Age of Rebirth

Chapter 33 Conspiracy and Strategy

The Japanese army attacked the four divisions in Chongqing. On the south bank of the Chishui River, the Sichuan Army, which was waiting for work, was hit head-on, and the eyes were staring. As a last resort, after asking for instructions from the commander-in-chief of the dispatched army, the whole army turned to various places in Yunnan. This direction was the weakest area of ​​China's national defense force at that time. There was no central army unit, no Tang Qiuli's independent division unit, only equipment and training level, which was far inferior to the Japanese army's Yunnan local troops.

Without a strong opponent, the Japanese army threw all their anger at Loushanguan and Chishui River on Long Yun's head. After entering Yunnan, they went straight to Kunming and transferred all the party, government and military organs and organs in Kunming. Long Yun of the industrial and mining enterprise made up his mind to fight the Japanese army on the outskirts of Kunming.

To be honest, Long Yun didn't want to fight the Japanese army head-on at all. He knew how much money he had and couldn't stand it. He didn't want to fight, but the local celebrities and gentry in Yunnan quit. As the chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Government and the provincial police commander, Long Yun wanted to abandon the city and flee when the Japanese came to his door, ignoring the voices of millions of people in Yunnan Province, and he was ashamed to be a son of Yunnan.

These old gentlemen and scholars, speaking impassionedly and emotionally, are more passionate than each other, but they don't understand the current situation. The blood is warm enough, so don't weigh your own capital. Long Yun dare not go against the wishes of these people too much. His power is supported by the local people in Yunnan, and they are all his parents. Without the support of these gentry and celebrities, Long Yun is afraid that he will sing a one-man show and end up alone. [

In the end, in desperation, Long Yun took out Tang Qiuli's telegram in an attempt to convince these people that abandoning Kunming was temporary. When Yunnan fights against Japan, Kunming will soon return to our hands.

Tang Qiuli's telegram was not released, it was fine, but when it was released, these people exploded at that time, with only one meaning, Yunnan is our own, and those people from other provinces don't have a single good thing, it's not for their own interests, so don't care about Yunnan People's personal experience, from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, has been dug out for hundreds of years of history, and the only conclusion is that people from other provinces have only plots and ambitions for Yunnan, and have never had good intentions, and Tang Qiuli is no exception.

Long Yun was forced to do nothing, so he gritted his teeth and gave up the Yunnan Army's wealth. He fought the Japanese Army in Kunming to the death. Gentlemen, they left with satisfaction, and agreed to sell their properties and raise funds, even if they were selling iron, and they also wanted to improve equipment for the Dian Army.

After a few days of busy work, the [-] Yunnan Army troops gathered in the direction of Kunming one after another. Long Yun had no idea. As the leader of Yunnan Province, he was not so impulsive yet. He knew that this battle was impossible to fight. , Immediately, report to Tang Qiuli about the plan for the defense of Kunming, and implore Vice Chairman Tang to send elite troops into Yunnan to jointly defend Kunming for the sake of joint defense of the five southern provinces.

After Tang Qiuli received Long Yun's telegram, he frowned at that time. This Long Yunna was really confused. He wanted to fight the Japanese army, and it was not his way of fighting. With the equipment and soldiers quality of the Dian army, he fought against the Japanese army. A head-to-head position defense battle, isn't that a self-defeating one?

Because of his weakness, the strength of the enemy, waiting for the final result of the Dian army, that is to fight all the way, and Kunming will have to fall. The opinions of those old gentlemen are clearly a scholarly spirit. How do you know the danger of war? Abandoning the city is not because of fear of the enemy. , Giving up Kunming is not running away, let alone giving up resistance, two different things!

It is not a good sign that Long Yun can be left and right. His own troops, holding down the 10,000+ Japanese troops in Nanning with one hand, and staring at the more than 20 Japanese troops in front of Loushan Pass with one eye, could not spare their hands to enter Yunnan. Sending three or five brigades may hold Kunming, and the casualties of the troops will be astonishing. This is not in line with Tang Qiuli's military strategy.

What's more, there are also Japanese reinforcements from Japan. The current Yunnan is not the main battlefield. Therefore, Tang Qiuli's wording in the call back to Long Yun is rather harsh, "Mr. Abandoning Kunming, avoiding the edge of the Japanese army, regardless of the gains and losses of a city or a place, it is the best policy for the main force of the Yunnan army to withdraw to northwest Yunnan, the public opinion must not be violated, and the actual situation must also be followed.”

"If the general will is lost, I suggest that after one or two days of fighting with the Japanese army on the outskirts of Kunming, when the Japanese army has not formed an encirclement of Kunming, the Dian army should immediately withdraw westward, so as not to incur the loss of the elite of the Dian army and the annihilation of the entire army. , must not have any plans to defend Kunming."

"As for my independent division's entry into Yunnan to fight, it will take a few days. After the battle of Nanning is over, I will have the ability and time to carry out this matter. I will issue an order for the withdrawal of the Yunnan army from Kunming. At that time, The Southern Flying Group of the Air Force of the Independent Division will send a large number of fighter planes to cover the withdrawal of the Yunnan Army, Tang Qiuli, commander-in-chief of the Military Joint Defense Command of the Five Southern Provinces of the Nationalist Government Military Commission."

