Chapter 604: This is the real strategic purpose

The Anqing defense battle has entered the most difficult period.

At this time, Zheng Yong began to command the regular army of six divisions, and more than 40,000 Zhongyi National Salvation Army launched an attack on the Japanese pirates in an attempt to alleviate the pressure on Anqing...

This confused the enemy to a certain extent, forcing the Japanese pirates to draw out the power of a complete division from Anqing to defend.

The battle was also very fierce. The troops commanded by Zheng Yong were fighting completely, and they launched an attack on the enemy's positions under the bombing of the island army planes all night.

By early December, the situation improved.

Eight divisions with the 36th Division as the main force arrived at the battlefield with the chariot troops.

And this also means that the Anqing War begins!

Judging from the continuous information from Anqing, Anqing's defense has reached its last moment, and all positions have been attacked by the main Japanese pirates, with great casualties. Half of Anqing has fallen into the hands of the enemy. At present, Anqing defenders are in the final battle.

From the sixth to the eleventh, a large number of Chinese troops arrived on the battlefield. Zheng Yong believed that the time for the decisive battle was ripe, so he issued an order for the general attack on the thirteenth.

"At the cost of major casualties, we will make every effort to break through the blockade of the island army, reinforce Anqing, and defeat the Japanese pirates!"

It is for the "Anqing Grand Battle Order"!

Riding on the fire of airplanes and ships, the first batch of more than 100,000 Chinese soldiers were put into the battlefield!

This is a battle that cannot be forgotten in history, and it is a decisive battle that will be recorded in history forever.

A group of troops were defeated, and then the first echelon rushed up again.

One division's troops were crippled, and soon another division took over the attack.

The Chinese army used human sea tactics to continuously attack the positions defended by one division and two brigades of Japanese pirates, and continued to work one after another, and used their young life and enthusiasm to compose a magnificent war song on this land that would never be erased!

Successfully achieve success and let your blood build a permanent monument for a nation!

The issuance of the Anqing decisive battle order brought the battle to a climax...

In just two days, more than 10,000 soldiers died on the attack road, and the island army suffered losses of more than 4,000 people in two days.

The casualties ratio of 2.5 to 1 does seem too large, but no matter how many sacrifices are, the Chinese army is willing to bear it.

On the 15th, Zheng Yong ordered the two newly arrived divisions to be put into the battlefield again. However, due to the excessive firepower of the island country's army, the attack and the failure to achieve the expected results.

"I made a mistake." Zheng Yong frowned.

"And it's a big mistake. I shouldn't have reached how many troops I should have invested in. The investment of one division by another cannot pose a threat to the Japanese pirates. Only by concentrating their strength can we cause a major blow to the Japanese pirates!"

"Yes, I also discovered this problem. Stop attack temporarily and concentrate troops to fight is obviously the most effective way." Xue Yue, who had arrived recently, nodded and said.

"But there is a prerequisite for this, that is, Anqing must be able to continue to withstand. The situation in Anqing is already very critical, and casualties are increasing sharply every day. Moreover, with the changes in our army's combat deployment, it is obvious that time has been too rushed to retreat to Wuhan and reorganize the second-line defense positions. Once an accident occurs, I am afraid..."

"Someone once said that I am a gambler in character, but I am not gambling this time."

Zheng Yong smiled faintly and said.

"Even if Wuhan is lost, I actually don't think it's anything..."

Xue Yue was stunned for a moment. He didn't understand why Zheng Yong said that. Everything that happened on the battlefield is centered on defending the center of Wuhan, but now Zheng Yong suddenly said such words. What was his idea?

Zheng Yong's smile became stronger and stronger, and he touched his chin.

"What is our purpose of defending Wuhan? It is said that Wuhan is our political, economic and military center, and we must defend it, but we can imagine that Shanghai is lost and Nanjing is lost. Even if Wuhan is lost, Boling, can we bear such a cost?"

Xue Yue seemed to understand a little.

Zheng Yong asked him to sit down.

"If Shanghai is lost, we annihilated a large number of Japanese pirates; if Nanjing is lost, we also annihilated a large number of Japanese pirates. Our purpose of defending Wuhan is not to be a major city. In fact, China is not an industrial country. No matter where we lose, we can still persist in the war of resistance to the end.

We don’t care which city we lost. Our real purpose is to use these towns as the main point to give the Japanese pirates a large amount of killing and injuring them step by step to consume the Japanese pirates’ strength, so as to achieve the ultimate victory of the War of Resistance. Even if Chongqing is lost, as long as it can annihilate several divisions of the Japanese pirates, it seems to me that this is completely worth it, Deputy Commander-in-Chief!”

Xue Yue finally understood that perhaps Zheng Yong had not been prepared to defend Wuhan from the beginning. In his eyes, any town was just a pawn that could be used.

