Chapter 878: Operation Thunderstorm
This credit is a bit hot. At least Xue Boling's face turned red after understanding Leng Feng's intention. He was just a villain.
If Lao Jiang uses him, if he cannot fight a beautiful battle in eastern Henan, it will inevitably affect his subsequent appointment.
There is no ever-winning general in this world, but no one wants to be a failed general.
Xue Boling didn't want to go back in shame.
"Old Wu, draft a telegram and send a telegram to the Chairman's Office. Expedit, top secret!" Xue Boling was not the kind of indecisive person. After thinking for a moment, he immediately made up his mind.
If the war is just dragged on like this, it is not a matter of matter. You must make a quick decision. If you change, you will be successful. The same is true in military affairs.
"Sir Xue, have you decided?" Wu Xiqi thought Xue Boling could not overcome the hurdle in his heart.
"Time is not waiting for me, can't I tell the difference between me and Mr. Xue?"
"Yes, you are so noble, Chief Xue..." Wu Xiqi smiled and secretly blew his mouth. With his relationship with Xue Boling, such a joke was still made.
"Why don't you go quickly!" Xue Boling glared at Wu Xiqi angrily.
"Okay, I'll go, I'll go..." Wu Xiqi knew that Xue Boling couldn't breathe, so he could only hold it in his stomach and felt uncomfortable.
"Have the new 38th Division arrived in Yucheng?"
"Yes, this is also Li Ye's second purpose for coming to see Chief Xue." Li Ye nodded in a humble and arrogant manner.
"explain!"
"Let the temporary 35th Division keep the secret, don't let Ran know the number of the new 38th Division, and order it to be released quickly in Yucheng." Li Ye said.
"How can I keep the secret?" Xue Boling asked.
"As long as the temporary 35th Division is not allowed to know that it is the new 38th Division, everything else is easy to say." Li Ye explained.
"This is not difficult. I will call Commander Wang of the 35th Division and explain it, and there will be no problem." Xue Boling nodded.
"In this way, there is no problem." Li Ye said.
"Li Ye, go back and tell you Commander Leng, and I said that this time I, Xue Boling, owes him an adult, and I will definitely pay him back when I have the chance." Xue Boling said to Li Ye seriously.
"If Chief Xue, Li Ye will definitely bring it." Li Ye raised his legs together and saluted a military salute, and quickly left the frontier command of the First Corps of East Henan.
Looking at Li Ye's confident steps, Xue Boling felt a pain in his head. Leng Feng tuned. Who were taught by people? Under the subordinates, I believe the boss must have no need to say anything.
Jiang had just taken sleeping pills and was about to go to bed when Lin Wei suddenly knocked on the door and broke in. Few of his subordinates were treated like this. Lin Wei, the director of the attendant room, still has this qualification.
"Sir, Xue Boling is in urgent need of power!"
Lao Jiang sat up from the bed. Early summer in Wuhan was already very hot. Lao Jiang only wore silk pajamas and looked not in good spirits.
After returning from Zhengzhou, I have been holding meetings in recent days to study the war situation in eastern Henan. Once the situation gets out of control, the National Government must come up with a practical and effective plan.
But so far, it is still the same as before, and there is nothing new.
Of course, these have been discussed repeatedly, so what else can be innovative?
After reading the telegram, Lao Jiang walked out of bed. Such a big action and an extremely risky action. So far, the Kuomintang army has taken the path of active defense and has few active attacks. It is not that they do not want to attack, but that they are not strong enough. This is a flaw and cannot be changed for a while.
Chiang Kai-shek knew Xue Boling, and this plan was like his work. If he was a commander who followed the rules, there were many such generals in the national army, so he would not be able to point out a Guangdong-based general who had once opposed him.
He took a fancy to Xue Boling's unique abilities and courage.
"Sir, the new 38th Division has just recovered Caozhou, annihilated more than 3,000 Toshima Detachment of the Dohihara Division, and killed the detachment leader Major General Toshima Yataro."
"Well, I know, how are they injured or killed?"
"It is said that there are not many casualties, only more than a thousand people."
"So, they can draw at least 10,000 people to participate in this operation?" Old Jiang's eyes lit up. As long as the frontline wins a big victory, his achievements will not be eliminated.
"Yes, in addition, Xue Boling also plans to remove two heavy artillery battalions of the New First Army and some tanks and armored vehicles before launching a raid, and strive to defeat the enemy's 106th Division at one time!" Lin Wei was also excited. If this plan can be completed smoothly, the unfavorable battle situation in eastern Henan would be greatly changed.
In this way, Chairman Jiang could breathe a little relieved.
Chiang nodded. Lin Wei was right. If the plan was successful, even if it could not completely turn the situation around, it would be of great benefit to the national army.
"You call and call President He, Jiansheng, Wen Bai, and others over here, let's discuss it." Lao Jiang said, "Call back to Xue Boling and ask him to prepare first and wait for my order."
"yes!"
After hearing this, Lin Wei knew it. Chiang Kai-shek had already made a decision, but he could not act arbitrarily with such a big move, and he also needed someone to analyze and share the burden.
Lao Jiang called people over in the middle of the night, but no one dared to complain. At this time, if anything happened on the front line, they had to get up from the bed to deal with it. Being called up in the middle of the night was a common thing.
"Xue Boling's plan is feasible, it's just a bit risky. Northern Anhui is not as good as eastern Henan and western Shandong. The mountain roads are difficult to walk on. It's rainy season now, and once it rains, it will be troublesome."
