I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

Xiao Yao nodded: "In order to gather and annihilate the 101st Division, two-fifths of the national army on the Shanghai battlefield, and seven to eight out of ten elite national troops have devoted themselves to the battle in Shanghai and the east. The strength of the national army in Shanghai and North has fallen to the bottom. The national army can defend the Japanese army with ease in Shanghai and North. Now that so many troops have been taken away, they are still elite troops. .

At the same time, the Japanese army's increase of troops in Shanghai and North can also have the effect of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao". If the national army collapses in the front of Shanghai and North, can Hudong continue to fight?At that time, Hubei is about to collapse, and the national army can only mobilize Hudong troops to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and the 101st division will be surrounded.

The Japanese army killed two birds with one stone, as long as the Japanese are not stupid pigs, they will do this!"

Jiang Weiguo looked at Xiao Yao: "Are the Japanese stupid pigs?"

Xiao Yao replied: "In terms of strategy, he is indeed a stupid pig, but in terms of tactics, he is a fox.

In addition, the Japanese specifically did not use reinforcements to reinforce the 101st Division, which seemed to be in the most dangerous situation. Another reason was that they did not think that we could really eat the 101st Division.

This is also in line with the Japanese national characteristics of arrogance and extreme contempt for us!"

Jiang Weiguo hurriedly pulled Xiao Yao up: "Quick! Let's go to Commander Chen!"

In the former enemy general headquarters in Guangming Town, after listening to Jiang Weiguo and Xiao Yao's statements, Chen Cheng became more and more irritable and depressed. He felt that this Hudong battle could have made him and the entire civil engineering department completely famous and gained rich political capital. It’s very unsatisfactory”, with twists and turns and frequent changes.

"Ci Gong, Xiao Yao's analysis is very penetrating!" Guo Rugui unequivocally strongly supported Xiao Yao's analysis results, "As long as the Japanese are smart enough, their new division will land in Hubei instead of Hudong! In northern Shanghai, the Japanese reinforcements were a timely aid, while in eastern Shanghai, the Japanese reinforcements were just fueling tactics.

In fact, we all know that the Japanese are not only powerful, fierce, and arrogant, but also a cunning and intelligent enemy!"

Chen Cheng said sullenly: "You mean to transfer troops from Hudong to strengthen Hubei?"

"It must be done, and as soon as possible!" Guo Rugui said, "It is only six hours before the arrival of the Japanese transport fleet in Shanghai! We still have time! We must not miss these precious six hours! Group Army!"

"With the transfer of Hudong troops, how will the gathering and annihilating battle in Hudong be carried out?" Chen Cheng was reluctant.

Guo Rugui smiled wryly: "It doesn't matter if we fail to win the Hudong Annihilation War, as long as we can stabilize the overall situation in Shanghai, at least we will not fail.

If you are not greedy enough, it will backfire and achieve nothing!"

In fact, Chen Cheng is also aware of the reason for the trade-offs and gains and losses, but it is really difficult for him to give up the "Hudong Gathering and Annihilating Battle" that made him very fascinated and made Chiang Kai-shek behind him even more fascinated.

“让薛岳带着第19集团军立刻赶回沪北!”权衡利弊再三后，陈诚咬牙叹口气，“另外再从第8、第10、第9集团军内各抽调一个师补充进第19集团军。

It’s okay if the Hudong war fails, at least we must keep the overall situation!”

"Mr. Chen, in fact, you don't need to be too pessimistic!" Xiao Yao suddenly said, "The Japanese are very greedy. They want to relieve the unfavorable situation in Hudong and make a major breakthrough in Hubei. We are equally greedy and want to stabilize the situation. Hubei wants to make a major breakthrough in Hudong.

In fact, we have no reason not to be confident.

The Japanese decided that we couldn't eat the 101st Division because they looked down on us, they despised us.

We can make them pay for looking down on us!"

The eyes of Chen Cheng, Guo Rugui and other senior generals at the scene lit up.

