This small-scale high-level meeting achieved unprecedented results. It allowed the National Defense Forces to gain unprecedented ideals and unity, and also allowed Wu Aihua to establish absolute authority and even dictatorship.
Because of this, history began to run completely according to Wu Aihua's will, and the time traveler's mastery of history reached a peak.
After the meeting, Wu Aihua took Jiang Baili and the translator to "visit" Hase Kiyokawa, Yoshizumi Ryosuke and other captured senior Japanese generals.
"Everyone, is the reception of the National Defense Forces quite considerate?" When they met, Wu Aihua asked Hase Kiyokawa and others directly in Japanese. Jiang Baili studied in Japan, so he can naturally understand Japanese.
"This is the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese National Defense Forces, General Wu Aihua, and this is the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the National Defense Forces, Mr. Jiang Baili." The translator promptly introduced the identities of the two people.
"Mr. Wu, Mr. Jiang, please take a seat." Hase Kiyokawa and others live in a small courtyard in Jinshanwei Town. Each of them has a house. Their original service soldiers are also there. They saw two big shots.
They didn't lose their manners either.
"Mr. Wu, please tell me if you have anything to say. A defeated general cannot be brave enough, but if you want us to do something that will harm the Empire of Japan, we just want death!" Lieutenant General Hamada Konzo of the 118th Division of the Japanese Army (apocryphal)
Said angrily.
"Hmph, if it weren't for you Chinese conspiracy, it would be impossible to defeat the Imperial Japanese Army!" Lieutenant General Jiumo Futsuki, commander of the 104th Division, was even more unconvinced.
"Soldiers are deceitful. Didn't the Japanese Army University teach you this trick?" Jiang Baili said sarcastically.
"Haha, I think Captain Jiumo's anger has not calmed down yet. Let's wait until his anger calms down. Let's do it again. However, I will not participate in this matter next time." A prisoner does not have the consciousness of a prisoner and still wants to play.
, then I’ll let you play. After Wu Aihua said that, he walked out. Originally, he just came to see what a few Japanese prisoners looked like, but at first glance, he felt that they were nothing more than that.
"Everyone, I know the character of you Japanese people very well. However, you don't know the character of General Wu at all. In order to save some face for you, he has not announced the capture of you three until now.
The results of the battle between the division and the Chinese fleet." Jiang Baili said calmly.
"What does General Takeru want to do?" Yoshizumi Ryosuke asked.
"He just wants you to write a letter to the Japanese base camp to persuade Japan to give up its policy of aggression against China." Jiang Baili said.
"Impossible!" Several people said almost in unison.
"If you don't agree to this, the National Defense Forces will publish the battle report immediately." Jiang Baili could actually guess the personalities of several Japanese generals, so he told them the National Defense Forces' decision.
"We just want death!" Hase Kiyokawa "threatened".
"Haha, Commander-in-Chief Wu is indeed right, you are indeed stubborn. Commander-in-Chief Wu said that if you are going to die, then 100,000 Japanese soldiers will die with you! Commander-in-Chief Wu said, wait
After you all die, he will write a memorial article praising the Japanese soldiers for their loyalty to the Emperor. Moreover, the Japanese Army in South China, the Japanese Army in East China, the Japanese Army in North China and the Northeastern Army will all follow the rules! Generals, don’t you know that you Japan
How many more men can die with such integrity? I have calculated that even if Japan devotes all its efforts, it only has 10 million young men. How many times can you do this?"
Damn it, the Japanese really do have this kind of virtue! Then, Jiang Baili said fiercely, "Don't think that the National Defense Forces can't do this. You Japanese have imposed on the Chinese people in the past few decades, even starting from the Japanese pirates in the Song and Ming Dynasties.
Disaster, we will take it back twice as much!”
Several Japanese fell silent because they were frightened by Jiang Baili's momentum and the ruthlessness in his words! Although I don't know whether the National Defense Forces can achieve this step, the current 100,000 soldiers are the backbone of the Imperial Japanese Army.
Seeing that the prisoners stopped talking, Jiang Baili stood up with a bang, said "Goodbye, everyone!" and turned around.
…
At 6 p.m. on February 28, 1938, the Chinese National Defense Force held a press conference at the Longyan Base Camp to announce to the world that the National Defense Forces had achieved major results in the Yangtze River Delta Campaign.
The press conference was hosted by Wang Ying, director of the Propaganda Bureau of the General Political Department of the National Defense Forces. Wang Ying is one of the beauties recognized by the National Defense Forces Headquarters. Her original position was the Propaganda Section Director of the Political Department of the Independent Column. She has been responsible for media liaison and external publicity matters, and has worked with various parties.
The relationship with the media is very good.
"Dear reporters and friends, there will be important news announced at today's press conference. Please be quiet!" Wang Ying, who walked into the venue, saw the mess below and immediately stopped her.
How can the media not be in chaos! The main force of the National Defense Forces is fighting in the Yangtze River Delta. Battle reports have been sent to the media in the past two days. Three Japanese divisions were basically wiped out. Could it be that today's victory is greater?
As soon as the venue fell silent, Fu Lin, Chief of General Staff of the National Defense Forces, Qu Zhonglin, Director of the General Staff Department, Cheng Liang, Director of the General Political Department, etc., dressed in glittering general uniforms, entered the venue one after another.
"Now, I would like to ask General Qu Zhonglin, Director of the General Staff Department of the National Defense Force, to announce the news." Wang Ying saw the three people sitting down and went directly to the topic.
