Forty-three: Nanjing attracts the Japanese army to the west

The old butler cleared his throat and said, "The young lady leads us on the road of development and wealth, this is our blessing, and we must work hard to do a good job in the tasks assigned by the master."

"The old Li Tou, the pawn of the horse, went to the silk village with me today as the young lady's attendant. After you take over the silk village, you will be a guard there, and all the men there will be under your control.

"The storehouse in front of you and the warehouse behind you are all optimistic. I need someone to ask for me. The young lady's safety in the Silk Village is your most important thing.

"The captain of the guard is going to Beijing, and he will leave tomorrow at the latest. The young lady will give you instructions for details. The maid and the old mother take the young master at home.

"The ancestor of our Zhang Mansion has died, and the old man has died in battle. The young master is young. According to the rules of the Zhang Mansion, the head of the house is called the ancestor.

"Now the head of the Zhang Mansion is the young lady. From today onwards, the young lady will be renamed the old ancestor. Now follow me and call the ancestors. ”

All the staff shouted in unison with the old butler: "Old ancestor." ”

The mother-in-law couldn't help laughing, she stood up and said, "Good shout." The young lady changed her name to the old ancestor, okay! The current Zhang Mansion is to be publicized.

"The Zhang Mansion did not pay you less money and clothing in the most difficult time. But during this time, you are worried about the future of Zhangfu, and you are mentally depressed.

"From now on, you have to brace your spirits and show up to your neighbors with a new spirit. I want to tell the people around you that Zhangfu wants to open a company. It's a big company.

"When Zhang's company's business develops, your salary will be increased. You can't be any more public. It's all gone. ”

After the mother-in-law took over the silk village, she immediately sent a letter to her classmates in France, and with the help of her classmates, her mother-in-law started a business with French businessmen, and Zhangfu suddenly prospered.

The following year, the mother-in-law sold the general's mansion, fields and horse farm in Beijing. I bought this big house and bought the computer room. At this time, my mother-in-law was already very proficient in business.

The mother-in-law thought of this, and the old housekeeper came in. He was tall, with a slightly dark face, and a big combed back. Hair neatly cut with collar. He has a snow-white goatee.

Ever since the French merchant came to the silk estate to buy goods, he took off his robe and coat and changed into a suit. Before the liberation of Nanjing in 1911, he was shot dead by the pigtailed army because he wore a suit.

He stepped through the door, crutches, and respectfully called out to the old ancestor. He wears a navy blue suit. Wearing a black woolen coat outside.

The mother-in-law nodded with a smile and said, "Here, you sit." Look at the tea. ”

The mother-in-law watched the old housekeeper sit down, and the old mother finished serving tea. She said: You usually stay at home, and you won't come to visit me unless it's a New Year's holiday.

I have invited you today to discuss something with you. ”

The old housekeeper stood up and said: "I don't dare to be the ancestor when he invites me to come, I am just a subordinate, although I am retired, but I will always be loyal to the ancestor and always listen to the instructions of the ancestor."

"I thank my ancestor first, you gave me such a big house, and asked my eldest son to take over my class and be the head of the house. I lived happily ever after in my old age. ”

The mother-in-law said, "Ah, you sit." Every time you come, you can't thank me, no thanks, you are my man's loyal subordinate, and you are the hero of Zhangfu, and I should do this. ”

Life is short in the blink of an eye, a hundred years ago, her mother-in-law worked hard for Zhang's house day and night, and she grew old unconsciously. Everyone wants to have a happy old age, and my mother-in-law wants to do it too. But the Japanese army called,

Since the defeat at the Battle of Songhu, the Nationalist army has retreated step by step...... The people of Nanjing are worried about the war ahead. I'm afraid the good days are coming to an end.

The battle was defeated, the 700,000-strong army was defeated by the Japanese 300,000-strong army, and the common people did not understand why the defeat was so miserable, and they were even more dissatisfied that the Battle of Songhu was commanded by Chairman of the Committee.

He graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy, and the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army. He understands military affairs and has commanded wars. Eliminated Wu Peifu and Sun Chuanfang.

Why can't he fight the Japanese now? How did you lose it?

The old housekeeper said: "Ancestor, in the Battle of Songhu, the Chinese army and the common people fought together against the enemy with one heart and one mind. Three months to kill the enemy. In one fell swoop, more than 50,000 Japanese troops were wiped out.

