The Cairo Conference finally came to a successful conclusion. When Ouyang Yun and his party set foot on the sky fortress heading to Karachi and walked on the gangway, Jiang Huangyong whispered to them and looked at each other: Look, President Roosevelt’s plane is the same as ours. When everyone looked over, they happened to see Roosevelt and others were also boarding the plane, and when they felt the gaze, Roosevelt asked his men to push him to the platform at the entrance of the plane, waved to Ouyang Yun,
Coincidentally, Roosevelt and Ouyang Yun chose almost the same time to leave, so both parties waved goodbye with smiles on their faces at the door of the plane, which could be regarded as a successful conclusion to this international incident.
The Xuebingjun delegation in Cairo, except for the issue of the golden eagle that caused dissent and made people feel regretful, generally speaking, they got more than they paid, which made everyone in the delegation very excited, except Ouyang Yun. Ouyang Yun didn't mean to be different, but he just had different views on some things from the Chinese of his time. For example, he commented that Roosevelt spent a lot of money to purchase military technology, but others thought he was a student of the military. It was a victory in military diplomacy, but he looked at this issue from another angle and felt that Roosevelt's performance was worthy of his status as President of the United States. "This is the attitude that a leader of a big country should have towards his people. Everything is people-oriented. As long as there are fewer sacrifices, For some soldiers, no matter how much money you spend, it is worth it. You must remember that at any time, whenever conditions permit, you must first consider the casualties of the troops, and meaningless sacrifices will never be allowed to occur." Ouyang Yun After evaluating Roosevelt, he warned Chen Shichang, Jiang Huangyong, Liu Kui and others,
When Ouyang Yun was evaluating Roosevelt, Roosevelt was also evaluating him. Some of the military technologies Ouyang Yun later came up with were really shocking, especially the golden eagle. You must know that the research on jet engines in the United States was just getting started at this time. As for other countries, Germany successfully tested a jet fighter named "Comet" in 1941. However, because of the ugly shape of the aircraft, it was sentenced to death by the Luftwaffe fighter director Garland. Jet fighters, aircraft Radar-laden, missiles (the missiles sold to the Americans by the Xuebing Army are actually rockets, without guidance systems)... there are a lot of them, which reminded Roosevelt of Ouyang Yun's previous title "Traveler" ", American scientists' research on "travelers" has been settled, but the result is that this fact is judged to be false, and the relevant theory is simply impossible to establish. However, Roosevelt combined with what he saw at the Cairo Conference, he concluded: Studying military research and development As for the reason why its founder, General Ouyang Yun, was able to create miracles repeatedly, and the United States, the world's largest industrial power, had to introduce their technology, it can only be because of the "traveler", "Perhaps, Ouyang Yunzhen comes from later generations, so it is easy to understand why he is full of confidence in winning this war. It is necessary for us to adjust our strategy towards China and further strengthen our close relationship with the Xuebing Army and China., McIntyre, Immediately after you return, convene a meeting with the heads of the Military Intelligence Bureau and ask them to pay close attention to the Military Research and Development Institute. I have a feeling that Ouyang Yun should have more important military technology on hand." Roosevelt said to McIntyre after careful consideration,
Because of his personal relationship with Churchill, McIntyre was originally a die-hard anti-Yun activist. However, after the next two days of negotiations and seeing the powerful military and scientific research capabilities of the Xuebing Army, his attitude changed and he began to re-examine the relationship between the United States and the Xuebing Army. He began to truly understand Roosevelt's "compromise policy" towards the military. However, he obviously had stubborn views on certain things, so after complying with Roosevelt's request, he tentatively said: "If Ouyang Yun If you are truly a 'traveler', then the rise of China after the war will be unstoppable. Your Excellency, for the future of the United States, shall we..." As he spoke, he slashed his neck with his right hand, making a motion of cutting his throat,
Roosevelt looked at him deeply and said sternly: "McIntyre, put away such thoughts, at least for now, the axis of evil is so strong, we need the help of Xuebingjun and Ouyang Yun."
"But I feel like we're now helping our future competitors become stronger."
Roosevelt smiled mysteriously: "McIntyre, you should read more modern history books about China. China has been in chaos for a century, and it will continue to be chaotic. Haven't you noticed that public opinion in Chongqing, China? It has never stopped.”
Roosevelt's words puzzled McIntyre, and he asked in confusion: "Then you are still trying your best to help China promote a coalition government."
Roosevelt sighed quietly, his eyes became deeper, and after a while he said: "McIntyre, so far, we have not seen any hope of victory in this war. A unified China will be helpful to our cause. We have to look at the bigger picture first."
McIntyre listened in awe and said sincerely: "Sir, the people of the world should be grateful that we in the United States have a president with a global vision like you."
"Let's not talk about it anymore." Roosevelt shook his head, and then asked: "Military Intelligence reported that the cadet army is attacking Madang. What is the status of the battle?"
