October 10, 1940

Twenty-nine years ago today, the League fired the first shot to overthrow the Manchu Dynasty in Wuchang, Xiong Bingkun, the eighth battalion of the new army engineering stationed in Wuchang, was the first to attack, and then the battalions also responded one after another, the revolutionary army was like a rainbow, unstoppable, the three towns of Wuhan were the first to recover, and the provinces were also recovered, and it did not take long for the decaying and declining Manchu Dynasty to be buried by history. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn later generations, many keyboard warriors or trolls who stand and talk without backache often ridicule the League as a group of simple-minded lucky people who only know how to go on a rampage, but these people forget that picking up cheap also requires strength, in this semi-feudal and semi-colonial era, the League and the slogans they put forward represent the most advanced program and ideas in China at that time.

According to the practice of the time, all major newspapers in the Kuomintang region would publish some articles on the front page of the Wuchang Uprising and the former premier, but this year's ****** was different, and the front pages of the major newspapers were filled with another news

"Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Third Army have returned triumphantly!"

"The tiger of the country, although "withdrawing" is still glorious! ”

"Lift a stone and shoot yourself in the foot, on another failed campaign of the Japanese!"

On this year's Double 10th Festival, there was a discussion everywhere in the newspapers of the major national control regions, that is, the Third Army of the Soviet and Jin Dynasties finally withdrew its troops from Shanghai and returned to Jiaxing after an unsuccessful attack on Shanghai, and the defense lines of both sides returned to the state before the war.

On the surface, it seems that the two sides have reached a draw, but in fact, anyone who knows a little about this battle understands that this time the Japanese government has completely lost both its lining and its face, and the Japanese dispatched six divisions and more than 100,000 troops and mobilized a huge fleet to slaughter Zhejiang from the three directions of Jiangsu, Hangzhou Bay, and Fujian, vowing to wipe out the Third Army in one fell swoop. In the eyes of many people, although Su Jin and his more than 100,000 troops have proved their excellence with excellent records in the past few years, and his biggest shortcoming is also obvious, that is, there is no navy at all, Zhejiang is likely to be unable to hold under the Japanese army's three-sided attack, the best result is to abandon Huzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo and other coastal cities, and then retreat to Jinhua, Quzhou, Lishui, Wenzhou with a living force, if you can keep Taizhou, the only foreign port, it will be a fluke.

But then the development of the war shocked a group of people's jaws, first the Japanese fleet in Hangzhou Bay was disgraced by two submarines that appeared out of nowhere, the aircraft carrier Chicheng and the battleship Hyuga were severely damaged, the sinking of the cruiser Kuma and the destroyer Akitsu let the Japanese know that now China has the courage and strength to do something with the Japanese Navy, and then the French fleet appeared on the sea and openly threatened and harassed the Japanese fleet with carrier-based aircraft. The Huaxia already had a force that could threaten them, and even though the fleet was still flying the French flag, it was enough for the Huaxia to command them.

The heavy damage of the aircraft carrier Chicheng and the battleship Hyuga, and the sinking of the Kuma and Akitsu finally sobered up the invincible Japanese Navy a lot, and the Japanese Navy, which regarded warships as the lifeblood, began to pay attention to this Chinese army that had not been taken into their eyes before, and Yamamoto Isoroku, commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, finally gave the order to retreat after hearing the news. In the days that followed, the development of the war situation also became more and more unexpected by the Japanese, Su Jin first issued a ******, ordering the urgent formation of two national militia divisions, and then the 15th and 16th divisions were heavily damaged, and the 23rd Army in Fujian was also blocked by Huang Baitao and Sun Liren and could not move an inch, and the Third Army, which occupied the upper peak, actually waved its troops into Shanghai and put on a posture of not occupying this international metropolis.

In the ensuing combat effectiveness, the Japanese finally understood the meaning of what Su Jin said in the clear code telegram will definitely make the provocates pay the price, in order to take Shanghai, the Third Army not only dispatched two divisions, 347 and 349, but also sent heavy artillery and tanks to attack the city, in order to reinforce the Shanghai defenders, the Japanese army dispatched more than 200 fighters to try to stop, and the Third Army was not to be outdone, sent a large number of fighters to reinforce, both sides fought in the sky and on the ground. In the end, after losing more than 100 fighters, the Japanese had to retreat in a hurry.

