The Republic of Heroes

A staff officer in the headquarters was drinking water from a teacup, and when he heard the adjutant's report, he spit out a mouthful of water. The news was so shocking and unbelievable that even Wu Xiaoliang choked.

"Is the news true?"

The adjutant smiled and said: "Reporting to the commander, it is absolutely true. I have verified it several times in private." After he just received the telegram translated by the telegraph operator, he had almost the same reaction as all the staff in the headquarters. Mistake, after repeatedly confirming that there is no problem with the translation, and then suspecting that it was the fault of the frontline headquarters, so he sent another power to verify repeatedly, and after getting an affirmative answer, he came to report to Wu Xiaoliang.

The victory came so suddenly, it disrupted the plan that Wu Xiaoliang had thought up before. It was really unexpected that the No.11 Division of the Japanese Army was vulnerable. In just half a day, it was beaten up, and even the commander of the division was beaten. Killed, this time the Japanese army can be ashamed and thrown to grandma's house.With this big defeat, the Japanese will definitely retaliate on a large scale, so this kind of initial partial victory is sometimes more worrying.

Wu Xiaoliang's Armored Brigade, 57th Division, and Second Army were elite, but they were limited. If the Japanese massively increased their troops and played wheel tactics, he would undoubtedly lose.If Japan chooses Shandong as the target of revenge, it is also very possible to kill all the way from Qingdao to Jinan.Since all the main forces of the Shandong Army were transferred out of the province, the Jinan garrison was basically recruits with low combat effectiveness. Once the Japanese army marched from Qingdao, the prospects would be extremely pessimistic.Wu Xiaoliang suddenly found that his heart was full of pessimism about the future, and he didn't fight, and he didn't fight.

Thinking of the end, I simply stopped thinking about it, since the annihilation battle outside Nanjing was well fought, why not fight all the way back to Shanghai, and cooperate with Zhang Zhizhong to drive the Japanese into the sea to feed the bastards.Wu Xiaoliang returned to the battle map, planning in his mind how to advance.

When the adjutants and staff saw the news that the Japanese army had been wiped out, the commander was a little surprised at first, but they couldn't see his excitement at all, which made them very bored and puzzled.According to Wu Xiaoliang's previous behavior style, if he achieved such a brilliant record, he must add fuel to the publicity to boost the morale of the people.But this time he didn't say a word, it seemed that he wanted to keep a low profile.

"Order the Armored Brigade to stand by, and the 57th Division to chase and wipe out the Japanese remnants." Having said that, he looked up at the adjutant and asked:

"Where is the cavalry brigade?"

"I passed Pukou yesterday, and I am currently on standby."

Wu Xiaoliang clapped his hands and said: "That's great, order the entire cavalry brigade to dispatch, and cooperate with the 57th Division to wipe out the remnants of the Japanese army running around, so as not to leave any future trouble." After a pause, he continued: "We will wipe out the remnants of the enemy within three days. The 57th Division took the Beijing-City Railway and marched into Shanghai to cooperate with the Fifth Army to attack the Japanese army, and the cavalry brigade and armored brigade were on standby."

After issuing a series of orders, he suddenly said: "Bring back the body of the head of the Japanese army division, I will be useful."

The adjutant was dumbfounded, the commander is making a fuss, isn't he trying to make some jokes, this is not in line with his style.Seeing that Wu Xiaoliang had a serious face and didn't ask too many questions, he had no choice but to go out to convey the order.

It's just that things in the world always complement each other, and there must be failures in every victory. The news of Zhang Zhizhong's loss of the Songhu defense line came back early the next morning. No more routs.But even the headquarters of the National Revolutionary Army in Zhenru fell into the hands of the Japanese army. Zhang Zhizhong withdrew in a hurry, and all the radio stations and many related personnel were lost and scattered, so he didn't have time to ask for help from Nanjing to warn him.

Zhang Zhizhong was full of gunpowder and sweat, and looked at Li Zejun, the commander of the 57th Division who arrived in time, full of joy and gratitude.

"Brother Qian Ting is really timely. If it comes one step later, the Fifth Army may be defeated and flee back to Nanjing."

Since Wu Xiaoliang spoke highly of Zhang Zhizhong, Li Zejun had a good impression of him, so he said politely: "Where did the commander say that? I dare not act in time. Zejun was ordered by Commander Wu this time to cooperate with the Japanese army of your ministry. Those who are going to the sea are just looking at the current situation, and it is still a bit difficult to achieve this goal."

Although the words were polite, the implication was obvious. Zhang Zhizhong could hear that although Li Zejun was polite to him on the surface, he didn't take himself seriously in his heart.After all, arrogant soldiers judge heroes by their performances, and if they lose, they are defeated. Compared with his 57th Division, the fifth army's record can only be described as miserable.After nearly half a month of tenacious resistance, the two divisions of the Fifth Army lost more than one-third, but even with all their efforts, the front line retreated step by step until the Zhenru headquarters was lost.

During the exchange of greetings, the adjutant entered the temporary tent set up as the headquarters.

"Report to the division commander, the commander is calling!"

"Read!"

Li Zejun replied blankly.

"My brother Qianting, just received the information that the Japanese mainland sent reinforcements to Shanghai again for two divisions. The previous No.14 division may have already landed in Shanghai. Be careful, step by step, and attack carefully."

In the end, Li Zejun sent a telegram and said, Commander, is this asking me to fight a protracted war?There was a phone call last night asking for a quick fix, why did it change so much today?Could it be that something happened in Nanjing?

Li Zejun really guessed right. Jiang Zhongzheng, chairman of the Military Committee of the National Revolutionary Army, arrived in Nanjing by plane, and gave instructions on the deployment of the battlefield, suspending the attack on the Japanese army. The Japanese minister has formally proposed to him to sign a ceasefire through non-diplomatic channels. agreement hope.

When Jiang Zhongzheng heard the news that the No.11 Division of the Japanese Army had been wiped out and its commander killed outside the city of Nanjing, he was also very astonished. Portion of chips.The reason why I hurried back to Nanjing this time was to discuss with several members of the committee what conditions should be put forward to Japan.

Several members of the committee, Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan, and Zhang Xueliang, were all in different places, but actually only Wu Xiaoliang and Chen Mingshu were in Nanjing.And Chen Mingshu is a big brother of the Cantonese army, and he is fighting openly and secretly with Chiang Kai-shek. He must not easily nod to the strategy proposed by him.What he really wants to win over is Wu Xiaoliang. Before the situation in Nanjing was in crisis, he telegraphed He Yingqin to appoint him as the commander of the Nanjing garrison. Now it seems that this order is very necessary. If He presides over the war against Japan, it is very likely that he will sign an alliance under the city. At that time, the prestige of the Nanjing central government will inevitably be greatly reduced.

Before negotiating with Japan, let's publicize the news of the annihilation of the Japanese division and the killing of the division commander...