4.1 Toughness and weakness

Time flies......

On April 6, 1937, the Japanese foreign ministers, Tibetan ministers, land ministers, and sea ministers decided on the "China Policy" and the "Guidelines for the North China Question," the main contents of which were to make the Nanjing government gradually abandon its policy of dependence on Europe and the United States, urge it to get closer to Japan, and in particular, take the initiative to assist in the realization of "Japan, Manchuria, and China cooperation" in North China. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the face of the "olive branch" handed over by the Japanese, the highest authorities rejected it outright!

The highest authorities know that now he has been put in the position of national anti-Japanese leader and cannot get up and down, and if he still has anything to do with the Japanese at this time, it will really be self-defeating!

Tokyo, who had been rejected by the highest authorities, was very angry, and the Japanese troops in the vicinity of Peking and Shanghai began to make frequent moves, and the top authorities were still a little weak when they saw their own family background, especially worried that they would end up in the end of the war as soon as the war began.

According to the opinions of the Ministry of National Defense, Nanjing divided the hot spots where war may occur into five theaters, and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions where Huang Haoran's 99th Division is located were classified into the third theater, but for the time being, there was no candidate for the commander of the commander, and Division Commander Huang knew that even if the commander of the theater was appointed in the future, he was a scarecrow, and East China was the lifeblood of China's economy in the thirties of the last century, and there was the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium on which the highest authorities depended, and there was a national capital like Nanjing, and there was an international metropolis like Shanghai. The highest authority, the old man, will definitely jump out and take command......

Jiang Baili's visit to the station of the 99th Division in Changshu again further proved Commander Huang's speculation that the appearance of Chiang, the "First Army Division" of the highest authorities, in Jiangsu and Zhejiang shows that the highest authorities have already wanted to solve the problem of the Japanese army in Shanghai, and this suggestion to pull the Japanese army into the quagmire of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River is very marketable in the highest authorities.

Originally, the decision to attack the Japanese army in Shanghai was made by the highest authorities themselves, and Huang Haoran just said it the same before.

Maybe it's not the most brilliant idea, but it's definitely the one that is most acceptable to the highest authorities!

Jiang Baili's appointment as chief of staff in the Beijing-Hangzhou region this time is actually the highest authority preparing for war in Shanghai.

When Jiang Baili met Huang Haoran in Changshu, he lost a lot of weight, and Master Huang knew that his eldest brother must have been troubled by the Japanese recently.

Sure enough, after dinner, Jiang Baili pulled Division Commander Huang into the house in the backyard of the division headquarters, Jiang Baili turned out a red wine with ease, poured himself a glass, and then held an empty cup and handed it to Master Huang.

Huang Haoran stretched out his hand to take it, Jiang Baili began to pour the wine, he poured it very slowly, as if he was afraid of spilling such a good wine.

Huang Haoran knew that Jiang Baili had something in his heart, so he spoke first to break the silence:

"Brother Baili! Did the little devils in Peking make any moves again? ”

Jiang Baili smiled bitterly and said:

"I really can't hide anything, Brother Youchen, you 'living immortal'! The little devils in Peiping have been provoking three times and twice recently, and this month the Japanese troops stationed in Fengtai have held military exercises in succession, and they are very arrogant! If it weren't for the fact that the country was not fully prepared, Lao Tzu really wanted Song Zheyuan of the 29th Army to fuck him! It's a pity that I can only endure it like this! The highest authorities still want to fight after completing the 60 divisions reorganization plan proposed by the Germans, so it is more certain! ”

After speaking, Jiang Baili drank all the red wine in the cup.

Huang Haoran shook the wine glass in his hand when he heard this, and he couldn't help but start to think of Nanjing's performance over the years......

Although the supreme authorities planned a protracted war of resistance in the early 1930s, in fact they showed a terrible attitude at every turn, constantly weakening themselves and strengthening their enemies. After 918 in 1931, Nanking continued to facilitate the expansion of Japanese capital in China, with the result that in the first half of 1937 29% of coal production (23% of British-owned), 90% of iron ore and 95% of modern ironmaking in Kannai were under the control of Japanese capital.

Nanjing's so-called three major industries with relatively rapid development: machine-made flour industry, textile industry, and match industry. The investors were either national capitalists or Japanese capitalists, and it was really impossible to see what the Nationalist Government had done. Barely unified the currency, but also lost the Northeast, by 1933, Japanese capital was thriving, and our state-owned assets fell into the sunset. Japan's tiger and wolf heart is clear, and it also knows that the coastal areas may be involved in the war, but it still does not attach importance to the construction of the rear, until now the Ministry of Defense has realized that a bloody war may break out in Songhu, and it has not even thought of organizing the internal relocation of industrial and commercial enterprises.

