After thinking about it for a long time, Xianyuan Gong Zairen reluctantly said: "I will handle this matter."
"Hai, your Highness, Prince Lao." Tojo Hideki quickly nodded his head and expressed his thanks.
This was also the main reason why he took the trouble to come over all night to see Hirohito, because he was really afraid that after the bad news was reported, Hirohito would be furious, but he did not dare to hide the news and not report it to Hirohito.
, so I came up with a compromise, first reporting the bad news to Hanyin Gong Zaijin, the Chief of Army General Staff.
As expected, Kanin Miya Zaijin did not disappoint Tojo Hideki and took over the job.
Kanin Gong Zaijin asked again: "But Tojo-kun, after the 9th Division was completely wiped out, Shanghai fell, and the surrounding counties were probably unable to defend it. In this way, the entire war situation took a turn for the worse. So,
Correspondingly, should the battle plan for the Shanghai Battle also be adjusted accordingly?”
"Hai!" Tojo Hideki said after a moment, "I was just going to tell His Highness."
After a pause, Tojo Hideki continued: "According to the original battle plan of the base camp, the remnants of the Ninth Division will contain the patrol battalion in Hongkou, and then after the Twentieth Division and Seventh Division arrive, they will
The patrol battalion was surrounded and then annihilated in Hongkou, but now that the Ninth Division has been annihilated, this idea has come to nothing..."
Kanin Miya Zaijin interrupted Tojo Hideki impatiently and said: "Tojo-kun, just get to the point."
"Hai." Tojo Hideki paused, then continued, "Your Highness, after receiving this battle report, I have ordered the base camp combat section to urgently formulate a new battle plan. According to this plan, the 20th
The division and the 7th Division will land on the beach from Baoshan County and Jinshanwei respectively, and then attack Shanghai from the north and south."
"Landing from Baoshan County and Jinshanwei?" Xianyuan Gong Zairen frowned, "Why not land directly from Yangshupu? There are obviously docks available, why do we have to grab the beach?"
"Nani?" Tojo Hideki said in shock, "Your Highness, have you forgotten Wusongkou?"
"Why did I forget about Wusongkou?" Xianyuan Gong Zairen slapped his forehead, and then he remembered that after the patrol battalion successfully attacked the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, it sent a dozen warships of the Third Fleet to Wusongkou and bombed it.
Shen, now he has successfully built a blockade at Wusongkou, making it impossible for ships over 1,000 tons to navigate.
After sighing, Xianyuan Gong Zairen said again: "Doesn't this mean we have to fight the Battle of Songhu again?"
"That's not necessary." Tojo Hideki shook his head and said, "Although Xu Rui is powerful, the strength of the patrol battalion is far less than the size of the main force of the National Army. Not to mention the millions of troops, Xu Rui can gather 20,000 troops.
The troops are pretty good, so it won’t reach the scale of a battle, and it will only be a large-scale sweep at best.”
"Tōjo-kun, please don't be careless." Kanin Gong Zaijin waved his hand and said, "The size of the patrol camp may not be comparable to the main force of the National Army during the Songhu Battle, but its combat effectiveness is not far behind.
Jean, especially the command of the patrol battalion, is much stronger than the main force of the National Army."
"Hai." Tojo Hideki paused and said, "Your Highness the Prince clearly knows that Xu Rui's tactical command ability is indeed far beyond that of the senior generals of the National Army."
Xianyuan Gong Zairen nodded and said: "So, you must be careful!"
"Hai!" Tojo Hideki paused again and said, "I understand my humble position."
"Go ahead." Xianyuan Gong Zairen waved his hand and said, "If you have any difficulties, tell me immediately."
Tojo Hideki hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, we really have a problem. Can you tell His Highness Fushimi Miyahiroyasu to ask the navy to provide more transportation capacity and transfer the 7th Division and the 20th Division?"
Is the division transported to the Shanghai battlefield at once? Otherwise, I am worried that if they arrive separately, they will be defeated by the patrol battalion with a time lag."
After Xianyuan Gong Zairen heard this, a look of embarrassment immediately appeared on his old face.
Fushimi Miyahiko used naval ships to engage in smuggling and enriched his own pockets. Kaninin Miyazaihito also knew this, but Kaninin Miyazaihito did not interfere too much because he himself was not clean, but at the moment Shanghai
The battle situation was very critical, but it was necessary to tell Fushimi Miyahiro Kyou.
At that moment, Kanin Gong Zaijin said: "I will also tell Fushimi Miya about this matter."
"Hai, thank you so much, Your Highness." Tojo Hideki was overjoyed when he heard this, then turned around and hurried away.
As soon as he returned to the Army Ministry, Tojo Hideki immediately gave an order to the 20th Division that had completed its assembly, asking them to wait for another seven days at the Port of Inchon, and wait until the 7th Division also completed its assembly before heading there together.
Shanghai, only in this way will Xu Rui not seize the opportunity to make time difference.
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At the same time, in Shanghai.
