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Chapter 1372 Songhu Fengyan

A.D. August 13, 1937, the eighth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, one o'clock in the morning. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Perhaps because he was not confident enough in his strategic depth, the first Marine Corps crossed the concession area and went to Baoshan Road, North Sichuan Road and other places to deploy defenses, and encountered the 1st Battalion of the 523rd Regiment of the 262nd Brigade of the 88th Division of the Squadron in the area of Bazi Bridge.

In the dark night, the Japanese army thought that the squadron had quietly launched an attack, and in panic, Shao Zuo, who led the team, immediately led his troops along the North Sichuan Road and the military road to take the lead, and bombarded the 87th and 88th divisions with naval gunboats.

At two o'clock in the morning, the Nationalist Government convened a press conference for the media and envoys of various countries in Beijing, at which Chiang Kai-shek publicly issued the "Declaration of Anti-Riot Self-Defense", declaring that "China's territorial sovereignty has been invaded." The International Covenant, the Nine-Power Pact, and the Non-War Pact have been completely destroyed by ***"; "China shall be entitled to its territorial sovereignty and the dignity of the above-mentioned treaties" and "shall only be satisfied by exercising its natural right of self-defence".

At half past two o'clock in the morning, half an hour after Chiang Kai-shek's press conference, Zhang Zhizhong summoned reporters, representatives from all walks of life in Shanghai, and consular officials of various countries in Shanghai to point to the sky in the south that was stained red by artillery fire, and said with great sadness and indignation:

"Fellow citizens, journalists, and distinguished envoys, just an hour and a half ago, the Japanese side suddenly broke the peace in Shanghai, first storming our Chinese border fortifications, and then bombarding our Zhabei with heavy artillery from warships, resulting in heavy casualties among our residents. The Japanese army combined land and water firepower to break through several of our fortifications in succession, resulting in hundreds of casualties. In order to defend our land and sovereignty, our country is determined to fight back!

"Ladies and gentlemen, at this moment, peace has been completely hopeless, sacrifice has reached the last moment, and there is no turning back to save the dead. In response to the solemn voice, since the peace of Shanghai was destroyed by the Japanese artillery fire, and the land that my ancestors had miserably managed was trampled by the Japanese iron cavalry, we had to launch a sacred and solemn war of resistance with heroic self-defense determination! ”

After that, Zhang Zhizhong saluted the audience and turned to leave.

It was only then that people reacted, this is the clarion call for a counterattack issued by the squadron, and next, Shanghai will become the main battlefield of the Sino-Japanese war.

6 a.m., Shanghai, Nanjing General Hospital.

An Yi, who got up early, dressed neatly, walked into the temporary war room of the Second Route Army on the third floor of the inpatient building with the support of Feng Jieyun. Feng Jieyun smiled and nodded to Liu Qing and a few staff officers on duty, and went downstairs.

Seeing An Yi walking directly to the large map of Shanghai, Liu Qing, who had been busy all night, hurriedly followed, came to the map, and reported the progress of the battle in detail:

"At three o'clock in the morning, after General Wenbai issued an order for a counteroffensive on the whole front, our army quickly regained the lost three positions, and then the artillery concentrated its fire and bombarded the Japanese strongholds. The 87th Division on the left flank attacked the positions of the Japanese club, the naval field, Hujiang University, and the Gongda Yarn Factory, and the main force of the 88th Division on the right flank attacked the Japanese army's Tomb Mountain, Bazi Bridge, Law School, and Hongkou Park strongholds, forming a pincer attack posture of outflanking the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai. The Japanese army, relying on the strong strongholds it had been operating for many years, put up a stubborn resistance and fought street by street with our attacking army.

"Although the artillery of all divisions of the Ninth Army is equipped with new artillery purchased from Germany and various types of artillery produced by the Jiangnan Arsenal, because the Japanese army is located inside the concession, our artillery is afraid that the sputtered shrapnel will fly into the adjacent concession, causing Britain and the United States and other countries to dare not let go of the shelling, and the suppression effect is not good. So far, the whole war is still in a tug-of-war, and neither side has been able to make a breakthrough. ”

An Yi nodded: "This is expected, the Japanese army since 32 years to suffer from our Anjia army, every time with our army as a reference, deliberately strengthened the defense of the Japanese concession, after five years of construction, the entire concession area has been built into an extremely strong three-dimensional fortress of city defense, and our army is a rat trap, it is not surprising that there is such a performance, as time goes by, the battle situation will become more and more tragic." By the way, how is the war in North China? ”

Liu Qing said: "The 29th Group Army and the 13th Army are still fighting fiercely in the north of Beiping, and yesterday afternoon the 6th Air Force Regiment launched a half-hour bombardment of the Japanese offensive positions, and the Japanese army suffered heavy losses, but as night fell, they once again took advantage of the night to attack. Fortunately, Song Mingxuan had already taken precautions, and all departments cooperated with each other and played well, and as of 5 o'clock in the morning today, they were still evenly matched. The 29th Group Army is following the orders of the central government to organize the transfer of the people, and now the entire north of Beiping is full of fleeing people who are dragging their families and calling for their children, and the report sent by the Fourth Hall is unbearable! ”

An Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This is also a matter of no choice, it is too difficult to hold a few counties north of Beiping, with the continuous consumption of materials cut off by the Pinghan Railway, the supply of ammunition will become more and more difficult, and it is wise to decisively choose to give up." ”

Speaking of this, An Yi let out a long sigh: "Beards, they don't know when they will wake up?" The entire Fifth Army Corps at the top of the division level was almost completely paralyzed, and last night I saw the personnel appointment list sent by Lu Yixuan, although I know every single one of them, most of them are my students, and I also know that they are all long-tested and loyal soldiers, but suddenly from the battalion commander to the position of division and brigade commander, there is still some encouragement. ”

"Don't worry, there should be no problem, now Deputy Commander Yin has rushed to North China to serve as the chief of staff of the First Theater, Lao Qu also rushed to Datong to serve as the deputy commander and chief of staff of the Fifth Army, Guo Peirong also served as the deputy commander of the Seventeenth Army, look at the four new division commanders of the Seventeenth Army, Ni Xianrong, Yuan Jin, Xiao Ruofei, and Li Jun, most of them graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy and returned to the Xufu Non-commissioned Officer School, aren't they all talents you are optimistic about? They are now able to provoke the girders, and with Deputy Commander Yin's guidance, there will be no problems. Liu Qing comforted.

"Hopefully!"

An Yi smiled: "Speaking of which, the chairman of the committee is really generous this time, with a wave of his hand, it is the establishment of two divisions, although the new fifth division and the new sixth division are both B divisions of the two brigades and six regiments, but what we want is not the recognition of the central government?" As long as each division is equipped with a teaching brigade, plus artillery regiments, it will not be worse than the 17th and 68th divisions. ”

Liu Qing nodded: "With the fight in Shanghai, the chairman of the committee is counting on our An Jiajun to kill more devils, naturally the more Han Xin's soldiers, the better......"

"Commander, the beard has woken up!"

Shen Fengdao took a telegram, rushed into the door of the war room, and came to An Yi in the blink of an eye: "At the same time, there is also Master Zhang, although their eyesight has not yet recovered, and there are inflammations in the respiratory tract and digestive tract, they are very conscious, and Hu Zi also asked about the situation of the Fifth Army and the commander, and now they have washed their eyes with antibiotic eye drops, and after injection and infusion treatment, they have fallen asleep again, I believe that the next time they wake up, their spirits will be much better." ”

An Yi was excited, snatched the message, read it carefully, and applauded again and again: "This is the best news I heard today, Hu Zi and Lao Zhang woke up, proving that the rescue of our medical experts is effective, I believe that others will slowly wake up in the future, to be honest, I have been worrying about Brother Hu and them for the past few days, and now my heart is finally half relieved." ”

Shen Fengdao smiled and said, "Who said it wasn't? In fact, everyone's mood is the same, I believe that when this good news spreads, Hutou, Xia Jian, and Yang Bin will be happy. ”

An Yi nodded, suddenly remembered something, glanced around, and Liu Qing turned his head knowingly. An Yi dragged Shen Fengdao to the window and asked softly:

"Did Sister Qing wake up? I haven't looked at her since the crash, and when I woke up and fell into a coma, she was transferred to the Syrian General Hospital for treatment with a team of medical experts, and I was a little relieved. ”

Shen Fengdao looked serious: "I haven't woken up yet, but Xiao Langzhong said that Miss Ye's vital signs are very stable and will not be dangerous, and sleeping more is good for her physical and mental recovery." ”

An Yi was slightly disappointed: "I've been awake for so many days, why is Sister Qing still ...... Forget it, I don't want to do this, Lao Shen, is there any good news in Syria? ”

Shen Fengdao's face calmed down: "The drought in the southwest and northwest regions has finally been completely alleviated, even after a few days of rain, the mountains and rivers have been drenched, the rivers and lakes are full of water, and the agricultural production in the entire southwest region has basically returned to normal. In addition, due to the timely dispatch of medical teams to the disaster areas, so far, no major plague has occurred, and the plague vaccine in some places has basically not spread under the strict isolation and treatment of our doctors and nurses.

"By the way, there is a very interesting thing, when the famine came, some landlords were reluctant to open warehouses to release grain and relieve the township, which led to a large number of desertions, and many lands were abandoned because of this. Now most of Sichuan and Gannan, southern Shaanxi, western Hubei and other places have no one to cultivate the land, many landlords have no choice but to send people to intercept the refugees going south, with a lower land rent to attract refugees to farm, but in disguise to popularize our policy of rent reduction and interest reduction, the power of urban industrialization has initially appeared. ”

An Yi nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, with the acceleration of industrialization, cities will absorb more and more labor, and land is no longer the only choice for people." Now that the harvesters and seeders of the Syrian Tractor Factory have been successfully developed, the land will no longer need so much labor in the future, and a large number of farmers will pour into factories, shops, hotels, restaurants, and other industries to engage in production and service industries, and urbanization will be a trend of economic development. ”

While the two were talking, the hour hand was pointing to eight o'clock in the morning, and Yang Fei, Fang Zhanpeng, and more than a dozen staff officers walked into the war room on time.

Yang Fei saw An Yi and Shen Fengdao talking in front of the window, stopped Fang Zhanpeng, who wanted to come forward to say hello, and asked Liu Qing and the staff officer on duty to go to sleep, and then picked up last night's battle report and read it carefully.