Chapter 197: Get out of danger

No. 3, Minhang Road, Hongkou, Shanghai, the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai. Iwai Hide looked at the large photo on the front page of the newspaper that occupied the entire page and sighed worriedly. In this photo, General Matsui Ishione, the commander of the Central China Front Army, rode a tall horse and entered Nanjing. The two sides were filled with soldiers of the Central China Front Army. The title above the photo was a few Japanese characters "The Chinese Front Army captured Nanjing, the capital of China."

"A bunch of crazy guys." Iwai Hideichi said to himself in a voice that he could only hear. As a diplomat who has worked in China for decades and a leader of a huge intelligence network in China, Iwai Hideichi has always opposed the expansion of the situation against China. Occupy Shanghai and Nanjing did not make the National Government surrender. Moreover, based on the intelligence collected recently, the determination of anti-Japanese resistance from all walks of life in China has become increasingly firm. Although Japan is much stronger than China, Japan is only in a small place after all, and China is too big. Iwai Hideichi is deeply worried that his country is trapped in this war that seems to be a victory.

At this time, the office door rang, the secretary came in and bowed to Iwai Eiichi and reported, "Your Excellency, Jiro Oshima asked for a meeting."

Eiichi Iwai put away the newspaper and said, "Please come in with Oshima."

The Chinese Front conquered Nanjing. Although Jiro Oshima had received the news as soon as possible a few days ago, it was officially announced to the outside world today. Jiro Oshima looked refreshed and looked happy.

"Your Excellency." Jiro Oshima walked into Iwai's office, touched his heels, and stood attentively and bowed.

Seeing Jiro Oshima's joyful look, Iwai Hideichi felt a little disgusted from the bottom of his heart. From the perspective of Iwai Hideichi, he was a patriot and worried about the future of his motherland, but at the same time he was very weak. Although he felt that his country was doing something wrong, he had to serve this wrong thing.

"Ojima-kun, is there anything wrong?" Iwai Hideichi sighed secretly and asked.

Jiro Oshima raised his head happily, and suddenly saw his teacher and boss looking frowning, and was stunned. He quickly restrained the joy on his face and reported: "Your Excellency, the fisherman has successfully entered Shen Xiuwen's honorary first division."

Hearing this news made Eiichi Iwai's spirit immediately shocked. Although he was a diplomat, what he preferred was the intelligence work he had secretly engaged in.

"Very good. Oshima Jun, you instruct the fisherman that she must try her best to get close to Shen Xiuwen on her mission. Military intelligence is secondary for the time being, and it is best to be able to lurk next to Shen Xiuwen."

"What do you mean?" Jiro Oshima asked in confusion.

"There are too many secrets in Shen Xiuwen. First of all, his relationship with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in the United States. The empire has not been able to purchase a penicillin through normal channels, but the Chinese government can give priority to purchasing a large amount of penicillin. As an American company, such obvious tendency is almost contrary to their government. Isn't this strange? Secondly, since the war started, Shen Xiuwen's troops have caused losses to more than 10,000 imperial people, and so many outstanding generals of the empire were defeated by one.

In the hands of a young man who is only in his twenties and a fledgling cottage, is he really a genius? Or is he really possessing this ability, or there are still unknown things? More importantly, with his current rising speed, I think he may become a member of the party or be able to sit in a higher position in the near future, so we need to know him more. This is not just to obtain some simple military intelligence. For the jihad of the empire, we must look far." Eiichi Iwai said slowly.

After saying that, Iwai Hideichi saw Jiro Oshima who seemed to understand it, waved his hand and said, "Oshima Jun, you may not understand what I said now, but I believe you will understand it slowly in the near future."

"Hay." Jiro Oshima did not understand, and even felt that his teacher was too pessimistic. However, as a subordinate, he still had to obey the orders.

Southern Anhui, Nanling County, the headquarters of Shangguan Yunxiang's troops of the 11th Army of the Third War Zone. Shangguan Yunxiang, the commander of the 11th Army, invited the generals who retreated from Nanjing to Nanling.