Roosevelt had studied the war situation in China very well, so he knew the importance of Madang to the southern war situation between China and Japan. If the Xuebing Army could regain Madang, it could use its air force and artillery superiority to choke the Japanese army's water logistics supply line in central China. This means that they have the initiative in the southern war situation. Next, the Xuebing Army can either conquer the entire south of the Yangtze River, or try to regain Hunan, or even use the Madang Fortress as a breakthrough point to attack the north of the Yangtze River. Once Hubei and Anhui are captured If the Xuebing Army recovers, then the war situation in China will definitely change qualitatively, and it may even trigger a comprehensive counterattack by the Chinese army. This will be beneficial to the Chinese army, but will only be harmful to the Japanese army. Of course, the Japanese army will not allow this to happen. They are sure Will fight to protect Madang,
The relationship between this war and the United States is that once the Madang war situation enters a track that is beneficial to China, the Japanese army will inevitably deploy troops from other places. The Japanese army only has so many troops in total, but it occupies such a vast area. They want to strengthen the troops in the Chinese theater. It will inevitably weaken other theaters. Then, only a handful of the fifteen newly equipped divisions in Japan will enter Southeast Asia, and even fewer will be assigned to the Australian battlefield. This will invisibly reduce the pressure on the US-Australia coalition forces.
"The Japanese army has added two new divisions to the Madang battlefield, but currently only one regiment has been strengthened to the Madang Fortress. The Xuebing Army has added one division each to the Madang and Yichun battlefields. The war is currently raging, a reporter with the army He has been asked to leave the front line, so there are no new battle reports in the past two days." McIntyre said,
Roosevelt frowned and thought for a while and said: "Facts have proved that the cadet army is very targeted in fighting Japan, and this is what our army lacks. You should call the Joint Chiefs of Staff immediately and ask them to organize it as soon as possible. When a new military delegation goes to China, the members of the delegation must include middle- and low-level officers. All of these people must be sent to the Xuebing Army. Tell them that the delegation to the Xuebing Army is nominally for guidance, but in fact it is for learning. Let them read more and talk less.”
McIntyre accepted the order: "Yes, I'll do it right away."
Even the Americans have noticed the ongoing Madang War, and Ouyang Yun will naturally not take it lightly. However, it is different from him personally leading the army to the north. This time, he plays the role of a completely bystander and does not did not interfere with the layout of the Guangzhou General Headquarters and the command of Ma's current frontline troops,
At the front line of Ma Dang, the Japanese army originally only had a regiment-sized garrison, which was not enough to resist the nearly two divisions of regular cadet troops in Rao Guohua's hands. The Japanese commander of the Ma Dang garrison was named Nakamura Rao Xiong. Realizing this, he wanted to set up peripheral defense lines at Hukou and Dongzhi, and adopt a method of continuous resistance to continue to consume the strength of the student army. However, Rao Guohua did not take the line from Duchang to Hukou as the Japanese army predicted, nor did he He called on friendly forces to launch an attack from the east, but after capturing Duchang, he feinted a shot towards Hukou, and then used one of his troops to feint towards Huxi Township. However, the main force climbed over the hills of northern Jiangxi, detoured from the east, and attacked Taibo with surprise troops. Huxiang,
After Taibo Lake Township was occupied by Rao Guohua's troops, Hukou's role as a peripheral stronghold for Madang immediately ceased. Zhongcun Rao Xiong sent a brigade to Hukou and Dongzhi to reinforce the local garrison, which in turn weakened Ma. When it comes to the strength of the defenders, Madang is really too important. The little devils dare not be careless, so they can only shamelessly ask for tactical guidance from Anami Yuki and the commander of the 13th Army, Sawada Shigeru.
Among the senior Japanese generals stationed in China, Anami Weiji once despised the China Army because he had not yet fought against the Xuebing Army. However, as Aoki Seiichi's 40th Division was completely destroyed in the Nanchang area, he was not even given a calm layout. With the opportunity, the little devil finally realized that the previous rumors about the Xuebing Army were true, and began to take a serious look at the Xuebing Army. Madang is the defense zone of the 13th Army. Logically speaking, he can completely ignore it. However, in order to make up for the rescue, His failure led to the annihilation of the entire 40th Division. He decided to launch a major counterattack against the troops heading north, and called the military headquarters (Nishio Hisao resigned as commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Forces). The new appointment of the commander has not yet been announced, so Anan Weiji has no choice but to ask the military headquarters for instructions if he wants to take major actions), and decided to mobilize the most elite 3rd Division under his command to reinforce Yichun, intending to first defeat the student army attacking Yichun, and then Crossed the Gan River to outflank Rao Guohua's retreat,
There are actually big loopholes in Anami's strategy. However, because Sawada Shigeru was able to assume the position of commander of the 13th Army because of the insistence of a group of people from the Navy Ministry, in the eyes of the army people led by Tojo Hideki, Ze Tian Shige was a rat excrement mixed into the Army by the Navy, and his suggestion was approved by Tojo Hideki.
So something very unreasonable happened. As the execution force of the Madang defense, the 13th Army was asked to cooperate with the actions of the 11th Army. So far, the Battle of Madang and the Battle of Yichun were actually isolated by the Japanese army.
(Old Poison: Today I’m going to a classmate’s dinner, so I can only update once)