The Third War Zone Command.

The current deputy commander-in-chief of the Third War Zone, General Gu Zhutong, was discussing the frontline battle situation with a group of combat staff from the headquarters around a simulated sand table.

At this moment, a colonel's communications officer walked out of the communications room next door. The communications officer walked towards Gu Zhutong with a telegram. When he arrived, he immediately stood attentively and saluted and reported: "Chief, the Central Rui Group called!"

"What? Zhongrui Group? Nian!" Gu Zhutong waved his hand in surprise.

"Yes!" The communications officer stood attentively and said, "The Zhongrui Group called and asked the chief to transfer them to the front line."

"Huh? Now the front line is so fierce, and the average loss of troops is more than one division every day. What's the use of him going up to the regiment? Zhang Xinghan just replenished some troops and wanted to go to the front line to die. However, he didn't know that if he was really dead in battle, wouldn't he let down the old man's intentional cultivation! He called back to him, and the Zhongrui regiment was stationed in place, and he was not allowed to act without orders. Those who violated the orders would deal with military laws!" Gu Zhutong waved his hand and said indifferently.

He did not think that Zhang Xinghan's regiment could save the entire Songhu battlefield by going up and taking over the tide. Of course, the situation on the Songhu battlefield gradually deteriorated at this time, and reinforcements were urgently needed. If it were other troops, there would be no need to wait for him to volunteer. Gu Zhutong had already ordered him to go to the front line.

The key is that this Zhongrui regiment is not another ordinary unit. He was established by Chairman Jiang. Zhang Xinghan is also a celebrity in Chairman Jiang's eyes. The old man intends to cultivate him. As Gu Zhutong, who has been following Mr. Jiang for many years, could not see it?

"Yes!" The communications consultant immediately took the order and left.

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Jiading, Zhongrui Tuantuan Division.

Everyone was waiting for the call from the Chief Office. As long as the Chief Office agreed to their request, the Zhongrui Group could start immediately and the entire group went to the battlefield of Songhu.

In addition to the uniform breathing of the crowd, the entire regiment headquarters can be heard. Occasionally, a few ticking sounds of the radio station mixed with them will attract everyone's attention.

Suddenly, the radio station rang continuously, and everyone's eyes turned to the direction of the radio station of the communications company.

Zhang Xinghan even stood up suddenly and strode to the radio station. He saw Du Qianxue with headphones on her head, receiving the telegram with a serious expression. He did not disturb her and stood quietly and waited quietly.

After a while, Du Qianxue slowly took off the headphones from her head and stood up with a solemn face.

Zhang Xinghan immediately asked, "What do you say to the Chief Office?"

"The regiment chief's office, the chief's office called back and ordered our headquarters to garrison on the spot. No orders are allowed to act without authorization. Those who violate the order will be dealt with by military law!" Du Qianxue replied with a heavy face.

As soon as Du Qianxue finished speaking, the person over there was a burst of trouble. Wu Wenhu stood up first, slapped the table and said, "What's his mother's order? The front line is full of enthusiasm, and it's just nonsense that we are stationed in the spot!"

"Well said!" A thunderous sound rang out in vain. Everyone hurriedly looked back and saw Yan Tao, Sun Siwei and Zhou Wei entering in one after another.

There were thick gauze wrapped around some parts of the three of them, and Yan Tao was talking.

"Old Sun, Lao Zhou, why are you back!" Wu Wenhu and Zhao Desheng stepped forward in joy, and gave a bear hug with the three of them one by one.

"I have been lying in the hospital for almost a month, and I can't hold it in anymore. I heard that my brothers have been promoted, so the three of us secretly ran out." Sun Siwei said with a smile on his arms, hanging gauze.

Zhang Xinghan also walked over. When he saw Zhang Xinghan, the three of them quickly stood attentively and saluted: "Room!"

"Is the injury so brisk?" Zhang Xinghan asked in a cold tone.

"It's so quick!" The three of them straightened their bodies at the same time.

"Well, I'm in good spirits, welcome you to return to the team!" Zhang Xinghan looked up and down the three of them, and finally smiled.

"Yes!" The three of them agreed happily and agreed with great confidence.

"That's great. Our brothers can fight side by side again. Now our Zhongrui regiment is strong and can fight with the Japanese again." Zhao Desheng praised.

"It's a pity that the superiors have already made clear orders. Our troops are stationed on the spot and cannot be transferred without orders." Luo Tianyou walked up and said with a sad expression.

When everyone heard this, the joy on their faces gradually faded away. Zhou Wei took a step forward and asked, "Royal Head, what should we do? As long as you give orders, I believe that all the officers and soldiers of the regiment will firmly obey the orders!"

"Yes! You can give orders, no matter how you advance, the brothers will obey them!" Yan Tao also nodded and said.

"Group, give the order." Sun Siwei and others also agreed.

