Mr. Gao is Gao Ye Rokuro, this person is called Mr. Gao when he talks about it in private, and now Dai Li calls Mr. Gao in public, although his voice has been lowered, but it still makes Chang Kaishen unhappy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Although Huang Jun's father and son have been subdued, who knows how many Japanese spies there are around, according to Takano Rokuro, from the attendant room to the staff headquarters, it is basically a sieve, so he also deliberately wrote the names of some people, indicating that these people are reliable. In that list, Dai Li was ranked first, which really made his heart flutter.

"The Japanese are going to increase their troops!" Although he was a little worried about Chang Kaishen's displeasure, Dai Li still reported the matter.

"Where to send troops?!" Only after getting into the black Austin sedan did Chang Kaishen stare at Dai Li's exhalation and ask. He was very taboo about the news of Japan's troop increase, and as soon as Shanghai decided to defend to the death, the Japanese wanted to increase their troops.

"I don't know!" Dai Li's head was full of beads of sweat, but he didn't dare to wipe it, he said: "The other party said that there are two top-secret pieces of information to be sold this time, which are related to the overall situation of my country's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and they are not only extremely important but also urgent." He also said that this time the information was extremely difficult to obtain, and several people had been arrested and tortured by the military police, so the price this time was 20,000 pounds, and Tang Naijian's money was not enough, which ......"

"Niang Xipi!" Chang Kaishen whispered. The Ministry of Finance had to pay Germany 10 million dollars because German orders exceeded the credit amount by 100 million marks, and the foreign exchange was already unstable due to the wartime financial turmoil. Rokuro Takano costs $50,000 for a piece of information, which is too expensive. But every time this person's intelligence is a big deal, most of them are worth the money, Chang Kaishen couldn't suppress his disgust, and said: "I will ask the Ministry of Finance to remit money immediately." ”

Orders, wire transfers, account checks, transactions, calls, decoding, ...... this set of procedures basically took a day of work in the past. This time, however, it was unusually fast, and at about two o'clock in the afternoon, the telegram was decoded. Sure enough, it's 100,000 urgent! Chang Kaishen, who saw the telegram, threw his cup on the table and let the boiling water flow to the ground. The 150,000 Japanese troops are expected to land in Jinshanwei in the north of Hangzhou Bay tomorrow! This is also good, the Japanese army is really going to land successfully, and the country of Shanghai. The rear road of the army is cut off, and the 700,000 army is going to be wrapped in dumplings, which ......

"Quick! Fast!! Let Bai Jian be born! Chang Kaishen, whose face was like dirt, had cold hands and feet, and he couldn't come up with a way in his mind, so he had to ask someone to call Bai Chongxi immediately, and after he calmed down a little, he said: "And... Cichen, Jingzhi, and Mo San were also invited. ”

The Supreme Command Headquarters was not far from Xilu, and after more than ten minutes, Bai Chongxi, Xu Yongchang, He Yingqin, and Gu Zhutong hurried over. After reading the telegram from Dai Li's hand, Xu Yongchang, Minister of Military Orders, said: "Chairman of the Committee, is this information reliable?" ”

Chang Kaishen is still in the hesitation of defending Shanghai or not. If Shanghai is not defended, even if the nine-nation meeting in Brussels passes a plan to sanction Japan, its own side will be in a disadvantageous position for future peace talks because of the loss of Shanghai; If you hold Shanghai to the death, the 700,000 army may be completely annihilated, and if you lose these 700,000 troops, you will not be able to fight in the future. To keep it or not to keep it seems to be heaven and hell.

"Report to Minister Xu, the intelligence is completely reliable!" Dai Li saw that Chang Kaishen didn't speak, so he only answered on his behalf. Seeing that everyone still didn't believe it, and seeing that these people were trustworthy people, under Chang Kaishen's instructions, he finally said: "This is intelligence from the top of Japan. ”

"Oh!" Xu Yongchang glanced at Dai Li in disbelief, and then looked at Chang Kaishen. In fact, everyone understands Chang Kaishen's thoughts: if you want to retreat, then you can directly cancel the previous order, and now let everyone come, it must be to discuss a feasible countermeasure, that is, how to hold Shanghai in the case of the Japanese landing - Li Kongrong's ignorance of the decisions of the Supreme Command is reflected here, and he does not understand Chang Kaishen, who is 'spirit first' and extremely stubborn.

"Chairman, it's time to withdraw from the front. According to the intelligence, the 10th Army will capture Fengjing and Jiaxing with the main force after landing, and then advance through the Sujia Railway in a vain attempt to cut off the retreat of our Songhu army. The enemy's 16th Division will also land at Baimaokou in Taicang to cut off the Beijing-Shanghai railway and highway and cooperate with the 10th Army to encircle our army......"

It was He Yingqin who spoke, and since Chang Kaishen agreed that Zhong Song's brigade would be stationed in Shanghai in civilian clothes and pretending to be a security team, he opposed the war in Shanghai, and in the past three months, not only did he not encircle and annihilate the Japanese marines, but the war became bigger and bigger. At this time, the country. It was indeed time for the army to retreat, and if it dragged on, it would really be surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese.

