Chapter 9: Two Choices
Five days later, the 163rd Regiment finally arrived at Lucheng (Kunshan) on time according to the instructions of his superiors. When Su Dao and his friends arrived, many troops were on standby in Lucheng, including the third batch of troops that were also trained and had been replaced. However, Su Dao could see that those troops did not do very well in training. At least so far, no unit that Su Dao saw could be like the 163rd Regiment.
However, the 163rd Regiment arrived in Lucheng on time, but the other brothers of the 32nd Division were unable to arrive on time. According to their current progress, it is estimated that it will take another day to arrive in Lucheng.
"Brother Song, now you can arrange for the troops to rest immediately, let the kitchen squad make some delicious food, and let the soldiers replenish their bodies. I think we should receive the order to set off tonight or tomorrow morning." Since entering Lucheng, there have been troops that are strictly prohibited from standing by. The soldiers are always guns and ammunition with them, which is quite a trend of a war. Seeing this, Su Dao dared not be careless. Now the soldiers are seriously overdrawn. If they don't have a good rest, they will go directly to the battlefield. Without the Japanese fighting, they will be exhausted to death.
"Don't worry, Brother Su, I've made arrangements. Those kids have been very tired. As soon as they arrived, they collapsed on the ground one by one. How could they look like soldiers? They are obviously a group of defeated soldiers. Alas!" Song Renyi looked at Su Dao, wanted to speak but stopped. He seemed to want to say something to Su Dao, but he couldn't open his mouth.
"The war is coming, Brother Song should not ask so much for the soldiers. It is serious to ask the soldiers to recover their physical strength as soon as possible. I'll contact my superiors and see where our equipment went?" After coming here, Su Dao discovered that he was not the only German instructor who had not withdrawn from the army, but that no one of them left at all.
All the German instructors followed the army to the front line. Even the German advisory group leader General Falkenhausen was currently staying in the command of the Ninth Army in Shanghai. Su Dao also discovered a problem. In this battle, the Germans played an important role.
Admiral Farkenhausen acted as the chief of staff of Lieutenant General Zhang Zhi in the Ninth Army Command in Shanghai. Although he claimed to have a chief of staff, in fact, the chief of staff of the Ninth Army was actually served by Farkenhausen and his think tanks. (Don't be surprised about this. The German advisory group did make a lot of efforts during the War of Resistance. Even the final withdrawal of China was left with a mustache and forced order. At that time, Hitler formed an alliance with Japan, in order to avoid arousing the disgust of the Japanese alliance, interrupted all military cooperation with China, and forced the order to evacuate the German advisory group in China. I don't know what the specific content of the order is, but one thing is certain. The order mentioned in that year that year that if you do not evacuate according to the order and stay in China privately, you should be treated as treason.)
Colonel Wood, the chief instructor, was responsible for assisting the Chinese side in Lucheng to dispatch troops in an orderly manner. Of course, this does not mean that the Chinese generals did not know how to dispatch troops, but that Nanjing has made up their minds to fight a fierce battle with the Japanese, so the troops coming from all over the country will be continuously.
If there is an emergency on the front line, how should we support it? Or how many troops should we send to support it? This requires Colonel Wood to give some advice. After all, Colonel Wood was once a staff instructor at the Berlin Military Academy.
After solving the current problem, Su Dao directly started and left here and headed straight to the rear command center in the city. This was a temporary command center. Although it was called the command center, it seemed particularly simple. The command center was in a small house, with houses around it and dense trees. Staying here could certainly avoid Japanese aircraft reconnaissance. But there was also one thing that was, once it was targeted by Japanese aircraft or discovered by Japanese spies, the command center would be finished.
Anyway, Su Dao couldn't understand why these people put the command center here? If it were Su Dao, he would rather put the command center in the woods outside the city than here. However, this is not something Su Dao can control. Anyway, he doesn't come here often. He hurried in and said hello at one time, and then took the troops to hide in a safe place, saving him from being bombed by Japanese planes. If he had not yet gone to the battlefield, he would be killed by the Japanese army first. This would be too embarrassing.
"Oh, Su, are you here? That's great. There's a piece of information here. I think I need your help." As soon as Su Dao entered the gate of the command center, he saw Colonel Wood sitting on a stool facing the gate, holding a Chinese cigarette in his hand, frowned, but it was facing the direction of the gate. Therefore, when Su Dao came in, he was discovered by Colonel Wood.
"Col. I have something to do here. I'm not here to be a free adviser for you." Su Dao was stunned at first, then said with a wry smile.
He really couldn't understand what kind of person Su Dao was in Germany? Why did Colonel Wood seem to trust Su Dao very much? Besides, even if Su Dao told the truth, would they believe it? After all, Colonel Wood and General Farkenhausen were just advisers. They only had the right to suggest, but did not have the actual control of the army. Even if they told the Chinese generals the purpose of the Japanese army, I am afraid that the Chinese generals would not dare to obey their suggestions alone and unanimously now.
