"Haha, Yuan Liangzhen is our number one tiger general in Huangpu. He single-handedly defeated an enemy first-class division with one division. Not only did he defend Luodian, he also wiped out a Japanese detachment of more than 7,000 people. This is an infantryman. Regiment, a cavalry regiment, a field artillery battalion, and a large number of tanks!"
Admiral Bai felt like he had been slapped twice in the air, which did some damage to his little reputation;
He has always cherished feathers and would not easily make judgments if he was not completely sure of the battle situation.
He didn't expect that just after he said that the 88th Division would never be able to withstand the Japanese attack, he didn't expect to hear that they had completely annihilated a Japanese detachment of more than 7,000 people. His face was slapped, which made him a little unbelievable. ;
That's more than 7,000 Japanese. Not to mention the 88th Division, it would be difficult to press the entire 15th Army. This Sun Yuanliang is also very courageous!
He habitually raised questions, stared at Qian Muyin and said:
"Director Qian, have you verified the results of the battle? Those are 7,000 Japanese. Once they are announced, they will make people laugh. Although Yuanliang is your student, you can't abandon public service for personal reasons."
"Vice Commander Bai, it is the duty of the Attendant to verify military exploits. This matter is a serious matter. Yuan Liang and I don't dare to lie about military exploits;
More than 300 war horses were seized, 16 Japanese field guns were destroyed or captured, more than 2,000 long and short guns, and more than 4,000 corpses were found. Including the wounded and missing, 7,000 people were still on guard.
Yuanliang has always been an honest person. In his battle reports, he counted the corpses one by one. This rigor is really admirable. This is a photo of the Japanese corpses taken after the war;
They were all densely packed with corpses of Japanese soldiers, which was very shocking to see. Yuan Liang’s military exploits cannot be denied. "
As Sun Yuanliang's instructor, Qian Muyin still protects the face of his students. The Central Army won a great victory, so it is normal for the Guangxi clique to feel a little bad.
He will not save face for Xiao Zhuge. The conflict between the Guangxi clique and the Central Army has been going on for a long time. It is common for them to dislike each other and undermine each other.
After a big victory, everyone was in a good mood, so they stopped bickering. With great difficulty, Wei Zuo's mood improved, and no one wanted to ruin his good mood, otherwise they would be angry and the gain would not be worth the candle.
"This matter cannot be false. Even based on a one-to-one casualty ratio, seven thousand is a conservative number. I think it will be eight thousand. The Chinese people need to boost their morale and report it to the press immediately. Let friendly people also take a look at our elite Central Army. combat power!
General Sun Yuanliang was awarded the third-class Yunhui Medal. The meritorious officers of the 88th Division were invited to Yuanliang to register in the register, and the military commission recorded them, and they were all rewarded..."
With the government's propaganda machine activated, Liu Jiapo's victory soon occupied the front pages of major newspapers, and spread throughout the country amid the shouts of newsboys.
The land of China suddenly boiled, and people took to the streets to celebrate the great victory of the national army against the Japanese pirates. Sun Yuanliang once again became a well-known hero, and his popularity was unprecedented.
"Selling newspapers, the national army won a great victory in Luodian, annihilating eight thousand enemies!"
"Selling newspapers, the 88th Division single-handedly challenged the 11th Japanese Division. The Japanese lost their troops and generals, and the two regiment captains were killed!"
"Sell newspapers and sell newspapers, General Sun Yuanliang..."
In Jiangcheng, a man who looked like a clerk took out the few coins he had and exchanged them for a few thin newspapers from the newsboy. This was his lunch money. He would rather go hungry than collect a piece of paper. The 88th Division was destroyed. Japanese pirate newspapers can be passed down to future generations...
In Fengtian outside the Pass, a group of Kwantung Army patrols had just left. A young man who looked like a student secretly took out a stack of leaflets with the victory of Shen Cheng from his body and threw them into the sky. Citizens rushed to pick them up;
They have been subjugated slaves under the iron heel of the Japanese for several years. They are too eager for the victory of the Kuomintang army against the Japanese. As long as the battle of Shencheng is won, the time for the Kuomintang army to counterattack outside the pass will not be too far away...
