Chapter 11: Wild Supplement (39)

The Japanese army was blocked in Kangwangzhai and Xiaojiawan, which was completely unexpected by Sonobe and Ichiro, who thought that the matter of picking up snails with three fingers turned out to be a stick, and he was almost fainted to death. The loss of the strength of nearly two wings consumed the supplementary troops after the Yizao War in one fell swoop, making it even more difficult for the Central China Front, which had a very limited strength, to take care of things, and could only shrink the defense.

Central China has stopped, but the war in South China has been ignited again, only this time it is no longer in Nanning, but in Vietnam, far beyond the Chinese border, and the two sides of the war are Japan and France.

After several rounds of consultations, on 15 July, the British Government agreed to Japan's request to stop arms shipments to China via Burma for three months. On July 16, Chiang Kai-shek met with a reporter from the Central News Agency and solemnly expressed the hope that Britain would keep its word and respect righteousness, and not follow the demands of the Japanese to close the Yunnan-Burma Road. Ignoring the solemn demands of the Chinese government, the British government conspired with the tiger and signed an agreement in Tokyo on July 18 to block the Burma section of the Yunnan-Burma Highway.

In order to completely blockade China, Japan repeatedly proposed to France to allow Japanese troops to pass through Vietnam and use cross-border airfields, asked for permission for Japanese troops to attack China through Vietnam, and occupied Vietnam's seaports, and also asked France to release Vietnam's economic privileges. France was almost destroyed by the German attack, and the Pétain government was ordered to be in danger, and there were many things to do. In his haste, he did not pay attention to the affairs of the Far East and did not give a clear answer to the Japanese, which greatly annoyed the Japanese. Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura, the new commander of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army, believes that the French do not attach importance to the Japanese Empire, do not respect it, and do not give the French a little color to see, and the French will not know how many eyes Ma Wang Ye has. Lieutenant General Jiu Na Chengyi, commander of the 22nd Army in Nanning, also felt more and more the need to enter Vietnam as soon as possible and abandon the Guinan region, the pressure to occupy this area was too great to bear, not to mention that the active harassment of Zhou Zuhuang's 46th Army alone made it difficult to continue the transportation line from Qinzhou to Nanning. Since the beginning of July, on average, every three times the supplies transported have been intercepted by the other side, and in some cases they have even been intercepted several times in a row, and the Japanese troops stationed in Nanning have changed from three dry meals a day to one dry meal, and they are about to stop. Lieutenant General Jiu Nacheng sent emergency telegrams several times a day, and he was in a state of panic all day long. The base camp of the Japanese army was also well aware of the difficulties in Guinan, and racked its brains to send reinforcements to transfer the special army volunteers stationed in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to Qinzhou, with the aim of strengthening the support for the Yongqin transportation line.

With the approval of Lieutenant General Jiu Na Chengyi, commander of the 22nd Army in Nanning, Lieutenant General Nakamura Akito, commander of the 5th Division, led the 9th Brigade to launch a fierce attack on Lang Son in Vietnam on 1 August. At the same time, the Guards Brigade, under the leadership of Takeshi Sakurada, flanked the French Foreign Corps at Lang Son from the Chilang in Myeongju.

The Japanese troops left on the Chinese border, the 9th Brigade Brigade left one infantry brigade in Longzhou and one in Pingxiang, and the Guards Brigade left a wing in Ningming, the main force of the Japanese army, which entered on all fronts.

As soon as the Japanese army moved, the 131st Division in Zuozhou immediately noticed it, and the division commander Xiao Zhaopeng quickly summoned the deputy division commander Kan Weiyong and the chief of staff Zhao Guolong to discuss whether they could push forward one step forward in the Japanese army's abnormal movement.

Xiao Zhaopeng is a native of Babao Street, Longzhou, and is very familiar with the local terrain, pointing to the map to introduce the local topography and landforms, such as a number of treasures, here is the river, here is the mountain, here is the ferry, here the street. After the introduction, Xiao Zhaopeng stopped talking, but threw the topic to Zhao Guolong: "Guolong, what do you think is the result of the Japanese army's attack on Vietnam this time?" Zhao Guolong said with a smile: "The teacher has already decided, and this is to test me." Kan Weiyong smiled: "Even if it's an exam, you can tell me your answer sheet." ”

Zhao Guolong said: "I think that the Japanese army's current operation is estimated to be a copy of Feng Zicai's victory at Nanguan, winning the battlefield victory, but not entering Vietnam. ”

Xiao Zhaopeng nodded and said: "Feng Zicai defeated the French on the battlefield back then, but Li Hongzhang threw away the victory diplomatically, not only lost Vietnam, but also lost a lot of silver. Kunilong, do you think that this time the Japanese will be the same, winning on the battlefield but suffering a diplomatic setback. ”

Zhao Guolong was very sure of this, saying: "The French Pétain government is already a follower of Hitler in Germany, and the Japanese dare not compete with his big German brother." The Japanese beat the French, and as long as the French cried to the Germans and the Germans put pressure on the Japanese, the Japanese could only withdraw from Vietnam in a relaxed manner. ”

"What does Guolong mean that the Japanese are doing in vain?" Kan Weiyong asked.

