diskusbooks Chapter 833 Epilogue
Chapter 833 Epilogue
Li Zongren was like an abandoned chess piece, especially when he saw Johnson praising Chang Guangzhou's "pattern", he felt as sick as if he had eaten a fly.
But even if he felt wronged, he could not prove the role he played in it. After all, it was Chang Guangzhou who gave the order, and the Guangxi Campaign did not fall into a desperate situation like the Changheng Campaign.
In a sense, Chang Guangzhou has a proactive component.
Therefore, even if Li Zongren took credit for himself, it would appear deliberate and greedy.
"I'll discuss this with Li Muzhi tomorrow. I need to show up again."
As for the Independent Column, after receiving the order, it did not send troops out as quickly as before, but instead put forward a condition that all troops in Guangxi must be subject to the restrictions of the Independent Column and have the right to enter any place, including the M Army base.
In order to cause some trouble to Chang Guangzhou, Wang Meng specifically asked Li Muzhi to convey this request to Li Zongren and ask him to mediate.
Li Zongren was just about to go to sleep when someone handed him a pillow, like a long-awaited rain!
As a result, Li Zongren once again became active in Chongqing's public opinion circles, constantly waving flags and shouting slogans, and also talked with Johnson in public many times.
In the end, Johnson was forced to agree to the Independent Column's request. After all, if Guangxi could not be defended, those M Army bases would fall into the hands of the Japanese. It would be better to give them to the Independent Column as a favor.
Moreover, the M Army's air force has already moved to Kunming, and except for some supplies that cannot be taken away, everything else has also been transferred.
Li Zongren, with his own victory, made an appeal on the public radio, asking the Military Commission to agree to the independent column's request and quickly lift the siege of Guangxi.
Chang Guangzhou didn't expect that Li Zongren would get ahead of him again. If he had known this earlier, he would have talked to Johnson himself, and perhaps he could have taken the initiative.
Unlike now, there is no other way except nodding and agreeing.
"Send a telegram to the whole country, agreeing to all the demands of the Independent Column!"
The 9th and 10th Armies of the Fourth Army and the 12th Army of the Fifth Army, which were stationed south of Hengyang, quickly divided into three groups and marched south.
The Ninth Army marched west from Guilin via Sanjiang and Luocheng to Yibei and Libo.
The Tenth Army marched south along the Hunan-Guangxi Railway, occupying the entire railway line to ensure its safety.
The 12th Army marched east from Guilin, took Daoxian and Yangshuo from Pingnan, and encircled the enemy in Guangxi from the east.
The 201st Airborne Brigade and the 202nd Airborne Brigade at Yongzhou Airport were airlifted to Nanning to take over Nanning's defense.
In addition, the 14th Army of the Sixth Army was ready to march to Nanning to strengthen the defense of Nanning. The 15th Army cleared small enemy groups in Chongzuo and Qinzhou from Baise and took over initially.
Li Yunlong looked relaxed after giving the order. The battle that lasted for nearly three months was finally coming to an end, and hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers were about to be completely defeated in Guangxi.
If the battle goes well, the Japanese in central China will be wiped out, and Guangdong will be depleted of manpower, so we can take our time.
Three days later, the Tenth Army easily occupied Guilin and, after receiving supplies, prepared to continue its push southward.
When the Ninth Army arrived at Yishan, they found that the Central Army had already retreated. After repelling the enemies in Yishan and Libo, they actually found a large amount of supplies on the railway in Huaiyuan west of Yishan.
Among them, there were several military trains (a total of 11 steam locomotives, 106 freight cars, and 4 passenger cars).
The soldiers of the independent column opened the package that was still sealed with lead and found a large amount of relief supplies that were intact.
清点下来，发现有反坦克炮十二门、反坦克炮弹40吨、150毫米榴弹40吨、山炮弹90吨、15毫米机关炮弹17吨、20毫米机关炮弹10吨，飞机发动机7台、航空炸弹160吨、航空燃油17吨、机械零件20吨、粮食500吨、煤400吨。
The list of seized materials was reported to the Pingshun Military Fortress Command. Li Yunlong and Wang Meng shook their heads helplessly.
"If these supplies could be distributed to the various troops in time, the war situation in Guangxi would not be so bad, right?"
"Haha, Lao Li, there are many Guangxi cliques in the Guangxi army. Will Chang Guangzhou give them so many supplies? For him, suppressing the development of domestic forces is far more important than the war of resistance."
"Ah, it looks like there will be more surprises in the future. Maybe there are a lot of good things next to the airports and railways in Guangxi."
Li Yunlong was right. Thousands of tons of rice, fuel and aerial bombs were subsequently found at various airports in Guangxi.
The independent column advanced rapidly, and five armies approached Liuzhou from various positions, changing the offense and defense.
Two-thirds of the Japanese 11th and 23rd Armies, totaling eight divisions and three brigades, were annihilated, and the remaining 8 Japanese were gradually squeezed into Liuzhou.
On June 1944, 6, the Independent Column completely completed the encirclement of Liuzhou, forcing Yokoyama Isamu to make the final decision.
The devils have lost their air support. Although they have obtained some supplies in Liuzhou, they have been almost consumed by now.
The Chinese Expeditionary Force Command made the final decision that all troops would abandon their baggage, enter the western mountains from Liuzhou, and then enter Vietnam when the opportunity arose.
Yokoyama Isamu sighed. He didn't expect that the Operation No. 1 plan that mobilized the entire Japanese army would end with heavy losses.
They had planned everything, but they had never expected that the Independent Column would be able to join the war so quickly, and that its military strength had reached a terrifying level.
The independent column that participated in the Hunan-Guangxi Campaign had more than 200,000 people, and their defenders in North China and Northeast China still had enough strength to provoke the occupied areas.
Therefore, Yokoyama Isamu estimated that the number of troops in the independent column might reach a terrifying 600,000 to 700,000, and they were all armored units.
"Orders: All troops, after replenishing supplies on the spot, begin to retreat!"
As a result, Liuzhou experienced an unprecedented catastrophe. Anything that could be used as food was taken into the mountains by the Japanese devils. After all, entering the mountains meant there would be no supplies.
airdrop?
There are no planes anymore, what’s the point of airdropping?
On June 1944, 6, these more than 23 people began a displaced journey of survival in the wild.
Li Yunlong was in a good mood when he received the news that the Japanese were about to retreat into the mountains, and he couldn't stop smiling.
"Mengzi, these little Japanese finally got a taste of being surrounded and blocked, right? These 30,000 or 40,000 little Japanese entered the forest, and I'm afraid they don't even have tree bark to eat, right?"
"What's the matter, Old Li, are you now kind-hearted? Are you starting to think about the Japanese?"
"Bah! This is all their debt, they should pay it back slowly! Besides, don't our Chinese soldiers and civilians have enough tree bark to eat? I mean, since they don't have any tree bark to eat, they might as well not eat it. Go to hell!"
Wang Meng chuckled.
"Don't be so cruel, these little devils will be useful if you keep them!"