Shang Zhen, courtesy name Qiyu, was originally from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and was born in Baoding, Hebei. He served successively as Chairman of Hebei Province, Chairman of Shanxi Province, and Chairman of Henan Province. During the Anti-Japanese War, he was the Commander-in-Chief of the 20th Group Army, Commander-in-Chief of the Sixth War Zone, and Director of the General Office of the Military Commission.
, the head of the Chinese Military Delegation to the United States after the war, the Chief of Staff of the Nationalist Government, and the head of the Chinese Delegation to Japan. He is one of the few figures who has outstanding performance in military, political, and diplomatic aspects.
Not long after Li Zhaoying and Zhou Weiguo finished speaking, a car stopped not far away.
A dozen senior officers of the national army and a battalion of soldiers came this way.
After the two sides met, they saluted each other.
"Zhou Weiguo."
"Shang Zhen!"
Afterwards, the two of them smiled, and Shang Zhen said, "Brother Weiguo, thank you very much for this time. I have already sent the battle report here to the Chairman. Presumably, if the Chairman knew that you were here, he would also
You will definitely be very happy.”
When Zhou Weiguo heard this, he shook his head, smiled bitterly, and said, "Commander Shang, you have really hurt me!"
"Where do you start talking about this?" Shang Zhen was confused and a little aggrieved. I'll show you my merits in front of the chairman!
"To be honest with Commander Shang, Neji Okamura deduced from some small pieces of information that I am in Jiangxi. He has been looking for me in the past few days! Once you tell me about my presence here, our senior officials there will
There are so many loopholes, and the Japanese will soon know that I am here too! When the time comes, we must concentrate our forces, and I am afraid that neither you nor I will be able to go." Zhou Weiguo sighed and explained.
"This!" Shang Zhen was helpless. He didn't expect that such a thing would happen. "What should I do?"
Zhou Weiguo sighed and said, "Let's take it one step at a time."
"I'm really sorry." Shang Zhen looked guilty.
"It's okay." Zhou Weiguo immediately smiled and said, "The devil wants to hit me, but he also wants to see if I have the ability."
"That's true." Shang Zhen also breathed a sigh of relief. According to the equipment of Zhou Weiguo and the others, it would be impossible for the Japanese to keep them even if they were a division. "Brother Weiguo, I am very impressed by your equipment.
Interested."
"Brother Shang, I won't be polite." Zhou Weiguo said with a smile, "I got all these equipment from abroad. Of course, if brother needs it, I can also help you get some."
"I've heard about it a long time ago." Shang Zhen said, "I didn't expect that my net worth is so rich."
"There happens to be a kind of medicine on sale." Zhou Weiguo smiled, "I wonder what kind of medicine are you interested in?"
"Machine gun!" Shang Zhen said immediately, "Our 32nd Army, the entire army, may only have more than 20 machine guns. There are not many bullets."
Zhou Weiguo nodded.
"But regarding the price, I still hope that Brother Weiguo will give me a real price."
"Let's see, the German-made MG34 general-purpose machine gun costs 100 silver dollars each. I think this price is very reasonable." Zhou Weiguo smiled. As time goes by, the prices of many equipment have also dropped. The guard battle just now
, allowing Zhou Weiguo to gain thousands of war points, and the seller fired some machine guns, there was no problem at all.
"That's it! Thank you so much, brother!" Shang said happily. He never thought that the machine gun only costs 100 silver dollars. "Give me 200! Can you get it?"
"Don't worry." Zhou Weiguo smiled, "However, in terms of time, it may be a little later!"
"It doesn't matter!"
"Then I will inform them now to find a way to transport it."
"Thank you very much!"
…
Chongqing
"What? This kid is actually in Wucheng?" Lao Jiang looked at the telegram in his hand, his eyes widened in surprise, and then he laughed and cursed, "And he brought a group with him? Little Chi, you didn't even tell me, Jiang."
"Principal, Wei Guo should want to keep it a secret." Dai Li smiled bitterly. He didn't expect that Shang Zhen actually sent the military report directly. If Zhou Weiguo wanted to tell them, he would definitely tell them. He had also received intelligence before.
It was said that the Japs were looking for Zhou Weiguo's troops in Chaisang, Jiujiang. He originally didn't think Zhou Weiguo would come, but at this time, he also knew what Zhou Weiguo was thinking.
"Why keep it secret?"
"Principal, the Japs have been looking for Wei Guo and the others a few days ago. According to intelligence, Okamura Neiji attaches great importance to Wei Guo and said that if Zhou Weiguo is discovered, Zhou Weiguo's troops must be eliminated first before they can attack Nanchang.
." Dai Li explained.
"Didn't Shang Zhen do bad things with good intentions?"
"You can say that."
"Hmph! Yunong, this time, you must clean up the spies around you! Otherwise, the information about our general will be transmitted from us, and it will not be good to hear."
"yes!"
"Reply the telegram to Shang Zhen and tell him to continue to work hard to kill the enemy and defend his position. Tell Weiguo to be careful!"
"yes!"
…
On March 18, 1939, the main forces of the Japanese 101st and 106th Divisions, their artillery, and combat convoys advanced toward the north bank of Xiushui in sequence, occupying the attack starting areas respectively. After that, the artillery began to conduct test firings and fire reconnaissance.
…
Wuhan
"You mean, the regiment led by Zhou Weiguo is now in Wucheng?" Okamura Neiji said coldly, "And it directly repelled the attacks of the 101st Regiment and the 120th Regiment? It caused heavy casualties to the two regiments.
?”
"Hi!" ordered the soldier to bow. He knew from the commander's tone that the commander was in a bad mood.
"Baga! Order down! Capture Wucheng and kill Zhou Weiguo at all costs!" Neji Okamura said angrily. He originally thought that it would be best if he could capture Zhou Weiguo alive, but obviously, that would be very difficult. "Order,
Air Force, bomb Wucheng! Cooperate with the Army!"
"Hi!"
…
Here in Wucheng, the Japanese have not launched an attack for a day.
"Master, why don't the Japanese attack?" Long Zhi asked.
Yang Dali rolled his eyes and said, "If it were you, would you come here to die even though you know you can't beat me?"
Long Zhi was very unhappy with Yang Dali, not just because of what happened at the city gate before.
"The Japs must know that we are here, and they may be mobilizing troops." Zhou Weiguo smiled, "Tell the brothers to pay attention to the Japs' planes. When the Japs' planes come, they will raise the machine guns and use them as anti-aircraft guns.
"
"yes!"
Zhou Weiguo's prediction was very accurate. On the afternoon of March 18, Japanese reconnaissance planes began to fly over Wucheng.
Zhou Weiguo was naturally not in a good mood. Originally, he should have taken the initiative in this battle, but now he was quite passive. His soldiers would even be surrounded by the Japanese and sacrificed in the end.
…
Early on the morning of March 19, Japanese fighter planes and bombers began to circle Wucheng continuously.
At the same time, on the east bank of Panyang Lake, the Japanese mobilized three more divisions to launch a landing attack on Wucheng.
Soon, the Japanese fighter planes dived, and the machine guns on the fighter planes kept firing at the ground.
Zhou Weiguo hid in the trench and took cover.
Then, he heard an explosion. It was a Japanese bomber, dispatched.