Glorious Mission 1937

Chapter 210 Seven: Dust Settled (Please subscribe, ask for a monthly ticket, ask for all kinds!!!)

Lao Jiang also noticed that no matter how noisy the No.40 Group or the World War II zone was, even if the headquarters of the Garrison Mongolian Army was terminated twice in a row, the Japanese still listed him and his Central Army as the number one opponent. Chen Feng The Japanese and puppet troops wiped out were no less than 10,000+, but the Japanese still only regarded him as an ordinary Chinese warlord.

But he was different. The fifth war zone only wiped out more than 2 Japanese troops in the small place of Taierzhuang with casualties twice that of the Japanese army. Compared with the No.40 Army in the northern part of the country, this is just a drizzle.However, it was such a victory that greatly stimulated the Japanese. Before Jiang was happy for a long time, the Japanese launched a crazy revenge.

More and more tragic battle reports ahead continued to spread to Lao Jiang's case. The sudden serious crisis Xuzhou faced calmed down his brain, which was a little dizzy from the victory in Taierzhuang.After being reminded by Chen Feng, Li Zongren and others, Lao Jiang suddenly realized that the intention of the Japanese army was to encircle and wipe out the main force of the Xuzhou Squadron.If the 50 elite divisions in Xuzhou were eaten by the Japanese army, what war would the party-state fight?Chiang Kai-shek immediately called He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi, Chen Cheng, Feng Yizhong and others to study and plan together.The intention of the Japanese army has been exposed, and it is no longer realistic to defend Xuzhou. He Yingqin and others also advocated breaking out of the encirclement as soon as possible.

On August 8, the fifth war zone ordered all troops to break out of the encirclement in the mountainous areas on the border between Henan and Anhui.In order to avoid a war of attrition with the superior enemy, when the enemy troops from all walks of life encircled Xuzhou step by step, Li Zongren ordered the defenders from all walks of life under his command to resist for a while.That is to say, the camera was withdrawn to the mountains and lakes and swamps, and carried out guerrilla warfare of "breaking the whole into parts", and entangled with the enemy for more than a month. On the evening of the 3th, Li Zongren, together with more than 5 officers and soldiers from the chief's department, passed through Su County and Mengcheng by night, and crossed the enemy's encirclement to move to Huangchuan.Liu Ruming, who stayed behind in Xuzhou City, ambushed the 700th Division of the Japanese Army in Xiaoxian County, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese army.

Seeing that most of the Chinese army had left, the Japanese army attempted to encircle and wipe out Liu Ruming's troops in Xuzhou City.Liu Ruming's department pretended to be on guard, and saw that all the troops from all walks of life were withdrawn, according to Chiang Kai-shek's order.Abandon Xuzhou City.Cleverly jumped out of the encirclement of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops and moved safely.Not only did the enemy fail to defeat Liu Ruming's troops, they didn't even capture a single captain.The 13th Division of the Central China Dispatch Army of the Japanese Army came all the way and found that Li Zongren sang an empty city plan.It also frustrated the North China Front Army, which was determined to strive for success.The Japanese army suffered more than [-] casualties.Got a ghost city.

The squadron fought and retreated, the formation was not chaotic, and it retreated west and south step by step.The Japanese army blocked one place.The squadron rushed to one place and broke through everything. The army gathered in the south of Henan and the north of Hubei, and broke out of the encirclement one after another.The armies from all walks of life retreated safely to the western Anhui, southern Henan, and eastern Henan regions according to the route ordered.The Japanese army marched westward along the Longhai Railway, but was blocked by the Fifth Theater in the east of Kaifeng, and could not advance an inch. On August 8, the Japanese army withdrew to Xuzhou, and the battle ended.

So far, although there have been sporadic exchanges of fire on various battlefields, there have been no major battles. The dust of this three-month melee has finally settled.

The national government withdrew westward and gained a firm foothold in Kaifeng. Chen Feng also heaved a sigh of relief, so the troops assembled in Chanan and Yanbei slowly dispersed, and the tense atmosphere disappeared.

In this melee, it was impossible to tell who would win and who would lose. Although the Japanese army lost the Saibei grassland, they occupied the entire Shandong, and connected the two battlefields in China and North China, achieving the strategic goal scheduled before the war.

Although the national government lost southern Shandong and northern Anhui, it won the battle of Taierzhuang and wiped out nearly [-] Japanese troops for the first time. The territory won the hearts of the people.

Perhaps only Chen Feng's No.40 Army and the Eighth Route Army are the biggest winners. Now Chen Feng's troops control the entire Suiyuan and the entire Chahar, including two provincial capital cities and 48 counties.The Eighth Route Army took this opportunity to not only establish the Central Hebei Army Division and the Southern Hebei Army Division, but also obtained a large number of weapons and equipment and soldiers, doubling its strength and gaining a lot.