Chen Cheng happily said: "Hao Ran, do you have any good ideas?"

Xiao Yao smiled: "Mr. Chen, please forgive me for having reservations here. I am not offending you. In fact, I need to wait until the Japanese reinforcements land in Hubei or Hudong tonight!"

Chen Cheng felt a little displeased immediately, but he didn't want to scold Jiang Weiguo's people in front of Jiang Weiguo, so he just nodded.

After bidding farewell to Chen Cheng and leaving the former enemy general headquarters, Jiang Weiguo saw that there was no one around, and couldn't help being curious: "My military adviser, you are here again! I hate your Zhuge Liang-style trickery the most! To be honest, you have What kind of clever plan?"

Xiao Yao narrowed his eyes and looked at Jiang Weiguo: "Don't you... have a poison gas force?"

This remark made Jiang Weiguo's heart flutter. He suddenly came back to his senses and patted himself on the head: "I am such a pig! I forgot about Li Rentao's poison gas troops!" He was suddenly ecstatic, because he forgot I still have such a killer weapon.

The use of poisonous gas in war is a blatant violation of the international law of war, but Jiang Weiguo doesn't care at all. He has long said that "the international law of war is just a piece of paper in his eyes." As long as he can kill the Japanese, he will do whatever it takes.

"No, Ying Zuo, you can't be happy too early!" Xiao Yao seemed to be very sincere and thoughtful, "The use of poison gas troops is not a trivial matter.

you forgot?Our special forces raided Chongming Island and burned down the hospital for wounded soldiers of the Japanese army. Isn't there another excuse for killing people?First, we will indirectly kill many compatriots. Second, we will once again be pushed to the cusp of public opinion at home and abroad.

You also know that the principal hopes to get the support of the big powers very much. Before getting support, he gets sympathy, so we will become a 'victim' in this war, if we do things that violate international conventions again and again If the great powers dislike us and affect their sympathy and support for us, the principal will be very unhappy.

Based on this level of consideration, I didn't say it just now!"

Xiao Yao's analysis made Jiang Weiguo's joy suddenly poured cold water.

"One more thing is very strange!" Xiao Yao looked into the distance, "We had just completed the siege of the 101st Division, and the Japanese reinforcements were dispatched in a mighty way. Is the connection between the two times too tight? Gather one The division and preparation of tens of thousands of tons of supplies is not something that happens overnight.

Therefore, I am basically sure that the departure of the Japanese fleet has nothing to do with the encirclement of the 101st Division!"

"What guess do you have?" Jiang Weiguo found that his mind could not keep up with Xiao Yao's thoughts.

"Four guesses!" Xiao Yao said, "First, the division of the Japanese army was about to land in Hudong, but happened to hit the time when we encircled the Yidong division; second, the division of the Japanese army was going to The landing in Shanghai and North just coincided with the time when we encircled the Ito Division; Landing in Hubei or Hudong instead; fourth..." He paused and didn't speak.

"Here it comes again!" Jiang Weiguo felt as if he was watching the "Approaching Science" that was full of mysteries and pretending to be ghosts in later generations.

Xiao Yao's expression became solemn and gloomy: "The Japanese look down on us, they despise us extremely, even if the Yidong Division is besieged, they are calm and calm, because they don't think we can annihilate the Yidong Division at all.

That being the case, would they have deliberately lured us to try to encircle and annihilate the Ito Division from the very beginning? "

Jiang Weiguo was very surprised: "No way?" He felt that Xiao Yao's conjecture was like some kind of "conspiracy theory" of later generations.

Xiao Yao looked at Jiang Weiguo: "According to the intelligence of the Maritime Control Bureau, the new Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army's Shanghai Expedition is that Ishihara Waner, who has a long-term strategic vision and is full of courage.

