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Volume 3, Chapter 644: Leaving and Staying

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    Wenchang Pavilion in Jinhua City was built during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and is currently the temporary headquarters of the New Second Army.  On the evening of August 3rd, the lanterns in the wing next to the main hall of Wenchang Pavilion were brightly lit, the generals of the New Second Army were gathered together, and a meeting of officers above the brigade was in progress.  Wu Mingduan, commander of the New Second Army, was sitting at the conference table. Dai Ziran, the chief of staff, was standing by the wall on one side, holding a baton and comparing the map to explain the latest enemy situation: "The Japanese army is coming menacingly. The fourth, fifth and fifth troops in eastern Zhejiang are  The 15th Division has already moved to Xiaoshun Town, which is only more than 20 kilometers away from Jinhua. If our engineers had not immediately started to demolish the railway and destroy the roadbed after the New Second Division retreated, I am afraid that the Japanese army would have arrived in half a day. "  "The Japanese 23rd and 33rd Divisions are still stranded in Yiwu City, but as long as they move, they can reach Jinhua in just one day Now there is a new situation. Previously, they were stationed on the Xuzhou front line and passed by sea.  The Japanese 16th Division, which was transported to the south from Ningbo Port, arrived in Anwen in just one week, and is now only one day away from Yongkang. " After everyone digested the content, Dai Ziran pointed at Dongfang Jiangxi on the map with his baton.  Xiang, then introduced: "Let's take a look at eastern Jiangxi At one o'clock today, Okamura Ningji commanded the 3rd Division and 34th Division under the 11th Group Army to conquer Shangrao in one fell swoop. The Chinese garrison stationed in Shangrao  The Japanese army has retreated to Yushan. In addition, the Japanese 40th Division and the 101st Division are passing through the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway to urgently increase troops to Shangrao. According to reports from the intelligence department, the 6th and 13th Divisions have also arrived in Nanchang.  On the eastern Jiangxi front line alone, the Japanese army has gathered six divisions. " "Although we don't have exact information yet to prove where this huge force will attack, our staff department has judged that Okamura Neiji will definitely use this heavy force.  It is directly used to open up the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line. This means that Yushan, Jiangshan, and Quzhou along the railway are very dangerous!" Dai Ziran's face became more serious, and the hand holding the baton trembled slightly: "Now the Japanese army is on the east and west.  The trend of confrontation is obvious. Preliminary calculations indicate that the heavy force groups concentrated on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line by the two armies will reach 13 divisions, which is basically the same as the strength of the Japanese army during the Wuhan Battle. " "Although I am third,  The Ninth War Zone has also mobilized many troops to block the attack at all levels. However, considering the fact that the cities of Yiyang, Hengfeng, and Shangrao in eastern Jiangxi have all fallen in one day, our staff department is really not optimistic that the **** can be defended Okay,  The war situation will be introduced here. Let's ask the military commander to give you a lecture!" Wu Ming stood up and waited for Dai Ziran to return to his seat before he said slowly: "I don't want to talk about the past. From Pinghu to Jiaxing.  From Jiaxing to Lin'an, and then to Zhuji and Yiwu, everyone knows the pig teammates very well." Wu Ming's face became very serious, and he slammed the table: "At this time, we can rest assured to put our side.  Should we leave our backs to these pig teammates? What should we do if we fight well and the friendly forces lose their retreat? Therefore, how to position this Jinhua battle is worthy of everyone¡¯s thinking!  The scoundrels who are greedy for life and afraid of death have to be more cautious at any time." Long Shaogang first expressed his support for Wu Ming, and then said: "The situation is so bad now, if we continue to lose one ship a day according to ***.  At the speed of the city, Quzhou will be in danger within four or five days at most!  I think we should retreat to the Qianligang Mountains now and fight at our doorstep!  " "Old Long, you want to go with me.  " Wu Ming simply came to the map and took the baton from the staff: "Please see, the area centered on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway Line will be the focus of competition between the enemy and us in the future.  It is only over 200 kilometers from Shangrao to Jinhua, and only over 130 kilometers from Quzhou. Once the Japanese army makes up its mind, Quzhou will be very dangerous!  