The heavens start from Changjin Lake

The fact that Xia Yuan is the Songhu God of War is basically confirmed.

"If he is really Songhu God of War, then this person is extremely dangerous."

Wu Youhua's face looked a little ugly. The work they were doing meant that they had to be careful when coming into contact with these soldiers of the national army.

Even though this person has outstanding military exploits, he is still a member of the National Government, and their status is relatively sensitive.

"I think your brother's identity needs to be carefully investigated to see what's going on." Wu Youhua looked at his wife beside him with a questioning look in his eyes.

"We need to check." Wang Cui felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this, but she also knew very well that her and her husband's identities were quite special. If Wang Sangou really wanted to have some identity, they would have to consider it carefully. Are there still two people at home?

"Well, when I get back to the department, I'll find someone to ask and check."

The lunch meal is rice porridge.

A family of six people gathered around a table with four simple dishes, one of which had meat.

While eating, Xia Yuan took out the envelope from his pocket and wiped his mouth: "Sister-in-law Wang, Brother Wu, this is the money I earned from working at the dock. I'll give it to you first."

He has received the news he wanted at the dock and may not go to the dock again during this period.

He couldn't use the money he earned, so he might as well leave it to Wu Youhua and Wang Cui. The most important point was that the Japanese would come over soon.

Money is even more useless.

"This won't work. We can't take the money you earn." Wu Youhua put down the bowl and chopsticks and said immediately.

"Brother Wu, listen to me. The Japanese are about to attack. These days are not peaceful. Use this money to buy more things. You and your sister-in-law should leave Jinling as soon as possible." Xia Yuan persuaded him kindly and handed the envelope to Pushed forward.

Wang Sangou bit his chopsticks and looked at Xia Yuan, somewhat confused.

"The Japanese invaders have nothing to do with us. Just live a good life and don't think too much." Wang Cui also followed her husband's words and continued: "Brother Wu is right about this money, we can't take it."

"Sister-in-law, to tell you the truth, I just retreated from the front line." Xia Yuan did not intend to hide his identity. They will definitely investigate their identity, so frankly revealing their identity is also a way to do good.

Even if he didn't confess, they either knew it early or they would know it later.

This cannot be concealed.

But when he said this, Wang Sangou's hand under the table pulled Xia Yuan's clothes.

Xia Yuan gave Wang Sangou a reassuring look and continued: "Brother Wu, Sister-in-law Wang, the Japanese are ferocious and kill many people. They do not treat prisoners favorably. The prisoners they capture are all bayoneted by the new recruits of the Japanese." Kill them, they enter the village, burn, kill, and loot. Such a nation will never do good things if they enter Jinling."

"This"

Wu Youhua and Wang Cui looked at each other. Perhaps they had not thought that Xia Yuan would happily tell them his experience.

"Xia Yuan, this kind of thing is uncertain. Jinling is the capital of China. Even if the Japanese army captures Jinling, they won't do anything to the people. Don't worry." Wu Youhua put down his chopsticks, "The battle in Shanghai, The reputation of the Japanese army in the world has been lost. Many Western countries are dissatisfied with Japan. If they do what you mentioned in Jinling, it will definitely attract international attention. Don't worry, they don't dare to do this. of."

Xia Yuan said nothing. Wu Youhua was not only a member of the government department, but also a member of the underground D. His words not only represented what he had experienced during his long time working in the government, but also carried the current sentiments of the Red Party. mean.

He held the envelope, put it on the table, wiped his mouth, and said: "Brother Wu, Sister-in-law Wang, I've finished eating, you can use the money."

After speaking, he got up and left.

Wang Sangou looked at Wu Youhua and Wang Cui, quickly pulled at it a few times, and said, "Sister, let me go and take a look."

"You go ahead and come to my room tonight. I have something to tell you to your brother-in-law."

"it is good."

Wang Sangou stood up and shouted: "Brother Yuan, wait for me."

Outside the door, Xia Yuan lit a cigarette for Wang Sangou and said: "Jinling cannot be defended, and the Japanese will not let the citizens of Jinling go, as your brother-in-law said."

