The 16th Division, whose division headquarters was taken away, suddenly fell into chaos. The remaining Japanese troops fell into fighting on their own. This greatly accelerated the attack speed of the 10th Division. The fierce battle continued until the early morning of the next day.
Except for a few hundred Japanese troops who took advantage of the chaos to escape, the 16th Division was completely annihilated.
In the headquarters, Su Tong looked at the message just sent by Peng Zeyuan, with a smile in his eyes, "Good boy, he really made this happen."
Su Tong still admired Peng Zeyuan's vicious vision and courage, but appreciation was appreciation, and he couldn't get used to his disobedience. After walking around the office twice, Su Tong took out a piece of letter paper from the drawer and wrote it in person
Got up.
It’s funny to say that in later generations, Su Tong’s pen calligraphy was always poor. After coming to this era, instead of improving, he became even worse because the strokes of traditional Chinese characters he wrote became more complicated. The calligraphy at home was not as good as
The only foreign daughter-in-law he had a crush on was Yulia, so several daughters-in-law in the family always laughed at their husbands about this incident. Therefore, Su Tong, who was severely hit, rarely drafted documents or wrote words by himself.
At most, it's just a signature on the document.
Therefore, the outside world is very curious about Chief Su's calligraphy. Someone once paid a lot of money to buy a calligraphy from Chief Su, but the angry Su Tong sent Iron Bull to drive him out and let the uninformed Chahar press know.
It was later published in the newspaper and became a good talk about honesty and integrity.
Now that the 10th Division had completely annihilated the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, our Commander-in-Chief Su made an exception and personally drafted a telegram in a moment of excitement.
"In view of the excellent performance of the 10th Infantry Division, all officers and soldiers participating in the battle are hereby rewarded with fifty kuai each. The meritorious officers were promoted individually. The first battalion that led the surprise attack on the headquarters of the 16th Division received a collective commendation. The battalion commander, Major Ren Ran, was promoted to 40.
The commander of the 1st Regiment was promoted to the rank of colonel. Captain Liu Jun was appointed to be the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 31st Regiment and was promoted to the rank of major. He killed the enemy division commander Nakajima Jinmao and his second lieutenant platoon leader Wu Chengfeng was appointed as the commander of the 1st company of the battalion and was promoted to captain.
military rank"
After annihilating the 16th Division, the 10th Infantry Division and the 41st Division, which was blocking the attack, quickly withdrew to Nanjing City. Before the 10th Division had time to rejoice, it immediately received this autographed order from Su Tong.
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It was quiet in the headquarters. Everyone was looking at the division commander Peng Zeyuan. To be honest, the 10th Division fought a great battle and everyone was very happy. However, everyone knew about Peng Zeyuan's disobedience behavior and no one knew about it.
I know how Chief Su will deal with Peng Zeyuan.
Now that Su Tong gave the order, all the people were promoted and rewarded with money, but Peng Zeyuan, the biggest contributor, did not mention it. Su Tong was using this way to express his dissatisfaction, but everyone's hearts were
Let it go. Commander Su's commendation order did not mention Peng Zeyuan, but it made everyone let go of their worries. Everyone knew the subtext of Chief Su, no reward or punishment, so let this matter go.
Peng Zeyuan also breathed a sigh of relief. The meaning of Su Tong's order was very clear. Boy, don't think that I won't dare to deal with you because you have made a great contribution. Remember this time, and I won't do it next time.
In fact, Peng Zeyuan also knew that Chief Su was not angry with him for disobeying his order. He was angry that he did not discuss such a big matter with Su Tong and decided to deal with it first. This time is just a warning. If there is a next time, you should think about it yourself.
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"Wow"
A beautiful tea cup was thrown to the ground, and there were a bunch of expensive pieces on the ground.
In the headquarters of Chunhua, Iwane Matsui received the news that the 16th Division had been wiped out and was so shocked that he almost fainted. However, Prince Asaka Palace Hatohiko smashed the tea cup in his hand. He was waiting for the good news.
The two people who made the news did not expect such a result.
"Su Tong, I will definitely chop off your head." Prince Chaoxiang Palace Jiuyan's eyes widened with anger, and the teeth in his mouth chattered loudly. It looked like he could smash Su Tong to eat him alive if he stood in front of him.
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Matsui Iwane had no time to be angry. What he was thinking about now was the consequences of the annihilation of the 16th Division. First of all, the base camp would never let go of himself and Prince Asaka Palace Hatuhiko easily.
Yes, someone must be responsible for this matter. The second is the international impact of this matter. Japan used nine divisions and two detachments with a total of more than 200,000 troops to surround other people's capitals. The originally aggressive
He wanted to destroy others, but he was hit in the head and a tooth was pulled out from the tiger's mouth. It is estimated that the Western countries have long laughed their teeth behind his back.
The key now is how to eliminate the adverse effects caused by the annihilation of the 16th Division and open up the situation. This is the first problem that must be solved now.
