In the early morning, a huge convoy of fifteen motorcycles, mixed with armored combat vehicles, communication and command vehicles, anti-aircraft vehicles, off-road vehicles, and military trucks, drove into Nanxiang, more than 20 kilometers northwest of Shanghai.
town.
The commander of the theater, General Feng Yuxiang, the deputy commander of the theater, General Gu Zhutong, the commander of the Eighth Army, General Zhang Fakui, the commander of the Ninth Army, General Zhang Zhizhong, and the commander of the Tenth Army, General Liu Jianxu (Lieutenant General).
General), Songhu garrison commander Major General Yang Hu, and General Chen Cheng, who had just been appointed as the commander-in-chief of the 15th Group Army, gathered at the entrance of Nanxiang Town with their main generals and staff to welcome the theater chief of staff General An Yi.
arrival.
In a secret message sent by Chiang Kai-shek to his trusted generals yesterday, he said, "An Yi has experience in fighting the enemy. During this trip to Shanghai, I am personally commanding him. I hope to obey his suggestions and dispatches." This implicitly clarified the ownership of the command authority in the theater, and there was no way for many generals to do so.
Cheer up, lest you neglect the imperial envoy.
It is more than 300 kilometers from Nanjing to Shanghai. Due to the uneven road and the meeting with Gu Changfeng and other generals of the 24th Army in Changshu, we set off from Nanjing yesterday afternoon and did not arrive in the suburbs of Shanghai until now.
After sleeping in the car for a few hours, An Yi picked up the list of participating troops in the Songhu Theater at dawn and read it carefully. As the chief of staff, if he can't figure out the name, place of origin and strength of his generals,
The situation is going to be a big joke.
At this time, the convoy suddenly stopped. An Yi paused slightly. He was a little surprised. He looked away from the documents and saw Xiao Jiu running over from the front. He approached the window and reported: "Commander, the commanders of the theater are in front.
Welcome, you see..."
When An Yi heard this, he quickly straightened his military uniform, opened the car door and walked out. Shen Fengdao, who was sitting in the passenger seat, quickly followed.
At this time, a group of big shots, accompanied by Lieutenant General Lin Fei, Chief of Staff of the Southwest Air Force, Major General Xu Boqian, Director of Liaison Department, Colonel Qin Zhankui, Deputy Commander of the Air Defense Command and other Anjiajun generals, were already approaching An Yi's special car.
Come on. How could An Yi dare to put on airs in front of these big guys? He hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. Not wanting to recover from his illness, he almost stumbled to the ground. If Shen Fengdao hadn't been quick to help him with his quick eyesight, he would have made a fool of himself in front of the crowd.
Feng Yuxiang, who had the highest status, was the first to come to An Yi and said with concern: "General An, you must take good care of your body. There are so many things going on in this war zone, and I'm waiting for you to take care of them one by one!"
An Yi gave a respectful military salute: "Vice Chairman An Yi is loyal to the country and admired by An Yi. Now he has assumed the important task of commander of the theater. From now on, An Yi will wholeheartedly obey the command of Vice Chairman."
Feng Yuxiang laughed loudly and patted An Yi on the shoulder: "General An, don't be polite. Who dares to boast that he can do better than you in dealing with the Japanese? You have to command this battle to make people feel at ease. Do your best.
, I have set up the theater headquarters in Suzhou, and set up a theater front enemy headquarters here in Nanxiang, under the full command of you, the theater chief of staff and deputy commander Gu."
At this time, other generals had arrived behind Feng Yuxiang. An Yi originally wanted to say a few words of courtesy, but when he saw Gu Zhutong, Chen Cheng, and Zhang Zhizhong had already extended their hands to him with smiles on their faces, he had to leave Feng Yuxiang and go up to him.
Either a tight handshake, an excited hug, or a respectful salute. By the time the greetings were completed, I was sweating profusely from exhaustion.
After making an appointment with Sun Yuanliang, Wang Jingjiu, Xia Chuzhong, Song Xilian, Huang Wei, Cai Zhonghu and other Huangpu brothers and old acquaintances to visit them one by one in the future, An Yi gave a clasped fist salute to all the generals who participated in the welcome ceremony:
"Thanks to the support of all the elders, teachers, and brothers, we gathered in Nanxiang to welcome An Yi. An Yi is in my heart. However, the war situation is changing rapidly, and the frontline soldiers cannot do without your dispatch. If the war situation collapses because of welcoming An Yi, An Yi will be guilty.
Mo Dayan. So, that’s it for today. All the elders and brothers who shoulder the important responsibility of command will go back for the time being. After An Yi has figured out the situation in the war zone, he will definitely visit them one by one."
Zhang Fakui was reluctant to attend such a welcome party. He was already a prince back then, and An Yi was just a small engineer battalion commander, but now he was riding on him. How could he convince him?
?So after hearing An Yi's words, as if he was ordered to do so, he tried his best to smile, clasped his fists to An Yi and said goodbye, and then returned to the station with a group of generals from the Eighth Army.
