This is just a reason to dare to take the initiative, not a high-profile reason!
The suggestion to "go north in a high profile" actually came from Chen Jitang. Chen Jitang believed that a high-profile march north had three major benefits: first, to draw out the hidden Japanese troops to gain the initiative; second, to take the political initiative; and third, to form a deterrent to the Japanese troops.
As for the disadvantages? Almost none. If the Japanese army were to sneak attack the East China Field Army, that would be great. The National Defense Forces are not afraid of sneak attacks in theory. Moreover, the Japanese army's sneak attack would be equivalent to moving the Japanese troops out of the city fortress, which would have a negative impact on the implementation of the National Defense Forces' strategy.
more advantageous.
Wu Aihua was thinking about how to achieve political goals through military means, and Chen Jitang's suggestion was exactly what he wanted. Because of this, Wu Aihua not only agreed to the strategy of "going north in a high profile", but also improved the combat strategy this time.
Previously, the National Defense Forces were not allowed to take prisoners, and there was no explicit rule that "whoever captures the prisoners will keep them" was not established in writing. This allowed the National Defense Forces to suffer a very high mortality rate when fighting against the Japanese army.
Chen Jitang's suggestion of "political initiative" made Wu Aihua suddenly understand that the Japanese devils could also be "solved" by "political means". To "politically resolve" them, obviously, capturing prisoners is a good way
, if there are tens of thousands of Japanese military veterans on hand, Japan may become anxious, and the National Defense Forces will have more initiative during negotiations.
This is exactly connected with Wu Aihua's "bloodletting" thinking. Regarding Japan, Wu Aihua will definitely kill everyone, but not in 1938 or 1939, but in 1945 or even later. Japan is a mad dog.
, to deal with this mad dog, the first is to beat it to death, so that it can be solved once and for all; the second is to beat the mad dog away so that it can bite others, or dog bites dog.
Perhaps, the first way is more humane, but the second way can maximize one's own interests. When Wu Aihua does things, he is not willing to let himself suffer and let others take advantage. During World War II, Japan was very aggressive against Britain, France, the United States and other countries.
It is a huge weakening. If given the opportunity, Wu Aihua is willing to add fuel to it to make the fire of World War II burn brighter.
This is the reason for the "high-profile march northward" and the "capture competition" mentioned in Li Yangjing's expedition ceremony.
…
February 20, afternoon, Teng County, Shandong Province.
If we count from the time when the Japanese army started attacking at dusk on the 17th, the National Army's 122nd Division has been fighting the Japanese army for three days.
In the past three days, the 122nd Division moved up companies one by one, and even one battalion after another camp. When the fighting was the fiercest on the afternoons of the 19th and 20th, one battalion only managed to hold on for an hour before being crippled.
.
However, the Japanese army was not much better. In addition to the 80th Infantry Regiment, which took the lead in attacking, the 28th Cavalry Regiment joined the attack on Tengxian County from the morning of the 20th. However, no matter how ferocious the Japanese army was,
, Teng County is still controlled by the 122nd Division.
Under the attack of the already more powerful Japanese army, the reason why Wang Mingzhang's 122nd Division was able to persist for so long was mainly due to the help of the National Defense Force. Wang Mingzhang himself knew that if there were no National Defense Force Air Force's attack on the 20th Division Field Artillery Regiment,
During the bombing and the subsequent bombing of the independent heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese 1st Army, the 122nd Division was most likely to have been buried by the Japanese heavy artillery bombing; without the tactical guidance given to him by the colonel named Xu Jingye, the 122nd Division would have survived even
It would be impossible for nearly half of the people to survive on the battlefield; if it were not for the 8 mountain cannons, 12 combat artillery pieces, 24 60mm mortars and 200 submachine guns given to the 122nd Division by the National Defense Forces, the 122nd Division would not be able to survive either.
It is possible to repel the Japanese army's increasingly frenzied attacks.
In the past three days, although Wang Mingzhang was exhausted and heartbroken by the casualties among his soldiers, his 122nd Division still achieved the result of annihilating nearly 3,000 enemies. Among them, more than 1,000 corpses were left by the Japanese army before the battlefield alone.
However, Wang Mingzhang's heart was heavy at this time. Because he had just received an order from the 22nd Army: to retreat to Lincheng quickly!
Of course, this order has a prefix: Our Sangcun position has been breached by the enemy.
"Order: The entire division evacuates Teng County within ten minutes!" After Wang Mingzhang finished speaking, he entered his command post.
When the retreating troops of the 122nd Division had just separated from the Japanese army and left Teng County, earth-shattering artillery fire broke out in the direction of the county seat. It turned out that Japanese artillery reinforcements had arrived.
"Master..." The adjutant looked at Tengxian County, which was ablaze with fire, as if he wanted to say something.
"Let's go, this is war." Wang Mingzhang touched his bandaged left arm and said calmly.
Wang Mingzhang did not die in the battle in Teng County, so he was worthy of Wu Aihua's care.
…
February 20th at 4pm.
The leading force of the East China Field Army of the National Defense Force, the 025th Division (the 5th Division of the 2nd Group Army), arrived in Deqing, Zhejiang. The commander of the 025th Division, Liu Fagui, immediately sent a message to the Field Army Headquarters: "Our unit has arrived at the designated location, please give instructions."
