"It's not that Tanzhou cannot be defended, but that we should trade space for time and retreat with more time. We can also take the opportunity to consume the enemy's strength until the enemy's strength is exhausted and our war zone will launch a decisive battle again.

If I choose the decisive battle location, I will choose Hengyang. Look at the city of Hengyang, it is neither big nor small, and can be placed with three or four infantry divisions. The positions are both compact and sturdy, which are all advantages that Tanzhou does not have..."

The young and energetic Lieutenant General Chief of Staff pointed to the map, and became more and more excited as he spoke. He didn't even notice that his chief's face was instantly astonished.

It was not the question of whether Hengyang was suitable or not, but the 10th Army stationed in Hengyang was simply a stubborn donkey. He transferred all the commanders away. These guys were still looking for trouble for him. When he mentioned Hengyang, he thought of those damn guys.

The majesty of his war zone commander actually hit a wall with those guys. Over the past few days, he has been trying to figure out how to solve this problem.

"Okay, Zili, the reasons and reasons you mentioned seem to be very tenable. Let's not talk about the lack of Japanese troops in the domestic battlefield. I will only talk about the most important point, the situation of the war is very different from two years ago.

Now that air supremacy has been transferred to us, without air supremacy, can the Japanese still brag about using an infantry brigade to attack me and an infantry division?

Zi Li, today is different from the past. The air force is the key factor in determining the outcome of the war. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops fought thousands of miles on the ground, and American planes bombed over their heads every day. Such a long distance marching, fighting day and night, and transporting a large amount of logistics supplies, wouldn't it be a death sentence?" The general surnamed Xue turned around and looked at the Chief of Staff whom he relied on, with cold light already shot out in his eyes.

Zhao Zili already felt the impatientness of his commander, but the young general from Huangpu remembered that he asked him when he talked to Tang Dao: "Why do you offend that person?", and Tang Dao replied: "You and I, Chinese soldiers, do not fight for any individual, but only fight for the country. The so-called different ways and no plan for each other!"

Thinking about the fact that if Hunan Province is lost and the huge amount of funds invested in the past few years is still a trivial matter, millions of Hunan Province people have to live in dire straits under the rule of the Japanese army, that is what he, the governor of Hunan Province, most reluctant to see.

Finally, I mustered up the courage to continue saying: "But the information from the Military Intelligence Station shows that the Japanese army transported frequently on the Yangtze River, and warships shuttled back and forth..."

"Zi Li, you are talking about the Military Control Commission, what? What kind of person is that Director Chunfeng, you know better than me? The Japanese do this, aren't it meant to fight from the domestic battlefield, and try to continue to draw elite divisions from the domestic battlefield to the Southeast Asian battlefield and pretend to behave? Do the Japanese have played these little clever tricks in the past few years?

My 9th War Zone was the first barrier to fight against the Japanese invaders south and also the vanguard of counterattacking the north in the future. Every move of our war zone is related to the overall situation of the national war of resistance. The people across the country are very concerned about it. Is it just because I heard that the Japanese transported everywhere and were everywhere, so we had to transfer all the troops from Jiangnan to the expedition? So should we transfer all the seven infantry troops of the Expeditionary Force back? Should we transfer the troops from Shaanxi Province and Shanxi Province to several armies?

Is that a joke? When the Japanese move a little, we are frightened and we are so scared that we will be in a state of chaos. How can we fight this battle of defense? The Supreme Commander simply sits in the Military Control Commission's office every day and waits to see the information to decide where to mobilize troops. What's the use of us war zone commanders?

Zi Li, as the Allies played triumphant songs in the Pacific and Europe's battlefields, the war has developed in a positive direction. We may not be able to help much at this time, but it's better not to cause trouble!"

The general surnamed Xue directly interrupted Zhao Zili's words, snatching the white spot like a machine gun, full of vitality, and knocking the young Lieutenant General Chief of Staff speechless.

