Of course, there are limits to human endurance.
It is impossible to finish this battle, and the days will be over.
The Great Commissioner is not always rude.
Applying both soft and hard measures is the right approach.
Songjiang itself is a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, and the county government has a lot of money and food. This person probably knows that when the Japanese army comes, these things, no matter how good they are, will be left there to prepare for the Japanese, so he might as well take them all out, and also
Go directly to the richest people in the city and collect money and food.
It’s okay if you don’t want to make friends, you can use any excuse to be the last in line to leave the city. Seeing the common people dragging their families and families out in groups, the rich people are also panicking.
This is the herd effect. At first, everyone stayed in the city and didn't leave. It was okay. When others left, they couldn't leave. There were also various rumors around that the Japanese had already landed hundreds of thousands of troops at Jinshanwei.
We will arrive in Songjiang in a day or two at the latest.
Don’t panic, that’s when you’ve seen a ghost.
Life is more important than money after all.
In just over an hour, plus the large yellow croakers and small yellow croakers that were already in the county government warehouse and in the county government yard, Da Yang Yang alone raised 400,000 yuan and 300,000 jins of grain, leaving Lao Wang and others in a miserable state.
The Sichuan Army's eyes nearly popped out.
This Jiangnan is so rich! No wonder the Japanese attacked this place first!
As long as you have money and food, it will be easy to do things. From noon to tomorrow morning, any man between the ages of 18 and 45 who is willing to stay in the city to help the army will be selected and hired, and each will receive 5 yuan and an additional 10 yuan.
Jin of food is distributed on site, and family members can take it first.
Families with a lot of money may not care much about this, but most of them are ordinary families. Especially in this time of war and chaos, food is an extremely attractive reward. What's more, no one wants their home to be occupied by the Japanese.
, ordinary people still dream of winning this battle and returning home as soon as possible!
There is an endless stream of people signing up.
As for whether there is someone who wants to take advantage and steal away without working, of course there is, but he has to take the huge risk of being shot on the spot if he is caught.
During the war, I don’t have time to talk to you so much. Even a fool knows that the county government’s decree will not make fun of you.
The heads of a few green-skinned men who took advantage of the chaos to grab money and goods were hanging bloody on several city gates as a warning!
Commissioner Wang's emotional intelligence is not low. Anyway, he puts his money wherever he goes. In front of the Sichuan Army, the Sixing Battalion, and all the members of his own security group, he announced that all those who participated in the Songjiang Defense War, regardless of military rank, would be given ten yuan each.
Morale was instantly high. Even many veterans knew that holding these ten pieces of silver would probably cost them their lives. But going to the battlefield with silver in their pockets, what can I say? I always felt at ease.
When the remaining few hundred people of the 43rd Army arrived under the leadership of two lieutenant generals on horseback, the whole city had entered the climax of evacuation. The young and strong people were gathering, while Tang Dao, Lao Wang, Wang Gongyu and others
People are discussing how to build fortifications.
While waiting for the arrival of the 43rd Army for several hours, Tang Dao did not wait any longer. He had already ridden his motorcycle throughout Songjiang City and basically understood the structure inside and outside Songjiang City.
It can be said that we also know how the 67th Army in time and space relied on more than 30,000 people to resist the Japanese Tenth Army's tens of thousands of troops for three days and nights.
Songjiang had walls and a moat. It was considered a strong city in ancient times, but it was not enough in the era of hot weapons. The Japanese army with heavy artillery concentrated their firepower, which was enough to level all the buildings in the city. The earthquake alone
It can shock a large number of people to death.
It has to be said that Commissioner Wang has a unique vision. In Songjiang, a small and inconspicuous city, they actually started building air-raid shelters four years ago. There are actually two underground shelters on the southeast, northwest and four sides of the entire city that can accommodate 3,000 people each.
There are even two air-raid shelters built in two locations in the southeast where residents are concentrated.
When Commissioner Wang took out the air-raid shelter drawings like a treasure, even a player like Tang Dao, who was usually calm and calm in the face of big events, couldn't help but open his eyes wide at that moment.
Tang Dao really doubted whether Commissioner Wang had also traveled through time. Otherwise, how could he be so smart as to invest in such a big project in this small place a few years in advance?
