Zhuang Jihua knew that Chiang Kai-shek was worried that the New First Group would go out of Sichuan, Liu Xiang and others took the opportunity to attack Chongqing, and now Chongqing is too important, neither Chiang Kai-shek nor he can afford to lose it, but the New First Group Army must go out of Sichuan to resist Japan, and this cannot be shaken, otherwise too many points will be lost politically. Whole \ Ben / Small \ Say / Net $-$

Zhuang Jihua pondered for a moment and said: "Principal, I want to recruit two more divisions, with Sun Liren and Liao Yaoxiang as division commanders, and transfer a group of non-commissioned officers and officers from the New First Group Army to serve as the backbone, and then transfer some manpower from the teaching brigade, so that the two divisions can be set up." ”

Chiang Kai-shek thought about it for a while and said, "Yes, you can ask Minister He for the number." ”

He Yingqin said: "You can use the numbers of the new 38th Division and the new 22nd Division, but during the Cultural Revolution, you should first make up two B divisions." ”

Compared with the A division of the new First Group Army, there is a big gap, and I am afraid that only half of the middle division is recognized, and the weapons and equipment are also much weaker, but the advantage is that there are fewer non-commissioned officers and officers, and the speed of forming an army is fast.

"Yes, thank you for the teacher's advice, just two B divisions." Zhuang Jihua appropriately expressed his gratitude, Zhuang Jihua always paid for this kind of relatively cheap thing. His two suggestions just now actually harmed He Yingqin's interests, and it was just right to say it at this time.

After the decision, everyone went back, among which Zhuang Jihua was the most relaxed, he didn't need to think about anything at all, the powerful factions in Sichuan had already made an appointment with him, and the others in Sichuan were busy to death, Zhang Zhizhong entrusted the chairman of Hubei Province, and then led the 88th Division in Nanjing to the periphery of Shanghai, while Song Xilian's 36th Division immediately stopped supervising the construction of national defense fortifications and went out to the periphery of Shanghai. On the one hand, He Yingqin sent an urgent telegram to the troops going north to stop their operations, and then ordered the 87th Division stationed in Wuhan to immediately set off for Shanghai.

At the national defense conference the next day, Chiang Kai-shek reaffirmed his determination to resist the war to the end, and at the same time explained that he would attack the Japanese army in Shanghai. Chiang Kai-shek really wanted to resist Japan this time and attack Shanghai. The shot was the Royal Forest Army of three divisions, and the follow-up troops were also descendants of the Central Army.

Liu Xiang didn't say anything, and Li Zongren said on the spot that he was willing to personally lead the children of Guangxi to participate in the war. Later, He Jian and Yu Hanmou both said that they would personally lead the Hunan army and the Guangdong army to participate in the war.

Chiang Kai-shek announced the establishment of a supreme command and appointed Deng Yanda as the director of the Department of Military Conduct and Discipline, responsible for picketing the military discipline of the whole army. punishment of deserters; He Yingqin was appointed chief of the general staff, and Bai Chongxi was appointed deputy chief of the general staff. The country is divided into seven major theaters, with Hebei and Henan being the first theater. Commander Cheng Qian concurrently served as the commander, and Suiyuan, Chahar, Shanxi, was the second theater. Commander Yan Xishan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai are the third theater of operations. Commander Feng Yuxiang; He Yingqin, commander of the Fourth Theater of Operations, fought in Fujian, Guangdong; Commander of the 5th Theater of Operations, Chiang Kai-shek. The combat area is northern Shandong. This order was not issued publicly, and was issued as a military secret order to the division level.

In order to cooperate with the Shanghai operation, the Xike battlefield was ordered to be transferred to Nanjing, and this order allowed the North China Air Force to stay in place, and the order that there was no air force cover in North China in the previous life was changed. At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek ordered troops from all over the country to assemble in the Shanghai area, and he warned everyone that the Japanese army in Shanghai had been operating for many years, and it was not yet known whether it could be successfully conquered, and if Japanese reinforcements arrived, the battle in Shanghai was likely to expand into a decisive battle between China and Japan.

At the meeting, Chiang Kai-shek's indifferent tone was full of murderous aura, and the high-ranking generals at the meeting hall were in a roaring spirit, and Chiang Kai-shek ordered at the same time that the Eighth Group Army under the command of Zhang Kui should immediately rush to Shanghai, and Chen Cheng would form the 15th Group Army, which should be completed within half a month, and then he would participate in the war in Shanghai after half a month.

As one order after another was issued, the troops in the southwest, central and southern China, east China, and northwest China, which were galloping towards North China, came to an abrupt halt, and then turned around and headed south, and a large number of troops rolled away to the southeast.

