In addition to the field trenches dug in the ground and the bunkers built of sandbags and wood used in the city, there was no reinforced concrete at all, and the wanton bombardment of the Japanese army not only caused huge casualties to the defenders, but even the fortifications of the positions were destroyed.

The sandbags were blown up, and there was no sand for them, so they were packed in mud.

The sappers not only had to repair trenches, but also to load sandbags, it was too late, coupled with the bombing and attack of the Japanese army, they did not give them a chance to breathe at all, and the sandbags were also used up, and there was no way but to pile up the corpses of the comrades who died on the position to the gap blown out by the heavy artillery of the Japanese army.

The machine gun was mounted on the corpse of the comrade-in-arms, and the Japanese army continued to fight.

The Japanese devil's tank opened fire and landed on the position of the Chinese defenders, and the rolled up dirt was mixed with blood, and the sky was blood-red.

In the face of the more fierce offensive of the Japanese army, the defenders in the direction of Dachang did not take a step back.

Under the cover of more than 100 combat vehicles, the Japanese infantry swooped down on the positions of the Chinese defenders, and there were already a few soldiers left, using the only rifles, machine guns, mortars and other weapons in their hands to counterattack the Japanese army.

In response to the Japanese attack, the Nationalist army also began to adjust its fighting style.

When the Japanese army rushed to the front, the Nationalist army let them in and approached the position of the Nationalist army, and the Japanese follow-up troops, the Nationalist army concentrated heavy firepower to stop the follow-up troops, so that the Japanese troops who rushed in had no backup from the troops behind, and there was a disconnection.

The national army took the regiment as a unit, sounded the trumpet of the charge, and the officers and men of the national army rushed out of the trenches and drew their sabers.

There are a lot of Sichuan troops guarding the big field, and they go out to fight in Sichuan, maybe the weapons and equipment are not so luxurious, but they must be a saber in their hands, and in daily training, there are national art instructors to teach them sword skills and martial arts.

At that time, the officers and men of the Sichuan army almost all lay knives and rolling knives, close to the Japanese army, and a roll, they could roll to the side of the Japanese devils, and the Japanese devils had not seen clearly, and the saber flashed, so they first cut off the hands of the Japanese devils.

However, the Japanese army invested too many troops and heavy firepower, and they were still outnumbered and had no choice but to retreat.

At dawn on the 26th, the Japanese captured the town of Dachang. When the Jinling direction received the news from Shanghai, Zhu Yaohua, the commander of the 18th Division, who was sticking to the main field, felt ashamed of the world, took out his pistol and pulled the trigger, ending his life with one shot.

The fall of Dachang led to a sharp deterioration of the situation on the Songhu battlefield, and the Japanese army completely occupied the initiative, and the Japanese army that captured Dachang crossed the Pengpu area and moved south to the Chinese army on the north bank of the Suzhou Creek.

At the same time, the Japanese troops on the first line of the military industry road also began to move from east to west, crossing the Qiujiang River and Yangshupu Port, directly taking Jiangwan and Zhabei, and forming a two-sided flank attack with the Japanese army in the direction of Dachang.

The defenders stationed on the north bank of the Suzhou Creek were in danger of being surrounded by enemy forces and facing the enemy on their backs.

The Chinese army began to retreat to the south of Suzhou River, from the Triumph Road Bridge on the Suzhou Creek and the Beijing-Shanghai railway line, and quickly retreated from Zhabei and Hongkou to the south bank of the Suzhou Creek in an orderly manner, building fortifications and blocking the Japanese army along the way.

Just one day before the fall of Dachang, Chen Cheng, Bai Chongxi and other generals proposed to the bald head that the whole line continue to retreat, withdraw from Shanghai, and rely on the defense line of Wu Fu, Su Jia, and Xicheng in the rear, consume the Japanese army's battle examples, preserve the living force, and defend Nanjing.

The bald head listened to the advice for a long time.

At this time, the representatives of the signatories of the 'Nine-Nation Pact' had gathered in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, and there were less than 10 days left before the meeting of the signatories of the 'Nine-Nation Pact' was convened.

In order to enable China to occupy a favorable position in this crucial meeting, and also to demonstrate China's determination and confidence in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he hoped that before the meeting was held, the Shanghai battlefield would have a good record.

At least we must be able to stick to Shanghai.

The battle to defend the Sixing Warehouse is also about to start.

On the 28th, the bald head got the text of the speech written by Chen Bui as to the content of the speech at the Supreme National Defense Conference, read it in a hurry, and was quite satisfied, so he decided to convene a meeting the next day to carry out a large-scale mobilization for the relocation of the capital.

It's completely time short, and the bald head can't think about it so much.

The Japanese devils are coming, and they have to hurry up and put it on the agenda, and even the meeting must be held as soon as possible.

29th.

