War of Resistance

Chapter 741 Let's go?

For Zhang Tianhai, he was not very happy when his speech was forcibly interrupted.

But after thinking about it, after all, it is the first time for him to be most of your subordinates, and it is probably normal for him to not trust you much.

So Zhang Tianhai glanced at the officer and said, "Why not?"

The officer thought for a while and said, "The battle on the front line is still undecided. If there is any change, wouldn't our troops be very passive?"

"Passive? Where did it come from?" Zhang Tianhai smiled, then asked the officer back, and said, "Look again, where are we now?"

"Sir, it's Lan Feng!" the officer reported.

"Can you enlarge your vision a little bit?" Zhang Tianhai asked again with a smile.

"Report sir, it's the Kaifeng area!" The officer still reported loudly.

"A little bigger!" Zhang Tianhai tapped on the map and said.

"Reporting, sir, it's the eastern part of Henan!" The officer still maintained a very hearty voice.

Glancing at the officer, Zhang Tianhai shook his head lightly, and said, "That's a good point, but it didn't hit the point."

Ignoring everyone's surprised gazes, Zhang Tianhai continued: "The area we are in is the south bank of the Yellow River Basin. This small area has concentrated the strength of several armies of our army. This is more than [-] people. And it is The most elite central army of our army, have you ever thought that if the Japanese army encircled our army with an absolute superior force, and surrounded our army with absolute superior firepower, and the absolute superior firepower of a hundred artillery pieces suppressed our army. According to your What do you think our army's odds of winning should be?"

As soon as Zhang Tianhai's words came out, there was a sudden silence in the audience, and the audience was completely silent. No one could tell the reason.

"Let me tell you, the probability of victory is only 20.00%, and the probability of victory is still based on the premise of being able to successfully break through. The probability of our army's failure to break through is as high as 80.00%. With such stupid questions, even I Zhang Yulin can I thought of it. Let alone Chairman Jiang, or Chief Cheng, or Commander-in-Chief Xue, they are so smart, can’t they think of it? Tell you that it doesn’t exist.” Zhang Tianhai smiled, and the following People are looking at each other.

For these new officers, there has never been such a straightforward officer who just told them the reason directly, just like an instructor, teaching them a lesson.

"Report to the officer, it's a mistake of humble rank!" The officer said very straightforwardly.

"Knowing your mistakes can make a big difference. Young man, you have a bright future!" Zhang Tianhai walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder and said.

"So, we have to make all preparations to face this sudden change. Just watch! Our army will retreat in a short time, no matter whether the Japanese army retreating in Yifeng can be wiped out or not, Our army must be able to retreat. You are now battalion-level cadres, maybe you don’t have to think about so many things, but I am the regiment commander, and I am the commander of the temporary advance troops. The troops of the two regiments, can I not think about it? If we don't think about it, all of us will die here!" Zhang Tianhai said in a deep voice.

After hearing Zhang Tianhai's words, everyone's expressions were awe-inspiring, they were not in their positions, and they did not plan their own affairs. These words were by no means just words.

After hearing what Zhang Tianhai said, everyone began to come to their senses: what Mr. Zhang said is indeed very reasonable.

"We can die, die for the country, and die well. The soldier's horse leather shroud, this is the ultimate destiny. But we can't be killed stupidly, by the friendly army, we have to die on the battlefield of the charge, it is possible to carry out at this stage The purpose of the retreat is to preserve the vitality. All of you present here are battalion-level officers, and I believe you understand many things." Zhang Tianhai paused, and continued after thinking about it.

"The combat effectiveness of an army, in addition to cohesion and centripetal force, is more important to be familiar with and master the team. I dare to ask the three battalion commanders of the regiment directly under the military headquarters, which one of you can guarantee that the first time the battle occurs , can your troops appear on the front line and win battles?" Zhang Tianhai asked in a deep voice.

This question was more like a soul torture, torturing everyone present.

But for the officers of the first regiment directly under the third war zone, it was already a routine.

Group training, where is the use of different occasions?And it can also train you to be convincing.

"Yes! Sir!" The officer who refuted Zhang Tianhai stood up first, and gave a military salute to Zhang Tianhai, followed by other officers directly under the regiment.

