On September 4, the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China, an astonishing piece of news exploded in the air like spring thunder, rolling rumble across the land of China, and the whole world felt its tremor. This spring thunder broke through the thick clouds over China.
The haze spreads a glimmer of hope to the earth.
On September 5, when the last gunshot in Xiaogan fell silent, Su Rui, commander of the 300th Division, and Wang Gantian, commander of the 55th Army, proudly announced to the outside world: The 55th Army and the 300th Division of the Fifth War Zone were in Xiaogan
The area severely damaged the elite 10th and 16th divisions of the Japanese army, with more than 20,000 enemies in total, and killed Lieutenant General Fujie Keisuke, the commander of the 16th divisions.
When the radio waves of Xiaogan's victory spread in all directions, the dullness that had been suppressed for too long was swept away across China. Everyone was ecstatic, and the whole country jumped into cheers.
On this day, the negative, decadent and pessimistic atmosphere in the hearts of the Chinese people was swept away, and a long breath of long-suppressed bad breath came out.
In fact, looking at the battle itself, although the Chinese army wiped out more than 20,000 enemies, it also suffered more than 20,000 casualties. It was really a war of attrition in which it wiped out 800 enemies and suffered a thousand losses.
But sometimes things cannot be seen that way. Just when China's nearly one million troops were fighting fiercely with the Japanese around Wuhan and a stalemate occurred, the Japanese suddenly sent troops from Hefei to attack Xiaogan in an attempt to cut off the millions of Chinese troops.
When the army's retreat was about to eat up China's most elite anti-war forces, they were beaten to death by the Chinese army. Even the division commander committed suicide. This was definitely a shattering sight.
At the very least, this news shocked the world ten times more than the Japanese taking over Wuhan.
When the news of Xiaogan's victory spread in all directions along the radio waves, the 40 million Chinese people swept away the depression that had been suppressed for too long. Everyone was ecstatic, and the whole country jumped into cheers.
Since the Battle of Wuhan began, Japanese aircraft have begun to visit Wuhan, a beautiful city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, more and more frequently. But each time they bring destruction of stability, beautiful death, terror, and pessimism and depression.
But today is different. The Chinese army annihilated the 16th Japanese Division, and the news that the division commander Fujie Keisuke was entrusted with the title spread to every corner of the country as if it had grown wings.
The whole of Wuhan was like a pot of boiling water and could not sleep all night. Crazy people gathered spontaneously and shouted this slogan to celebrate this great victory.
Countless young people rushed out of their homes and frantically bought every newspaper that reported on this incident. Even when they met strangers, they would hug each other warmly, celebrate each other, and enjoy the rare joy. But the older people
Although the elderly people are more reserved, they still let their family members buy newspapers, and then close the door at home, carefully chewing the sweetness and joy between the lines, and let the happy tears flow down their faces and soak into the newspapers in their hands;
The children were also infected by the ecstatic mood of the adults, like cheerful birds, following the adults into the cheerful torrent of people on the street.
At night, in Wuhan, Guangzhou, Chongqing and other major cities in China that have not yet fallen, there are hundreds of thousands of joyful people holding lantern parades, lighting up the cities. The two sides of the Yangtze River that runs through Wuhan are even more crowded, and fire dragons are flying.
People were beaming, talking, laughing, and shouting with joy.
The people were so excited, but at this time, in the building of the National Government in Wuhan, Chairman Chiang was watching the telegrams from the 300th Division and the 55th Division in his office, frowning and silent.
At this time, a steady voice came from outside the door: "Report!"
Chairman Chiang said without raising his head: "Come in!"
"Report, Dai Li, director of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics of the Military Commission of the National Government, is here to report!"
Chairman Jiang then raised his head and said to the middle-aged man in a gray tunic suit in front of him: "Oh, it's Yunong here. Have you found out everything I asked you to investigate?"
Dai Li, a major general who had just become the director of the Military Command Bureau, never dared to be presumptuous in front of his boss. He said respectfully: "I have reported to the principal that we have found out that this victory is indeed true. Fujie Keisuke has been conferred the title. He
The command sword is still in the headquarters of the 300th Division. The Japanese army did suffer heavy losses this time."
Chairman Jiang frowned and said: "What's the reason? What is the reason that makes the Sixteenth Division so vulnerable?"
As the leader of a country, Chairman Chiang's way of looking at problems is naturally different from that of ordinary people. After ordinary people see that their army has won a great victory, they will not care about the reasons. What they want is the result, as long as
It's enough if the army wins the battle.
But Jiang was different. What he saw was the essence of the problem, which was why the 55th Army was still struggling to support Xiaogan, but the 300th Division immediately became like a chicken when it arrived and was able to fight with the 300th Division.
