Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 1,033 Conspiracy and Strategy

The Japanese army sneaked into the four divisions of Chongqing. On the south bank of the Chishui River, the Sichuan army, who was waiting for work, hit them head-on with a stick and beat them until stars appeared in their eyes. As a last resort, after asking the commander-in-chief of the dispatched army, General Touichi Terauchi, the entire army turned to various areas in Yunnan.

Advanced advance, this direction, was the weakest area of ​​China's national defense at that time. There were no Central Army troops, no Tang Qiuli's First Division troops, only equipment and training levels, which were far inferior to the Japanese Yunnan local troops. (Baidu search,)

Without a strong opponent, the Japanese army took all the anger they had held back at Loushanguan and Chishui River on Long Yun's head. After entering Yunnan, they attacked Kunming and transferred all party, government, and military agencies and personnel in Kunming.

Long Yun, an industrial and mining company employee, was determined to have a good fight with the Japanese army on the outskirts of Kunming.

To be honest, Long Yun didn't want to fight the Japanese army head-on at all. He knew how much money he had and couldn't bear the trouble. He didn't want to fight. However, the local celebrities and gentry in Yunnan gave up and rushed to Long Yun's official residence to accuse him.

Long Yun, as the Chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Government and the Provincial Security Commander, abandoned the city and fled when the Japanese attacked his doorstep, ignoring the voices of millions of people in Yunnan Province. He is worthy of being a son of Yunnan.

These old gentlemen and scholars made impassioned speeches and were passionate, each one more passionate than the other, but they did not understand the current situation. Their passion was warm enough, but without considering their own assets, Long Yun did not dare to go against the wishes of these people.

His power was supported by Yunnan natives, who provided him with food and clothing. Without the support of these gentry and celebrities, Long Yun would probably be a one-man show and end up alone.

Finally, in desperation, Long Yun took out Tang Qiuli's telegram in an attempt to convince these people that abandoning Kunming was temporary. In order to avoid the Japanese, the Japanese division's troops would leave after the Battle of Nanning.

By entering Yunnan and fighting against Japan, Kunming will soon be back in our hands.

It would have been better if Tang Qiuli's telegram was not brought out. Once it was brought out, these people exploded. There was only one meaning: Yunnan belongs to us. Those people from other provinces have no good things and it is not their own interests. Who cares about Yunnan?

People's personal experience, from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, and hundreds of years of history have been translated, and the only conclusion can be drawn is that people from other provinces only have plots and ambitions towards Yunnan, and never have good intentions, and Tang Qiuli is no exception.

Long Yun was forced to have no choice. He gritted his teeth and risked his little wealth to fight the Japanese army in Kunming. This was considered to be in line with public opinion and worthy of the folks in Yunnan. In this way, the plan for the Kunming Defense War was released. These veterans

The gentlemen left with satisfaction, and agreed to sell off their property and raise funds, even if they sold iron, they would also improve equipment for the Yunnan Army.

After a few days of busy work, hundreds of thousands of Yunnan Army troops gathered in the direction of Kunming. Long Yun was unsure. As the head of Yunnan Province, he was not so impulsive. He knew that this battle was impossible to fight, and there was a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves.

, Immediately, he reported to Tang Qiuli the plan for the Kunming Defense War, and implored Vice Chairman Tang, for the sake of joint defense of the five southern provinces, to send elite troops into Yunnan to jointly defend Kunming.

After Tang Qiuli received the telegram from Long Yun, he frowned at that time. This Long Yun was really confused. He wanted to fight the Japanese army, which was not his way of fighting. With the equipment and quality of the soldiers of the Yunnan Army, he could fight the Japanese army.

In a head-to-head positional defense battle, isn't that asking for trouble?

With each other's shortcomings and the enemy's strengths, the final result of waiting for the Yunnan Army is to defeat them all, and Kunming will still be lost. The opinions of those old gentlemen are clearly based on scholarly enthusiasm. Who knows the dangers of war? Abandoning the city is not fear of the enemy.

, giving up Kunming is not running away, nor is it giving up resistance, they are two different things!

It is not a good sign that Long Yun can be manipulated. His own troops, with one hand holding down the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops in Nanning, and one eye staring at the more than 200,000 Japanese troops in front of Loushan Pass, are unable to use their hands to enter Yunnan.

Even if three or five brigades were sent to defend Kunming, the casualties of the troops would be staggering, which was not in line with Tang Qiuli's military strategy.

What's more, there are Japanese reinforcements coming from Japan. The current Yunnan is not the main battlefield. Therefore, Tang Qiuli's wording in his reply to Long Yun was rather harsh, "Chairman Long's Honor, I will not change what I said in the previous telegram."

Abandoning Kunming, avoiding the sharp edge of the Japanese army, regardless of the gains and losses of one city or one place, the best policy is to withdraw the main force of the Yunnan Army to northwest Yunnan. Public opinion cannot be violated, and it must be based on the actual situation."

"If public will has been lost, I suggest that after one or two days of fighting with the Japanese army outside Kunming, and before the Japanese army has encircled Kunming, the Yunnan army should immediately withdraw westward, so as not to cause the Yunnan army to lose all its elite troops and be completely annihilated.

, you must not have any intention of sticking to Kunming."

"As for the troops of our ** Division entering Yunnan to fight, it will still take a few days. Only after the Battle of Nanning is over will we have the ability and time to carry out this matter. I will issue an order when the Yunnan Army withdraws from Kunming.

