Chapter 239: Killing with a Knife
Lao Jiang smiled and nodded, "Huzhou is a great victory!" The South Route Corps of the Yue Army was almost completely annihilated! Thanks to the blessing of the Father of the Nation in the Heavenly Spirit, the front-line soldiers fought bloodily, and the city of Nanjing was saved! Lao Jiang's mood at this time was quite happy, his smiling eyes had narrowed into a line, since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Lao Jiang had never been so happy.
But Feng Yuxiang and Bai Chongxi, who had never spoken, couldn't help but scold Lao Jiang for his shamelessness in their hearts at this time! Jin Zhao, the Fujian army, won a big victory, does it have anything to do with Sun Cannon, who has been dead for more than ten years? Your old man's understatement took the greatest credit to Sun Dacang, is there anyone more shameless than this? However, the soldiers of the Fujian army should also be content, at least the old Jiang said a sentence of bloody fighting of the front-line soldiers, which shows that the old Jiang has not completely forgotten the merits of the front-line soldiers, I don't know if the front-line Fujian soldiers will be moved to tears when they hear such words, thank you Lord Longen!
Lao Jiang said at this time, naturally he didn't know that someone had already scolded the sky in his heart, and then said, "But now is not the time to be happy, there are still a few divisions under the city of Nanjing, Jing Zhi is right, the 25th Group Army should be transferred north as soon as possible to relieve the siege of Nanjing!" But how to relieve the siege of Nanjing, this still needs to be discussed by us! ”
Hearing Lao Jiang say this, Bai Chongxi couldn't help frowning, and Bai Chongxi, who had always been smart, immediately realized that Lao Jiang probably wouldn't just want to transfer the Fujian army north to relieve the siege of Nanjing.
Sure enough, I saw that Lao Jiang only paused slightly and then said, "Now that the 25th Group Army has recovered Jiaxing and Songjiang successively, can you order the 25th Group Army to continue to attack Shanghai, if the 25th Group Army can recover Shanghai, then the hundreds of thousands of troops between Nanjing and Shanghai will be completely surrounded by our army, so that we can mobilize the main force, we can encircle and annihilate the main force of the Central China Army in one fell swoop, and never suffer in the future!" ”
Bai Chongxi is no longer in the mood to scold Lao Jiang, Bai Chongxi did not simply think that this was Lao Jiang's hot head, and was carried away by victory for a while. After fighting with Lao Jiang for so many years, Bai Chongxi naturally had great vigilance against Lao Jiang. So when Lao Jiang just said this, Bai Chongxi thought that this was Lao Jiang's premeditated trick! I want to use the hands of the army to get rid of the confidant of the Fujian army, so I can kill people with a knife! This old Jiang is still so insidious and vicious! Bai Chongxi couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
In Bai Chongxi's view, although the Fujian army was strong in combat, it was impossible to easily recover Shanghai. It is a fool's dream to think that more than 700,000 troops failed to completely capture Shanghai, and only 100,000 Fujian troops wanted to recover Shanghai. What's more, after the battle of Huzhou, although 100,000 troops were eliminated, the casualties of the Fujian army were definitely not small, and Bai Chongxi even doubted that after this battle, could there be half of the Fujian army left?
Bai Chongxi naturally didn't want Lao Jiang's conspiracy to succeed, not that Bai Chongxi and Jin Zhao had any friendship. It's because Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren both know that with the Gui line of the two of them, they can't fight Lao Jiang! The rapid rise of the Fujian system in the past two years has given Li Bai and the others a glimmer of hope. But to the disappointment of the two, Jin Zhao did not seem to have much interest in opposing Chiang. At the time of the Liangguang Incident, the Fujian system stood by and watched, which is a good proof of this. But Bai Chongxi also didn't want Jin Zhao's Fujian system to fall, because the existence of the Fujian system played a certain role in restraining Lao Jiang, once the Fujian system fell, Lao Jiang could let go of his hands and feet and concentrate on dealing with the Gui system, such a result was not what Bai Chongxi wanted to see.
Thinking of this, Bai Chongxi finally couldn't help but speak, "Take a seat!" He believes that the time is not yet ripe for Shanghai. Although the 25th Army succeeded in annihilating 100,000 Yue troops, it almost completely annihilated the 10th Army of Yue Army. But judging from the combat effectiveness of the Yue Army, the 25th Army at this time must have suffered heavy losses! If we force the 25th Group Army to attack Shanghai, not only will we not be able to recover Shanghai, but the Yue Army in Nanjing will return to Shanghai, and the 25 th Group Army will probably fall into the heavy encirclement of the Yue Army! Once the 25th Group Army is surrounded and annihilated by the Yue Army, then the Yue Army will inevitably turn around and continue to attack Nanjing, and Nanjing will definitely not be protected at that time! ”
Lao Jiang was very happy when he heard Bai Chongxi's analysis, what he wanted was for the Min army and the Yue army to fight and lose both. But hearing Bai Chongxi say that once the Fujian army is defeated, then Nanjing will also be lost, which made Lao Jiang hesitate. "Then according to Jiansheng's meaning, what should we do?"
"You can order several divisions of the 25th Group Army on the East Road to pretend to attack Shanghai, and order the two divisions on the West Road to quickly encircle and annihilate the Niudao detachment, and then go north to support Nanjing, and then make plans after relieving the siege of Nanjing!" Bai Chongxi said as he watched Lao Jiang's expression closely.
Lao Jiang couldn't help frowning, although Lao Jiang's military talent is average, he is not an idiot, so he can naturally see that Bai Chongxi's strategy is quite stable. But Lao Jiang's original intention was really to let the Min army and the Yue army fight to lose both. In the first battle of Huzhou, after calming down from the excitement at the beginning, Lao Jiang immediately realized one thing. That is, the Fujian army can easily defeat the Yue army with the same strength and annihilate more than 100,000 people in one fell swoop, what a powerful combat power is required! Thinking that the Fujian army now has more than 200,000 troops, Lao Jiang shuddered! With such strength, once Jin Zhao rebelled, the result would be a disaster, and thinking of these old Jiang had the idea of completely getting rid of Jin Zhao and getting rid of the Fujian family. But now that the national crisis is at hand, and the whole people are demanding a war of resistance, Lao Jiang naturally cannot start a civil war, and he does not have the strength to start a civil war, so killing people with a knife has become Lao Chiang's best choice.
Chen Cheng observed his words and looks, and naturally knew Lao Jiang's intentions, seeing that Lao Jiang was still hesitating there, Chen Cheng suddenly said, "Humble opinion! We are far away in Wuhan and do not know much about the situation on the front line, so we should first ask about the specific situation of the 25th Group Army, and then make plans! ”
Lao Jiang didn't think of a better way now, after all, it was not impossible if he forced Jin Zhao to attack Shanghai, but it was inevitably suspicious. You must know that there is not only one Fujian system in the country now, and even then it is impossible to eradicate the Fujian system in one fell swoop, and the gains outweigh the losses! Lao Jiang nodded and said, "Then immediately send a telegram to Jin Zhao, ask him about the current situation of the 25th Group Army, and ask Jin Zhao's opinion, what suggestions do you have for the next strategic plan!" ”
At this moment, Feng Yuxiang, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke, "The 25th Group Army annihilated more than 100,000 troops in one fell swoop, and achieved an unprecedented victory!" I wonder how the chairman plans to reward the meritorious soldiers on the front line? (To be continued.) )