Chapter 37 Gunshots on the banks of the Qinhuai River
Su Li said: "Now many soldiers in the 311 regiment are very emotional and are willing to follow me. I think that since Chen Zeen wants to mutiny, it is better for me to lead the team to find an organization in Jiangsu and Zhejiang first. ”
"Nope! You have to turn against each other and take the team to defect to the National Youth League when Chen Zeen mutinied, which is the meaning of the organization. And your identity can't be revealed sooner. Miao Miao said: "We have arranged for someone to get in touch with Shen Shaofan, and when the time comes, you just need to ask the soldiers of the 1st Regiment to tie a red scarf around their necks." ”
"Good! It must be soon, I guess it's just a few days. The 12th Division mutinied, and our 311th Regiment will definitely become the first target of the Sharp Knife Regiment to attack the opponent, and when the time comes, I will kill the commander of the 311th Regiment, and then order all the troops to aim their guns at the mutinous 12th Division, which will become one of the first lines of defense of the National Youth League. Su Li said.
Miao Miao looked at Su Li and said, "Then you have to be careful yourself!" ”
"Don't worry! I've got it all arranged. Su Li smiled.
Miao Miao glanced at him with a smile and said, "You! Don't let people worry about you all the time! ”
The figures of two beautiful lovers slowly disappeared on the shore of Mochou Lake.
At 19:00 on the evening of August 10, 1937, Wang Jingwei was in Nanjing's mansion.
Lin Bosheng, one of Wang Jingwei's right-hand men, walked into Wang Jingwei's room and whispered something in Wang Jingwei's ear. Wang Jingwei's face immediately changed drastically: "Are they sure?" ”
"Sounds like you're confident."
"Bosheng, do you think it will be done?" Wang Jingwei slapped his forehead with his hand, "Spin!" Shen Shaofan's National Youth League is not something that Chen Zeen or the 12th Division can clean up. We need to prepare early. ”
Wang Jingwei suddenly leaned back on the sofa and sighed to himself: "Now it's time to send an arrow." ”
Lin Bosheng didn't dare to say more on the side, but Wang Jingwei's wife Chen Bijun said on the side: "Zhaoming! We can't hesitate, we have now lost most of the support within the government, and if we lose the support of the Japanese, we really have no place to stand. ”
Wang Jingwei said: "How often do I not know this, but can the Japanese rely on it?" Last year, the Japanese didn't mess up the matter in Xi'an! And how cunning the Japanese are, he is supporting us on the surface, but secretly there are other cards, isn't He Yingqin an example? ”
Lin Bosheng said on the side: "Chairman, we have no way out now. If the 12th Division can succeed, then it is good, and if the 12th Division is defeated, we must find a way to get out. I want to ......" Lin Bosheng leaned into Wang Jingwei's ear and said something.
"Good! That's it. You go for it right away. Wang Jingwei said with a smile: "This trick is very clever, and it can be attacked, retreated, and defended." Great! Great! ”
At the same time, Shen Shaofan's home.
Shen Shaofan was receiving a mysterious guest, even Sun Zhiyu and Zhang Wenshan were not allowed to enter the study, the mysterious guest was also wearing a Kuomintang military uniform, he was no one else, he was really a staff officer of the 311th Regiment of the 12th Division.
Shen Shaofan lit a cigarette and said, "You mean that there are signs of mutiny in the 12th Division." ”
"It's our deputy head who said it, I'm just here to contact Chief Shen."
"You want to defect to our National Youth League when the 12th Division mutinied?"
"Yes! We will use the red scarf as a signal, and all the defection troops will have a red scarf around their necks, and three red signal flares will be used to announce the surrender. ”
"Where are you now?"
