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"Currently the main forces of us and the little devil are concentrated in the section from the suburbs of Shanghai to the Huangpu River. The two detachments of the Loyalty and National Salvation Army are blocking the Pukou Wharf and the Zhongshan Railway, cutting off the passage for the Japanese army to return to Shanghai. In addition, our troops have been In: Frontal assault, the strategic space of the main force of the Japanese army is constantly shrinking, and it is estimated that in one or two days, the Japanese army will not be able to hold on."

Chief Cui laughed.

"On the frontal battlefield, my main force fought against the main force of the Japanese army for many days, and the results were quite fruitful. Especially the 26th Army, with the strength of a brigade, swept across a brigade on the flank of the Japanese army, and almost wiped out the entire army of this brigade. The rest of the troops followed the 26th Army to pick up foreign land. If we want to say that the real contribution, it has to be the 26th Army. Otherwise, how could the 26th Army become the trump card army? .”

Staff Officer Li said flatteringly.

"You two staff officers can't help me with my advice, and you can't be complacent, or I will send you two to the front line and let you two fight with the little devil with guns."

Liang Xiao said unhappily.

"Yes, Chief, we must make good plans."

Chief Cui said.

"Boss, recover the great Shanghai, and wipe out the Japanese army in central China. This is the battle. It is a great honor for the humble staff and others to participate in this decisive battle."

Staff Officer Li said excitedly.

"Don't say anything that sounds nice. Please help Master Sun in the urban area of ​​Shanghai to think about it. He led two brigades of special warfare divisions to fight in the urban area for so long, and finally reached the entrance of the Japanese Army Command. Suddenly, he refused to let him go. He was beaten, do you think he can feel better?"

Liang Xiao smiled faintly.

"It is also a great credit for the chief to let him lead troops to attack Hongqiao Airport. According to our intelligence analysis, there are more than 100 planes at Hongqiao Airport, and more than 100% of them are fighter jets and bombers. Our latent organization in Shanghai , took great pains to blow up the Japanese army's fuel depot. Fighters without fuel are just... grasshoppers after autumn. It won't be long before Mr. Sun takes down the bunkers and guards at the airport, and it will be a matter of time before he enters the airport. , After all, most of Shanghai is already in our hands, and these more than [-] planes can’t escape.”

Staff Officer Li analyzed.

"But does Mr. Sun know that he is so jealous in Shanghai, how can he know the value of these more than 100 planes?"

Liang Xiao's tone showed a slight dissatisfaction. Sun Bing has been fighting in the urban area of ​​Shanghai for so long, almost wherever there are Japanese, there are his special operations troops, but he turns a blind eye to Hongqiao Airport. You know, here There are more than 100 planes parked, if these 100 planes can be obtained, the air force will be greatly increased.

These more than 100 planes did not participate, because the intelligence agencies played tricks on them, and they just made these more than 100 planes run out of fuel and unable to take off.

Chapter 233 The Restoration of Shanghai

March fourteenth.

Under the guidance of the precise azimuth, the aviation bombing formation airdropped [-] bombs towards the headquarters of the Central China Front Army in Shanghai, with a radius of [-] kilometers. Within an hour, they encountered frequent bombings, and all the buildings on the ground were destroyed. One piece, wolf smoke everywhere.

March fifteenth.

Two brigades of the Special Operations Division stormed Hongqiao Airport. After sacrificing more than 200 special operations soldiers, they finally captured the Japanese Hongqiao Airport. In order to prevent these more than 100 planes from falling into the hands of the Chinese army, the Japanese army buried a grave at the airport. There were a lot of landmines and explosives. The moment the Chinese army entered the airport, the Japanese army detonated the explosives. More than 100 planes and hundreds of special forces soldiers died on the spot.

The third formation of the Japanese Navy failed to attack Wusongkou, but was discovered by our defenders in time. The artillery positions on the Tantou position fired frequently. The fierce firepower prevented the Japanese army from landing smoothly at Wusongkou.

March sixteenth.

In the name of the Nanjing Garrison Commander and the Commander-in-Chief of the [-]th Group Army, Liang Xiao issued a secret battle plan. This battle plan was aimed at the main forces of the Japanese army in Shanghai. At present, most of the enemies in the urban area of ​​Shanghai have been wiped out. Although the remaining small part is still there: stubborn resistance , but no storms could be caused, he secretly ordered all combat units to narrow the encirclement and wipe out the main force of the Japanese army.

For this battle of annihilation, he mobilized a brigade of heavy artillery, mountain artillery, and infantry artillery, armored vehicles, and tank battalions to participate together. In addition, he also ordered the aviation bombing formation to be ready to attack at any time. This time he wanted the Japanese army to try it too. The taste of gunfire.

March seventeenth.

