The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 419 I Don't Know How I Died
In the evening, it began to rain lightly in Wuhan. By 10:[-] pm, not only did the rain not stop, but it became heavier and heavier.

Gao Jiu was lying on the bed, thinking of what he saw in the Ninth War Zone today, he always felt like a stone was pressing on him.

Gao Jiu was not dissatisfied with Deputy Chief of Staff Li's questioning of him, but because he was worried about the national army's tactical thinking when talking about the defense deployment in the Dabie Mountains.

In order to defend Wuhan, the national army's strategic defense deployment focused on the periphery of Wuhan. In terms of tactical depth, it adopted a nodular defense method. The strength of each line of defense was not strong, and the Japanese army finally broke through one by one.

After the Japanese army broke through the Dabie Mountain defense line, although the national army hoarded a large number of troops in the plains around Wuhan, facing the powerful firepower of the Japanese army, the defenseless national army could not stop the advance of the Japanese army at all, and the national government had no choice but to Hastily evacuated from Wuhan, and a large number of national army troops were useless.

Gao Jiu believes that the focus of defense should not be placed around Wuhan, but should be placed on strategic fulcrums such as the Dabie Mountain line of defense. Relying on the advantages of geographical advantages, concentrate a strong force to fight the decisive battle with the Japanese army. Only in this way can the national army be superior to the Japanese army. advantage, the outcome of the Wuhan battle may be greatly improved.

The reason why Gao Jiu didn't talk about this issue at the Ninth Theater Command was because he couldn't publicly question the campaign plan made by the high-level national army. Public slaps in the face must never be done, and some things can only be communicated in private.

There is another problem, Gao Jiu has been hesitating, because the experience accumulated by the national army since its establishment is like this, and the backward tactics that officers and soldiers are familiar with cannot be changed in a short period of time with the orders of their superiors. of.For new tactical ideas, long-term training and war practice are required before they can be integrated.

Not only that, Gao Jiu is familiar with the historical process, and also has a deep understanding of the personal situation of the senior generals of the national army. Even if the deployment of the battle in Wuhan is changed, it must be carried out by these senior generals. to any significant improvement.

There are some things Gao Jiu doesn't want to say, but he also doesn't want to watch the Battle of Wuhan go to the end of failure. Moreover, the better the Battle of Wuhan is fought and the longer it lasts, the better it will be for Taohuashan. Should have done their part again.

After much consideration, he decided to communicate in private.

He picked up the phone and wanted to call the Operations Department of the Ninth Theater Command. He said, "Please find Deputy Director Li Fengming."

After Li Fengming received the call, he said to Gao Jiu, "Don't worry, Mr. Gao, I'll do what you told me right away."

An hour later, Li Fengming came to Gao Jiu's residence in a suit, accompanied by a man also in casual clothes.

The person who came was Deputy Commander Zhang. After seeing Gao Jiu, he asked with a serious expression: "Mr. Gao, do you have any other important suggestions for the deployment of the Ninth War Zone? Please express your thoughts without reservation." tell me."

Gao Jiu was not polite, and said, "I have some ideas, and I want to discuss them with you."

Li Fengming spread the defense deployment map of Wuhan area on the bed, and the three of them sat by the bed and began to discuss.

Gao Jiu asked: "Mr. Zhang! What kind of troops have been added to the Xiaojieling defense line?"

Deputy Zhang nodded to Li Fengming, indicating that he would be the one to introduce.Li Fengming pointed to the location on the map and said: "The war zone has issued an order to transfer two divisions of the 102nd Army to reinforce the mall, and one division will be deployed in Shawotou in front of Xiaojieling."

Gao Jiu shook his head and said, "Too few troops can't stop the Japanese attack at all. By mid-October at the latest, the Japanese army will be able to break through the Xiaojieling defense line."

Li Fengming said: "The combat deployment formulated by the General Staff Department of the Military Commission is to fight against the Japanese army steadily. Even in mid-October, the Japanese army broke through the Xiaojieling defense line, and the Japanese army was very tired by then. There were still Luoshan and Xinyang stationed in front of them." Hu Zhengnan's 10st Army and 1th Army, the Japanese army can't beat them at all."

This was what Gao Jiu was most worried about. The national army did not concentrate its forces on the Dabie Mountain defense line, but prepared to block the Japanese army on the plains around Luoshan and Xinyang. Such a tactical guiding ideology was completely wrong.

The Military Commission also has their own considerations for formulating such tactics.

Hu Zhengnan's 1st Army was the best-equipped national army at that time. It had the only tank unit of the national army at that time, a heavy artillery brigade, the largest artillery unit at that time, and seven best-equipped divisions of the national army under it.It is not convenient for their troops to perform tasks in mountainous areas, and it is easier to play their role in plain areas.With such a strong force protecting the northern line of defense in Wuhan, the Military Commission is also relieved.

It's a pity that this Hu Zhengnan is a typical idiot. In history, the Northwest King once led hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Yan'an, and was beaten to death by tens of thousands of troops in the Peng Command.Taizu and his elders once commented on the Northwest King, saying that he "has great ambition and talent".

