Chapter 604 Anti-Japanese War Shanghai Songhu Anti-Japanese War

After Wang Xiaolai left, Du Yuesheng looked at Bi Guangheng and said to Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai with some embarrassment: "Jingran, Xianchu, although I am also to save the Congress, but Du's purpose for coming this time is not the same as that of President Wang. ”

In fact, Du Yuesheng's meaning was the same as Wang Xiaolai's at the beginning, and he didn't want the 19th Route Army and the Japanese army to fight in Shanghai. It's just that he received a telegram from Song Zhewu, so he changed his attention.

"Oh? Does Boss Du have any other advice? ”

Cai Tingkai was very disgusted by the support of the Salvation Association in the Northeast, but opposed to the 19th Route Army's resistance to the Japanese invasion in Shanghai, he was not as rich as Jiang Guangding, and the ridicule in his tone was obvious.

Du Yuesheng's fair face was slightly red, but it was fleeting, he had been in Shanghai for decades, and he had never seen any scenes.

Du Yuesheng smiled and said: "Brother Xianchu, don't be so angry, brother, I'm here to give you a gift, and you will be grateful to me in a while." ”

"Give a gift!"

Although the Nineteenth Route Army is short of money, the 5,000 oceans sent by Wang Xiaolai at this time, Cai Tingkai is not rare, if Jiang Guangding hadn't stopped it with his eyes, Cai Tingkai may have made Du Yuesheng ugly.

Bi Guangheng interjected at this time: "The two generals, Commander-in-Chief Song Zhewu, called his brother. ”

As soon as they heard Song Zhewu's name, Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai's eyes couldn't help but light up.

Song Zhewu resisted the Soviet Union in the north, resisted the Japanese in the northeast, and won the war even in the war, they had admired it for a long time in their hearts, and when they heard Song Zhewu's call at this time, they couldn't help but lift their spirits, and they were nervously waiting for Bi Guangheng's next words.

"Commander-in-Chief Song called and said that he had received accurate information that the Kwantung Army would definitely provoke a major war in Shanghai in order to divert international attention and relieve pressure. Our commander-in-chief admired President Chen and the two generals for their courage in advocating a resolute war of resistance, and he would give his full support to the 19th Route Army in Shanghai to resist the Japanese invasion. ”

Bi Guangheng opened his purse, took out a check and handed it to Jiang Guangding: "Our commander-in-chief knows that the 19th Route Army is having a difficult time, and there is a lack of military funds to resist the Japanese invasion, and this is the 300,000 oceans he personally gave to the 19th Route Army. ”

"300,000!"

Such a large amount! This is a month's salary for the 19th Route Army! The Ministry of Military Affairs owed the 19th Route Army three months' military salaries, and the 19th Route Army has not been hungry until now, which is the result of Chen Mingshu and Jiang Guangding's relationship in Shanghai's industrial and commercial circles.

Cai Tingkai and Jiang Guangding knew that Song Zhewu had a lot of money, but the Fourth Route Army was fighting in North Mongolia and Northeast China, and their own military expenses must be very tight.

Without waiting for the two to say something grateful, Bi Guangheng took out another list and handed it to Jiang Guangding.

"Our Fourth Route Army is preparing to fight against the Soviet Union and Japan in North Mongolia and Northeast China, not only to prevent Lao Maozi from attacking North Mongolia again in the spring of next year, but also to resist Japan in Northeast China, and the consumption of weapons and ammunition is very large. Although Taiyuan also has an arsenal, but the output is still not enough to meet the needs, Commander-in-Chief Song asked Boss Du to help purchase a batch of foreign arms, which was supposed to be transported to Shanxi today, and now the situation in Shanghai is tense, Commander-in-Chief Song called to instruct that all these weapons and ammunition should be sent to your army free of charge, so that the 19th Route Army could resist in Shanghai. ”

The weapons and ammunition on the list include 20,000 British-made Lee-Enfield rifles, 200 MP-18 submachine guns, 300 Mark heavy machine guns, 380 ZB-26 light machine guns, 100 60mm mortars, 36 75mm field guns, 6 million rounds of ammunition, and 100,000 rounds of artillery shells.

At this time, all the weapons of the Nineteenth Route Army did not add up to so much, let alone so good, these weapons were enough to equip another Nineteenth Route Army. This made Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai couldn't help but be surprised and happy! I couldn't speak for a long time with excitement.

Jiang Guangding looked at Cai Tingkai, hesitated for a while, and then handed the check and weapon list in his hand to Bi Guangheng. …,

Bi Guangheng was very surprised, thinking that Jiang Guangding was too little, so he hurriedly said: "Two generals, because of the rush of time, the number of weapons and ammunition is not much, but our Commander-in-Chief Song said that once the war starts, he will not only mobilize weapons and ammunition from the Taiyuan Arsenal to Shanghai to support your army, but also mobilize troops to rush to support." ”

Jiang Guangding said with a wry smile: "I thank Commander-in-Chief Song for Zhenru, but we have received an order from the Ministry of Military Affairs to withdraw from Shanghai immediately, and our 19th Route Army will not dare to accept this money and weapons and ammunition, so please ask Commander-in-Chief Song to send these weapons and ammunition to the northeast to fight devils." ”

As soon as he heard Jiang Guangding's meaning, Bi Guangheng handed back the check, weapons and ammunition to Jiang Guangding and said: "Commander-in-Chief Song said in the telegram that he had received reliable information that the Japanese army in Shanghai would launch an attack at midnight on the 28th. ”

"What? Tomorrow the Japanese army will occupy Shanghai?!!! ”

Bi Guangheng's words made Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai suddenly nervous.

