When the commander of the First Army, Kiyoji Kazuki, arrived at Shanhaiguan, he couldn't believe his eyes.

The 1st Army has under the jurisdiction of the 6th, 14th, and 23rd Divisions and the 1st and 2nd Field Heavy Artillery Brigades, in addition to the 1st and 3rd Wing of the Yulishan Artillery and the 1st and 2nd Brigades of Combat Vehicles.

Except for the Second Heavy Artillery Brigade, which was still on the way, the other troops under the jurisdiction of the First Army were already in place.

This time, Tani Toshio's 6th Division was responsible for attacking Shanhaiguan, Yamada Otozo's 14th Division was responsible for attacking Jielingkou and Yiyuankou, and Kawagishi Fumisaburo's 20th Division was a mobile division.

Due to the naval artillery support at Shanhaiguan, the 1st Field Heavy Artillery Brigade and the two Yuelishan Artillery Wings were assigned to the 14th Division of the Attack Boundary Lingkou Yeyiyuankou.

The headquarters of the First Army was originally in the rear, but after receiving a telegram from Gu Shoufu for help, Kazuki Kiyoji couldn't sit still, he didn't understand why Gu Shoufu still needed reinforcements to attack the Shanhaiguan projectile land with a division?

The resistance of the Chinese army is too tenacious, and it is normal for the battle to not go well, just like the 14th Division, but no matter how you fight, it has only been fought for ** hours, how can it reach the point where you need to ask for help?

However, Kazuki Kiyoji knows better that the division commanders like Gu Shoufu are all extremely proud, and they will never ask for help unless they have to.

Therefore, as soon as he received a call for help from Gu Shoufu, Kazuki Kiyoji personally came to the aid with the 39th Brigade of the 20th Division.

When Kazuki Kiyoji arrived, his head had already fallen westward, and he had been fighting for a whole day.

Seeing Gu Shoufu, Kazuki Kiyoji was shocked, they had only seen each other for a day, but Gu Shoufu no longer looked like a child, and the whole person was out of shape.

"Gu Jun, what the hell is going on?" Kiyoji Kazuki asked.

Although Kiyoshi Kazuki is the commander of the First Army, his military rank is the same as that of Gu Shoufu, and they are both lieutenant generals and have equal status.

Looking at Kazuki Kiyoji, Gu Shoufu was just about to speak, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and with a bang, the master head fell to the ground, unconscious.

After carrying Gu Shoufu down, Kazuki Kiyoji asked the chief of staff, "What happened?" ”

Shimono Kazuho told the whole story.

"Yaga Yalu!" When Kazuki Kiyoji heard this, his eyes immediately turned red, and in just one day, most of the divisions were reimbursed.

After the anger passed, Kiyoji Kazuki asked, "How is it now?" ”

Shimono Ichihuo said: "Your Excellency Commander, the commander of the Ushijima Manchu Brigade personally led the 45th Wing to charge, but it was still suppressed in the open field in the Great Wall of the southern front and could not move. ”

After the artillery fire was covered, Ushijima and the 45th Wing advanced 600 meters more than the previous 23rd Wing, but the outcome was still the same as that of the 23rd Wing.

After pondering for a moment, Kiyoji Kazuki asked, "What do you think we should do now?" ”

With a ruthless heart, Shimono Yihuo put his legs together, bowed his body, and said, "Your Excellency Commander, I think that I should withdraw from the battle." ”

"Hmm......" Director Kazuki Kiyoshi snorted, he finally suppressed the anger in his heart and followed Shimono Kazuho's advice.

In fact, instead of withdrawing from the battle, the offensive was stopped, and as for the troops that had already attacked, it was almost impossible to withdraw.

After the signal flare for the retreat was fired, the 36th Brigade that had attacked from the Great Wall on the southern front surrendered from the brigade commander Ushijima, and not a single person withdrew.

Some of the people in Shanhaiguan City were withdrawn, but there were less than 500 people.

In one day, in fourteen hours, the two infantry brigades of the 6th Division were almost completely wiped out.

Attacks were stopped on all fronts.

-- Crazy, crazy, all crazy.

Song Zheyuan's face was full of spring breeze.

In this Great Wall War of Resistance, which unit fought very well, but no matter how well they fought, they were just green leaves, foiling the green leaves of the dazzling red flower of the 29th Army.

