The telegram arrived in Nanjing, and Lao Chiang was overjoyed! "Good, good, good!" In addition to the admiration, a heartfelt smile appeared on Qing Jin's face, "Mu Yin, come and see?" ”

Qian Dajun had already read it in advance, took the telegram as if he was playful, glanced at it a few times, and nodded with satisfaction: "To say that the soldiers used their lives to annihilate the main division of the Japanese invaders, of course, it is the proper meaning, but in Dajun's opinion, it is rare to see such a good person!" ”

Lao Jiang smiled and waved his hand again and again: "It's over, it's over." The words of Mu Yin, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, are suspected of being a horse. ”

Qian Dajun stopped at the right time, no longer entangled, and said: "The commission, the great victory in the Qingxian operation, can boost the people's morale and morale in a timely manner, and can save the decline of the Songhu battlefield. ”

"Should, should." Lao Jiang nodded, his smile retracted, and asked, "Is there a message from Cixiu?" ”

"No, in yesterday's telegram, General Cishu redeployed the deployment of the Left Wing Army, and now it seems that the purpose of Matsui Ishone's operation is to seize the area west and south of Luodian, and to attack Dachang and Nanxiang by taking advantage of the situation; However, it encountered fierce resistance from our army, and at present, the battle situation in Luodian is in a stalemate. ”

Once this tactical plan is completed, half of the highway traffic between Shanghai and Jiangsu will be cut off, and at the same time, it can also attack from here to complete the overall encirclement of the Chinese army's left wing army. To put it simply, Luodian's strategic and tactical position is too important to be missed!

It was August 23, the assault force was the 11th Division, which landed in Chuanshakou and Shishilin, and the Chinese army only had a company of the Jiangfang Army, which could not resist at all, and the Japanese soldiers took the landing site bloodlessly, and then the 3rd Division went on a rampage, and in the morning of the same day, it successfully took Luodian.

In the following more than a month, the Luodian battlefield became the largest meat grinder on the Songhu battlefield, more than 400,000 troops of the two countries fought to the death in an area of less than 50 square kilometers, the small Luodian changed hands several times, and the Chinese army successively invested more than a dozen divisions here. Unfortunately, for various reasons, Luodian finally fell into the hands of the Japanese.

After the Japanese occupied Luodian, after a short rest, they turned to the southwest to attack, and the 3rd Division even attacked from Longhua Town to the vicinity of Gu's house, occupying a considerable advantage in the situation, but every step of the advance was met with the frantic resistance of the Chinese Army's Left Wing Army, and in the September battle alone, the casualties of the Japanese Shanghai Dispatch Army reached 10,988 people!

By September 26, the defeat of the Chinese army was already obvious, and even though Chen Cheng had taken many remedial measures, he could not return to heaven - this is what Lao Chiang asked.

Qian Dajun is a little gloomy, Shanghai's political status is second only to the capital, whether it is in the domestic people's livelihood or international perspective, there is no room for error, therefore, this battle will be very hard, from top to bottom are predictable, but the actual battle is fierce, or greatly beyond everyone's imagination.

In fact, a group of government officials headed by Lao Jiang overestimated the role of Shanghai, and in their minds, Shanghai was not guaranteed, and the line of Suzhou, Changshu, and Fushan was within the scope of the Japanese army's attack, and after that, Jiaxing, Wuxi, and Huzhou, just like dominoes that were overthrown, would inevitably cause a joint reaction, until the capital Nanjing was exposed to the iron hooves of the Japanese army, and everything was really over!

