Text Chapter 48

“…… What kind of battle is this fighting? Japanese reinforcements have been coming from across the sea in a steady stream, and now they have sent two additional divisions, the 11 th and 14 th divisions, and the total number of troops they have put into this battle has reached about 100,000, but what about us? Only Commander Zhang's Fifth Army has come to the rescue, Wuxi, Suzhou, and Hangzhou...... Ten divisions of the Central Army are close at hand, but they are not moving!"

"You can't blame them all, the Nanjing side strongly advocates avoiding the expansion of the war, you look at this telegram from the Ministry of Military Affairs, 'The officers and men of all armies must be assembled by the Ministry of Military Affairs and move freely, although they are patriotic, they must also be punished for disobedience' Who dares to act rashly? " " .?br />

"It is only today that I understand what it means to 'have the intention to kill the enemy, but have no power to return to heaven'...... No matter what, no matter what, the eldest husband awakens the soul of the country with death, and makes the enemy cold with blood, that is. ”

"I don't think there's a need to be too pessimistic, according to Junza's newly deployed defense plan, little Japan can't get anything better, maybe we can support it until things turn around. ”

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Bo Yuzheng listened to the sad and indignant words of the generals in the temporary headquarters, and his heart was also heavy, and he was about to speak, but he heard a knock on the door, and a soldier came in and saluted: "Report to Junzuo, Mrs. Bo called, saying that she was looking for you immediately if there was something important, and it was a matter of war." ”

Bo Yuzheng was a little surprised, but he didn't hesitate too much, he knew that his wife would not call easily if she was really in a hurry.

He walked up to the telephone and said, "Yisheng, it's me." ”

After so many days, she finally heard his voice vividly, and for a while, she only felt tears welling up, and quickly restrained herself, and did not dare to delay time, so she said: "Shaozhi, you listen to me, Daiyun tells me......"

She told him the news she got from Jiang Daiyun.

Originally, such a big matter, just listening to Jiang Daiyun's words, without real evidence, she didn't dare to tell him easily, but the anxiety and nervousness in Jiang Daiyun's tone couldn't deceive people, the situation was ever-changing, time was pressing, and a woman's intuition told her that if she didn't make this call, she would regret it for the rest of her life.

And she believes that her husband has enough ability to screen the authenticity of the news and deal with the unknown situation, all she has to do is tell him the information.

Bo Yuzheng's face remained unchanged, but his heart sank slightly.

According to the news from Yisheng, the man was arrested last night, and yesterday afternoon, they had just held an operational meeting to deploy the latest defense plan.

"I know, I'll take care of it, don't worry. He spoke, his eyes solemn.

"Shaozhi" Yisheng heard that he wanted to hang up the phone, and called anxiously.

"What's wrong?" he asked, moving the microphone back to his ear.

She hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted her teeth, "Wei Lin came to Shanghai, alias 'Lin Wei' to help in the war zone hospital, yesterday I received a call from the dean, he followed Fan Sen, and stole the wounded soldier's gun at night, I am afraid that he went to the independent regiment where Fan Sen used to stay on the front line, I have been hesitating to tell you whether to tell you, but now, I can't hide it from you anymore, in case ......"

She didn't say more, and there was silence on the other end of the line.

After a few moments, she heard gunfire coming from her, and his voice followed, still the same sentence, "I'll take care of it, don't worry." ”

He didn't even have a moment to ask what he was concerned about, how are you Dad, how are you?

He hung up the phone, without a moment's pause, and immediately opened his mouth to order his subordinates, his voice was still deep and calm, "Go check the whereabouts of all the personnel who participated in the combat meeting yesterday after the meeting was dismissed, and report to me immediately if anyone has left the war zone." ”

The subordinate responded, he strode into the conference room, skipped Feng Weilin's matter, briefly told Fang Cai's matter, and took the lead in saying his whereabouts since yesterday afternoon.

All the high-ranking generals present had participated in yesterday's meeting, and when they saw Bo Yuzheng like this, they also followed him to clarify their whereabouts, and none of them had ever left the war zone.

Everyone knew what it would mean if the defense plan was leaked, but at this moment, they seemed to be unable to do anything but wait, and in the small space, for a while, the atmosphere was solemn.

When a "report" sounded from the soldiers outside the door, everyone looked stunned.

"The report was verified that a total of 17 participants participated in the meeting the day before yesterday, and only the head of the tax police regiment, Wang, left the war zone. ”

When everyone present heard this, they all turned their eyes to Staff Officer Mo of the Tax Police Regiment who came with the soldier, "Where is Commander Wang?"

