The fact that Xia Yuan is the god of war in Songhu is basically confirmed.

"If it is really the Songhu God of War, then this person is extremely dangerous."

Wu Youhua's face was a little ugly, the work they did was destined for them to come into contact with these soldiers of the national army, so they had to be careful.

Even if this person has outstanding military achievements, after all, he is a member of the national government, and their identity is relatively sensitive.

"I think your brother's identity should also be checked to see what is going on." Wu Youhua looked at his wife beside him, his eyes were a little inquiring.

"It's to be checked." When Wang Cui heard this, she felt a little uncomfortable, but she also knew quite well that the identities of herself and her husband were quite special, and if Wang Sangou really wanted to bring some identity, they would have to carefully consider whether to keep the two of them at home.

"Well, when I go back to the department, I'll find someone to ask and check."

The meal eaten at noon is rice porridge.

A family of six, around a table, four simple dishes, one of which has meat.

While eating, Xia Yuan took out the envelope from his pocket and wiped his mouth: "Sister-in-law Wang, Brother Wu, this is the money I earned working at the dock, I will give it to you first." ”

He had already received the message he wanted at the dock and might not go to the dock again during this time.

He can't use the money he earns, so it's better to leave it to Wu Youhua and Wang Cui, the most critical point is that it won't be long before the Japanese devils will fight.

Money is even more useless.

"It's not okay, we can't ask for the money you earn." Wu Youhua put down the dishes and chopsticks and said immediately.

"Brother Wu, listen to me, the Japanese devils are about to fight, this day is not peaceful, buy more things with this money, you take your sister-in-law and leave Jinling quickly." Xia Yuan kindly persuaded and pushed the envelope forward again.

Wang Sangou bit his chopsticks and looked at Xia Yuan, a little incomprehensible.

"The Japanese devils called, it has nothing to do with us, you just live well, don't think so much." Wang Cui also followed her husband's words and continued: "This money, your big brother Wu is right, we can't ask for it." ”

"Sister-in-law, I'll tell you the truth, I just retreated from the front line." Xia Yuan doesn't plan to hide his identity, this can't be hidden, these two people are underground, he and Wang Sangou recklessly moved in, they will definitely investigate their identities, so frankly revealing their identities is also a means of goodness.

Even if they don't confess, they will either know about it sooner or later.

This cannot be concealed.

But when he said this, Wang Sangou put his hand under the table and pulled Xia Yuan's clothes.

Xia Yuan gave Wang Sangou a reassuring look and continued: "Brother Wu, sister-in-law Wang, the Japanese devils are vicious, they kill a lot, they don't treat the prisoners preferentially, the captives they caught are all killed by the Japanese devils' recruits practicing bayonets, they enter the village, burn, kill and plunder, such a nation, they enter Jinling, they will definitely not do good deeds." ”

"This"

Wu Youhua and Wang Cui glanced at each other, maybe they didn't expect that Xia Yuan would happily tell them about his experience.

"Xia Yuan, this kind of thing can't be said, Jinling is the capital of China, even if the Japanese army defeats Jinling, they won't do anything to the people, don't worry." Wu Youhua put down his chopsticks, "The battle in Shanghai has caused the Japanese army's reputation in the international community to be lost, and many Western countries are dissatisfied with Japan. ”

Xia Yuan was silent, Wu Youhua was not only a member of the government department, but also a member of the underground D, his words not only represented what he had seen and heard during the time he had worked in the government, but his words also carried the meaning of the Red Party.

He pinched the envelope, put it on the table, wiped his mouth, and said, "Brother Wu, sister-in-law Wang, I have eaten well, and you can use the money." ”

With that, he got up and left.

Wang Sangou looked at Wu Youhua, looked at Wang Cui, quickly pulled a few times, and said, "Sister, I'll take a look." ”

"You go first, come to my room tonight, I have something to tell your brother-in-law."

"Okay."