In fact, however, the Japanese military did not have such an optimistic estimate, believing that the North China and Shanghai offensives would cause a certain amount of frustration to Nanjing, but whether this feeling reached the height of thwarting its will to resist the war was still quite questionable. In view of this, the military department proposed that on the condition of consolidating the results of the battle in Shanghai, establish an independent political power in North China and carry out political changes, and on the other hand, the air force attack and the naval blockade should cooperate with each other to cut off the financial resources and food routes of the Nanjing government and weaken its ability to wage war, so as to achieve the goal of forcing the Chinese government to take the initiative to sue for peace. (Note 1)

Lao Jiang didn't see Qian Dajun speak out for a long time, glanced at him, and suddenly said a sentence: "Xiufeng and Zhemin are going north, is there any news?" ”

Qian Dajun's mind turned for a moment, and then he remembered these two people, "Not yet, there was a telegram of two people connected yesterday, and there were many discrepancies in the language, it seems to be ...... The investigation did not go very well. ”

"Oh?"

Qian Dajun looked at Lao Jiang's cold face, and was a little flustered for no reason, and said: "Yes, General Jie San said that Zhiyun led the troops north to resist the enemy, and the war was in full swing. ”

"Dumbfounded!" Lao Jiang scolded impatiently, and said sneeringly: "The resistance to the enemy is carried out by more than 100,000 soldiers in the war zone, why is it worth a Dai Zhiyun?" Jiesan is a blatant shield for soldiers and ruffians, and connivance at lawlessness! ”

Qian Dajun admires Dai Xiaodian quite a lot, he is young, brave and resourceful, he is indeed extraordinary, and he has accepted a lot of bribes from Tong Linge, it is already very good not to fall into the well at this time, let him touch the anger of the king for a Dai Xiaodian, but it is absolutely impossible. Therefore, just say nothing and keep silent.

Lao Jiang refused to let him go, stared at him and asked, "Mu Yin, according to what you can see, how will this matter go on, do you really have to wait until the battle is over before you will be inquired?" ”

Qian Dajun quickly raised his head and looked at the man opposite, he knew very well that Lao Jiang had a bad temper, not so much because he hated Dai Xiaodian and Tong Linge, but because of the unfavorable war in Songhu; Besides, among the Chinese army, eating empty salaries and drinking the blood of soldiers has been around since ancient times, if you really grasp this hair to make a start, I am afraid that everyone will be in danger and will be caught one by one, then what is the war of resistance?

"Mu Yin?" Lao Jiang was very dissatisfied, what happened to Qian Dajun today, why did he seem to have lost his soul, and asked ten answers.

"Oh, principal, the students are recalling the telegram sent back by Zhemin and them, which says that Dai Xiaodian received a check for $1,000, but that was after Dai Xiaodian was promoted to the head of the 219th Regiment on July 19 and returned to the regimental headquarters of Changxindian; Moreover, some people say that this money was given by Tong Linge from the army as a reward for his victory in the battle of Lugou Bridge. And the reporter Gou of "Shijiazhuang Daily" kicked out this matter at this time, and made a big fuss, I don't know if there is any other emotion behind it. ”

"I've heard this rumor too, have Xiufeng and Tetsumin asked Jiesan? Can you be sure? ”

"That's not true, Xiufeng's telegram said that everyone knows that Zhiyun is the first favorite general under General Jiesan, if it is for him, General Jiesan will not hesitate to defile himself, and he will also think about it."

Lao Jiang scolded Ye Xiufeng in his heart, do you think I sent you to really find out a few moths in the army, you fool! Forcing Tong Linge to be anxious, what is the benefit to you and the party-state? "Send a telegram to Zhemin, telling him that the matter of Brigade Commander Zhiyun should be investigated, and the rest should be investigated...... You don't have to have more complications. ”

"Yes." Qian Dajun, as the director of the first chamber of the presidential palace, is naturally a shrewd person, and when he heard the strings and songs, he immediately nodded and turned out.

"Wait!" Lao Jiang stopped him again, and asked with some hesitation: "Mu Yin, what do you think will happen if the First Army is transferred from the Jizhong battlefield to the Third War Zone?" ”

The third war zone refers to the Songhu battlefield, Qian Dajun naturally knows it, but how could he suddenly have such a ridiculous idea? The Chinese army on the Songhu battlefield has more than 75 divisions, divided into 6 group armies, which is already several times larger than the Japanese army in terms of numbers. Wouldn't it be that the drunkard didn't mean to be in the bar, and he wanted to call Dai Xiaodian, but it was difficult to speak, so he just served it in one pot?