"Yes," Bi Guangheng said with certainty.

"Today is the 27th, and even if the 19th Route Army withdraws, it will be tomorrow at the earliest. Commander-in-Chief Song wanted to ask the two generals to delay the withdrawal of the troops until the day after tomorrow. Once the Japanese army attacks the Zhabei area at midnight tomorrow, the 19th Route Army can not carry out the withdrawal order. ”

"Commander-in-Chief Song also said that if the Japanese army did not launch an attack the day after tomorrow, although the two generals carried out the order, these weapons, ammunition and this money did not have to be returned, even if Commander-in-Chief Song improved the equipment for the 19th Route Army."

Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai exchanged glances, and said angrily: "Okay! Commander-in-Chief Song deserves to be called a national hero, and I accepted the money, weapons and ammunition for Zhenru. Please tell Commander-in-Chief Song that the 19th Route Army is by no means ambiguous in fighting devils, as long as the little devils dare to make a move, the 19th Route Army will resolutely resist the war. ”

"Good! The two generals are really men. ”

Bi Guangheng said to Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai again: "Two generals, in order to escort this batch of munitions back to Shanxi, our Fourth Route Army sent a reinforced battalion to Shanghai, and Commander-in-Chief Song called, this reinforced battalion does not need to rush back to Shanxi immediately, and it will be under the command of the two generals for the time being." ”

After speaking, he pointed to the middle-aged man in civilian clothes beside him: "This is Shi Ming, the commander of the Second Division of the Fourth Route Army's Eastern Resistance, he made a special trip to transport this batch of weapons and ammunition this time, and this battalion is under his command." ”

Shi Ming hurriedly stood up and saluted Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai.

"Good! Good! Good! Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai said yes excitedly.

This is not because Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai felt that their troops were insufficient and were happy that reinforcements had arrived. There are only about 1,000 people in one reinforced battalion, and the role it plays is not very large. The strength of the Japanese army in Shanghai was only about 2,000, and the total strength of the Japanese army would not exceed 6,000 if it was counted as armed Japanese and overseas Chinese, and the 156th Brigade of Weng Zhaoyuan, the 78th Division of the 19th Route Army stationed in Zhabei, had nearly 5,000 people. Moreover, Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai are very confident in the 19th Route Army, since the Northern Expedition, the 19th Route Army has never lost a battle, and the 19th Route Army has no mental obstacles against the Japanese army.

It's just that for this batch of weapons and ammunition, Song Zhewu sent a division commander who was fighting in the northeast to escort weapons and ammunition, which is very unusual, which shows that Song Zhewu is determined to help the 19th Route Army in the war of resistance.

Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai hurriedly got up and pulled Shi Ming to greet him. Jiang Guangding immediately ordered a banquet to be set up for Du Yuesheng, Bi Guangheng, and Shi Ming to catch the wind.

Cai Tingkai's headquarters is located in Zhenru Fanzhuang, and there is no decent restaurant here, so only a casual banquet is set up in the headquarters.

At the banquet, Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai kept asking Shi Ming about the battle situation in the northeast and the operational characteristics of the Japanese army, and Shi Ming answered them in detail one by one, and he took the trouble to explain the combat effectiveness and operational characteristics of the Japanese army to Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai in detail. The two staff officers behind Cai Tingkai recorded word for word, and this kind of experience could not be more timely for the 19th Route Army, which had never fought with the Japanese army. …,

After introducing these, Shi Ming said to Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai: "Commander-in-Chief Jiang, Commander Cai, Shi Mou came to Shanghai to fight the war this time on the orders of Commander-in-Chief Song, and he really came to Shanghai to resist the war, and the battalion he brought should have been handed over to the command of the two generals. It's just that this battalion is a little special, almost all of them are sharpshooters, and it's a pity that it's used to fight positional warfare. ”

Cai Tingkai would be mistaken, thinking that Shi Ming was afraid that he would push his troops directly to the front line. Busy smiled and said: "Brother Shi rest assured, we are grateful that your unit can stay and help us resist the Japanese army, and Brother Shi's troops will stay in Zhenru as a reserve." ”

Shi Ming knew that Cai Tingkai had misunderstood, and said with a smile: "Commander Cai, we stayed here to fight devils, I mean this army stayed on the front line of Zhabei, they have outstanding marksmanship, and their role in positional warfare is limited, it is better to let them scatter in the streets and houses, and the effect of sniping and attacking Japanese troops is greater." ”

Jiang Guangding nodded and said: "It's okay, Master Shi is fast-talking, so according to what Master Shi said, leave them in Zhabei and fight the little devils." ”

"And ......"