The general offensive began, and twenty bombers frequently dropped bombs on the Japanese positions.

An hour later, heavy artillery was fired, and large-caliber howitzers blasted fiercely at the Japanese positions.

The Japanese army was completely stunned. In the past, they were the first to launch an attack, but this time it was the Chinese army who launched the offensive. They were beaten by aircraft and artillery, and they had no power to parry.

After the main force of the Japanese army learned that the headquarters of the Central China Front Army had been attacked, they got in touch with the Japanese army base camp. Under the order of the base camp, the Japanese army troops withdrew in batches to the Huangpu River Wharf, where the transport ships of the third fleet of the navy would take them. back home.

After the heavy artillery bombardment, the [-]nd infantry artillery followed. The [-]nd artillery had just started, and the tank and armored units covered the infantry and launched a charge.

After this period of running-in, each unit has a deeper understanding of the infantry-tank coordinated operations, and each unit widely respects Liang Xiao's three-three system tactic, which is used flexibly on the battlefield, causing the Japanese army a headache.

The troops of the national army chased the Japanese army all the way, and the morale of the troops was high. It was only the first round of charge that tore open the opening of the Japanese army's position.

On the front from the Huangpu River to the suburbs of Shanghai, the national army's 10,000+ troops continued to compress the encirclement, eroding the vitality of the Japanese army.

As of now, the main casualties of the national army are about 3000. The Japanese army has more than [-] casualties.

The current military strength ratio of the two sides is that the national army is 5, and the Japanese army is more than [-], and the soldiers are two to one.

Moreover, the national army has the right time and place, and it is even ahead of the Japanese army in terms of weaponry.

Therefore, at the beginning of the general offensive, Japan fell into a circular route of retreating and retreating.

In the back, the two detachments of the Loyalty and National Salvation Army had already set up positions, waiting for them to dive into the artillery fire.

March nineteenth.

In two days, the national army dispatched planes and cannons, and the Japanese army was in a state of embarrassment. Most of its main force was wiped out, and about 4000 devils from the remaining brigade broke through the defense line of the Loyalty and National Salvation Army and were transported away by the navy formation. Many devils surrendered on the battlefield, and about [-] wounded devils were treated in field hospitals.

The Songhu decisive battle lasted more than a month, and it was recorded in the annals of history with the overall victory of the national army.

In this battle, more than 6 enemies were wiped out, more than 1 people were captured, and about [-] people escaped, and important cities such as Wusongkou, Shizilin, Jiading, Suzhou, Luodian, and Shanghai Beach were recovered.

When the news spread, the whole country celebrated.

The name of Liang Xiao, a famous anti-Japanese war general, was published on the front page of the newspaper again, with a photo of him in military uniform on it.

All of a sudden, people with lofty ideals from all walks of life sent congratulatory messages, congratulating the Nanjing Garrison Command for recovering Greater Shanghai, and expressing condolences to the troops below the Nanjing Garrison.

For the recovery of Shanghai, the national government deliberately let the radio broadcast the news of Shanghai's recovery for three consecutive days.

In addition, the Military and Political Council will also hold a Shanghai recovery celebration at the end of the month, and specially invite Liang Xiao, Commander of the Nanjing Garrison, Sun Bing, Acting Commander of the 66th Army, Zhou Shiji of the 26th Army, Cao Xian of the New Tenth Army, and Chang Zhenguo of the New Eleventh Army , Yu Likui and other generals of the Loyalty and National Salvation Army went to Chongqing to participate in the celebration.

For Liang Xiao, the celebration is a trick of literati and politicians, he is the general who directs the battle, and he has no time to waste his mind on such things.

After the recovery of Shanghai.

In order to show the powerful combat effectiveness of the national army, Liang Xiao let the 26th Army with the best equipment enter the city on foot, let tanks and armored cannons make their debut in downtown Shanghai, and let thirty planes of the Air Force fly around Shanghai downtown for a whole day Circle, in order to show the world that he has the confidence to drive off any invaders.

On the same day, accompanied by military and political officials, he solemnly announced at the entrance of the Shanghai Municipal Government Building that Shanghai had been liberated, and all the policies formulated by the Japanese here were abolished, and the new policies would be implemented by the Nationalist Government.

After entering Shanghai, he appointed the Loyalty and National Salvation Army as the Shanghai Garrison, and Yu Likui as the Shanghai Garrison Commander, and reported to the Chongqing Military and Political Council for approval.

Order the 26th Army to guard the suburbs of Shanghai to the Wusong line, the 66th Army to guard Wusongkou and Shizilin, and Hangzhou City, the New Tenth Army to guard Zhenjiang, the coastal defense line in Jiading, the New Eleventh Army to guard Suzhou, the Qiantang River, the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway, and the Special Army. The warriors stationed in Nanjing.