This glory is ineffable.

Zhang Zuolin Zhang Dashuai's scenery, Song Zheyuan's biggest ambition before was to become Zhang Zuolin of Jicha and dominate the two provinces of Jicha, but now, it is a hundred times the scenery of Zhang Dashuai, and Song Zheyuan will not change the moment in front of him.

Han Lihong's identity is still a secret, few people know, in the General Headquarters, except for Song Zheyuan, only Tong Linge and Qin Dechun know.

In the 29th Army, Han Lihong is no longer deaf, he is beginning to live up to his name as the chief of intelligence, and his main task now is not to spy on intelligence, but to catch spies.

Song Zheyuan is no longer inseparable from Han Lihong.

Almost all of his glory today was achieved with the help of Han Lihong and the Black God Army, and Song Zheyuan couldn't do without Han Lihong, of course, because he had to rely on Han Lihong and the Black God Army, but this was not the biggest reason.

The biggest reason is that Song Zheyuan is willing to deal with Han Lihong and the Black God Army.

In Song Zheyuan's position, it is almost impossible to get along with people and not intrigue with him, but with Han Lihong, Song Zheyuan does not have this feeling, not at all.

In a word, Han Lihong had no selfish intentions, dealing with Han Lihong and the Black God Army, Song Zheyuan never worried that Han Lihong would calculate him.

It's incredible, but it's exactly what it feels like.

Song Zheyuan was excited, and it was late at night, so he called Han Lihong, Tong Linge and Qin Dechun to drink.

While drinking, Song Zheyuan noticed that Han Lihong seemed to have something on his mind, so he asked, "Lihong, what's wrong?" ”

Without concealment, Han Lihong said: "Junza, I'm worried about Shanghai. ”

Tong Linge said: "I will attack Shanghai?" ”

Han Lihong said: "I don't worry about where I attack, what I'm worried about is Chairman Jiang." Chairman Chiang has always been timid about Yue himself, but now that he has won, he has gone to the other extreme and does not take Yue himself seriously. ”

Indeed, Chairman Chiang's confidence swelled, and although Chairman Chiang was not in front of him, the momentum was too obvious.

As a matter of fact, Chairman Chiang is not the only one, but this kind of mentality is very common among members of the Central Committee to ordinary soldiers.

Tong Linge's brows furrowed, and he said, "If Nanjing relaxes, if I really sneak attack Shanghai, it will be dangerous." ”

Han Lihong nodded and said, "Once I succeed in a sneak attack on Shanghai and defeat the Songhu defenders, it will inevitably affect the battlefield in North China. ”

Song Zheyuan's face also became grim.

-- In the conference room, the atmosphere was depressing, everyone's faces were extremely solemn, and the old face of Shouichi Terauchi, commander of the North China Dispatch Army, was even more cold.

Not to mention the annihilation of Tani Shoufu's Sixth Division, even the results of the attacks in all other places were not expected in advance.

They all felt as if the Chinese army had suddenly changed, and it was no longer the army they knew before.

There are many people here who participated in the Battle of the Great Wall four years ago, when the Chinese army fought very tenaciously, but it feels completely different from now.

At this time, in fact, most people are not worried about the battle of the Great Wall, no matter how tenacious the army can fight, it is a matter of time before the defense line of the Great Wall is broken, after all, where is the strength of the two sides.

However, they were worried about what would happen after breaking through the Great Wall's defenses.

It would be terrible if the armies of China elsewhere adopted the model of Shanhaiguan. Of course, the effect of this tactic will be different depending on the environment and location.

But even if one out of ten falls into the trap of the Shina people, it is extremely terrible.

What's more, there are so many trenches.

For the first time, these guys, who had at least eight hundred brains, are now more or less starting to have a fever.

-- Nanjing, Presidential Palace.

The earnest conversation with Song Zheyuan broke up unhappily, and after Song Zheyuan left, Chiang Kai-shek's brows were tightly locked, and his face sank like water.

Things turned out a thousand times worse than he expected!

[***] is like a weed, you must not leave the slightest chance for [***], otherwise, [***] will grow wildly.

These bloody lessons.

He said that he was tolerant everywhere, saying that 1,000, to 10,000, isn't he afraid of this? Now, it turns out that his fears are completely correct.

