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Section 52 Songhu Battle (2)

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    "Woo" With the sharp sound of the whistle, a series of military trains from the Northeast drove into Suzhou City Railway Station on the Pingning-Ningjing Railway Main Line (Beiping-Nanjing), which has been closed for more than three years.  The train carriage is loaded with neatly packed brand-new German Type 35 helmets made in Northeast China, "30" rifles, "Maxin" heavy machine guns, Czech and mg-34 light machine guns, mortars, combat anti-aircraft guns and  Boxes of grenades and 180mm howitzer parts exuding the smell of grease that intoxicates soldiers.  Also in the carriage were more than 200 officers from the Northeast Army, some of whom were military advisers sent by Zhang Xueliang, some of whom were battlefield observers from the Northeast Frontier Defense Department, and some who were ordnance instructors who were responsible for instructing the National Army soldiers to use these Northeast-made weapons.  Since Chiang Kai-shek never agreed to the Northeast Army entering the country to participate in the war, Zhang Xueliang could only send a small number of mid-level officers of the Northeast Army south to assist the National Army in fighting.  It was basically the first time for the Northeast Military Police who were responsible for escorting the train to see the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan for the first time. They all happily waved hello to the officers and soldiers of the National Army¡¯s 5th Army who gathered around the train station.

    "Welcome brothers from the Northeast Army to send us guys!" the soldiers of the Fifth Army shouted happily.

    "Brothers of the Central Army, you must beat the Japanese hard!" The Northeastern officers and soldiers also shouted loudly to cheer them up.  The atmosphere was very harmonious and joyful.

    "Reporting to Commander Zhang, Xing Yunshan, commander of the Military Police Brigade of the Eighth Army of the Northeast Frontier Defense Force of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army, is reporting to you! On the order of Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhang, I am transporting military supplies, weapons and ammunition to your army! Please check!  "After getting out of the car, Lieutenant Colonel Xing Yunshan, the commander-in-chief of the escort, who was dressed in a black German military police uniform, immediately greeted the Beijing-Shanghai garrison commander ("Beijing" at this time refers to Nanjing) and the commander of the Fifth Army of the National Army who came to greet him in person.  General Zhang Zhizhong saluted and reported, "This is a list of weapons and supplies. Please take a look at it, Commander Zhang."

    Zhang Zhizhong looked at the shiny black cannon on the train with joy. He took the supply list and looked through it, smiling from ear to ear. "Okay! Marshal Zhang is so generous. He gave so many weapons and ammunition at once.  What a generous act! Brothers have the passion to kill enemies, but they just don¡¯t have the sharp weapons to take advantage of them! These can be said to be a timely help to us!"

    "Reporting to Commander Zhang, this is only the first batch, and follow-up supplies will continue to be delivered."  He said that if the country is invaded by a foreign enemy, we should unite as one and resist resolutely with "one inch of mountains and rivers, one drop of blood, one hundred thousand young people and one hundred thousand soldiers."

    "That's well said! That's so well said!" Zhang Zhizhong praised him repeatedly. "It's a blessing for China to have a hero like Marshal Zhang! It's an honor for the country! Say hello to him for me and express my deep gratitude."

    "Yes!" Xing Yunshan saluted again and took out a small book and handed it to Zhang Zhizhong, "Commander Zhang, this is some of Deputy Commander Zhang's insights from studying the enemy and our Songhu battlefield, his analysis of the trend of the Songhu war, and what he has given you.  Let me pass on some combat reference suggestions to you. Please accept them."

    "Okay, okay, okay!" Zhang Zhizhong quickly took over, "Shao Shuai Zhang is a rare military strategic talent for the party and the country. I will definitely study his valuable opinions carefully." It can be seen from the solemn look on Zhang Zhizhong's face that he is very interested in  Zhang Xueliang really admires him from the bottom of his heart.

