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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 724 Motion to Move the Capital

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    Chapter 724: Motion to move the capital

    The Nanjing air defense battle, which lasted for eleven days, finally came to an end with Japan losing more than 600 aircraft, an entire air fleet being wiped out, and two fleets being defeated in the mainland. Not only were the Japanese beaten to death, but  Heartbroken, Chairman Chiang, who was far away in Wuhan, was also frightened by Tang Qiuli's daily battle reports that were intentionally watered down, and had trouble sleeping and eating. In addition, Nanjing was indeed within the firepower of the Japanese fleet and aircraft.  , It was difficult to guarantee one's own safety, so the idea of ????moving the capital came up.

    Of course, he would not completely believe the battle reports Tang Qiuli sent every day. He had obtained a large amount of first-hand information through the direct generals fighting in Nanjing and the agents of the Military Command Bureau. The situation was by no means optimistic. Perhaps the frontline generals deliberately  Exaggerate the intensity of the battle, create a heroic and combative image for yourself, express your determination to be loyal to the leader, and gain capital for future promotions.

    Maybe the agents of the Military Command were amateurs. What they saw were shells and bullets flying all over the sky, corpses with missing arms and legs, wounded soldiers groaning in pain, and the black sky, spitting tongues of fire, and Japanese planes dropping bombs. First of all, they were frightened.  I was devastated, all the reports were that the fighting in Nanjing was fierce, the whole city was in ruins, a sea of ??fire, it was really a terrifying place.

    The information about the Nanjing Air Defense Defense War obtained by Chairman Chiang through his own channels was even more tragic than Tang Qiuli's battle report. Objectively speaking, it seemed that Tang Qiuli's battle report was more realistic and made Chairman Chiang even more determined to move the capital.  As for what the intelligence said, Tang Qiuli used money to buy people's hearts in order to win over Chairman Chiang's direct troops. He thought this was nonsense. However, he also couldn't understand Tang Qiuli's intention.  Just to boost military morale?  I'm afraid it's not that simple.

    Something was on his mind, and Chairman Chiang's suspicious habit relapsed. He broke it apart, crushed it, analyzed it, and failed to understand Tang Qiuli's intention of using his own money to reward the soldiers of the Central Army. However, he was convinced of one thing.  He will never surrender to the Japanese. With the lives of hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers in his hands, the Japanese will never tolerate him. The two sides are sworn enemies. They will not shake hands and make peace, even if the Japanese army  If the top brass had this intention, the generals on the front line would not agree.

    These are all small things, but they are still big things. I summoned all the staff and senior generals to discuss it for several days, but still couldn't make up my mind. The staff and senior generals all had their own opinions and ideas. There were different opinions. Some even had different opinions.  The proposal to move the capital to Nanning, Guangxi, provoked Chairman Chiang's gloomy eyes and a sharp squint. The man immediately shut up and regretted it so much that he almost slapped himself in the mouth.

    This sentence triggered a big taboo of Chairman Chiang. Nanning was the territory of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi of the New Guangxi faction. Once there, they were not controlled by others. Instead, they were given the opportunity to "hijack the emperor and order the princes" out of thin air. Chairman Chiang  But we can't forget the several attempts by Li Bai to force the palace, and the conflicts between the central and local powerful factions. The two Li Bai of the New Guangxi Clique did a lot of tricks. Based on these few words, Chairman Chiang would identify himself as a new member of the New Guangxi Clique.  The possibility of a person hanging around the old man in the future was slim. Sure enough, during the second meeting, the person had disappeared and was sent far away to the northwest to deal with the five horses in the northwest.

    The discussions were fruitless, and his subordinates all insisted on their own opinions and plans. They regarded themselves as a rare commodity. Chairman Chiang was upset and his temper became violent. He was about to be forced to leave Nanjing. He let go of Shanghai's money bag and wanted to  It is impossible to say that Chairman Chiang does not feel distressed and feels hurt, so he hates the Japanese even more in his heart. Without the Japanese people to cause trouble, he can sit firmly in Jinling City and give orders to the whole country. How can there be so many  troubles.

    But where to settle next, Chairman Chiang really had no idea. It was not as good as Nanjing. It was Yang Yongtai, secretary-general of the Military Commission, who reminded him that Tang Qiuli could not get around such a major event as preparing to move the capital. He had now become the leader of the resistance against Japan.  As the backbone of the people, you might as well consult his opinion and see what he says before deciding on the next step. We also need to convene an emergency meeting of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang to discuss matters related to moving the capital. This is a necessary procedure. Otherwise, Chairman Chiang will  Being alone and moving to a different place did not mean that he had lost his old job. Chairman Chiang woke up from a dream and secretly cursed himself for being confused. He did not use a secretary and drafted the telegram himself.

    What Tang Qiuli was holding now was an emergency telegram from Chairman Chiang Kai-shek from Wuhan, inviting him to rush to Wuhan to discuss national plans. Although the telegram did not clearly explain what was going on, and the words were cryptic, Tang Qiuli  I still smelled it. The smoke and flames of war over Nanjing and the crazy actions of the Japanese frightened Chairman Chiang. He was going to find another place to stay and wanted to help him make up his mind where to go.

    Just when Tang Qiuli was preparing to go to Wuhan, fighting broke out again in the Songhu area. The Nanjing Expeditionary Force, which was renamed from the original North China Expeditionary Army Reserve Force, finally arrived at the outskirts of Shanghai after more than ten days of rough seas, without seeing land.  His shadow was severely beaten by Gao Zhihang's destroyer unit.Although the escorting Japanese small and medium-sized ships, a dozen or so, desperately fought back, they lacked air support from the aviation force and lacked intensive air defense firepower, so they were completely in a state of being beaten.