Seeing that although the chief of staff did not speak, he was still a little dissatisfied in his eyes, the general surnamed Xue also slowed down and continued: "Zi Li, you have been in the war zone for almost five years since 38 years. I am clear about your temperament and military research. You can be called a military theorist. Then you should be familiar with the 'war theory'!

The 'War Discussion' said: War is nothing more than a continuation of politics! In essence, military must obey political needs, and strategy must also obey political strategies.

The American fleet hit the Japanese navy hard in the Pacific Ocean, and the strong ship and gun holes were about to reach the doorstep of the Japanese. The Japanese are now full of the Pacific battlefield, and we in China, it is thankful that they can maintain the status quo. Who gave them the courage to launch a large-scale attack on the battlefield in our country?

Of course, the Japanese you said that they wanted to connect the entire East Asian continent and transport materials and personnel to Southeast Asian battlefields by land. I cannot arbitrarily say that it is impossible, but the possibility is very low.

If the Japanese Base Camp really designed this strategy to save the endgame of the Southeast Asian battlefield, then I can only say that this idea is too naive and childish.

Not to mention whether it can be opened, even if it is really opened, what can it be? With their current military strength, it would be good to be able to defend the city on the transportation line. Do they have enough troops to protect the long railway line?

I won’t say that they have lost their air superiority and will find it difficult to stop the aircraft from transporting thousands of kilometers of railway lines. Just say that any first-level army unit on the ground can blow up tracks dozens of meters or even hundreds of meters by using blasting.

How? The 80th Army in North China can use night attacks to cause endless damage to the railway. The troops in other war zones are all useless people to make a living?

I want me to say it! People who hold this kind of idea are purely whimsical and just talking about it on paper!

And the Tang Dao you mentioned. This guy is a good guy in war, but he can't see the situation clearly and is even more politically chaotic. I advise you to stay away from him in the future and not to involve you. You are one of the youngest generals in my war zone and have a bright future. Even after the war is over, with your ability and qualifications and my recommendation, it is not impossible to stay in this Hunan Province to dominate a province."

The general surnamed Xue is worthy of being a famous general from a big family. His words include both the perspective of grand strategy and the detailed analysis of the current situation in China, which shows that he does not launch a large-scale attack on the current Japanese army, which is not blindly confident and proud, but also directly points out the points that he was displeased just now.

It’s not that he can’t hear different voices, but that Zhao Zili’s friends have made wrong political positions. He does not want the people around him to have too much contact with Tang Dao, the “scoundrel”, especially in the two years when the war is about to end.

The general surnamed Xue's eyes were no longer just in this Patriotic War. He had already begun to plan for the future, and his goal was no longer just to the commander of the theater and even the highest commander of the Ministry of Military Affairs.

War belongs to generals and soldiers, but in peacetime, it belongs to literati and politicians. General Xue, who has read historical classics, is very clear about this.

From a personal perspective, you can't say he is wrong! But he obviously forgot the most important point. The war is still going on, and he is still a general who commands a 300,000 army. Once the imagined pace is too big, it will also cause trouble.

It's like some ordinary people. When they have just given birth to a son, they start to worry about whether their son wants to marry a wife, a car, and a bride price when they grow up. Why? Did you give birth to a son or an ancestor?

Or, have you ever wondered if your newborn son needs these?

So, the smarter a person is, the more he will make some unreasonable mistakes!

Zhao Zili was blushed when criticized by General Xue. If it were ordinary people, he would have probably stopped and slapped his head and shouted yes.

However, the young generals were obviously also a stubborn person. After pondering for a while, they still chose to defend themselves: "Sir, how the Japanese planned or thought about it, to be honest, I don't understand, but they are mobilizing troops to prepare for an attack. This is a real fact! It is precisely because the enemy is over and the end of the road, we must prevent them from jumping over the wall even more! We are more cautious, it is not a bad thing!"