Lao Jiang continued: "Or you don't have to transfer everything, just one of them, and it will be included in the 9th Army?" ”

Qian Dajun smiled bitterly in his heart, but the chief can think differently and think of where to go, but he can't. "The students thought it was inappropriate."

"Why?"

"The commander of the group army is Feng Huanzhang."

Qian Dajun only said one sentence, and Lao Jiang immediately understood. On September 19, Lao Jiang returned to Nanjing from Baoding, and immediately ordered someone to go to Shanghai to 'invite' General Zhang Zhizhong back. On the issue of Zhang's successor, he is in a dilemma.

Lao Jiang originally wanted to transfer Xu Yongchang back, and then let Feng Yuxiang take his position, but unexpectedly, the news was revealed, which attracted a strong backlash from Tong Linge and others! Tong Linge clearly pointed out in his secret telegram to Nanjing that if Feng took over, the First Army would categorically not accept the orders of the theater commander's department, and that Tong would not be responsible for the rotten situation in the war in North China at that time!

This harshly worded message simply blinded the titanium alloy dog eyes of Lao Jiang, He Yingqin and others, they simply thought that they had read it wrong, or the people in the secret maintenance room had translated it wrong, Tong Linge Is this crazy?

When the accuracy of the news was confirmed, Lao Jiang was surprisingly angry, he understood very well that Tong Linge sent such a telegram, of course, it showed an attitude that he could not coexist with Feng Yuxiang, and at the same time, he was also reassuring himself: Tong would never become another warlord force outside the control of the state government like his old commander, and he completely accepted the command of the theater governor's department headed by Xu Yongchang, Lin Wei and other descendants of the state government, isn't it enough to explain the problem?

Because of this, Lao Jiang immediately stopped the replacement arrangement, let Xu Yongchang continue to stay in Baoding, and sent Feng Yuxiang to Shanghai as the commander of the Ninth Army, replacing the position left by Zhang Zhizhong.

It is said that Feng Yuxiang was very angry at Tong Linge's disapproval, and he was so angry that he didn't sleep well for several days, and even changed his appearance of loving soldiers like a son in the past, grabbed a random reason, and beat a soldier fiercely, completely exposing his scum nature of being angry with others at will!

This news made Lao Jiang even more happy, and in a day's time, he was all smiling and welcoming people, even if he received the news of the unfavorable war in Shanghai, it did not make him lose half a point!

Hearing Qian Dajun mention this matter at this time, Lao Jiang nodded, "I understand, then, what about transferring Zhiyun out alone and letting him go to the 15th Group Army?" ”

Qian Dajun secretly said that he was unlucky, Lao Jiang was really crazy, why did he recognize Dai Xiaodian? "The students thought it was inappropriate."

"Why is that?"

This time, Qian Dajun no longer had any scruples, and said bluntly: "Dai's qualifications are too shallow, and Gou's accusation of embezzling public funds in the army is still inconclusive. ”

Lao Jiang was also a little helpless, he mentioned Dai Xiaodian three times and twice, but there was a hint of luck in his heart: This little guy can create such a big record in the North China battlefield and use it in the Songhu battlefield? With so many elite descendant troops, wouldn't they be more brilliant than the miscellaneous troops like the 29th Army and the 53rd Army?

But he also knew that this could only be his imagination, and the situation in the third theater was complicated, and with Dai Xiaodian's position and status, he was afraid that he would not be able to give full play to even one-tenth of his ability! The mistake is that he personally went to Shanghai, served as the commander of the war zone in a veritable manner, and supported him wholeheartedly, otherwise, he would never have been able to do it! Rather than that, it is better to leave him where he is, at the very least, to contain the Japanese army.

Thinking of this, he was a little distracted: "Okay, that's it, let's send the telegram to Xiufeng and Zhemin." ”