    The Fifth Army has received a large number of arms supported by the Northeast, and its strength has greatly increased, making it more capable of fighting the Japanese army. However, Zhang Zhizhong, who belongs to the resolute war faction, still has a lingering haze on his brow.  Although the outbreak of war between China and Japan in Shanghai was almost inevitable at this time, the voices of the peace advocates within the Kuomintang still emerged one after another.  General He Yingqin, Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and General Xu Yongchang, Standing Member of the Military Commission, both believed that "the country needs at least six months to one year of preparation before it has the strength to fight the Japanese army." He Yingqin repeatedly told Foreign Minister Wang Chonghui, advocating "doing our best  "Guarantee a five-year peace period between China and Japan through diplomatic negotiations"; Xu Yongchang also wrote to Chiang Kai-shek many times. He believed that "if we can tolerate Japan, we must strive to tolerate it. Once the war begins, regardless of whether a third country joins or not  , the final result is basically a lose-lose situation. However, Japan is a major industrial country, and its national strength can easily be restored. On the contrary, our country is in danger of falling apart out of control. I hope that the chairman of the committee will endure the humiliation and wait for a few years to accumulate strength before fighting again.  ."

    There were also anti-war voices among the senior intellectuals in Nanjing society. A group of people headed by Jiang Menglin and Hu Shi advocated "bearing the pain and seeking peace." They believed that "rather than seeking peace after defeat, it is better to do it before the war breaks out."  Hu Shi met with Chiang Kai-shek twice, and he even suggested "sacrifice Zhang Xueliang's Northeast in exchange for long-term peace in East Asia."  In his written proposal to Chiang Kai-shek, Hu Shi analyzed: ¡°1. The Japanese Konoe cabinet can negotiate for peace, and the opportunity must not be missed; 2. Japan has basic financial difficulties.Yu Jishi was startled by his expression and left quickly.

    Chiang Kai-shek was so angry at the war in Shanghai that he had a toothache. The troops clearly had a huge advantage, but they were unable to deal with the Japanese troops in the city. The casualty ratio of five to one was almost unacceptable to him.  Seeing the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet and the ships of the transport army division getting closer and closer to Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek was even more anxious.  If Shanghai is not captured, Japanese troops will continue to surge in large numbers, and it will be difficult to drive the Japanese troops out of China.

    "Order Zhang Fakui! Come to Shanghai to join the war within eight hours. Anyone who disobeys the order will be dealt with according to the military law!" Chiang Kai-shek shouted murderously to the staff officer in the attendant room beside him, not forgetting to add his unique catchphrase "Mother Xipi!"  ".

    On the 6th, Zhang Fakui¡¯s 8th Group Army, forced by the death order, marched under the stars and the moon, and finally arrived at the Songhu front line on time to join the battle. At this time, the ratio of Chinese and Japanese troops on the Shanghai battlefield had reached 15:1.  Song Xilian, commander of the 36th Division, led the officers and soldiers to charge bravely using human sea tactics, making rapid progress.  The troops that invaded the city successively occupied Japanese positions such as Ward Road and Broadway Road, and approached Huishan Pier.  The Japanese army could no longer hold on and fled to the Baidu Bridge on the Bund. The officers and soldiers bravely pursued the victory.  However, due to the inability to destroy the strong iron gates on the pier that were blocked by the Japanese army, the officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment of Japanese gunboats on the river. In addition, the Japanese army resisted fiercely, and the national army's offensive was blocked, and the battle situation once again reached a stalemate.

    On the 7th, the Chinese and Japanese sides fought for each house in the city and started street fighting, both suffering heavy casualties.  On the campus of Fudan University, the Japanese army dispatched tanks to charge, but most of them were destroyed by officers and soldiers using "Iron Fist" anti-tank rocket launchers.  Officers and soldiers from both sides dispatched suicide squads to carry out suicide attacks.  During the battle for the Dagong Cotton Factory, Japanese plainclothes troops and traitors mingled with the crowd and took the opportunity to set fire to harass the people. The Chinese offensive troops were isolated from the front and rear and lost their command. Hundreds of officers and soldiers were burned to death in the chaos.  The fire in the entire cotton mill was out of control, and the fire shot into the sky, lighting up the Shanghai night sky for several nights.

