Nanshi, Songhu Municipal Government Building, Yu Hongjie stayed up all night again.
Since the Battle of Songhu broke out, Yu Hongjie had barely slept a full night's sleep. He was busy all night last night. However, his personal hard work could not reverse the collapse of the situation.
Early in the morning, the secretary sent several bad news in succession.
"Mayor, the funds from the Refugee Relief Committee have been exhausted and we are in urgent need of financial allocations from the city."
"There are also more than a dozen concession hospitals such as the Western Isolation Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital that are demanding medical fees again. They also say that if the city government continues to default on the fees, it will stop treating new wounded soldiers from the national army, and the wounded people originally treated will also have to pay. Medications and nursing services must be stopped, and even discharged.”
"Also, the left-wing cluster sent people to rush for condolences."
"Come on, hurry up, hurry up, where can you get so many condolences? Can you sell me to them?" The complicated affairs and continuous negative news finally made Yu Hongjie burst out.
It should be said that Yu Hongjie, the mayor of Songhu, is also very difficult.
Although he is a confidant of Chairman Standing Committee, his life is not easy.
When the secretary didn't know what to do, Chen Shunong rushed in.
"Quick, quick, quick." Chen Shunong shouted as soon as he came in, "Telephone, call!"
"Brother Sulong (Chen Shunong), what's your phone number?" Yu Hongjie asked with a dark face.
Chen Shunong took a deep breath and asked urgently: "Call the headquarters of the 3rd Theater Command."
"Call the 3rd Theater Command Headquarters? You have to use the confidential line. I don't have this authority." Yu Hongjie said.
Chen Shunong's expression changed when he heard this, and he asked again: "Then can the telephone line of our 72nd Army 88th Division still be opened?"
In order to handle the Sihang Warehouse incident, a dedicated telephone line was specially established between the 88th Division and the SH City Hall so that the 88th Division's headquarters could communicate with the 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment through the SH City Hall.
"I don't know." Yu Hongjie said, "If it hadn't been blown apart by the enemy's artillery fire, it should still be possible to get through."
Chen Shunong stopped talking nonsense and directly picked up the phone on Yu Hongjie's desk, shook it twice, and then shouted to the operator: "Get me through the 88th Division Headquarters. Hurry, hurry up!"
When Chen Shunong dialed the phone, Yu Hongjie picked up the newspaper Chen Shunong brought.
After just one glance, Yu Hongjie exclaimed: "Really or not? Is the fourth batch of Japanese reinforcements about to land on Jinshan Guard? This is serious, something big is going to happen!"
…
Sophia was busy in the printing factory until dawn. She had just returned to the Chinachem Hotel with two panda eyes, and she happened to bump into Lotov at the elevator entrance who was about to go out.
"Hey, Sophia, thank you for your hard work. I owe you a favor this time."
Although Lotov said so, he actually didn't take it seriously.
Because his judgment was that the Japanese army would most likely land in the direction of Bai Maokou.
Of course, if Sophia's prediction through his mouth finally comes true, then Lotov will definitely benefit a lot. The news will be spread back to the country, and it will even help his promotion in the Soviet army.
"Sophia, are you going to the Sihang Warehouse?" Lotov asked, "There's another fight over there."
"I won't go in the morning. I have to go back and catch up on my sleep." Sophia waved her hand and said, "A woman must ensure adequate sleep, otherwise she will age quickly. I don't want to age so quickly."
Lotov said: "It's okay, I will help you take more photos."
Sophia thanked her and turned around and entered the elevator bridge.
Lotov drove straight to the Central Bank building.
…
Huxi Hongqiao, 3rd Theater Central Cluster Headquarters.
Zhu Yimin, commander-in-chief of the Central Cluster and commander-in-chief of the 9th Group Army, was yelling into the phone.
"If you can't figure it out, you must figure it out. I don't care what method you, Wang Jingjiu, use, but the soldiers of the 87th Division must be allowed to return to their positions! This is a fatal order from the theater commander. Even if you can't figure it out, you must implement it. If anyone fails to implement or fails to implement it properly, then don’t blame me, Lao Zhu, for being unkind!"
After speaking, Zhu Yimin hung up the phone so hard that the phone almost broke.
After throwing down the phone, Zhu Yimin began to complain about the orders of the superior department.
