This time, Tang Dao didn’t need to elaborate. The two lieutenant generals looked at each other and nodded.
They all know that the more complete the fortifications are built before the Japanese army arrives, the fewer casualties will be.
"Okay! I will personally call them back and tell them that the entire 26th Division of the 43rd Army has decided to live or die with Songjiang. The entire army has abandoned all its baggage and is marching towards Songjiang." Lieutenant General Guo promised with a serious face.
No need to persuade, this is a unique way of expression among soldiers. I am already on the battlefield. Those who dare not come are just cowards.
At this time, the army of a province often represents the face of the province. If you want to survive, you must disgrace the entire province. For the Chinese who value reputation most, this is the most effective way to urge them to march.
Way.
Tang Dao saluted and left.
Until Tang Dao's back disappeared outside the door, Lieutenant General Guo looked at his old partner: "Brother Yu Qing, how do you feel about this son?"
"The pillar of the country!" Liu Yuqing, who was a few years older than Lieutenant General Guo and had an honest face, was full of praise.
"Perhaps Rudong, you still think that he is just a young boy who has the ambition to forge ahead, so his intention to go to Songjiang cannot be fully believed. Just like the reason he just said that he would not only fight for the country but also fight for himself, in fact, I can't
Quan Xin, just for himself, he and his small army, where can they run instead of running?
But strangely, I can feel his sincerity, which is really an extremely contradictory thing."
"Haha, it seems that Brother Yu Qing still likes this young boy! This is a roundabout way to smooth things over for this little guy who must have other agendas!" Lieutenant General Guo said with a smile.
"Don't worry, no matter what the purpose of this melon is, I won't blame him for daring to accompany you and me on a trip to Songjiang, even if he comes up with a new reason that is hard to refute.
Lieutenant General Guo cast his gaze in the direction of Songjiang, his face gradually became calm, and he sighed softly: "How many people in this world dare to live toward death!"
"Rudong, aren't you one of these few people?" Liu Yuqing smiled. "Now we can add Tang Dao to the list."
The two have been partners for more than ten years, and their deep relationship no longer requires flattery, otherwise Lieutenant General Guo would not have handed over the only infantry division in the army to Liu Yuqing. This is obviously what this man said from the bottom of his heart.
"Hey! Who doesn't want to live? It's just that in the current national crisis, as the saying goes, we Sichuan people will never let down our country." Lieutenant General Guo sighed again.
He turned to look at his old partner. "This time, I'm afraid you and I will really fulfill the oath that we will die in the same year and in the same month."
"Haha! I can't say whether I can defeat the Japanese invaders, but as a brother, I will not disappoint you Rudong." Liu Yuqing, with a kind face, smiled lightly.
However, the desire to fight to the death is ready to come out.
An army of 700 will face tens of thousands of enemies. How can they survive the three-day period if they don't have the will to fight to the death?
The two lieutenants looked at each other and smiled.
No one knew that these two men, who were smiling calmly, were talking about life and death.
"Rudong, let me ask you, what would you have done if Tang Dao had listened to your words and left?" As the two left the conference room, Liu Yuqing suddenly became curious about the other outcome and asked.
"Leave? The 43rd Army will have nothing to do with the Sixings Battalion from now on. How can we, such a short-sighted friendly army, safely entrust the wounded to them? Our army will take care of the wounded soldiers by ourselves." Lieutenant General Guo's steps were slightly.
After a pause, a smile appeared on his face again. "Fortunately, the guy who can attract the attention of Xie Zhongmin, who is famous all over the world in the First World War, did not disappoint me."
Liu Yuqing also laughed.
Of course he knew what his commander was talking about. In exchange for two mountain cannons, he wanted half of the 26th Division, which was short of major generals, to take a huge risk to support the Si Xing Battalion. That was really overthinking.
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The person who made Commander Guo make this decision was Colonel Xie Jinyuan who was in the concession and personally sent a telegram asking for help. The reason was not because they were in the same army, but because Tang Dao's son was from his 26th Division.
Jiegu Group has deep roots and is a person of great ability and wisdom. After being tempered by wars in the future, he will definitely be of great help to the Sichuan Army.
Before switching to the Battle of the Four Lines, Xie Jinyuan said that there was a high probability that his message would be thrown into the garbage by the commander of the First Army. However, in the Battle of the Four Lines, he directly defeated a main infantry regiment of the Japanese army with 400 troops.
