Chapter 45 Letter to the officers and men of the brigade
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Finally, in the evening, Weng Zhaoyuan transferred the 3rd Battalion of the 4th Regiment to replace Jin Zhao's 1st Battalion of the 5th Regiment to garrison the river beach position. Jin Zhao led the only remaining 49 remnants of the first battalion and was able to withdraw to the rear to rest. At this time, the only 49 people left in the first battalion were also wounded, and when Weng Zhaoyuan saw these heroic soldiers at the brigade headquarters, he couldn't help but burst into tears. In the end, Weng Zhaoyuan transferred the first battalion to Baoshan City for recuperation, and sent some students from Tongji University to Baoshan to treat the wounded soldiers.
On February 6, 1932, it was the Lunar New Year, and the citizens of Shanghai ushered in the new year amid the sound of ping-pong guns. At dawn on the 6th, about 4,000 people from the vanguard of the 24th Mixed Brigade of the 12th Division of the reinforcement army landed on the Zhanghuabang side. A fierce battle is imminent. In order to boost morale, Weng Zhaoyuan issued a "Letter to the Officers and Soldiers of the Brigade":
"All the officers and soldiers who are loyal and brave! The life and death of the Chinese nation is on our shoulders! Everyone should carry forward the spirit of our iron army and maintain our glorious history in the past. The army is the toughest in the world, and we must eliminate the toughest army in the world and seize the position of the world's first. Loyal and brave officers and soldiers sacrificed for the country and the nation, although they died gloriously. At present, each officer and soldier is a commander, and if the enemy flag is not planted in Wusong, we will not move. Everyone should take cover to avoid the bombardment of the enemy's machine guns. If the enemy approaches, he will shoot calmly, and when the bullets are finished, he will use his bayonet to kill the enemy; The bayonet is broken, and the handle of the gun is used to strike the enemy; The handle of the gun is broken, and the enemy is hit with both fists; If your hands are broken, you have to bite the enemy with your teeth! The brigade commander will live and die with everyone. Loyal and brave officers and soldiers! Rather be an underground ghost, not a slave to the country, work hard, persevere to the end, and fight for the rejuvenation of the nation. Our slogan: military and civilian unity! Resist the invasion! Swear to die for the country's reading power! Swear to die for the survival of the nation! Long live Huaxia! ”
The predecessor of the 19th Route Army was the 10th Division under the command of the Fourth Army, known as the Iron Army, in the Northern Expedition. Later, Lao Chiang launched the anti-Red April 12 Incident, and the First Division of the Fourth Army launched the Nanchang Uprising under the leadership of the Red Army, and the Fourth Army was completely split from then on. One of them joined the Red Army, one developed into the current Chen Jitang Department of the Guangdong Army, and the other was expanded into the current 19th Route Army during the Central Plains War. Therefore, Weng Zhaoyuan has such words as carrying forward the spirit of our iron army to stimulate morale.
When the officers and men of the 156 Brigade heard the impassioned speech of their brigade commander, their morale was immediately boosted, and they clamored one by one to annihilate all the invading troops.
On 6 February, Lao Chiang arrived in Pukou, Nanjing, from Luoyang, and Zhang Zhizhong, chief of education of the Central Army Military Academy, went to greet him and expressed his willingness to lead the central troops to reinforce Shanghai. At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the 88th Division to enter Nanxiang, and the 261st Brigade of the 87th Division moved east from Nanjing to Kunshan. The Tax Police Corps of the Ministry of Finance was reorganized into the 88th Division Reading Brigade and assembled in the Hongqiao area.
In fact, the current Lao Jiang is very entangled in his heart, and Lao Jiang is afraid of being like a tiger, and he does not dare to start a full-scale war with Yue Ben. Therefore, since the 128 Incident, Lao Chiang has never given up his efforts to peacefully resolve the Shanghai Incident, but it is a pity that the little devil has been planning for a long time, and it is impossible for the Shanghai Incident to be resolved peacefully. After the incident broke out, Lao Chiang's slogan was loud and loud, but so far he has not sent elite troops to support the 19th Route Army, fearing that once the Yue Army is provoked, a full-scale war will break out. But Lao Jiang didn't want to watch Shanghai fall into the hands of little devils like this, after all, Shanghai's status was too important. Therefore, the army was repeatedly frustrated in the hands of the 19th Route Army, and reinforcements continued to arrive, Lao Jiang finally couldn't sit still this time, and finally sent his descendants to prepare to participate in the war, but they were only preparing to participate in the war, which shows that Lao Jiang was still lucky at this time.