"I don't know what the commander is thinking. If you want us to hold on, why don't we order a retreat?"
"The order to retreat has just been given, and the soldiers on the front line have already packed their gear, but they say they will continue to hold on. Isn't this just deliberately torturing people? How can this be like this? This is a war, not a house game!"
Liao Yannong, who was sitting next to him, sighed and said helplessly: "Several divisions of the 9th Army have been fighting fiercely with the Japanese on the Songhu battlefield for nearly three months. The soldiers in the army have changed several times. It is inevitable to have complaints. , our three divisions of the 48th Army have been transferred to Songhu for just over a month, and aren’t they full of complaints? What a hassle.”
"Ding ding ding..." The phone on the table suddenly rang.
Zhu Yimin picked up the phone casually: "Hello, I'm Zhu Yimin!"
Sun Yuanliang's voice came from the other end of the phone: "I am in charge, Sun Yuanliang."
"Sun Yuanliang?" Zhu Yimin's face immediately fell, "If you are here to complain to me and demand to withdraw from the blocking position as originally planned, then you'd better not say anything!"
"Uh, no, sir, there's a new situation, an emergency!" Sun Yuanliang's voice sounded a little panicked.
"What's the emergency?" Zhu Yimin didn't take it seriously. In his heart, he looked down on Sun Yuanliang. In his opinion, Sun Yuanliang got into the eyes of the appointing authorities because of his good skin, otherwise he would be just a piece of shit.
However, what Sun Yuanliang said next really surprised Zhu Yimin.
"What did you say? The fourth batch of Japanese reinforcements is about to land at Jinshanwei?"
Hearing this, Liao Yannong next to him jumped up and his eyes widened.
Sun Yuanliang on the other side of the phone didn't know what he said again. Zhu Yimin jumped up anxiously: "Newspaper, I want a newspaper, I want to see that newspaper. I want Yu Hongjie to send a car to deliver the newspaper to Hongqiao immediately! Hurry! !”
After hanging up the phone, a heavy cold sweat broke out on Zhu Yimin's forehead in the middle of winter.
"Brother Yimin, what's going on?" Liao Yannong's voice was also trembling, "Where did this information come from?"
"I didn't go into details. I just said it was an article published in Miller's Review. It was a prediction of what kind of husband a Soviet military attache would be called." Zhu Yimin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "But this is just what kind of husband he is." I don’t know whether my prediction was that I used the Miller Review to warn me after obtaining accurate information.”
"Ah? This..." Liao Yannong frowned, "Should we report it to the superior department?"
In fact, the commander of the 3rd Theater Command has also predicted that the Japanese army will soon send a fourth batch of reinforcements.
They even predicted the direction of the Japanese army's attack, believing that the fourth batch of Japanese troops would not be deployed on the western battlefield of Shanghai, but would be deployed on the flank battlefield to outflank the national troops on the Songhu battlefield.
But as to which flank battlefield it was, the commander's judgment was that it was the left wing, Bai Maokou.
But now, the Soviet military attache named Husband made a completely opposite prediction.
So this matter has become a bit sensitive. If this news is reported, will Chief Gu think that they are using foreigners to put pressure on him and force him to change the defensive deployment of the left and right wings? It’s difficult.
"Let's wait until we get the newspaper." Zhu Yimin sighed, "Fortunately, there is still time, so my prediction is three to five days, which means that even if the fourth batch of Japanese reinforcements lands on Jinshan Guard, it will not be so... quick!"
…
At this time, on the Sihang Warehouse battlefield, the Japanese Marine Corps launched another attack.
However, the Japanese army still did not use tanks or artillery. They still only dispatched a detachment of a dozen infantrymen, opening a fifty-meter-wide skirmisher line and slowly passing through the ruins.
Yan Yan held a mirror with his bayonet and observed it for a moment before making a judgment.
"The Japs still don't use tanks or carry ladders, and the main attack direction is not the Guangfu Road, so this is still just a tentative attack, not a real attack."
Yang Deyu asked: "Still not wake up the other brothers?"
"No, except for the sentry, the other brothers continue to sleep."
Yan Yan is consciously adjusting the schedule of the Songhu Independent Group.
That is to say, the Songhu Independent Group changed its activities to night activities and slept during the day.
Because in a few days, their Songhu Independent Group will have a big move!
