Under the patient persuasion and suggestions of Bai Chongxi, Zhang Zhizhong, and Chen Cheng, as well as being influenced by the great victory of Taiyuan, his instructor, Chiang Kai-shek, who had already tasted the benefits of adopting Liu Yimin's suggestions in the Battle of Songhu, finally decided to rely on Nanjing to kill a large number of the enemy's effective forces, and then
Abandon Nanjing and place the main force on the flanks of the Japanese attacking troops, threatening the determination of the Japanese army at any time.
Chiang Kai-shek even thought about how to upgrade Liu Yimin's instructor and place him directly under the central command for fighting along the Yangtze River. Later, Song Meiling reminded him not to do those useless efforts, not to mention that the CCP would not agree and Liu Yimin would not be willing.
Even if they are willing, according to the current intensity of Japanese bombing, by the time the instructors arrive in Nanjing, not only will Nanjing have been lost, but even if the instructors have traveled a long distance to arrive, it will be a question of whether the troops can maintain their organizational integrity. It is still important to make arrangements as soon as possible.
The Military Commission immediately issued an order to retreat the Wufu Line and Xicheng Line defenders who were already in danger and could be breached at any time. Zhang Zhizhong was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Defense War, and about 100,000 troops were mobilized to establish defense lines around Nanjing. The main force was placed
Various key points in the urban area were prepared for street fighting with the Japanese army.
After Zhang Zhizhong was ordered, according to the tactical deduction he conducted with Liu Yimin in Xi'an, he set up city fortifications, protected evacuation routes, and strictly ordered the evacuation of Nanjing citizens and personnel from embassies and consulates of various countries. In Zhang Zhizhong's words, Nanjing should be turned into a military fortress, except for
Except for the soldiers, no common people were left.
The troops tasked with guarding Nanjing's periphery, in accordance with Zhang Zhizhong's orders, strictly enforced the fortification of walls and cleared the fields, relocated people, and buried supplies and food. The slogan was not to leave a grain of rice for the Japanese army.
By this time, news of Taiyuan's great victory had already spread throughout the world.
Newspapers in the United States and the United Kingdom reported endlessly on the Japanese army's defeat in Taiyuan and the news that Seishiro Itagaki had a caesarean section and apologized. The headline of an American newspaper was "The courage of the Imperial Army, Seishiro Itagaki died on the Loess Plateau", and more newspapers collected a large amount of information and reported
The deeds of Liu Yimin, the instructor commander who eliminated four elite brigades of the Japanese army.
After the myth of the Japanese army's invincibility was completely shattered, the U.S. government's attitude changed, it began to pay attention to China, and stepped up its condemnation of Japan.
The newly appointed Foreign Minister of the Konoe Cabinet, Hachiro Arita, was dizzy with the condemnation from European and American countries. He placed the blame entirely on the military and the North China Front. Together with Prime Minister Konoe, he met with the emperor and put Japan's current position in the international arena
Report the disadvantageous position once.
Emperor Hirohito was furious after hearing this, and ordered the base camp to quickly replenish the combat losses of the Central China Front Army and the North China Front Army, and urged the Kwantung Army to mobilize elite troops to fight in the pass, and must eliminate the resistance forces that blocked the advancement of the Imperial Army.
So, while Zhang Zhizhong was racing against time to repair the fortifications and prepare for battle, on the morning of December 7, six days later than in history, the Japanese base camp finally issued a combat order to capture Nanjing, ordering General Matsui Iwane, commander of the Central China Front, to
, commanding the 3rd Division, 9th Division, 16th Division of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army, and the 6th Division, 18th Division, 114th Division, and Kunisaki Detachment of the 10th Army that have completed supplementary training,
Under the cover of aviation and surface ship formations, they broke through the national defense line and headed towards Nanjing.
On the morning of the same day, General Terauchi Toshiichi, commander of the North China Front Army, who received reinforcements from the Aviation Corps and three divisions, and a large number of additional troops, held a combat meeting in Peiping.
Terauchi Shouichi has been having nightmares recently, always dreaming of Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro with a knife in his stomach.
In the old Japanese temple, Shouichi was so frightened by the nightmare that he held a ceremony to summon the spirit of Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro. Unfortunately, the spirit of Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro would not let him go. He still visited him on time every night and met him in his dreams.
See.
