Beacon starts from the departure of a strong man

Chapter 416: The bustling world is all for profit; the bustling world is for profit.
For the next battle in Wuhan, the Jinling High Command in Hankou made the following decision, set up frontal blocking positions in northern Jiangxi and southern Henan to prevent the advance of the Japanese army, and deploy firepower in stages!
Among them, the areas to the east and north of the Dabie Mountains, as well as the areas north of the Yangtze River, are all held by the Fifth Theater.

After Bai Zhuge of the Fifth War Zone received an order from the Jinling Command, he immediately began to deploy campaign planning.

Sun Lianzhong's Second Army fought well in the Battle of Taierzhuang and annihilated the Segu Detachment and the Sakamoto Detachment, and was commended for this.

Sun Lianzhong's Second Army was promoted to the Third Corps. At the same time, Li Pinxian's No.11 Army was also promoted to the Fourth Corps because of its meritorious service.

Now the [-]rd Corps and [-]th Corps in the Fifth War Zone are all under the command of Bai Zhuge!

This was the arrangement of the Jiangbei side. On the Jiangnan side, Xue Huhu was appointed by Chang Kaishen as the commander of the First Corps. At the same time, Zhang Fakui, the commander of the Second Corps, fought in Jiangnan.

In response to the upcoming battle in Wuhan, the Jinling High Command established the Ninth Theater, which covers the south of the Egaoguan River, the northeastern part of Jiangxi Province, and all of Hunan Province.

The commander of the Ninth War Zone is concurrently served by Chen Cheng, the commander of the Wuhan Garrison, and agreed to command the two corps of Xue Huhu and Zhang Fakui!

Xue Huhu and Zhang Fakui are also old acquaintances under Chen Cheng, and they have worked under Chen Cixiu many times.

During the Battle of Songhu, Zhang Fakui and Xue Huhu were the commanders of the left and right wing troops under Chen Cheng. In addition, Chen Cheng had a very good personal relationship with the two of them, so they were Lao Chen's right-hand men.

The Chinese side is discussing the strategy of defending Wuhan, and the Japanese army is not idle!

In the base camp in Tokyo, many insiders of Little Devils believed that as long as they concentrated their forces to take Wuhan, the Nationalist government might quickly surrender to the Japanese army.

Because the war has been going on for a year, the people who won the Central Plains, Xuzhou has already been taken by the Japanese army. In addition to the Pingjin area and East China, the little devils have almost occupied half of China.

Now if Wuhan is captured again, it will be like a stab in the heart of the national government.

Most of the Japanese army agree with this point of view. I don't know what kind of medicine the little devil took and what kind of wine he drank?

It is probably a fake bar sold by Gazi. Many Japanese soldiers believed such remarks, thinking that if Wuhan was taken, and then Guangzhou would be taken, the Nationalist government would completely succumb.

In order to take Wuhan, the little devil decided to use 40 troops this time, including 24 new troops, and the war budget was 33 billion yen.

In terms of military strength, this is the battle in which the Japs have invested the most since the current major battles, and the funding investment is also unprecedented. This is enough to show that the Japs attach great importance to Wuhan.

Originally, the little devil's army and navy were obviously at odds. If the army agreed with something, the navy would definitely oppose it. On the contrary, if the navy wanted to do something, the army would definitely oppose it.

However, in this Wuhan battle, the navy firmly agreed with the army's plan. The reason for this was that the little devil's navy would definitely attack Wuhan along the Yangtze River, so that the navy could join in and gain certain benefits.

With the participation of the navy, the Japanese navy naturally wanted to seek more interests, so the navy strongly requested the army to attack along the Yangtze River;

With the central China front army as the main force, the Japanese army north of the Yangtze River went straight to Hankou, and the Japanese army on the south bank detoured Wuhan, and wanted to cut off the Hanyu Railway, cut off the retreat route of the Chinese army, and outflank the defenders!
but!

Just when the little devil was preparing for the battle in Wuhan wholeheartedly, a small mountain peak suddenly entered everyone's field of vision in the area where China and North Korea joined Maoziguo.

This mountain is called Zhanggu Peak, which is a mountain less than 160 meters!

Due to the cowardice of the Qing Dynasty, many territories in the Northeast were not clearly planned when they signed the treaty with the previous Tsarist Russia. After Maoziguo inherited the legacy of Tsarist Russia, he was also arguing with the government of the Republic of China on the border issue.

Zhang Gufeng is located at the junction of the Three Kingdoms. Mao Ziguo thinks Zhang Gufeng is his own. The little devil thinks that Zhang Gufeng is next to North Korea and Manchuria. Now that he occupies these places, this Gufeng is naturally his own territory.

Maoziguo's soldiers were the first to have a squad climb Zhanggufeng, dig trenches on the mountain, and arrange barbed wire, which suddenly aroused the vigilance of the Kwantung Army.

