Chapter Seventy-Eight: Preparations for the Battle of Songhu

Jiang Cheng cleaned up his mood and said, "You remember, you are special forces, not a strong attack team, you fight a skillful battle, not a hard battle, you two give me a good look at this book, and see for yourself how others fight." As he spoke, he handed over two special warfare books prepared from later generations, and of course, some sensitive things in them were deleted in advance.

Wang Yong took a look at it, and tears were about to come out: "Read the book - or the owner, you should punish me for running." How about I carry a weight of 500 miles? ”

Jiang Cheng knocked on his head, yes, this is still a soldier king who is unwilling to learn, and it seems that it is not easy for him to do something in this Songhu battle. can only say to Li Qian, "Li Qian, you have read the book, you look at it more, this brute bull can't be counted on." ”

Although Jiang Cheng didn't blame Li Qian, Li Qian was the main general after all, and the tears were already about to come out. ”

Jiang Cheng went to visit the wounded soldiers after training the two, while Wang Yong was stupidly running around the warehouse with a schoolbag of bricks, and Li Qian looked at the book seriously with tears in her eyes, and was dumbfounded, and it was simplified.

Li Qian had no choice but to find Yu Yishan again to ask for help, Yu Yishan saw that the title of this book was special warfare, and knew that it was not ordinary, and Li Qian, who was appointed by Jiang Chengcheng, repeatedly told the importance of this book, and began to translate simplified characters.

Li Qian looked at Yu Yishan and said enviously, "Sister Yu is still amazing, I can't help the owner, and I messed up the task this time." ”

Yu Yishan asked curiously, "What task?" ”

Li Qian hurriedly covered her mouth and said that she couldn't say it, and Yu Yishan was amused when she saw it.

Jiang Cheng took out the books of the Battle of Songhu in his room and read them carefully, and kept writing and painting in some places in Shanghai. Looking at it, I felt that I could only shoot at a critical time, and I was secretly thinking about it.

The next day, Jiang Cheng immediately found Yu Qiaqing and the others and said directly, "Everyone, Shanghai is about to go to war, and we should withdraw." ”

Yu Qiaqing nodded and said, "We are all ready, Zhimin will stay in Shanghai and fake the illusion that we haven't evacuated yet." We can leave right away. But little ginger. Yishan said that she wanted to go with you, but I couldn't persuade her. You can do it. As he spoke, he touched his beard with a smile and looked at the embarrassed Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng scratched his head and said, "This girl, I'll go back and talk about him." ”

Du Yuesheng sighed, "It's really going to be war, and my houses have been taken away recently." I just don't know after we're gone. When can I come back again? ”

The house that Du Yuesheng said was an advance preparation for the Battle of Shanghai by the White Party. Let Du Yuesheng buy it in his own name, and then build a house without windows, which is actually a bunker of permanent fortifications, but unfortunately there are not too many of these places, and there are only more than 30 places in Shanghai. Later, after Du Yuesheng received strong support from Jiang Cheng, he built several more. But it's just over fifty. After all, Japan has too much eyeliner in Shanghai, and it is too much to build more.

Huang Jinrong smiled and said, "A few brothers just go, there is still me here." "Huang Jinrong and Lin Guisheng have already prepared a house in the French Concession, and are ready to hide in the concession with some of their cronies and brothers.

Time was urgent, and several people went their separate ways after saying a few words.

On the other side, Yu Zhimin sold the last batch of special penicillin to Japan, which regards this penicillin as a treasure, although I don't know why the fatality rate is so high, but it is true that it can cure people. I don't know why the cured people feel a little stupid, but after all, did they survive?

Go back to the car. Lin Huaibu smiled and said to Yu Zhimin, "Our task is finally completed, and we will part ways later." ”

Yu Zhimin had a great impression of Lin Huaibu in the past few days of cooperation, so he said, "Otherwise, I will simply talk to Mr. Du, and you will follow me in the future." ”

Lin Huaibu shook his hand and said, "I will always be Mr.'s person." I have another assignment, so I'm going to take my leave here. The green mountains do not change the green water for a long time, and we will have a period later. ”

Yu Zhimin said goodbye helplessly and looked at Lin Huaibu's back. sighed.

When Jiang Cheng and others slowly evacuated Shanghai. The pace of war is also constantly approaching the metropolis of Shanghai.

