Chapter 18 Disobedience on the battlefield (2) (sorrow)
Nanjing, official residence of the leader.
Principal Jiang was looking gloomily at the continuous winter rain outside the window in a daze.
Just yesterday, a cold wave from Siberia swept across the entire East China region. The temperature in Nanjing also dropped sharply, and there was continuous rainy weather. Due to the dual impact of the rainy weather and the consecutive defeats of the National Army on the battlefields in North China and Songhu, Jiang
The principal's mood recently has been extremely bad.
In the North China battlefield, the Japanese general Seishiro Sakagaki defeated dozens of elite divisions of the national army with only half a division. Zhangjiakou, Yuxian, Pingxingguan, and Xinkou were successively lost. The Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army were defeated one after another.
, retreated again and again, seeing that Taiyuan was about to fall, and the entire Shanxi was about to fall!
On the Songhu battlefield, despite the National Government's best efforts and the favorable location and people, the war was still unavoidable.
By the end of October, the Chinese army had retreated to the west of Shanghai, and Shanghai had actually fallen. Worse still, the Secrecy Bureau once again overheard suspicious situations. The exchange of messages between the headquarters and the base camp of the Japanese dispatched troops in Shanghai suddenly became frequent.
, seems to indicate that the Japanese army is likely to increase its troops again on the Songhu battlefield!
All in all, the news that is flooding our ears these days is almost always depressing or despairing bad news.
Only Yue Weihan and Baoshan Camp can bring a little comfort to President Jiang. These days, reports about Yue Weihan and Baoshan Camp have occupied the front pages of major newspapers in major cities in the party and state, even as far away as Nanyang and Oceania.
Chinese newspapers on the other side of the country are also reporting endlessly on the heroic resistance at Sihang Warehouse.
The desperate resistance of Yue Weihan and the Baoshan Battalion at Sihang Warehouse has triggered an unprecedented anti-Japanese wave. Not only the wealthy businessmen of Jiangsu and Zhejiang actively donated money and materials, and subscribed for national bonds, but even the overseas Chinese living abroad also generously donated money, and the overseas Chinese in Malaysia purchased the
Four American fighter jets have even arrived at the military airport in Quzhou, Zhejiang.
Inspired by Yue Weihan and the Baoshan Battalion, school students in major cities across the country reappeared in a wave of strikes to join the army!
According to statistics, in late October alone, nearly 100,000 young students from all over the country joined the army. When President Jiang learned the news, he took up his pen and wrote a heroic poem on the spot: "One inch of mountains and rivers, one inch of blood, one hundred thousand young people and one hundred thousand troops."
However, no matter how brilliantly Yue Weihan and Baoshan Battalion fought at Sihang Warehouse, they could not change the decline of the entire Songhu battlefield.
Moreover, the Nationalist Government has felt strong pressure from the Shanghai Public Settlement authorities. Staff of the consulates of the United States, Britain, France, Germany and other countries in Shanghai have informally spread rumors that if the Nationalist Government does not give the order, the Baoshan Battalion will be withdrawn.
Public concession and surrender to the British army, all consequences will be borne by the National Government!
The so-called consequences naturally refer to the fact that the Japanese army was so angry that they openly bombarded the public concessions with heavy artillery, regardless of the international impact. What the hell is this logic? The Japanese devils bombed the concessions of neutral countries on the land of the Nationalist Government, and the losses caused were as much as
It is simply unreasonable for the National Government to bear the responsibility!
This was simply a naked threat, but Principal Jiang could only swallow it.
President Chiang still hoped that the United States, Britain, France, Germany and other Western powers could speak justice for the Nationalist Government at the UN General Assembly. At this juncture, how could he dare to cause trouble? Besides, the political significance of the Baoshan Battalion's resistance war in Sihang Warehouse
Having achieved it, there seems to be no need to stick to it any longer.
As for whether to surrender or not, Principal Jiang doesn't care at all.