Today's Jicha, under the mediation of the Black God Army, Song Zheyuan has completely adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards [***], and the first [***] has expanded vigorously.

The Black God Army should be damned, Song Zheyuan should be damned, but, what should I do?

――――Looking at Song Zheyuan, who closed his eyes and pondered, Zhang Kexia was very worried.

This time he came to Nanjing, and Song Zheyuan was accompanied by Zhang Kexia, deputy chief of staff.

Zhang Kexia is a member of the [***] party and joined two years ago.

This time he accompanied Song Zheyuan to Nanjing, Zhang Kexia came with a mission, and his task was to pay close attention to Song Zheyuan's movements.

The Central Committee has already made a judgment that once the war stabilizes, Chiang Kai-shek will definitely start planning again, and the better the Great Wall War of Resistance is fought, the faster Chiang Kai-shek's pace will be.

What Chiang Kai-shek and Song Zheyuan talked about, Zhang Kexia is not clear, but looking at Song Zheyuan's expression, he can also guess **.

-- Chiang Kai-shek and the Nanjing political axe were the big sauce jars of Tianzi No. 1, and as soon as Song Zheyuan arrived in Nanjing, he plunged into it again, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

For [***], Song Zheyuan can't talk about liking or disgust, it's average, but [***] is developing so much on his territory, he also has ideas in his heart, and it's just out of trust in Han Lihong that he completely lets go.

In this regard, Han Lihong has two views.

The first point, Han Lihong believes that if the 29th Army wants to maintain the surname of Reading Power, it must have a force that can balance Nanjing, and this power to balance Nanjing has no second power except [***].

Song Zheyuan naturally agrees with this.

The second point is that the Great Wall cannot be defended, and Jicha will definitely be occupied by Yue himself, so the greater the strength of [***], the greater the containment of the Yue army.

It was precisely because of these two points that Song Zheyuan completely let go and let [***] develop in Jicha, and because of this, he adopted a prevaricating attitude in the private meeting with Lao Jiang just now.

Han Lihong was indeed clever, and he had a good grasp of Chiang's heart, and in the meeting just now, he mentioned the issue of his own sneak attack on Shanghai, but Chiang Kai-shek's attitude was very negligent.

When he didn't fight with himself, Chiang Kai-shek didn't have much confidence, and at this time he was a big one, but when he won the battle, he didn't put himself in his eyes again, and at this time he became a small one, so he had leisure to be elusive again.

As a soldier, Song Zheyuan is well aware of the dangers of this mentality.

Song Zheyuan frowned, once Han Lihong's worries became a reality, then the entire strategic concept of North China would be frustrated.

Song Zheyuan was worried not only because of Chiang Kai-shek, but also because of factors within the 29th Army.

After the victory at Shanhaiguan, the 29th Army was also full of confidence, so the voice of blaming the Black God Army and [***] became louder.

No matter what others say, cooperation with the Black God Army must continue.

Song Zheyuan made up his mind again.

-- Chairman Chiang's egg hurts.

Most of the eggs are idle, and Chairman Jiang is very idle now.

In a blink of an eye, two months have passed, and he has continued to increase his troops along the Great Wall, and now, there is only one permanent division in the country, the First Guards Division, and the others have been transferred to Rehe, Jinzhou, and other places.

There is no doubt that the war situation in North China will be extremely tragic, but the more tragic the war in North China, the more idle Chairman Chiang will be, because the more fierce the war in North China, the safer the Central Plains and Jiangnan will be.

Now it is possible to make an assertion that I can't afford to make much waves, and that China can fight a war like this for a hundred years, but it can't.

If the Chinese tiger and wolf look around, it is not much better, but it is just that it is stronger than China, but if it is trapped in China, then it will never be good.

After two months of fierce attack, the Great Wall defense line is still as solid as a rock, and if it continues to fight like this, even if the Yue army breaks through the Great Wall defense line, there will be three defense lines in Jicha alone, and the Yue army will inevitably pay a considerable price for breaking through each defense line.

Although it is strong, its national strength is limited after all, and it cannot withstand such consumption, so the scale of the war can be roughly predicted, and as long as Shanxi is held, it will be limited to North China.

During this time, he said that he not only carried out activities in Nanjing, but also asked the Germans to coordinate in the center, but this time, Chairman Chiang was very determined, and what he could not get on the battlefield should not be obtained at the negotiating table, and that kind of good talk was gone forever.

