Chapter 979: Liu Zhi who ran away

Since the 15th Army was incorporated into the battle sequence of the Japanese Southern Dispatch Army, the commander of the army, Yamashita Fengjun, has not lived a day of comfort, and depression has accompanied him almost every day after he went to the battlefield. novel

After the landing on the Leizhou Peninsula, the 15th Army has been rushing to the front and hitting the front, but Yamashita Feng is not happy, are the Chinese troops he encountered still an army? From Hai'an to Maoming, along the way is in pursuit, constant pursuit, almost no shadow of the soldiers of the Zhina, their own brave and good fighting troops, almost become the acceptance of troops, one town after another, without any fighting, fell into the hands of the imperial army.

According to the prisoner's confession, it was the local troops in Guangdong who were pursuing, and the troops that Yamashita Feng didn't believe in and didn't even dare to fight, were they still called troops? Such an opponent could not let himself experience the passion of fighting, on the contrary, it was still an insult to himself and the 15th Army, and in addition to being depressed, Yamashita served as a general and personally cut off the heads of more than a dozen Cantonese soldiers, so as to express the unhappiness in his heart, in his opinion, this was just a dull and boring pursuit life.

Yamashita Bong was worried, worried that his troops, in such a pursuit, lost their fierce nature, until in the Yangjiang area, encountered organized resistance, Yamashita Bong found a little sense of fighting, but, not enjoyable, just the harassment of the small force.

As the 15th Army continued to attack and advance in the direction of Guangzhou, Yamashita Feng learned that in Guangzhou, Tang Qiuli, the so-called devil of China, who was rumored to be miraculous, organized the Zhina army in the city of Guangzhou to resist his own attack.

He was about to pounce on Guangzhou, and when Tang Qiuli faced each other for a decisive battle, he received the damned order of the commander-in-chief, General Terauchi Shouichi, to stop attacking Guangzhou and turn to Nanning to assemble, after receiving the order, Yamashita was almost angry to go crazy, from the bottom of his heart, he looked down on the rigid thinking and old-fashioned style of Terauchi Shouichi, thinking that this old guy should retire.

In his opinion, the command of General Honma Masaharu, there was a great mistake, which was the fundamental reason for the more than 40,000 heroic imperial soldiers.

The means of command are rigid, and the final defeat is inevitable, as for the final outcome of Honma Masaharu, Yamashita Bong, who thinks very highly of himself, has no sympathy, he looks down on General Terauchi Shouichi, and also looks down on all the generals of the Southern Dispatch Army, this attack on Guizhou, he resolutely rejected General Terauchi Shouichi, to increase the strength of two divisions in the direction of the attack on Dushan, the 15th Army can independently complete the attack task, and, will also be the first to reach the city of Guiyang, this is Yamashita to the commander-in-chief of the reply.

According to the intelligence of the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, it was the government army of China that defended here, and it was also the most elite unit of China, but within a few hours, Dushan planted the sun flag, and several of the defenders of the army, except for some of the killed, the rest, all surrendered, and even the artillery that supported the attack did not fire a few shells, and the battle was over.

Dushan City was covered with rubble, almost in ruins, Yamashita Feng stood on the mountain road north of the city, beside him was a column of marching troops with no head and tail in sight, and a staff officer came over to ask, "Your Excellency Commander, what about the captured prisoners of war?" Also, do we have troops stationed in Dushan in order to make the local security greater? ”

Yamashita looked at this young staff officer with an idiot-like look, probably a newcomer, right? I don't know the rules of my Yamashita Fenghe 15th Army? "Yaga, the captives and the people of China, kill them all," Yamashita gave a very clear instruction, and his expression was as simple as taking a breath.

The staff officer shuddered, couldn't believe his ears, and said in a hurry: "Your Excellency, the commander, there are more than 20,000 prisoners of war and local people, all killed?" "Yaga, isn't my order unclear?" Yamashita not only scolded angrily, but also gave this staff officer a resounding slap in the face, and even hesitated for the sake of the inferior Shina man, doubting the commander's order, and really doubting whether he was a samurai of the Great Japanese Empire.

The dense gunfire roared frantically for a long time before it stopped, the corpses of more than 20,000 soldiers and ordinary people from more than 20,000 countries covered the streets and alleys, and the red blood bubbled into a stream in the city, and the stream became a river of blood, rolling small blood-red waves, and merged into the Caodu River, Dushan became a dead city, and the one who caused the Dushan tragedy was still the Kono Wing of the Ninth Division of the 15th Army that caused the Hai'an bloodshed in Hai'an Town on the Leizhou Peninsula. It seems that there is a special preference, and Yamashita serves the commander, which also meets their requirements.

