Take Taobao to fight against Japan

Dai Li paid the funeral expenses to the parents of the dead military command agents, took care of their orphans and widows, and intentionally shaped the military command bureau into a benevolent and righteous unit.

No matter how busy he is, Dai Li will be the class teacher with Chairman Jiang in every training class, just like Chairman Jiang did for the Whampoa Military Academy.

From the very beginning, Dai Li combined the strict discipline of military reunification with the thought of the Three People's Principles, thus creating a special political and cultural atmosphere.

Yang Fan also has many lurking spies in Shanghai, but these spies are all on the line with the British and American Concession authorities, and the safety factor is much higher than that of the military anti-rape team.

This time, the little devil and the No. 76 traitor agent had a frantic collision and biting, but Yang Fan didn't have any losses.

"What? The little devil took the military command in Shanghai? These bastards are quite clever, and they didn't cut off the difficult line, otherwise the consequences will be very serious!"

After reading the information, Yang Fan raised his brows lightly. As expected, the little devil was still bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. He had encountered a hard nail in his place, so he could only turn his head to vent his anger on the military commander.

Even things that are difficult to lose are not dared to make trouble blatantly, but the transportation capacity has been greatly reduced. Originally, it would be completely over around December 12, but according to the current rhythm, it may be delayed until the end of December.

Yang Fan is very clear about the little devil's plan, but he is just afraid that Yang Fan will start a frenzied war against the surrounding Japanese-occupied areas when he has nothing to do.

But now in the deep winter, the weather is very cold, which is very unfavorable for mechanized troops to fight. It is not very convenient for Yang Fan to use troops even if he wants to, so he simply climbs along the pole and continues to develop wretchedly.

These days, through prevention and treatment at all costs, the aftereffects of the devils' germ weapons have been brought under control.

Although more than 1 people have been infected, the current death toll is only more than 2000, and more than [-] people are still in isolation and medical treatment. The recovery effect of treatment is generally optimistic.

On December 12, Yang Fan welcomed a special guest, Joseph Stilwell, American military attache to China.

"Oh, dear old friend, we meet again at last!"

After getting off the boat and going ashore to Yang Fan, Stilwell walked over quickly with a smile on his face, and when he came to him, he spread his arms and begged for a hug.

"My old friend, it is a great pleasure to see you again!"

Reaching out his hand not to hit the smiling man, Yang Fan cooperated and stepped forward to give Stilwell a warm hug, then opened the door of the Lincoln luxury car and said: "Please get in the car, I have prepared a reception banquet in Gaomi, Old friends are welcome to visit.”

"Thank you very much! I am also very honored to be able to ride in our country's limousine in Huaxia!"

Stilwell bent over and got into the Lincoln luxury car, and when Yang Fan sat beside him, he said with a smile: "I'm about to return to China for a job, so before returning to China, I will visit my old friends, and feel the majestic posture of the Chinese Tigers and Cardinals by the way. .”

Yang Fan replied with a smile: "You are very welcome! I am grateful for the help you have received many times. If you have any needs, please feel free to ask. I will never refuse if I can do it!"

Stilwell did help Yang Fan a lot. In the beginning, Meng Wuan and his party were able to reach New York safely with a smooth boat, thanks to Stilwell's efforts.

Of course, Stilwell has benefited from being with Yang Fan, and the wealth he has obtained so far is enough for him to spend his entire life in style.

Stilwell quickly shook his head and smiled and said, "Old friend, you are too polite, rather than saying that I have helped you a lot, it would be better to say that you have helped me a lot!

The president called me back to China and mentioned you specifically, and asked me to pay a formal visit to you when I go back, so as to gain more experience! "

Paper can never contain fire, Yang Fan has been making a fortune in silence all the time, low-key and wretched development, but a series of advanced weapons and equipment, military technology, and industrial technology cannot be completely hidden.

Not only did it attract the attention and covetousness of the Japanese devils, but it also attracted the attention of the government of the Republic of China, the Soviet Union, Britain, the United States, France and other countries, but how could Yang Fan easily share these things beyond the times?

No matter who came, except that the red regime gave a lot of sweet benefits, other aspects were met with nothing.

Knowing the purpose of Stilwell's visit, Yang Fan said with a smile: "Of course, old friends will be entertained with delicious food and wine. How about talking about other things slowly after we are full?"

