October 16, 1938. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

With the withdrawal of the 187th Division and the 361st Independent Brigade of the National ~ Army from the Meizhou area one after another, the 5th Division of the 21st Army of the Japanese Army completely occupied the entire territory of Meizhou at 9 o'clock in the morning of the same day;

October 17, 1938.

The 18th and 104th Divisions of the Japanese Army, which had been repairing at Daya Bay for a day, began to attack from the entire line of Daya Bay, and marched to Huiyang County, Huidong County, and Haigang County.

At 3 p.m. on the same day, the 151st Division, 152nd Division, and 9th Independent Brigade of the 62nd Army of the National Army exchanged fire, and the battle was extremely fierce, and the fighting lasted until 8 p.m. on the same day, when the two sides ceased fire;

October 18, 1938.

The 5th Division of the Japanese Army, starting from Meizhou, divided into two routes, marched all the way to the west, attacking Heyuan, which was heavily garrisoned by the 63rd Army of the National Army;

On the other hand, there was also a brigade of more than 6,000 troops to attack Huizhou City;

October 18, 1938, 7 p.m.

The Guangdong defenders lost Meizhou, resulting in the complete collapse of the triangular defensive formations of Meizhou, Heyuan and Huizhou, and in the face of the onslaught of nearly 70,000 Japanese troops, the defensive battles of Heyuan and Huizhou were extremely difficult for the defenders.

All departments are in an emergency, and the defense lines of Heyuan and Huizhou are facing collapse.

Once Heyuan and Huizhou are lost, more than half of Guangdong's land will be completely taken by the Japanese army!

The battle situation is critical!

As a result, within the 12th Army of the National ~ Army, the analysis of the next battle showed polarization.

Some of them believe that they must stick to the defense line of Heyuan and Huizhou, and would rather die than retreat;

Others believe that when they quickly evacuate Heyuan and Huizhou, they should preserve their vital forces, concentrate their main forces, and make every effort to hold Guangzhou, Dongguan, and the Pearl River estuary.

Due to the large number of high-ranking members of the 12th Group Army who held these two opinions, the commander-in-chief Yu Hanmou could not make up his mind for a while.

"Who the hell am I supposed to listen to?"

Yu Hanmou laughed at himself: "Should Heyuan and Huizhou be guarded? Or do you retreat now, saving your forces? ”

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Tamsui Town, Huiyang County, Huizhou City.

Brigade headquarters of the 512th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

After Ouyang read these latest battle reports, he kept thinking about his understanding of the defense of Guangzhou before crossing over, as well as the future trend of the battle.

"Commander-in-Chief Yu Hanmou, he still doesn't have the confidence to hold Guangdong!"

From the outbreak to the end of the historical battle for the defense of Guangzhou, it only lasted less than half a month, and it was announced that 8 percent of Guangdong's land had fallen and Guangzhou had fallen.

Except for the objective reason that the Japanese army is strong and the national army is weak, most of the main reason lies in the lack of a unified strategic thinking within the 12th Group Army.

How to guard?

To what extent?

How much land are you going to lose?

How long to last?

Half a month?

One month?

During the Battle of Guangzhou, Commander-in-Chief Yu Hanmou was uncertain about how to defend Guangzhou, which led to chaos in the operational deployment of his various units.

It's a lot of chaos!

can be described in one sentence, that is, "Yu Han has no plan", and he lost Guangzhou in a daze.

"That's right, it's just confused!"

Even this time, with the addition of the 512th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, the 12th Army of the National ~ Army annihilated tens of thousands of Japanese troops in Daya Bay.

Commander-in-Chief Yu Hanmou did not have much confidence in the next battle.

"I estimate that Commander-in-Chief Yu Hanmou was thinking more about martyrdom in his heart, completely losing the consciousness of taking the initiative to attack, and did not take the initiative to find fighters and annihilate the strategic decision of the Japanese army."

Ouyang thought: "It is absolutely impossible to defeat the Japanese army in a defensive battle alone, and only by taking the initiative can we have the possibility of defending Guangdong." ”

Take the initiative!

But after thinking about it for a long time, Ouyang didn't come up with any good way.

