[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 528: Irritable Lao Jiang (Ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly passes, ask for everything!) ）

It is said that Ma Zheng is far from alone in being upset during this time, and Chairman Jiang, who is far away in Chongqing, is also in an irritable mood, and there is a tendency to turn white overnight. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After the Japanese army captured Wuhan, he immediately used radio broadcasts, whistles, propaganda balloons, and posting news to make the people aware of this major event in the history of Japan's founding of the country.

Celebrations are held at government offices, schools, factories, trading companies, associations, citizens, and villages. At the same time, we will pay homage to shrines, condolences to the relatives of soldiers and war dead, and organize various condolence groups to carry condolences to the battlefield led by celebrities and so on.

After the news of the occupation of Wuhan broke, large-scale celebrations were held in various parts of Japan and in Taiwan, Korea, and Northeast China. Illuminations were held everywhere, and lantern festivals were held, shouting "Long live the Emperor", "Long live the Imperial Army", and "Long live the Imperial Kingdom...... and other slogans.

The crowd that was like a demon and its "ecstatic" team shouted all night long in front of the Sakurato Gate outside the Imperial Palace and around the Miyazaka Army Ministry and the General Staff Headquarters immediately west of the Sakurato Gate. This is in stark contrast to the look of disappointment and frustration that came a few years later after listening to the broadcast of Japan's unconditional surrender, which had never been seen before before the founding of Japan.

Compared with the carnival of the Japanese, the Nationalist Government was full of mourning, and the argument that the War of Resistance against Japan would perish was once again raised at the top of the Nationalist Government.

What made Lao Jiang even more irritable was that the Japanese army did not stop advancing after the capture of Wuhan. At this time, Okamura Ningji's 11th Army still had a huge force of 7 divisions stationed around Wuhan and could advance westward at any time.

Among them, the headquarters of Fujita Jin's 3rd Division is located in Yingshan, Hubei, and its garrison areas are Xinyang, Guangshui, and Yingshan, and one is located in Xihe in the northwest of Yingshan; The headquarters of the 13th Division of the Dizhou Libing is located in Huangpi, Hubei, and its garrison areas are Huangpi, Hekou Town, Songbu, and Xinzhou, and one is located in Xuanhuadian and Macheng.

The headquarters of the 15th Division is located in Xiaogan, Hubei, and its garrison areas are Anlu, Huayuan, Xiaogan, Yingcheng, and Yunmeng, and one is located in Sooshi and Hanchuan. The headquarters of the 6th Division of Inaba Shiro is located in Wuhan University in Wuchang, and its garrison area is the railway and highway north of Tingsi Bridge, the area along the Xianning, Nanlin Bridge and Chongyang Highway, and the Wuchang area.

In addition, the headquarters of the 9th Division of Yoshizumi Ryosuke is located in Puqi, Hubei, and its garrison area is the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway southwest of Tingsi Bridge, the area on the other side of the Yangtze River near Jiayu, Yueyang and other places.

In order to maintain water communication from Nanjing to Wuhan, the 116th Division of Shimizu Xizhong was used to guard the Yangtze River from Wuhu to the mouth of Poyang Lake via Anqing. The garrison of the Yangtze River waterway from Hukou through Jiujiang, Huangshi, Echeng, Wuhan, Jiayu, and Xindi to Yueyang was deployed by Okamura's 11th Army.

After occupying Wuhan, the mobile corps of the 11th Army led by Okamura launched several attacks on southern Henan, Xiangfan, Shashi, and Changsha in order to contain and attack the main force of the Kuomintang army and attack westward.

After the fall of Wuhan, the situation between China and Japan has changed dramatically. In North China, after fighting in Zhangjiakou, Datong, Taiyuan and other places, the troops of Yan Xishan's 2nd Theater withdrew south to Jinzhong and Jinnan, and then crossed the Yellow River to Yichuan in Shaanxi Province, and set up its theater headquarters in Qiulin Town, Yichuan County. The headquarters of Cheng Qian's 1st Theater Commander had withdrawn to Luoyang, south of the Yellow River, leaving part of his troops north of the Yellow River and west of Pinghan Road in Linxian, Huixian, Huojia, Jiaozuo, Qinyang, and the Taihang Mountains in the southeast of Jin.

In Shandong, Lao Chiang appointed Shen Honglie, who was originally a naval admiral and later mayor of Qingdao, as chairman of Shandong Province. After the loss of Wuhan, the Northeast Army was transferred to Yu Xuezhong and his 51st Army to Shandong, and the Shandong and Soviet theaters were established, and Yu served as the commander-in-chief, commanding the 51st Army, the 57th Army, the 89th Army, the Tax Police Corps, the security brigades of the two provinces, and the troops in various guerrilla areas in the region.