In Nanyang, a student in a suit was giving a speech. He was surrounded by overseas Chinese who cared about their motherland:
"The national army won a great victory in Shencheng and wiped out eight thousand enemies!
The soldiers fought very hard. There were Japanese planes above their heads and Japanese warships on the sea. They urgently needed their own planes to protect China's airspace;
Let’s eat less, wear less clothes, and donate money to buy planes for the country..."
Overseas Chinese started an upsurge in donating money and materials, and many young people even said goodbye to their families and returned home to join the war.
After the Chinese nation was beaten painfully by foreign invaders, they gradually began to wake up, and they began to say no to the foreign invaders!
The chicken in the foot pot, the devil's palace, the roar almost shook the ceiling of the devil's palace.
"Bagaya Road, a bunch of trash, didn't Matsui Iwane promise to take Shencheng in one month and end the war in China in three months?
It's been almost a month. It's been said that Shencheng, even a small Luodian, has not been captured yet, and an infantry regiment and a cavalry regiment have been annihilated by the Chinese. The Fujiwara family has already filed a complaint with me!
A division of the Empire could not defeat a mere 88th Division. Where did the rumors spread that the Empire was losing face?
The war in Shencheng cannot be dragged on indefinitely. Konoe-kun, does your cabinet have any feasible plan? "
After Yujin finished his rant, he asked about the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Konoe Fumimaro. Konoe was a fanatical militarist and a representative of the war-expanding faction, and he was highly regarded by Yujin.
Konoe is a famous young duke in Takumi. He just became the Prime Minister of the Cabinet. As soon as he took office, he couldn't wait to promote the all-out war of aggression against China. He even proposed the strategy of establishing a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. He was the representative of the domestic war faction in Takumi.
Shen Cheng's disastrous defeat made him see an opportunity. Currently, there are still two voices in China:
One is the Mulberry Food Party. They believe that China is still very powerful, and they should adopt a policy of cutting China's flesh with a blunt knife, occupying Manchuria and Mongolia first, then occupying North China after digestion, and finally occupying all of China from north to south;
The other faction is the quick-war faction headed by him, which concentrates all the power of the weaklings to launch an all-out war against China, destroying China in one fell swoop with thunderous momentum, and then integrates China's human and material resources to carve up the world with the great powers and establish a Greater East Asia Community. Honor circle.
His strategy was highly praised by Yuren, but there was also great resistance from the Xiyuan faction in China. They always opposed launching a full-scale war against China on the grounds of financial constraints.
Konoe believed that the disastrous defeat of the 11th Division had just awakened the opposition. If they could not transition to wartime and go all out, they would not be able to conquer China. When asked about it, he said:
"Your Majesty, we can no longer hesitate. The country must unify its thinking, carry out a second mobilization nationwide, and gradually shift the domestic economy to a wartime system;
The preparatory student from China was determined to fight a decisive battle with the Empire in Shencheng. The Empire might as well take advantage of the situation and attract all the main forces of the Chinese government army to the Shencheng area.
The empire assembled heavy troops and used its sea and air superiority to fight decisively in the Shencheng area, annihilating the main force of the Chinese army in one battle and settling the Chinese war in one fell swoop. "
Konoe's proposal was exactly what he wanted. After receiving the support of the cabinet, he decided to turn the Battle of Songhu into a decisive battle between the two armies, and China would be determined in one battle!
"Konoe-kun, the second mobilization will take a certain amount of time. The battlefield in Shencheng is urgent, so we can only mobilize two to three main divisions from North China, plus a domestic division, to land at Wusongkou with the assistance of the navy. Breaking through the northern defense line of Shencheng in one fell swoop, annihilating China's most elite 15th Group, and then moving south to annihilate the enemy's 9th Group Army.
In order to complete this great strategy, the key point of Luodian must be captured to generate electricity for Matsui-kun..."
