November 9, Jinshan Weigang District.

A faint mist gradually rose on the sea, the air was filled with the smell of morning dew, a troop transport ship with a displacement of more than 800 tons slowly docked, and many devil soldiers rushed to jump off the boat, and under the shouts of officers at all levels, they quickly organized a formation, lined up in a queue of three, and marched towards the town to the north.

Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu, commander of the 114th Division of the Japanese Army, stepped on the improvised wooden pier, and almost fell into the sea due to numbness of his hands and feet.

Shigeharu Suematsu looked up and saw that it was Major General Mitsuzaburo Akiyama.

Because the former chief of staff, Saburo Isata, had his disembowelment for the loss of the flag of the 150th Wing, and the 114th Division had no chief of staff for the time being, Yanagawa Heisuke asked the commander of the 127th Brigade, Mitsuzaburo Akiyama, to concurrently serve as the chief of staff of the division.

The chief of staff of the Japanese division is usually Osa, but the brigade commander is a major general, and it stands to reason that Mitsuzaburo Akiyama will not agree to this appointment that is almost insulting, but now the 114th Division has become a laughing stock for the officers and men of other divisions and regiments, and he has no choice but to accept this post that disrupts the Japanese army's tradition of separation of powers.

Seeing Akiyama Mitsuzaburo's concerned eyes, Shigeharu Suematsu sighed heavily, reached out and patted the dust on his body, and said to Akiyama: "Oh, it's really old, and the joints of the body are like rusty machines."

Hearing Shigeji Suematsu's self-deprecation, Mitsuzaburo Akiyama could only secretly let out a sigh.

Since the flag of the 150th Wing was captured by the Chinese army, Shigeharu Suematsu has not slept well, and it should be said that every soldier of the 114th Division has not slept well. If the culprits cannot be eliminated, they will bear the shame for the rest of their lives, and they will never want to turn over.

Akiyama Mitsuzaburo helped Shigeharu Suematsu and explained: "General, our Imperial Japanese army is about to encircle and annihilate the Shina army on the Songhu front, and with the disappearance of the main force, it is only a matter of time before the Shina government, which has lost its military strength, surrenders, and I believe we will be able to take revenge soon."

Shigeharu Suematsu didn't say anything, and raised his binoculars to look in the direction of Zhapu and Pinghu. At this time, layers of mist rose on the land, and only a rough outline could be seen.

Mitsuzaburo Akiyama hesitated a little: "General? ”

Shigeharu Suematsu put down the binoculars and slowly turned his head, his originally depressed face suddenly overflowing with murderous energy, and his eyes were sharp and terrifying. Shigeharu Suematsu grabbed the placket of the communications staff officer and ordered loudly:

"Immediately inform everyone in the division that after going ashore, immediately drive north, strive to bypass Dushantang in half a day, enter the preset position on the east bank of East Lake, and launch an attack after a little rest. I want to recapture the lost flag of the Wing and pay tribute to the heroic souls of the warriors of the 150th Wing with Wu Ming's head."

Akiyama Mitsuzaburo was stunned.

In the order of the commander Yanagawa Heisuke, the 114th Division was not allowed to go to war without authorization. This order issued by Shigeharu Suematsu was a shame for the 114th Division, and it would have been great if it could have recaptured the flag of the 150th Wing by the way, but it was contrary to Yanagawa Heisuke's order to build a defensive line and cooperate with friendly forces.

Mitsuzaburo Akiyama thought for a moment and said with difficulty: "General, General Yanagawa Heisuke's side ......"

Shigeji Suematsu raised his hand and interrupted Akiyama Mitsuzaburo's words: "You don't have to worry about this, I will naturally explain it to General Yanagawa Heisuke"

In fact, long before leaving the headquarters of the 10th Army and boarding the troop carrier, Shigeharu Suematsu asked Yanagawa Heisuke to decide to attack on his own after going ashore.

In other words, it was Yanagawa Heisuke who commanded well, and if it failed, then Shigeharu Suematsu, who did not listen to the order, could only disembowelment to thank the emperor.

Shigeharu Suematsu is a ruthless man, and since he has made up his mind, he has no hesitation.

Telling Akiyama Mitsuzaburo about Yanagawa Heisuke's acquiescence, Shigeharu Suematsu said, "If we can't annihilate Wu Ming and his new second division in one fell swoop, once the news spreads, it will be tantamount to a fatal blow to the morale of the people of the Japanese Empire."

"Hail"

Mitsuzaburo Akiyama nodded heavily.

Since the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese army has won a series of victories, but the people's lives have not changed much, but the hardships have increased, but most of the people have not complained, but have actively joined the army and donated, because the general public is full of expectations for victory.

Failure to extinguish the source before the impact spreads will frustrate the morale of the people of the empire is far more terrible than losing one or two local battles.

The powerful relationship between this is well understood, whether it is the generals of the 114th Division, the 10th Army, or the Front Army.

