Chapter 252: Northward or Southward
"I'm finally going to break through. I live in this safe area so much. Mom is so frustrated. I've long wanted to have a fight with the Japanese!"
"Yes, I thought the master and the genin had never thought of breaking through..."
"Break through, haha, it's better to commit suicide!"
"Captain Zhou, what did you say?"
"I said I committed suicide, just rely on the guns of us..."
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When everyone heard that they wanted to "break through the siege", everyone's eyes lit up. It was not a big deal to stay in the safe area. Moreover, the Japanese are increasingly eager to ban the safe area, and the time limit given is becoming more and more stringent...
"quiet!"
Leng Feng glanced at Zhou Linjun, why did this guy always sing a counter-tune with everyone?
Anyway, breaking through is the theme of today's meeting.
"I think that the first thing I need to do is to break through the siege is that we are not familiar with the situation outside. How to choose this direction is worth studying," said Zhao Hai, the captain of the third detachment.
"Captain Zhao is right. If we want to break through, we must first choose a direction and then formulate a breakthrough plan in this direction. If this general direction is uncertain, our preparation work will not be carried out." Leng Feng affirmed.
No one spoke for more than ten seconds.
"I'll say a few words." Liao Sen said, "I just said Leng Chan, if we break through, we must choose a big direction and make detailed plans around this big direction. This is correct, and I firmly support it." Bai Duyixia, the song hall cuts mouth and new chapter l festival
"Brother Jianchu, don't put a high hat on me. If you have anything to say."
"Okay, Master, Leng Shen, my colleagues, what I want to say is that we are trapped in Nanjing and do not know much about the outside world, but it is not difficult to choose the direction of breaking through. Before Nanjing was broken, the commander-in-chief issued a breakout order, which was nothing more than two directions, one was to the north, cross the Yangtze River, and go to the north of the Yangtze River. The second was to go to the southwest and southwest Anhui. We can choose both directions."
Qiu Qingquan and Leng Feng nodded together. Liao Sen said it was right. It would be absolutely impossible to break out to the east. The east is the direction of Songhu, and now it is the Japanese war zone.
If the Japanese army had a stomach in their stomachs, wouldn’t they seek death?
It wasn't possible to go west, and the 6th Division was stationed on the front line of Wuhu, fighting head-on with the elite Japanese army. It was the eggs and stones.
Only by going to the south to the mountainous areas and using the natural geographical conditions of mountainous hills and rivers to block the pursuit of the Japanese mechanized troops, can there be a glimmer of hope to stand out.
There is another option, that is, Jiangbei. Given that the Japanese Third Division fought fiercely with the national army in the Huaihe area and the Japanese army's military strength in the northern Jiangsu area, it is also a direction for breakthrough.
But what was standing in front of everyone was a vast natural danger of the Yangtze River. Without a ferry, how to cross the vast Yangtze River, not to mention that there were Japanese warships and patrol boats on the surface of the river.
In addition to saving the national master, once you break through, there may be more people who follow you, and tens of thousands of people are likely to be. Therefore, without hundreds of ferries, it will not work at all.
Where can I find hundreds of ferries?
Even if there are ships, these ships are controlled by the Japanese, and they cannot be easily obtained with Japanese soldiers and police guards.
"...According to all factors, I think we can only break out to the south, tear a hole in the Japanese blockade line, jump out, adopt the strategy of not following the main road and taking small roads, and then send a supportive force to jump out of the Japanese war zone and return to the rear to rest and fight again." Liao Sen analyzed and explained, and said thousands of words in one breath, almost setting the direction and policy of the breakthrough.
"What Deputy Chancellor Liao said makes sense, but the power we have in our hands is not enough to highlight the blockade line of the Japanese subordinates. The first thing we consider is how to leave the city."
"Yes, if you can't even get out of Nanjing City, how can you talk about breaking through?"
"Now we are discussing which direction to break through. Only this one is decided first. We are discussing the issue of leaving the city." Qiu Qingquan snorted coldly and pulled the problem back.
"The master said right. We must decide whether to retreat south or north now." Leng Feng said slowly. He had already heard something from Liao Sen's words just now. These people should communicate in private, and their opinions are basically inclined to "retreat south".
"I think we can only break through the south and go north. The Yangtze River is natural danger. We don't have ships. There are Japanese warships on the river, so we can't get through at all." Zhao Hai, the captain of the third detachment, said loudly.
"Well, the Yangtze River is natural danger. We don't have a ship. Besides, most of our soldiers do not know the nature of water. In such a cold day, if they fall into the water, they will not drown, they will also freeze to death." Zhou Linjun, the captain of the fifth detachment, snorted.
"Yes, the Yangtze River has been controlled by the Japanese Navy. We have no warships to cover it. Once we cross the river, it will become a living target..."
"In fact, we can choose to break through at night, so even if Japanese warships intercept, how many can they intercept?" Shen Zhiming knew Leng Feng's mind and stood up and said, "What's more, the Japanese fleet is concentrated in the Madang area, from Nanjing to the downstream section, there are only two destroyers and some patrol boats and gunboats, and the power is not strong."
"Where is the boat? It takes a lot of boats to cross the river. We don't have a single boat in our hands now?"
"It's not that there are no ships. We have five boats on our hands, which can transport 500 people across the river at a time!" Leng Feng said slowly.
"Is there really a ship?" This news surprised everyone a lot.