    Since a week of bloody fighting, the fierce attacks by the Chinese army have caused heavy casualties to the Japanese army, with more than 3,000 Japanese casualties.  The protracted and bitter fighting not only greatly damaged the morale of the Japanese army, but also wiped out most of its effective forces. The officers and soldiers of the Japanese army besieged in Shanghai knew their fate very well: either to wait for death or to resist to the end and wait for reinforcements.  The Japanese army inevitably chose the latter, making the battle in the city extremely cruel and fierce.  Just when the Japanese defense line in the city was about to be broken, the Japanese Navy's mighty and huge fleet carrying reinforcements from the two main divisions of the Japanese Army arrived at the Shanghai port at around 11 o'clock on the night of the 7th.  Japanese combat ships, including two heavy aircraft carriers and four "Mogami" class heavy cruisers, bombarded the weak 56th Division guarding the Yangtze River bank and the Shanghai Security Corps guarding along the Huangpu River estuary.  Thousands of Chinese coastal defense officers and soldiers were caught off guard and wiped out in the frenzy of bombardment by huge naval artillery shells. The Japanese 6th Division and 16th Division quickly landed successfully, and more than 500 fighter planes flying from Japan also rushed to Song.  Shanghai joined the war, and powerful reinforcements immediately turned the fate of the Japanese army in Shanghai around.  Feng Yuxiang, Zhang Zhizhong and other generals of the Chinese army all sighed when they saw the failure of the battle and the fact that the results of several days of bloody battles were wasted.  They understood that the national army had lost its opportunity, and a bitter battle that would be several times more severe than before was about to come in the coming days.

    "Alas" In the Northeast Frontier Defense Department of Shenyang, Zhang Xueliang looked at the information about the arrival of Japanese reinforcements in Shanghai and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.  The original plan of the national army to annihilate the Japanese invaders in Shanghai has been declared a complete failure at this time, and the following battle in Songhu will be even more bloody and cruel.  Zhang Xueliang thought for a while and told the staff intelligence officer, "Telegram to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek of the Nanjing Supreme Command: I believe that the enemy's reinforcements have arrived, the Japanese army now has absolute superiority in sea and air power, and the fall of Shanghai is inevitable. In the next step  In the war, although the national army did not lack the bloody spirit of fighting tenaciously and hard, it could not rely solely on defensive operations. It must not concentrate hundreds of thousands of elites in a narrow area on the south bank of the Yangtze River to fortify and fight to the death. This method of warfare would only  A large amount of the effective strength of the national army was consumed without achieving the result of driving the enemy out of the country. The official suggested that the commissioners should not be too strong and stubborn. They should not worry about the loss of a city or a place. They should withdraw their troops early on the Wufu Line and Chajia Line.  position, and when the enemy is exhausted, add more troops and persist in launching a counterattack. The Sino-Japanese war will be a protracted war and a war of attrition, and the national government should be prepared for a war of resistance for more than three years. The Northeast Frontier Defense Force is ready to participate in the war at any time."

    Zhang Xueliang finished dictating the telegram, thought for a moment, and then ordered: "Add the words 'sincere request'. In addition, he telegraphed General Zhang Zhizhong that the point of contention between the Japanese army and our army in Shanghai is most likely the Luodian area. At the same time,  Please be careful to prevent the enemy's next wave of reinforcements from landing in Hangzhou Bay, and be ready for a strategic transition at any time (the national army is taboo about using words such as "evacuation" and "retreat" and always use "transition" instead)." Zhang Xueliang thought about it  Historically, the "Luodian Meat Grinder" in the Battle of Songhu made people shudder. Feng Yuxiang likened that place to a "melting pot" after the war. More than 100,000 elite national troops and hundreds of senior national army generals were able to grind one brigade a day.  The speed melted into the bottomless pit of death in Luodian.

    Zhang Xueliang stared at the map of Shanghai in ecstasy again and said: "It is estimated that our Northeastern Army will soon leave the border to join the war." (Remember this website's website address: www.hlnovel.com)Melted into the bottomless pit of death in Luodian.

    Zhang Xueliang stared at the map of Shanghai in ecstasy again and said: "It is estimated that our Northeastern Army will be leaving the border to join the war soon." (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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