In the next moment, Gu Zhutong understood Jiang Yaoshi's distress again: "What if you don't think so?" There were no extra troops on hand, and countless people were eyeing his jokes. In this way, we can comfort ourselves, and only in this way can we deal with the bigwigs of all parties and deal with public opinion. ......, only Jiang Jiaoshi can come up with such a 'good' solution. ”

He said sincerely: "The principal is far-sighted, and the students admire him. ”

Hu Zongnan's reaction was a little slower, but it did not prevent him from expressing his loyalty quickly, and he immediately stood up and said, "The principal is wise!" ”

Jiang Yaoshi also seemed to be touched by his words, smiled modestly, and politely motioned for them to sit down.

The major policy has been decided, and the next step is to make specific military deployments in accordance with this policy of "waiting and seeing," that is, how to defend large and medium-sized cities.

On this defensive issue, several people basically agree on the same opinion, that is, to use the blockhouses and fortifications built in the first five encirclements and suppressions, withdraw the troops and militia groups around Ruijin from their current places, and occupy these pillboxes and fortifications for defense.

The only thing that has arisen controversy is whether the city of Gan-Zhou and Huichang County, which the soldiers of the special task force refer to, should be defended or defended.

According to the strategy set by Jiang Jiaoshi just now, the city of Ganzhou, which is currently in the position of the Red Army's attack, would have better give up and let the Red Army come in. The defenders of the Central Army defending the city of Ganzhou-Zhou and Huichang County can be said to be the largest and strongest force of the Central Army in the "central bandit area." There is a whole fully equipped division in the city of Ganzhou-Zhou, there is a brigade in Huichang County, and there is a brigade in Ruijin in the distance.

If this division, which remained in the city of Ganzhou, could block and destroy this Red Army. Of course, everyone was happy, and the chaos caused by the sudden appearance of Guo and his troops was eliminated. Jiang Jiashi can sit back and relax again.

However, if this division is wiped out by this Red Army, the situation will be miserable, and half of the Jiangxi will have no troops to defend! The bunkers and fortifications that had been used to besiege the Red Army would be empty, and at most a few militias would be gathered to defend it.

The militia went to defense? It was a complete joke, and they couldn't hold it at all.

Without the regular army as the backbone, it is difficult to say whether these militia groups dare to enter the pillboxes or fortifications, and can they still rely on them to block the Red Army?

In the opinion of Jiang Yaoshi, Gu Zhutong, Chen Cheng and others, the 36th division in the city of Ganzhou-Zhou may have more than enough to use the city walls and fortifications to protect itself. But it is simply impossible to eliminate the other side. After all, they all knew that this Red Army had eliminated one division of the Gui Army and two divisions of the Central Army, and although the two divisions led by Xiao Zhiping were not fully manned, they added up to more than four regiments, and their strength should not be underestimated, but they were destroyed by the other party in an instant.

Until now they did not know how these two divisions were destroyed. Wang Dongyuan, the deputy commander who was released, said that they were crushed by several rounds of heavy artillery fire.

But Jiang Yaoshi and other high-ranking officials were still skeptical: "Do the communists really have such fierce artillery fire?" The Gui army itself did not have so many artillery, and even if it was all handed over to the Red Army, it would be impossible to cause the destruction of two divisions. ”

In the opinion of Gu Zhutong, Chen Cheng and others, since it has been decided not to transfer troops from other places in. Let this Red Army survive temporarily in the original Soviet zone, then this army should be withdrawn from the city of Ganzhou, make way for the other side, and let the other side pass, there is no need to make any further troubles.

Besides, even if the Red Army occupied the city of Ganzhou. Then the Red Army will also be scattered because they want to defend this city, right? As long as their 36th Division is still there, they can not only use the pillboxes and fortifications on the periphery to defend themselves, but also attack and harass the Red Army, so that they will be much more flexible, and the Red Army will have some scruples about doing anything.

If the 36th Division does not retreat now and allows the Red Army to surround the city of Ganzhou. Or be wiped out by the Red Army, and the situation will be extremely bad. The Red Army will become unscrupulous, and will not only be able to expand its territory at will, but will also be able to wantonly loot grain and crack down on militia groups, and the whole of Jiangxi will be eroded.

However, in the view of Hu Zongnan, Tang Enbo, and others, if the Red Army ran away before it arrived, not to mention that it would be difficult for public opinion to deal with it, it would be said that the Central Army was frightened, and more importantly, it would greatly reduce the prestige of the Central Army, greatly reduce the morale of the people and militia groups in Jiangxi Prefecture and the surrounding areas, and make the officers and men of the 36th Division feel afraid of this Red Army.

I have to say that what both sides said is reasonable, Gu Zhutong and Chen Cheng are worried that this army will be eaten by the other side, and in the end there will be no troops at hand, so they can only let the Red Army do whatever it wants, and they must wait for the main force of the Red Army to be wiped out, and the Central Army will free up their hands, and the shape may be changed.

On the other hand, Hu Zongnan and Tang Enbo were worried that if they retreated, their morale would be greatly discouraged, and the news that the Red Army had annihilated one division of the Gui Army and two divisions of the Central Army was circulating everywhere.

No, no, no, no.

