War of Resistance

Chapter 1113 Zhongzheng secret electricity (34)

Zhang Zhizhong was making non-stop arrangements for various countermeasures in Changsha. On the other hand, Lieutenant General Neiji Okamura, who had received instructions from the cessation line of war, was not completely satisfied with the planning of the cessation line of war at this stage, but actively dispatched The Japanese army on the south bank is advancing along the Yangtze River towards Changsha, and the Japanese army in Yueyang is also ready to move, constantly sending troops to spy on the direction of Xinqiang River.

The successive defeats of Wuhan and Yueyang left Changsha City in a military vacuum. Of course, this is why the Commander of the Ninth War Zone must let Zhang Tianhai's troops go to Changsha and then station in Baishui Town. ——We must guard the north gate of Changsha City!

A telegram about the failure of the Chinese army's defense was also sent to Zhang Zhizhong's desk. Zhang Zhizhong faintly felt that there was no room for turning back in the "scorched earth battle".

Zhang Zhizhong couldn't rest for several days due to the double pressure from inside and outside.

It was not until the early morning of November [-] that Zhang Zhizhong closed his eyes for a while, but was quickly woken up by the secretary because there was an urgent document to be processed.

At four o'clock in the morning, Zhang Zhizhong was awakened from his dream by the arrival of a telegram from the front. It was when the secretary handed it to him. It was a new day for him.

At this time, Zhang Zhizhong didn't care about his eyes being blurred, and directly opened the telegram. After reading the contents of the telegram, he casually rolled the telegram in his hand, and it was still on the ground, and then fell on the chair. .

"I see, you go down." Zhang Zhizhong said this sentence with the last of his strength, and then looked out of the window which was still dark, no one knew what he was thinking.

The telegram just now was sent by the defense troops north of the Xinqiang River. Now there is only one regiment left in the troops north of the Xinqiang River, and only this regiment is still closely watching the actions of the Japanese army. Therefore, When the telegram here is sent, it must be sent to the hands of Chairman Zhang Zhizhong, the military and political director of Hun Province, as soon as possible.

Zhang Zhizhong just leaned back on the chair, his eyes were staring straight out of the window, his mind was in a mess, which was in stark contrast to the silent city of Changsha outside the window before dawn.

After a while, the sky outside the window began to turn pale, and then Zhang Zhizhong saw the first ray of sunshine on the morning of the [-]th.

"Tomorrow, can I still see the sun rise here?" Looking at the ray of sunlight shining in, Zhang Zhizhong was full of bitterness.

During the period, Zhang Zhizhong sat up several times, grabbed the telephone receiver on the desk, and wanted to make a call, but he finally put it down, and no one knew what he wanted to do.

After nine o'clock in the morning, Zhang Zhizhong's secretary knocked on Zhang Zhizhong's office to report again.

The secretary saw Zhang Zhizhong who was still in a daze, and reminded him: "Chairman, please have some breakfast!"

Zhang Zhizhong, already tired, waved his hand resolutely and said, "Don't eat!"

"Then take a look at this telegram. It is a secret telegram sent by Generalissimo Jiang just now." The secretary took out a telegram and handed it to Zhang Zhizhong.

After hearing these words, Zhang Zhizhong jumped up from his chair as if he was electrocuted, walked around the desk, walked up to the secretary Shenqian, grabbed the telegram and submitted it for examination.

Zhang Zhizhong opened the telegram and submitted it for review, only to see that the telegram read: "Arriving within a short time, Changsha Chairman Zhang: Secret. If Changsha falls, the whole city must be burned down. Please make proper preparations in advance, so don't miss it! Zhongzheng Wen attendant. "

"There is no room for turning things around." Zhang Zhizhong gently closed his eyes, his heart was full of despair and pressure, and the telegram was firmly in his hands.

Zhang Zhizhong took a deep breath, slowly opened his eyes, and said to the secretary: "Go, invite Commander Feng."

After the secretary left his office, Zhang Zhizhong fell down on the chair again, this time, he felt that he could never stand up again.

The concept of "Scorched Earth War of Resistance" was first proposed by Li Zongren, the leader of the Guangxi faction——

In [-], after the Sino-Japanese War broke out, the Qing soldiers were defeated by the strong ships and guns of the Japanese army, and fought and retreated, leaving cities behind, providing material support for the Japanese army.In view of this, Li Zongren published many articles such as "On the Scorched Earth Anti-Japanese War".

In these published articles, Li Zongren proposed that "the whole country is united and determined to shed the last drop of blood, let alone turn the whole country into scorched earth, in order to fight a desperate war with the invaders."

According to Li Zongren's idea, when the Japanese army entered within [-] kilometers of the outskirts of the city, they burned all the materials that could not be taken away in the city, so that the Japanese army could not obtain supplies on the way, and at the same time, they stretched the Japanese army's supply line in a disguised form, resulting in a situation where the end and the end could not respond.

The "Scorched Earth War" is a spirit of actively confronting the enemy and preferring to bend rather than bend. It is the most heroic choice for soldiers when they use up their last bullet.Zhang Zhizhong even believed that Chiang Kai-shek just wanted to burn down the city.

A knock on the door interrupted Zhang Zhizhong's train of thought.

"Come in!" Zhang Zhizhong raised his voice and said.

The door opened, and standing outside was Feng Ti.

"The Chairman has sent a telegram to Ali, take a look." Zhang Zhizhong raised his hand to signal Feng Ti to come over, and handed the telegram to the latter at the same time.

Feng Ti picked up the telegram, glanced at it, and said: "The city has already made arrangements. When to light the fire, I will wait for your nod, Chairman."

Silence, absolute silence!

After a long while, Zhang Zhizhong seemed to come back to his senses suddenly, and said, "Oh, when it's time to act, I will send someone to light one place in the city first, and then you will use this as a signal to let... put..."

For some reason, Zhang Zhizhong found himself unable to say the word "fire".

Zhang Zhizhong didn't say a word, but Feng Ti still understood, he stood at attention and saluted with a "snap", turned around and left.

At this moment, Zhang Zhizhong suddenly raised his hand, as if he wanted to call Feng Ti to stop, but he didn't say anything.

As for what the kid said to himself, he had subconsciously ignored it.

After Feng Ti left, Zhang Zhizhong just sat in the office like this, physically and mentally exhausted, he was in a trance...

……

The camera returns to the scene after the fire.

Zhang Zhizhong sat in the car and rubbed his temples. The fire and gunfire had been far away from him now, and the familiar feeling of exhaustion took the opportunity to pounce on him.

The matter has come to this point, there is nothing Zhang Zhizhong can do except for a sigh - the fire in Changsha cannot be extinguished with a sigh.

……

However, except for Chen Huaili, everyone in the Changsha Garrison Command did not know that two infantry battalions had already entered the city to participate in the disaster relief operations in the fire.

The ideal is full and beautiful, but the reality is very skinny. Two infantry battalions are far from enough for a huge city of Changsha.

The moment the fire was lit, Zhang Tianhai in the dark immediately led the officers and soldiers of the First Company of the Cavalry Battalion of the First Guard Regiment of the Ninth War Zone to snatch the control of the South City Gate.

This is the first time Zhang Tianhai has wounded a friendly army, and he is still a lieutenant officer who is unwilling to open the city gate!
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PS: The third update is delivered, which is still owed.

The old man still owes 21 more!
(End of this chapter)