Chapter 181: Mighty Earthquake (8)

"Report" Qian Dajun almost ran into Chiang Kai-shek's office, this kind of unruly behavior, it can't be done by the director of the chamberlain like Qian Dajun, then there must be an emergency.

Chiang Kai-shek has been restless in the past few days, and the loss of Wuhan is not terrible, but it can be delayed day by day to buy time for the relocation of factories, schools, and commercial institutions in Wuhan.

In the past few days, the Japanese army has intensified its offensive and mobilized troops from various battlefields to Wuhan, but the victory of Wanjialing did not alleviate the crisis, and the Japanese 106th Division supplemented its troops with supplementary regiments and launched an attack again. At the same time, the rested 101st Division also began to attack, and the First Army suffered heavy casualties.

The most important thing is in the direction of the Yangtze River, the Japanese army has a naval fleet, and with the expansion of the occupied area, the number of army airfields is increasing, and the Japanese planes are already overwhelming. China's air force is becoming less and less.

Before the war, Chiang Kai-shek thought that spending too much money to buy too many planes was wasteful, because once the number of planes was too large, not only spare parts, but also maintenance, repair, and fuel, and after a few years, the planes would be eliminated and the technology would be backward, so it was better to keep the money and buy the most advanced aircraft at that time.

It was only now that Chiang Kai-shek understood that at the beginning of the war, it would be easier said to buy planes again. Britain, France, and the United States did not sell the most advanced aircraft at all on the grounds that they did not supply weapons to the belligerents.

On the battlefield in China, it was still the French Hawker fighter and the Soviet N-series old aircraft, which could not be the opponent of the Japanese army. Relying on the spirit of the Chinese Air Force that is not afraid of death, it is fighting tenaciously, which makes Chiang Kai-shek resentful.

Today, when Madame came, Chiang Kai-shek understood that it was those generals who said it again, and wanted to persuade him to leave Wuhan. Why? It's not that I don't want to fight anymore, as long as I leave, I'm afraid that Wuhan will be lost immediately. Therefore, he resolutely does not leave, and must persevere to the end and sit in command.

Seeing Qian Dajun coming in, even the first lady, who has always been gentle and elegant, with a ladylike image, also stood up, and before the two of them opened their mouths to ask, Qian Dajun said excitedly: "Chairman, madam, great victory, great victory, Ye Jiaji has won a big victory, and the 34th Group Army has completely annihilated a division of the Japanese army." ”

"What?" Chiang Kai-shek couldn't believe that Xue Yue, with seven armies and nearly 200,000 troops, could not wipe out the entire 106th Division, but only wiped out most of them and crippled him. How could the 34th Army be the strength of only three armies?

After receiving the report in Qian Dajun's hand, the more he looked at it, the more excited he became, and his hands trembled a little. He knew that Song Xilian would not fool himself, this should be true, and after reading it, he handed the report to his wife, which was really a great victory and a real victory.

This is Song Xilian's report, in the first battle of Yejiaji, the Japanese 13th Division was annihilated more than 21,000 people, and less than 7,000 people escaped, so it can be said that the 13th Division is gone. The three armies of the 34th Army suffered more than 16,000 casualties.

For the battlefield capture, it is no longer worth mentioning, and for these, even Song Xilian feels that it doesn't matter.

Song Meiling was still calmer than Chiang Kai-shek, she noticed that a name "Snow Fox Xue Ru" said to Chiang Kai-shek: "Great Order, it's Xue Ru again, this battle turned out to be planned by her, how could Song Xilian listen to her?" Besides, isn't it Jiansheng in the Fifth War Zone? ”

Chiang Kai-shek also calmed down, and of course saw Song Xilian write in the report that when they attacked and eliminated the Japanese army, the original 45th Independent Brigade of the Snow Fox Force attacked Huoshan, routed a wing of the Japanese army, recovered Huoshan, and had advanced to Lu'an.

Then, the report of the Fifth Theater arrived, and when the guard officer handed it to Chiang Kai-shek, he did not feel anything. In fact, this is not normal, originally the report should have arrived first in the Fifth War Zone, and Song Xilian and they should report it to Bai Chongxi, but Song Xilian reported the report directly to the Military Commission.

Sure enough, Bai Chongxi's report was much lighter, and some understated the situation of the battle, but it was only proposed that the Japanese army transferred the 10th Division from Xuzhou to attack Gushihuangchuan, and Ye Jiaji's great victory could not change the situation in central Anhui, southern Henan, and northern Hubei.

What did Chiang Kai-shek do? It is obvious from the report that Bai Chongxi's dissatisfaction is clear. The victory in the fifth theater of operations, why is he dissatisfied? Song Meiling has been studying the report and said in a low voice: "Great Order, this battle plan is not from the hands of the Fifth War Zone, it seems that Jiansheng didn't know it in advance. ”

Chiang Kai-shek understood that although this made him a little angry, he was not a person who was self-willed, and said: "Inform the news media that Ye Jiaji has won a great victory and the Fifth War Zone has achieved a major victory. ”

Qian Dajun hurriedly agreed, of course this should be widely reported, it is too encouraging. Wanjialing annihilated more than 10,000 enemies, Taierzhuang annihilated more than 10,000 enemies, let Wuhan celebrate for three days, this time the casualties were less than 20,000, but the annihilation of 21,000 Japanese troops, a real unprecedented victory, Wuhan and Chongqing's firecrackers will be sold out again.