Wang Sangou got up and shouted, "Brother Yuan, wait for me." ”

Outside the door, Xia Yuan lit a cigarette for Wang Sangou and said, "Jinling can't hold it, and the Japanese devils won't let the citizens of Jinling go like your brother-in-law said." ”

Wang Sangou smiled bitterly: "Brother Yuan, you tell my sister, it's useless, they are all ordinary people, we have seen the ferocity of Japanese devils, they have not seen it." ”

Xia Yuan didn't say much, smoked silently, finished a cigarette, and threw it on the ground: "I have already handed over the matter of the massacre of Jinling by Japanese devils to the newspaper anonymously." ”

This is one of the few ways to do this, even if it is more likely that the newspaper will not use the contents of the envelope to report it, but it is still necessary to try.

The brutality of the Japanese army, when they were on the front line, they had witnessed it, and if they really occupied Jinling, they could not be sure what would happen. Wang Sangou thought about it, but after all, he didn't speak, Xia Yuan always exceeded his thinking scope when he did things.

Thinking about it carefully, Xia Yuan's abilities are not comparable to him.

"Brother Yuan, if the Japanese devils can't get in, won't it happen?" Wang Sangou is just a rural person who can't understand the battlefield situation, "Jinling is the capital, we will not give up holding on to the capital." ”

"I hope so."

Newspaper declaration.

With the outbreak of war between China and Japan, the newspaper office has been extremely busy in recent days.

In addition to posting the situation of the front-line battles, it is also necessary to keep a record of changes in the national government. A few days ago, the national capital was moved to Ba County, which had a profound impact, and the newspaper even published several times in a row to report on this incident.

Today, the state government held a meeting to defend Jinling, with Tang Shengzhi as the commander-in-chief of Jinling, leading more than 100,000 troops to defend Jinling City.

The government even shouted the slogan of 'defend Jinling, defend the country', and the citizens of Jinling responded positively and united as one.

It can be said to be condensed into a hemp rope.

Yesterday, Editor Yang suddenly received a letter, the content of the letter made him break out in a cold sweat, and the next day, he took the envelope to find the editor-in-chief Xu Dong and handed the letter to Xu Dong for detailed review.

After reading the content of the letter, Xu Dong felt very incredible: "Where did this letter come from?" ”

"Can an anonymously delivered letter, the content of this letter, be published?" Editor Yang asked.

"It can't be published, at the moment the people in Jinling City are united and determined to resist the war, the content of this letter is bound to cause panic, and it must not be published." Xu Dong stared at the contents of the letter, although it was only a text description, it made him feel cold to the bone.

There are really people in the world who can be as evil as the letter says.

They wantonly slaughtered unarmed civilians, raped women, and disemboweled pregnant women, even sparing babies.

The contents of the letter are terrifying and even terrifying.

How can people be so evil, they will definitely not.

It is very likely that this letter is some people who want to cause panic among the people, and once the people of Jinling begin to panic, it will be extremely unfavorable to the defense of Jinling.

Editor Yang pondered, "The current situation is special, at this juncture, someone has sent this letter to us, with bad intentions." ”

"You go down first, don't spread the contents of the letter, I'll go to the governor of the government and explain the situation."

Xu Dong packed the letter, carried it in his arms, and left in a hurry.

He once heard in a wine party that the Japanese army had planted a lot of spies in Jinling, could it be that this letter was made by Japanese spies? At present, the Japanese army is about to come to the city, and the government shouts the slogan of defending Jinling to the death.

At this juncture, the consequences of such a letter being published in a newspaper are unimaginable.

Even at the end of the envelope, the words "increase the people's sense of crisis and strengthen the determination of the people to resist Japan" were marked, but Xu Dong still did not dare to publish the contents of the envelope in the newspaper, he needed to consult the chief, the content of the letter was most likely submitted by a spy.

"I have never seen such a rampant spy provoke directly in person."

Xu Dong pinched the envelope, angry in his heart, and soon found a friend who worked in the national government, handed the envelope to him to check, and told the other party what he had speculated in his heart.

"How can this be reasonable, the Japanese are so rampant!" Xu Dong's friend read the envelope, he was furious, as a staff member, his nerves are quite sensitive, the Battle of Songhu can be said to have ended in failure, a large number of soldiers fled, so the general trend has gone, the Japanese army is becoming more and more rampant.