It has become a legend in the Chinese military circles. What he said naturally attracted the attention of Lieutenant General Guo.
Naturally, from the very beginning when the two met, they gave Tang Dao various pitfalls and tests, both psychologically and tactically.
But now it seems that Tang Dao has finally passed the test of the deep-minded Commander Guo. This made Liu Yuqing, who was entrusted by Lao Wang, relieved.
Tang Dao, who returned to the Sixing Camp where the army was preparing to set off, was also wiping sweat. These big guys who were able to make a name for themselves in the turbulent war years were really all old foxes. There were many thieves digging holes, so it didn't mean that he had a future.
The foundation of ninety years of historical experience was buried in it accidentally.
However, the idea is slightly different from that of the fox-like Army Lieutenant General.
Tang Dao had his own thoughts that he couldn't figure out, but whether he could gain the trust of the 43rd Army, a friendly force, was not as important to Tang Dao as he thought.
On the contrary, it is very important for Tang Dao to persuade his 43rd Army and the Northeast Army to defend Songjiang.
In fact, he also knew that Guo Zhongjiang would have thought of the reason for the congestion during the general retreat that Tang Dao said, but only he, a little butterfly from the future, would know that the sudden landing of Jinshanwei by the Japanese Tenth Army caused a huge
What kind of disaster would the panic-driven Huxi Great Retreat cause?
Jiangsu and Zhejiang are originally water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. There are many waterways in the area, but there is only one road leading from Kunshan to the outside.
It is already a headache for more than 500,000 troops and all the heavy equipment to squeeze onto that pedestrian road.
But what if we add in the flood of refugees fleeing to Jinling?
Moreover, it was not just the congestion caused by personnel, vehicles and equipment. The Japanese army, which had gained air supremacy, would also send Japanese planes for bombing.
You don’t have to witness it with your own eyes, just imagine the scene in your mind, it might be terrifying!
The Battle of Songhu resulted in more than 300,000 casualties, which was an extremely rare battle-level casualty in the entire history of Chinese wars.
But in fact, in the bloody battle between 700,000 Chinese and 200,000 Japanese troops in Songhu City in March, the Chinese suffered only more than 100,000 casualties. However, it was because of this great rout that the casualty statistics for the entire battle increased to 300,000, which was nearly 100,000.
Two hundred thousand battle losses were actually wasted on this tragic retreat, and most of them were wounded soldiers who were abandoned by an army that had completely lost its fighting spirit.
Along the way, bones were covered with white bones, and soldiers who had shed blood but never shed tears for their country were wailing silently.
It's really a shame for a soldier.
In the end, the Japanese army failed to fully realize all the strategies they formulated because Matsue City held on for three days and nights. However, at the tactical level, they achieved a great victory. Many Chinese troops were forced to abandon their wounded soldiers because they were scrambling to escape, which led to a complete collapse of morale.
, even if we retreat to the well-equipped defense lines in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, we will not be able to fight again.
The abandoned person is dead, but the living person is not much different from dead.
The 700,000 elites lost their reputation as elites from the moment they abandoned the wounded soldiers. It was inevitable that they would be completely annihilated in the subsequent Battle of Jinling.
It can be said that how the Battle of Songjiang goes is completely related to the future of hundreds of thousands of troops.
Moreover, in addition to the hastily retreating army, there are also a larger number of refugees, all of whom are Chinese compatriots.
There are very few recorded battle reports that mention the existence of refugees.
But Tang Dao knew that they also paid unimaginable casualties on the way back.
When Tang Dao was still a soldier, the captain once took Tang Dao to represent his unit to visit a retired veteran cadre. He was a veteran who participated in the Songhu Battle and later joined the Red Army. He was already 96 years old, but he talked about
Even during that thrilling battle, his eyes were still shining.
There was excitement and glory, but even more, there were tears.
The old man has spent a long time that 99.5% of the human beings on this planet have not been able to spend. He has experienced the most brutal battles and the greatest Patriotic War in the history of the Chinese nation. He could have
Everything was indifferent, but when he mentioned the great retreat that should have been buried deep in his memory and forgotten, he burst into tears.
The old man said that when his comrades died under Japanese artillery fire, he was no longer as sad as he imagined. There were so many deaths that he was completely numb. Even if he was the only one left in the entire infantry squad, he still gritted his teeth and held back tears.
Move forward, if you don't move, you will die.
But at that time, he finally collapsed and broke down into tears.