In addition, a few soldiers of the Kwantung Army who made up their investigations were drawing a map on the border of Maoziguo, and the soldiers of Maoziguo discovered and killed them on the spot.

The Kwantung Army felt that this was the first provocation from Maoziguo. In their view, the Jinling Command was completely defeated by the imperial army, and it was defeated for thousands of miles. One of the reasons why it has not surrendered until now is that Maoziguo gave aid to the Republic of China.

Without the weapon support of Mao Ziguo, according to the behavior of the Jinling Command, which lost so much territory, it would have been beaten to the ground by the imperial army, and it would have signed an unequal treaty with the empire.

All this is Mao Ziguo's fault, the little devil decided to teach Mao Ziguo a good lesson, let them know how powerful he is!
Since the Russo-Japanese War, after the little devil defeated Tsarist Russia, Japanese soldiers had a natural contempt for Maoziguo's soldiers, thinking that Maoziguo was vulnerable.

Many low-level soldiers also clamored for a fight with Maoziguo's Far East Front Army.

For low-level soldiers, military exploits are the way to promotion. What is the meaning of the existence of the Kwantung Army? It is to guard Maoziguo's Far Eastern Front Army!
The Central China Front Army and the Pingjin Front Army in the pass have laid down so many territories, many of them have made great military achievements, and they have been promoted very quickly. This makes the bottom soldiers and officers of the Kwantung Army very jealous!

They also want to get promoted and make a fortune. They stay in the Northeast region every day, and they are tired of watching Maoziguo. They might as well have a fight and try Maoziguo's combat effectiveness. At the same time, see if Maoziguo is There is a willingness to go south to support the Republic of China.

First of all, the Kwantung Army in the Northeast began to gather rapidly. At the same time, the 19th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in North Korea was also moving closer to the border of Maoziguo.

This series of transfers of the Japanese army naturally made Director Dai of the military commander aware of it.

After analysis by the military commanders, Director Dai knew that Zhang Gufeng, a small mountain, had now become the focus of debate between Maoziguo and the Japanese army.

After this matter was reported to the Jinling High Command, many military and political officials were very happy.

We urgently need external forces to assist the government of the Republic of China, because now we have fought against the Japanese army for more than a year, and our family is almost wiped out.

Coupled with Europa's appeasement strategy, the Jinling Command, which is now isolated and helpless, seems to have been abandoned by the whole world.

In a small courtyard in Hankou, Xue Huhu, Zhang Fakui, Sun Zhen, Sun Lianzhong, and Li Pinxian are also eating hot pot!
This meeting was initiated by Xue Huhu!
The hot pot is a mandarin duck pot. There are red soup and clear soup. As Sichuan Army's Sun Zhen and Yu Hua, they must like red soup!
If you eat hot pot without red soup, is that called hot pot?
Xue Huhu held a party mainly because he wanted to get in touch with Sun Zhen and Yu Hua, although Yu Hua had worked under Xue Huhu for a while before the Songhu battle.

However, Yu Hua now has a certain influence in the Sichuan army, and the future has a bright future!

In addition, after the Sichuan Army troops left Sichuan, they fought bloody battles in Songhu, Taihu Lake, Niangziguan and Xuzhou, and made many achievements.

Due to the Battle of Lanfeng, Xue Laohu's troops defeated Kenji Doihara's No. 14 Division to shit, which made Xue Laohu quite unconvinced.

If there is a team like the 22nd Army, which belongs to his own command, Xue Huo will definitely be able to unscrew the head of Kenji Doi and play it as a ball.

In the current battle in Wuhan, Xue Huo needs to maintain a relationship with the 22nd Army to avoid a situation like the Battle of Lanfeng.

Who knew that the hot pot had just started, Xue Huhu, Li Pinxian, Sun Zhen, Sun Lianzhong and others' adjutants also ran into the small courtyard and began to tell their respective chiefs about Zhang Gufeng.

When Zhang Fakui heard it, he shouted, "Okay!"

"Everyone! If Maoziguo participates in the Sino-Japanese War, then we may launch a counterattack against the Japanese army in advance!"

Sun Lianzhong also nodded: "This little devil is very courageous this time, he dared to touch Mao Ziguo."

"Once we form an alliance with Maoziguo, the old Maozi will definitely provide us with continuous aid in arms;"

"It's not like now. The people who dig and search are not generous at all. After we handed over materials such as bristles and tung oil to Lao Maozi, we also urged him, so Lao Maozi slowly shipped the goods."

Many generals at the scene also looked forward to Lao Maozi having a fight with the Japanese army, and then he would end up sending troops directly to aid the Republic of China government.

