-- Jingyang

Mr. Zhu, Mr. Peng and the commanders of the three divisions walked on the hillside, and Mr. Peng pinched a pack of compressed biscuits and ate them with relish.

Mr. Zhu smiled, "How is it, it tastes good, right?" ”

Mr. Peng carefully ate the biscuit crumbs in his hand and said, "Hehe, it's delicious, this is beef-flavored, a small piece is full, it's really a rare good thing, I don't know whether it's going to war or an outing." ”

Mr. Zhu pulled Mr. Peng to sit on the ground, looked at the soldiers practicing shooting at the bottom of the hillside, and said, "Yes, our conditions are much better now, and the soldiers actually have ammunition to practice shooting, which was unimaginable before." Comrade Lin Sanhu, your division is the first team to cross the river, do you have any ideas? ”

Lin Sanhu is different at this time and later, although he is taciturn, he is still a very sunny young man, and said with a smile, "Boss, we are so well equipped now, I want to fight a bigger battle and start the name of our Eighth Route Army." ”

Mr. Peng said approvingly, "Now Jiang Intermediary is fighting very well in Shanghai and Nankou, and the whole country is boasting. We have to win the battle and make our voices heard. ”

Mr. Zhu nodded and said, "Mr. Peng said well, this first battle must be fought well, and it must be fought beautifully, this is a political battle, but you can't fight a tough battle because of this, you have to fight a clever battle, Comrade Lin Sanhu, you have to think more about this problem, my opinion is not to fight positional warfare, ambushes, sports warfare, in short——"

"We have to fight a battle to make money!" The surrounding generals said in unison. After saying that, he laughed.

Mr. Peng seemed to be still reminiscing about the taste of the biscuits just now, and said with a smile: "It is to fight a battle to make money, our Red Army has a small capital, and we can't afford to lose it once." ”

At this time, the situation in Shanghai suddenly took a big turn.

Due to the loss of naval artillery support, although the Japanese army was densely packed with forts around the headquarters, and even arranged a lot of electronic steel gates with modern jack gates, so that several units of the Nationalist Army were slaughtered after rushing in due to unknown circumstances and being cut by the suddenly lowered steel gates, but the troops who continued to attack finally hit the headquarters.

Hasegawa Kiyoshi has completely lost the demeanor of a Japanese officer, and his eyes are red at this time. A mouthful of bubbles, like a madman, looked at the map, the territory of the Japanese army on the map was only less than a hundred meters around the headquarters, and less than two thousand defenders were making the last resistance.

"Reinforcements, where are our reinforcements?" Hasegawa Kiyoshi didn't know how many times he asked this question, and the military flag had already been placed by his side, ready to be destroyed at any time.

"Boom" Another sound of heavy artillery bombardment, although it is difficult for 150 guns to have an impact on the fortress-type headquarters, because the outbreak of the war exceeded the expectations of Jiang Zhong and others, the armor-piercing shells and other special bombs that Jiang Cheng talked about are not in place. But it's really uncomfortable to be surrounded by dozens of such heavy guns.

Suddenly, a louder explosion was heard. Hasegawa stood up and shouted, "Naval guns, at this time, the sound of 203 mm naval guns!" Our reinforcements are coming!! ”

August 21, 1937

Tens of thousands of Japanese troops successfully landed under the cover of naval guns and aircraft, and the offensive and defensive situation in Shanghai changed completely.

At the same time as the battle situation in Shanghai changed, the war situation in the north also changed drastically.

The Japanese 5th Division, fearing that the 5th Division would be surrounded and annihilated by the Chinese troops, immediately transferred the troops that had attacked Hebei to Nankou. and attacked the flank, Jiang Zheng immediately ordered Wei Lihuang's troops to rush to help, but when Wei Lihuang led the troops to reinforce, he could not coordinate the battle due to the sudden rise of the Yongding River, so that he was broken by the Japanese army. The whole situation is at stake.

