Chapter 4
Zhang Wenbin did not say anything after listening. He walked straight to the front of the conference room and picked up the baton next to the map.
The chairman stopped talking and turned to look at Zhang Wenbin with interest.
"If Wenbin said anything wrong, please forgive me.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the baton in Zhang Wenbin's hand fell on places like Hubei and Xuzhou."Now, a full-scale war has broken out. The Japanese troops in North China and Central China are launching a large-scale attack on our army.
In the northern region, the Japanese were busy taking down the Pingjin area. In the central region, the Japanese were already heading straight for Jinling.
If Jinling was lost, the next target of the Chinese would definitely be Wu Han. It was located in the eastern part of the Jianghan Plain.
In terms of economic strength, it was second only to Shanghai. Moreover, to the Japanese, it was not just about the economy.”
When Zhang Wenbin said this, the corners of his mouth curled up."For the Japanese, there's another very important point. It's the grain produced in the Hubei and Hubei regions.
The Japanese army had always had a problem, and that was the lack of supplies. Their rations were not enough. The higher-ups said to the Japanese, They had to go through starvation training.
But in reality, it was a problem of insufficient food. Moreover, the Japanese did not have much fertile land in their country, but they had a large population. They needed to import a large amount of food every year.
Now that the war had broken out, the army needed more food. The Japanese would not be able to satisfy the army's food needs. Under such circumstances, the Japanese fighting in our country would definitely think of robbing.
Just like the Japanese in North China, if the Japanese took Jinling, they would definitely go straight for Wuhan1.
On the other hand, if they lost or didn't, there was one place that the Japanese would fight for.”
As Zhang Wenbin spoke, he pointed the baton at Xuzhou.
"Xuzhou is a place where the Central Plains is at war. Not only is it extremely rich, but most importantly, Xuzhou is also a transportation hub between the east, west, north, and south. Our country's Jinpu railway line and Longhai railway line both passed through Xuzhou.
Xuzhou was the intersection of these two railway lines. As long as they took Xuzhou and opened up the Jinpu railway line, the little devils in northern and central China would be able to run through the north and south of our country.
Moreover, it can also pave the way for the later attack to the west. We can attack Shaanxi and other places along the Longhai railway line…"
Zhang Wenbin stood in front and talked. The more he spoke, the brighter his eyes became. There was absolute confidence in his eyes.
The gaze of the generals sitting gradually became serious, and their gazes toward Zhang Wenbin also changed to varying degrees.
"Is this really the gaze of a 22-year-old young man?”
Many people looked at Zhang Wenbin and asked slowly.
After a long time, Zhang Wenbin finished speaking. The chairman's eyes were filled with admiration, and at the same time, there was a touch of shock.
He didn't expect Zhang Wenbin to see so far. In fact, when the military and political department was discussing the Japanese's attack targets and possible routes, he had already thought that places like Chengdu would become the Japanese's targets.
Therefore, when the capital temporarily moved to Wu Han, he ordered the capital to move to Chongqing. In the end, Chongqing was the final location of the transfer.
"Then how do you think our country should respond to this unprecedented war?”
The chairman thought for a moment and asked Zhang Wenbin.
Zhang Wenbin rolled his eyes and said,"Ever since Zhang Shao Shuai gave up on the Four Eastern Provinces, the Japanese have been relying on the resources of the Four Eastern Provinces to make their national strength change drastically from five years ago.
At the very least, their industrial strength had increased by four times compared to five years ago. In terms of the overall national strength of the two countries, the Japanese had completely crushed our country.
Therefore, Wen Bin felt that it was not worth it to fight the Japanese, but he could not give up.
We have to use space to exchange for time. Our army will use the major cities as the base to fight against the Japanese. Every battle will consume their national strength and drag them into the quagmire of a protracted war…"
"Before the war, the Japanese had a high-level dialect. They could take down our country within three months. The reason why they said this was not because they were arrogant, but because the Japanese Emperor was not sure if he would start such a war before the war because the Japanese economy was not doing well.
The higher-ups of the Japanese said this to convince their emperor to support the war. Three months was a deadline.
If the Japanese ended the war within three months, it would not affect their economy. However, if it was not resolved, their economy would suffer a major blow.”
Although Zhang Wenbin was only a doctor in his later life, he was still a highly educated person. He usually liked to read books, so he knew a lot about this period.
Why did the higher-ups of the Japanese say that they would take down China in three months? Were they really that arrogant?
In fact, the real reason for this was mainly to make their emperor determined to fight an all-out war.
At that time, the Japanese were also affected by the Western mortgage crisis. Even after a few years, the domestic economy did not recover. Under such circumstances, the Japanese had already begun to go to extremes.
They wanted to use war to shift economic and domestic conflicts. However, their emperor yearned for the vast land of China, but at the same time, he hesitated that if the country was dragged into the quagmire of war, the terrifying economy would directly collapse.
Therefore, the higher-ups of the military shouted the slogan of ending the war in three months, urging their emperor to sign a warrant to start the war.
After Zhang Wenbin finished speaking, everyone present looked at him in shock, and the chairman was even more stunned.
Because the lineup he had just mentioned was the plan formulated by the military and political department, the strategic goal of exchanging space for time.
Not many people knew about this strategy. At least, only the higher-ups of the military knew about it. For example, the commanders of the major war zones, and the generals in the conference room, including Tang Mengxiao, did not know about this strategy.
This was a military secret. The chairman first thought that Zhang Wenbin's father had told him these things, but after thinking about it, even Zhang Wenbin's father didn't know, so how could he tell him? In the end, he could only admit that Zhang Wenbin thought of this himself.
"You're worth teaching! You're worth teaching!"
The chairman sighed and said,""Meng Xiao, I heard that there are quite a number of defeated soldiers in the city?”
Tang Mengxiao had a bad feeling in his heart, but he could only brace himself and say,""Replying, there are indeed some defeated troops in the city.”
"Transfer 5,000 men from the defeated army to form a reinforcement regiment. All the weapons and equipment will be given according to the standards of a German Machinist. This strengthened regiment would be placed under the 88th Division and used as the 88th Division's first regiment.”
At this point, the chairman looked at Zhang Wenbin and said,"I'll give this reinforcement group to you. However, your rank of major is a little low. I'll temporarily promote you to colonel!”
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