Age of Rebirth

The No.15 Japanese Army, which was in charge of attacking Guangdong from the direction of the Leizhou Peninsula, first ate a brigade of the Guangdong Army after landing, and then killed the small town of Hai'an with thousands of people. Finally, a torch The town was burned to the ground, and it was the Kono Regiment of the Ninth Division of the No. 15 Army who did this criminal activity.

After Tang Qiuli learned of the Hai'an tragedy, he was so angry that he broke several teacups, his face was ashen, and the special guards standing guard outside could hear the angry panting of the teacher through the door, and the sound of hurried footsteps walking back and forth Suddenly, the teacher's thunderous shout came from the room: "Communication staff officer!" The communication staff officer who was waiting outside hurried over.

"Record, Tang Qiuli, vice chairman of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, commander of the North China Independent Division, and commander-in-chief of the five southwestern provinces' military joint defense, ordered that all units under his command must not accept the surrender of the Japanese Kono Regiment. The officers and soldiers of the regiment were shot on the spot and must be reported, and this order was sent to all units immediately," Tang Qiuli said angrily.

Once this order is issued, it means that the Kono Regiment of the Japanese Army has been sentenced to death. I don’t know how other troops will execute it. Since the predecessor of the Bloody Hands, there has been no habit of keeping Japanese prisoners. After all, Tang Qiuli has only publicly stated that he will not keep prisoners. .

This is just the beginning. For Yamashita Fengwen's No.15 Army, killing Chinese people is their inherent habit. After occupying Hai'an, Yamashita Fengwen's main force.Immediately rushed to Xuwen, an important town on the Leizhou Peninsula, where a division of the Cantonese Army became the next target of the Japanese. [

Facing the ferocious Japanese offensive, Yu Hanmou, Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Government and Commander of the Provincial Police, was terrified. Like all the local bigwigs, he regarded his territory as his life.Yu Hanmou was more nervous about his territory than anyone else.He is very clear about how he got Guangdong, and he knows even more what losing Guangdong means to him.

Let's not talk about how it feels to be sheltered under the wings of others like a bereaved dog.If the soldiers in his hand were wiped out by the Japanese, it was unknown whether Yu Hanmou could get out of Guangdong. There were too many people who wanted his life, and Hai'an was lost.More than [-] people did not make Yu Hanmou feel so distressed that he fainted. He didn't feel sorry for the people who were massacred by the Japanese army, but his own soldiers.Is it easy to pull this team up?

At last he was not overwhelmed by the fright, Yu Hanmou immediately sent a telegram to order the 8000rd Division stationed in Xuwen to retreat to Leizhou immediately, join the [-]th Division there, and build a defense line in Leizhou. This order is in line with the actual situation, facing the superior Japanese army , The third division has a strength of more than [-] people.There is no way to resist, and it is also necessary to temporarily avoid the Japanese army.

But Yu Hanmou forgot.Patronizing to let the third division retreat, leaving Xu Wen tens of thousands of ordinary people.It was all thrown to the Japanese army. With the Haian tragedy, the Japanese would not let the people of Xuwen go. If the third division stopped the Japanese army in Xuwen for a day, the people in Xuwen city would be able to escape to the inland smoothly. , protecting the people is one of the responsibilities.

But Yu Hanmou never thought about what would happen to the common people. In his eyes, the common people are nothing. As long as he can guarantee that the army will not be wiped out, he can give up anything, let alone tens of thousands of ordinary people. After retreating, Yu Hanmou finally breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he even wanted to give up Leizhou City.

At this point, Yu Hanmou knew that relying on his own strength alone, he could not stop the Japanese's ferocious attack momentum. He could only ask for help. Therefore, his telegram to Tang Qiuli for help was pitiful, "Commander Tang Xun Jian, the Japanese army The offensive is fierce, Haian is lost, our Guangdong army has suffered heavy losses, Xu Wen is about to lose, with the strength of the entire Guangdong Province, it is absolutely impossible to stop the Japanese attack, and the fall of Guangdong Province will happen sooner or later."

"Therefore, Hanmou implores Commander-in-Chief Tang to turn the tide for the sake of the millions of people in Guangdong Province. He has heard for a long time that the troops under the Commander-in-Chief are brave and good at fighting. It is not too late to take action at this time. Hanmou hopes that the commander-in-chief The commander's reinforcements are like the hope of Yunni after a long drought. In the whole province of Guangdong, from Hanmou down, only the commander-in-chief is looking forward to it, eagerly looking forward to it! Yu Hanmou."

After reading Yu Hanmou's request for help, Tang Qiuli sneered, and ordered the communications staff to call Yu Hanmou back, "Hain'an lost thousands of civilians by the Japanese army. If we abandon Xuwen, where will Xuwen's tens of thousands of civilians be? If the three divisions stick to Xuwen for a day, the tragedy can be avoided completely, and the army retreats before the people, so why do the people of Guangdong look at the Guangdong army?"

After the telegram was sent out, Tang Qiuli was still restless. What he was most worried about was the tens of thousands of people in Xu Wen. The Japanese army had already killed the people with red eyes, and they would never let the unarmed people go. He waited in fear to make him worry As for the news of self-blame, Mei Xuefa used words to comfort him, but could only hold his hand tightly.

