Chapter 340: The Devil Changes Strategy
Rock the boat? Is this a naked provocation? Everyone saw it, Feng Yuxiang suddenly asked such a sentence at this time, it was definitely nothing to do! But Feng Yuxiang's identity is there! Even Lao Jiang here has to save some face for this righteous brother, let alone someone else? So as soon as Feng Yuxiang said this, the scene immediately fell into silence, and everyone looked at Lao Jiang.
Everyone knows that the great victory in Huzhou, Jin Zhao, as the commander-in-chief of the 25th Group Army, is naturally indispensable. When it comes to rewards, everyone else is easy to say, but Jin Zhao is not easy to handle! Those generals below have won battles, and they want to be rewarded, which is nothing more than promotion, promotion to military rank, awarding honors, or directly giving money! Are all of these easy to do? But what about Jin Zhao? Promotion? Now Jin Zhao is already the commander-in-chief of the group army, the deputy commander of the Nanjing garrison, and he also served as the deputy commander of the fourth theater before. At least Lao Jiang has no plans for this at the moment.
If you can't be promoted, then you can get promoted! But Jin Zhao is already a second-level general, and he will be promoted to a first-class general! As mentioned earlier, at that time there was a limit to the number of admirals of the first rank and the admiral of the second class, and there were nine places for the first admiral, including one in the navy. There are eight places in the Army. Not to mention, there is indeed a vacant spot for the first-class general now. At the beginning of 37 years, first-class general Zhu Peide died of illness! A place has been vacated by the first level of general, and there is no one to fill the vacancy yet. But this quota, Lao Jiang has already set it for Cheng Qian (in history, Cheng Qian was promoted to a first-class general when he was in 39 years), and he was promoted just waiting for Cheng Qian's first-war zone mixed military exploits. You can't give it to Jin Zhao now! What's more, Jin Zhao has only been promoted to second-class general for only a few months, and he will be promoted to first-class general now. In terms of military exploits, naturally there is nothing to say, but in terms of qualifications, it is far behind, even if it is an old qualification like Cheng Qian, he still has to be a gangster, let alone Jin Zhao! Therefore, it is impossible to promote the rank for the time being.
Then the award becomes the best choice, after all, when it comes to their status, it is a bit too vulgar to give money! It's good to award a medal, a medal doesn't cost a lot of money, and you can do as much as you want! However, Feng Yuxiang suddenly popped out such a sentence at this time, obviously not wanting Lao Jiang to casually give Jin Zhao a worthless medal and send things away.
Sure enough, as soon as Feng Yuxiang's words fell, a trace of displeasure flashed on Lao Jiang's face, but who is Lao Jiang? Naturally, it was impossible to show it too obviously, and immediately said with a smile, "What the righteous brother said is that Jin Zhao has made great contributions to this battle, and the political axe will definitely not treat the meritorious people badly!" But now that the war on the front line is tight, it is not too late to reward us again after we defeat the Yue army and win the victory in the defense of Nanjing! Lao Jiang didn't think about how to reward Jin Zhao at this time, so he could only use a procrastination trick! Let's put it off! What's more, the battle of Nanjing is not over yet, Nanjing is still counting on Jin Zhao's Fujian army to break the siege, and when the time comes, Jin Zhao's Fujian army will definitely be able to make new contributions, and it will be rewarded now, and it will not be rewarded in the future! If you come together, you can save another reward, so why not!
Although this little episode made Lao Jiang a little unhappy, after all, the front line was victorious, and Lao Jiang was still very happy in his heart. Therefore, the atmosphere of the venue this time also became rare and relaxed, and the laughter that had been lost for a long time finally appeared in such a serious venue again, and the generals attending the meeting were happily discussing the current battle situation and the next strategy.
On the contrary, the senior generals of the Yue Army, after learning the news that the 10th Army was almost completely annihilated, were like dead fathers! Matsui Ishine from Shanghai personally called Hatohiko of Asakanomiya in Suzhou.
"Your Highness! The current battle situation is very unfavorable to the imperial army, and I suggest that the offensive on Nanjing be stopped immediately, and after the main force of the Fujian army on the southern front is eliminated, then Nanjing! Matsui Shigen's slightly old voice came from the other end of the phone, obviously the defeat of the Tenth Army was a big blow to this guy, Matsui Shigen knew that this time the black cauldron must be carried by himself again! Although King Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace was in charge of the full command of the attack on Nanjing, he was here to gild, not to carry the black pot.
Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace was also extremely angry at this time, the elite of the Tenth Army's more than 100,000 imperial troops had annihilated more than 100,000 people in less than two days. Originally, after preparing to conquer Nanjing, he would return to Asakanomiya Hatohiko to continue to enjoy after plating this layer of gold, and the eighteenth generation of the ancestor of Yanagawa Heisuke, who was a fool, had been scolded by Asakamiya Hatohiko a hundred times. "But Your Excellency, Commander! The imperial army has arrived at the city of Nanjing, and the city of Nanjing can be broken overnight, so if you give up attacking Nanjing at this time, the previous efforts of the imperial army will not be in vain! What's more, if the ** people have a chance to breathe, wouldn't it be more difficult for the imperial army to capture Nanjing? ”
If the Fujian army continues to attack and cut off the back road of the Yue army in Nanjing, then the hundreds of thousands of Yue troops near Nanjing will fall into the encirclement, if at this time, Lao Jiang will mobilize a large army to besiege the besieged Yue army, and the hundreds of thousands of Yue troops under the city of Nanjing are likely to follow in the footsteps of the Tenth Army and be completely annihilated by the Chinese army. But if Nanjing City, which is about to be acquired, gives up like this, Hatohiko Asakanomiya is really a little unwilling.