-- Nanjing

"Touch" Jiang intermediary slammed the teacup to the ground and scolded, "Niang Xipi, you can't boast, Nankou was attacked, the flank fell, and Shanghai fell short." The good times were lost. ”

Bai Chongxi next to him advised, "Don't worry, the battle situation is like this, it is also our expectation, Tang Enbo is already good to fight like this." The key to the battle is still in Shanghai. ”

Jiang Intermediary calmed down and asked, "Does Jiansheng have any good suggestions?" ”

Bai Chongxi walked to the map and said, "Now the Japanese invaders have landed in Shanghai. The next main battlefield must be Luodian, Luodian is lost, our army's flank is not guaranteed, it is located in the suburbs, there are not many building obstacles, our army's defense is very difficult, and the Japanese army can also bomb our army on a large scale unscrupulously. I can predict that this will become a mill of flesh and blood. ”

Jiang nodded and said, "Then what should we do?" ”

Bai Chongxi suggested: "My opinion is to abandon Shanghai step by step, lure the Japanese army to a place where the naval artillery cannot reach, reach the Wufu line, and use the fortifications to kill and wound the enemy." ”

Jiang immediately shook his hand and said, "No! Shanghai cannot give up, the Soviet Union has already shown us goodwill, Britain, the United States, Germany, France and other countries have expressed sympathy and support to us, why, it is not we who have played an international influence in Shanghai, Shanghai must persevere. ”

Bai Chongxi nodded and said, "If you have to fight in Shanghai." Our method is to fight black and not white, and our weakness lies in heavy firepower, so we defend to the death during the day and counterattack at night, taking advantage of our army's superiority in light weapons to continuously kill and injure enemy troops. ”

Jiang thought for a while and said, "Okay! The order was immediately executed, so what should the south exit do? ”

Bai Chongxi shook his head and said, "The overall situation of Nankou has been decided, now we must prepare the Jin Sui army in Shanxi, the next step of the Japanese army must be to attack Shanxi, and also, the Eighth Route Army should move." ”

Jiang Zhong stood up and walked a few steps and said, "Immediately order Zhu De to lead the Eighth Route Army into Shanxi, and prepare for the Battle of Shanxi with the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army." ”

-- Taiyuan

Yan Xishan, a middle-aged man with a little chubby and glasses, looked at the telegram from Nanjing, took off his glasses and sighed, "It's finally here." ”

Yang Aiyuan is Yan Xishan's fellow Wutai villager, loyal and honest, so he has always been the descendant of Yan Xishan's lineage, and at this time he was the commander of the Sixth Army, so he asked, "Chairman, what does it mean in the telegram?" ”

Yan Xishan said with a smile, "What else does it mean, the south exit is almost unstoppable, and the Japanese are coming." Zhu De is also coming with the Eighth Route Army, as well as the 300,000 Central Army in Nanjing, and we are going to be lively in Shanxi. ”

Yang Aiyuan sighed, "The Japanese army is indeed powerful, but our Jin Sui Army is not bad, chairman, let's not talk about the Japanese army, the Eighth Route Army and the Central Army are coming, what should we do?" When they come, at least they have to set aside a piece of territory for them to garrison. ”

Yan Xishan snorted, "This is because we are rich in Shanxi, and we all come to our Shanxi to eat landlords, but we can give us." We don't have any money, no food, no arms. ”

Yang Aiyuan couldn't help but say, "The Central Army is naturally supplemented by Nanjing, but the Red Party of the Eighth Route Army is notoriously poor, and it may not be easy not to give things." ”

Yan Xishan slapped the table and said, "Cry poor, you must cry poor, let them go to Nanjing to ask, let me tell you, if you give him food, he wants a gun, if you give him a gun, he wants a gun, this person's ** is infinite." Therefore, it is resolute not to give anything at all, and it is necessary to pay attention to their march routes, and to ensure that all the military stations on their routes are empty, and ah. This hungry dog is good to let out and bite, if we are fed, what if he gives you a big sleep, our little belongings are not easy. And also. The Eighth Route Army is only 30,000 or 40,000 people. 300,000 Central Army, they all came in, are we still in Shanxi or our Jin Sui Army? Besides. With an army like Nanjing, give Shanxi 300,000, and you don't have to fight with the Japanese, you can step on Shanxi into a dirt flat! Rather than that, it is better to be a slave of the country to save trouble. ”

Yang Aiyuan smiled and nodded yes.

Yan Xishan said, "I am ready to call back, just say that I am determined to use 300,000 Jin Sui troops to fight the enemy in Datong with all my strength, and keep the enemy outside the gate to protect the territory." If you win, you will be stubborn, and if you lose, you will ask the army to stick to Yanmen. Delay for a moment. ”

Yang Aiyuan immediately wrote it down to show that he understood.

Yan Xishan continued, "In addition, once Zhangjiakou and Nankou are lost, the goal of the Japanese army is Datong, how are you prepared to deal with it?" ”

Yang Aiyuan said with a smile: "The 61st Army has already set up fortifications near Datong, and the army commander Li Fuying is our old man." ”

Yan Xishan nodded and said, "Li Fuying-well, I understand, in addition, let's not just make a plan, whether we can fight or not, the slogan of resistance against Japan can be shouted, it is better not to fight." ”

-- Datong

Li Fuying inspected the fortifications, but saw that all the fortifications were still in a state of freshly excavated, and they were all civil fortifications, not even a little reinforced concrete fortifications.

