Two weeks passed quickly.

The time came on May 24, 1941.

The Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain officially ended, the Japanese army was completely victorious, and the national army was completely defeated.

Although the only brigade of the Jin Sui Army and the 94th brigade of the Central Army launched a suicidal attack on Taiyuan with great courage and courage, and also successfully forced the Japanese 36th Division to return to Taiyuan, this was not enough to make the battle situation in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain even a little better, for the simple reason that the Nationalist government dug a big hole before this.

This pit was too big, and it directly buried the 200,000 central troops on Zhongtiao Mountain.

Of the 200,000 troops, more than 40,000 were killed and more than 30,000 were captured, and the rest were all scattered and disappeared.

Even in the Central Army, there is also a situation of eating empty salaries on a large scale.

The 200,000 Central Army that exists on the establishment table of the Ministry of Military Affairs may not have 200,000 at all, who knows? Anyway, the Japanese army counted the results of the battle, 42,000 people were killed and 35,000 were captured, and there must have been a national army that broke out of the gap between the various parts of the Japanese army, and there were quite a few of them.

But how many of them, I'm afraid only God knows.

Anyway, the Battle of Nakajo Mountain has come to an end, and the world line has hardly changed.

"Yo Xi!" Okamura Ninji put down the battle report and said to Chief of Staff Tanabe Moritake, "Tanabe-kun, in the name of the Front Army Headquarters, immediately send a message of condolences to all divisions and brigades participating in the front line, and convey the greetings of His Majesty the Emperor, they have worked hard, and by the way, tell them that the Front Army Headquarters has prepared a large number of condolences for them to come back and enjoy." ”

After a pause, Okamura Ninji said again: "Oh, by the way, the front army headquarters also temporarily recruited 10,000 comfort women from the mainland and Goryeo, so in addition to condolences, there are warm arms waiting for their return." ”

Hearing this, the battle hall immediately resounded with warm applause and the sound of yo xi, and the senior generals and combat staff officers present were all excited, because they could be the first to enjoy this batch of fresh comfort women.

Speaking of which, although the imperial soldiers fighting on the front line are hard, they are also very hard.

In order to win the Battle of the Central Plains, they also did a lot of auxiliary work.

Okamura Ninji did not ignore this, immediately turned around and bowed deeply to everyone, and said: "Also, you have also worked hard, the Central Plains Battle can achieve such a hearty victory, and your hard work is also inseparable, so you also have a share in the condolences, you can also go to the comfort station to enjoy the warm embrace and young flesh for free, so, young men, enjoy the carnival, and don't have to go to work for the next three days!" ”

"Onboard!" Now it was no longer mastery, but enthusiastic cheers.

The sound could almost pierce people's eardrums and tear off the ceiling of the battle hall.

Immediately afterward, dozens of operational staff officers of the headquarters rushed out of the war room and scattered.

"It's nice to be young." Tanabe Moritake smiled and said to Okamura Ninji, "Your Excellency, the battle of the Central Plains has achieved such an unprecedented victory, one depends on the bloody battle of the imperial soldiers on the front line, the other depends on the blessing of His Majesty the Emperor and the national fortunes of the empire, and the other is Your Excellency the Great General, who is strategizing in Beiping, thousands of miles away. ”

Arisue Seizo also said: "Yes, Your Excellency's strategic vision, the use of the situation, and the attainments of tactical command are really unparalleled, and the rank is deeply admired. ”

Okamura Ninji was also a little fluttering suddenly.

Speaking of which, Okamura Ninji's record is really eye-catching.

Since he became the commander of the 11th Army, although there have been occasional mistakes on the battlefield, he has never tasted defeat on the whole, and the battle of the Central Plains is the most beautiful.

At a small cost of 600 killed and more than 2,000 wounded, he achieved the tremendous result of completely annihilating 200,000 of the Central Army, killing more than 42,000 people, and capturing more than 35,000 people.

Not only Okamura Ninji himself thinks so, but Tanabe Moritake, Yusue Seizo and a staff officer of the North China Front Command also think so, if you make a selection, Okamura Ninji at this time is definitely the most loved and popular among his subordinates in all aspects of the Japanese army's officer orders, and it is also the most authoritative one.

In contrast, Yoshio Iwamatsu is truly discredited.