"Okay! The guests do as they please, and I will take care of you!"

As a senior Huaxia expert, Stilwell naturally heard Yang Fan's implication. At the same time, he also knew that this young general was not so easy to fool.

The success or failure of this trip depends on Yang Fan alone, so although Stilwell is a little impatient, he can only bear his temper and interact with Yang Fan at this time.

After happily eating the welcome banquet, Yang Fan drove Stilwell around Gaomi city again, looked around, and the focus was to let Stilwell feel the people's livelihood and the overall atmosphere of Gaomi.

"Oh, it's incredible! General Yang, I finally understand the ancient Chinese saying that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books!

I stayed in China for 12 years and almost traveled all over China, but today is really an eye-opener.

My God, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I simply couldn't believe that there is such a magical land in China.

The degree of prosperity and civilization here is not inferior to our Washington DC! "

Simply turning around for a few hours, Stilwell was completely dumbfounded. Although he had learned a lot of information through many channels before, hearing and seeing with his own eyes were completely different things.

What's more, driven by Yang Fan's vigorous urbanization regardless of cost, the Huaxia Huben Military Defense Zone can be said to be changing with each passing day. Various supporting facilities and engineering projects are constantly being launched, and a few months is enough to make people feel refreshed.

"Where, where, the United States of America is the most developed and powerful country in the world today, our place is just a small place, how can it be compared with your capital!"

Yang Fan raised his eyebrows proudly, but said something modestly, and then asked with a smile: "I heard that you have been investigating in Shanxi, Henan, and Chongqing in the past few months, and I don't know the result? Have you come to any exciting conclusions?"

Chapter 594

At the beginning of September 1938, the Wuhan Garrison Command was disbanded, and Stilwell also ended his temporary position as a staff officer of the headquarters, and soon transferred to Shanxi, Henan, and Chongqing for inspection.

Then he stayed in the Shanghai Legation for a while, until recently Stilwell was appointed again to return to the United States as the commander of the 2rd Brigade of the 3nd Infantry Division.

"No, no, no, I'm telling the truth. I admire you from the bottom of my heart, and it's definitely not a deliberate compliment!"

Stilwell shook his head, and then sighed with a gloomy expression: "General Yang, I have indeed been traveling around for the past few months, but unfortunately there is no exciting conclusion, which is frustrating. There are quite a few discoveries, do you want to hear it?"

Looking at Stilwell's frustrated expression, Yang Fan could already guess what Stilwell wanted to say, but he couldn't see through it and nodded with a smile:

"Good medicine is good for the disease, and good advice is good for the ear. You are an old friend of our Huaxia people, and we all want to hear your discoveries!"

"Yes! Mr. Stilwell, we are all listening!"

"Mr. Stilwell, please speak freely!"

Wu Rongbang, Liao Youtian, Liu Chengchang, Miao Dadong and others who accompanied him all showed curious expressions and locked their eyes on Stilwell.

"Well, I'll tell you what I found and saw."

Stilwell sighed softly: "After the Battle of Wuhan, the Sino-Japanese War has entered a stalemate, and it stands to reason that the pressure on the national army on the frontal battlefield has been greatly reduced.

The national army has enough time to replenish and even retrain, so the combat effectiveness of the national army should be greatly enhanced in a short period of time. This conclusion is no problem, right? "

Wu Rongbang nodded first and said: "Mr. Stilwell, you are right, the national army not only has a large number of elite veterans who have survived many battles, but also has a nearly inexhaustible source of troops.

The national government has sufficient war resources, and at the same time, a large amount of military supplies such as military equipment have continuously flowed in from abroad, which is enough to carry out a protracted war with the Japanese army.

So as long as enough time is given, the national government will definitely be able to quickly build up more elite troops, but Japan has already shown signs of fatigue, and Japan's domestic economy has declined sharply. Under the ebb and flow, victory will definitely belong to our Chinese country. ..."

As the "Supreme Emperor" of the Huaxia Huben Army, Wu Rongbang naturally knew all kinds of information and materials, and he was very logical and convincing when he opened his mouth.

After a pause, Wu Rongbang continued: "By the way, isn't the national army currently launching a large-scale winter strategic counter-offensive against the Japanese devils?"