In this decisive battle in Songhu, the national army suffered as many as [-] casualties. With a swipe of his pen, Liang Xiao once again recruited soldiers from the Songhu area. middle.

This time, he plans to form two new reorganized armies. After all, he only has four reorganized armies under his command, and it seems that his strength is a bit stretched to guard the Nuo Da Songhu area.

Of course, forming two new armies is not a trivial matter, and he, the garrison commander, can't make the decision, so he formally proposed to the Military and Political Council to form two new armies to defend the Songhu area.

At this time, he sent a telegram to the military and political council with the prestige of a great victory. He looked a little arrogant, but it was not a wise way to protect himself.

In the current Chongqing government, undercurrents are everywhere, Liang Xiao is unwilling to put himself in the political vortex, so he chose the Songhu area as the base of the war of resistance.

Chapter 234 Honor and Glory

The Chongqing government approved his proposal. The Loyalty and National Salvation Army was stationed in Shanghai and the Shanghai Garrison Command was established. The Loyalty and National Salvation Army was officially renamed the New Twelfth Army of the National Revolutionary Army. .

The Nanjing Garrison was abolished and re-established as the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Garrison Headquarters. Liang Xiao served as the commander-in-chief of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Garrison, with jurisdiction over the [-]th Group Army, local security forces, police forces, etc...

At the same time, the military and political committee called to promote Liang Xiao to the deputy commander-in-chief of the third war zone, and the lieutenant general's family added the rank of general to take charge of the war in the Songhu area. He was proposed by the chairman of the military and political committee to become a candidate for the Central Supervisory Committee.

Because Liang Xiao's qualifications are still young, he can't be promoted to the second-level general, so he added the rank of general to the base of lieutenant general, which means...higher than lieutenant general, lower than lieutenant general.

The number of generals in the national government is limited, unless someone retires from active service, otherwise, no matter how great the credit is, they will not be able to squeeze into the ranks of generals.

Regarding this, Liang Xiao was very calm and composed. To him, military rank doesn't matter, the key is actual power.

He currently has five 55 reorganized armies, plus a special warfare division, an expanded heavy artillery division, a mountain artillery division, four 44 aviation formations, an air transport formation, an anti-aircraft artillery battalion, and an armored combat vehicle... .. In terms of power in his hands, he has more power than those local warlords. First of all, after the recovery of Shanghai, the taxes in the regions south of the Yangtze River will be collected by the Garrison Command, and they will not be handed over to the government. Of course, this is also It is a disguised form of compensation from the government, because from the beginning of this year, the central government has halved all the military expenditures of the troops under Liang Xiao's command, according to: normal military expenditures. times as much.

The greater the power, the easier it is to lose one's mind.

Liang Xiao is not a person with a strong desire for power. After Shanghai was restored, he immediately sent a secret telegram to the committee, asking him to select suitable officials to take up the post in the Songhu area. After more than a year of war, the Songhu area has long been in trouble Baikong urgently needs government talents.

In the secret telegram, he stated to the committee that he would never interfere in the political affairs of the Songhu area, but neither should anyone else interfere with the war in the Songhu area.

After the Commissioner got his secret telegram, he discussed with the Executive Yuan and decided to send a team of officials with outstanding government affairs capabilities to Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuxi, Hangzhou, Nanjing and other places to handle government affairs.

Before officials at all levels arrived in the Songhu area, Liang Xiao temporarily acted as the head of Jiangsu Province in the name of the deputy commander-in-chief of the third war zone, and handled the political affairs in the Songhu area.

Liang Xiao was also polite, taking advantage of his rights, he transferred all the mineral deposits in the Songhu area to the chamber of commerce under the name of the Anti-Japanese War Association. The job is to recruit ten 10 security groups in the Songhu area to strengthen coastal defense.

strength.

...... I have been busy for more than ten days, and it is the end of March in the blink of an eye.

Note: According to the documents of the Military and Political Council, Liang Xiao will lead the senior generals of the Songhu decisive battle to the Commissioner's residence on the evening of the third day to participate in the celebration party held by the Military and Political Council.

There is only one time until March [-]th.

Liang Xiao personally called the generals of the troops under his command and told them to take a special car to arrive at Nanjing Military Airport this evening.

This time, he plans to go to Chongqing by plane. The land route is too time-consuming, and many places have become Japanese territory, which is highly dangerous, and the water and land are not safe. Now the river has been controlled by the Japanese army, and cargo ships and ships are not safe. Take this route by plane.

The plane to Chongqing has already been arranged by Chen Hua. Two special planes, four fighter jets escorted him, and... two transport planes are responsible for transporting the generals' adjutants and their entourage.

