Chapter 289 Five American-equipped divisions? I prepared six American-equipped divisions! (Second update!)

The conflict between the sea and the land is truly irreconcilable.

If the army behaves any bit arrogantly, the navy will not be polite at all.

So Lieutenant General Fujita Ruitaro saw that Rensuke Isogai's attitude was quite good and thought about it for a while.

I feel that the status of Qiongzhou is indeed very important. If we do not support it, once it is lost, it will have a huge impact on the overall situation.

"Vice Admiral Fujita Ruitaro, the Governor-General's Office will supply all the fuel needed by the navy." Seeing that Vice Admiral Fujita Ruitaro was still silent, Rensuke Isogai pondered for a while and then gave his bottom line.

He knew the navy's rules, which was that there was no fuel, so how could he order them around?
That is simply impossible.

So, when Rensuke Isogai saw that the other party was beginning to be interested, he decided to throw out this condition.

Sure enough, when he heard this, Lieutenant General Fujita Ruitaro instantly became interested.

With fuel, everything will be easy.

Who made Yamamoto Isoroku decide to attack the main fleet of the US military and concentrate all the fuel?

The oil that Vice Admiral Fujita Ruitaro's fleet was able to obtain was extremely scarce.

Now with Rensuke Isogai's words, Lieutenant General Fujita Ruitaro naturally felt more confident.

"Well, then let's follow the Governor's advice. I will send a destroyer, two coastal defense ships, and several gunboats to escort the army to Qiongzhou." Lieutenant General Fujita Ruitaro said.

Hearing this, Rensuke Isogai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He believed that with the escort of the navy, this support should be easily accomplished.

As for the navy of the Sichuan Army?

He hadn't even considered it.

The main reason is that the Sichuan Army is too low-key, so much so that everyone has forgotten that Siam’s navy is actually controlled by the Sichuan Army.

Fortunately, because of his low profile, Lianjie Isogai subconsciously ignored the fact that the Sichuan Army had a navy.

For the Sichuan Army, it was this negligence that helped them win the subsequent naval battle.

Not to mention that the Japanese army is preparing to support Qiongzhou Island.

On the other side, Cun Yunsheng of Zhennanguan stood on a high mountain, looking at the scenery in front of him.

I have to say the scenery here is really nice.

"Sooner or later, the shame of Zhennan Pass will be washed away with the heads of the Japanese devils." Cun Yunsheng's mind flashed back to three years ago when the Japanese army occupied Zhennan Pass, burned down the gate tower, and sent the three large characters "Zhennan Pass" to the Japanese Emperor to ask for credit.

Afterwards, they stole the stone banner with the words "Important Town in Southern Xinjiang" and Zhennan Pass was once again trampled upon by the invaders.

"And the stone carvings must also be taken back." At this time, a deep and powerful voice sounded behind him.

Hearing the voice, Cun Yunsheng's heart moved, as if he had guessed who the person was, so he turned his head and looked at the person.

"Commander Zhang is right. This is our China's treasure, and it was snatched away by the Japanese devils. We will definitely take it back one day." Cun Yunsheng said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

The person who came was Zhang Fakui, accompanied by several soldiers.

Seeing the other soldiers looking nervous, as if they were facing a formidable enemy, Cun Yunsheng couldn't help but chuckle.

"Go away and don't embarrass yourself here. This is our Chinese territory, what are you afraid of?" Zhang Fakui also noticed the embarrassing look of the soldiers around him and couldn't help but scold them.

"Commander Zhang, your subordinates are just worried about your safety. After all, you are the commander-in-chief of the Fourth War Zone, and you shoulder the hopes of the Fourth War Zone." Cun Yunsheng said with a faint smile.

Hearing this, Zhang Fakui smiled bitterly.

"What a shitty commander-in-chief! If it weren't for the Japanese invasion, I wouldn't be such a commander-in-chief. I have lost interest in these things a long time ago."

This sentence comes from the bottom of my heart.

After decades of military service, he had become indifferent to everything.

And it sounds nice, Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth War Zone.

Actually?

The only troops that the Fourth War Zone can command are the guard regiments around it.

The other troops were simply pretending to obey.

Of course, if the war of resistance is not going well, he can still take the opportunity to shoot the enemy.

After all, he still has to have the authority as the commander-in-chief.

Cun Yunsheng pretended not to hear his complaints and talked about another matter.

"Captain Zhang, I wonder what you think about the battle to open Tongjiang City?"

Jiangcheng is currently in the hands of the Japanese army. Only by taking it can more starving people move south to Hanoi.

Otherwise, I don’t know how many people would be exhausted to death just relying on their own two legs.

"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you." Zhang Fakui first apologized and then said with a serious expression.

