mixed in the war

The Changshan Mountains were breached by the squadron!

When the news came out, the situation that had been quiet just now was boiling again.

Because everyone knows what it means for the Changshan Mountains to be broken through.

As the main mountain range on the Indochina Peninsula, the watershed between the Mekong River and the South China Sea system, the Truong Son Mountains run parallel to the coast, roughly forming a gentle arc from northwest to southeast, and are the boundary mountains between Vietnam and Laos.This mountain range obliquely runs through the entire territory of Vietnam and is the natural border of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.The total length is about 1000 kilometers, but there are only a few mountain passes that can connect Vietnam and Laos.The Changshan Mountains constitute the skeleton of Vietnam's terrain. Among them, the east slope of the Changshan Mountains from Lanjiang to Wujia River is steep and close to the coast. It is the narrowest part of Vietnam.

Jiaonv Pass, also known as Jiao Nuo Pass, which was broken by the Chinese army, was called "Wisty Ridge" in the Tang Dynasty of China. This is the most important pass in the northern part of the Changshan Mountains. Directly to Vinh City, Vietnam.Vinh City is not only an important town in central Vietnam, but also at the mouth of the lower reaches of the Blue River.

That is to say, the Chinese army's move directly cut off Vietnam in the middle.

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"Impossible, it's impossible! What are they trying to do?"

I just kicked the Chinese out of Vietnam, and I was thinking about taking a break, and then taking advantage of the victory to pursue. It would be best to push the front into China, and then occupy the entire Guangxi, threatening the Southwest, and destroying the Chinese government's strategic intention to launch a war of resistance based on the Southwest. Unexpectedly, at this moment, someone stabbed him in the back.But even if he knew, Guzhuang Qianlang still didn't understand, even if the Chinese divided Vietnam into two parts, what could they do to them?It is nothing more than forcing them to divide their troops to Nangu.But compared to the Japanese army in Vietnam, the situation of the Chinese squadron that needs to resupply through thousands of miles of waterways should be more difficult.

"Has the squadron occupied Sakae City?" Koiso Kuniaki asked casually while sipping tea.

"Yes." Guzhuang Qianlang replied in a low voice.After all, Terauchi Shouichi still failed to keep his post as the commander of the China Dispatch Army with a victory.Hideki Tojo and others, who can only be submissive to him, are now extremely dissatisfied with his "adulterating" with Kanji Ishihara, Kenji Doihara, and others, completely ignoring that he just gained a strategic advantage over Guangxi. On the contrary, when he heard that Terauchi Shouichi might win a big battle, he hurriedly ordered him to be transferred back to Tokyo.Then, Koiso Kunizaki, known as the "Tiger of Korea", came to Nanjing and began to preside over the affairs of dispatched troops.

However, it is clear that the Chinese do not "welcome" Koiso Kunizaki very much.

"As soon as Rongshi was lost, Vietnam was cut off in the middle. In order to prevent this enemy from going north and attacking the Guangxi army from north to south, we can only divide our troops to look south." Xiaoji Guozhao sipped his teacup slowly, "I heard that the riverside Zhengsan has already gone northward along the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, threatening the area around Honghe Prefecture in Yunnan, right?"

"Yes." Guzhuang Qianlang nodded, "But according to the latest news, the squadron with the designation of 'New 1 Army' did not show any intention of going north after occupying Rong City. And It's a rush to build a defense. It seems to want to defend."

"Defense?" Xiaoji Guozhao was slightly taken aback, "They didn't intend to attack?"

"At least for now. Otherwise, with our poor defense in the south, they should have entered Qinghua by now." Guzhuang Qianlang replied.

"Then, is this move by the Chinese a way to share the pressure for Yunnan?" Xiaoji Guozhao asked again.

"Probably not." Guzhuang Qianlang glanced at the newly appointed army general. "If they want to share the pressure for Yunnan, they should put the army directly in front of Zhengsan by the river, instead of traveling thousands of miles along the Mekong River like now... It's okay if the time is shorter, but it can be longer. This expeditionary force will be in a very difficult situation.”

"Understood." Xiaoji Guozhao smiled, "That is to say, this should be another attempt by the Chinese to open up international traffic lines."

"International traffic line?" Gu Zhuang Qianlang was startled, and then suddenly became a little dazed.There is some truth to this.Guangzhou, Vietnam and other places were successively occupied. In fact, the coast of China has been completely blocked by the Japanese army. Today's China can only rely on the Burma Road to transport supplies from the outside bit by bit.But how much can a mere Burma road transport?But traveling by water is different.Although it may be necessary to go to Rongshi or other places in the middle, and then cross the Changshan Pass, then enter the Mekong River, go north along it, and enter the Lancang River...

"But do the Chinese have so many ships?"

"The boat is not a problem. After all, it's just inland waterway shipping. It doesn't need great shipbuilding technology. The Chinese can make it themselves. If you work hard, there may be tens of thousands of people floating on the Mekong River within a year or two." All kinds of ships." Koiso Kunizaki replied.

"Then, isn't the Vietnamese territory south from Rongshi dangerous?" Guzhuang Qianlang frowned.If the Chinese really just want to open up international traffic lines, then, facing the Japanese navy that has blocked the Beibu Gulf, they must not just guard a small city of Vinh, and go south from Vinh City to Saigon in Vietnam ( Ho Chi Minh City), with a total length of more than 1000 kilometers.There are quite a few ports among them, and this should be the goal of the Chinese.After all, unless a considerable part of the Japanese navy is moved, it is simply impossible to defend the coast of Vietnam that stretches for one or two thousand miles.Although Japan has taken over the French Indochina, most of its troops are concentrated in North Vietnam, and the French are not strong in Vietnam, and there must be tens of thousands of squadrons that can resist it.And obviously, since they took the initiative to send troops to Vietnam and Laos, the Chinese no longer care about whether France is not French, even if that Charles de Gaulle is famous in Europe, it is useless.

