Chapter 10: Anqing (53)

"Okay, it's up to you." Mo Di said to Tang Ruru: "We have neither the ability nor the qualification to make operational suggestions to the upper peak, we can always report the information we have to the upper peak." "Of course, although it is not the task of our inspection team, it is our job." Tang Ruru replied. Hearing Tang Ruru's words, Wei Yongcheng smiled and said: "To make it clear, that's just your personal work Old Tang, for Tianzong, it's a part-time job, and for me, it's not a job at all." Tang Ruru said angrily: "Yongcheng, who are you with?" Didn't you always agree with me before? How did you change your stance all of a sudden! Wei Yongcheng laughed and said: "Whoever avoids the important will be with whomever I am with, whoever has food and drink I will be with whom, whoever has a simple job I will be with whom, but it doesn't have to be with you." Tang Ruru smiled angrily and said: "Okay, okay, these people in your political department are such a group of people who can't eat!" ”

Mo Di and the others laughed, for the political department that will play lip service one day, they have always been not peeing, but fortunately, Wei Yongcheng is a person, and he will not play any political eyes on his own people, but he is just more flattering, lazy and lazy, and basically speaking, he is still a good person.

In the past two days, Li Baicheng has been by Jin Tongxuan's side, and he has been fighting with Jin Tongxuan, and he can be regarded as finding his accurate position. In front of Mo Di's group, he is of course the little brother, Zhong Yi Zhong Ji's cousin, is everyone's cousin, although he has become the head of the regiment, he is always in charge of pouring tea and water. He figured it out, instead of being a junior brother in front of the big guy, it was better to go and be with Jin Tongxuan, everyone sat on the same level, no big or small. Because I have been messing with Jin Tongxuan for two days, I unconsciously have some new views and opinions. He smiled, poured tea for several bosses, and said: "I heard Tongxuan say that a few days ago, the headquarters of the Japanese 11th Group Army had moved to Yingshan, and the 39th Division of the Middle Road Army Murakami Qizuo advanced to Suixian along the Xianghua Highway. According to intelligence, two-thirds of the 200 combat vehicles of the Japanese armored vehicle brigade were on this road, more than 130. The road from Xiangyang to Huayuan is the main passage from Wuhan to Xiangyang, and the road is well repaired, which should be beneficial to the high-speed advance of the Japanese army. According to the analysis of the telegrams to and from the Japanese army, the amount of work of the Japanese sappers in the middle route was not large, and they ran in front and behind the armored vehicles every day. We estimate that the first of the three-way army to confront the national army is not necessarily the middle lane, but the fastest advance must be the middle lane. ”

Li Baicheng only said it happily, and didn't see that Tang Ruru's brows on the side had wrinkled, and when Li Baicheng's words came to an end, Tang Ruru's words rushed out: "What? More than one hundred and thirty armored vehicles and tanks! So much? ”

"What's wrong? What's the big deal about that! Scared like this, fuss. Wei Yongcheng was taken aback, and said disdainfully: "The Japanese tank is the bean chariot that is smaller than a truck, and I haven't seen it, but we have Soviet-made anti-tank guns in our hands, and one cannon will be destroyed, one hundred and thirty vehicles, but one hundred and thirty cannons." ”

"You know!" Tang Ruru scolded: "As far as I know, this time the Japanese tanks were all replaced by Type 97 medium tanks weighing fifteen tons. ”

"A medium tank weighing fifteen tons!" Mo Di gasped and said, "I know! I know why the Japanese army in the center is more mechanized, but it is slower than the Japanese army in the north and south. It is this tank, the tank is too big, too heavy, and some bridges on the Xianghua Highway cannot withstand the passage of medium tanks and need to be reinforced. The reason why the sappers ran with the tank was not because the tank was slow, but because after the tank crossed the bridge, the reinforcement was removed, and then the bridge in front was reinforced. Looking at the puzzled eyes of Wei Yongcheng and others, Mo Di explained: "The Japanese army's materials are extremely poor, and it is impossible for all bridges to be reinforced. In this way, time is wasted. ”

Tang Ruru nodded, that's the case. The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has entered its fourth year, and the Chinese military and civilians have fought to the point where only the last grain of rice is left in the tank and the last bullet is left in the gun. Japan is not much better, the previously planned quick victory has been pulled into the quagmire of a long war by the Chinese military and civilians, as a small country with limited reserves of materials, it is completely unable to afford such a long war. According to intelligence feedback, the military expenditure of the Japanese army was as high as 2.2 billion yen in 1939, and each Japanese had to bear more than 20 yen on average. A Japanese female worker's annual salary is only more than 200 yen, which is equivalent to a month's salary of a Japanese female worker. Such huge military expenditures are absolutely impossible for Japan to afford for a long time.

