Tsukada looked at Matsui Ishone's lonely back, and couldn't help but sigh, Tsukada Tsukasa, who had experienced all this, of course knew that all this was not Matsui Ishone's fault at all, Matsui Ishone had done well enough, but the enemy was too strong. If at the beginning of the news of the Min army's large-scale northward movement, the army could have paid enough attention, and things would never have developed to this point, but life is not acting, and you can start again after you make a mistake, there is no if in reality. Tsukada shook his head helplessly, and then walked towards the confidential room.

"Report to the General Seat! The 9th Division began to shrink its strength and gradually moved closer to the 3rd Division. A staff officer walked up to Jin Zhao and reported loudly.

"It looks like the little devil is going to escape!" Zhang Junsong said with a smile. Jin Zhao had already returned to the headquarters, and at the beginning of the attack, Zhang Junsong also rushed to Jin Zhao's general headquarters.

"I'm afraid he won't run away!" Jin Zhao said with a smile, "Order the troops to strengthen the offensive, since their little devils are already scared, then we will work harder and drive the little devils back to Suzhou directly." ”

"Aren't we going to take the opportunity to reclaim the state?" Zhang Junsong asked suspiciously.

"It's not time yet! It's time for the troops to take a good rest after fighting continuously for so long. Moreover, it is said that the military department has appointed Shunroku Hata as the new commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, and he will be in office soon! And this Shunroku Hata didn't come alone, but came with a large number of devil reinforcements! The war has just begun! Jin Zhao said helplessly.

Seeing that Zhang Junsong nodded, obviously he had already understood, Jin Zhao no longer explained, and then said, "Yamada Detachment and other departments, where is it now?" ”

"The vanguard of the army has arrived in Danyang, and learned that we have cut off the Beijing-Shanghai railway, and have stopped advancing for the time being, so we should wait for the follow-up troops to arrive, and then break through the encirclement of our army in one fell swoop." Lin Shaotang pointed to the location of the army on the map and said.

Jin Zhao nodded and said, "Order the 202nd Division to immediately launch an attack on Danyang, and the 205th Division to launch an attack on Changzhou." The Reading Brigade joined the siege of the 9th Division, and the 212th Division immediately moved closer in the direction of Danyang! ”

"Yes!" Lin Shaotang bowed down to receive the order.

The next battle was simple, the 9th Division of the Army had already received the order to retreat, and at this time, in the face of the heavy siege of the Fujian army, it naturally had no intention of responding to the battle, and fled all the way to the east, and retreated east together with the 3rd Division. Jin Zhao naturally wouldn't let go of the little devil so easily, and ordered two armored regiments and the first national defense regiment, the Reading Brigade and other units to chase and fight all the way. Soon, the orderly retreat of the Yue army completely evolved into a large-scale rout, and the little devils scrambled to flee in the direction of Suzhou one by one, leaving corpses all over the way. Fortunately, the Min army only pursued outside Suzhou and stopped continuing the pursuit and withdrew to Wuxi. But even so, when Fujita Jin and Ryosuke Yoshika rushed back to Suzhou, they couldn't help but vomit blood when they counted the number of people. The two divisions together were less than 10,000 at this time, and the 9th Division was the worst, with only more than 2,000 people left.

Subsequently, Jin Zhao concentrated his forces to encircle and annihilate the Yamada Detachment, Shigetsu Detachment, 68th Wing and other units in Danyang. It is worth mentioning that during the siege and annihilation of the Shigeto detachment, thousands of soldiers of the Shigeto detachment were captured. When the Fujian soldiers rushed into the position of the Chongdo detachment, these guys saw that the catastrophe was coming, and immediately raised their hands to surrender, and shouted to the Fujian soldiers who rushed up, "We are Huaxia, not ourselves!" "Isn't it too late to think of our ancestors now?

However, this time Jin Zhao did not kill them all immediately, but sent someone to interrogate them briefly, and then all of them were sentenced to death. At that time, many reporters came to interview Jin Zhao because of the victory in the defense of Nanjing, and many of them were foreign correspondents. At that time, some foreign journalists openly pointed out that Jin Zhao had massacred prisoners of war on a large scale, violating international conventions. However, Jin Zhao flatly denied the massacre of prisoners of war, and Jin Zhao pointed out that these people had already admitted that they were Chinese, and that the military court had left behind their oral testimonies, and that these people had been sentenced to death for treason. Jin Zhao secretly thought to himself in his heart that Lao Tzu would never slaughter prisoners, because the Min army has always refused to accept prisoners in warfare.

After annihilating the Yamada detachment and other units of the Yue army, the Min army then went north and assisted the defenders of Nanjing in recovering Zhenjiang in one fell swoop. It is worth mentioning that the 5th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery of the Yue Army has been cooperating with the Yue Army in attacking Nanjing, and has also retreated with the Yamada Detachment and other units, but their speed has slowed down a little and they have just retreated to Zhenjiang and have to stop. After the recovery of Zhenjiang, the 5th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery was also wiped out in one fell swoop, but it is a pity that the army blew up all the heavy artillery before the defeat, but these are no longer important.

