At 9 o'clock that night, a military train entered Shanghai Huangdu Station.
Since the Shanghai North Railway Station, the terminus of the Shanghai-Nanjing Line, is in the midst of a war between China and Japan, the current Huangdu Station has become a gathering place for supplies supported by the 19th Route Army from the rear.
At this time, there were heavily armed soldiers setting up a cordon all around the platform. An officer with the rank of colonel and several lieutenants were standing on the platform, watching the train slowly approaching, which was spitting out steam and white smoke.
The person is Dai Guoguang, deputy chief of staff of the 19th Route Army.
Dai Guoguang is about forty years old, of medium height, and slightly stout. He is a senior official in the logistics headquarters of the 19th Route Army. He has been directing and dispatching combat materials at Huangdu Station in the past few days.
He received a call from the headquarters this morning, saying that a military train from Nanjing came into the station in the evening, carrying the first batch of troops from the National Government to support the Songhu battlefield. The name of the troops was actually called "Central Party Headquarters"
Shanxi Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army".
When Dai Guoguang received the call, he was a little dumbfounded. What did this mean? When did the Central Party Committee have combat troops? Shanxi was also added in the middle. What a mess of troops. At that time, his head was a little confused.
What he didn't know was that the entire 19th Route Army headquarters, including Commander-in-Chief Jiang Jingran and Commander Cai Xianchu, were a little confused after receiving the notice from Nanjing.
The fact that the central government was able to send support troops in a short period of time was definitely a good thing for the Sixteenth Route Army, which had been fighting the Japanese invaders for eleven days. It at least gave the entire army some reassurance.
This shows that this war against the Japanese invaders is no longer a lonely battle of the 19th Route Army, but has received the full support of the central government, and the headquarters has also received the guarantee from the Military Commission that it will soon dispatch the Central Army to guard Nanjing.
The Fifth Army, composed of the 88th and 87th Divisions, which are known as the most elite, and the Central Army Officer School Teaching Corps came to Shanghai to support.
This so-called "Central Party Headquarters Shanxi Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army" serves as the advance force directly under the Fifth Army.
The senior officers of the 19th Route Army who originally knew the news were greatly refreshed. You must know that the 19th Route Army is a relatively powerful force in the current Chinese army. It made great achievements during the Northern Expedition and the Central Plains War, setting a record for the Iron Army.
In addition to the fact that it has been on a par with the Japanese army, known as the strongest army in Asia, for more than ten days, it has received support and praise from people all over the country, and various material supports from all over the country have been pouring in.
, the morale and fighting will of the whole army were at an all-time high. Now they knew the determination and measures of the central government to firmly support the anti-Japanese war, which strengthened their determination and confidence to defend the country and not give up an inch of ground.
But what to do when the "Central Party Headquarters Shanxi Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army" arrives?
In the perception of the senior officials in the headquarters, the greater the reputation, the more it indicates that they are fierce and internally ruthless. This army may be a group of veteran soldiers temporarily raised by the big bosses of the Central Party Headquarters who do not understand military affairs.
Among them were the sons and nephews of those big bosses, who came to the anti-Japanese battlefield to gain fame and gain military glory.
This kind of troops is the most difficult to arrange. They cannot fight well. The first thing to do is to gain merit. The key is to carefully serve and protect them. If any of the children of high-ranking officials are injured, it will be a big trouble in the future.
Isn't this just here to cause trouble?
But the 19th Route Army Headquarters has to accept it with pinched noses. Although the Central Party Headquarters is not an important authority, it is a group of big shots with high status and high social influence.
When you work in one of them, once you offend someone, not to mention the public opinion in the newspapers, you will be criticized in front of your face, and it will make you sick to death, but you don't dare to talk back.
Not to mention simple military commanders like Commander-in-Chief Jiang Jingran and Commander Cai Xianchu, even those with a status as high as the principal and a veritable number one person in the country should have some scruples when dealing with these people and give them the face they deserve.
Therefore, it is difficult to arrange for such a unit. The command given to Dai Guoguang by the headquarters is to receive him well, greet him politely, arrange the station on the spot, and the logistics supply must be as satisfactory as possible. At least the front line of Huangdu Station is still safe now.
Japanese naval guns cannot hit here.
That is to say, let these grown-up soldiers eat and drink well in a safe area, and then wait for the arrival of the Fifth Army, then quickly hand them over to the management and command of the Fifth Army.
Aren't you the so-called advance force of the Fifth Army? Then it's better for your Fifth Army to take it back. If we can't afford to offend you, can't we afford to hide?
Although it was already night, the train station was a scene of bright lights and busy traffic, with trucks and carriages coming and going. Because they were afraid of being bombed by Japanese planes during the day, many ammunition materials were transported to the front line at night.
The train that had just entered the station had not stopped yet, and the steam was hazy. Zhou Wen jumped out with Gao Xiaoshan, Meng Yuting and Chen Wanli. As soon as he landed, he heard the rumble of cannons in the distance, and the dark east
From time to time, cold flashes of light erupted from the sky, illuminating the gloomy cloud base intermittently, mixed with faint roars. There, there was the Zhabei front line, which was being ravaged by Japanese naval guns.
Not far from the platform, the noise of mules and horses mixed with the roar of trucks. The surging crowd continued to carry out packages of materials from the warehouse and put them on the vehicles one package after another. The people carrying them were all dressed up.
There were all of them, some dressed as workers, some in Chinese tunic suits, and actually quite a few students dressed up. None of them spoke, only breathing heavily and looking unyieldingly in their eyes.
It can be seen that among the people carrying the goods there are workers, staff, students, and nearby residents who spontaneously came to help. No one was shouting slogans or doing any mobilization work. Everyone was in an orderly manner.
They obeyed the orders of the commanders, and people continued to silently join the transport team. Their eyes were a little sad, a little scared, a little confused, but mostly unwilling and angry.
The scene of moving thousands of people, except for the shouts of the commanders and the heavy breathing of everyone, actually felt so quiet, like a silent shout.
It didn't seem to be lively, but rather desolate, inexplicably solemn and sad.
Zhou Wen and others looked at each other with solemn expressions, and then looked at the distant sky that flashed from time to time. Zhou Wen said softly: "Did you hear it? This is our land being ravaged by the Japanese invaders.
Our city, known as the Pearl of the Orient, is crying, crying to us Chinese soldiers about the atrocities committed by the enemy.