First Army Headquarters, the sound of whips and the feeling of spring are everywhere
Spring is here, all things are recovering, Xiao Zhuoyi's heroic spirit is fully reflected in Duanmu's pleading, people are in high spirits when happy events happen!
Five minutes later, he left without feeling satisfied. Miyamoto came in at the right time. Xiao Zhuoyi Nan was already sitting upright, looking sanctimonious;
It's just that Miyamoto's nose was too sensitive and he was nauseated by the smell of spring in the room.
"Miyamoto-kun, do you have the latest information on the Independent Brigade and Chu Xiong?"
Miyamoto secretly despised:
"Your Excellency, Commander, is too hypocritical. Duanmu just went out and thought he didn't know. I got a lot of information from Duanmu, right?"
This was just a slander, something he wouldn't dare to say in person. According to his understanding of the Commander, as long as it was about Chu Xiong's bad luck, the Commander would never tire of hearing about it.
Miyamoto bowed and said:
"Your Excellency, Commander, according to the latest intelligence, Chu Xiong has been placed under house arrest in Yanzhou in the name of attending the Anti-Japanese University;
All the regimental commanders of the Chuxiong faction of the Independent Brigade were purged, and the replacement candidates were all transferred from other divisions. The position of brigade commander has changed hands.
The only commander of the Pre-3rd Regiment who had not been dismissed from his position, Tu Shi Hu Bei, was instigated by Tsing Yi Society agents to defect to the 78th Division of the Chinese government army. Today, everyone in the Independent Travelers is in danger and has fallen apart.
Although Yanzhou sent a large number of commanders to the independent brigade in an attempt to control the troops, unfortunately people's hearts had dispersed and this devil's army was finally defeated by their own people;
Practice has proven that Chinese people are always better at internal fighting than external fighting! "
Xiao Zhuoyi Nan said with deep sympathy:
“Yo Xi, if the Chinese people don’t fight among themselves, how can we and our people enter China?
Let them continue to fight. According to insider information, in order to deal with the Eighth Route Army, the Chinese government plans to secretly transfer the Tiezhu Fourth Army in Zhongtiao Mountain;
This will definitely greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Central Army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area. The advantage of the Imperial Army will further increase. The intelligence department will make every effort to promote the early completion of this matter;
The day the Fourth Army is transferred out is when the Imperial Army takes action! "
Shuzhong, Yuzhou, Military Commission Operations Command Room
The Japanese in North China were already busy mobilizing troops and sharpening their swords. The government still had no idea and was planning to attack the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army south of the river.
The incident with the Independent Brigade further stimulated Zhong Cai. The deadline given by the government to Yanzhou had already reached. Zhong Cai was very unhappy with the incident in Wannan. He gathered enough strength to punch the air, making him very angry.
Zhongcai was very angry, and the consequences were serious. Gu Mosan was reprimanded, and Shangguan Ji Qing was fined three months' salary. This was the extent of Zhongcai's punishment for his confidants!
The command room was full of star-studded generals, all of them high-spirited, as if they had been given blood. As long as they were dealing with the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, they were like this, and every one of them had the demeanor of a famous general.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Zhongcai arrived as scheduled, his face was as heavy as water, the beggar's stick was tucked in his elbow, and he was not angry but powerful.
"Everyone, today is the deadline. Have the Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army south of the river not withdrawn to the north of the river? There is also an order to reduce the strength of the Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army to 100,000 people. Have they implemented it?"
As soon as Zhongcai finished speaking, General Chen jumped out and replied:
"President, Yanzhou has rejected the legitimate demands of the government and only agreed to reduce the Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army to 120,000 people. They also rejected the withdrawal from the south of the river with a very tough attitude."
The purpose of planting is to create friction, just to find an excuse to take action.
"Ci Xiu, if we attack the Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army in the Huanghuai area south of the river, will the troops be available?
Is Brother De Ling of the Fifth War Zone confident that he can defeat the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army entrenched in this area in one fell swoop? "
When General Chen saw Zhongcai, he ordered his own general again and said with high spirits:
"Returning to Zhongcai, Brother De Ling called back and said that the battle in southern Henan is ongoing in the Fifth War Zone, and it is temporarily unable to spare enough troops to launch offensive operations against the Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army. He requested the Military Commission to give them more time to prepare;
In the Battle of Southern Henan, the Japanese troops were already running out of stamina, and Brother De Ling judged that victory would not last long;
Coupled with the subsequent allocation of supplies and deployment of troops, campaign preparations will not be completed until the end of April or early May at the latest.
