Section 5 Counteroffensive (6)
[***] array, Huang Shaohong was a little surprised, he quickly sorted out the situation of friend and foe in his mind, but he didn't find anything wrong, the only abnormal place was the two warships added outside Tanggu Port, could this be Muto's [***] array? Huang Shaohong was very confused.
Zhuang Jihua didn't hear Huang Shaohong speak, turned his head to look, and saw that he was blindly pondering, so he stopped talking, and the two of them went to the outside of Juren Hall in silence.
Walking into the war room, He Yingqin's combat meeting was almost over, and when he saw Zhuang Jihua and Huang Shaohong coming in from outside the door, he quickly stopped Xiong Bin's words and stood up to greet him.
"Cultural Revolution, why are you here? If you're injured, you can rest. He Yingqin said half-reproach and half-praise.
"Instructor, the military situation is urgent, what is this little injury?" Zhuang Jihua frowned and said, after a while, the anesthetic passed, and there was a burst of pain in his shoulder.
"Sit down, sit down," He Yingqin looked at the sweat on Zhuang Jihua's forehead, and hurriedly helped him to the seat.
Song Zheyuan and the others had already stood up, and they also gathered around at this moment, and everyone talked about it, hating Yue himself's rampant teeth, and at the same time proposed that the guards should be strengthened in the whole city, otherwise everyone may be attacked in the same way, not to mention that there are also a large number of family members of senior officers, if Yue himself takes these family members as the target of the attack, the consequences will be unimaginable. When He Yingqin heard this, he immediately ordered the Third Military Police Regiment and the police station and garrison to intensify inspections and set up checkpoints in Beiping City, so that any suspicious elements would be arrested immediately. This order made Jiang Xiaoxian ecstatic, and he felt that he could finally let go of his hands and feet.
"Chairman He, let's hold a meeting, the Cultural Revolution insists on coming, and it must have some ideas for the next stage of the operation." Huang Shaohong saw that everyone's topic was a little farther away, so he beckoned to return to the normal track.
He Yingqin also came to his senses, it was still meeting time, and such chaos was not allowed, so he knocked on the table and beckoned: "Okay, okay, sit down, and ask Vice Minister Xiong to continue to read out the battle order." ”
Everyone returned to their seats one after another, and after Zhuang Jihua waited for everyone to sit down, he spoke first before Xiong Bin: "Chairman He, I have something to say." ”
He Yingqin frowned, and then said with a pleasant face: "Oh, then you can say it." ”
Zhuang Jihua couldn't pay attention to He Yingqin's thoughts, he couldn't let Xiong Bin read out the order, if that would be even more difficult to reverse the order, he was almost sure that He Yingqin had fallen for Muto Nobuyoshi.
"The Kwantung Army currently has six divisions, plus North Korea, there are a total of seven divisions on the mainland, but among the troops fighting on the Great Wall is a mixed brigade sent by North Korea, so North Korea has no strength to send reinforcements."
Zhuang Jihua first began to analyze the total strength of the army, and it was not difficult to expose Muto Nobuyoshi's confusion, but it was difficult to enhance the confidence of He Yingqin and others, so that they firmly believed that the goal could be achieved according to his style of play. Sure enough, he started to analyze it from this point of view, and he captured the hearts of the generals present.
"The troops fighting on the front line of the Great Wall have two divisions and two mixed brigades, which is equivalent to the strength of nearly three divisions, which is equivalent to half of the strength of the Kwantung Army, and the remaining half of the force, I said that I distributed him in the vast territory of the three eastern provinces, especially the long Sino-Soviet border, and the army in these places must leave enough garrisons, in addition, the army also needs to suppress the Northeast Volunteer Army that is still insisting, so the army can at most draw out half to a brigade of about 3,000 to 5,000 people to reinforce the front line of the Great Wall. And it's a big risk. ”
"Judging the strength of the Yue army, we can determine that most of the measures taken by the Yue army on the front line of the Great Wall are bluffs, including the Luandong front, the warships outside Tanggu, and the movements of the Yue army in Tianjin, all of which are actions taken by the Yue army to confuse our army, in order to cooperate with the negotiating table, and their real purpose is to exert pressure on us through negotiations, induce our army to stop military operations on the front, and let them find time to exterminate the guerrilla detachments we have sent behind enemy lines, which are threatening the transportation lines of the Yue army. Once the worries are resolved, the army will launch an offensive on the front line of the Great Wall again. ”
"Therefore, I suggest that a counteroffensive be launched at Xifengkou immediately, and in order to increase the intensity of the attack, I suggest that the reserve in the hands of the general's branch, the 84th Division, be transferred to Xifengkou, and attack from Xifengkou to completely cut off the eastern and western fronts of the army, so as to gather and annihilate the 8th Division."
