Chapter 183: Mentality

After arriving in Tongcheng, he knew that Liu Yuanshan had moved the headquarters of the Snow Fox Corps to Yuexi, because it was close to Qianshan. Liu Yuanshan didn't understand that Xue Ru had always refused to allow the capture of these three counties.

The 6th Division of the Japanese Army had already fought fiercely with other national troops in the areas of Huangmei, Guangji, and Tianjiazhen, and it was lacking in skills. Because the 16th Division was annihilated by the 13th Division, King Dongkumiya was worried about the safety of Hefei, so he had to send a brigade to reinforce Lu'an, and a brigade to Hefei.

Although the Snow Fox Corps has less than 2,000 people, it should be no problem to conquer these three counties, but Xue Ru just let the pressure be maintained, just not attacked.

The two captains asked why every day. In fact, King Tsukihiko of Higashikunomiya is also very strange, and I don't know why. In his heart, he already thought that the three counties were no longer the imperial army's. Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba of the 6th Division was ordered to abandon these places as soon as Snow Fox attacked, and the troops were withdrawn to Huangmei to ensure the rearguard of the 6th Division.

For the Japanese army, they were defeating China in general, forcing the Chinese government to surrender, and not occupying much of China. It is also important cities, places of influence, and military points that you want to occupy.

At this time, all kinds of troops and horses were already approaching Wuhan, and according to the instructions of the headquarters of the highest Japanese department, Wuhan must be taken, Chiang Kai-shek must be forced out of the Central Plains, let them retreat to the southwest, leave the political center of China, and reduce the Nationalist Government to the status of a local government, which is convenient for the formation of a new puppet government in China.

There was this intention, so the strategic target of the Japanese army was Wuhan, which was the Chinese army there, and not a vast general area. With Japan's population, is it possible to control a place as large as China? What they have gained is leadership, and they will not use military occupation everywhere, and then Japan will never achieve its goal. In the light of these strategic objectives, the arrogant language of "Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Government as a negotiating opponent" took place.

It is to demote Chiang Kai-shek's government to a local government, and if China loses this banner of unification and resistance against Japan, it will inevitably split into various political parties and factions, and Japan will completely divide China.

King Tokumiya is an imperial prince and a lieutenant general, and he knows very well what the emperor means, so he doesn't care if he loses a few county seats.

Snow Fox captured one county after another, this was not what he was worried about, but the back road of the imperial army's attack could not be broken. Now I don't care, Jiujiang and Fuchi are occupied by the imperial army, and they can be replenished from the Yangtze River, and the 6th Division has re-replenished its personnel, weapons and ammunition, as long as Tianjia Town is captured, the gate of Wuhan can be smashed.

Originally, the calculation was very good, breaking through the Fujin Mountain position, attacking Xinyang to cut off the Pinghan Railway, and attacking from two roads, the Second Army would capture Wuhan before the 11th Army, but it was disrupted by this snow fox. They used trickery and strange tactics to annihilate the imperial army of one division in one night, leaving only one 3rd division, and it was impossible to attack and win.

The Japanese army urgently adjusted, transferred the 10th Division from the North China Front, and sent the 27th Division from Jiangnan and Central China to the Hefei area, which was not bad, the 10th Division had attacked Xinyang, and the 27th Division was assembled in the Zongyang area, preparing to land in Anqing.

With the addition of the 16th Division, the Hefei area will be stable, once the Battle of Wuhan is over, it is useless for Xue Ru to occupy more places, the 27th Division is in Anqing, the 3rd Division and the 13th Division are in Gushi, the 10th Division is in Xinyang, and the 16th Division is in Hefei, of course, these areas are all of the Imperial Japanese Army.

According to these analyses, King Tsukihiko of the Eastern Palace did not care whether Taihu Lake, Qianshan, and Huaining had fallen. As soon as the 27th Division landed ashore, even the few men of the Snow Fox Corps could not hold these places. After the victory of the Battle of Wuhan, the 6th Division will come back and take revenge at that time.

Therefore, King Tokunomiya Tsukihiko stabilized the surrounding area while hurrying to replenish the troops. The 6th Division was ordered to intensify its offensive and approach Wuhan as soon as possible.

has been with Song Xilian all the time, and she also learned about the situation of the entire battlefield through Bai Chongxi, which opened Xue Ru's eyes, coupled with her understanding of the final fate of Wuhan, so Xue Ru also knew that it was meaningless to occupy these three counties now. If the Japanese army did not conquer Jiujiang, it would still be useful, once Jiujiang was lost and Guangji was lost, it would be meaningless to capture Qianshan and Taihu Lake. If you want to recapture these areas, it will be a matter for Snow Fox at any time.

She finally learned to think in terms of grand strategy, and war is not about fighting for something. Originally, she was opposed to fighting for one city and one place, the key is to eliminate the living forces of the devils, they have no troops, it is useless to give them all of China, there are no troops to defend, China can counterattack at any time to take it back.

