Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 462 The battle situation is precarious, only you can turn the tide!

Chapter 462 The battle situation is precarious, only you can turn the tide! (Subscribe)

"But, Your Majesty, the current situation is not favorable to me. The war situation is precarious and may collapse at any time. Only you, Your Majesty, have the ability to turn the tide!"

Huang Baitao was extremely worried.

He watched the battle situation get worse little by little.

But there was nothing he could do.

Although Chang Ruiyuan likes him, he will not adopt his suggestions.

You know, it was the time when Chu Yunfei was shot.

The Japanese took advantage of this opportunity to do a lot of things.

The time when the Wang Puppet Government was established was not much different from the time in Chu Yunfei's memory.

This biggest traitor served as the chairman of the puppet government and the premier of the Executive Yuan.

Chen Gongbo, Wang Kemin, Zhou Fohai and others held important positions respectively.

This group of famous traitors in modern history came together to stage the ugliest scene in modern Chinese history.

Especially the signing of the "Basic Relations Treaty" negotiated between the Wang Puppet Government and Japan.

The degree of humiliation far exceeded the "Twenty-One Demands" signed between Yuan Shikai and the Japanese in 1914.

What followed was the sacrifice of General Zhang Zizhong, the stalemate in the counter-offensive operations in the Second War Zone, the increase in casualties, and the consumption of ammunition made the offensive operations unsustainable.

This put the entire Nationalist government in a position to resist the Japanese invasion.

It was covered with a thick haze.

After General Zhang Zizhong's sacrifice, thanks to the efforts of officers and soldiers of the 38th and 179th Divisions.

After successfully retrieving his body, the military and civilians washed it and dressed him in clean underwear and military uniforms.

Hanging on the military uniform were the posthumous collar insignia of a lieutenant general and a dagger.

The body was also placed in a very valuable nanmu coffin.

After the coffin arrived in Yichang, it was escorted to the mountain city by a special ship of Minsheng Company.

The route passed through Badong, Wushan and other places, with altars stretching for hundreds of miles along the way (some say several miles, others say they were scattered and endless), and the people knelt on the banks of the Yangtze River for a long time and could not get up.

Chang Ruiyuan stood by the river with a black veil on his arm to welcome the spirit.

It is also this time.

Japanese fighter planes bombing the mountain city flew over the city.

The air raid sirens blared for a long time, but no one in the mountain city took shelter.

After bidding farewell to the heroic spirit of General Zhang Zizhong.

What greeted the entire nation's military and civilians was the defeat in the Zao and Yi battles.

Everyone could only swallow the bitter fruit with tears.

In the Zao and Yi battles, the Five War Zones tried their best but were no match for the Japanese. The blow to the confidence of the military and civilians across the country in the war of resistance was far less than that caused by the subsequent bombing of Shancheng, as well as the rumor that Chang Ruiyuan had negotiated with the Japanese and surrendered to Japan.

However, Chu Yunfei clearly remembered that in his memory, there was no historical evidence indicating that Chang Ruiyuan wanted to surrender to Japan.

Even when the Green Party of 4V in the last century tried its best to discredit and spread rumors about the Blue Party, no relevant evidence was found.

If Chang Ruiyuan would surrender due to military failure, he would have surrendered after the defeat in the Battle of Baoding, the Battle of Shanghai, and the Battle of Taiyuan. Why wait until the second half of 40?
The reason why related rumors are spread.

Until the new century in Chu Yunfei's memory, the explanation given was based only on the common anti-communist stance of Chang Ruiyuan and the Japanese army, and nothing more.

Let’s talk about the battlefield 40 years ago.

The domestic situation was deteriorating, and the military and civilians almost lost their fighting spirit due to repeated defeats.

Soon, news came again that made the military and civilians in the country even more desperate.

The Germans were invincible on the European battlefield. They quickly defeated the British and French forces and almost unified the whole of Europe.

Although the US government has taken sanctions including an embargo on Japan, the vast majority of Americans still do not want to be involved in this war. Whether it is Germany or Japan, Americans do not want to join the war.