In the September 20th Incident, he, Seishiro Itagaki and other young military officers dared to command the [-] Kwantung Army to attack the [-] Northeast Army without informing the high-level officials in Tokyo and without support from Japan. It's not a risk, because he has long seen through Zhang Xueliang's ruthless nature, and this is the scary thing.

Wouldn't it be his style for a man who could do such a thing to plan an equally desperate but sure move? "

The more Jiang Weiguo heard it, the colder his heart became, he thought to himself: "Damn! History has really been changed beyond recognition by Lao Tzu!"

Chapter 192 Hudong Fighting Soldier (4)

At 14 o'clock in the evening on October 114st, the fourth batch of Japanese troops to participate in the war arrived in Shanghai. Its scale was larger than the Chinese side expected. In addition to one division, there was also a detachment formed by the reserve soldiers of the [-]th Division. The [-]th Division and the Kunisaki Detachment.

The 114th Division belongs to the first-class division with full staff, with a strength of about 2.5 troops; as for the Kunizaki Detachment, the detachment was formed with the 5th Brigade of the 9th Division as the core.

The 5th Division belongs to the Japanese "North China Dispatch Army" and mainly governs the 9th and 21st Brigades. This division is known as the "Steel Army" and its combat effectiveness is second only to the 2nd and 6th Divisions in the Japanese Army. In the battle of Pingjin, it suffered a large loss. Since the top Japanese army had temporarily given up on continuing large-scale offensives in North China, in order to reinforce the battle in Shanghai, the 5th Division added a large number of soldiers from the 21st Brigade and some troops directly under the division. The 9th Brigade formed a new detachment, with the head of the brigade, Major-General Kunisaki Ono, as the detachment leader, so the detachment was called the Kunisaki Detachment, with a strength of about 1.

More than [-] Japanese troops newly joined the war, which will undoubtedly have a major impact on the situation in Shanghai.

General Matsui has been waiting for this batch of valuable vital forces, while the Chinese High Command and the former enemy headquarters are also paying close attention to the 114th Division and the Kunizaki Detachment. When the night sky in northern Shanghai was illuminated blood-red with continuous cannon fire, the high-level officials of both sides felt that the dust had settled together.

"Japanese reinforcements have really landed in Shanghai and North!" Chiang Kai-shek, who was in Nanjing, and Chen Cheng, who was in the front line, sighed with complex meanings.

General Matsui and Ishihara Wanji did not intend to use the newly arrived 114th Division and Kunisaki Detachment in Shanghai to reinforce Hudong. First, although the 101st Division was besieged, it was able to handle it with ease and did not need reinforcements in a short time. Second, It is because if the Japanese army breaks through the defense line of the Chinese army in Shanghai and North, the Japanese army will greatly gain the initiative in the war in Shanghai. For the Japanese army, the value and significance of Shanghai and North are more than that of Shanghai and East. Do this kind of thing that puts the cart before the horse and puts the priorities in reverse.

After confirming that the fourth batch of landing troops of the Japanese army landed in Shanghai and North, Jiang Weiguo found a goose feather fan and gave it to Xiao Yao solemnly, and then said sincerely: "Military division, I am convinced of you!"

Xiao Yao accepted the gift from Jiang Weiguo dumbfounded, and then his expression quickly returned to seriousness: "Bing Zuo, let the Maritime Administration closely monitor the latest positions and movements of the 26 divisions of the Japanese army!"

Jiang Weiguo nodded again and again: "Okay, I'll call Shu Guosheng right away!"

"The 101st Division is just a bait to lure the enemy!" Wanji Ishihara said to Admiral Matsui when formulating this new plan, "Placing it in Hudong in isolation and abruptly will serve two purposes.

The first is to attract the Chinese army on the Shanghai battlefield, especially the elite of the Chinese army, to Hudong in large numbers, so as to lay the foundation for our army to break through Shanghai and North in one fell swoop!"

General Matsui nodded again and again: "This tactic can indeed break the deadlock of the imperial army in Shanghai.

