The explosion at the Shanghai headquarters caused the Japanese army to lose two major generals, five colonels, and more than 100 other officers above the rank of lieutenant. The chief of intelligence, Ying Zuo Zhenzhao, was seriously injured and fell into a coma. However, Tou Shange Ming was suddenly protected by his side during the explosion.
His ninja caught him and jumped out of the building, only slightly injured. But such a high price was enough to drive the Japanese army crazy.
The Japanese intelligence team began a large-scale operation in Shanghai. The billowing smoke after the bombing of the Shanghai Headquarters and the Hongkou Arsenal made the foreign reporters in the concession feel as if they were having an orgasm. They thought that after the Battle of Songhu, Shanghai had become
The world was dominated by the Japanese, but seeing the thick smoke, everyone understood that the Chinese might have temporarily lost the frontal battlefield, but the battlefield behind enemy lines had just begun.
--Tokyo
"Is this the answer you gave me? I have said before that the problem is not what we did, but how the world reacted to what we did. Originally, we occupied a large amount of China's territory during the China Incident, and those European and American
The country has a problem with us. Now, the whole world is laughing at us and laughing at me as the emperor! Tell me, is everything you did in Shanghai just to make me the laughing stock of the world?" Hirohito
With blood-red eyes, he stared at Konoe Fumimaro fiercely, making Konoe Fumimaro sweatdrop.
"This shame must be washed away, no matter what the cost, it must be washed away!!" Hirohito slammed the table hard and shouted.
Konoe carefully retreated, found Sugiyama Gen, and said angrily, "His Majesty the Emperor is very angry about the Shanghai incident. Your army must catch the murderer and give an account of this incident."
Sugiyama Gen hesitated and said, "Then do we need to make some adjustments to Matsui Iwane?"
Konoe thought for a while and said, "On the premise that everything will not affect the Battle of Nanjing, tell Matsui Iwane that everything will be easy if we capture Nanjing. If something unexpected happens again, just be loyal to the emperor."
--Nanjing
Tang Shengzhi was sitting in the car, looking at the noisy people on the road so crowded that his car couldn't move, and cursed, "What's going on? Why can't you move?"
The driver said in embarrassment, "The people in front have blocked the road. Now we can't move at all."
Tang Shengzhi asked strangely, "How come there are so many people? There are not 300,000 people in Nanjing city in total. Why are there so many people on the road at once?"
The staff officer next to him said, "The news has spread that the national defense line has been breached. Now people are saying that Nanjing cannot be defended. I heard that even many soldiers have escaped?"
Tang Shengzhi slapped the seat hard and said, "Is there a spy? Is there an agent doing something strange? Is it disturbing the people's hearts? Now is the time when the army and the people are united and guarding Nanjing, why would such a thing happen? No, I won't go to the Purple Mountain.
, divert to the pier."
The driver looked at the crowd in front and said, "Commander, you can't move at all now?"
"Are all the fire sticks in your hands? Go and ask the soldiers to pave a way for me. Which is more important now, these mud legs, or the military life?" Tang Shengzhi cursed. When the guards heard this, they immediately took out their armed belts.
The whip was used to force a way out. Suddenly there was a burst of crying. Tang Shengzhi closed the glass window and closed his eyes without saying a word.
Tang Shengzhi arrived at the Zhongshan Pier, which is the lifeline of the entire Nanjing. Countless people were waiting at the Zhongshan Pier, and several ferries continued to transport people across the river. Since the Japanese army was still far away, although the people were a little panicked, they were generally calm.
Some troops and police are constantly maintaining order.
Tang Shengzhi looked at it with a telescope and nodded. He was quite satisfied with the commander here. Suddenly, he saw two soldiers in military uniforms secretly changing their clothes in a corner. After a while, they took off their military uniforms and threw them away.
After arriving in the river, he came out and blended into the crowd of people.
"Go, have you seen those two people? Catch them!" Tang Shengzhi shouted. The guard next to him took a look and immediately rushed out, dragging the two people and throwing them in front of Tang Shengzhi.
"What are you going to do? We are good citizens, ordinary people in Nanjing City." The two people said in Nanjing dialect.
"Oh, people? Come here, search me!" Tang Shengzhi whipped him over and shouted. After a while, a bayonet was found from the two of them. It turned out that the two did not dare to leave the gun, so they just took it.
A bayonet for self-defense.
Tang Shengzhi shook the bayonet and asked, "What is this? Do you have anything else to explain?"
The two people quickly said, "Boss, we picked this thing. It's not safe on this road, just in case."
Tang Shengzhi nodded, pointed to their feet and said, "Did you pick up these military shoes too?"
Seeing that the two were silent, Tang Shengzhi shouted, "Pull down and shoot!"
"Sir, have mercy on me, sir, have mercy on me." The two people's begging for mercy slowly left, and Tang Shengzhi said, "Look, there must be more than one or two people like this. If we don't stop this evil trend, I won't even care about this Nanjing city."
Defeated, return to headquarters for a meeting."
