In late spring of 1944, Hengshan, Nanyue.

In mid-to-late April, it is the most passionate time for the red and red mountains to bloom. The three colors of red, white and purple are blooming all over the mountains and fields, dotted with green mountains and white clouds, soaking the green pines and green valleys, like a painting of ink painting, which has a unique feeling of late spring and early summer.

Although the altitude of Hengshan Mountain in Nanyue is not high, the mountain is quite large. It is headed by Huiyan Peak in Hengyang and Yuelu Mountain in Tanzhou. It stretches for more than 800 miles and has 72 peaks of all sizes. Between the mountains and ridges, there are Xiang, Feng, and Lu Rivers, which are surrounded by nine curves, making the Hengshan Mountains swell up and fog all year round.

In the winter of 1938, after the Battle of Jiangxia, the temporary base of the Military Commission moved from Jiangxia south to Hengshan, which became one of the extremely important command centers throughout China's War of Resistance Against Japan, and spent seven years of difficult times with China.

At noon, a few pedestrians came to the ancient road of Xiling, Hengshan.

One person in the center, about in his early 40s, tall, wearing a straight general uniform, with a calm and calm face; one person on the left, he was a little older, wearing an unusual Western hunting suit, with a rather elegant temperament; on the right is a young man, with a thin figure, a heroic and unyielding face, and also wearing a military uniform, with a golden general star on the collar.

Regardless of their talent and temperament, the three of them are not ordinary people at first glance, let alone 30 meters behind them, there is also a team of guards equipped with the latest M3 submachine gun developed by the United States.

The M3 submachine gun was only equipped in the US military at the end of 1943 and was not suitable for generals in the military. This team of guard soldiers was actually equipped with all the troops.

This group of people climbed the mountain from the northern foot of the western ridge of Hengshan and climbed up the ancient road. The ancient trees on both sides covered the sky and covered the sun. Entering it, there was no heat and even a little cold.

Moreover, the people of this group were extremely strong. Although they were bluestone roads and ladders hewn on the stone walls, they were also fast and walked to the bottom of the Throwing Peak, one of the seventy-two peaks of Nanyue in less than two hours.

Zubo Peak is one of the important birthplaces of Nan Zen. The Ji Sect, Caodong Sect, Weiyang Sect, Yunmen Sect, and Fayan Sect, all originated from the Nanyue Zubo Peak, which is known as the place where Zen Buddhism came from the "ancestor".

Under the Thubo Peak, there is a quiet thousand-year-old temple called Fuyan Temple. Several monks in black clothes have been waiting at the gate. Obviously, they have received news that a noble man has gone up the mountain.

Seeing that the group was about to reach the mountain gate, an old monk in the lead walked down the stone steps and clasped his hands at the person in the middle and said, "Amitabha! Commander Fang, Mayor Zhao, and Chief of Staff Sun, if you have a hard time, you will be welcomed!"

It turned out that the middle-aged man in the middle of the three was Lieutenant General Fang Xianjue, the commander of the 10th Army stationed in Hengshan area. The man on his left was Zhao Junmai, who was then the mayor of HY City and commander of Hengyang's security. The young general on his right was Sun Minyu, the chief of staff of the 10th Army. He was only 32 years old at the time.

Fang Xianxian said, "Mage Zhiyuan is a master, but he is troubled! However, he dare not be the commander of the army. Now Fang is no longer the commander, but he is going to serve as a senator in the military and political department of Shancheng.

As the saying goes, the Senate is to participate but not discuss it! This position is in line with my wishes!”

In his prime, he went from being a commander of power to a free job. Anyone might have had a lot of gloomy eyebrows, but this lieutenant general, who was only 40 years old, had his eyebrows stretched out and even made fun of himself in public, which shows how broad he is.

Perhaps, only the two people who were with him knew the unforgettable pain in the heart of the Army lieutenant general.