Although the participants included Sun Yuanliang from Huangpu Phase I, Qiu Qingquan from Huangpu Phase II, Zhu Chi, Gao Zhisong, Yi Anhua, Teng Donglin from Huangpu Phase III, etc., the protagonist is the youngest honorary commander of the First Division of the Central Military Academy, who graduated from the ninth period of the Central Military Academy.

Chen Xiuwen took the special agent battalion directly under the Rongyi Division in Yuntai Mountain District and the 113th Regiment of the 6th Division of the Neon Army, which was chasing for two days, and finally arrived in Gaochun. He then retreated to Nanling, southern Anhui with the left-behind troops.

When Qiu Qingquan, Zhu Chi, Gao Zhisong, Yi Anhua and others were all going to pay tribute to Chen Xiuwen with a glass, Chen Xiuwen, who was shot in the left arm and was still hanging on his arm while covering the retreat, stood up with a glass of wine and said with a heavy face: "I suggest to honor the martyrs who died in the defense of Nanjing for this first glass of wine."

Everyone's face suddenly became depressed when they heard this. All units in the Nanjing Defense War suffered heavy losses. The 88th Division retreated to Nanling had less than 8,000 left. The six regiments of the two brigades led by Qiu Qingquan had a full 25,000 troops. Now there are less than 20,000 people left. Yi Anhua's 259th Brigade still had less than 3,000 troops. The Honorary First Division lost nearly 4,000 troops in the Nanjing Defense War. All troops lost all heavy equipment.

However, they did not learn until they arrived in Nanling that the troops who retreated from Xiaguan were the troops who retreated from Xiaguan. The 74th Army had less than 5,000 people retreated to Jiangbei, resulting in the 36th Division, which was not involved in the battle, was dispersed by the defeated troops, and most of them failed to retreat to Jiangbei. The direct troops and the First Brigade of the Teaching Corps who retreated first also lost more than half. In addition, there were only a few who could retreat to Jiangbei. The Japanese who entered the city were in the back. In the face of chasing, there were Japanese planes in the sky and neon gunboats blocked the river. On the whole day, all troops suffered more than 30,000 casualties, even exceeding the number of casualties in the entire Nanjing Defense War. In order to cover the troops' retreat to Jiangbei, Xiao Shanling, the deputy commander of the military police, led the military police to fight to the death without retreating. He bravely died in the country when he boarded the ship across the river, becoming the highest-ranking general who died in the Nanjing Defense War.

Everyone faced the direction of Nanjing and spilled the wine in their glass on the ground.

After pouring the wine again, Qiu Qingquan was the first to stand up and said to Chen Xiuwen and Sun Yuanliang: "Captain Sun, Commander Chen, on behalf of all the brothers in our teaching team, I would like to wish you two of you. If it weren't for you, we might all be killed at Xiaguan Wharf."

"Yu'an, you don't need to thank me. If you want to thank you, thank Guangfu. There is also Commander of the Shangguan Army. Without Rong's First Division in front and cover from behind, our 72nd Army may not be able to retreat. Without Commander of the Shangguan Army here to support us, we have no place to settle down today." Sun Yuanliang said with a smile.

"Yes, let's restoration together." Zhu Chi, Yi Anhua and others stood up one after another.

"Teacher Chen, although you and I met for the first time today, I have also heard of the famous name for a long time. I am indeed a heroic boy when I meet today." Shangguan Yunxiang also stood up with a smile.

Chen Xiuwen is not unfamiliar with the name Shangguan Yunxiang. He did not hear this name in this era, but Chen Xiuwen saw this name in Chinese textbooks as early as in junior high school in later generations. Perhaps the most famous thing he did in his life was the specific executor of the Southern Anhui Incident.

Faced with the gratitude and praise from many generals, Chen Xiuwen was as humble as ever. In addition to Sun Yuanliang, Zhu Chi and others who were familiar with him, Shangguan Yunxiang, Qiu Qingquan and others also had a good impression of Chen Xiuwen.

However, after all, I just experienced the failure of Nanjing. While celebrating the tragic battle of defense in Nanjing and the soldiers who died in Xiaguan Wharf were sighing endlessly at the tragic situation.

