During the Anti-Japanese War, the reason why Xue Yue was able to block the offensive of the Japanese ace 11th Army three times under Changsha City was that in addition to relying on the Tianlu tactics that he relied on to become famous, there was also a great contribution to the assistance, this person was Xue Yue's chief of staff in the TV series "Changsha Defense" - Wu Yizhi.
It was his coordination and mobilization in it that made Xue Yue's command like an arm. In fact, Xue Yue's defeat in the Fourth Battle of Changsha was also somewhat related to Wu Yizhi's removal and confusion in the command system.
In fact, he was not changed by Xue Yue, but Lao Jiang insisted on removing him, and once threatened to kill him. The fuse that led to Wu Yizhi's removal was quite magical, but the cause was a letter.
What is the reason for this, in this issue, I will listen to Yutian-kun slowly~
Wu Yizhi in the Battle of Changsha (stills)
was proud of his achievements and angered Lao Jiang
Wu Yizhi is indeed quite related to Xue Yue, he was born in Fengshun County, Meizhou in 1896, and like Zhang Fakui and Xue Yue, he is a member of the Guangdong Hakka family, and he is also a member of the Cantonese Guangdong Gang.
In 1914, he applied for the 6th phase of the Baoding Military Academy, which is more coincidental, this period is a blowout of the Baoding Military Academy, except for a few people such as Gu Zhutong and Shangguan Yunxiang, the others are mostly famous generals in the Guangdong department, such as:
Zhang Fakui, Wu Qiwei, Yu Hanmou, General Ye Ting, Xue Yue, Liao Peinan and Huang Qixiang, among others.
The famous generals of the Guangdong Army, Zhang Fakui, Huang Qixiang and Wu Qiwei were all born in the 6th phase of Baoding
Thanks to such a strong alumni association, Wu Yizhi was also a mixed wind and water in the Guangdong army, and his staff ability was better than that of front-line command operations, and he served as the chief of staff of Li Jishen's Eighth Route Army at his peak.
After the split of the Cantonese army (Chen Jitang, Zhang Fakui and Li Jishen competed for hegemony), he chose to go abroad for further study at public expense, on the one hand, to avoid the internal fighting of the Cantonese army, on the other hand, to improve himself, in 1933 he chose to study at the Army University in Berlin (Qiu Qingquan also went to this school). This trip also allowed him to broaden his horizons and thinking, realize the gap between the national army and the armies of other countries in the world, and improve his ability to operate as a staff officer in the later anti-Japanese war.
In 1937, after the start of the Anti-Japanese War, Wu Yizhi returned to China, was awarded the rank of major general, and was invited by his old classmate Xue Yue to serve as the chief of staff of Xue Yue's 1st Corps during the Battle of Wuhan, and won the victory of Wanjialing.
In 1938, he went to the Ninth Theater and served as the Lieutenant General Chief of Staff of the Theater of Operations of Xue Yue, the commander of the theater......
Xue Yue, a famous anti-Japanese general, is also an old classmate of Wu Wu Yizhi
And what really made him enter the hurdle of the famous anti-Japanese general was the mid-day War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, during his tenure as chief of staff of the 9th Theater, the rare defense of Changsha that the national army blocked the Japanese offensive many times!
During the Battle of Changsha, Wu Yizhi, who had drunk foreign ink, was indeed above the level.
During the first Battle of Changsha, he proposed to Xue Yue that the Japanese 11th Army coming from northern Jiangxi was already the end of the strong crossbow, and the Japanese army suffered heavy logistical losses in the rainy season, so it should stick to Changsha and wait for reinforcements, choose to retreat and fight a decisive battle, and use the terrain to block the Japanese army layer by layer. Sure enough Japan did return home in Changsha City because of poor supplies......
This time, Wu Yizhi's staff ability, even Lao Jiang personally went to Changsha to commend him, and appointed him as the chief of education of the officer cadre regiment, responsible for cultivating the officers' map and staff operation ability, and improving the professionalism of the national army.
From this point of view, Wu Yizhi's ability is still recognized by Lao Jiang.