The pain in his heart may not be due to the resignation of the position of commander of the real power, but the grief in his heart that has not yet recovered, which made the iron-blooded soldier unable to help but feel escaping.

Taking advantage of this power struggle within the Ninth War Zone to get out of the vortex, perhaps it was not his original intention, but it also conformed to his original intention.

Because of the command error of the general Xue's command, his confidant general died on the spot. The indescribable heartache really made it difficult for him to face the exclusion of him again.

However, although the situation of the Patriotic War at this time was far from the predicament of retreating step by step, the Japanese army, which were retreating steadily on the Pacific battlefield, still did not give up on China's big fat meat and was still trying to conquer China. In an attempt to fight the decisive battle with China as the rear base and the Allies led by the United States, the battlefield was still tragic.

Can he, the most important commander of the 10th Army, really sit idle in the mountain city regardless of the life and death of more than 20,000 brothers?

Obviously, it is impossible for the two to understand this person.

Today he came to Fuyan Temple to worship Buddha. He seemed to want to pray for all the soldiers of the 10th Army before leaving and to seek a little peace of mind for his unknown future, but in fact, he wanted to ask his heart more about this quiet place!

The guard stayed in front of the temple gate. Accompanied by the old monk, the three of them walked around the corridor one by one through the Main Hall and the lecture hall. Before they could reach the abbot's courtyard where they were going, they passed by the meditation area and heard a person outside the wall chanting loudly: "Don't ask about the previous dynasty, go back to the King of Yue again... At that time, the bright moon and the beautiful shadows, where did they fly?"

The voice was a little old and hoarse, with a little sad.

Fang Xianjue paused slightly!

Obviously, when this word was chanted at this time, it was quite consistent with his current state of mind.

Then the voice came again, and the man was explaining the source of the poem: "This is a work written by Ni Zan at the end of the Yuan Dynasty that saddened the fall of the Song Dynasty. A person once said, 'The destruction of the country in all dynasties is nothing important. Only when the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed, the clothes and cultural relics were destroyed.' The Yuan people severely oppressed the Han people for decades, which allowed the poet to write such a low-key work that lamented the loss of the country and the hometown."

"Sir, what is the 'clothing and cultural relics'" asked a obviously young and immature voice.

"The so-called cultural relics in clothing refer to the Chinese civilization. At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, the world was in chaos and the Central Plains was turbulent. The Jin Dynasty moved eastward, which was called "transit southward". In the Song Dynasty, the current Jin soldiers attacked the Northern Song Dynasty, and later the Mongolians destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty. The shame of Jingkang was not yet achievable. The world was destroyed in the battle of Yashan. So that person said that cultural relics in clothing were destroyed, especially the pain of the country's destruction.

In China's history, the regime in the north separatist areas attacked the Central Plains dynasty many times, causing frequent turmoil in the Central Plains. The people could only move their families south and avoid war to the south of the Yangtze River. It was called "Traveling south in clothes"!

Since the September 18th Incident, the Japanese army has invaded China, Northeast China, East China, and Central China successively fell. The Chinese people were forced to flee south and wandered. I don’t know how many people died on land in foreign lands, and their misery was even worse than in previous dynasties.” The old voice said that since then, it was hard to hide his indignation.

"Just last month, in the Central Plains, our 300,000 Chinese army was defeated by more than 100,000 Japanese troops, and 38 cities were lost in 37 days. Where the war spread was only killing, plunder, blood and death, which was both painful and sad.

What's even more ridiculous is that when part of the 31st Group Army belonging to the First War Zone broke through, it was turned against by the local people. A division-level communication team was surrounded by local people and disarmed. Even the radio station became the spoils of the people. When the number was issued, the people actually said that they were the ones they wanted to fight.

Looking at all dynasties, this is probably the first time to create the world.

It can be called a shame in the army!”

The young monks who were listening to the old man's explanation were in an uproar inside the wall!

The few people standing outside the wall were full of solemnity.

