Chapter 24 The twenty-fourth chapter is as if the sentence will succeed

For the Chinese generals, Okamura mentioned Tang Enbo the most. He either did not mention Xue Yue at all, or referred to him as "the enemy's commander". The existence of this "non-directed general" and the threat it posed have not been forgotten. You can completely explain Okamura's actions from a psychological point of view, just as he never mentioned the Battle of Wanjialing later, I don't know, I thought that battle never happened at all. The Great Victory at Wanjialing is Xue Yue's proud work, and of course it is the topic of Okamura's disappointment.But what is surprising is that when the 106th Division fell into a hell-like catastrophe in the Thundering Drum, Okamura was not in a hurry to save people, but was still "angry at him." I saw a piece of information in the leaflet, which published the numbers of the regiments of the 106th Division and the names of officers above the regiment leader verbatim.

How do the Chinese know this?Obviously someone surrendered and gave an honest account. Okamura was angry at this point. He thought that these desperate officers and soldiers could not beat them, so they should commit suicide by caesarean section one by one, surrendered, and "confessed". They really are "weak soldiers"! So from beginning to end, Okamura was not at all active in rescuing the 106th Division. What Okamura didn't expect was that within a year, such a shameful thing would happen again. Clear grievances Although Nanchang was occupied, since the beginning of summer, the troops stationed in Wuhan and around Nanchang have been frequently attacked, and a sergeant was captured by the Ninth War Zone in this way.

The army that this sergeant works for is not the 106th Division, so you can't use reasons like "weak soldiers" to explain it.I wanted to fool around and redo the casualty list, treating them as "dead in battle", but not long after, a Japanese man shouting into a loudspeaker appeared on the front line. Xue Yue launched a series of attacks on the Japanese army through the summer offensive The content of the yelling was naturally to ask you to surrender quickly, which was nothing. What was particularly embarrassing was that this Japanese was none other than the sergeant who was captured not long ago.It turned out that after this man was captured, he not only gave a clear account of the establishment of his army and the list of all personnel, but also became a "Japanese Chinese soldier".

Okamura is an aggressive leader who attaches great importance to the morale of the army. Such incidents make him feel more chilled and afraid than losing a battle. Going through the combat logs from the past few days—— On July 18, the enemy forces in the south became active. On July 26th and 27th, the enemy's folly in front of the Sixth Division was obvious. ... This is by no means an accidental attack, but a premeditated and planned continuous attack! Okamura's judgment was correct. Xue Yue's summer offensive has been going on for some days. Although the momentum is not very strong, and the movement is not particularly large, but today he shoots a black gun, tomorrow he touches the sentry, and every few days he makes a "" When the Japanese "Chinese soldiers" came out, there was no way to just sit idly by.

On August 15, Okamura decided to launch a major battle against the Ninth War Zone.Similar to the Battle of Suizao, this battle also focused on capturing important areas and annihilating the opponent's vital forces. Of course, it would be Okamura's dream to take advantage of the situation and occupy Changsha.Because Changsha is better than Zaoyang, it is known as China’s rice warehouse. Since ancient times, it has had the reputation of “two lakes are cooked together, and the world is full”. The Suizao campaign was basically anticlimactic, without any big benefits, it can be said to have failed.Summing up the lessons, I am afraid that the defeat is still due to the obvious moves, attacking Zaoyang, encircling around, all the moves are clear at a glance, so that people can see clearly, how can we not take precautions in advance?

This time I want to surprise Changsha! In the past, every time Okamura launched a campaign, he would keep it secret and then keep it secret, but this time he was uncharacteristically, and deliberately released rumors before the war, saying that the Eleventh Army was about to attack Yichang and Fujian. Yichang is referring to the Fifth War Zone. Even Fujian in the south seems to be out of bounds with Changsha, where the Ninth War Zone is located. Okamura thought he was very smart, but he didn't expect that the Chinese were really good at intelligence warfare. From Bai Chongxi's camp in Guilin to Xue Yue's Ninth War Zone Commander's Department, there was no one who didn't know that Okamura came to Changsha.From beginning to end, in fact, Okamura himself was kept in the dark, which is really pitiful.