Seeing that Akiyama Mitsuzaburo also agreed with his opinion, Shigeharu Suematsu's tone became more heavy and firm: "Your 127th Brigade will be the absolute main force of the attack, tell Chiba Kotaro of the 102nd Wing and the new Wing Commander of the 66th Wing, Saburo Izawa, I will let the naval aviation and the field artillery wing of the division support them, and start the attack at noon tomorrow......"

Pinghu County, the headquarters of the new Second Division, Wu Ming's office.

Wu Ming sat on a rattan chair and listened to Phoenix Radio's Chinese radio drama "The Ningwu Massacre," which tells the story of another shocking tragedy carried out by the Japanese army in Ningwu County, northern Jin, last month.

After the Japanese army occupied Shuoxian, it took the Ningwu area in northern Shanxi Province as a key target. Although thousands of migrant workers dug trenches and forts on the front line of Yangfangkou to repair the fortifications, the independent brigade of the Jin army had no fighting spirit and did not even see the devil, so they gave up the fortifications and fled in a hurry in the direction of Taiyuan through Ningwu and Jingle.

On the 30th, the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Army's Independent Mixed Brigade set out from Shuo County, passed through Dingzhuangwo, Longyuan Village, Majialiang and other villages in Shenchi County, and went upriver along the Hui River to approach Ningwu County. Since both the Yan army and the Kuomintang county government had retreated, the Japanese army occupied the county seat at about 8 o'clock that night without any resistance.

After the Japanese army entered the city, they disguised their "goodwill" and publicized the establishment of the so-called "royal paradise", and found a traitor named Xing Meisheng to act as the spokesperson for their deceptive propaganda, saying that "there is nothing to do, let's go back to the city to live a peaceful life" Many residents who escaped from the city before the Japanese army entered the city believed it and returned to their homes.

In the days that followed, residents continued to return to the city. Under the pretext of preventing the Nationalist army from attacking the city, the Japanese army forced the masses to block the city gates and covered the city walls with barbed wire, gradually turning the county town into a "concentration camp".

On the morning of 2 October, the Japanese army shouted through the traitor Xing Meisheng and others along the street, and summoned most of the residents of the city to the playground of the Ningwu County Normal School for a "meeting." When 2 or 3,000 people gathered at the venue, the Japanese army secretly blocked the exits on all sides of the playground, allowing them to enter and not go out. On the one hand, five cigarettes and ten fruit candies were given to each of the "participants", saying that they were "comforting the good people".

Just when the crowd was puzzled by this, the Japanese soldiers who were in ambush around the playground suddenly opened fire.

All of a sudden, light and heavy machine guns suddenly fired in unison, and bullets rained down on the crowd, killing thousands of unarmed people on the spot. In an instant, the normal playground was full of blood, corpses piled up like mounds, some of the people who were shot died instantly, some struggled in despair, and the survivors screamed in a hurry and fled in all directions. Some were killed in the run; Some jumped from the city wall and fell to their deaths and were injured; Some tried to move the sandbags blocking the city gate to escape, but were crushed to death by the sandbags; Some did not want to die under the butcher's knife of the Japanese army, and committed suicide by throwing themselves into wells and toilets.

At the same time, another detachment of the Japanese army broke into Yanqing Temple and forced the presiding Venerable Renzhu to hand over the golden Buddha in the temple. But Venerable Renzhu was upright and unyielding, and he never handed over the Golden Buddha. The Japanese army then revealed their murder and killed all 30 or 40 monks in the presiding officer and the monastery, and none of them were spared. Hundreds of migrant workers and refugees from the Tongpu Railway were also killed.

In addition, in Dongguan Street, Jiaochang Street, 700 households, 600 households, 500 households, 300 households, Guanyin Street, Xinjie and other places in the city, the Japanese army searched door to door, wantonly raped and plundered. When he saw a man, he pierced his collarbone with a wire, and dozens of people were killed in a string; When they saw women, they robbed or raped, and the elderly women and young children were not spared. In the event of valuables, they were all threatened, and the shelves and cash drawers of many businesses were ransacked. After that, the Japanese army slaughtered the city for three consecutive days, and about 5,000 compatriots were brutally killed.

The play has a profound interpretation of the brutality of the Japanese army, with the experience of an old woman who has lost her children as the main line, from the retreat of the national army to the almost extinction of the people in the city, which makes people listen to the blood and anger.

At the end of the program, the announcer's voice was unusually low: "This radio drama is based on real events in North China, after the wife and children were killed by the Japanese army, the old woman in the play holds her seven-month-old grandson, begs all the way, and flees to the south......"

Dai Ziran was in tears when he heard it, and when the show ended, he lowered his head and secretly wiped away his tears, then raised his head and said to Wu Ming: "Yes, Phoenix Radio Station has done a good job, commentaries, poems, dramas and radio dramas, everything, and the one that Deputy Chief of Staff Jiang learned from the Soviet Union really works."

