The Republic of Heroes

He Yingqin lost no time in speaking to Chiang Kai-shek: "Wu Weizhong succeeded in a sneak attack in the First Battle of Shanghai and captured the Japanese commander. However, if he violated the military order without authorization, everyone will follow suit in the future. Where is the authority of the central government?"

These words reached Jiang Zhongzheng's heart. He already regarded Wu Xiaoliang as a half-confidant, but this half-confidant disregarded the truce order from him, the chairman of the committee, and attacked the Japanese army without authorization.And the brilliant results made him even more embarrassed. If he was punished for this, the people would definitely not agree, and Jiang Zhongzheng would get a reputation as a villain because of this.After thinking about it, he didn't come up with a mature idea. He raised his head and saw He Yingqin looking at him earnestly, so he asked:

"Is it possible to pay respect?"

He Yingqin waited for Jiang Zhongzheng to ask questions, and hurriedly replied: "The 57th Division has fought fiercely for days, and lost more than half. The chairman is kind, and he was sent back to the rear for rectification. The whole Wu department must be grateful."

After that, the eyelids drooped, and he didn't speak again.Jiang Zhongzheng understood it, and by doing so, he taught Wu Xiaoliang a small lesson, and also showed that he was sympathetic to his subordinates.

"The 87th Division, 88th Division and the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps that have just returned to Nanjing can be combined into the Fifth Army. Let Zhang Wenbai be the commander of the army, and then the left-wing commander-in-chief."

"Chairman Mingjian!"

He Yingqin praised again at the right time. He knew that the commander of the Japanese army in Songhu was captured, and the Japanese army was in chaos. Chairman Jiang mobilized his direct line troops and Zhang Wenbai to clean up the mess. The field is nothing more than making wedding clothes for others.But he suddenly thought of another question, that is how the Japanese commander Kenji Ueda should deal with it.

"It's better for Kenji Ueda to be in the hands of the central government. Wu Weizhong has always been radical, so keep it in his hands in case he does something radical again..."

Jiang Zhongzheng didn't understand what He Yingqin meant, nodded and said, "Okay, you should hurry up and do this."

……

In Zhabei District of Shanghai, there are rubble and ruins everywhere, and the sky above the ruins is covered with gunpowder smoke that has not yet dissipated.Li Zejun's angry roar came from the conference room:

"What does Generalissimo Jiang mean by this? To take credit and take advantage of the fire? And why should we hand over the lieutenant general commander who was captured by us?"

Wu Xiaoliang sighed softly, and put the telegram in his hand on the table. After all, Jiang Zhongzheng began to hold back, but fortunately he sent Zhang Zhizhong. According to the description in the textbooks of his previous life, he was definitely a patriotic general. The idea of ​​losing power and humiliating the country.

Seeing that Wu Xiaoliang was silent, Li Zejun said anxiously: "Should we go or stay, the chairman will give everyone an accurate word." Everyone in the headquarters looked at Wu Xiaoliang expectantly.

Wu Xiaoliang did not answer but asked instead: "According to Qianting's opinion, how should we deal with the current situation?"

"Beat his mother, it's like Lao Jiang farted loudly and stinky in Luoyang!"

After cursing a sentence, it seems that the anger has subsided a lot, and he calmed down and said: "I'm afraid that Lao Jiang will cut off our retreat..."

Wu Xiaoliang secretly thought that Li Zejun was still awake and could see this.In fact, the situation of the Shandong Army in Shanghai has changed wonderfully. Since the commander of the Japanese Army was captured, the Japanese Army will not negotiate with the 57th Division or the Second Army out of self-esteem. It must be an endless situation. It is said that Zhang Zhizhong The 87th Division and the 88th Division of the Fifth Army of the Communist Party of China are advancing side by side, and have already reached the two wings of the 57th Division and the Second Army, and they are also performing surveillance tasks to a large extent.

If Lao Jiang's order is not obeyed, he only needs to order to cut off the supplies of the 57th Division and the Second Army, and they will be defeated without a fight.So out of the above considerations, he had no choice but to withdraw his troops.At that time, it is unknown that Jiang Zhongzheng may give Shandong some extra compensation out of guilt.

Yang Xiaoou originally had a very bad sense of Jiang Zhongzheng, otherwise he would not have given up on Lao Jiang and voted for Wu Xiaoliang. This time, Lao Jiang took the credit and made him rejoice that his original decision was correct. He also got news that his old brother Sun Chu The First Army has been transferred to Hubei by Lao Jiang to fight Feng Yuxiang desperately, and it is a cannon fodder.

"Lao Jiang is known to be despicable, but he never thought that he would be so blatantly robbed of merit. How can he not chill the hearts of the soldiers?" After a pause, he continued: "It doesn't matter if we withdraw the troops, let's go back to Shandong, and we won't be freed from this idleness." .”

Yang Xiaoou voted for Wu Xiaoliang at first with a speculative idea, but after some contacts, especially when he dared to fight the Japanese in Shanghai, and especially taught the Japanese to suffer, his second army even had a fight with the Japanese A tie, with a slight upper hand.All this made him feel that this general who is under [-] years old is not easy, which made him have a strong desire to follow him, and he only felt that it was very happy to fight with Wu Xiaoliang.

At this time, a gendarme entered the meeting room, "That Japanese devil is dishonest, clamoring to see the chairman."

Mentioning the Japanese prisoner finally eased the atmosphere, someone laughed and said: "A prisoner should have the consciousness of being a prisoner. Can he see whoever he wants to see? First give him a punch, and also for the people who have suffered so much." Take a breath."

Some people also suggested: "Lao Jiang wants to snatch this lieutenant general, isn't he trying to let him go? That will make all our efforts go in vain. We don't want to do it. Why don't we kill him first?" To commemorate the dead spirits."

Everyone echoed, "I think it's better to be slaughtered than to let others take it and give it to Shun Shui."

The meeting was over, and Wu Xiaoliang did not go to see Kenkichi Ueda. He had already made a decision in his heart. It was a certainty that Zhang Zhizhong would take over his defense. No, even your own safety is a problem.Taking ten thousand steps back, as long as the overall situation of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War is not destroyed, Wu Xiaoliang is willing to give up this anti-Japanese contribution.

Before Zhang Zhizhong took over the defense, Wu Xiaoliang decided to launch another large-scale assault to completely compress the Japanese army into the public lease. Although the Japanese fleet's naval artillery fire was fierce, they did not dare to open fire on the leased land.So the Second Army was ordered to continue to move forward, crossing the Songhu Railway across the board and arriving at North Sichuan Road. , The situation became more and more unfavorable to the Japanese army. In the end, the 24th Brigade of the Japanese army stabilized the situation, while the morale of the Ninth Division was greatly damaged, and it was withdrawn from the position defending Sichuan North Road.

Satisfied, Yang Xiao and Ou Zhi commanded the Second Army to chase the Japanese and beat them on the buttocks.