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Chongqing Xinying of the Military Commission of the National Government is a brick and wood structure building complex with three buildings, two floors and one base. From the architectural style, it is a typical combination of Chinese and Western styles during the Republic of China.
The small building is exquisitely constructed.
Under the stone slabs on the ground floor of the building, there is even a secret passage leading directly to the Yangtze River. There is a fast boat ready at the other end of the secret passage.
What are you doing?
If the situation goes bad, the owner who lives here can leave at any time to ensure personal safety.
From Shanghai to Nanjing, from Nanjing to Wuhan, from Wuhan to Chongqing...
The Chairman has long been familiar with the situation.
"Niang Xipi!"
There were curses in the office. Don't underestimate this small Chongqing camp, let alone this small office. Because of the people inside, this small building even determines the direction of the entire Republic of China at this time.
The chairman cursed depressedly.
Instead of criticizing the Battle of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, the high-level orders were changed day and night to avoid the decisive battle in Quzhou, which ultimately led to huge casualties and losses in the Zhejiang and Jiangxi regions.
Nor can we openly criticize the Eighth Route Army in North China for their brilliant counter-mopping campaign. With a comprehensive victory, the entire Japanese army in North China was defeated, which greatly inspired the whole nation to fight against the war. This further allowed all Chinese compatriots to see the dawn of victory in the Anti-Japanese War.
Who are you scolding?
Call me a little devil!
These idiots are simply incomprehensible.
Isn't it the US military flight team that raided your Tokyo?
Are you going to direct your anger at China?
On the battlefield in North China, you used such a large scale and momentum, but in the end you couldn't even defeat the Eighth Route Army troops on the edge of the occupied area, and ended the farce in disgrace.
When it comes to the battle between Zhejiang and Jiangxi, how can you little devils do it?
I have already lost Quzhou to you, but I am still not satisfied, so I have further expanded my offensive, causing my face to plummet.
What's this?
This is a typical differential treatment!
Once the news spreads and reaches the ears of all countries in the world, it is time for people to say that the main force of your National Revolutionary Army was defeated in the battle of Zhejiang and Jiangxi and was disgraced.
On the contrary, on the battlefield behind enemy lines, the Eighth Route Army fought a beautiful and large-scale victory.
There is no difference if there is no comparison.
One goes down and the other goes up.
Does this mean that the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness is more powerful than that of Chiang's Army?
In order to win the Anti-Japanese War in the future, will we have to rely on the Eighth Route Army troops behind enemy lines?
The chairman was very depressed about this.
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In Peiping, the old Japanese soldier Neiji Okamura, who was in charge of the Japanese North China Front Headquarters, was equally depressed.
The unprecedented scale of the May Day raids ended in disastrous failure.
In addition, the security situation in North China has been unstable in recent years, and it has been repeatedly defeated by the Eighth Route Army.
His North China Front Army can be said to have been disgraced.
However, in East China, during the Battle of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, although the 11th Army and the 13th Army that the Japanese participated in were not as powerful as the main force of the North China Front Army that Okamura launched the May Day raids, they still won the battle.
After going through hardships and defeats all the way, Chiang's army retreated steadily, successfully captured Quzhou, destroyed the National Revolutionary Army's large and small airports in the Quzhou area, and completed the planned combat plan.
Such a comparison.
The North China Front has always been known as the main force of China's dispatched troops.
Military power is lost!
Commander Okamura, who has always been considered to have the most outstanding military qualities among all previous front army commanders and is also a China expert, is completely lost in his old face.
The subsequent military meeting was not so much a military meeting as a criticism meeting where the Japanese officers of the North China Front rejected each other, held each other accountable, complained and cursed each other.
Throughout the meeting, officers at all levels cursed fiercely.
In particular, the top commanders of the 6th Division, Ushijima Division, 3rd Division, 13th Division, and the 1st and 12th Army scolded them the most.
In the Huangyadong area, Lieutenant General Ushidao Manchu led the main force of his division to advance. The mighty mountain combat troops were almost wiped out by the Eighth Route Army's permanent artillery offensive.
Therefore, Ushijima Mitsuru cursed the North China Front's intelligence system for being useless.
It was all the intelligence given by these stupid guys that made him underestimate the strength of the Eighth Route Army's defense force in Huangya Cave.
Coupled with the blind command of the headquarters, this led to the disastrous defeat of his impressive division.
If the Eighth Route Army's artillery offensive could be avoided, Ushidao shouted angrily: "Based on the experience of our division's main force in mountain operations, there is absolutely no force in the entire Eighth Route Army base in the Taihang area that can stop our attack!"