After all, during the Tsarist Russia period, the old Maozi was raped by a little devil once, and the two sides also had a bloody feud. Once there was a fight this time, the old Maozi would probably fight and revenge!
For the government of the Republic of China, this means that they have an additional ally, and they are no longer fighting alone!

For this reason, the national government also sent diplomats to keep in frequent contact with Lao Maozi.

The Chinese side had frequent contact with Lao Maozi, which also attracted the attention of the Japanese military's Tekko, who also called back to the base camp.

The Japanese base camp is also constantly thinking about countermeasures. Once Lao Maozi forms an alliance with the Republic of China, he will be under great pressure now, and how much troops need to be invested to stabilize the situation.

The pressure that Lao Maozi put on the little devils was naturally greater than that of the Republic of China government. The Japanese army began to actively abandon the Wuhan strategy and prepared to mobilize the 40 troops into the Northeast region.

As long as the old Maozi is eliminated first, leaving a small government of the Republic of China, for the little devil, it is like an adult beating a child, and Wuhan can be easily taken down.

In the small yard!

Sun Zhen heard everyone's discussions, and he was also inclined that Lao Maozi might end and participate in the Sino-Japanese War.

Only Yu Hua didn't think so. Xue Huhu and Sun Zhen also found out that Yu Hua hadn't commented on this matter, and they both asked Yu Hua.

"Brother Yu!"

"The Zhang Gufeng incident, do you think Lao Maozi is allied with us?!"

After chewing what was in his mouth, Yu Hua said after swallowing, "Commander Xue, Commander Sun."

"This matter, my opinion is that Mao Tzu-guo is not yet ready for a full-scale war with the Japanese army."

"The end result is that big things are turned into small things!"

When Yu Hua came to this conclusion, many people at the scene widened their eyes, and everyone shouted that it was impossible!
This is absolutely impossible! !
Regarding the disbelief on the faces of this group of people, Yu Hua can't say that I am a time traveler, and history is like this. After the little devil and the old Maozi had a fight in Zhanggufeng, the two parties finally reconciled.

Yu Hua looked at the big guy: "I know, you don't want to believe it, but from the perspective of the international situation, Maoziguo is unwilling to expand, and the best solution to this matter is reconciliation."

"If you don't believe me, let's see the final result!!"

In the next few days!
Lao Maozi assembled 10 infantry battalions, and the Japanese army assembled four infantry brigades. The two sides fought the first battle in Zhanggufeng.

The commander of Maoziguo was originally Vasily Konstantinovich Blyuchel. He said that this name may be unfamiliar to everyone, but he also has a Chinese name, which is Galen!
Galen was one of the five marshals awarded by Mao Ziguo in 1935.

Later, Lao Maozi increased his troops to 3000, and the Japanese army was still the 19th Division. During this battle, the Japanese army's firepower was obviously at a disadvantage. war.

After the Japanese army tried to figure out Mao Tzu-guo's ultimate goal, they did not intend to continue mobilizing troops on the northeast border, and turned their hearts back to the Battle of Wuhan.

The two sides finally issued a statement to resolve the Zhang Gufeng incident through peaceful negotiations!
In Hankou, many military and political officials of the Jinling High Command were dumbfounded when they learned that the old man had given up and softened to the little devil.

Everyone didn't expect this result at all!
How did the old man become so cowardly, he has no blood at all, he dare not fight with the little devil!
In a small courtyard in Hankou, Xue Huhu, Zhang Fakui, Sun Lianzhong and others were still eating mandarin duck pot.

This time, everyone gathered together after getting the results of the Zhang Gufeng incident.

Everyone was afraid of Lao Maozi, they were all cursing, they had no backbone at all, they didn't dare to fight a big fight after being provoked by the little devil like this.

A group of generals are also very angry now. They are usually refined and modest, but now they have all turned into hooligans.

Seeing everyone scolding Lao Maozi, Yu Hua said softly: "Everyone, you have to be strong yourself to strike the iron. We can't expect Europa to end in the war of resistance. We have to rely on ourselves at critical moments."

"Why is the old man unwilling to expand the war with the Japanese army? It is nothing more than his core interests. Now he is not in the Far East, but in Europa!"

"National interests always come first. It is impossible for Stalin to sacrifice his own country's interests and intervene in the Sino-Japanese War to help us fight against the Japanese."

"With regard to the intervention of external forces, my point of view is that the time has not yet come. We have to rely on ourselves in the war of resistance. We will continue to deal with the little devils and wait for changes."

Tai Shigong is right, the prosperity of the world is for profit; the chaos of the world is for profit; the old man will definitely not do business at a loss. For the old man, this conflict in the Far East is far inferior to that of De San The strong rise of China is a big threat.

Yu Hua's words also made the generals on the scene think about it carefully. You have to be strong yourself to strike an iron. This principle has never changed!

(End of this chapter)