Tang Shengzhi sat in the high seat in the center. He took a deep breath and felt this long-lost feeling. He became famous at a young age and was the first person to become famous. He participated in the Tongmenghui and was once a warlord. He rebelled against Chiang Kai-shek three times and finally became famous in September 1st.
At eight o'clock, he made a unified foreign policy and negotiated peace with Chiang Kai-shek, but it has been almost seven years since he lost real power. In these seven years, he has been walking on thin ice, fearing that one day he will be settled by Chiang Kai-shek through the Guangdong-Guangxi Incident and the Xi'an Incident.
With his two performances, he finally won the favor of Jiang's intermediary, and now he could take control of the military. Tang Shengzhi understood that this might be his biggest opportunity.
Tang Shengzhi opened his eyes, looked at everyone and said, "Today, I went to the dock and found two deserters. I want to ask, are there many cases like this in your troops?"
Everyone looked at each other, and Gui Yongqing laughed softly and said, "I don't know about others, but our teaching corps will never have such deserters."
Gui Yongqing was born in the first phase of Huangpu and was hailed as a model of Huangpu by Chiang Kai-shek. At this time, he held the rank of lieutenant general and was the commander of the training corps.
Sun Yuanliang was one of the first three commanders of the German Arms Division. He had always secretly competed with the teaching corps, and he immediately said, "We in the 72nd Army will not have any deserters."
Tang Shengzhi nodded and said, "Okay, then I've probably seen a ghost. I won't ask where the previous deserters came from. From today on, the army will use the company sitting method. One soldier will be a deserter, one squad will be shot, and the other squad will escape.
If the entire platoon is shot and one company escapes, let the regiment leader go see the former Prime Minister. Nanjing is the capital of our Republic of China. Anyone who dares to retreat without a fight will be killed without mercy."
Everyone couldn't help but feel a little moved when they heard this, and looked at Tang Shengzhi with a little fear in their eyes.
Tang Shengzhi was very satisfied with everyone's performance. He looked at Xiao Shanling and said, "The gendarmerie must perform its functions. The gendarmerie must go down to the company and report any deserters immediately if they find any deserters."
"You don't believe us!" Xu Yuanquan stood up and said angrily. Xu Yuanquan was an officer in the First Rebellion in Wuchang. He once led 300 student soldiers to fight against the Qing soldiers and was known as a powerful general. Originally, he was not in Nanjing.
It was Chiang Kai-shek who ordered him to rush eastward from Hubei in order to strengthen Nanjing's power.
"General Xu, is this also to unite and fight together? In addition, I have decided to blockade the Zhongshan Pier." Tang Shengzhi continued.
"What? Blocking the Zhongshan Pier, what will happen to so many people? There are still many people who have not evacuated." Wang Jingjiu is from Jiangsu, and he couldn't help but get excited when he heard this.
"What are you afraid of? Did I say that the people will not be allowed to retreat?" Tang Shengzhi said confidently, "There is no waterway, but there is also a land route. The dock is too chaotic, so let the people leave by land."
"What, land route? Instead of taking the good water route, take the land route?" Everyone couldn't help but feel confused.
Tang Shengzhi said, "Everyone knows that Nanjing is a city surrounded by water. Blocking the river and allowing people to walk by land must pass through the railway bridge and station a regiment wherever they go. People who leave will be strictly checked and no more deserters will be allowed.
The incident happened, and in order to express my determination, I decided to move all the ferries upriver. Therefore, the soldiers and officers must make up their minds and swear to live or die with Nanjing!"
"Does Commander Tang think we can win? What should we do if all the ships are gone?" Luo Zhuoying was the deputy commander, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry when he saw that Tang Shengzhi issued such an order without consulting him.
"Haha, I know you all have this question. Let me give you an idea here. Chairman Chiang Kai-shek and I had a secret conversation during the evacuation. Now, about 150,000 people from Yunnan, Guangxi, and Sichuan are moving towards us.
, Chairman Chiang said that as long as we defend for half a month, he will personally lead three divisions from Yunnan to come to the rescue. At that time, we will attack from inside and outside to annihilate the Japanese army and Jinling City."
All the generals rolled their eyes. Only you, Commander Tang, will take such an unreliable plan seriously. It's enough to gather everyone to annihilate them and get everyone out."
Tang Shengzhi stood up and said, "That's it. If anyone dares to say anything about the retreat, please go and talk to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. Go to Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and talk to the former Prime Minister." After saying that, he stood up and left. Everyone who was left behind looked at each other.
He shook his head and said nothing.
Tang Shengzhi walked halfway, suddenly thought about it, and said to the soldier next to him, "You, go find a steamer and hide it. Don't let anyone know about it. Do you understand?"
The soldier nodded and immediately ran out to do it.
——Zhongshan Pier
Seeing the ships leaving one by one, the people waiting at Zhongshan Pier screamed anxiously.
"What's going on? Why did the boat leave?" Everyone shouted, "Boss, why did the boat leave?"
