Chapter 36 First of all, we must have confidence

After capturing Gao'an, the 51st Division took advantage of the victory and attacked northward. Li Tianxia concentrated the artillery of the entire division to bombard the Japanese positions, preventing the fleeing enemy from gaining a chance to breathe.The 169th Brigade of the 57th Division, which had entered the area of ​​the Longevity Palace, also had a head-on blow. Under the two-phase attack, the fleeing Japanese army almost collapsed. The enemies who broke out merged with the defenders of the Longevity Palace. While defending the Longevity Palace, they waited for an opportunity to organize a counterattack.Luo Zhuoying ordered the Seventy-Fourth Army to attack the Longevity Palace with all its strength, but due to the slow advance of the left-wing friendly forces, the Japanese troops in the Fengxin area could always be freely mobilized, which made the Seventy-Fourth Army have to be afraid.

From the Battle of Nanchang to the Nanchang Counter-Offensive War, most of the Chinese troops participating in the war could neither attack nor defend. Some weaker troops even assumed a posture of being beaten at the beginning, ready to run away at any time.These weak brigades could not rush forward, so that the strong army did not dare to take risks and advance lightly. Even foreign reporters have seen that on the anti-Japanese battlefield, "the best troops are always dragged down by the worst troops." The Seventy-Fourth Army is now facing this problem. If it attacks alone, it is likely to be outflanked by the Fengxin Japanese Army, not to mention that they themselves have to allocate a considerable amount of troops to garrison Gao'an.After some deliberation, Yu Jishi decided to draw out only one regiment to support the 169th Brigade's attack on the Longevity Palace, and the main force will rush to build fortifications in Gao'an and Xiangfuguan.Not long afterward, Luo Zhuoying transferred troops to take over part of Gao'an's defense, but the military operations of the friendly forces have not improved much. Therefore, the threat from Fengxin has not been eliminated, and the main force of the 74th Army can only continue Stay vigilant in place.

Yu Jishi's worries were not without purpose. On May 3, the 106th Division of the Japanese Army entered the northern wing of Gao'an from Fengxin. They first used a small number of troops to attract the attention of the 58th Division, and then used two regiments to storm the junction of the 58th Division and the friendly army.The positions of the 3rd, 4th, and 3rd regiments of the 58th Division were broken through, and the two companies at the front withdrew without receiving orders from their superiors. Losing the position and retreating without authorization are very serious matters within the Seventy-Fourth Army, and the Gao'an front line is also directly threatened.Feng Shengfa, the commander of the 58th Division, immediately ordered the execution of the company commanders of the two companies, and drove the Japanese army back to Fengxin through a counterattack.

On the whole, the counterattack against Nanchang was to use lightly equipped troops to attack the heavily equipped and pre-fortified enemy forces. From the day this combat intention came into being, it was doomed to fail. On May 9, the offensive forces in the third theater east of the Ganjiang River were defeated, and Chiang Kai-shek ordered to stop the counterattack and withdraw from the battle. The failure of the battle is not the responsibility of the Seventy-Fourth Army. They have done their best within the scope of their duties.After the counter-offensive war, all the generals of the Seventy-fourth Army were rewarded for their meritorious service, and Yu Jishi was awarded the Huazhou Honor Medal for his outstanding command.Most of the medals issued by the National Government were also awarded before the War of Resistance, and after the War of Resistance. Only the Huazhou Medal was specially set up for officers and soldiers who made meritorious service during the War of Resistance. The winners were either outstanding generals or particularly brave Soldier.

In addition to receiving the Huazhou Medal, Yu Jishi was also promoted to the deputy commander-in-chief of the Tenth Army, which left a place for Wang Yaowu to succeed the commander of the Seventy-fourth Army, but the handover between the two sides did not come true immediately. After being promoted, some bosses are not active in recommending a deputy to replace them for various reasons.For example, when Xia Chuzhong of the 79th Army was promoted from division commander to army commander, the military command asked him to recommend someone to take over as division commander. Under normal circumstances, Xia Chuzhong should recommend Wang Jiaben, the deputy division commander, but he wanted his fellow from Yiyang, Hunan to take over. The old army, so it is not recommended for a long time.

Of course, there was no such problem between Yu Jishi and Wang Yaowu. Yu Jishi had long regarded Wang Yaowu as the best candidate to succeed him. What he was worried about was that Wang Yaowu might not be able to control the troops. Yu Jishi was the commander of the Seventy-Fourth Army, and his personal qualifications and achievements in the first phase of Whampoa were enough to overwhelm the commanders of the divisions and brigades below.Wu Jiguang, the brigade commander who died during the Battle of Songhu, served in the 98th Division earlier, and had a bad relationship with his boss, and then he voted for Yu Jishi.Later, when he met his former colleagues from the old army, he complained endlessly: "I should have listened to your advice and stayed in the 98th Division. Yu Jishi is too good!"

The stronger the combat effectiveness of the troops, the more talented they are.If the boss is not a little bit more powerful, there are people below who are making trouble for you, so you just wait to be dismissed.Of course, if you want to really gain a foothold in the army, the key is to have confidence.Although Wang Yaowu has made great military exploits, he is only a member of the third phase of Whampoa, and there are many people in the 74th Army, not to mention the third and fourth phases of Whampoa, even the first and second phases of Whampoa.In the Kuomintang central military system with Whampoa students as the backbone, Whampoa qualifications are not generally important.Some units are even appointed according to the Whampoa period. Basically, the third and fourth periods serve as battalion and company commanders, and the first and second periods serve as brigade and regiment commanders.

Furthermore, among the three divisions of the Seventy-Fourth Army, except for the Fifty-first Division, which is Wang Yaowu's basic unit. All teachers go out of the side door.Fortunately, the fifty-seventh division, the division commander Shi Zhongcheng has no qualifications in Whampoa, and he was born as a miscellaneous general. As long as you use it properly, it is not difficult to control.The biggest problem mainly lies in the 58th Division brought out by Yu Jishi himself. The commander of this division was originally the part-time deputy commander Feng Shengfa, and then Chen Shizheng was appointed full-time. He is fully qualified to be promoted to the commander of the 74th Army. In private, Chen Shizheng has never been too convinced by Wang Yaowu.If there is no hope of being promoted to army commander this time, Chen Shizheng will inevitably feel angry in his heart. Once he is angry, he will not be so obedient and obedient to Wang Yaowu.

There is far more than one person who is qualified and wants to be the commander of the 74th Army, but it is a pity that there is only one golden chair.How to balance the crowd and let Wang Yaowu succeed, Yu Jishi was very troubled.