In November 1939, the Chinese army launched a winter offensive like the Japanese invaders in various station areas, including the Battle of Southern Guangxi.

The winter offensive lasted for more than four months. The Huaxia Army deployed 192 divisions with about 148 million people, and 71 divisions directly participated in the battle with more than 55 people. They fought 1340 times with the Japanese army, including 1050 times of active attacks.

This is the first nationwide large-scale counterattack launched by the Chinese army since the Japanese invaded China, and it is also the largest counterattack launched by the Chinese army against foreign aggressors since the Opium War.

The winter offensive killed two lieutenant generals and two major generals of the Japanese army. The Chinese army suffered 8 or [-] casualties, rewriting the century-old history that the Chinese army was basically passively beaten.

In the international context where the German and Italian fascist armies are invincible and unstoppable, the fact that the Chinese army can conduct a winter offensive has amazed the world.

The winter offensive hit the Japanese army hard, and the Japanese army also admitted that "the sacrifices paid in this operation were unprecedented in previous operations."

However, the direct loss is still secondary, and the bigger loss is that the Japanese army postponed the plan to go south.

At present, Southeast Asia and South Asia are colonies of Western countries dominated by Britain and France. Due to the outbreak of the Second World War, countries such as Britain and France were overwhelmed with their own land, and actually adopted a policy of abandoning the colonies.

Therefore, the Japanese government desperately hopes to reduce the Japanese army invading China from more than 80 to more than 50, so as to free up troops to invade Southeast Asia and South Asia.

But the winter offensive broke the wishful thinking of the Japanese army. Not only was the Japanese army unable to reduce its troops from China for a while, but it had to expand its front line, launching the Binyang Battle in Guangxi and the Yichang Battle in Central China.

Wu Rongbang shook his head and showed color when he said that, but Stilwell still shook his head and said: "Strategic counterattack? It seems to be something like that on the surface, but I'm afraid it will never succeed.

In the half a year since the end of the Wuhan battle, I don't know much about the national army in other theaters, but the combat effectiveness of the national army in the first theater and the second theater has declined beyond imagination. Many phenomena are really shocking. "

Wu Rongbang couldn't hold back his face and asked back: "For example? Can you give me an example?"

Stilwell noticed the change in Wu Rongbang's expression, and asked with a smile: "Director Wu, as far as I know, your Huaxia Huben Army and the Nationalist Government have always been inseparable from each other, and have no control over each other. I heard your tone is very biased towards the Nationalist Government. Woolen cloth?"

"Ahem, cough, this shouldn't be the focus of the issue, right? Anyway, I am an out-and-out Chinese. Naturally, I hope that the national army can become stronger and stronger quickly. We can work together to drive the devils out of China earlier. !"

Wu Rongbang's old face flushed slightly. Fortunately, he was Yang Fan's father-in-law, so his loyalty would not be doubted, otherwise he would be suspected of "being in Cao Ying and heart in Han" just by asking this question.

"That's not bad!"

Stilwell nodded and smiled, did not continue to ask, and continued: "There is an old saying in China that brothers fight against others outside the wall. It stands to reason that the Japanese are the number one enemy of China. All forces should be united in good faith, right?

But I discovered that the national army would join hands with the Japanese army and the puppet army to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army guerrillas. Can you believe it? "

"..."

Yang Fan smiled and said nothing, he knew this very well.

"What did you say?"

"The national army and the Japanese puppet army joined hands to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army?"

"No way? Aren't the Eighth Route Army and the National Army friendly?"

"Yeah, how can you join forces with the enemy to encircle and suppress your own friendly army?"

Wu Rongbang and the others changed their faces drastically. It was the first time they had heard of such relatively secret information, and they felt extremely astonished and unacceptable for a while.

Yes, even a foreigner knows what is meant by "brothers fight outside the wall to defend against their insults", but how could the Nationalist government stab a knife in the back during the difficult stage of the all-out resistance to Japan?

"Hehe, what is this? There are even more outrageous things!"

Stilwell snorted coldly, and uttered in great pain, "The national army is now trying to save the country with curves, and many generals of the national army have clearly marked their prices. As long as the Japanese and puppet troops can afford the price, they will bring their troops into the enemy's camp .