The two divisions were beaten to pieces. What was the reason for this? To quote later generations, it was unscientific!
My army of one million and the Japanese's 300,000 to 400,000 people were struggling to fight. You only had tens of thousands of people and you defeated two Japanese and two elite divisions. Could it be that the Japanese in these two divisions were defeated a few days ago?
Are the legs weak after the collective **?
Dai Li lowered his head and coldly spit out the information he had obtained from his investigation: "Principal, according to the information obtained by the students, the Three Hundred Division is not simple. Not only do they have strong soldiers and horses, but they have also formed their own aviation brigade.
With the aircraft in hand, they used aviation power in this air battle. Not only did the Japanese suffer a big loss, but they also dispatched bombers to cooperate with their ground forces to continuously bombard the Japanese positions. This was how they achieved this victory.
victory."
"What? The Three Hundred Division actually has its own air force!"
Like a drake that had its neck strangled, Chairman Chiang let out a hoarse and sharp voice.
"Yes, not only do they have a large number of aircraft, but judging from the intercepted intelligence, these aircraft are also the most advanced models in Western countries." After Dai Li finished speaking, he respectfully handed over an investigation report.
Chairman Chiang Kai-shek.
As soon as the air force was mentioned, a feeling of bitterness came into Chairman Chiang's heart. At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, the National Government still had an air force. At that time, Mrs. Chiang was one of the initiators of the construction of the Chinese Air Force.
However, the quantity and quality were not very good. At that time, the Kuomintang Air Force had very old aircraft, and a large number of them were aircraft from World War I. In World War II, they could only be used as reconnaissance aircraft. In addition, because China's industrial base was weak at that time, there was a lack of spare parts.
It was almost impossible to maintain the aircraft by itself. As a result, many fighter planes were unable to take off for combat. The few second-tier aircraft purchased from abroad before the Anti-Japanese War were mostly used up during the War of Resistance in Shanghai. As a result, there are now less than a hundred fighter aircraft in the country that can fly.
shelf.
The air force has become a worry for Chairman Chiang. Now when he heard Dai Li's report that the 300th Division had actually formed its own air force, this news was no less than a bolt from the blue for Chairman Chiang.
Chairman Chiang gritted his teeth and said, "Where did they get their planes from? Have you figured it out?"
Dai Li shook his head slightly: "No, but the students have found out that the logistics minister of Suri is an American, and they have very close relations with foreign companies in the United States and Germany. It is said that all their weapons are imported from these two countries.
When he was in Xuzhou, Su Rui brought a large number of medicines and sold them in Xuzhou, and the prices were relatively low. Through the sale of these medicines, Su Rui raised a lot of money."
"America? Germany?"
Chairman Chiang felt that his brain was already a little swollen. Could it be that Su Rui had an intelligence network in the West that he could not see? How did he secretly transport these weapons, especially large cargo such as airplanes?
, and how it was transported through the Japanese naval blockade? All of this made Chairman Chiang think deeply.
After thinking for a long time, Chairman Chiang fiercely ordered: "Check...check for me...what is the relationship between this Suri in the United States and Germany, and how was his stuff transported in?"
"yes!"
Dai Li nodded respectfully, and then asked: "Principal, do you have any other instructions?"
"No more. Call Cixiu in after you go out."
"yes!"
After a while, there was another knock on the door, and Chen Cheng, then deputy minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs and director of the Wuhan camp, walked in.
"Principal, are you looking for me?"
"Well, take a look!"
Chairman Jiang casually handed the report from Dai Li to Chen Cheng. After receiving the report, Chen Cheng looked at it at a glance. His face became more solemn as he looked at it, and finally he cried out: "This Su Rui is actually so capable.
Even the air force has been established?”
Chairman Chiang sneered: "No, if it weren't for Dai Li's report, we would have been kept in the dark by him. You Su Zhongxin, I didn't expect that I would really underestimate you!"
Chen Cheng asked cautiously: "Principal, what are you going to do?"
"What should I do? Isn't this Su Zhongxin very rich? Isn't he very good at fighting? Isn't it possible that he can raise his own food and salary? Isn't it possible that he can even organize his own air force? Well, I will order him to hand over his aviation brigade right now.
Come out and be directly managed by Zhou Baifu (Zhou Zhirou, commander of the Kuomintang Air Force). I want to see if he dares to disobey!"
Hearing Chairman Chiang's sinister words, Chen Cheng knew that his boss was really angry. Su Rui's private establishment of air force had touched Chairman Chiang's sensitive nerves.
"Principal, you must not do this!" Chen Cheng, who was startled, quickly stopped his boss's reckless move...
"Huh? Why?"
Chairman Jiang turned around displeased, stared at Chen Cheng and shouted, "How dare he, Su Rui, disobey his orders!"
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