readx;? At this time, the successive defeats on the battlefield in North China, the successive losses of large cities such as Beiping, Tianjin, Baoding, and Shijiazhuang brought a cloud of gloom to the Chinese people and the Nanjing government, and hundreds of thousands of people on the battlefield north of Shanghai struggled to support in the face of the successive attacks of the Japanese army. www.biquge.info The great victory of Songjiang Castle at this time, and the total annihilation of the strongest Sixth Division of the Japanese army, the commander of the division, Lieutenant General Gu Shoufu, the chief of staff, Shimono Ichihuo Dazuo, and the commanders of the two major generals and brigades at the same time, this news was like a shot in the arm, so that the Nanjing government could not be ecstatic.

When the battle report was delivered to Chiang Kai-shek by the commander-in-chief He Yingqin, Chiang Kai-shek asked in disbelief after reading the battle report: "Is the war report true?" He Yingqin replied: "Commission, along with the battle report, there are also collar badges, epaulettes, officer ID cards, and command knives of the Japanese officers who were killed, which should be accurate. Chiang Kai-shek excitedly said a few words "good". The significance of this victory in Songjiang City is not only to strike at the Japanese army, improve morale, and stabilize the Shanghai defense line, but more importantly, to make Chiang Kai-shek's international speech more confident, and also to make Chiang Kai-shek's Nanjing government a rare time after the Japanese army fully invaded China.

With this alone, it is impossible to overstate how to reward Wang Haitao and the new ninety division. Therefore, under Chiang Kai-shek's personal instructions, the rewards for Wang Haitao and the meritorious people of the New 90th Division were quickly decided, along with a 08th Division. Wang Haitao's military rank is already a lieutenant general, and he should be promoted to a general according to his military merits, but after all, Wang Haitao is only a division commander in his thirties, and now the commander of some ** troops is also a lieutenant general.

The military rank cannot be further promoted, so it can only be compensated in other aspects, a National Glory Medal, a Zhongzheng sword, a personal million yuan in legal currency, a whole division of three million yuan in legal currency, and other rewards have all been set within a few days. Because the Shanghai defense line was already relatively stable, Jiang Zhongzheng, as the commander of the Third Theater of Operations, proposed to personally inspect the Shanghai defense line and meet Wang Haitao, commander of the new 90th Division, who had repeatedly made meritorious service in battle, and personally confer medals on him.

At the same time, the major news media in China reported the news of the great victory of the new 90th Division in Songjiang County on the front page, and there were also photos of the epaulettes, collar badges, military ID cards, command knives, and other items handed over by the senior general of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army after he was conferred the title. Suddenly Nanjing and the whole country are boiling because of this great victory, the Chinese people have heard too much news of the defeat, they have already been numb, this victory is like a thunder, so that the numb heart of the Chinese people more excitement and surprise, more victory more confidence.

The most excited were the teachers and students of the major colleges and universities, who spontaneously organized, sang patriotic songs, shouted patriotic slogans, took to the streets, and held parades. During and after the parade, the action of solidarity with the Shanghai front line and the donation of money and materials to the New 90th Division was launched. Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Xuzhou, Chengdu and other major cities have the same parade, the same fundraising. The popularity and popularity of the New 90th Division among the Chinese people have reached new heights. There are patriotic youths and students everywhere who are desperate to sign up to join the army, and they all want to join the new 90th Division.

The news of the victory in Songjiang City was also reported by Xinhua Daily, and Wang Haitao and the New Ninety Division naturally received the attention of the first party. After the Shanghai Bureau reported the information of Wang Haitao and the New 90th Division, it was as if it was explained in the report that Wang Haitao had no ill will towards the New 90th Division, and some party members had already entered the New 90th Division and served as middle-level officers, and Wang Haitao did not stop the situation after knowing about it.

After these materials and reports were sent to the Central Committee, they aroused the interest of the top level of the Central Committee, and a special meeting was held for this purpose. At the meeting, even Commander-in-Chief Zhu said: "If the new 90th Division, a unit that can fight, can fight, and dare to fight, can join our party's side, it will have an immeasurable increase in the combat effectiveness of the entire party's troops." It will also be a great boost to the morale of the whole army. ”

After the meeting, Mao Dada personally instructed the Shanghai Bureau to make further contact with the new 90th Division and division commander Wang Haitao, and to strive for the best, even if it can't, to give support and help to such an important contingent on the anti-Japanese battlefield as much as possible. After the instruction was conveyed to the Shanghai Bureau, the people of the Shanghai Bureau took action in response to the instruction.

In fact, the strongest reaction to the victory of Songjiang City was still Shanghai, and whether or not it could hold Shanghai was related to the lives of millions of citizens in Shanghai. After the victory of Songjiang City, various celebrations from all walks of life in Shanghai were endless, and there were also spontaneous donations and donations from citizens. Major news media and reporters are flocking to Songjiang County, striving to interview Wang Haitao, the legendary commander of the new 90th Division.

After dealing with several waves of reporters, Wang Haitao, who was so annoyed, handed over all the things to Chief of Staff Su Zuxin, and went directly down to the grassroots level, either to visit the wounded in the field hospital, or to observe the company's training in the company. The 5,000 soldiers added by the new 90th Division this time lost nearly half of them, and the reason why the casualties were so large was that the soldiers had been trained for too short a time.