After the end of the First Battle of Changsha, Wu Yizhi of the army condoled with him
In the third Battle of Changsha, it was Wu Yizhi and Xue Yue who jointly formulated the Tianlu tactics, with the Laodao River as the main battlefield (the bottom of the furnace) was suggested by Wu Yizhi, and finally the national army defeated the Japanese 11th Army here and severely damaged the 6th, 39th and other divisions, this battle was the first large-scale upgrade of the Allied forces since the opening of the Pacific Theater in World War II, which greatly encouraged the domestic and international war of resistance and helped Lao Chiang to play an international status in one fell swoop.
It can be said that Lao Jiang's respect and trust in Xue Yue and Wu Yizhi at this time has once again reached a peak......
can be called the prosperity and decline, but Wu Yizhi did not admit that his "proud" actions and a letter made him pushed off the altar by Lao Jiang, and he will never be reused.
What's going on here?
Wu Yizhi, chief of staff of the Ninth Theater, and Xue Yue, acting commander
After the Third Battle of Changsha, Wu Yizhi, who had stayed abroad, did not remain silent in this victory. On the contrary, he has always been cautious and even pessimistic about the war of resistance in the Pacific at that time.
One thing to say, Wu Yizhi's concern was completely justified and correct, after the Third Battle of Changsha, the Japanese army quickly took Southeast Asia and the Philippines in the Pacific Ocean and attacked Burma. On the Soviet-German battlefield, the German army was also on the offensive.
Wu Yizhi, who had a good strategic vision in the Nationalist Army, immediately wrote an opinion on strengthening operations in the Asian theater and "First Defeat Japan and then Meet Berlin" to the Military Commission of the then National Government in view of the situation of struggle at that time, and submitted them to the Military Commission.
Wu Yizhi wrote to Lao Jiang the original text of "First defeat Japan and then meet Berlin".
At that time, the general professional level of the staff officers of the national army was not good, which once made Bai Chongxi, as the deputy chief of staff, very annoyed, and when he saw Wu Yizhi's analysis, he immediately praised it
"Great insight into the current situation, serious and long-hearted, to Pedro! As for advocating the defeat of Japan first, and then meeting Berlin, it is especially contemptuous and is kept for reference. ”
And the importance of China's heart battlefield mentioned here, it is recommended that the Allied forces increase their efforts to aid China, the Allied forces provide equipment, and the national army can send people, so that they can open up a second battlefield along the coasts of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, and contain and counterattack the Japanese army. So with a stroke of the pen
"The officer's enthusiasm for research and his insights are very commendable. Shang Xi continues to study intensively, for reference"
Of course, these things are limited to the strategic level, and the actual guidance is limited after all, so whether it is Lao Jiang, Bai Chongxi, He Yingqin and others, they only praise their attitude of daring to speak.
The two famous generals of the Military Commission, Bai Chongxi and He Yingqin, both praised Wu Yizhi
But Wu Yizhi saw the "recognition" of so many bigwigs for himself, so he was also fluttering.
Therefore, in order to speed up his so-called strategic concept of "US military equipment aiding China," he actually asked one of his brothers-in-law in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take advantage of his connections abroad to write these articles in a letter and send them to the desk of Roosevelt, a US military spokesman.
And after seeing the letter, Roosevelt saw the content inside, saying that the national army and the Chinese battlefield should assume more obligations, and Roosevelt himself liked the people below to give him advice, and he was also a subordinate from the Chinese battlefield, didn't he regard himself as the highest talker in the Pacific Theater!
So he also came with a big stroke of the pen, which was also a rainbow praise for Wu Yizhi.
And this time the old Jiang was not happy, and he was directly removed from the position of chief of staff of the Ninth War Zone, and
"Strictly handled by the Department of Enforcement of Military Law"
Although he was exempted from prison under the plea of Xue Yue and others, he was relieved of military affairs and could only serve as a senior senator of the Military Commission, and since then he has been completely kicked out of the ranks of the front-line generals of the national army.
A letter directly ruined his military career, and Wu Yizhi can be regarded as the only one!
Lao Jiang in "The Battle of Changsha" (stills)
Why does Lao Jiang want to be strict with Wu Yizhi
In fact, if you stand in Lao Jiang's perspective and think about it, you will know that Wu Yizhi is guilty of a "principled" problem.
Lao Jiang is actually very traditional, and he likes people who do good work on the surface, such as Hu Zongnan and Chen Cheng.
For those who are arrogant and arrogant, it is decided that they are not down-to-earth enough, Wu Yizhi's article is not painful for Lao Jiang, and Lao Jiang can also show the world his label of wide range of words by rewarding his enthusiastic research, so it is not so much to reward Wu Yizhi as to put gold on his face.