Qiu Qingquan, who had always been straightforward, cursed Tang Shengzhi's incompetence in front of everyone, killing so many brothers. He was depressed and relieved his sorrows. When he was drunk, he also accused his superiors Wang Jingjiu and Shen Fazao of running away at the critical moment, regardless of the life and death of their brothers.

Chen Xiuwen was also full of emotion. Although he avoided the killing of 300,000 soldiers and civilians by his appearance, Xiao Shanling's death and the unnecessary sacrifice of more than 30,000 soldiers at Xiaguan Wharf still made him unable to let go. However, at this time he did not realize that Zhu Chi, Gao Zhisong and Yi Anhua, who were sitting here complaining, did not die on the Nanjing battlefield. The 88th Division was not completely wiped out, and the teaching corps also retained most of the main force. The indicated long-legged general Sun Yuanliang also changed his future destiny. All of this had a profound impact on the future anti-Japanese resistance.

After Lin Jingyun checked the last wounded, she returned to her office with a tired look on her face. Since the war in Shanghai started, she and all the doctors and nurses in the hospital have been busy day and night every day. Even in the month of rest in Nanjing, she has not been idle. The war is far beyond her previous imagination. She has to witness the passing of fresh lives almost every day, and witness the soldiers who have just recovered and immediately picked up the gun and rushed to the battlefield without hesitation. During this period, she has no time to take care of her original beliefs and ideology. Everyone is Chinese, and everyone is fighting to defend their country.

However, when it was late at night, a figure always appeared in front of her eyes. This man led his troops to lead the battlefield and made great achievements repeatedly. This person made her admire him and even more concerned. This time he personally led the army's rear guard. In the two days when he lost contact, she did not even close his eyes. He finally came back, and he was injured on his body, which made her happy and worried. But when he thought of him already having a wife, and when he thought of the tasks he was on his shoulder, her heart thrust. Sometimes he would even deliberately avoid him, but the more he avoided, the more he appeared in her heart, the clearer it became.

"Vice President Lin." A pleasant voice interrupted Lin Jingyun's thoughts, and a young and beautiful woman in a military uniform walked in.

"Oh, it's Xiaofei, you haven't gone back yet." Lin Jingyun raised her head and said with a forced smile.

"I'm waiting for you, waiting for you to return to the dormitory together." Xiaofei said with a smile, but when she saw Lin Jingyun's face was a little abnormal, she quickly asked nervously: "Vice Dean Lin, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"It's okay, maybe I'm tired. Xiaofei, then let's go back together." Lin Jingyun smiled and shook her head. While taking off her white coat, she showed the major military uniform inside, she smiled at Xiaofei: "Xiaofei, look at the fact that there are not many women in our hospital. Don't always be Vice President Lin and Vice President Lin's short ones. You can call me Sister Jingyun in the future."

"Okay, then I will call you Sister Jingyun. Sister Jingyun, go." Xiaofei jumped and held Lin Jingyun's hand, and leaned her head on Lin Jingyun's shoulder like a coquettish. Lin Jingyun also showed a happy smile. Xiaofei came to the division hospital for a few days, but she also liked this innocent, strong and brave little sister very much.

Xiaofei's name is Wang Xiaofei, and she was a refugee whose troops were gathered on the way to retreat. Many of the refugees were young students, and many chose to join the army. Wang Xiaofei was originally a student of the National Shanghai Medical College. The Battle of Songhu broke out and the school was suspended and returned to her home in Nanjing. But then she encountered the Neon Army attacking Nanjing. On the way to evacuation, her parents were killed by Japanese air strikes. Xiaofei was collected by Rongyi Division on the road with the fugitives. After arriving in Gaochun, she chose to join the army like many young people. Because she was a medical student, she was assigned to the division hospital.

When Wang Xiaofei first came, she was depressed due to the tragic death of her parents. Lin Jingyun was moved by her miserable experience and asked her to do an internship with her. Soon the little girl came out of her sadness and returned to her innocence and flawlessness, but Lin Jingyun could also see her strength and courage in her eyes.

There were not many female soldiers in Rongyi Division, except for the accidents of the Division Hospital, there were the radio operators in the confidential department. However, everyone was sent by the Secret Service, so although they were all female soldiers, the hospital and the confidential department were clearly distinguished and did not interact with each other.
Chapter completed!