The airports around Nanjing have suddenly become busy recently, and Gao Zhihang has led the Southwest Air Force to station at more than a dozen advance airports in Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and other places, and Wang Shuming has gone to Nanjing to take up the post of commander of the air force destroyers.

When night fell, a middle-aged man with a top hat stepped into a western restaurant in the west of Nanjing, the doorman opened the door for him, the middle-aged man hung a trench coat in the cloakroom and hung a brown top hat on the hanger, and then slowly walked out of the cloakroom and ordered food in the hall.

Soon a stocky middle-aged man beckoned the waiter to settle the bill, and then he went into the cloakroom, and when he came out, a brown salute opened the door for him, and looked at the hat on his head with a strange look, which seemed to be a little small. The stout middle-aged man got into the car at the door, and then the car sped towards the north of the city, and soon drove into the Japanese Embassy in Nanjing.

Five minutes later, an urgent telegram flew to Tokyo, and the Chinese urgently assembled troops in Shanghai, all of which were elite German mechanics trained by German advisers for a long time, and were about to attack the Shanghai marines. The Japanese military headquarters immediately telegraphed the Shanghai Marine Corps to prepare for battle.

At this moment, the arrogance of the Japanese army was undoubtedly exposed, and knowing that the squadron was gathering to prepare, the Japanese marines, who had only 7,000 men, attacked first. On the afternoon of 13 July, when the patrols of the two sides met each other, the officers and men on patrol received orders to prepare for battle, and a fierce battle broke out on the long street.

About 1,000 marines crossed the Songhu Road from the direction of Tiantongan and Hengbang Road and rushed into Baoshan Road, attacking the 88th Division stationed on Xibaoxing Road, the 88th Division fought back, and quickly repelled the Japanese attack, and then Song Xilian commanded the 36th Division to also enter the battle.

The anger that had been pent up for a long time exploded on the Chinese officers and soldiers, and both officers and soldiers showed rare martial bravery, and the Japanese army left hundreds of corpses and retreated to Hongkou in disarray.

The next day, Zhang Zhizhong commanded the 88th and 36th Divisions to attack the Japanese army, and as soon as the war began, it showed that Huang Meixing, the commander of the 264th Brigade of the 88th Division, had been killed in battle beyond the desire to attack.

After staying for a few seconds, the sound of artillery woke up Zhang Zhizhong, Zhang Zhizhong raised his eyes to look out the window, and then grabbed the phone: "Division Commander Song strengthens the attack, the pressure on the side of the 88th Division is very great, and once the forward commander Brigade Commander Huang is killed, you must fight a bloody way, take Hongkou, and then turn to Gongda Yarn Factory." ”

After saying that, he grabbed the crank again. There was a sharp shake: "Senior Commander Feng, work fast." Pay attention to the firepower! Send the body of Brigade Commander Huang to the rear! ”

The sound of artillery became more violent, and large-caliber shells fired from warships exploded among the soldiers, shooting stumps in all directions. The blastwave scraped down the soldiers, got up and wiped the bloody faces. Without saying a word, he continued to rush forward, and a rain of bullets fell from the high-rise building opposite. The soldiers at the front rolled over and fell, and the rest of the soldiers immediately looked for cover. Engage the enemy. On the other side of the long street, more than a dozen soldiers struggled to drag two 37 anti-aircraft guns. Cannonballs flew, and a cannon was blown away. The remaining soldiers were still dragging their cannons, and eventually appeared in the streets. They quickly set up their guns and aimed them at the opposite point of fire. The shells exploded in the wall, a large hole was blown open, two heavy machine guns suppressed the Japanese fire, and the officers were the first to jump out of cover and rush to the enemy positions, followed by a large group of soldiers.

Farther away, a group of young men and women dressed in various costumes carried stretchers and followed the ambulance team of the Shanghai Civic Organization, and these young men and women followed closely behind the attacking troops, turning each body and lifting it down as long as they still had breath.

The fierce battle was not only on the ground, but also in the sky, the Chinese Air Force cooperated with the ground bombing of the Japanese troops in Hongkou, and the Japanese planes that took off from the aircraft carrier rushed to intercept them, and Gao Zhihang, who was escorting the escort, immediately led the destroyers to fight with the Japanese planes. In front of the millions of Shanghai citizens, the Chinese Air Force showed its might, shooting down eight Japanese planes in one fell swoop, while losing none of its own.

The citizens of Shanghai feasted their eyes on the feast and became even more emotional, and every time they shot down a Japanese plane, there was a deafening cheer on the ground, and many of them were golden-skinned foreigners.

"Eight to Zero, Our Air Force Won the War", the report of the declaration caused the whole country to boil, and parades were held all over the country to raise donations. On the second day of the war in Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek made a declaration of self-defense on 14 August, declaring that he would resolutely resist Japanese aggression and would never compromise with the Japanese army even if he fired a shot to the last man.