Lao Jiang, who likes to put on a show
But Wu Yizhi will publish this article abroad again and relay it to the US military, and then it will be a bad thing!
For Lao Jiang, he is the person who speaks for the national army, and if you go to the Allied camp even if it is the Allied camp, publish an article, or ask for help, but you don't inform in advance and get Lao Jiang's approval, then you will have no official and violate military discipline, which is a taboo in the army of any country.
Taking a step back, the most taboo thing for Lao Chiang is that his subordinates deal with the British and American troops, which is his red line.
Within the Nationalist Government, Song Ziwengui is the eldest brother-in-law, and the relationship with Britain and the United States is not the same as being abolished, for Lao Jiang, his relationship with Britain and the United States is to use each other, and he will send people to fight the war, and Britain and the United States will provide weapons, which no one owes anyone. And he also knew that the reason why Britain and the United States supported him was a last resort, really the Japanese were beaten away, and Britain and the United States might support the agents again, in fact, in the later period of liberation, because they were dissatisfied with the old Chiang, they chose to support Li Zongren to come to power.
Li Zongren, who was supported by Britain and the United States, won the vice president
Therefore, based on this consideration, he does not want his subordinates to overstep the level and get too close to Britain and the United States, if he really supports them one day, it will be more than worth the loss! Therefore, for these generals with British and American backgrounds, Lao Chiang basically chose to suppress them
For example, Sun Liren and Du Yuming returned home from the first expedition, although Sun Liren retained the troops, but chose not to listen to him and ran to India to accept the command of the old Jiang's sworn enemy, Stilwell, which made the old Jiang very angry, and Du Yuming lost his troops and chose not to make peace with Britain and the United States and returned to China, but was unexpectedly promoted.
And no matter whether you Wu Yizhi really wants to join the US military or not, as long as his old Jiang's suspicion is enough~
General Wu Yizhi's military uniform
Of course, Wu Yi was severely punished, and Lao Jiang also had the meaning of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger and beating the tiger boy Xue Yue.
Wu Yizhi can be said to be the most trusted person by Xue Yue in the Ninth War Zone, and there is no one.
At the end of the first Battle of Changsha, Wu Yizhi, the chief of staff of the Ninth Theater at that time, personally compiled a new Peking Opera "New War Changsha", comparing Xue Yue to Yue Wumu who was loyal to the country, and Zhuge Kongming who was a lupine scarf.
When Xue Yue was the battalion commander of the Generalissimo's Mansion, Wu Yizhi was the commander of his machine gun company, and the friendship between his classmates and fellow villagers made Xue Yue believe in Wu Yizhi very much, and also made him like a fish in water in the Ninth War Zone, and soon became the top few people in the Ninth War Zone and Xue Yue's right-hand man.
Wu Yizhi, who is Xue Yue's right-hand man (stills)
This year, Xue Yue wanted to intervene in the military and political affairs of Hunan with the commander of the theater, and he was quite the chairman of Hunan Province, and he had already handled the relationship with Lao Jiang very unpleasantly. In private, Xue Yue disrespected Lao Jiang even more, belittled his command as worthless, and was somewhat proud of the victory in the Battle of Changsha, plus he used to be a Cantonese army, and turned against Chiang. Therefore, Lao Jiang also began to be wary of it.
And just this year, Xue Yue and Lao Chiang's sworn enemy Stilwell praised each other many times, and the US military observation group visited the Ninth War Zone many times, plus Wu Yizhi wrote a letter to Roosevelt, which made Lao Chiang deepen his defense against Xue Yue, so Wu Yizhi's matter, Lao Chiang was naturally willing to fall into the ground, get rid of Wu Yizhi, and replace himself in the position of key chief of staff.
Therefore, on the one hand, Wu Yizhi was psychologically flustered, misjudged the situation, and his EQ was too low, and on the other hand, in order to beat Xue Yue, Lao Jiang naturally wanted to severely punish the gentleman......
Xue Yue, who has a good relationship with the US military
After Wu Yizhi was transferred, Xue Yue had a feud with the new chief of staff Zhao Zili (born in the Huangpu department and had a good relationship with the Gui family), which directly led to the defeat of the Fourth Battle of Changsha and caused his reputation to fall to the bottom......