Chapter 37: Sunset Nanchang (3)
.At the luncheon at Tengwang Pavilion, Cheng Jiaji did not immediately show up with the military and political officials in Nanchang. He knew very well that without the strong support of the supreme authorities, his entire "urban transformation" plan would not have the chance to implement it.
"Mayor Cui, my brother came to Nanchang this time to check the preparations for Nanchang. Originally, there were all kind brothers here, so I didn't need to do anything. I just sent him to the mission, so I couldn't help it. I also asked Brother Cui to help me." Cheng Jiaji changed his domineering behavior at the airport during the banquet, and seemed so humble. After refusing Mayor Cui to ask him to give him a speech, he asked Mayor Cui in a tone. While saying these words, he also bowed to Cui Baili, which was a kind of humble gentleman.
"Where is the case where Commissioner Cheng said that although Nanchang's combat readiness is already large, due to the hasty time, there must be many shortcomings. We are in the situation and inevitably have nowhere to be seen. We also need to ask Commissioner Cheng, a young talent, to give more corrections to the famous generals of the War of Resistance Against Japan!" Mayor Cui responded very appropriately, complimenting the other party, and not losing his identity too much.
Today, Commander Yang said he had not come to the hospital. The military officer from the Security Command came to the banquet. The highest rank was a major general and deputy staff officer. When it comes to the official rank, he could compare with Mayor Cui, the dignified capital of Jiangxi. Mayor Cui became a veritable master. If you really want to talk about the officialdom, even if you tied the ten Cheng Jiaji together, you can't compare to half of the old politician who graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and has been in politics for more than 20 years.
"Nanchang City is now very crowded. If the Japanese army attacks Nanchang, where will the citizens evacuate and how to resettle them? I believe Mayor Cui has already planned for all this, so he has already made a successful decision." Cheng Jiaji came to Nanchang as he said, not to be a good man. After a while, he said something, and asked Cui Baili, the parent official in Nanchang City.
"Are these jobs? Some are in the city government doing the land, and some are within the scope of the security command. It is reported that Commissioner Cheng served in the Xuzhou security command that day. I think he can understand the difficulties of the city government and Cui." Cheng Jiaji came to attack with a hidden arrow and a spear, and Cui Baili had his own soft knife and shield. His words were puns, which not only cleared his relationship with the local area. He also pointed out Cheng Jiaji without showing any expression. Don't bully people too much. I also have a background.
"Mayor Cui, brother, you should at least give me a plan to relocate the city people! Otherwise, I would not be able to help the brother when I ask you on the top." Cheng Jiaji knew that he was not familiar with the place and once what he wanted to do was spread out, he would immediately become a public enemy of the whole city of Nanchang. So he thought about trying to cheat more information within these days.
"That's it. That's it. Please wait for me in front of the peak. In just two or three days, I will definitely let the lower party make a plan." Combat preparation work! It has always been divided into two key points, military and civilians, and the military is in charge of the Security Command. The content of this civil affairs is mainly to evacuate the people and relocate government agencies. Even at that time, even the burning of cities was part of this. These are the affairs of the municipal government's land supervisor and also the scope of Cheng Jiaji's legal supervision. Cui Baili was not allowed to refuse to agree.
After getting Cui Baili done, Cheng Jiaji turned his head and said to the middle-aged young general sitting on his left side of the Security Command. "Deputy Chief of Staff Yan, please ask the staff of the Security Command to rush to get there and draw a complete map of Nanchang in a short period of time, as the smaller the scale, the better the Nanchang. I can also pay it back. Once I have finished, I will definitely hold a banquet to pay."
Cheng Jiaji asked the Security Command that this was also a matter of the power of the specialist who came to inspect the preparations for Nanchang. Deputy Chief of Staff Yan couldn't find any reason to not do it, and secondly, he did not want to offend Cheng Jiaji, a newcomer who has been very popular in the past six months for these trivial matters. (The fearlessness that Cheng Jiaji showed in the airport incident fully demonstrated that this person is not a good person. If he is angry, he will bite people.) He agreed casually.