"Dear reporters and friends, here is the battle report from the East China Field Army Headquarters of the National Defense Force: Our heroic army and navy officers of the National Defense Force jointly fought from 1 p.m. to 8 a.m. yesterday, fighting the Japanese army for 19 consecutive days in the Jinshanwei area of Hangzhou Bay.
Within hours, the Japanese 9th Division, 104th Division, 118th Division and the main combat forces of the Chinese fleet of the Japanese Navy were completely wiped out. Four Japanese soldiers, Hase Kiyokawa, Yoshizumi Ryosuke, Hamada Konzo, and Kumuma Futuki, were captured.
The Japanese army, consisting of 100,000 people under the rank of Lieutenant General, seized more than 220 Japanese warships including the aircraft carrier Hosho, the aircraft carrier Zuiho, the battleship Nagato, the battleship Rikuyue, the battleship Haruna, and the battleship Izumo, as well as a large amount of Japanese ammunition.
The baggage was a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Japanese invaders!"
Qu Zhonglin's press release is indeed short, but it contains very rich information.
"Now, all journalists, please ask your own questions." Wang Ying saw that Qu Zhonglin started to collect press releases and entered the next step.
A female reporter stood up and grabbed the microphone, "I am Xiang Lin, a reporter from the China Fuxing News. I would like to ask General Fu Lin who commanded the Hangzhou Bay Battle, what troops participated in the battle, and the casualties of the National Defense Forces.
how?"
Fu Lin took the microphone: "This Battle of Hangzhou Bay was personally commanded by the Commander-in-Chief of the National Defense Forces, General Wu Aihua. The participating troops were mainly the Second Group Army of the National Defense Forces and the First Fleet of the National Defense Forces Navy, with the assistance of the Fourth Group Army of the National Defense Forces. Our military casualties were minimal.
, a total of 1,081 people were killed and 2,987 injured."
Another reporter seemed to smell something unusual in the news about the two people, and immediately snatched Xiang Lin's microphone, "I am Gefjena, a reporter from the British "Daily Morning Post". I would like to ask General Cheng Liang about the casualties of the Japanese troops in this battle.
How, why did 100,000 Japanese troops become prisoners? Did they have no will to fight, or did they lay down their weapons due to other factors?"
"The Japanese army put up fierce resistance, and the Japanese soldiers' fighting will was very tenacious. However, our army adopted new tactics and used new weapons, which forced the Japanese army to surrender. As for the number of casualties of the Japanese army, they were comparable to those of our National Defense Forces." Cheng Liang
I have already prepared my lines.
"I would like to ask General Fu Lin, what is the next operational goal of the National Defense Forces? Is it to completely annihilate the Japanese troops in East and South China?" A reporter from Nanjing's "Central Daily News" grabbed the microphone.
"This reporter has a good question. I have a proclamation here that needs to be read out. Come on, Comrade Wang Ying, you can complete this mission." Fu Lin took out a document from the folder and handed it to Wang Ying.
Wang Ying stood up, saluted Fu Lin with a bang, then solemnly took the manuscript and read it word by word:
"The Chinese National Defense Force urges the Japanese army to surrender. Announcement: Since the Sino-Japanese War of 1898, Japanese militarism and its representative, the Emperor of Japan, have spared no effort to pursue the so-called mainland policy and carry out a barbaric war of aggression against China. For decades, Japanese militarism has not only occupied our
China’s vast territory has also brought serious disasters to the Chinese people!
Since the Marco Polo Bridge Incident last year, Japanese militarism has accelerated its pace of aggression, aiming to annex China in one fell swoop! Our heroic soldiers of the National Defense Forces and soldiers and civilians across the country have fought bravely and dealt a heavy blow to Japanese militarism! Through the Battle of Pingjin, the Battle of the Yangtze River Delta, and the Hangzhou Bay
After the battle, the Japanese army was even worse. Its overall strength was at the end of its strength and could no longer make any progress!
Here, the Chinese National Defense Force urges the Japanese Emperor to end the criminal war of aggression as soon as possible and surrender to the Chinese military and civilians! Our Chinese military and civilians will provide the most basic humane treatment to surrendered Japanese prisoners in accordance with relevant provisions of international law.
Our military will telegraph this announcement to the governments of all major countries in the world and the major media in various countries! We will give Japan three days to consider a reply. If the Japanese army refuses to surrender, all units of our National Defense Force will report to the nearest government at 5 a.m. on March 4.
The Japanese army launched a comprehensive attack until every Japanese armed personnel on Chinese soil was eliminated!"
"Wow..." When foreign media reporters heard this aggressive "notice", they immediately became noisy! The National Defense Force was too arrogant. They won one or two battles and only annihilated a few Japanese divisions and small groups.
Dare to clamor for Japan to surrender with a fleet of its own?
The reporters from China were happy, no matter what, this is the victory of the Chinese army!
But no matter what, after the press conference, the foreign reporters immediately returned to their residences to write the press release, and then went to the Longyan Telegraph Office to pass the news to their respective media.
In the world at the end of February and early March 1938, except for the life-and-death struggle between two ethnic groups in China, the entire world was still in a peaceful era. Although the shadow of the European War had shrouded the sky over the continent, most countries in Europe still held the
With the illusion of peace, the United States also admires its isolationist masterpiece with relish.
However, a message from the Chinese National Defense Force was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, immediately causing countless waves and ripples...