Chapter 426 The Wind Rises in Shanghai

After receiving Chairman Chiang's telegram, Tang Qiuli sighed for a long time, not daring to say that everyone was drunk, but the old man was sober, at least Chairman Chiang saw that North China was a solid barrier in the Central Plains, and more than one million Japanese troops were hungry wolves locked in cages by Tang Qiuli.

At the end of the telegram, the old man also said: "Qiuli, I have high hopes for you, and you will be able to bear the overall situation of the war against Japan in the future, and I am very relieved that the independent division can expand the army according to actual needs, and there is no need to be confined to the relevant regulations of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the central authorities will devote financial resources to ensure the needs of the independent division to expand the army."

The implication is that you Tang Qiuli have the ability to expand the army to several million, and I, Jiang Zhongzheng, also pay all out of my pocket, as long as you keep the Japanese in North China, this trust is something that Chairman Jiang does not have for anyone, and his henchmen such as Chen Cheng and Gu Zhu are the same, and they do not have such a free hand, Tang Qiuli feels the weight on his shoulders.

With Chairman Chiang's personal approval, Tang Qiuli set up a conscription committee headed by Yu Guanghan, chief of staff of the independent division, and Mei Ting, chief secretary of the secretariat, to set up a large number of conscription stations in various cities and villages in the interior.

Before all the members of the conscription committee set off, Tang Qiuli personally designed and made two sets of costumes for each officer that were different from conventional military uniforms, and the armband was a five-clawed golden dragon embroidered with gold thread, soaring over the Great Wall.

Especially when Mei Ting put on a new-style military uniform, it was the effect of adding huā to the cake, she was radiant and heroic at that time, and Tang Qiuli was stunned, this beautiful and moving NV colonel was his wife, Tang Qiuli had a deep sense of accomplishment, and a little bit of pride.

Tang Qiuli also has a layer of meaning, this new military uniform is undoubtedly the mén side of the independent division, it is very attractive, those hot-blooded young people, seeing such a mighty military uniform, still can't help but yearn for the independent division, it is undeniable that before the crossing, he chose to join the special forces, and a large part of the factors were towards the military uniform.

The North China Independent Division has created a brilliant record on the battlefield, after the vigorous publicity of the major media, the deliberate promotion of the national government, it has long been a household name, Tang Qiuli's three battles and three victories, but also by the people's fabulous talk, for a time, when the soldiers want to go to the independent division, it has become a word on the lips of the enthusiastic young people, not only because of the generous treatment of the independent division, it is a place that can make the green chūn fly, let the blood boil, the beacon fire in the north, the south of the Yangtze River smells the smoke of gunpowder.

Most of the recruits recruited from various places were sent to the Huangya Dòng base area in Taihang Mountain, and those who were educated were sent to the Dingbian Special Economic Zone after examination, and entered the Dingbian Military Command College to study, which is an academy for training grassroots commanders for all units of independent divisions.

At this time, the famous military educator of the Republic of China, General Jiang Baili, came to the North China front line where the smoke disappeared, and met Tang Qiuli, who he had long wanted to see in the headquarters of the independent division in Baoding.

He came back from studying in Japan, and he knew well the will of the Japanese soldiers to fight and Japan's national strength, for Tang Qiuli's achievements, General Jiang Baili asked himself whether he could do it, and this young general, who was only more than 20 years old, in his heart the mystery of the existence of zài, Tang Qiuli for General Jiang Baili, has been in love for a long time, this is a genius military strategist, after a long talk, General Jiang Baili gladly accepted Tang Qiuli's invitation, as the dean of the Dingbian Military Command College, and immediately went to Dingbian to take up his post.

Within a few days, more than 50,000 recruits from all over the country rushed to Huangya Dòng, and Wu Hongtao, the commander of the replenishment brigade, was immediately too busy, and just sent away more than 10,000 recruits who had already completed training and added them to various units, and before they had time to take a breath, more than 50,000 people came, listening to the meaning of the division commander.

Tang Qiuli also noticed this, the organizational structure of the recruit supplementary brigade is obviously no longer suitable for the needs of large-scale army expansion, and those who can enter the Dingbian Military Academy are among the few, after all, he decided to set up an independent division training headquarters, and Wu Hongtao, the former commander of the recruit supplementary brigade of the independent division, served as the commander, and Zhu Guangyi, the former deputy brigade commander of the Huangya Dòng Garrison Brigade, served as the chief of staff, and transferred some company and platoon-level cadres from various field infantry brigades, artillery brigades, cavalry brigades, and air defense brigades to serve as instructors, which relieved Wu Hongtao's pressure.

Tang Qiuli was busy expanding the troops, he was in a hurry, he could only look at the steady stream of recruits who came to Huangya Dòng, swallowing his saliva wildly, this batch of recruits, if they want to form combat effectiveness, it is not possible to do it without half a year, he can't each issue a gun, and directly pull it up to fight the Japanese army, but the Japanese did not give him enough time, seeing that it was August 8, 1937, and in five days, the famous August 13 Incident in Shanghai, which is about to break out.