General Touichi in the temple was almost going crazy. He shouted to Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki over and over again in his sleep: "It's not me who killed you, it was the despicable Chinese Liu Yimin. If Itagaki-kun doesn't want me, it's better to go to Liu Yimin!"
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Unfortunately, Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro, who is known as a master of China, seemed unable to understand his half-Chinese and half-Japanese shouting, and still pestered him endlessly, which made General Terauchi Touichi go crazy, and in a daze, he took the 16
The stunning beauty from Kyoto who was 6 years old was strangled to death.
In his rage, General Touichi Terauchi completely forgot about his despicable act of using Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro as a scapegoat, but instead poured his anger on Shanxi. In his opinion, the Japanese army was invincible everywhere, except in Shanxi.
, under his command, tens of thousands of elites were lost, which not only made him embarrassed in the Japanese military circles, but also allowed the ghost of Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki to haunt him, making it difficult for him to sleep peacefully.
Therefore, Juichi Terauchi decided that while strengthening the offensive power of Jinpu Line and Pinghan Line, Taiyuan must be recaptured to avenge the death of the Imperial Army warriors.
In the headquarters of the North China Front, senior Japanese generals were sitting at attention.
Lieutenant General Bunzaburo Kawagishi secretly took a look at the Commander, and found that the Earl of Temple looked very different from a month ago. His eyes were sunken and his complexion was dark and yellow. If it weren't for the rather powerful general's uniform, he would have looked just like Tokyo Kabuki.
The cash-strapped old pervert in the town is no different.
Bunzaburo Kawagishi felt ashamed, knowing that it was due to the disastrous defeat in Shanxi that the high-spirited Earl Terauchi was severely hit and became as desolate as a stray dog.
General Touichi Terauchi's eyes were red with anticipation. After he painfully summarized the reasons for the defeat in the Shanxi battle, he changed the topic and boasted endlessly about the victory of the Jinpu Line and the Pinghan Line, and then loudly announced his order to recapture Taiyuan.
Lieutenant General Xiangyue Qingsi, commander of the First Army, commanded the troops of five divisions. With the cooperation of the aviation corps, they attacked Shanxi in separate routes. They must recapture Taiyuan before the end of December and completely eliminate the main force of the China Army in Shanxi.
After issuing the order, General Juichi Terauchi ordered the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe, to announce the campaign plan.
Naosaburo Okabe did not look as haggard as General Juichi Terauchi, so he spoke in a more relaxed tone. He looked at the map and explained the battle plan and task assignments clearly. Among them, the 20th Division, the 19th Division
The regiment attacked in the direction of Niangziguan. The First Division and Eighth Division transferred from the Kwantung Army and the newly formed 25th Division of the Kwantung Army followed the march route of the original Fifth Division and attacked Xinkou to Taiyuan. After Taiyuan was captured,
, the three divisions of the Kwantung Army returned to their organizational structure, the First Army Headquarters commanded the 20th Division, and the 109th Division was stationed in Shanxi.
The newly formed independent third and fourth mixed brigades brought in from domestic reinforcements joined the battle on the Jinpu line, quickly wiping out the resistance forces around Jinan, and supporting the operations of the 10th and 108th Divisions at any time.
After Okabe Naosaburo finished explaining the combat plan, Terauchi Juichi said fiercely to Xiangyue Qingsi: "There is a Shaanxi Anti-Japanese Special Zone instructor in China, and the division commander is Liu Yimin. He is extremely vicious, causing the main force of the Imperial Army's Fifth Division and Chahar
Send the corps Yusei to make Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki die in shame. Your Excellency must find him, eliminate him, and use his head as a sacrifice to the Yamato warriors Yusei."
Lieutenant General Xiangyue Qingsi naturally knew Liu Yimin, but the key was that he had no idea how to eliminate Liu Yimin. However, the commander's order still had to be carried out, so he stood at attention and saluted and said "Hai."
Seeing that Lieutenant General Xiangyue Qingsi happily accepted the mission, General Touichi Teruchi felt relieved and led his generals to drink tea and enjoy the geisha's performance.
Liu Yimin did not know the details of Taiyuan's bombing by the Japanese and Yan Xishan's reward of 500,000 yuan to the instructor. However, Liu Yimin already knew about the Japanese aircraft's reconnaissance and indiscriminate bombing in the sky.
Because the method of transporting troops was adopted at night, after getting off the train from Dai County, the troops took a short rest and then started to separate routes towards Fanzhi.