"An hour ago, we were still at Shuangqiao, but now we are heading towards Guanghua Gate. Our deputy regiment commander said that if the 12th Division were to mutiny, our regiment would definitely be the vanguard regiment and go all out to attack the Guanghuamen Bridge, and then we would transform the position into the first line of defense on the Guanghuamen Bridge, which would show our determination to surrender. ”
Shen Shaofan thought for a while and said, "Okay! When the time comes, I will send troops to meet you. Since you have chosen to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, Shen Shaofan will not treat you as cannon fodder. I would also like to ask your deputy head about his name? ”
"Su-Li-"
The mysterious staff officer had just left, and Wang Fang, the director of the telecommunications room, walked in and said, "Report to the head of the regiment!" Within two hours, we intercepted a large number of mysterious codes sent into the city of Nanjing, and the situation was a bit abnormal. ”
Shen Shaofan was looking at the map on the side of Qinhuai River, and when he heard the news, he asked calmly, "Has it been deciphered?" ”
"Deciphering!" Wang Fang said.
Shen Shaofan thought for a while and said, "Under what circumstances does Wang Fang usually have frequent telecommunications?" ”
"Pre-war! Because in the early stage of the war, the two armies had to exchange news and report the situation to their superiors, so the rate of reporting would increase and it would be very frequent. Wang Fang replied.
Shen Shaofan nodded and said, "Not bad!" The pre-war period includes the pre-war period. Wang Fang: I knew about it, and quickly deciphered the message. ”
"Yes!"
Shen Shaofan said to himself: "Chen Zeen, you still chose the path of traitor!" It's a pity! As he spoke, he looked back at the map.
"Shaofan!" Sun Zhiyu walked in and looked at Shen Shaofan and said, "The reconnaissance company reports that the 311th Regiment and the 314th Regiment of the 12th Division are advancing towards Hanzhong Gate and Guanghua Gate. ”
"People have already reported to the higher authorities that it is a military exercise." Shen Shaofan put the pencil in his hand on the table, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said: "There are only two troops in the entire Nanjing City, the 12th Division and the National Youth League, and they have already exercised to the top, so it is normal for them to move." If we take action, it will cause unnecessary panic. ”
Sun Zhiyu said: "The 311th Regiment and the 314th Regiment of the 12th Division are non-main force regiments, and their advance is not easy to fall behind. ”
"What the hell is going on? We respond to change with the same. Now we hold the three bridges on the Qinhuai River, and once the 12th Division makes a move, we only need to hold these three bridges to control the overall situation. The problem is that there can be chaos in the city of Nanjing. ”
At 2:40 a.m. on August 11, 1937, Hanzhongmen Bridge south of the Qinhuai River.
There is a detachment of the teaching column responsible for guarding, at this time it seems that the enemy is on the verge of the enemy, the whole detachment is guarding the north side of the Hanzhongmen Bridge, the barbed wire fence seals the entire Hanzhongmen Bridge, and the fortifications built up by sandbags are light behind; Heavy machine guns.
Zhou Ming, the captain of Detachment 1, looked across the bridge and said, "Damn! What the hell is the 12th Division doing? The troops were all pulled to the bridge. Correspondent! ”
"Yes! Did you notify the regimental headquarters? Zhou Ming said.
"Regimental command! From now on, no one will be allowed to cross the bridge, and if they do not listen, they will be shot. The ratio of fire is in the mortar at once. ”
"Nothing else?" Zhou Ming said.
"Now the city of Nanjing is in chaos, and the regimental headquarters can't answer the phone at all."
The last thing Shen Shaofan wanted to see happened, and the entire city of Nanjing was in chaos almost at the same time, and many unknown rioters with different guns were burning, killing, and looting in the four districts of the southeast, northwest, and north, just like rushing into a group of bandits. Shen Shaofan immediately mobilized the spy company and reconnaissance company to quell it, and even Song Qing's guard company joined the battle to quell the riot, and the two sides launched fierce street battles on the streets of Nanjing.
The center of Nanjing is now in chaos, and after receiving the news of the chaos in the center of the city, Chen Zeen was so excited that it was not appropriate to immediately order the 314th Regiment that had already arrived at the Hanzhongmen Bridge and the 311th Regiment that had arrived at the Guanghuamen Bridge to launch an attack on the garrison of the National Youth League.
The 314th Regiment ordered the troops to slowly move towards the center of the bridge, and the five Maxon heavy machine guns stationed at the bridgehead fired at the 1st detachment of the teaching column guarding the Hanzhongmen Bridge at the same time, and the troops quickly advanced to the center of the bridge.
