The Republic of Heroes

Inside the Japanese military headquarters, Lieutenant General Kenkichi Ueda’s room was still lit. He and the Japanese Consul General in Shanghai, Murai Kuramatsu, were arguing with each other because of the negotiations and the armistice. Murai Kuramatsu followed the cabinet’s wishes and hoped that the army would settle the battle quickly. , so the No.20 Fourth Brigade and the Ninth Division were sent for reinforcements at the beginning of the Marine Corps' offensive being blocked. However, the arrival of the Army did not tilt the battle in favor of the Imperial Kingdom. The Zhabei District on the battlefield was even destroyed into rubble, which put the cabinet under unprecedented international pressure.

Originally, the cabinet did not advocate the use of force against China, but since the Kwantung Army killed Zhang Zuolin without authorization in the Northeast, the cabinet’s restraint on the army has become weaker and weaker. The entanglement of grievances and grievances continued to the cabinet.The Shanghai incident this time was dominated by the navy, which has always been less aggressive than the army, and it was also the navy's attempt to restore its decline in the cabinet.But things turned out to be contrary to expectations. The navy was good at naval warfare, but land warfare was not satisfactory. The Marine Corps suffered heavy losses. In the end, the army took the dominance of the battle.

The Japanese Consul General in Shanghai, Murai Kuramatsu, is not satisfied with Kenkichi Ueda's delaying tactics because of his inextricable relationship with the navy, because in his opinion, this is a continuation of the navy's combat strategy. Come up with a better way, so he hopes that the army will be tougher, so as to relieve the pressure on him from the cabinet navy faction boss.

While the two were arguing endlessly, the raiding force led by Li Zejun had approached the Japanese headquarters.The whistling sound of intensive infantry artillery shells pierced the doomed night sky, and at the same time the signal flares rose into the sky, emitting dazzling light like shooting stars.Immediately afterwards, shells exploded in the defensive area of ​​the Japanese headquarters, and the sound of the charge resounded through the night sky.The Japanese soldiers on patrol were killed in an instant in front of the barrage woven by submachine guns.

Li Zejun looked up to the north, and there was also the faint sound of rumbling guns. They agreed in advance that after the successful raid on the Japanese army headquarters, the defenders of the Songhu Railway Line of Defense would also launch an attack at the same time to cooperate with the military operation on the Japanese army headquarters.

The defensive circle around the Japanese Army Headquarters was quickly destroyed. At this time, most of the soldiers guarding the Japanese Army Headquarters had just been awakened by the sound of gunfire in their sleep. At a loss like a headless chicken, the dogma of the Japanese Army made people laugh. Before the order was issued, even if there was a sound of guns and guns outside, they did not dare to act without authorization.The size of the Japanese army guarding the headquarters is as large as a regiment, and the captain of the regiment delayed the best time to give orders because he was stunned by infantry artillery.In the end, the Japanese army rushed out of the barracks after a lieutenant assistant issued an order to resist to the subordinate ministries in the name of the regiment captain.

The delay of these few minutes is enough to change a lot of things. Lieutenant General Kenkichi Ueda, the commander of the Ninth Division and the commander of the Japanese Army in Songhu, initially thought that his own soldiers had escaped. When he was trying to understand the situation, the military police directly opened the door Enter the house, set up Kenkichi Ueda and go out.Ueda Kenji was furious: "What are you doing? Kidnapping the chief?"

A gendarme hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, please forgive me, the Chinese raided the headquarters, we must take you to a safe place."

"What, what?"

Ueda Kenkichi couldn't believe his ears. The stupid and cowardly Chinese people dared to use force in the public lease. Aren't they afraid of the revenge of the big powers?The sound of Chinese people shouting and killing at the right time seemed to be a footnote to the words of the military police. The Shanghai Consul General Murai Kuramatsu in the room immediately became ashen. Deploying too many troops, only one regiment was ordered to be stationed here, but the soldiers were still asleep. He was beating drums in his heart as to how much combat power this regiment still had to withstand the surprise attack of the Chinese.

"Wait, wait, take me too, Commander."

Ueda Kenkichi struggled to break free from the two gendarmes, and after finishing his military uniform, he said angrily: "I'm not going anywhere, I'm going to command the warriors of the imperial kingdom to wipe out the despicable Chinese people here." After finishing speaking, he pointed at one of them. The military police ordered: "Take my warrant and tell Captain Watanabe to immediately let the soldiers fight in small groups. The Chinese attack the public leased land, and there must not be many troops. As long as the attack is repulsed, the Chinese will surely They will fall into the embarrassing situation of being attacked from both sides."

The gendarme stood at attention and nodded vigorously, "Ha Yi!" Then he turned and went out.

Kenkichi Ueda pointed to another gendarme and ordered: "Immediately give power to the main force of the division at the intersection of Baoxing Road, and let them be careful of the sneak attack by the Chinese."

"Ha Yi!" Another gendarme also stood at attention and nodded before striding away.

The Consul General of Shanghai, Murai Kuramatsu, saw that Kenkichi Ueda was so calm, so he put his pounding heart back into his stomach.However, the dense gunfire was getting closer and closer, and he could even clearly hear the roar of the commander of China.This made him uneasy, like a frightened bird, but Kenkichi Ueda was still sitting in the house, and he couldn't escape alone, otherwise his future reputation would be ruined.

Li Zejun's offensive started smoothly beyond imagination, but the Japanese army deserved to be well-trained, and within a few minutes, they organized an effective defensive counterattack, which caused huge casualties to his commando soldiers.Li Zejun doesn't have the foreign-phobia of domestic generals. As early as ten years ago, he led the Suidong Army to beat the shit out of the Japanese and Russian armies. Now he doesn't take these little Japan seriously, but this contempt It also made him pay a heavy price. Today's Japanese army is no longer the same as it was back then, and its combat power is surprisingly strong.

Kenji Ueda was sitting in the room. Although he seemed calm on the surface as time went on, his heart was getting colder. He might have been cut off from the alliance. Otherwise, if such a major incident happened, the alliance would contact The official came to the headquarters early in the morning to stand by for battle.

Fortunately, the radio station was set up next door to him, and the gendarme came back in a short while, with a look of panic on his face, "Your Excellency, the Chinese people have launched a large-scale attack on the Imperial Army on the Songhu Railway Line." Attack, the frontline headquarters judged that the Chinese people were afraid, and they were afraid that the decisive battle would be premature."

Ueda Kenkichi only felt his chest tightening. Originally, he proposed to negotiate and use the strategy of slowing down the troops. He waited for the two divisions of domestic reinforcements to arrive in Shanghai, and then used the superior force to make a thunderous blow.Unexpectedly, it was snatched by the Chinese.This news was undoubtedly a heavy blow to him, the pride of the Imperial Army made it difficult for him to bear this humiliation.

He finally squeezed out a few words between his teeth: "The Chinese people... are despicable and shameless... reneging on their promises..." But he didn't think about it, why didn't he have such a mean and shameless, reneging on his promises?

Suddenly footsteps came from outside the door, and Kenkichi Ueda raised his eyes and saw that it was Captain Watanabe.