Later, Chiang Kai-shek's brother Yang Hu, Commander of the Tenth Army Liu Jianxu and others also took their own generals to leave.
Zhang Zhizhong ordered several division commanders under his command to return to the front line and pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese troops. He then proactively suggested: "An Yi, the former enemy headquarters in the theater is located in Guyi Garden. Mo Sanhe Cixiu has already led his people to work there. Now we
Let’s go and see it together.”
An Yi nodded in agreement and invited Feng Yuxiang, Zhang Zhizhong, Gu Zhutong and Chen Cheng to go there in his own car. The four of them readily agreed. Shen Fengdao drove the driver away and temporarily acted as the driver. Feng Yuxiang sat in the front passenger seat, while An Yi
Zhang Zhizhong, Gu Zhutong and Chen Cheng were squeezed in the middle of the back seat.
The convoy started again. Zhang Zhizhong briefly introduced the situation of the attack on Shanghai in the past few days, and then said: "It is shameful to say that the Japanese army seems to have been prepared for it. Since the beginning of the war, our army has had air superiority.
The territory has not yet been recovered, and it is still firmly blocked outside the Japanese defense lines, and our unit has currently suffered more than 3,000 casualties in the battle. I heard that there are still three Japanese divisions in the Pudong area, and if we cannot defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, the future will be worrying!"
Gu Zhutong thought thoughtfully: "I arrived at the front line in Shanghai the day before yesterday. Yesterday I arrived close to the battlefield and observed the Japanese defense situation. Every step they took seemed to be clearly targeted, just in time to restrain our attack. I suspect
There are *** spies among us."
Gu Zhutong's words shocked everyone. An Yi thought for a while and shook his head: "It is unlikely that spies are here. I thought they were at the top of the central government. Isn't it true that the Supreme National Defense Conference has attracted many central officials?"
Are they members of the Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Political Council? Many of these people are appeasement and surrender factions. Now that the people's call for resistance is rising, they
They did not dare to come out and openly oppose, for fear of being stigmatized as "traitors", so they used this despicable method to demolish us. When the war in Songhu stopped and our army was retreating steadily, they would raise their arms and shout, "China
Slogans such as "The day has not come for war to begin", "A cessation of war to save the country", "China and Japan join hands in joint construction", etc., are showing their predictions of the future."
Feng Yuxiang sighed and said: "Yes, at this national defense meeting, Wang Jingwei, He Yingqin and others behaved very abnormally. They did not disrupt it. They raised their hands to express support for all the anti-war bills. I always feel that something is wrong." At this point, he
Only then did he realize that he had made a mistake, and added: "Of course, people will change. Maybe they also realize that the country has reached a critical moment of life and death. If we don't rise up to resist, we will not only disgrace our ancestors, but also die."
No burial place."
All of the cars are the major members who resolutely advocate the Anti -Japanese War. After listening to Feng Yuxiang's words, they will smile, but for the high -level disputes, it is not easy to express their opinions. Chen Cheng intentionally introduced the topic and asked in doubt:
"Since the Japanese army came to a large number of aid, why not troops into the West, and defeated our army's defense in one fell swoop with advantageous soldiers? Instead, they were worn in Pudong.
Everyone thought for a while, and they all felt a problem.
Regarding the deployment of the troops of ***, even if every one in the car is an old churros with rich experience in combat, the intention of the use of *** people still feels like watching flowers in the fog. The Japanese army invested a lot of troops in the Pudong area.
The operation of thousands of square kilometers of land is like an iron barrel. It has long -term rooting here, turning Pudong into a bridgehead that attacked from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to attack China.
With the consistent arrogance of the Japanese army, why not take the initiative to defeat the Chinese team, and firmly grasp the initiative of the battlefield?
It was the threat of the Japanese army, Xue Yue's 19th Army, the first army of Hu Zongnan, and Huang Jie's eighth army has accelerated to Shanghai to avoid the Japanese army suddenly shifted by the defending, which led to the erosion of the situation in Beijing and Shanghai.
Then, then
An Yi vaguely guessed the intentions of some Japanese commanders, and opened with a smile: "No matter what the purpose they are, we only need to kill them with a lot of life. In North China, the 17th Army did the same.
Well, the Japanese army did not invest a lot of troops in the concession area.
Zhang Zhizhong nodded, and then asked An Yi's opinion: "I decided to use our armored vehicle forces in today's offensive to assist all the divisions to attack the concession area and strive to put the front to the Huangpu River.
What do you think? "
An Yi changed his head and shook his head again and again: "Insufficient, inappropriate, the tank with a threat of the Japanese army's advantages, especially the opponent, also has a caliber of more than 200 mm, is by no means a wise move.
Let's do regular combat in order to let me observe the military deployment of the Japanese army nearby, and then make a targeted action plan. By the way, I resign from my brother, I want to ask you to mobilize the troops, and to put the troops north of the Huangpu River north of the concession to
The Japanese troops of the Japanese troops along the river were removed. "
Chen Cheng's eyes widened and asked in surprise: "A large number of warships of the Japanese third fleet are in the Huangpu River. Even if we capture the bases on the shore, can we keep it?"
