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Chapter 62: Headquarters Meeting

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    Chapter 62: Headquarters Meeting (Please read the new book)

    Nanjing. Presidential Palace.

    At this time, a high-level military meeting personally convened by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek was taking place here. In addition to Chiang Kai-shek himself, other officials including Minister of Military and Political Affairs He Yingqin, Director of Military Command Dai Li, Chief of Staff Bai Chongxi, and former enemy commander-in-chief of the Third Theater Zone Chen Cheng were also present.  A group of big guys are all there.

    The atmosphere in the conference room was very solemn, and the news coming back from the front line was getting worse and worse. At this time, not only the battle on the Shanghai front line had collapsed, but the front line defense in Suzhou had also become a hollow frame, and the situation continued to deteriorate.

    "Ci Xiu, how is the fighting on the Songhu front line? Have all the troops been withdrawn?" Lao Jiang's voice was a little tired, but still quite majestic.

    "Returning to the committee, the retreat did not go smoothly. Since the Japanese 6th Division and the 18th Division landed at Jinshanwei and other places at the same time, an infantry battalion and an artillery company deployed by our army for coastal defense were immediately defeated by the Japanese army.  . The 6th Division immediately attacked and advanced towards Songjiang, while the 18th Division attacked and advanced towards the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway in Jiaxing, completely disrupting our army's deployment."

    Then Chen Cheng continued: "Then our 62nd Division and our 79th Division in the south of our third theater hurriedly dispatched in an attempt to flank the Japanese army, but were easily defeated by the Japanese army. Wu Kerenzhi's 67th Army, which had just been transferred from northern Henan, was in Songjiang  Before the assembly was completed nearby, they were dispersed by the Japanese army and suffered heavy losses. Wu Keren's whereabouts were unknown. On November 9, the Japanese army captured Songjiang. Songjiang was only a few dozen kilometers away from Shanghai, and there were no defense forces in the area. In this way, we had few defense forces near Shanghai.  The flanks of the 100,000-strong army were completely exposed to the powerful Japanese 6th Division, and they had to retreat urgently."

    "After the officers, soldiers and senior generals on the front line heard the news of the Japanese landing at Jinshanwei, they were immediately panicked and their fighting spirit was greatly reduced. Some troops were beyond their control, and several troops even evacuated in a hurry without authorization.  ¡±

    "Snapped!"

    Before Chen Cheng could finish speaking, an exquisite water glass in Lao Jiang's hand was thrown to the ground, and it was instantly shattered into pieces, completing its short but glorious life!

    "Nang Xipi, that army dared to retreat without the order of the headquarters, that division dared to withdraw without authorization and the division commander was removed, and the regiment commander dared to be dragged out and shot without obeying orders. What do you do in the third theater? Even the minimum  The troops can¡¯t even control it?¡±

    With the questioning of Lao Jiang, the entire conference room was silent, and you could hear a needle drop!

    However, Chen Cheng looked aggrieved at this time. Although he was the former enemy commander in chief of the third theater and also served as the commander in chief of the 15th Army, the frontline troops were really beyond his control.

    From the beginning of the Battle of Songhu to now, the General Headquarters and the Commander-in-Chief of the Third War Zone have been directing the battle at a higher level. He, the former enemy commander, is like a decoration. Now that the army has been defeated, it is not nonsense to accuse him of not being able to control the army.  ?

    If you have to pick one of the people here to take responsibility for the failure of the Songhu Battle, the first one to bear the brunt is Chiang Kai-shek, the supreme commander, and the second is Bai Chongxi, the chief of staff. It is precisely because of their capriciousness and backward command ideas.  This resulted in today's defeat.

    But Chen Cheng didn¡¯t dare to say these words, so he could only lower his head and remain silent!

    "Commissioner, the responsibility for this matter does not lie with Xiu Xiu. The Battle of Songhu was an unprecedentedly brutal battle since the founding of our revolutionary army. We have all been to the front lines to see it and know the situation there. On average, it takes place every four or five days.  Rotate a group of troops. Once a division is sent up, it will be destroyed in four or five days, leaving only some logistics personnel. In the rear hospital, four to five thousand wounded people are received every day, and there are still many wounded lying on the battlefield who cannot be transported.  , he died after a few days of delay. The casualties of our army are unimaginable." Chief of Staff Bai Chongxi sighed and said.

    When Bai Chongxi said this, his heart was bleeding. He was bleeding for the tens of thousands of Guangxi wolf soldiers he had lost on the Songhu front line!

    In late October, six divisions of the 7th Army and the 31st Army belonging to the Guangxi Clan arrived at the Songhu battlefield and were organized into the 21st Group Army, with Liao Lei as the commander-in-chief.  This force is a direct line force of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's group. It is well-equipped and can fight well in civil wars.

    Therefore, Bai Chongxi strongly advocated using this force to launch a large-scale counterattack on the Songhu battlefield, taking the opportunity to demonstrate the unique combat effectiveness of the Guangxi army at home and abroad.  For this reason, Bai Chongxi even went to the front line in person to direct the counterattack.

    At that time, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to win the war because the League of Nations was going to meet to discuss the Japanese invasion of China, so that the international community would look at the Chinese army with admiration.  As a result, the counterattack plan involving six divisions was hastily finalized.

