Not everyone will have God's perspective like Luo Ying. As the war on the northern front in Shencheng stabilized, the war situation began to develop in a good direction. Countries in the world who were watching the excitement also began to take offense, and newspapers large and small began to Fill someone in the government with ecstasy, and boast that the government army is extremely powerful. Some even assert that China will easily win the decisive battle with the Japanese;
On the other hand, they showed their goodwill to the warring parties, and under the pretext of observing the belligerent convention, they vowed to strictly maintain neutrality and no longer sell weapons and equipment to the warring parties. However, they continued to sell oil and scrap steel to the Japanese.
It seems fair on the surface, but it is actually biased, because China is an agricultural country. Even if it can buy back enough scrap steel, it cannot convert them into armed equipment, but the Japanese can!
The senior officials of the national government did not seem to understand the sinister intentions of those international friends. Instead, they were a little intoxicated by these poisonous compliments. Their heads became more and more hot, and they even shouted slogans that dared the Japanese to kill the Japanese;
Someone's habit of overjoying success happened again. The Kuomintang army, which had just stabilized its position, began to launch a counterattack against the Japanese. Seeing the opportunity, Matsui Iwane deliberately showed weakness and reduced his troops across the board, causing the top brass of the Kuomintang army to be overwhelmed by the Japanese. The illusion of living.
After the 21st Group Army was in place, the Kuomintang Army obviously had a lot of surplus troops, so the Northern Route Army planned a major counterattack aimed at driving the Japanese into the sea;
In accordance with the requirements of the Central Military Commission, the four armies of the 19th Army, the main force of the Central Army on the northern front, and the First Army and the 74th Army of the 15th Army, a total of six armies of 150,000 troops, launched a counterattack against the Japanese on the North Road;
They abandoned the solid trench fortifications and launched a fierce counterattack with crude rifles at the main force of the Japanese equipped with heavy artillery and aircraft. In order to deceive the Kuomintang army, Matsui deliberately gave up his position and withdrew the troops to Wusong. Along the entrance, it gave the national army the illusion that they might be driven into the sea at any time.
On the other hand, a large number of ships and transport ships were used to transport the 6th Division, 13th Division, 104th Division and a heavy artillery brigade from North China to the navy near Wusongkou, in preparation for a counterattack... .
At the independent battalion headquarters, good news from the front line came one after another. The Japanese seemed to be driven into the sea overnight. Li Shuo and others began to become active again. A junior officer like the battalion and company commander was so optimistic. Not to mention the high-level officials of the government who are always eager to attack. They even held a press conference and shouted to reporters from all over the world that they would drive the Japanese into the sea within half a month;
Luo Ying became silent, his face turned as black as coal, and his spirit became depressed. He suddenly discovered that some things cannot be changed so easily. Historical development has its irreversible inevitability. If you change such a result, it is possible Another accident will occur, which is really unavoidable...
"Battal Commander, we may be too pessimistic. According to the latest battle report, under the powerful attack of 300,000 elite Central Army troops on our northern front, several Japanese divisions were defeated and have retreated to the line along the Wusongkou River. They may be ready at any time. Being driven into the sea, maybe, maybe, probably we can win this battle!”
Li Shuo seemed to have remembered something after he said it, and became less confident. After all, he was still a relatively sane person.
Luo Ying glanced at Li Shuo unshavenly and said angrily:
"It's not about winning, it's about losing. The great situation that was finally achieved with great difficulty will be ruined by this court;
Didn’t you realize that after the main force of the Japanese army retreats to the front line of Wusongkou, the naval support they will receive will be greatly enhanced. However, once the main force of our government army comes out of the trenches and is bombarded by a large number of Japanese aircraft and naval guns, the casualties will be huge;
If the Japanese suddenly increase their troops, the northern front may be completely defeated. I’m really worried that they won’t even be able to hold their original positions—”
Li Shuo's face turned gray and he stammered:
"Battal Commander, let's respond to the superior and tell the superior about your judgment. If it really doesn't work, write to the principal -"
Li Shuo's words stopped abruptly. Everyone was looking forward to the prospect of victory in driving the Japanese into the sea. Who would take the words of a small battalion commander or company commander seriously?
"Battal Commander, forget it. Don't make yourself look like Tian Feng. If you say a word that makes you miserable, you will get involved in it."
"Li Shuo, I have already written to him."
"Luo Ying, are you stupid? You know you can't do something, but you are familiar with history. Don't you know the story of Tian Feng in the Three Kingdoms? It would be better if we win this battle. If it is really as you said In that case, someone will kill you to cover up their stupidity!"
"Li Shuo, of course I know, and I also know that he will most likely not believe me. If I win, he will laugh it off;
If the Japs counterattacked and lost their troops, it would really be possible to kill me, a small battalion commander. Then this tragic defeat would be logical. It was not that there was a problem with the command, but that the Japs were too powerful——
But I really can’t see hundreds of thousands of soldiers being destroyed in vain by the Japanese naval gunfire. If nothing else, the Japanese counterattack will be when the Japanese reinforcements arrive at Wusongkou. I told him the same thing. of! "
Li Shuo was like an enraged lion, roaring at Luo Ying:
"Luo Ying, you idiot, do you think it's useful? You are just a little battalion commander! Do you think you are the savior?
If you get yourself involved, whoever will lead us to fight the Japanese in the future? Don’t you keep saying that you will lead us to fight against the Japanese’s hometown in the future?
Are you going to break your promise? "
Luo Ying's eyes also became blurred, and then he said leisurely:
"I just do my best and obey fate. Even if there is a little hope, I have to fight for it. Even if I fail, I have a clear conscience for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the front line. Not everyone can fully understand it. I am only in my second year this year. Fifteen!"
Li Shuo was silent, because if it were him, he would do the same thing. Compared with his personal life and death, the safety of the hundreds of thousands of Central Army elites on the front line was more important than anything else. He hated his own people for speaking so lightly...
Both of them fell into silence. At this moment, they expected time to stop more than anyone else, so that they would not have to see the reality of the river of blood.
Three days later, 100,000 Japanese reinforcements arrived at Wusongkou. The densely packed large and small ships almost blocked the entrance to the sea. At an altitude of several thousand meters, the face of Gao Ziheng, the captain of the Fourth Battalion of the Chinese Air Force, turned pale. Not only did he see what was happening in the sea. Among the densely packed warships, we also saw Japanese planes that were as numerous as locusts in the sky. The direction they were sailing was along the river beach where our troops gathered;
There, more than 300,000 elite Central Army troops were besieging the five Japanese divisions who were fighting their last battle. The Japanese defense line seemed to be in jeopardy, but with the support of countless naval gunfire, they could barely hold on to the defense line, giving the Kuomintang army the best hope.
"The dirty devils are fishing!"
Gao Ziheng, who has always been extremely smart, finally came to his senses and turned around in his beloved fighter plane. He had to report the Japanese conspiracy he saw to the Air Force Command. After all, the Air Force is led by his wife and can reach heaven directly...
Gao Ziheng's plane arrived at the airport before the Japanese plane, and then fired a warning signal to the airport. This was the anti-air attack signal agreed by the Air Force;
The airport suddenly sounded a piercing siren, and the remaining fifty or so fighter jets began to take off from the airport, and then as Gao Ziheng headed towards the Japanese fleet, no one at this moment calculated the gap in strength between the two sides.
Now that the Japanese fleet is coming, they will go into battle. They know that there is no way back, but no one flinches. In order to buy the army time to react, the Chinese Air Force rushes towards the Japanese who are ten times their size without hesitation. ....