Wang Sangou smiled bitterly: "Brother Yuan, it's useless to tell my sister. They are all ordinary people. We have seen the brutality of the Japanese devils, but they have not."

Xia Yuan stopped talking and smoked silently. After finishing a cigarette, he threw it on the ground: "I have anonymously handed over the matter of the Japanese massacre of Jinling to the newspaper."

This is one of the few ways to do it. Even if there is a high possibility that the newspaper will not use the content on the envelope for reporting, it still has to be tried.

They had witnessed the brutality of the Japanese army when they were on the front line. If they really occupied Jinling, there was no guarantee what would happen.Wang Sangou thought about it over and over, but finally said nothing. Xia Yuan always accomplished things beyond his scope of thinking.

Thinking carefully about the abilities that Xia Yuan has shown along the way, none of them can be compared to him.

"Brother Yuan, if the Japanese can't get in, won't it happen?" Wang Sangou is just a rural person and can't understand the battlefield situation. "Jinling is the capital, and we will not give up and defend the capital."

"I hope so."

Report to the newspaper.

With the war between China and Japan, newspaper offices have been extremely busy in recent days.

Not only must the frontline battle conditions be published, but changes in the government must also be registered at all times.A few days ago, the government moved its capital to Bajun, which had a profound impact. Newspapers even published several reports on this matter.

Today, the government held a meeting to guard Jinling. Tang Shengzhi served as the commander-in-chief of Jinling Guards, leading an army of 10,000+ to defend Jinling City.

The national government even shouted the slogan "Defend Jinling, defend the country", and the citizens of Jinling responded positively and united as one.

It can be said that it has condensed into a hemp rope.

Yesterday, Editor Yang suddenly received a letter. The content of the letter made him break out in a cold sweat. The next day, he took the envelope to Editor-in-Chief Xu Dong and handed the letter to Xu Dong for detailed review.

Xu Dong felt very incredible after reading the content of the letter: "Where did this letter come from?"

"Can the content of a letter submitted anonymously be published?" Editor Yang asked.

"It cannot be published. At present, the people in Jinling City are united and determined to resist the war. The content of this letter will definitely cause panic and must not be published." Xu Dong stared at the content of the letter. Although it was only a textual description, it made him feel a chill to the bone. .

There are really people in the world who can be as evil as what the letter said.

They wantonly massacred unarmed civilians, raped women, disemboweled pregnant women, and even spared babies.

The content recorded in the letter is shocking and even scary.

How could a person be so evil? He definitely wouldn't be.

This letter is most likely from some people who want to cause people to panic. Once the people of Jinling start to panic, it will be extremely detrimental to the defense of Jinling.

Editor Yang thought, "The current situation is special. At this juncture, someone sent this letter to us with ill intentions."

"You go down first. Don't spread the contents of the letter randomly. I'll go find the governor of the country and explain the situation."

Xu Dong packed the letter, put it in his arms, and left in a hurry.

He once heard in a wine shop that the Japanese army planted many spies in Jinling. Could this letter be written by Japanese spies?At this moment, the Japanese army was about to approach the city, and the government shouted the slogan of defending Jinling to the death. Jinling City was also united, and the soldiers and civilians were determined to defend Jinling and defend Jinling.

At this juncture, if such a letter was published in a newspaper, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Even though the end of the envelope was marked with words such as increasing the people's sense of crisis and strengthening the people's determination to resist Japan, Xu Dong still did not dare to publish the contents of the envelope in a newspaper. He needed to consult his superior. The content of this letter was very important. It might have been submitted by a spy.

"I have never seen such a rampant spy directly provoking him face to face."

Xu Dong pinched the envelope, feeling angry. He quickly found a friend who worked in the government, handed the envelope to him for inspection, and told him his speculation.

"It's unreasonable, the Japanese are so rampant!" Xu Dong's friend was furious after reading the envelope. As a government employee, he was very sensitive. The Battle of Songhu could be said to have ended in failure. A large number of soldiers fled, so the situation was over. Under the circumstances, the Japanese army became more and more rampant.