    The remaining unarmed transport ships were in bad luck. More than sixty fighter jets, after arbitrarily strafing and bombing them, used up all the machine gun bullets and dropped all the bombs, and then walked away, leaving nothing on the sea.  , Japanese warships and transport ships were burning everywhere, and the corpses of Japanese infantry were floating on the sea, bumping away with the waves, attracting a large number of sharks to follow them, treating this as a rare feast.

    The Japanese army, which had no sea and air fire cover, suffered losses. For some unknown reason, they still landed on the beach outside Shanghai and violently attacked Zhang Zhizhong's Songhu theater defense line with less than 100,000 troops. The Battle of Shanghai once again  When the outbreak broke out, Zhang Zhizhong's troops guarding Shanghai had nearly 300,000 troops and carefully built permanent fortifications, ready to work.

    The Japanese attack was met with a fierce counterattack by the defenders from the beginning. The beach was covered with overwhelming artillery fire. When Gao Zhihang's destroyer unit flew over the battlefield for the second time, the Japanese army was already suppressed by the artillery fire and could not raise its head on the beach.  Come, a rare opportunity, Chinese fighter planes can finally wreak havoc on the Japanese and let the little devils taste the bitterness.

    By the evening of the battle, the Japanese army was exhausted and could not stand on the beach, leaving pieces of corpses behind. They had to retreat to the transport ships on the sea. The Japanese commander, with a gloomy face and no idea what the day ahead would bring, received an order from the base camp and gave up the attack on Shanghai.  The peripheral positions were immediately diverted to Taiwan for rest and recuperation, and the Japanese troops who were amnesty fled from the periphery of Shanghai overnight.

    Regarding this inconspicuous battle in the eight-year-long Sino-Japanese war, the Japanese military circles, especially the army, had a lot of slander against Emperor Hirohito. After the bombing of Nanjing completely failed, this army  The mission to attack the Songhu area should be stopped immediately. Pure infantry without sea and air firepower support is not yet dominant. This is a completely meaningless battle. However, His Majesty the Emperor was furious at the time and refused to accept the army.  The Minister's recommendation to withdraw troops.

    In the end, this failed battle. The troops that were able to retreat to Taiwan were only two-thirds of their original strength. It only took more than half a day of fighting. More than 40,000 loyal and brave imperial soldiers died in the outer positions of Shanghai, China. For  Emperor Hirohito's so-called dignity and the consequences of his irrational orders were all borne by ordinary Japanese soldiers.

    The small-scale Songhu Battle lasted less than a day. General Zhang Zhizhong's troops in the Songhu Theater were defeated and fled without any effort. Tang Qiuli also used the excuse to reorganize Nanjing's defense and was temporarily unable to rush to Wuhan. His thoughts were  I want the Battle of Songhu to add another fire to Chairman Chiang's already smoldering heart, and when things are done, I will gently add fuel to the flames, and the matter of moving the capital will be basically a foregone conclusion, lest I be too proactive and cause Chairman Chiang to  Long suspicious.

    The gunfire on the Songhu battlefield lasted less than a day, but Chairman Chiang further strengthened his determination to move the capital. The ancients said: "A gentleman does not stay in danger." How can he, the leader of the country, be exposed to Japanese artillery fire?  He sent several emergency telegrams to his mouth, urging Tang Qiuli to rush to Wuhan as soon as possible to prepare for attending the extraordinary meeting of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang. In the telegrams, Chairman Chiang no longer concealed his thoughts. His intention was very clear. He wanted to obtain Tang Qiuli's support.  Strong support, and asked Tang Qiuli to consider the best place for the future National Government.

    The fire was coming. On the morning of June 21, Tang Qiuli took Mei Xue, Shan Hu, and dozens of special guards, boarded a gunboat from Nanjing, and went up the Yangtze River. In the evening of the same day, he arrived in Wuhan and stopped at Jianghanguan Wharf.  When we landed in Wuhan, it was as if the lanterns were coming on, the lights were bright, and it was a scene of singing and dancing.

    The welcome scene this time was much more grand than when we arrived in Nanjing. On the huge banner, the words "Warmly welcome Vice Chairman Tang to Wuhan" were particularly conspicuous under the lights as bright as day. Many people in the national government office  Senior officials, important generals, and elders of the Kuomintang all came to the pier to greet them in person, as well as hundreds of reporters, and many ladies and ladies dressed up in gorgeous clothes and jewels. The fragrance was filled with fragrance, which added a lot of spring to the welcome ceremony.  .

    The welcoming scene was presided over by Yang Yongtai, secretary-general of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government and chief think tank of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. The level of security was so high that it was beyond Tang Qiuli's expectation. Along the pier to the shore, armed military police had blocked all nearby areas.  On the road, everyone who enters the welcome site must hold a special pass. Otherwise, the military police can kill them on the spot. Not only that, the military police drove them aside far away, and among the citizens who couldn't help but want to see the excitement, the military commander  He and Zhongtong's plainclothes agents hid in disguise and monitored all suspicious people.

    Before Tang Qiuli got off the gunboat, he saw the grand scene through the glass window. He shook his head secretly. Chairman Chiang said that for those who wanted to take advantage of him,They would spare no effort to welcome them. Thinking about when the Northeastern Army changed its banner and Zhang Xueliang was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the country's land, sea and air force, when he arrived in Nanjing, the welcome scene must have been even grander than now, right?

    (To be continued)
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