A middle-aged officer held a loudspeaker and shouted, "In order to fight to the death for the whole city, by the order of Commander-in-Chief Tang, all ships are not allowed to cross the river. They must leave the people of Nanjing and leave Nanjing via the railway bridge."
"What? You won't let us leave? Okay, we won't leave." An old man threw down his box and shouted.
The young man next to him said anxiously, "Dad, let's leave by land. The Japs are coming, and there will definitely be a war in Nanjing. What if it affects us?"
The aunt on the other side also said, "That's right, this gun has no eyes, what should we do if it hits us? Let's go." She sighed, picked up the package and started walking.
The old man shook his head and said, "I won't go, I won't go. I have lived for more than fifty years. I am old enough. I have been in Nanjing all my life. I have fought so many wars in Nanjing for so many years and nothing has happened."
The young man said anxiously, "But the Japanese are not good people. Haven't you read the newspapers? They have committed massacres in Shanxi and Shanghai."
The old man smiled and said, "That is a suburb of Shanghai, a small town in Shanxi. Where are we, the Imperial City of Jinling? There are so many foreigners and envoys here, do they dare to mess around? Listen to me, go back, go back."
Everyone couldn't bear it, so they had to listen to him return to his home in Nanjing. At this time, a female student rushed over and said, "Uncle Liu, why don't you leave? The Japanese are going to call in a few days, haven't you heard?
, the devils are going to carry out a massacre."
Then Uncle Liu laughed and said, "Which god did you, a little girl, listen to?"
The female student stamped her feet and said, "It's true, please leave quickly."
"Yes, let's go quickly, but before we leave, can Uncle Liu sell your house to your younger brother?" A somewhat arrogant voice came. When everyone took a look, the female student shouted, "Hu Hui, what are you doing?
coming?"
Hu Hui, who was tall and thin, with a mustache and a stick, said, "My good cousin, Hu Ping, why are you here? Didn't I hear that Mr. Liu is back, so I came to discuss it?"
Is there a problem with this house? How about it, Mr. Liu, the Japanese are here, and you don’t want to be a submissive citizen. If you don’t want to give this house to anyone, you might as well give it to me. What’s the price? It’s easy to negotiate.”
Hu Ping said angrily, "What time has it been? Why do you still want to buy a house and start a business?"
Then Hu Hui grabbed her and whispered, "Now that the Japanese are here, aren't we going to have a hard time? Everyone is fleeing now. This house has dropped to 10% of its usual value. If you don't buy it now, your brother, I'm not stupid.
Once the war is over, no matter whether the Japanese or the Nationalist Government are in charge of the city of Nanjing, we will take action."
Hu Ping stamped her feet and wanted to curse. Hu Hui quickly said, "My good sister, don't be stupid. My brother died early. Who has sponsored your studies all these years? It's not our family. Listen to me. Wait until
When the time comes, I will also give you a thicker dowry."
Hu Ping said angrily, "When the Japanese come, survival will be a problem, and you are still talking about this. Do you know that the Japanese are preparing to carry out a massacre in Nanjing?"
Hu Hui smiled and said, "Which lunatic told you that there was a massacre? He dared to try it. Besides, we will hide in the foreigners' place. Who dares to move? Didn't you see what was said in the newspaper?"
Well, isn’t that what the people of Taiyuan do? Don’t worry, Mr. Liu, let’s talk about this house.”
Mr. Liu pushed Hu Hui away and shouted, "I won't leave. I will die in Nanjing City. Whoever you like can leave. I, Liu Sanfa, will stay at home and not leave."
Hu Ping ran over and grabbed the young man and said, "Liu Yan, the news that the Japanese are going to kill people was obtained through hard work by us. It is true. You have to believe me."
Liu Yan looked at Hu Ping and said awkwardly, "It's not that I don't believe it, dad, let's go."
Liu Sanfa asked, "Where did you get this news?"
Hu Ping looked at Liu Yan and said, "I am from the Youth League of the Red Party. This is secret information from the Red Party. Please believe me. I am willing to tell you that I am from the Red Party, which represents my sincerity."
"Sister, you are crazy, you actually joined the Red Party." Hu Hui said in disbelief.
"The news from the Red Party, hahahaha, well, we can feel at ease in Nanjing City. If the Red Party's words can be believed, the sun can rise from the west. Old lady, go buy some food. We won't leave at home."
When Liu Sanfa heard that it was the Red Party, he burst into laughter. You must know that he was a member of the Tongmenghui back then. If you want him to believe in the Red Party, it is better to make him believe that the Japanese entered Nanjing to make him the emperor." After saying this, he no longer wanted to.
After listening to Hu Ping's words, she coaxed Hu Ping out directly.
Hu Hui sighed, "Well, this one can't do it. I'll go to the next one. My good sister, you'd better go home early. What if something happens in this chaotic situation? I can't explain it to your mother."
Hu Ping said angrily, "Don't you want to leave even if you don't care about your life?"
Hu Hui smiled and said, "I live and die with Nanjing! Don't worry, nothing will happen to you. If you want to leave, just take your mother with you."
Hu Ping shook her head and reluctantly went to the next house to persuade her.