On the same day, Lao Chiang held another military meeting in Nanjing, at which the Minister of Military Affairs reported to Lao Chiang about the battle situation in Shanghai, and when he heard that the strength of the army in Shanghai had increased to about 20,000, Lao Chiang's face became even more gloomy.
He Yingqin saw that Lao Jiang was unhappy, and his eyes rolled and said, "Although the soldiers of the Kou continue to increase, the officers and men of our 19th Route Army are not afraid of the strong enemy, fight bravely, and have repelled the attacks of the Kou many times. A battalion of the 156th Brigade of the 78th Division was responsible for garrisoning the Wusongkou river beach position, and the whole battalion of more than 400 people held the river beach position for two days and nights, repelled the attacks of the Yue army several times, killed more than 1,000 Yue Kou, and only 49 people remained in the whole battalion, and no one flinched. ”
"Oh!" Lao Jiang raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "Kill thousands of people?" It can't be a false report of war exploits, right? "Lao Jiang once studied in Yueben, and once served in the Yueben army, Lao Jiang is very familiar with the strong combat effectiveness of the Yueben army, which is also the reason why Lao Jiang has never dared to go to war with Yueben, it is really too strong to dare to do it! Now I heard that a battalion of the 19th Route Army killed thousands of troops, although he almost wiped out the whole army, but the battle loss of nearly 1:2, Lao Jiang said that he didn't believe anything. Although the 19th Route Army is also a strong force, it is still a lot worse than the elite of the Central Army under his command, even the elite of the Central Army in the hands of Lao Jiang is not sure that it can achieve such a result.
Hearing Lao Jiang's questioning, He Yingqin hurriedly said, "According to the position on the river beach is the first battalion of the fifth regiment of the 156th brigade, and the battalion commander Jin Zhao graduated from the fourth phase of the Huangpu infantry department, so he should not make such a lie about military exploits." ”
"What shouldn't be! Absolutely not, my students, don't I understand? As soon as he heard that Jin Zhao was actually a graduate of Whampoa, Lao Jiang immediately said with a smile on his face and no doubt. With a battalion of weak soldiers, he was not afraid of strong enemies, held his position, and killed more than 1,000 people, who can be called the pillars of the party and the state, and deserves to be my good student! Haha"
The military bigwigs who were doing it rolled their eyes one by one, and couldn't help but sneer, Nima! Just now, I was still wondering if people lied about their military exploits! As soon as he heard that he was his student, he immediately became a pillar of the party-state, this Nima changed too fast, all the military bigwigs were extremely painful, and they really couldn't keep up with Lao Jiang's thinking!
Lao Jiang didn't care if others were hurt, and thought in his heart that this Nineteenth Route Army was Chen Mingshu's descendant. And this Chen Mingshu is one of the culprits who harmed his second outing, Lao Jiang has long been planning to take out Chen Mingshu's military power, but the senior generals of the 19th Route Army are loyal to Chen, so Lao Jiang really has no way to start. And today, when he learned that Jin Zhao turned out to be his student, Lao Jiang suddenly thought about it, maybe by promoting some young generals, he could gradually elevate Chen Mingshu, Jiang Guangnai, Cai Tingkai and others, so as to achieve the goal of dividing and disintegrating the 19th Route Army. Therefore, like Jin Zhao, the original Whampoa generals of the Nineteenth Route Army entered Lao Jiang's sight, and Lao Jiang started by relying on the Whampoa generals, so he naturally trusted the Whampoa generals, so in Lao Jiang's opinion, Jin Zhao, a Whampoa officer, was very easy to be bought by himself.
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