"Jiangcheng is the thoroughfare of nine provinces, and it has well-developed water and land transportation. If you want to take it back, I'm afraid you'll have to pay a huge price."

"In fact, Shancheng has planned more than once to retake Jiangcheng, but the chances of success are less than 20%, or even lower."

Cun Yunsheng listened quietly to the other party talking about the defense of Jiangcheng.

In fact, the Japanese troops in the city were easy to deal with.

The only trouble is the reinforcements.

Because of the developed water transportation, the Japanese army could support Jiangcheng by warships at any time.

If we fail to capture Jiangcheng as quickly as possible, we will face a steady stream of Japanese troops.

At that time, the surprise attack will become a war of attrition.

The Gui army really cannot afford the consumption.

As for the direct troops?

They will definitely just sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the two tigers and will not take any action at all.

"In other words, the main situation we are facing now is the Japanese reinforcements by water?" Cun Yunsheng went straight to the core of the problem.

"That's right. The air force can overcome it. At most, they can exchange their lives for others. But the Japanese army can transport tens of thousands of reinforcements by water within a day. If we are not careful, the encirclement and annihilation battle may become a war of attrition. I believe you know what the Gui army is capable of." Zhang Fakui nodded, indicating that he agreed with his opinion.

Hearing this, Cun Yunsheng nodded, thought for a while, and asked again.

"Is this also what the three officers Li, Bai and Huang meant?"

During this period, the two sides have been communicating, mainly around Jiangcheng, but after several discussions, there is still no result.

After the golden finger was upgraded this time, the explosion rate increased again, and he could get more equipment.

He decided to completely resolve the other party's worries.

"Yes, these three don't want to spend all their family assets." Zhang Fakui nodded in agreement, without feeling the slightest bit of shame.

For this ragtag army, this is their confidence.

If you really spend all your family fortune, you won’t have the confidence to speak up.

Hearing this, Cun Yunsheng couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

These three officers not only want to preserve their strength, they also have other ideas. However, these have nothing to do with him. After thinking for a while, Cun Yunsheng came up with an idea.

"I don't know what the commander thinks of the Sichuan Army."

Hearing this, Zhang Fakui was stunned. Aren’t they discussing cooperation?
Why is the Sichuan Army involved again?

He thought the other party was going to praise the Sichuan Army, but he was interrupted as soon as he said it.

"I'm talking about the Sichuan Army, the entire Sichuan Army, not my Sichuan Army Corps." Cun Yunsheng shook his head.

"The Sichuan Army is absolutely recognized as the most courageous and heroic army that dares to fight the toughest battles and makes the most tragic sacrifices." After a little thought, Zhang Fakui gave his opinion.

"From the Battle of Songhu to the later Battle of Taierzhuang, and even later the Battle of Jiangcheng, the Sichuan Army relied on its spirit of fearlessness and sacrifice, winning the praise of "no army can be formed without Sichuan troops."

"Although the Sichuan Army was generally regarded as the "worst army" before the war of resistance, with backward equipment, lack of ammunition, supplies and medical equipment, and the treatment of soldiers was far from that of the direct troops, they showed their tenacious fighting will and heroic spirit of sacrifice with their straw sandals and single clothes."

It has to be said that Zhang Fakui's words showed that he had really studied the Sichuan Army carefully.

Otherwise it would not be rated so highly.

"Since the beginning of the war of resistance against Japan, the Sichuan Army has participated in almost all battles. Even now, the Sichuan Army is still active on various battlefields."

"They used their flesh and blood to write the most tragic page in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. I believe that people in the future will never forget them." After Zhang Fakui finished speaking, he fell into deep memories.

Because he was in charge of commanding the right wing army during the Battle of Shanghai, he naturally saw the Sichuan Army walking thousands of miles to the battlefield, without even having time to eat, and immediately joined the battlefield.

It was at that moment that he got to know the Sichuan Army again.

The subsequent bloody battle of Taierzhuang completely changed everyone's perception of the Sichuan Army.

"The people of Sichuan have never betrayed their country, and the people of China will never betray Sichuan." These words were spoken by Cun Yunsheng.

At this moment, Cun Yunsheng looked a little sad, and then he looked at Zhang Fakui and said.

"I didn't expect Commander Zhang to have such a high opinion of the Sichuan Army. It's really rare."

"The Sichuan Army deserves such high praise." Zhang Fakui seemed to have come out of his memories, a trace of sadness flashed across his face, and then he returned to his original expression.

"I wonder if Commander Zhang is interested in cooperating with the Sichuan Army?" Cun Yunsheng said, staring at the other party closely.

Hearing this, Zhang Fakui was stunned, looking puzzled.

