Faced with the conditions put forward by these two people, it should be said to be a threat. Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, the former deputy director of the Political Department of the Anti-Union East Cluster from Tsinghua University. Even though he was quite well-educated,
In response to such a shameless move by the Japanese army, he was so angry that he lost his composure on the spot and cursed loudly.
But his yelling and cursing had almost no effect on these two thick-skinned Japanese commanders. I am afraid that these two men had made psychological preparations for being scolded before they came, so before the deputy director
When venting the anger in my heart, I just listened quietly here without any intention of blushing.
In fact, these two people were ordered to negotiate, but they couldn't express the pain in their hearts. This kind of despicable move brought shame to their imperial army, and these two people also disagreed. But this matter happened when the two division commanders met.
Afterwards, a decision was made after discussion. As the first executors of the division commander's plan, they had no choice but to implement it no matter how reluctant they were.
Moreover, there was no written order or any telegram preserved about this matter. That is to say, once the headquarters investigates this act of losing the prestige of the imperial army, the chiefs of staff of the two divisions will probably be the first to be held responsible.
But now that things have been done, no matter how reluctant they are, they can only bite the bullet and negotiate.
However, the other party's scolding was unpleasant, but it could not solve the problem. What should be faced had to be faced. These two were very patient. They were waiting for the answer at ease in the command post of an anti-alliance division in northwest Texas.
.They also know that the two people in front of them will definitely not have the final say in this matter.
After receiving a telegram from the deputy director of the Cluster Political Department and the deputy political commissar of the Central Hebei Military Region who participated in the negotiations, Chen Hanzhang frowned into a big knot. He had not thought that the Japanese army actually followed his original judgment and at the same time really
He had the nerve to make such a request. At the most critical moment of the battle, he used hundreds of thousands of Chinese people as human shields to blackmail himself into making way for them.
Although the Japanese army had previously held Chinese people hostage as human shields many times in order to reduce casualties and force the Chinese army to restrain itself and not be able to carry out its full operations to speed up progress, after all, the number of Chinese people taken hostage by the enemy was still the same.
There are relatively few, and they are not so upright.
This is probably the first time in modern military history that a total of hundreds of thousands of Chinese people have been captured and used as meat pawns, and they are forced to make way for them. I am a veteran who has fought with the Japanese army for many years.
, this is also the first time I have seen such a shameless behavior.
Like those who received the Japanese negotiators on the front line, Chen Hanzhang was unable to make the decision on this matter. He could only bite the bullet and sent a telegram to Yang Zhen asking for instructions on how to handle the matter. Although Chen Hanzhang was not the kind of person who encountered such a situation.
When faced with difficulties, he would kick the ball to his superiors. But this matter was related to the future direction of the entire war situation, and he really couldn't make a decision, so he could only ask for instructions from No. 1.
Yang Zhen was also shocked when he received Chen Hanzhang's telegram with three triangles drawn on it to indicate special urgency. After reading the contents of the telegram, Yang Zhen's first thought was similar to Chen Hanzhang's. Except for being surprisingly angry.
In addition, it was more of an accident. He did not expect that the Japanese army would actually do such an extremely shameless thing openly or even openly.
Aren't they always known as the best soldiers in the world, and the Japanese army is the best among them? Aren't they always proud of the combat effectiveness of their army and their fearless spirit? How come at this desperate time, even this kind of army, even the most despicable, uses
The most base methods have been used?
There is no doubt that the beastly Japanese army is an army without any moral standards, but at least you should still have the dignity of a soldier. By doing this, aren't you afraid of becoming the laughing stock of armies around the world?
?Even if you are shameless and have a habit of refusing to admit what you have done, you can't be so shameless, right?
It’s just that despite the anger, the matter still needs to be solved. It’s not a few hundred or a few thousand people, but the lives of hundreds of thousands of Chinese people. No military commander can order an indiscriminate attack under such circumstances.
Differential attacks. Including the Soviets who took their own compatriots as seriously as they did on the battlefield. I am afraid that no marshal or general would dare to order an attack under such circumstances.
Looking at Yang Zhen's frown, the boss next to him took the telegram. After reading the above content, even though he was well-informed, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Putting down the telegram in his hand, the boss looked at it.
Yang Zhen, with a gloomy face: "What do you think about this matter? Should we give way to this road or not?"
Hearing the boss's question, Yang Zhen shook his head: "Boss, what else can I do? Those are not hundreds or thousands of people, but hundreds of thousands of Chinese. Do I have any other choice? Once I force
If we launch an attack and cause huge casualties to the people, we will all be the targets of thousands of people. I have a viper in my hand, but I can't cut off a strong man's wrist."
"This time we switched to a counterattack across the entire Eastern Front battlefield. I made a lot of preparations and imagined a lot of surprises. But today's situation, I didn't expect at all. I even imagined that the Japanese army would be at a disadvantage in the battle.
, carried out massacres on a certain battlefield to vent their anger. I just didn’t expect that the Japanese army would do something like this at this time.”
"Now we are being roasted on the fire. If we don't give way to this road, the lives of hundreds of thousands of our compatriots will be wiped out. Let, let these two Japanese divisions withdraw from the battlefield. No matter whether these two Japanese divisions
No matter where the regiment withdraws, it will be a threat to our future. Especially the 65th Division, which is basically fully equipped."