Historically, during the battle in Wuhan, after the 13th and 16th divisions of the Japanese army broke through the Xiaojieling line of defense, they suffered heavy casualties, and their combat effectiveness was not half of what it was before.Even so, Hu Zhengnan was sitting on the best equipment of the national army. He used 3 armies and 7 divisions to fight against the two Japanese divisions for more than 20 days.

What's even more outrageous is that the superior ordered Hu Zhengnan to guard Tongbai Mountain and Pingjing Pass to cover the retreat of the eastern Hubei army to the west.However, Hu Zhengnan refused to obey the order, and actually moved 7 divisions of his entire army westward and retreated to Nanyang, which opened the front door of Pinghan Road, which eventually led to the fall of Wuhan.

It's a pity that none of these things happened yet, and Gao Jiu's words were really not convincing.

Seeing the disapproving expressions of Vice President Zhang and Li Fengming, Gao Jiu had no choice but to patiently say: "I think you all still remember the Taierzhuang battle. At that time, Hu Zhengnan was the commander of the 20th Army. When the Xuzhou battle began, he saw death. Failure to save Teng County led to the fall of Teng County. Thousands of soldiers including the commander of the 112th Division Wang Mingzhang died heroically. After the Taierzhuang Battle began, he repeatedly disobeyed orders and failed to obey his orders. Although he finally arrived in Taierzhuang under the strict order of the Military Commission, but, If it weren't for his previous behavior of delaying the battle, Taierzhuang would definitely have achieved greater results. The outcome of the Xuzhou battle would have been different, and the national army's losses would have been much reduced.

I dare say that if the defense line of Xiaojieling falls, Hu Zhengnan will definitely not be able to stop the Japanese attack. "

Deputy Zhang Siling and Li Fengming didn't know why Gao Jiu had such a deep prejudice against Hu Zhengnan. They were still a little skeptical, because they didn't believe that the 13th and 16th divisions of the Japanese army, the two dilapidated divisions, could break through Hu Zhengnan. line of defense.You must know that Hu Zhengnan's troops are not only the best equipped in the national army, but also have a total strength of more than 10.

Deputy Commander Zhang said: "Mr. Gao, this matter has a certain degree of difficulty. First, the defense plan was formulated by the General Staff of the Military Commission. Second, the equipment characteristics of Hu Zhengnan's troops make it difficult for them to operate in mountainous areas. Also, Hu Zhengnan's troops are strong and should be able to defend Xinyang and Luoshan."

Gao Jiu sighed, and said: "I also know that you have your difficulties, how about this, let me tell you my suggestion again, you can adopt it according to the situation, if you don't want to adopt it, just continue with your original plan .”

Gao Jiu said: "My suggestion is to leave the tank units and heavy artillery units that are not suitable for fighting in mountainous areas, and move the main infantry force of Hu Zhengnan's troops northward to strengthen the defense of Dabie Mountains. Use superior forces in Dabie Mountains to repel the Japanese army. Under favorable circumstances, the 13th and 16th Divisions of the Japanese Army should be wiped out, and the threat of the enemy forces in the north of Wuhan will be completely eliminated. If this can be achieved, the entire battle situation in Wuhan will be greatly improved.

If Hu Zhengnan's troops can really be transferred northward, the Military Commission must send a supervisory team to prevent Hu Zhengnan from disobeying orders and delaying the war opportunity. "

Having said this, the two sides could not continue their conversation, and Vice Minister Zhang and Li Fengming took their leave and left.

On the way back to the headquarters of the Si Command in the Ninth War Zone, Li Fengming said: "Commander Si Command, Mr. Gao never targets without purpose, and the Battle of Wuhan has little to do with his Peach Blossom Mountain. He was able to take the initiative to make such a suggestion, presumably after some time." thoroughly considered.

To be honest, I don't know how he understands some things so deeply, but the facts have proved that everything Mr. Gao has done is correct.I suggest that the commander-in-chief please carefully consider Mr. Gao's opinion. "

Vice President Zhang also trusts Gao Jiu very much now, but it is very difficult to persuade the Military Commission to change the combat deployment. Some things cannot be said, such as questioning Hu Zhengnan, it is impossible at all Said, because Hu Zhengnan is the confidant of the big man.

But without mentioning this, there is no reason to explain why the adjustment of the campaign deployment is made.

Deputy Zhang pondered for a while, and said, "I have to think about this matter carefully, and communicate with Chief Chen depending on the situation."

The Chief Chen he was talking about was General Chen, the chief commander of the Ninth War Zone and the commander of the Wuhan Garrison. General Chen was the absolute confidant of the big man. From his point of view, the effect of this matter was better.

After Gao Jiu sent off Vice Minister Zhang and Li Fengming, he felt a little depressed.There are many things that cannot be changed by a small person like him. He can only do his best and obey the destiny.

Suddenly, he remembered a very serious matter, but he saw that it was getting late, and decided to talk about it tomorrow.

At dawn, Lin Yanni came over. She came to have breakfast with Gao Jiu.Seeing Gao Jiu, she said happily: "Brother Jiu, the Chief of Staff personally arranged my job. During your stay in Wuhan, my job is to accompany you, and this is not my vacation."

