mesbooks Chapter 804: Guangdong Province 1st Battle Ends
Chapter 804: Guangdong Province 1st Battle Ends
804 Guangdong Province War Ends
By mid-June, Ye Qingshan was on his way to Yangcheng when he received news of victory from the 86th Army in the north.
"Commander, a telegram from General Zhou.
The 86th Army had already wiped out most of the Japanese 40th Division.
Only a small number of more than a thousand Japanese soldiers escaped into the surrounding mountains.
Commander Zhou has also arranged his troops to go in and pursue them."
The young martial artist ran over excitedly and reported to Ye Qingshan.
Ye Qingshan was also very surprised. He originally thought that the war on the southern front in Yangcheng would end first.
Unexpectedly, it was the 86th Army in the north that took the lead and wiped out the Japanese 40th Division.
"Well, this battle has been going on for more than two months, it's time to end it."
Ye Qingshan was naturally satisfied with the result of this battle.
Although, the price he paid for this battle was not small.
Just the cost for Ye Qingshan to transfer his 86th Army back from faraway Myanmar was huge.
In addition, Ye Qingshan had been constantly mobilizing the Allied transport aircraft fleet to airlift a large number of incendiary bombs some time ago.
For this kind of air supply method, all expenses and losses will naturally be borne by Ye Qingshan.
Therefore, after this battle, Ye Qingshan spent at least hundreds of millions of US dollars.
At first, Ye Qingshan didn't pay any attention to these.
It was not until a few days ago, when their victory in this battle was already decided, that Ye Qingshan made time to have someone sort out the total amount of funds he had transferred from the bank for this battle.
After reading it, Ye Qingshan himself was also shocked.
In particular, logistics and supplies are Ye Qingshan's biggest expense.
Fortunately, the arsenals and other factories in his rear base were self-sufficient.
It saved him a lot of money, otherwise he would have spent even more.
Fortunately, Ye Qingshan, who was wealthy at this time, could still afford this expense.
Mainly, the expenses are worth it.
Because of this battle, Ye Qingshan won.
Not only did they counterattack from the Japanese and recapture the entire Guangdong Province, they also annihilated more than 100,000 Japanese troops.
You have to know that these hundreds of thousands of Japanese devils are the only fresh force with offensive power, except for the Japanese devils in all occupied areas in the country.
Now, this new force is Anami Korechika’s 11th Army.
This time, a mixed brigade and a fully-strength main division were completely wiped out, plus other losses.
Basically, the Japanese 11th Army lost its combat effectiveness.
The Japs would then lose the capital to continue their attack.
The domestic anti-Japanese war situation will be completely reversed.
A day later, when Ye Qingshan arrived in the north of Yangcheng, he received another good news.
"Commander, Yangcheng has been captured by the New Second Division.
The remnants of the Japanese 23rd Army in the city were completely wiped out.
The Japanese commander, Tanaka Hisaichi, was shot dead. "
Listening to Xiao Wusheng's report, Ye Qingshan laughed: "Well, we haven't arrived in Yangcheng yet.
The New Second Division brought the good news.
It seems that Deputy Commander Wu and his men did this on purpose to get here before I arrive in Yangcheng.
"We must destroy the remnants of the Japanese 23rd Army."
"Commander, there is more.
Just received a telegram from Commander Chen.
Commander Chen said he will come to see you in a while."
"The war is over, and it is indeed time for the high command to send someone to talk to us.
As expected, it was Commander Chen who came.
fair enough,
If the provincial headquarters sends other people over and they fail to reach an agreement with me, it will be easy for them to fall out.
If Commander Chen comes here, this problem won't arise.
Call Chief Chen back.
Tell him to come to Yangcheng to meet me anytime.
For the next period of time, if nothing unexpected happens, I will stay in Guangzhou.”
Ye Qingshan sat back in the car and said to the young martial artist outside.
"Yes, Commander."
As for what Chen Cheng wanted to talk about when he came to see him.
Ye Qingshan could basically guess some of it.
The simple thing is that after this battle, the entire Guangdong Province will fall under the control of Ye Qingshan's 42nd Army.
This will have a huge impact on the headquarters.
Among all the coastal provinces, Guangdong Province is second only to Songhu in importance.
In this era, Guangzhou's economy is one of the most developed in the country and it has a large population.
In the past, when warlords were fighting each other, this place was watched by countless warlords.
More importantly, the geographical location of Guangdong Province is that it has a port that is not inferior to that of Songhu.
Before, there were no coastal areas in the country except southern Zhejiang which was controlled by Ye Qingshan.
Almost all other coastal provinces were occupied by the Japanese.
If the command loses its coastal access to the sea, it will also lose its sea route to the outside world.
The headquarters was forced to take the Burma Road and obtain logistical support from overseas allies.
But now, Ye Qingshan has taken Guangdong Province back from the Japanese.
It is equivalent to reopening the national army’s sea route.
From this we can see how important it is for the National Army Command to retake Guangdong Province at this moment.
Even Ye Qingshan could guess,
This time Chen Cheng came to see him, he was absolutely sure to discuss the issues of Guangdong Province.
"Humph, you didn't want to contribute during the war, and now you want to come and pick peaches after the war.
You wish.”
Ye Qingshan sneered.
Of course, if the headquarters wants to send troops to Guangdong Province, it means forcing Ye Qingshan to hand over Guangdong Province.
No problem.
Then Ye Qingshan will have to see what price the command is willing to pay to exchange with him this time.
If they just want to get something for nothing, Ye Qingshan will tell them to get lost as far away as possible.
After Ye Qingshan arrived in Yangcheng, Deputy Commander Wu brought people to greet him.
"After this battle, Yangcheng suffered a lot of damage."
Ye Qingshan was outside the city, looking at the dilapidated Yangcheng and sighed.
Behind the New 23nd Division and the New rd Division, the fierce battle with the tens of thousands of remnants of the Japanese rd Army was basically carried out inside the city.
The fierce street fighting naturally caused great damage to the buildings in the city.
Not long after Ye Qingshan arrived in Yangcheng, a telegram came from the headquarters commending their 42nd Army.
Except for the commendation telegram from the headquarters.
Later, Ye Qingshan received telegrams from Commander Long from Yunnan Province, Little Zhuge and Li Zongren from the Guangxi Army.
They all congratulated Ye Qingshan on his victory in the battle, the recapture of Yangcheng, the annihilation of the Japanese 23rd Army, and the severe damage to the Japanese th Army.
Ye Qingshan asked Xiao Wusheng to call them back one by one.
Ye Qingshan knew that he could win this battle because the Yunnan and Guangxi factions gave them great help.
In particular, the Gui army sent several elite troops to the front line in northern Guangdong to help Ye Qingshan defend the Shaoguan defense line.
This finally allowed Ye Qingshan to hold out until the main force of his 86th Army arrived.
Ye Qingshan remembered all of these.
“Let General Zhou Pingkou keep the main force of the 86th Army in northern Guangdong.
Let him guard northern Guangdong."
Ye Qingshan sent a telegram to Zhou Pingkou, asking him to continue garrisoning in northern Guangdong with the main force of the 86th Army.
Hold on to this strategic location.
Three days later, a special plane landed at the airport outside Yangcheng. Ye Qingshan had already been waiting on the airport runway with his men.
Not long after, Chen Cheng walked down from his private plane.
"Brother Ye, we meet again."
Chen Cheng looked at Ye Qingshan and said with a smile on his face.
(I will add the ending of this book in the next few days.)