Li Fuying asked excitedly, "What's going on?" What about our fortifications? ”

The official in charge of these fortifications next to him pulled Li Fuying and said, "Master Li, take a step to speak." ”

Li Fuying walked aside with him suspiciously, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The official smiled bitterly and said, "Commander Li, please tell you about this matter, but you must pay attention to secrecy." ”

Li Fuying nodded to show that he understood, and the official continued: "During this time, the total amount of steel bars and ash we applied for was less than 1% of the planned quota, and the construction tools were even more pitiful, and the wages and allowances of migrant workers were even deducted in every way. ”

Li Fuying said angrily, "Who dares to do this, Chief Yan has applied for a large amount of special funds from Nanjing." ”

The official hurriedly signaled and continued in a low voice, "Be quiet, outsiders say that our Chief Yan is a businessman, this is true, all in all, you just need to know it in your heart." Those of us who are subordinates just do our best. ”

Li Fuying suddenly understood, a cold sweat broke out on his back, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I know, I will keep it secret." ”

August 23, 1937

Shaanxi - Jingyang

Jiang Cheng finally rushed to the scene with a dead face, and after greeting Mr. Zhu and others, he took out his mobile phone, and used his notebook as a cover to shoot it in the back.

I only saw columns of phalanxes neatly and neatly, machine guns and mortars were placed in the front, but what was different from Jiang Cheng's memory was that the military uniform of the Eighth Route Army was not blue-gray but yellow-green, and later Jiang Cheng learned that gray was actually the color of the military uniform of the New Fourth Army, and the Eighth Route Army was actually yellow-green, but later the number of troops increased, and the military uniforms of the Central Army were not enough, so there was a gray military uniform of the local army. I don't know if it's because the historical photos are black and white, which makes the colors unclear, or if everyone is used to it, the military uniforms of the Eighth Route Army in later films and television are gray. But because there was no oath at this time, he still wore the hat of the Red Army.

Lin Sanhu led several division leaders of the 115th Division to the front, and said loudly to Mr. Zhu, "The whole staff of the 115th Division should be 11,982 people, but it is 11,982 people, please instruct the chief." ”

Mr. Zhu nodded and stepped forward and said, "Comrades, in the past month or so. I believe that everyone's thinking and life have changed a lot, but everyone must remember that no matter what hat you wear or what clothes you wear, our hearts will always be bright red. We are now wearing the same clothes worn by the Northern Expeditionary Army during the Great Revolution. We must maintain the essence of the Red Army, but also carry forward the revolutionary spirit of the Northern Expeditionary Army, comrades, in order to save China, say goodbye to the Red Army cap for the time being! As he spoke, he took the lead in wearing a military hat with a blue sky and white sun cockade.

More than 10,000 people began to change into hats, and many of them were tightly tugging on the Red Army caps. Tears flowed out of her eyes.

Mr. Zhu shouted: "On July 7, Japanese imperialism began to invade China again, and Beiping, this thousand-year-old city, the ancient capital of the Seven Dynasties, has now fallen into the hands of the Japanese invaders. The villagers in the Northeast have been living under the iron hooves of the Japanese invaders for seven years, and Taiwan, which is a matter of the Qing Dynasty, and now the Japanese invaders have launched an all-out attack on our China, saying that they will solve our China in three months. Can we Chinese continue to fight the civil war at this time? ”

More than 10,000 people continued to shout in unison, "No! ”

Mr. Zhu waved his hand, "So, our Red Army is now wearing white clothes, and the purpose is one, to fight the Japanese invaders." You are the 115th Division, the first team of the Eighth Route Army to go to the battlefield of resistance against Japan, and your image is good or bad, and the quality of your fight affects the image of our Eighth Route Army. So everyone remember, obey orders, obey commands, fight bravely to kill the enemy, and save my China! ”

After speaking, Mr. Zhu motioned to Mr. Peng to say a few words as well.

Mr. Peng nodded, stepped forward, looked below, and shouted, "Mr. Zhu has said everything that should be said." I'll just say a word, the devil dares to enter China vertically. We're going to get him out of here! The whole army obeys the order! Follow my damn! ”

Suddenly, the whole army became even more fanatical: "the devil!" the devil! ”

Jiang Cheng smacked his tongue, the leaders of the older generation are indeed down-to-earth, but looking at the soldiers who are already screaming below, it is indeed effective.