The troops were active day and night, and enemy aircraft did not cause any substantial damage to the instructors. However, enemy aircraft bombed larger villages and towns on their way back, which could be seen everywhere along the way.
There were burning villages and dead people everywhere. The retaliatory bombing by Japanese aircraft for several days caused countless tragic disasters in Shanxi.
Liu Yimin knew in his heart that the new Japanese aviation regiment had arrived and the airport had been maintained. I am afraid that the Japanese reinforcements had also arrived. The old devil Shouichi Terauchi would soon be planning a new round of attacks. In Shanxi, I am afraid there will be another round of attacks.
It will become the focus of Japanese attack.
Thinking about the fact that the Japanese army suffered such a big loss in Taiyuan due to his arrival, they must take revenge. In addition, the performance of the Chinese army on the Songhu battlefield was remarkable, and they are still confronting the Japanese invaders between Nanjing and Shanghai.
, although due to the continuous increase of Japanese troops, the national army has become exhausted and retreat is a matter of time, but compared with history, the situation has been greatly improved. Not only did the Japanese army fail to realize their attempt to occupy China for three months, but they continued to
With the loss of troops and generals, the war madmen in the base camp were probably already furious and bewildered.
According to the current development trend, the Japanese army will soon launch an offensive against Nanjing. The Japanese army on the Jinpu Line will also quickly move south to attack Xuzhou. The Japanese army on the Pinghan Line will also increase its attack on Henan in an attempt to stop the Yellow River from moving south.
Wuhan. The strategic defense phase of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has just begun, and a series of brutal battles will follow. Only when the Battle of Wuhan is over, the Japanese front is stretched, and the forces are dispersed, can the strategic stalemate phase be entered. Now
The problem is that we must speed up the attack on the Japanese army, consume its strength as much as possible, and promote the strategic stalemate phase to arrive as soon as possible.
Running thousands of miles to seize Tianjin, plunder the Japanese war resources, and then go south to occupy Shandong to form a strong base behind enemy lines, develop production, and strengthen strength. This is indeed a clever move. The key lies in seizing the opportunity and must leave before the main force of Japanese reinforcements
This can only be implemented after the Ping-Tianjin area moves southward and westwards.
Let’s compare the differences between Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong in their Anti-Japanese War policies. The strategic policy implemented by Chairman Chiang was a protracted war of attrition, exchanging space for time and accumulating small victories into big ones. The purpose was to gradually wear down the Japanese army through a series of battles, waiting for
International aid. Because he never believed that the Chinese alone could defeat the Japanese. It should be said that Chiang Kai-shek's policy was also correct, but the losses caused were too great and the national power was depleted too much. Liu Yimin knew that the comparison of national power at that time
Well, this is also a helpless move.
Chairman Mao carried out a protracted war. He wanted to mobilize the people behind enemy lines, establish base areas, adopt guerrilla tactics, and consume their war resources and strength in the struggle with the Japanese aggressors, thereby strengthening the people's armed forces. The basis was to rely on the Chinese people's own strength to defeat Japan.
aggressor.
Generally speaking, the policies of both men are based on the national conditions of China and Japan and protracted war. The difference is that Chairman Mao's policy is based on relying on the power of the people. It is to support war with war, develop and grow in war, be more active, and more correct.
More promising.
When Liu Yimin thought about it, he knew that during the War of Liberation in history, the outcome of the war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was already doomed as early as the Anti-Japanese War. Because the leaders of both sides had different war guidelines, they had to make decisions. No wonder some senior captured Kuomintang generals in later generations once said
, the three-year liberation war, if there was no American support for Chiang Kai-shek, the war would have ended in one year.
Thinking back, it is fundamental to do the job in front of you and fight the battle in front of you well. Therefore, as soon as he arrived in Fanzhi, Liu Yimin ordered Qian Zhuangfei and He Xinghua to set up a radio station, contact Luo Yan, and inquire about the location of the reconnaissance camp and changes in the enemy situation
.
Luo Yan reported that the reconnaissance battalion had arrived in Yixian and had made contact with the 115th Division. Transportation from Fanzhi to Yixian was temporarily safe, and the county seat of Yixian was still under Japanese control.
Liu Yimin ordered Luo Yan to follow the order and leave a reconnaissance squad in Yixian County to lead the way for the special operations detachment.
After much deliberation, Liu Yimin still sent a telegram to the chairman and headquarters announcing the arrival of the troops in Fanzhi.