The 1st detachment with the help of strong firepower and strong bridgehead fortifications was like nails nailed to the north side of the bridge, the 314th regiment's advance speed was greatly limited, and the casualties were also large, in just twenty minutes, the 314th regiment organized five attacks, all of which were repelled by the 1st detachment.
Zhou Ming lay in a simple fortification piled up with sandbags, looked at the 314th Regiment of the 12th Division that was repulsed, and said with a smile: "Brothers, if the 12th Division wants to be a traitor, let's not be soft." Fight me to the death! ”
The 314th Regiment of the 12th Division was equipped with two Czech-made light machine guns for one company of Hanyang, and each battalion was equipped with one Maxon heavy machine gun, and there was no way to compare with the firepower ratio of the National Youth League, and the soldiers did not know why they had to fight with the National Youth League on the other side. At the beginning, with a war-weary mood, after a few failed charges, the war-weariness became heavier, and the last few charges were completely the commander of the 314th Regiment ordered the guard company to supervise the battle, and whoever dared to retreat would die, and the soldiers rushed forward hard, at this time the Maxon heavy machine gun was no longer a weapon for fire cover but a tool for slaughtering comrades. The soldiers of the 314th Regiment blindly rushed forward with the idea of dying before and after, and the tongues of fire on the bridgehead kept flickering.
When the news of the Hanzhong Gate Bridge reached Shen Shaofan's house, the commander-in-chief was not surprised, they knew that the 12th Division would mutiny, but they didn't expect it to come soon.
Shen Shaofan asked the correspondent who came to report the situation: "Is there any news about Guanghuamen Bridge?" ”
"Everything is normal at the Guanghuamen Bridge now, and no troops from the 12th Division have been found to come to seize the bridge."
Shen Shaofan said: "Order Wu Bo to let them go when they see the 311th Regiment of the 12th Division with a red scarf around their necks, they are here to surrender to us." ”
"Yes!"
Shen Shaofan, in order to consider the success of the 311 regiment, surrendered, and he didn't even mention Sun Zhiyu. At this time, when he said this, Sun Zhiyu was a little worried, from ancient times to the present, it has been common to deceive on the battlefield, and he reminded Shaofan to be careful of deception, but Shen Shaofan disagreed.
Shen Shaofan naturally knew it in his heart, but he was not completely sure, and he would not easily believe the words of a staff officer of the 311 Regiment who came to speak rashly. In fact, as early as the 9th, Liu Zhizhao came to visit, Shen Shaofan mentioned that the 311th Regiment of the 12th Division wanted to leave the 12th Division and defect to the National Youth League. Shen Shaofan also conducted a series of secret investigations, and found that Su Li, the deputy commander of the 311 regiment, was indeed upright, not like a person who was willing to follow Chen Zeen and other division commanders, and on the evening of the 10th, the staff officer of the 311 regiment came to talk to him, and he had the bottom in his heart, of course, he also had a gambling mentality, and it depended on whether his treasure was right, and later the perfect surrender of the 311 regiment proved that Shaofan's treasure was right.
Shen Shaofan asked someone to bring Ganling, which was being closed, he looked at Ganling and said, "The 12th Division has mutinied, do you want to go back to your troops and take the brothers to quell the mutiny?" ”
"Tuanza! Think! ”
"Good! I will let you bring meritorious service, you immediately return to your 2nd squadron, take the brothers to the Guanghuamen Bridge to organize the first line of defense, and meet the 311 regiment that came to surrender to Cheng, remember that the red scarf around the neck is the surrender of the Cheng troops, with three red signal flares as the signal of surrender. ”
"Yes!" Gan Ling replied: "Organize the first line of defense of Guanghuamen Bridge to receive the 311 regiment to surrender, and the red scarf around the neck is the surrender of the Cheng troops, all of whom will be released, with three red signal flares as a signal. ”
"Good! Go ahead! "I patted Ganling Road.