An Yi smiled: "Brother, the purpose of this battle is not to occupy those strongholds, but to win the enemy's defense work with a thunderbolt.
Instead, when the Japanese army re -build the line of defense, we will make it difficult and repeatedly kill its living forces. I will adjust the thirty -nine divisions to help you and let the entire Huangpu River's west shore become the meat grinding machine of the Japanese army. "
Chen Cheng is still a little puzzled: "What is the final purpose of doing this?"
An Yi's face was grim: "My father -in -law calls, the British sent the salvage fleet, come to Shanghai, if everything goes well, it is estimated that within one week, the place where the oil rotation of the Yangtze River channel will be condemned.
. It is expected that in the next three months to six months, the Yangtze River will resume navigation. In response to these situations, I decided to quietly build a strong fortress in Baoshan, Yang Xing, Yuepu, Luodian, and Liuhe.
Land Fortress. "
Chen Cheng was very surprised: "Our fortress cannons are all deployed in fortresses along the Yangtze River. Where can you deploy fortress cannons to arm your fortresses?"
An Yi smiled slightly: "I have promised the chairman that our department will resolutely stand on the Songhu front line and never allow the Japanese army to move forward. Therefore, I must build the fortress artillery. Not only the Yangtze River Estuary line must be built, but also the Hangzhou Bay Jinshan Guard
On the front line, I will also try my best to build it."
The generals were stunned and looked at each other, wondering where An Yi got such confidence? Could it be that the Xufu arsenal was already able to produce fortress cannons?
An Yi continued: "Maybe you elders and brothers already know, yes, now our Xufu Arsenal can fortify artillery. Yesterday afternoon, on the way to Shanghai, I received an emergency telegram from my sister, my Southwest Machinery
After five years of arduous research, the institute finally produced a 12,000-ton hydraulic forging press and a 20,000-ton die forging hydraulic press. With these two machines, we have independent knowledge.
Not only can we manufacture more hydraulic presses with intellectual property rights, but the most important thing is that our Sichuan Steel Group can produce seamless steel pipes of any diameter below 300 mm. It won’t be long before the first batch of 200 mm to 300 mm
caliber fortress guns will be disassembled and transported to Wusongkou and Jinshanwei, assembled, and shouldered the important task of defending the motherland's coastal defense."
Chen Cheng, Gu Zhutong and Zhang Zhizhong were extremely shocked. Feng Yuxiang turned his head: "General An, so it should be no problem to defend Shanghai, right?"
An Yi shrugged: "I am confident that we can drive the Japanese across the Huangpu River, but there are some problems in Pudong, because the Japanese army in Pudong is generally protected by large-caliber naval guns. Although we can weaken the resistance of the Japanese army through artillery bombardment,
But their artillery is not a vegetarian, and there will definitely be a hard fight ahead. Judging from the current situation, I estimate that there will be a stalemate for quite some time.
"By the way, I would like to ask you, my elders and brothers, to keep the matter of building a river defense fortress a secret. The Japanese army has large-caliber heavy artillery. If they frequently target Baoshan and Jinshan Guards for shelling, it will not only interfere with the construction progress of our engineering troops, but also
It will cause unnecessary casualties, and it may not be possible to build it due to strong opposition from governments. If the done deal is done, the situation will be different!"
Gu Zhutong expressed his stance: "Don't worry, Xiaoyi. Due to our close relationship, I will definitely keep my mouth shut. Needless to say, Ci Xiu, he is your brother. General Wenbai is responsible for the attack on Shanghai. Deputy Committee Member
Even if you are the commander of a war zone, you will not undermine yourself, am I right?"
Feng Yuxiang's blood surged and he said excitedly: "I can only beat *** people, even if I, Feng Huanzhang, don't speak for three months in a row."
Neither Zhang Zhizhong nor Chen Cheng explained their attitudes because there was no need. Chen Cheng said: "So, the plan made by the navy to sink the ship to block the Jiangyin section of the Yangtze River channel can be scrapped?"
An Yi nodded: "Before leaving, I have made a painful statement to the Chairman of the Standing Committee about the interests involved. After careful consideration, the Chairman has decided to cancel this plan and instruct the Navy Commander, General Chen Shaokuan, to re-formulate the Navy's combat plan against Japan."
Feng Yuxiang and others felt relieved after hearing this. After all, no one would want to see the navy with more than 90 ships and more than 60,000 tons disappear.
Only An Yi understood in his heart that because the Nationalist Government paid too much attention to the construction of Jiang defense, the current Central Navy was not so much the navy as the Jiang army. Most naval generals had lost their will to enterprising, so they faced the backdrop of the Japanese invasion.
Next, the absurd decision was made to sink the ship and block the river channel.
This is also the reason why An Yi decided to establish a new branch and rebuild the navy.