Chapter 221: Restoration

(...Restored a city and a region, and the local people can see their happiness from their eyes; but they dare not show it, and they will even please those captives; I don't blame them, because we can't defend, because the town that was liberated today may become an occupied area again tomorrow... Excerpted from "My Memories of the War of Resistance - Cao Xiaomin")

Unexpectedly, it was a matter of no effort to take down Yangzhou: Ying Sen Takashi did not hold on to the end like the legendary Japanese officers, and the Japanese army was not rescued when attacked like the legendary ones.

When more than half of the Japanese soldiers in Yangzhou City were maintaining public order and clearing out the destruction elements who created chaos and lost contact, Ying Sen Takashi realized that the problem was serious: the Zhongzhang team outside the city was not aware of the facts, but they had wiped out a whole squadron of Japanese troops, and it was obvious that they were using the tactic of surrounding the point to attack aid. The trapped troops were deliberately put on bait. Since this is the case, it is confirmed that the target of *** is Yangzhou. So can he still defend Yangzhou with the strength he has in his hands? The answer is absolutely not!

Takamori Takamori immediately explained the situation to Nanjing and asked for the withdrawal of troops; and Takamori Hata was also a commander with a particularly general view of the situation and understood the situation. He did not let his subordinates cut off their stomachs and let his subordinates fight to the death like many commanders. Takamori immediately called back and asked Takamori to lead the remaining troops in his hands to retreat to the Yangtze River, and at the same time asked him to gather the troops that were deployed on the outer edge of Yangzhou that confronted the 57th Army, waiting for the navy to withdraw back to the south bank.

After the fierce siege and annihilation battle in Yangzhou, it turned out like a Go master ended. Suddenly, everyone handled the situation carefully and ended the battle!

Takashi Yingmori took less than 200 people to retreat south to the riverside. They used steamboats in the canal. The Chinese team caught off guard could not intercept them and let them escape. The officers and soldiers who had been confronting the 57th Army also began to attack the 57th Army after receiving the order. When the frontier troops of the 57th Army entered the defense, they quietly ran away. They didn't even blow up the cannons and just took away some key components of heavy weapons. When the 57th Army troops suspiciously sent investigators to confirm that the Japanese defensive belt in front of them was empty, the Japanese troops had already escaped to the cover of the naval gun!

Yangzhou was taken!... The news soon reached Xuzhou. Unlike the excited staff, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were not happy: it was obvious that the Japanese were able to take it and let it go, and did not transfer the plans of the troops originally planned to support the Anhui battlefield, such as Bai Chongxi, to Yangzhou.

The devils are not excited! Hata Shunruo could actually tolerate the news that the Kuomintang-controlled area had spread the news of Yangzhou's restoration without adding troops to Yangzhou. It is obvious that he wanted to use the Anhui battlefield as a battlefield for the decisive battle on the southern front, and he didn't care about the face-saving project in Yangzhou - so what if he defeated Yangzhou? Could it be that this could really fight the Yangtze River and threaten Nanjing? It is absolutely impossible, China has no navy!

Originally, Bai Chongxi hoped that the Yangzhou area would be as chaotic as possible, but now it was obvious that his fist was hit on the cotton! It would be fine if the Japanese decided to decide the outcome in Anhui. The problem was that if they used their water transport capabilities on the Yangtze River and suddenly broke through the heavy troops from northern Jiangsu at the critical moment... Subei has now even drawn the 89th Army, which means that it is basically just an empty city plan. Such a deployment of troops cannot be hidden from the Japanese for a long time.

"Order the 57th Army from Jingjiang to Haimen to do its best to harass the Japanese on the Yangtze River. The main forces of the 111th Divisions quietly gathered in Taizhou to stand by..." This was Bai Chongxi's last resort: the 112th Division of the 57th Army had already lost all the losses in the Jiangyin defense battle and the Nanjing defense battle, and is still recovering. If this army was allowed to fight the enemy when the Japanese suddenly broke through northern Jiangsu with all their might. Therefore, Bai Chongxi decided to deploy the 57th Army's combat plan first in northern Jiangsu, just like Li Zongren did on the northern front, letting the Japanese army go north and sniping on the side and behind.

The competition between the two armies is a strategic competition between the two head coaches. Li Zongren, who had always had the advantage in front, finally letting Hata Shunruo face it, but this time they did not let them succeed. On this round, Li Bai won Yangzhou and continued to score, but the 89th Army transferred from outside the Jiangsu region to northern Jiangsu has become a hidden danger to the defense line. What's more, if the 89th Army suffered too much losses on the battlefield in Anhui, there will be no troops to support the northern Jiangsu region!

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi could see the interests clearly, but they could not do anything about it: the Japanese army had already captured Xiao Bengbu and was consolidating the position on the northern Huaihe Line. The fish on the battlefield in Anhui have been hooked, but whether it was a fish or a poisonous puffer fish... they were going to fight with their teeth. If they did not annihilate the Japanese in Xiao Bengbu or the troops transferred from northern Jiangsu were too much in the process of annihilation of the Japanese, it would be a local victory and a failure of the overall situation. Li Zongren had already seen the embarrassment of Bai Chongxi on the southern front at the moment, but he also understood that this battle could only be fought.

