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Chapter 383: To withdraw or not to withdraw?

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    When receiving the order from the Commander-in-Chief of the Third War Zone, Li Guoyao was busy directing the transfer of the old, weak, sick and wounded in Bengbu City!

    It¡¯s not that he had no foresight and knew that the commander of the Third War Zone would let him retreat, but as a responsible senior commander, he had to find a way to survive for these brothers who accompanied him through life and death.

    He, Li Guoyao, could live and die with Bengbu City together with all the uninjured soldiers, but he could not watch the lightly and seriously injured soldiers being buried with the city.

    Therefore, when the Japanese army went north to attack Bengbu, he directed the troops to block the attack, and at the same time ordered the military logistics department and all the lightly and seriously injured to be transferred to safe places.

    The logistics department asked him to evacuate to Huaiyuan and other places in the back. After all, it was the logistics organization of the military and could not be too far away from the main force.

    On the contrary, the wounded were all asked by Li Guoyao to evacuate to the territory of the Jiangnan guerrillas through mountain roads. Since it was a mountainous area and the Japanese army was not aware of the existence of the Jiangnan guerrillas, they were relatively safe in a short period of time.

    As for Li Guoyao himself and other troops, they were all left on the front line in Bengbu by Li Guoyao. He wanted to fight to the death with the Japs again, even if the entire army was annihilated.

    "What Li Guoyao didn't expect was that the war zone commander actually issued an order to retreat at this time. To be honest, Li Guoyao was really moved.

    Being able to issue such an order at this time is enough to show that Chief Gu still has their unit in his heart, otherwise no one would dare to issue such an order at this time!

    The reason is very simple. Once Bengbu is lost, the situation on the Xuzhou front will be even more difficult. A bad move may even lead to more serious consequences. Such consequences are not even something Chief Gu can afford.

    But Li Guoyao was in a dilemma whether to withdraw or not to withdraw!

    Based on the current situation of the 61st Army, although it may not be able to defend Bengbu, it can be done by keeping the little Japs here for a week or two. After all, the 61st Army is not idle during this period.

    During this period, in addition to receiving and training the supplementary troops sent by the theater commander, Li Guoyao also ordered people to recruit troops everywhere.

    In addition, Li Guoyao also recruited several bands of bandits from northern Anhui. Together with a large number of wounded soldiers who returned to the army after recovering from injuries, the total military strength has been restored to more than 28,000 people, which is only much more than the Nationalist Government's A-type Army.  .

    So Li Guoyao is not afraid to defend Bengbu. The worst possible outcome is like last time, he will be seriously injured!

    Just thinking about the consequences of sticking to it, Li Guoyao became a little uneasy!

    As we all know, the hundreds of thousands of national troops gathered in Xuzhou was the intention of our Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. He was a hot-headed man and wanted to take advantage of the aftermath of the victory in the Taierzhuang Battle to fight the little devils in Xuzhou.

    "But Xuzhou is really not conducive to the national army's operations. It's hard for Chiang Kai-shek to think of a decisive battle with the Japs' mechanized troops in such a flat plain area. Isn't this giving people heads and meritorious deeds?"

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    And history has also proved that Xuzhou is indeed not a place where Chiang Kai-shek can play. Just a few years later, also in Xuzhou, Chiang Kai-shek did not retreat that time. Instead, he ordered his elite troops to defend Xuzhou City, and at that time  The Red Party army, which had been renamed the People's Liberation Army, engaged in a strategic decisive battle.

    As a result, in just a few months, the national army was directly wiped out 550,000 troops, and then lost control of the entire north of the Yangtze River.

    Now the situation has changed because of Li Guoyao's appearance. Several Japanese field divisions that had gone north to join the North China Front were still blocked south of Bengbu, so the Japanese encirclement had not yet been formed. Therefore, the big bosses in Wuhan  Menhai did not see the danger, so he had no intention of retreating.

    So this makes Li Guoyao a little entangled. Should he continue to stay in Bengbu City to buy time for the war in Xuzhou, or should he evacuate Bengbu and let the big guys in Wuhan see the situation clearly?

    After thinking again and again, Li Guoyao finally decided to retreat in accordance with the order of the theater commander's department!

    The reason why Li Guoyao chose to retreat was not because he was afraid of death, but because he had to let the big bosses in Wuhan see the danger and make decisions that were beneficial to the national army.

    Throughout the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, we experienced the initial chaotic and desperate defensive phase. After the Wuhan Battle, the war entered a period of tug-of-war and stalemate. The Anti-Japanese War entered a stalemate phase, and finally went through a strategic counter-offensive phase until victory.

