Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 2168 Timely Rain

Front planning and war goals have been discussed before the adjournment, and the next step is the specific details.These detailed rules include the coordination of the main force with local guerrilla forces and special forces such as Fox Tong and Spike, as well as the allocation of heavy firepower and air force.For everyone in the Northeast Army, there is another very important topic at this meeting. The brigade commander level officer of the Northeast Army will conduct an exchange with the officers of the same level of the brother army.The Northeast Army had just merged into the Enrollment Army, and Ouyang Yun made such an adjustment, which was actually very taboo.Ouyang Yun understood this, so he not only communicated with Young Marshal Zhang in advance, but also explained before announcing the transfer order: "You generals are all veterans and have rich experience in commanding operations. You must know that tactics vary from man to weapon. The equipment varies. I heard that after the change of equipment, the soldiers' training is very active, which is a good thing. But shooting guns can sharpen their swords before the battle, and the change of tactical thinking is not an overnight effort. In order to ensure that this operation can achieve the desired effect , and in order to minimize the casualties of the troops, that's why I thought of changing generals just before the battle. Changing generals just before the battle is a big taboo, but for the sake of victory, I think we can endure the pain. When Shaoshuai Zhang made this suggestion, I thought I assured him that in my eyes, Ouyang Yun, there is no Cantonese, Fujian, or Northeast faction, as long as he can lead troops well, fight in battle, and abide by the military discipline of the Xuebing Army, then he is a good general and worthy of my trust."

The participating generals of the Northeast Army had been reminded by Young Marshal Zhang before the meeting, so they were mentally prepared. No matter how sincerely Ouyang Yun made this explanation, they also knew that Young Marshal Zhang had already agreed to it. Whether you accept it or not is the same result, so for the future, I actively expressed my approval.

Even if this matter was settled, Ouyang Yun immediately took out a list for everyone's reference.After the list was finalized, Ouyang Yun said sternly: "After you go back, you must launch it within two weeks at the latest. I still say that the general headquarters will not interfere with your combat operations, but please pay attention to two points. , military discipline must never be violated, especially mass incidents, which front has a collective violation of discipline, then everyone from the supreme commander to the officer involved will be punished; secondly, our student army is a whole, so I decided to It is not allowed to do things that cannot be saved because of personal conflicts or factional conflicts."

In previous war preparation meetings, Ouyang Yun would not say such things.The reason why he solemnly raised it now was because he was worried that there was a deep-rooted warlord mentality in the hearts of the generals of the Northeast Army, so that something that would affect the overall battle situation in order to preserve its strength would happen.

"Defeating Little Japan and recovering the old rivers and mountains is not a matter for you and me, but for all Chinese people. What are the advantages of our country compared with Japan? One is a vast territory and the other is a large population. Therefore, as long as He is a Chinese with a country in his heart, no matter whether he is a beggar or a gentry, our army of apprentices must unite. With their help, then we will always have the advantage of a favorable location..."

The large-scale personnel adjustment and reorganization of the Xuebing Army again caused a certain degree of confusion. It is said that this time is not suitable for launching a large-scale battle, but the Japanese army's Qinling operation is indeed worrisome, and Ouyang Yun had no choice but to do so.Ordering the cancellation of the personnel adjustment plan at this time would not only damage the prestige of the headquarters, but it was too late.In order to minimize this negative impact, after discussing with Jiang Guangnai, Ouyang Yun and Jiang Guangnai decided to temporarily use the structure of the front army to offset it.

Before the meeting ended, Ouyang Yun personally presented the flag to the commander in chief of the four-way counterattack.Among them, He Zhengjiang was awarded the banner of the First North Front Army; Zhang Shaoshuai was awarded the banner of the Second North Front Army; Li Tieshu was awarded the banner of the Third North Front Army; Shan Renxiong was awarded the banner of the Fourth North Front Army.After the flag-giving ceremony, the meeting was considered a success.After announcing the adjournment of the meeting, Ouyang Yun asked all the participating generals of the Northeast Army and the Jewish Independence Army to stay, and then accompanied them to supper with Jiang Guangnai, Ji Xingwen, Li Tieshu, and Tie Linfei.Supper is fake, but it is true to help Zhang Shaoshuai calm down.The Northeast Army's mechanized combat capabilities are too poor. In order to ensure the sharpness of the second front in the north, Ouyang Yun originally only wanted to call in a Taishi You to help in the battle, but when discussing this matter with Stern, Stern volunteered, hoping Able to lead the army to the front line.Ouyang Yun was really worried about the combat power of the Northeast Army, and he was even more worried that if the Northeast Army suffered heavy casualties, there would be many sequelae, which would affect the coalition army and the formation of the coalition government in the future. Therefore, after careful consideration, he decided to let Stern be the commander of Zhang Shaoshuai Deputy, add another rabbi to the second front north.In this way, the number of troops under the Second Front Army reached seven divisions, the commander of the Eighth Army was the Commander Zhang Shaoshuai, the deputy commander was Stern, and the chief of staff was Yu Xuezhong.In addition to the regular army of the seven divisions, the General Command of the Second Front also administered three guerrilla columns, one flying corps and two special forces.Two special forces, one is a division-level special artillery unit, which has a rocket artillery brigade and a heavy artillery brigade, and the other is a special special forces team composed of Spike and Fox Tong plus elite soldiers drawn from the former Northeast Army reconnaissance unit. combat brigade.

