Chapter 575: Strategic Assessment
At one o'clock in the morning, the assault team quietly came to the hiding place of the Japanese ronin, Gu Qingjie adopted Chang Zhaomin's method, preparing to use the melon grenade to quickly end the battle, not wanting to waste time with these miscellaneous fish and shrimp.
"Count three silently and throw it directly into the house!" Gu Qingjie said.
The hot weather made the forty-eight Japanese ronins in the house miserable, and they had to buy mosquito nets, which were too close to the river, and the mosquitoes were so overwhelming that they could bite people all over their bodies.
But according to the requirements of the secret services, they must be ordered to carry out sabotage operations, and there is a special person who keeps an eye on the radio at all times.
"Oops, what's that?"
"Grenade! Come on! ”
A second later, with the sound of a violent explosion, the five rooms in the entire courtyard were directly blown up by the huge explosive force of dozens of grenades, and the ground trembled slightly.
"If you can dream of falling melon grenades from the sky, Japanese-made grenades, this method is really good!" Gu Qingjie stood in the distance, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Just when the first assault team took action, the second assault team was in the area of Wusongkou and Lion Forest, which was also the same task, Tao Jiayang and Wu Yimei took agents to assist.
On 17 August, a major event occurred that shook the Japanese army.
Yan Haiwen, a pilot of the 24th Squadron of the Fifth Aviation Brigade of the Jinling Government Air Force, was on the way back when he was carrying out the task of bombing the headquarters of the Japanese Marine Corps on the North Sichuan Road, and was hit by Japanese antiaircraft guns on the way back, and the fuselage of the bomber caught fire.
Unmoved, Yan Haiwen killed five Japanese soldiers with a pistol worn by the pilot, and then committed suicide with the last bullet.
His heroic behavior strongly shocked the Japanese invaders, and the Japanese soldiers even held a funeral for him, took off their hats in front of the grave, and stood respectfully with their heads bowed. The rough wooden sign in front of the tomb reads "Tomb of the Warriors of the China Air Force". It was the first time that a funeral was held for both the enemy and the warriors in the Japanese army.
On 11 September of the same year, Takeshi Kimura, a special correspondent of the Mainichi Shimbun in Osaka, Japan, sent back a report in Japan, which caused a strong shock in the Japanese archipelago.
Kimura, who was extremely impressed, sighed in the text: "I was going to capture the soldiers, but at the end of this tragedy, I can't help but pay deep respect and bury them...... Although the death of this young air force warrior is like a bud and the fragrance is not allowed, this sentimental and hateful, affectionate and yearning mood, even though it is an enemy army, cannot but make all the officers and men of our army shed tears of sympathy. ”
At the end of the article, he even exclaimed: "China is no longer the China of the past!" ”
In October of the same year, the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, Japan, held the "Yan Haiwen Exhibition, Friends of the Chinese Air Force Warriors," exhibiting relics such as his flight suit, parachute, and pistol, which attracted thousands of Japanese people, and the citizens of Tokyo who visited it were all in admiration.
This was only a microcosm of the Battle of Songhu, and immediately after that, the Jinling government would devote 700,000 soldiers to wage a fierce battle with the Japanese army, and more than 200,000 officers and soldiers would be killed.
On 17 August, the Songhu Garrison Command was stationed.
Han Lin's car checked the documents at the gate post and drove directly into the gate.
The reason why he came to the garrison headquarters this time was because he received a telephone call from the military police headquarters, and Chen Wei and Xiong Tianyi, the provincial chairman of Jiangxi Province, secretly came to Shanghai to inspect the war situation on the orders of the commissariat.
In the conference room of the garrison headquarters, Chen Xuan, Xiong Tianyi, Zhang Wenbai, Yang Hu and other senior officials were seated, and maps were spread on the conference table.
"Report to Chief Chen, Han Lin, the police commissioner of the Gendarmerie Command, was ordered to report for duty." Han Lin raised his hand and saluted after entering the door.
Chen Xi's current position is that of executive secretary of the Ministry of Military Affairs and deputy director of the Wuchang camp, and it is more appropriate to call him a commander.
"Brother Han Lin is here, it is not easy for you to be in Shanghai this time, while participating in diplomatic negotiations, while doing intelligence gathering work, you have to go into battle in person, and take your subordinate military police commandos to fight with the Japanese army on the battlefield, and the commission appreciates your performance very much."
"You are a well-deserved expert in international intelligence, and there are channels on the Japanese side, and the reference basis for the entire chamber's decision-making on Japan is based on the information you provide, and the facts have proved that your analysis of Japan is incisive and accurate."
"Please come over this time, I want to hear your opinion, by the way, I would like to introduce to you, this is Chairman Xiong of Jiangxi Province, this is Commander Zhang, the commander of the Ninth Army, Commander Yang, you are very familiar with it." Chen Wei said with a smile.
"Hello Chairman Xiong, good Commander Zhang, I have been humble for a long time!" Han Lin hurriedly saluted.
"The mysterious unit that showed its magic on the battlefield a few days ago turned out to be Director Han's subordinates, it sounds like on the night of the 13th, a series of sneak attacks on the Japanese army were personally led and commanded by Director Han, and the results of this night are really unbelievable, admire, admire!" Zhang Wenbai shook hands with Han Lin with a smile and said.
As for Xiong Tianyi, he just shook hands, he and Han Lin met for the first time, and they were not very familiar with the situation of this military police lieutenant colonel.
"Say, you sent a telegram to the attendant's room, saying that the Japanese are about to increase their troops in Shanghai, this is very important information, and the commission attaches great importance to it. If the Japanese send a large number of troops to Shanghai, we must do two things, you know what? Chen Ji asked, as if he wanted to take a test for Han Lin.
The other three people were also waiting for Han Lin's answer, and they already knew the meaning of the commission.
"First of all, we mobilized elite troops from all over the country and immediately came to Shanghai to participate in the war, more than 8,000 Japanese marines and temporarily conscripted soldiers, our two German armouring divisions and an independent brigade could not be taken, which shows that there is a clear gap between us and Japan."
"It's not that the officers and men of the Jinling government are not brave, but that the weapons and equipment are not on the same line, whether it is the navy or the air force, and then the firepower of heavy weapons, they cannot catch up in a short period of time, and they can only fight the enemy with flesh and blood, which is one of them."
"In order to be precautionary, the factories in Shanghai should be moved to the rear as soon as possible, and there is no danger to defend in the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou area, according to my inference, it should be relocated to the southwest, with the help of the terrain to fight against the Japanese army, these factories and equipment are the basis for our Jinling government to fight a long-term war with Japan, and we must prepare early." Han Lin's answer didn't need to be thought about.
"There seems to be a potential statement in your words, why we have to fight the Japanese army in Shanghai, and why we moved to the southwest, I will listen to your opinion." Chen said.
The Jinling government wants to use the mountain city as a companion capital, this matter has entered the agenda of discussion, Han Lin has a relationship in the military and political circles of Jinling, maybe he knows a little news, he wants to test Han Lin in depth, this guy's strategic vision and analysis ability also confirm the credibility of the intelligence.
(End of chapter)