Chapter 24: Preparation
The news of the Tenth Army's defeat at Jinshanwei Beach quickly spread back to Tokyo, and although it was only a temporary defeat, it still scared a group of senior staff officers of the Japanese General Staff Headquarters in Tokyo into a cold sweat!
Especially the head of the combat guidance class, Torushiro Kawabe, was even more frightened!
After receiving the telegram, Toroshiro Kawabe went straight to the office of the head of the War Department, Shimomura Ding.
"Your Excellency, Minister, it's messed up!" As soon as Toroshiro Riverbe entered the door, he hurriedly said, "The Tenth Army is messed up!" ”
Shimomura was shocked when he heard this, but he still pretended to be calm and said: "Hebian-kun, say slowly, what's wrong?" ”
Hebe Toroshiro took a breath, tried his best to suppress the panic in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "The Tenth Army failed to seize the beach at Jinshanwei today, and also lost nearly a wing of troops and equipment!" ”
"Huh?" Shimomura was not calm when he heard this, and shouted in a lost voice, "How can this be? ”
After a pause, Shimomura said again: "Could it be that the intelligence is wrong, and the Jinshan Guard garrison has more than half a battalion?" Could it be that the main force of the 62nd Division did not leave Jinshanwei? Even if the main force of the 62nd Division hadn't left, it wouldn't have lost so badly, right? ”
"The intelligence is right, Jin Shanwei is indeed only half a battalion of the 62nd Division!" Shimomura shook his head and said.
"What do you say, the intelligence is not wrong?!" Shimomura said angrily, "What's going on then? Are Yanagawa Heisuke and Tanabe Moritake all pigs? Can't even win this kind of battle with a handle? ”
Kawabe Torushiro smiled bitterly and said, "Your Excellency the minister, you can take a look at the battle report first. ”
Shimomura took the battle report from Toroshiro Riverside, and after reading it in a hurry, he immediately fell silent.
Shimomura will definitely be able to become the head of the Operations Department of the General Staff Headquarters, and his military quality must not be said, he can see at a glance that if what the battle report says is true, then it is possible to thwart the beach grabbing of the Tenth Army with half a battalion of defenders!
"I didn't expect that!" Shimomura said in a deep voice, "There will be a commander of the Shina Army who knows the principle of concentrated use of firepower, and can also combine the terrain!" Coupled with the fact that Yanagawa Heisuke and Tanabe Moritake, two idiots, are so careless, it is reasonable that the first day of the beach-rushing landing will end in failure! ”
Kawabe Torushiro said: "This is really surprising! ”
Shimomura said again: "But fortunately, there is still time!" As long as the 10th Army succeeds in seizing the beach before tomorrow evening, it will still have the opportunity to cut off the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway, the Shanghai-Nanjing Highway, and the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway within five days, and it will still have the opportunity to cooperate with Shanghai to send a reciprocal army to completely annihilate the main force of the 700,000 troops on the Songhu battlefield! ”
Hebe Hushiro said: "In this case, there can be no more accidents on Jinshanwei's side!" ”
"Yes!" Shimomura nodded fixedly and said, "Contact the Navy immediately, and ask the Third Fleet to immediately assign the First Combined Air Force to the Tenth Army, and ensure the success of tomorrow's beach-rushing landing no matter what!" ”
"Hello!" The riverside Torushiro paused.
……
Jinshanwei, Acropolis.
Jinshanwei is an acropolis, not a county seat!
Zhong Yi had already returned to the Acropolis with the remnants of the security team.
Because the casualties were too great, the members of the security team were a little depressed.
Liang Feng said with a bitter face: "Captain, how long do we have to stay?" ”
Zhong Yi didn't answer and asked, "How long do you think we can stay?" ”
"I think it's dawn tomorrow, and the beachhead will definitely be lost!" Liang Feng said this, and said, "Captain, otherwise let's withdraw quickly!" ”
"Withdraw?" Zhong Yi said, "Where to retreat?" ”
"Anywhere!" Liang Feng said, "Anyway, don't stay in Jinshanwei!" ”
"We withdrew, what about the common people?" Zhong Yi said, "What should they do?" ”
"It's a big deal, withdraw with us!" Liang Feng said, "Let's go, let's go!" ”
"Bring the people with you?" Zhong Yi said, "How fast can you go?" What if the devil catches up? ”
Liang Feng was dumbfounded when he heard this, although he was only a small captain of the security team, but his inner conscience made him unable to say such a bastard thing as throwing the people to flee for their lives no matter what!
"So escaping is a dead end!" Zhong Yi said.
"But if you continue to fight, it's a dead end!" Liang Fengdao.
Zhong Yi said: "Who told you that continuing to fight is a dead end?" Says who? ”
"Does this need to be said?" Liang Feng didn't have a good breath, "Isn't this clear?" ”
"How is this obvious?" Zhong Yi said, "Why didn't I see it?" ”
Liang Feng said: "Yes, today's devils have been repulsed by several groups of stalls, but our security team and the salt police anti-smuggling team are almost all gone, and by tomorrow, there will be no other security team or another salt police to protect the wings, just with the Central Army and the Fuxing Society Special Forces, can they still hold the coastline of Jinshanwei for more than ten miles?" ”
Zhong Yi said: "The security team and the salt police anti-smuggling team have fought out, and there are still people strong!" ”
"What, Minzhuang?" Liang Feng was dumbfounded and said, "Captain, what are you talking about, Minzhuang?" ”
"That's right, Minzhuang!" Zhong Yi nodded heavily and said, "Jinshanwei still has more than 5,000 strong people, and he can fight with devils!" ”
"Captain, what are you kidding!" Liang Feng jumped up like a kitten that had been stepped on by its tail, and shouted, "You let Minzhuang fight with the devil?" What's the difference between that and sending them to their deaths? ”
Zhong Yi said: "You don't care about this, hurry up and notify Minzhuang to gather!" ”
"Captain, are you sure you want to do this?" Liang Fengdao.
Zhong Yi said: "Liang Feng, carry out the order!" ”
Liang Feng was awe-struck when he heard this, so he could only turn around and go.
Taking advantage of Liang Feng's time to gather the people, Zhong Yi asked the members of the security team to rest in place, but he himself quietly came to Jinshanwei's primary school alone and knocked on the school door.
The school gate creaked, and a crack was opened, revealing a middle-aged man with glasses.
Zhong Yi's eyes fell on this inconspicuous middle-aged man, and from the memory of the original owner of this shell, he knew that this middle-aged man was the principal of Jinshanwei Primary School, an underground member of the Communist Party of China, and his superior!
"Lao He!" Zhong Yi said in a deep voice, "Why haven't you evacuated yet?" Jin Shanwei is about to fall! ”
"You don't have to worry about my business!" Teacher He shook his head and said, "It's you, I have something to tell you!" ”
After a pause, Mr. He said again: "The current situation of Jinshanwei is very dangerous, whether you and I can survive tomorrow, no one knows, if you can survive, someone will naturally contact you at that time, I have already told you the code, you must remember clearly, if no one contacts, you must not take the initiative to find an organization!" ”
"Why?" Zhong Yi frowned and said, "Why can't you take the initiative to find an organization?" ”
"No, it's an instruction!" Teacher He said in a deep voice, "In short, from now on, you will enter a period of sleep, until someone comes to wake you up, and before someone wakes you up, you will forget that you are a Communist Party member, and you should be a real security captain of the Kuomintang!" ”