Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 195 The Bad News Has Ended

According to the front line telegraph.

The Japanese army has more than 5000 people just by laying down their landing ships to set up positions on the tidal flats, and there are even more giant transport ships staying at sea in the distance.

However, the troops who were ordered to garrison Jinshanwei seaside that day, because of the poor transmission of military orders, turned out to be only two poor artillery companies and a security regiment.

Needless to say those generals, even any orderly in the headquarters would know that Jinshanwei would not be able to defend it.

The army generals who hurried into the headquarters had frost on their faces.

The Japanese troops landed at Jinshanwei again, which not only meant the complete defeat of the Battle of Songhu, but the Japanese soldiers from the flanks and rear flanks had not shown their ferocity yet, but they had already made them feel a chill.

The Japanese wanted to attack back and forth, making dumplings for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the front line in the west of Huxi.

However, they also had to admit that the more than 20 Japanese troops in front of them had already made it difficult for them to parry, and suddenly two or three divisions came from the flanks, and the current balance of power that they had worked so hard to maintain would be completely broken.

The oath of the top Chinese figure who flew to the front a few days ago to inspire the whole army to fight against the enemy is still in my ears, but in the face of the current reality of the Japanese landing at Jinshanwei, it seems extremely ridiculous.

The entire army retreated immediately, before the Japanese army needed time to deploy their troops from the sea to the left wing of Huxi.The generals of the Chinese army who walked into the theater command made this suggestion almost unanimously without quarreling.

Even before entering the meeting room, someone had already ordered his adjutant to bring his warrant to notify the various ministries under his command to pack up supplies and prepare for retreat.

From Huxi to Jinling, there is only one road, and 600,000 troops are crowded on it, and there will be Japanese bombing overhead. These generals know better than anyone how tragic it will be.

But no one wants to be the last one, this is also human nature.

The headquarters in Jinling was also brightly lit, but it was surprisingly quiet.

A few big figures who could shake half of China by stomping their feet stood blankly in front of a large map of the Songhu theater.

Compared with the panic of the frontline generals, those who are deeper in the city are obviously more calm.

It's just that their mood is far worse than the seemingly calm surface.

Defeat at the frontline is a loss of life for the soldiers, but for them, at least half of the net worth of half a lifetime is lost.

For this Battle of Songhu, the Cantonese Army, the Yunnan Army, the Hunan Army, the Sichuan Army, the Guangxi Army, and the Central Army, except for northern China, which started the war earlier, almost all the provinces in eastern and southern China have made their best efforts. Next, didn't that one grit his back molars and take out his hole card?

It's not that they are all heroes, the key is that they dared to hide at this juncture. The big brother who took the lead gave you the big hat of "ineffective in the war of resistance, afraid of the war" to arouse public anger. No matter how big you are, you can't stand it!
But if the hole cards that they gritted their teeth were lost in a single battle, what else would they use to be the boss in their own territory?

If it wasn't for the leading brother who also invested in the elite of the central army under his command, from the teaching corps to the three divisions of the Imperial Forest Army to more than a dozen reorganized divisions, it is estimated that these few would have to jump up and curse.

Even so, the atmosphere in the meeting room was almost frozen, and the school officer who was in charge of recording the meeting didn't even dare to breathe.

The leading brother also looked solemn, staring at the map for a long time without speaking.

At this time, he could no longer care about the heartache, but finally realized that he was wrong and made a big mistake.

The Japanese did not pay attention to the International Joint Conference on which he placed all his hopes. The weakness at the joint conference in the past few days was just delaying time and a typical strategic deception.

Yes, contrary to the thunderous reaction of the Chinese military, the headquarters of the Japanese Songhu Expeditionary Army located in the urban area of ​​Songhu was elated after receiving the news that the Tenth Army had begun to land.

The Chinese were not only blinded strategically by the base camp's diplomatic weakness, but also completely deceived tactically.

Landing at Jinshanwei is actually an adventure in the base camp.