After stomping around the office a few times, Matsui Iwane felt that his head was still full of mush and realized that this was basically a dead end unless the troops were withdrawn from Nanjing.
Matsui Iwane's footsteps suddenly paused, and the terrible word withdrawal popped up in his mind. Before that, if anyone had told him that the Japanese Empire was going to withdraw its troops from Nanjing, he would have spat in his face.
, but now this word came out of his mind first. Has he already admitted that he is not the opponent of the China general?
"No, never." Matsui Iwane glanced at the Prince Asaka Palace Hatuhiko next to him who only threw teacups to vent his anger. He secretly had a calculation in his heart and said in his heart: "Prince Asaka Palace Hatuhiko, in order to keep one of us
Man, just sacrifice yourself."
Matsui Iwane sighed softly and said to Prince Asaka Palace Hatohiko: "Your Excellency, what happened now is really a shame to our Japanese Empire. We must severely punish those disgusting Chinese people, otherwise we will be in trouble."
The majesty of the Japanese Empire will be gone. I want to personally lead the 101st Division and the Chongteng Detachment to attack Yanyutai to avenge Nakajima-kun who died in the battle, so I will trouble you to stay here."
After saying that, Matsui, an old Japanese devil, bowed to Prince Hatohiko of Asahi Palace in a hypocritical manner.
Although Prince Asaka Palace Kituhiko was furious, he was also startled after hearing this. It was not appropriate for a front army commander commanding hundreds of thousands of troops to come to the front line to supervise the battle. Besides, although he was the commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army, if
In terms of rank, he is still half a level behind Matsui, the commander of the China Expeditionary Force. If he wants to supervise the war, he should do it himself. I sit in the headquarters, but let his superiors supervise the war. Isn't that a joke? It seems that this matter is right
Matsui-kun is very exciting.
Thinking of this, Prince Kogomiya Hatohiko shook his head, and said to Matsui Iwane: "Matsui-kun, you should manage the overall situation here, and I will be responsible for supervising the battle. It is also said in the Chinese art of war that an army cannot be commander-in-chief.
Take risks yourself."
"Otherwise" Matsui also shook his head: "The Chinese people's art of war also has something to say. Only by fighting to the death can one survive."
"It's not decided like this. It's up to me to personally supervise the battle on the front line. Matsui-kun, as the commander-in-chief of the army, you still have to control the overall situation." Prince Asaka Palace Hatohiko said firmly and walked out.
Matsui Iwane looked at Prince Asaka Palace Hatohiko who had been tricked out by him, with a strange light flashing in his eyes.
The Japanese have learned from the Chinese since the Tang Dynasty. Whether it is writing, language or culture, they are full of the shadow of the Chinese civilization. The radiation and influence of the Chinese civilization on the surrounding countries for thousands of years cannot be eliminated overnight.
Although the Japanese later clamored to leave Asia and join Europe, learned some knowledge and technology from the West, and claimed to be a civilized country, some things deep in their bones cannot be removed.
In the subconscious mind of ordinary Japanese people, they still respect the Chinese people as the "Celestial Kingdom". In 1900, someone in Japan secretly conducted a social survey. The survey results showed that most Japanese people believed that an all-out war with China would be a success.
It's a fluke, and defeat is inevitable. How can there be any reason to be invincible if you commit the following crimes? Most Japanese people are still subconsciously afraid of the majesty of China for thousands of years. Although the Japanese government and the emperor have tried their best to downplay the peace for decades.
It vilifies Chinese civilization, but some things cannot be erased.
For example, on the one hand, they are vilifying Chinese civilization, but on the other hand, they are proud of being proficient in Chinese civilization. For example, Chinese Sun Tzu's Art of War, Chinese Taoism, Legalism, Confucianism and other knowledge are very popular topics in Japan.
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But what is sad is that in modern times, the Chinese people have regarded the good things passed down by their ancestors for thousands of years as dregs and swept them out, so that if they want to appreciate them, they have to go to a foreign country. This cannot but be
It's a kind of sadness to say.
Well, I digressed a little bit, let’s get back to the topic.
The news of the annihilation of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army spread like a whirlwind through the media throughout the country and Western countries. Nanjing, a city that was originally unfamiliar to the Western world, has now become a household name. Su Tong, wearing a military uniform, smiled like a newly graduated college student.
The portrait of an iron-blooded general once again appeared in the eyes of people in Western countries through various newspapers in various countries.
When Su Tong showed them the photocopied text of Matsui Jiro's diary and the photos and films of Japanese atrocities taken across China on ships that traveled across the ocean to the West, all countries in the world collectively lost their voices.
The people in the West cannot imagine that the army of a self-proclaimed civilized country would commit such atrocities against humanity. After watching the movie, diary and photos, everyone has already believed that this is the case whether they like it or not.
It is a country that has lost its reason and has no moral bottom line. All the vicious words applied to this country are not enough to describe its ugliness.
At this time, the Japanese have become the incarnation of the devil in hell in the eyes of Westerners.