081 The Eve of the Great War
Pu Yi and his entourage took a special plane and landed at Nanjing's Dajiaochang Military Airport. As soon as the plane landed, more than a dozen young men wearing blue lapel national uniforms and not smiling walked to the entrance of the spiral staircase, and they took over the place after showing their documents to the people escorting Pu Yi.
A young man with a Chinese face at the head came over and said, "Mr. Puyi, we are from the Military Affairs Investigation Department of the Reserve Cadres Department of the Ministry of National Defense, and we have been ordered to come to greet you and your wife. Please come with me in the car. ”
The words are polite, but the tone is very cold. Pu Yi couldn't help but feel a sense of indifference after hearing this, but it was already like this, and it was useless to be afraid, so he raised the civilization stick in his hand and motioned to the other party to lead the way.
Pu Yi followed the young man into a black Buick car, this car looked a little familiar, he looked carefully, only to find that this was purchased by himself when he was in Tianjin.
"This is my car?" He couldn't help but ask.
The unsmiling young man nodded, "Yes, this is your car." ”
"This car was specially transported?" Pu Yi asked again.
The young man nodded, "Sir, please get in the car as soon as possible." ”
He urged, Pu Yi nodded in response, and got into his Buick car. The two Yellow River jeeps started one after another, and after the convoy left the airport, it drove straight to the city.
By this time, the city had recovered most of its appearance, and along the way, it seemed that there were fewer and fewer traces of war, and the wide roads were full of cultivators and vehicles, and on the construction sites on both sides of the road, workers wearing willow hats and various construction vehicles were in an endless stream.
Pu Yi couldn't remember when he came to Nanjing before, and now it seems that his impression of Nanjing is completely useless.
"This Nanjing, I'm afraid it's been re-planned?" Pu Yi looked out the window and said to himself.
The unsmiling young man sitting in the co-pilot seat nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Liang Sicheng was invited to participate in the design, which retains the ancient appearance of Nanjing City and some traces of war to the greatest extent." ”
"No wonder it's so, it turned out to be from everyone's hand!" Pu Yi nodded slightly.
The car drove forward, and after about half an hour, it stopped. Seeing the sign on the side of the road that read "Fenglin Road", Pu Yi was a little surprised, he knew that Fenglin Road was the residence of important officials at all levels of the Nanjing government, how could today's car come here?
Could it be that who wants to see him? Or is there some kind of prison here?
Pu Yi was wondering when the car stopped in front of a Chinese-style courtyard. Although this courtyard is not large, looking at the red gate pillars, plus the stone lions and seven steps at the door, it also looks magnificent.
The unsmiling young man in front got out of the car and helped Pu Yi open the door, and then put his left hand on the door frame to prevent Pu Yi from hitting his head when he got out of the car.
Pu Yi got out of the car, and after walking to the gate of the courtyard, the young man waved his hand to the car next to him, and the people in the car who followed him got down, and then took down some rattan boxes in the car.
"Mr. Puyi, here are your daily necessities in the Northeast, you can see if it is logarithmic." After the young man finished speaking, he handed him the key and said, "This is the accommodation arranged for you, the water and electricity are connected, and the servants are all short-term. The driver of the car has also found you a good one, but it is all short-term. In order to reassure yourself, after three days you can go to the labor employment by yourself, and by the way, if you have any problems, you can always report them to us by phone. ”
After the young man finished speaking, he handed a bunch of keys to Pu Yi, and then handed him a number, saying that he could call at any time if he had any questions.
"By the way, you are free here without any restrictions, and you can go wherever you want except to go abroad." After speaking, the young man babbled and confessed, and Pu Yi realized after listening to it that he did not come to Nanjing to become a "prisoner".
He nodded and said, "Okay, I see." ”
After the handover was arranged, the man got into the car one after another, and Pu Yi looked at the convoy that was leaving, and couldn't remember what the other party was going to do.
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After the people from the pre-cadre department returned, they directly reported the progress of the matter to Yang Yibing. Yang Yibing said after hearing this: "Well, keep an eye on it at all times, this person will still have use value in the future, and he must not be allowed to run away again." ”
"Yes!" The other party said in the receiver of the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Yang Yibing's secretary walked in and said, "Comrade Yibing, there is the latest news in Shanghai. ”
"Okay, take it in." Yang Yibing said.
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After being attacked by submarines one after another, the Japanese troops in Shanghai had to slow down their evacuation. Everyone knows that no matter how brave and good at fighting the army units are at sea, they will become fish on the chopping board, and in the face of the elusive submarine force, they can only be slaughtered by others.
Within a week, five groups of Japanese convoys were attacked by submarines, and more than 30,000 Japanese troops were killed at sea, much to the annoyance of Tokyo.
As a result, the evacuation plan had to be postponed.
But it's not an option to dry up without evacuation. On the one hand, whether it was the Pacific Theater or Northeast Asia, they were facing a severe war situation, and it was a very unwise choice to spend a large number of troops in Shanghai, which was impossible to defend.
