The small bungalow in Sifang City outside the Zhongshan Gate is an extremely ordinary building, but because of Chang Kaishen's stay, it instantly became the center of the entire Anti-Japanese War. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The simple Qingshui room is undecorated but very clean, and the group photos of teachers and students who are exactly the same as those in the rest house are hung on the wall, and the national flag and party flag are red and blue on both sides. There was no one else in the room, only Dai Li, from the Secret Service, who was bent over and talking.

"Headmaster, there's no news from Berlin yet. After Naijian took the initiative to contact the other party, the other party conveyed Mr. Takano's meaning: The losses of the Japanese army in Jinshanwei were too heavy, and the military headquarters had begun to conduct a thorough investigation of the leak incident, and all information about the army's movements was concealed, and it was difficult to provide information in the near future. But ......" Dai Li raised his head and looked at Chang Kaishen, and said cautiously: "However, Mr. Takano thinks that it is really not true that our army is holding on to Shanghai... He hoped that our army could retreat and rely on the defensive line to defend, so that the Japanese army would retreat in the face of difficulties, so as to finally eliminate the war. ”

At yesterday's military meeting, I heard that the principal had lost his temper again because of the matter of defending Shanghai, and said that he would personally go to the front line to tell the soldiers the necessity of defending Shanghai. So this time relaying Takano Rokuro's suggestion, Dai Li was a little apprehensive, for fear that Chang Kaishen would lose his temper.

Chang Kaishen was drinking a glass of boiled water, and he just smiled lightly when he heard this, "I think we beat the Japanese in Jinshanwei, and Takano Rokuro is also distressed." His intention in asking us to retreat was simple: to let Japan occupy Shanghai, weaken our influence at the Nine-Power Pact meeting, and undermine the international sanctions that were about to come. Takano loves money, but he's a Japanese no matter what. Speaking of this, he smiled even more, and said: "I will reward Gao Ye with 10,000 pounds for this victory, and he will not be able to cry and laugh if he gets it." ”

Yesterday he finally saw the photos of more than 2,000 Japanese prisoners and the dense corpses on the beach, and he was excited and immediately approved a warrant: reward Takano Rokuro with 10,000 pounds. Although the flesh hurts, he still does not hesitate to give it when he is excited.

Chang Kaishen entertained himself, and Dai Li had to laugh and laugh. He said: "Report to the principal, Takano said that the military department thoroughly investigated the leak, and the day after the great victory, Lieutenant General Tada, deputy chief of the staff headquarters, had resigned, and I also heard that a soldier rushed into his house and shot and assassinated him, and now his life and death are uncertain." ”

"Tada?" This is an unfamiliar name, but since the other party is the deputy chief of the General Staff Headquarters, he should know the landing plan of the 10th Army. However, Chang Kaishen did not know that this person belonged to the faction of non-expansion of China in the Japanese army, and was a believer in Ishihara Wan'er. This time, the 10th Army was ambushed by the Chinese navy, which had been prepared for a long time, and the two and a half divisions and half of the Fourth Fleet were completely annihilated.

This is true of the General Staff Headquarters and the Army, and all the generals who do not support the 'one-hit theory' have all been dismissed from their posts and retired to the reserves. During this period, the reason why the Japanese government and military headquarters were calm and quiet, only the non-governmental newspapers and various rallies were wailing in pain, and the shouts of 'punishing tyrannical support' and 'killing ****' resounded in Hibiya Park together, the real reason was that Japan was purging and adjusting, and once this adjustment was completed, the war would be even more tragic than it is now. Chang Kaishen knew this, and among the several lines that Nanjing and the Japanese came into contact with, they were also affected by the victory of Jinshanwei, and the previous negotiations were no longer sustainable.

"Let Tang Naijian find a way to persuade Gao Ye and obtain Japanese intelligence." Chang Kaishen, who was silent for a moment, emphasized. "It's really not good, you can increase the pay."

"Yes, Headmaster." Dai Li smiled bitterly in his heart. But he knew the principal's temper very well, so he had to agree to this matter first.

Dai Li thought so, and Sun Yuanliang, commander of the 72nd Army and commander of the 88th Division, who received a call from Chang Kaishen on the Suzhou Creek front in the afternoon, also thought so.

"Yes, Chairman,...... All the officers and men of our army have high morale and sufficient weapons and equipment, and they can definitely hold ...... of them! It can definitely be held!! Even when Sun Yuanliang answered the phone, he held his head high and spoke competently and powerfully. After a while, the phone finally hung up, and he was greatly relieved, and his upright chest collapsed.

"The principal's phone ......" returned to the next door, looking at Du Yuming who came to say goodbye, Sun Yuanliang smiled bitterly. You have also seen that what to fight, the army is full of a group of recruits who are not trained to shoot guns, and their physical fitness and tactical literacy are not good, compared with those soldiers in the past, it is really a heaven and an earth. Not to mention weapons and equipment, what kind of broken things are replenished! But the principal has to keep it, I can't make the principal unhappy, this is ......"