    But unfortunately, becauseBefore the counterattack, the Japanese army failed to carefully detect the Japanese firepower points, failed to concentrate its forces to attack them, and failed to control the reserve forces. They just allowed the attacking troops to push forward in a straight line.  At dawn on the day of the additional attack, the smoke emitted by the national army blocked the sight of the artillery of the front-line troops, causing the attack to start hastily without strong artillery support.

    When the officers and soldiers of the Guangxi Army's counterattack force raised their bayonets, straightened their bodies, and bravely rushed to the Japanese position, the Japanese army's already prepared artillery, machine gun fire, and tank fire fired at the swarming Chinese officers and soldiers, and the retreat was blocked.  The artillery fire was cut off, and the officers and soldiers had no choice but to hold on to their bayonets and rush towards the various fire points spitting flames ahead.  As a result, most of the officers and soldiers were shot to death, and a handful of surviving officers and soldiers lay on the ground until night before crawling back to friendly forces' positions and being taken in by friendly forces.

    Within a day, the six strong divisions were left with only a few broken frames.  Bai Chongxi didn't eat well or sleep well for several days.  You know, this is the old capital that he and Li Zongren have worked hard for many years!

    After the war, some people commented on the Gui Army's battle. They didn't know modern warfare at all. They only relied on courage and charged at the tank with a bayonet. They invited death. What's the point of being undefeated?

    As soon as the counterattack failed, the Japanese army opened the way with tanks and launched a more violent attack on the front line of Dachang. The defending 18th Division was unable to defend itself, and Dachang was subsequently occupied by the Japanese army.  Commander Zhu Yaohua of the 18th Division resolutely drew his gun and committed suicide, realizing his determination to live or die with the position.

    With the situation lost, the 87th and 88th Divisions defending the Jiangwan front line were forced to retreat to the south bank of the Suzhou River in western Shanghai to defend themselves, while the main force of the national army withdrew westward to the Nanxiang front line.  There was only one reinforced camp left in the city of Shanghai to guard the Sihang Warehouse. This was Xie Jinyuan and the "Eight Hundred Warriors" who later became famous at home and abroad.

    Bai Chongxi¡¯s words immediately silenced everyone in the conference room. If the tranquility in the air just now was because of Chiang Kai-shek¡¯s majesty, then the tranquility at this time is because everyone is reflecting.

    When the Battle of Songhu started, the victory or defeat was actually unpredictable. Everyone, including Chiang Kai-shek, knew from the beginning that they would lose more and win less, but the defeat was still a bit beyond their expectations.

    Actually, it is a pity that the Songhu war situation has reached this stage. It could not have been like this at all.  Because according to the pre-war battle plan in the Beijing-Shanghai area, after the Chinese army made a certain resistance on the Songhu battlefield, it could retreat to the Wufu Line and Xicheng Line one by one and use national defense works to carry out long-term resistance. This was also the pre-war supreme commander.  Ministry-approved defense plan.

    Since the Battle of Songhu began, senior staff officers of the headquarters and frontline generals have seen that the frontline troops are gradually exhausted and unable to mount a sustained defense, and there are no more troops to mobilize in the rear. They have suggested that the headquarters quickly withdraw the troops one by one.  Go to the Wufu Line and Xicheng Line to make a supported resistance.

    At the end of October, Chiang Kai-shek had initially agreed to withdraw the troops one by one, and the withdrawal plan has since been implemented. If this plan is implemented, the situation on the Songhu battlefield will not deteriorate to such an extent that hundreds of thousands of national troops will be killed.  The backbone is still intact.

    But unexpectedly, the situation suddenly changed. At 10 p.m. on November 1, Chairman Chiang and Bai Chongxi of the Supreme Command, as well as Commander-in-Chief of the Third War Zone Gu Zhutong and others suddenly came to a primary school near Nanxiang on the Songhu front line to convene  A meeting of frontline division commanders and above.

    At the beginning, several senior officers reported on the battle situation on the front line. Later, Chiang Kai-shek gave a speech. He first introduced all aspects of the situation since the war began, and also praised the heroic spirit of the front-line officers and soldiers. After that, he revealed the true purpose of his trip.

    He emphasized that the nine-nation convention meeting will be held in the Belgian capital on November 3. This meeting has a great bearing on the fate of the country. The Supreme Command requires frontline soldiers to make greater efforts and support the Shanghai battlefield for another period of at least ten years.  days to two weeks in order to gain strong international sympathy and support.  Shanghai is a very important economic base for the government.  If we give up prematurely, the government's financial and material resources will be greatly affected.

    Therefore, the retreat plan that had already been implemented was immediately changed. Each unit still defended its original position to fight the Japanese army, and was not allowed to retreat without authorization.

    As a result, more than 70 tired and weakened divisions of the national army were stuck together with more than 200,000 strong Japanese troops in the Liuhe-Jiading-Nanxiang-Suzhou, Henan and Shanghai-West line.  , directly led to a dangerous and helpless situation in which our army wanted to fight but was unable to defeat it, wanted to retreat but was unable to retreat, and wanted to defend but was unable to defend it.

    Subsequently, the 6th Division, 18th Division and 114th Division of the Japanese 10th Army landed at the same time from Jinshanwei and Jinggongting!  The tragedy of the Chinese army began!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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