The strategy of driving away wolves and devouring tigers came from Xun Yu, a counselor under Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms, which means to order one to attack the other. Use the strategy to make two of them kill each other, so that the third party can reap the benefits of the fishermen. It is similar to the "killing with a borrowed knife" in the Thirty-six Strategies
", but they are not the same.——————"Kongchen·Strategy"
On the blue sky, a hazy silver moon jumped out of the clouds. At this time, the sky was gradually getting dark, but China and Japan did not calm down as night fell. The war continued to burn in full swing at Yuhuatai in Nanjing.
On the battlefield.
At the Nanjing City Garrison Headquarters, Tang Shengzhi was at a higher position, looking at the Yuhuatai position still burning with flames in the distance, without any expression on his face.
Deputy Commander Luo Zhuoying stood behind him and remained silent throughout. However, sometimes the struggle flashing in his eyes betrayed his apparent calmness.
"Commander! Tell me, is this really the right thing to do?" In the end, it was deputy commander Luo Zhuoying who took the lead in breaking the silence between the two.
"Alas...! Who can tell right from wrong? Soldiers must obey orders! And can you tell what the Chairman is thinking?" Tang Shengzhi replied with a sigh.
"But I'm so sorry for Brother Jingguo! His 112th Division was disabled this time!" Luo Zhuoying looked at the Yuhuatai position that was still burning and exploding, and said with a somewhat bitter expression.
"There is nothing we can do. You also know Wang Jingguo's temper! If we don't do this, he will definitely not withdraw!"
Just one day ago, the Nationalist Government sent a telegram from the Provisional Presidential Palace in Wuhan, and the content of the telegram was also very strange, ordering them to shrink across the board and abandon Nanjing's peripheral positions. If it weren't for the unforgeable code identification on the telegram, Tang Shengzhi would still have
I really thought it was faked by the Japanese Military Intelligence Agency.
After careful speculation, based on Tang Shengzhi's understanding of the Chairman, he had determined that the telegram was sent by the Presidential Office, and he had roughly guessed a thing or two about the Chairman's thoughts.
As the saying goes, a dog jumps over a wall in a hurry, and a rabbit bites people when it gets angry. It is precisely that the current Japanese army is like a mad dog, biting whoever it catches! As for the Hainan Army and the National Army, it is obvious that the combat effectiveness of the National Army is
It is inferior to the Hainan Army.
Matsui Iwane, the commander of the Japanese Army in Central China, also understood the principle of picking weak persimmons, so while holding back the Hainan Army as much as possible, he frantically attacked the National Army positions regardless of casualties. He wanted to severely repair the National Army first, and then
Facing the Hainan Army, we can divide our forces without any worries.
Of course, Chiang Kai-shek also had his own ideas. The hundreds of thousands of National Army soldiers in Nanjing now almost all fought all the way from the Battle of Songhu, and those who are still alive are basically experienced veterans. If these elite soldiers are
He really couldn't bear to lose it all to the Japanese in Nanjing.
Therefore, Tang Shengzhi was secretly ordered to prevent the National Army from abandoning its peripheral defensive positions, giving the Japanese army the illusion of being exhausted, and to fully reduce its forces to engage in a tug-of-war with the Japanese army.
On the other hand, the growth rate of the Hainan Army made Chiang Kai-shek feel uneasy. He also wanted to use the Japanese army to beat the Hainan Army. It would be best if both sides could fight to the death. Of course, this was assuming that he did not know that Li Weidong had already started preparing to form a political party.
Otherwise, instead of attacking the Hainan Army, they would completely fall out.
After seeing all this clearly, Tang Shengzhi couldn't help but sigh. He was worthy of being a tycoon of his generation, good at strategizing and calculating.
"Commander! The construction of the second line of defense has been completed, and the people on the outside have withdrawn into the inner city!" A staff officer walked up to Tang Shengzhi and reported the situation.
"Well, I understand." Tang Shengzhi responded, then turned to Luo Zhuoying and said: "Go and ask the people of the 112th Division to withdraw. If Jingguo has any resentment, let him blame me!"
Then, after finishing speaking, he walked towards the headquarters without looking back.
Looking at Tang Shengzhi's slightly desolate back, Luo Zhuoying felt uncomfortable. Tang Shengzhi was born in Dong'an, Hunan Province in 1889. He attended the Baoding Army Officer School and participated in the Revolution of 1911, the War against Yuan, the War to Protect the Law, and the Northern Expedition in the early days of the Republic of China.
The important thing is that he can be regarded as a revolutionary hero and a real soldier. But this man who was supposed to be a strong-willed and upright iron-blooded general can only bow his head powerlessly in front of dirty politics. Time is really
Can it change so much?
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At the same time, the fighting at Yuhuatai did not stop. Japanese troops continued to attack throughout the night, and the battle under the flames became white-hot.
The officers and soldiers of the 112th Division of the National Army stubbornly continued to stick to their positions and refused to retreat. The division commander Wang Jingguo personally went to the front line of the battlefield to greatly encourage the soldiers, because they knew that their respected division commander was with them.