At the Supreme Council of National Defense, a speech entitled "The Relocation of the National Government to Chongqing and the Future of the War of Resistance Against Japan" was held, and the bald head clearly announced that in order to persist in the long-term War of Resistance, the Nationalist Government would move the capital to Ba County and take Sichuan as the rear area of the War of Resistance.

The plan to 'move the capital to Ba County' was finally officially held at a high-level official meeting for the first time.

In this meeting, the necessity and importance of moving the capital to Ba County were analyzed.

The bald head has made up his mind to move the capital to Ba County, and all that remains is to turn this determination into action.

30th.

The Nationalist Government held a State Council.

The next day, the Nationalist Government issued a manifesto: "The national government has decided to move the capital to Ba County and continue the war of resistance in order to win the final victory." ”

In November, the Songhu War of Resistance was coming to an end, and the fall of Shanghai was inevitable.

On November 8, the Third Theater of Operations, with Bald Heads as its commander, ordered the Chinese army to retreat from the Songhu battlefield.

On the 9th, Liu Xiang flew from Xi'an to Jinling, and once again urged the Nationalist Government to move to Chongqing.

On the 11th, the bald head met with Lin Sen, chairman of the National Government, and told him that the planning and deployment of Sichuan had recently been accepted, and the preparations for moving the capital were ready.

As the base for the revival of the National War of Resistance, it was officially agreed to move the capital to Ba County.

The decision of the Nationalist Government to move the capital was finally completed after a period of deliberation.

And there are many ditches and bumps in this.

Although Lin Sen agreed to move the capital, his worries far exceeded those of ordinary people.

The first batch of retreats of the Nationalist Government was on the evening of the 16th, and before leaving, the Nationalist Government finally got together with the strong friends of Jinling's military, political, and civilian circles, and could not help but shake their heads and sigh when they talked to each other about the future fate of Jinling.

Quite a few people say.

It is shameful and sad that a large country with 2 million troops cannot match the small Japan with only 200,000 invaders.

Some people also say that in the Battle of Songhu, a god of war suddenly appeared in the public eye, stabilized the morale of many soldiers, and became a great hero that many people yearn for, which is the foundation for many people to participate in the War of Resistance.

Talking about this person, everyone talked a lot, in the newspaper, there was a lot of news about this god of war, and there were many examples, but with the end of the battle of Fuzaohama and the fall of the big field, this god of war seemed to have disappeared.

Many people say that he died on the battlefield, but many more believe that he is still alive.

Many people in Jinling believe that he is still alive and that he is not dead.

In the hearts of many people and soldiers, the god of war has become an indelible spiritual pillar.

As soon as the conversation changed, another friend complained, talking about the attack on Fuzaobang and the fall of Dachang, naturally some people accused the bald head, thinking that it was caused by his command error, saying that he was a sinner who brought disaster to the country and the people.

Some people also said that the bald head of the famous hall of moving the capital wanted to send away those civil officials who opposed him to engage in fake anti-Japanese war and pillow boxes first, and remove these stumbling blocks.

Its essence is to use the name of moving the capital to commit surrender.

Every time Lin Sen heard such a round, he inevitably explained to the bald head, guaranteeing that the bald head would never surrender. However, there were more people talking about it, and Lin Sen began to be a little suspicious.

He thinks that the bald head has great talents, foresight, and skillful commanding skills, but he is also a person who is very deep in the city, and he has a belly of businessman-like shrewdness, which makes people incomprehensible and unpredictable. Is this relocation as people have discussed? He couldn't guess what kind of medicine was sold in the bald gourd.

On the contrary, it was this relocation of the capital that reminded him of the dispute over the relocation of the capital in 1927.

July 1, 1925.

The National Government of the Republic of China was formally established in Guangzhou.

On June 5 of the following year, the Nationalist Government officially passed the 'Northern Expedition of Xingshi' and appointed Bald Tou as the commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army. And starting from Guangzhou, the 'red capital', it hit the vast areas of Hunan, Hubei, Fujian, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Jiangsu provinces in the Yangtze River basin in one go.

When the Northern Expeditionary Army conquered Jiangcheng and Jiangxi, Tang Shengzhi served as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, dispatched troops, attacked the city and plundered the land, recruited troops, and the military strength rose, expanding from 20 regiments to 40 regiments, the speed was very amazing, directly threatening the political and military strength of the bald head.

In order to divide and disintegrate Tang Shengzhi's military power, the bald head who held the military power first proposed to move the capital to Jiangcheng, but some people resolutely opposed the move of the capital, saying that the bald head was preconceived and wanted to establish a national government headed by him in Jiangcheng in the name of moving the capital.

December 7th.

At the military and political meeting held in Lushan, after debate, everyone agreed to move the capital to Jiangcheng, but during this period, the bald head achieved the goal of weakening and disintegrating Tang Shengzhi's military power through various means.

