Chapter 444 Military Conference
“…so it would be the wisest choice to give up the third war zone for the time being…”
After Zheng Yong said the last word, he looked at the people present, and then sat down.
There are some cold events, and it seems that everyone is unwilling to speak first. Zheng Yong is the president's confidant, a famous anti-enemy hero, and a "god of war" in the minds of the people of the country. Once he says the wrong words to his opinions, he annoys those high-ranking officials who support him, the words of hundreds of millions of people will instantly push himself to the forefront.
"Tell me, everyone, please tell me, don't have any worries." The Chairman's eyes swept across everyone.
General Political Department Minister Chen Cheng stood up.
"President, everyone, General Zheng has achieved military achievements since the War of Resistance Against Japan, and I don't want to repeat this. However, in the third war zone, the 6th Division of the pirates was repeatedly won, and the 6th Division of the Japanese pirates was once again excited and excited, and the entire army suddenly retreated. I thought this would be an extremely heavy blow to the morale and confidence of the military and civilians across the country.
At present, the main force in the third war zone still exists and can still fight. According to our previous estimates, we can continue to persist for half a year to a year. My opinion is to continue to increase troops to the third war zone and defend to the end. It will not be too late to withdraw troops when the fight is really impossible. At that time, we will also have a reasonable explanation to the people..."
Zheng Yong didn't say anything. He knew that this backbone general of the Huangpu Group had far stronger political talents than military talents, and his strategic vision seemed to be a little lacking.
Chen Cheng spoke first, and there were many responders. The Chairman did not speak like Zheng Yong. He just picked up the teacup and took a sip, and then slowly put it down.
"I agree with Commander Zheng's view." Bai Chongxi, the deputy chief of staff, the minister of military training, and one of the chairman's main strategists.
"It's time to retreat, and if we continue to fight, we will only increase casualties. Our army has long been at the end of our strength. Although we have made great achievements in annihilation of the 6th Division of the Japanese pirates, it has been achieved with more than a dozen divisions concentrating and countless casualties. Moreover, according to Commander-in-Chief Zheng's report, the situation in the Third War Zone is in danger and in danger...
The Japanese pirates have all-round advantages in sea, land and air. Compared with the Japanese pirates, our army is almost fighting with them naked. A hunter needs swords and guns to go up the mountain to fight tigers, let alone an army? What's more, this hunter is exhausted? Forcibly going up the mountain to fight tigers, the result may be that he was eaten by the tiger in turn. Therefore, I think Commander Zheng's retreat plan is feasible..."
Some whispers seemed to make sense.
Everyone has their own ideas about fighting or not, retreating or retreating, but from the successive speeches of the participants, more people still agree with Chen Cheng's opinions.
Zheng Yong sneered. In fact, he knew that among those who opposed the retreat, a large number of them also knew that it was time to retreat, but they were just thinking about seeing themselves defeated.
From the 111th Division's rise to the Battle of the Great Wall, to the Battle of Shanghai and then to the Third War Zone afterwards, the teams they commanded were invincible and were invincible. Although they received support from the military and civilians across the country, they obviously attracted the jealousy of some people...
All his military achievements were stolen by himself, and most of the supplies were sent to the Third War Zone. The names of "Zheng Yong" can be seen everywhere in the newspapers. The words "Zheng Yong" and "Third War Zone" are very popular. Shooting the first bird has always been a specialty for some people. The scene in front of them is just that.
It is not without any bad things for these people to suppress the commander-in-chief of the Third War Zone that has been so popular...
"Everyone!" Zheng Yong adjusted his emotions and stood up again. At this time, the conference room became quiet again.
"As Vice President Bai said, our army will fall into an extremely passive situation if we continue to fight. Do you know how many tons of bombs will be thrown by the defense positions in my third war zone? How many shells will be endured by the islanders every day? How many people will die every day? Do you know that every position is filled with lives?
Now every day of persistence, thousands of soldiers will die, and some of the newly added soldiers have not even touched the guns before. On the other hand, the island army lost a division but could be reorganized in the shortest time. The gap between the combat power of the two sides is getting bigger and bigger. Yes, we are fighting enemies armed to the teeth with bare hands..."
Seeing that his voice was gradually increasing, Zheng Yong paused for a moment, his voice a little low.
"My guard division commander died in battle. He died in the country while defending the Third War Zone General Command, because at that time I had no available troops at all, so I could only let a major general commander take the lead in charge. He was still very young. If the General Command had another division's force at that time, this would not have happened, but there was no.