What do you mean?
Cooperate with the Sichuan Army?
Aren’t we cooperating now?

what happened?

How else can we cooperate?

Perhaps seeing Zhang Fakui's confusion, Cun Yunsheng explained with a smile.

"Commander Zhang should know that my unit's original designation was the Independent Regiment of the 45th Division of the 126th Army."

"Yes, Deng Jinkang's department." Zhang Fakui nodded.

"You mean we should cooperate with him? He is being watched closely by Shancheng now. He has just been transferred to the southern part of Henan. His troops have suffered heavy losses. On the surface, they have two divisions, but in reality, they are only equivalent to one division."

Cun Yunsheng was not surprised that Zhang Fakui knew so much.

But he didn't expect that the two divisions of the 45th Army now had only a few thousand people.

The casualties are really too great.

I have to say, Shancheng has some good tricks.

If we continue to consume it like this, I'm afraid we will really run out of it.

"To be honest, these few thousand people can't play any role, unless they are fully equipped with American weapons, maybe they can be of some use. Otherwise, to put it bluntly, they are just cannon fodder." Zhang Fakui spoke very impolitely, without hiding anything and trying not to save face for Cun Yunsheng.

Cun Yunsheng did not have any dissatisfaction with this, but nodded in agreement.

"Commander Zhang is right, but I think that after several years of bloody battles, those who remain are elite veterans. With a little reorganization, there shouldn't be any problem in forming a force of tens of thousands of people." Cun Yunsheng said with a smile.

When Zhang Fakui heard the number of tens of thousands of people, he was stunned and began to think about the meaning of this sentence.

Is this to support the 45th Sichuan Army?
It's not impossible.

With the current financial resources of the Sichuan Army, it is not excessive to support the old club, and it may even be praised by others.

And what Cun Yunsheng said was right. Although there are only a few thousand people left in the 45th Army now, they are indeed veterans, and their fighting will is indeed greater than that of the new recruits.

If the military pay can keep up, recruiting tens of thousands of people would be a piece of cake.

"Aren't you afraid that the guy in Shancheng won't be able to sleep?" Zhang Fakui chuckled.

"Whether he can sleep or not has nothing to do with me. I eat well and sleep well. Look, I've even gained weight." Cun Yunsheng also started to tease.

"I didn't expect you to be so brave. If you can really provide weapons, equipment, military pay and food as you said, it will not be a problem for the 45th Sichuan Army to mobilize tens of thousands of people. After all, the number is still there. Even if the guy in Shancheng gets angry first, he won't find a reason." Zhang Fakui teased first, and then analyzed.

"With the addition of tens of thousands of elite troops, our chances of taking Jiangcheng will be much better. But how much weapons and equipment can you provide? If it's only one or two divisions of American weapons and equipment, forget it. You should keep them for yourself."

"According to my estimate, I can guarantee with my life that we will be able to take down the five American-equipped divisions."

Seeing the other party's serious expression, Cun Yunsheng was stunned at first, and then teased.

"Only five American-equipped divisions? I was prepared to provide six American-equipped divisions. It seems that I was being too sentimental."

After the golden finger was upgraded, the explosion rate was increased again. The weapons and equipment that originally took two months to obtain now only take one month.

This month can be used for recruiting and training.

"Hiss, what fortune have you made? Six American-equipped divisions? Wasn't the US military's aid temporarily suspended?" Zhang Fakui was stunned by Cun Yunsheng's heroism.

The six American-equipped divisions that Cun Yunsheng mentioned were not standard American-equipped divisions, but American-equipped divisions with 12,000 people. Including the logistics personnel, the six divisions have nearly 100,000 people.

These are definitely elite troops.

A ragtag army has so many elite troops?

The guy in Shancheng probably really can’t sleep.

"It was interrupted." Cun Yunsheng deliberately kept it a secret.

"Then how did you get so many weapons? Did you sneak them away? Didn't Stilwell cause you any trouble?" Zhang Fakui asked curiously.

"Go away, show me the equipment of the six stolen divisions? Do you really think the Americans are fools?" Cun Yunsheng rolled his eyes at him in annoyance.

"I used some tricks to build an arsenal of decent size. Give me another month, and I will have no problem equipping six American-equipped divisions."

This time Zhang Fakui was completely stunned.

While others are still worrying about equipment, this guy actually built an arsenal?
Listen to his tone?
It seems to be quite large?
So young?

So awesome?

It is true that the waves behind push the waves in front, and the waves in front die on the beach.

This guy is much more awesome than him.

Do not!
Even if Li Bai and Huang were combined, they wouldn't be as awesome as this kid.

For a moment, Zhang Fakui looked at the other person with complicated eyes.

(End of this chapter)