"But in the current situation, even if we are unwilling to do so, we can only do what the Japanese army requires. Those are the lives of more than 100,000 flesh and blood compatriots. If we ignore their life safety, then even if we win a complete victory, what can we do?
How about that? There will still be fighter jets in the future, but once the lives of these more than 100,000 compatriots disappear, it will be impossible to come back."
After Yang Zhen finished speaking, the boss sighed slightly: "Your choice is right. No matter how reluctant we are, we can only accept this result. Human life is not a leek. It can grow again after being cut. There are more than 100,000 lives.
, once it disappears, it will never come back. Sometimes taking a step back at a critical moment may not be wrong."
The boss's support made Yang Zhen click. He did not use the telegraph, but directly picked up the phone and called Chen Hanzhang's headquarters. On the phone, Yang Zhen gave Chen Hanzhang an order to stop on both wings of the Bingjinpu Road battlefield in Dezhou.
The order to attack. Let Chen Hanzhang give way to the Jinpu Line, and let the two Japanese divisions along the Dezhou and Jinpu Railway withdraw to the south of the Yellow River.
The Anti-Japanese Army could stop military operations in the Dezhou battlefield and ensure the safe evacuation of the two Japanese divisions. However, the Japanese army had to ensure that Dezhou City did not suffer any damage and first release the old, weak, women and children they held hostage. For those detained in Dezhou
All anti-Japanese elements in the city are not allowed to carry out any killings, and all are handed over to the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
But on the phone, Yang Zhen also told Chen Hanzhang to tell the chiefs of staff of the two Japanese divisions that if the hundreds of thousands of Chinese people they held hostage were tortured or insulted in any way, even if the two Japanese divisions
All the officers and soldiers participating in the war will not let them go even if they run to the ends of the earth.
After putting down the phone in his hand, Yang Zhen looked a little downcast. The boss shook his head and said: "Comrade Yang Zhen, don't be too insistent on some things. Now that things have happened, we still have to accept them. I think
I took a look at your battle report on the Hebei-Shandong border during this period, and it turns out that you have actually done a good enough job."
"We chose to give up this time. In fact, only one 65th Division escaped. The 22nd Division in front of Texas now has less than one-third of its strength. Even if they can withdraw, they will not have a long rest.
, it is also difficult to recover. And now on the battlefield east of Texas, the Japanese 120th Division has been completely wiped out."
"Although the 115th Division is still resisting, judging from the current battle situation, their resistance is just a desperate struggle. I think that in one day at most, the Ningjin front line can basically solve the problem. And in
Behind the battlefield east of Dezhou, the Bohai Navy District and a section of the Anti-Japanese Alliance have completed the final sweep of the remaining enemies on the Qikou front line, and have completely completed the encirclement and annihilation of the Ninth Division."
"In the Jinan battlefield on the center line, the 50th Division has completed its complete annihilation. Although the 117th Division has run away with more than a thousand remaining enemies, judging from its strength at the beginning of the campaign, it is not enough to say that it was completely annihilated.
That's too much. At present, on the Pinghan-Han Line, the Japanese army has basically completely abandoned the entire southern Hebei and has withdrawn into northern Henan."
"Although there is still fierce fighting in the southeastern Shanxi battlefield, with the entire front retreated in other directions, even if the two Japanese divisions in the southeastern Shanxi battlefield can fight, they are already unable to hold on. And now we are in the southeastern Shanxi battlefield.
, has completed the division and encirclement of one of the two divisions. At the same time, in the Taihang Mountains at the junction of Hebei and Shanxi, the Japanese and puppet troops in this direction were also defeated. Judging from the overall progress of the current battle situation, this time the Japanese army's comprehensive counterattack,
It can be said that it has basically failed.”
"Not only did we win this battle, but in terms of the results we had achieved, it was a pretty big victory. Even if we lost a relatively well-organized division of the Japanese army, it was basically nothing to us.
Even the losses cannot change the situation of the Japanese army's complete defeat in this battle."
"But Comrade Yang Zhen, while we have achieved such a glorious victory, we must also see our current shortcomings. After two months of hard fighting, not only have all the troops suffered heavy casualties, but they are also already in a state of extreme fatigue.
The consumption of ammunition, food, and supplies is also quite huge."
"Although Jizhong District can provide some food, ammunition, oil and other combat supplies need to be transported thousands of miles from the northeast. Now our supply lines have reached the extreme after a long period of full capacity operation. As they continue to extend southward,
And with continued high-intensity operation, this supply line is in danger of collapse at any time."
"And this battle is basically an internal battle for us. The entire Hebei Central, Southern Hebei, and Jilu border areas are already in dilapidated state. Especially the central Hebei District, although it is rich, is the main battlefield in the first phase.
The areas that have been beaten are dilapidated. We also need time and energy to restore the vitality of these areas."
"The most important thing is that no matter which battlefield the participating troops are in, they have reached the point where they can no longer rest and regroup. If the Japanese army deems it necessary, they can continue to invest new divisions in the battle. But our strength has been used to the extreme.
.As the fight continues, I am afraid that we will be the ones who are unable to hold on at first. I think we can now finish the entire campaign."
"Comrade Yang Zhen, we have to eat one bite at a time and walk step by step. This long war can't be solved in one or two battles. Japan has a long way to go. This time, although a small number of unfinished Japanese troops were let go,
Just because we can do our best doesn’t mean we won’t have a chance next time.”