Guancun of the Sixth Division responded directly. He believed that if the Niu Dao Manshi Regiment were not too arrogant and fought alone, if they could unite and fight together, they would be the first to defeat the Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army, and then further break through the Eighth Route Army Taihang. The portal of the defense line can completely annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the entire Taihang area in one fell swoop.
Mitsuru Ushijima jumped to scold Kazuo Sekimura for his incompetence in command.
An almost full field division was unable to capture even a small Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army.
Guan Cun said nothing with a dark face. He waved his hand and his subordinates entered the conference room.
A soldier brought him some photos, which he passed around to the rest of the officers at the meeting.
The officers took a closer look and saw in the photo the scene of a battle with the Iron Triangle Steel Helmets of the Sixth Division.
All American equipment.
The photo that happened to be captured by the camera shows the huge power released when the shell exploded.
And when the artillery position of the most powerful team of the Iron Triangle opened fire in full force, it was like the earth was shattering...
The entire conference room could hear a needle drop for a moment, and the breaths of all the Japanese officers froze.
"So, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, this Eighth Route Army unit in the occupied area of our empire, which is said to live in the cracks, has backward equipment, scarce ammunition, is isolated and has no military base, is this what it looks like?
My Sixth Division has never had any dealings with the Eighth Route Army in North China, but I didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army here was only equipped at a level that far exceeded the equipment level of our empire's elite divisions? "
How ironic the words are!
The ironic commander-in-chief Neji Okamura, who was sitting on the main seat, had his old face turning blue and white.
Then, another officer arranged by Guancun pushed a wheelbarrow in. There were hooks on both sides of the wheelbarrow, and two sacks were hung on both sides of the hook.
Guan Cun stepped forward, drew out his saber, and opened the sack directly, revealing the stones inside, some large and some small.
"You have seen it, but I think you haven't guessed what it is for.
Might as well tell you.
This is a unicycle invented by Ba Lu. It has hooks on both sides and in the front. One person can easily walk on various complicated roads by pushing it.
In fact, it can not only be pushed by people, but also hung on bicycles or motorcycles to transport supplies, which is very convenient.
There are also stones contained in the sacks hung on both sides, which can be used to temporarily lay temporary stone paths on various muddy dirt roads.
By using this method, it is possible to march and pass vehicles on the Eighth Road when encountering muddy roads under heavy rain.
Therefore, they can often build blocking positions one step ahead of us. On heavy rainy days and without air reinforcements, when we are unable to move forward, they can carry heavy weapons.
Our trucks, motorcycles, armored vehicles, tanks, and heavy artillery were all stuck in the muddy road, and were even forced to blow up under the eight-pronged pursuit.
But they can calmly use these mechanized vehicles and heavy firepower units. "
Guancun sighed bitterly: "Tell me, this is such a simple and easy device, but it directly reversed the overall situation. The Eighth Route Army has such wisdom, and what are you all doing here?"
After the Japanese officers heard about the magic of this little wheelbarrow, several of them immediately tried their hands on it and pushed the wheelbarrow, and their faces were full of surprise.
But there were also inappropriate sounds coming out.
Someone sarcastically said: "General, isn't this a story you made up to evade responsibility?"
Guancun looked up and saw that it was Tanaka, the bastard. He immediately cursed:
"Tanaka, you still have the nerve to speak. When our department was fighting fiercely with the Eighth Route Army, your department was originally responsible for the back and side cover of our division.
But what are you doing?
Why was the defense at the back of our division empty, and the Eighth Route Army took advantage of it? When our troops retreated, their retreat was cut off, and the entire army was almost annihilated in the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army.
So what crime do you deserve?
If you are not sent to the Military Justice Department, how can you be worthy of my broken warriors? "
Hearing this, Tanaka shrank his head in fright, and quickly looked at the calm-faced Commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, not far away, as if asking for help.
After all, Tanaka abandoned the rear defense of the Sixth Division in order to reinforce Taiyuan City and went to rescue Yoshio Iwamatsu.
Iwamatsu Yoshio coughed twice, feeling a little helpless in his heart, but he could only say: "Guancun-kun, calm down, this matter is my fault. Taiyuan City is in danger, and I urgently asked for help. Tanaka-kun is also worried that Taiyuan has been damaged. This Just rush to reinforce!"
Seeing Iwamatsu Yoshio speaking for himself, Tanaka immediately stood up and retorted: "That's right, General Guancun, although I am also at fault in this matter, I also want to reinforce Taiyuan and resolve the crisis in Taiyuan before returning in time.
