Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 945 Showing Sharp Teeth

In the name of the director of the former enemy command post of the Military Commission, Tang Qiuli issued mobilization orders to the Central Army and the local troops of Guangdong and Guangxi. His deployment was to set up a line of defense in Beibu Gulf and Leizhou Peninsula before the Japanese army launched an offensive.

Among them, about 120,000 Central Army troops were mobilized, and about 80,000 local troops from Guangdong and Guangxi were mobilized.--%.net

After the order was issued, the Central Army was the first to respond, and Chen Cheng, Chief of Staff of the Nanjing Camp of the Military Commission's Former Enemy Command Post, responded on his behalf, saying, "Vice Chairman Tang Xunjian, the troops mobilized are stationed in various parts of the southwest. The Sixth Group Army

He Yingting's Department, Liu Zhenbang's Department of the Eighth Army, stationed in the Xikang area, the 11th

Army Wang Fulin's Department and Twenty-seventh Army Wu Shifu's Department are stationed in western and northern Sichuan respectively. It is relatively difficult to gather the troops. It is expected to arrive in the new defense area in about two months. The situation is unavoidable. I hope the Vice Chairman will forgive me.

I have dispatched capable officers to the above-mentioned areas to urge the ministries to implement the orders."

This telegram is full of lies. It will take two months to reach the Guangdong and Guangxi areas. It will be too late. It is clearly a "drag" tactic. I still underestimated Chairman Chiang's determination to preserve his strength. I originally thought that sending such an adult a message would be too late.

He gave the old man his love and quickly reached out his hand happily, but he knew that Chairman Chiang changed from his usual behavior and became cautious.

In fact, after Tang Qiuli's order was issued to several Central Army units, Chairman Chiang immediately summoned his close cadres to study Tang Qiuli's intentions together. This was an excellent opportunity and a huge benefit, but everyone

Having dealt with Tang Qiuli many times, I have an instinctive wariness towards him, always feeling that he is a trap.

It was the military generals, such as Chen Cheng and others, who advocated using this opportunity to extend the central government's power to the Guangdong and Guangxi areas. However, the civilian officials opposed it. In the end, it was Chairman Chiang who finally said, "Stop arguing.

Regarding sending troops, let’s wait and see

, Agree, we will control the time to send troops, and we will not be used as a weapon." This was the final decision. Chairman Chiang and the civil servants agreed that Tang Qiuli's order contained evil intentions and provoked the Central Army and the local forces in Guangdong and Guangxi.

conflict.

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi also responded very quickly. The day after receiving the order, they called back and made it clear that in full compliance with Vice Chairman Tang's order, the 19th Army and the 36th Army of the Guangxi Army had already set off for the Beibu Gulf area.

However, the knowledge and courage of Li Bai and others were better than the others, which made Tang Qiuli very happy.

But after seeing Yu Hanmou's reply, Tang Qiuli's relief disappeared. Anyone who read Yu Hanmou's reply would be furious, "Vice Chairman Tang Xunjian, since the signing of the five-province military defense agreement,

, the Han conspiracy was based on the commander-in-chief of the Tang Dynasty, and all armed forces in Guangdong Province were at the command of the commander-in-chief. Moreover, it was for the local defense of Guangdong, so the Han conspiracy had no excuses or disobedience."

This sounds nice and makes people feel comfortable, but the following message changes its tone, "However, Vice Chairman Tang is well aware of the current situation in Guangdong Province. The local unrest, the people's unrest, financial corruption, and the shortage of military equipment.

Food and salary shortage,

Vice Chairman Wan Wang understood Han Mou's actual difficulties and generously extended a helping hand to replenish the Guangdong army with equipment, food, pay and ammunition. This was not the case. The mobilization of the Guangdong army was really difficult. If they reluctantly obeyed the order, it would be beyond the Han Mou's ability.

That’s what the Vice Chairman wishes”

After reading Yu Hanmou's reply, Tang Qiuli was almost angry. He didn't know what Yu Hanmou was thinking. He thought of himself as a rich man with a meat head, opening his mouth like a lion, asking for money, guns and ammunition. Why was he like this?

I am confident that I can control myself and think that I will meet his requirements. I have seen thick-skinned people, but I have never seen such shameless people. Are you crazy because of poverty?

This person has all kinds of things. For people like Yu Hanmou, Tang Qiuli doesn't even have the thought to reply. Dealing with such people is simply an insult to his own intelligence. He has done everything he should do.

Everyone's circumstances are different, Li Zongren

He and Bai Chongxi still had to help. As for Yu Hanmou, Tang Qiuli gave him three words: "Go to hell." Then he stayed at the headquarters of Feng Jiwu Corps in Quanzhou and put all his thoughts into it.

Pay attention to the movements of the Japanese troops.

Tang Qiuli's judgment was correct. Japan has devoted all its energy to the upcoming southern China offensive. As early as early March, Japanese Emperor Hirohito ordered the base camp to form the Imperial Japanese Empire's Southern China Expedition Force.

This is a front army structure. Emperor Hirohito designated and appointed senior general Juichi Terauchi, who was the military counselor of the Japanese Base Camp at the time, as the commander, and Lieutenant General Kaoru Raota, the former deputy chief of staff of the Army, as the chief of staff of the Southern Expeditionary Force.

Although Juichi Terauchi is a general with higher qualifications and prestige in the Japanese army, his reputation on the battlefields in southern China and Southeast Asia is not as good as that of the famous general in the history of the Japanese army, Lieutenant General Yamashita Fengfumi, known as the "Malay Tiger".

