The heavens start from Changjin Lake

At this point, Lin Sen sighed again and continued: "After Sun Hao, the last emperors of the Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen almost all followed the same pattern and repeated the tragedy of history. The absurd Chen Master Chen Shubao, when the Sui Dynasty general Han Qinhu knocked on the Suzaku Gate, he still hugged Zhang Lihua and slowly sang "Jade Tree Flowers in the Back Garden", leaving the world's laughing stock of 'Han Qinhu outside the door, Zhang Lihua upstairs'."

Lin Sen's words became clearer and clearer as he spoke. The bald man listened more and more clearly. He couldn't help but laugh and said to Lin Sen: "Mr. Lin, I fully understand what you mean. Please rest assured. I am a thoroughly loyal person who serves the country." , I will never surrender to the Japanese. I will definitely fight to the end!"

As he spoke, he suddenly opened his cuffs, took out a diary, flipped it through and said to Lin Sen: "Look, in my diary, almost every day, I write the oath to fight to the end. The man will die in the wilderness. His body was wrapped in horse leather and his ears were buried."

Lin Sen's eyes showed doubts.

The bald man said firmly: "Why is Mr. Lin still uneasy? Do you know? I want the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to negotiate with Tao Deman in order to slow down the speed of the Japanese attack, use the negotiation to delay the time, and allow us to prepare for war. Incidents of counterattack. Wang Chonghui from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can testify to this."

Lin Sen was finally convinced, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "I had a nightmare last night, so I came to disturb you today, even if I didn't say it, even if I didn't say it, excuse me."

He said goodbye and regretted leaving the mansion.

Preparations for moving the capital were in order, and the troops in the Songhu Battle also began to retreat to the rear.

At this time, as the meeting of the 'Nine-Nation Pact' was about to be held, Baldhead urgently needed to fight a beautiful battle in Shanghai to show China's determination to resist the war and hope to win international attention.

Politics affects strategy, strategy affects tactics, and tactics affect battle.

Therefore, the highest priority is political strategy, followed by strategy. Although the Battle of Songhu failed, it does not mean that political strategy failed.

The biggest political strategy at present is actually to attract the attention of the great powers to the Sino-Japanese War and even intervene in mediation. Based on such a political strategy, Baldhead must persist in resistance in Shanghai. Only by persisting in resistance can the Chinese army's will to resist the war be demonstrated. , can win the praise of China from the great powers.

Only in this way will the great powers be willing to intervene in mediation.

If you are not willing to fight, why should the great powers help you?

The war has lasted for 75 days. Zhabei was the place where the Battle of Songhu first started. The 88th Division, which was the first to kick off the Battle of Songhu, has also been holding on to Zhabei for 75 days.

As the Songhu battlefield, various units were withdrawn one after another. Now they have become the last unit to fight in the urban area. The 88th Division will also withdraw as planned, and there will be no more Chinese troops in the Shanghai area.

tossing and turning.

Late at night on October 10, Baldhead finally made up his mind and ordered one group to remain in Zhabei.When the main force withdraws westward, he wants to leave a lone army on the north bank of the Suzhou River to fight a battle for the whole world to see.

"Xia Yuan!"

This was not the first time that this name appeared on the table. Bald Head looked through the military exploits of this name.

Staying in the urban area of ​​​​Shanghai is destined to become a thorn in the side of the Japanese army. The combat effectiveness of the troops left behind must be improved. They can not only hold on to Shanghai and let the big powers see China's determination to resist the war, but also let the big powers see that they are sending the national army. Combat power, the god of war who has been in the newspapers in recent days, is very suitable for this task.

But it is a pity that after the big battle ended, no information about this God of War was received again, and it was as if he had disappeared.

According to folk rumors, the God of War died in the counterattack at Zozaobang, but no one knows whether this is the case.

So far, I have not received any news about the God of War, just like folk rumors.

Not only are many superiors of the national army paying close attention to this matter, but even newspapers in many cities are paying close attention to the God of War. Unfortunately, no news about him has come back from the front line.

Now time is running out, the frontline troops are retreating to the rear, and only the 88th Division is left in Shanghai. Only one unit from the 88th Division can be transferred to stay in Shanghai. At this time, it is too late to find this God of War.

The next morning.

Gu Zhutong, the top commander of the national army in the Shanghai theater, made a phone call to the headquarters of the 88th Division. Gu Zhutong told the division commander Sun Yuanliang on the phone: "The Chairman wants the 88th Division to stay in Zhabei and defend Shanghai. Your What do you think?"