At this time, some people proposed to welcome Wang Ching-wei, who had been squeezed out of Hong Kong by his bald head, to join the government. In order to squeeze out Wang Jingwei, the bald head put forward the idea of moving the capital to Nanchang, and quickly established the Nanchang branch of the Zhongyang Political Conference, which should lead the Jiangcheng Nationalist Government with the Nanchang branch, but in fact set up a separate 'zhongyang'.

In April 1927, the bald head commanded the Northern Expeditionary Army to march through Shanghai, and on April 12, he raised a butcher's knife and wantonly hunted down Red Party personnel, creating the 'April 12' bloodshed tragedy.

On the 18th, the bald head came to Jinling and immediately announced the establishment of the Jinling National Government, and the Jiangcheng National Government expressed great separation from the bald head's behavior and sent Tang Shengzhi to lead the troops to the east to fight against Chiang.

In order to avoid a stiff relationship with the Jiangcheng Nationalist Government, the bald head took retreat as advance and announced his resignation.

Li Zongren of the Gui Department temporarily presided over the work of the Nationalist Government and sent an invitation to the Jiangcheng Nationalist Government, and Wang Jingwei of the Jiangcheng Government naturally couldn't ask for it, readily agreed, and then announced the relocation of the capital to Jinling.

Soon after, the bald head took advantage of various contradictions and resumed his position.

Lin Sen remembered the dispute over moving the capital, and the bald head went back on his word for his own selfish interests.

After all, there are lessons from the past, so is this move of the capital, as he himself said, for the sake of the country's great plan, for the survival of the nation, and for the sake of fighting a protracted war with the Japanese? Or, as others say, engage in fake anti-Japanese and real surrender? After we left, he stayed in Jinling River and the Japanese signed an alliance under the city.

After some consideration, Lin Sen decided to ask the bald head for clarification before leaving.

But how can we not offend the bald head, and can achieve the goal of figuring out what I really want? Lin Sen's position seems to be very high, and his qualifications are old, but in fact he has no real power, and his only advantage is that he is old, but if he offends his bald head, it is estimated that his superior life will be gone.

After thinking about it carefully, Lin Sen came up with a way to talk about history and knock on the side.

On the same day, Lin Sen got on the car and came to Huangpu Road, the bald residence.

The bald head hadn't left yet, and was thinking that Lin Sen was about to leave Jinling tomorrow and go to Ba County, and was about to go to the Lin Mansion to place it before Lin Sen left, but he didn't want the adjutant to come over and report: "Chairman Lin is here." ”

The bald head greeted him with a smile, the guest and the host sat down, and after some greetings, Lin Sen said: "The commission to stay and defend Jinling, this work is very hard, but it has little effect. The topography of Jinling is three mountains and one water, which determines that Jinling is difficult to hold. ”

As he spoke, he walked to the map, pointed to the map and said: "Jinling has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and the emperors who built the capital here all want to rely on natural dangers to maintain long-term stability and spread for eternity. But it is strange to say that the dream of the emperors who built the capital here has never been realized, since the capital of the Three Kingdoms Dongwu was here, in just 300 years, 6 dynasties have been replaced, plus five dynasties of the Southern Tang Dynasty, a total of 7 dynasties, all of which are short-lived. ”

After a pause, he turned his head, glanced at his head, and saw that the other party was drinking tea, as if he did not understand his own meaning, so he continued: "No matter how strong they arranged and operated the Jinling City on the Yangtze River defense line, in the end they could not stop the invading enemy, Jinling City was broken again and again, the emperor was captured one by one, the imprisoned were imprisoned, and the killed were killed, and none of them escaped the tragic ending. Ming Chengzu Zhu Di tabooed this place, and after usurping power, he gave up the magnificent and glorious palace and moved the capital to Beijing. ”

The bald head really didn't understand Lin Sen's voice, "I know all this, don't worry too much about Lin Lao, I won't follow the old path of those rulers." ”

Lin Sen fixed his gaze and said, "I know that you have the ability to control complex situations and the ability to deal with problems on the spot. However, I'm still worried."

"Lin Lao, if you put one hundred and twenty hearts, I won't be captured, and I won't be killed."

"Alas!" Lin Sen sighed heavily, and said: "The emperor who was captured and killed is not hateful, but the hateful is those emperors who surrendered in Kaecheng, let's say Sun Hao, the fourth emperor of Eastern Wu, he is a faint monarch who is absurd and extraordinary, in the park 280 years, Emperor Sima Yan of the Jin Dynasty marched eastward, Sun Hao's soldiers and horses were very strong, all because he was mediocre and brutal, the soldiers were centrifuged, and they refused to sell their lives. ”

Sun Hao was so frightened that he didn't know what to do, let the courtiers draft, first draft a surrender document and send it to the Jin army camp, and then bothered his shoulders, tied his body with hemp rope a few times, and staggered out of the imperial palace. Sun Hao knelt on the ground, counted his sins, and begged the Jin State to fall, if not, let it be slaughtered, and the coffin containing the corpse had been prepared. ”

(End of chapter)