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Chapter 380: Xuzhou Crisis

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    In fact, the outcome of the Battle of Xuzhou was not Li Guoyao¡¯s prediction, it was because he knew the direction of history. Our Chairman Chiang had conflicts with Xuzhou in his life, and the two wars in his life were all related to Xuzhou.

    It¡¯s just that the results of the two wars were very different. In one case, we barely managed to keep our capital, but in the other case, we lost so much that we almost lost our pants!

    In April 1938, when news of the great victory at Taierzhuang reached Wuhan, China's wartime capital, the soldiers and civilians in the rear cheered and speculated whether the victory was a precursor to a major counteroffensive. This sentiment also affected the top strategic leaders at the time.  Infect.

    At this time, the impulsive Chiang Kai-shek also hurriedly transferred his more than 200,000 Central Army troops to the Xuzhou battlefield. He hoped that Li Zongren's Fifth Theater could use the residual power of the Taierzhuang victory to achieve another great victory.

    To be honest, although our Chairman Chiang is now the head of the Chinese government and the supreme leader of the Chinese people¡¯s war of resistance, his military command ability is very poor. Someone once commented on his military ability, saying that he can only  The strength of an infantry battalion commander.

    It doesn¡¯t really matter if this person¡¯s command level is low, but Chiang Kai-shek¡¯s biggest problem is not his poor command ability, but his poor command ability that he doesn¡¯t even know yet. He often likes to change combat orders, and often commands troops at higher levels.

    During the Battle of Xuzhou, this mistake of his almost caused a catastrophe. Hundreds of thousands of national troops were almost made into dumplings and eaten by the Japanese army.

    Before the Battle of Xuzhou, Chiang Kai-shek believed that the repeated defeats of the Japanese army in southern Shandong had shaken the will of his army, so he abandoned the acquired territory in Shanxi, Suizhou, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, leaving only a small number of troops to hold on to key points to survive, and mobilized all troops to make a desperate move towards the eastern section of Longhai.  In order to succeed.

    Chiang Kai-shek believed that the total strength of the Japanese army on the battlefield in Xuzhou was no more than 150,000, while the number of troops available to the national army was more than four times that of the Japanese army. Moreover, the Japanese army was constantly harassed by the national army and was inconvenient to supply.

    Coupled with the tactical flaws of the Japanese army, the Japanese army dared to engage in external encirclement operations regardless of its insufficient strength and unfavorable strategic situation. Therefore, the Japanese army would definitely be defeated by the national army in this move, thus bringing about its own defeat.

    From a military point of view, all of Chiang Kai-shek's analysis is correct. The Japanese army with inferior strength stayed away from the rear and went deep alone, which was definitely a military disaster.

    However, as the supreme commander of the Chinese army, Chiang Kai-shek should understand a harsh reality. That is, the reason why the Japanese army dared to violate military conventions, surrounded so many divisions with inferior forces, and advanced rashly without regard to the rear was also because of an all-out war against the Chinese army.  Judgment of quality.

    ¡°Obviously, Chiang¡¯s intention was that on the Xuzhou battlefield, the Chinese army could launch a large-scale counter-encirclement against the Japanese army, and then gather together to annihilate them.

    But the Japanese army was also man-made. Chinese troops gathered in large numbers in the Xuzhou area. The Japanese army believed that this was a good opportunity to eliminate the main force of the Chinese army.

    ?Then the Japanese army quickly assembled more than 300,000 people from more than 10 divisions to attack the Xuzhou area, preparing to eat these hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops in one bite.

    For a time, battle clouds filled the important town of Xuzhou in the Central Plains, and artillery roared.

    The Japanese army dispatched elite troops to quickly occupy Heze, Shandong, Lanfeng, Henan and other places. The hundreds of thousands of defenders on the Xuzhou battlefield were in danger of being surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army at any time.

    At this time, Chiang Kai-shek's brain, which was dizzy from the Taierzhuang victory, suddenly woke up. Only then did he realize that he had made another bad move, which put hundreds of thousands of the main force of the national army in danger.

    He hurriedly summoned the generals to discuss countermeasures, and finally decided to abandon Xuzhou and retreat with the main force to break through.