The government wants to fight a battle to defend Jinling, but it is quite difficult, and now the people of the whole city are united, at this point, such a letter must have ulterior motives.

Let Xu Dong's friend not be angry.

"It must have been done by a traitor, I will go back and report to Shangfeng, the content of this letter, don't be in the newspaper, it is easy to cause panic."

"Well, I'm as worried as you are, if this kind of content is published in the newspapers, if it causes panic, it may make it difficult to defend Jinling."

Xia Yuan didn't know that the envelope he sent had already been killed by them.

However, this was also expected by him.

During the critical period, the contents of the envelope were easy to cause panic, and when sending the letter, Xia Yuan also sent it to someone, and it was anonymous, and he did not leave his own information.

If this step is not successful, there is no way.

It is already close to the end of November, and there is still more than half a month left before the defense of Jinling, even if he pulls up a team, he can't change the outcome.

Evening.

Wu Youhua came to him, "I am convinced of what you said, but at the moment to defend Jinling, unite as one, I also have a patriotic heart, at this critical juncture, let me leave, I can't do it." I know that you are a hero who retreated from the front line and fought against the Japanese army, and so are you, how can I, as a citizen of the country, flee from the battle when the country needs me. ”

After a pause, he raised his head to look at Xia Yuan's face and said, "What's more, as a public official of the state government, I can't run away." ”

"I was in a hurry." Xia Yuan sighed in his heart and said, "If one day, the Japanese army breaks through Jinling City, you can take refuge in the residential area of foreigners. ”

Wu Youhua was a little confused about what Xia Yuan said, but he also nodded, "Maybe Jinling can stand it?" I heard in the government that the Japanese army wanted to sign an alliance with the government. ”

Xia Yuan smiled and said nothing.

After the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese army's troops dispatched to Shanghai increased dramatically, and they were even more determined to take Jinling.

As for the so-called alliance under the city, it is really nonsense.

Before the July 7 Incident, the Japanese radicals had arrogantly stated that their army could capture China within three months. What's more, shortening the time period of three months to one month can be described as extremely rampant.

Japan went to great lengths to capture Jinling, how could it be in order to sign an alliance with the national army.

What they want is vast land and resources.

They weren't satisfied with the Land of Mud Pills.

Xia Yuan didn't refute it, "I hope so." ”

In the past few days, the national government has mobilized vigorously, the slogans in the newspapers have been shouted loudly, and there have been many people parading through the streets, and young students have carried large banners into the streets and shouted, 'Defend Jinling to the death,' "Rather be a ghost who died in battle than a slave to the country," "If you don't fight the Japanese devils, you will have a hard time in the future," "All of us will be united in our efforts to destroy the Japanese invaders," and "Down with Japanese imperialism."

On the streets, the citizens of Jinling gathered, like a long river.

The enthusiasm for guarding Jinling was so high that even if it was from the future world, in the bursts of singing slogans, he still felt his blood boiling.

"Who said that this era is numb and pedantic, this is the era of real awakening."

Xia Yuan looked at the young faces on the street.

In this era, they are full of enthusiasm, patriotism, youth, and vigor.

Decades later, they are the backbone of the construction of New China.

They are a group of people.

More and more citizens joined the procession, they raised their arms in the air, clenched into fists, and the mighty procession stretched for hundreds of meters.

Their voices shook the thick clouds in the sky.

This is a call that transcends the times.

Xia Yuan surged forward with the flow of people.

He saw that there were policemen, students, workers, doctors, coolies, porters.

The procession was growing, and the shouts were getting louder.

What Xia Yuan saw was the spark that ignited the grassland.

Under the propaganda of the national government overwhelming the world and swearing to defend Jinling, the determination of the military and civilians to hold on to Jinling City was unprecedentedly high.

Garrison Command.

Tang Shengzhi listened to the bursts of shouts coming from another street, like a surging shout, and his face was calm, like the rippled well water in the well.

He knew in his heart that under this unprecedented upsurge of emotions and sworn to defend Jinling, it was a hollow.

