"National industry?" Chiang Ching-kuo was slightly stunned.

"Yes"

Wu Ming nodded heavily, and his tone became even heavier: "After entering modern times, war has become a contest of comprehensive national strength, and a country with developed industry has a great advantage in war, especially a protracted war. Shanghai is the largest industrial center in China, and there are countless large and small factories in and around the city, some of which can be converted into military industries. Now that Shanghai is in the midst of war and gunpowder, if these factories and enterprises cannot be relocated in time, once the Japanese army occupies Shanghai, it will greatly enhance Japan's war strength. ”

With the advent of large-scale industrial production, the form of war has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the country's industrial capacity directly determines the war potential, and if the factories and enterprises in Shanghai can be preserved, it will have a far-reaching impact on the replenishment of weapons and equipment of the Chinese army during the war and the revival of national industry after the war.

With another sigh, Wu Ming continued: "Brother Xian, leaving those factories and enterprises in Shanghai is tantamount to a capital enemy. Therefore, we must mobilize most of the factories and enterprises in Shanghai to relocate as soon as possible, and strive to let them move to our western Zhejiang, and preferably to Kaihua County and Maoliangwu in the hinterland of Qianligang."

Zhang Dongning interjected: "Master, now that the war in Songhu is rekindled, those capitalists who are waiting and watching are dumbfounded, eager to sell the company and realize it, but they can't find anyone to take over for a while." When there was really no choice, many people had to move their factories to the concession. However, most of them were still ready to sell their land and take refuge in Hong Kong, Singapore and other places, and entrust it to the British for protection. ”

Although Hong Kong is not as prosperous as the Oriental Pearl of later generations, most capitalists in Shanghai have put Hong Kong as their first choice for relocation. However, they would not have imagined that in a few years Japan would launch the Pacific War, and these people who fled would not be able to escape the catastrophe at all.

Wu Ming shook his head and said to Zhang Dongning: "Those capitalists in Shanghai want to sell their enterprises and go to Hong Kong, even if we do good deeds, we have to buy them." No matter what kind of business, as long as it is willing to sell, we will buy it, of course, the price is not as good as in peacetime, after all, relocation and rebuilding in other places need money, and we strive to do big things with little money."

"Yes"

Zhang Dongning nodded and agreed.

Wu Ming turned around and said to Chiang Ching-kuo: "Brother Xian, your task is to fully cooperate with the chief of staff to transfer many factories and enterprises in Shanghai to our territory. The war in Songhu is about to expand, and Japan has already carried out all-round military mobilization, and according to the current situation, the fall of Songhu is almost inevitable, and it will inevitably affect Hangzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, and other places in the eventual future. As the Japanese front is lengthened, the war will enter a confrontation stage, and these remaining factories and enterprises will become the blood-forming tools of our country and nation, supporting us in fighting the Japanese"

Speaking of this, Wu Ming took Jiang Jingguo's shoulders and said earnestly: "Brother Xian, the relocation of the enterprise is of great significance to the country and the people, you must complete it well, this is the important task entrusted to you by the country and the people."

Wu Ming's words made Zhang Dongning and Jiang Jingguo feel that the burden on their shoulders was like a thousand catties, and the two looked at each other and nodded together.

Subsequently, Wu Ming and a group of generals held a simple welcome banquet for Jiang Jingguo and Zhao Bingyi in the canteen of the division headquarters. Major General Dai Ziran, chief of staff of the division, Colonel Lu Kuiyuan, director of the adjutant office, and Colonel Zhou Xiangling, chief of the quartermaster department, went to the new 2nd Division military station near the Jiaxing railway station to bring the officers and men of the three regiments to Pinghu. Previously, the five regiments of the supplementary brigade had already transferred personnel to supplement the first and second brigades, and now they have just filled the shortfall.

Of course, as Yu Jishi's 74th Army has established its own replenishment channels, and the five supplementary regiments of the new 2nd Division are obviously exceeded, Wu Ming will not give people the truth to continue to expand, and the remaining officers and soldiers will continue to exist in the name of the Maoliangwu militia after the replenishment to protect the westward relocation of Shanghai enterprises.