In addition, in the Battle of Southern Henan, the five war zones suffered heavy casualties and lacked the strength to attack the Eighth Route Army, so they requested the government to support some troops. "
Mr. Zhong nodded and then fell into deep thought while looking at the map. The others held their breath for fear of disturbing his train of thought.
In Zhongcai's view, Brother De Ling is still very reliable in fighting against Yanzhou, and the difficulties he raised are also true;
The Fifth War Zone has not recovered since the winter offensive, and has been fighting with more than 50,000 Japanese in southern Henan for nearly a month. Although victory is in sight, the troops, materials and ammunition are severely depleted, allowing them to immediately draw out their troops to attack the Eighth Route Army in the Huanghuai area. , the New Fourth Army has some difficulties in taking action.
"Everyone, there are difficulties in the fifth theater, and the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army are even more difficult. I have decided to transfer the Fourth Group Army south from the Zhongtiao Mountain area to support the operations in the fifth theater;
These are tens of thousands of tigers and warriors, with sufficient soldiers and food, and strong fighting power. With their help, there is no problem in wiping out the Huanghuai bandits in one fell swoop.
In addition, in order to contain the Eighth Route Army in Hedong, a telegram was sent to Brother Junru from the First Theater Command, asking them to dispatch one or two armies from the Zhongtiaoshan Theater Command to launch a diversionary attack against the Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi;
Order the 78th Army's Zhao Hu Division and Chen Bingbing to attack the area under the jurisdiction of the Independent Brigade on the outskirts of Liuzhen. Once the Huanghuai direction starts to take action, the 78th Army will forcefully attack Liuzhen and destroy the Liuzhen base area that Chuxiong relies on for survival..."
Zhong Cao arranged his troops and prepared to attack the Eighth Route Army. Although the crisis of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui was lifted due to Chu Xiong's intervention, the second anti-organizational climax has not yet passed;
Zhong Cai was so preoccupied with attacking his own people that he could not see the Japs dispatching troops at all. He really believed the old Japs Xiao Zhuoyi'an's words and thought that the Japs were cooperating with them in fighting the Eighth Route Army.
Since the end of February, the Japanese have been blatantly deploying troops. First, they mobilized the 32nd Flying Group and the 83rd Flying Group from the Kwantung Army, and deployed the main force of the 3rd Flying Group at Yanyuncheng and Makino airports to provide air coordination.
Then the 33rd, 36th, 37th, and 41st Divisions, the main forces of the First Army, and the independent 4th and 9th Brigades began to assemble. The external caliber was to cooperate with the National Army in encircling and suppressing the Eighth Route Army in Hedong Province in order to report to the Hundred Battalions. The hatred of war.
Such a poor excuse actually fooled someone in Shu. His mind was now occupied with attacking the Eighth Route Army, and he could not see the risk that he had already fallen into the tiger's mouth.
"My dear mother, what's going on with Wei Junru? The government has issued orders for a long time, but it has been slow to take action against the Eighth Route Army. Others say he is seven and a half, but I don't think he is wronged at all!
Wen Bai, call Wei Junru and order him to return to Yuzhou to report on his work! "
Zhongcai finally wanted to place the disobedient Commander Wei under house arrest. The general was about to arrive, but he transferred his own officers and placed them under house arrest. This laid a huge hidden danger for the subsequent defeat at Zhongtiao Mountain;
Changing generals on the spot is already a taboo for military strategists. He simply transferred his own generals in a coquettish way, causing the dilemma of hundreds of thousands of troops in the Zhongtiao Mountains without a leader. He abandoned his martial arts. It was difficult to win with such a coquettish maneuver.
After Zhongcai gave the order, the telegram was placed on the desk of Xiao Zhuoyinan of the First Army that night. Xiao Zhuoyinan could hardly believe his eyes after reading it, and couldn't help but ask Miyamoto:
"Is this a member of the Imperial Army?"