On March 17, 1944, a month earlier than in time and space, 150,000 Japanese North China Front Army suddenly crossed the Yellow River and launched an attack on the First War Zone. More than 300,000 troops in the First War Zone were caught off guard and were defeated thousands of miles away. The Japanese army occupied 38 cities including Zhengcheng, Luoyang and other 37 miles.

This unprecedented defeat caused a great shock across the country. The old and hoarse voice said all the truth, but the defeat in the First War Zone only took place for a week, especially the scandals that happened in the 31st Army were all secret. Only the important generals in the army knew these clues, so why was an old man known?

Does it really fit the old saying: "Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles?"

The old man inside the wall sighed again and continued:

"In the past few days, disaster victims in Henan Province have fled to Hunan Province. They said that after the Japanese attacked Henan Province, they will soon come to Hunan Province. If each of our troops was stationed in Henan Province, and each battlefield was at the speed of defeat at the Central Plains battlefield, the entire China would probably be destroyed by the Japanese in less than half a year."

The young general outside the wall looked unhappy.

He is a young talent in the Huangpu Group and has always regarded the honor of military personnel as the top priority. Seeing that the Chinese army was so unbearable by the old man who had never met, he frowned. The other party and Zhao said, "This old man said it well in front, but the back is a bit unreasonable. This is too generalized. Without us soldiers fighting bloody battles on the front line, will we give them a chance to talk about these in the back?"

Fang Xianjue didn't say anything, looking at the distant mountains, as if he had remembered something because of the old man's words.

Zhao Junmai smiled and said, "Chief Staff Sun, I don't think it's important. The mouth is used to speak when it comes to people! The so-called "clearity" means "clearity" and "clearity" are the ones. We know the most about what we are on the battlefield.

The battle in the first war zone was indeed too unreasonable. In the face of the fierce Japanese offensive, Jiang and Tang were like Brother Chu who had never been on the battlefield. Not to mention decent counterattacks, even decent defenses were not common. It was not that the 15th Army defended Luoyang City and broke the city just on the 15th, so the battle in the first war zone had no highlights.

However, the old man was still a little too one-sided and had a limited understanding of military affairs. He said that the Japanese army was about to attack Hunan Province, but I did not agree.

Yesterday, Chief Xue also called me and said that there was no problem with the defense of Hunan Province. The Japanese invaders returned in Tanzhou in three battles. How could Hengshan Yong have the courage to come to our Hunan Province again? What's more, the battle in Henan Province has not yet ended. The Japanese army's military strength in China is no longer as good as before. How could they have the ability to fight at the same time on both north and south?"

The young general obviously did not want to argue with this big brother, so he took the initiative to change the topic and said: "Mayor Zhao and Chief Xue are always confident in his "Tianlu Tactics", but you must know that no one is perfect. If you use it too much, the enemy will always find flaws.

In addition, I heard that half a month ago, American expatriates from Tanzhou, Hengyang and other places received a notice from the US Consulate asking them to evacuate as soon as possible, saying that the Japanese suddenly attacked Henan Province in order to open up the Guangdong-Hankou Railway Traffic Line. Our Hunan Province is also the most important node on this major transportation artery. If the Japanese really have this strategy, Hunan Province is their must-attack.

A week ago, the US military at Hengyang Airport canceled its vacation. Officers must carry pistols when they go out to the streets. You know, the information of the Americans has always been very accurate. In my opinion, what the old man said is by no means groundless, and we cannot be careless."

"I still agree with Chief Xue's opinion. The Japanese will not be able to reach Hunan Province in the short term. Last year, the Japanese retreated on the Pacific battlefield, and occupied Guadalam last year, which severely damaged the Japanese navy and army. The Japanese are already in a state of decline. Although their warships are still coming and going on the Yangtze River, they are just taking the guise of increasing troops to cover up their actual lack of troops.