Chang Kaishen's phone calls went straight to the front line, and his temper was closely related to the battle situation, of course, the battle situation was only one factor that affected his mood. It's okay to be in a good mood, and if someone in a bad mood disobeys him, it will be a reprimand immediately. After a long time, the front-line generals have learned to be obedient, Chang Kaishen will say whatever he wants to hear, and never say a word that he doesn't like to hear. In the end, if you really lose the defensive line, then find a way to block it, and then cry that the troops have suffered heavy losses, 'if you don't want to, you can't', and at the same time ask others to come to the rescue, so that at most, it will be a dismissal. It is the front-line soldiers who are really suffering, and only they are the executors of Chang Kaishen's absurd battle plan, and Chang Kaishen's absurd plan is because of the 'deception' of these generals.

These Sun Yuanliang don't say it, Du Yuming also understands. The reason why his armored regiment was sent by Zhang Zhizhong to fight street battles was precisely because Zhang Zhizhong could not complete the absurd plan to capture the headquarters of the Japanese Marine Corps. Chang Kaishen was impatient on the phone, Zhang Zhizhong could only catch what was what, whether it was useful or not, and then he would throw it in first, and the result was that the Japanese army used naval guns, and all the tank crews that rushed in were killed. Of course, Du Yuming would not say this kind of logic, not only would he not say it, but he would not even dare to think about it -- without Zhang Zhizhong's repeated appreciation, and without his Du Yuming's today, as for violating the principle and using the flesh and blood of his subordinates to repay Zhang Zhizhong's personal kindness, is this right, Du Yuming has always thought about it like this, after all, in his opinion, this is a matter of course.

"How long will we have to hold the front line?" Du Yuming handed Sun Yuanliang a cigarette and took one in his mouth. Since the Anti-Japanese War, both of them have become more and more addicted to smoking.

"The old man said it would take two weeks, and he wouldn't be able to withdraw until the conference was over." Sun Yuanliang crossed his legs and smoked, and looked at Du Yuming a few times, very envious. "It's better to be Brother Guangting, I got an armored legion all of a sudden."

"Not to mention the legion, it's the army." Du Yuming corrected. The expansion of the armored regiment from the Panzer Corps, he was happy, but also worried about the jealousy of others. It was not only the armored regiment that fought to the death in Shanghai, many divisions transferred from the rear were lost, and even the number was canceled, in comparison, the armored regiment was really lucky to be expanded.

"There are more than forty tanks in a regiment, so how many tanks do you have in an army?" Sun Yuanliang asked with interest. In August, the armored regiment hit the Huishan pier at night, which shocked the whole army, which was also the biggest highlight in the early stage of the battle.

"This ......" Du Yuming pondered for a while, and finally felt that Sun Yuanliang would know it later, it was better to say it now, he said immediately: "The sixty-five tanks ordered by the European side have arrived, and the Soviet and Russian sides have also ordered eighty-two, and they are almost there, but it is not enough to equip one division in this way, so the European side still needs to order dozens more......

In 1938, the government ordered a large amount of waste to be repainted and pretended to be new in Italy, so Li Kongrong warned Du Yuming in a follow-up telegram not to ask for Italian tanks, so he finally ordered back Czech tanks. In fact, Czech tanks are not very suitable for the Chinese battlefield, but compared to Italian goods that do not look like tanks at all, this is the best choice at the moment.

"There are so many tanks?" Not to mention that it's okay, Sun Yuanliang was taken aback, "How many tanks do you have in this division?" ”

"Less than two hundred." Du Yuming said, and at the same time he was full of joy: Armored Division, he really has an armored division.

"You...... Two hundred, less than!! "As soon as Sun Yuanliang threw his cigarette butt, he had to spit out a mouthful of blood." No, the old man is too eccentric, your armored division can top me more than ten 88th divisions! I've got to ask for something......"

"What partiality is not partial, isn't it all about fighting the war and killing the enemy?" Du Yuming said and stroked Sun Yuanliang's shoulder, and said: "I'm far worse than your brother, look at it, they are all commanders of the 72nd Army, and I am still a regiment commander." ”

When withdrawing from the north bank of Suzhou Creek, Sun Yuanliang skillfully resisted and ordered Xie Jinyuan to lead more than 400 people to resist in the Sixing Warehouse, which not only avoided himself from being encircled, but also realized Chang Kaishen's 'spiritual war of resistance', and finally promoted to an official, which really made everyone envious. At this time, the joy of promotion was still there, and as soon as Du Yuming mentioned this matter, Sun Yuanliang immediately closed his mouth. He took a few puffs of smoke and said, "If your two hundred tanks are activated, won't the Japanese soldiers on the other side of the river be bulldozed all at once?" ”

"The Shanghai River is criss-crossed, and it is not a place for the armored army." Du Yuming sighed before saying. "Only in the northern theater can the entire division be completely laid out and the power of the armored army can be demonstrated."

