Chapter 418 Thanks to Xue Yue
The international press team sent by Chairman Jiang has set out in a mighty way. In order to save the entire 318th Army, Chairman Jiang has also invited reporters from many internationally renowned newspapers to spend all his money. You should know that the power of reporters is amazing. Sometimes it is indeed effective for pens than guns. Once the international press team enters Tongcheng, the Japanese army wants to use poison gas bombs, then they will carefully consider their influence on the international community.
Regarding Chairman Jiang's actions, General Hata Shunji, the commander-in-chief of the Central China Front Army who was far away in Jiangsu, was so angry that he was smoking from seven orifices. However, Hata Shunji obviously did not intend to give up using poison gas bombs. In Hata Shunji's opinion, someone naturally made a stubborn decision on this matter. His purpose was just to give a vague guidance. There were naturally scapegoats such as Fujita Jin. It was impossible for him, the commander-in-chief of the Central China Front Army, to go out and make a stubborn decision.
However, at this moment, the Japanese poisonous gas bombs were just transported in the Northeast region. If they want to be used in the Wuhan battle, it will take at least one month or so. Is this a month not enough? Hata Shunji thinks this is definitely not possible. He needs to continue to put pressure on the Tongcheng area. Hata Shunji decided to start increasing troops to the Tongcheng area. So the 9th Division of the 13th Division of the Japanese army received orders to prepare to go to Tongcheng one after another.
I don't know if it was Hata Shunji who intentionally did it or why, these two divisions also fought with the 318th Army. Now with the Sixth Division, there are three divisions with a total of about 60,000 troops. They are all the remaining ones who have fought with Wang Mingyu's 318th Army. The only one who has not fought with the Hatan Detachment is of course considered to have fought with the three major divisions and a detachment. A total of about 70,000 people will meet in Tongcheng. Their purpose is very simple, to concentrate superior forces, and put pressure on Wuhan to the greatest extent possible.
However, when the news of Hata Shunji came out, the entire Japanese army was in an uproar. You should know how great the role of the 70,000 Japanese army was. These are all based on evidence. However, for the sake of a 318 army, the empire actually dispatched 70,000 troops. In the eyes of other Japanese soldiers, Hata Shunji's move was undoubtedly a bit crazy, and at the same time, it was also gloating for the 318 army guarding in Tongcheng. In their eyes, facing the elite of the 70,000 empire, even if they are strong, they will eventually be destroyed.
Hata Shunji's decision made General Suichi Teraunuchi of the North China Front Army a little annoyed, because about a quarter of the Japanese army's forces have been transferred to the Tongcheng battlefield, which has a very important impact on other battle situations. At present, Okamura Yasuji, the 10th Army of the Central China Front Army, has made opinions to the North China Front Army more than once. He believes that it is unwise to siege Tongcheng under the current circumstances. Now their strategic goal is Wuhan, and the Central China Front Army is siege Tongcheng, which is obviously contrary to the entire combat policy.
What Okamura Neji couldn't stand the most is that after he was responsible for attacking the front line of Henan, he was now transferred to a division. It is difficult for the current force to form a devastating attack on the Xueyue Corps in Henan. The Chinese army can at least last a long time. After all, their number is very dominant. Even Okamura Neji now feels a little powerless. Is the difference between one division and one division less obvious? Okamura Neji can tell you with certainty that there must be, and it is very different.
Chairman Jiang, who received the news a few days later, laughed happily. They did not expect that the Japanese army would gather so many troops to try to fight to the death with the 318th Army in Tongcheng. You should know that the current soldiers in Tongcheng are currently
The strength of the Japanese army is 70,000, but the strength of the 318th Army has been confirmed, and the most important thing is that the 318th Army is currently in the stage of defending the city, with 60,000 to 70,000.
But Chairman Jiang was worried that the consequences of the Japanese army would be unimaginable once they used poison gas bombs. However, Chairman Jiang is also making careful preparations. On the one hand, he notified the 318th Army in advance to prepare, and on the other hand, he sent an international team of journalists to the front line in accordance with the request of the 318th Army.
You should know that the team of journalists entering the front-line battlefield is very dangerous. Not everyone is willing to be a war reporter. Chairman Jiang is so busy with temptation that these reporters are flocking to them. To be honest, as long as there is a shocking news, even if they don’t have a penny, they will still enter like a moth to the flames. Now these reporters are naturally happy to pretend to be reluctant to do so.
What Chairman Jiang is most satisfied with is that due to the influence of Tongcheng, the impact on the entire Wuhan battle is very huge. The 318th Army defended Tongcheng and made the entire
The defense of the Eastern Front is as stable as Mount Tai. At least now, people think so in their hearts. The influence of the 318th Army is like this. Once there is a place where the 318th Army people always think that this is the Japanese army's hell slaughterhouse.
