readx;? This telegram made Ye Ting frown, in the past few months, the most popular among the ** officers is this Wang Haitao, and this person has been promoted from a major general brigade commander to a general commander in just over half a year, and has just come down from the position of commander of Nanjing's urban defense, and has become the commander of the Jiangnan Theater, and has also controlled all the ** troops in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and southern Anhui. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, in these months, Wang Haitao was able to lead a miscellaneous division to completely annihilate the 6th and 13th Divisions of the Japanese Army in Shanghai, and continue to completely annihilate the 9th Division of the Japanese Army in the Battle of Nanjing. There were three Japanese lieutenant generals who died at his hands, ten major generals, and the adjutants couldn't be counted, and this military exploit was enough to make him a general.

Today's Wang Haitao is a well-known figure in the Republic of China, and it is really impossible to say anything about controlling his New Fourth Army by virtue of his outstanding military exploits and his status as a general commander, but the New Fourth Army is an armed force under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, so how can the Kuomintang officers be allowed to control it? For this reason, Ye Ting found several responsible persons of the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army together and held a meeting to discuss this telegram from Chiang Kai-shek.

At the meeting, army commander Ye Ting, political commissar and deputy army commander Xiang Ying, chief of staff Zhang Yunyi, deputy chief of staff Zhou Zikun, director of the Political Department Yuan Guoping, deputy director Deng Zihui, commander of the first detachment, Chen Yi, deputy commander Fu Qiutao, commander of the second detachment, and Tan Zhenlin, deputy commander of the third detachment, were all present at the meeting.

After the telegram was circulated, the crowd began to discuss one after another, and several people headed by Xiang Ying believed that the orders on the telegram should be followed, and the New Fourth Army's operations in Jiangnan should be under the command of the Jiangnan Theater. Xiang Ying got up and said: "Comrades, our New Fourth Army is also a series of National Revolutionary Army, and under the premise of the anti-Japanese united front, it is appropriate to obey the command of the superiors. ”

After listening to Xiang Ying's words, Yuan Guoping also got up and said: "I oppose the opinion of Political Commissar Xiang, our New Fourth Army should be commanded by the party Central Committee and the New Fourth Army, so how can we obey the command of the commander of the Jiangnan Theater, and if the order of the commander of the Jiangnan Theater runs counter to the instructions of the Central Committee, then what should we do?"

Just when everyone was arguing, Li Yu's telegram was sent to Ye Ting again. Su Yu reported in the telegram that General Ye Ting had made contact with General Wang Haitao, and General Wang Haitao invited him to meet him and asked General Ye Ting if he should go. After reading the telegram, Ye Ting brought up the matter at the meeting again.

Xiang Ying also proposed that Li Yu should go to visit General Wang Haitao, because General Wang Haitao must be the commander of the Jiangnan Theater personally appointed by Chairman Chiang, and he can also be regarded as the top boss of the New Fourth Army. However, Yuan Guoping objected to General Li Yu going to see the commander of the Jiangnan Theater, on the grounds that no matter how big the official was, he was also a Kuomintang officer appointed by Chiang Kai-shek, and there was no need for us to visit the Kuomintang officer.

The two sides argued for nearly two hours, and no one could convince the other party, and finally Ye Ting reached a unified opinion after synthesizing the opinions of the two sides, that is, militarily, as long as it does not violate the spirit of the Party Central Committee, it can obey the command of the commander of the Jiangnan Theater, and politically and metallurgically, it completely obeys the leadership of the Party Central Committee and the first party.

As for Su Yu's visit to meet with General Wang Haitao, Ye Ting felt that he should go, first, to show his respect for the commander of the Jiangnan Theater, and second, to observe how powerful this commander is now. Ye Ting's opinion was agreed by most people, especially Chen Yi.

He said: "This General Wang led his troops in Shanghai and Nanjing to annihilate three divisions of the Japanese army, and also severely damaged two divisions and regiments and achieved many great victories, which greatly encouraged the people's morale and morale. ”

Ye Ting called Su Yu back after the meeting, and the military headquarters agreed that Su Yu would go to visit General Wang Haitao on behalf of the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army. and forwarded Chiang Kai-shek's telegram to Li Yu. After receiving a call back from Commander Ye Ting, Su Yu was ready to go to visit Wang Haitao. Wang Haitao did not know these things, and now Wang Haitao is busy strengthening the defense of Jing County, because according to the report of the reconnaissance group, the Japanese army has learned that Jing County has been reoccupied by the squadron, and is also preparing to take action.

According to the report of the reconnaissance battalion, the 62nd Brigade of the 21st Division of the Japanese Army stationed in the Huzhou area learned that Jing County was occupied by the squadron again, and jointly formed a Yongye detachment with the 62nd Wing and the 3rd Brigade of the 51st Mountain Artillery Wing, and the commander was Major General Kameiichiro Nagano, preparing to go to Xuancheng. At the same time, the 62nd Brigade contacted the Hangzhou garrison and requested a joint north-south attack on Jing County, hoping to eat the Chinese defenders occupying Jing County.