Except for the shooting that was still going on at the North Railway Station, the rest of the street fighting battlefields had returned to calm. Teams of patrol battalion officers and soldiers were cleaning the battlefields with submachine guns.
At this time, Xu Rui dared to say that the overall situation of the battle in Shanghai has been decided!
Without even taking a breather, Xu Rui immediately summoned the top management of the general division to the Broadway Building.
In the large conference room, Wang Husheng took out a telegram in front of dozens of commanders and said: "This is the commendation telegram just sent by the head of the military department, congratulating us on our unprecedented victory in the Battle of Shanghai."
After a pause, Wang Husheng took out another telegram and said suddenly: "This one is a commendation order from Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, commending us for the major victory we achieved in the combat operation against the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet.
"After that, Wang Husheng read Chairman Chiang's commendation order from cover to cover.
Chairman Chiang still does not know that the Ninth Division has been completely wiped out and Shanghai has been recovered.
When Wang Husheng read the commendation order from Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, Xu Rui specifically observed the expressions of the senior officers present and found that most of them had very cold expressions. Even Xie Yuan, Yang Rui and other officers in the isolated camp also behaved indifferently.
It was very cold. It was obvious that among so many senior officers present, almost no one had a good impression of Chairman Chiang.
But this is normal. Who could have asked Chairman Chiang to abandon them on the battlefield?
After reading the telegram, Wang Husheng said loudly: "Comrades, although the Japanese at the North Railway Station are still resisting, we have won this battle in Shanghai. Now I can tell you with great certainty that tomorrow will be
Liang, the whole of Shanghai will be liberated, and nearly two years after its fall, Shanghai will once again return to the embrace of the motherland!"
As soon as Wang Husheng's passionate words fell, warm applause immediately erupted in the conference room. Many officers applauded and even shed tears, because most of the officers here had participated in the Battle of Songhu and fought three battles at that time.
After many months, Shanghai was finally lost. They thought this would be a shame they would never be able to wash away!
But they didn't expect that today, this shame would be washed away by them, and Shanghai would be liberated!
What makes these Songhu veterans unable to suppress their excitement is that Shanghai was recovered from their hands! There is no more wonderful result than this!
These Songhu veterans cheered and applauded so heartlessly that their palms even became swollen.
Wang Husheng repeatedly gestured for everyone to be quiet, but these Songhu veterans, whose emotions were almost completely out of control, were not aware of it. They were still cheering and applauding heartlessly, and some were even crying loudly, silently comforting the two in their hearts.
Comrades who died in Shanghai years ago: Shanghai has been liberated!
In the end, it was Xu Rui who stood up and signaled everyone to be quiet, and finally suppressed the noise.
Then, the officers attending the meeting cast warm glances at Xu Rui. Before today, there were still many officers who secretly had doubts about Xu Rui. With the mentality that hearing is false and seeing is believing, they instinctively believed
Xu Rui's previous achievements in Dameishan were all false and were all blown out of proportion.
However, today, they were all convinced. Xu Rui is really capable!
Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about the battle in Shanghai. No matter who is in charge, it is impossible to have such a result!
It was the Navy's Third Fleet that completely annihilated the Japs, and it was the Army's Ninth Division that annihilated the Japs. Even in their dreams, they never dared to imagine such results, but now, both of them have become a reality!
Based on this, Xu Rui is worthy of the nickname "the mortal enemy of the empire", and he has indeed become the mortal enemy of Little Japan!
When the conference room became quiet, Wang Husheng also turned around and looked at Xu Rui with warm eyes and said, "Old Xu, can you say a few words?"
"Commander, please say a few words."
"Commander, please say a few words."
"Yes, Commander, you can also praise us a few times."
"That is, Chairman Chiang has praised us, so you should praise us too."
Wang Hu grew taller, and the atmosphere in the conference room became more and more lively.
"Praising you? Seeing as how I gave you a hard time, didn't I just annihilate a pheasant division of the Japs? Do you deserve to be so happy?" Xu Rui poured a basin of cold water on his pocket. Xu Rui felt that these guys were a bit too much.
If they swell, you have to pour cold water on them in advance to avoid making mistakes in the subsequent battle.
Someone immediately became unhappy and shouted: "Commander, this is the Japanese ninth division! One of the seventeen permanent divisions organized into the army during the Meiji period!"
"Bullshit permanent division!" Xu Rui said. "In Huainan, Huaiyin suffered two defeats in a row. Almost all the veterans who could fight died. Most of the people who were added later were reserve soldiers, and there were even some who had been retired for many years.
The combat effectiveness of the reserve force is not even as good as that of an independent mixed brigade specializing in defense."
After a pause, Xu Rui continued: "So, don't raise your tail in the sky just because you ate the 9th Japanese Division. As for annihilating the 3rd Fleet of the Japanese Navy, that has nothing to do with you. It's a wolf."
It is all thanks to the Langya Brigade that we were able to annihilate the Ninth Division so quickly this time."
Upon hearing this, the officers present at the meeting all drooped their heads.