I thought that with the strength of your Sixth Division, it was more than enough to defeat these Eighth Route Army, let alone let the Eighth Route Army cut off the retreat, but who would have thought, who would have thought..."
"You!" Guan Cun's face turned livid with anger.
He ignored those promises and directly replied to Yoshio Iwamatsu, "Your Excellency, Commander, Taiyuan City is well defended! Reinforcements from all walks of life came in and it took more than a week to end the crisis.
I think this time we might as well not call it a May Day raid, but just call it the Taiyuan Reinforcement Campaign! "
Yoshio Iwamatsu knew he was wrong and remained silent.
However, the division commander Harada quit, and the troops that reinforced Taiyuan City were commanded by him.
"Mr. Guancun, what you said is hurtful. Those who besieged Taiyuan City were the main combat troops of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army.
The Eighth Route Army has grown out of shape. Even if it is a 120th Division unit, there must be more than 100,000 people. With so many main forces attacking Taiyuan, it took us many days to severely damage the Eighth Route Army and stabilize the situation.
Is this also wrong?
Have you ever seen the Eighth Route Army that was decimated by us on that position?
Or is it that your Sixth Division wiped out too many Eighth Route Army troops during the raids, and they simply looked down upon the Eighth Route Army troops we destroyed? "
"You..." Guancun was speechless because of the rebuke. He finally saw that this place was the territory of the North China Front Army. How could these foreign generals have much say?
Buntaichiro of the 13th Division then cursed. He had the right to speak, and he scolded all the division commanders and army commanders who were doing it.
It was agreed that the May Day raids would destroy the Eighth Route Army's military depot in the Jizhong Military Region.
It was agreed that there would be multiple encirclements and a dragnet would be cast.
The result was good. None of you arrived at Jizhong on time, leaving me, the 13th Division, to fight alone.
Later, when thinking about the disastrous defeat of the Thirteenth Division when they evacuated in embarrassment, Buntaichiro only felt it was a great shame and humiliation.
Especially the Royal Association Army troops fighting with the 13th Division, and the two security army divisions that were temporarily cobbled together from the country and were mostly composed of new soldiers.
The elite main force of his 13th Division managed to break through with many casualties.
However, the Imperial Association Army and the Public Security Army Divisions had mixed military qualities. They were unable to withstand the brutal Eighth Route Army troops.
Buntaichiro, who led the troops to evacuate, was filled with news every day that either the security army troops were wiped out or that the security army troops were captured in large numbers.
What is shameful about?
It was a one-sided defeat.
For example, during the evacuation, Buntaiichiro received news that a brigade of the nearby security division was captured by the Eighth Route Army.
Buntaichiro was a little dumbfounded after hearing the news.
In the early days of the Sino-Japanese War, let alone a brigade being captured, no team in the Chinese anti-Japanese armed forces had a record of annihilating a Japanese brigade.
In Buntaichiro's view, it is simply unbelievable and unforgivable that the Imperial warriors with the Bushido spirit were captured, and captured on such a large scale.
He led his troops to reinforce him and found out with a look of astonishment.
It was just a mechanized combat unit of the Eighth Route Army, with at most a dozen armored vehicles and a company of troops. It was like a hungry wolf driving away sheep, guarding a Japanese brigade of nearly a thousand soldiers on both wings. The captives advance.
Buntaichiro therefore cursed the officers participating in the meeting, and almost everyone was spared.
Anyway, it's a dog bite.
After a meeting, no serious business was done. The officers blamed each other, abused each other, and passed the blame. No one was given face, and no one was left behind.
Okamura Neji, who was sitting in the first place, looked ugly, but he was helpless.
What could he do?
After suffering such a huge defeat this time, it is unclear which of the Japanese officers present here are aware of it.
He, Okamura, may no longer be able to hold his position as commander-in-chief of the North China Front.
Most of them will be transferred back to the reserve force, and they are all about to be dismissed anyway.
Which of the officers present here still criticizes him?
Maybe no one took him seriously at all.
If we really talk about it, the responsibility for the disastrous failure of the North China Front Army's May Day raids this time must be shouldered more by him, the commander-in-chief.
At this point, the Japanese's unprecedented scale of May Day raids, which lasted for more than two months, finally came to an end.
There were only sporadic battles in various base areas of the Eighth Route Army.
The main force of the injured North China Front Army, after withdrawing from the Eighth Route Army base area, firmly occupied the main transportation lines and stable security areas, and defended itself in counties and towns, no longer daring to move around at will...
(End of chapter)