    Overall, in WuhanBefore the Second World War, the War of Resistance Against Japan was transformed from a comprehensive and passive defensive war, and soon turned into a stalemate war. Not only did China's rigorous and scientific national defense plan, but also the Japanese army's "downward control" and the internal friction caused by the numerous contradictions between the military department, the field army and diplomacy, made  There are many reasons such as the confusion of the strategic policy of the Japanese invasion of China.

    According to the "National Government's 1937 Annual National Defense Operation Plan" that was brewed at the end of 1935, and the amendments to the plan, China's anti-Japanese grand strategy of "retreat, stalemate, and counterattack" was mature at the beginning of the War of Resistance.

    After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the national army implemented it very firmly and clearly.

    According to this plan, when the war begins, China will use Chongqing as its companion capital to resolutely resist Japan.

    Then the Chinese army induced the main force of the Japanese army to attack against the Yangtze River, relying on the Yangtze River water system to consume the Japanese army's absolute leading firepower and mobility advantages.  After neutralizing the Japanese army from the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the main force moved southward and westward from North China, swooping down the Yangtze River, Huaihe River, Sichuan and Shaanxi Province, and then embarked on the strategic route of Yuanmeng and Mongolia to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty.

    "This is a painful choice that China had to make to win the final victory of the Anti-Japanese War under the reality of huge disparities in industry, materials, and combat power. Until now, it is believed that this is the only effective choice.

    But such a choice comes at a price, and the price is death and blood, and the most important battles during this period were the two battles - the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Xuzhou.

    Through the joint efforts of the Chinese army in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Xinkou in conjunction with the main battlefield of Songhu, the main strategic objectives of the Chinese army in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War were basically achieved.  It is believed that strategically, the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Xinkou were indeed battles that effectively resisted and consumed the Japanese army and gave China an opportunity to resist Japan.

    At the strategic level, looking back at the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Xinkou, there is no doubt that they were strategic victories in which the Chinese army took the lead in the war of resistance after paying tragic sacrifices in the battle.

    Taking quotes out of context, cutting off the history of the Anti-Japanese War, selecting parts of it, and thus accusing the important battles of the Anti-Japanese War of being ineffective and improper, very deviates from the basic military logic.

    The most important battle when entering the strategic stalemate stage was the Battle of Xuzhou. This can be said to be an important turning point between the strategic defense stage and the strategic stalemate stage.

    If the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Xinkou gave Chinese soldiers tragic strategic and tactical sacrifices in exchange for valuable opportunities to fight against Japan, then the Battle of Xuzhou, the Battle of Taierzhuang, and the Xuzhou retreat completely cut off the main force of the Japanese invasion of China.  A strategic offensive plan to move southward and westward from North China and swoop into Jianghuai, Sichuan and Shaanxi.

    In this great battle, the Japanese troops in North and Central China launched far-reaching attacks and failed to take the strategic initiative. Even the Japanese army, which was enthusiastic about the battle, lost its initiative in the battle and lost troops and generals. The two main A-type divisions were beaten and defeated.

    So much so that the Japanese invaders had to lament: "It is really the biggest shame of the Japanese Imperial Army since the Russo-Japanese War."

    The Chinese army won the Battle of Taierzhuang, breaking the myth of the Japanese army's invincibility; it successfully destroyed the Japanese strategic intention of the South China Army and the North China Army to join forces and fight westward from Xuzhou.

    After that, the Chinese army participated in the Battle of Xuzhou and completed the Xuzhou retreat. This was a strategic and operational victory in the world's military history.

    The most important thing is that the Chinese army is in a great retreat. It is no longer the rout in North China and Shandong after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident; of course, it is no longer the retreat that turned into a rout after the Battle of Songhu, Xinkou, and Nanjing.

    Throughout the Xuzhou retreat, the Chinese army was methodical, going its own way, covering and cooperating with each other - this was beyond the Japanese army's surprise, and it also made many senior generals who were worried about it extremely grateful. It can be called a new life for the national army.

    It can be said that the Battle of Xuzhou and the Great Retreat from Xuzhou tempered the main force of China's Anti-Japanese War.

    Because of this, Li Guoyao did not want to change this beneficial evolution because of his own appearance. He did not want the top brass of the national army to think that he had the capital to engage in a strategic decisive battle with the Japanese army because he blocked several main divisions of the Japanese army on the southern front.

    Therefore, Li Guoyao decided to retreat in accordance with the orders of the war zone commander. He wanted to let the top brass of the national army know how much he was worth. He also believed that after the Xuzhou retreat, the national army would surely rise to nirvana like a phoenix bathed in fire.  Rebirth!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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