The call back from the headquarters arrived soon. The telegram jointly signed by Mr. Zhu and Mr. Peng was very short, with only twelve words: "Deng Xin has received it and has reported it to Xi'an. We will boldly implement it."
The chairman's telegram arrived shortly afterwards. Perhaps for confidentiality reasons, the chairman's reply was also very short, with only two words: "We will win!"
Liu Yimin was overjoyed when he received the call and knew that the chairman and headquarters had approved his plan to attack Tianjin. He immediately ordered the staff office to notify the heads of each brigade to attend a combat meeting in Fanzhi County.
That afternoon, in a cave dwelling in a mountain village on the outskirts of Fanzhi City, the instructor held a meeting to march eastward to Shandong.
After the recapture of Taiyuan, this was the first time for the brigade chiefs to meet with the division chief. After the great victory, they met political commissar Luo Ronghuan who had given birth to a son. Naturally, everyone was smiling. Many people even chased after Luo Ronghuan for wedding candies, which made Luo Ronghuan smile.
It hurts to laugh.
Zeng Zhongsheng liked the instructor's integrated, family-like, unrestrained and carefree atmosphere. Infected by the joyful atmosphere of his comrades, he even had the courage to go to Tang Xingying and ask her for help.
Introduce an object.
Tang Xingying was so happy that she kept asking the chief of staff if he had any lesbians that he liked. Unexpectedly, this question made Zeng Zhongsheng's face suddenly turn dark. He said that he used to have a lover, but now he didn't know his whereabouts. He must have been poisoned by the enemy.
Now. If you don’t find a woman you like in the army, please be more careful, Political Commissar Xiao Tang.
Tang Xingying didn't ask any more questions, knowing that it must be a heartbreaking love story, so she persuaded the chief of staff to rest assured and help him find a satisfactory lover.
Zeng Zhongsheng returned to the division headquarters with confidence.
After everyone arrived, Cai Zhong announced the meeting and first asked Chief of Staff Zeng Zhongsheng to read out the division's battle plan.
Action was about to begin, and the brigade leaders could no longer keep the secrets. Zeng Zhongsheng read out the battle plan based on Liu Yimin's campaign concept, and explained the formation and command sequence of the troops' marching echelons.
As soon as the brigade leaders heard this, they wanted to attack Tianjin and then march into Shandong. The meeting place immediately started to get heated, and discussions started on the spot.
Hu Laohu, commander of the cavalry brigade, first raised objections. He believed that his cavalry brigade should be allowed to serve as the vanguard of the entire army along with the special operations brigade, giving full play to the cavalry's strong mobility and quickly clearing the way for the entire army.
Before he finished speaking, Lei Ming, the new commander of the 4th Brigade, interrupted him and told him not to take advantage of it and act like a good boy. He was already in the first echelon. What else did he want? Could it be that the Cavalry Brigade still wanted to challenge the 1st Regiment?
?After saying that, Lei Ming said to Liu Yimin again: "Report to the teacher, I have some opinions on you."
Liu Yimin especially liked the team's competitive spirit and spirit of winning first place, so he smiled and nodded.
Lei Ming said angrily: "The division commander is biased against the Fourth Brigade. With the combat effectiveness of the Fourth Brigade, it should definitely be included in the first echelon to attack key points and seize the pass. It is better now that it has become the fourth echelon. When the Fourth Brigade arrives in Tianjin
, I am afraid that not even a screw can be found in Tianjin city. We strongly demand that the troop organization be modified and the fourth brigade be included in the first echelon."
What Lei Ming said was a trick. The heads of each brigade immediately asked to be the first echelon. Even the commander of the newly established Eighth Brigade Zhao Shan and the political commissar Zhao Jie proposed that although the Eighth Brigade was a new unit, the soldiers
They are all veterans. After ideological transformation, the morale of the entire brigade is now high and they are in urgent need of a battle. I implore the division commander to give the most difficult task to the 8th Jiao Brigade and ensure that the task is completed and never embarrass the division commander.
Seeing that the combat meeting was about to turn into a war meeting, Liu Yimin's dark eyes swept over the cadres, and the smile in his eyes became thicker and thicker. With such a great army in hand, where in the world can he go?
I silently calculated my own strength. Excluding the supplementary regiments for training new recruits in each brigade, the total strength was equivalent to the regular establishment of three corps of the national army. It was definitely a heavily-armed group. It all depended on which Japanese was unlucky enough to hit him first.