    ¡°Subsequently, just when the Japanese encirclement in Xuzhou was about to be formed, Chiang Kai-shek decided to abandon Xuzhou.  In this way, the so-called Battle of Xuzhou failed at the beginning.

    After the failure of the Battle of Xuzhou, the 600,000-strong Nationalist Army marched westward from Xuzhou, part of which withdrew to Henan, and a large part to Anhui. For a time, the entire northern Anhui was full of defeated troops.

    Not to be outdone, the Japanese army immediately sent out the main force to pursue them, all the way along the eastern Henan region towards Henan, which in turn triggered the National Army to use water instead of troops and dig the Yellow River embankment at Huayuankou.

    The other route was to pursue along northern Anhui. The Japanese troops in central China took advantage of the situation to attack Anhui, and Hefei and other places fell.

    Precisely because he knew these situations, Li Guoyao was so inconsiderate to his subordinates and insisted on allowing them to be trained after the war.

    ¡°However, this incident also reminded Li Guoyao that those in the Central Army were indeed rebellious. Their move was not necessarily to stand up to all the soldiers, but they probably wanted to take this opportunity to challenge his authority.

    As Xu Hu said before, these people are here for him, Li Guoyao!

    But what Li Guoyao is least afraid of is?These troublemakers, I think there were a lot of people who made trouble when they were training at Amazon, and they were all foreigners. But in the end, he stepped on the other side every time, and this time was no exception.  .

    On April 21, the 61st Army Headquarters issued a new training syllabus for all divisions and brigades. Compared with the previous old syllabus, the training volume of this new syllabus has once again increased by one-third, especially long-distance cross-country training from once a week to  It has been increased to twice a week, and the distance has been increased from 30 kilometers to 50 kilometers.

    This training outline reached all the troops at once, and people were immediately besieged!

    Those veterans were okay, after all, they were used to it, but the same could not be said for the recruits. They had never seen such a terrifying training method before, so much so that within a few days, the 61st Army actually had deserters.

    However, Li Guoyao's method of dealing with these deserters was also very simple and crude. The special team's training method was to capture these deserters. If one of them escaped, Zhang Shaolin would be severely punished.

    And during the training period, no matter whether they are officers or soldiers, men or women, they are all treated equally and must participate in the training.

    Because Li Guoyao knew that once the Battle of Xuzhou failed, northern Anhui, eastern Henan and other places would definitely not be able to stay. In addition, the Battle of Wuhan was imminent, and their 61st Army was likely to be transferred to the Wuhan battlefield.

    ¡°It¡¯s not that close from Wanbei to Wuhan. Without a strong general frame, I¡¯m afraid I¡¯ll be exhausted before reaching Wuhan.

    ¡°And from now on, China has lost its richest provinces. In the future, battlefield conditions will become increasingly worse. Therefore, just like the Eighth Route Army, the troops must not only be able to fight, but also be able to run.

    Of course, another purpose of Li Guoyao is to wait for those people from the central department headed by Liang Chenghu and others to jump out and cause trouble again. As long as these guys dare to jump out and cause trouble, Li Guoyao will never let them go.

    Li Guoyao has investigated the last incident clearly. The real troublemakers were a limited number of people led by Liang Chenghu. Hou Zhifu and others were not involved. However, Hou Zhifu happened to be back at that time. He was also from Whampoa Military Academy, so he gave Liang Chenghu  Said some kind words.

    ¡°And through Liuzi¡¯s observation, the officers of the Central Department were headed by Liang Chenghu. Their group included a deputy brigade commander, two main regiment commanders, and seven main battalion commanders.

    "Compared to the overall size of the 61st Army, it's not too much, but it's still a lot. If something is done at a critical moment, it can still cause some trouble for Li Guoyao.

    Therefore, Li Guoyao thought that if he had the chance, he would deal with these guys together. If it was not too much, he would be kicked out directly. If it was too much, it would be a different matter.

    However, what is surprising is that these guys have been quite well-behaved these days. Even though the amount of training has increased a bit compared to before, they are all quiet.

    But Li Guoyao is not in a hurry. The days are long and he has plenty of time!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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