"Brother Tang Dao, I have tried my best." After Zhao Zili said this, he also sighed in his heart.

Just as the general surnamed Xue knew him, he also knew the temperament of his immediate boss. He endured it until now that he warned him not to have too many contacts with Tang Dao. He had a very high tolerance for him.

How could a pure stubborn donkey serve as the chief of staff of a war zone at the age of 36?

However, for the sake of millions of people in Hunan Province, the young Lieutenant General Chief of Staff still made the final choice.

Sure enough, seeing that his lieutenant general, chief of staff, was still so stubborn and stubborn, the general's face became gloomy with the naked eye: "Didn't the Japanese army just want to come and fight? Then let's put the horse over here, don't worry, with my 9th war zone, the Japanese devils can't get over the sky. The defeated general of Hengshan Yong is not giving up, so let's refine it in the furnace of the 'Tianlu Warfare', and I want to see if he is Sun Wukong!"

The general surnamed Xue returned to his position, picked up the hot tea, and made a gesture of seeing off the guests. "Okay, it's useless to say more. Hunan Province is not Henan Province, and I, Xue Yue, aren't Jiang Dingwen, that's it!"

Zhao Zili could only shut up.

If only this is the case, the young Lieutenant General Chief of Staff may not have completely offended the war zone commander who died.

The key is that when the Tanzhou defense plan was formulated in the next few days, Zhao Zili and General Xue opened the bull mode.

At the third Battle of Tanzhou at the end of 1942, the general surnamed Xue defended Tanzhou with one army. This time he planned to use another army to defend. Zhao Zili expressed his opposition clearly.

Zhao Zili also calculated a very accurate account for the generals present. In addition to the Xiangjiang River in the east, Yuelu Mountain does not require much military defense, the rest are about 13 miles wide on the north, west and south. A regiment is responsible for the defense of 2 miles to prepare, and then consider leaving enough reserves. Yuelu Mountain alone requires an army of troops, let alone the city of Tanzhou?

However, the general surnamed Xue insisted on using one army to defend, believing that after three battles in Tanzhou, the position was already very complete and the defenders were experienced enough, so there was no need to place too many troops in Tanzhou.

This defender has a very experienced statement, but it is actually very meaningful.

The so-called experience is just the 10th Army used in the third Battle of Tanzhou. The general surnamed Xue is very quick. If your 10th Army doesn't listen to me, then continue to defend the city for me this time. It is best to win. If you lose, don't blame me for slashing all the brains of the ground according to the war order.

But the General Xue didn't want to say this, but wanted to mention it to the Chief of Staff, who was the most powerful person.

As a result, Zhao Zili, who had always been sober, pretended to be confused at this time. In addition to opposing his commander's defensive tactical deployment, he just refused to accept this matter. Until the call came, he ordered the 10th Army to continue to serve as the defense of Hengyang, the general surnamed Xue gave up this idea.

However, the relationship between the General Xue and the young chief of staff has dropped to freezing point.

On May 5, after the deployment of the Tanzhou defense meeting, Zhao Zili was called to the office of General Xue.

Without too much extra politeness, the general surnamed Xue only looked cold: "Since Zi Li, you are so worried about the large-scale attack on our Hunan Province by the Japanese army, and even Tanzhou's defense is so cautious, I thought about it carefully, and I cannot be too stubborn. You will lead the Second Office of the General Staff to take charge of Hengyang and be responsible for coordinating the 10th Army and other troops to fight against the attacking Japanese invaders. If you have any needs in the future, don't contact me, just contact Xu Benchang, the combat department!"

No matter how stupid Zhao Zili was, he knew that he had completely angered the courageous and conceited commander after all.

This military order clearly wanted to overthrow the chief of staff of the war zone and send him to Hengyang in the rear.

What is the situation of the 10th Army now? Who doesn’t know the entire war zone?