After returning to Xinghe, Chen Feng ordered all the troops to report the battle results and casualties immediately, and soon the losses of the whole army were counted. In this battle, more than 600 people were lost on the front line of Xuanhua, more than [-] people were lost on the front line of Chengde, and more than [-] people were lost on the front line of Suizhong. The front line lost more than [-] people, and the troops suffered a total of more than [-] casualties, of which [-] were killed in battle, and the rest were only wounded, and they could recover their combat effectiveness after a while.

However, the armored brigade lost more than 80 tanks in this battle, accounting for one-third of the total number of tanks of the No. 40 Army, and more than a dozen fighter planes were also lost.However, these heavy weapons are all unable to be produced by the current No.40 Group Army, and the loss is a little less, which makes Chen Feng feel extremely distressed.

The results of the battle have also been counted. In this battle, the No.40 Group Army captured 3 large cities and 14 county towns controlled by the Japanese and puppet troops, annihilating more than [-] Japanese and puppet troops, including more than [-] prisoners and [-] dead. More than [-] people were killed, and more than [-] were injured.In addition, a large number of weapons and other property were seized.

In view of the dishonesty and inhumanity of the Japanese army in the process of exchanging prisoners of war some time ago, Chen Feng decided to publicly execute the 451 Japanese officers and soldiers captured in this battle, including Lieutenant General Hou Gongchun, the commander of the Garrison Mongolian Army, and the staff officer of the Garrison Mongolian Army. Changbai Yinzhong Er Dazuo and other 18 officers above major.

However, this decision has just been discussed internally and has not yet been finalized, but it has caused Claire's dissatisfaction.As soon as the meeting ended, Chen Feng was blocked in the office by Claire.

"Dear Chen, I don't think this is what a respectable and great general should do?" Claire said loudly.

"Claire, you should be aware of what the Japanese did to our soldiers and people, so I must take revenge, so I don't think there is anything wrong with what I did!" Chen Feng replied forcefully.

"No no no, Chen, you should know that you are a great general now, and your words and deeds will represent the whole of China, so you should behave more like a gentleman, so that more people will follow you, And more people in the world will help China." Claire retorted.

Chen Feng said: "Claire, I only know that an eye for an eye is blood for blood. Since the Japanese violated the rules, they should be punished, right?"

"No no no, dear Chen, you should know that Americans are righteous, they sympathize with the weak, and now China is fighting a just war, and the Japanese violated the rules, then they should be punished, but if you also If you continue to break the rules, the Americans will not forgive your behavior." Claire said hastily.

"Justice? Punishment? In my opinion, there is no justice or evil in the eyes of the US government. There are only interests, naked interests." Chen Feng said coldly.

"Chen, how can you say that, you want to apologize for what you just said?" Claire said angrily.

"I apologize if I'm wrong, but what I'm saying is the truth. Your American government's attitude of connivance and support at the beginning of this war cannot be concealed under any circumstances. As you just now It is said that China's fight against Japanese aggression belongs to the "party of justice". However, the United States, Britain and France, instead of stopping Japan's aggression against our country, blindly connive and support it. As a soldier with great vision, I can Let me tell you responsibly, Western countries including the United States will pay the most painful price for their current actions, thousands of Americans will pay their lives for this, don’t doubt my words.” Chen Feng disdainfully Said.

"Impossible. The U.S. government is just. At the beginning of the war, the U.S. government issued a decree, announcing the prohibition of using U.S. ships to load weapons and export military equipment." Claire argued.

"Huh, what does this mean? In this war, the United States not only failed to aid China, but became an accomplice to Japan's invasion of China. In 1931, when Japan invaded Northeast China, the United States only verbally accused Japan to deceive others, but it did not cooperate with Japan. Secret business understanding. Your President Hoover even publicly declared that 'the Japanese side also has some truths. Our friendship with it is long-standing and deep-rooted. We should consider Japan's situation in a friendly way...Japan's defense of the lives and properties of Japanese expatriates For the sake of safety, the invasion of Manchuria is inevitable...we cannot raise objections.' In that year, with the support of the U.S. government, the Japanese Mitsui Group purchased DuPont's ammonia explosives for more than 90 US dollars The formula. The United States also sold guns and ammunition worth $14, military equipment worth $600 million, steel worth $7000 million, and oil worth more than $1600 million to Japan. From 1931 to the end of 1932, the United States supplied Japan with 1.81 million U.S. dollars in arms. The US trade volume with Japan rose from 1932 million U.S. dollars in 6400 to 1937 million U.S. dollars in 6.3, an increase of nearly 5 times in 10 years. Claire, do you know what the steel and oil are used for? Tell you, all the steel was made into guns and bullets by the Japanese, and then used on the Chinese. Thousands of Chinese died under the butcher knife provided by the United States to Japan. You, the United States, not only continue to condone Japan’s aggression and expansion , but also provided arms and equipment to Japan, invested heavily in Japan's military industry, and helped Japan establish a modern military industry. The American Ford Company provided Japan's modern metallurgical technology, the Rockefeller Foundation helped Japan establish a new electrical industry, and the Mellon Foundation helped Japan. Further modernization of the manufacturing industry.” (To be continued..)