Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

Xuancheng, the headquarters of the Ninth Theater of the National Army.

Commander-in-Chief Xue Yue, Chief of Staff Wu Zhiyi, Commander-in-Chief of the No.20 Seventh Army Yang Sen, Commander-in-Chief of the No.19 Army Yu Jishi, Commander-in-Chief of the No.40 Army Zhang Dabiao and other Jiang Haoran gathered together. Even Liu He, who had not seen him for a long time, It's also in sight.

The Guangxi campaign was all over, and Guilin's front finger was also revoked. Of course, Liu He had to return to the No. 40 Army, not to mention that there was such a big battle waiting for them, and Zhang Dabiao couldn't handle it alone.

The No.40 Army in front of us has been officially assigned to the Ninth War Zone. In this battle of Guangxi Shanghai and Hangzhou, they are actually the main attacking force.

Nominally, it is a joint operation of three theaters, but except for the 44th Army in the third theater, the other two armies are on the north bank of the Yangtze River, not to mention the sixth theater.

At present, Yang Sen's department is attacking Puyang and Yixing, and cooperates with Li Tie's department to recover Changzhou and Wuxi.

Yu Jishi's troops are on the front lines of Huzhou, Deqing, and Lin'an, and the troops are attacking the three places with all their strength.

The main force of the No.40 Army has entered Hangzhou, facing the enemy across the Qiantang River.

Before the battle sand table, Xue Yue knocked on the wooden frame on the edge of the sand table, and said with a dignified face: "You should all understand the situation clearly, and the order from the chief is also very clear. I don't care how the next battle is fought. All I want is You go forward...forward...forward, and within five days, the main force of the troops must appear on the outskirts of Shanghai."

"Yes, Commander." The generals suddenly agreed.

Xue Yue nodded in satisfaction and said, "If there is nothing else, let's go. I'll wait for your good news."

"Wait, Commander, I have an idea." Zhang Dabiao said.

Xue Yue looked sideways and said, "Say."

Zhang Dabiao picked up the command stick, drew a circle in the Hangzhou area, and said: "The enemy's troops in the entire Hangzhou area now have five divisions and four puppet divisions. Although their strength is much worse than ours, Qiantang The Jiang Bridge has been destroyed by them. Across the Qiantang River is a natural danger. If we attack by conventional routes, we may not be able to cross the river for three days, and the cost of casualties must be huge. road."

Xue Yue's eyes lit up, and he said, "Surprise? Tell me, how can you do it by surprise?"

Zhang Dabiao raised his eyebrows and said: "Two divisions went to the sea from Cixi, landed in Haiyan, took Jiaxing directly, and cut off all the retreat routes of the Hangzhou Island Army. Not only can these divisions be eaten up, but it can also speed up our process of entering Shanghai. .”

Xue Yue bulged his eyes in disbelief, picked up the ruler and measured it on the map, and said, "Are you kidding, there is more than 20 kilometers of waterway from Cixi crossing the sea to Haiyan, did your two divisions swim across the sea?"

Zhang Dabiao smiled slightly and said: "Commander, you probably don't know that since the headquarter established the first navy in Wenzhou, not long after, the first domestic shipyard was also newly released. It is not enough to build large warships and aircraft carriers, but there is no problem with inland river naval guns, landing ships, transport ships, etc., so there is no problem for the troops of two divisions to cross the sea."

Liu He on the side also smiled and said: "Commander, let alone two divisions, if necessary, it is not a problem to transport five or six divisions at once."

Xue Yue stared at the two with his eyes wide open, and he didn't make a sound for a long time. He was really shocked. He hadn't taken over the No.40 Army for a long time, so he really didn't know that there was still such a problem.

Seeing that Xue Yue remained silent for a long time, Chief of Staff Wu Zhiyi said: "Well, even if you have the ability to cross the sea, the island army is now doing its best to withdraw troops. They have troops entering Jinshan, Nicheng and other docks and ports in Hangzhou Bay. The retreat stage, so there are definitely not a few enemy ships and submarines in the entire Hangzhou Bay, once they find your ships appearing on the sea, they will not sit idly by, what will you do then?"

Zhang Dabiao said: "So, I need the support of the headquarters. During the time of crossing the sea, I hope that the headquarters can mobilize all nearby fighter jets and bombers to escort us."

Xue Yue said: "There is no problem with the escort, but what about the underwater submarine?"

Zhang Dabiao said: "You don't have to worry about this, we have anti-submarine helicopters to ensure that enemy submarines have nowhere to hide."

Xue Yue said: "Okay, I will implement according to your plan, is there any other request?"

"Also." Zhang Dabiao replied: "I hope that the No.19 Army can concentrate its elite troops to attack Huzhou, capture Huzhou as quickly as possible, and penetrate directly into it. Our cross-sea troops will also attack and advance as soon as possible. , if the cooperation is good, the two armies can meet in Jiaxing. Once we occupy Jiaxing, no matter whether the enemy rescues from Hangzhou or Shanghai, they will be powerless. These divisions in Hangzhou have properly become our We can eat the fat in our mouths whenever we want, and in this way, we have completed the important task of encircling Shanghai.”

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At twelve o'clock that night, Shanghai, the headquarters of the Central China Front Army of the Island Army.

Since the fall of Xuzhou, the land route has been cut off, Neiji Okamura has lost the convenience of direct jurisdiction over Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, and the Central China Front Army that was originally revoked has once again revived. The commander is still General Nishio Hisao, and the chief of staff is Shigema Aoki Will.

The headquarters was busy, and the commander, General Hisao Nishio, paced back and forth with a dark face, stopped suddenly, waved his hands and gritted his teeth and said, "It's all a good thing done by Private Tojo, what kind of bullshit scorched earth plan was mentioned, it's all right now, Nanjing was destroyed according to his request, but it attracted a crazy attack from Zhina's army, how could the hundreds of thousands of troops retreat smoothly?"

Chief of Staff Shigemako Aoki shook his head helplessly and said: "Your Excellency, the matter has come to this point, there is no point in complaining, let's think about how to overcome this difficulty?"

Hisao Nishio replied angrily: "What else can we do except strictly prevent the defense? Immediately call the troops in the front line. No matter how much pressure there is, they must stick to their positions and never let the Zhina army break through the defense line."

Aoki Shigeno said: "Your Excellency, you should know that this is very difficult. The strength of the army is a multiple of ours, and the equipment is better than ours. We have completely lost our air defense and the navy is unable to support us. Hold back their torrent of steel."

"Then what do you say should be done?"

Aoki Shigemao hesitated for a while, and said: "In my opinion, let's leave the opportunity to a few elite divisions, and other troops will continue to invest in the war, otherwise, we won't be able to delay for long."

Hiso Nishio was taken aback for a moment, the muscles on his face twitched, and an expression of pain and despair was written all over his face.