4.4 The unexpected appearance of the 99th Division

While General Zhang was troubled, the Japanese naval fleet in China was quietly assembling. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the sea outside the Kuresong Pass, Vice Admiral Hasegawa, commander of the 3rd Fleet, stood on the bridge of the flagship Izumo, looking around with satisfaction at the large and small ships in front of him, in front of him, on the left and right. I saw that the navy on each ship was hunting and displaying the Japanese flag hunting, and the naval guns of various calibers were all facing the coast. Hasegawa said to the staff officers beside him, "I will work with you to let the rising sun of the Imperial Navy rise in Shanghai, China. ”

The Nanjing government's response was finally faster than usual under the sharpening of the Japanese knives!

General Zhang's draft was formally adopted by the Ministry of National Defense on 1 August, and a large-scale movement of Chinese troops began in the Songhu area.

Zhang Zhizhong planned to fight a good battle in front of the Western world, hoping to attract the attention of Britain and the United States and mediate the war between China and Japan.

The first to be used was naturally the 88th Division and the 87th Division stationed near Shanghai, General Zhang felt that such a force could not meet the needs of defeating the Japanese garrison in Shanghai in one go, so he continued to ask for troops in Nanjing, and he wanted strong troops who had experienced a hundred battles!

Because of the influence of the Lugou Bridge Incident, all units of the Nationalist Army were assembling in North China, and the most elite units of the Nationalist Army, the 36th Division, the 88th Division and the 87th Division, were transferred to Xi'an during the Incident in 36, and although the rest of the troops of the 88th Division were able to arrive before the attack began, the 36th Division was not in a hurry to be transferred because all its troops were in Xi'an.

Therefore, it would be very difficult and risky to launch a hasty attack on the Japanese army with the strength of the troops at that time, so the supreme authorities ordered Zhang Zhizhong not to rush to attack without waiting for the assembly of all units, and at the same time ordered the 98th Division in Hankou to be transported to Nanjing by water, and the 169th Brigade of the 57th Division in Jiaxing to be transported by train to Longhua, Shanghai......

The 36th Division, a "German Mechanic Division" far away in Xi'an, was transferred to Songhu by the starry night, and all the trains stopped and avoided along the way, and the train carrying this strong force roared all the way through most of China......

But far water can't quench the thirst of the near! General Zhang can't wait! He needs a force that can be put into battle now!

The 36th Division will not be able to catch up with the first wave of attacks no matter what!

At Jiang Baili's suggestion, Huang Haoran's 99th Division, a new army stationed in Changshu, was transferred to the Songhu combat unit.

General Zhang was very indignant at this decision in Nanjing! He felt that it was completely perfunctory for Nanjing to hand over such a new army as the 99th Division to him!

Now the national disaster is at the head! Nanjing's officials are still playing this balance trick!

What is about to start in the Songhu area is a tough battle! What General Zhang needs is a tiger and wolf division like the 36th Division! The 99th Division, which has no combat experience, may not be able to use it as well as a regiment of the 36th Division!

Jiang Baili! Jiang Baili! How can a "master of the world" like you start doing this kind of work with the mud!

Fortunately, the 36th Division is already on the road day and night, and the 99th Division is the attack reserve in the theater, which is better than those policemen in Shanghai......

The secrecy measures of the Republic of China are really poor! Coupled with the help of the "pro-Japanese faction" and the "surrender faction" in the government, the order just made by the Ministry of Defense will appear in the hands of Japanese intelligence officers in the next hour!

The news of the 99th Division's entry into the Shanghai side sequence was as fast as usual when the news of the detention of Wuhan expatriates reached the ears of the Japanese army, and the seventh major general of Dachuan Neichuan thought about it for a long time, and he didn't think that when there would be such a number as the 99th Division in the ace unit of the Zhina Army!

Could it be the secret army of the Nanjing government? Just like the Central Teaching Corps? Another personal guard of the highest authorities?

If it is really such an ace unit, I am afraid that relying on the Shanghai Marine Corps alone will not be able to cope with it!

Major General Okawa called the head of the intelligence agency, and he wanted to see the information of the 99th Division.

Not long ago, Captain Sasaki, who had been stripped into a nude model by the 99th Division in Changshu, walked into Major General Okawa's office under the leadership of Toshiyuki Tanaka, director of the spy department of the Military Police Headquarters, and Toshiyuki Tanaka put the document bag in his hand on the desk in front of the major general.

Major General Okawa opened the file bag and took out the materials inside, which were all information from the 99th Division collected by the Espionage Office.

To the surprise of Major General Okawa, the 99th Division was actually a rotten unit, and the combat power assessment of the spy office reads:

"The 99th Division of the Chinese Army has corrupt military discipline, corruption, backward equipment, and almost no combat effectiveness, and it is a third-rate army that stays in the Manchu era......"

How could Zhang Zhizhong, a member of the Zhina Tiger General, put such a fish-belly army into the periphery of Shanghai? It's really puzzling!

"Tanaka Daisa, is your spy department sure that this information is true? You must know that the troops currently maneuvering towards Shanghai are the elite of the Central Army! For example, the 88th Division and the 87th Division are Nanjing model divisions! Don't you think it's a strange thing for the 99th Division to appear in the Shanghai battle sequence of the Chinese army as shown in your intelligence!? ”

Director Tanaka did not directly answer the general's question, but threw Captain Sasaki out:

"Your Excellency General, this information is the information collected by our Captain Sasaki and the agents of the 'Bamboo Agency' who went deep into the station of the 99th Division, and the detailed situation will be explained to you by Captain Sasaki who carried out this mission!

Captain Sasaki stepped forward, snapped upright, and then reported to Major General Okawa about the "situation" of the 99th Division.

"Your Excellency General, the 99th Division of the Chinese Army is a newly formed number, formerly known as the temporary brigade in two places, of which the temporary 11th Brigade in Zhejiang is a notoriously bad unit, which is composed of the nursing homes of some large families, and the temporary 10th Brigade was established later than the temporary 11th Brigade, mainly composed of some peasants in southern Anhui. The 99th Division basically did not have modern military equipment, and I once saw with my own eyes that their soldiers were still using very old machine guns, which should be the kind of antiques we had during the Russo-Japanese War! Moreover, the officers and men of the 99th Division still colluded with the bandits in the Changshu area, and a large number of bandits were active in the vicinity of their station, and with the support of the 99th Division, they were fighting and robbing houses, and the people were very resentful! ”

Seeing that Major General Okawa was still suspicious, Captain Sasaki immediately continued to cite a "strong evidence" for himself:

"Your Excellency, General! Huang Haoran, the commander of the 99th Division, also publicly sold the wives of former officials, which is something that everyone knows in Changshu! It can be seen that this person is both incompetent and greedy, and he is a complete scum! ”

"Sell the wife of a former official? What the hell is going on! You tell me in detail! Major General Okawa was intrigued by what Captain Sasaki had said, so he asked.

Seeing that the general was interested in his words, Captain Sasaki hurriedly stepped forward and whispered:

"Huang Haoran's former commander of the Changshu garrison had four little wives, and later was punished by Nanjing for corruption, these four little wives were lost in Changshu, Huang Haoran actually put these four women up for sale, because these four women used to be the top cards in the Fengyue field, and the rich people from Shanghai and Hangzhou rushed to bid and fight! This is all a household name in Changshu! ”

"Mixi! It's really interesting! It seems that this 99th Division is another defeat for the Nanjing military! What a stupid person you are! ”

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