In the end, Ouyang gathered all the main military commanders and fighters of the 512 Brigade to the headquarters and discussed with everyone about building fighters and seeking to destroy the enemy.

Chief of Staff Wang Yaqiao said in a deep voice: "As you said, brigade commander, according to the defensive strategy of the defenders of Guangdong today, the defeat of the entire national ~ army is only a matter of time, it may be ten days, it may be eight days, or even two or three days. ”

"In a word, if you defend for a long time, you will lose, and if you rely on passive defense alone, the whole Guangdong will definitely be lost!"

Ouyang smiled: "That's why I called the big guys over to discuss good strategies and see if there is any good way to create fighters and inflict heavy damage on the Japanese army." ”

For a while, Li Yunlong, Jiang Daya, Zhou Weiguo and others were all silent.

This battle is not a small fight in Taihang Mountain, but a large-scale battle of hundreds of thousands of people.

Zhou Weiguo said angrily: "If the 12th Group Army did not take the initiative to abandon Meizhou City, then our Chinese ~ army still has a large area of deep space in Guangdong to use, but now with the fall of Meizhou, in just three days, one-third of Guangdong's land fell into the hands of the Japanese army." Now I want to find a fighter plane, but it is becoming more and more difficult! ”

"Hmm!"

Regarding Zhou Weiguo's words, everyone nodded in agreement.

Ouyang and the others all agreed that taking the initiative to give up Meizhou was a stupid move!

The loss of Meizhou led to the loss of a large area of our army's deep space, which not only failed to keep Guangzhou, but also made the defenders of Guangdong more and more passive.

Ouyang saw that everyone in the conference room fell silent again, and immediately threw out a direction of thought that he was considering.

"Comrades, Meizhou has become a thing of the past, so can we make use of the areas of Guangdong that have not yet fallen, and make some fuss?"

As soon as the words fell, Li Yunlong and the others were all in front of them.

Ouyang continued: "Although the scale of this battle is much larger than our previous thousands of people, many strategic principles are still very similar, such as encircling points to send reinforcements, advancing in depth, luring the enemy into depth, and attacking the west, etc., in fact, they are all the same in nature. ”

After a pause, Ouyang said again: "This time, let's assume that the Japanese army does not have 100,000 people, but only 10,000 people, how can we use the terrain to break the ice on the current bad form." ”

Simplifying?

From small to big?

No matter how complex the problem is, in fact, the essence is the same.

Ouyang knocked on the table and asked with a smile, "How is it?" Do you have any good ideas? ”

For a while, everyone present laughed.

Jiang Daya smiled: "Brigade commander, if you say this, there are many ways to go!" ”

Long Dagu also followed up and said: "Guangdong is so big after all, just in that corner, we also have more choices!" ”

Immediately there was a heated discussion, and the meeting lasted for several hours.

Finally, a plan that worked was settled.

"Good!"

Ouyang held up a few pages in his hand and said with a smile: "I'll just say, no matter how many difficulties there are, there will always be a way, you see, won't this solution come out!" ”

"Brigade commander, although our battle plan has come out, the premise of all this is that we must obtain the support of Commander-in-Chief Yu Hanmou!"

Wang Yaqiao said in a deep voice.

"Hmm!"

Ouyang nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will set off overnight now and go to Guangzhou in person to persuade Commander-in-Chief Yu Hanmou." ”

"If this battle plan really comes true, then in this battle we will at least annihilate tens of thousands of Japanese troops and completely inflict heavy losses on the so-called 'Steel Army' 5th Division of the Japanese Army, as long as the 5th Division is defeated, then the rest of the Japanese 18th Division and 104th Division will not be enough to cause trouble."

Hearing this, Wang Yaqiao, Liu Tongluo and others all nodded, agreeing with Ouyang's point of view.

Li Yunlong said with a smile: "As long as the 5th Division of the little devils hurts this time, then Guangzhou can be preserved, and we may be able to completely drive the little devils out of Guangdong!" ”

Zhou Weiguo followed closely and said: "Another key to this plan is to see how effective the Hainan Army under General Cai Yi is?" ”

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