Chapter 399 Digging the Yellow River Embankment?
Why is Farkenhausen angry?
Because he remembered what he had happened to listening to Songlu in the morning.
President Chang always attached great importance to the opinions of the German advisory group. During the Battle of Shanghai, Farkenhausen even ordered the attack on Huishan Wharf to be disproportionate.
The battle in Xuzhou, as Zhong Yi predicted, was eventually made into a pot of raw rice.
But the first thing that President Chang thought of was not Zhong Yi, but German consultant Farkenhausen, who immediately sent his attendant to drive his special car to pick Farkenhausen up to Tingsonglu.
Principal Chang was actually a little arrogant at this time. He felt that the first stage of the Xuzhou Battle was so good. Although he failed to wipe out the invading Japanese troops in Taierzhuang, he also achieved great results.
So if you work harder, you should still have the chance to eat the Japanese army in Yi County!
Senior generals such as He Yingpei and Chen Shi were very clear about Principal Chang's temper, so they all agreed.
But Farkenhausen was a German, which was too real. Even though he knew what Principal Chang wanted to hear, he still insisted on his own opinion and believed that there was little hope for the Japanese army in Yi County. He also suggested that Principal Chang give up Xuzhou and seize the time to deploy the next stage of the Battle of Wuhan!
Principal Chang refused to listen. Not only did he not prepare to give up Xuzhou, he instead transferred more than a dozen troops to the Xuzhou battlefield!
Principal Chang's plan was like this. The Japanese army in Yi County was surrounded. The Japanese army in North China and Nanjing would definitely launch large-scale reinforcements, but this was nothing. The dozen newly transferred troops were used to fight and block them. Therefore, the 300,000 troops in the former Fifth War Zone could still be focused on besieging the Japanese army in Yi County without distraction!
Principal Chang wants to fight an annihilation battle too much!
China also needs a war of annihilation too much!
That's why President Chang persists so much!
However, Farkenhausen was stubborn and shouted in public, which made Principal Chang feel embarrassed. Farkenhausen also felt that his ability was questioned, and the two sides parted in disagreement!
So when Sun Liren mentioned the Yi County, Falkenhausen became popular.
"So greedy!" Farkenhausen said angrily, "You Chinese are too greedy! You don't have the corresponding ability, but you have to do things beyond your ability. In the end, you will only be able to gain failure! Reality will educate you!"
At this point, the topic finally reached the direction Zhong Yi wanted. At that moment, Zhong Yi stood up and said, "I fully agree with General Falkenhausen's judgment. The fighter jets that surrounded and annihilated the Japanese army in Yi County have been completely lost. They forcibly launched the battle in Yi County. In the end, hundreds of thousands of troops in the fifth war zone were allowed to be placed in danger!"
After listening to the translation, Farkenhausen nodded happily and said, "I finally have a clear person!"
Zhong Yi continued: "General Farkenhausen, although we do not agree, the launch of the Battle of Yixian in the fifth World War is already unstoppable. It is meaningless to discuss this now. Therefore, let's discuss, if the Battle of Yixian is not going well, and the Japanese troops in North China and Nanjing are rushing to reinforce again, what should our army do?"
This question directly scratched the itch in Farkenhausen, because after he left Tingsonglu, he was already thinking about this issue solemnly.
Farkenhausen said: "I think at this time, the first thing is to stop the Japanese army from pursuing, and we must not let the tragedy of the Battle of Shanghai repeat!"
Zhong Yixin said, "Here's coming!"
In the original historical time and space, Farkenhausen thought of a desperate plan to stop the Japanese army from pursuing, and Principal Chang really adopted Farkenhausen's suggestion!
This desperate strategy is to dig the Yellow River embankment and use the surging floods to block the Japanese army's pursuit!
Now, what Zhong Yi has to do is to put forward a completely opposite opinion from Farkenhausen, and also find a way to get this opinion into the vision of the commander-in-chief and even President Chang himself!
Farkenhausen continued: "The reason why the final stage of the Battle of Songhu was a crushing defeat was because the retreat was too hasty and no troops were left to fight and block! According to the current situation, the final result of the Battle of Xuzhou was probably not much better, and most of the end of the retreat was in a hasty way!"
"But fortunately!" After pausing here, Farkenhausen picked up the instruction stick and pointed to the map, and continued, "Xuzhou is not Shanghai after all. Although there are national defense fortifications between Shanghai and Nanjing, if there are no troops stationed, even the most solid national defense fortifications can only be decorations. However, there is a Yellow River in the north of Xuzhou!"
"Yellow River? What does it mean?" The students in the class were confused.
Only Zhong Yi knew what Farkenhausen meant and asked sternly: "Are you talking about digging the Yellow River?"
"That's right, dig the Yellow River!" Farkenhausen said proudly, "As long as the Yellow River embankment is dug and the surging floods pour down, it will flood all the roads and railways near Xuzhou. The Japanese army will be unable to move forward. The main force of the National Army gathered on the battlefield in Xuzhou will be able to retreat calmly, and the tragedy of the Battle of Songhu will not happen again!"
Hearing this, the whole class immediately took a breath of air conditioning.
Zhong Yi even said sternly: "General Farkenhausen, do you know what it means to the 30 million Chinese people in the lower reaches of the Huanghuai River once the Yellow River breaks?"
After a pause, Zhong Yi said again: "If you don't know, then I will tell you now that once the Yellow River breaks, millions of people will be drowned directly, and more than ten million people will be homeless and displaced overnight. Moreover, after the Yellow River breaks, a huge flooding area will form, further forming protracted geological disasters. In the next few years, extreme droughts, extreme floods, and even locust plagues will occur! The number of people who will eventually be injured is likely to reach 30 million!"
"This is impossible." Farkenhausen shrugged, "War, after all, will have sacrifices."
"What you said is light. If you were asked to sacrifice 30 million Germans, would you like?" Zhong Yi said angrily.
"You are making a point of reason!" Farkenhausen's face suddenly darkened when he heard this. The entire Germany only had a population of 70 million, and 30 million were sacrificed at once. Wouldn't the Germanic nation be destroyed?
"It is you who is unreasonable, Mr. Farkenhausen!" Zhong Yi said coldly, "What's more, even if the Yellow River is not dug, there is a way to stop the Japanese army from pursuing. The tragedy of the Battle of Songhu will not repeat in Xuzhou!"
"Oh, is that?" Farkenhausen said coldly, "What are you going to do?"
Zhong Yi strode to the stage, took the instruction stick and pointed to the map and said, "In the Xuzhou battlefield, in addition to the Yellow River in the north, there is also the Dabie Mountains in the south. The main forces of the Fifth War Zone can retreat from the Dabie Mountains! It is difficult for the Japanese mechanized troops to be deployed in the mountainous areas, so our army can easily get rid of them!"
Chapter completed!