Since Nanjing does not attach importance to supporting the development of its own national industries, its policy and capital orientation can be imagined:

First of all, there is no financial support for running an industry. The government's four banks lend only a tiny fraction of their loans to industry; This shows that Nanjing lacks a long-term vision and only knows how to earn interest on short-term and quick commercial projects.

Secondly, when China finally had some industry, the Nanjing government not only did not support it, but did everything possible to squeeze it. Unless it goes out of business, it will happen quickly. Due to the heavy tax revenue, the cost of basic industrial raw materials has skyrocketed, and the downstream processing industry is naturally strapped for development and is unable to seek development. Domestic checkpoints are numerous, and it is common for transactions to be poor, and cross-provincial transactions often have to pass seventy or eighty checkpoints, and the card pays money, and commercial trade can only be a backwater now!

As for the plan for the reorganization of the army put forward by the German advisers, it has been carried out in two phases so far, with a total of 20 divisions, and the third phase of 10 divisions is still in progress.

In fact, among the 20 divisions that have completed the reorganization, the degree of training of German equipment and German advisers also varies, and the only units that have actually received training and guidance from the German adviser system are the following divisions: the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 14th, 36th, 87th, 88th, and teaching corps, as well as the tax police corps that does not belong to the regular army system.

Except for the Teaching Corps and the Tax Police Corps, which were truly all reequipped, the rest of the troops only partially received some German equipment, and even ace units such as the 87th and 88th Divisions still had a lot of old equipment still in use.

There is also Huang Haoran's 99th Division, which is an outlier in the Central Army, although the weapons and equipment are somewhat varied, but in terms of quality, they are better than the Teaching Corps and the Tax Police Corps.

At this pace, the Germans' plan will not be completed in any way!

Behind the tough attitude of the highest authorities towards Japan is the fact that both the national and military forces are extremely weak!

China has really forced little Japan to be anxious, and it has retreated to a corner and has no way to retreat, only to roar!

War is destined to come when you are not prepared!

Thinking of this, Master Huang whispered to Jiang Baili:

"60 'Virtuous Mechanics'? The idea of the highest authorities is good, but I'm afraid the little devils won't give us time! ”

Jiang Baili asked eagerly, "What's wrong?" Do you have a different judgment? What do the Japanese do? ”

"Maybe tomorrow!"

Jiang Baili felt that Huang Haoran was talking angrily, and comforted him:

"Youchen! It won't be so fast! How many troops did the Japanese have in North China? Want to swallow China now? It's too early! ”

Huang Haoran suddenly stood up and paced back and forth in the middle of the room:

"Yes! It's too early! I think the Japanese want us to think so! ”

Jiang Baili felt that something was wrong, and he also became nervous.

Huang Haoran walked to the wall and tore off the page of the calendar for today, tomorrow is July 1......

Division Commander Huang looked at the calendar for a long time, then suddenly turned around, walked to the wall where the Beijing-Hangzhou defense map was hung, picked up the command pole that was placed aside, and asked Jiang Baili:

"If the Japanese start a war tomorrow! Here in Shanghai, how does Brother Baili plan to fight? ”

Jiang Baili also walked to the side of the map, took the command rod in Huang Haoran's hand, and vigorously drew a circle towards the downtown area of Shanghai!

"Of course we're going to strike first!"

Offensive! This is the first time Huang Haoran has heard someone tell him this since he arrived in the Republic of China, and he should attack the little devil!

Almost everyone was thinking about how to stop the Japanese! Except for the group of madmen he trained in the 99th Division, Jiang Baili was the first to say this!

"How do you attack it?" Huang Haoran then asked

Jiang Baili talked eloquently at the map:

"In fact, General Zhang of Shanghai has already submitted a plan to the supreme authorities, and General Zhang believes that it is not appropriate for our side to destroy Shanghai and lose its own resources if we are fighting on the mainland, but if the enemy has any of the following symptoms, it seems that it is more advantageous to take the initiative and launch it first: (1) When the enemy decides to send army divisions to Shanghai and has begun to board and transport; (2) When the enemy sends an aircraft carrier to Shanghai; (3) When the enemy's fleet on the Yangtze River is assembled in Shanghai; (4) When the enemy makes unreasonable demands in Shanghai, or even responds within a time limit. ……”

Zhang Zhangjun deserves to be a good general of the country! After the Songhu War of Resistance in 1932, General Zhang has always been very concerned about the Japanese army in Shanghai, and personally participated in the construction of the "national defense line"! Now, the Japanese army is ready to move, and General Zhang has put forward such a plan early!

If the Chinese generals could put more effort into their own enemies like General Zhang, instead of blindly drilling camps in the officialdom and starting a war between China and Japan, how could we lose so badly!

Huang Haoran kept his mind and began to listen carefully to Jiang Baili's exposition of his views and plans......

I don't know when, the weather changed.....

Outside the house, the wind was blowing, and the whirlwind swept the sand and stones straight into the sky!

July 1937!

A period of time destined to be extraordinary for the Chinese nation!

That's it!

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