Counselor Namo said: "The lowly position is not clear, and the head of the Wang regiment ordered the lowly post to temporarily take charge of the troops yesterday afternoon, and then went out." ”

"Why didn't you report it? Did he give you the troop deployment map before he left?"

Staff Officer Mo shook his head, "No, I thought that Regiment Leader Wang would come back soon, but now I see that he has not returned, and I want to report it." ”

"Where did he go?"

"I don't know if I am humble, and the head of the Wang regiment only said that he was going to meet his friends. ”

"Will he meet friends?Now that the war is tight, what kind of friends will he meet?!"

Staff Officer Namo hesitated and spoke, "I don't know what I do, I can only guess that Commander Wang will either go to Mr. Consul General of the United States, or visit Ms. Lu." ”

"What? When the national disaster is at hand, he still has the leisure to go to a tryst with a woman......

Someone scolded angrily, but was coldly interrupted by Bo Yuzheng, "Enough." ”

Everyone fell silent and listened to him speak word by word, "Now is not the time to settle these accounts, if the troop deployment map and defense plan really fall into the hands of the Japanese, then they will inevitably attack quickly, we must immediately change the troop deployment, and immediately call the officers above the battalion level to the headquarters for a meeting at ten o'clock." ”

His voice was not loud, but it had a convincing majesty and momentum, and everyone responded solemnly, and he said to the guards beside him at this time: "You go and check if there is a soldier named Lin Wei in the independent regiment." ”

The guard answered, and he was the only one left in the room, and he slowly walked to the large battle map hanging on the wall, and was silent for a long time.

Time passed quickly, at 9:57, all the generals had already arrived at the meeting, Bo Yuzheng was about to enter the conference room, and the guards who had been sent by him to inquire about the news ran over and rushed over, "Junzuo, it has been verified that there is indeed a person named Lin Wei, who is fighting on the front line with the independent regiment. ”

He nodded slightly, said nothing, and walked into the conference room.

In the next few days, the entire war zone, even the air, seemed to be stretched into an invisible string, and everyone had a grim look on their faces, as if they were facing a great enemy.

This last calm was completely broken in the middle of the night: "The Japanese army suddenly launched a general attack on our army, thousands of Japanese troops were using aircraft to drop smoke bombs to forcibly land in the area of our Liuhe River, and many strongholds of our army were also fiercely attacked by the Japanese army......"

"Liuhe, there is only an independent regiment guarding there, and it can't be stopped at all!"

"Damn, the points they attack are the weak links in our troop deployment!"

"Little Japan is moving so fast, and the handover has not been completed at all, what can I do?"

……

In his ears was the anxious and painful voice of the generals, Liuhe, Independent Regiment, Bo Yuzheng closed his eyes slightly, then opened his eyes, spoke, and slowly and difficult spit out the word "Withdraw." ”

"Junza!" exclaimed in unison.

Bo Yuzheng's gaze slowly swept over the faces of everyone present, and in his voice, there was too deep and deep emotion precipitated in it, every word was so difficult, but it could not be turned around, "Now the situation has to retreat, and it will be all sacrificed later." But you should remember that this is a retreat, not a retreat, and what those foreign journalists are worried about, I will never allow the incident of fleeing and looting while the army is defeated, and it will be dealt with in violation of military law. ”

are all battle-hardened generals, how can they not understand the truth of his words, it's just that, emotionally speaking, it's always difficult to accept for a while.

Bo Yuzheng paused slightly, and then spoke: "Order the independent regiment to feint and land the Japanese army in Liuhe, try to delay the main force of the enemy, and buy time for the transfer of large forces." The rest of the divisions, as previously planned, withdrew to the second line of defense in turn...... Everyone, do it now. ”

Everyone was in a heavy mood and walked out in silence.

"Commander-in-Chief Chiang. ”

Commander-in-Chief Jiang was about to go out, but he heard Bo Yuzheng's voice calling him, so he stopped and turned around and responded, "What do you command?"

"If the news from Nanjing is confirmed, the League of Nations will soon intervene in this battle, and after our army retreats to the second line of defense, there should be no more fierce battles," Bo Yuzheng slowly spoke, explaining everything he could think of, "But the war has not officially stopped for a day, and the army must still maintain a fighting state, make detailed defensive arrangements, and must not relax." ”

"Yes. Commander-in-Chief Jiang responded.

"After retreating, immediately issue a telegram to the whole country to support the retreat, you and I both know that our army has no power to resist, if the war continues, we must create public opinion to force Nanjing to increase troops. ”

"Yes. ”

Commander-in-Chief Jiang replied again, but he was a little surprised in his heart why he explained everything in the future at this moment, but before he could open his mouth to ask, he saw Bo Yuzheng smile very lightly at him, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "After that, it will be handed over to you." ”