At four o'clock in the morning, there was a sudden burst of gunfire in the direction of the ruins in the east of Xuzhou City and the train station. General Hata Toshiroku and Lieutenant General Okabe woke up almost at the same time, and came to the war room one after another. Soon, the Chief of Staff of the Third Army, Major General Satoshi Tetsuda.
He hurriedly walked in, immediately put his feet back and stood at attention and said: "Your Excellency, General, the Chinese army has abandoned the train station!"
"Abandoned the defense?" General Hata Junroku said solemnly, "The Chinese army actually abandoned the defense?"
Lieutenant General Okabe couldn't help but frowned and mused: "The strategic location of Xuzhou Railway Station is extremely important. Although the Chinese army defending Xuzhou Railway Station suffered heavy casualties, it was not so difficult that it could not persevere. So the Chinese
Is there any conspiracy behind abandoning the train station?"
Major General Tomo Tetsuda said in a deep voice: "General, the Chinese suddenly abandoned the train station at this time. Their purpose is nothing more than to lure our army to go deeper into the battlefield, and even directly accumulate a large amount of supplies at Xuzhou Station. In this case, China
Once people dig up the Yellow River, our losses will be even more serious!"
Lieutenant General Okabe immediately turned to General Hata Toshiro and said with a solemn expression: "Your Excellency, General, judging from the sudden abandonment of the Chinese at the train station, Tsuda-kun's speculation is reasonable."
When General Hata Toshiro was hesitating, a major staff officer suddenly walked in quickly. He immediately put his feet back and stood at attention, saying to Major General Tomo Tetsuda: "General, the technical personnel of the Special High School have just deciphered the latest secret code used by the Chinese. Baoshan
All the messages exchanged between the brigade and Wuhan have been translated..."
"How to say it specifically?" General Hata Junliu said impatiently.
"Hai." The staff officer Shao Zuo suddenly lowered his head to General Hata Jun, and then said in a deep voice, "Based on the message, we can basically grasp the following facts. The Baoshan Brigade hopes to dig up the Yellow River and flood the entire Huanghuai River Basin to provide relief to the imperial army gathered outside Xuzhou.
It has caused great passiveness, and then it is recommended that the National Government mobilize the main force to encircle Xuzhou in a timely manner to encircle and annihilate the imperial army!"
"It's true!" Lieutenant General Okabe said solemnly, "The Chinese are really going to jump over the wall!"
Major General Tomo Tetsuda suddenly frowned and said, "Then how did Wuhan respond?"
The major staff officer said: "Wuhan did not agree to the Baoshan Brigade's request, but ordered the Baoshan Brigade to defend Xuzhou until the last soldier was killed!"
Major General Tomo Tetsuda's brows suddenly became more and more frowned.
General Hata Shunliu finally made up his mind at this meeting, and said to Lieutenant General Okabe: "Okabe-kun, order, the 18th Division leaves two infantry regiments to monitor Xuzhou, and the other divisions urgently retreat fifty miles, and then all the heavy
All the equipment was loaded onto trucks, and as soon as the Chinese dug out the Yellow River, they were quickly moved to a safe area via railway."
Lieutenant General Okabe said: "Your Excellency, the order issued by Wuhan is..."
"Ignore this." General Hata Shunliu waved his hand, "Okabe-kun, you have forgotten that Baoshan Brigade Commander Yue Weihan once blatantly disobeyed Chiang Kai-shek's orders at the Sihang Warehouse when he was just a battalion commander. According to the information provided by the Special High School Course
Yue Weihan even fabricated Chiang's military orders during the Battle of Nanjing. How could he care about Chiang's military orders in Xuzhou this time?"
"Hai!" Lieutenant General Okabe lowered his head suddenly and said, "I will give the evacuation order to each division!"
"Wait a minute." General Hata Toshiro suddenly said, "Okabe-kun, please send a telegram to all divisions and the fifth field heavy artillery brigade. The withdrawal of the siege can only be carried out quietly after dark. In addition, before the withdrawal of the siege, you should report to
Xuzhou launches the most fierce offensive, trying to capture Xuzhou in one fell swoop. If it still cannot be captured by nightfall, it will not be too late to withdraw the siege."
"Hai!" Lieutenant General Okabe lowered his head suddenly again and agreed with a loud voice.
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Xuzhou, Baoshan Brigade underground headquarters.
As soon as the eastern sky was dimly lit, the shrill scream of artillery shells suddenly sounded on the ground, followed immediately by the continuous explosion of artillery shells. Half an hour after the shelling, the Japanese army dispatched at least six infantry regiments, starting from eight
They launched an attack on Xuzhou City at the same time, and their offensive was even more fierce than yesterday.
In the dust, Liu Yi strode into the war room and said to Yue Weihan: "Brigade, it seems that the little devil is crazy. Today's offensive is even more fierce than yesterday! Especially in the east direction of the city, there is actually
Even the probing attack was avoided, and the first step was a large-scale charge by two infantry squadrons!"