Shi Ming continued: "As soon as the battle starts, there will be casualties among the troops, and if the Japanese army suffers a loss, they will definitely increase their troops from within their country, in case our reinforcements cannot arrive in time, our troops will inevitably be weak." Therefore, we want to expand the army on the spot, but this is not in accordance with the military order. ”

"I think our newly expanded troops are all wearing the uniforms of the 19th Route Army, and the weapons and ammunition are handled by ourselves, so that the Ministry of Military Affairs will not deduct the hat of our commander-in-chief, I wonder if the two generals can agree?"

Shi Ming's words couldn't help but make Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai's hearts darken.

It is true that the Japanese army will definitely increase its troops after losing the battle, but will the Nanjing government send reinforcements to them? The information fed back by Chen Mingshu is very clear, the Nanjing government has no intention of starting a war with the Japanese army in Shanghai, and if it really wants to fight, it is really difficult to say that this reinforcement is really necessary.

However, they were also very unimpressed with Shi Ming's need to expand the army on the spot, and untrained recruits were of little use on the battlefield. What's more, Shi Ming's request made them a little embarrassed.

Cai Tingkai looked at Jiang Guangding, and Jiang Guangding said to Shi Ming apologetically: "Master Shi, it's a good thing that your army expands in the name of the Nineteenth Route Army, but this military uniform is a little difficult to do. ”

The Nineteenth Route Army still wears single clothes, and there are extra military uniforms there.

Du Yuesheng put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "Jingran, Xianchu, your 19th Route Army's military budget is tight, and the troops are still wearing single clothes, these Du Mou has seen it in his eyes, I have paid for 60,000 sets of cotton military uniforms for the 19th Route Army, and I can hand over 40,000 sets to you tonight, and the rest of the military uniforms will be handed over to Master Shi." ”

In fact, there are some things that Shi Ming and Bi Guangheng did not tell Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkaiming that the battalion they brought was not an ordinary battalion. There are only two companies of this battalion that are members of Ye Changgui's special brigade who can speak Japanese, and three companies of artillerymen. Of course, it is not good for these artillerymen to escort weapons to carry artillery, they are all carrying rifles. The rest of the personnel were all experienced officers drawn from various units in the Eastern Resistance, Northern Mongolia, and Shanxi, and were completely allocated according to the establishment of one division.

Recruits are useless, this Song Zhewu knows better, he has no intention of recruiting recruits, the veterans of a division have been scattered in civilian clothes to Shanghai, Yangzhou and other places, as long as the war is together, these people will quickly return to the team.

If there was no order from the Ministry of Military Affairs, it would have been a terrible thing for a division of the Fourth Route Army to suddenly appear in Shanghai.

The reason why Song Zhewu arranged it this way was because he remembered the history of his previous life.

One. After the start of the 28th Songhu War of Resistance, because of the tenacious resistance of the 19th Route Army, it not only broke Shiozawa's wild talk of occupying Shanghai in one or four hours, but also forced the Japanese army to increase its troops in Shanghai several times, and by the end of February, the total strength of the Japanese army in Shanghai had reached more than 90,000 people, 80 warships, and 300 aircraft. However, the Nationalist Government was unwilling to expand the war, and it was not until February 14 that the elite of the Fifth Army was sent to reinforce Shanghai, namely the 87th and 88th Divisions of the German Armament Division and the Teaching Corps of the Central Army Military Academy. The combined strength of the 19th Route Army and the Fifth Army was only 55,000 men. That is, these more than 50,000 people fought against the Japanese army in Shanghai for more than a month.

The order to withdraw troops was issued layer by layer, and soon, the 156th Regiment of the 6th Brigade stationed in Zhabei also received the order. According to the order, the 6th Regiment was supposed to complete its defense and retreat by the afternoon of January 28. However, it was not until 8 o'clock that night that only one battalion of the gendarmes arrived at Zhenru Station, which was still some way away from Zhabei.

Originally, Cai Tingkai also prepared several sets of methods to delay the change of defense under the pretext of delay, but now all of them are useless.

Moreover, there are not many gendarmes who arrive, and if the gendarmes continue to rush to Zhabei to hand over the defense, the handover will inevitably be carried out at the third watch in the middle of the night, so that not only the gendarmerie regiment is very tired, but also it is easy to have an accident in the dark. Moreover, Zhang Junsong, commander of the 6th Regiment of the 156th Brigade of the 19th Route Army, also received an order from the brigade commander Weng Zhaoyuan, asking him to hand over the defense with the military police regiment on the 29th. At the same time, the whole regiment was not allowed to sleep tonight and was put on first-class alert to prevent a sudden attack by the Japanese army.

Zhang Junsong was very puzzled by Weng Zhaoyuan's inconsistent orders, but he still discussed with the commander of the other gendarmerie battalion on the phone, and the gendarmerie regiment was not willing to take over the defense in the middle of the night, and the two sides happily reached an agreement to change the guard during the day the next day.

But what they didn't expect was that after a night, Zhabei was already unrecognizable.