Everyone knows that Okamura is going to attack Changsha. The question is whether to defend Changsha or not.Bai Chongxi advocated not to defend Changsha, but to retreat to Hengyang, while Xue Yue insisted on not retreating a step in Changsha. According to the redeployment of the Nanyue Military Conference, the Ninth War Zone is under the Guilin Camp, which means that Bai Chongxi is Xue Yue's immediate boss, but Xue Yue does not accept his boss. Xue Yue (left) is grateful to Chen Cheng (right), but not convinced by Bai Chongxi Back then when Xue Yue was in the prime of his career, it was the turn of the Guangxi Clan to gain power. After Bai Chongxi came up, he unceremoniously dismissed Xue Yue as the commander of the First Division, and that almost became the beginning of Xue Yue's bad luck.

Xue Yue's grievances and grievances are clear, Chen Cheng pulled him ashore, he remembered, Bai Chongxi pushed him into the ditch, he also remembered. Whenever Bai Chongxi's instruction telegrams, as long as he thinks it is wrong, he will immediately "cross" it: nonsense.Or criticize: ignore.When I was in a bad mood, I tore it up and threw it into the wastebasket, making the staff next to me look at each other in dismay, and then I had to pick it up quietly and re-collage. In Xue Yue's view, this is nothing too much, you used to be "unceremonious" to me, of course I will only be "unceremonious" in return to you now.

But this time it's a little different. Abandoning Changsha was not the idea of ​​Bai Chongxi alone, but the opinion of a considerable number of people in the Chinese High Command. In the end, even Chiang Kai-shek agreed.In other words, Xue Yue's "disobedience" was not against one person, but a group of people, but he was still stubborn and refused to give in. horse racing story On September 15, the 106th Division took the lead in attacking from the East Road, opening the curtain of the first Changsha invasion. Although the Eleventh Army has seven divisions and one brigade under its jurisdiction, each has its own defense area, and the entire division cannot be drawn out. Generally, half of the divisions have to be drawn out, and the other half is kept. Therefore, a considerable part of the attacking troops of the six divisions are actually based on The brigade participated in the war as a unit.

You can't hula la together, you should concentrate, but Okamura came to scatter. Up to this time, Okamura is still like a kid in kindergarten, covering his eyes, thinking that no one else can see him.In order to tell Xue Yue that he was not going to attack Changsha, but Fujian, he divided his troops into three groups as a "strategy of suspicious soldiers". On the whole, Okamura made a mistake, but someone still gave him a lot of face, and this time it was precisely the "weakest division in Japan" who helped him win. After the great victory in Wanjialing, the 106th Division was supplemented again, and transformed into another newly organized division.The "New 106th Division" was carried by the special forces of the 11th Army, and took Nanchang by chance. First, it greatly increased their self-confidence. Lack of combat experience, so it was not Wu Xia Amon long ago.