"North?" Sun Yuanliang said. "North China has been lost, how can there be any north."

"Shandong and Henan are still there, and Xuzhou is still there." Speaking of Xuzhou, Du Yuming's eyes flashed, which was repeatedly emphasized by Li Kongrong in his follow-up letters, the most likely battlefield after the completion of the armored division's training. For this reason, he has already sent people to Xuzhou to check the terrain.

Du Yuming said Xuzhou, but Sun Yuanliang didn't hear this sentence - at this time, the cannon outside suddenly exploded, and he immediately changed when he heard the sound, and said: "The Japanese are here again!" Guangting, you are waiting for me here, I will go back when I go. ”

The Chinese and Japanese armies took the Suzhou Creek as the divide, and the enemy of the 88th Division was the 3rd Division. This was the position of the tax police corps before, and on the second day of Jinshanwei's victory, after the tragic blockade battle, the 88th Division entered the battlefield to change defenses. Now, the Japanese who have healed their wounds have come again, and the small river of Suzhou Creek seems to have become a moat.

Du Yuming, who was sitting in the room, smoked unhurriedly, even if the sound of the cannon fell nearby, and the dust gusted after the explosion, he was unmoved. Since he had just mentioned Xuzhou, he immediately remembered Li Kongrong, who was far away in Berlin -- the official gazette of the National Government gave a detailed account of the cause and process of the navy's arrangement in Jinshanwei, and Li Kongrong's name was prominent, and this proposal was actually put forward by him during his time in Berlin. His reasoning at that time was: "The Japanese army has always liked to flank and outflank in warfare, and this has been reflected many times in the Russo-Japanese War and has achieved major results, since our army is fighting fiercely with the Japanese army in Shanghai, it is necessary to prevent its flank outflanking." There are no good landing sites along the Yangtze River, on the other hand, Jinshanwei and Zhapu in Hangzhou Bay are excellent landing sites, once the enemy army lands, they can directly attack Shanghai along the Songhu line, or they can detour to Jiaxing and occupy Suzhou through the Sujia line......

Before Jinshanwei's victory, Du Yuming may not necessarily believe in this kind of fantasies, not that he doesn't believe it, but he can't think of it. After all, Hangzhou Bay is too far from the battlefield. I am afraid that this is in line with what Li Kongrong used to say: 'Seventy percent of the earth is ocean, and it is useless to consider the national strategy only with the thinking of the army.' ’

At Li Kongrong's suggestion, the navy won a great victory in ambushing the Japanese at Jinshanwei, so he now reminded himself that the Japanese army in North China would eventually move south along the Jinpu Road, and Xuzhou would be a key point of contention between China and Japan, and if the armored division could catch up, it might be able to fight a beautiful battle in Xuzhou. Can you really win in Xuzhou?

"Report!" Outside was Hou Teng's voice, the armored regiment was going to retreat, the chariots that couldn't be driven, the broken artillery, and the parts and wreckage were going to be withdrawn together, these were all treasures.

"Come in!" Du Yuming gathered his thoughts and agreed.

Hou Teng, who was wearing a colonel uniform, walked in, and there was another person who came in with him. He had a white face, a boat-shaped hat with a flat edge that had long been jet-black, a yellow double-pocket tight, and a white and blue beveled tie made of butt cloth on his chest, and a whistle hanging from the bottom of the tie; The lower body is a pair of breeches, and leather shoes full of mud that cannot be seen color. After seeing Du Yuming, he stepped upright, and then raised his hand to Du Yuming with three fingers and saluted.

"Du Baiqing, No. 16 of the 50th Regiment of the Shanghai Scout Wartime Service Corps, reports to you!" A childish voice came out, and then Du Yuming saw that it was a boy scout standing in front of him, and it was still a very young girl, probably four or five years older than his daughter.

"Slightly ...... Cease! Du Yuming said subconsciously, then glared at Hou Teng, and said in a low voice: "Where did you find it?!" ”

"Report to the general: if the general is going to transport supplies by truck, only our fifty service regiments can do this." Before Hou Teng could explain, Du Baiqing rushed to speak.

"You ......, do you know how to drive?" Du Yuming really didn't want to say anything more to the little girl, the Boy Scout, he knew that the little girl who sent the national flag to the Sixing warehouse left behind by the 88th Division was not the Boy Scout. But it was just a national flag, and now it was necessary to retreat under the Japanese planes.

"Report to the general, I am the captain, and I taught the car drivers in the team." Du Baiqing still answered upright, making Du Yuming dumbfounded. (To be continued.) )