"What I'm talking about is actually just a possibility. It doesn't rule out that the Chinese have the intention of attacking from both sides and eating up our three divisions in Vietnam." Xiaoji Guozhao said again.Although he proposed an idea, this idea still has a very big flaw.That is, the Chinese do not have a navy, and most of the territories in southern Vietnam are extremely narrow.This also means that if the squadron does not go north, but chooses to go south, it may be attacked from the sea at any time, and it may be intercepted at any time like Vietnam today.Once trapped in a narrow place, there is no mountain pass on the west side to escape into Laos or Cambodia.The squadron that went south was doomed.With the intelligence of the Chinese, this problem is not difficult to think of.

"Eat our three divisions? Did they think this was the Battle of Nanchang?" Guzhuang Qianlang sneered.He didn't think that the squadron would encounter many difficulties after occupying South Vietnam.Is the Chinese Air Force here?This is not like the Beibu Gulf period. At that time, the Chinese only had one coastal defense port available, and their air force could not really threaten the Japanese naval ships that could hide from both sides.Most importantly, the Navy only needs to send small boats to complete the blockade mission.But if the squadron really goes south and occupies South Vietnam, then China will add a long coastline. They want to block this coastline again, and investing in it is not like blocking North Vietnam, and the navy is not happy. Or two.As for the three divisions in North Vietnam...he simply didn't believe that the squadron could have this ability.Unless the Chinese send troops from Hunan and other places.But if troops were transferred from Hunan, how could Anan Weiji in Wuhan make them feel better?

"No matter what, it is still necessary to be on guard against this sudden enemy." Kunizaki Koiso thought for a while, "Let Haruki Hyakutake go south. He has gone through a big battle and is exhausted. Just enough to deal with unintentional fighting enemy."

"Hi!"

I don't understand the intention of the squadron, and I don't think there is any danger of my three divisions being surrounded by the Chinese on both sides... After all.Even the Chinese Air Force regained its advantage.It is also impossible to stop them, who have the upper hand at sea, from delivering supplies to their troops.On the contrary, the New 1st Army who came out of the Changshan Pass may be in a situation of running out of ammunition and food.That being the case, Kojikuni Showa and Guzhuang Qianlang decided to wait and see.The entire southeast of Vietnam is facing the sea, and with a navy, no matter what tricks the Chinese play, they will remain invincible.

But.Just two days after they got the news that Sun Liren had occupied Rongshi and cut off the news about Vietnam, another piece of news broke their original mood of sitting firmly on Diaoyutai: Chinese paratroopers parachuted into Hainan, and Haikou fell!

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"It's amazing. There are more and more capable people under Lao Jiang's hands."

Taihang Mountains.

Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

Peng Dehuai couldn't help shouting while taking a picture of a hand-painted map of Asia:

"To the north are Du Yuming's 5th Army and Xu Tingyao's 35th Army; to the south are Sun Liren's New 1st Army and the two divisions of the Dian Army; to the east is Hainan Island, which will soon be recovered by the Kuomintang; to the west are the majestic mountains... ... Tsk tsk, unless the Japanese retreat from the sea immediately, otherwise, the three divisions in North Vietnam will be trapped. Not to mention fighting, we only need the Kuomintang to defend and not attack, and surround them tightly. It will not take a few months , they have to die too!"

"The most unexpected thing is the airborne landing on Hainan Island!" Chief of Staff Zuo Quan couldn't help shaking his head, "It would have been impossible for the Kuomintang to take Hainan Island even if the Japanese were killed. What a killer."

"Boss Zhu, how is the central government talking with Lao Maozi? Will they leave us a few planes?" Not to mention the airborne troops, Peng Dehuai couldn't help asking Zhu De again.In order to persuade the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to make a quick decision, the Soviet Union agreed to many conditions, one of which was to help train the air force and leave some aircraft for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.But now that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has moved there and has basically taken root, the Soviets have begun to hesitate again.It is said that these transport planes and bombers need to support the decisive battle in Siberia, and the National Government firmly opposes it, and they have nothing to do.In fact, to put it bluntly, I just don’t want the Communist Party to have an air force. In this way, the central government far away in Khalkha is tantamount to being pinched by them.As soon as he heard the news, Peng Dehuai became furious. If he hadn't known it was impossible, he would have almost mobilized the Eighth Route Army to attack Khalkha and settle accounts with the old man.

"Negotiation, how can there be a result so soon?" Zhu De sighed.Because they are determined not to give up Khalkha's interests, the Soviets have completely closed the door to the air force.And this time they really saw the faces of the Soviets... They were enthusiastic when they begged them, but they became cold-faced people immediately after they were done.As for the socialist brothers, they have a deep understanding of what the "interests" mentioned by Qin Wei in those books are about, and they have a deeper understanding of Bismarck's sentence "Axioms are only within the range of cannons." "What means.If you don't have the strength, if you ask others, of course you have to be manipulated by them. After all, their things are not blown by strong winds.

"Okay, let's not talk about the plane." Peng Dehuai could see that Zhu De was in a bad mood, and he was unwilling to ask further, "But now the Kuomintang is launching a counterattack. Once it succeeds, it will be another big victory. What should we do?"

"The central government has issued an order." Zhu De put his hands into his sleeves habitually, "Hit!" (To be continued...)