Looking at Qian Dajun who was leaving, Song Meiling smiled: "Daling, I should go to the mall and visit the 34th Group Army, you say, right?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded again and again, he knew very well that this was Song Xilian's credit, but he let himself give it to Bai Chongxi, can Song Xilian be satisfied? Madame is going to comfort Song Xilian instead of herself. He also said: "Mrs. Hard, the mall is close to the front line, it is very dangerous, and there is no airport there." ”

Song Meiling smiled: "Don't worry, there is an airport in Jinzhai, I will take an air force plane to go there, where you can land, and by the way, you can also go to the Fifth War Zone to have a look." ”

Chiang Kai-shek said: "I understand, there are some things you can decide on my behalf, this battle can only relieve the pressure from the north, and it will have little impact on the entire war situation in Wuhan." ”

Although Soong Meiling was not a military strategist, she began to follow Chiang Kai-shek and has changed from a politician to a half-military strategist in one political and military struggle after another, especially after mastering the Air Force, she has continued to study military theories and understood a lot.

The two of them studied some more problems and explained that Song Meiling ignored the danger and boarded an air force plane from Wuhan Airport, escorted by four fighters, and flew directly to Jinzhai.

Just when Song Meiling left Wuhan, Bai Chongxi was indeed very dissatisfied, Xue Ru promised to fight against the 6th Division, and without reporting to himself, he and Song Xilian transferred the 45th Brigade to attack Huoshan.

These central armies have always been like this, which proves that Xue Ru still came together with them. Xu Zuyi said: "Commander, I think it's over, Xue Ru was originally the Central Army and Xue Yue's niece, she reported that she wanted the 45th Brigade and the 36th Division, it is already obvious, you look at the commendation of the Military Committee, you should understand." ”

Bai Chongxi snorted coldly, Jiang Zhongzheng still understood. When Bai Chongxi and Xu Zuyi saw the congratulations of the Military Committee and the commendation of the Fifth War Zone, they knew that it was to balance Bai Chongxi's dissatisfaction. However, with such a great feat, can you not reward Song Xilian and Xue Ru?

Bai Chongxi couldn't help but admire Xue Ru's military talent, and said: "In the name of the war zone, release the news, and at the same time order Xue Ru to come to the war zone immediately to report and ask her why she didn't capture Qianshan and Taihu Lake." ”

Xu Zuyi knew that Bai Chongxi was beating Xue Ru. Just when the battle provoked reactions from all quarters, the press conferences in Jinzhai and Wuhan immediately shook the world, and familiar names from various newspapers once again appeared in newspapers and on the radio. Song Xilian, Xue Ru, when they were in Nanjing, a military commander and a chief of staff were famous for Nanjing's victory, and the two joined forces again and created a great victory for Ye Jiaji. All kinds of speculations came out for a while, and the most common thing among them was that Xue Ru was a woman.

The gossip spirit of the Chinese, some dark psychology, immediately associated with the relationship between the two people. When these rumors were spreading, Xue Ru did not have these moods, and was worried there with a sad face. In this battle, the results of the battle reached her imagination, but 16,000 people died on the battlefield, only 30 of the 200 commanders sent by Snow Fox survived, only two were intact, and the others were all injured.

While being sad, Xue Ru couldn't help but admit the fact that the Japanese army's combat effectiveness and will to fight, he was prepared to fight with the Japanese army, they responded to the battle in a hurry, and even reached a one-to-one casualty.

But Song Xilian was very excited: "Little fox, don't be sad, if the whole country is this result, then Japan will fail, say quickly, what should I do next?" ”

Xue Ru knew in his heart that if it was really such a one-to-one casualty, the greatest war potential of the Japanese army would be more than five million troops, and at that time, they could only fail, and I was afraid that they would not even have the strength to defend the country.

She shook her head, forget it, don't think about it anymore, it seems that she can't become an iron-blooded general yet. In fact, what made Xue Ru so uncomfortable was that before the war, she didn't expect it to be like this, thinking that in this battle, the 13th Division would definitely not be left, and the attacking troops would not suffer such heavy casualties. But in fact, more than 7,000 Japanese troops fled, and less than 4,000 of the more than 20,000 troops who attacked survived, which made it difficult for her to bear it for a while.