The next step is to issue the military flag, one by one the troops will take the blue sky and white Japanese army flag and wave their division to the east, they will cross the Yellow River through the ferry of Zhichuan Town into Shanxi.

Lin Sanhu and others led their division eastward, Jiang Cheng and Mr. Zhu stood on the hillside together, watching the neat procession move eastward like a belt, and the high military song floated in the air.

Jiang Cheng took a photo and showed it to Mr. Zhu, and Mr. Zhu exclaimed, "This machine is really good, thank you Xiao Jiang, our troops are finally not holding spears and knives to the front line." ”

Jiang Cheng looked at the troops and asked, "What are you equipped with now?" ”

Mr. Zhu said with a smile, "A division has 7,500 rifles, 100 submachine guns, 200 machine guns, and 20 mortars. ”

Jiang Cheng fantasized about Lin Sanhu's expression, which was indeed funny, and said, "Do we only have more than 10,000 people in one division?" Isn't there a tense of fifteen? ”

Mr. Zhu sighed, "It is indeed an establishment of 15,000, but the Japanese are not easy to fight, so this time our recruits did not enter the main force of the three divisions, and most of the three divisions are the old backbones of the Long March." ”

Only then did Jiang Cheng understand that in fact, it was normal for the troops to be dissatisfied with the formation in military affairs, and the dozens of German armament divisions in Jiang's intermediary were only three of them.

Jiang Cheng continued to ask, "I don't know when the headquarters will depart?" ”

Mr. Zhu said, "At the beginning of September, I hope that the battle situation will still be favorable to us at that time." ”

Jiang Cheng said with a smile: "I'm really looking forward to our first battle." ”

Mr. Zhu asked, "What are you going to do later?" ”

Jiang Cheng sighed, "The chairman has assigned me a task, let me help with the placement of those students and do their ideological work." He also asked me to prepare the experimental materials that those intellectuals wanted, and it seems that I will not be idle during this time. By the way, there is news from the German side of the arms that Germany is preparing to prepare the weapons for Nanjing in the shortest possible time, and we think that it will be more difficult to buy weapons during this time. So I wonder if I should bring some weapons from modern times. ”

Mr. Zhu shook his hand and said, "It's okay, don't worry about weapons, there are more Japanese people, let's just go there and get them." Since Lao Mao has given you so many tasks, why do you still have time to come over? ”

Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "Because I'm all tricky." ”

-- Extended

After Yi Bang and Tian Jie finished talking in the playground, they lived in the barracks with the graduates. Thousands of people, at this time, only the barracks can accommodate so many people at once.

Yi Bang and Tian Jie were watching a film at this time, it is said that this film was urgently transferred from Yanchang with a fast horse, although it was a silent movie, but everyone watched it with relish, because this film was playing the future in their hearts.

This movie is actually intended by Jiang Cheng to broaden the horizons of the Red Party, after all, many of the Red Party are Chinese peasant workers and do not have broad knowledge, but it is suitable to use it now.

I only saw the scenery of all parts of China in the movie, from the desert to the river, from the Great Wall to the dense forests of Yunnan, the Leshan Giant Buddha, the Yungang Grottoes, with the subtitles, the people who watched the film were all students who had read books, and those scholars who sat at the front.

Yi Bang patted Tian Jie lightly and said, "How are these shots?" There are so many places, it's amazing. ”

Tian Jie nodded and said, "Our country is so powerful, there are so many great rivers and mountains, but unfortunately, now it is full of war." ”

Then there is the scene of the countryside, countless ripe rice fields, scenes of farmers happily harvesting fields, and some children running around the fields, and the harvested grain is turned into flour and rice through one process after another. Women and children put on new clothes and walked to the village square to celebrate the festival, and the men beat gongs and drums beside them, a festive scene.

Tian Jie blinked his eyes and said, "Yi Bang, have you ever seen such a scene?" ”

Yi Bang Mumu shook his head and said, "The countryside - can you still be so happy?" ”

The next shot cuts to the school, where the teacher is in the classroom and the students below are reading.

Following the camera to the factory, the surging black smoke, flowing molten steel, pieces of steel ingots flowed out, and then entered the processing plant, which was processed into steel pipes by machine tools, and then continuously assembled, and soon turned into a machine gun.

Machine guns entered the army, and when they reached the hands of the soldiers, the food just now became the military rations of the soldiers. Soldiers guard the borders, farmers plough, workers produce, children study, hospitals, train stations, shops, cinemas, theaters. Everything was so beautiful, it was like in a dream. (To be continued......)