, the Southern Flying Group of the ** Division Aviation Force will send a large number of fighter planes to cover the evacuation of the Yunnan Army, Tang Qiuli, Commander-in-Chief of the Military Joint Defense Headquarters of the Five Southern Provinces of the National Government Military Commission."

Tang Qiuli could only do so much for Long Yun. He also understood Long Yun's difficulties. Without a fight, he would not be able to explain to the blind xenophobic forces in Yunnan. The final signature was the first time he had used this official title.

This means that we should take the responsibility for abandoning Kunming and let the xenophobic forces in Yunnan speak to us.

After Long Yun received the telegram, he thanked Tang Qiuli profusely. It could be seen that Long Yun was sincere. The matter in Yunnan was temporarily settled. On September 4th, Tang Qiuli flew back to the Nanning front line from Guangzhou.

There was also Mei Xue who came randomly, although he was absolutely unwilling to let Mei Xue come to the dangerous front line.

But Mei Xue changed her usual gentleness and fragility, and her attitude was very determined. She had no choice but to bring her. Thinking about it carefully, she was really indispensable by his side. Just sleeping alone at night was torture enough.

Mei Xue also needs to take care of daily food, clothing, housing and transportation.

As soon as he got off the plane and learned the news that the division commander had returned to the front line, Ma Chaoyang, commander of the Southeast Mobile Corps of the ** Division, brought a large number of officers to the airport to greet him. To be honest, in the past few days since Tang Qiuli returned to Guangzhou, Southeast Mobile Corps

Officers at all levels in the corps were in a state of confusion.

Without him, the whole corps worked together and held back their energy to establish themselves as the main corps in the Battle of Nanning. However, the division commander suddenly left. Everyone was worried that the battle of Nanning would be ruined and would not be successful. In the past few days,

, did not annoy Ma Chaoyang to death. His headquarters was like going to a market. Every day, many officers came to ask for news, but Ma Chaoyang was also full of doubts. How could he answer them?

Now that it's all right, the division commander returned to the front line. Did he receive the order to change the battle deployment? The Battle of Nanning is a certainty and cannot be changed. As soon as he saw Tang Qiuli's face, Ma Chaoyang stepped forward and saluted, "

Welcome the division commander back to the Nanning front line. All the officers and soldiers of our southeast mobile corps are standing ready, waiting for the division commander's order! Take down Nanning cleanly and completely eliminate the Japanese army!"

Tang Qiuli glanced at Ma Chaoyang meaningfully and said: "Commander Ma, haven't you seen me for a few days, have you learned to make innuendo? I don't know what you have in mind. I haven't been here for a few days.

Deputy Commander Tang said, you haven't stopped making small moves, so go to the headquarters and summon all the generals under you and have a good talk."

Ma Chaoyang smiled sheepishly. When he heard that the division commander had returned, the dozen or so brigade commanders of the Southeast Mobile Corps rushed over without waiting for notification. They all reported on the situation in the past few days. Tang Qiuli

He glanced at Ma Chaoyang in surprise and nodded approvingly.

Ma Chaoyang has really not been idle these days. He is guarding so many tanks and artillery, as well as powerful thunder rocket launchers. Looking at the hundreds of thousands of little Japs inside and outside Nanning City, he refuses to fight, and his heart is filled with anger.

As if anxious, he called the brigade commanders together and came up with ideas. Didn't the division commander not allow the launch of a general attack? Well, let's clean up the periphery and prepare in advance for the general attack on Nanning. This reason is very sufficient and makes sense.

The battle plan for clearing the Japanese positions outside Nanning was reported to Tang Qiusheng, the deputy division commander acting on behalf of Tang Qiuli and the commander of the Sulu Mobile Corps. Qiusheng carefully considered the plan reported by Ma Chaoyang without affecting the situation.

In the overall situation, it is very feasible. Firstly, it can clear the peripheral Japanese obstacles for the general offensive. Secondly, it can put pressure on Juichi Terauchi who is entangled with Xue Yue's Central Army in front of Loushanguan to see his next move.

After getting the approval of the deputy division commander, Ma Chaoyang mobilized his troops to fight against the Japanese troops outside Nanning. With superior troops and firepower, plus four brigades of tank troops, the Japanese positions outside Nanning were like paper and unbearable.

With one blow, the concrete bunkers, bunkers, and fortifications were reduced to ruins under the overwhelming artillery fire.

Ma Chaoyang fought very strategically, giving full play to his firepower advantage without fighting head-on. In three or four days, the Japanese army's Nanning outer positions were wiped out, and 17,800 Japanese troops were killed. They attacked the starting position.

It has advanced to the gates of Nanning City, and the casualties suffered by the regiment were only a few hundred people, which were more than the number of shells fired.

In Ma Chaoyang's words, the results of the battle were achieved with artillery shells. This series of actions truly turned Nanning into an isolated city, with troops surrounding Nanning on all sides. The muzzles of the cannons were pointing black holes into the city of Nanning. If it weren't for

Ma Chaoyang remembered that his teacher had said that the little Japs in Nanning were bait to lure the old Japs in the temple, Shouyi, back. I am afraid that the Nanning that Tang Qiuli saw now would be in ruins.

On September 6, the Japanese troops on the Loushanguan front line still made no other moves. Tang Qiuli waited impatiently and issued an order to the troops for a general attack on the Japanese troops in Nanning in the early morning of September 7.

As soon as the order was issued to the troops, the Japanese troops on the Loushanguan battlefield suddenly began to take action. With rapid movements, they broke away from contact with the Central Army and turned around to go south. However, the route south surprised Tang Qiuli.

(To be continued)