Ordered Liu Yuanshan to keep them out of action and keep the pressure on, that is, Xue Ru grasped an important situation, in Zongyang, the Japanese 27th Division arrived, preparing to cross the river from Anqing, since it was to eliminate the Japanese army, the 16th Division had Hefei as the center, holding Hefei and Lu'an, the remnants of the 13th Division and the 3rd Division were holding the beginning, and the 6th Division had attacked Tianjia Town.

What is the goal of Snow Fox? It was the 27th Division that was preparing to cross the river. I'm afraid no one can understand why, it's not these Japanese troops around, but a 27th Division that hasn't crossed the river yet.

This is Xue Ru's long-term plan, the Japanese army has occupied Hefei for a long time, and it is unwise to attack the fortified city with insufficient heavy weapons and no air supremacy. Anqing is not a fortified city, just a land and water wharf on the bank of the Yangtze River. The Japanese army thought that with the protection of the Yangtze River Fleet, it would be no problem to land anywhere, hmph, Xue Ru just sneered.

Lieutenant General Honma Masaharu didn't know that before he crossed the river, Xue Ru was eyeing him. The original strategy was to clean up these executioners in Nanjing and annihilate the 13th Division first, then the 3rd, 6th, and 16th cleaned up one by one, but the 27th Division came out first, so we would attack him.

All this Xue Ru also needed time to accumulate strength, and the Ye family set a battle and consumed 200,000 * to achieve this result. The total casualties of the three armies reached more than 20,000 people, millions of machine gun bullets, and it takes time to replenish the troops, and it also takes time to replenish the soldiers.

In order not to cause a big war, Xue Ru needed to rest and recuperate, and of course he would not capture these three county towns. At present, only the Snow Fox Corps and the 45 th Brigade have combat effectiveness, and this key force is to be used in key locations.

Bai Chongxi ordered himself to capture Qianshan and Taihu Lake, assist Tianjiazhen in defending, understand what he means, the Snow Fox Corps can attack Huangmei and Guangji from behind, this tactic is very clever, as long as Snow Fox captures Qianshan and Taihu Lake, attacks Huangmei Tong, and then captures Guangji, then the attacking 6th Division will be contained. But to achieve this goal, it is not enough to have only one Snow Fox Corps.

If Xue Ru captures these places, the Japanese army will inevitably counterattack, can Xu Yuanquan's Tenth Army hold Shucheng and Tongcheng? Can Zhang Zizhong and Sun Lianzhong hold Xinyang and Macheng? Will the 77th Army be able to hold Fujin Mountain and Huangchuan? As soon as the 27th Division landed, these places would be lost again, and then Snow Fox and the 45th Brigade would be surrounded by two or three Japanese divisions.

Song Meiling came, Bai Chongxi didn't have time to study it by himself, besides, because Xue Ru did not attack as planned, and used his strength to help Song Xilian of the 71st Army, obviously not listening to Bai Chongxi, which also made Bai Chongxi angry. For this reason, Xue Ru left Jinzhai and returned to Tongcheng under the pretext of coming back to command the attack.

When he knew that Liu Yuanshan had moved his headquarters to Yuexi, he sent a telegram to Wu Yuzhao and asked his 45th Brigade to enter Yuexi.

This is a county seat in the Dabie Mountains, and it is also a county that was set up at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, it used to be a town, and people from outside the mountains fled into the mountains in large numbers, so that the population here skyrocketed, and Yuexi County was established, which is a county without city walls.

As soon as Xue Ru returned, Liu Yuanshan, Li Wenxiu, Dai Zong, and Lai Changwen immediately rushed back. First, I came to celebrate the victory of the Ye family, and I also wanted to know what the young lady commander planned, and even Zhang Hu came.

As soon as they met, Zhang Hu said: "Congratulations to the commander on his victory in Ye Jiaji." ”

Xue Ru shook his head solemnly: "Commander Zhang, Ye Jiaji's victory is not happy, it is a victory in exchange for the lives of 20,000 soldiers." You remember, in the future we will not fight such a battle, although there are many Chinese, but that is also life, and it is not worth exchanging lives with Japan, and the lives of our soldiers are more precious than the Japanese. ”

Zhang Hu is not Xue Ru's thoughts, not even Liu Yuanshan, in the eyes of all the generals of the national army, one to one casualty, that is a big victory. The proportion of Taierzhuang is a big victory, Wanjialing is also a big victory, and Ye Jiaji is much stronger than them. But Xue Ru's words made them understand that Miss's cherishing of life and soldiers was solemn, and she would remember in the future that she would fight for victory without casualties.

Liu Yuanshan said: "Miss, you are back, how should we fight, this time Chief Bai is really good, we are well supplied, and the 137th Regiment has also been replenished." ”

Xue Ru shook his head: "It's better to wait." ”

These people didn't understand at all, and Li Wenxiu asked, "Why are you waiting?" ”

Xue Ru said: "Because Mrs. Jiang is here, after the battle in the fifth war zone, there will be adjustments, Bai Chongxi himself doesn't count, everything has to wait for Mrs. Jiang to leave." ”

Dai Zong said: "Didn't she come to condole? How can you interfere in battlefield operations? ”

Xue Ru smiled: "Dai Zong, people say that I have no political acumen, shouldn't Snow Fox be like this?" Madame Chiang is the wife of the president? Who does she represent? ”

Dai Zong smiled and shook his head: "I don't want to study these, it's too brain-intensive, let's study it at Miss, anyway, you say how to fight." ”

Xue Ru said: "I have let Wu Yuzhao's 45th Brigade enter Yuexi, and after he arrives, our number will increase to tens of thousands, which is enough to fight a division of the Japanese army." So, don't rush, look at the situation, and wait until it stabilizes to find an entry point. ”

Xue Ru has just begun to enter the role, and these people under her have not yet been able to grasp the grand strategic direction, so they can only listen. Liu Yuanshan said: "We can't be idle, I think we should clean up the Japanese pseudo-forces around, but ......"

