Chapter 601: Tangled Chairman Chiang
Things have happened, it is impossible to start all over again, and Jingcheng City is an important county town on the Zhengtai Line, and the battle has spread throughout the entire Jingcheng area around Jingcheng City, and it is impossible for the troops in Jingcheng City to retreat, as long as they retreat, all the battles have no meaning for the new 33rd Army, but the Japanese army can take the opportunity to advance westward and control the entire Jingcheng area in one fell swoop.
"Send a telegram to Brother Fan and the division commander, we need support!"
Ma Wanzhong ordered to the staff officers around him, now that Jingcheng City is surrounded by little devils, Ma Wanzhong is blind to the situation outside the city, and he doesn't know that Hu Guoshan has brought troops to support.
The sky seemed to be completely dark, the city was dark, the battle took place, the lights were controlled in Jingcheng, and even the normal cooking of the common people had to be completed before sunset.
There were also sporadic gunshots and explosions outside the city, and the defense lines of the New 33rd Army and the Japanese army were intertwined, and it was likely that a certain unit had gone in the wrong direction in the dark, strayed into a local position, and was counterattacked by enemy personnel.
Outside Jingcheng City, many troops could no longer find a battalion or a regiment, so they could only fight on their own, so the position of the New 33rd Army was in the east and west, resulting in the position of the little devils having to change with the position of the New 33rd Army.
Some of the closest positions on both sides are only about 30 meters away, and the other party can reach them with a casual word, and throw grenades far away, so that they can harass the other party at the opportunity, although in the dark night, it is difficult to blow up people, but at night no one wants to be safe.
In the second half of the night, the gunfire and explosions finally stopped, because both sides had been fighting for so long, and they needed to rest, and then ensure that they had enough energy to deal with tomorrow's battle, and it was impossible to lose a big one.
The dawn was once again on the eastern horizon, the warm sun shining on the stained faces of the soldiers, many of whom had only slept for three hours and had to wake up from their sleep, and the new day was another brutal battle.
Shen Zhengwen has been sneaking since leaving Jiazhuang Town with 3,000 soldiers of the mine protection team, and at dawn, they stopped marching and hid in the wilderness.
According to Shen Zhengwen's calculations, they still have two hours to go at most before they can reach their first destination, but for safety and surprise, Shen Zhengwen doesn't want to reveal his intentions to act.
Compared to the Jingcheng area, where there are battles everywhere, the Datong area is relatively quiet. In order to make the little devils in the encirclement surrender as soon as possible, Li Weimin arranged for the soldiers to go to Liao Fan for help.
Li Weimin heard that Liao Fan and they captured the commander of the little devil alive, since the commanders of the little devils have surrendered, now pull the commander of the little devils to the front line to show the little devils, even if they don't surrender immediately, but they can cause some mental blows to the little devils.
"People can't be taken away yet, our special operations brigade hasn't finished interrogating yet!"
Since last night, Huang Changsheng and the others began to interrogate the staff officers and commanders of the little devils, and they learned more and more things, obviously there were many things in Datong City that they didn't know.
"Brigade Commander Huang, we'll send it back to you as soon as we run out of time!"
"No, no, what if something goes wrong, this old devil has a lot of things in his hands!"
Since the interrogation last night, Huang Changsheng seemed to have discovered the New World, not only did he find out that the Kang family had a connection with the little devil, but there were also several important families in the city who had connections with the little devil.
Huang Changsheng not only learned about the situation in Datong from the mouth of the little devil commander, but also learned a lot about the surrounding situation.
However, the only person who can really call the shots in this matter is Liao Fan, they need the information in the mouth of the little devil, but they also need the little devil Li Weimin's troops to solve the little devil immediately, and then stationed in Datong to renovate and prepare for the next stage of the battle.
"Changsheng, let them all take it away!"
With Liao Fan's order, Huang Changsheng had to release him. For Li Weimin, with the commander of the little devil in hand, it is like having Shang Fang's sword, although he can't kill the little devil, but it can definitely hit the morale of the little devil.
"Little devil, listen, look over here, do you know this person!"
On the front line of Yujing, there has been no gunfire for a day, and it is a little quiet and boring. Until the commander of the little devil was sent to the front line, the little devil's troops were in an uproar, Datong was lost, and their commander was captured by the chinensis.
The little devils couldn't believe that this was true, but they couldn't have mistaken their commander, and the man in the hands of the people of China was indeed their commander.
The Japanese commander was escorted around the position, like a parade through the streets, and Li Weimin was trying to make sure that the little devils knew that their commander had surrendered. Obviously, the appearance of the commander of the little devil in front of the little devil has a noticeable effect.
Originally, the Japanese army was desperately loyal to the emperor to the end, but since the Japanese commander appeared, the Japanese army has been discussing more about whether to surrender, and even their commanders have surrendered, and they seem to have no reason not to surrender.