The role of the 318th Army in the entire battle situation has now reached the point of stabilizing the morale of the army. Now Chairman Jiang even believes that as long as the 318th Army defends the Eastern Front, Xue Yue's troops on the Northern Front will be successful.
Resist the Japanese attack. In fact, Xue Yue also thought so at this moment. He had called Chairman Jiang to tell that the 13th Division of the Japanese North China Front Army had already drawn the 13th Division to support the Eastern Front operations, which means that the defensive pressure in the entire Henan region will be much smaller.
Don't underestimate the forces of this less division. The impact on the entire attack is that it is huge. A division of the Japanese army can involve at least tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. You can imagine that the concept of more than one hundred thousand troops and less than one hundred thousand troops is the difference between inside and outside. Xue Yue is naturally confident that he can defend the Japanese attack. Xue Yue still doesn't know what the forces drawn by the Japanese army are doing, but Chairman Jiang quickly solved his doubts.
Xue Yue was still very excited. He and Wang Mingyu met in Suzhou. Although they were just a quick glance, they felt a sense of mutual appreciation from the bottom of their hearts. Xue Yue still liked this young man. Xue Yue was a handsome man. He had a very strong ability to lead troops.
Although he knew that he was still very far from the 318th Army, Xue Yue was also very arrogant in his heart. But now the two are brothers, and they even worshiped each other. It can be said that Wang Mingyu is helping Xue Yue in disguise, so Xue Yue naturally needs to appreciate it in his heart.
Xue Yue immediately connected Wang Mingyu without saying a word. Xue Yue's voice was still so calm: Brother Wang, you have helped me a lot this time again
Wang Mingyu smiled bitterly and said: I said, Brother Xue, you are happy, I am so worried, I believe you have received the news, I have to be careful not only about the Japanese attack, but also about preventing the Japanese from using tricks.
Xue Yue smiled heartily and said: The Japanese are getting worse and worse, and they have any countermeasures now. Do you need to support you?
Wang Mingyu smiled and said: Thank you Brother Xue, you should know that I am the one who controls the 26th Army. We are well prepared now, but now we can't find the source of the Japanese poison gas bombs. I am also very distressed. If we can quietly build a batch of Japanese poison gas bombs, it will have a great deterrence to Japanese. If they use poison gas bombs, they have to consider it.
Xue Yue smiled and said: I heard that the Chairman also sent an international press team to your Tongcheng. This is also a deterrent to the Japanese. I don’t believe that they dare to take the blame for the world and use poison gas bombs. Don’t worry. I see that the Japanese are just shouting.
Wang Mingyu smiled bitterly in his heart. Wang Mingyu, who came from later generations, certainly knew that the Japanese had used poison gas bombs on the battlefield to attack the Chinese people and committed heinous crimes. If the Japanese army cared about international reputation, then they would not be able to create tragic cases such as the Nanjing Massacre. Of course, the Nanjing Massacre has been avoided by themselves. Although many people died in the end, their influence was almost gone.
Wang Mingyu naturally couldn't say that, so he said: Don't worry, Brother Xue, as long as you guard the northern line, there is absolutely no problem with our eastern line. I can also reinforce your northern line when necessary. What I am most worried about now is that the southern line combat is almost no strong defense.
Xue Yue was silent for a few seconds and said: If we do our best, let our destiny be left to fate. As long as we guard these two lines, the pressure in Wuhan will basically disappear. Now, as long as we destroy the Japanese army's combat plan, they will inevitably be greatly damaged. Then hehe
After Wang Mingyu and Xue Yue had another polite conspiracy, Wang Mingyu fell into deep thought. Even an experienced officer like Xue Yue believed that as long as the Battle of Wuhan was won, it would be not far from the end of the entire war. But is it really the case? Wang Mingyu naturally could not think so. Even if the Japanese army not only fought on the Chinese battlefield in the future, they also had the strength to dare to go to war with the US military. Is it difficult to say that they are at the end of their strength?
It is a Chinese saying that makes you fat in one bite, but it makes sense. This is the case in China. They always want to have a decisive battle with the Japanese army, and then attack the Japanese army and finally win the victory to drive away the invaders. But what is the final result? What else is there besides endless failures.
Based on the overall comprehensive national strength of China and Japan, this war must be a protracted war. Wang Mingyu is confident that the war will end a year earlier. But if we say it can end now, Wang Mingyu can only say that this is a dream, and there is really no other adjective.
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