Huang Ke was really surprised, the Sino-Japanese war is imminent, Shanghai is currently the weakest area of the Japanese army, at this time, taking advantage of the Japanese reinforcements to arrive in one fell swoop, it is undoubtedly the best fighter, if you give up at this time, the consequences are not difficult to imagine.

The fighter plane is fleeting, how can there be the slightest hesitation?

However, Wang Jingwei was still the chairman of the national government, and Huang Ke still gave him face, and he asked: "The Japanese marines have taken the lead in attacking me in Zhabei, and Sun Liren's armed police force has suffered heavy losses. At this time, we have just finished rectifying, what is the intention of suspending the war against the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai? ”

Wang Jingwei smiled and said, "Brother Xinghua, you have to remember that war is a continuation of politics. There's a lot of politics in that. ”

Huang Ke didn't understand, he didn't speak, and looked at Wang Jingwei puzzled.

Wang Jingwei leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs and said slowly: "The consuls of Britain, France, Germany, and the United States have conducted urgent consultations with me, and they have promised to mediate for the common interests of Shanghai. The international community would put pressure on the Japanese side to return Shanghai to its pre-war posture or make it a permanent undefended city. ”

Wang Jingwei said slowly, with a smug smile on his face from time to time. Admittedly, this view of his is not unreasonable, but it is unreliable to pin all hopes on foreign mediation for the fleeting of the warplane.

"Besides, we are now fighting the Japanese in Shanghai, Shandong, and Northeast China, and we will be a little nervous in terms of troops. The fact that a ceasefire can be achieved in Shanghai will have an impact on the deployment of troops in the above two battlefields and even in the whole country. After Wang Jingwei finished speaking, he asked Huang Ke with his eyes.

Huang Ke frowned and asked, "Brother Zhaoming, what should the Japanese do if they use this as a delaying tactic?" To tell you the truth, our intelligence system has learned that the Japanese military department is already studying the matter of increasing troops in Shanghai, and once the Japanese increase their troops, they will ......."

"No, it won't!" Before Huang Ke could finish speaking, Wang Jingwei interrupted him and said: "Britain, France, Germany, and the United States all have common interests in Shanghai, and they will definitely not sit idly by and watch the Japanese occupy Shanghai." No one dares to be sloppy in the face of interests. In this way, you can deploy according to the original plan, just postpone the attack for a while, and if the Japanese really play any tricks, we will not be too late to attack. ”

Huang Ke shook his head: "The timing on the battlefield is difficult to grasp, let alone you, even our military staff can't keep abreast of the latest developments, where can we take it for granted to deploy?" ”

Listening to Huang Ke's words, Wang Jingwei's face turned up, and he patted the armrest of the sofa and said, "Brother Xinghua, you can't just think about military and not politics. If you insist on going your own way like this, it will chill the hearts of our comrades who are working the diplomatic front, and all our previous efforts will be in vain, and this is not a problem involving you and me, but a matter involving the national level. ”

Huang Ke smiled indifferently, he flicked the dust that did not exist on his clothes and said: "Chairman Wang, you are an expert in diplomacy and politics, but I am still in charge of military affairs." ”

After Wang Jingwei left, Huang Ke issued a combat order to the Songhu Garrison Command in the name of the Ministry of National Defense.

At the same time, Huang Ke also called Du Yuesheng in Shanghai in his private name. His meaning is very simple, he hopes that Du Yuesheng and Xu Wenqiang can stabilize Shanghai and not let the Japanese ronin interfere too much with military operations.

The disciples of the Qinggang in Shanghai can be said to be all over the corner, and Huang Ke used this trick to deal with the Japanese ronin during the Northern Expedition, and now this trick is still in use, which can be said to be tried and tested.

However, in addition to the local gangsters, Huang Ke also asked Yang Yibing to pay more attention to the Japanese ronin in Shanghai. As a result, the action team of the pre-cadre office in Shanghai has one more job - assassination.

Before Huang Ke made these deployments, Tokyo, Japan, thousands of miles away, had already ushered in the first rays of dawn due to the time difference.

At the command post of the Tokyo base camp, senior officials from the Ministry of the Army, the Ministry of the Navy, the General Staff Headquarters, and the Naval Command Department gathered together and stayed up all night. The room was filled with the smell of smoke, and there was no doubt that the high-ranking generals had engaged in a night of heated discussions.

Although the Japanese army and navy have always been not in harmony, the generals of both sides maintained a friendly attitude in the face of the war, and after all, they were able to sit together because they shared common goals and interests.

The east is white, and the temperature has gradually risen. The senior generals who had been arguing all night were a little tired, their eyes were bloodshot, and their eyes were like pandas.

"The sun of the empire has risen!" Army General Shunroku Hata stretched out and walked to the conference room, he opened the curtains with a bang, and the sunlight shone in through the glass.

"Oh? General Shunroku Hatata, aren't you worried about the air raid by the planes of Shina? Admiral Mitsumasa Yonechi quipped.