Mei Xue felt distressed that her husband's palms were cold and seemed to be trembling slightly. Mei Xue understood Tang Qiuli's mood at this time, and knew that the pain hidden in his heart and the hatred for the brutal crimes committed by the Japanese army could not be changed. Deeply blamed for the fact, in the evening, the news about Xu Wen finally came.

The Japanese army occupied almost an empty city. The people of Xuwen immediately fled the whole city after learning that Hai'an fell and all the people in the town were massacred. Finally, they escaped before the Japanese army occupied Xuwen. Fortunately, the people in Guangdong know what kind of birds Yu Hanmou's troops are. At critical times, they can't count on them at all. It's good if they don't harm the people.

Tang Qiuli heaved a sigh of relief, feeling weak all over his body, his limbs were weak, and he sat down on a chair like a prostration. Yu Hanmou himself and the other Cantonese troops were nothing to worry about. If they dared to defend Nanning like the Guijun, the common people would With a chance to escape, the telegram sent to Yu Hanmou during the day must have made him feel uncertain. At this moment, Yu Hanmou may be thinking about how to flee.

Yu Hanmou's so-called life and death said that the people in all parts of Guangdong must avoid the bloody massacre of the Japanese No. Turn to the direction of Nanning, otherwise, it will never attack along the Leizhou Peninsula. Zhanjiang, Wuchuan, and Yangdong are all possible landing locations.

From the beginning of the war in the south, Tang Qiuli's original plan was somewhat violated. The main reason was that Yu Hanmou's Cantonese Army was not up to the task, and the independent division had to intervene in the battlefield in advance. Going south, via Shaoguan to Guangzhou, to take over the defense of the Cantonese Army in the Guangzhou area, Feng Jiwu Corps dispatched six brigades, marched westward from Fujian, controlled the eastern Guangdong area, and deployed defenses in Jiangmen and Zhongshan, forming a mutual relationship with Ma Chaoyang Corps The state of support.

Tang Qiuli mobilized his troops in this way, as long as he wanted to fight a tug-of-war with the Japanese army in the Guangzhou area, attract the main force of the Japanese Seventh Army and No.15 Army that attacked Guangdong to Guangdong, and reduce the pressure on Nanning. Compared with the Japanese army, its strength is [-] to [-], and its strength is not dominant. If Yu Hanmou's Guangdong army is added, its strength slightly exceeds that of the Japanese army.

At this time, Yu Hanmou really can't be allowed to run too fast or too far away, and he should give the Emperor Banlatu of Guangdong a reassurance. He immediately sent a telegram to Yu Hanmou, "Chairman Yu, the situation in Guangdong is not as your Excellency said, and the corruption is beyond control. , My independent division Ma Chaoyang Corps, Feng Jiwu Corps' six brigades with a total of 25 people have entered Guangdong from two directions, of which 16 Ma Chaoyang Corps will be deployed in Guangzhou."

"The troops of the Cantonese Army should concentrate near Guangzhou and wait for my order. In addition, some of the equipment of the Cantonese Army can be replenished on the spot. At present, the third and fifth divisions of the Cantonese Army in Leizhou have given up their plan to stop the Japanese army in Leizhou. , and immediately retreat to the vicinity of Guangzhou to stand by. All the Cantonese troops in southwestern Guangdong should abandon the current defensive area and retreat to the vicinity of Guangzhou. Only then can we retreat, otherwise, the commander of the unit will act as a military law."

This point, Tang Qiuli must emphasize, otherwise, Yu Hanmou's subordinates must run faster than ordinary people, concentrate their forces, and fight a tough battle with the Japanese army in the Guangzhou area. It was not Tang Qiuli's plan, but Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's plan The defense of Nanning forced Tang Qiuli to intervene in the battlefield ahead of time. As for how long the battle in Guangzhou would last, it could only depend on the progress of the defense of Nanning.

There is another major factor that prompted Tang Qiuli to make this decision, that is, the No.15 Army of Fengwen Yamashita, who crazily massacred the Chinese people. This is a group of red-eyed executioners. All of this animal Japanese army was wiped out, especially the Kono Regiment that caused the Hai'an tragedy, and they couldn't let it go. [

After Yu Hanmou received Tang Qiuli's second telegram, his previous dejection and doomsday-like depression were swept away, and his face was flushed with excitement, and he kept muttering, "I'm saved now," just now, he He also worked with his staff to study how to run and where to run. Although Guangzhou is good, if the little life is gone, everything will start from the beginning.

The Japanese will never let go of Guangzhou, an important town in southern Lingnan, and Yu Hanmou has no intention of fighting the Japanese to the death. Before receiving Tang Qiuli's telegram, he had already issued an order to the troops in southwestern Guangdong to immediately withdraw to Guangzhou to assemble. Letting you run away, you don’t want Leizhou and Zhanjiang. With human guns, do you still worry about having no land?

He sent a telegram to Tang Qiuli asking for help, but he also had no good intentions. He wanted the independent division to block the Japanese for him, so that Zhanjiang could retreat completely. After staying away from danger, he would make plans. The Japanese would not be unable to cooperate. Of course, he didn't tell anyone about this idea, including his confidant generals.

(To be continued)