In addition, Britain briefly closed the Yunnan-Burma Passage and resolutely defended its homeland.

Being unwilling to interfere in Asian affairs, the United States signed a "Neutrality Treaty" with Japan, eliminating Japan's worries about expanding the war in China.

No one could predict how long the war would last or whether it could be won.

A chain reaction started from this point on, and the Kuomintang troops began to surrender in an organized manner.

In the second half of last year.

Chai Enbo's troops stationed in Wen'an and Xinzhen surrendered to the Japanese army.

HEB Provincial Security Commander Zhang Yinwu explained to the headquarters that he was waiting for the right opportunity to rebel.

The reasons are quite sufficient. It is believed that Chai Enbo's troops are now "saving the country in a roundabout way" and taking this opportunity to contact the Japanese invaders in order to preserve their strength, and are also "irreconcilable with the Eighth Route Army."

It was precisely because of Chang Ruiyuan's inaction (at this point in history, when the National Government was negotiating with the Japanese Konoe Cabinet, the Hundred Regiments Campaign was launched. This large-scale offensive operation, coupled with the crucial historical node at which it took place, became a famous battle known both at home and abroad).

Out of fear of the Eighth Route Army, Chang Ruiyuan did not deal with Chai Enbo and Zhang Yinwu immediately.

The disastrous consequence was that the theory of saving the country by a roundabout way became popular among some important Kuomintang military and political figures behind enemy lines.

Even some national army units fighting independently in North China have chosen to surrender to the Japanese army based on the current situation, and even joined forces with the Japanese and puppet troops to attack the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese base behind enemy lines and the New Fourth Army.

Huang Baitao came to Chu Yunfei with a "mission".

The strategic attack army and the elite 74th Army, which had just won the Shanggao Battle, suffered heavy losses in the just-concluded Second Changsha Battle.

Xue Yue, who was highly expected, lost Changsha and Zhuzhou in the Second Battle of Changsha.

They desperately needed a real victory to boost the confidence of the military and civilians across the country in the war of resistance.

Seeing that Chu Yunfei remained silent.

Huang Baitao went on to say, "After Pang Bingxu was appointed as the chairman of HEB Province last year, the friction between the two sides has intensified a lot. Although we have greeted Pang's troops according to your wishes, the headquarters has also issued a military order."

Three parts military, seven parts politics, breaking the whole into parts, guerrilla warfare.

Even if the regular troops of the Central Army were asked to do this, they might not do it well.

Naturally, Pang Bingxu's troops did not have this ability.

What's more, Lao Pang has a very clear understanding of his own positioning.

He knew that he was just a pawn of Shancheng, and he also knew that Chang Ruiyuan was expecting him to do something.

Most of these national army generals in the enemy's rear battlefield came from warlord backgrounds.

When it comes to "territory", people have a very strong sense of territory.

It can also be regarded as a legacy issue of the warlords' infighting.

Being in the battlefield behind enemy lines, we not only have to face the threat of Japanese invaders, but also have to compete with the Eighth Route Army for territory.

The "smart" local warlords calculated this "account" clearly and explicitly.

Fight the Japanese, even if we lose.

We will still get support from the mountain city, military salaries will not be deducted, wages will be paid as usual, and compensation will be paid where it is due.

But if we don’t fight the Japanese, but the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese will not attack their territory because such an approach is in the interests of the Japanese.

And if there was no Japanese threat.

The guerrillas on the battlefield behind enemy lines naturally cannot directly threaten these so-called "national troops behind enemy lines", so their military power will be consolidated.

Doing nothing but defending against the Japanese attack is actually the most conservative approach.

This is also what Pang Bingxu did after receiving Fang Ligong’s telegram.

But at the same time, under Chu Yunfei's warning, Lao Pang did not have too much contact with the Eighth Route Army.

otherwise
I'm afraid you'll be killed.

In this period.

Once a Kuomintang general appears behind enemy lines and has close relations with the Eighth Route Army, or even cooperates in the anti-Japanese war.

Even if they defeated the Japanese, they would not receive any reinforcements and might even be excluded and suspected by the Yamashiro side.