So far, our army has won a complete victory in the first battle of Nanjing, starting from the Huzhou Campaign, it has annihilated 200,000 people, and the vitality of the army sent in Central China has been greatly damaged. had to retreat to the area of Shanghai and Suzhou for passive defense.

When the news broke, the whole country was excited, and large-scale demonstrations broke out in major cities across the country to celebrate this hard-won victory. Excited crowds spontaneously rushed into the streets, celebrating this hard-won victory in various ways.

As a result, Jin Zhao became famous at home and abroad again and became a national hero who attracted the attention of the world. However, in addition to Jin Zhao, there is another person whose prestige has been greatly improved, and this person is Lao Jiang. After the end of the Battle of Nanjing, Lao Chiang held a press conference as soon as possible to announce this exciting news to the world. At the same time, he shamelessly attributed the greatest credit to the wise leadership of the Central Military Commission, causing most people who did not know the inside story to mistakenly think that all these victories were planned in advance by the Central Military Commission, and that the Fujian army only acted in accordance with the orders of the Central Military Commission, and finally achieved an unprecedented victory.

Jin Zhao looked at the huge photo in the newspaper, which showed the old Jiang Zheng proudly announcing the victory in the defense of Nanjing. I couldn't help but shake my head and smiled bitterly, "Jiang is still old and spicy!" ”

Wen Yingxing said with a smile, "After all, Lao Jiang is the nominal leader of the country, and Lao Jiang's huge advantage is incomparable to us." Speaking of this, Wen Yingxing suddenly stopped, looked at no one around him, and whispered, "Unless the head seat can take its place!" ”

Jin Zhao shook his head and said, "Now that the country is in danger, we should still focus on the overall situation!" It doesn't matter! Anyway, our Fujian army is not for fame, and the other is not for profit! From the perspective of the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War, the increase in the prestige of Lao Chiang is still quite beneficial to us. After all, at present, Lao Jiang's position is still irreplaceable, and the higher Lao Chiang's prestige, the more united the people of the whole country can be to resist foreign humiliation! ”

Wen Yingxing nodded in agreement when he heard this, Jin Zhao was able to say this, Wen Yingxing was both surprised and relieved, surprised that Jin Zhao had such a mind and bearing at a young age, it was really rare. He doesn't care about personal gains and losses, and puts the interests of the nation first in everything. If the Chinese people can do this, how can they be reduced to the point of being bullied by the Japanese slaves of the three islands. I am glad that I went to Fujian when I first went to Fujian, and I really didn't see the wrong person.

Jin Zhao naturally didn't know that Wen Yingxing was sighing in his heart at this time, and said with a smile, "You say, what will Lao Jiang do next?" ”

Wen Yingxing thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Lao Jiang's military level is indeed average, but his political skills are not ordinarily strong!" As for what Lao Jiang will do next? I really can't guess yet. ”

"Yes! Lao Jiang is a politician through and through! And it is also a very powerful one, and it is undoubtedly a headache to defeat such an opponent politically! But we can't help but face such an opponent, it's difficult! It's so hard! Now I can only take one step at a time. Jin Zhao shook his head helplessly and said.

In fact, Lao Jiang at this time is also quite a headache, the first battle of Nanjing, Jin Zhao is undoubtedly the biggest hero, but how to deal with this hero! Now Jin Zhao's strength has become so strong that Lao Jiang is jealous, and Lao Jiang naturally doesn't want Jin Zhao's strength to expand further. But Jin Zhao has made a great contribution this time, and if he doesn't give a reward or anything, he really can't say anything! Lao Jiang is entangled! In the end, I gritted my teeth and stomped my feet!

A few days later, two orders from the Military Commission were sent to Jin Zhao's general headquarters, the first of which was a letter of appointment for Jin Zhao himself. Jin Zhao was appointed commander of the Nanjing Garrison Command, and he could take office. The Nanjing Garrison Command is directly under the Military Commission.

As for Tang Shengzhi, the former Nanjing Garrison Command, who was transferred to the commander of the Third Theater, Tang Shengzhi can feel the feeling of Feng Yuxiang this time.

As for the second order, it was addressed to the 25th Army, which was expanded into two armies, the 25th Army and the 37th Army. The 25th Army had two armies, the 39th Army and the 67th Army. Among them, the 39th Army is under the jurisdiction of the 202nd, 203rd and 211th Divisions. The newly established 67th Army has two divisions, the 210th Division and the 212th Division.

The newly established 37th Army is under the jurisdiction of the new 7th Army and the 37th Army, of which the new 7th Army has three divisions, the 205th, 206th, and 207th Divisions, and the 37th Army has two divisions, the 213th Division and the 214th Division.

Jin Zhao shook his head with a smile while holding these two orders, Wen Yingxing also had a speechless expression, and after a long time, he said dissatisfiedly, "Boss!" I don't think we're getting any good! ”

"Who said that! I've been promoted, from deputy commander to commander, isn't that good? Jin Zhao said with a smile.

"It's okay to be positive! Vice-ordinary! The problem is that we don't get some real benefits! Wen Yingxing said with a frown. In fact, for Jin Zhao, this position of commander is really useless at all. (To be continued.) )