Cheng Jiaji, who had achieved his goal, was in a good mood. In order to show that he was not a person who was very difficult to get along with, Cheng Jiaji frequently greeted the important members present during the meal. So the atmosphere of the banquet became much warmer. In the end, Cheng Jiaji, who was drinking, was still carried back to the Jiangxi Hotel by Colonel Qiu and other members.
"Boyan, put me down and close the door. You guys are tired of pretending to be like this, thank you for your hard work." Cheng Jiaji asked Colonel Qiu and the others to put them down as soon as he entered the room. After hearing what he said, Colonel Qiu knew that he was pretending to be drunk.
"Bo Yan, you guys went to the streets and alleys of Nanchang in the afternoon, and pay special attention to the soil, water sources and the average width of the streets and alleys." Cheng Jiaji sat upright on his bed without any drunkenness, and assigned the tasks to Colonel Qiu and the other five other staff members he borrowed from General Huang in the room.
"Yes." Soldiers are always soldiers. No matter how many questions they have in their hearts, once the order is issued, the soldiers' first reaction will be implemented. For these staff officers who have received regular military education, understanding the basic elements of the terrain and geology of their locations is also their job, and after wiping away Colonel Qiu and others, they not only did not take this opportunity to take a break, but instead became busy like a lantern.
If he let Colonel Qiu go out, he would immediately report what he said to General Chen. In two days, at most two days the highest authorities will respond to his proposal of this "crazy" combat plan. Is it agree? Or is it a no? The most likely thing is that the person who comes to the person will talk to him in detail before making a decision! Who will be here? "With these doubts, Cheng Jiaji has not had a good sleep for several days and gradually falls asleep. Dreamland, dreamland, as the name suggests, is the hometown in the dream. In the dreamland, Cheng Jiaji or Chu Yuan seems to have returned to his home in the 21st century, with his family surrounding him, his fiancée watching him with a smile, everything is so beautiful!
Two days later, as Cheng Jiaji expected, someone really came to the top.
What surprised Cheng Jiaji was that General Chen and General Qian came together, and the two of them had arrived in Nanchang secretly and went directly to Jiangxi Hotel and knocked on Cheng Jiaji's door.
"Haoran. Tell me in detail about your combat plan to defend Nanchang." General Chen couldn't wait to say hello to Cheng Jiaji. He couldn't wait to go straight to the point. The General Qian beside him stared at Cheng Jiaji with a face, which made Cheng Jiaji feel a little nervous. Fortunately, Cheng Jiaji had also heard of this person's temperament and knew that he was such a serious person. Otherwise, he would be really scared.
General Chen made full preparations for this time. His entourage had already put up military maps in Cheng Jiaji's room.
Cheng Jiaji still didn't understand the situation. He was in the two meetings. Whether his combat concept could be passed can be seen. He took a deep breath, calmed down a certain mood, and took the instruction stick handed over by Colonel Qiu, who was slightly apologetic, and pointed to a large-scale military map and said: "After Wuhan fell, the strategy of Nanchang has become extremely important. The Japanese army will definitely come to compete for this place in the near future. If I can ensure that Nanchang is not lost, I will always threaten Wuhan and restrain the large number of Japanese 11th Army and the 11th Army. I can also regard this Nanchang as a bridgehead for the strategic counterattack in the future. It can be said that consolidating Nanchang will not only maintain the current strategic stalemate situation, but also have a certain driving effect on promoting the development of the war situation in a favorable direction in our country."
After hearing this, General Chen nodded after exchanging his eyes with General Qian, he signaled Cheng Jiaji to continue.
"If you want to achieve the above strategic goals, you must firmly hold Nanchang City in our hands. Of course, we should also see that the terrain of cities and counties around Nanchang is relatively wide, and the Japanese army can invest a large number of mechanized troops. Our army, which is simple in the field, especially lacks anti-tank weapons, cannot resist the Japanese chariot troops. In addition, the room for our army to maneuver around Nanchang is much smaller than that around Wuhan, and it is difficult to achieve mobile defense. It is impossible to maneuver and cannot stop the Japanese chariots.