"Oh?" Yue Weihan's expression suddenly changed slightly and he said, "It seems that the little devil has guessed it!"
"Huh?" Liu Yi suddenly said in surprise, "Bridge, the little devil has really guessed it?"
"That must be the case!" Yue Weihan smiled and said, "The siege was about to be withdrawn, but the little Japanese were not willing to give in, so they finally tried their best to win. It would be great if they could win Xuzhou in one fell swoop, but they really can't.
, it is not too late to withdraw from the siege. It is precisely based on this mentality that the little Japanese will attack desperately today, what do you think, Chief of Staff?"
Liu Yi nodded repeatedly and said: "If you say this, Mr. Traveler, it seems that this is really the case."
"Order all regiments and battalions to fight me hard and don't save ammunition!" Yue Weihan said ferociously, "Except for leaving two base amounts of ammunition to prepare for a breakout, the remaining ammunition must be used up today, and all the remaining ammunition must be used.
There is no need to hide the artillery camp with Niu Dagen. I will pull it to the ground and beat it hard! I will beat the little devil until the ground is full of teeth!"
"Yes!" Liu Yi agreed with a bang, then turned around and walked into the telecommunications room to issue orders to each regiment and battalion.
Watching Liu Yi leave, Yue Weihan lowered his head and blew away the dust that fell on the map. Then he looked at the map and began to frown in thought. Tomorrow morning, the Baoshan Brigade will break out of Xuzhou!
This breakout is extremely dangerous. Although the five elite divisions of the Japanese army have retreated, they still maintain an encirclement posture against Xuzhou. If the Baoshan Brigade acts collectively, the possibility of breaking out of the encirclement is almost zero. One mistake, and if
Successfully being surrounded by five elite divisions of the Japanese army in the wild would definitely result in the total destruction of the entire army!
Therefore, this breakout can only be broken out in units of regiments, battalions, or even companies and platoons!
In fact, it is not difficult for the Baoshan Brigade and Yue Weihan to break out separately. The Baoshan Brigade can persist in the Battle of Jiangpu and the Defense of Xuzhou. Is there any difficulty that cannot be overcome? The trouble lies in where to assemble after the breakout.
Where should we go next? This is a question that Yue Weihan needs to consider seriously.
There was no doubt that he would go to Shanxi to join the Eighth Route Army. Yue Weihan never wavered from the beginning to the end.
Whether it is out of practical considerations or personal emotions, Yue Weihan is obviously leaning towards our party.
What's more, Yue Weihan is a time traveler. Knowing the direction of history, can't he change history again?
The Nanjing Massacre has disappeared, the course of the Xuzhou Battle has been changed beyond recognition, the next Wuhan Battle may even achieve the opposite result, and the entire Anti-Japanese War will even end in less than eight years. So why the personality cult and the ten-year catastrophe?
Can’t it just disappear? Why must the new China take the same tortuous path?
What's more, history has eloquently proved that the comprador capitalists represented by Chairman Chiang cannot save China!
What are compradors? Compradors are actually professional managers hired by Western powers in China! Although this class is also Chinese and has the same national independence, it is weak at heart because their economic lifeline is in the hands of Western powers.
, once the Western powers cut off the supply of goods, they will be nothing!
If such a group is in charge of China's lifeblood, then China will be like India in later generations. It will be impossible to have its own complete heavy industry system. It will take twenty years to buy all the parts to assemble a tank with so-called independent property rights.
It takes thirty years to assemble a so-called independent aircraft from all parts.
Defeat the world coalition forces with Xiaomi and rifles? It’s just a dream!
Manned spaceflight? Basically it can only be simulated in experiments.
The fastest supercomputer? That's someone else's.
The fastest and longest high-speed rail? It may be possible in the 22nd century.
Fourth generation stealth fighter? Russia and our dear American friends will sell it to us.
If the comprador capitalists represented by Chairman Chiang really take control of China, then the Americans can just find a fighter jet that is about to be retired, install any "bulge" on it, and sell it for several times or even ten times the original price.
Sold to us at a reasonable price, we have to be grateful.
If the comprador capitalists represented by Chairman Chiang really take control of China, then the Russians will dare to interrupt the joint R&D plan with us anytime and anywhere. If we want to continue to implement this R&D plan, we must do it again and again.
Accept the Russians' ever-increasing R&D costs until we can no longer afford it.
All in all, if the comprador capitalists represented by Chairman Chiang take control of China, then China will not be able to have its own backbone. Then under the repeated intimidation of Western powers, we will have no choice but to bend down again and again.
After being servile and humbled again and again, you can only endure the oppression and humiliation of the Western powers again and again!
This is by no means an alarming statement. The historical evolution of later generations has fully proved this!
Therefore, for Yue Weihan, there is no doubt that he will join the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi!
However, whether to take the troops to Shanxi immediately after breaking through or wait until the Wuhan battle is over before going to Shanxi is a difficult problem. Yue Weihan still needs to seriously consider it!