Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 434 Gathering in Songhu

On the first day of July 7th, when the Japanese army in North China suffered a disastrous defeat, Emperor Hirohito had already heard of this man's name, but did not pay attention to it. Now, the navy has suffered heavy losses, and it was this man who did it. Who is this Tang Qiuli? Why is there such a person?

Such a huge energy? Unfortunately, the information provided by the Base Camp Intelligence Headquarters, apart from his public position, only has a few words of detailed information about this person, which is dry and lackluster.

Emperor Hirohito became angry again and yelled at the head of the Intelligence Headquarters who was present at the meeting, instructing him to get all the information about this Chinese devil Tang Qiuli as soon as possible. Otherwise, you will go to the small island in the Pacific and where the rabbit will not poop.

Where to be a garrison commander

Emperor Hirohito finished his evil act, and the head of the Intelligence Headquarters, who was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, ran out as quickly as possible to carry out His Majesty's imperial decree. The meeting returned to the main topic. The army generals were not happy because they did not want to draw chestnuts from the fire for the navy. Shanghai

The direction of the situation is rotten. The Navy is the one who poked the hole. They should wipe their own butts. Why should they involve the Army?

In North China, faced with the combat effectiveness and firepower equipment of Tang Qiuli's troops, they would not be able to take any advantage if they did not maintain an absolute superiority in troops. Now, one or two divisions of the North China Expeditionary Force did not dare to act alone for fear of being left alone.

, Tang Qiuli seized the opportunity and swallowed it in one gulp.

The Army also hopes to send more troops to North China to realize the planned three-pronged assault. Where can there be excess troops to send to Shanghai? Furthermore, the Army is dissatisfied with the Navy's rash actions in Shanghai. This will change

The Army's basic strategy of targeting North China first and then attacking south led to accusations that the Navy ignored the overall strategic layout and undermined the basic guidelines for combating China established before the war.

The implication was that he accused the navy of taking risks for glory, and asked Shigemitsu Kiichi and Murakami Takesuki to explain the navy's Wusongkou fiasco. Emperor Hirohito was not happy. He said coldly: "Well, as for the army, who can explain the North China University's defeat?"

You were defeated, Tianjin was lost, Itagaki Division was completely destroyed, two lieutenant generals were killed, and more than 300,000 troops were lost. Can you give me a reasonable explanation?"

As soon as Hirohito said this, the whole place was silent. Both the land and sea were not clean. You have lost soldiers in North China, and I have suffered a disastrous defeat at Wusongkou. There is shit behind the buttocks. The old bird fell on the pig. No one can say who is evil and the emperor

Your Majesty's intention seems to be a bit like that. The army generals feel uncomfortable.

The meeting finally decided to organize the China-Shanghai Dispatch Force on the mainland, with Army General Matsui Iwane as the commander, and under the jurisdiction of the 3rd, 4th, 9th, 11th Divisions, 5th Tank Regiment, 6th and 7th Tank Regiments.

Field artillery brigade and other troops, totaling more than 188,000

A huge force of the Chinese people will be sent to the Shanghai Theater on the same day. The combat mission is: "Work with the navy to eliminate the enemies near Shanghai, occupy important areas in Shanghai and its northern areas, conquer Nanjing, the capital of China, and wipe out the enemies who dare to resist along the Yangtze River Basin."

Matsui Iwane was the chief culprit of the Nanjing Massacre. More than 300,000 souls died at the hands of this man and his beastly subordinates. However, the Japanese official still denies this tragedy, which really makes Xiao Jin extremely angry.

, this guy's encounter with Tang Qiuli is also his fate, and it is impossible to achieve a bad reputation.

On August 15, Emperor Hirohito authorized the government to issue a statement, claiming that "in order to punish the brutality of the squadron, protect the personal and property safety of Japanese expatriates in Shanghai, safeguard the common interests of all countries in China, and promote the awakening of the Nanjing government,

The Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai has to take drastic measures to stop the offensive for the purpose of maintaining public security. What they have done is not what the Japanese government and people want to see."

When Tang Qiuli saw the public statement of the Japanese government in Baoding, he was so angry that he sneered repeatedly. There are shameless people. He has never seen such shameless people as the Japanese. Talking to these people is a waste. For such despicable people

Shameless people, only by being beaten hard will they know that they are not allowed to do things, and they are not allowed to speak nonsense.

On the afternoon of August 15, Matsui Iwane led nearly 190,000 Japanese troops, departed from the Japanese mainland port of Nagasaki, took a large number of transport ships, and headed for Shanghai, China. At the same time, the Tang Qiusheng Department of the Sulu Mobile Corps of the ** Division followed up.

The troops, also led by Commander-in-Chief Tang Qiusheng, arrived at the outskirts of Shanghai and joined the Songhu battlefield.

The more than 48,000 Sulu Garrison Corps formed by the original 29th Army, led by the commander-in-chief General Zhang Zizhong, traveled all day and night and arrived in Zaozhuang, Linyi, Shandong, and Xuzhou, Jiangsu on the same day to replace Tang Qiusheng's troops.

Defense was launched in northern Jiangsu and southern Shandong.

Seeing that the Battle of Shanghai was inevitable and tended to expand, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek convened a military committee meeting in Nanjing to adjust the battle order of the Shanghai Army. The troops under the original Shanghai Garrison Command were under the jurisdiction of a total of three divisions and one brigade.

As well as the Shanghai Police Corps and other forces, the Ninth Army was formed, with the former Shanghai garrison commander General Zhang Zhizhong as its commander, and was responsible for the task of counterattacking the enemies in the Yangshupu area.

Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other border area troops were reorganized into the Eighth Army, with a total of four divisions and security forces in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. They guarded the north bank of Hangzhou Bay and swept away enemies in Pudong to prevent Japanese troops from landing there. Zhang Fakui was appointed commander.

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The former Sulu Mobile Corps of the North China ** Division had eight infantry brigades, one rapid reaction brigade, and three artillery brigades.

An air defense brigade, with a total of more than 144,000 troops, formed the Tenth Army, with former commander-in-chief Tang Qiusheng as the commander, responsible for the defense of Shanghai city, counterattack against the remaining Japanese troops in Hongkou, and coastal defense outside Wusongkou.

The Japanese fleet invades.

The Japanese headquarters and the Nanjing government rushed to increase their troops to the Shanghai battlefield. The war in Shanghai was about to reignite. This time, the war would never be extinguished. The military forces invested by both sides were all deployed according to the respective goals they wanted to achieve.

In a sense, this is a strategic decisive battle.

The Japanese troops deployed in the Shanghai theater were four elite first-class divisions, full of vigor and vitality. All the soldiers were loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and they also had a sense of how the navy fought.

Including the original strength of the Marine Corps, the number of Japanese troops that will be gathered in the Shanghai theater has reached 220,000.

On the Chinese side, the 10th Army formed by the Sulu Mobile Corps of the ** Division serves as the backbone of defense and assumes more than half of the combat tasks, followed by the 88th and 89th Divisions of the Central Army belonging to General Zhang Zhizhong's 9th Army, and

Song Xilian's 36th Division and the Shanghai Police Corps have a strength of nearly 50,000.

The Jiangsu-Zhejiang border troops to which Zhang Fakui belongs are mostly miscellaneous troops, most of which are local security groups. Although they have more than 100,000 troops, their combat effectiveness is the weakest among the three group armies. Their equipment is also poor and there are too many soldiers.

For the local gangsters and

A heavy smoker, or a peasant who is the weakest soldier in the army, the army is also seriously short of personnel. Although it is a regiment, the actual strength is only four to five hundred people. He is a good hand at causing harm to the common people. When he hears the gunshot, he will not run away and lose his shoes.

He is considered a good soldier.

Therefore, although the Chinese *** team in the Shanghai theater has more than 300,000 troops, which can really fight, it is only close to 200,000 people. The overall strength is still weaker than the Japanese army. After Tang Qiuli read what the Military Commission sent him,

He was quite worried about the battle plan for the Songhu Battle. He examined the map for a long time. Zhang Fakui's Eighth Army was responsible for the defense of Hangzhou Bay, and there were many locations where landings could be carried out.

Tang Qiuli was frightened by the fact that Chairman Chiang assigned such an important place to a bunch of people to defend it. However, he also knew that this was all the troops that the old man could mobilize at the moment, and the rest of the follow-up troops were heading to Shanghai.

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On the way to the march, it would take time, and they would definitely not be able to catch up with the Japanese. Historically, the Japanese army landed in Hangzhou Bay and cut off the retreat of the Shanghai defenders. As a result, the Battle of Songhu was lost, and Shanghai was lost.

After arriving in Nanjing, the government was forced to move the capital.

Therefore, he sent a secret message to Brother Qiu Sheng, saying that the troops should quickly deal with the enemies in the Hongkou area of ​​​​Shanghai City, and then use part of the force to coordinate the troops of General Zhang Zhi's Ninth Group Army to besiege the enemies in Yangshupu, and most of them would be transferred to Hangzhou Bay.

The Quan Gong Pavilion and Jinshan Tsui line formed the second line of defense behind Zhang Fakui's Eighth Group Army.

Five infantry brigades, two artillery brigades, and the rest of the air defense brigade are optimally responsible for the second-line defense force of Hangzhou Bay. If necessary, they can directly take over the coastal defense of the Ninth Group Army. I will send a telegram to Nanjing for approval of this plan.

Your troops must defeat the enemy at Hongkou before August 17, and then rush to Hangzhou Bay to set up defenses.

Tang Qiuli believed that Brother Qiu Sheng could understand his anxiety and could only complete the assigned tasks better. The most difficult thing to do was to face Chairman Jiang and Zhang Fakui. He was changing the overall deployment of the Military Commission on the Songhu Battle.

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Can the old man agree? And Zhang Fakui, whose own troops took over the defense of Hangzhou Bay, obviously underestimated Zhang Fakui's commanding ability. He is also a veteran in the army. From the Northern Expedition to the present, he will definitely be in trouble in terms of face.

Sure enough, the old man telegraphed back that the plan for the Songhu Battle should not be changed, and that all ministries should be implemented as planned. Adjusting deployment before the battle might cause trouble on our side. General Zhang Fakui has enough confidence and ability to assume the responsibility of guarding Hangzhou Bay. Qiu

No need to worry too much.

Tang Qiuli was speechless for a while, and Zhang Fakui felt uncomfortable. It was reasonable. You, Chairman Jiang, couldn't see the potential crisis in Hangzhou Bay? Look at the soldiers the old man put there. Wherever Li Bian Tofu is, they are better than them.

, regardless of him, he lost Shanghai, followed by Nanjing and Wuhan. If he is still fighting in North China, he will be lucky if he is not attacked from both sides by the Japanese.

In the telegram he sent to Tang Qiusheng, he reiterated the order. Qiu Sheng, who was attentive, saw something strange in the telegram. He also participated in the battle meeting for the Songhu Battle. Xiaoqiu was changing the overall deployment. Nanjing did not agree, but xiǎo

Qiu saw the danger, so Qiu Sheng made this matter extremely hidden to minimize trouble.

To be continued

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