The 106th Division was very eye-catching when they appeared on the field. They used roundabout tactics to force the east line of defense composed of four armies to retreat again and again. The East Road belongs to the "suspicious soldiers", Xue Yue is very clear about this, but the "suspicious soldiers" cannot be ignored, as soon as it gains power, it is very likely to immediately become a "heavy soldier" and pose a fatal threat to you. On September 16, Xue Yue had no choice but to send Wang Yaowu's 74th Army as a reserve. After just one day of fighting, the reserve team needed to be used, and the East Road was not yet part of the main front. This made Chiang Kai-shek very dissatisfied when he heard about it, and specially ordered Xue Yue: Under no circumstances should he draw troops to the East Road. The only thing Xue Yue didn't have to worry about was the middle road. The middle road is similar to Lushan Mountain, with continuous highlands of more than one kilometer, belonging to Okamura's "more than three hundred meters" terrain, and Xue Yue has already built a solid position around the mountain. Follow the mistakes of the Wuhan battle. But Xue Yue is still very dangerous. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there is a famous story about Tian Ji's horse racing. According to the story, Tian Ji, the general of the Qi State, wanted to race horses with others, but he was not sure of winning. "Martial Sage" Sun Bin gave him an idea. For the same three horses, use high-grade horses to match middle-grade horses, middle-grade horses to low-grade horses, and low-grade horses to high-grade horses.The result of the match was that the first two horses won, only the last one lost, two out of three rounds, and Tian Ji won. Okamura is a "China hand", and his use of troops seems to have followed this allusion, that is, a medium-sized horse was used on the East Road, but this medium-sized horse is like taking aphrodisiac medicine. A newly formed division can contain the entire army of the opponent. They even lured the Seventy-Fourth Army out. Even if they couldn't win this round, it was already pretty good. I used inferior horses in the middle, it doesn't matter if I can climb over the mountain or not, it's just for show, to frighten you, and divide your pawns by the way. The heavy troops used by Okamura were all concentrated on Xiangbei West Road, dispatched more than 50,000 troops, accounting for more than half of the attacking troops, and the "Japan's strongest division" Kumamoto Sixth Division was the main force, which was the standard "upper division". Wait for the horse". As far as the terrain is concerned, northern Hunan is completely "under 300 meters", and the most powerful 74th Army in the Ninth War Zone has been transferred to the East Road. No matter how hard Xue Yue struggles, at most he can only get out of a "medium horse".High-quality horses against middle-level horses, this game must win! It is precisely because the Battle of Northern Hunan is so important that historians call the first Battle of Changsha the Battle of Northern Hunan. On September 18, the Eleventh Army launched an attack from northern Hunan.As long as Xiangbei succeeds, Okamura can kill two birds with one stone, and after taking advantage of the situation to detour to the middle side of the defenders, there will naturally be no way to defend there. Two wins in three rounds, if Xue Yue loses two rounds at once, needless to say, defeat is doomed. twelve gold medals The situation was urgent, and Bai Chongxi asked Xue Yue to retreat time and time again, but Xue Yue refused to accept the order. "Little Zhuge" found that the signboard of the director of Guilin camp was not working, so he simply put on the shelf of the deputy chief of staff: If you don't follow the order, if there is any mistake in the south of the Yangtze River , only you are asking. Still nothing. Bai Chongxi had no choice but to sue Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek is telling Xue Yue to "be quiet and wait for the opportunity", which is actually to avoid a decisive battle in Changsha. This time Xue Yue didn't dare to throw out "nonsense" or "ignore" anymore, but he turned his back on the customer and kept chattering with Chiang Kai-shek on the phone. If you disagreed, he would not put the phone down. Chiang Kai-shek had a headache because of this, and as soon as he heard it was Xue Yue's call, he immediately ran away. The "Chairman" is not here, so there is no "Madam Chairman", Xue Yue went to find Song Meiling. Song Meiling and Xue Yue's wife are both from Wenchang, Hainan, and they are worshiping sisters.Because of this relationship, the private relationship between Xue Yue and Song Meiling was also very good, and many of his words were conveyed to Chiang Kai-shek through Song Meiling. Xue Yue asked Soong Meiling to tell Chiang Kai-shek: Even if the Japanese army approaches Changsha, I will never retreat! As soon as these words were delivered, Chiang Kai-shek was so anxious that he could no longer pretend to be invisible, so he had to show up and call Xue Yue continuously. But Tiger Cub has also learned badly, and he treats his own body with his own way.When I called, Xue Yue couldn't be found, and the staff officer in charge of answering replied: Chief Xue has gone to the forward position. When are you coming