"Brother Hanqing, General Stern is very good at mechanized warfare. You should seek his advice on this aspect."

"Stern, Commander Zhang has dealt with the Japanese for many years, and he is very familiar with the combat habits of the Japanese army. You should consult him more before performing missions," Ouyang Yun said to Young Marshal Zhang and Stern respectively, playing the role of lubricant Role.

Of course the commander-in-chief has to give face, and both Young Marshal Zhang and Stern have a certain understanding of Ouyang Yun's temperament, knowing that he doesn't like his subordinates to be sloppy when it comes to military affairs, so they both behaved very humbly and cooperatively.

Ouyang Yun didn't have time to study whether they would do one thing in person and another in another. He glanced around at the generals of the Northeast Army and the Jewish Army, and said earnestly: "After so many battles, our student army has proved with facts that we The cadet army is the nemesis of little devils. This is the most proud part of our army. It was bought with the blood of thousands of soldiers who died. I hope you can not only maintain it, but also add another firewood .Let me give you one last sentence--victory must ultimately favor the brave, only hard work can gain, trust can gain friendship. Ladies and gentlemen, I will wait for your victory news in Guangzhou!"

When the cadet army was preparing for a full-scale counterattack, Hideki Tojo was also planning a new offensive at the Japanese headquarters in Tokyo.Hideki Tojo's sudden idea had something to do with the complete destruction of three airports including Cebu, Philippines, by the Pacific Fleet.After Cebu and other three airports were destroyed, the Japanese air force in the Philippines has only one flying brigade in Manila.Although the allied forces from the United States and the United States withdrew from the Philippines, the local resistance did not stop. Among these local armed forces, the one that caused Masaharu Honma the most headache was a guerrilla force called "Manila Volunteers".

Guo Kui led the second army of the expedition to the Philippines and spared no effort to develop the guerrilla armed forces. After more than half a year, the efforts of Zhang Liang and others finally paid off.Now, there are six guerrilla units with archives in the Second Army of Xuebing Expedition, three of which have a size of more than 1000 people, and the "Manila Volunteer Army", which is mostly Chinese and overseas Chinese, has a size of more than [-] people.

The mountainous terrain of the Philippine archipelago is very suitable for the survival of guerrilla armed forces. Masaharu Honma organized several suppression plans but had little effect. In the end, he had to rely heavily on air forces for air strikes.But now, because of the devastating blow to the three airports including Cebu and the air forces stationed there, the air force of the Japanese army in the Philippines has been greatly weakened, and it is now impossible to effectively contain the activities of guerrilla armed forces.Just the day before yesterday, the "Manila Volunteer Army" attacked a large Japanese military depot on Negros Island, not only killing and injuring nearly a thousand devils stationed at the depot, but also burning a large amount of supplies stored in the depot and looting The Japanese army looted more than ten tons of gold and silver from various places.These gold and silver were originally prepared by Honma for the Emperor's birthday, and they were already on the list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Now they are suddenly looted. This will not only affect Honma, but also deal a heavy blow to the Ministry of the Army and Hideki Tojo.

Because of the smooth operation of Qinling, Hideki Tojo was planning to completely regain control of the military headquarters, but the occurrence of this bad incident made him worry that all his previous efforts and efforts would be in vain.In order to make up for this mistake, he began to consider remedial measures, and finally turned his attention to the Qinling battle, and decided to fight a beautiful victory before April 4 as a birthday present to His Majesty the Emperor.

Hideki Tojo acted resolutely, making a decision in his mind and preparing to call a meeting, but before the meeting, a piece of information sent by the Army Deputy Chief made him stop going to the meeting room.The information was provided by Nakajima Chengko's Mei Agency, saying that the Xuebing Army was mobilizing its troops. Based on this, Nakajima Chengko judged that the Xuebing Army might be preparing for a major military operation and reminded the military to pay attention.

Although the Qinling operation achieved brilliant results and created a new situation, it also brought a lot of confusion to the Japanese army.Among them, the lack of troops is what annoys Tojo the most.For this reason, he repeatedly proposed to the Minei cabinet to expand the army and increase the size of the army stationed in China, but Minei Mitsumasa resolutely refused to agree, considering that the current size of the troop had affected the industrial production capacity and agriculture of the empire.Under such circumstances, the information from Nakajima Nakajima was timely for Hideki Tojo. He believed that with this information, he would no longer have any reason to refuse Minai's proposal to expand the army.Because Japan simply cannot bear the loss of Nanjing and Shanghai.

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