In his memory, it seems that only a few big cities have built this.
According to what Commissioner Wang said with a slightly arrogant look at Tang Dao's inquiring eyes, it was because of the "January 28 Songhu Anti-Japanese War" five years ago. Japanese aircraft bombed Songjiang, resulting in hundreds of military and civilian casualties. As the leader of Songjiang,
Politician, he personally took the lead in the construction of air-raid shelters as soon as he arrived.
It's just that Songjiang's financial resources are limited, and it seems that the investment is still not enough. If five or six are built under each city wall, why are they afraid of Japanese heavy artillery?
Excessive modesty is just pretentious, but surprisingly, Tang Dao is not annoying at all.
Even Lao Wang, who has extremely rich social experience, muttered in a low voice: "You have already put this in your pocket!"
The truth is not important. What is important is that there are air-raid shelters on all sides of the city wall to protect against heavy artillery.
In the past, the 67th Army might have relied on this to survive three days and nights. Otherwise, it would be hard for Tang Dao to imagine how they could have fought fiercely with tens of thousands of Japanese troops relying on these dilapidated city walls.
With this, the construction of field fortifications in the city will have more goals.
"The most important thing for our army now is to build a defensive position with the air-raid shelter close to the city wall as the core. When the Japanese army uses artillery, the main force of the army will retreat into the air-raid shelter. Once they start attacking, we will enter the positions around the city wall through the trenches."
After Tang Dao met Wang Gongyu and several generals of the 43rd Army, he directly reported to the heads of the 43rd Army with the fortification construction diagram he drew.
“How many meters away is the air raid shelter from the city wall?” Liu Yuqing asked with a frown.
“About more than 200 meters!”
"Isn't that a bit time-consuming? The Japanese army will arrive at any time. I don't think we need to waste our energy on digging trenches." Liu Gongdu, who was already familiar with Tang Dao, glanced at several people who had been staring at him intently.
Several other generals looked at the map and expressed their objections.
"Haha! It seems that Tang Dao's two cannons and several heavy machine guns are quite valuable! I asked Gong Du to help him secretly!" Lieutenant General Guo glanced at his general with a half-smile but said with a smile.
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“Don’t worry, he, Commander of the Tang Dynasty Battalion, is already famous all over the world. Xie Zhongmin heard that General Ai will accompany me for a walk in Songjiang and highly recommended him. How dare I and Commander Wu not reuse such a talent?”
Looking at the generals standing in a circle, Lieutenant General Guo's expression gradually became solemn: "Before coming to Songjiang, the theater headquarters had sent a call to our army to establish the Songjiang frontline headquarters, headed by Lieutenant General Wu Keren, commander of the 67th Army.
As the commander of the joint command, I serve as the deputy commander, and everyone else performs their respective duties.
I intend to propose to Lieutenant General Wu that the Songjiang Front War Supervision Battalion should be established with Sihang Battalion as the core, and Lieutenant Colonel Tang Dao be the battalion commander and deputy director of the staff department."
As soon as these words came out, Wang Gongyu, who had already attached great importance to Tang Dao, took a deep breath and looked at Tang Dao with admiration.
With his city, how could he not understand that the reason why the 26th Division Major General Chief of Staff spoke out against Tang Dao was actually to protect Tang Dao? If Lieutenant General Guo is dissatisfied with Tang Dao's opinion, there is no need to wait for him to speak out in person.
That person eliminated the error first.
It's okay for an army major general to care for him quietly, but the lieutenant general of the 43rd Army simply made no secret of it. Before the commander-in-chief came, he directly arranged the position for Tang Dao. Although it was only a draft, Wang Gongyu believed that it had not been done yet.
The one who arrived would not fail to give face to this dignified lieutenant general.
Of these two positions, the former can supervise the entire army. Tang Dao, as the commander of the inspection battalion, can completely handle those who avoid fighting and shrink from the battle at school level officers and below. The latter is even more awesome and can even participate in major generals like him.
It is the military meeting of senior generals who attends the last seat and gives advice to the big bosses.
This also means that Tang Dao can freely outline his intentions for the construction of fortifications in the entire city of Songjiang, and does not have to care whether the big bosses adopt them, because that is within his scope of authority.
This chapter has been completed!