Zhang Dongning echoed: "Speaking of which, it is still the division that knows people with discernment, and it is really a person who makes the best use of his talents to hand over the propaganda work to Deputy Chief of Staff Jiang."

"Of course"

Wu Ming nodded and smiled, in fact, many of Chiang Ching-kuo's tricks were slowly started by him in person, and now it has finally exploded with great power, and most of the listeners across the country take Phoenix Radio as their first choice when listening to radio programs, and the Central News Agency Radio has been reduced to the role of playing soy sauce, which no one could have imagined beforehand.

Zhang Dongning turned off the radio, opened the file, and reported: "Division, after the Japanese army occupied Jinshan and Songjiang counties, the waterways of the Huangpu River and Suzhou Creek have been completely cut off, and the relocation of Shanghai enterprises has basically come to an end. During the two-month rescue operation, we relocated a total of 74 enterprises, and under the leadership of Mr. Rong, more than 50 enterprises moved to western Zhejiang. ”

"Maoliangwu and the surrounding Fangcun, Shangcun, Lihu Village, Fenglingang and Kaihua County have planned a large area, and there are currently more than 10 factories with machines and personnel in place. A team of technical teams led by Hou Debang arrived in Majin Town, north of Kaihua County, where a new triacidic and dialkali plant will be built."

The relocation of factories and enterprises did not make Zhang Dongning worry less.

First of all, the purchase of a large and small variety of factories, just the negotiation is a headache, and the subsequent relocation work is even more complicated, including all kinds of suffering, Wu Ming knows all kinds of pain.

Wu Ming personally filled the teacup in front of Zhang Dongning with water, Zhang Dongning took a sip, and continued: "The biggest problem now is that there are not enough houses in the various resettlement sites for the workers and their families to live in, so they can only live in temporary tents temporarily. Although it is said that various factories and enterprises and family areas are already under construction, I am afraid that it will not be put into use until half a year later."

Wu Ming nodded.

Indeed, since the Battle of Songhu, Wu Ming has successively transported more than 10 groups of personnel back to Quzhou, and after the relocation of the factory, the workers, their families, and those managers have been in place one after another, and there are even more people. Although Wu Ming has been on the front line and has not returned to western Zhejiang, it is completely conceivable that the major towns in the Qianligang Mountains must be overcrowded.

Wu Ming thought for a while and asked, "During the relocation process, how were those workers and their families emotional, and were they satisfied with food, clothing, housing and transportation?" ”

"Didn't hear them whining...... With Deputy Chief of Staff Chiang in the center, Li Kun handled everything properly, and the workers and their families were very considerate."

Zhang Dongning shook his head and said, "Division, now the people in western Zhejiang are very concerned about the war in Shanghai, especially the safety of the new Second Division. Before leaving, the two sisters-in-law took my hand and asked me to tell you that you must take good care of yourself Zemin, and Ruhua also asked me to bring you a message, saying that they miss you."

Listening to Zhang Dongning talk about his family, Wu Ming's heart was full of warmth, and the figures of his wife and children came to mind. Didn't you come to Shanghai to fight the war just to protect your family and defend the country, and not to keep your family from worrying? But the truth still worries them.

Seeing Zhang Dongning, who was in the dust, it had only been two months, and he had obviously lost a lot of weight, Wu Ming patted Zhang Dongning's shoulder heavily, and sighed: "I've worked hard for you this time."

"Where is the hard work, the brothers are working hard with the Japanese army on the front line, and I just run errands" In the face of Wu Ming's praise, Zhang Dongning was a little embarrassed and said modestly.

"More than 70 factories and enterprises have all moved away, and there are so many things to think about, I think only the chief of staff can complete it, why isn't it hard?"

Dai Ziran on the side looked at Zhang Dongning, his face was full of concern: "If this matter is handed over to me, maybe it will be done."

"That's why I didn't let you be responsible," Wu Ming glanced at Dai Ziran angrily. Dai Ziran is not good at dealing with specific affairs, but he has an extremely keen sense of the battlefield, and can often find key points from the intricate situation, so as to come up with solutions. The plan of annihilating the 150th Wing of the Japanese Army and luring the enemy into the depths was also proposed by Dai Ziran, and it was gradually formed after the staff officers of the General Staff Office deduced and discussed it step by step.

After the gossip, Zhang Dongning asked with a worried face: "Division, I heard that the chairman of the committee issued an order for the general retreat of the whole army last night?" ”

Hearing Zhang Dongning's question, Wu Ming's face was a little unsightly, and he nodded and replied: "Yes, I heard that the retreat order was issued, and the people of the front line were panicked-"

Speaking of this, Wu Ming smiled bitterly: "There is also the credit of our Phoenix Radio Station in this."

"Shizao, when I came by boat from Hangzhou, I saw that many troops were lax in discipline, and there were routs and robberies of people's property from time to time along the way, and some bold and reckless people robbed things when they saw them, which was really more barbaric than bandits——"

Zhang Dongning complained rather dissatisfied.