For these warlords, the most serious consequence of cooperating in the anti-Japanese war, and also the consequence that they could not accept, was that once they lost the war, Chang Ruiyuan would find an opportunity to incorporate his troops later.

In addition, there is the precedent of Guo Jiqiao (the commander-in-chief of the army group was transferred to the chief of staff of the theater).

Those who had made great contributions in the past would only receive a salary for a sinecure.

Once they lose their military power, how can these warlords live a carefree life?
Seeing that Chu Yunfei remained silent.

Huang Baitao could no longer hold back and spoke out again, "These warlords are quite cunning. In order to please the Chairman, they nominally fight the "Communist Army" and create friction, but they can't really fight. Once they provoke the Eighth Route Army, they know that they will also suffer a catastrophic disaster."

"These generals are like clowns performing on stage, and the audience is the Eighth Route Army, the Yamaguchi and the Japanese side."

"What worries me most is that they are now grabbing the land in North China!" Huang Baitao knew what Chu Yunfei cared about most.

as predicted.

When talking about ordinary people, Chu Yunfei's brows moved slightly.

Huang Baitao was touched and continued, "After collecting the "anti-Japanese war tax" from the chairman, these people are now collecting the "public security tax" from the Japanese."

"If we continue like this, in less than two years, public resentment will boil over. Isn't that letting the Japanese gain for nothing?"

Have an appropriate fight to get an explanation, and then, with the consent of all parties, take advantage of the situation.

That was the status quo of that era.

How can the people have a good life?
"Brother Huanran, if I tell you that I once advised the principal in person, would you believe it?"

Huang Baitao was stunned, obviously not expecting this situation at all.

Chu Yunfei looked lost in thought and said slowly, "Not only that, I also reminded the Eighth Route Army, telegraphed Zhang Yinwu, and sent Brother Ligong to secretly telegraph Pang Bingxun."

If everything went according to his plan, the Japanese troops in North China should have been completely suppressed by then.

The armed forces of the National Army and the Eighth Route Army active behind enemy lines will receive full support from the Second War Zone.

In addition, the establishment of the Jiangbei Joint Command forced the Japanese army to cope with the situation and even had to abandon some useless areas, completely losing its ability to take the initiative to attack.

"Brother Huanran, have you ever heard of this saying?"

Huang Baitao came back to his senses and asked: "My Lord, what are you talking about?"

"Opposing the workers comes first, resisting Japan comes second. We can choose not to resist Japan, but we must fight the workers. We would rather be transformed into bandits than into Islamists. We would rather perish at the hands of the Japanese than at the hands of the workers."

This is a slogan written by Shen Honglie, deputy commander of the Lusu War Zone.

Shen Honglie was born in the Northeast Army and was once a general of the Northeast Navy.

He was planted in Shandong by Chang Ruiyuan to be used as a check and balance against Han Fuju.

However, Shen's troops did play a more important role than Han Fuju in the early days of the War of Resistance.

At the very least, he put up quite effective and active resistance when the Japanese army attempted to land in Qingdao.

In addition, because of the incident in 36, he had called Zhang Xiaoliuzi and was appreciated by Chang Ruiyuan, who took him as his confidant.

Only then did he become the deputy commander of the Lusu War Zone.

Huang Baitao also understood one thing clearly at this time.

Even if it is an idle position.

Your Excellency still understands the situation on the battlefield in North China.

Even things that you shouldn't know, you know everything.

"I understand, Your Majesty. I will report this matter to the High Command."
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"During the Second Battle of Changsha, if the Sixth War Zone had not launched a siege on the Yichang area, the Japanese 13th Division would have been in danger of being overthrown. I'm afraid the Japanese would never have abandoned Changsha."

"It's a pity that the liberated Zheng County was taken back by the Japanese again."

Zheng County, that is, Zhengzhou.

The defense zone of the Third Army under Sun Tongxuan.

It was liberated after the winter counter-offensive planned by the Fifth War Zone, but was then occupied again due to fighting during the Battle of Changsha.

Because there was the Fourth Army (Sun Weiru's troops assisting in the defense) in this area, the Japanese army would not be foolish enough to provoke two armies.