back? have no idea. It's like beating a drum to pass flowers. Once the flowers are delivered to Chiang Kai-shek, they can never be delivered again.The latter saw that this was not the solution, so he called Chen Cheng, who was then Minister of Political Affairs, and Bai Chongxi. In front of them, Chiang Kai-shek wrote down the warrant of "not guarding Changsha" and asked them to take it to see Tiger Boy. The twelfth gold medal arrives. After reading Chiang Kai-shek's warrant, Xue Yue froze for a moment, and suddenly blushed and said: I am a soldier, and I will never leave Changsha. Bai Chongxi also wanted to tell him some principles such as protracted resistance and preservation of strength. Not only did Xue Yue not want to listen, but he couldn't hold back his anger: You insisted on me doing this. Don't dare to wear this uniform again! If the two sentences do not match, a pair of enemies will quarrel. Chen Cheng stood by and listened for a while, but felt that Xue Yue's words were not unreasonable. You said that Changsha is difficult to hold, and you have to retreat to Hengyang, but if Hengyang is also difficult to hold, what should you do, and then retreat to Guilin? Although it is said to be a protracted war of resistance, regardless of the gains and losses of a city or a place, there is only so much land in total, and there is always an end to retreating. With the strengths of China and Japan so distinct, where can we find a safe one? What about the place of victory? Thinking of this, Chen Cheng stepped forward to fight: Don't fight, you two, let's study whether there is a possibility of a war in Changsha. He said he was a middleman, but Xue Yue could tell right away that this person was in favor of him, so he quickly stated: The morale of the army is very high, it is absolutely possible to fight, and the strength is absolutely sufficient. Chen Cheng nodded, and turned to persuade Bai Chongxi: I think Changsha should still keep it. If Changsha doesn't keep it, the international and domestic influence will be too great.Besides, even retreating to Hengyang is not a perfect solution. If the Japanese 21st Army stationed in Guangzhou raids northward along the Guangdong-Han Railway, wouldn't everyone be attacked by the enemy? The situation may be even more difficult than it is now. Bai Chongxi seemed to have realized something, especially the last sentence touched him a lot.Because during the Central Plains War, the Guangxi army was defeated by the Guangdong army going north in Hengyang. Seeing that "Little Zhuge" had been persuaded, Chen Cheng turned around and told Xue Yue: You organize a counterattack, and I will report to the "Chairman". That's what Xue Yue wanted. He never believed that Changsha would fail.It is true that the Japanese army was ferocious, but "Although Chu has three households, it must be destroyed by Qin", based on the land of two lakes, coupled with a pair of iron fists, how could it be so easy to be bullied. After the two "imperial envoys" left, Xue Yue was still worried.That night, he decided to challenge Chiang Kai-shek directly. It was very late, Chiang Kai-shek had already fallen asleep, and Soong Meiling answered the phone. Xue Yue's tone on the phone was very excited: I am going to fight in Changsha. If I am defeated, I will commit suicide to thank the people of my country. If I win, you can also count it as disobedience, drag me out and shoot me. Early the next morning, apart from Soong Meiling's message and of course Chen Cheng's report, Chiang Kai-shek began to change his mind and asked Soong Meiling to call Xue Yue specifically. At times like this, there are failure arguments everywhere, and confidence is very valuable.Now that you have this confidence, play hard. Chiang Kai-shek personally reissued the order: fight in Changsha! With this official order, of course there is no such thing as disobedience. magic height On September 23, two divisions and one brigade of the Eleventh Army, including the Kumamoto Division, broke through the defenses in northern Hunan and waded across the Xinqiang River. This scene is very similar to the scene at the beginning of the Nanchang Battle, and it seems that Okamura has already succeeded. actually not. Xue Yue didn't say anything, but he always remembered the failure of the Nanchang Battle.In that battle, Okamura's tactics were not so good as his special forces were so good. The Ninth War Zone also has artillery directly under it, but it is incomparable with the Eleventh Army. As long as Okamura concentrates the artillery and adds the bombing of the plane, it can basically destroy the fortifications, and then the tanks and chariots rush up, and the defenders It cannot be stopped with light weapons alone. If you still want to fight this with him, it will be difficult not to suffer. Xue Yue learned to be smart. Instead of confronting his opponent on the defensive line for a long time, he first resisted level by level, and then retreated a certain distance. Tiger Cub's actual deployment is to use only a part of the troops for frontal resistance, and all the main force to retreat, but this kind of retreat is not a retreat, but waiting for reinforcements, and waiting for a counterattack after accumulating strength. This trick has a name, it's called: retreat decisive battle. Changsha is not Nanchang, and Xinqiang River is not