Chapter 579: Eastern Warriors
It is no wonder that when the New Fourth Army first entered Jiujiang, plus the Poyang Lake Independent Brigade was more than 14,000 people, more than 4,000 sacrifices in Jiujiang City, and more than 4,000 sacrifices at the ferry, so far there are less than 5,000 troops left, and more than 1,000 wounded soldiers must be counted, that is to say, Jiang Haoran wants to use their remaining more than 3,000 people to fight Jingdezhen, where the Japanese Fifth Division is stationed, which is difficult for them to accept and understand.
The corners of Jiang Haoran's mouth hooked slightly, and he once again showed his signature smile, making it very clear that there is no need to take the Japanese Fifth Division too seriously, although the Fifth Division has three infantry wings, one wing has already entered Nanchang, and now I am afraid that it has retreated to the front line of Wuning De'an, and there is also a wing in Jiujiang at this time, and there is only one infantry wing stationed in Jingdezhen at this moment. And these are not the main thing, the most important thing is that Jiang Haoran has arranged for the Hurricane Column to rush to Jingdezhen yesterday, if nothing else, Jingdezhen will be surrounded tomorrow at the latest, and by the time the New Fourth Army arrives, it will definitely have already broken the enemy, and basically there is no need for the New Fourth Army to do it.
Wang Shanhu said even more curtly that they were not afraid of war, but the losses in this campaign were too great, and the New Fourth Army was formed in 1937, when it was 10,000 people, all of whom were the old foundations of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in the eight southern provinces, after more than two years of development, it had reached 40,000 or 50,000 in its heyday, but in the Japanese army's "Qingxiang Plan" and the second Battle of Wuhan, it was wiped out nearly half. Subsequently, in the Gannan Incident, they lost tens of thousands of dollars at one time, coupled with the chairman of the committee openly and secretly suppressed, the rest is all here, and they didn't even keep their original family foundation, and they are really afraid that they will not be able to explain to their superiors if they continue to fight, especially when there is a shortage of guns and ammunition.
With Jiang Haoran's cleverness, of course, he can understand Wang Shanhu's true intention to complain at this time, it is a fact that the New Fourth Army has suffered an unprecedented blow, but it is not as strict as Wang Shanhu said, at least Su Zong's second detachment is still neat, and there are probably thousands of guerrillas scattered in various places, Wang Shanhu is asking for benefits for himself.
Of course, with their performance in this battle, plus their current losses are also directly caused by Jiang Haoran, Jiang Haoran has the obligation to pull them along.
Jiang Haoran immediately said that after entering the Zhejiang-Jiangxi region this time, they can take a big rest in the rear, and as for what they can expand, it depends on their own ability, and it doesn't matter what the chairman thinks of him, at least he will turn a blind eye, and as for weaponry and logistical supplies, he can help them solve them.
This can make the generals of the New Fourth Army unhappy that they are not human, and they originally hoped to be able to get some guns and ammunition here from Jiang Haoran, but who knew that even the logistics supplies were solved, Jiang Haoran's character was obvious to all, and the words he said were better than the Kuomintang's red-headed writing, although it was only a verbal promise, but no one thought that Jiang Haoran was talking nonsense.
It was a lot of joy and a lot of sorrow, the New Fourth Army here was happy, but at this time, the chairman of the committee who was far away in Chongqing was pale, and scolded several "Niang Xipi" one after another, and the Wen Jiàn teacup on the table was swept clean by him.
The battle of Wuhan was still in full swing here, and they were all full of joy, thinking that Wuhan could be properly recovered this time, but who knew that Jiang Haoran had jumped out of Jiujiang, and the loss of Jiujiang meant that the supply line of the Yangtze River of the Japanese army was unblocked again, and the counterattack on Wuhan could only be a bubble.
What was most unacceptable to the chairman of the NPC Standing Committee was that Jiang Haoran missed the best opportunity to solve the New Fourth Army.
The chairman of the committee knew in his heart that this was the result of Jiang Haoran's blatant disobedience, and it was by no means because he had not received an order from the Military Commission, and the new Fifth Division at the De'an front had not moved until now, which had already explained this problem.
But angry is angry, but the chairman at this time absolutely did not dare to do anything to Jiang Haoran, and he couldn't even say anything to accuse, because Jiang Haoran's movement this time was too big, snatching the Japanese plane, recovering Nanchang, and turning Jiujiang upside down, all of which were all the credit of not being able to go against the sky, in the hearts of the people, he Jiang Haoran is an out-and-out god of war, but if he is treated unfairly, the spit of the people will not drown him in Jiang Jiezhong, as a sane politician, I would never do such a thing that defied the world's condemnation.
Moreover, today's international mainstream media have vigorously publicized and reported on Jiang Haoran, praising him as an out-and-out military wizard as the "Warrior of the East", and even criticizing the Japanese army.
The international mainstream media changed their previous neutral attitude and pointed the finger at the Japanese army, but there was a reason for this.
Just yesterday, on November 27, the 30th year of the Republic of China, the diplomatic representatives of the island countries, Germany, and Italy signed the "Treaty of the Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan" in Berlin, establishing a military bloc with the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo axis as the core. The wolf ambition of the three countries to divide the world was announced to the world, and the countries that were deeply threatened panicked and unanimously aimed the spearhead at the Japanese army, put a high hat on the Chinese, and let them drag the Japanese army to the Chinese battlefield without getting out.
Therefore, even if the chairman of the committee is suffocated by internal injuries, he will continue to hold back, and he cannot miss the reward.
At noon, a telegram of commendation was sent from the Central Military Commission, in which the officers and men were promoted to a higher rank and another 500,000 oceans were awarded; compared with the results achieved in this campaign, this reward was shabby, but another telegram immediately sent was quite weighty, ordering the 40 th Group Army to hand over all the 50 planes it had just captured to the Nationalist Government in order to reorganize the air force.
On the night when Jiang Haoran drove back to the 50 Japanese planes from Jiujiang, Zhou Zhirou, commander-in-chief of the Air Force of the Nationalist Government, walked into the chairman's camp overnight and asked the chairman to bring these dozens of planes anyway; since the bombing of Chongqing, the government air force has been wiped out again, and the remaining dozens of planes will not be able to achieve scale, and if they are not embarrassed or embarrassed, I am afraid that even the air power of the Japanese squadron will not be able to resist.
Although Zhou Zhirou's words were obviously inflammatory, there was no precedent for the division level of the Nationalist Government to seize and hand over the public, and with Jiang Haoran's style of eating snakes without leaving skin, asking him to hand over these 50 planes would not cost him his life? The chairman of the committee did not want to invite Jiang Haoran to openly disobey his orders again, which would seriously damage his prestige. So he didn't make any clear statement at that time, and he couldn't get out of his anger at this time, so he gave this order, but he wanted to see how much weight his leader and uncle still had in his eyes Jiang Haoran.