"What President He said makes sense. If the consequences are unimaginable, I think it's safer."
"I don't advocate taking risks either. The New 38th Division is an elite army in the eastern Henan battlefield. The only thing we can do is this army. The New 1st Army is in northern Henan, and the far water cannot rescue the near fire!"
"There is no risk in war. I support Xue Boling's plan. The Japanese can attack us for a long distance. Why can't we just do it?"
"Even if the Japanese 106th Division does not go to Guide, as long as he is on the Longhai line, we will not be able to take care of each other from the beginning and end. I think this is worth taking advantage of it!"
"I'm still a little worried about other troops, but this time the New 38 is the mechanized detachment of the New First Army. The chance of success increases exponentially?"
Everyone, I say a word, and they almost half of the opinions that support adventure and those who do not support adventure are each.
When Lao Jiang saw Bai Jiansheng sitting on his lower sofa, he didn't say a word. From now on, he seemed to have said hello to him and stopped talking.
"Jiansheng, what do you think?"
"Chairman, I think that since Xue Boling formulated this plan, he made such a risky plan. I believe that with his considerations, we should fully trust the commanders on the front line. They understand the enemy situation best and can also make corresponding solutions." Bai Jiansheng said slowly.
"Jiansheng means supporting Xue Boling's plan?" He Jingzhi asked.
"If we can succeed, it will naturally be a good thing. Even if we fail, it will not be worse than the current situation. We have reached this point. Can we still defend the Longhai Line?" Bai Jiansheng asked back.
With the silence of the room, Bai Jiansheng obviously said what he hadn't said.
Yes, no matter what the final battle situation is, the Longhai Line cannot be defended, and even eastern Henan cannot be defended, but the Pinghan Line cannot be lost, let alone allow the Japanese army to occupy western Henan and threaten Shaanxi.
Shaanxi is related to the security of the Sichuan rear. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent the Japanese army from being east of the Pinghan Line, at least they cannot be allowed to cross the Pinghan Line.
Defend Greater Wuhan!
This is the hottest slogan nowadays.
"Wei Wen sent a telegram to Xue Boling and agreed to him to implement this plan, defeat the 106th Japanese Division as fast as possible, and annihilate the Japanese army to the remnants of the Dohihara Division. Time, five days, if the enemy's 106th Division can be defeated, the Ministry of Military Affairs will reward 100,000 yuan of fiat currency, annihilate the remnants of the Dohihara Division, and reward 200,000 yuan of fiat currency. Capture or killing both Dohihara Ken, and reward 50,000 yuan of fiat currency!" Lao Jiang ordered loudly.
"yes!"
Xue Boling's side was ready, and Li Ye's troops had also assembled, and they were waiting for Xue Boling's order.
Time passed by minute by minute. Xue Boling wanted to order it directly several times, but then he still held it back. It was obviously very conflicted and anxious inside.
He is a soldier, and a soldier must obey orders and obey the command. If the above orders are not issued, if he orders without authorization and pursue them, he will be responsible.
Is he afraid of taking on this responsibility? This is a matter of principle.
However, Leng Feng didn't care about this at all, and he was more likely to play "the generals are not allowed to be ordered by foreign military commands". As long as he wins a battle, he can't do anything to him.
Even if someone is arranged to follow his butt and make mistakes, it will be something that is not painful. As long as it is not done with the matter of anger and resentment, no one can do anything about him.
"Sir Xue, you can't wait any longer. If you wait any longer, it will be dawn!"
"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer..."
"Report!"
"But the telegram from the servant's room?"
"Wuhan Military Commission, Chairman Jiang's telegram..."
"Click Li Ye's command center to me right away!"
"Hey, Captain Li Ye? I'm Xue Boling. I'll order the thunderstorm operation begins!"
"Yes, Chief Xue!"
Hearing Li Ye's loud voice, Xue Boling put down the phone with relief, and opened the bow without turning back. Success or failure depends on this time.
"What, thunderstorm operation?" Tang Keqin angrily tore the telegram to pieces, "Why didn't we notify us of such a big action before? The action began, and then told us what this is?"
"Resorry commander, Xue Boling didn't trust us at all, so how could he disclose such a confidential action to us in advance?" Chief of Staff Wan Jianfan hurriedly persuaded.
"Bastard, what's so great about him? He just had a few more military pay than me!" Tang Keqin's neck turned red.
"Send a telegram to the Chairman's Office immediately, I want an explanation!" Tang Keqin ordered.
"Captain of the Legion, calm down, calm down, we can't always report to the attendant's office every time. The chairman was already very dissatisfied with you before. If you do this again, you may lose the trust of the chairman." Wan Jianfan said.
Tang Keqin was shocked, and there was nothing wrong with this. Jiang Jiang had called him to scold him before, asking him to obey Xue Boling's instructions and not always sing against him.
Xue Boling is now his superior. Logically speaking, there is no need to inform you of any combat plan and orders he has made.
As a soldier, just follow the orders and follow them.
Once is enough. If you come a few more times, I am afraid no one will want to fight with you in the future. Who can command you to move?
"Legislative Commander, this new 38th Division is the new favorite of the Chairman." Wan Jianfan reminded with kindness.
Tang Keqin understood that if the task went wrong this time, the board on his butt would definitely not be light, and that Xue Boling might even add to the point.
Chapter completed!