On the evening of 24 June, the 133rd Wing of the 7th Division, the vanguard of the 15th Army, had approached Duyun, another important town in the southeast of Guizhou, and, before dark, with rapid movements, defeated the guards of a regiment of the Central Army on Xiyun Peak, the commanding heights southwest of Duyun, and captured Xiyun Peak, and Duyun was already under the fire of the Japanese army.

Liu Zhi, commander of the defense line of the central army in Qiannan East Road, in Duyun City, has been like an ant on a hot pot, six gods have no owner, his headquarters, originally in Dushan, the Japanese army just began to attack, he issued an order to the defenders to defend to the death, with all the personnel of the headquarters, seized the city and fled, has been running to Duyun, just to catch his breath, and received a report from the vanguard of the Japanese army, has occupied the southwest barrier of Duyun Peak Xiyunfeng.

Liu Zhi thought that he was the most unlucky person, and led a cadre of officers from the General Headquarters of the East Route Army to Dushan to inspect military affairs and combat readiness.

Running to Duyun and being caught by the Japanese on his heels, it was all Chen Cheng's bad idea that Chen Xiaoguier, what kind of supreme commander, to go deep into the front line, understand the first-hand situation, and prepare for the Japanese attack, he said a word in Chongqing, and the old man almost became a dead man.

Liu Zhi was out of ideas, he pondered where to withdraw next is the safest, or the chief of staff reminded him: "Commander-in-chief, we have a group army of more than 80,000 troops in Duyun, and we still occupy a favorable terrain, if the headquarters retreats again, where Chairman Jiang is, I am afraid it will be difficult to explain, according to the meaning of his humble duties, immediately convene a military meeting, arrange to defend Duyun, and then the commander-in-chief will withdraw to a safe area, it will not attract criticism and criticism, and there will be an explanation from the top and bottom." ”

Liu Zhi woke up like a dream, and said in a loud voice: "It makes sense, quickly summon the officers above the brigade commander of the 19th Group Army to participate in the military meeting, go quickly, really," Liu Zhi was not in a hurry to deploy the defense of Duyun, but he felt that the real Duyun was already under the fire of the Japanese, and it was unsafe, so he explained the next scene, so he retreated to Fuquan overnight, Duyun, but he didn't want to stay for a minute.

The unit defending Duyun is the Guo Hua Department of the 19th Group Army of the Central Army, which has two armies and six divisions, plus an independent brigade with a total of more than 86,000 troops, and the 19th Group Army is in the sequence of the Central Army, which belongs to the rear formation of troops, but its combat effectiveness is not weak, and the weapons and equipment are also excellent, Guo Hua has the rank of general, graduated from the ninth phase of Whampoa, and among the generals of the Central Army, he is a general who is relatively capable of fighting, if it were not for this, Chairman Jiang would not have put the 19th Group Army in such an important position.

Liu Zhi retreated all the way from Dushan to Duyun, as soon as he entered the city, Guo Hua received a report, in the headquarters of the group army, waited for a long time, Commander-in-Chief Liu did not arrive, sent someone to inquire, Guo Hua was angry, dare to love, the commander-in-chief of 1560,000 horses, did not even enter the city at all, just stayed in the north of the city, according to the description of the subordinates who returned, all the personnel of the general headquarters may retreat north again at any time, and even the radio station was not moved down in the car.

Guo Hua was speechless for a while, he was in a brigade of the defenders of Dushan, in the morning, he had lost contact, I am afraid that it was more auspicious and less auspicious, just right, the commander-in-chief Liu Zhi withdrew from Dushan, asked him for news, and was about to go to see Liu Zhi, but received an order to convene an emergency military meeting, and it was Liu Zhi, the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army, who personally presided over it.

When he arrived at Liu Zhi's temporary station, as soon as he saw the commander-in-chief, Guo Hua's heart "chuckled", Liu Zhi's mental state was very poor, as if he was greatly frightened, his face was gray, his eyes were blank, his eyes were dull, his chubby body, like a puddle of mud, piled up on the chair, and he didn't even feel Guo Hua coming in.

"Commander-in-chief, the commander of the 19th Group Army, Guo Hua, was ordered to come, please ask the commander-in-chief to instruct," Guo Hua said loudly, full of anger and loud voice, Liu Zhi finally reacted, and said weakly: "It's Commander Guo, please sit down," After speaking, he raised his hand to signal, Guo Hua did not speak, but sat down with a straight waist, with a military demeanor.

After a while, the officers at all levels attending the meeting arrived one after another, and the meeting officially began, and Liu Zhi, who presided over the meeting, seemed to be in a hurry, and changed his usual habit of speaking in a steady manner, slippery and full of nonsense, and said straight to the point: "Everyone, Dushan has been lost, the Japanese army has approached Duyun, and the battle situation is very critical. ”

That's it? More than 20 generals of the 19th Group Army, who attended the meeting, were stunned for a while and looked at each other.

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