The government wants to fight a battle to defend Jinling, but it is very difficult. Now the people in the city are united. At this point, such a letter must have ulterior motives.Let Xu Dong's friends not be angry.

"It must be the work of a traitor. I will go back and report to the top. The contents of this letter should not be published in the newspapers. It can easily cause panic."

"Okay, I'm worried about the same thing as you. If such content is published in the newspaper, it may cause panic, which may cause difficulties in defending Aurous Hill."

Xia Yuan didn't know that the envelope he sent had been destroyed by them.

However, this was also what he expected.

During the critical period, the contents on the envelope could easily cause panic. When delivering the letter, Xia Yuan also asked someone to deliver it anonymously and did not leave his own information.

If this step is not successful, there is no solution.

It was almost the end of November, and there was still more than half a month left before the battle to defend Jinling. Even if he gathered a team, he would not be able to change the outcome.

evening.

Wu Youhua came and said, "I have no doubts about what you said, but now we are united in defending Jinling, and I also have a patriotic heart. At this critical moment, let me leave, and I can't do it. I know that you are retreating from the front line." The same goes for you, the hero who came down to fight with the Japanese army. As a citizen of the country, how can I flee when the country needs me?"

After a pause, he raised his head to look at Xia Yuan's face and said, "What's more, as a public servant of the government, I can't run away from the battle."

"I was in a hurry." Xia Yuan sighed in his heart and said, "If one day, the Japanese army breaks through Jinling City, you can take refuge in the foreigner's residential area."

Wu Youhua was a little confused about what Xia Yuan said, but he nodded, "Maybe Jinling can bear it? I heard in the government that the Japanese army wanted to sign a city alliance with the government."

Xia Yuan smiled and said nothing.

After the Battle of Songhu, the strength of the Japanese troops dispatched to Shanghai increased dramatically, and they were even more determined to capture Jinling.

As for the so-called alliance under the city, it is nonsense.

Before the July [-]th Incident, Japanese radicals arrogantly stated that their army could capture China within three months.What's more, shortening three months to one month is extremely outrageous.

How could Japan have spent so much effort to capture Jinling just to sign a city-wide alliance with the Chinese army?

What they want is vast land and resources.

They are no longer satisfied with the land of mud balls.

Xia Yuan did not refute, "I hope so."

In the past few days, the government has mobilized vigorously. The slogans in the newspapers were shouted loudly, and there were many people marching in the streets. Young students carried big flags to the streets and shouted, "Defend Jinling to the death." I would rather die in war than be a slave to the subjugation of the country. "If we don't fight the Japanese devils, we will have a hard time in the future." We are united and vow to destroy the Japanese pirates and "defeat Japanese imperialism."

On the streets, Jinling citizens gathered like a long river.

The enthusiasm for guarding Jinling is so high that even if you come from the future world, you can still feel your blood boiling with the bursts of slogans.

"Who said this era is numb and pedantic? This is the era of true awakening."

Xia Yuan looked at the young faces parading in the street.

In this era, they are passionate, patriotic, young, and full of vitality.

Decades later, they are the backbone of building New China.

They are a group of people.

More and more citizens joined the parade. They raised their arms high and clenched their fists. The mighty parade stretched for several hundred meters.

Their voices shook the thick clouds in the sky.

This is a call that transcends the times.

Xia Yuan surged forward with the flow of people.

He saw policemen, students, workers, doctors, coolies and porters.

The march was growing and the shouts were getting louder.

What Xia Yuan saw was a spark of fire igniting the grassland.

Under the overwhelming propaganda from the government that they would defend Jinling to the death, the determination of the military and civilians to defend Jinling City was unprecedentedly high.

Guard headquarters.

Tang Sheng listened to the surging shouts coming from another street, and his face was as calm as the ripples in the well.

He knew in his heart that underneath this unprecedentedly high emotion of defending Jinling to the death, there was a void.

Like a loft in the sky, the enthusiasm of the people at the upper level is unprecedented, while the sergeants at the lower level have almost no fighting spirit.

