War of Resistance

Chapter 57
"When did Junzu call?" Song Xilian turned his attention to the signal soldier guarding the telephone.

After the signal soldier heard the question from the division commander, he immediately stood up and saluted: "Report to the division seat, Jun seat made a phone call half an hour ago to inquire about the situation of the battle. You were not at the division headquarters at that time. Jun seat has already said that he will come to inspect the battle situation soon. !"

"What? Jun Zuo is coming to inspect the situation?" Song Xilian frowned slightly and asked.

"Yes, Junzu said that when he called to inquire about the battle situation half an hour ago." The signal soldier answered truthfully.

After listening to the report of the signal trooper, Song Xilian turned his head to the chief of staff Xiang Xianju and said, "It seems that the seat of Jun should be arriving soon. Let's go to the door to meet the seat of the division!"

As soon as Song Xilian finished speaking, a voice came from the door: "No need, I'm already here."

Song Xilian and Xiang Xianju turned their heads and saw that it was Zhang Zhizhong, commander-in-chief of the Ninth Army?
Behind Zhang Zhizhong were the soldiers of his guard battalion.

Seeing that it was Zhang Zhizhong, Song Xilian's adjutant yelled "salute", and everyone in the 36th division immediately stood up and saluted.

"Okay, let's all do our own thing!" Zhang Zhizhong said with a sullen face. He has been the director of education at the Whampoa Military Academy for so many years, but many Whampoa graduates recognize him.

Seeing Zhang Zhizhong's sullen face, and thinking of the questioning about the battle half an hour ago, Song Xilian guessed Zhang Zhizhong's purpose at this time-if the war was not going well, or he came to Xingshi to ask his guilt.

Therefore, Song Xilian chose to remain silent. The chief came. It was his intention. As a subordinate, it was not easy to guess a lot.

"Senior Song, do you know why I want to come to your division at this time?" Zhang Zhizhong looked at Song Xilian.

Song Xilian stood at attention and saluted: "I don't know what to report to Junzuo. But there are three reasons: first, the war is unfavorable; second, supervising the war;

"Okay, then I'll just say it. This time I'm here, all three reasons are complete." Zhang Zhizhong said bluntly, the soldier behind him brought a chair for him, and he took the opportunity to sit down.

"Sir, please speak." Song Xilian looked ahead, and he still had great respect for Zhang Zhizhong, an officer who was trusted by President Jiang.

As for why he was not called the head of education, the reason is very simple. Zhang Zhizhong was the head of education at the Whampoa Military Academy only in 1928, and Song Xilian was in the first phase of Whampoa, so there was no connection.

Speaking of the origin of Huangpu, Song Xilian came a little earlier than Zhang Zhizhong. The former was a student of the first phase of Huangpu, and the latter was an instructor at a military academy that only arrived in the third phase of Huangpu. After He Yingqin stepped down as the head of education, Zhang Zhizhong was the top student. Up.

"First, according to reliable information from the Secret Service of the Fuxing Society (the predecessor of Juntong), the party organization, the Japanese reinforcements from Japan are about to arrive in Shanghai in the next few days, and it will be noon tomorrow at the latest. That is to say, their reinforcements may be as early as this afternoon. Or arrive in Shanghai in the evening." Zhang Zhizhong said slowly, releasing a very deterrent signal.

Sure enough, as soon as the news came out, it shocked everyone present.

There was silence all around, except for the sound of the radio running.

"The second is to supervise the battle. On the thirteenth, we have already missed the best opportunity to annihilate the enemy with a single blow. This time, it is our army's last chance to annihilate the Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai. That's why I, Zhang Zhizhong, came here. It's the supervising the battle!" Zhang Zhizhong's words were powerful and powerful, revealing a sense of decisive death inside and outside the words!
"Yes! People with low ranks will definitely live up to the high expectations placed by the superior and the great trust of the country, and attack the besieged enemy of the Japanese army with all their strength, so that no one will escape!" Song Xilian and other senior officers of the 36th Division present all stood at attention and saluted.

Zhang Zhizhong signaled everyone to put their hands down, and then said slowly: "Thirdly, I came to Xingshi to inquire about the crime. Since the 36th Division entered the battlefield, the results achieved are gratifying, and it is not unrelated to the dedication of the entire division. The progress is still too slow, and in this regard, I am also responsible. I am here because everyone will live and die together!"

"Yes!" Song Xilian and the others stood at attention and saluted again. They already felt the heavy pressure on their shoulders, which was heavier than before.

"Everyone, do what you need to do now!" Zhang Zhizhong's sentence was an announcement of his dissolution.

After the commander finished speaking, Song Xilian pulled over a courier beside him and said to him: "Quick, go to the army quarters in the north of Hongkou and south of Nanxiang, find Zhang Tianhai, the first battalion commander of the [-]th regiment, and order him Quickly complete the task I have given, and then return to the troops to participate in the battle!"

"Yes, sir." After the messenger responded, he quickly ran out.

After giving this order, Song Xilian picked up the landline phone and said, "This is the division headquarters, immediately pick up the [-] regiment headquarters!"

After the call was connected, Song Xilian said, "Hey, is this the regiment of the [-]th regiment? I'm Song Xilian. Ask your regiment leader Gu Baoyu to answer the phone!"

[-] Regiment Headquarters, Gu Baoyu answered the phone and said, "Hey, Master, I'm Gu Baoyu."

That's right, the [-] regiment was the troop responsible for the offensive in the area from Yuezhou Road to Yangshupu.

"Gu Baoyu, I am now ordering you two, one and three regiments. You must cut through Yangshupu within two hours at all costs. If you can't take it down within two hours, come see me with your head up!" Song Xilian hung up after speaking. He called, and then dialed the [-]th Regiment Headquarters.

This time, the war is urgent, and they can't help but breathe a sigh of relief!
Ten days ago, they had missed the perfect opportunity to wipe out the Japanese army, but this time, they couldn't let the Japanese army escape!
Yes, just ten days ago, I missed a good opportunity to wipe out the Japanese army.

"August [-]" Songhu Battle, to be precise, should be August [-]th, not August [-]th. Why do you say this?Because according to Zhang Zhizhong's deployment, he launched an attack on the enemy in the early morning of August [-], and the Japanese army was caught off guard.

Before the early morning of August 87, the attacking force composed of the 88th and [-]th Divisions of the National Army and the Independent Artillery Regiment had already completed its preparations for attacking the Japanese strongholds of Hongkou and Yangshupu.

Just when the attack was about to be launched, Zhang Zhizhong received a phone call from the Nanjing High Command: Do not attack.

Zhang Zhizhong hurriedly called back: "Our army has launched, and the preparations for the attack have been completed."

However, the reply from the Nanjing General Headquarters was still "not to attack". According to Zhang Zhizhong's deployment, "the enemy's main force will be defeated in one fell swoop, and then the whole of Shanghai will be taken over." Therefore, the perfect opportunity to completely wipe out the Japanese army was missed. say.

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