Even the Japanese raid launched by the Japanese army in Henan Province, I think it was just a struggle of the Japanese army before they died. Japan is no longer the Japan 7 years ago, and the Japanese army is no longer the powerful army that is difficult to defeat.

And we are no longer the army that was only equipped with Hanyang and wearing straw sandals seven years ago." Zhao Junmai still disagreed.

The Hengyang Security Commander was not nonsense. In the past two years, in order to cooperate with the Pacific battlefield, he hoped that China would do its best to drag down the elite Japanese army in the Chinese war zone. The Americans used great power to transport military aid from Myanmar to China. In addition to warships and tanks, such as the latest light artillery, submachine guns, rifles, ammunition, and fighter jets, were almost open for supply.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Taking the 9th War Zone as an example, 9 infantry divisions were equipped with the 6,000 M3 submachine guns that the United States had just equipped with the US Army at the end of February.

What is this concept?

Each infantry division has nearly 700 more light firearms with a firing rate of 300 rounds per minute and an effective range of 200 meters. The M3 submachine gun has 30 rounds of magazines, which is 10 more than the 20 rounds of Czech light machine guns equipped in the army.

According to the 27 infantry companies of three infantry regiments of an infantry division, each first-line infantry company can be equipped with more than 20 submachine guns, which also means that an infantry company will add 20 firepower points to the short-range light firepower output. For the Japanese army equipped with bolted rifles, it is definitely a light firepower crush.

In addition to light weapons, the 105mm howitzers that the Americans promised to support a year ago have arrived in Kuncheng, and some have even been transported to Liuzhou, waiting for the troops to accept them.

In the past, Hanyang Zao won three battles in Tanzhou, but now the infantry firepower has been greatly strengthened. The Hengyang Security Commander is full of confidence and is sure that Japan will not come to attack Hunan Province. Even if it comes to fight, it will probably be bloody.

Zhao Junmai, who was full of confidence, obviously did not observe and remain silent at this moment.

When it comes to combat, the young general and his security commander are obviously far less experienced than this veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time.

Looking at the mountains from afar, recalling the voice, appearance and smile of his close friend in his mind, Fang Xianjue heard different opinions from his subordinates and colleagues, but he did not comment.

He naturally agreed with his young chief of staff in his heart, which had nothing to do with the distance. As the commander of the 10th Army, he was aware of the war across the country. The sudden war and failure in Henan Province were 80% likely. As Sun Minyu said, the Japanese army attempted to open up the main artery of Guangdong-Hanxi transportation to support the Pacific battlefield. If we stand on this strategic purpose, the war will soon burn to Hunan Province.

However, this has nothing to do with him anymore. The Ministry of Military Affairs has issued a transfer order. He, the commander, has become a senator of the Ministry of Military Affairs. In a few days, he will take a special plane to return to the mountain city and stay away from the battlefield.

Moreover, even if he made suggestions to Chief Xue, how could the stubborn Chief Xue listen to him? I'm afraid, I just think it was just a word he had to disgust himself before leaving!

Since that's the case, there is nothing to say.

"I have heard the old man tell so many historical allusions, and I have to see you for the sake of emotion and reason!" After sighing slightly in my heart, Xianjue took the lead in walking into the wall.

As the group entered, the old men and young monks under the thousand-year-old ginkgo tree turned their heads one after another.

The old man wearing a green robe and a elegant face, holding a book in his hand, stood under the ginkgo tree. The sunlight shone through the gaps of the leaves on his slightly gray hair, filling his temperament.

"It turned out to be Mr. Dan Tai!"

"No wonder!"

Sun Minyu and Zhao Junmai looked at each other and couldn't help but say.

The old man is nothing but Dan Tai Yunshu, who has been in Hengyang for more than half a year. With his talent and knowledge, he tells young monks some historical allusions. Isn’t that easy to do?

As for why he was so clear about the war in Henan Province, his son-in-law, who was famous throughout the country, was not a decoration.
Chapter completed!