Ever since.

The Kuomintang military and political leaders, who were very good at making money from the war, collected information such as "enemy situation, water level and flow rate of the Yellow River" under the guise of collecting information.

So-called offices were set up.

In fact, they were engaged in smuggling.

Similar behavior.

Chu Yunfei had done a lot of this before when he was in the Second War Zone.

However, there is a substantial difference between the two. Chu Yunfei was ordered to conduct trade in enemy-occupied areas to support the War of Resistance and make up for financial losses and shortfalls.

All the money earned is used for people's livelihood construction and military and civilian pensions.

As for Zhengzhou...it was simply the generals at all levels, superiors, the Military Control Commission, local administrative agencies, and even the guerrillas, field service teams, and medical teams were all involved.

During this process, it would be extremely easy to sneak in a few Japanese spies.

Lin Canghui was a genius in intelligence, and after some searching, he quickly figured out the deployment of the Third and Fourth Army Groups.

During the Second Battle of Changsha.

The commander of the 11th Army, under the command of the newly appointed Tianhuang guard officer Anami Korechika, defeated the extremely arrogant commander-in-chief of the 9th War Zone, Xue Yue, in one fell swoop.

And they captured the two strategic cities of Changsha and Zhuzhou.

During this process, areas around Zhengzhou were also attacked fiercely by the Japanese army.

Just a security division, a force with less than 20,000 soldiers.

Under the cover of aircraft and armored forces, an entire army was directly defeated.

Sun Tongxuan was also a famous general in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. His unit was from the Northwest Army, and his glory and bravery had been proven before.

But they were defeated, and their defeat was "confusing".

The defeat of the Third Army was strange and sudden, and Chang Ruiyuan was also worried that it was a premeditated defeat.

Because of their defeat.

Tang Enbo's troops, deployed as a mobile force in Jiangbei, were ordered to go and suppress the rebellion.

In fact, it was the role of the supervisory team, and Tang Enbo was not just a supervisor of the war.

Not only were the logistics officers escorting ammunition from the three war zones detained, but also the supplies transporting support to the war zones.

Sun Tongxuan was furious. He had never been bullied like this before.

He immediately ordered his troops to attack Tang Enbo's troops.

After being dissuaded by his subordinates, Sun Tongxuan, who was full of grievances, could only complain to the commander-in-chief of the war zone, Wei Lihuang.

Although Wei Lihuang did not get along with Tang Enbo, he was still a member of the Central Army.

The ragtag Third Army, which originated from the Northwest Army, was unable to make its case clearly when it came to the headquarters of the commander of the First War Zone.

Moreover, even if this "lawsuit" was brought to Shancheng, it would expose more things that were unfavorable to him.

Sun Tongxuan also had to bear the consequences.

that's it.

In addition to the contradiction between the Guangxi clique and the Central Army becoming public.

The old Northwest Army was also at odds with the Shancheng Army because of the humiliation they suffered.

And because the Military Control Commission was involved.

Dai Yunong also did not report the key points to Chang Ruiyuan.

To this day, Chang Ruiyuan still doesn't understand what exactly led to the fall of Zhengzhou.

Everything is confusing, and everything seems to have a traceable path, but nothing can be found!
PS: However, at the end of the Second Battle of Changsha.

Chang Ruiyuan also demonstrated his command level.

He ordered Chen Ci to lead his troops to attack Yichang and severely attack the 13th Division stationed in the surrounding areas of Yichang.

Successfully forced the 11th Army to turn back for support.

Of course.

Before the war, the Japanese army was short of manpower before launching the Second Battle of Changsha.

They were not determined to occupy Changsha for a long time.

With the attack from the Sixth War Zone, the 11th Army simply turned back to support Yichang.

When heavy footsteps were heard, the original discussion quickly ended.

After hearing Wang Shihe's voice, everyone quickly stood up and stood straight.

"Everyone sit down."

The familiar Fenghua accent sounded, and everyone slowly sat down on the benches.

"We already have a suitable candidate for the commander-in-chief of this expedition to Burma. You don't have to worry."