Hearing Song Xilian's words, he said: "There is no way to do this, the two divisions of the Japanese army are combined, and they will replenish their troops very quickly." At the same time, the 10th Division has rushed here, and the North China Front Army has transferred the 32nd Division and the 27th Division to the south. We only have these people, the weapons and ammunition are depleted, and it will take time to replenish them. ”

Song Xilian said: "What should I do then? Is it still being held back like this? ”

Xue Ru said: "Don't block, do you have the final say in retreating?" ”

Song Xilian was stunned for a moment, and it was true that he didn't seem to have said it, he sighed impatiently, and said in a somewhat declining manner: "Then we have to do something, once the Japanese troops converge, they will inevitably counterattack." ”

Xue Ru said: "You really listen to me? ”

Song Xilian nodded: "Say it, I'll listen to you." ”

Xue Ru said: "Once the Japanese army is converging, the 3rd, 13th, and 10th divisions will inevitably attack, and they can't stop it no matter what, so we will hand over the hold on this side to them, let's go, go to other places to fight, and avoid the real and attack the weak." ”

Song Xilian said: "That's okay, but there is no order in the war zone, so it can't be moved, Bai Chongxi just promised a 36th division." ”

Xue Ru said: "What stupid, we have suffered a lot of casualties in this battle, aren't you the Central Army?" It can be reported directly to the Military Council, saying that the casualties of the 71st Army are too great and need to rest, so don't they all withdraw? We turned into the southern line of Dabie Mountain, cleaned up the 6th Division, and the Japanese army made three or four divisions on the northern front, but there were only the 6th Division and the 16th Division in the south, and the two divisions were disjointed, one was attacking Tianjiazhen in Huangmei Guangji, and the other was defending Hefei. ”

"Yes, yes, this is a good way, I don't think you should be the captain of any kind anymore, let's be the chief of staff for me, then we will join forces, hehe......."

Xue Ru was also very tempted, if this was the case, she would really dissolve into the Central Army sequence, but she didn't want to give up her Snow Fox Corps, so she was very hesitant. Song Xilian said: "Okay, as long as you don't object, I'll deal with these, and what you have to think about now is how to fight." ”

"Hey, hey, figure it out, you're the army commander, I'm the Snow Fox captain, I'm just calculating how to fight my battle, not including you," Xue Ru said.

Song Xilian said: "The 36th Division is already your unit, and the Snow Fox Corps has two brigades, an independent brigade and an integrated division, which is okay, right?" ”

Xue Ru smiled: "A reorganization division, your division doesn't even have a brigade, right?" is also reorganized into divisions, and Division Commander Chen is about to become the head of the regiment. ”

Song Xilian said: "Don't worry, I have a way." When the two of them were arguing and studying, the newspaper operator came over: "Army Commander, Commander Bai of the war zone ordered Commander Xue to report to the war zone, and at the same time let Commander Song, Commander Feng and Commander Yu go to Jinzhai together, and Mrs. Jiang personally came to Jinzhai to express her condolences and asked to see you." ”

"Oh?" Song Xilian was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Prepare the car, let's go immediately." ”

Xue Ru was surprised, Mrs. Jiang Song Meiling, this is a famous figure. A strong woman, a politician, the first lady of the Republic of China, and the three sisters of the Song family, this is something to see, but not to see Chiang Kai-shek himself is not interested.

Xue Ru also put aside the unhappiness in her heart, and immediately took a car to Jinzhai with Song Xilian, Feng Zhi'an, Yu Xuezhi and Xue Ru.

The battle on the northern front of Dabie Mountain was temporarily calm, and King Tokumiya Tsukihiko was also very shocked, and the casualties were almost less than a division. Although it was only a temporary failure, such a large casualty also made it difficult for him to be relaxed for a while.

The North China Front Army transferred two divisions, and at the same time the Central China Dispatch Army reinforced the 10th Division, he had to speed up the adjustment, ordering a brigade of the 16th Division to defend Lu'an, a brigade to defend Hefei, the 3rd Division and the 13th Division to hurry up to replenish their forces to hold Gushi, and the 10th Division immediately entered Huaibang to launch an attack on Huangchuan, pinning down Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army and Sun Lianzhong's 20th Army Corps to buy time for the 3rd Division and the 13th Division to replenish and recuperate.

The same is true of the Chinese army, the three armies suffered huge losses, * depleted, there were no machine gun ammunition left, and they were unable to attack. The 77th Army, the 51st Army, and the 71st Army were all half-crippled troops, and they could only hold the defense line from Fujin Mountain and Yejiaji to Huoshan. But everyone understood that as soon as the Japanese army was ready, it would launch a more fierce attack.

Yejiaji's victory could not change the outcome of the battlefield, the direction of Tianjiazhen had been fought fiercely, that was the gate of Wuhan, and the positions of the fifth theater were constantly lost.

Xue Yue and the others were also blocking the attack of the two divisions, but they could attack the Botian detachment in Hengyang and launch an attack on Yueyang, which had advanced to the direction of Wuchang, and the situation was very unfavorable to the national army.

The situation on the two fronts of the entire Wuhan battlefield was not bad, that is, the attacking 106th Division and 101st Division were blocked by the First Army Corps, and the progress was very slow, and the 3rd Division and the 13th Division north of Dabie Mountain were blocked by Song Xilian. However, the four-way offensive of the 10th Division, the 27th Division, the Botian Detachment, and the 6th Division was approaching Wuhan.

No one can feel powerless against this change, and the Japanese army has committed nine divisions and nearly 300,000 navy, army, and air force, and the situation has reached its final moment.