Sun Yuanliang thought for a moment and replied: "I don't agree. If one of us dies and one of the enemy dies, or even ten of us die and one of the enemy dies, I will stay in Zhabei and defend Shanghai. But the most worrying thing is that we It would be unworthy and even less honorable to be isolated here and be massacred at will by the enemy."

However, the bald head had already made up his mind. In his speech on the Suzhou River front line, he said: "This shows the spirit of our Chinese revolutionary soldiers. Once we have a base area, if we have to be ordered, we should not go there and fight to the death with the enemy. Let people from all over the world know that our Chinese soldiers have the level and spirit to fight for their doctrine and die to defend their country."

After careful consideration, Sun Yuanliang, commander of the 88th Division, finally decided to send a reinforced battalion under his command to defend the north of the Suzhou River. Leading them was Xie Jinyuan of the 524th Regiment.

Their position is the Sihang Warehouse where the 88th Division Headquarters is located.

It's the end of the month, and the autumn wind is getting more and more desolate. What it can't blow away is the gunpowder smoke and blood in Shanghai, and what it can't take away are the bones all over the ground.

An inch of mountains and rivers is an inch of blood.

"Dachang has fallen, and the battle to defend the Sihang Warehouse is about to begin." Xia Yuan was wrapped in a large, generous cotton-padded jacket pulled from the ruins, took off his dirty military uniform, wore a felt hat on his head, and had a shaggy beard. Tea, face looks like withered.

Wang Sangou was huddled in the corner, still sleeping soundly, not caring about the war in Shanghai.

In the past few days, they have been waiting for news.

Wang Sangou didn't dare to leave alone. He was unclear about the situation at the rear. If he returned to Jinling independently, he would probably be shot as a deserter. Finding someone to follow him was the safest option at the moment.

Xia Yuan is that candidate.

They stayed here mainly because they wanted to check the situation on the front line, and secondly, to wash away the smell of gunpowder smoke from their bodies.

Xia Yuan is not worried about the battle to defend Sihang Warehouse.

Most of the movies about the Sihang Warehouse defense filmed in the future will be artistically processed, such as riding a white horse to meet the Japanese commander, or a group of people standing around with flags, just to make the movie look more tragic.

In fact, the Sihang Warehouse was the reserve warehouse of four banks including Continental Bank and Jincheng Bank. The west and north sides of the warehouse were occupied by the Japanese army at this time. It faced the public concession across the Suzhou River to the south and was also adjacent to the public concession to the east.

The Sihang Warehouse is built with reinforced concrete and is difficult to attack. As the division headquarters, the warehouse has sufficient grain and ammunition storage, so there is no need to worry about the consumption of grain and ammunition.

32-year-old Xie Jinyuan is a fourth-year student of Huangpu Military Academy. On the eve of the Anti-Japanese War, he sent his wife and children back to his hometown. Before leaving, he said to his wife: "Killing the enemy for the country is the bounden duty of a revolutionary soldier. The duty lies in serving the country. You cannot take care of your family." .”

On the 26th, Xie Jinyuan was ordered to face the danger, and together with the commander of the first battalion Yang Ruifu, they retreated while fighting and concentrated on Sihang Warehouse.

late at night.

The reinforcement battalion successfully entered the Sihang Warehouse.

While fighting and retreating, the third company commander and battalion commander Yang Ruifu were both injured.

At dawn on the 27th, all 400 people entered the Sixing Warehouse. In order to confuse the Japanese army, they announced that there were 800 people.

This unit was the first battalion of the 524th Regiment. It was originally a reinforced battalion. There were more than [-] people. After the tragic battle of Zhaizaobang, all of them were killed.

The unit led by Xie Jinyuan is already the fifth batch of supplementary soldiers. Most of them are members of the Hubei Security Regiment. They are very young and lack combat experience. More than 400 people like this entered the Sixing Warehouse alone. What he faced was the Japanese army who was crazy on both sides.

They all knew very well that there was no way back before.

In the early morning of the 27th, the Japanese army discovered the Chinese troops at the Sihang Warehouse and immediately launched an attack. When they approached the Sihang Warehouse, they were violently attacked by the defenders of the Sihang Warehouse.

In this battle, dozens of enemies were killed, but after the Chinese army arrived, they knew how to build fortifications and were well prepared. There were almost no losses in this battle.

Most of the reinforced concrete buildings are more than [-] centimeters thick. The Japanese [-]-caliber cannon cannot penetrate them at all, and the guns are even more useless. It is not easy for aircraft bombs to accurately hit the Sihang Warehouse, not to mention that Linhe is a public concession. , if the artillery shells fall in the public concession, the Japanese army will inevitably face international condemnation.

This plays right into the bald man's wish.