After taking office, he first failed to lure Yan Xishan, and then Taiyuan almost lost, such a performance can be said to be chasing his predecessor Yoshio Shinozuka.

Thanks to Taiyuan, it was not lost in the end.

Otherwise, it may really be in the footsteps of Yoshio Shinozuka.

But in any case, the punishment is definitely to be punished.

Tanabe Moritake said: "Your Excellency, the commander of the First Army, Iwamatsu Yoshio, had a serious misjudgment in this battle, if it were not for the great general's extensive work in the early stage, Iwamatsu Yoshio's misjudgment is very likely to lead to the defeat of the entire battle, so I suggest that he be removed from his post and select another capable general to serve as the commander of the First Army." ”

Tanabe Moritake almost pointed to his nose and said, choose me, Your Excellency the general quickly choose me.

Yusue Seizan smiled and said: "Your Excellency, Iwamatsu Yoshio's performance in this battle is indeed not ideal, but whether it is the lure of Yan Xishan or the Taiyuan incident, it actually has little to do with Iwamatsu Yoshio, I think it is too hasty to dismiss him, or he should be given another chance." ”

Okamura Ninji said: "Yes, he should be given a chance." ”

Speaking of this, he added: "But there is only one chance." ”

"Okay." Tanabe Moritake was a little helpless, and changed the topic, "Your Excellency, the more than 200,000 troops on Nakajo Mountain have been wiped out, so the 36th Division, 37th Division, and 41st Division, which are used to monitor and guard against this force, can also turn to other directions. ”

"So, what does Tanabe-kun have to say?" Okamura asked with a smile.

"I don't dare to take it seriously, it's just a little superficial." Tanabe Moritake waved his hand and said, "The Chinese army has reaped an unprecedented defeat on the battlefield of Zhongtiao Mountain, at this time it is the time when morale is the lowest and the morale of the army is the most turbulent, and after Zhongtiao Mountain is under the control of the imperial army, the Yellow River defense line has been completely opened to the imperial army, so why not take advantage of the victory to pursue and continue to attack and advance in the direction of Xi'an, and launch the Battle of Xi'an?" ”

Arisue Seizo said: "Your Excellency the Chief of Staff wants to emulate the story of the Mongols' destruction of the Song Dynasty? ”

"Yes." Tanabe Shengwu nodded and said, "At that time, the Mongol army was also in Xiangyang and sank in the sand, and had to turn to Guanzhong and Sichuan, and then used Dali to encircle the Southern Song Dynasty counterclockwise, and finally succeeded in destroying the Southern Song Dynasty. ”

"Tanabe-kun, this suggestion of yours is actually excellent, and it is completely correct."

After a pause, Okamura Ninji said with some regret: "But it's a pity that it's too late now. ”

"If this proposal was made before the Battle of Songhu and was finally adopted by the base camp, then maybe the government of China and Chang Kaishen would have already knelt down and begged."

Tanabe Moritake said a little unwillingly: "Isn't it possible now?" ”

"Not anymore." Okamura Ninji sighed, "Now that the focus of the empire's operations has completely shifted to Southeast Asia, there are no more resources to invest in the Chinese battlefield. ”

Tanabe Moritake sighed, and then didn't say anything more.

Because although the Battle of the Central Plains achieved an unprecedented victory, there was not much ammunition left in the semi-battle, especially the aviation units that participated in the battle, which used up the gasoline and bombs stored before the war.

At this time, it was indeed impossible to launch the Battle of Xi'an again.

……

Zhao Jiayu.

Li Yunlong and Wang Ye were barefoot and helping Uncle Li plant bud valley.

The two acres of watered land at the head of the village, after harvesting the winter wheat, were used to plant buds.

was busy, Zhao Gang walked over with a black face, raised his hand and shouted: "Lao Li, Xiao Wang, don't be busy, there's something." ”

Wang Ye handed the dustpan containing the bud seeds to Uncle Li, and then followed Li Yunlong to climb up the hill and asked, "Political commissar, is the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain over?" ”

"You can guess that?" Zhao Gang was a little surprised.