"The Japanese base camp was unwilling to lose, and they were ashamed and angry. General Matsui Ishine was sent to lead an army of 200,000 to attack from the front.

"Send Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke of the 10th Army to land in Hangzhou Bay with 100,000 men and flank the Chinese army from the flank and rear of the Chinese army. The Chinese army had to retreat, and this was the loss of Shanghai. ”

The mother-in-law said dissatisfiedly, "I have heard about this. The Japanese army landed in Hangzhou Bay without a little intelligence! It's so close to Shanghai, why not fortify it beforehand.

"The commander-in-chief told the Japanese army to copy the back road, what kind of commander-in-chief is this. This chairman of the committee is really an expert in fighting a civil war, and he is an outsider in fighting a war with the Japanese army.

"In the past, he only cared about fighting civil wars, but he lost the three eastern provinces. The common people had great opinions about his non-resistance to Japan, which led to the Xi'an Incident.

"Now that he can fight against Japan, people's perception of him has changed. The local warlords also obeyed his command to fight the devils. Everyone pinned their hopes of victory on him,

"But why did the army he commanded lose the battle! Why was the Eighth Route Army in the north able to open its flag? In a battle like Pingxingguan, his old Jiang also fought one here.

"He really won, even if he temporarily blocked the Japanese attack, the devil is much more honest."

The more the mother-in-law talked, the more angry she became, and the old housekeeper heard the mother-in-law's resentment against the chairman, and no one complained about the battle like this. There are people who openly scold their mothers on the street.

Seeing the Japanese army approaching Nanjing, who felt good. No one wants to flee their homeland. But it's okay to complain and scold Lao Jiang......

The old housekeeper didn't want her mother-in-law to say any more, what should I do if the spies on the street were spread out and put on a hat of sabotage and anti-Japanese resistance.

The old housekeeper knew that his mother-in-law admired Jiang Song Meiling very much, and he said: "Ancestor, Jiang Song Meiling went to the front line many times to comfort the soldiers in the Battle of Songhu. She almost ate a devil's bomb once. ”

The mother-in-law said: "You mentioned Jiang Song Meiling, I admire her very much. She is a heroine among women. Before the Republic of China, I didn't hear that the queen of that dynasty went to the front line in person.

Some were unconvinced that she was trying to show herself. What's wrong with being able to behave on the battlefield for the sake of the war of resistance? If you have the ability to ask your wife to go to the battlefield to show herself, too.

"I remember that the devil's plane came to Nanjing to bomb, and she took a car to the bombed place to appease the people. By that time, the Japanese planes had already left. But the Japanese spies are there.

"It should be said that the danger is still there, and it is not easy for her to be in front of the people in this situation. I was very impressed.

"Jiang Song Meiling's exemplary role is a great encouragement to the army and the people in the War of Resistance."

The old butler stood up and interrupted her and said, "Ancestor, at the end of August, Japan mobilized the whole country for war to destroy China. ”

The old butler is telling the truth. On August 15, 1937, Matsui Ishine, commander of the Shanghai Army, told Prime Minister Konoe:

There was no other way but to take Nanking and defeat the Chiang Kai-shek regime, and this was the mission I had to accomplish. ’

After the Japanese army occupied Shanghai, the Japanese base camp issued an order to march to Nanjing. The Japanese army marched towards Nanjing.

The Chinese army had to put the defense of Nanking on the agenda.

The third day of the fall of Shanghai. On 11 November, in the conference room of the official residence of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, the chairman of the NPC National Committee convened for the first time various generals to discuss the defense of Nanjing.

He first put forward the basis for the defense of Nanjing. He talked about the reasons for defending Nanjing and the inevitability of defending Nanjing.

The high-ranking generals attending the meeting shook their heads at the defense of Nanjing. He advocated abandoning Nanjing and turning it into an undefended city. At most, do symbolic resistance.

They believed that the Chinese army had suffered heavy losses from the Japanese army in the Battle of Songhu, that the casualties of the troops were very serious, that the material consumption of combat readiness was huge, and that the troops needed to rest and recuperate.

There is no danger between Shanghai and Nanjing. Rivers and mountains do not form an ironclad line of defense. It could not stop the Japanese attack.

The German military advisers also advocated abandoning Nanking from a strategic and tactical point of view, but they saw that their opinions were not approved by the chairman of the committee and left with their hands.