Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 605 Bloody Battle ([-])
The failure of the Japanese army to quickly capture Pukou shattered the plan of its Shanghai Dispatched Army Headquarters to encircle and kill the main force of the national army in Nanjing.Although, in several other directions, the advance of the Japanese army was unstoppable, but as long as there was a mistake in one direction, the Japanese army would not launch a general attack on Nanjing.For the Japanese army - "The basic purpose of the Nanjing strategy is not to capture Nanjing, but to consume the vital forces of the national army as much as possible" - Matsui Iwane's speech at a certain military conference.Since Pukou is still in the hands of the Chinese army, once the Japanese army launches a general offensive, if the Chinese army is determined to break through, the Pukou line will become a ready breakthrough.

Three days after the end of the Battle of Pukou, in a military camp in the northern suburbs of Nanjing, a military meeting convened by Chiang Kai-shek in the name of the Military Committee was held here.

Participants, in addition to the leaders of various systems of the Central Army and the top officials and subordinates of each group army, were also the top officials and important subordinates of other forces guarding Nanjing.It is the first time to participate in such a high-level meeting, and everyone in the meeting can basically be regarded as a heavyweight who stomped his feet in the Republic of China. It would be a lie to say that he is not nervous, but what Ouyang Yun can do , is to take more deep breaths and try to make yourself appear calm.

From the Battle of Nanjing to the present, although the Military Commission has made some arrangements in advance and even spared no expense in establishing several lines of defense, the results have been minimal due to the uneven quality of the troops.Among them, the most ridiculous ones are the Xicheng Line and the Wufu Line.

The concrete fortifications that cost a lot of money and manpower to build turned out to be pure decorations because they couldn't get the keys.Ouyang Yun thought of the line of defense he set up in Wen'an, which played a huge role in the early days of the Xuebing Army's independence.Because of the existence of that line of defense, the Japanese army's military operations against the Xuebing Army could only be launched from the gaps they had reserved in advance. It was a pitiful base at the beginning.

As for the Xue Bingjun, apart from Ouyang Yun, Li Hanhun received the invitation.When the two arrived at the venue 10 minutes before the scheduled time, the large conference room was already full of people.Some well-dressed female officers in brand-new military uniforms shuttled among them, serving tea and water to the generals already seated, very busy.

As the leader of the Xuebing Army, Ouyang Yun was recognized by many people as soon as he walked in because of the glorious achievements of the Xuebing Army.

"That's Ouyang Yun!"

"Commander of the Xuebing Army!"... Those who talked about him in this way were naturally those female officers who were like butterflies.

But most of those who just looked at him with their eyes were the commanders of other group armies, or some important members of the Kuomintang government.Suddenly becoming the focus of everyone, Ouyang Yun took a deep breath and walked towards the sign-in counter by the door. Just as he was about to sign in and receive his seat number plate by the way, a young general in his 30s came over with a few people. Shouted: "It's Commander Ouyang! I've admired you for a long time! Your army fought really well in Jiangyin and Zhenjiang, including Pukou a few days ago! Perhaps, your army is the only army that has not lost a battle so far. "

A long and thin face, with piercing eyes, relatively handsome appearance, and a slightly big mouth - Ouyang Yun saw his appearance clearly, and immediately guessed the identity of the other party, he immediately went forward enthusiastically, saluted, and shook hands , Said: "Commander Chen, you are flattering the prize. The No.15 Army you led also fought well!"

This person is Chen Cheng, the leader of Lao Jiang's direct line.

Hearing what Ouyang Yun said, he waved his hands again and again, and said, "I won't say much about the politeness. I have long admired the general, and I was thinking about when I could see the demeanor of the anti-Japanese vanguard. Jiangyin Fortress The sniper battle has taught me a lot. Commander Ouyang, I would like to thank you on behalf of all the colleagues in the Navy Department. If it weren’t for your department sniping the Japanese Third Fleet regardless of sacrifice, our navy would no longer be able to form a combat force.”

Ouyang Yun said modestly: "Where, where, as a soldier, it is a bounden duty to expel foreign enemies. These are what we should do."

Chen Cheng introduced him to several people around him, but they were all key figures in the Department of Civil Engineering. Among them, there was even Huang Wei, who was a member of Ouyang Yun's military starting team as a gift.

If Chen Cheng and the others saw Ouyang Yun, they were only surprised by the speed of this young talent's rise, and they were speculative.Then, as the planner of the former student training class, Huang Wei has much more emotion.You know, the original military training class had only about 200 people at full capacity, but with these 200 people, Ouyang Yun was able to develop it into a regiment, a division, and even an army in a very short period of time— ——This kind of expansion speed is rare even in the era of warlord separatism in the early Republic of China——Ouyang Yun is really not easy!