In the same way, Li Weimin sent the commander of the little devil to Ying County. The Japanese defenders in Ying County stood on the city wall and looked at the commander outside the city as if they were watching monkeys in a zoo, but there was no admission to this one, and it was free to watch.
The biggest blow to the Japanese army in Yingxian was not to see their commander captured by the Chinese, but to give them the biggest blow in Datong, where only they were the Japanese army, that is, they were fighting alone without reinforcements.
Two hours after seeing their commander, the Japanese troops in Yingxian called the city gate of Yingxian and surrendered, and the New 33rd Army regained Yingxian.
From the beginning of the battle to the surrender of the Japanese army in the county, there was no county town or stronghold controlled by the Japanese army in Datong.
A day later, the Japanese troops in Tamai also surrendered, because they had run out of food and water, and although they still wanted to be loyal to the emperor, their commander ordered them to lay down their arms and surrender, and they had to obey their commander's orders
Although the media was not very developed in this era, the news of Datong's recovery quickly spread throughout the country, and such exciting news made the people go to the streets and start carnivaling, as if they were celebrating a festival.
It was a great victory, and it was indeed inspiring enough, but everyone focused only on the victory, ignoring the sacrifices made by the thousands of soldiers of the New 33rd Army.
However, the soldiers of the New 33rd Army did not cheer, they just quietly buried the bodies of their comrades, without even a simple tombstone, and then prepared to plunge into the next battle.
Datong was recovered, and several families were happy and some were sad, but Chairman Jiang was the only one who was happy and sad.
The fact that the New 33rd Army won successive battles on the battlefield was indeed a happy event for China's resistance against Japan, but to Chairman Chiang, the New 33rd Army was getting stronger and stronger, but he did not obey his orders, which made the Chairman very distressed.
"It would be nice if this unit were our Central Army!" Chairman Chiang also had to sigh that from now on, no one would be able to erase the contributions made by the New 33rd Army on the battlefield of resistance against Japan.
"Commission, now how should we reward Commander Liao?"
Hearing the commendation, Chairman Jiang shook his head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "What else can be rewarded?" Give him my chairmanship! ”
Now that Liao Fan is already the commander of the army, the most important thing is that the strength of his army is more than the strength of his group army, what else can he use to commend him?
"Commission, there are some things that we should do or have to do, otherwise we won't be able to explain to the people!"
Chairman Chiang also had to consider the issue of public opinion throughout the country, and the New 33 Third Army was now in full swing, winning one battle after another, so that the common people north of the Yellow River would only recognize the New 33 rd Army; if he, the chairman, did not issue a commendation, it is estimated that in the future, the influence of the Nationalist Army in Hebei would not be as good as that of a humming mosquito.
"Leave this matter to your secretary group, go and call Chen Chengwei and Lihuang and them over!"
The chairman of the committee was entangled in his heart, why didn't such a good army obey his command, now that the new 33rd Army has really grown, it is estimated that no one will be able to stop Liao Fan's footsteps in the future.
Chen Cheng, Wei Lihuang, and a group of other high-ranking generals of the Nationalist Army gathered in Chairman Chiang's study, and they knew why they were called over, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the chairman was entangled in the affairs of Datong.
"What do you guys think?"
Everyone sat up straight, waiting for Chairman Jiang to give a lecture, but today's Chairman Jiang was not in the mood to lecture at all, and only wanted an answer.
"Let it be!" Wei Lihuang knew very well in his heart that they had to give him an answer today.
But everyone was shocked by the answer given by Wei Lihuang, they didn't expect Wei Lihuang to suddenly give Chairman Jiang such an answer, obviously Chairman Jiang definitely didn't want such an answer.
Everyone present understood that in the heart of Chairman Chiang, there can only be one leader and only one doctrine in China. And Wei Lihuang's going with the flow is obviously a big rebellion.
However, to everyone's surprise, Chairman Chiang did not get angry this time, but behaved very plainly.
"With our current capabilities, we are already a little unable to deal with the Japanese army in front of us!"
Wei Lihuang pointed out the current priority and secondary problems in one sentence, in the face of the Japanese army on the front, they have already begun to be overwhelmed, this is to divide their energy to deal with the new 33rd Army, not to mention that the new 33rd Army is thousands of miles away, the only thing to do is to go with the flow.
"What about you? Tell us your own opinions! ”
In Chairman Chiang's eyes, the New 33rd Army was out of the control of the Chongqing government, and they were now of the same nature as Yan'an. They can deal with it, and by that time there will still be hundreds of miles of enemy-occupied areas between the Guotong Region and the New 33rd Army, and they will have no way to attack the New 33rd Army except for some small actions.