Wang Ye smiled and said, "It's almost time to calculate." ”

"How did it turn out?" Li Yunlong said, "How many people from the Kuomintang army broke through?" ”

Zhao Gang sighed, and said with a dark face: "Speaking of which, you can't believe that none of the more than a dozen divisions on Zhongtiao Mountain has been able to break through and has been completely wiped out. ”

"Huh?" Li Yunlong was stunned when he heard this.

"Damn, aren't we working for nothing?"

"It's not a question of being busy in vain." Zhao Gang said.

"The 200,000 Central Army on Zhongtiao Mountain was completely annihilated by the Japanese army, and the Yellow River defense line in the Henan section was completely exposed, and the Japanese army was very likely to take advantage of the victory to pursue and break through the Yellow River defense line in the Henan section."

"It's terrible." Li Yunlong said.

"Once the Yellow River defense line in the Henan section is lost, the Yellow River defense line in the Shanxi section will be in no danger to defend, doesn't this mean that Yan'an and the Party Central Committee will also be exposed to the devil's troops?"

"It's hard to say." Zhao Gang said, "If you don't do it, Xi'an will also be lost." ”

Wang Ye said: "Not for the time being, after the devil finished the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, he should not be able to attack again in a short time, but if Chang Kaishen and Yan Xishan still don't learn a lesson, or stupidly follow the Japanese to encircle and suppress us, then it is not only the matter of the Yellow River defense line and Xi'an, but also Chongqing." ”

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang suddenly froze when they heard this.

After a pause, Wang Ye said again: "But I think that after suffering such a big loss this time, Chang Kaishen and Yan Xishan should no longer believe the foolery of the Japanese, so the possibility of this situation is actually very small, I think that in the future, the relationship between our Eighth Route Army and the Central Army and the Jin Sui Army will be eased again." ”

……

In Chongqing, the official residence of Huangshan Yunxiu Tower.

After seeing the battle damage and results announced by the Japanese army, Chang Kaishen was already angry.

"Shame, shame!" Chang Kaishen took the staff of civilization and stomped on the floor heavily, and said hoarsely, "This is simply the greatest shame in the history of the Anti-Japanese War!" ”

"200,000 troops, more than 200,000 troops!"

"Once the army of more than 200,000 is destroyed, it will be destroyed, so why don't you kill or wound 10,000 or 20,000 Japanese soldiers? Niang Xipi, actually only killed 600 Japanese soldiers? Six hundred! ”

"Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang's two brigades fought Taiyuan,"

"The number of Japanese soldiers killed is far more than that, right?"

"If you put 200,000 pigs on Zhongtiao Mountain, you can trample at least a few thousand Japanese soldiers to death, right? Niang Xipi, she really lost the face of the party-state and the face of the Chinese! ”

The senior generals and senior staff members attending the meeting were all silent.

After a long time, Chang Kai Shen Caihao sighed and said: "Now it's time to seriously consider the river defense, once Zhongtiao Mountain is lost, the Yellow River defense line in Henan will lose the northern barrier, and the Japanese army can attack our Yellow River defense line from the east and north at the same time, can the Yellow River defense line still hold on?" How long can it last? ”

The conference room was silent, and everyone was silent.

It's not that there are no capable people, but there are capable people but they can't be reused.

Seeing that no one was silent, Chang Kaishen could only name him and asked Liu Feidao: "For Zhang, you are the director of the War Department, and it is your duty to consolidate the Yellow River river defense, you say, what should be done to ensure that the river defense is not lost?" ”

Liu Fei said helplessly: "If you want to consolidate the Yellow River defense, it's actually very simple. ”

"Simple?" Chang Kaishen was stunned when he heard this, and the senior generals and senior staff members attending the meeting also looked at it.

"Yes, it's simple, just a piece of telegram." Liu Fei said, "The commission only needs to issue an order to the commander-in-chief of all theaters and guerrilla corps, and in the future, it is strictly forbidden to engage in further friction with the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, but to cooperate sincerely, not only will the defense of the Yellow River be impregnable, but the overall situation of the national War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression will also be as stable as a rock." ”

Chang Kaishen was speechless.

……

Zhao Jiayu.

"Lao Zhao, Xiao Wang, let me introduce you."

Li Yunlong pulled a middle-aged man into the regiment headquarters and said, "This is Xing Zhiguo, the deputy regiment commander sent by the headquarters to our independent regiment, and an old comrade-in-arms of my Fourth Front Army, hehe." ”

"Comrade Xing Zhiguo, welcome to you." Zhao Gang stood up and saluted.