A few people were exchanging greetings, and Zhang Shaoshuai walked over with a few people.Although he and Ouyang Yun hadn't known each other for a long time, their relationship seemed unusual because of the experience of sharing weal and woe.Chen Cheng and the others watched with cold eyes, and found that they greeted each other with a tacit understanding and exchanged glances. When the direct descendant of the chairman's descendant looked at Ouyang Yun again, his eyes were no longer so innocent.

Whenever this kind of meeting has a large number of participants and the content is relatively important, the arrangement of the seats for the participants is very particular.For example, for those who got together just now, their seats were all arranged in the first row. Among them, Ouyang Yun and Chen Cheng became neighbors.Of course, this does not rule out the intentional result of the latter.After all, he is Lao Jiang's right-hand man, and it is very easy to change a more satisfactory seat.

On the other hand, Young Marshal Zhang, his seat is puzzling.

After the Xi'an Incident, although he himself was not punished and even retained his title of deputy commander in chief, his seat was assigned to the far right of the first row.Noticing this, Ouyang Yun couldn't help frowning slightly, and at the same time, he had a better understanding of some people's behavior.

It was He Yingqin who presided over the meeting, and Lao Jiang, chairman of the Military Commission, spoke first.After all the participants stood up and applauded, he walked slowly onto the rostrum, and then, putting down the speech in his hand, he scanned the audience and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Everyone, in the face of this national crisis, I call you Now that we have held this meeting together, everyone must have understood the main topic of this meeting, yes, the main content of this meeting is to discuss..."

Lao Jiang talked eloquently above, while Ouyang Yun deserted below—no matter how hype Lao Jiang said, the fall of Nanjing was inevitable.What he is most concerned about now is whether the Nanjing government has a detailed evacuation plan.At that time and space, it was precisely because the Nanjing government still had some illusions about defending Nanjing that the tragedy of the "Nanjing Massacre" had the soil to happen.What Ouyang Yun thought was: If the national government had planned ahead and formulated an evacuation plan early, would it be possible to avoid the "Nanjing Massacre"?
Lao Jiang's speech alone lasted more than half an hour, and then, when he asked all the participants to share their views, Ouyang Yun, who did not listen to his speech, immediately gave He has a problem.

Ouyang Yun spoke after Chen Cheng, because right after Chen Cheng finished speaking, everyone's eyes fell on him—in fact, many people's eyes actually fell on Chen Cheng, but Ouyang Yun I just misunderstood.

Chen Cheng's previous speeches were all about how to stabilize the line of defense and try to keep Nanjing safe - as a direct descendant of the old Jiang's direct line, this is also his due duty.In this way, Ouyang Yun's speech that was completely opposite to him attracted everyone's attention as soon as he uttered it.Ouyang Yun's suggestion is: In view of the current war situation, it is meaningless to stick to Nanjing. The correct way at present is to organize a retreat and prepare for abandoning Nanjing.

Nanjing, at this time, was the capital of the National Government.Regardless of whether his suggestion is right or wrong, just from a standpoint, his suggestion is outrageous.As soon as he finished speaking, many people criticized him one after another, some scolded him for lack of military integrity, some scolded him for disregarding the overall situation, and even worse, they directly scolded him for being a traitor.

Historically, at the beginning of the Japanese attack on Nanjing, the central government of the Nationalist Government began to withdraw.But in this time and space, because of the early fall of Shanghai, the evacuation was much earlier.At this time, the national government was still stationed in Nanjing, leaving only some military-related departments.Ordinarily, Ouyang Yu's suggestion was in the hands of Old Jiang. What's ridiculous is that, for some unknown purpose, Old Jiang took this as an opportunity to severely spur the student army.

Lao Jiang's criticism did not name names, but replaced it with "certain troops".It's not that Jiang is jealous of the cadet army. In fact, in his speech not long ago, he praised the cadet army.

As the only unit that has dealt heavy blows to the Japanese army at this stage, it has been commended by the chairman, and the Xuebing Army deserves it.Of course, as an armed force with a private nature, this is also the ultimate.No matter how badly the national army fought on other fronts, they were his direct descendants after all, and it was impossible for Lao Jiang to attack without any scruples.However, due to the importance of the Jiangyin Fortress sniper battle to the Nanjing Battle, he had to make a gesture of praise to the Xuebing Army.But now, Ouyang Yun's words undoubtedly gave him an opportunity to make use of the topic.As a result, the Xuebing Army was also honored to change from an ace force to a selfish private armed force.

(End of this chapter)