He Yingqin opened his mouth, and Xu Yongchang also said: "Chairman of the Committee, the current trend is still to protect the army. With these 700,000 troops, the war can continue, otherwise after the army is encircled and annihilated, Nanjing will not be protected. ”

"Chairman ......" After Xu Yongchang finished speaking, Bai Chongxi also spoke, and Chang Kaishen, who didn't want to think about the situation clearly, waved his hand to stop his words. He said: "If the information is false, we naturally don't have to worry, if the information is true, then we should immediately adjust the deployment, like the last time Xiao Chuansha was caught off guard by the Japanese invaders......

Bai Chongxi was also anxious, and he quickly interrupted Chang Kaishen's words: "Chairman, the last Xiaochuansha ambush was arranged more than ten days in advance, and now we only have one day. At present, only one division of the 62nd Division is stationed in the defense line of several tens of kilometers from Jinshanwei to Zhapu, and even if the three divisions of the 28th Army are all pressed up, it will not be able to prevent the landing of 150,000 Japanese troops. However, the other troops could not catch up with Jinshanwei, Fengjing, Jiaxing, and other places within a day or two, so for the sake of today's plan, they could only dispatch troops to Fengjing and Jiaxing urgently, and on the other hand, urgently order the Shanghai army to retreat, only hoping that the 28th Army could resist for a few more days. ”

"The Navy might be able to help." He Yingqin suddenly interjected: "Chen Houfu has been applying for minelaying funds with me recently, saying that the navy wants to lay mines in Zhapu and the area east of Zhapu in the north of Hangzhou Bay, and I saw that the navy had to rely on sunken ships to block the river channel in Jiangyin, so I asked the navy to lay mines first, and then declare the military ......expenses later."

Under the Ministry of Military Affairs, there was an electric mine school, which performed well in these three months, sinking several Japanese large hair boats and preventing the Japanese army from landing, which greatly boosted the morale of the army and the people. Under such circumstances, all matters concerning the production and arrangement of mines were naturally handed over to the Mine School. I don't dare He Yingqin is a famous mother-in-law He, and the Navy Ninghai has also won praise from public opinion, so he naturally won't talk about death, he only needs to strangle military expenses, and the matter of naval minelaying will naturally be over.

Now he told the story of the navy's minelaying in the northern part of Hangzhou Bend, first, to prove that he had foresight—after all, this was what he agreed, although he did not give money; Moreover, he also knew that the Admiralty had a small treasury, and no matter how much or too little, five hundred mines could still be arranged in hundreds.

"Then call Chen Houfu quickly." Chang Kaishen was originally inclined to retreat, but now when he heard that the navy had laid mines east of Zhapu, he kindled the hope of holding Shanghai and waiting for mediation at the meeting of the Nine-Power Convention.

Fifteen minutes later, Chen Shaokuan arrived.

"I have seen Chairman of the Committee, Chief Xu, Chief He, Deputy Chief Bai, and Commander Gu ......" Chen Shaokuan, who was dressed in the regular uniform of an admiral, saluted Chang Kaishen and others. He seemed to be unfazed, but in his heart he was in turmoil, and he had roughly guessed what was going on.

"Houfu sit down and say." Chang Kaishen smiled, he felt that Chen Shaokuan was the most pleasing to the eye today.

"Yes, Chairman!" Chen Shaokuan did it uprightly, not squinting, only looking at the leader.

"Brother Jing said that the navy has already laid mines in the Jinshanwei area of Zhapu?" Chang Kaishen almost held his breath and asked, his heart rising to his throat.

"Yes, Chairman." Chen Shaokuan breathed a long sigh of relief and replied respectfully. "The Naval Counsellor's Office believed that the Japanese army, which had control over the sea, could land anywhere at will, and that the most suitable place for landing around Shanghai, except for the Yangtze River, was the area east of Zhapu to Jinshanwei. Therefore, the navy drew up a mine-laying plan for the northern part of Hangzhou Bay three months ago, but due to the shortage of funds, it has only started at present. ”

"A start, which head did you make?" After listening to it for a long time without an answer, Chang Kaishen was a little anxious, and several other people also looked at Chen Shaokuan. The so-called opening a head is that only one end is arranged, but which end is arranged, Zhapu or Jinshanwei?

"Report to the chairman, because Zhapu already has a fort, and the machine mine is set up from Jinshanwei......" As soon as Chen Shaokuan's three words 'Jinshanwei' came out, Chang Kaishen stood up excitedly, and then sat down slowly, he said repeatedly: "Okay! Very good!! ”

"It's just that the funds are insufficient, and only fifteen nautical miles have been laid out intermittently. In addition, the navy also allocated four torpedo boats to assist in the defense of this place, and if the Japanese army landed, it would definitely ......" Li Kongrong informed Chen Shaokuan very early on that the Japanese army was likely to land at Jinshanwei when the situation in Shanghai could not be opened, because Chen Shaokuan knew that it was time to give the truth. When Chang Kaishen heard him say that he had not only laid more than a dozen nautical miles of mines, but also arranged four torpedo boats, he was immediately restless with excitement, the navy was really saving his life this time!