Zhuang Jihua's ambitious speech made He Yingqin, Huang Shaohong and others a little stupid, annihilating the Eighth Division? Annihilate the main division of the army? All the generals present had never had this thought, what they were thinking about was how to hold the current line of defense, even if it was a counterattack, it was just a strategy, a strategy of forcing peace with war, and Zhuang Jihua also said this before.
After being silent for a while, Xiong Bin couldn't help but ask: "Cultural Revolution, what is the basis for your judgment of the strength of the Yue Army?" ”
"They were very proud of the congratulatory notices published by the army in various newspapers, so they did not hesitate to expose their total strength." Zhuang Jihua didn't want to leak the source of information, and Ju Rentang's secrecy measures were really not reassuring.
"What about the warships outside Tanggu?" Yu Xuezhong is concerned about the threats facing his defense area: "The battle of the Marine Corps is very strong, and the 128th Shanghai War of Resistance has proved it. ”
"I must explain this problem to the contradiction between the army and the navy and the entanglement within the battle of Rehe," this is a sharp question, Zhuang Jihua had to make another detour: "In the army, the status of the army generals is higher than that of the navy, and the army generals have always been arrogant and domineering, and look down on the naval generals, especially the Kwantung Army. Therefore, I am afraid that many admirals hope that the Kwantung Army will suffer some setbacks, lose a battle, and suppress the momentum of the Kwantung Army. Otherwise, given the strength of the navy, there would be only two warships outside the mouth of Tanggu. In addition, the Great Wall operation was launched at the insistence of the Kwantung Army, and both the Cabinet and the War Department had previously opposed the launching of the Battle of Rehe, believing that the time was not right, but the Kwantung Army was carried away by the victory of 918 and believed that it could seize Rehe and occupy the Great Wall without domestic support at all. He was worried that the Kwantung Army would take action without authorization again, and in that case, he would lose face, so they had to agree to Muto Nobuyoshi's request, but Muto Nobuyoshi knew that if he failed or asked for help from home, it would mean that the Kwantung Army had admitted defeat, so Muto Nobuyoshi would not ask for help from home until he had to, and our opportunity was in his hesitation, seize the opportunity of his hesitation and annihilate the Eighth Division. ”
Zhuang Jihua's analysis made everyone have a very strange feeling, how could he have such a clear understanding of the inside of the book? Why didn't he say it at the last meeting? He Yingqin knew Zhuang Jihua the most among the people here, and he reacted first.
"Cultural Revolution, do you have specific information?" He Yingqin asked.
Zhuang Jihua replied without hesitation: "There is no more specific, the secret service has provided some information, and the rest is analyzed." For example, this is the reason why Mr. Huang did not make any progress in the negotiations with the people of the Imperial Consulate in Shanghai, the Kwantung Army did not want the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to get credit, and with the strength of the Kwantung Army, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs could not do anything, and it would be unreasonable to say that the officials of other provinces did not have grievances. ”
He Yingqin looked at Zhuang Jihua suspiciously, his brain quickly judged how true his words were, and he quickly concluded that Zhuang Jihua was lying, even if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs complained, he could understand Yue himself, even if he had internal fighting, he was still consistent with the outside world.
Zhuang Jihua was also a little nervous after speaking, he didn't want to offend He Yingqin, but if he didn't tell him, he would inevitably offend him, but it was absolutely impossible to let him take out the intelligence source like this. He Yingqin has always said that he is a well-known pro-faction in the Huangpu department, and it is not surprising that the people around him would come up with a spy. Zhuang Jihua watched He Yingqin's face flicker and darker, and finally looked at him sternly, knowing that he was beginning to doubt. In a hurry, he turned his eyes to Yu Xuezhong and the others for a while, and finally nodded lightly at He Yingqin's gaze, he could only guide it like this, as for what others thought, he couldn't help it.
"What if Muto Nobuyoshi asks for help from his own country?" Xiong Bin was still a little puzzled.
"There is such a possibility," Zhuang Jihua nodded: "But this means that the adventurous policy of the Kwantung Army in the early stage has failed, and someone within the political axe will take the opportunity to take over the negotiation power of the Great Wall war, so that we can negotiate with them, and our strategic goal will be achieved." ”
Huang Shaohong first understood Zhuang Jihua's intentions, in fact, what Zhuang Jihua wanted was Muto Nobuyoshi to ask for help from home, and at that time, the political and military figures who were dissatisfied with the Kwantung Army would take the opportunity to deprive the Kwantung Army of some of its powers, and the War Department would be able to suppress the main battle faction in the Kwantung Army, so that the negotiations on the Great Wall would produce changes that would be beneficial to our side.
