Xu Rui sighed: "It seems that I am too idealistic."
If you think about it carefully, this is actually completely reasonable.
This is because nearly two years have passed since the end of the first Songhu Battle. This means that the more than two million refugees who fled into the public concession and the French Concession have been starving for more than two years.
For years, if you can only drink a bowl of life-extending porridge every day, it can torture a strong man into a stick!
It is a great blessing that these two million refugees can survive until now.
It is simply wishful thinking to hope that these two million refugees can be in good health!
From the more than two million refugees, it would be good to be able to select 20,000 militiamen who are in barely adequate physical condition!
After a pause, Xu Rui said again: "That's it, Lao Ye, you will immediately be responsible for the second round of screening of these 200,000 young adults with slightly better physiques. You must select those who are strong enough to withstand high-intensity military training.
For young and middle-aged people, don’t consider the number of people. You must strictly select the criteria. Even if you only select 5,000 people, it is still good.”
"Okay, I understand." Liu Mei nodded and said, "I will conduct a second round of screening later, and this time I will be strict."
Xu Rui continued: "Let me inform you of another situation. The Japanese base camp reorganized the 12th Army under the Central China Condemnation Army a week ago. The newly formed 12th Army has jurisdiction over the 7th Division, the 104th Division.
divisions and Guards divisions, among which the 104th Division is only responsible for security duties and will not participate in the mopping up of Shanghai."
When Liu Mei and Jiang Nan heard this, their expressions suddenly condensed. Liu Mei asked again: "Old Xu, do you know when the 12th Army will come to Shanghai?"
Xu Rui said in a deep voice: "It should be here already!"
"Already here?" Jiang Nan asked in a deep voice, "Already landed? Where did you land from?"
"It's unclear where we landed from." Xu Rui shook his head and said, "But I have asked Lang Ya to conduct reconnaissance. If nothing goes wrong, there will be news soon."
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Xu Rui was right. In fact, at this time, Langya had already discovered the whereabouts of the 7th Division.
The one who discovered the whereabouts of the 7th Division was a reconnaissance group led by Zhuan Shanbao himself. Zhuan Shanbao really lived up to his name, he had eaten the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard, and he was so courageous! Other reconnaissance groups were entering.
After the Japanese occupied the area, they were very cautious, lest they accidentally expose their whereabouts.
However, Zhuanshan Leopard did the opposite.
The Mountain Leopard, wearing a beard, and the Mouse, first attacked a plainclothes team outpost in Taicang County. After stealing the clothes of three plainclothes teams, they disguised themselves as a plainclothes team and rode bicycles, strutting along the road towards the county seat.
Then they attacked a Japanese stronghold on the way and robbed three sets of Japanese military uniforms.
Oh, by the way, the Japs and the puppet troops in that stronghold were all killed by Zuanshan Bao and the others.
A plainclothes outpost and a Japanese military stronghold under the rule were successively attacked, and the entire Taicang County gendarmerie was immediately alerted. Gendarmerie captain Nagashima Yoshio felt like facing a formidable enemy and dispatched the main force of the gendarmerie to wreak havoc on the border of Taicang County.
Investigation, trying to find the murderer who attacked the plainclothes team post and the Japanese stronghold.
The result was naturally in vain, because at this time, Zhuan Shanbao and the other three had already passed Taicang County, riding the three-wheeled motorcycle they grabbed from the stronghold, and headed towards Changshu County along the Shanghai-Nanjing Highway.
Along the way, they encountered constant interrogations by Japanese soldiers. They all responded in Japanese, but nothing happened.
Here I have to mention the Japanese leader responsibility system.
The hierarchy of the little devils is strict, not only between superiors and subordinates, but also between colleagues. For example, if Nagashima Yoshio is the military police captain of Taicang County, he will never interfere with the affairs of Changshu County beyond the rules. The same is true for Changshu County.
The military police will not care about Taicang County's affairs.
If there is something really involving Taicang and Changshu counties, then it must be coordinated by a higher-level garrison commander. At the border of Songhu, that is the commander of the Twelfth Army, Itagaki Seishiro! But Itagaki Seishiro and the 10th
The Chief of Staff of the Second Army, Tanaka Jiuichi, is already extremely busy, so how can he have time to take care of this matter?
Yoshio Nagashima sent a telegram to the Twelfth Army Headquarters, requesting the Twelfth Army Headquarters to give an order to the Changshu County Gendarmerie and cooperate with them in investigating the murderer who attacked the Taicang County Gendarmerie. However, nothing came of it and no reply was received. The result was:
, Zhuan Shanbao and the other three rode Taicang Gendarmerie's three-wheeled motorcycles and entered Changshu County in a swaggering manner. Several puppet army checkpoints they passed along the way did not even dare to question them.
Finally, they went deep into the Baimao Town stronghold before they were finally stopped.
A Japanese second lieutenant walked to the middle of the road and made a gesture to signal the mountain leopard to pull over.
But how could the Mountain Leopard pay attention to him? He continued to drive forward until he was less than half a meter away from the Japanese second lieutenant, then he suddenly braked, and the three-wheeled motorcycle under his crotch slowed down with a squeak, and waited until it came to a complete stop.