Xue Ru said: "This proposal is good, just train the soldiers, but what is it?" ”

Liu Yuanshan said dissatisfiedly: "After we cleaned up these traitors, puppet regimes and self-reliant militia bandits in some places, the four detachments of the New Fourth Army took the opportunity to grow, and we became their thugs." ”

Xue Ru smiled: "Don't worry about that, don't have conflicts, we have become the vanguard of creating friction and sabotaging the War of Resistance, and we are better in the hands of the CCP than in the hands of the Japanese." ”

Li Wenxiu said: "It's true, they mobilize the people and govern the local area, but they are full of hostility to us. ”

Of course, Xue Ru knew that people had a set, and if they were not popular with the people, how could they drive the Kuomintang out of the mainland and run to Taiwan so quickly after the war, it was American-style equipment. He said: "Don't worry about that, what should the snow fox do, we are not affected by others." ”

"Yes," a few people replied immediately. They all understand that the young lady does not want to have a relationship with the CCP, and she does not want to offend them. It seems that the four teams don't want to touch the snow fox, so they stay away.

In this way, the well water does not interfere with the river water, and the snow fox's place, they also try their best not to come, the most important thing is that the snow fox does not occupy any place, and after the capture, it is withdrawn and handed over to other troops.

Everyone was relieved for a while, and there was nothing to say, because Xue Ru was waiting, and it was supposed to cooperate with the 71st Army to solve the 16th Division in turn, but Song Meiling obviously wanted to adjust the strength of the theater of operations.

Xue Ru didn't know how to adjust, and at the same time, the Japanese 27th Division could cross the river at any time, which was also a major threat. Xue Ru didn't care about whether Wuhan could be defended, she had already told Song Xilian and Bai Chongxi that the Japanese army would land in Guangzhou, but they all thought that the Japanese army was all in Wuhan, and as long as Wuhan insisted, the Japanese army would not have the troops to land in Guangzhou.

In this regard, Xue Ru has nothing to say, they don't believe it every time she says it, Shanghai and Nanjing are like this, Xue Ru is no longer the same as before, even if she knows it, can she block the attack? She will never be stupid enough to point a gun at Bai Chongxi again.

I was almost shot by Tang Shengzhi, that was a fool's behavior, or step by step according to my own ideas, to what extent and to what extent, without myself, the War of Resistance against Japan in four or five years would not be the same victory.

Xue Ru, who has calmed down, is no longer so radical and has learned to wait. Eight years is eight years, do you still want to win the War of Resistance against Japan in three or five years, relying on China to do so? Although Xue Ru wanted to, she knew it was unrealistic.

Xue Ru, who has already walked out of the idea of being angry with the youth, already understands that although it is very glorious and majestic for China to defeat Japan independently, how much price will China pay? Maintain the status quo and let history follow its original trajectory. Eliminate more devils, reduce losses, and rely on the advantage of their foresight, so that when the world is reshuffled in the future, it will be enough to win a little benefit for China.

With her little political influence, this bit of power and power, how can she be involved in it? This time Song Meiling came to be an example, she didn't even have a chance to meet. What's with? is that the power position is too low, which makes Xue Ru deeply understand a truth, if you want to make a difference, you must have a corresponding power position before you have the right to speak.

Thinking about how ridiculous you turned out to be, thinking that if you can fight, others will pay attention to you and will listen to you, that is just a naïve idea.

How to get into the position of speaking, that is, power and political influence. Xue Ru, who understood this, merged Zhang Hu's 137th Regiment in the next two days. The number of the 137th regiment no longer existed, and it became the third brigade of the Snow Fox, and the soldiers were reduced and adjusted, and personnel were transferred from the first brigade and the second brigade to replenish it, and the total strength of the three brigades reached 2,400 people, and a special operations squadron, a mobile squadron, and a logistics squadron were established, and the Snow Fox Corps became a unit with three brigades, three squadrons, and a general team headquarters, with more than 3,000 people.

Just when Xue Ru was reorganizing the troops in Yuexi, suddenly the soldiers came in: "Report to the commander, Madame Jiang and her entourage have arrived in Yuexi and are on their way here." ”

Xue Ru was startled, this is the fucking front line, one hundred and ten kilometers away from the Japanese army in Qianshan, if something happens, can you be responsible? What is this first lady going to do? Said anxiously: "Inform Ouyang Sari of the first-class police weapon, enter the state of combat readiness, go, let's go to meet you." ”