Chapter 269: Chiang's Strategy
Jin Zhao naturally heard the meaning of Jiang Baili's words, Jiang Baili was accusing that since the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, due to the division of warlords and continuous wars, China has no time to develop and build national defense, so that the country's strength is declining, and the gap with the Western powers is getting wider and wider. Jiang Baili's words can be said to have scolded all the warlords in the country, including Jin Zhao. When he first took charge of Fujian, what Jin Zhao hated most was that others scolded him as a warlord. As soon as Jiang Baili's words came out, everyone looked at Jin Zhao one after another, for fear that Jin Zhao would attack on the spot. Unexpectedly, Jin Zhao just smiled a little embarrassedly, "What Zhengong said is very true, and the younger generation also deeply sympathizes with this, so when the younger generation is building the Fujian army, they attach great importance to the propaganda of patriotic thoughts, and I have always been committed to building the Fujian army into a real national army, not a private army." As the old saying goes, I believe that after a hundred years, history will definitely give me a fair evaluation. ”
Jiang Baili just nodded noncommittally, and didn't say anything, obviously Jiang Baili thought that this was just some scenes that Jin Zhao said, looking at the whole country, which warlord would admit that he was a warlord, wasn't it all under the guise of serving the country and the people?
Seeing that Jiang Baili didn't speak, Jin Zhao continued, "Now that Kou is invading on a large scale, it is the time of life and death in China!" All parties in the country have finally put aside their personal grievances and united to resist foreign humiliation. Let's just say that the Songhu Great War is currently in full swing, whether it is our Fujian army, or the Sichuan army in Sichuan, the Yunnan army, and the Guangxi Guizhou army, they have sent the main force to urgently support the front line after hearing the news. After the First Sino-Japanese War, the political axe of the country once said that the country used the strength of the whole country to deal with a corner of the Beiyang, so it won. Now it is said that this is facing the whole of China, as long as all my Chinese people can unite and unite as one, we can finally achieve the final victory of the War of Resistance. ”
After listening to Jin Zhao's words, Jiang Baili felt very pleased, but when he thought of the Songhu battlefield that was now in full swing, Jiang Baili was inevitably a little worried, "I advocate a war in Shanghai, so that at the beginning of the war, we can let the army fight on two fronts, and we can consume the living force of the army as much as possible." But the most important point is that I am still afraid that Yue Ben will take the route of the Yuan Dynasty to destroy the Song Dynasty, occupy North China, and then capture Shaanxi, go all the way south through Shaanxi, and attack Sichuan and Yunnan. That's why I strongly advocated that the chairman of the NPC National Committee open up a second battlefield in Shanghai and lure the Yue army to attack along the Yangtze River, so that we could take advantage of the favorable terrain along the Yangtze River to resist the Yue army one after another and exhaust the Yue army. At the same time, we can slowly accumulate strength in the southwest, and when the army is exhausted, we can launch a large-scale counteroffensive and completely expel the army from China. However, I did not want to have a decisive battle with the Yue army in Shanghai too early, but unfortunately the chairman of the NPC committee did not take my suggestion and insisted on a decisive battle with the Yue army in Shanghai. Speaking of this, Jiang Baili couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. Everyone was listening to it, and when they saw that Jiang Baili didn't say anything, they just shook their heads and sighed there, and they couldn't help but get anxious.
"Headmaster! Why can't we fight the little devils in Shanghai? Situ Fei was in a hurry, and hurriedly asked.
Jiang Baili shook his head and said, "According to my strategy, lure the Yue army to attack along the Yangtze River, and then continue to consume the strength of the Yue army with the help of favorable terrain." Although the battle line continues to be drawn and a long-term war is formed, the inherent weakness of the original will be undoubtedly revealed. With the continuous elongation and indefinite extension of the battle line, the war potential of the country will be gradually exhausted, and its offensive will be gradually contained, and we are fully capable of blocking the army in the second ridge line (Hunan) to form a war confrontation! In the early stage of the war, the main thing was to consume the army, and we should follow the principle of exchanging space for time. Consume the army, but not consume yourself, now is the time when the army is the strongest, the chairman of the committee insists on a decisive battle with the army in Shanghai, and does not hesitate to transfer troops from all over the country, hundreds of thousands of elite troops gathered in the narrow area of Songhu, these are the most elite troops in the country, once they are surrounded by the army, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses! When the time comes, the elite will be lost, and what will we do to continue to resist the attack of the Japanese army. The first battle of Songhu was a risk, a gamble with the lives of hundreds of thousands of my [***] soldiers, once the gamble was lost, the whole battle situation would be out of control. Speaking of this, Jiang Baili sighed deeply again, and the participants couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
After the outbreak of the August 13 Incident, the generals of the Fujian army were filled with righteous indignation and demanded to send troops north to resist. At that time, Jin Zhao also explained to the generals many times that the Songhu area was not an ideal battlefield for a decisive battle, and hoped that the generals would be able to calm down. But now after Jiang Baili said this, the generals gradually understood. Jin Zhao glanced at the reactions of the generals, couldn't help but shake his head in his heart, and sighed again, experts are experts! People's farts are fragrant, Lao Tzu said that his mouth was dry, but in the end it caused your misunderstanding, it seems that this time I invited Jiang Baili to invite the right one.
Jin Zhao nodded and said, "Although Shanghai is not the best battlefield for a decisive battle, it is meaningful to hold on in the early stage, because the current main force of the Yue army has not yet been attracted to Shanghai. Only after attracting the main force of the Yue army to Shanghai will the little devils follow the route set for them by Zhengong and attack all the way west along the Yangtze River, and then gradually be wiped out by us between the lofty mountains and mountains on both sides of the Yangtze River. ”
Jiang Baili couldn't help laughing, because he suddenly found that although this Jin Zhao was young, he was the person who had the deepest understanding of his strategic concept, and Jiang Baili couldn't help but feel like a confidant. Then everyone continued to talk about the current battle situation, from a small battle to the whole battle situation, and the conversation was all-encompassing. And the atmosphere of the scene gradually became warmer, sometimes bursting into laughter, sometimes full of sighs, and sometimes noisy.
The next day, Jin Zhao took Jiang Baili around Fuzhou, and successively visited the barracks of the Fuzhou garrison, Fuzhou National Defense University and Mawei Fortress, this time Jin Zhao had no reservations, so that Jiang Baili had a general understanding of Fujian's military strength, and at the same time, during the visit, Jin Zhao also expressed his solicitation heart, hoping that Jiang Baili could go to Fujian to take up a post, but Jiang Baili refused the olive branch extended by Jin Zhao, and on the third day, he took a plane to Hong Kong, and took a boat in Hong Kong to visit Europe again. (To be continued.) )