are almost sad to death, seeing that the scheduled evacuation time is approaching little by little, they still don't have a good idea, the most difficult thing is that the generals of the Yunnan army are divided into two factions, one faction advocates sticking to Kunming for a morning, the reason is that such a big matter, he Tang Qiu can't joke.

The other faction advocated that according to the original plan, the Dian army would withdraw from Kunming tonight, and the reasons were also very good, and the bigwigs of those national governments, that one regarded Yunnan as one thing, Tang Qiuli just let the Dian army and the Japanese fight to the death, and he would take the opportunity to send troops to pick up a ready-made bargain and get Yunnan at his fingertips.

The two factions quarreled, and the quarrel turned the sky upside down, so they almost beat each other and drew their guns to each other, and those civilian officials persuaded each other not salty or light, "In the autumn of the critical survival of Yunnan Province, you should unite sincerely and discuss a proper method, which is the best policy," Long Yun almost exploded his lungs when he heard this, if it weren't for you rotten Confucians, ignoring the actual situation, clamoring to fight with the Japanese army to the end, could there be such a difficult situation today?

"Enough! Shut up for me, a bunch of things that are not enough to succeed and more than to lose, at this time, I know that there is a noise," Long Yun was angry, suddenly erupted, and roared, shaking everyone, in the house, there was no sound at that time, and the senior generals on the fire looked at Long Yun with angry faces in shock.

The boss is angry, this is something that has never happened before, among the princes of the provinces, Long Yun is known for his good temper, and he has always been kind and pleasant to his subordinates, and the honest man is angry, so that he looks very terrible, looking at Long Yun who has green muscles on his head, and the generals of the Dian army who are so noisy that they almost turn their faces, they returned to their seats with wilts, looking at the boss with blank eyes, waiting for him to make an idea.

Long Yun instructed the secretary to send another telegram to Vice Chairman Tang to ask for an accurate message, at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, will the troops of the Independent Division be able to launch an attack on the Japanese army on time? Long Yun almost said, "Boss Tang, don't play with me, the Dian Army's little family background is all on your old man's body," At this time, Long Yun tended to stick to Kunming.

After receiving Long Yun's telegram, Tang Qiuli snorted coldly and ordered: "Send a telegram back to Long Yun, the battle of Kunming is a matter of importance, the time when our army launched the attack, there is no change in the reason, the Yunnan army can shrink its strength, step by step, and insist on street fighting, if the Yunnan army disobeys my order and still evacuates Kunming, then I will regard the Yunnan army as a rebel, after the battle of Kunming, the independent division troops, even if they go to the northwest of Yunnan, must be resolutely eliminated." ”

Yes, a telegram tied Long Yun up in Kunming, if you don't want to fight, who has the guts to bear the anger of Tang Qiuli, who has nearly a million male soldiers? Long Yun also died of the heart of evacuating Kunming, fighting, naturally there are benefits, if you don't fight, you don't even have the last chance, therefore, Long Yun adjusted Kunming's defense overnight, hoping to carry the arrival of the independent division troops.

On the night of 11 September, which was destined to be a tense night in which every second had to race against time, the directly subordinate corps and Tang Qiusheng's corps, after receiving the urgent order from the division commander, immediately increased their speed again on the basis of marching at full speed.

Tang Qiusheng's order to all units was one hour ahead of the division's order, that is, before 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, to launch an attack on the Japanese troops outside Kunming, and he understood the reason for Tang Qiuli's order, and in order to complete the task, Tang Qiusheng ordered the first and second brigades of the corps, the first artillery brigade, two tank regiments, and four battalions of rocket artillery to form a fast column, and all the means of transportation of the corps were concentrated in this fast column, just to seize time.

At 8:30 a.m. on 12 September, the fast column of the Sulu Mobile Corps of the Independent Division arrived in the area of Maxiying, a southeastern suburb of Kunming.

Tang Qiusheng ordered with a little excitement: "Send a report to the division commander that the fast column of our Sulu Mobile Corps will arrive at the designated place at 8:30 this morning at the Maxi Camp, and will launch an attack on the Japanese army at 9:30 a.m. on time." ”

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