In Hebei, Lu Zhonglin was appointed chairman of Hebei Province, and the provincial capital was set up in Luluo Town, Xingtai County, and the Hebei People's Army under Zhang Yinwu and Qiao Mingli, as well as the troops of Zhao Yunxiang, Ding Shuben, and Shi You, operated in some areas behind enemy lines in Hebei Province.

In central China, the Japanese army had just occupied Wuhan, and its troops were in full swing, and they could advance westward at any time to attack Yueyang and Changsha, and then advance to Chongqing. The situation in South China was equally bad, with Canton already lost, the Japanese army having captured almost all of the major cities in South China, and the entire territory of China was about to fall.

The military defeat was one thing, and what made Lao Chiang even more angry was the bullshit statement issued by the Japanese government a few days ago.

The full text of this statement, which was made by the Japanese army after the occupation of Wuhan, is as follows: "Today, with the power of Your Majesty, the Imperial Army and Navy have conquered the three towns of Guangdong and Wuhan, and have established important areas in China, and the Nationalist Government is only a local government. However, if the government adheres to the policy of resisting Japan and accommodating the Communists until it is annihilated, the empire will never withdraw its troops. What the empire seeks is to build and ensure a new order of eternal stability in East Asia, and this is the ultimate goal of this campaign. ”

"The construction of this new order is based on the cooperation of Japan, Manchuria, and China, and the establishment of a relationship of mutual assistance in the political, economic, and cultural fields, with the hope of establishing international justice in East Asia, achieving common defense against communism, creating a new culture, and realizing economic integration. This is indeed a way to contribute to the stability of East Asia and the progress of the world. ”

"What the empire hopes of China is to share the task of building a new order in East Asia. The empire hopes that the Chinese people will understand the true meaning of our country and cooperate with the empire. If the Nationalist Government abandons its previous guiding policies, replaces its candidates, achieves new results, and participates in the building of a new order, we will not refuse. ”

"The Empire is convinced that the nations will have a correct understanding of the Empire's intentions in order to adapt to the new situation in East Asia. I would like to express my deep gratitude to China for the friendship it has always had with its allies. The construction of a new order in East Asia is rooted in the spirit of our nation, and the completion of this construction is a glorious task entrusted to the modern Japanese people, and the empire will resolutely carry out the necessary reforms in all aspects of the country in order to expand the overall strength of the country and advance towards the achievement of the cause by overcoming all difficulties. The Government hereby declares that it is the policy and determination of the Impulse to move. ”

What does it mean that the national government is only a local government? This was clearly a preparation for the establishment of another government, and Lao Chiang had already received accurate information, and the Japanese were ready to help Wang Jingwei, a traitor, to come to power and set up another national government in Nanjing, which Lao Chiang could not tolerate.

A few days ago, a fire broke out in Changsha City, and the entire thousand-year-old city became a scorched earth, hearing this news, Lao Jiang vomited blood on the spot, and woke up after being treated by doctors.

Originally, Lao Jiang knew the battle plan for burning Changsha, and he shouldn't have been angry like this, but the fire was really burned too unjustly. After the defeat in the Battle of Wuhan, Wuhan's organs, factories, and a large number of refugees and wounded soldiers poured into Changsha, causing Changsha's population of more than 300,000 to increase to more than 500,000. In addition, Changsha used to be the rear of the battles of Shanghai and Nanjing, Changsha has accumulated a lot of strategic reserves, and business is also very prosperous.

Not long ago, the Japanese army invaded northern Hunan and bombed Changsha and Hengyang. Subsequently, Linxiang and Yueyang were lost one after another, and the Chinese and Japanese armies confronted the Xinqiang River, and the situation in Changsha was very grim.

In order to prevent military supplies from being obtained by the Japanese army, the Nationalist Government stipulated that when the enemy army entered within 30 miles of the outskirts of the city, it would implement a scorched earth policy, thinking that it would be an active defense, and the so-called scorched earth policy was to burn Changsha City.

However, due to an omission, when the Japanese army was still 130 kilometers away from Changsha City, Changsha City suddenly caught fire. Due to insufficient preparation and confusion in command, the whole city was on fire, and seeing that the fire could not be extinguished, the city could only be abandoned. In the end, the Changsha fire burned for five days and five nights before it went out on its own.

Since the plan to burn the city was strictly secret, the burning of the city took place suddenly and without receiving orders. Therefore, when the fire started, the people who stayed in the city were still asleep. When I woke up from my dream, I thought it was the Japanese army that had entered the city. He was about to flee for his life, but the flames were already on the way, and most of the streets and alleys had been blocked by fireworks.

The fire can be said to be a complete man-made disaster, with a death toll of up to 30,000 and an economic loss of more than one billion. (To be continued.) )