, the front wheel of the side three-wheeler was less than two centimeters away from the Japanese second lieutenant.
Before this was over, Zhuan Shanbao got out of the car, walked up to the Japanese second lieutenant, and slapped the three of them.
Zhuanshan Bao now holds the rank of captain, so how could he take this little second lieutenant seriously?
After slapping him, Zhuanshan Leopard put his face in front of the Japanese second lieutenant again, spitting wildly and roaring loudly: "Baga Yalu, you are so brave, you actually stopped our car? Do you know that we have important information?
Report it to the headquarters. If you delay this important matter, you will be dead. Why don't you quickly make way for me!"
"Hai, sir, please calm down!" After being beaten, the Japanese second lieutenant could only admit his mistake in a very cowardly manner, but he persisted in his tone and continued, "But we are also acting under orders. We have just received orders from the headquarters.
According to the emergency order, this road has been blocked. Except for the 7th Division and the Guards Division's men and carriages, no men and carriages of any other army are allowed to pass. So I'm sorry, sir, you must go elsewhere.
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"Nani?" Zhuan Shanbao said in surprise, "There is also this matter, how come I don't know about it?"
The Japanese second lieutenant smiled bitterly and said: "This is an order that has just been issued. When the commander left Taicang County, the order should not have been issued yet, so you don't know. But by now, the Taicang County Gendarmerie should have received the order. From now on, Shanghai
The Ningxia Highway must make every effort to ensure the passage of people and carriages of the Seventh Division and the Guards Division."
Zhuanshan Bao thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, let's just wait here for a while."
"Waiting here?" the Japanese second lieutenant said in surprise, "Sir, let me interrupt. The headquarters of the Twelfth Army will not come here so soon."
"Nonsense, do you still want to talk about this?" Zhuan Shanbao snorted, and then said, "But our information is not important. It will be the same if it is handed over to the Seventh Division here. Anyway, after the report is completed, we
Then we can return to Taicang and resume our lives, and we can save more than a hundred miles."
"Whatever you want." The Japanese second lieutenant said no more.
Zhuanshanbao got on the car again and drove his three-wheeled motorcycle into the parking lot of the stronghold. Then he got off the car with his beard and Mouse, and swaggered into the stronghold canteen and asked the kitchen to cook lunch for them. It was already afternoon.
It was three o'clock, and it was long past lunch time, but the chef in the cafeteria didn't dare to refuse, and he quickly lit up the fire to cook.
The three of them, Zhuan Shan Bao, were so carefree that the Japanese in the stronghold did not suspect anything. From the beginning to the end, not a single Japanese came in to question them.
After a while, the chef at the stronghold prepared a sumptuous lunch, including chicken, duck, and fish.
The Three Mountain Leopards, Beards, and Rats had long been so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs. They were not polite at the moment, and the three of them gathered around the table and started to eat hungrily.
When we were almost finished eating, the roar of an engine suddenly sounded outside the kitchen.
The mouse took a quick step and rushed to the window of the kitchen. When he looked out, he saw a dozen three-wheeled motorcycles coming along the road. Behind the three-wheeled motorcycles, there were
There were several troop transport trucks covered with canvas canopies, and behind the last truck, there was at least one large group of Japanese infantry, following on foot.
"Holy shit!" Mouse immediately screamed, "Brother Leopard, a large group of Japs are here!"
The kitchen chef, who was standing nearby and waiting carefully, was stunned for a moment. What's going on? Are you speaking Chinese? How come this Taijun speaks fluent Chinese?
Zhuanshan Bao was drinking noodle soup from a large porcelain bowl. When he suddenly heard these words, he almost choked to death on a mouthful of soup!
"I'll go!" Zhuanshan Leopard put down the soup bowl and rushed to Mouse, then slapped Mouse on the back of the head, and then scolded, "Mouse, I've been with you a few times, speak Japanese language, speak Japanese language
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The chefs at the stronghold became more and more confused. What did you say? These... are not Taijun?
Only then did Zhuan Shanbao realize that there was a compatriot standing next to him. He glared at the chef and warned: "Don't have any evil intentions. No matter what, we are all Chinese!"
"Yes, yes, they are Chinese, everyone is Chinese!" The stronghold chef nodded repeatedly.
After the warning, Zhuan Shan Bao looked out the kitchen window again, only to see that the huge convoy did not even stop, and drove straight past the Bai Mao Town stronghold. In less than a moment, at least one brigade of
The Japanese had all passed through the stronghold, and only billowing dust remained on the road, rising up to half the sky.
Beard and Mouse both turned their attention to the mountain leopard. What should they do now?
Zhuanshan Bao rubbed his belly and said, "There should be a phone at this stronghold. I'll go make a call."
"Telephone?" Mouse said blankly, "Brother Leopard, who are you calling? To the little devil?"
"Bullshit, why did I call the kid?" Zhuan Shanbao said angrily, "Of course I called the group leader."
"But..." Huzi scratched his head and said, "Can I get through the regimental headquarters phone number here? This is a Japanese-occupied area."
