Chapter 45
Shanghai, China's dispatched army headquarters.
Commander Matsui did not go to the front line because he was sick, but he had been paying attention to the front line.
He also knew that Prince Chao Xiang had been captured. Not only did he know that Prince Chao Xiang had been captured, but he had also gotten the Special Higher Police to find Zhang Wenbin's information.
"Zhang Wenbin, male, from Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province. Born on November 9th, 1915, the only son of Zhang Xingzhong, a veteran of the China National Congress. This person had always been mischievous and was a famous playboy in the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.
He had the title of the most profligate son of the Congress Party. He had done many wrong things and was hated by the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Because his father was a veteran of the Congress Party, he was the first to follow his former prime minister, so he was spared from suffering every time.
This child suddenly requested to join the army in early October this year. After that, his father had no choice but to arrange for this child to serve as a major in the Jinling Garrison Command. At the end of November, Tang Mengxiao, the commander of Jinling's garrison, wanted to destroy the ships around Jinling.
After that, he brazenly barged into the military meeting and had a good talk with Chairman Zhina at the meeting. He predicted our military's strategic goals and was praised by Chairman Zhina. Later, he was promoted to the colonel of the 88th Division of the 9th Army of China..."
There was a Special Higher Police officer next to Commander Matsui. He was holding a document in his hand and was very familiar with some of Zhang Wenbin's deeds.
After explaining Zhang Wenbin's deeds, the Special Higher Police officer took out another document and was about to read it when Commander Matsui stopped him.
"I know Zhang Xingzhong. At the beginning of this century, I met him when I came down from the battlefield to continue my studies at the Army University. I had a good chat with him at that time. Later, I was sent to Guangdong to serve as a military officer in the embassy, and I met him in Guangdong.
We were all very young at that time! He was also young and hot-blooded. At that time, he was full of passion and wanted to sacrifice himself for the development of China. However, he did not expect that after more than 30 years, the son he had nurtured would actually become a talent.
When he was young, he could be said to be a hedonistic son, but after joining the army, he showed extremely high military talent.
In Jinling, he played with the Empire's 100,000-strong army and even captured Prince Chaoxiang. As expected of Zhang Xingzhong's son. There was a saying in China that a tiger father would not have a dog son! It seems like that's the case!"
Commander Matsui said with a smile on his face.
The Special Higher Police officer looked at Commander Matsui in confusion. He did not understand what was going on and why he was laughing.
Matsui looked at him and chuckled.”
"I wouldn't dare!"
"Haha! Actually, this was nothing. I thought that I could solve the problem of China in three months. However, the Battle of Songhu lasted more than three months. It had been more than five months since the war began.
Although the Empire had occupied a lot of land, the main resistance force of China had not been eliminated. Their will to resist still existed. Recently, the movements of the base camp had also changed. In the past, they were more inclined to solve the problem of China by force.
It was just that China was too big. Currently, the Empire had already invested more than 500,000 troops in North China and Central China. Most of the Empire's regular divisions had already been invested in the war. But what was the effect of these 500,000 soldiers?
Other than the troops fighting at the front lines, we don't even have the troops to station ourselves. The base camp was already planning to do what they did in Manchuria. They would let the Chinese people form a government and recruit some Chinese soldiers to manage the place.
"We should pull a Chinese person like Zhang Wenbin, who is extremely talented in military affairs, into our camp. We might even be able to influence Zhang Xingzhong through Zhang Wenbin. If the Empire can influence more elders of the China National Congress and disintegrate them from a political perspective, it will still be beneficial to the Empire.”
You should never look at a high-ranking military officer with a pure gaze. There was no need to say that a soldier's consideration was how to win a war!
That was a problem for the regiment commanders and division commanders below to consider. When his position rose to Matsui's level, he no longer considered war alone. He had to consider it from a political point of view.
This kind of status was the so-called handsome!
Generals only considered battle, but commanders considered many things. These were two different concepts.
"Men! Send a message to Liu Chuanjun and the other divisions at the front line. Find a way to persuade Zhang Wenbin to surrender. Even if he doesn't surrender, don't kill him. You must capture him alive!”
To Matsui, capturing Zhang Wenbin alive was more valuable than a dead Zhang Wenbin.
This was what he had to consider. Even if Zhang Wenbin did not surrender, as long as he captured Zhang Wenbin alive, he could use Zhang Wenbin to influence Zhang Xingzhong!
Because Zhang Wenbin was the only son of the Old Zhang family!
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The night slowly enveloped Chuzhou. Zhang Wenbin had a cigarette in his mouth as he looked at it slowly. Wang Yiqiu and Zhou Chengyi, the two battalion commanders, stood beside Zhang Wenbin.
"Tsk tsk! Guild Leader, the time you gave them was really tight! There were only eight hours left. In eight hours, they would have to build 140 battalions.”
Wang Yiqiu looked at the scattered soldiers below and could not help but click his tongue in wonder.
Zhang Wenbin rolled his eyes at him. Now that the Japanese were pressing them so hard, where would they find the time to spare? It was already good enough to give them eight hours.”
Zhou Chengyi sighed and said,""Fortunately, they are all veterans. Their basic coordination won't go wrong. However, they also needed a victory. Right now, the group leader had just boosted their morale. If they suffered a defeat, they would probably return to their previous state.”
"So we have to fight well next. We can't let any more problems happen. Moreover, we should drag out the upcoming battle as long as we can. It's best if we drag it out until night. During the day, the Japanese's aircraft support is too harmful to us.”
Zhang Wenbin sighed and said,"It's just that we still lack cannons. At night, the power of the artillery could not be fully unleashed, but the Japanese were not weak and their accuracy was not bad. We should avoid the Japanese's artillery as much as possible in the upcoming battle. If there is a chance, it would be best if we can get rid of their artillery.”
After saying that, he looked at the time and then looked at the troops below. They were almost done. Zhang Wenbin smiled and led his men up.
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