The Battle of Songhu destroyed the self-confidence of many troops participating in the Battle of Songhu. The strength of the Japanese army was deeply rooted in their bones. Not long after many teams participating in the Battle of Songhu arrived at the battlefield, they were overwhelmed by the powerful firepower and attack of the Japanese army. Down, the smoke disappeared.

Tang Sheng compared the current situation to a loft in the sky, which is quite appropriate.

The people in Jinling City never dreamed that the overwhelming propaganda of the national army actually meant resisting first and then giving up.

The national army put out a lot of overwhelming propaganda, but the Japanese army seemed relatively dull.

Due to the heavy casualties of the Japanese army in Shanghai, certain events were needed to replenish personnel and ammunition. In addition, they had to adjust command relationships and wait for combat orders from the headquarters. Therefore, the advance to Jinling was postponed.

12 month 2 day.

The climate in Shanghai is extremely cold, and snowflakes are flying in the sky. This month and the next month are very rare in Shanghai.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, a Japanese military plane slowly landed at Longhua Airport.Japanese Deputy Chief of Staff Shun Tada and his entourage walked out of the cabin, got off the plane, got into a car that had been waiting by the gangway, and drove into the Japanese headquarters next to Jing'an Temple.

Shun Tada delivered to Matsui Iwane a headquarters edict stamped with the national seal and the seals of various ministers: Matsui Iwane was appointed commander of the Central China Front, under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army and the 10th Army.

The order also stated: After the rest of the troops are completed, the commander of Central China must coordinate with the navy to capture Jinling, the enemy's capital.

Shun Tada is 1.69 meters tall and slightly fat. With such a height, he is considered a 'big horse' in Japan.

Compared with Matsui Iwane, who is only 1.51 meters tall, thin and dry, he looks even taller.The two are old friends and are very familiar with each other, so Tada Shun read the order to Matsui Iwane, then smiled and touched Matsui Iwane's bald head with his hand, and said jokingly: "I didn't expect that Matsui-kun is very capable, but he is thin and has a bad appetite. Thin, in a blink of an eye, the Chinese people were swallowed up. But if you want to attack Jinling next, you have to be careful. Jinling is their capital, and Jiang will not give up easily. He will definitely hold on."

"In addition, there are many mountains outside Jinling and the terrain is relatively complex. Be careful and you may accidentally drop your front teeth."

Matsui Iwane's eyes were shining, and he said with confidence: "Tada-kun, don't imagine that Jinling is too complicated. I think Jinling is easier to fight than Shanghai."

"What's the basis for this?" Jun Tada asked curiously.

"Let's imagine that Chiang's elite troops have been almost exhausted in Songhu. Moreover, north of Jinling is the rolling Yangtze River, and it is not easy to win a back-to-back battle. If Chiang was a military strategist or had some military attempts, he would not Stick to Jinling."

Matsui Iwane is confident in winning Jinling.

After hearing this, Jun Tada agreed with his analysis and patted his shoulder: "It makes sense. Even though you have a small head, you are really a genius military strategist."

After a pause, he said with emotion: "Man is not as good as God. Who would have thought that you would have such a good opportunity. A retired man in his 60s, who had rested at home for a few years, would be given an important job by the Emperor. , and was quickly promoted from the commander of the Shanghai Expedition Army to the commander of the Central China Expedition Army."

Tada Shun was quite emotional, and said half seriously, half jokingly: "I think you have to pack up quickly. If we hit Jinling and enter the city, you are small and thin. The Chinese will not regard you as a cook or... It’s weird for an old man to pick up rags.”

"Tada-kun, this is in accordance with the Chinese saying, people cannot be judged by their appearance, and sea water cannot be measured." Matsui Iwane laughed loudly, squinting his eyes, revealing a horrifying murderous aura: "Don't look at me, a little old man. When we get to Jinling, if a Chinese shows any disrespect to me, I will kill his whole family, kill all the Jinling people, destroy their families, and turn their capital into ruins."

"I want them to understand that the Imperial Japanese Army is invincible." (End of Chapter)