"Tongxuan also said it." Li Baicheng interjected and said that in just two days, he had become Jin Tongxuan's mouthpiece: "When we were in the south of Jinpu Road, we could often eat Japanese canned meat and fish, but now, canned food in Nanjing has become a high-end product, and it can no longer be seen on the battlefield." ”

"There is a shortage of supplies, and it is also in the green and yellow season of May, so I am afraid that this battle will not last long." Mo Di sat on the chair, his feet bent, stepping on the edge of the chair in front of his ass, his knees hunched high, and his chin resting directly on his knees.

"Tianzong, how long do you think it will last?" Tang Ruru seemed to see something and asked eagerly.

"When I fought with the Japanese army in the south of Jinpu Road, I basically learned about the logistics and supply situation of the Japanese army, and I broke the Jinpu Road at that time, and if there was no supply for three days, the Japanese troops might not have food in the future." Mo Di said: "When the Japanese army fights, a soldier can only bring three days' rations, and the wing can only bring one more day's rations. ”

"If it takes more than six days and the supply lines are not clear, what will the Japanese army do?" Wei Yongcheng found it very interesting.

"The Japanese army will save food." Tang Ruru said angrily: "The Japanese army went all the way to grab all the way, and the materials they grabbed were used first, and they tried to save their own dry food and use it last." The little devil eats everything, and the maggots in the dung pit are not spared. ”

"So how long the war will last, in addition to looking at the logistics supply lines of the Japanese army, it depends on the extent of our clearance work, if there is no thing to grab, the time for the Japanese army to attack will be reduced, right?" Wei Yongcheng asked like a child.

"Yes, yes, yes." Tang Ruru was a little impatient.

Mo Di looked at Wei Yongcheng with great interest, and said with a smile: "When did Wei politicians start to work for meat eaters!" However, the question you asked brought up another problem, if the Japanese army's logistical supply is too long and the supply is difficult, and the Japanese army only brings so many rations, even if they save food, ten days is already a limit. If we can do our job of clearing the wilderness, the Japanese army will not be able to get too many additional supplies, and once we cut off their rear routes, we will have to withdraw our troops for 12 days at most and 10 days at the least. ”

"Makes sense." Tang Ruru said: "This is the main purpose of the theater command's request for multi-channel harassment. ”

"I don't know what the purpose is, I just want to know that the Japanese army will reach Suixian in a few days, and when will the 84th Army exchange fire with the Japanese army at the latest." Li Baicheng asked.

"Maybe tomorrow, at most the day after tomorrow." Mo Di replied.

Before the words fell, a soldier ran in, holding a telegraph in his hand, Tang Ruru took it and said, "The battle curtain has opened!" "Hand the telegram to Mo Di.

Mo Di took it and looked at it, and read: "The enemy's 3rd Division of Yamawaki Masataka and its subordinate units, with the cooperation of the air force and tank troops, set out from Xinyang and attacked on two fronts. Sun Lianzhong's 2nd Army Chifengcheng 20th Army has received the enemy in Qinyang. ”

The battle began on the northern route.

Immediately after that, a second telegram was delivered.

This time, Wei Yongcheng snatched the telegram and said, "I'll read it out, and everyone will listen to it together." ”

Tang Ruru and Mo Di glanced at each other, this Wei Yongcheng was already a little bored in this place, he really had nothing to do, and he was going to listen to Wei Yongcheng read the telegram. Who knew that Wei Yongcheng didn't read it out according to the draft of the telegram after reading it, but shouted loudly: "! It's the southern front, the southern front is moving, Zhang Zizhong's 33rd Group Army is fighting in Zhongxiang, I'll again, there are tanks and planes on the southern front. ”

Tang Ruru stretched out his hand to ask Wei Yongcheng for a telegram, who knew that Wei Yongcheng didn't give him the telegram, stuffed it into his pocket, and ran away, shouting as he ran: "I'll go to Tongxuan to see, what news is there." ”

Li Baicheng couldn't help but follow Wei Yongcheng and ran over, now, there is no news only in the middle lane, and the middle lane is what everyone is most concerned about. Among them, Li Baicheng is the most concerned, because the commander of the 173rd Division is his cousin Zhong Yi.