In fact, the only one Principal Jiang really cares about is Yue Weihan. As for the life and death of hundreds of soldiers in Baoshan Camp, he doesn't care at all. The National Government is short of everything now, except for people. As long as Yue Weihan, a tiger general, can come back safely, Principal Jiang
In a matter of seconds, he can assemble a regiment or even an entire division for him!
Just now, Principal Jiang had passed over the headquarters of the Songhu Theater Command, the 15th Group Army Headquarters and even the 98th Division Headquarters, and directly issued the order to retreat to Yue Weihan. In the battle sequence of the National Revolutionary Army, the leader of the national government can directly give the order to the battalion.
As ordered by the superior officer, Yue Weihan definitely pooped on a scorpion - the only one (poisonous ant droppings).
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Zhabei, Sihang Warehouse.
The Japanese Wakisaka Regiment had been attacking for six days and suffered more than 600 casualties, but they still could not capture the Sihang Warehouse.
However, the offensive launched by Colonel Jiro Wakisaka from another battlefield seemed to have exerted its power.
On the fourth floor of the warehouse, Liu Xin trotted up to Yue Weihan and handed over a message with a pretty face. Yue Weihan took the message casually and teased Liu Xin with a smile: "What's wrong, girl? Is there someone else?"
Is the blind bastard teasing you? Do you want me, the commander, to seek justice for you and castrate that guy?"
Hearing this, Liu Xin was immediately "surprised" and said, "Sir, are you serious about this?"
"Haha, when have I ever spoken without counting my words?" Yue Weihan looked up to the sky and said, "Haha, tell me, which bastard teased you just now?"
"That person is you." Liu Xin said seriously.
As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Xinglong, several company commanders, Liu Tiezhu, and the soldiers in the guard platoon burst into laughter. Chi Chengfeng even took the opportunity to boo, "Grandma, when are you going to show off at the camp?"
"You are just preparing to fuck yourself!" Yue Weihan flew up and kicked Chi Chengfeng in the butt. Chi Chengfeng reacted quickly and dodged it, but Niu Dagen next to him suffered a disaster and immediately rubbed his own fat.
Xunwei said aggrievedly, "Yingzuo, I didn't laugh at you, why did you kick me instead?"
"You stupid, big, black guy, you were the one who laughed the most just now!"
Yue Weihan laughed and cursed, then picked up the telegram. His face changed slightly when he took a look at it. Cao Xinglong next to him asked: "Yingzuo, who sent this telegram and what does it say?"
"This is a personal call from Chairman Chiang Kai-shek of Nanjing, asking us to retreat into the public concession and surrender our weapons to the British army."
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek personally called. Yue Weihan felt that he could no longer hide the fate of all the officers and soldiers of the Baoshan Battalion. Although he was the battalion commander, he could not decide the life and death of more than two hundred officers and soldiers by himself.
"What? Let us retreat into the public settlement?"
"His grandma still wants to surrender her arms to the British? Why?"
"That's right, we have no objection to retreating to the public concession, but why should we surrender our weapons? There are so many Japanese devils who can't do anything to us. The hundred or so British devils on the other side of the river are not enough to fill our teeth."
"Damn it, what kind of fucking hammer order is this? Let's surrender our weapons to the British. What if the British then hand us over to the Japanese? Doesn't that mean we are going to die?"
Several company commanders, platoon commanders, and soldiers from the guard platoon immediately started making noises.
Yue Weihan also felt cold in his heart. Letting the Baoshan Battalion retreat into the concession and surrender its weapons to the British army was indeed a reckless act that disregarded human life. This has been proved in official history by Commander Xie Yuan and the 400 warriors of the 524th Regiment. Yue Weihan did not want to repeat the fate of Xie Yuan Regiment.
The tragedy of the 524th Regiment will not be repeated by the Baoshan Battalion!
"Okay!" Yue Weihan waved his hand to signal everyone to be silent, and then said to Liu Xin, "Second Lieutenant Liu Xin, please call back to Nanjing immediately. Our Baoshan Battalion has high morale and sufficient supplies to hold on at the Sixing Warehouse for several months!"