Zhang Xinghan did not make a decision quickly, but turned around and walked to the map, frowned and stared at the map for a long time. Everyone knew that Zhang Xinghan was thinking, but no one spoke out to disturb him.

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Xinghan turned around and said in a serious tone: "Brothers, those who serve as soldiers should obey orders as their duty. If you pass on the orders, the whole regiment will cancel the gathering and garrison on the spot."

"Group seat!"

"Don't say too much, obey the order!" Without waiting for everyone to persuade, Zhang Xinghan waved his hands and signaled.

"Yes!" Seeing that Zhang Xinghan had made up his mind, everyone stopped saying anything, and immediately stood attentively saluting, and then turned around and left.

Watching everyone leave, Zhang Xinghan sighed heavily. In fact, he did not want to lead his troops to participate in the war. If possible, he would also want to change the fate of Commander Xie Jinyuan and the Four Hundred Heroes who would lead his troops to stick to the Sihang Warehouse in the near future, and would not let the tragedy in history happen again.

However, as a time traveler, he knew that as the battle progressed, the 10th Army of the Japanese Army landed in the Jinshanwei Beach in Hangzhou Bay, and the National Army would be defeated. At least for now, the wheel of history still rotated forward along its original trajectory, and there was no major change due to his appearance.

As we all know, at least one-third of the more than 300,000 people killed and injured in the Battle of Shanghai were lost in the subsequent retreat, and the important factor that led to the retreat of the Kuomintang became a defeat. In addition to Chairman Jiang's hesitation, there is another crucial reason.

That is the loss of Taicang. Originally, with the addition of the 10th Japanese Army, the Shanghai-Hangzhou highway and railway were cut off. The national army troops in the Songhu area could also retreat along the Shanghai-Nanjing railway and highway to Changshu, Wuxi and Nanjing. Where can the National Government operate permanent fortifications that have been known as the Eastern Maginot Line for many years.

As long as hundreds of thousands of national troops on the battlefield of Songhu successfully retreated to the Wufu Line, Xicheng Line, Zhajia Line and Haijia Line, they can also rely on the existing solid and permanent fortifications in the above-mentioned areas to fight and consume the Japanese army, and the Nanjing Defense War can also be deployed calmly, and the National Government can also have sufficient time to evacuate materials and people from Nanjing and other places.

As long as the national army relies on these permanent fortifications to fight a war of attrition with the Japanese invaders, the Japanese army, which also suffered heavy losses in the battlefield of Shanghai, may not be able to continue to attack in the direction of Nanjing. In this way, the Nanjing Massacre in history may not happen again.

All of this was lost due to Taicang's loss. Taicang's geographical location is extremely heavy, bordering the Yangtze River in the east, Shanghai in the south, Kunshan in the west, and Changshu in the north. The Shanghai-Nanjing Railway and highways can be cut off to the west. After the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway and highways were cut off by the 10th Japanese Army.

The Shanghai-Nanjing Railway and Highway became the only route for hundreds of thousands of national troops to retreat on the Songhu battlefield. At this time, the 16th Division, which was hurriedly dispatched from North China, successfully landed at Taicang Baishukou under the leadership of the division commander Nakajima Atsugo, and then captured Taicang. The Japanese army from the West Road formed a siege against the entire Songhu area, seriously threatening the retreat path of the national troops on the Songhu battlefield.

Taicang's loss caused chaos in the highest decision-making level in China at that time. In the end, the troops rushed to flock and retreated, and were completely out of order. They were blocked and intercepted by the Japanese army and continued to dispatch planes to bomb and strafuse. During the retreat, there were as many as 100,000 casualties.

The heavy losses of the National Army were unable to defend the defense lines in the Wufu Line, Xicheng Line, Zhajia Line and Haijia Line, which led to the entrance of the capital Nanjing gateway, which also laid the foreshadowing for Nanjing's fall.

Although Zhang Xinghan really wanted to save and change the fate of Xie Jinyuan and the four hundred heroes, in order not to make the national army repeat the same mistakes, retreat turned into a retreat, and he lost 100,000 troops in vain, which indirectly led to the loss of Nanjing and the outbreak of the Nanjing Massacre.

Compared with the more than 700,000 elders in Nanjing City and the 100,000 soldiers of the National Army who lost their losses on the way to retreat, Xie Jinyuan and the 400 heroes seemed insignificant.

So Zhang Xinghan chose to stay. Of course, he naturally could not tell Zhou Wei and the others about this. Even if he said it now, they would not believe it. As for Chairman Jiang, I am afraid that he would not believe what Zhang Xinghan said at this time.

On the one hand, he also puts his hopes on the alliance with the international community, and the 10th Japanese Army did not appear yet.

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PS: Note: Jiaxing in the previous few chapters is actually Jiading. I have a cold these two days and I am not in good condition. I made the place name wrong. I have changed it, please forgive me.
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