As soon as the Shandong Bureau meeting ended, Qian Zhuangfei hurriedly came to Liu Yimin and reported that he had received top-secret information that the Sixth Division in Lianyungang had secretly left Lianyungang, and those who stayed in Lianyungang were the Japanese Lianyungang garrison. These little devils,
Disguise the Sixth Division to confuse our army.
When Liu Yimin heard this, he remembered that this time in history was when the first fierce battle to defend Changsha was in full swing. The Japanese army also broke through Guan Linzheng's Miluo River defense line today. Needless to say, the Sixth Division was secretly transferred south to attack Changsha.
It's just that the 33rd Division has been wiped out by our army. I don't know which troops the Japanese army will use to replace the 33rd Division.
Could it be that the commander of the North China Front has been replaced and the Japanese plan to lure and annihilate our troops in Qingdao has not been implemented?
Liu Yimin felt that this little devil was really arrogant. The 23rd Division and the 7th Division were crippled by the Soviet Red Army, and the 114th Division was crippled by the Eighth Route Army. They did not defend their positions well and attacked everywhere.
You really deserve a beating! Thinking about it again, the Japanese army is trying to recover the scene where they lost the Battle of Nomenhan and the Battle of Longhai Road. They want to win in the Battle of Hunan and Jiangxi and boost the morale of the army! It’s a big-headed dream.
Go for it!
I also blame myself. I just thought that the Japanese army was going to deceive our army in Qingdao. I thought that the Sixth Division and the Ninth Division were both on the Longhai line. It was impossible for the Japanese army to launch the first Changsha Battle like in history. Where?
Thinking that the little Japs once again used a blind trick to quietly evacuate the Sixth Division. Chiang Kai-shek was also surprised that such a big war did not notify the Eighth Route Army headquarters. Did he not need the Eighth Route Army to cooperate in the battle?
Not daring to neglect, Liu Yimin ran towards the map, examined it carefully, and then asked Qian Zhuangfei to contact Qingdao and Xuzhou immediately to find out whether the enemy situation in these two places had changed.
Qian Zhuangfei reported that he had verified it and there was no change. The Ninth Division was still guarding the eastern section of Longhai Road, and the Second Brigade of the First Guards Division, the Heavy Artillery Brigade and the Qingdao Garrison were guarding Qingdao.
Liu Yimin asked Qian Zhuangfei to immediately contact Shen Zui of the communications liaison team of the instructors stationed in the Communist Party of China, and asked him to contact the Military Commission to inquire about the movements of the Japanese troops in Central China.
This was the first time that Liu Yimin took the initiative to contact the *** communication team. It didn't take long for Shen Zui to come over.
At this time, it was already late at night, but he was still in neat uniform and looked energetic despite being drunk. It was obvious that he had not slept at all.
After meeting Liu Yimin, Shen Zui saluted first, and then reported that he had always wanted to see General Liu, but could never see him. Can General Liu please explain to the following so that he can see General Liu at any time? Chairman Chiang instructed
, the communications and liaison team must accompany General Liu. If General Liu has major military operations, can you consider bringing the communications and liaison team with you to facilitate contact with the Military Commission?
How could Liu Yimin let him follow him? Wouldn't it mean that he was setting Chiang Kai-shek's eyes on him? Therefore, Liu Yimin even skipped the politeness and directly told Shen Zui that he came to him to learn about the war in northern Jiangxi, southern Hubei, and northern Hunan.
If he understands the situation, he will introduce it as soon as possible.
Shen Zui was not lying. Chiang Kai-shek indeed wanted his communication team to follow Liu Yimin, but he could not complete this task. Liu Yimin always fought erratically, sometimes in the east and sometimes in the west, and he couldn't figure it out at all.
Listening to Liu Yimin's unquestionable voice, Shen Zui suddenly had a terrible idea, which was to take out his pistol and kill this guy who often disobeyed the chairman's orders with one shot. In that case, he might have solved a problem for the chairman. Heartache.
This idea was just a thought for a moment. Shen Zui knew that it was impossible. Because no one, including Dai Li, ordered him to do something to Liu Yimin, and he had no chance to do it. Not to mention that he didn't see Liu Yimin usually, but now he was face to face. What can he do if he stands? I'm afraid that when he takes out the gun and doesn't have time to fire, he will be beaten into a hornet's nest. Besides, although Liu Yimin doesn't really listen to Chairman Chiang's words, he is never vague when fighting Japanese. That is the standard. A true anti-Japanese hero, is he still needed in the war of resistance against Japan?
After sorting out his thoughts, Shen Zui reported respectfully that he had not received any notifications about the war in northern Jiangxi, southern Hubei, and northern Hunan.
Liu Yimin asked Shen Zui to send a report to the Military Commission immediately, requesting to report the situation between the enemy and ourselves on the battlefields in northern Jiangxi, southern Hubei, and northern Hunan, so as to facilitate coordinated operations. Go back quickly, he is waiting for news here.
Shen Zui quickly saluted, then hurried out and returned to the communications team to send the report.
After Shen Zui left, Liu Yimin sat in silence at his desk, silently thinking about the information about Nishio Hiszo, Tada Shun, Okamura Neji, and Umezu Yoshijiro.
