Donglin Academy is located in the southern suburbs of Wuxi City, with deep woods and elegant environment.
At this time, the city of Wuxi was almost razed to the ground by Japanese artillery fire, but Donglin Academy, which was just around the corner, was not damaged and still maintained its original appearance.
The reason why Donglin Academy was able to be preserved was not because of the little devils’ strong awareness of protecting historical sites. It was entirely because of the little devils’ limited resources that they were reluctant to drop Jin Gui’s aerial bombs on targets that had nothing to do with the military. As for the little devils, The infantry did not care about these historic buildings.
Despite the overwhelming momentum of the Japanese forces, which are advancing all the way to Nanjing, in fact they only control a few big cities and areas along highways and railways.
When Xu Rui and Lin Feng arrived with about 30 remnants, more than 100 remnants had already gathered in Donglin Academy.
These more than a hundred remnants were able to break through because Xu Rui's ambush in the city center diverted the main force of the Japanese.
When they saw Lin Feng and the others walking in, especially after seeing clearly the general star on Lin Feng's collar badge, the remnant soldiers sitting in the corridor and resting in the courtyard of the academy stood up one after another. Several officers even hurried over to salute Lin Feng. Xu Rui glanced over and found that among these officers, the highest rank was only captain.
Lin Feng returned the greetings one by one, while comforting everyone with gentle words.
As time went by, more and more remnant soldiers came to Donglin Academy to return to the army. By the time it was almost dark, the number of remnant soldiers gathered in Donglin Academy had exceeded 400 people, with a strength of nearly a battalion. However, After this, there were very few remaining soldiers who came to Donglin Academy. This meant that there were only these 400 people left in the temporary 79th Division.
One division had more than 6,000 men, but only 400 men were defeated. It was really miserable.
Lin Feng organized the remnants and temporarily organized the more than 400 remnants into three companies. Then he came over and said to Xu Rui: "Brother Xu, our temporary 79th division was able to break through successfully this time, and it is all due to you. I won’t say too many words of gratitude. It would be too cheesy to say too much. I will just say one sentence: from now on, you will be the benefactor of all the brothers of our temporary No. 79 Division... "
Xu Rui waved his hand to stop Lin Feng and said with a smile: "What, Brother Lin is planning to leave?"
"Now that we have broken through, I should lead my troops back to the army." Lin Feng nodded and said, "If Brother Xu doesn't give up, why not come with us? Or just stay in our division?"
Lin Feng naturally hopes that Xu Rui will stay in the temporary 79th Division. This is simply a tiger general!
Hearing what Lin Feng said, the faces of the twenty or so remnant soldiers who broke out with Xu Rui immediately showed hope. They had already seen Xu Rui's abilities and knew that Xu Rui was an incredibly strong soldier. Wang naturally hopes that Xu Rui will stay and become a member of their temporary 79th Division.
Thinking of the possibility of fighting with Xu Rui in the future, these remnants were extremely excited.
However, what disappointed these remnants was that Xu Rui did not express his position immediately.
In fact, Xu Rui has no intention of joining the temporary 79th Division. Not only does Xu Rui not intend to join the temporary 79th Division, he even wants to take this unit away and join the anti-Japanese armed forces!
As a time traveler, no one knows the direction of Chinese history better than Xu Rui. In a word, the defeat of the National Government is irreversible. Chiang Kai-shek is a complete comprador. Expecting Chiang Kai-shek to save China is simply wishful thinking. The only way to do this is to follow Only by moving forward can China have a way out and China have hope.
What's more, Xu Rui was a party member before time travel! Loyal *** member!
Xu Rui pulled Lin Feng aside and whispered: "Right now, the Nationalist Army is defeated like a mountain. The little devils have been unstoppable all the way. They have already reached Nanjing. The commander of the Third War Zone doesn't know where they are. You can lead them." With these three to five hundred remnant soldiers, let alone whether we can break through the Japanese blockade, even if we are lucky enough to break through, where will we find the commander?"
Lin Feng was dumbfounded. Just now he only thought about returning to Jian as soon as possible, and he really hadn't thought about this issue.
Now that Xu Rui said this, Lin Feng suddenly realized that it was really not that easy to bring these more than 400 remnant soldiers back to the army. One careless move could very well lead to the destruction of the entire army.
Seeing that Lin Feng had been frightened, Xu Rui struck again while the iron was hot and said: "Brother Lin, we are now friends of life and death, so there is something I must tell you."
Lin Feng said: "Brother Xu, please tell me."
Xu Rui said: "Brother Lin, if, I mean if, if you return to the army with these hundreds of remnants, do you think the commander of the Third Theater District will still retain your temporary designation of the 79th Division?"
Lin Feng's heart sank when he heard this. What Xu Rui said was what Lin Feng was most worried about.
The battle in Wuxi was extremely miserable. There were more than 6,000 soldiers of the 79th Division, but only about 400 people were left. Based on Lin Feng's understanding of the big shots in the Chief's Department, or in other words, the big shots in the Military and Political Department. , these more than 400 remaining soldiers will most likely be incorporated into other fraternal units, and the temporary designation of the Seventy-ninth Division will also become history.
And this is precisely what Lin Feng can't tolerate the most. His feelings for the old army can never be erased.
Xu Rui continued: "I think back then, during the Shanghai Anti-Japanese War on 128, your 79th Route Army had a total of 30,000 people, but after the Fujian Incident, your 79th Route Army was reduced to a division, and It’s still a three-regiment miscellaneous division. This is what your old officers fought for desperately. Now there are only a few hundred people left in your temporary 79th division. Brother Lin, do you think the big shots in the commander’s department can still retain the designation of your division? ?”