The relatively neat 190th Division is still far away in Changde hundreds of miles away. The remaining 3rd Division and the 10th Preparatory Division suffered heavy damage in the last time they participated in the third Tanzhou Battle. They have not recovered their vitality yet, and their troops are less than three-fifths of the previous ones. The two divisions combined only have 15,000 people.

This is not the most deadly thing. The most deadly thing is that the two infantry divisions in Hengyang jointly generated power generation a few days ago and refused to take office with the new commander. This is completely a situation where there is no leader in the group.

He, the chief of staff who was exiled to the frontier, went there, and probably wasn't just anger.

"Yes! You must work hard to do a good job in Hengyang's defense!" The young general who stood there for a long time finally bowed his head and saluted the general Xue with a cold face, turned around and left.

Standing at the window, he watched his once extremely relied on the lieutenant general chief of staff leave with a bleak back. The face of the general surnamed Xue is Gu Jing Wubo.

Zhao Zili used to do a good job and contributed a lot to the "Tianlu Tactics", but this time he crossed the line too much. It would be fine if he questioned his decision again and again, but he would not act according to his own wishes. This is something he would never tolerate.

Just like Fang Xianjue, so what if he can fight? In the 9th War Zone several times, the commander of the army did not follow him? Even the 27th Army of the Sichuan Army had expressed his loyalty to him several times?

Only the 10th Army, who had no faction, refused to send people to the office several times and always focused on internal promotion. He simply did not take him as the commander of the war zone seriously, and he had to leave.

"I plan to order to prevent the Japanese army from attacking our Hunan-Guangxi, Zhao Zili, the chief of staff of the theater, arrived in Hengyang two days later, commanded the Hengyang army and formed a defense line!" The general surnamed Xue called his adjutant and issued a cold order.

The adjutant was silent and carefully recorded the first military order issued by the general surnamed Xue before the war came.

For a moment, the top leaders of the 9th War Zone were collectively stunned. At the moment when the Japanese army showed their troops, the general surnamed Xue had cut off his arm and sent the chief of staff of the war zone, which he had once relied on, to Hengyang hundreds of miles away.

But no one would have thought that this failure would have been called the most exciting foreshadowing of the tactics deployed by the General Xue in the Battle of Hunan and Guangxi.

At this time, in Hengyang City, there were Mayor HY and Guard Commander, and the 3rd Division who entered the city. According to Fang Xianjue's previous arrangement, the 3rd Division had already started a war mode in its division headquarters and garrison, organizing engineers and soldiers to prepare for war.

Mayor Zhao, who is more concerned about people's livelihood and is mainly ordered by the theater command, believes that the 3rd Division is taking the opportunity to cause trouble in the city under the pretext of the war situation. The two sides often argue about the excavation and demolition of houses in the army.

It was quite good that Fang Xianjue and Zhao Junmai had a personal relationship, and the two sides did not fight, but there was no doubt that the city's defense matters did not progress as smoothly as Tang Dao thought.

Zhao Zili, who arrived in Hengyang with the "Shangfang Sword", was already the main force in the battle. His position was above Mayor Zhao and Commander Zhou, who often stood out. As long as he said that, everything would be natural.

Before Fang Xianyu returned, compared with the time and space, Hengyang in this era actually had a person who kept his word.

The month Tang Dao fought for the entire Hengyang was finally wasted.

This should be a typical example of the east side not bright, the west side is bright.

At dawn on May 8, the Japanese army on the East Road launched the first attack, and the Japanese army on the Middle Road and West Road also launched attacks one after another until the next day that night.

Most generals in the 9th War Zone and the generals surnamed Xue were still lucky at this time. It was not until the Japanese army broke through the first line of defense, Xinyunhe, to the third line of defense, Miluohe, that the generals surnamed Xue realized that the Japanese army was going to take serious action this time.

The 9th War Zone is finally preparing for the entire War Zone!
Chapter completed!