Tang Qiuli can only do so much for Long Yun. He also understands Long Yun's difficulties. If he doesn't fight, he can't explain to those blind xenophobic forces in Yunnan. The final signing is the first time he has used this official title. In other words, take the responsibility of abandoning Kunming and let those xenophobic forces in Yunnan speak for themselves.

After Long Yun received the telegram, he thanked Tang Qiuli a thousand times. It could be seen that Long Yun was sincere and the matter in Yunnan was temporarily settled. On September [-]th, Tang Qiuli flew back to the front line in Nanning from Guangzhou. Randomly, there was also Mei Xue, although he was absolutely unwilling to let Mei Xue come to the dangerous front line.

But Mei Xue changed her usual gentleness and cowardice, and her attitude was very firm. She had no choice but to bring her. Thinking about it carefully, she is really indispensable by my side. Just sleeping alone at night is enough to torture people. There is also the usual basic necessities of life, which also needs to be taken care of by Mei Xue.

As soon as he got off the plane and learned that the division commander had returned to the front line, Ma Chaoyang, the commander of the Southeast Mobile Corps of the Independent Division, brought a large number of officers to the airport to greet him. To be honest, Tang Qiuli returned to Guangzhou in the past few days. The officers at all levels of the army were in a state of turmoil.

He and the whole corps are united and holding back their energy. They want to play the prestige of the main corps in the first battle in the Nanning campaign, but the division commander suddenly left. Everyone is worried that the Nanning campaign will fail. It didn't bother Ma Chaoyang to death, his headquarters was like going to a market. Every day, many officers came to ask for news, but Ma Chaoyang was also full of doubts, how could he answer it!

It's all right now, the division commander has returned to the front line, has he received an order to change the deployment of the battle? The battle of Nanning is a certainty, and it cannot be changed. As soon as he saw Tang Qiuli's face, Ma Chaoyang stepped forward to salute, " Welcome the division commander back to the front line in Nanning, all the officers and soldiers of our Southeast Mobile Corps are waiting for the division commander's order! Take down Nanning cleanly and completely wipe out the Japanese army!"

Tang Qiuli glanced at Ma Chaoyang meaningfully, and said, "Commander Ma, I haven't seen you for a few days, have you learned how to be side-talking? I don't know what you have in mind. I haven't been here for a few days. Listen Deputy Commander Tang said, you haven't stopped making small moves, well, go to the headquarters, call all the generals under your command, and have a good talk."

Ma Chaoyang smiled embarrassedly. Hearing that the division commander had returned, the dozens of brigade commanders of the Southeast Mobile Corps hurried over without waiting for notice. The big guys reported the situation in the past few days, and Tang Qiuli He glanced at Ma Chaoyang quite unexpectedly, and nodded appreciatively.

In the past few days, Ma Chaoyang has not been idle, guarding so many tanks and cannons, as well as the powerful thunder rocket launcher, looking at the 10,000+ little devils inside and outside Nanning city, just not letting them fight, his heart is like a fire In a hurry, the brigade commanders were called together, and everyone came up with ideas. Didn't the division commander not let us launch a general offensive?Well, the reason for cleaning up the periphery and preparing for the general attack on Nanning in advance is very good and justified. [

The battle plan for cleaning up the Japanese positions outside Nanning was reported to Tang Qiusheng, the deputy division commander under the command of Tang Qiuli and the commander of the Sulu Mobile Corps. Qiusheng carefully considered the plan reported by Ma Chaoyang, and without affecting the overall situation, It is very feasible. First, it can clear the outer obstacles for the general offensive. Second, it can put pressure on Terauchi Shouichi, who is entangled with Xue Yue's central army in front of Loushan Pass, to see his next move.

After getting the approval of the deputy division commander, Ma Chaoyang mobilized his troops to fight against the Japanese army on the outskirts of Nanning. With the superior force and firepower, plus the tank troops of four brigades, the Japanese positions on the outskirts of Nanning were like paper, unbearable. With one blow, the cement bunkers, dark forts, and fortifications were reduced to ruins everywhere under the overwhelming artillery fire.

Ma Chaoyang fought very strategically, giving full play to his superiority in firepower, and did not fight hard. After three or four days, the outer positions of the Japanese army in Nanning were wiped out, killing [-] Japanese soldiers, and attacking the starting positions. It has already entered the city of Nanning, and the casualties paid by the Corps are only a few hundred people, and most of them are shot out.

In Ma Chaoyang's words, it was the results of the battle with cannons. This series of actions really turned Nanning into an isolated city surrounded by troops surrounding Nanning. Ma Chaoyang remembered that the teacher said that the little devil in Nanning was used as bait to lure the old devil in the temple, Shouyi, to turn around. I am afraid that the Nanning that Tang Qiuli saw at this moment will be in ruins.

On September [-]th, the Japanese army on the front line of Loushanguan still had no other actions. Tang Qiuli waited impatiently, and issued an order to the troops to attack the Japanese army in Nanning in the early morning of September [-]th.

As soon as the order was issued to the troops, the Japanese troops on the Lushanguan battlefield suddenly started to move. With a quick movement, they broke away from contact with the Central Army and turned around to go south. However, the route of going south surprised Tang Qiuli.

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