Chairman Jiang is an idle person, so he has to be busy, so, naturally, Chairman Jiang's eyes fell on [***].

Because it was too idle, a month ago, at the plenary session of the Central Committee on 29 August, the policy of 'preventing the communists, dissolving the communists, limiting the communists, and [***]" was established.

Subsequently, three days ago, the plenary session of the Central Committee was reconvened to change from "political restriction of the Communist Party" to "military restriction of the Communist Party", and a resolution was made to prepare for the attack on the Central Committee of the Communist Party in northern Shaanxi.

In fact, before that, Chairman Chiang had already ordered the mobilization of 20 main divisions to be stationed in Xi'an.

In the long run, this is naturally to raid Yan'an as soon as the opportunity comes, and from the immediate point of view, it is a signal, a signal sent to himself: [***] is our common enemy, so don't fight, hurry up and give way, and then you go to fight Soviet Russia, and I will suppress the communist bandits.

So, hello, hello, everyone, how good is that!

In order to show goodwill, Chairman Chiang ordered that in the name of international humanitarianism, more than 30,000 overseas Chinese and prisoners stranded in China be returned to Yuben unconditionally.

It's nothing to let go of the expatriates, because no matter what is humane or inhumane, there are many Chinese expatriates in Benben, but it is impossible to say that they have unconditionally released all the prisoners.

This incident caused some waves, especially the criticism of the Black God Army, but it did not cause much backlash, and it soon calmed down.

Now, Chairman Chiang especially hoped that he would be more sensible, so he not only expressed goodwill to Yue Ben, but also stepped up efforts to expand the scale of material and soldier transportation and support the Great Wall War of Resistance.

The current statement is that you need a face, a step, but this face, this step is really not good to give.

Because, once it is given, what if I deceive him?

In the past few days, Chairman Jiang has been worried about how to give himself a face.

-- At 4:27 a.m. on 3 October, when Chairman Chiang was in a dream thinking about how to save face, he said that he had used a bomb to comfort Chairman Chiang, who had worked hard.

Said army air raid!

The army forcibly landed on the beach from Wusong!

When the news came, everyone changed.

Ji Hongchang, Song Zheyuan, Tong Linge, and Qin Dechun all looked at Han Lihong.

Han Lihong is the youngest, but he has long been the backbone of these battlefield veterans, especially at this time.

After pondering for a moment, Han Lihong said: "There are two factions within the book, one is led by Lu Xiang Sugiyama Yuan, who advocates conquering China first, and then fighting Soviet Russia; The other faction was headed by Ishihara Wan'er, director of the First Department of the General Staff Headquarters, who believed that Soviet Russia was the biggest enemy of the Soviet Union and that it could not expend its strength on the Chinese battlefield before defeating Soviet Russia, so they advocated subduing Soviet Russia first and then conquering China. ”

"The two propositions, Ishihara Waner and others are in the minority, but they still have a great influence, and the heavy setback of the army on the Great Wall of Shanhaiguan will greatly increase Ishihara Waner's influence. So, this time, the plan of the Yue army may be to capture Shanghai, and then along the Jinpu Road, to attack North China. They are advancing from north to south and crush us, or after forming such an offensive posture, the army will stop and ask for negotiations. ”

Speaking of this, after a pause, Han Lihong said again: "This is just a plan, what the army will do in the end depends on how the war is going on." ”

The four of them were a little puzzled, and Han Lihong explained: "The middle and lower ranks of the army are strict, but the top level of the army has always had the habit of disobeying orders. If the central army defending Songhu fought extremely tenaciously and greatly depleted the strength of the Yue army, then even if it was still defeated in the end, the Yue army would most likely stop in Shanghai and sincerely negotiate with the Nanjing political axe. However, if the Songhu defenders did not consume a large amount of the strength of the Yue army, but were defeated, then the influence of Ishihara Wan'er would have declined, and at that time, the Yue army that captured Shanghai might have two options, one was to go north and carry out a north-south advance with the Yue army outside the Great Wall, and the other was to expand the war and want to make the Nanjing political axe surrender and conquer the whole of China in one fell swoop. ”

The four of them changed color again, and Song Zheyuan asked, "Lihong, how do you think Shanghai will fight?" ”

Han Lihong's face was heavy.

(To be continued)