Xiushui River. There is no reason to fight with you, and take a step back to deal with you. After the paddy field is filled with water, the "mud water soaking pigskin" can be staged Okamura is not aware of Xue Yue's belly lawsuit, he thinks that the door has been opened, and it is time for Cyclonus to rush forward. According to the procedures of the Battle of Nanchang, of course there must be a detour after crossing the river.This will not only reduce frontal resistance, but also lay the foundation for "two wins in three games". It is best to use tanks to detour, and if you are more fashionable, you can also use fashionable concepts such as tank clusters. However, Okamura found that he could not do this at all, and the "latest tactics" lost their usefulness. As soon as the Battle of Nanchang was over, Xue Yue learned from the painful experience and realized that not only the road had to be destroyed, but it had to be completely destroyed, leaving no room for it. As early as four or five months ago, he launched a "big sabotage campaign" in the north of Changsha, digging paddy fields, and building lakes. When you see a mountain, you must build a cliff, and you must build a road. a deep ditch. This guy said, you have to walk yourself. Tiger Cub has his own uniqueness. He even transformed the road into a convex shape. The road and its sides are not allowed to drive. The Eleventh Army crossed the river very easily, but after crossing the river, all four-wheeled vehicles, such as artillery vehicles, automobiles, and chariots, were all amazed. Not only the cannons could not be pulled, but the tanks could not be driven, only infantry Advance alone, and the marching speed of the infantry has not been fast. It is said that the big-toed shoes worn by Japanese officers and soldiers are all made of pigskin, which will swell when they come into contact with water.Xue Yue filled all the paddy fields around Changsha with water, and the troops deliberately passed through the paddy fields when retreating or fighting. "Pork skin soaked in mud water", the leather shoes of the Japanese army became cumbersome after being soaked, and it was difficult to lift their legs, let alone run. Giant Meng Yang Liulang Contrary to Okamura's expectations, there are actually two "superior horses" in the Ninth War Zone. In addition to Wang Yaowu's 74th Army, there is also Guan Linzheng's 15th Army, which has become another trump card in Xue Yue's hands. . Guan Linzheng, a native of Huxian County, Shaanxi Province, graduated from the first phase of Whampoa. Guan Linzheng had two favorites when he was a child.One of the worst is that because I like to be mischievous, my palms are hit by the teacher's board the most.The other worst thing is that he has the best academic performance, and he is always the first in the class in the exam, but because of the "top" first, he is downgraded to the second in the class. This is a person who is unwilling to be lonely, either he is very good, or he is not good at all.Some elders who watched him grow up predicted that if this baby is successful in the future, he will be a Yang Liulang, and if he is not successful, he will only be able to sell sesame candy. At the beginning, Guan Linzheng's ambition was not great.His original intention of applying for the Whampoa Military Academy was not any "ism" or "revolution", but that being an officer was very prestigious.His ultimate ideal is: it would be nice to be a company commander. But the prediction many years ago finally did not come true. At the age of twenty, he became a company commander, but it was not the ultimate, but just the beginning. After that, he started the dazzling pole vault, and the higher the jump, the faster the frequency. At the age of twenty-four, he became the deputy commander of the new division and participated in the Central Plains War. At the age of 28, he is already the commander of the 25th Division of the Central Army and participated in the Great Wall War. At the age of thirty-two, he was promoted to the commander of the fifty-second army and was the absolute main force in the battle of Baoding. At the age of thirty-three, he rose to fame in the Taierzhuang Great Victory and became the commander of the 32nd Army Corps.Among the Whampoa graduates at that time, there were only two people who could reach the position of regimental commander. Besides him, Hu Zongnan was the only one. War is the best way to become a famous general, and everyone has their own way of becoming famous on the battlefield. When the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War reached a critical juncture, Guan Linzheng personally launched a charge on the front line as a teacher. More than a dozen officers and soldiers who followed him were all killed in battle, and he himself was injured in many places, covered in blood. Xuzhou retreated, Guan Linzheng led the 32nd Army to move to Shangqiu, but a bridge on the road was blocked by the Japanese army, eight heavy machine guns fired at each other, and the troops could not rush over.Guan Meng goes into battle, and the sentence seems to be successful Seeing this, Guan Linzheng was furious, and immediately mobilized more than a dozen fast horses, and rode himself in the front. Taking advantage of the moment when the Japanese machine guns stopped firing, the horse-driving team rushed to