Wu Ming, Long Shaogang, and Zhang Ying returned to the division headquarters, and Long Shaogang stopped talking.

Jiang Jingguo's identity is special, Wu Ming handed over such an important matter to him, Long Shaogang was a little uneasy, and finally asked:

"Master, we relocated the factories and enterprises in Shanghai and let Jiang Dagongzi operate them, isn't this a bit ...

Long Shaogang's words were not finished, but Wu Ming understood what he meant, the relocation of those factories and enterprises in Shanghai has huge benefits, and there are many funds involved, and it is likely that Jiang Jingguo will find out the truth, and it will be a big trouble at that time.

"Old Dragon, time is precious to us right now. First of all, as the Japanese army intensifies its offensive, it will not be long before the downtown area of Shanghai will be threatened by war again, and there is not much time left for us. Secondly, the central government in Nanjing has issued a series of documents requiring these factories and enterprises in Shanghai to relocate to the southwest inland area, but the capitalists have disobeyed the rules and only a few enterprises have relocated, which will inevitably trigger a strong backlash from the central government, and there will definitely be corresponding sanctions. In this case, Chiang Ching-kuo's status as a crown prince is a huge deterrent to all sides. ”

Wu Ming explained to Long Shaogang with a smile.

Long Shaogang is also a smart person, and he can see through it at all.

Many factories and enterprises in Shanghai are hens that can lay golden eggs, and most of them have the potential to be transformed into military enterprises.

If Jiang Jingguo is pulled, he can rely on his status as the crown prince to make many people retreat, even Kong Xiangxi, Song Ziwen and others have to scruple about one or two.

In addition, Shanghai is almost concentrated in all the factories in the country, and the relocation of so many enterprises must not be hidden from Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing. Instead of hiding it, it is better to let Chiang Ching-kuo also participate in it and share part of the benefits.

Although Chiang Kai-shek valued Wu Ming very much, from beginning to end, the chairman never gave up control of the new Second Division. Now he took the initiative to put the pigtail in Chiang Kai-shek's hands, and tied it with Chiang Ching-kuo with his interests, which just ⊥ Chiang Kai-shek at ease, which is the same reason as the famous general Wang Jian of Qin State who took the initiative to ask King Qin for tickets and beauties before leading his troops to go on the expedition.

Du Pingzhang, the confidential section chief who had just walked into the division headquarters, heard the conversation between Long Shaogang and Wu Ming, quietly came to Wu Ming's side and handed him a telegram: "Division, this is the latest news from the Shanghai Intelligence Station"

Wu Ming took the telegram, glanced at it slightly, suddenly changed his face, strode to the large map of Songhu hanging on the wall on one side, and directly looked at the map against the telegram.

Long Shaogang was a little surprised, and then knew that the situation on the front line in Songhu had changed, and followed Wu Ming to the map

Wu Ming closed his eyes and pondered for a while after reading it, then stuffed the telegram into Long Shaogang's hand and ordered Du Pingzhang: "Pingzhang, you will gather Luo Yuming, Yang Sixian and other brigade commanders, chiefs of staff, and subordinate regiment commanders and regimental staff officers, let's have a meeting and discuss the battle situation." ”

"What's wrong?" Long Shaogang didn't care about reading the telegram, and hurriedly asked.

"The situation in Songhu is changing too fast"

Wu Ming said sadly: "Yesterday morning, just after dawn, the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on Baoshan City, more than 20 Japanese fighters took turns to strafe and drop bombs, and naval artillery attacked Baoshan City fiercely at the same time, and more than ten places in the city caught fire and burned. By 9 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese ground troops had more than 20 tanks and more than 2,000 infantry rushing straight to Baoshan City, in a vain attempt to descend with a single drum, and the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion of the 583rd Regiment of the 98th Division, which were stationed there, would shrink their troops to the edge of the city and concentrate their forces to resist the Japanese attack. At 11 o'clock, the 3rd Battalion engaged in fierce street fighting with the Japanese army. ”

"At noon, the Japanese army fired sulfur bombs into the city, the city was full of flames, the Japanese army blocked the four gates with tanks, and then the infantry rushed into the city, and the three battalions fought to the death with the Japanese troops who attacked the city in a piece of gunsmoke, and in the last battle, only in Jinjiaxiang in the city, there were more than 200 Japanese soldiers killed by the three battalions."