Yamashita Fengfumi was the commander of the Fifteenth Army of China's Southern Expeditionary Force, which was known as the "Steel Army" and swept across Southeast Asia.

Yamashita Fengfumi gained a great reputation on the battlefields of southern China and Southeast Asia during World War II. He was truly majestic. His most famous achievement was riding a bicycle for 8,000 kilometers in Singapore with 30,000 infantrymen in two weeks.

The forced surrender captured 130,000 British, Indian and Australian troops, leading to the collapse of British colonial rule in the East.

Yamashita Tobumi's Fifteenth Army's biggest achievement in Southeast Asia was to beat the British hard, sweeping across the British, Burmese and Australian forces. This man is known for his boldness and ferocity, and is good at interspersed and long-distance attacks. He once studied in Munich, Germany

The Military Academy has a special liking for the German Army blitzkrieg.

They often dared to use a large force to outflank tens of thousands of British and Burmese troops, seize cities and territories, and conquer all the battles. Like a tornado, they swept through Southeast Asia, beating the British army to the ground and retreating in succession.

In the end, they had to be defeated in India. The 150,000-strong Chinese Expeditionary Force entered Burma to fight, but they also suffered a loss at the hands of this man, and staged a tragic and tragic retreat from Savage Mountain.

Emperor Hirohito brought out such a strong general, which shows that he is determined to win the Southeast Asia area, and the Japanese Southern China Expedition Army is also strong in strength, and has jurisdiction over the third, fourth, seventh, eighth, eleventh, and third armies of the Army.

The 156th Army, attached to the Second and Third Flying Groups, has a total strength of more than 560,000 personnel and more than 900 combat aircraft of various types.

After the formation of Japan's Southern China Expeditionary Force, it set off from the mainland and used China's Taiwan Island and Hainan Island as its main attack starting bases. Initially, the combat plan formulated by the Southern Expeditionary Army Headquarters was to use the Third Army and the Fourth Army.

The main force, using Taiwan Island as a base, crossed the Taiwan Strait and attacked the coast of Fujian. Then, the troops were divided to lead the way, taking the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas in the east and marching north to capture Wuhan.

The Seventh Army, the Eleventh Army and the Fifteenth Army were the main forces, based on Hainan Island, crossing the Qiongzhou Strait, landing in the Beibu Gulf and Leizhou Peninsula, attacking Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Hunan, and capturing Chongqing, the seat of the Chinese government.

The Eighth Army serves as the strategic general reserve and the two attack arrows of the Japanese Southern Expeditionary Force. If progress goes smoothly, the entire south of China, except for Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Songhu, will completely fall into the hands of the Japanese Empire.

In addition, the Japanese military base camp also has the strategic need to further occupy Southeast Asia based on southern China. Southeast Asia is rich in natural mineral deposits, like a piece of oily fat, which was coveted by Emperor Hirohito and Japanese military officers at all levels.

My mouth is watering and my eyes are red, but these places, in the hands of others, make me jump around in a hurry, causing insomnia at night.

These natural resources have always been an important source of iron ore, oil, rubber, tungsten, tin and other strategies that Japan's economy depends on. Although the Japanese have long had ambitions to build ships, they have been hindered by the United Kingdom, the United States, France, the Netherlands, etc.

China's actual colonial occupation has always been difficult to do. Now, Germany is taking action in Europe, and countries such as Britain and the United States are busy dealing with the situation in Europe. This has created opportunities for the Japanese, so Emperor Hirohito can't wait to take action.

Although the plan was good, the plan to land on the coast of Fujian encountered great difficulties. There was only one reason. The damn China devil Tang Qiuli transferred one of his main corps to Fujian, and this corps was in conflict with

The Imperial Army had never suffered a defeat in battle, and the famous Kwantung Army had suffered heavy losses at its hands. Lieutenant General Feng Jiwu, the commander of the Corps, was a trusted confidant of Tang Qiuli, and his fighting style was extremely ferocious.

Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps conducted large-scale exercises and high-profile training along the coast of Fujian, which put great pressure on the Japanese dispatched troops to southern China. The original plan was to attack Taiwan and Hainan at the same time, but unexpected circumstances

Disrupting all deployments, Feng Jiwu's regiment was stationed in Fujian, which became a thorn in the throat of Japan's Southern China Expeditionary Force.

The headquarters convened the commanders of all armies and divisions to discuss countermeasures. At the meeting, the senior Japanese generals who held opposite opinions almost had a quarrel. The hardliners represented by Yamashita Fengfumi were very dissatisfied with the emergence of the Chinese army in Fujian.

Strongly request the headquarters to carry out the attack according to the original plan.

Yamashita Fengwen also said contemptuously: "Gentlemen, if you feel embarrassed because you think that Fujian is defended by the Chinese army, then I personally request, Your Excellency, the Commander-in-Chief, to give me the task of the 15th Army to separately attack the coastal areas of Fujian."

The tone of Yamashita Fengwen's words was similar to that of a normal trip. His contempt for the Chinese Communist Party and its people had been deeply ingrained in the bones of this fanatical militarist.

No one spoke. Yamashita Fengwen was so arrogant that he not only despised the squadron, but also his colleagues. The commanders of the third and fourth armies who were despised surprisingly did not refute, but looked annoyed.

But unable to suppress it, the Commander-in-Chief, General Juichi Terauchi, frowned.

(To be continued)