Seeing that Liu Yimin was silent and the cadres were still noisily vying to be the vanguard, Luo Ronghuan coughed and started pre-war mobilization: "Comrades, this time our army marches eastward to Shandong, it is the possession of the weapons given to our instructors by the central government and the headquarters.
This glorious mission of great strategic significance was a decision made by the division commander after careful analysis of the development of the war against Japan. By capturing Tianjin, a large amount of weapons, ammunition and funds could be obtained, laying the foundation for our army to rapidly expand its troops in the future. By marching eastward to Shandong, we can
Based on Shandong's abundant population and resources, we will establish a strong anti-Japanese base area, providing a broad strategic space for our army to move north and south, and gallop across the country. It is foreseeable that as long as these two tasks are completed, our instructors will become stronger and defeat the Japanese army.
Ghosts cry and wolves howl.”
Luo Ronghuan spoke very long, patiently and meticulously. He even talked about taking care of the wounded and new recruits during the march.
After Luo Ronghuan completed his mobilization, Liu Yimin only said four points: "First, the focus of this attack on Tianjin is to attack, do not shoot if you can, and strive to disguise the Japanese army into Tianjin and eliminate the Japanese army in the barracks and on the bed.
The second purpose is to evacuate Tianjin, not only to evacuate Tianjin’s arms supplies and banks, but also to evacuate civilian industrial equipment, so that Tianjin’s economy will collapse and the Japanese army will not only be unable to use Tianjin’s resources
, and they have to carry a heavy burden. Third, the key is to keep secrets. No combat intentions can be communicated to the troops until outside Tianjin. The combat plans are limited to cadres above the brigade. Fourth, the supplementary regiments of each army must strengthen cadres to carry out long-distance marches.
On the spot training ground, after winning over to Tianjin, these recruits became qualified soldiers in terms of will, style, discipline, physical fitness and other aspects."
As for the request of each unit to serve as the first echelon, Liu Yimin said this: "This time we are going deep into the heart of the enemy. Maybe there is a dragon's pool and a tiger's den in front of us, and the fourth echelon may become the first echelon at any time. Therefore, don't fight.
.When we take Tianjin and the Japanese army starts to pursue us, the mules will be pulled out by horses. At that time, if any brigade cannot pull up and fight well, there will be nothing to say, and it will directly become a local guerrilla force.
Stay local and fight guerrillas.”
Seeing that the cadres were flushed with excitement, Liu Yimin ordered the meeting to be adjourned, and all echelons quickly organized and deployed, waiting for the order to set off.
After the cadres left, Liu Yimin found Qian Zhuangfei and asked if there was any telegram regarding the mobilization of Japanese troops.
Qian Zhuangfei reported that the Japanese Kwantung Army mobilized three elite divisions southward and have now reached the Zhangjiakou front line. The third and fourth independent mixed brigades brought by the Japanese reinforcements from China have also arrived in Tianjin. As for the specific movements of these troops,
There is no new information yet.
Liu Yimin's heart skipped a beat. The main force of the Kwantung Army had entered the border. He quickly took the telegram and read it carefully. Sure enough, it was the Kwantung Army's 1st Division, 8th Division and the newly formed 25th Division that had joined the North China battlefield.
Historically, the Kwantung Army at this time had only seven divisions. The large-scale expansion of the Kwantung Army will only happen after next year. I don’t know whether the twenty-fifth division that just emerged is a temporary piece of the Kwantung Army or the original historical truth.
After being submerged, the Kwantung Army had already begun to expand its army, but it was just hidden?
Unable to figure it out, Liu Yimin simply didn't think about it and began to analyze Juichi Terauchi's intentions. This old devil was about to die, but he was still so capable that he even persuaded the base camp to transfer troops from the Kwantung Army. Could it be that the Japanese army had changed its major policy against the Soviet Union?
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After careful investigation, I think it is impossible. The only possibility is that the tragic defeat in North China caused the base camp to be furious. The three divisions of the Kwantung Army were probably ordered to come to help in the battle, and they would be returned to the Kwantung Army after the campaign objectives were achieved.
In this way, the intention of Shouichi in the temple is obvious! This old Japanese must want to reoccupy Taiyuan and save face. The main target of revenge is probably his own instructor.
It seems that the battle to regain Taiyuan has indeed had a great impact. The Japanese base camp has already set its sights on itself. This is good. You don't have to go to all the trouble to find the Japanese. The Japanese will catch up to you automatically.