By two o'clock in the afternoon, all the officers and men of the third battalion were killed under the battalion commander Yao Ziqing, and all the officers and men of the battalion were martyred except for a private who survived the gap and crossed the city, and so far Baoshan City fell. After the Japanese army captured Baoshan, it immediately attacked Yuepu without stopping, made full use of the navy to bombard our army's positions, fired more than 100 shells per minute, and used tethered balloons to rise into the air for observation, and the hit rate was quite accurate. The Japanese infantry advanced slowly, but machine gun bunkers were built every short section. ”

"The officers and men of the 98th Division, who I stayed behind in Yuepu, responded with rifles, machine guns, and mortars, and used strongholds to defend village by village. Yesterday evening, the Japanese army suddenly launched a general attack on Yuepu, and the Japanese army once again concocted the same method, using the ground and river artillery to carry out fierce bombardment, and the fortifications at the eastern end of Yuepu Town were all destroyed, and the defenders suffered heavy casualties, and the position was broken through by the Japanese army. The defenders retreated into the town and engaged in street battles with the Japanese. ”

"While the street fighting was going on, the position of the 1st Division of Hu Zongnan's 1st Army between the right side of Yuepu and Yanghang was broken through in the early hours of this morning, and the 3rd Regiment retreated to the south of Yanghang. At four o'clock this morning, the Japanese army broke through the defensive system of the Chinese army moving in Yuepu, and both Yuepu and Yanghang fell

"By the time of power generation, the 15th Group Army and other units had begun to adjust the front, building defensive positions focusing on Liu Hang and Guangfu, and the whole army had retreated to the first line of Liuhe, Luodian, Shixianggongmiao, Guangfu, Nanxiang, and Yunzaobang. At the same time, the Ninth Army of the Central Route was strictly guarding the banks of the Huangpu River to prevent the Japanese army from getting involved again, and was ready for street fighting."

"In the end, according to rumors in the concession, the Japanese army was ready to send two more divisions to Central China, so that seven divisions of the Japanese army would gather in Shanghai, and the Japanese arrogantly clamored for the destruction of our country within three months. Because the Chinese army retreated so quickly in the past two days, many European and American military observers believe that the Chinese army's resistance will end by December. ”

After seeing Wu Ming's words, Du Pingzhang waved his hand to himself, and immediately went out to inform the military commanders and staff officers of all brigades and regiments to come to the division headquarters for a meeting.

"Is it true that the news of the Japanese army has increased its troops again?"

Long Shaogang couldn't believe his ears a little, although the Japanese army had carried out a national general mobilization, but the Japanese widow and small people, before the war there were only 13 divisions and regiments, even if many divisions and regiments were expanded recently, but all of a sudden put 200,000 troops on the Songhu battlefield, it was really much beyond Long Shaogang's expectations.

"It should be confirmed that the news came from Dai Li's secret service...... Dai Li is insidious and vicious, but his news should be reliable, but the time when the Japanese reinforcements arrived at the Songhu battlefield is uncertain"

After listening to Wu Ming's explanation, Long Shaogang was relieved. Since the outbreak of war in Songhu, the secret service led by Dai Li has taken active action and obtained a lot of valuable information, and if it were not for Zhu Wenhua who planted people in the Shanghai station of the secret service, the intelligence would definitely not be as timely and efficient as it is now.

The 200,000 army is coming, I don't know how many people and horses will have to be mobilized in Nanjing to resist? In Wu Ming's memory, at the end of the day, Nanjing mobilized a total of 70 divisions and 7 brigades, with nearly 600,000 troops. In this way, it was not able to withstand the attack of 300,000 people from nine divisions and another brigade of the Japanese army.

Of course, there are disadvantages in equipment, but Wu Ming still believes that the most important thing is that the bigwigs in Nanjing have always pinned their hopes for peace on the European and American powers.