Chapter Ninety-Two: The Actions of the Japanese Army
Zheng Long clearly knew that Yuo Oyama was the fuse sent by the Japanese army, so he fired without hesitation.
After the death of Yuo Oyama and the first-class soldier, the guards next to him were flustered, Long Wenwen, Fair, and Shunyu There was no change in the three of them, and the three of them had followed Zheng Long for a long time and knew Zheng Long's character.
"Report to your superiors!" After a while, the guard squad leader reacted and gave an order, when he passed by Zheng Long's side, he saluted Zheng Long, he thanked Zheng Long for saving their brother, Zheng Long hurriedly stood up and returned the salute.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the news of the shooting of Japanese lieutenant Yuo Oyama spread, and Hasegawa immediately called the headquarters to request additional troops in Shanghai, and at the same time publicly protested.
At the same time, the commander-in-chief in Shanghai, Commander Zhang, was keenly aware of the coming storms and ordered the 87th and 88th Divisions stationed around Shanghai to strengthen the construction of fortifications to meet the Japanese attack at any time.
On the same day, the chairman of the committee convened a high-level meeting to draw up a battle plan and prepare for the mobilization of the 87th Division, and the 88th Division, equipped with German military weapons, entered Shanghai.
I have to mention that there were many factions in the army at that time, and the best weapons and equipment were the Central Army, which was directly led by Nanjing, followed by the Northwest Army, the Northeast Army, the Sichuan Army, the Guangdong Army, the Hunan Army, the Jin Army and other troops, and the weapons and equipment of these troops were relatively poor, most of them were made in Hanyang, etc., and these troops were also under the leadership of Nanjing on the surface, and Zheng Long's 29th Army belonged to the Northwest Army.
After the Hongqiao Airport incident spread, all kinds of news spread all over Shanghai, and many people knew that Shanghai was either too peaceful and that war was about to start.
The people in the British, American, and Italian concessions were also panicked and unstable, and they were afraid that war would spread into the Three Concessions.
The situation in Shanghai has finally been put out of the shadows and put on the bright side, and the Sino-Japanese showdown is about to begin.
Black clouds overwhelmed the city, Shanghai was in the center of the storm, and the people of Shanghai were afraid and looking forward to it.
On 10 August, the Japanese military high-level issued a document sternly accusing the Chinese side of breaking the 128 armistice agreement, and demanded that Shanghai be an undefended city, and that the Chinese side should not have military force stationed in Shanghai, otherwise, the Japanese army would take tough measures.
At the same time, the mayor of Shanghai issued a statement saying that it was the Japanese army that broke the 128 armistice agreement first, and the Chinese side was only protecting itself.
As soon as the news came out, the people of Shanghai began to panic, and it was rumored everywhere that the Japanese army was coming to attack Shanghai.
Behind the scenes, the Japanese army had secretly mobilized the Sanhe fleet to sail into the ports of the Huangpu River and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, preparing to reinforce Shanghai and prepare for the war.
At the same time, the Nationalist Army also mobilized the 87th and 88th Divisions stationed outside Shanghai to advance into Shanghai at full speed, preparing to attack in advance and pull out the Japanese troops in Shanghai.
Zheng Long has been busy in the past few days, because the large troops of the 87th Division and the 88th Division have not yet entered, so the fortifications in the urban area of Shanghai and various nodes have been built by some troops who secretly entered Shanghai before, among which the special combat battalion led by Zheng Longqun has the largest number of people, so Zheng Long has been leading the team to be busy with the fortifications.
Under the leadership of Zheng Long, the stability of the fortifications has been improved several grades compared with before, and the layout is more scientific, as a result, Zheng Long's reputation has spread, not only the people in the special operations battalion admire Zheng Long, but also the German mechanics who entered Shanghai in advance also admired Zheng Long.
On August 11, the 87th and 88th Divisions of the Nationalist Army stepped into the boundary of Shanghai ahead of the Japanese army, and appeared on the streets of Shanghai in an open and honest manner, which was the first time that Chinese troops appeared on the streets of Shanghai after the 128th Armistice Agreement after four years.
These two units are full divisions, totaling about 20,000 people, and they are well-equipped, and the army is neat and tidy, and the masses in Shanghai can recognize it at a glance, and this unit is the same unit that fought against the Japanese army in Shanghai four years ago.
For a while, the masses in Shanghai were boiling, and the Chinese troops were back, does this mean that the little devils are going to be beaten away? This is the voice of all the people of Shanghai, and it is also their expectation.
Why do the United States, Britain, Japan, and Italy have a higher status in Shanghai than the Chinese, and why do they occupy this Chinese land? Why do Chinese not be allowed to enter places such as parks, and even put up advertisements saying "Chinese and dogs are not allowed to enter", can the masses in Shanghai not know the reason for all this?
They have been looking forward and looking forward to the day when the Chinese army will be able to sweep away all foreign enemies and return all Chinese people to a peaceful and prosperous world!
Therefore, when the Chinese troops entered Shanghai, they were afraid with a little expectation, and at the same time a little excited, afraid because they would be afraid that the war would accidentally hurt them, because they expected that the outsiders would be beaten away, and their life would be better, and because they fantasized that one day they could be like the foreigners in the concession and not have to be afraid of war.
However, they did not think at all about why they were not part of the anti-Japanese wave, why they did not dare to stand up and fight against Japan.
Afraid of death!? Don't dare!?
Or do they think that's what a soldier should do?
Aren't soldiers afraid of death?
Soldiers are also born to their parents, have families, and are flesh and blood, but it is because they are soldiers, it is because they wear military uniforms that they have no hesitation to protect these numb compatriots!
If all these soldiers are killed, these people may feel distressed, they will shed tears, and some people will even angrily scold these soldiers for their incompetence, but they have never thought about it, they have not wanted to resist foreign enemies with their own strength, maybe they have thought about it, but they don't dare!
It is precisely because of this that the little pirates dare to invade our country and try to enslave the 40,000,000 people of China.
Therefore, the great literary scholar Lu Xun will say that the Chinese are not physically sick, but mentally sick, so Lu Xun will abandon medicine and follow literature, trying to wake up the sleeping Chinese!
Some people retreat, some people move forward, in short, our nation has been struggling and advancing.
After the 87th and 88th Divisions entered the Shanghai area, they divided their forces to defend them, the 87th Division was stationed at the Japanese base near the Gongda Yarn Mill, and the 88th Division was stationed near the Japanese Naval Headquarters at Tiantongan.
More than 20,000 people are ready to attack, just waiting for an order to immediately annihilate the Japanese invaders.
At this moment, the Japanese reinforcements were still on the way, and there were only 4,000 Japanese troops in Shanghai, and the national army had an absolute advantage.
On the afternoon of the same day, Lu Zizheng, who had participated in the Tianjin operation, re-entered the boundary of Shanghai!