The generals racked their brains, and Cao Xiaomin's life in Yangzhou was not easy: now he was facing an embarrassing problem that he had never encountered before, and the people of Yangzhou seemed not to welcome their arrival!

*** has been fought back, and Yangzhou has been liberated! Every Yangzhou person actually has an uncontrollable excitement in his heart... But while they were so excited that they wanted to cry, a deep fear arose in their hearts: In southern Jiangsu, I heard that many cities were liberated by General Yang Sen, but the *** who revived the city could not hold on. When the *** evacuated again, the Japanese reoccupied the area would carry out a large-scale cleanup operation. It is said that the situation is terrible. This made the people of Yangzhou become worried after the excitement of the liberation of Yangzhou, and such worries are getting heavier and heavier.

In Yangzhou, no one has seen anyone come out to prove who once persecuted his compatriots, nor have people besieged those captured in the city (mainly colonists or merchants). What is even more incredible is that the large merchants who originally obtained monopoly management rights in Yangzhou and controlled the lifeblood of most commercial enterprises will also receive guarantees from the local Chinese Chamber of Commerce to release them. In secret, many people secretly expressed their friendship with those merchants, saying that they would never persecute their friends during the resumption period... (1. About *** reviving the city in eight years There are really many situations, not just blindly retreating, and some cities can be recaptured in almost every battle. 2. If the *** cannot be defended after the liberation land is restored, massacres often occur in the areas occupied by the Japanese army again, especially in the areas in southern Jiangsu that were not expected to be difficult to resist the war in the early days of the War of Resistance in southern Jiangsu. 3. Regarding the people in the areas that were restored, the people who secretly pleased the liberation are not only rich businessmen, but also people who almost cover the entire well-off class are also true.)

In front of Cao Xiaomin, there were almost all kinds of heroes who complained and offered suggestions. After they captured Yangzhou, they wanted to make a fortune. The gentry and celebrities who helped the merchants speak nicely this time had been listed by them and prepared to rob. If it weren't for the ten-day training, if it weren't for the fact that these guerrillas had a certain degree of discipline and restraint, Yangzhou would have been divided into areas and plundered by various personnel at this time!

"I have forgotten how many times when we retreated from the front line, someone secretly gave us food, and someone secretly took in our separated and wounded..." Facing the excited people, Cao Xiaomin thought for a long time before speaking: "Didn't you see the people's excited eyes when we entered the city? They are all Chinese! But why do they want to please those merchants especially at this time? Have you ever thought about it?"

Cao Xiaomin said calmly: "Now you plunder all of you. How long will the money you have stolen is enough for you to squander? I tell you, the handful of fried rice you gave you when you are desperate is better than now, and now you will give you a wealth of wealth!" He focused on the "little god" - "little god" has shaken again because of his outstanding performance in the battle in Yangzhou City. Now he is the strongest supporter of the family robbery.

"Now I order the army to be sent to encircle all the gentry, celebrities and wealthy families who particularly please the people of the ***, but they are not allowed to harass their families, and they are not allowed to go in and search the house! This is done by the drunkard!" Cao Xiaomin could see the disappointment of the guerrillas, but he had decided: "Take those people in one by one, I want to talk to them in person!"

Cao Xiaomin told those who were brought in that the *** troops also needed food and pay, hoping that they could donate some within their capacity; then they would be imprisoned and stayed with the *** people they pleased for a few days, and then when they were released, they would spread the word everywhere because they had to protect themselves, they had already lost all their money!

"Dear fellow villagers, I know that everyone is patriotic. I know that if we can defend Yangzhou, we will not do those things. I know that everyone has no choice but to save everyone. Maybe this is the only way to save everyone better. I will not touch those businessmen. Don't worry..." As soon as Cao Xiaomin finished speaking, the hall suddenly sobbed!

If *** can really protect everyone, who is willing to do such despicable things? It is rare to be a good and reasonable officer! I don’t know who led the lead, but suddenly a group of people fell to their knees in the hall!

Looking at the backs walking out one by one, Cao Xiaomin thought of the "anti-traitor" actions recorded in the memoirs of Grandpa, and felt an indescribable feeling: Can this blame the common people? This is our soldiers' incompetence!

(Author: There are almost no such officials in real history. After every resurrection, there are almost bloody storms. A large number of local rich households were looted. After occupying a certain army, they almost never let a rich household robbery and kill all the land and all the land was distributed to the local poor. This led to the killing and partitioned families who had no choice but to borrow the power of the *** people and become traitors afterwards. But how many of them were really willing to be traitors?... This is a very controversial issue. Let me write down the real situation at that time. Book friends will think about it themselves.)
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