Seishiro Itagaki, a senior staff officer who was transferred to the Army General Staff Headquarters, said with a smile after listening to Mitsumasa Yonechi's words: "I'm afraid that the planes from Shina need to take off from Kyushu to be able to fly here, but they have already been sunk by the navy before they can prepare on land." ”

"Haha!" There was a burst of laughter in the conference room.

After a while, Navy Minister Nagano Shusei walked in, he had gone to the bathroom in the morning. As soon as he walked in, he smelled the smell of rice, and he took a deep breath and said, "It seems that someone has prepared a tempting rice ball for us!" ”

As he spoke, a group of rear admirals walked in with a lot of rice balls and dishes. He smiled and said to everyone, "Gentlemen, please come and have some breakfast!" ”

As he spoke, the major general brought a bowl of exquisite rice porridge to Nagano Xiushen, who was sitting on a chair and closed his eyes to recuperate, looked up and saw that it was his deputy official Yamamoto Fifty-six.

A smile appeared on his face. This is really a smart guy, whether it is the study of war or the relationship with his colleagues, he is able to make the people around him more satisfied.

Nagano Xiu brought rice porridge and ate it slowly. After a night of suffering, the senior generals were already empty, so when faced with delicious food, they didn't pay attention to the occasion to eat.

Halfway through the meal, Nagano Xiu stepped forward with a bowl and said, "The fleet that rushed to Shanghai will be commanded by Yamamoto, I believe he will be an excellent admiral!" ”

Naturally, the Ministry of War did not interfere in the personnel appointment of the Navy, and the army generals agreed one after another, and the generals in the Navy Department also knew the weight of Nagano and the ability of Yamamoto Isoroku, so naturally they would not object. So the commander of the naval fleet on the Shanghai side fell on the shoulders of Yamamoto Isoroku.

At the same time, Army General Shunroku Hata and Seishiro Itagaki also planned the personnel of the War Department to rush to Shanghai, and a guy named Matsui Ishine was brought up.

"The Sixth Division suffered heavy losses from the fierce attack of the Huang Ke Division of the Chinese Army many years ago, so in terms of dispatching troops in Shanghai, the Sixth Division should also be mobilized." Seishiro Itagaki suggested.

"The mourning soldiers will win! This is what the people of China said. A general chimed in.

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After a night of discussions, the Japanese military department came up with a proposal to increase the number of troops in China's war, including the reinforcement of two divisions in Shanghai, the reinforcement of two divisions in the Shandong battlefield, and the reinforcement of the air force stationed in Taiwan to Shanghai and other places.

It was reported to the Emperor in the morning. Emperor Hirohito immediately approved the battle plan.

A few days later, nearly 200,000 troops from the Kwantung Army, the North China Dispatch Army, and the Shanghai Dispatch Army set out from Japan for China, which was a strip of water with him, and they called this war "holy war"!

By the time the Japanese were increasing their troops in Shanghai, a new deployment had already been made on the Shanghai battlefield, and the Shanghai Armed Police Force, which had been reorganized, was ready to take a leap of the plunge and prepare to eat the main force of the Japanese army stationed in Shanghai in one fell swoop.

This plan was timely for Sun Liren, because a few days earlier, his Songhu armed police force had been attacked by Japanese marines, and the troops had suffered heavy losses, and Sun Liren had also suffered infamy.

It turned out that on the day of the Japanese attack on Zhabei, Sun Liren was not in Shanghai, and he was conducting a military investigation of the First Group Army in the northeast.

You must know that although the Songhu Armed Police Force is in the name of "police", people with a discerning eye know that this armed police force is not an armed police force in the traditional sense, but a well-equipped mechanized division.

Naturally, it was a field force, and its scope of business was not limited to maintaining law and order, and in fact this unit was the only mobile military force of the Nanjing government in the Shanghai area.

Because of this, exchanges between the Songhu armed police force and the field units of various major theaters are also very frequent.

This time it was Sun Liren's old unit, the First Group Army, that went there. The army commander Xue Boling is his old superior, although the two have a clear distinction between superiors and subordinates, they are about the same age, and they are also fans of armor, and they are naturally speculative in chatting. Talking late at night, when the two were about to go to sleep, they received a battle report - the Japanese Kwantung Army launched a surprise attack on the First Army.

When Sun Liren heard the news, he immediately reacted, will the Japanese do it in Shanghai? Sure enough, that night the Japanese marines launched a surprise attack on the Songhu armed police force station, and concentrated their forces to attack Zhabei and other places.

In the surprise attack, the Songhu armed police force suffered considerable losses, but the main force remained. After Sun Liren returned to Shanghai, he immediately began to assemble troops, and after receiving the combat order from the Ministry of National Defense, he immediately deployed an operational plan to prepare for an annihilation strike against the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai.

The Songhu armed police force gathered more than 5,000 troops, and prepared to attack the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai in two directions. The officers and men of the armed police force wearing steel helmets and grass-green uniforms marched towards the Japanese garrison under the cover of tanks, heavy artillery, and armor.