Zhao Guolong shook his head and said: "The Japanese want to enter Vietnam and are already crazy, the 46th Army's operations on the Yongqin Highway have made their situation in Nanning extremely difficult, according to Chen Zhengxin, the head of the 46th Army's special service regiment, Xiao Dong has been completely controlled by the new 19th Division of the 46th Army, and every time the Japanese army wants to escort Yang to the north, they must come up with a posture to fight with the main force, otherwise they will not be able to pass Xiao Dong Town." The shortage of materials is becoming more and more serious, and it is not easy for the Japanese army to stay in Nanning for one more day. Therefore, the Japanese will not abandon Vietnam because of diplomatic problems, they will continue to mess with Vietnam, and at least let the French back down until they have a foothold in Vietnam. ”

"Yes, messing around, this is a cheap trick used by the Japanese, it's entirely possible." Xiao Zhaopeng leaned over the map, looked at the Sino-Vietnamese border very carefully, and said: "If I were the commander of the Japanese army, I would definitely use a combination of military and diplomatic methods to let the French people in the coastal area and give the Japanese an entry point." As long as there is an entry point, they will be able to get rid of the transportation of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway inch by inch, and completely blockade Yunnan. At the same time, the Japanese retreated from Nanning to Vietnam, and I think the Japanese had enough of living like a year in Guangxi. ”

"So, I think it's necessary for us to strike first and occupy the gap left by the Japanese army." Zhao Guolong said: "At the same time, we are also pushing them to speed up the pace of attacking Vietnam, because the Japanese have been in Guangxi for more than half a year, which has brought great disasters to the people of Guangxi. ”

"yes!" Kan Weiyong sighed: "Su Zuxin, the commander of the 135th Division of our army, has already come to the order and transferred to western Anhui to serve as the commander of the 48th Army. once made a bold statement: If the Japanese army does not withdraw from Guangxi, he vows not to leave the land of Bagui. ”

"General Fufu (Su Zuxinzi) is a child's love, the heart of the fist, can be a cousin, the 135th Division is the main force of our army, if General Fufu leaves, there will be no suitable candidate to take over for a while, General Fufu is also well aware of this reason, so he stayed in office and was unwilling to take up his new post." Speaking of this, Xiao Zhaopeng said with a smile: "We will beat the Japanese out of Guangxi a day earlier, so that the commander of the Soviet army can take office early." ”

Kan Weiyong and Zhao Guolong both laughed.

Looking at the Japanese army in China, only the Japanese army in Guangxi was the worst, and it took a lot of effort to occupy Nanning, but there was no sense of the occupiers, not to mention the fear every day, and they were not full of food, and the Fourth Theater had also perceived the strategic purpose of the Japanese army, and the drunkard did not mean to drink, not to attack the hinterland of Guizhong, but to block the Chinese army through the Kunlun Pass and let them calmly seek to take Vietnam. The Japanese also miscalculated, if they knew that the French were so unbearable, and they would be taken under the account by the Germans in three strokes or two, there would be no need to spend so much time on the benefits that can be obtained through diplomatic means, but they did a super boring useless work in Guangxi.

Sure enough, the Vietnamese army in Liangshan and the French Foreign Legion were no match for the Japanese Fifth Division and the Sakurada detachment, and it only took three hours to drive the French and Vietnamese troops out of the Liangshan area. Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura put the headquarters directly in Liangshan, and the occupiers who did not get the feeling in Guangxi were all enjoyed in Liangshan. He made up his mind that no matter how the French protested, no matter how much they fought diplomatically, it would be impossible for him to cede the area. Takeshi Sakurada is not far behind. He led the Guards Brigade to infiltrate Quang Ninh Province in the south, trying to open an outlet to the sea to meet the arrival of Japanese aircraft carriers in Qinzhou Bay.

Don't miss the opportunity, don't fight now, let alone when.

In the headquarters of Zuozhou, the discussion of the headquarters of the 131st Division has also entered the substance, it is already late, the night wind blows from the Zuojiang River, driving away the thick summer heat, and some orderlies send in two large watermelons that have been in the well water, fresh and sweet sand, and the entrance is cool. Xiao Zhaopeng asked: "Guolong, where do you think we should fight?" ”

Zhao Guolong did not shirk either, put a red and black watermelon grain on the map, and said, "I think it is here." ”

Xiao Zhaopeng flicked it lightly and bounced the watermelon seeds away, revealing two small words: "Shangjin." Xiao Zhaopeng smiled!

"I guess you'll be here." Xiao Zhaopeng said: "I also think that here, Shangjin County, south to Mingjiang to Ningming, west to Lijiang to Longzhou, take Shangjin, the Japanese army in Nanning can no longer advance west along the Zuojiang, can only go from where they came from, and leave by the Yongqin Highway under the key defense of the 46th Army." At that time, whether Commander Jiu Nachengyi can calmly withdraw from Guangxi will depend on the face of Chief Zhou Zuhuang! With Zhou Jinggong's usual character, he didn't let Jiu Nacheng shed his skin, but he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to let him go. ”

Zhao Guolong said: "This is also a dangerous move, if the Japanese army in Nanning and the Japanese army in Pingxiang attack us on both sides, we will not be able to hold it." I just want to fight a little, the Japanese who have already entered Vietnam will not give up their positions. Master, whether you will be able to hit gold or not, you have to decide. ”

Xiao Zhaopeng laughed, stretched out his hand and clenched his fist, gently slammed it on the map, and said: "Tomorrow morning, march into the army, take Shangjin, divide the Japanese army into things and cannot echo, cause various breakthroughs, and force the Japanese army to leave Guangxi as soon as possible." ”

In the areas occupied by the Japanese army, we have already lost a year of cultivation and a year of land harvest, and this phenomenon cannot be allowed to continue.