Sakurai Tokutaro sneered at each other and said, "The imperial army is stationed here, based on the treaty signed with the Qing government of your country, and this is probably not something that you should consider as a small county magistrate." ”

Wang Lengzhai looked up to the sky and smiled, "Not bad." I'm just the head of a county, and I'm just nine grades, which is really insignificant in your eyes. However, the official affairs of the state, even in office, can only fulfill their duties, and there is no distinction between big and small. Investigating last night's incident, since I have been ordered, I dare not slack off in the slightest. ”

Seeing that they could not convince Wang Lengzhai, the Japanese proposed to set up a joint investigation team to enter Wanping City to investigate, and Wang Lengzhai said: "I am willing to accompany him." ”

Subsequently, a part of the Chinese and Japanese sides entered Wanping City to investigate the truth of last night's incident. Since the Chinese and Japanese armies were still fighting at this time, Jin Zhenzhong, the commander of the third battalion, did not dare to open the city gate to let them approach, but put a rope to tie them in.

After this joint investigation team entered Wanping City, it said that it was to investigate the truth, but in fact it was to continue negotiations in a different place, and the two sides fought for each other and refused to give in to each other, and after three hours of talks, they still did not come to a conclusion.

However, at this time, Wang Lengzhai County Magistrate found that Wanpingcheng's phone could not be reached, and there was no need to ask, this must have been done by the Japanese.

Now the situation is serious, Wang Lengzhai must always report the situation to his superior, Qin Dechun, the mayor of Beiping City, when negotiating with the Japanese, and as soon as the telephone line is broken, Wanping will become an isolated city.

At the critical moment, the county magistrate Wang Lengzhai sent his secretary Hong Dazhong to quietly rush to Fengtai near the Japanese garrison and look for a phone there. With great difficulty, Hong Dazhong finally found a phone in a chamber of commerce near the Japanese barracks. After the battle began, all the people in this chamber of commerce had already run out, but fortunately their phones were still working, Hong Dazhong hid near the Japanese barracks, and used this phone to communicate the contact between Wang Lengzhai, the magistrate of Wanping County, and Qin Dechun, the mayor of Beiping.

In times when the country is in crisis, there are always people who come forward to save this nation, and they are not only big figures who will go down in history, but also small people like Hong Dazhong, who are little-known civil servants, ordinary soldiers, and ordinary young students.

The July 7 Incident soon expanded under the aggressive ambitions of the Japanese, and at this time the Chinese government also saw clearly the ambition of the Japanese, that is, to completely destroy China.

At a time when the country and the nation are facing an unprecedented crisis, China, which has fought a civil war for decades, has finally united like never before.

Soon after the incident broke out, Yan'an issued a telegram, expressing its willingness to accept the reorganization, obey the leadership of Chairman Chiang, and form a national people's anti-Japanese united front to unite and work together with the outside world.

On 17 July, Chairman Chiang issued the famous "Consistent Principles and Stand Toward Japan" in Lushan, which contains several very famous sentences: "The Chinese nation loves peace in its ability, and the foreign policy of the Nationalist Government has always advocated seeking coexistence at home and coexistence abroad. ”

"Peace will never be abandoned until it has reached a period of fundamental despair; Sacrifice is not at the last moment, and we will never say anything about sacrifice. ”

"When the last moment comes, we can only win the final victory by sacrificing to the end, resisting to the end, and only by sacrificing the determination. If you are uncertain and want to be safe, you will fall into a land of no return. ”

"As soon as the war begins, the land is not divided into east, west, north and south, and people are not divided into men, women, old and young, all have the responsibility to defend the land and resist the war."

As soon as this statement was issued, the general tone of China's attitude toward Japan was set. At this moment, the ambitions of the Japanese have been clearly revealed, and the War of Resistance against Japan has broken out in an all-round way, but China is a weak country at this time, and how to win this war in the face of the Japanese mechanized division is a huge problem.

Initially, the main force of the Japanese invasion of China was arranged in North China, and they quickly captured Pingjin by virtue of their superior forces, and copied the story of the Yuan and Qing dynasties, and fought a decisive battle with the squadron on the Great Plains, so as to achieve its quick victory, quickly eat the main force of the squadron, and then invade the south in a big way.

The Nationalist Government was very worried about this situation, and in the end Chen Cheng suggested to Chairman Chiang that it was better to take the initiative than to be beaten passively. First of all, the 3,000 marines of the Japanese army entrenched in Shanghai were eaten, first, to remove the threat of Nanjing's flank, and second, to attract the main force of the Japanese army from North China to Shanghai, to change the strategic concept of the Japanese who wanted to advance south along the Pinghan Road and Jinpu Road, and to fight a decisive battle with the squadron on the Great Plains, and force them to fight along the Yangtze River from east to west. Those who are familiar with China's geography know that China's topography is high in the west and low in the east, so it is more advantageous for China to let the Japanese fight from east to west, basically attacking from the back all the way.

After careful consideration, Chairman Chiang and the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government adopted Chen Cheng's suggestion and decided to appoint Zhang Zhizhong as the commander of the Shanghai garrison to prepare for the sweep of the Japanese army.

After the incident broke out, He Yingqin, the minister of military command, hurriedly rushed back to Nanjing from Sichuan and began to deploy a plan to increase the number of troops in Shanghai. According to the stipulations of the 1932 Sino-Japanese "Songhu Armistice Agreement," China could not send regular troops to Shanghai, but this did not bother the resourceful and flexible Chinese; after the July 7 Incident, they had already moved from Xuzhou to Zhongsongbu in Suzhou, changed into the clothes of the security team, and secretly sailed to Shanghai to strengthen Shanghai's military strength. At this time, the Independent Brigade of the Second Division under Zhong Song's command had been renamed the 20th Independent Brigade, and the brigade commander and deputy brigade commanders were still Zhong Song and Yang Wenjin.

In addition, He Yingqin also secretly transported 30,000 sacks to Shanghai, and ordered Shanghai Mayor Yu Hongjun to build fortifications. It also stipulates that all ammunition for the Shanghai Security Corps and the Police Corps will be supplied by Nanjing. Begin to prepare for the big war that will come soon.

However, it was said that on the outskirts of Suzhou, all the soldiers of the 20th Independent Brigade, including Feng Muhua, had changed into the clothes of the Shanghai Security Corps.

At this time, brigade commander Zhong Song was still training in Lushan, and the affairs of the brigade were temporarily represented by deputy brigade commander Yang Wenjing. Yang Wenjing, dressed in the clothes of a security team, spoke to the soldiers of the 20th Independent Brigade with enthusiasm: "Brothers! There has already been a fight in North China, Pingjin has fallen, and the Japanese are not making a small fight this time, they want to destroy our country. They are not satisfied with occupying Taiwan and the three eastern provinces, and they have to exterminate the Chinese nation as soon as possible. As the saying goes, is it tolerable, but which is unbearable? The country and the nation have reached the last moment, and at this time we have no longer bearable, and there is no need to endure it anymore! If the country and the nation perish into our hands, then what face will we have to see our ancestors and ancestors underground! "Japanese spy nemesis