Gao Jiu also felt that it was good to have such a woman who knows the cold and hot by his side, he smiled and said: "Okay! Then you have to behave well, the standard is to be a good third pei.

In this era, there is no such thing as three pei, so Lin Yanni asked curiously, "What three pei?"

Gao Jiu didn't dare to speak out, he smiled and said, "Think about it yourself."

Lin Yanni thought about it seriously for a while, and suddenly blushed, she said angrily, "Brother Ninth, you take advantage of others, you are not a good person."

Say something ambiguous between lovers and engage in a little flirting, which will help to enhance the intimate relationship between the two parties.Gao Jiu didn't mean to disrespect Lin Yanni at all. In this era, it is impossible to have further intimacy before marriage. He just teased Lin Yanni with words.

However, Gao Jiu knew that she was thin-skinned, so he stopped teasing her.

Gao Jiu laughed and said, "I have obtained important information, but I won't give you this information."

As an intelligence officer, Lin Yanni, if she can obtain important information, it will of course be a major achievement of her work.However, she doesn't care about these things now, she just wants to be sticky with Gao Jiu, if she accepts this information, she will have to get busy with the information immediately.

She smiled and said, "Ninth Brother, you should be considerate of me. I don't care about other things, so I'll just treat you as..."

She almost casually mentioned escort, and hurriedly turned the topic aside, saying: "My task now is to cooperate with your work, if you have anything to do, just arrange for me to do it."

Gao Jiu said: "After dinner, you can contact the military command and ask Director Li and Wang Xilin to come over.

In addition, you send a telegram to Commander Yang, saying that I have arrived in Wuhan. "

Gao Jiu now has an important piece of information in his hands. He wants to sell this favor to the military commander. He has a batch of supplies from the military commander in mind and wants to exchange it with them.

As for Commander Yang, they had an agreement in advance that when Gao Jiu came to Wuhan, they would ask him for help.

After breakfast, Lin Yanni called Director Li of the Intelligence Department of the Military Command and Wang Xilin, Deputy Director of the Counter-Espionage Department, and asked them to come over.The two of them had been waiting to meet Gao Jiu for a long time, and rushed over quickly.

Gao Jiu asked, "What do you want from me?"

Director Li of the intelligence department said: "Mr. Gao, we have found out what you said about the nephew of President Wang of the Army General Hospital last time. He is still alive and working as a military doctor in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Shanghai."

In order to get some female doctors and nurses from the Army General Hospital to Taohuashan, Gao Jiu once promised to help Dean Wang find and bring his nephew back to Wuhan.Gao Jiu entrusted Director Li of the Intelligence Department to handle this matter, and now he has an answer.

Gao Jiu asked, "Is there a way to get him back?"

Director Li said: "We have already issued an order to the Military Command Shanghai Station about this matter, asking them to find a way to save people. It is estimated that there will be news soon."

Gao Jiu knew that the two of them would never come to him for such a trivial matter, so he asked, "Is there anything else you want to do with me?"

Director Li and Wang Xilin looked at each other, and said, "There is really an important matter, and I want to ask Brother Gao to come forward."

Then Director Li explained the ins and outs of the matter. It turned out that after the government withdrew from Shanghai, there were still a large number of assets in the Shanghai Concession that had not been transferred, especially some special documents that were still left in a part of the Shanghai French Concession. In the interbank, these documents involved high-level secrets, and Shangfeng instructed the military command to get these documents back.The military command sent a special person from Wuhan headquarters to Shanghai, not only failed to complete this matter, but also brought an important person into it.

The big boss instructed Juntong Shanghai Station to complete this task and rescue the man.After hard work at the Military Command Shanghai Station, it was really impossible to complete this task.The big boss thought of Gao Jiu, and asked Director Li and Wang Xilin, who were close to Gao Jiu, to come to discuss with Gao Jiu.

When Gao Jiu heard this, he immediately became unwilling.It's not a big problem to take a trip to Shanghai. The most important thing is that the problems with the documents they mentioned and the secrets involved in the documents cannot be known to outsiders. Gao Jiu is definitely unwilling to get involved in such a thing. Knowing some secrets, I'm afraid I don't even know how he died.

Gao Jiu immediately said: "I can't do this. I don't know anything about Shanghai. Besides, I don't have time to do this right now."

Director Li and Wang Xilin also knew that this was a very difficult thing, and they didn't expect to be able to convince Gao Jiu once.They first came to mention it to Gao Jiu and see Gao Jiu's reaction.

Wang Xilin said: "Since Brother Gao is in trouble, let's go talk to the big boss and let this matter go."

Gao Jiu said: "I invite you two to come because I have important information about the Japanese army to tell you two."

When Director Li and Wang Xilin heard this, they immediately lifted their spirits. They knew that what Gao Jiu said was definitely not a trivial matter, it must be a very important military intelligence.

Especially Director Li, as the director of intelligence, he was more interested in this, and he hurriedly asked, "What information?"

(End of this chapter)