On the other hand, the imminent implementation of the "kamikaze plan" drawn up by the Tokyo base camp would either be abolished or bombed along with these Japanese troops if the evacuation was not carried out in time.
Clearly, neither plan can be scrapped. These senior staff members in the Tokyo base camp can only negotiate a foolproof plan. On the one hand, they demanded that the "kamikaze plan" not be carried out before the withdrawal of the Japanese troops, and on the other hand, they demanded that the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai be evacuated to Taiwan and other places by land, sea, and air, and at the same time they should send naval ships to strengthen the escort of the surface fleet.
In this way, the problem of the Japanese dispatch fleet stationed in Shanghai, which had plagued them, was solved, and almost all the ships of this naval fleet were sent to escort the Japanese troop transports.
After confirming this information from internal intelligence and reconnaissance, the Reserve Cadre Division passed the information to Xue Boling's front-line command.
Xue Boling smiled slightly after seeing it, he knew that the best time to attack Shanghai had come.
He immediately demanded that an operational meeting be convened immediately to make arrangements for the final deployment of the attack on Shanghai.
The generals quickly concentrated, and Xue Boling immediately announced that at three o'clock in the morning, a general attack on Shanghai would be launched.
After hearing this, the generals were shocked, and everyone looked towards Xue Boling.
Xue Boling handed the baton to Chief of Staff Wu Yizhi, "Next, I would like to ask Chief of Staff Wu to give you an introduction to the deployment." ”
After glancing at the crowd, Wu Yizhi pointed to the huge map of Shanghai and said, "Everyone, please see, the suburbs of Shanghai have flat terrain, dense villages, and rivers and ditches. The Japanese defenders built a large number of group fortifications in the suburbs and near the urban areas, with cement bunkers as the core and civilian buildings as the auxiliary, forming a frontal defense system. ”
"Under such circumstances, it is bound to be inconvenient for our mechanized corps to maneuver and approach operations. And after entering the city, the buildings in downtown Shanghai are tall and sturdy, and they are adjacent to residential areas, which puts certain restrictions on the use of firepower. Please see, the main urban area of Shanghai is located on the west bank of the Huangpu River, and the Wuli in the north of the city is located at the intersection of the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River, which is the transportation throat of Shanghai city to the sea. Therefore, our offensive deployment is as follows. ”
After Wu Yizhi finished speaking, he left a moment for the generals, and the generals began to take out their notebooks to prepare for the record.
Seeing that everyone was almost ready, Chief of Staff Wu continued: "The 75th Division, the 32nd Division, the 63rd Division, and the 29th Division respectively detoured to Wusongkou from the two flanks of Pudong and Puxi, cut off the enemy's retreat by sea, and then besieged the urban area to divide and annihilate the defenders. ”
"Yes!" After hearing this, the four military commanders leaned on their heels and snapped their feet.
Chief of Staff Wu continued: "The 17th Division, in coordination with the 14th Division, the 63rd Army and other units, attacked from Changshu and Suzhou to Kunshan, Taicang, and Jiading, penetrated directly into Wusong and Baoshan, and blocked the mouth of the Huangpu River. ”
"The three divisions remaining in Kunshan were assembled south of Songjiang and Jiaxing and east of it, and captured Wusongkou and Qingpu. Later, the eastern, southern, and western sides and the 63rd Army and other troops attacked the downtown area of Shanghai. ”
"Yes!" There was another sound of heels being pressed together.
After Chief of Staff Wu finished speaking, he saw that the troops had almost been allocated, and then continued: "Before that, the brothers who have landed in the air must take the lead in launching an attack on Shanghai, so as to lay a forward station for our subsequent attack. In addition, everyone must give orders to go down, and when attacking, they must do a good job of identifying friend and foe, so as not to injure their brothers by mistake. ”
Everyone turned their eyes to Huang Zhengzhong, Huang Zhengzhong and Zhu Jingxing looked at each other and stood up and said, "Yes!" ”
"By the way, I forgot to introduce to you, these two in front of me are the commanders who captured the riverside Zhengsan alive in Yangon, Myanmar."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was in awe.
Xue Boling said to everyone again: "The airborne brothers and the air force will support us in advance, but I heard that Matsui Ishine has run back to Japan, and this time you can't be captured alive." ”
After a few jokes, he said solemnly: "Here, on behalf of myself and the First Army, I would like to thank the brothers who have parachuted in. ”
Huang Zhengzhong waved his hand, "Commander Xue doesn't have to be polite, everyone is a national defense force, and the division of labor is different." I hope that the other brothers will work together to recover Shanghai! ”
After Huang Zhengzhong said a few words, the command post spontaneously applauded, which was not only an affirmation of what he had just said, but also a tribute to them for taking the lead in going deep into the tiger's den.
After a while, Xue Boling pressed his hands and motioned for everyone to stop applauding, and he said with a straight face: "Our request is very simple, and this is also the request that Nanjing put forward to us, to attack Shanghai, not only to annihilate the defenders, but also to take over Shanghai completely, to build after Lier, and to protect foreign nationals." Time is running out, so let's go back and get ready. ”
When he had finished speaking, all the generals dispersed. A big war is coming.