Jinshanwei's wide tidal flats are not suitable for large-scale landing warfare, and the coast with insufficient water depth makes it impossible for large ships to approach the shore. A 2000-ton destroyer can only park on the water three kilometers from the sea.

If you can't deploy troops quickly and build a position on the tidal flat that puts pressure on the defenders, it is very likely that a large-scale landing battle will be turned into a suicide battle.The defenders with fortifications can easily shoot the infantry walking heavily on the beach with machine guns.

Therefore, starting from October, the Songhu Expeditionary Force deliberately ignored the Songjiang area, and placed all offensive directions in the west of Songhu, and suppressed the main Chinese force that had gradually withdrawn from the urban area in the west of Shanghai.

Even, no reconnaissance plane was sent to investigate the Jinshanwei area, but some intelligence personnel who had lived in China for a long time were sent to investigate.

It now appears that they succeeded.

The Chinese ignored this piece of coastline that was not suitable for large-scale landings, and the size of the troops stationed there will never exceed one battalion.

Perhaps, because of the terrain, they could only use refueling tactics to invest in troops, and they would suffer a lot of casualties, but it is almost certain that this landing battle will be successful.

For General Matsui Iwane, the commander of the Songhu Expeditionary Force, the number of casualties is not important. The important thing is that the success of the Jinshanwei landing battle can wipe out hundreds of thousands of China's most elite troops in one battle.

That was no longer a battle-level battle victory, but almost a strategic victory that determined the national war between the two countries.

Does China, a giant that has weakened to the extreme, still have the opportunity to train such an elite army of hundreds of thousands?Obviously, the Imperial Japanese Army, which has already invested 500,000 troops from the two fronts in the north and southeast, will not give them another chance.

The opportunity to expand the territory and make contributions is in front of you. Why can't this Japanese army general smile all over his face?
This early morning is undoubtedly suffering for both China and Japan with very different mentalities.

One side has to make a decision whether to fight or retreat, and the other side hopes to stun the opponent with a single left uppercut that he swung quietly, and then slaughter him wantonly.

Only Tang Dao, a little butterfly, knew that the Chinese side finally decided to retreat, and the Japanese side almost succeeded.

In fact, regardless of whether they succeed here or not, in the end their goals have been achieved.

Although the hundreds of thousands of Chinese elites who participated in this battle were not exhausted in Songhu, they were finally drained of their last drop of blood in the Battle of Jinling one month later under the stupid control of some upper-level figures.

However, Matsui Iwane's ambition has not yet been realized. Without the elite, then the second-line soldiers will go up, and if the second-line soldiers are gone, then the strong men will go up.

China has been defeated repeatedly, but it has been defeated repeatedly. A China that does not surrender is invincible.

Of course, that is still a matter of the future. What Tang Dao has to face now is the choice of whether to follow the 26th division south to Songjiang.

The command of the Songhu Theater Command ordered the 43th Division of the 26rd Army to immediately station in Songjiang County and defend it for three days and nights!Those who quit, kill! The military order of the theater command is on the very simple desk in front of the commander of the 43rd Army, Lieutenant General Guo,

The joy of learning that the commander of the Four Elements Battalion, who was well-known throughout the army, was actually under his command, and that he was given a cart of canned beef by Tang Dao has long since disappeared.

Guo Zhongjiang moved away from the telegram, turned his gaze to Tang Dao standing in front of him, and frowned.

He was not waiting for Tang Dao to lead the Four Elements Battalion with only 100 people to follow him south to Songjiang, but was trying to persuade Tang Dao to leave.

"Battalion Commander Tang, let's go with the Sixing Battalion! From here, go to Baihe Port and leave through the bridge. I will entrust the more than 43 wounded of our 200rd Army to you." Lieutenant General Guo sighed.

There are more than 50,000 people coming to attack the Japanese army, but he only has [-] people, and the ending can be calculated with his toes.

The 26th division is already doomed, so why put this hundred iron-blooded army to death again? Thinking about it, this should be the easiest idea for this lieutenant general at the moment.

(End of this chapter)