In fact, what made the Japanese feel most disgraced in this combat power was that Su Jin's men and horses actually ransacked the Japanese bank opened in Shanghai, and nearly 100 million US dollars worth of precious metals and yen were looted. For the Japanese government, the loss of thousands or even 10,000 or even 10,000 soldiers is not a big deal, and they do not value the soldiers who can be recruited for a few cents, but the gold, silver and banknotes that were robbed by Su Jin are different, these are all genuine money, after this incident, whether it is in Japan or in the Japanese war zone in China, the newspapers are all condemning Su Jin's blatant robbery of banks in disregard of international law, and claiming that Su Jin's behavior is a banditry.

Different from the distressed Japanese government, on the other hand, the people in the Kuomintang area are different, almost everyone praises Su Jin's behavior in unison, and even some newspapers that look at Su Jin unpleasantly on weekdays also sarcastically ridicule the Japanese government is only allowing state officials to set fires and not allowing the people to light lamps, since the Japanese invaded China, I don't know how much wealth and materials have been plundered from China, and in the face of international public condemnation, the Japanese government is even more brazen to claim that this is to make up for Japan's military spending, but once this kind of thing happens to them, they can't stand it, immediately jumped out and put on the face of a victim, which made many media from various countries and China who were secretly watching the excitement laugh off their big teeth.

"Sir Su, you still go out to meet them, I really can't handle it, meeting these people is simply suffering, I would rather go to the front line and lead troops to fight with the Japanese than deal with them!" In Su Jin's office, Zhou Yusheng kept persuading Su Jin when he just came out of the meeting hall outside, and his back was already wet with sweat when he finally got out of the encirclement of reporters.

Looking at Zhou Yusheng, who was oozing a layer of sweat on his forehead, Su Jin smiled bitterly: "Chi Yu, don't you know the virtues of these reporters, they just want to know an answer, don't you just flicker around, this matter is also worth your urgency as a chief of staff." ”

Zhou Yusheng glared at him: "Sir, you don't have a backache when you stand and talk, if those reporters are so easy to deal with, I will still use them to find you?" They said that you must come forward to answer their questions in person today, and if they don't see you, they won't leave, what do you say? ”

"Hey...... They're still on it! ”

Su Jin shook his head helplessly, he didn't expect the reporters of this year to be so persistent, didn't he say that the people of this year are very simple. In fact, Su Jin forgot that no matter what the requirements for reporters were in that era, reporters who could get news and headlines were good reporters, how could they let him go if Su Jin made such a big move this time.

"Sir, whether you go or not, if you don't go, I don't care!"

"Good, good...... I'll go, can't I go? Faced with the threat of his own chief of staff, Su Jin had no choice but to compromise.

However, when Su Jin, who secretly slandered himself, came to the conference hall outside, he finally understood why Zhou Yusheng was so angry, this conference hall of four or five hundred square meters was already crowded with dense crowds at this time, when Su Jin walked into the conference hall, hundreds of reporters made a noise almost at the same time, and squeezed towards him at the same time, if it weren't for Bai Qishan, the head of the guard regiment, with dozens of guards, hurriedly stepped forward to form a human wall to stop these people, Su Jin estimated that those reporters could drown themselves, Rao was so, and the noise seemed to tear down the roof of the conference room.

"Chief Su...... Chief Su...... Could you please talk about the gains and losses of this attack on Shanghai? ”

"Chief Su...... May I ask why you hastily withdrew your troops, is it related to the fact that your troops plundered a lot of gold, silver, and banknotes from the Bank of Japan? ”

"Chief Su, can you explain to us why you ransacked the Japanese banks?"

"Chief Su, I'm a reporter from Ta Kung Pao, why are you ......?"

Hundreds of voices rang out almost simultaneously, making the entire conference hall as noisy as a vegetable market.