However, what if the imperial army failed to break through Shanghai and North in one fell swoop? "

"That is the second role of the 101st Division!" Ishihara smiled.

"What effect?" General Matsui asked eagerly.

Ishihara smiled and whispered his deeper thoughts.

General Matsui looked at Ishihara Waner in amazement: "Ishihara-kun, your tactical thinking and strategic vision are really extraordinary! I have to express my admiration!"

Ishihara Waner seemed not surprised and said: "Thank you, Commander, for your compliment.

However, I remember that Your Excellency the Commander strongly advocated attacking Nanjing after the attack on Shanghai. If Your Excellency the Commander really agrees with me, then I would like to point out to you again, never attack Nanjing!Once Nanjing is fought, this war will completely start to be detrimental to the empire! "

General Matsui was suddenly a little embarrassed, and even a little unhappy in the embarrassment.

10月2日凌晨，踏上沪北的第114师团、国崎支队立刻马不停蹄地投入战局，联合第3、第11、第9、第13师团对中国军队的蕰藻浜防线展开恶浪狂潮般的攻击。

Huan Zaobang was once again plunged into the earth-shattering lightning and thunder and the mountains and rivers changed colors. The core positions of the desperate struggle between Luodian, Baoshan, Yuepu, Shizilin and so on were all turned into flesh and blood mills.

When the bloody battle came to dawn, although the Japanese army had battered the defense line of Huanzaobang with many holes, they still failed to make a real breakthrough.

"The number of troops of the Chinese Army in Huanzaobang exceeded our expectations!"

"The 19th Group Army of the Chinese Army, which was originally transferred to Hudong, reappeared in Hubei!"

Several division heads on the front line sent battle reports one after another, which surprised General Matsui who thought he was [-]% sure that he would be able to break through Shanghai and North tonight. He looked at Ishihara and smiled: "Could it be that the Chinese army has already seen our plan of?"

Ishihara thought for a while, and then smiled again: "Your Excellency, Chiang Kai-shek's appetite is actually bigger than you think. He is very greedy, because he only transferred one group army from Hudong back to Hubei. This shows that, On the one hand, he did not want Shanghai and North to collapse, and on the other hand, he planned to encircle and wipe out the 101st Division.

Your Excellency, Commander, please don't worry, the situation is developing in our favor!"

As Wanji Ishihara speculated, after learning that the 114th Division of the Japanese Army and the Kunisaki Detachment had landed in Shanghai and North, Chiang Kai-shek sent five consecutive telegrams to Zhang Zhizhong, who was temporarily acting as Chen Cheng in command of the Shanghai-North War. The content of the telegram was just one sentence: "Give me Hold on! Hold on tight! We must defend Shanghai and North!” At the same time, they sent three consecutive telegrams to Chen Cheng, who was in charge of fighting in Shanghai and East. group".

Chen Cheng was in a dilemma. On the one hand, he was in a difficult situation. A large part of the Hudong troops were taken away to help Hubei. Willing to, because such a battle that is destined to go down in history and will be unparalleled in all aspects may end at the very beginning, which makes him, who was originally ambitious and heroic, uncomfortable as if he was flashing his waist.

"Enlighten me, do you think it is necessary to continue this battle?" Undecided, Chen Cheng asked Huang Wei (Huang Wei's name, Enlightenment) who was in charge of the former enemy's commander-in-chief before returning Chiang Kai-shek's telegram.

"As long as all the ministries participating in the war truly implement the revolutionary military spirit of 'generals are not greedy for life, soldiers are not afraid of death', we will be able to do it!" Huang Wei looked angry, "At that time, we will be benevolent if we don't succeed! It is a good thing if we succeed, and we will be benevolent if we succeed It is also worthy of the country! The principal will not blame us who have sacrificed our lives for the country and shrouded in horse leather?"

Chen Cheng shook his head and smiled bitterly. Huang Wei's words were indeed upright and respectable, but they did not apply to Chen Cheng himself.