Therefore, the Japanese army did not dare to use too fierce heavy firepower for fear of missing the Sihang Warehouse and hitting the concession, which would not be a good situation for the Japanese army.

The Japanese army could only use infantry for ground combat.

The more than [-] people who guard the Sihang Warehouse are also German weapon masters. They have very sophisticated weapons and equipment, including mortars, machine guns, and various firearms. Xie Jinyuan is also very talented in command. He is on every floor. , are equipped with light and heavy machine guns, and there is a lot of food and ammunition in the warehouse, so there is no fear of the consumption of ammunition.

There were also a large number of sacks filled with soybeans and wheat. Four lines of defenders placed the sacks layer by layer on the door of the warehouse and on the walls of each floor.

Xie Jinyuan equipped the entire Sihang Warehouse into an airtight fortress.

The building to the west of Sihang Warehouse has been occupied by the Japanese army. The Japanese army used this four-story building to bombard the west side of Sihang Warehouse with flat-firing artillery and machine guns. At its most intense, a cannon shot was fired almost every second. By the next two days, a gap had been blown out of the west side of the warehouse.The four lines of defenders quickly took advantage of the gap created by the Japanese army and launched a counterattack on the opposite side.

For two whole days without sleep, the heroic Sihang Warehouse lone soldier held on to the Sihang Warehouse steadily under the fierce attack of the Japanese army that was several times larger than itself. Xie Jinyuan asked the troops to put the Japanese troops in, and then used light and heavy machine guns and grenades to repel the Japanese troops. .

The defenders holding the Sihang Warehouse did not suffer too many casualties.

Because it is backed by a prosperous concession.

As a result, unprecedented spectacles appeared on both sides of the Suzhou River.

Yingmei in the concession remembers sitting in a cafe by the river, drinking coffee relaxedly while watching the fierce battle between the Chinese and Japanese armies.

After holding on for several days, they were infected by the bravery of the Chinese army.They saw that the Chinese army was willing to die rather than surrender, and the subsequent London reports produced a dramatic reversal of the Sino-Japanese war, which changed the international public's perception of China very, very greatly.

Words like heroic and incredible often appear in newspapers.

The Western war was completely different from the Sino-Japanese war.

Even regarding war, the Western world has signed many agreements and rules.

Their troops all have surrender standards. When these standards are met, they can throw away their guns and surrender with the white flag.They are also quite tolerant in their treatment of prisoners of war, the most famous of which is that Italian prisoners of war built their own prison camps and so on.

Medical soldiers are even more sacred on the battlefield. Both sides in the war will never shoot each other's medical soldiers. They know very well that one day they will be injured. Medical soldiers can save their lives. Therefore, the first In World War I and World War II, medical soldiers never carried weapons on the battlefield. They also wore eye-catching red crosses so that the opposing soldiers would not shoot at the enemy when they saw that they were medical soldiers.

These medical soldiers never care whether they are saving their own people or the enemy.

I often see wounded soldiers from the enemy camp lying in my home field hospital.

This period did not change until the Pacific War.

The Japanese did not care whether you were a medic or what kind of soldier, let alone whether you could hold a gun. Therefore, during the Pacific War, medical casualties were very high. Even medics began to pick up guns and fight the Japanese.

Therefore, when they saw that the defenders of Sihang Warehouse were isolated and helpless, they still resolutely refused to surrender. Faced with Japanese troops several times their own, they resisted tenaciously and blocked them. This brought great consequences to these Western gentlemen. Shocking.

Even President Roosevelt's special envoy arrived in Shanghai. When he saw the Sihang Warehouse defending the battle, he was quite surprised at how the Chinese army was so capable of fighting all of a sudden.

Especially from the end of August to September, the defense line of the Chinese army was very difficult. Therefore, President Roosevelt's special envoy was quite surprised. In a telegram to President Roosevelt, he said that it is very difficult to imagine that the Chinese army has such a strong resistance. , especially the four-line lone army, showed amazing bravery.

Foreign countries were shocked at how tenaciously the Chinese defenders fought.

The Chinese people in the concession also gathered on the south bank of the Suzhou River, applauded, cheered, and shouted loudly to remind the Chinese army to pay attention to the Japanese army's sneak attack route.

The British in the lease, as neutrals, persuaded the lone soldiers in the Sihang Warehouse to give up resistance, and the answer they received was: "We live for China, and we will not regret dying."

Major media and newspapers have published stories about the bravery and determination of the Sihang defenders. Inspired by the "Eight Hundred Warriors" who defended the Sihang Warehouse, despite the heavy casualties of the Chinese army, more and more young people have asked to join the army.

The battle to defend the Sihang Warehouse undoubtedly affected the Chinese people in the concession, and it also changed foreign perceptions of the Chinese.