The strategic idea of attracting the Japanese army to the south of Shanghai, an area unsuitable for the operation of the Japanese mechanized troops, and then fighting a great victory and gaining international attention, ended the war with dignity was always supported by Chiang's mediators. Chiang's greatest fear was for the Japanese army to move south along the Pinghan Line. After dismembering China, slowly clean it up.

Shanghai fought a big war as early as 1932, and it was this war that made Jiang Zhong discover that the incomparably powerful Japanese army in Shanghai actually fought with the 19th Army here.

Chiang later believed that urban warfare was the best way to deal with the Japanese army, but in fact it was not wrong. The Japanese army is strong in heavy weapons, while the heavy weapons of urban warfare are often ineffective, and it is more about light weapons and hand-to-hand combat, and there is no better choice to use a large city to become a meat grinder for the Japanese army, and it can get the attention of the world and destroy the Japanese army's strategy.

Of course, if there are no battleships.

The big battle that Chiang had worked so hard to prepare for must have a reliable commander.

Jiang Zheng did not hesitate to choose Zhang Zhizhong, the most important reason is that he is the person who knows the Shanghai battlefield best, and he is the person in charge of the strategic planning of the Shanghai direction in recent years.

Many people in later generations said that the White Party was a sieve for the intelligence organization of the Japanese army, but this sentence is not true, although it is often unreliable at the most critical time, but there are some things that the White Party government's intelligence secrecy work is still very good at.

Zhang Zhizhong's secret planning headquarters for several years has not been found by the Japanese army, in fact, this place is in Suzhou's most famous scenic spot Lingering Garden, surrounded by tourists. The Japanese never imagined that this crowded place was actually Zhang Zhizhong's military planning and command center, and until the start of the war, the Japanese still did not understand what was going on here, not because there were no signs, but because they did not believe it at all, just like no one would believe that Hitler's wolf's lair was actually in Berlin Square.

-- Nanjing Meiling Palace

Jiang Zhong smiled and said to Zhang Zhizhong, "Wenbai, you have worked hard all these years, do you have confidence in this big battle?" ”

Zhang Zhizhong puffed out his chest and said, "Commission, we have done a lot of work over the years to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”

Jiang said with great interest, "Come, sit down in Wenbai and tell me about it." ”

Zhang Zhizhong sat down and said, "The art of war is cloudy, and the soldiers are fast." In order to better deploy troops and advance troops faster. We built railroad spurs to transport troops and supplies, and built a large number of bridges that could transport troops and supplies during an attack and cut off the enemy when retreating. I can guarantee that once the war starts. There will definitely be no problems due to lack of logistics. At the same time, we organized a large number of cars in order to be unprepared. ”

Jiang intermediated clapped his hands and applauded, "Okay." ”

When Zhang Zhizhong heard this, he became even more energetic and said, "In order to better command the troops, we have also built four secret communication lines, and the Japanese invaders have many eyes and ears in Shanghai, and once the war starts, Shanghai's communications will be destroyed by the Japanese invaders." In addition, we have invested heavily in making radio and telephone lines effective in all the townships. ”

Jiang Zhong nodded and said, "In this way, the command of the army will be like an arm." Very good. ”

Zhang Zhizhong continued, "We also sent a large number of agents to guide the way when the war was ready, and drew extremely detailed maps and marked the various points of the Japanese army, and distributed them to each combat unit. Guaranteed location is in our hands. ”

Jiang Zhong sighed, "The time and place are favorable, we all occupy it, and this battle will be won." ”

Zhang Zhizhong was a general in the Xinhai period, and his kung fu for thinking about the above was much higher than that of military work, and he knew that things could not be said satisfactorily. Otherwise, if you make a mistake, you will be unlucky.

Zhang Zhizhong said: "But we also have difficulties. Due to the Shanghai Armistice, we could no longer build fortifications in Shanghai, nor could we send troops, although some were built in secret. But after all, there are too few. ”

Jiang Zhong frowned, and his hands were clenched.