Although Chen Cheng is a soldier, he can also be regarded as a military strategist. In fact, he has switched to politics. A soldier can die if he fails to complete the task.

Chen Cheng, who has lofty political ambitions, would not have put himself into this battle so early.

"Resignation, I support General Huang!" Jiang Weiguo, who was also called by Chen Cheng for "consultation", gave Chen Cheng a reassurance, "As long as I have any needs, you will meet me. I think our battle is still very difficult There is hope!"

"Oh?" Chen Cheng's heart skipped a beat. He looked at Jiang Weiguo, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that there was a strange sly expression on Jiang Weiguo's face, as if he was planning some "bad idea", which made him smell a "smell of conspiracy". .

Although the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Jiang Weiguo was setting him a trap, but Chen Cheng, who couldn't bear the temptation of winning the war, nodded heavily after thinking twice: "Okay! Jianhao, I promise you! If you need anything, just ask, I will do my best!"

"Then I will thank you first!" Jiang Weiguo bid farewell to Chen Cheng with a happy face.

As the 19th Group Army and other units were transferred back to Shanghai and North, Huang Wei's original plan for the Hudong operation was greatly changed, and he had to re-draw the plan. Re-work out a plan that is equally detailed and comprehensive.

At this time, on the Hudong battlefield, the 101st Division of the Japanese Army controlled Pujiang Town to the east of the Huangpu River and took this town as its core (the Huangpu River is a natural barrier for the national army on the west bank to resist the Japanese army, and it is also a natural barrier for the Japanese army on the east bank to resist the national army. At this time, the 101st Division has begun to switch from offense to defense), and it is surrounded by Zhangjiang Town, Zhoupu Town, Zhaohang Town, Waxie Town, Xuanqiao Town, and Sanjiang Town in the north, east, and south of Pujiang Town. More than 20 towns and villages such as Dun Town, Datuan Town, Xinchang Town, and Tairi Town are extension bases. The control area is about [-] kilometers long from east to west and [-] kilometers wide from north to south. The villages and towns in the strongholds are not far from each other, and they can help each other.

According to the new battle plan drawn up by Huang Wei, the national army "uses multiple divisions to deal with the Japanese army's multiple divisions" and conducts a comprehensive attack, because if a key attack is launched, the Japanese army can quickly prescribe the right medicine to increase troops to the strongholds under the key attack The number of the national army is six times that of the Japanese army. The sea of ​​people tactics is obviously beneficial to the national army. On the one hand, it can hit the weak points of the Japanese army to make key breakthroughs. On the other hand, it can also consume the vitality of the Japanese army across the board. In the encirclement, what the national army has to do is not to break through the Japanese defense line, but to eliminate the large group of Japanese troops under siege, so it is necessary to fight a war of attrition and compete with the Japanese army for attrition.

"Sandun Town is the easternmost protruding point of the Japanese-controlled area, and it is also a hard thorn stuck in our army's westward advance!" Huang Wei, who is very professional, came to the regiment headquarters of the 128th regiment in person. The mission was given to officers such as Zheng Dongguo and Jiang Weiguo, "Because Sandun Town was controlled by the Japanese army, our army's eastern troops were forced to crowd between Sandun Town and the coastline, and Sandun Town is only eight kilometers away from the sea. The naval guns are in range.

If the thorn in Sandun Town is not removed, firstly, our army will not be able to continue to advance westward, and secondly, the Japanese army can break out of the encirclement and escape to the sea at any time through its naval artillery reinforcements here.

It can be said that because Sandun Town is controlled by the Japanese army, our army is at the weakest link in the eastern part of the Japanese encirclement!" Huang Wei looked at Zheng Dongguo, Jiang Weiguo and other officers sincerely, "Your regiment has the best equipment and the most firepower. Strong, with the highest combat effectiveness, so this task is entrusted to you and the 813th Regiment!"

Zheng Dongguo nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, Chief Huang! Leave it to us!"