Lin Feng was actually speechless by Xu Rui.
After a long while, Lin Feng sighed and said, "But no matter what, we have to return to Jian, right?"
"Who said you have to return to Jianjian?" Xu Rui immediately retorted, "Brother Lin, you have studied at the Military University of the People's Liberation Army. You should be familiar with Mr. Jiang Baili. You must have read his theory of national defense?"
"Of course." Lin Feng said solemnly, "National Defense Theory is a required course in the six major universities."
Xu Rui added: "Mr. Jiang Baili put forward three key points for fighting Japan in his treatise on national defense. Brother Lin, do you remember?"
"Why don't you remember?" Lin Feng replied, "First of all, China is not afraid of swallowing up Japan, but is afraid of cannibalizing it. Therefore, it should not retreat step by step against Japan, but should take the initiative to carry out a comprehensive war of resistance, turn the Japanese army's rear into the front, and make it There was no time to digest the occupied areas, and it was impossible to implement the strategy of supporting war with war; secondly, take the initiative to attack the Japanese army in Shanghai, so that the Japanese offensive line against China was changed from the north-south line in North China, Central China, and South China to the east-west line heading west along the Yangtze River; Third, exchange space for time, pursue a protracted war, and wear down Japan through a long-term war of attrition; if a thousand words can be reduced to one sentence, China has a solution."
Listening to Lin Feng stating Jiang Baili's theory of national defense, Xu Rui felt a little lost.
Thousands of words turned into one sentence, China has a way, and Jiang Baili is undoubtedly a true military strategist.
Before the full-scale outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, there was a saying in Japanese military circles that there were only three and a half military strategists in China, and the number one among them was Jiang Baili.
It can be said that Jiang Baili's theory of national defense directly hits the crux of the dispute between China and Japan!
If Chiang Kai-shek can resolutely implement the strategy proposed by Chiang Baili in National Defense Theory, and the Sino-Japanese war breaks out in an all-round way, and when Japan's offensive focus shifts from North China to East China, he takes the initiative to implement strategic contraction and implements the strategy of exchanging space for time, then the Japanese army is very likely to They clashed with each other on the two defense lines of Wu Fu and Xicheng.
At that time, it was unknown whether the Japanese army could even penetrate Nanjing, let alone sweep through most of China.
Regrettably, Chiang Kai-shek always hoped that the Western powers would come forward to mediate. In order to win the sympathy of the Western powers, Chiang Kai-shek did not hesitate to mobilize troops from all over the country and sent them to the Songhu battlefield in a steady stream, and then used the large-caliber naval guns of the Japanese Navy to Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the group and the aviation force, it was turned into powder.
You can imagine the lethality of a naval gun with a caliber over 3oomm.
Basically, as soon as an artillery shell comes over, a company of the Kuomintang Army will turn into ashes.
Therefore, it would be extremely stupid to fight the Japanese army on the seaside within reach of the Japanese naval gun group.
After the Battle of Songhu, China's most elite army of 500,000 suffered all casualties, and the war could no longer be fought. The Japanese army reached Nanjing in one breath, and the Kuomintang army retreated to the hinterland of Jiangxi and Anhui. For four full years after that, the Nationalist Army was unable to regain its strength. It was not until the Pacific War broke out and the United States began to provide assistance to China that the situation improved slightly.
After being stunned for a moment, Xu Rui's thoughts quickly returned to reality.
Xu Rui continued: "The second and third points of the three strategic points proposed by Mr. Jiang Baili have become facts. The key now is the first point, which is to turn the rear of the Japanese army into the front, making it impossible for them to digest the occupied areas and implement them. War is the strategy of supporting war, brother Lin, why don’t you take your troops and stay behind enemy lines to fight guerrillas?”
"What?" Lin Feng said dumbfounded, "Stay behind enemy lines and fight guerrillas?"
Before this, Lin Feng had never thought about fighting guerrilla warfare. When he thought about it, the regular army should fight head-on. What was going on behind enemy lines to fight guerrilla warfare? But now, Lin Feng suddenly felt that staying on the battlefield behind enemy lines to fight guerrillas might be a good choice, at least he wouldn't have to worry about his unit number being withdrawn.
But as soon as he thought about it, Lin Feng thought of another question.
Lin Feng frowned and said: "Although you don't have to worry about troop numbers being withdrawn if you stay behind enemy lines, it can indeed play a role in preventing little Japan from digesting the occupied areas. At least it will prevent little Japan from quickly digesting the occupied areas in a short period of time. But weapons, ammunition, Where can we get supplies of food, clothing, and other military supplies? We can’t fight with the little devils with empty hands and hungry stomachs, right?”
Xu Rui smiled and said, "Brother Lin, have you ever listened to a song? It's called The Song of the Guerrilla."
"Song of the guerrillas?" Lin Feng shook his head blankly and said, "I've never heard of it, but does it have anything to do with us?"
Xu Rui then hummed softly: "Without food and clothing, the enemy came forward. Without guns and cannons, the enemies made them for us." After humming a few words, Xu Rui said with a sinister smile, "We are guarding Are you still worried about the lack of food, clothing, weapons and ammunition and other military supplies for the little devil’s transportation line? Don’t forget, we are now a guerrilla army.”
"Okay then." Lin Feng nodded and finally made a decision.