Now the new 90th Division is powerful in combat effectiveness, and the replenishment of troops has not yet arrived, and it can only stick to Songjiang County at present, and the 18th Division of the Japanese army is unable to launch another attack, but fortunately, the entire army of the 6th Division has been wiped out, and the 18th Division and the 114th Division have stopped attacking and changed to defense, which also makes the ** troops who have been overwhelmed by the continuous attacks of the Japanese army breathe a sigh of relief for so many days.

After the news of the victory of Matsue Castle, the total annihilation of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, and the news of the award of the head of the division commander Lieutenant General Tani Toshio reached the Tokyo base camp through the news media, Tokyo, Japan seemed to have experienced a 12-magnitude earthquake, and when the news was confirmed, Emperor Meiji was furious and scolded the land minister, the sea minister, the war minister and others at the imperial meeting.

There was even more chaos in the base camp, and these people, who were already dissatisfied with Matsui Ishine, shouted for Matsui Ishine to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor. In the end, Matsui Ishine became a scapegoat, and was transferred back to Tokyo for trial on charges of ineffective command and humiliation of the country, and Matsui Ishine was replaced by Lieutenant General Hatohiko of Asakanomiya. This person is a member of the Japanese imperial family, and he is also one of the original culprits of the Nanjing Massacre in history.

In order to ensure the success of the Battle of Shanghai, the base camp decided to change the name of the Shanghai Dispatch Army to the Central China Front, and again sent two additional divisions to Shanghai, one was the Fifth Division of the North China Front. The other was the Eighth Division of the Japanese Army, which was a continuation of the Kwantung Army, which joined the frontal battlefield in Shanghai.

At the same time, two separate heavy artillery brigades, an independent tank brigade, and a large number of additional troops were transferred to the Shanghai battlefield to replenish the troops that had suffered losses. These troops were to be transported by the Fourth Fleet and to Shanghai with the new commander of the Central China Front, Vice Admiral Hatohiko Asakamiya. So far, the total number of Japanese troops in Shanghai has exceeded 350,000, and it has become the main battlefield of the invasion of China.

Wang Haitao did not care about these changes in the Japanese army, and he had now been informed that Chairman Chiang, in his capacity as commander of the Third Theater, would personally inspect the Shanghai defense line and would personally receive Wang Haitao and receive him with honors. This made Wang Haitao a man of the year again. Wang Haitao sat in the command center, and there were two greetings on the table in front of him, one was Du Yuesheng, a gangster in Shanghai, who he had visited, and the other was sent by Xiao Yuanxin, the commander of the first battalion of the 546th Regiment, to Yun Yiqun, a reporter from the "Damei Evening News".

Wang Haitao had to meet these two people in person, so Wang Haitao asked his subordinates to arrange a time to meet these two people in person. The first to come to Wang Haitao's headquarters was Du Yuesheng, Wang Haitao personally greeted the headquarters and gave Du Yuesheng a big face. Wang Haitao, who has had some contact with the underworld, knows that in the eyes of the underworld, face is more important than anything else.

After seeing Du Yuesheng, Wang Haitao, as he did last time he met, took the junior salute and preemptively saluted Du Yuesheng and said: "Mr. Du is here, Haitao is not welcome, please Mr. Du Haihan." Du Yuesheng smiled all over his face, and said after returning the salute: "General Wang, don't come to Wuxian, the old man is bothered." After the cold noise, Wang Haitao let Du Yuesheng and his party into the reception room, and after sitting down, the guards sent tea and retreated.

Wang Haitao said: "Mr. Du has something to inform Haitao, Haitao can take the time to visit the house, why should Mr. Du come here in person?" Du Yuesheng replied with a smile: "General Wang is busy with military affairs, how dare the old man work for General Wang." Now no one in Shanghai does not know that General Wang is the mainstay of the anti-Japanese resistance, which makes the Japanese army frightened. When General Wang and the new 90th Division under his command were mentioned in Shanghai, who didn't give a thumbs up and shout hello? Today, when General Wang was busy with his busy schedule, he was able to give the old man a thin face and meet the old man in person, and the old man was grateful. ”

Wang Haitao hurriedly replied: "Mr. Du has won the award, Haitao fought against the Japanese army in Shanghai, and some of the results are also the soldiers' lives, and they will only have to fight to the death, as for Haitao, he will just command." By the way, Mr. Du is here today, I don't know what is important? Mr. Du just said, as long as Haitao can do it, there will be no other words. Du Yuesheng said with a smile: "The old man came here today for two things. One is that the old man raised more than 1.5 million yuan in donations for the front-line soldiers in Shanghai, and the old man made up another 2 million yuan, which was specially sent to General Wang today, and General Wang was invited to accept it with a smile.

The second thing is that one of my distant nephews named Du Haisheng worships the name of General Wang and is willing to follow General Wang before and after the saddle. Can General Wang give a thin face to accept the nephew of the old man?" Wang Haitao said after hearing this: "Mr. Du, I Wang Haitao must give your face, but we are now at war with the Japanese army, and to participate in our new 90th Division, we must first have the consciousness of sacrifice at any time, and there will be no bullets on the battlefield. Those who are greedy for life and afraid of death should not come. ”