Like an attic in the sky, the enthusiasm of the people in the upper class is unprecedented, and the sergeants in the lower class have almost no fighting spirit.

The first battle in Songhu wiped out the self-confidence of many troops who participated in the Battle of Songhu, and the strength of the Japanese army was deeply rooted in the bones, and many teams participating in the Battle of Songhu disappeared not long after arriving on the battlefield under the powerful firepower and attack of the Japanese army.

Tang Shengzhi compared the current situation to an attic in the sky, which is appropriate.

The people in Jinling City could never have dreamed that the overwhelming propaganda of the national army was actually to resist first and then give up.

The propaganda of the national army is overwhelming, but the Japanese army seems relatively bland.

Due to the heavy casualties of the Japanese army in Shanghai, it was necessary to repair and replenish personnel and ammunition in certain events, and in addition to adjusting the command relationship and waiting for the operational order of the high command, the time to march to Jinling was postponed.

December 2nd.

The climate in Shanghai is particularly cold, and the sky is fluttering with snowflakes, which is very rare in Shanghai.

At about 10 o'clock in the morning, a Japanese military plane slowly landed on Longhua Airport. Japanese Deputy Chief of Staff Tada and his entourage walked out of the cabin, got off the plane, got into a car that had been waiting by the gangway, and drove into the Japanese headquarters next to Jing'an Temple.

Tada Jun delivered to Matsui Ishine a decree from the headquarters stamped with the national seal and the seals of the ministers: appointing Matsui Ishine as the commander of the Central China Front, under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai Dispatch Army and the 10th Army.

The order also reads: After the rest of the troops is over, the commander of the Central China side must coordinate with the navy to capture Jinling, the capital of the enemy country.

Tada Jun is 1.69 meters tall and slightly chubby, which is considered a 'big Yanma' in Japan.

Compared to Matsui Ishone, who is only 1.51 meters tall and thin and dry, he looks even taller. The two are old friends and are very familiar with each other, so after Tada Jun read the order to Matsui Ishone, he smiled and touched Matsui Ishone's bald head with his hand, and said jokingly: "I didn't expect that Matsui Junren's small skills are not small, his body is thin and his appetite is not thin, and he swallowed the big Shanghai of the people in a blink of an eye." But the next step is to attack Jinling, you have to be careful, Jinling is their capital, Jiang will not give up easily, he will definitely hold on. ”

"In addition, there are many mountains around Jinling, and the terrain is more complicated, beware of accidentally dropping your front teeth."

Matsui Shigen's eyes flashed, and he said confidently: "Tada-kun, don't imagine Jinling too complicated, I think Jinling is easier to fight than Shanghai." ”

"What is the basis for this?" Tada Jun asked curiously.

"Let's imagine that Chiang's elite troops have been almost exhausted in Songhu, and besides, the Yangtze River is rolling north of Jinling, and it is not easy to win the battle of the backwater. If Chiang had been a military strategist, or had made a slight military attempt, he would not have stuck to Jinling. ”

Matsui Ishine is confident in taking Jinling.

After hearing this, Tada Jun agreed with his analysis and patted him on the shoulder: "It makes sense, don't look at you with a small head, you are really a genius military strategist." ”

After a pause, he said with emotion: "People are not as good as heaven, who would have thought that you would have such a good opportunity, a retired old man in his sixties, who had rested at home for a few years, would be hunted by the emperor for a heavy task, and he was quickly promoted from the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army to the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army." ”

Tada Jun was quite emotional, half serious, and half jokingly said: "I think you have to clean up quickly, if you hit Jinling and enter the city, see that you are small and thin, it will be strange that the people of China don't treat you as a guy or an old man who picks up rags." ”

"Tada-kun, this is in response to the Chinese saying, people can't be good-looking, and the sea can't fight." Matsui Shigen laughed loudly, squinted his eyes, and revealed a terrifying murderous aura: "Don't look at me, a little old man, when I arrive in Jinling, if the people of Jinling have a little disrespect for me, I will kill his entire family, kill all the people of Jinling, let their family be ruined, and their capital will be in ruins." ”

"I want them to understand that the Imperial Japanese Army is invincible." (End of chapter)