On the contrary, if Muto Nobuyoshi does not ask for help at home, then he must reach an agreement with the Chinese side as soon as possible to avoid an unfavorable situation on the battlefield.
After figuring this out, Huang Shaohong immediately stated: "I think the analysis of the Cultural Revolution makes sense, the 84th Division is transferred, and the army branch still has the Third Route Army in its hands, which can completely deal with the unexpected situation in Tanggu." ”
Huang Shaohong opened his mouth, and Song Zheyuan immediately agreed to launch a counteroffensive at Xifengkou, but asked to hand over an artillery regiment of the directly subordinate army branch to him. Yu Xuezhong sighed helplessly, he thought it was a risk, but since the main general of the counterattack had no opinion, what else could he say? Xu Yongchang, a veteran of the Jin army, has not spoken, except for Shang Zhen, who turned his face with Yan Xishan, the troops of the Jin army system are Fu Zuoyi's subordinates who have launched a counteroffensive in Rexi, and the counteroffensive at Xifengkou is only good for Fu Zuoyi, so he is resolutely supportive, but his perception of Zhuang Jihua has changed greatly.
He Yingqin saw that everyone's attitudes had changed, and the operational deployment originally discussed was no longer out of date, so he thought about it silently and said, "Okay, Deputy Chief Xiong will formulate a battle plan according to the Xifengkou counteroffensive. After finishing speaking, he looked at Song Zheyuan again: "Mingxuan, you have to tear apart the defense line of the army, can you do it?" ”
"If the 32nd Army can hold back the 6th Division in Lengkou and prevent him from reinforcing Xifengkou, I promise to open the gap." Song Zheyuan was full of confidence, and the army he faced was only a dissatisfied wing, and the troops were scattered on the long front from Luowenyu to Xifengkou, and there were weak points everywhere.
"Then let General Shang Zhen and General Wei Lihuang launch a containment attack to confuse them." He Yingqin made up his mind, he saw the report of strategizing again, and the reputation of a traitor was simply nine heavens and nine places compared to it.
Zhuang Jihua breathed a sigh of relief, he finally achieved all his goals, both to keep the help of Ligao and to make the battle plan according to his will, it depends on Song Zheyuan, as long as he can open the gap in the army, Muto Nobuyoshi will have to sue for peace.
After the meeting, He Yingqin called Zhuang Jihua to his office, and after entering the door, He Yingqin sat behind the desk with a hesitant face, staring at Zhuang Jihua without speaking.
"Chief Instructor, who are you..."Zhuang Jihua knew what he wanted to ask, but what he had to do now was to pretend, anyway, Dai Li had already made arrangements.
"You still know that I am your teacher," He Yingqin said coldly, his gaze from behind the lenses cold.
"How can you forget? No one will forget Huangpu students, and no one can forget. Zhuang Jihua said solemnly: "Teacher, I know what you want to ask, but I can't answer you." This is provided by the Blue Coat Society's secret service, as for how it came about, I really don't know. ”
"The Blue Coat Society's Secret Service?" He Yingqin still didn't fully believe it: "Are you talking about the secret service of the kid Dai Li's in the sixth phase?" ”
"Yes, it's him," Zhuang Jihua immediately picked up the conversation, looking very angry: "This kid doesn't know the height of the sky now, I took him to see the principal back then, but now he has a shelf, and it is terrible to get some information from his own country, I asked him, and I pushed back and forth, and it took a lot of effort to get something." ”
He Yingqin looked at Zhuang Jihua's gritted teeth, a little suspicious, and asked with some disappointment after a while: "It turned out that it wasn't your intelligence, is his intelligence accurate?" ”
"Yes, I also have intelligence to corroborate," Zhuang Jihua's thinking suddenly broadened: "I have made some friends in the United States and got some information from them. ”
"On the American side?" He Yingqin was surprised: "Consulate's? Or is it an embassy's? ”
"This...."Zhuang Jihua looked embarrassed: "I am a personal relationship, I promised them not to disclose their information, once it is transmitted back to the United States, they will be severely punished." ”
This is the right thing to do, He Yingqin nodded, and now his face looked much better: "You go back to the hospital first, and heal your injuries as soon as possible." In the future, bring more people when you go out. ”
"Yes, thank you for your concern." Zhuang Jihua stood up and replied, then turned to leave.
That night, the 84th Division stationed in Tongzhou secretly moved westward, a long series of figures advancing rapidly on the road, and the sound of heavy footsteps was extremely harsh in the night.
(To be continued)