"Ka...ka...!" The submachine gun in his hand made a crashing sound, and the rain of bullets sprayed from the muzzle was interrupted instantly.
Wang Jingguo quickly pulled out the empty magazine and threw it away. He subconsciously reached back to pick up the magazine, but it was empty. Only then did he remember that the guard who had been following him had blocked the way for him not long ago.
Died by a stray bullet.
A magazine full of bullets was handed to Wang Jingguo's hand. Jiang Daya, who was still wrapped in bandages in many places on his body, bared his iconic big teeth and said: "Commander, here it is!"
"It's your kid! If you survive this time, I'll treat you to a drink!" As soon as Wang Jingguo saw him, he knew that this kid must have sneaked out of the hospital.
Because the sky was completely dark and the line of sight was unclear, soldiers on both sides of the battle relied on the faint light of the burning flames to identify friends and foes. There was a possibility of running into enemy soldiers at any time in the criss-crossing trenches.
Jiang Daya stabbed a kid who suddenly rushed out to the ground and responded with a smile: "Hey! Then I'll wait for the teacher's drink!"
Suddenly, the two heard someone shouting: "Master...! I've found you!"
As the figure gradually approached, Wang Jingguo saw clearly that the person coming was Chief of Staff Qiu Qingquan, and asked: "What happened?"
After taking a breath, Qiu Qingquan replied: "Master! Deputy Commander Luo ordered us to withdraw from the Yuhuatai position!"
Hearing this, Wang Jingguo was very surprised and said: "What? You want us to retreat!? Are you kidding me?"
"It's confirmed! The person who passed the order is Staff Officer Xu from the headquarters!" Qiu Qingquan explained that although they had no interaction with Staff Officer Xu from the headquarters, they had met several times and it was impossible to admit their mistake.
"Really? We have lost so many brothers, and in the end it is just a simple retreat? Give up the position?" Wang Jingguo's expression was very angry. He really couldn't accept such an order.
"Master, retreat! Brothers have not had any water for the whole day, and now they are all supported by willpower!"
Hearing this, Wang Jingguo suddenly fell silent.
The brothers entrusted their lives to him as a sign of their trust in him, but how could he bear to bring these brave warriors to death?
After the momentum has passed, can the soldiers continue to persevere? He himself is not very hopeful.
Although it was not easy to accept it emotionally, he knew intellectually that the retreat order was correct. You must know that although the soldiers of the 112th Division have repeatedly repelled Japanese attacks with their fearless momentum, they have reached their limit now, and the reserve team
, guard battalion, all available troops were thrown into the battlefield, and now they can only barely withstand the Japanese offensive.
"Withdraw!" Wang Jingguo gave the order dejectedly.
As Wang Jingguo's order was issued, the soldiers of the 112th Division began to retreat, fighting and retreating while protecting the wounded. The Japanese commander did not order a pursuit, because as the main attacker, their casualties were no less than those of the 112th Division.
.Now that the Yuhuatai position has been taken, why bother struggling with these Chinese soldiers who are not afraid of death?
And just when the Japanese commander was celebrating finally occupying the Yuhuatai position, the results of the special flying group taking off from the Fujian Air Force Base also reached the sky above Nanjing City.
"Call the Eagle's Nest! Call the Eagle's Nest! The eagles have arrived over the target area! Please give instructions!"
There was a pause on the radio, and then an order from the Air Force Command was heard: "Mission change! Bomb the Yuhuatai position! Repeat, bomb the Yuhuatai position!"
Hainan received the news as soon as Yuhuatai fell, so the mission was changed to bombing the Japanese troops at Yuhuatai.
"Understood!" the pilot replied, and then a dozen fighter planes flew towards the Yuhuatai position.
The flames on the Yuhuatai position have not yet extinguished. Under the illumination of the fire, the pilot easily identified several attack points, pulled the control stick and began to dive towards the ground. The wings trembled for a while, and in an instant, a large number of bullets were tilted towards the Japanese army.
Soldier, two long bullet chains stretched out two narrow lines of death on the ground.
The first ones to attack were the fighter jets, and then came the home ground of the bombers. The three bombers were like birds laying eggs, dropping all their bombs within ten seconds. The screams of the bombs ripping the air were deafening, accompanied by
Loud rumbling noises and violent explosions enveloped the entire Yuhuatai position.
"Report to Eagle Cave! All bombs have been dropped, please return!" After the bombs were dropped, a Hainan Army pilot issued an anti-navigation request to the Air Force headquarters.
Soon, a vague voice came from the radio: "Anti-sail request, accepted! Return immediately!"
The Hainan Army's fighter planes came and went as fast as they came. More than a dozen Hainan Army fighter planes disappeared under the night, leaving only the Yuhuatai position covered with wreckage and burning with flames!
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ps: Hey, Xiaoyi is really distressed! My family doesn’t support me writing this very much, and I was scolded again today for coding. And all the time, Menghui’s grades are not very satisfactory. In fact, there is nothing wrong with the teacher.
I can prove it to my family! Until now, I really don’t know what to do.