After thinking about it for a while, I felt that these people are not simple. Needless to say, Nishio Hisao, who can surpass Terauchi Juichi and Sugisumoto as the commander of the China Expeditionary Force, shows that he is not only a professional soldier, but also very flexible in mind and knows how to adapt. Tada Jun is also good, and the cage policy he implemented is really a trump card against guerrilla warfare. If the instructor's current firepower was not as powerful as the Eighth Route Army's firepower at this time in history, there would really be nothing he could do with this move. We can only engage in large-scale raids. Needless to say, Okamura Neji is the most powerful figure in the Japanese army. Like Hata Shunroku and Terauchi Juichi, they are ruthless characters. Umezu Yoshijiro is also powerful, with a clear mind and careful thinking. He was ruthless and ruthless. When he was in Shanxi, he kept raiding. One of the First Army actually contained Wei Lihuang's tribe, Yan Xishan's tribe and the main force of the Eighth Route Army. This guy was more capable than the original commander of the Kwantung Army, Ueda Kenkichi. He As the commander of the Kwantung Army, the relationship between the Kwantung Army and the base camp will become closer, and the Kwantung Army will develop on a large scale.
After much deliberation, Liu Yimin felt that the Japanese army's personnel adjustment this time had really replaced them with powerful characters. Among these people, Nishio Juzo might be a little weaker.
As he thought about it, Liu Yimin remembered that none of the devils in history went to the gallows. Shun Tada was acquitted, Neji Okamura never even entered prison, and was protected by Chiang Kai-shek. Hiszo Nishio only lived for two years. Only Yoshijiro Umezu was sentenced to life imprisonment and died of cancer in prison. How could this be possible? According to their crimes, not to mention being chopped up like Hisao Tani, nor to being hanged, at least they had to be shot. Bar?
When Shen Zui walked into Liu Yimin's office again accompanied by Qian Zhuangfei, Liu Yimin was already a little anxious.
What Shen Zui handed over was the Military Commission's report on the Battle of Changsha.
After Liu Yimin looked at it, he found that it was exactly the same as in history. The Japanese army launched an attack from northern Jiangxi on September 14. The Japanese 106th Division and the 101st Division faced three group armies and eight armies commanded by Luo Zhuoying; in September On the 22nd, the Japanese 15th Division launched an attack from Tongshan and Tongcheng areas in southern Hubei towards Pingjiang and faced Yang Sen's 27th Group Army; on September 18th, Okamura Neiji personally commanded the 6th and 3rd Divisions. The 13th Division, each with a total of 50,000 men, launched an attack on the defense line north of the Xinqiang River in northern Hunan, and fought fiercely for five days and nights with the Guanlin Expedition of the 15th Group Army. As of today, the main force of the Japanese army in northern Hunan has crossed the Miluo River and is heading towards Changsha. flutter.
After reading the report, Liu Yimin paced gently in the office. After about five minutes, Liu Yimin stopped pacing and said to Qian Zhuangfei and Shen Zui: "Record the telegram: Headquarters, Military Commission and Acting Commander-in-Chief of the Ninth Theater Xue Yue:
This time the Japanese army launched the Battle of Changsha with the purpose of annihilating the main force of our ninth theater and seizing Changsha. From the current battle
Judging from the field situation and enemy situation, Okamura Neiji made the mistake of underestimating the enemy. He treated the main force of the Central Army in the Ninth Theater District as a miscellaneous army and underestimated the combat effectiveness of our army. At the same time, Okamura Neiji also underestimated the determination of our people to resist Japan and resist aggression.
When I tried my best to destroy the traffic, the Japanese army's mechanization advantage could not be brought into play. According to the enemy's troop deployment, Okamura Neiji should
The calculation of the deployment of troops was based on the standard of a Japanese brigade defeating one of our divisions. In the direction of southern Jiangxi, the 106th Division was the main attack, with the 101st Division assisting; the 15th Division in the southern direction of Hubei was a roundabout sneak attack. Once discovered by me,
It can only play a diversionary role. What really works is the 50,000 Japanese troops in the north of Hunan. The Japanese army’s method of warfare is correct.
A frontal attack combined with flanking raids, as evidenced by the loss of the camp, was also used by the Hubei 15th Division. As for our army, we concentrated 300,000 troops from the Ninth Theater District to participate in the battle, with the goal of holding on to Changsha, relying on the Xinqiang River, Miluo
The natural defense lines along the Yangtze River and the Laodao River are fortified layer by layer. So far, it can be concluded that Changsha is safe and the Japanese offensive will be unsustainable."
Having said this, Liu Yimin took out a cigarette, lit one, smoked, and said in a slow and low tone: "The Japanese army did not have enough mobilized troops, and in order to cover their combat intentions, they launched attacks in three directions. It seemed that the calculation was precise, but in fact
They violated the taboo of dividing their forces, which led to the dispersion of forces. They attacked all three places and could not attack any three places. Over time, the Japanese army would stop attacking and retreat across the board due to logistical pressure and fear of being annihilated. Therefore, it was recommended that Xue Dai
Commander-in-Chief
That is to say, we adjusted our deployment and set up an ambush circle north of Changsha, striving to lure out part of the Japanese army, and at the same time make preparations to pursue and annihilate the Japanese army. In the north of Jiangxi, our three group armies and eight armies actually took out a Japanese fourth-class unit that had been repeatedly attacked.
106
The division has no choice but to be chased and beaten by the Japanese army and lose positions continuously. It is really ridiculous. Luo Zhuoying should be strictly ordered to make arrangements to completely annihilate the 106th Division and solve it within a time limit. In this battle, our army has the right time, place, people and people, and will definitely win
victory."
After pondering for a while, Liu Yimin said: "In order to prepare for the Changsha battle, the troops in the fifth theater should launch a feint attack against the enemy in front of them to contain the Japanese army."
After thinking about it, in order to stimulate Xue Yue, Liu Yimin added another sentence: "Ask Commander Xue: Can you hold Changsha? If you can't hold it, I am willing to volunteer and fly to Changsha to command the battle."
After speaking, Liu Yimin told Qian Zhuangfei and Shen Zui: "Send it out immediately, it's urgent!"
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