This time when going to Chongqing, Liang Xiao brought a female companion, she is... Tang Ying, the social queen of Southern Tang and Beilu.

He took Tang Ying to Chongqing to ask the other party to help with some trivial matters in communication. After all, Tang Ying is an expert in this area. Secondly, Tang Ying has now taken over part of the business. This time he went to Chongqing to deal with some business matters things.

everything's ready.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Sun Bing of the 66th Army, Zhou Shiji of the 26th Army, Cao Xian of the New [-]th Army, Chang Zhenguo of the New [-]th Army, Yu Likui of the New [-]th Army, and several division commanders and brigade commanders who made great achievements in the battle.

"Commander in Chief."

More than a dozen generals rushed to the airport and saluted Liang Xiao in unison. At this time, Liang Xiao was already the all-powerful commander on the battlefield. They were extremely proud to be able to follow such a general.

"I told you everything in advance. We went to Chongqing this time to participate in the celebration held by the Military and Political Council. According to gossip, you will have the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal on your chest at this celebration, which is also the glory of your military career. Mr. Liang is here to congratulate you all in advance for being promoted to rank, and everything goes well."

Liang Xiao laughed.

"Commander-in-Chief, look at what you said. Brothers are here today because you single-handedly picked them up. We don't know where to be cannon fodder now. Don't worry, brothers know what is good and what should be said. Don’t talk too much if you shouldn’t.”

Zhou Shiji said.

The other generals nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Liang Xiao was relieved, and said: "Chongqing is no better than the Songhu area. You and Liang can command thousands of troops here, but on the one-acre land in Chongqing, everyone puts their tails away and don't let others get caught."

"Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, we will understand even if you don't tell me. The brothers have fought so many battles with you, and there is something to it."

Zhou Shiji said.

"This time, the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters was reorganized into the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Garrison Headquarters to take charge of the war in the Songhu area. You share this important task with Liang. I hope you will always keep in mind that the Japanese invaders are still showing their strength on our land. We must take the war of resistance as our top priority, and put other things aside."

Liang Xiao was trying to wake up a certain general among them. After all, he controlled half of the military intelligence system. How could the army be able to hide the slightest turbulence from him, the head of intelligence, but there are some things that would be hurtful to say.

"It's time, everyone board the plane."

Liang Xiao waved his hand, indicating that the generals can board the plane.

Zhou Shiji and Sun Bing took his special plane.

There are only five 55-seat seats on his special plane, plus Zhou Shiji and Sun Bing, just enough for five people.

7:0 p.m. [-]:[-] p.m.

Under the escort of four fighter jets, two special planes flew towards Chongqing, followed by two transport planes.

The Chongqing side received a telegram from the Nanjing side, ordering the military airport to keep an eye on the movement in the sky. The military and government officials who came to pick up the plane had been waiting outside for a long time.

Today's Liang Xiao, carrying the reputation and glory, shines like a star in the dark night. To use a common saying, the future is limitless.

Chapter 235 The General Triumphs

Chongqing, military airport.

It was past nine o'clock in the evening, the lights outside the airport were flickering, and a group of senior military and political officials were talking and laughing.

"We are also unlucky enough. The Lieutenant General of the military Senate was sent to the airport to meet a junior with a late education. What kind of thing is this?"

"Old Wang, don't complain, look at me, the deputy chief of the major general of the War Department of the military committee, I was sent to meet Liang Feiyu."

"Are you as unlucky as I am? When Liang Feiyu was in Huangpu, I was his instructor. At that time, I was a colonel. He was still a student. After so many years, I became a major general staff officer. He said: Now he is a lieutenant general with the rank of general, if it weren’t for the limited number of generals, he will be directly promoted to the second rank of general based on his contribution to the recovery of Shanghai this time, that’s a sure thing.”

"Old Li, we are different from you. You are a graduate of Baoding Military Academy, an instructor of Huangpu Military Academy, and the confidant of the small committee chairman. Now your students are all lieutenant generals and generals. You should feel honored. After all, young people win out of blue. Yu Lan."

"Yes, if I had such a student, what would I do as a staff officer? It would be awesome to be directly under him as an army commander."

"Have you heard that after the recovery of Shanghai, this... Commander-in-Chief Liang proposed to the Military and Political Council that two more armies should be expanded, but the Military and Political Council has not responded yet, and they have already recruited recruits in the Songhu area in a fair manner."

"Isn't this listening to the tune and not listening to the announcement? Could it be that this... disciple of the Son of Heaven intends to stand on his own?"

"Nonsense, Commander Liang is the right-hand man of the committee, who told you to talk nonsense."

"Old Du, don't pretend to be a wolf with a big tail. When I heard that the Central Commander put the information in front of the old man, the old man was so angry that he even lifted his desk and scolded Liang Feiyu for his audacity."