Chang Kaishen was excited, Xu Yongchang, He Yingqin and others also breathed a sigh of relief, the situation was not too dangerous after all. However, Dai Li looked at Chen Shaokuan with some suspicion, of course he didn't believe that the navy could predict the prophet, but was it really such a coincidence?

"Is it a secret?" Chang Kaishen, who was excited, suddenly asked, the Battle of Songhu made him understand how rampant Japanese spies were, so he was very uneasy, worried that the Japanese would know that there were mines near Jinshanwei.

"Absolute confidentiality. The mines were transported by steamboat to Jinshan at night, and the mines were also laid at night, and it took more than two months to achieve such a small result. Several villages near the sea were also controlled by the navy, and fishermen helped to find the places where the torpedo boats were hidden. Chen Shaokuan said.

"Okay." Chang Kaishen was finally satisfied, he wanted to say that after the victory of the war, he must vigorously develop the navy, but then he thought that this kind of commitment had already been said too much, so he just smiled and nodded.

Chang Kaishen was satisfied, but Xu Yongchang, He Yingqin, and Bai Chongxi were still uneasy, and things were obviously going in the direction they didn't want. Especially He Yingqin, who thought that the navy was just laying mines, but he didn't expect the navy to arrange torpedo boats.

"Minister Chen, I would like to ask how wide the minefield of 15 kilometers can be? Will it be possible to prevent the landing of Japanese troops? Also, where is it located in Hangzhou Bay? Deputy Chief of General Staff Bai Chongxi asked. To be honest, he had no idea what mines were doing.

......Chen Shaokuan walked to the map and said: "The minefield started from the lack of water in the east of Jinshanwei, which used to be the Shanghai Customs earlier, and then the beach rose and moved to the county seat of Shanghai. ”

The wooden pole in Chen Shaokuan's hand pointed to a bay on the east side of Jinshanwei, but what he said was a big surprise, he didn't expect that this place used to be Shanghai Customs. The wooden pole then went to the left, and he said again: "The lack of water is the easternmost part, passing through Qijiadun, Jinsiniang Bridge, and Quangong Pavilion, which is a total of fifteen nautical miles. It is not that the minefields are fifteen nautical miles, in fact, some places that are not convenient for landing have not been mined, but there are not many such places, only a few. The entire minefield is about half a nautical mile wide, and most of them are anchor mines, and some are floating mines, although these floating mines are not released until the enemy is sure of landing. Also considering that the Japanese army often used large hair boats to land, these ships have a shallow draft, so some anchor mines are set to be manually triggered, as long as a Japanese ship approaches, they can be fired with wires. ”

It is not the whole beach from Quangong Pavilion, and there is still a distance of about 14 kilometers from Quangong Pavilion to Zhapu. Bai Chongxi got up and walked to the map and asked, "What about this section of the sea area without mines?" ”

Although there are 14,000 kilometers ...... from Quangong Pavilion to Zhapu, the Navy has renovated the Zhapu Fort in the past three months, and the Xianzhapu Fort is equipped with four 203mm Armstrong guns and nine 150mm Krupp rapid-fire guns, and the range of these guns is more than 10,000 meters, which can roughly block this area without minelays. As for the gap of two to three kilometers between the shelling area and the minefield, which is also near Caojiatan, it can only be handed over to the four torpedo boats. ”

When it comes to Zhapu Fort, Chen Shaokuan is indescribably bitter, the four 203mm Armstrong guns are on the two cruisers Haitian and Haiqi - the Haitian ship was salvaged when the cannon sank that year, and he didn't want Haiqi to follow in Haiqi's footsteps thirty-three years later; The nine 150mm Lupp guns were the main guns of Hairong, Haichen, and Haichou, which were dismantled before the sinking of the river. In addition to the above artillery, there are also four 152mm Armstrong rapid-fire guns, two 150mm Vickers guns, six Japanese-made three-year twin 140mm guns, 16 120mm Armstrong rapid-fire guns, 24 105mm Krupp rapid-fire guns, and four 102mm Vickers guns.

Little by little, Chen Shaokuan marked the locations of various forts on the map. The Zhapu Fort is okay, the Fort on the Jinshanwei side is now only a Fort for the time being, and the artillery base has also been installed, but the gun barrel is not installed due to secrecy.

"Where did the navy get so many guns?" The more Bai Chongxi listened, the more confused he became, I am afraid that there are sixty or seventy cannons, and the caliber is all more than 100mm, and the entire army only has twenty-four 150mm guns.

"This is the main gun and secondary gun that the 1st Fleet removed before sinking into the river." Chen Shaokuan replied coldly, with some tragedy in his words. "The Japanese thought that the Chinese navy was sinking. Yes, the ship is sinking, but the cannon is still there! As long as they dare to land from the north of Hangzhou Bay, what awaits them will be the artillery of the entire fleet! ”