Tang Ruru and Mo Di couldn't help laughing, Tang Ruru asked, "Do we want to go and see it too?" Mo Di replied, "No." There is news, these two are not flying feet and come to tell us. The telegraph doesn't travel faster just because we're waiting. Tang Ruru laughed and said, "Tianzhong, you still have to hold your breath!" We are the most potential generals. ”

"Admiral!" Mo Di smiled: "When can I be like you, with the badge of a major general on my shoulder." ”

"Yes." Tang Ruru knew that it was not easy for Mo Di to carry the badge of a major general in his current situation, unless he had any special contributions and merits, otherwise, the colonel was his highest point. Lieutenant general, three classes, very different, from the lieutenant to the school level is really into the officer class, whether it is a major or a colonel, are a member of this class, can only be promoted to a major general, there is a qualitative change, he took the first step, entered the ranks of generals, go out, others will also be honored as a general, unlike the one in front of him, others may not dare to agree to the general.

After waiting for an hour, there was no new news, and after another day of waiting, the people in the confidential room basically stayed awake, and got the news in the afternoon of the next day, the North Road was still fighting fiercely in Qinyang, Liu Ruming's 68th Army, Chifengcheng's 20th Army and the Third Division were fighting fiercely. The news on the southern front is not very optimistic, Zhang Zizhong's 33rd Group Army and the Japanese 13th Division fought a bloody battle for a day and night, and the southern front has been broken through by the Japanese army. The Japanese army continued to advance westward, leaving one main force to fight with Zhang Zizhong, while the rest marched northward, targeting the Tang River, planning to join the 3rd Division at the Tang River to complete the encirclement.

"The 33rd Group Army is so unbeaten, it was lost in a day and night, and even Sun Lianzhong's Second Group Army is not as good, isn't there anything boring!" Wei Yongcheng was a little puzzled, and began to talk about it: "Zhang Zizhong, commander of the 33rd Group Army, used to be the mayor of Beiping City for the Japanese, does he still have some old friendship with the Japanese, and Shizuichi Tanaka of the 13th Division will not be some old friends!" ”

"Shut up!" Mo Di stopped drinking, and said to Wei Yongcheng angrily: "You can't talk nonsense about this!" General Zhang Xinchen is not as unbearable as you say. This is a hot-blooded general, whether it is in the fierce battle in Luo Wenyu or in Beiping City, General Zhang is a Chinese man. Taierzhuang Linyi held on to the seventh day, and the line of fire reinforced Pang Bingxun, and he made great achievements. The reason why his 33rd Group Army was weaker was because in last year's Battle of Suizao, the 33rd Group Army contributed the most strength and suffered quite heavy casualties. In particular, most of the veterans were killed, there were too many new recruits, and the combat effectiveness declined. ”

Tang Ruru looked at Mo Di's rare anger, and then looked at Wei Yongcheng with an embarrassed face, knowing that he should be this peacemaker, he was an extremely shrewd person, and knew that there was no need to persuade him positively, but he should open the topic, so he said: "Yongcheng is engaged in politics, and he is not very familiar with the combat strength of the troops, so let's put it this way, the troops in the fifth theater can be roughly divided into three grades." The strongest combat effectiveness was Tang Enbo's 31st Group Army of the Central Army, Sun Lianzhong's Second Army of the Northwest Army, and Guo Chen's Jiangfang Army of the Central Army. Huang Qixiang's 11th Group Army, our 21st Group Army, and Zhang Zizhong's 33rd Group Army of the Northwest Army were relatively poor in combat effectiveness and could be regarded as second-rate. If we insist on ranking these three group armies into one, two, and three, our 21 st Group Army should be ranked first, followed by the 11 th Group Army, and the worst should be the 33 rd Group Army. The third grade was the 29th Group Army of Wang Zan Xu of the Sichuan Army and the 22nd Group Army of Sun Zhen. ”

"Oh!" Wei Yongcheng was taught, and he took a pen very seriously to write down Tang Ruru's words.

Mo Di and Tang Ruru didn't pay attention to Wei Yongcheng's funny, they were a little anxious, why hadn't the battle in the middle started yet!

The later the battle in the middle began, the more difficult it was for the Japanese army to advance in the middle, the strength of the Japanese mechanized troops, and the more fierce the next battle, and everyone hung their hearts on their throats.