"I can confirm this. Before this, Leng Chanzu led the 'Yasha' to attack Xiaguan Wharf and stole five ships, one of which was a passenger ship, two small steamer, and two large sailboats. These ships are now hidden in a safe and reliable place and can be used at any time." Shen Zhiming explained.
"If there is really a boat, crossing the river north is also a good choice." Ju Youlin said.
"Only five hundred people can be transported at a time, which is too few." Jin Yongxi shook his head.
"Yes, there are too few ships. If you want to cross the river, you need at least more ships. You can travel back and forth for at least two hours at a time. If it takes a long time, it will be very unfavorable to us." Chief of Staff Director Long Yingqin said.
"What Director Long said makes sense."
"Yes, we need at least forty to fifty boats, and it's not enough to be small, we need a big boat..."
"It's quite close to the Yangtze River from here, but how can we get out? Yijiangmen is basically intact and the fortifications are very strong..."
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Everyone said something, and I said something, they were basically looking for the actual difficulties of "advance north", and they all died in denying the direction of "advance north". Everyone was scared by the evacuation that night.
Many people here fell into Nanjing because they could not find the boat that night, and they were caught on the boat and crossed the river to evacuate, including some people guarding the 36th ship division.
The evacuation that night left them with deep fear, crowded people and pushed people. How many people fell into the river and drowned and frozen to death because they did not squeeze into the boat.
Leng Feng said nothing, and emphasized the natural danger of the Yangtze River. Without ships or Japanese warships patrolling, they never thought that retreating south was actually more difficult.
Seeing Leng Feng silent, Qiu Qingquan felt a little sank in his heart. He didn't know if he was not expressing his opinion or did not agree with everyone's words.
He was increasingly puzzled by this subordinate.
"Brother Leng, let me tell you what you think?" Qiu Qingquan gently pushed Leng Feng and asked.
The conference room suddenly became quiet. Leng Feng, the chief of staff, had not expressed his opinion yet. His opinion was the most important and the most important thing to ignore.
And about the situation outside, "Yasha" and Leng Feng are much more clear than them.
"Okay, the teacher." Leng Feng nodded, prepared a little wording, and then said, "Everyone, whether it is retreating south or advancing north, this is always an extremely dangerous military operation. The dangers in the operation are unpredictable. However, as long as we make sufficient preparations, we will naturally turn bad luck into good fortune and bring disaster into good fortune."
After saying that, Leng Feng stood up and ordered: "Staff General Wu, Cong Hu, do me a favor!"
Wu Xiaoyun and Cong Hu nodded, walked over, took out a huge map, and expanded it on the blackboard in the conference room.
"This is a map drawn by the Japanese, so detailed!"
"Where did the Cold Ginseng Seat get this? It also marked the Japanese army's defense and military configuration. It's so detailed, where did the intelligence get it..."
"My goodness, such detailed information!"
"What's so great about it? Isn't it just snatching a few maps from the Japanese!" A discordant voice rang.
It was Zhou Linjun, the leader of the fifth detachment. Since Leng Feng entered the conference room, he has been picking Leng Feng and disliked him.
“…”
As soon as the map unfolded, audacity arose unconsciously. Even Qiu Qingquan and others who learned about some situations could not help but look surprised.
Leng Feng made such an important thing silently, and the energy and manpower he consumed must be quite large.
"The defenses of both the enemy and our sides on this are all obtained by my "Yasha" in the past month based on the captured Japanese army map and the hard work of intelligence personnel. In order to obtain the marked things on this map, we sacrificed many people, who are all heroes of the country and nation." Leng Feng said.
The map is very large, but for the sake of being intuitive and clear, some detailed information is not marked, and can only be used when it is specifically used in a certain area.
"Since everyone thinks that the Yangtze River is a natural danger, then we will use the Yangtze River as the dividing line to divide the enemy into north of the Yangtze River and south of the Yangtze River. Let's talk about the north of the Yangtze River first. Most of the information we have in our hands comes from the enemy situation reports from the commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone. The Japanese army did not deploy much troops in Jiangbei. There has not been a large-scale battle with the Kuomintang army at present, but the intention to advance north is very obvious. We do not consider this first. At present, the Japanese army in Jiangbei mainly use the Tiangu Detachment of the 11th Division and the main force of the 13th Division. Among them, the Tiangu Detachment of the 1st Division serves as the garrison in Yangzhou. The 13th Division is in Chuxian, Liuhe, Laian and Quanjiao... Pukou, which looks across the river from Nanjing City, only one garrison brigade of the Japanese army is stationed..."
Everyone listened carefully. After all, many of them did not have a systematic understanding of these situations. The information in the security area was blocked. Even if there was a channel for contact, they did not know many situations.
"This is the situation in Jiangbei. As for the situation along Jiangbei, this needs to be understood in detail." Leng Feng said, "I won't go into details about this for now. Let's talk about the situation in the surrounding areas of Nanjing."
"After the Japanese captured Nanjing, in order to prevent our defenders from breaking through Nanjing, two blockade lines were set up in the southwest direction. The first one was Tangshan in Chunhua and the first line of Jurong. The second line of defense was Hushu, Moling Pass and Danyang. No matter where we broke through, we must first tear the two nets. If we wanted to break through half a month ago, it would be really difficult. Now it would be much better. After the Japanese occupied Nanjing, they divided the inside and outside of Nanjing into two guard areas, outside the guard city of the east guard city and inside the west guard city, and the 16th Division took over the guard city of Nanjing..." (To be continued.)
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