If there is a loss in Quzhou, our retreat will be gone!  " " Let's look around Maoliangwu. The Qianligang Mountain Area is nearly 60 kilometers long. It has a vast mountain area with sharp peaks. Most of the areas are over a thousand meters high, forming a barrier between the north and the south.  If we fight here, for us who are familiar with every plant and tree in the mountainous area and have the dangers of the fortress, the time, place and people are all right.  " Wu Ming's eyes wandered for a while on the black arrows of the Japanese army marked on the map, and he shook his head: "The Japanese army is only around Jinhua now, with a total strength of eight divisions. It is definitely not a long-term strategy to fight hard here.  My opinion is to retreat immediately and return to the Qianligang Mountains.  " "If the Japanese army comes after them, with the strong defenses, we will make sure they never come back."  If we don't come, we can rest for a while and take the initiative at any time to turn the Japanese-occupied area upside down, accumulate small victories into big victories, and finally drive the Japanese army out of western Zhejiang!  " "But General Gu Zhutong, commander of the Third War Zone, has sent an order to mobilize our army's independent division to advance westward to assist in the defense of Yushan and Jiangshan.  "Dai Ziran blinked his eyes and said worriedly: "Military, if we withdraw at this time and completely ignore Commander Gu's order, wouldn't it be good?" "What the hell!" Defending Luo Yuminghu, who suffered heavy casualties under Yiwu's command,  Said with a face.  .  "This is not a good idea!" Zhang Dongning thought for a while and suddenly had an idea: "Military seat, let's do this We called back to Commander Gu. After a series of battles in Zhuji, Yiwu and Jinhua, our army has long been exhausted.  Weapons and ammunition have been exhausted, and we are in urgent need of replenishing soldiers, weapons and ammunition, so the troops can only return to Maoliangwu to rest. When the combat strength is restored, our troops will take the initiative to attack the Japanese army." Long Shaogang shook his head: "That's not appropriate.  That¡¯s not right. Gu Zhutong is a mature man, and he can tell something fishy at a glance!¡± ¡°I think Dongning¡¯s idea is quite good In this situation, Gu Zhutong will be offended no matter what, but with his shrewdness,  , I will definitely not talk too much." Wu Ming smiled lightly and commented on this.  Wu Ming just wants Gu Zhutong to know that the New Second Army is not a soft persimmon and can be used however he wants.  Being a firefighter is a thankless job, and Wu Ming never wants the New Second Army to reach this point.  The meeting quickly made a decision, and the New Second Army will strive to evacuate Jinhua in the next two days.  At the end of the meeting, Chief of Staff Zhang Dongning led the New Second Army¡¯s logistics and baggage troops to go ahead and take the train to Quzhou.  At the same time, the Maoliangwu Vigilante Group took active action and quickly organized people in Quzhou and Changshan to move to Qianligang and the Xianxialing and Huanggang mountainous areas in the south. ? ###### ? The yard of a landlord¡¯s house in Shimen Town, under Jianglang Mountain in the south of Jiangshan County, is the location of the temporary headquarters of the Third War Zone.  Gu Zhutong, who had just evacuated here, received a telegram from the New Second Army before he could have dinner. He was so angry that he could not speak for a long time.  Wu Ming found such a poor reason and sent him away. This was too disrespectful to him as a dignified commander.  The officers at the headquarters were very angry and suggested that Gu Zhutong deal with Wu Ming and reported to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing to increase the punishment as a warning to others!  Huang Baitao whispered to Gu Zhutong, and Gu Zhutong immediately gave up the idea of ??dealing with Wu Ming.  Although Gu Zhutong is the commander-in-chief of the Third War Zone, he has nothing to do with the local snake Wu Ming and the New Second Army.  When the Japanese army attacked eastern Jiangxi before, the local militia groups under the New Second Army stationed there (actually the Duer Division and Dusan Division) only focused on protecting the people and moving them to Huaiyu Mountain in the north and Wuyi Mountain in the south. They did not move the people at all.  Take the orders of the theater headquarters seriously.  If it were other troops, Gu Zhutong could also control the distribution of weapons and equipment and the replenishment of food and ammunition as a constraint. However, the New Second Army itself has strong supplementary capabilities. The third theater now still counts on Maoliangwu Arsenal to provide support. Gu Zhutong  How dare you embarrass a big benefactor like the New Second Army?  ??Besides, since the Zhejiang-Jiangxi battle, the New Second Army has delivered successive successes, which has brought glory to the third theater. How dare Gu Zhutong cut off his hands and feet and let the Japanese take advantage?  