The telephone line from the concession to Zhabei was no longer open. A man who knew flags volunteered to raise flags with the defenders at Sihang Warehouse and asked them if they needed any urgent assistance. The other party also flagged and replied that he wanted nothing but a national flag. .

Close to the Sihang Warehouse, on the side close to the concession, is a two-story cigarette paper shop. It has long been empty and has become the only passage between the Sihang Warehouse defenders and the concession.

That afternoon, Ye Chunnian, the leader of the Boy Scouts, led six other Boy Scouts including Yang Huimin to the edge of the concession. They brought not only a large amount of supplies, but also a specially made national flag. As night fell, Ye Chunnian handed the flag to Yang Huimin, Yang Huimin wrapped this huge four-meter-long national flag around her body and risked her life to enter the Sixing Warehouse.

In the movie "Eight Hundred", the scene where people risk their lives to transport telephone lines was completely fabricated to reflect the people's patriotic enthusiasm.

In the early morning of the 29th, all Zhabei except the Sixing Warehouse had been occupied by the Japanese army, and bloody sun flags were hung everywhere.

The concession on the other side of the river was full of citizens watching the war. Every Shanghai citizen in the midst of the war was staring at the national flag slowly rising on the roof of the Sihang Warehouse. All the Chinese citizens watching were excited, and some were excited. Tears welled up in my eyes.

Someone also made up a song.

"Song of the Eight Hundred Heroes"!
'China will not die, China will not die. '

'Look at that national hero Captain Xie! '

'China will not die, China will not die. '

'Look at those eight hundred warriors defending the eastern battlefield alone. '

There are also.

'China will not die, China will not die. '

'Look at that national hero Captain Xie! '

'I would rather die than give in;'

'I'd rather die than surrender! '

'Comatriots, get up, go to the battlefield quickly, and use the eight hundred warriors as an example! '

On October 10, this lone army had held on to the Sihang Warehouse for four days and five nights, repelling six Japanese attacks. The five-story gray building of the Sihang Warehouse stood tall in the rain of artillery fire and bullets.

The "Eight Hundred Heroes" fought bravely and won people's infinite sympathy and support.

However, at this moment, Xie Jinyuan received the order to retreat. The Japanese army's continuous siege for several days put great pressure on the public concession authorities. Just at the southeast corner of Sihang Warehouse, less than 100 meters away, There are two huge gas tanks standing there. Once the Japanese artillery shells are deflected and the gas tanks are set on fire, it will be a major event that endangers the people in the concession.

Half of Shanghai will also be affected.

The public concession authorities contacted the Chinese government through diplomatic channels and requested that the lone troops be ordered to retreat from a humanitarian standpoint to avoid fearless sacrifices.

The defenders of Sihang Warehouse received orders to defend Sihang Warehouse.

However, Baldhead soon issued an order to withdraw from the four lines.

The military orders were overwhelming, and Xie Jinyuan weighed them again and again, and decided to take the overall situation into consideration and accept the order.

That night, at 24 o'clock.

Xie Jinyuan ordered a breakout. Taking advantage of the darkness, the troops rushed across the North Tibet Road and across the garbage bridge over the Suzhou River. The cunning Japanese army blocked the bridgehead with intensive firepower. Many soldiers did not fall in the bloody battle holding the Sixing Warehouse. , but fell down during the breakout.

Amidst the enemy's hail of bullets, Xie Jinyuan directed the soldiers to use all light and heavy weapons to suppress the enemy's firepower.

The soldiers who fought back replaced the machine gun ammunition with steel-core bullets, which can penetrate steel plates. The machine gun fired twenty rounds per round. Before the twenty rounds were fired, the enemy's shells fell on the roof.

Under the cover of light and heavy machine gun fire, the breakout defenders successfully entered the British area of ​​​​the public concession. They were welcomed by the British Marine Corps officers and soldiers guarding the concession.

Xie Jinyuan was the last to retreat, with tears streaming down his face.

Robert, a French expatriate, witnessed this group of heroic Chinese soldiers with his own eyes. “These teenagers stood blankly, holding German-made rifles and German-made steel helmets. Their faces were full of tears, their whole bodies were shaking with excitement, and they were making noises like injured animals. Roar.”

On the same day, the concession authorities sent the four lone troops to the Shanghai Racecourse and disarmed them.

Then take a truck and go to the Gujun Camp on Jiaozhou Road.

On the road, in front of and behind the houses, there were people who welcomed the four groups of lone heroes. They gathered on the streets and surrounded the road. Their cars drove and stopped, and they arrived at the lone army camp with difficulty.

What awaits this group of lone soldiers will be an even sadder fate.