Jiang Yaoshi was really embarrassed.

Seeing that the two sides were arguing, Jiang Jiaoshi, who was in a much better mood, couldn't help but be annoyed, and asked angrily: "It's really strange, looking at the way you are arguing now, I want to ask: Is it our Central Army that has won now, or is it the Communist Party and the bandits who have won?" How does it look like we've failed? ”

When a few people heard this, their hearts suddenly brightened: "Yes, we are all victors so far, it is the communists and bandits who have been driven away by us, why are we so scared and so cautious?" This is not right, it should be that the communists and bandits are in a hurry, and it should be that the communists and bandits are cautiously afraid of us. ”

As soon as everyone's mood changed, their thinking stance immediately changed, and their courage suddenly increased, and the thinking of the four people quickly reached a unity: "You can't just go away in disgrace, at least you have to fight for a while, give the army and the people strong courage, and give public opinion an explanation." Isn't the Red Army three-headed and six-armed, driven everywhere by our Central Army? Why are we afraid of them? ”

However, Jiang Jiaoshi is much more stable than them, and it is rare to carry out a big decentralization. I only heard him say: "As for whether the 36th Division in Ganzhou-Zhou City will leave or stay, let Song Xilian decide for himself." He is the commander of the division, and he is facing the communist bandits, and the situation is only familiar to him, so we will listen to him on what to do next.

As for the brigade in the city of Huichang, it immediately retreated, and joined up with the brigade of Ruijin as much as possible, and then depending on the situation of the 36th Division in the city of Gan-Zhou, if Song Xilian could hold Gan-Zhou, then those two divisions would hold Ruijin for me, or support the 36th Division. If the 36th Division could not hold the city of Ganzhou, when the 36th Division retreated, they would also immediately abandon Ruijin and retreat to the outer defense line. ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Jiashi asked, "What about your opinions?" ”

Hearing that Jiang Jiaoshi said that it was a compromise method, the four generals naturally had no opinion, and said in unison: "The principal is wise." ”

Jiang Yaoshi said to Gu Zhutong: "Mo San, the entire Jiangxi bandit suppression matter will be handed over to you." Not only the 36th Division and the remaining two brigades and all the militia regiments were placed under your command, but also the army on the Nanchang side was placed under your command. In order to ensure the extermination of this force, I decided to transfer the tax police regiment from Shanghai to Nanchang as well. ”

Gu Zhutong was secretly happy in his heart, but he said in his mouth: "Principal, the 36th Division is the army column Commander Tang's troops......"

Jiang Yaoshi waved his hand and said: "It's all the army-state of the party, and there is no one's personal army." ......, besides, this is temporary, and it will be rebuilt after the extermination of this communist bandit. With that, his eyes were on Town.

Tang Enbo just felt uncomfortable in his heart, so he could only pretend to be indifferent, and said loudly: "I am willing to serve the party and the country, and I will die after bowing to my heart, and I will listen to the principal's arrangement." ”

Jiang Jiaoshi knew that the other party was unconvinced, but he still nodded approvingly and said, "Okay, good." This is the elite of the party-state. You can go to Sichuan and urge the Sichuan and Guizhou troops to step up their attack on the Zhumao bandit army with all their might, and eliminate them, which is even more of a great achievement. This time, the communist bandits gave up joining forces with the He bandits on the Hunan and Hubei borders, and I am worried that Mao Rundong will make a comeback, and you must urge Liu Xu in Hunan-South and Wang Jialie in Guizhou-Zhou to attack them with all their hearts, and they must not leave anything to chance and cannot preserve their strength. ”

"Yes!" As soon as Tang Enbo heard that he had been granted such great power at once, which was equivalent to the Lord Qincha of the three provinces of Yuchuan, Guizhou, and Hunan, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Gu Zhutong's happy mood just now decreased a lot, and he said in his heart: Jiang Jiaoshi is still different inside and out, the hot potato is handed over to me, and Tang Enbo's straw bale is rising step by step.

The most depressed person is Chen Cheng, he has long wanted to make meritorious contributions to the front line, but Jiang Jieshi just regarded him as a think tank, and arranged him to deal with local warlords such as Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, which was really aggrieved.

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After receiving a telegram from his superiors, Song Xilian, who was urging the troops to process the fortifications overnight, really did not expect that even Jiang Jiashi would attach so much importance to this Red Army that suddenly appeared.

Although the telegram had the joint signatures of Tang Enbo and Gu Zhutong, it was specifically pointed out that although the strength of this Red Army was not very clear, they had defeated a division of the Gui Army, Xiao Zhiping's unit of the Central Army, and that they must pay attention to it and carefully consider whether to stay or leave, but Song Xilian was still a little unimpressed by this.

It's not that Song Xilian is too arrogant and arrogant, it's that he knows too well about the combat effectiveness of the Red Army. He was a veteran of the Red Army, and had been at war with the Red Army for a long time. Just three months ago, he was hit by a stray bullet and had to go to the hospital to treat his wounds because he was personally directing the battle on the front line.

If he hadn't been wounded, and if it hadn't been for the fact that the troops needed to rest, he and his 36th Division would have chased after the Red Army a long time ago, and they would have been able to participate in the Xiangjiang Campaign and make great contributions.

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