"Your Highness! As long as the Min army exists for one day, it is impossible for the imperial army to capture the ** capital Nanjing! Our main task now is to eliminate the main force of the ** Fujian army, as long as Jin Zhao's Fujian army is eliminated, Nanjing will be at your fingertips! Although the Min army defeated the 10th Army, its own casualties were certainly not small, and now is a good opportunity for us to annihilate the main force of the Min army. I think that the main force of the imperial army outside Nanjing should immediately turn south and advance in the direction of Huzhou, and the main force of the imperial army in Shanghai will be able to win a complete victory and eradicate this great trouble for the empire! What's more, the Ushijima detachment is surrounded, and we can't help it! Matsui explained patiently. Matsui Shigen knew in his heart that the Tenth Army had suffered a fiasco, and he was not far from going home to retire, and if he could successfully annihilate the main force of the Fujian army before returning home, his sins would be reduced a little. As for the rescue of the Ushijima detachment, it is secondary, Matsui Shigen is an old fox, and he immediately guessed that the Ushijima detachment was just a bait for the Fujian army to go south. With the combat effectiveness of the Fujian army, since it can easily defeat the entire Tenth Army, it is impossible not to deal with a small Ushijima detachment. The reason why the Ushijima detachment was left until now was nothing more than wanting to ** the army to go south, so as to relieve the siege of Nanjing! But these words are not going to be said to Hatohiko of Asakamiya.
King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace on the other end of the phone couldn't help but fall into deep thought, seeing that Hatohiko of Asaka Palace never spoke, Matsui Ishine couldn't help but be a little anxious, "Your Highness! Can't hesitate any longer! If the Min army annihilates the Niudao detachment, then whether the Min army goes north to support Nanjing, or attacks Songhu to cut off the retreat of the imperial army, it will bring disaster consequences to the imperial army! ”
Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace couldn't help frowning and said, "Is the commander's words a little alarmist, even if the ** people go north to support Nanjing, but there are still more than 100,000 imperial soldiers under the city of Nanjing, and the stupid ** pigs don't want to keep their capital, just so we can annihilate the Fujian army together!" As for the attack on the Songhu area, there are now more than 20,000 people in the Songhu area, the 18th Division and the 114th Division, plus the garrison troops in the Songhu area, the imperial army has a full 40,000 troops, which is more than enough to block the attack of the ** people! ”
Matsui Ishine couldn't wait to go up and slap this guy, if it was someone else, Matsui Ishine would have scolded him a long time ago. But after all, this King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace is an imperial family, and he is the uncle of Emperor Hirohito, although he is named Matsui Ishone's subordinate, but Matsui Ishone is not sure that he can command this guy. And he had to give face to this guy, Matsui Ishine forced a wave of anger in his heart and said, "Your Highness! The Battle of Huzhou has fully demonstrated the strength of the fighting power of the Fujian army, and Jin Zhao and the Fujian army led by him are definitely the number one enemy of the empire! Its threat is even no less than that of the leader of the ** political axe, Jiang Zhongzheng! Eliminating this person's important surname is definitely no less than occupying Nanjing, the capital of the ** people! What's more, the Ushijima detachment is surrounded, and we can't sit idly by and watch the imperial army of a detachment be wiped out by the ** people, so even if we capture Nanjing, we won't be able to explain it to His Majesty the Emperor! So I beg Your Highness to order the main force of the Yue army outside Nanjing to go south as soon as possible and eliminate the Fujian army under the ** Jin Zhao Division, which will only delay the capture of Nanjing for a few days! ”
"Yo Xi! Your Excellency the Commander has a point! I immediately ordered the main force of the imperial army on the Nanjing front line to go south immediately and wipe out all the Fujian troops! Hatohiko saw that Matsui Ishine was so respectful to him, and he thought that what Matsui Ishine said was not unreasonable, so he finally agreed to Matsui Ishine's request.
"Your Highness is wise!" Matsui Ishine slapped Hatohiko Asakanomiya casually, and as soon as he put down the phone, Matsui Ishine couldn't help but scold, "This idiot! Stupid big drops! ”
Jin Zhao slept until the afternoon, then woke up, hurriedly washed his face, and then returned to the headquarters after eating something indiscriminately. As soon as he entered the door of the war room, Wen Yingxing said with a smile, "Wake up!" ”
Jin Zhao nodded and said, "How is it!" Is there anything new in this half day? ”
Wen Yingxing said with a smile, "Old Jiang sent a telegram to inquire about the current situation of our army, and asked if we have the ability to continue to attack Shanghai?" ”
Jin Zhao couldn't help but shake his head, with Jin Zhao's current strength, Jin Zhao was sure to take the empty Shanghai, but what about after taking Shanghai! In case the main force of Nanjing's army marched south, captured Huzhou in one fell swoop, and cut off their own back road, then the 100,000 Fujian army in their hands would be in danger! What's more, the strength of the Yue army in Shanghai is less than 10,000 at most, although it is not much, but the army has built permanent fortifications there, and with the cooperation of the powerful Yue Ben fleet, it is not so easy to capture the whole of Shanghai, so Jin Zhao has no intention of attacking Shanghai. (To be continued.) )