The next day, the situation in Jinhua deteriorated rapidly.  The 16th Division has already joined the Second Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Marine Corps stationed here in the mountainous area northwest of Yongkang.  At the same time, the Japanese Fourth, Fifth and Fifteenth Divisions began to attack the defense lines of Huangheshan Village and Wangmingtang Village on both sides of the railway line east of Jinhua City.  .  This time the Japanese army brought a field artillery regiment. Twenty-four 75 mountain guns and twelve 105mm field guns made a huge roar. The shells dropped like hail, which would be responsible for the defense of the line.  The 108th Division bombed heavily.  As a result, the shelling lasted only half an hour, and the 108th Division abandoned its blocking position and fled toward Jinhua City.  Yesterday, when the New Second Army's logistics and baggage troops retreated, various government ministries in Jinhua City began to discuss that Jinhua City might not be saved.  When the independent division of the New Second Army boarded the train heading west this morning, even Wang Jingjiu, commander of the Eleventh Group Army, could not sit still.  Wang Jingjiu rushed to the headquarters of the New Second Army and loudly asked Wu Ming why he retreated without permission.  Wu Ming was not someone to be trifled with. He immediately backhanded him and asked if other troops could retreat, why couldn¡¯t the New Second Army, which had run out of ammunition and food and never received replenishment of weapons and ammunition, couldn¡¯t?  Wang Jingjiu was immediately speechless.  Although he knew that the New Second Army's statement of running out of ammunition and food was definitely just an excuse, Wang Jingjiu really couldn't blame the New Second Army for this, because since the Battle of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, many generals had led their troops to escape, except for a few unlucky ones.  Except for the egg, no one else was punished too much.  Wang Jingjiu was a little unwilling. The New Second Army was already a banner of resistance against Japan. Once the New Second Army retreated, it would have a huge blow to the morale of the entire Jinhua garrison.    Several other generals who came with him showed great righteousness to Wu Mingxiao and persuaded Wu Ming to lead his troops to stick to Jinhua. Wu Ming was a man of firm will. In Wang Jingjiu's words, he was like a stone in a pit - and smelly.  And hard.  Wu Ming decisively rejected the proposal to stick to Jinhua.  Wang Jingjiu, who returned without success, was deeply depressed and immediately informed the Third Theater Command of the unauthorized evacuation of the New Second Army.  Gu Zhutong, who had gained experience, did not touch Wu Ming's bad luck. He added some information to the telegram and forwarded it directly to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing.  After receiving the telegram forwarded by Gu Zhutong and seeing Wang Jingjiu's crusade against Wu Ming and the New Second Army in every line, Chiang Kai-shek, who was at his official residence in Huangshan, Chongqing, was slightly startled, then shook his head and smiled bitterly.  Wu Ming's bravery is famous all over the world. All the armies in the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign were defeated in succession. Only the New Second Army performed well. According to the intelligence sent back from Japan, so far several Japanese divisions have lost 30,000 soldiers in front of the New Second Army.  For the remainder of the war, there were many highlights in the wars of Zhuji and Yiwu. Coupled with the endless propaganda of Phoenix Radio, people all over the world have regarded it as the mainstay of the anti-Japanese war.  For such a general, he could not be beaten or scolded. Even Chiang Kai-shek felt helpless.  However, Jinhua had to defend, so Chiang Kai-shek had to summon a few close aides, and finally ordered Wu Ming to lead his troops to defend Jinhua in the name of the Military Commission.  Before conveying the order, Chiang Kai-shek instructed Chen Cheng, Lin Wei, Yu Jishi, Zhou Zhirou and other generals who were close to Wu Ming to each send a telegram of comfort to Wu Ming.  In the telegram, Chen Cheng and others repeatedly told Wu Ming that they must put the great cause of the party and the country first, and their words were sincere and meaningful.  After receiving five or six telegrams in a row, and receiving orders from the Military Commission to take severe measures, Wu Ming had no choice but to compromise. He led the New Second Division to stay and assist in defense. The main force of the New Second Army withdrew to Quzhou westward, and then headed towards  Retreat from the Qianligang Mountains.  At this point, Wang Jingjiu finally felt relieved. As long as Wu Ming stayed, the entire Jinhua City army would feel more at ease.
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