the bridge, and the heavy machine gun positions were scattered in just one encounter. Guan Linzheng got its name from this: Guan Meng. Before the first battle of Changsha started, Guan Linzheng had been appointed as the acting commander-in-chief of the 15th Army Group, responsible for the battlefield in northern Hunan. All the procedures are going according to Xue Yue's expectation, what Guan Meng needs to do is to perfect the details. Except for the 52nd Army under Guan Linzheng's direct control, the Fifteenth Group Army is a temporary unit of 7,788, with a total of more than 200,000 troops in six armies.Since they were not subordinate to each other before, how to control has become the biggest problem, especially when retreating. If everyone rushes to run back, a planned retreat is very likely to turn into a disorderly retreat. Guan Linzheng set an example by requiring all army officers to be at the back, and those who took the lead in escaping should be dealt with immediately by military law.As a result, such a large-scale mixed army retreated in an orderly manner, and the Japanese army did not find any gaps in the pursuit. Okamura originally thought that a gap had been opened in northern Hunan, but the situation changed later. On September 26, the Japanese army, which planned to use the terrain to outflank, suddenly encountered strong resistance and became unable to move an inch. This is Xue Yue's anti-detour tactic, and its official name is "Strive for Outside Lines".Guan Linzheng kept the main force on the side of the Japanese army according to his plan. If you detour me, I will flank you, so that the opponent can never expand the formation comfortably. Detours are the usual tactics of the Japanese army. It can be said that although the Japanese tactical principles are varied, they remain the same. They attack while encircling, and circle around.Once this magic weapon was broken, Okamura was a little dumbfounded. At this time, he just got a piece of information, which said that the Ninth War Zone had concentrated a considerable number of large troops and all artillery on the front of Changsha. What is this for? The situation is not good. Looking at it again, the Eleventh Army has penetrated a distance of 150 miles since crossing the Xinqiang River. However, because Xue Yue adopted the strategy of transporting grain up the mountain and clearing the walls, all the grain near Changsha was transported to the mountain for storage. Get up, even the food workers Tools—nothing for grinding flour and pounding rice was left for the little devils, so it was difficult for the advancing troops to supply supplies on the spot. As if waking up from a dream, Okamura jumped up. If you can't surround others, you are very likely to be surrounded by others. If you continue to move forward, you will only have a dead end. On September 27, the 11th Army was only 20 miles away from Changsha, but Okamura still ordered to stop the attack, and the troops hurried back along the original road. On October 2, Guan Linzheng ordered a full-scale counter-offensive, turned around and carried out frontal pursuit and side siege of the Japanese army.The artillery unit that had already been concentrated pushed forward and attacked. Although they could only use mortars as the mainstay, when the Eleventh Army did not have heavy weapons with them, it immediately opened the way for the infantry just like the Wanjialing victory. . This kind of counterattack is exciting. Guan Linzheng's generals occasionally raised their heads when they were chasing at night, and they came up with a wonderful sentence: the horse's head hangs the bright moon! There is a saying in the past that getting a sentence is like a success, it seems that Guan Meng will be able to gain something. The progress of the battle since then is indeed the same.The Eleventh Army was already exhausted after several days of hard work, and there was no reason to stop and seriously resist. Among them, the relatively concentrated large troops were fine, but the small troops that were scattered as guards were in bad luck, and suffered the heaviest losses. In the first battle of Changsha, Xue Yue adopted the tactics of combining guerrilla warfare and regular warfare for the first time, that is, while the large troops were retreating, they still left small troops behind the Japanese army to disturb their morale.When Guan Linzheng launched a major counterattack, not only the small troops became more energetic, but even the local people spontaneously ran out to help arrest and search for scattered Japanese troops. On October 10, Guan Linzheng chased to Xinqiang River before stopping.At the same time, the 106th Division on the East Road was also unable to enter and was forced to retreat to the original line of defense. Okamura's "two victories in three games" was completely reduced to a joke. Among the generals who participated in the first Changsha battle, Guan Linzheng ranked first in meritorious service and was promoted to commander-in-chief of the 15th Army.Among the Huangpu students, he was the first person to serve as the commander-in-chief of the group army, and after that, he had the feeling of seeing all the mountains and small mountains.This year, he was only thirty-four years old. You don't know how to sell sesame candy, you are a good material for Yang Liulang.