Liu Fagui, the former National Army platoon leader who met and was captured by Wu Aihua on November 11, 1934, the day Wu Aihua crossed over, his fate has undergone miraculous changes since he "encountered" Wu Aihua again in Changting.
Guard battalion company deputy, company commander, battalion commander, later brigade commander, and now main division commander, this has been the trajectory of Liu Fagui's life for more than three years. And the person who brought him all this is his most respected Commander Wu Aihua
.
Liu Fagui admired Wu Aihua, which was all-round respect. According to later generations, Liu Fagui was Wu Aihua's "fan". Wu Aihua's speech, Wu Aihua's attitude, Wu Aihua's actions, including other people's praise and criticism of Wu Aihua, Liu Fagui would keep it in mind, and then
Digest it well and turn it into your own nutrition.
Because of this, Liu Fagui's progress over the years has also been very obvious. His former immediate superior, Commander Deng Meng of the Garrison Battalion, is now only the commander of the 1st Division of the 10th Group Army. Although in the National Defense Forces series, the 1st Division
The 1st Division is clearly the main force among the main forces, and it is also the unit that is easiest to meritorious service and promotion. However, isn't the Tenth Army still being formed? Commander Deng is still training new recruits there. He has already arrived at the front line with his troops.
After advancing another twenty or thirty kilometers, we will be able to engage in direct firefight with the Japanese army.
Liu Fagui's seizure of the "vanguard" position this time was his opportunity to narrow the gap with Commander Deng Meng.
"Order: The division-directed reconnaissance battalion will go out of Huzhou in company units and reconnoiter the enemy's situation in the direction of Jiaxing!"
"Order: The division-directed engineering barracks immediately clears the site and sets up temporary command posts for the group army and field army headquarters!"
"Order: The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Marine Regiments move 10 kilometers ahead and establish defensive positions to the east, northeast and north of Deqing!"
"Order: The division's anti-aircraft artillery battalion immediately sets up air defense positions to alert enemy aircraft!"
Liu Fagui issued four orders in one breath, dispatching all troops except the tank regiment, howitzer regiment, and guard battalion. Finally, he issued another order: "The guard battalion must do a good job in security and take strict precautions against unknown
The identified person is approaching the headquarters."
Ten minutes later, a call came from the Field Army Headquarters: "Your department immediately takes control of Deqing and pay attention to the intrusion of suspicious persons."
No, is there really a suspicious person? After receiving the telegram from the headquarters, Liu Fagui immediately called Deputy Division Commander Liu Maoguo and Chief of Staff Sun Hailin to discuss countermeasures.
"Division Commander, I suggest: first, immediately send a report to the reconnaissance battalion and ask them to expand the reconnaissance scope to the direction of Anji; second, the activities of any unit cannot be less than the size of a company, and the company commander should always pay attention
Changes in the personnel around them; thirdly, it is best to use radio to communicate between troops, minimize the movement of personnel, and do not communicate by phone." Chief of Staff Sun Hailin thought for a while and said.
"Very good, arrange it immediately." Liu Fagui said. As a senior commander of the National Defense Force, Liu Fagui and others have read a lot of combat reports of the Lightning Force, and have also heard a lot about how the Lightning Force infiltrated, captured prisoners, disguised and other deeds. Since the Commander of the Field Army
The call from the Ministry asking to "pay attention to suspicious persons" means that a small group of enemies may have penetrated into our core control area.
As for this small group of enemies, all of them are very skilled. With a small number of our own troops, it is easy for them to be captured by the other side, and then the other side can fish in troubled waters by using our troops' uniforms or passwords.
Peng Chenggui, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion directly under the 025th Division, had spent nearly half a year in the Lightning Force and was very good in the assessment. However, when Peng Chenggui was learning Japanese at the last level, he was stuck because his tongue was slightly larger.
He was not accurate at all when pronouncing certain sounds, which eventually led to him being picked out by the Lightning Troopers.
When Liu Fagui learned that Peng Chenggui was dismissed just for this small reason, he immediately found Commander Wu Aihua, asked Peng Chenggui over, and directly appointed him as the commander of the division-direct reconnaissance battalion.
Peng Chenggui was beaten by the Lightning Force because of a slight physical flaw, and he was in a very depressed mood. It turned out that he was the battalion commander of a main force, but he preferred the Lightning Force's combat method. He entered
The Lightning Troop can only serve as an ordinary soldier or a squad leader in charge of up to 16 people, but he still participated in the selection of the Lightning Troop and ranked tenth among the recruits in terms of total military skills.
The new name ranks tenth, and the overall ranking among lightning is within one hundred. This ranking is not low at all. It can be said that he is even more powerful than the king of soldiers in this era. However, he also knows the special characteristics of the lightning army.
I can only blame myself for being screwed.
At this time, Liu Fagui, the commander of the 025 Division, found him directly and directly appointed him as the commander of the division's direct reconnaissance battalion, which gave Peng Chenggui the feeling that a soldier would die for his confidant.
Reconnaissance battalions are just "little lightnings"! Although each group army is also forming its own special operations brigade, this special operations brigade cannot be compared with the lightning troops. At most, it is only at the level of the reconnaissance group directly under the group army. However,
Judging from the number of interactions with the enemy, how can the reconnaissance regiment compare with the reconnaissance battalion?