Chapter 40: Retreat? Impossible!
Nanjing, Command!
The sound of hurried footsteps sent the entire headquarters into a panic.
The reason is simple, the Japanese army launched a landing at Jinshanwei!
As the leader of China at this time, Lao Jiang looked at the military map in front of him, and couldn't help frowning, letting him be a person who could only command one battalion to control the overall situation.
It's hard!
At this time, two big blue arrows were drawn on the map, and the north side was pointing to the downtown area of Shanghai from Baoshan and other places on the north bank of Suzhou Creek, which was also the most fierce battlefield in the Battle of Songhu at present.
The arrow in the south comes from the sea of Hangzhou Bay, pointing directly at Jinshanwei!
The command has long guessed about the landing of the Japanese army at Jinshanwei, whether it is the original map or the intelligence on Dai Li's side.
However, in the face of Bai Maokou and Jin Shanwei, in the end, the command still believed that the Japanese army would land at Bai Maokou.
However, the troops on Jinshanwei's side were weak, and just in case, Chen Cheng sent the 67th Army of the Northeast Army to strengthen the defense near Jinshanwei.
In fact, yesterday, the Japanese army launched an attack on Jinshanwei, and the landing force launched a landing on Jinshanwei under the cover of warships and guns.
Wu Keren, as the commander of the 67th Army, reported the news to Chen Cheng, the former enemy commander of the Songhu battlefield, but did not pay attention to it, thinking that the Japanese army was only a feint.
If it weren't for the fact that the Japanese army had stepped up its offensive, Chen Cheng would even want to transfer the 67th Army away.
However, now Chen Cheng is glad that the 67th Army was not transferred, because the Japanese army numbers that appeared in Jinshanwei have been clearly investigated, which are the Kunisaki Detachment composed of the 6th, 18th, and 114th Divisions and the 9th Brigade of the 5th Division, which is three and a half divisions.
Of course, there are also the 6th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 1st and 2nd Reserve Infantry Brigades, etc., which were not yet known to the Chinese army at this time, with a total of 120,000 troops.
But just knowing about these three and a half divisions made Chen Cheng panic, and he hurriedly reported the news to the Nanjing Command.
Seeing the Japanese army's three and a half divisions landing at Jinshanwei in a big way, Lao Jiang was not thinking about immediately letting the army on the Songhu battlefield retreat, but how to hold Jinshanwei.
Of course, he didn't plan to fight the Japanese army to the death in Jinshanwei, at this time there were not many troops to go to Jinshanwei, just the Japanese army in front of the Songhu battlefield was already difficult to deal with, how many troops.
The reason why he wanted to hold Jinshanwei was because he wanted to wait for the results of the Brussels Conference to come out, and Gu Weijun was applying for sanctions against Japan on behalf of China to let the Japanese army withdraw its troops.
Gu Weijun is a competent diplomat, but how a country's diplomacy is, the confidence still comes from the strength of a country.
At this time, Europe and the United States have not yet come out of the great economic crisis, and in Europe, Germany has also begun to break through the Versailles Peace Treaty.
"Let's see which unit is closest to Jinshanwei and tell Chen Cheng that we must find a way to hold Jinshanwei and Songjiang."
"The 21st Army of the Sichuan Army Tang Shizun is located on the south bank of Taihu Lake, and there are also the remnants of the 28th Army withdrawn from the Songhu battlefield."
"Immediately let the 21st Army and the 28th Army reinforce Jinshanwei and Songjiang, and we must hold this place to ensure the safety of the right flank of the Shanghai Army!" Lao Jiang said anxiously.
The defense of Jinshanwei was originally responsible for the 28th Army, but because the main battlefield of Songhu was tight, the main force was transferred away, leaving only two companies to defend Jinshanwei.
However, the 28th Army came from the Hunan Army, with poor equipment and average combat effectiveness, and it was hit in front of the meat grinders in Yunzaobang and Dachang Town, and suffered heavy casualties, so it could only withdraw from the Songhu battlefield and go to Jiaxing to rest.
Although the 21st Army had three divisions and two brigades, one division remained in Chengdu, and the Sichuan Army had only a few thousand people in one division, and the entire 21st Army did not exceed 20,000 people.
The 28th Army was even more disabled, and the rest was less than 10,000 people.
Wu Keren's 67th Army itself came from the Shanghai battlefield, and it also suffered considerable losses.
These three armies, together are less than 50,000 people, and they are all miscellaneous armies, and they have to resist the attack of 120,000 Japanese troops dominated by three and a half divisions, how long can they hold out?
Bai Chongxi thought of the key point and hurriedly suggested, "Chairman, retreat." Taking advantage of the fact that Jinshanwei could still hold for a period of time, the army on the Songhu battlefield was withdrawn and the Wufu line and Xicheng line were defended. ”
"Can't be withdrawn!" Lao Jiang shook his head, "The Brussels meeting has just begun, and we must persevere until the results of the meeting come out." We in China are not Japan's opponents, only through the League of Nations can we contain the aggression of the Japanese army, we must hold on, let Britain and the United States and other countries see our determination, and then stand on our side and force the Japanese army to retreat! ”
Bai Chongxi complained in his heart that if the League of Nations was reliable, the three eastern provinces would not have become one of the base camps of the Japanese invasion.
However, Lao Jiang is in power, he wants to go his own way, and Bai Chongxi is not in a way.
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"The League of Nations is reliable, and sows can go up trees!"
After learning that the Japanese landing at Jinshanwei had taken place as scheduled, and that the tax police corps had not sent an order to retreat until now, Leng Jie didn't have to think about it to know that Lao Jiang's cheap principal was still pinning his hopes on the League of Nations, or the Nine Nations Conference held in Brussels.
By Europe and the United States?
Germany, Italy certainly not.
At this time, the United States was doing business with Japan, and most of the oil and steel used in Japan's invasion of China, such as warships, planes, and artillery, came from the United States.
It can be said that in the early stage of Japan's full-scale invasion of China, it was the Yankees who supported it from behind.
Anyway, for the United States, it is all business, and Japan's invasion of China does not threaten the United States. On the contrary, it was up to the United States for Japan's warships to start, planes to take off, and tanks to gallop.
Anglo-French?
The two countries have not yet recovered from World War I and the Great Economic Crisis.
Originally, the losses caused by the First World War had not yet recovered, and the Yankees had a global economic crisis, and then the situation was even worse, and it was completely cool. In addition, Germany was ready to move, and Britain and France, which had great interests in China, had the intention to interfere, but they did not have the strength to offend Japan.
It seems that the Soviet Union can still be reliable, at least it has provided you with hundreds of millions of dollars in weapons and ammunition, although it was bought with money, but have you seen the United States sell weapons to you?
For the Battle of Songhu, Leng Jie is just a small person, what if he sniped more than 300 devils? It's useless for you to kill Matsui Ishone.
However, the appearance of his butterfly, the flapped wings still affected somewhat.
Historically, the 67th Army was reinforced only after the Japanese landing, and only set up a defensive line in Songjiang.
Now it is different, probably because of the influence of his map, the 67th Army was stationed in Jinshanwei in advance, and also built defensive lines in Jinshanwei and Songjiang.
But so what?
A 67th Army, even if it is fully staffed, is useless, but the Japanese army is three and a half divisions.
Even if the Japanese army only has one division, it is not something that the 67th Army can fight.
Now reinforce Jin Shanwei?
Chen Cheng didn't dare to transfer the main force from Shanghai, at most he would transfer some miscellaneous troops, but what was the use? At most, it will be delayed for a day or two, and it will be defeated, or it will be defeated!