In addition to these, things such as growing and selling opium, and secretly reselling arms are even more common. It is no exaggeration to say that opium is harder currency than French currency in the Kuomintang-controlled area, and it is completely equivalent to currency!

Let me put it this way, the national army in the first war zone and the second war, now everyone wants to get rich, or simply sell themselves for a high price, no one really thinks about fighting the invaders! "

Chapter 595 Rotten to the root

"How could this be? No way!"

Wu Rongbang's brain was buzzing, he thought of the beginning but didn't expect the end, this slap in the face came too fast and too exciting.

As a senior intellectual of the former Nationalist Government, who had enjoyed the high-end treatment of the Nationalist Government, although Wu Rongbang has a lot of dissatisfaction with the Nationalist Government, even though he has "other ownership" now, he still generally recognizes this "Chinese orthodoxy"!

But now, having come into contact with these black materials and inside stories suddenly, Wu Rongbang only feels that the three views have been ruined and the human design collapsed. Is this still the "Chinese orthodoxy" in his mind?

Dazed for a moment, Wu Rongbang said stubbornly, "Even so, it's just a few rat feces. China has a vast territory and a large population. Even if the national army in the enemy's rear battlefield is all rotten, there is still hope for the Nationalist government."

"Speaking of hope, please forgive me, the national government is rotten to the root, and the national army may have no hope."

Stilwell continued to sprinkle salt on his wounds, and he said fiercely: "This time I also went to Chongqing, Guizhou and even Yunnan to investigate the process of recruiting young men, and the results were even more shocking."

Yang Fan frowned, and asked cooperatively: "Oh, what's so shocking? Why don't you speak up!"

"Ok!"

Stilwell nodded, gritted his teeth and said: "The officials of the local military service office are like bullies, they arrest men when they see them, and when they find someone fleeing, they shoot them on the spot for desertion without distinction!

Even if the strong men were captured, they would not be given food. As they walked forward, some people would starve to death along the way. If ten strong men were sent to the front line, five of them would survive! "

The more Stilwell spoke, the more excited he became, his eyes became red and he said:

"You don't even know that on the way from Guizhou, Yunnan, and Sichuan to the front line, it was really starving all the way. I really have never seen such a tragic scene!

I have never seen such a corrupt and incompetent government!The national government is simply a disgrace to all mankind! "

How many soldiers were recruited by the National Army during the Anti-Japanese War?

Judging from the later statistical data on conscripted soldiers and militiamen, almost all the strong men were conscripted at that time to supplement soldiers and build military projects.

According to official data, there were about 1400 million conscripts in the Anti-Japanese War, but the actual situation is far more than that.

In addition to conscription, there are more strong men who are conscripted to volunteer to build military projects, and this part is at least [-] million people.

Everyone was responsible for defending the soil during the War of Resistance Against Japan. Whether it was conscription during the War of Resistance Against Japan or the compulsory construction of military projects, there was nothing to talk about.

However, privilege breeds corruption in this execution process, and the military conscription process can be described as corrupt, dark, and even heinous.

Since the Anti-Japanese War, the national government began to implement the compulsory military service system, that is, to investigate household registration and population according to the Baojia system, and then register men of military service age who have reached the age of 18 to 45.

Every year, the head of the security draws lots to decide who will serve as a soldier.The basic principle of the lottery is "one out of three, two out of five, and exemption for only children".

But whether a man is of the right age, whether he is healthy, whether he is an only child, who will serve in the army after the lottery, etc., are almost all decided by the township, the head of the security, and the military conscription officials.

As such, the lottery process was rife with blackmail, extortion and exploitation.

District, township, and security chiefs blackmail ordinary people, as long as they pay money, they can be exempted from military service. Richer families can extort 5 to 50 French currency, and those who are worse will also be extorted [-] to [-] French currency.

Therefore, people gritted their teeth with hatred for the township and Baochang. The common people said, "In the past, there was the governor of Miemen County, but now there is the Baochang of Miemen Township." .

In addition, not only the grassroots regime is corrupt in the conscription process, but the national army conscription officials are not much better, and even worsened.

Army conscription officials sold and released young men, and used them for profit, causing a large number of young men to escape military service. When sending soldiers, they asked young men to help traffic in contraband, causing a large number of young men to die. Absolutely.