On the morning of the sixth day of the new year, Han Lihong left Ranzhuang and rode to Baoding alone.

As early as when he returned to Ranzhuang a year ago, he made an appointment with Ticket Er and Zhang Yueming, and everyone gathered in Shengtai Shunbu Village on the sixth day of the new year.

When Han Lihong arrived, the ticket had just arrived, and he was asking Zhang Yueming about the Songhu Anti-Japanese War.

Piao Er has always been very concerned about the war in Shanghai, even in the past few days when he returned to the cottage for the New Year, he has also been asking people to send newspapers from Baoding to the cottage. However, the news in the newspaper is too general, and this is because of all kinds of scruples, and some things are too clear to write. Therefore, just reading the newspaper and not understanding the explanation, the feeling is like scratching the boot, and it is uncomfortable and tight.

was uncomfortable for several days, and the ticket caught Zhang Yueming and didn't let go.

The ticket was very excited, because yesterday the news came that the army that invaded Shanghai was defeated.

Because of the rising calls for the War of Resistance from all walks of life, Chiang Kai-shek was forced to send Zhang Zhizhong, who asked for resistance from all walks of life, to serve as the commander of the 5th Army on February 14, and led the 87th and 88th Divisions of his headquarters and the Teaching Corps of the Central Military Army School to reinforce Shanghai, under the unified command of the 19th Route Army, to take over the defense line from the northern end of Jiangwan through the temple to the western end of Wusong, as the left wing army.

The 19th Route Army was the right wing army, responsible for the defense of Jiangwan, south of Dachang and the urban area of Shanghai. On the 18th, the commander of the Yue Army, Ueda, issued an ultimatum to coerce the Chinese defenders to retreat 20 kilometers before 17 o'clock on the 20th, but Cai Tingkai sternly refused.

On the 20th, Ueda ordered the army to attack on the whole front, adopting the tactics of breaking through the center and attacking on both flanks, and using the 9th Division to break through the junction of Jiangwan and Miaohang, in an attempt to besiege Wusong with the Kurume Brigade in the north and the Marine Corps in the south.

The defending 19th Route Army fought side by side with the 5th Army, closely coordinated, used the water network zone and existing fortifications in the Yangtze River Delta to resist stubbornly, and organized troops with strong combat effectiveness to flank the enemy who broke through to the junction of Jiangwan and Miaohang. After six days and nights of fighting, the army suffered heavy losses, first from the offensive on all fronts to a focused offensive, and then from a key offensive to a forced abortion of the offensive.

Seeing Han Lihong arrive, Ticket immediately shifted the target from Zhang Yueming to Han Lihong

"Come on, Hongzi, tell me how this situation will develop?" For Han Lihong, he didn't ask anything else, what he wanted to hear most was Han Lihong's prediction of the war.

Han Lihong's brows furrowed.

"What's wrong, Hongzi?" Involuntarily, Ticket's heart tugged.

Although it seems that Han Lihong's prediction of the battle situation in Shanghai was wrong, he already attached great importance to Han Lihong's opinion, so when he saw Han Lihong's appearance, his heart fluttered.

Han Lihong's brows tightened because he was there, and he thought of a question that he hadn't thought about before: he really couldn't figure out why Chiang Kai-shek would give up to him again and again.

If it is said that it is "excusable" to make concessions in Northeast China and North China, then it is completely unreasonable to retreat in Shanghai.

In the battle of Shanghai, as long as the national government was determined, it was inevitable that it would be defeated by relying only on sea transportation and supplies. What's more, after the start of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, the army changed commanders four times, and they were defeated again and again.

Han Lihong felt that the Battle of Songhu was simply a great gift from himself to Chiang Kai-shek.

Shanghai and Nanjing are a stone's throw away, not to mention that Shanghai is still the country's premier financial center, and for these two points alone, how can the national political axe allow the country's political axe, which has already annexed the northeast and coveted the north China, to have such great power in Shanghai?