"Okay, let's go down and get ready! Our army must make two preparations, one is to prepare for battle at any time; the other is to be ready to retreat at any time." Zhang Tianhai issued a combat order.

"Wait, sir, don't you want to make some military plans?" the battalion commander asked dumbfoundedly.

When Zhang Tianhai thought about it, he felt that this was also the case. It was the first time he accepted his command to fight, and he was not familiar with his own troops, let alone his own combat style.

"That's it! The first plan is the retreat plan; the second plan is the combat plan." Zhang Tianhai said casually, "But no matter which plan it is, we must be prepared, because we may deal with an attack at any time. Big change!"

After hearing Zhang Tianhai's words, everyone took out their own paper and pens, and began to record them.

After watching everyone take out paper and pens, Zhang Tianhai began to say like a responsible teacher: "First of all, the first plan, the retreat plan, if my No. It is inevitable that the regiment directly under the military headquarters will retreat first, and the logistics and supply troops of the first regiment directly under the cover of the third theater will advance together, especially the artillery battalion, which has heavy weapons, must retreat together."

Seeing these people trying hard to record their words, Zhang Tianhai slowed down a bit.

"Our troops must retreat with the logistics troops and the advance troops, and the large troops can continue to keep up after these slow-moving troops have retreated." Zhang Tianhai said.

"According to the first plan, the troops responsible for staying in Lanfeng County are the cavalry battalion of the first regiment directly under the third theater, the infantry combat battalion, the gendarmerie, the small artillery company, the mortar company, the secret service company, and the guard platoon! A total of nearly one The troops of the regiment will be guarding. The other troops will retreat as scheduled." Zhang Tianhai spoke loudly.

Only those who knew Zhang Tianhai would know that this plan was made by him impromptu, and he hadn't thought about it carefully before!
"Mr. Zhang, don't you just leave all your wealth in Lanfeng?" Zhou Fangjie who was at the side couldn't see it, so he hurriedly said something.

"It doesn't matter if you don't stay in Lanfeng. Now we must ensure that the large troops that are temporarily advancing are withdrawn as scheduled. Otherwise, this will be a major blow to our temporarily advancing troops." Zhang Tianhai said in a deep voice, for him For him, this must be guaranteed, and it is also his bottom line.

Seeing that everyone had almost finished copying, Zhang Tianhai continued: "Plan [-], let's temporarily assume that the imaginary enemy is the Japanese army encircling the south bank! For this type of enemy, they usually have a wide range, but A weak point but a feature that is pitifully thin."

"Therefore, in the setting of the second plan, the cavalry battalion and artillery battalion directly under the first regiment of the third theater must be the main force, and the rest of the main force should be used to consolidate the breakthrough and strive to open a big hole in the encirclement of the Japanese army! "Zhang Tianhai said in a deep voice.

"Make a big cut?" Zhou Fangjie asked, he really couldn't keep up with Zhang Tianhai's leaping thinking, even if he was an old partner, it was inevitable.

"Yes, my army is definitely not the only one that will break through at that time. We need to open a passage that allows us to jump out, so as not to be surrounded and wiped out by tens of thousands of Japanese troops!" Zhang Tianhai said in a deep voice. .

"All battles must be based on the situation and the situation. In short, from now on, all troops must make all preparations. We are going to fight as soon as we say it... Ah bah, it means fighting as soon as we say it!" Zhang Tianhai said loudly, obviously full of confidence.

Indeed, if he ran away, Zhang Tianhai was very confident in running away.

So what has been going on outside in the past two days?

To the shock of the senior officers of the National Army Command, on May 27, Cheng Qian sent an order to Huang Jie: You must defend Shangqiu to the death, and you must not give up until the enemies in the Lanfeng area are wiped out.

But Huang Jie did not carry out the order of the commander in chief of the war zone at all. On May 29, he led the No. 40 and No. 20 Fourth Divisions to retreat to Liuhe and Kaifeng without authorization, and left the [-]th Division to defend Zhuji Station and Shangqiu.

At dawn on May 29, Peng Linsheng, the commander of the [-]th Division, also led the division back.

Shangqiu was occupied by the Japanese army.

As soon as the news reached Wuhan, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but slapped the table angrily, and kept sending various greetings to Huang Jie, among which there were many cordial greetings such as "Niang Xipi".