His only purpose is how to use these to annihilate the enemy in large quantities.

In order to achieve his goals, he deceived the enemy while also deceived his own people. The only thing he had to do was to use all the power he could use to achieve the goal of killing the enemy!

Zheng Yong’s true thoughts in his heart, perhaps only he himself knows in this world...

"Anqing is lost, where can the Japanese pirates go?"

Zheng Yong took a sip of tea and said slowly.

"They can only go to Wuhan, and they must go to Wuhan. Along the way, their supplies cannot be replenished, and they have no reinforcements. We just need to close the gate of Anqing, and the main force will follow them like a bayonet, slowly consume their strength, and eat them bit by bit. Maybe the time will be consumed too long, but I firmly believe in the final victory, which must belong to us..."

"You have already thought of the whole plan early in the morning. Anqing is just a piece of chess in your hand. Even the millions of Zhongdao troops on the entire battlefield are all chess in your hand. This is true in Wuhan or Chongqing."

Xue Yue sighed softly and said.

"All I want is victory." Zheng Yong smiled slightly.

Xue Yue stared at him: "What about the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Anqing City?"

"From the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War to the present, millions of Chinese soldiers and civilians have died in this war." When Zheng Yong said this, Xue Yue was surprised to find something crystal clear in his eyes.

"If we can end this war with another million casualties, I promise I will not hesitate at all, really. Any casualties and injuries are nothing more than contributions to ending the war.

Sooner or later, a historian in the future will discover my true thoughts and say that I will use any means to win, but I am not afraid, and I am worthy of everything I do."

Xue Yue didn't know what he should say.

He even more did not know whether the person in front of him was right or wrong. If he had been himself, would he make such a choice like him?

Xue Yue couldn't answer himself.

"Only you know my thoughts, sooner or later you will understand."

Zheng Yong smiled without caring.

"Okay, let's talk about the matter on the battlefield now, and order that except for the front-line troops continue to maintain an attack on the Japanese pirates, the rest of the troops will immediately retreat temporarily and wait for the order.

We ordered all units to speed up the marching speed and all must arrive in Anqing 20 days ago. We told Anqing that our army is continuing to assemble and can launch a general attack at any time, so that Anqing must persist and wait for reinforcements.

On the 22nd, all attacking troops arrived at the designated location and launched an attack on time at 8 o'clock. On the 23rd, they broke through the Japanese pirate defense line and arrived at the city of Anqing before 8 o'clock in the evening, telling the entire army that this was a death order!

Those who cannot reach the position on time will kill! Those who cannot launch an attack on time will kill!! Those who cannot complete the combat order on time will kill!!!”

Xue Yue shuddered. He never noticed that the commander-in-chief was so murderous when he said this.

I remember when I first met the commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief was easy-going and had no airs. He liked to ask his subordinates for everything from big to big to small.

But as he deepened his understanding, he found that there were actually many things in the commander-in-chief that others could not see clearly.

Maybe, I really can't keep up with the commander-in-chief's thoughts...

"How many times have you defeated the enemy attacks?" Zhou Shuixuan asked tiredly.

"Including the past few days, it has been repelled twenty-nine times." Fang Yuxi said tiredly.

A cigarette was lit, and Zhou Shuixuan listened.

"No, the attack outside the city seems to have weakened?"

"The Grand Marshal doesn't want to use the tactic of adding fuel to it anymore, Lao Zhou." It seems that Fang Yuxi particularly likes the word "Da Grand Marshal" in private, and he said with a smile.

"Old Zhou, let's talk quietly. If I were the general, I would have ignored Anqing's side from the beginning of the battle, but just used Anqing as a guise to attract Japanese pirates step by step, and then eat them bit by bit..."

Zhou Shuixian thought for a while, suddenly shivered and said.

"Master, what do you mean?"

"An Qing was ready to give up from the beginning. This is the real combat plan of the Grand Marshal!" Fang Yuxi stood up. He was a bit similar to Zheng Yong when he smiled.

"Everyone thought the general would defend Anqing to the death, Wuhan to the death, and the enemy, and us to the beginning, but we were all wrong.

The Grand Marshal didn't care about Wuhan or Anqing at all. The same was true in Nanjing before. For the sake of overall victory, he would give up without hesitation.

If a city can be exchanged for an enemy division, the Grand Marshal will definitely do this. Exchange space for time and human life for our victory. This is what the Grand Marshal really wants!”

Zhou Shuixian sighed long.

"Yes, all of us can sacrifice, you, me, every soldier, civilian here, our blood will be exchanged for the final victory, and our life will be the basis of everything."

"This is the leader in my mind." Fang Yuxi's eyes revealed infinite worship.
Chapter completed!