Sun Zhiyu said on the side: "Shaofan! The Hanzhong Gate Bridge started, and the Guanghuamen Bridge didn't think about it first, why was there no movement on the Jiqingmen Bridge! ”
Shen Shaofan smiled at Sun Zhiyu and said, "Then you have to talk about it!" The two regiments that are coming out of the 12th Division now are Chen Zeen's cannon fodder regiments, and that kid fights with those few sets of cannon fodder regiments to feint to attract the opponent's main force to step forward, and then use the main force to attack the opponent's weakest link. The 12th Division had five regiments and 311 regiments; 312 Regiment; 313 Regiment; The 314th Regiment and the regiment directly under the division, now the 314th Regiment is at Hanzhongmen Bridge, and the 311th Regiment is at Guanghuamen Bridge, if I guessed correctly, his 313th Regiment is nesting at Jiqingmen Bridge! And the 312 regiment is behind the 311 regiment. ”
Sun Zhiyu said: "What about his direct regiment?" ”
Shen Shaofan came to the edge of the map and pointed to Sun Zhiyu: "It should be in the area of Changhong Road at the South Railway Station." Don't forget, we still have five main battle battalions behind the 12th Division, and Zheng Xiaohu's 4th Battalion is in Huangjiazhuang, and within half an hour, he can break into the Shuangqiao of the 12th Division's division headquarters. Lai Pi Chen, don't you want to use the most elite regiment directly under us to contain our main battle battalion? ”
Sun Zhiyu was a little funny and a little sorry when he heard it, he laughed at Chen Zeen, who was fighting a battle that could not be won at all, Chen Zeen's all the deployments, Shen Shaofan had figured it out, plus the 12th Division had done its best to attack the three bridges on the Qinhuai River, but the National Youth League had not used half of its troops, he felt that Chen Zeen was ridiculous. It's a pity that the 12th Division was originally a glorious division of the Northern Expedition, but it was ruined by the Chen family into a notorious unit on its back.
Let's say that the 311th Regiment of the 12th Division was camped near Guanghuamen Bridge, and Su Li was discussing things with several battalion commanders in the camp tent. Ding Dajian, the commander of the 311th Regiment, rushed in, looked around, and saw that the four battalion commanders and guard company commanders of the 311th Regiment were all in Su Li's camp tent, and he couldn't help but have an evil fire rising up.
Since Chen Zeen became the commander of the 12th Division, he replaced all the original regimental-level cadres with his cronies. In addition, the commanders of each regiment only know how to make money and engage women on weekdays, and never manage the military affairs of the regiment, so the grassroots officers and soldiers of each regiment are very dissatisfied, and Su Li also took advantage of this to establish prestige in the 311 regiment, which is convenient for today's surrender.
Ding Dajian looked at Su Li and several battalion commanders and said, "Damn! Hanzhong Gate Bridge has been fighting for a long time, why are you still here! ”
Su Li stood up and said: "Head Ding, brothers need to know why the National Youth League is desperate, everyone is a ** brother, let Little Japan not fight, but fight with their own people." ”
"Where did so much come from, why? Orders are given from above, and we carry them out. Hurry up and prepare to attack the Guanghuamen Bridge. "Ding Da Kendo.
Su Li said to Ding Dajian: "If there is no reasonable explanation!" The brethren will not die for you. ”
"Fuck! Looks like you want to rebel! Ding Dajian looked at everyone present, and rushed to the side of the telephone with a brisk step, wanting to connect to the division headquarters, but there was no hurry, Su Li took out the shell gun, and Ding Dajian was reimbursed with three shots.
One of the battalion commanders said, "Deputy Commander Su, what should we do if we go down?" ”
"Assemble the team, I'm going to speak." Su Li straightened his military uniform and said.
"Yes!"
Nearly a thousand people from the 311th Regiment stood there on a large field, and they watched the deputy head Su Li walk up to the high platform.
Su Li looked at the soldiers of the 311th Regiment and said: "Brothers of the 311th Regiment, Little Japan has put a knife on China's neck, and our division commander not only does not fight Little Japan, but also goes to be traitors, and we also want to be traitors." You say it's okay? ”
"No way!" The following answers were thunderous.