"Okay, you all be quiet, what kind of noise is it to make such a noise!" The officer on duty who maintained order stood up and shouted loudly.

"Silence...... Quiet! ”

The star officer shouted for a while, and the people in the hall slowly quieted down.

"Well, you are all the elites of the various newspapers, and you bear the heavy responsibility of reporting the most truthful things to the people, how can you be as noisy as the peddlers and pawns in the market! Chief Su has already come, everyone can ask Chief Su if they have any questions, but each person can only ask one question, and then ask who Chief Su will ask again! ”

After the star officer finished speaking, he strode up to Su Jin and said loudly: "Report to Chief Su, order has been maintained, please preside over the press conference!" ”

Su Jin looked at the star officer with some appreciation, and then walked to the microphone in front of the podium and stood still, he was also slightly surprised after looking around at the people below, among the reporters who came today, there were not only Huaxia reporters, but even many blonde and blue-eyed gringos, it seems that this battle has worried many people's hearts.

He took a long breath and said: "Everyone, first of all, please allow me to express my surprise at the moment, there are so many reporters gathered in the conference room of the Third Army without announcing the press conference, which is enough to prove your love for us, which makes Su someone a little surprised and a little scared!" ”

"Hehe......"

Hearing this, many Huaxia reporters laughed a little embarrassed, this time it was indeed their rudeness, when the Third Army did not announce the convening of a press conference, hundreds of reporters came here en masse to ask Su Jin to accept their interview, it is indeed very impolite, after all, Huaxia people speak subtly, although Su Jin said it in a joking tone, but they heard the implicit blame in Su Jin's words.

The reporters in Huaxia understood, but the blonde and blue-eyed foreign reporters did not, and a very tall and white-skinned foreign male reporter said in a loud voice: "General Su, since you also said that you are honored to have our arrival, can this press conference start immediately?" ”

As soon as the foreign reporter's words came out, the whole hall immediately fell silent, and then there was a burst of laughter, especially several female reporters from Huaxia who were even more laughing and trembling.

Su Jin also cried and laughed a little, although these gringos also learned some Chinese, and the usual daily conversations will also be, but picking up the understanding of Chinese is indeed a little unsatisfactory, the meaning of Su Jin's words just now is clearly self-deprecating, but the secret meaning is to blame these uninvited reporters, Huaxia reporters naturally understand, but those foreigners don't understand, and these foreigners say these obscure words to these foreigners that is to play the piano to the cow.

Su Jin, who realized his mistake, didn't want to talk nonsense with these barbarians anymore, he waved his hand: "Okay, in that case, then I will announce that today's temporary press conference has officially begun, first of all, I would like to ask this gentleman the first question, right...... It was the gentleman in the gray robe with the eyes. ”

The one named by Su Jin was a middle-aged man with a camera in both hands, and when he saw that he was named by name, his face showed a smile of surprise and surprise, and he hurriedly said: "General Su, I would like to ask, a few days ago, your unit was in a state of great strength in the battle against the Japanese army, and even captured nearly half of Shanghai, but why did you suddenly order the withdrawal of troops?" Is there something hidden in this? ”

Su Jin glanced at the reporter before saying, "First of all, I want to say that this reporter's question just now is two, but these two questions are actually the same question, so I will answer them together." The reason why I ordered the withdrawal of the army was because the Japanese reinforcements were about to arrive, and if our army continued to stay in Shanghai, then we would face a counterattack by tens of thousands of Japanese troops, and with the passage of time, more and more Japanese troops would be retired, and even if our army had three heads and six arms, it would not be able to stop the counterattack of the Japanese army, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, so I gave the order to retreat in order to preserve the vitality. ”

Su Jin said, the reporters present quickly recorded with the pens in their hands, and then everyone raised their hands again, and soon a reporter was pointed out by Su Jin, only to see him said very sharply: "General Su, in the past few days, all major Japanese newspapers have condemned your robbership of the bank on the front page, what do you think of this condemnation of the Japanese?" ”

Hearing this, everyone's spirits were shocked, and they all wanted to know how Su Jin answered this question. (To be continued.) )