Tang Qiuli secretly prayed, I hope that the Japanese will suffer a big loss in North China, all their attention is on themselves, there is no plan to start in the direction of Shanghai for the time being, as long as he is given half a year, he will have the strength to fight on two fronts, and now, just to deal with the Japanese army in North China, he already feels a little difficult.

Because after the "1 and 28" incidents in 1932, the state government was forced to sign the "Songhu Armistice Agreement" with the Japanese side, which stipulated that the squadron was not allowed to be stationed in and around the downtown area of Shanghai, and that only the Shanghai Municipal Police Corps under the command of Yang Hu, commander of the Songhu garrison, and two regiments of the Jiangsu Security Force, were stationed in the city, and the troops were very weak, so that the Chinese side fell into a very passive situation.

On the other hand, the Japanese army, not restricted by the "Songhu Armistice Agreement," stationed heavy troops in the Hongkou and Yangshupu areas of Shanghai, and set up a special headquarters of the Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai, with more than 13,000 marines stationed in Shanghai, and a large number of Japanese warships patrolling along the Yangtze River and Huangpu River all year round, and could provide heavy fire support for the Japanese army at any time and shell the positions of the Chinese defenders.

If the Japanese start in the direction of Shanghai, the first battle, it will definitely be the squadron that suffers, and they cannot afford to fight on two fronts now, and the battlefield must not be opened in the direction of Songhu, otherwise, the Sulu Mobile Corps of Qiushengge, which is staying in Zaozhuang, Shandong, and Xuzhou, Jiangsu, as long as it sends three brigades of troops, can drive the Japanese marines down the Huangpu River to feed Wang Ba, which is a unit developed by the old foundation of the independent division, and its combat effectiveness is not weaker than the dozen or so brigades in its own hands.

Tang Qiuli secretly hated, Shanghai is a dead end, we must find a way to crack it, looking around the coast of China, it is like a broken fishing net, there are holes everywhere, the coastal defense force is almost zero, the Japanese can form an arrow to attack the interior wherever they land, and the Japanese reinforcements in North China have all been in place for three or four days, and there has been no big move, which is doubtful in itself, whether they have not completed the strategic deployment, or are they waiting for some opportunity?

On the evening of 8 August, Tang Qiuli sent a telegram to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing: "Nanjing, Chairman Chiang's Xunjian, looking at the Songhu area, the shape is very dangerous, there are only more than 5,000 of our troops in the urban area, and if the war breaks out and the Japanese marines enter a no-man's land, then Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and the capital are also under the threat of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army in North China has completed its reinforcement and has not moved, and it seems that it is expected to strike an all-out blow; due to the pressure of the Japanese army, it is difficult for the troops under the Yellow River Theater Command to reinforce it, and Shanghai will not be protected." ”

"Qiuli has a Jianyi, which can follow the layout of our independent division in Tianjin before, with two to three divisions of field troops, disguised as the Shanghai police force, in order to strengthen the garrison force in the urban area of Shanghai, and General Zhang Zhizhong, the chief of education of the Central Military Academy, to replace the post of General Yang Hu, commander of the Songhu garrison, and unify the transfer of our military strength in the Shanghai area, and the Tang Qiusheng Department of the Sulu Mobile Corps of the independent division staying in the Sulu border area, can also adjust the strength of the three brigades to enter the periphery of Songhu to echo, and if necessary, it can be commanded by General Zhang Zhizhong, Whether the above mention is feasible or not, I will consider it with the chairman of the committee, and look forward to the return of the Tang Dynasty, at midnight on August 8, the 28th year of the Republic of China. ”

Tang Qiuli has no choice, it is another Songhu agreement, which is the same as the Tanggu agreement, it is all open to the Japanese, and the Japanese can fight at any time, North China has been bloody, wolf smoke is everywhere, and the national government has not declared war on Japan, and is still seeking foreign means to solve it, is there still less loss? The Northeast is an example, what kind of League of Nations, the, not to let the Japanese occupy the Northeast, and nòng out of Manchukuo.

The fist is the axiom, the gun is a famous saying, there is no military strength as a backing, the mouth can't beat the fist, and the outside jiāo is the end of being bullied, he gave the old man the idea to be flexible, so as not to fight in Shanghai, so he hurriedly dispatched troops, hurriedly luàn, and fell into passivity, as for General Zhang Zhizhong to replace Yang Hu, Tang Qiuli knows history well, General Zhang Zhizhong, but a famous general in the **, his style and bones, so that Tang Qiuli is quite admired.

As for the general Yang Hu, although he also left his name in history, however, the name of the tiger does not match, killing the ** party members, but the tiger is vigorous, and the Japanese are against the Japanese, probably similar to the cat, the situation is not good, I ran on the roof early, a huge Shanghai, Nanjing's southeast mén household, jiāo to a person who looks like a tiger is actually a cat, how can Tang Qiuli rest assured.

In the early morning of 9 August, Chairman Chiang sent a telegram back: "Qiu Li, I have heard all the calls, and the opinions put forward are very good, and Shanghai is also worried about me, so I will order Wenbai to go to Shanghai to take over Yang Hu's post, and the 87th and 88th Divisions of the Army and the 36th Division of Song Xilian's headquarters, totaling more than 30,000 people, will be stationed in Shanghai in the name of the police force, and the deployment will be completed in a few days. ”

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