Nanchang can only fall into the enemy. So I think that defending Nanchang cannot be like Wuhan fighting in the vast area around Nanchang. Instead, one should be placed near Nanchang with a dangerous fix on the premise of firming Nanchang City, and try to maintain contact with the defenders in Nanchang City. The main force will maneuver on the periphery of Nanchang and find opportunities to annihilate the enemy in order to break the wing of the Japanese army and change the entire battle situation. The key to whether we can defend Nanchang is that the defending troops can withstand the first few rounds of attacks by the Japanese army."
General Chen interrupted, "Peimin told me about your idea. According to your expectations, there is only one army to guard Nanchang City, is there a little less?"
"I dare to conclude that the Japanese army can use to directly attack Nanchang City to only have about one division. This is mainly limited by the terrain that is difficult to deploy large troops to fight near Nanchang. In this way, the number of troops guarding Nanchang is not needed, and a main force is enough! Besides, there are too many people and cannot be watched, and it is easy to kill and injure Japanese artillery fire and aircraft bombing."
"Haoran. According to your opinion, it is best to use the troops to defend Nanchang. How to fight this battle, and why do you want to empty Nanchang City first."
General Chen has also done a relatively in-depth study of Cheng Jiaji's plan. His repeated questions are all about ideas. General Qian kept taking notes without expression, and it was obvious that he only came with his ears to report when he went back.
"I haven't figured out which unit to choose a specific unit to choose. I think this unit should at least have the following conditions: the commanders of each unit can qualify the military order and have the determination and will to fight to the last soldier; the cohesion within the unit can be strong and can conduct high-intensity street fighting for a long time; the individual combat capability of the unit must be strong; such a unit cannot stand firm in the isolated city when foreign aid is completely cut off, in short, the task of this unit guarding Nanchang is to absorb water like a sponge, absorbing the Japanese's vitality little by little. To achieve this goal, we must not only store a large amount of food, ammunition and prepare a large number of people in Nanchang City.
In addition to medicine, Nanchang City needs to be transformed into a genuine military fortress, and the main combat methods of defending the city should be street fighting and protracted warfare. In this way, it is imperative to fully evacuate the residents of the city. Leaving hundreds of thousands of ordinary people in Nanchang, which has become an isolated city of war, is not conducive to the construction of some special fortifications necessary for street fighting. Secondly, it affects the combat of the troops, and the military and civilians can easily shake the morale of the army. Thirdly, it is difficult to ensure that the Japanese army will not be very beastly after the setback and turn Nanchang into the second Nanjing." After Cheng Jiaji finished speaking his thoughts in one breath, he stood solemnly as he looked at the two Shangguans in front of him. He had finished all his words, and now he was waiting for them to pronounce the verdict.
But the two generals did not immediately give Cheng Jiaji an answer, but stood up and said hello and walked outside.
"Two officers, please stay, I have a request." At Cheng Jiaji's request, the two generals stopped.
"I proposed this plan. If approved, Haoran would like to live and die with Nanchang City. I want to serve as the chief of staff of the city guarding troops and be responsible for the relocation of the residents of Nanchang and the specific construction of fortifications." Cheng Jiaji put forward this request. On the one hand, he felt that he could have some real power in his hands to ensure that the battle was developed as expected. On the other hand, as he said, this adventure and combat plan that could lead to the annihilation of the city guarding troops was proposed. If it was really to be implemented, Cheng Jiaji felt that he had no reason not to share life and death with the soldiers guarding the city.
"Haoran, wait for the order within three to five days. You must be mentally prepared. If you move the city, you may have to make people in Nanchang scold you for decades!" Feeling from Cheng Jiaji's sincerity in serving the country, General Chen finally revealed a trace of secrets before leaving.
Six days later, Cheng Jiaji received a secret order, and this two-finger wide note granted Cheng Jiaji the full authority to command the military and political affairs of Nanchang. (The note stated that this total authority is only for the pre-war relocation and evacuation of residents and the construction of combat fortifications.) But this was enough for Cheng Jiaji.
"Boyan, go and post. Tonight I will invite Mayor Cui and Commander Yang to the Tengwang Pavilion, only two of them, and one more will not be invited."
Cheng Jiaji said loudly to Colonel Qiu.
Chapter completed!