Zhang Zhizhong hurriedly said, "But we thought of a way, we prepared a large number of cement and wooden planks in advance and made modules. Prepare to build a fortress as soon as the war starts, just like building blocks. Of course, this is far from a real fortress, but after all, it has a certain effect. It is guaranteed that a large number of bunkers will be built soon, and I suggest that the city of Shanghai be allowed to build sewers. Now start digging the tunnel. ”

Jiang said approvingly, "Not bad." Just do it, I'll order it right away, is there anything else you need? ”

Zhang Zhizhong nodded and said, "Shanghai is a big city after all, and there must be heavy artillery in the fortified battle, so I ask that the heavy artillery be transferred to me." Moreover, the 36th Division is still in Xi'an, and it must be transferred back immediately. ”

Jiang said that "I will give you all the heavy artillery, as well as the full support of the air force and navy, this time I have taken out all the hard work of the party-state, and this battle will be won!" ”

Zhang Zhi was neutral and saluted: "Victory!" ”

At this time, the Japanese army in Shanghai was all naval forces, with about 4,000 people in 6 brigades, and there were about 10,000 troops in paramilitary organizations such as soldiers in the countryside (that is, demobilized soldiers in China), dozens of warships, more than 50 combat vehicles, and more than 300 planes that could fight in the skies over Shanghai. By August, all non-combatant expatriates had been moved into the concession, and a large number of fortifications had been built, and its headquarters was a fortress capable of withstanding 200 mm guns.

At this time, there were new changes in the Japanese military circles, and after seeing the victory of the army, the navy also began to move, but at this time, the head of the war department, Ishihara Wan'er, was resolutely opposed to the war in Shanghai, and he believed that it was already the extreme to attack the five provinces in North China, and once the war in Shanghai began, the Japanese army would use up all its troops, and once the Soviet Union went south, Manchuria would not even have the strength to defend. And threatened to resign if the military department went to war in Shanghai.

On August 8, Japan had moved all the expatriates from southeastern China to a safe place, preparations for war had ended, and when a drunken Japanese soldier had been killed in a forbidden place at night, Major General Okawa Uchidenqi, commander of the Shanghai garrison, immediately sent a telegram to the country asking for support and asking for war.

The Japanese Navy has always been stronger than the Army, the Army's performance in Pingjin made the Navy very jealous, and now there is a chance, the Japanese Sea Minister Mitsumasa Yonechi immediately proposed to start a war in Shanghai, and the Land Minister Sugiyama Motomo proposed to send two divisions of the Army to Shanghai, although Ishihara resolutely opposed, but the Japanese leadership, including the emperor, believed that Shanghai was the economic center of China, and once Shanghai was broken and then swept through Nanjing, it would be possible to get greater benefits at that time, so it agreed to send two divisions to Shanghai and two more divisions to Qingdao, Take the opportunity to go to Shanghai to participate in the war.

Since then, the Japanese army has basically exhausted its strength, and the Japanese military headquarters immediately decided to form 800,000 Japanese troops again, and Japan's war machine has become faster and faster, completely detached from the original plan.

Chiang also judged that the war was about to begin. Immediately let Zhang Zhizhong send the 88th Division, 87th Division and 36th Division to join the Central Army Corps into Shanghai as soon as possible, and the 36th Army at this time was still in the northwest due to the Xi'an Incident, and was still rushing back to Nanjing after receiving the order. The 88th and 87th Divisions were the first batch of Nationalist troops to enter Shanghai.

Because of the Shanghai armistice agreement, China could not directly send troops into Shanghai, so in order to grab points, Zhang Zhizhong decided to disguise the army as police to enter Shanghai. Then immediately enter the fortress and fortifications that were prepared at the beginning, and dig the fortifications in preparation for battle.

As a result of the good preparatory work, overnight, the citizens of Shanghai suddenly found the Chinese troops all over the city.

Jiang Cheng looked at the groups of nationalists in yellow uniforms and German-style ordnance, and said to Yu Yishan next to him, "See, the war is about to start." Aren't you leaving? ”

Yu Yishan took Jiang Cheng's hand and said, "Don't go." I'm safe in the concession, and there's going to be something wrong with you staying here, and I don't want to miss the show. ”

Jiang Cheng looked back at Li Qian as soon as he heard this.

Li Qian hurriedly shook her head and said that it was none of her business.

Jiang Cheng sighed, "The concession is also not safe, the guns have no eyes, you better go." ”

Yu Yishan pulled Jiang Cheng and said, "Let's go, let's go see our new address." ”

Shanghai is an international city, where the great powers have many interests, and the smell of war is also smelled by the great powers. Britain, the United States, France, and other countries immediately jointly demanded that China and Japan not be allowed to go to war in Shanghai, and made Shanghai an undefended city.

It was August 12th.