Wang Ye also stood up and saluted, and said with a smile: "Hello, deputy head of the criminal regiment." ”

"What regiment commander, they are all comrades." Xing Zhiguo smiled, "Just call me an old criminal." ”

Although it was the first time they met, it could be seen that Xing Zhiguo was a very good person to get along with, unlike Li Yunlong, who would stumble at every turn and scold people if he didn't agree.

It is estimated that the head of the headquarters also took this into account and sent Xing Zhiguo to the independent regiment.

Otherwise, send a difficult one to quarrel with Li Yunlong twice in three days, and it will be over.

At that moment, Wang Ye waved his hand and said: "Then how can it be done, the deputy head of the regiment is also a superior, there are no rules, I will still call the deputy head of the criminal regiment." ”

"Eh, Xiao Wang, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Li Yunlong said angrily: "If you are called an old criminal, you will be called an old criminal." ”

Wang Ye could only roll his eyes, damn it, then I call you Lao Li Xing?

Li Yunlong pulled Xing Zhiguo to sit down, and said: "Now let's adjust the division of labor, Xiao Wang is still in charge of intelligence and special operations, Lao Zhao, you are still in charge of the ideological and political work of the whole regiment, and Lao Xing, you will grasp the militia construction work in the Fuliangshan base area and do a good job in the echelon construction of our independent regiment." ”

"What about you, Captain?" Wang Ye didn't have a good breath and said, "What are you responsible for?" ”

"Of course Lao Tzu is in charge of fighting." Li Yunlong said, "Do you need to say this?" ”

Wang Ye said: "That means that when you don't fight, you have nothing to do?" ”

"That's it, Lao Li, don't be lazy." Zhao Gang also said, "Comrade Xing Zhiguo has just arrived, and he is not very familiar with local comrades, so you have to help for at least a while." ”

"Commissar, it's okay, it's okay."

Xing Zhiguo waved his hand and said, "I can slowly familiarize myself with the situation." ”

After a pause, he added: "And I will definitely be able to establish a good relationship with local comrades." ”

"That's it." Li Yunlong said, "The old criminal is not a three-year-old child, and he still needs my help?" Now let's talk about the next phase of work. ”

Wang Ye could only roll his eyes.

Zhao Gang didn't say much.

It's not a matter of principle, he will let Li Yunlong go.

Li Yunlong asked Wang Ye again: "Xiao Wang, what did you tell me yesterday?" Troubled bliss? ”

"What troubles are happiness, is happiness." Zhao Gang didn't have a good breath and said, "Lao Li, you can't just read and write, you should also take time to strengthen your study and improve your culture." ”

"." Li Yunlong said, "I'm in my thirties, and I'm still learning to fart." ”

Wang Ye said: "Regiment commander, this is a special period, and when the whole country is liberated in the future, the army will definitely be regularized, and the uneducated will definitely be eliminated slowly." ”

"That's right." Zhao Gang also said, "This is the trend of the times. ”

"It's a fart." Li Yunlong said, "Lao Tzu is uneducated, and he still leads troops to fight, and he is not much worse than you who are educated." ”

Yes, saying it is equal to saying it in vain.

Zhao Gang said helplessly to Wang Ye: "Xiao Wang, get down to business." ”

"Okay." Wang Ye nodded and said, "Here's the thing, some time ago, I went to the Jiugong Mountain base and the Wohu Mountain base to walk around, and found that their bud grains, sweet potatoes and millet are growing very well, and it is completely foreseeable that this year's autumn grain will be an unprecedented bumper harvest." ”

"A good harvest is a great thing." Xing Zhiguo said in surprise, "How can it be trouble? ”

"A good harvest is indeed a good thing." Wang Ye nodded and said, "But it will also bring challenges to our work, I will give a simple example, at the beginning of the year, the villagers in the Fuliang Mountain base area responded to the call of our independent regiment and planted a large number of peanuts and dry tobacco on the hillside. ”

"yes, that's not easy." Zhao Gang's brows furrowed.

"Oops." Li Yunlong was also annoyed, "The devil has been blockading our base area, neither letting the materials from the outside flow into our base area, nor letting the local products of our base area be sold. ”

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