The 128th Brigade of the 114th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Kangzhou, after receiving the request of the 62nd Brigade, also sent a wing to strengthen a field artillery brigade from Hangzhou to Jingde County via Lin'an County, hoping to cooperate with the actions of the Yongye Detachment. There is no movement in the direction of Wuhu yet.

With Wang Haitao's current strength, it is not a problem to deal with the Japanese army of a brigade or regiment, but the heavy artillery regiment has not yet formed combat effectiveness within a few days of its formation, and the mortars in the unit will suffer a little loss in terms of distance from the mountain artillery and field artillery of the Japanese army.

Fortunately, this time the Japanese army took into account the ground type, so the large-caliber heavy artillery was not brought, and the heavy tanks of their own armored regiment were not afraid of these 75-millimeter caliber guns, but the armored regiment was short of fuel, and Wang Haitao was unwilling to expose the armored regiment too early, so Wang Haitao did not plan to use the armored regiment until it was absolutely necessary.

Even if they can't get the upper hand in artillery fire, then they have to work fortifications, and most of the independent regiments are veterans who have followed them for many years and are experts in building fortifications. After consulting with several regiment commanders, Li Yuanhong put the first battalion in Qinxi Town to garrison, the second battalion to garrison Yangong Town, the first company of the third battalion in Changqiao Township, and the second company in Dingjiaqiao Town, and the third company as the general reserve ready to reinforce at any time.

As for the defense of the county seat of Jing County, it was handed over to the 1st Battalion of the Guard Regiment and the 2nd Battalion of the Reconnaissance Regiment to complete. The heavy artillery battalion was hidden in the training ground, and the soldiers of the former independent regiment were responsible for guarding it. Wang Haitao was a little uneasy about the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Independent Regiment, because the Independent Regiment had just recruited 1,200 young men from among the local people, and these young men had not been trained for a few days before they had to deal with the Japanese attack.

In addition to the 300 men who were added to the baggage battalion, the 1st and 2nd battalions were supplemented with 300, the 3rd battalion was supplemented with 200, and the heavy firepower battalion was supplemented with 100. In fact, although the heavy fire battalion drew the largest number of heavy artillery regiments, some fighters who could use heavy weapons were drawn from each battalion to replenish the heavy fire battalion.

These recruits are all Japanese-style weapons, not that Wang Haitao does not have new weapons, but these recruits who have never touched a gun use the Japanese army's 38-style rifle just to adapt to it first, and the new weapons have relatively high requirements for soldiers, and it is difficult for these recruits to master the use of new weapons in just ten days.

The fortifications had been under construction for nearly a month, and were almost complete, and now the Independent Regiment was seizing all the time to train the recruits so that they could have an extra chance to survive the battle. And these recruits also know that the battle will start soon, so they are also seizing the time to train hard.

After all, the Japanese army must be attacking two troops at the same time, and it takes time to coordinate with each other, and no matter which direction it advances to Jingxian, it is a mountainous area, and the Japanese army is also very slow to march with a large amount of baggage and military supplies, and when the independent regiment enters several positions, the Japanese army in the south is still marching towards Jingde County, and the Japanese army in the north is still five days away from Xuancheng.

Even if the Japanese army began to advance towards Jing County, a battalion of the reconnaissance regiment would harass and attack them during the two days or so, with the purpose of delaying the Japanese army's march. Wang Haitao personally inspected the outlying positions of Jing County and encouraged those recruits, and with Wang Haitao's inspection, the morale of the independent regiment was further improved.

Since Tangshanhu was transferred to the commander of the heavy artillery regiment, the deputy battalion commander Tang Weiren served as the battalion commander.

As soon as Wang Haitao returned to the headquarters in the city after inspecting the position, Tang Shanhu came to the headquarters. Tang Shanhu came to ask Wang Haitao for battle, and Tang Shanhu said to Wang Haitao: "Brother Wang, the heavy artillery regiment has been trained for more than ten days, and all of us in the regiment are veterans, and we can all use these heavy artillery. ”

Wang Haitao asked: "How accurate is your shelling? Don't make a call, but you can't hit Little Japan, but you expose your position and waste shells." Tang Shanhu blushed and said: "Brother Wang, I usually look okay when I train, but I haven't participated in battles, and I don't know what kind of fight I can make." If Brother Wang decides not to let our heavy artillery regiment participate in the war this time, then you can let us go back to the independent regiment to participate in the war. ”

Wang Haitao glared and said: "Nonsense, Shanhu, you are now the commander of the heavy artillery regiment, how can you still have the temper of a child? In this way, you go back to the heavy artillery regiment first, seize the time of the next few days to train well, and I will consider using your heavy artillery regiment at an appropriate time." Tang Shanhu asked with a happy face: "Brother Wang, are you serious about this?"

Wang Haitao asked rhetorically: "Did your brother Wang really speak inappropriately?" Tang Shanhu heard Wang Haitao's words and said excitedly: "Thank you, Brother Wang, I know that Brother Wang will not use me." I'm leaving. After speaking, he saluted Wang Haitao, and trotted all the way out of the headquarters. Wang Haitao looked at the back of Tangshan Tiger and smiled.

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