Wang Shihe, the chief guard who was watching this scene, was shocked, but he didn't dare to speak. After all, his cousin was the most angry now, and he couldn't be easily provoked.

Well, although Huang Jie is his old classmate, but this time he didn't do it properly--what's the point of giving up?Isn't this asking for trouble for yourself?Seeing that the frontline troops are about to annihilate the troops under Kenji Doihara's department, it would be a big mistake to do this now.

Although Chiang Kai-shek was angry, he was definitely not the kind of person who had no ability other than anger. So, after venting his anger, he began to think about whether it was necessary to fight this battle.

"Shihe, in my name, make a call to Cheng Qian and Liu Fei! Let them prepare for the retreat of the frontline troops. If possible, they must persist until the last moment before retreating!" Chiang Kai-shek's expression He looked a little tired, obviously hit hard by the news.

"Yes, chairman!" Wang Shihe replied. Due to work reasons, he never called Chiang Kai-shek "cousin" in public.

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The high level of the national army has already had the idea of ​​​​retreating because of the unfavorable situation, but is the situation of the Japanese army really so easy?

Not at all.

The camera switches to Peiping, the headquarters of the North China Front Army.

The office of Commander Toshiichi Terauchi.

"Snapped!!"

The good screen on one side has been split in half by a samurai sword, and it only took one blow. One can imagine how angry the owner of this samurai sword is.

Chief of Staff Naozaburo Okabe just stood aside, looking at General Toshiuchi Terauchi who looked like a madman, his expression was a bit depressed, but he didn't say anything.

This is not the same as Major General Naozaburo Okabe, who always likes to persuade the commander to calm down. This time he didn't say anything. Not only was General Terauchi Kotobuki in a bad mood, but his mood was not much better.

"Why!? Baga Yalu!! Lao Tzu has made great military exploits on the front line in North China, but he wants to dismiss me just because of this small setback!? Those people in the military department are all horses Shit!!" General Kotobuki in the temple was cursing angrily.

That's right, this time, due to many unfavorable reasons for the war on the North China front, General Hisashi Terauchi was inevitably charged with "poor command".

Don't forget, in his hands, the Fifth Division of the Steel Army, which is regarded as the "Light of the Imperial Army", was severely damaged in LY, and the Tenth Division, the last main force of the "Imperial Way School" and "Young Zhuang School", In Taierzhuang, he also turned his back on his back.

The people in the military department saw all this, but they never spoke.

But this time, the No. 14 division of Kenji Doihara, known as "a rising star on the North China battlefield", was also hit hard by this, and the big bosses in the military finally couldn't stand it anymore.

They are going to replace the supreme commander of the North China Front Army with "poor command" and "exaggerated appearance"!

Instead, it was Yoshijiro Umezu who forced China to sign the "Ho Mei Agreement" in the Pingjin area.

But fortunately, General Shou in the temple was not in a state of "no one in the court". Under the check and balance of many leaders of the ruling faction, the military position was suddenly saved.

But it was still the case, and the big bosses of the military department also sounded a wake-up call for him in order to "disgusting" Terauchi Shouichi.

As a result, Lieutenant General Xiangyue Qingsi of the First Army had a bad luck—he was actually transferred away!Called into reserve!

what is the reason?The reason was that it violated the North China Front Army's repeated orders to "go south to guide Germany", but instead ordered the troops of the No.14 Division to march westward to Kaifeng, which led to the encirclement of Kenji Doihara's headquarters by the national army!
But is this really the case?

If there were no hints from Terauchi Shouichi, how dare he mobilize an army of [-] to fight like this?But the two heavy artillery regiments are strengthened on the body of an elite division... Thinking about it, you know how powerful it is!

Xiangyue Qingji was transferred to the reserve, is this really an oolong?

No, not necessarily, most likely it was Shou Yi in the temple who took the blame.

The reason is that both of them are expansionists, but in terms of the way they do things, the old and cunning Terauchi Shouichi is obviously much more skilled.

But the show must be done to the end. This political turmoil cannot be known to the frontline troops of the Japanese army, otherwise, it will be chilling.

Ever since, this political farce must be transformed into a conflict, or even a small disturbance!

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