"Su, don't refuse me first. Actually, I have a preliminary plan now, but I don't think it's too safe. I need your help." Colonel Wood was not angry, but instead said to Su Dao with a smile.
Soon Su Dao took the telegram from Colonel Wood and carefully looked at the content above. The content of the telegram was very simple. The Chinese spies in Japan had discovered the Japanese army's behavior of increasing troops and sent all the troops and numbers. The first batch of troops were only two divisions, the 3rd Division and the 11th Division, with only about the number of people, but there was no accurate number of people.
But military telegrams are enough as long as they have this content. In fact, the Japanese army's troops have begun to increase, but the spies did not transmit the information in time after they discovered it. Japan is still relatively strict in this area, and international telegrams are not so easy to send successfully.
Even so, just to send this telegram, the already rare intelligence personnel lost two personnel. Lieutenant General Fujita Fujita and Chief of Staff Colonel Tatsuki. The division was organized in Nagoya, Japan and was ordered to be incorporated into the Shanghai Expeditionary Force on August 15. On August 18 and 19, it set off on a boat from the Port of Infantry Port, Japan, and was under its jurisdiction: Major General Riichiro Katayama, the commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade: Colonel Kuranagataji, the commander of the 6th Infantry Regiment, and the 68th Infantry Regiment
Colonel Tatsuya Nagaemoto. Major General Kaniichiro Ueno, commander of the 29th Infantry Brigade: Colonel Kasuke Ishii, commander of the 18th Infantry Regiment, captain of the 34th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Taguhararo. Captain of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Captain of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Colonel Seiichi Takeda, captain of the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, Captain of the 3rd Engineer Regiment, Colonel Mitsuo Nakajima, Captain of the 3rd Light and Heavy Army Regiment, Nakaji Nakajima, Captain of the 3rd Light and Heavy Army Regiment, Communications Team, Health Team, 1st to 4th Field Hospitals; Weapon Service Team.
Lieutenant General Yamamoto Sobu and Chief of Staff Colonel Kamamura 48. The division was organized in Shintoji Temple in Japan. It was incorporated into the Shanghai Expeditionary Force on August 15. On August 20 and 21, it departed by boat from Tadori Port in Japan. It is under its jurisdiction: Major General Majiro Akintani, the commander of the 10th Infantry Brigade: Colonel Anda, the commander of the 12th Infantry Corps, and Colonel Nagatsusaki, the commander of the 22nd Infantry Corps. Colonel Nagatsusaki. Infantry Corps 2nd Infantry Corps 2nd
Major General Yoshikazu Kuroiwa: Captain of the 43rd Infantry Regiment, Colonel Yoshio Asama, Captain of the 44th Infantry Regiment, and Colonel Tomoega. Captain of the 11th Cavalry Regiment, Captain of the 11th Cavalry Regiment, Captain of the 11th Yama Artillery Regiment, Captain of the 11th Engineer Regiment, Colonel Yamauchi, Captain of the 11th Engineer Regiment, Captain of the 11th Light and Heavy Forces Regiment, Nakasa Okawahara, Communications Team, Health Team, 1st to 4th Field Hospitals.
This is the entire content of the telegram, but it is obvious that the telegram in Su Dao's hand is now transmitted from Nanjing, not the original text of the telegram. Moreover, the original text of the telegram cannot be so long. The original text of the telegram only states that the first batch of additional personnel in Japan were all members of the Third Division and the Eleventh Division, as well as the time and place of departure.
The content of the telegram is now the specific information obtained by Nanjing based on the investigation. The purpose is to make Shanghai prepare, at least know how many corpses the enemy has and how many people it is. It has to be said that Nanjing has done a good job in this regard. At least it has listed which corps the enemy has and whoever the corps captain is, which has saved them a lot of trouble. When the rear team was reselling, they probably knew what to do.
"According to my personal estimate, the Japanese army is likely to land in Wusong and Chuansha Town. The two plans, the first plan, put aside everything and leave some forces to continue to encircle the Japanese Marine Corps. The remaining main forces are all gathered in Wusong and Chuansha Town to prevent the Japanese army from landing, but this will increase our casualties. The power of the Japanese naval guns should not be underestimated. The second plan is to retreat the entire army to allow the Japanese army to land smoothly. Once the Japanese army lands, or when the troops land some of the troops, we are rushing up. As long as we get mixed up with the Japanese army, the Japanese naval guns will not play a role, and our casualties will be much smaller." Su Dao said like a charlatan, and his fingers immediately pointed out the location of Wusong and Chuansha Town on the map.
"Su, your suggestion is good, but we cannot confirm where the Japanese army landed, so your two plans are likely not to be adopted." Colonel Wood scratched his head in pain. Although Su Dao gave a plan, he did not dare to adopt it easily. After all, only a genius knew where the Japanese army landed. If he got the wrong place and put the Japanese army safely up, the Chinese army would be passive.
Chapter completed!