War of Resistance

Chapter 1057
"I think Director Liu is right. We don't have many elite troops left. If we do it at the cost of losing large troops, I think our efforts are not worth it." He Yingqin supported at the critical moment Liu Fei's point of view.

"Yes, it does make sense."

"But if you want to kill the enemy, how can you pay casualties? Especially the elite troops."

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The conference table was immediately divided into two factions. One was led by Liu Fei and He Yingqin's views, and the other was led by Chen Cheng's views. Basically, it could be seen that there was a difference between the doves and the hawks.

"Okay, be quiet." Hearing this discussion, Chiang Kai-shek also felt a little headache, so he stopped, "Cixiu, you are the commander-in-chief of the Ninth War Zone. Opinion, I want to hear your opinion."

Chen Cheng cleared his throat, and then said: "Committee, and colleagues here, the battle in Nanjing is absolutely impossible to replicate, and we don't intend to stick to Wuhan like we stick to Nanjing, but I want to put one or two here." The troops of the Japanese army, defending here for a while, will consume the spirit of the Japanese advancing troops, and they want to take Wuhan easily, I think, shouldn't it be?"

Seeing that Chen Cheng has already talked to this extent, and he was ready to burn the city before, it doesn't seem to make much sense to discuss whether to stick to Wuhan. What's more, Chiang Kai-shek himself didn't want to lose Wuhan so easily. He had to suffer, to damage the vitality of these little devils.

The idea of ​​leaving an elite army to bite these little devils is indeed very tempting.

Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek said: "There must be sacrifices in the War of Resistance, but at the same time, we must also learn the painful lessons of the Songhu Battle and the Nanjing Defense War. City, to neutralize the task of defending Wuhan, and then let this elite army carry out the task of burning the city when it evacuates? Is it possible?"

As he spoke, Chiang Kai-shek looked around the crowd. Everyone knew who Chiang Kai-shek was and what he meant by saying this sentence, so the vote was unanimously approved.

"After the meeting, Chief Chen Cheng will write me a battle plan for defending Wuhan, and I will review it myself." Chiang Kai-shek made a conclusion.

"Yes! Sir!!" All the officers responded.

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The meeting lasted about two hours, and it basically focused on the analysis of the situation of the three-way enemy forces, and raised new questions and challenges about our own logistics, supplies and other issues.

After the meeting, before Chiang Kai-shek left, he specifically mentioned to Chen Cheng: "Before tomorrow, I want to see the detailed battle plan!"

"Yes! Appointed seat!" Chen Cheng stood at attention and saluted, his expression very serious.

After watching Chiang Kai-shek's convoy leave, Chen Cheng immediately returned to his office, and at the same time called his staff to discuss the battle plan.

"Everyone, do you have any opinions on guarding Wuhan? Now the committee is asking us to send elite troops to guard and at the same time ensure that we can complete the plan to burn the city. Now we have called you here to focus on this matter. Please speak freely!" Chen Cheng explained the situation concisely, and then leaned back in his chair, wanting to rest his mind.

"Reporting sir, it is convenient for me to ask, what is the standard for elite troops?" one of the senior staff officers asked.

"The first is to be able to fight, and the second is to be able to command. I have already issued a military order in front of the chairman. The troops directly under our theater should be the first, and then the local army will be supported. I want to hear your specific troops and plans. Opinion." Chen Cheng also directly confessed.

"Reporting Junzuo, I believe that there are not many elite troops in the troops directly under the theater, and it happens that the first regiment of the theater guards counts as one, but the first regiment of the theater guards has been beaten and disabled on the front line of Wanjialing. It has not yet recovered. Its troops are also on their way to Yueyang. According to the chairman's instructions, the strength of the No.70 Fourth Army and the First Guard Regiment in the theater should be restored as soon as possible. We can just mobilize a relatively high-quality security regiment to reorganize the First Guard Regiment Make up, the repair place is in Yueyang." One of the major generals Gao Shen said, listening to the logic of his words, one can know that this is a master.

"Okay, let's do it like this! Select the elite troops from the Hunan Security Corps and go to Yueyang to stand by. After the first regiment of security guards in the theater arrives, we will immediately make up for it. Everything will be decided by Zhang Tianhai and the head of the regiment!" Chen Cheng made a decisive decision immediately. , immediately gave the order.

Of course, Chen Cheng is not an indecisive person. If he was such a person, he would not be able to sit in his current position, nor would he be called the "little committee chairman" by others.

If you don't believe me, please refer to this guy's embarrassing appearance when he annexed the miscellaneous army. This is not something ordinary people can easily do...

"Yes! Sir!" The major general responded.

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The camera then turned to the headquarters of the [-]st Guard Regiment of the Ninth War Zone.

For the officers and soldiers of the first security regiment, whether it is Wuhan or other places, this is not the scope of their attention. What they have to do is to reach Yueyang as soon as possible.

Because only after arriving in Yueyang, can their troops be safe and no longer be in danger of being pursued by the Japanese army.

Even Zhang Tianhai didn't sleep for a whole day and night, and he couldn't bear it anymore.

"Tuan Zuo, it's time to order the troops to rest. We are already more than 130 miles away from the Wanjialing area. Logically speaking, even if they chase, they can't chase so fast." Chief of Staff Li Chunfei suggested.

"Okay! Then let the brothers rest!" After hearing these words, Zhang Tianhai's eyes darkened for a while, and he fell off his horse heavily, which frightened everyone.

There is no way, for Zhang Tianhai, he is already exhausting his body to the limit, and he has not slept well during countless nights and days.

When a person overdraws something, it is inevitable that he will overdraw it. For example, Zhang Tianhai, he finally couldn't hold it anymore.

"Stretcher, stretcher! Help the group to rest for a while!" Li Chunfei immediately shouted.

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The head of the regiment fainted due to overwork, and according to the usual practice, it was Guo Qiliang, the deputy head of the regiment, who presided over the overall situation.

After taking a look at Zhang Tianhai and finding that the former was fine, Guo Qiliang immediately ordered the troops to rest, otherwise they were on the verge of collapse.

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