Western military experts immediately began to analyze the strength of the Chinese and Japanese forces, and finally concluded that China's resistance would last for a maximum of three months. But the long-term Chinese chroniclers seem to be in a new one

Whether peasants or workers, teachers or merchants, squires or factory owners, they enthusiastically donated money and materials, the citizens of Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou formed an anti-Japanese volunteer army and set out for Shanghai, and the soldiers of the Zhejiang Security Corps sang majestic songs with rudimentary weapons, and the Chinese have never been so united and united. Chinese have never had such strong confidence and support for the government in decades.

"Many military experts say that China will resist for three months at most, but I don't think so, I think it's a long war, and weapons are only one aspect of the war, but more important is spirit and confidence. There has never been a shortage of two elements in this ancient country, and his military strategy has been around for 2,000 years...", the Times in Shanghai reported Mark Ficheni.

The squadron's ferocious offensive made little progress, and the superiority of the Japanese artillery was so obvious that the continuous attacks were often cut in two by the enemy's artillery fire, so that the assault was weak.

In order to defeat the Japanese army's artillery superiority, the Chinese Air Force decided to use aircraft against the Japanese fleet and force it to withdraw from the theater of operations. On 15 August, China dispatched 12 of its latest B17 bombers, escorted by 32 P40s and BF109s, to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese fleet.

Gao Zhihang led the destroyer detachment to form a protective net around the twelve B17s, and the blue sky and floating clouds constituted a beautiful scenery. While admiring this scenery, a noisy electric current suddenly sounded in my ears: "Attention, attention, five o'clock direction, eighteen fleas, height xxx, azimuth xxx." ”

Gao Zhihang's heart was excited, yesterday's eight to zero, he was not satisfied with the shooting down with his own hands, although it was an escort today, he still hoped to meet the Japanese plane, and now they are coming.

"Today, the second squadron will come with me, and the first squadron will continue to escort the aircraft." Gao Zhihang gave a simple order, and then pulled the nose of the plane to climb up.

"Flea on your right rib." The ground radar sent guidance in time, and Gao Zhihang looked to the front and bottom of the right, and sure enough, there were several small black dots floating in the blue sky.

It was a perfect ambush, and it was also the first radar-guided air combat. When Gao Zhihang led twenty-four planes to dive down from a high altitude, the Japanese planes had not yet seen their traces. In the first round of attacks, the Chinese Air Force shot down three Japanese planes, and the Japanese aircraft queue was immediately chaotic. Nakajima, who was extremely slow, continued to move forward slowly, and the fighter immediately dived in an attempt to escape the attack from high altitudes. But Gao Zhihang's first wave rushed down only the first batch of twelve P40s, and the remaining twelve were still hovering at high altitudes.

All nine Nakajima were shot down in just 10 minutes of air combat, and Japan's latest dual-purpose bomber was planted in a big fight in its first expedition.

Li Guidan escorted the B17 to find the Japanese fleet, and then the B17 attacked, when the bombs fell from the sky with a whistling sound, he did not expect to be attacked by the air attack of the Japanese fleet, and the ships quickly moved and fled to the open sea. This escape also showed how well trained the Japanese army was. In the process of opening the sea, the formation was quickly adjusted, and a circular air defense formation was gradually formed. Various anti-aircraft guns formed a barrage that obscured the sky. The B17 is not a dive bomber, nor is it a torpedo attack aircraft. He was a high-altitude bomber, and more importantly, the bombardier was not trained to bomb warships, and the bombing of warships with B17s was a joke in itself, a childish mistake made by the young Chinese Air Force.

But naïve also had naïve luck, two Japanese destroyers were hit and suffered heavy losses, and the commander of the Third Fleet, Hasegawa Kiyoshi, ordered the two destroyers to be dropped, and the entire fleet accelerated its retreat to the open sea.

The battered destroyer moved slowly, the B17 turned over after dropping the bomb, and the remaining BF109 fired another tyrannical straf, leaving a pile of stump fire before leisurely leaving.

The news of the air force's victory once again made China boil, and people were simply crazy, they did not expect the Chinese air force to defeat the supposedly powerful Japanese army.

Firecrackers were raging, gongs and drums were ringing out in major cities, a grand parade was held in Nanjing, and representatives of the Nationalist Government declared 14 August as Air Force Day at a rally. The citizens of Wuhan held a torch parade, and tens of thousands of torches illuminated the night of the three towns of Wuhan as if it were day.

Rejoicing, continuous joy, the people were intoxicated, they ignored that the army did not take advantage of this advantage to attack, and for three days in a row, the Songhu battlefield was in a state of truce.

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