If Chiang Kai-shek took this opportunity to completely eliminate his Shanghai garrison and forces from Shanghai in one fell swoop, the political, military, and economic interests would be indescribable.

Chiang Kai-shek did not do this, and Han Lihong felt that there might be two reasons.

First, Chiang Kai-shek was afraid that after the victory, the nation's anti-Japanese enthusiasm would be even higher, and the pressure to recover the northeast would be greater, so that the communists would not be suppressed; Second, they are afraid of provoking Yuben and causing a full-scale attack.

However, neither of these reasons is so valid.

If Chiang Kai-shek wants to secure the interior before attacking the outside world, won't the great victory in Shanghai increase the persuasiveness of the policy of "fighting outside the country must first secure the interior"?

Look, I'm not not resisting, didn't I defeat myself in Shanghai? Those who say that I don't resist do not understand my suffering, and do not know what is really good for the country.

What a good thing!

Chiang Kai-shek did not do this, and the first reason did not make sense.

As for the second reason, it doesn't make much sense.

Whether or not I want to start a war has nothing to do with whether I am provoked or not.

If you think it's not the right time, and you provoke it again, it won't react, but if it thinks that the time has come and there is no incident, it will also create an incident.

This kind of hooliganism, Chiang Kai-shek, a big hooligan from a green skin, should be no stranger.

In the end, Han Lihong felt that the only reason should be that Chiang Kai-shek was frightened by himself and his bones were soft. This is exactly the same as his argument in his public speech that once a war starts, the country will be destroyed.

If a person has broken courage and weak bones, it is not strange that he does any stupid thing.

In fact, Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei are the eldest brother and the second brother, and if Chiang Kai-shek loses in the struggle for power, and it is Wang Jingwei who wins, then it is not so strange that the "Wang puppet regime" will be renamed "Chiang puppet regime".

Today is the 22nd of February, and at this moment, it is said that Ben is massively increasing his troops.

The Cabinet decided to form the Shanghai Dispatch Army, and sent former War Minister Yoshinori Shirakawa as commander for unified command. Beginning on 27 February, the Shanghai Army was reinforced by the 11th and 14th Divisions of the Army, increasing its total strength to 90,000 men, 80 warships, and 300 aircraft.

And at this time, what about the national political axe? Chiang Kai-shek refused to increase his troops again.

The Nineteenth Route Army and the Fifth Army together were only 50,000 men, and after another month of hard fighting, they suffered heavy losses, and defeat was inevitable.

After pondering for a while, Han Lihong raised his head and said slowly, "The war in Shanghai will end soon. ”

Ticket Er was stunned, and he asked hesitantly: "Hongzi, you say we failed?" ”

Han Lihong nodded.

"How is that possible!" Ticket's eyes widened.

"yes, Hongzi, it's unlikely, right?" Zhang Yueming also followed.

Sighing softly, Han Lihong said, "Think about it, if Chiang Kai-shek really wants to fight to the death with Yue himself, will he only send a Fifth Army?" He just couldn't stand the pressure, he just put on a show. ”

Ticket Er and Zhang Yueming stopped talking, thinking about what had happened since the outbreak of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, they both slowly accepted Han Lihong's statement.

After a long time, Zhang Yueming asked, "Hongzi, what will be the result?" ”

Han Lihong said: "There are many interests of the great powers in Shanghai, and I can't swallow them yet, so I think they will sign an agreement with the national political axe, so that they can garrison Shanghai in large numbers." ”

After a pause, he said: "In this way, once a full-scale war breaks out, the second Songhu War of Resistance will break out." ”

"It's all some!" Ticket was angry and scolded angrily, and at the same time raised his foot and kicked the edge of the kang more than an inch thick.

The edge of the kang that was more than a zhang long broke in mid-air, and the broken edge of the kang shot out again and hit the roof.

Suddenly, the house was filled with dust.

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