Many journalists are constantly reporting on the latest news about the National and Japanese troops in the Songhu Battle.
Even recently, there was actually a forum organized by journalists to discuss the final direction of the Battle of Songhu.
"You said that once all the Japanese troops launch a general attack, what will happen to the Chinese troops? How many days can they hold on? Or will they surrender completely and negotiate for this battle?"
"If they negotiate for peace, I'm afraid they will compensate a lot of money and land. But the question is whether these menacing Japanese troops will give them a chance to negotiate for peace this time!"
"It's hard to say, but I can see that these Chinese troops will definitely be severely damaged once they lose the Battle of Songhu. The remaining remnants of the troops might not be able to survive when they see the Japanese army coming.
Attacked, they all surrendered at once!"
"If all these Chinese troops really surrender, then their capital will be in danger. I'm afraid it will fall without even having to attack with these Japanese troops. By then, I'm afraid the entire country of China will belong to these Japanese troops.
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"This is not possible! We still have interests here, and we cannot allow these Japanese troops to completely occupy this place, otherwise we will lose a lot of interests!"
"We definitely can't let all these Japanese troops occupy this place and usurp all the resources. Otherwise, they might become a behemoth! By then, I'm afraid even we will be in danger! So don't be too cautious.
It’s better to raise tigers and cause trouble!”
"What you said is right, but based on the current battle situation, how long will it take for the Battle of Songhu to end? Or how long will it take for the Japanese troops to completely occupy this place? At the beginning, these Japanese troops boasted that
China will be destroyed in three months, but now the Battle of Songhu has been going on for almost three months! It’s still not over yet! So it’s hard for me to predict how long it will take for this Battle of Songhu to end!”
"Perhaps it will be soon! Now those Chinese troops are retreating steadily. I think they are about to be unable to withstand the menacing Japanese army. You must know that the Japanese troops are constantly increasing! They are already over 20 years old.
There are tens of thousands of troops, but reinforcements are still coming in a steady stream, so I think we are about to capture the entire Songhu!"
"Songhu will definitely be captured by the Japanese troops, so we must also strengthen the defense of our concession. But should we discuss now whether the Japanese army will take advantage of the capture of Songhu and then attack
We also launched an attack on the side of the capital where the Chinese army had evacuated?"
"If so, I'm afraid their capital Nanjing will also face the disaster of falling! Because judging from the current situation, these elite troops of China will almost all be consumed in the Battle of Songhu. Seventy-seven
It’s probably eighty-eight! At least their two most elite German weapon divisions have been severely damaged by the Japanese army, and I don’t know if they can continue to fight!”
"Don't you all think highly of these Chinese troops? Have you never thought that they can still save Songhu?"
"Nonsense! Don't you know what the war situation is like now? The Chinese troops have been defeated step by step by the Japanese army, and they have lost a large area of Songhu. If these Chinese troops can still hold on,
If they can live in Songhu, I can do whatever you want! And it’s not that I look down on them. I can say that not only are these Chinese troops unable to hold on to Songhu, but even their capital may be in danger unless the Japanese army captures Songhu.
After that, don’t attack their capital, otherwise their capital will also fall!”
"Something happened on the other side of the river. A lot of Chinese troops have entered the Sihang Warehouse on the opposite side! It seems to be the troops of the German armorers, and the Japanese army is also searching here!"
"What! No way! There are two large gas tanks on the other side of the Sihang Warehouse. Once they are detonated by their fighting, our concession will suffer! I'm afraid there will be many casualties by then.
, and there are many buildings that have suffered a lot of damage!”
When the foreigners in the concession were discussing the next direction of the Battle of Songhu and the situation in the capital of the national army,
Among the many voices of discussion, someone suddenly shouted in panic.
Then, it immediately attracted a lot of exclamations,
As a result, many of the journalists who had just been discussing the Battle of Songhu with each other enthusiastically immediately left the forum where they were holding.
I hurried to the Sihang Warehouse to watch.
This matter is not simple at all,
Because once a war breaks out in Sihang Warehouse, the entire foreign concession will be in danger of huge gas tank explosions anytime and anywhere.
So this was also big news, so these foreign reporters also heard the news and rushed over first to conduct interviews.
This is also big news that can make money,
Whoever can expose more first-hand information can have more people buying newspapers and make money.
So soon, many foreign journalists appeared along the Suzhou River, observing with telescopes and ready to take pictures at any time.
There were even many foreign reporters who, in order to see more clearly, were waiting in some taller buildings. There were even some news reporters who crossed the small bridge over the Suzhou River in person.
Observing and photographing outside Sihang Warehouse,
Soon, these foreign journalists who were closest to them immediately discovered that there were really many more people in the Sihang Warehouse, and there were many people who also noticed the appearance of these foreign journalists and leaned out.
, to wait and see.
However, these Chinese officers and soldiers who were watching quickly retreated and ignored these foreign reporters.
Anyway, as long as they are not Japanese troops, and of course, provided they have no offensive intentions, there is no need to pay attention to them.
This was a decision made by He Feiyang, Army Lieutenant Colonel Xie Jinyuan, and Army Major Yang Ruifu, commander of the 1st Battalion, and other senior officials. Moreover, the Chairman's intention was also to use these foreign journalists to communicate with domestic reporters.
Reporters, please introduce their operations at Sihang Warehouse.
Let more foreigners witness their defeat of the Japanese attack, so that high-level officials such as the Chairman of the Generalissimo can gain sympathy from the foreign powers to support their efforts to resist Japan and donate some weapons, equipment and military supplies to resist Japan.
Therefore, it was also because the Chairman and other high-level officials had such a plan, so Army Lieutenant Colonel Xie Jinyuan and others confirmed that they were foreign journalists taking long-distance filming, not Japanese scouts or other enemies.
Really ignore it.
Allow these foreign reporters to take photos,
But even so, those foreigners did not dare to get too close to the Sihang Warehouse for their own safety.
And now they still don't know what the next plan of Army Lieutenant Colonel Xie Jinyuan and He Feiyang's troops was after they entered the Sixing Warehouse for no reason.
Therefore, due to the uncertainty of safety and unsafe factors, those foreigners who boldly crossed the Suzhou River bridge were destined not to dare to get too close to the Sihang Warehouse.
However, while these foreign reporters were taking photos from a distance,
Troops from the Japanese 3rd Division are also searching for the Sihang Warehouse area.
Now the Songhu venue has basically been turned into a battlefield like a ruin by the Japanese air raids and heavy artillery bombardment. The national army, whether it is an elite unit or a local unit, if a division goes up, it will soon be defeated.
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In short, no matter how many troops were sent up, it was all in vain. It had become a melting pot with corpses strewn all over the place. No matter how many reinforcements were sent up, they would all be killed by Japanese air raids and Japanese heavy artillery groups.
Therefore, because of this, the Chairman has also begun to consider withdrawing all troops of the national army.
However, his decision came relatively late, which caused the national army to not evacuate in an orderly manner, but instead turned into a rout, and the situation changed into chaos.
Many officers and soldiers were killed by the Japanese troops during the chaotic evacuation, or were trampled to death by their own people.