Everyone knows that the Third Brigade of the Guard Division is known as the "Third Tornado Brigade", which sounds really nice, but the situation at that time was that I had no power to control except for the troops from the Security Command that could be mobilized. After the Third Brigade of several thousand people broke out from behind the enemy, there were only more than one thousand people left, and only more than one thousand people left..."
In the deadly silence, a few low sighs could be heard, and the chairman said with a serious expression.
"These are all pillars of the country. They are fighting bloody battles on the front line, so that we can discuss here with peace of mind whether to retreat or continue to persevere. We must commend these national heroes, who should vigorously promote everything they have done for us..."
"It sounds so passionate and tragic to fight for life with my life. But whenever I have the same equipment as the Japanese pirates, I promise that I will definitely stop my subordinates from using their own lives to exchange for the Japanese pirates' lives, but I still haven't."
Zheng Yong let out a long sigh.
"The main divisions in the third war zone were all destroyed and destroyed, and only the name of the "main division" was left. They must be removed immediately, re-equipped and rectified before a decisive battle. If you retreat when there is no way to fight again, please think about what kind of chaos will happen?
Everyone, I have so much to say, please make your own decisions..."
Still no one spoke, Zheng Yong's attitude was already very obvious and he was extremely tough. If he retreated, there was no second way to choose from except retreat.
"I think we can retreat." The Chairman spoke: "Retreat is not a shameful thing. When we fought with the Japanese pirates in Shanghai, we also retreated, and the miracle of the Third War Zone was achieved. Now, we may have greater miracles and surprises waiting for us."
The president has already made a statement, which is equivalent to setting the argument for this meeting. All that remains is to discuss how to assist in the retreat of the Third War Zone.
However, some people disagree. This so-called "God of War" Zheng Yong is just like that. Without the support of the president, he can only be a division commander at most. The military achievements and luck he has achieved are purely because of his good luck. If anyone else commands, he may not have made any contributions than him.
This is generally the case, and these people have a mentality. They can be mediocre all their lives, but they will never allow others to show off. It is not impossible to show off, but they will never tolerate a person to steal the limelight...
At this time, the President of the Military Senate Tang Shengzhi stood up and looked gloomy.
"I agreed to defend the enemy at the beginning, and the subsequent battle situation was as I judged. I just heard Commander Zheng's decision to continue to hold on in Nanjing for a while. President, everyone, Tang Shengzhi still volunteered to take on the important task of defending Nanjing. Even if he fought until the last battle, he would never give up the capital..."
Zheng Yong had no other thoughts except to spit on him. If he could only talk big, if he was asked to command the Nanjing defense battle, he would probably hand over Nanjing to the islanders in a few days.
This person who is so handsome is also a defeated general.
After the victory of the Northern Expedition, he became the main military force against the Chairman of the Wuhan Government. On November 12, 1927, he was defeated by the Chairman and went to the island country.
In April 1929, he turned to the Chairman and participated in the war between the Chairman and the Guangxi warlords. He served as the President of the Military Senate of the National Government and the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Route Army.
In October, he participated in the Chiang-Feng War, and in December, he changed his flag again and joined forces with Shi You to fight against Chiang three times, and served as the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route of the Anti-Chiang Army to protect the Party and save the country. After continuing to defeat, he stepped down again in 1930.
In addition to the often defeated generals, Tang Shengzhi is also a standard fence-bearer...
However, under the current situation, it is better to offend people less, Zheng Yong smiled slightly.
"General Tang is passionate and dedicated to his country, which is exciting, but the task of defending Nanjing has been undertaken by Mr. Jiang Fangzhen..."
Jiang Baili was originally Tang Shengzhi's teacher. When she heard that the teacher had taken on the task of defending Nanjing before she could take on the task of defending Nanjing, Tang Shengzhi couldn't say anything else, so she sat down in disappointment.
Zheng Yong felt helpless. If Tang Shengzhi had not taken the initiative and was very likely to be adopted by the chairman, he would never have brought out the sick Chief of Staff Jiang Baili as an important task to defend Nanjing.
"Okay, since everyone has no other opinions, let's start preparing."
The chairman stood up.
"This time it is a strategic retreat, not a major defeat, so everything must be carried out in an orderly manner. It is our current top priority. Everyone should take care of themselves..."
As he said that, he walked to Ke Zheng Yong and said with a smile.
Chapter completed!