-- Jiangyin

Jiangyin is a special place. The narrowest section of the Yangtze River is only more than 1,200 meters. The Yangtze River suddenly tightened here, and then let go in the shape of a trumpet, throughout the ages, guarding the river must guard Jiangyin, which is a military important place. In order to prevent the Japanese navy from going up the river, Chiang had already placed a large number of fortress artillery here, but the Nationalist government was really limited in economy. The so-called fortress artillery was nothing more than 8 of the latest German-made 88-mm flat-firing guns. 4 German-made 150 mm cannons and 19 old howitzers of various types. Such firepower could indeed cause big problems for Japanese warships, but just in case. Chiang Intermediary simply ordered the shipwreck to block the river.

Over here. History has changed, it turns out that in history, Huang Jun's betrayal made the blockade mission fail, and now Jiang Intermediary has long known about Huang Jun's problem, so that Huang Jun and other traitors have not received news.

Chen Shaokuan, the commander of the Chinese Navy at this time, looked at the rolling Yangtze River. The heart is extremely desolate.

As a naval commander, what could be more sad than sinking a warship, and he was about to sink himself before a single bullet was fired. In order to block the river and prevent the Japanese army from using the Yangtze River, Chen Shaokuan looked at the sailors who had been assembled, lowered his head and said, "Brothers, I am incompetent, there is no way to lead everyone to gallop in the sea, and now for the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War, I can only sacrifice my ego and sink the ship to block the river, I hope you understand." ”

The sailors below are silent, as sailors, most of them have some culture, and know that this is a helpless way, but as sailors, without warships, what else can they do?

Chen Shaokuan knew that the military situation was urgent, and sighed, "Shipwreck!" ”

Eight old warships with their guns dismantled and dozens of civilian ships filled with sand sank one after another, and these guns were replenished into the nearby batteries.

By the time the Japanese spies discovered the emergency notice, the Yangtze River channel had been completely blocked, and watching their warships slowly sink into the water, countless sailors were crying, whether they were crying about the fate of the battleship, or crying about the weakness of the country, or crying about their confused future, no one knows.

As the commander, Chen Shaokuan knew that there were still too many things to do, and in the next few days, he continued to collect the self-sinking of the ship, densely covered with mines, and vowed to block Jiangyin.

-- The Military Conference of the White Party in Nanjing

The meeting was attended by not only the descendants of Jiang Zhong, but also Bai Chongxi, Feng Yuxiang and others.

Jiang Zhong listened to the report of the navy and sighed and said, "The navy has done its best, Zhou Zhirou, how much is your air force concentrated now?" ”

Zhou Zhirou lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Jiang Zhong.

Jiang Intermediary felt that something was wrong, and said angrily, "How much? ”

Zhou Zhirou handed over a document.

Jiang said impatiently, "Say it directly." ”

Zhou Zhirou stammered, "We have formed 9 brigades, 7 independent temporary squadrons and a temporary teaching brigade. There are about two or three hundred of them that can fight. ”

Jiang said angrily, "Niang Xipi, that's two hundred, what about our plane?" What about the money I gave you? You personality guy swallowed it all!! ”

Feng Yuxiang and Bai Chongxi looked at each other and sneered.

Zhou Zhirou was about to die of grievance, and stammered, "This and this are all Mrs. She." ”

When Jiang Zhong heard the word madam, he suddenly remembered that the air force was in charge of his baby wife, and waved his hand and said, "I'll talk about this matter later, let's continue to talk about the matter of Nankou." ”

After resting for two weeks, the Japanese army continued to attack impatiently, and the 200,000 troops were divided into three routes, all the way south to attack Baoding, all the way west to attack Nankou, and all the way to attack instead of defend to prevent Jin Sui army reinforcements. At this time, the forward war had already begun, and due to the inconvenience of command due to the large number of warlord troops in the north, Chiang could only order defense, hoping to make these warlord troops do more for their own territory.

After the meeting, Jiang intermediary grabbed Zhou Zhirou and asked, "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

Zhou Zhirou hurriedly said, "Madame has put all the money in the bank, and is ready to go to war and buy new ones." And you can also eat interest. ”

When Jiang Intermediary heard this, this is good, and said with a smile, "Well, then buy it now?" ”

Zhou Zhirou hurriedly lowered her head and said, "We asked, and all countries said that we were at war with Japan and could not sell it to us." ”

Jiang Zhong's eyes widened, and he wanted to scold, but when he thought that this was all caused by his precious wife, he had to say viciously, "Please keep this matter secret, and let the existing planes prepare for battle." ”

After speaking, Jiang Intermediary ran to find Song Meiling in anger, but as soon as she arrived at Meiling Palace, she had no anger, after all, she was also for herself, so she could only turn around a few times at the gate of Meiling Palace, and left with a long sigh. (To be continued......)

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