Liu Ze did not expect Old Jiang to give such an order.
However, he could still clear a part of the area with vertical walls.
When he heard that Liu Ze had already bought food from Nanyang, Old Jiang was less worried.
What happened next was that Liu Ze told Ol 'Jiang the exact time the Japanese would land. He did not need to worry about the rest of the evacuation.
After hanging up the phone, Liu Ze felt much more at ease.
In history, it was because of Old Jiang's constant changes that the Chinese army, which was originally about to retreat, continued to hold their ground.
As a result, not only did their morale plummet, but when the Japanese 10th Army landed on the Golden Mountain Guards, Old Jiang hurriedly ordered the troops to retreat.
But how could it be easy for an army of hundreds of thousands to retreat?
The hasty retreat caused a large amount of heavy equipment to be abandoned. They were also chased by the Japanese along the way, causing a large number of soldiers to become captives.
In the end, less than half of the troops successfully retreated.
Liu Ze wanted to stop Old Jiang because he wanted to preserve some of China's strength.
In Liu Ze's opinion, Old Jiang was only suitable to be a politician, not a military commander.
Therefore, some people later said that with Old Jiang's military talent, he could only command battalion-level troops at most.
Now, the situation had changed. The first order to retreat had not been rescinded. The troops at the front line were now preparing for the retreat.
In addition to Liu Ze's destruction of the Japanese's rear, the Japanese on the front line of the battlefield did not have enough troops to stop the retreating Chinese army.
Under Zhang Zhizhong's command, the first batch of wounded soldiers started to retreat from the front line and the rear of the battlefield toward Jinling.
Zhang Zhizhong also began to carry out Old Jiang's orders to clear the wilderness.
The first places to clear the wilderness were all the towns and villages near the Golden Mountain Guard.
As for the residents in the city, other than the few counties near the Golden Mountain Guard, because the team needed to stop the Japanese from landing at the Golden Mountain Guard, the people were transferred away. The other cities were not affected.
After sending Qiu Qingquan, Yao Ziqing, and the injured soldiers to the train heading to Jinling, Liu Ze headed straight to the temporary station of the 19th Army.
This time, Liu Ze officially accepted the order. He would fully cooperate with the 19th Army to stop the Japanese from landing on the Golden Mountain Guards.
When Liu Ze walked into the temporary camp of the 19th Army, the commander of the 19th Army, Xue Yue, was already waiting for him.
"Brother Liu, you still have such a face. I really miss you.”
Xue Yue said to Liu Ze. He hugged Liu Ze excitedly and looked at Liu Ze's thick camouflage clothes. He laughed and said kindly,"We brothers haven't seen each other for ten years since the Northern Expedition, but I've heard news of your success everywhere.”
"How have you been, brother?" Liu Ze smiled. He had completely accepted the identity that he had obtained in exchange for his high-level identity card.
Moreover, Xue Yue was also a war hero worthy of admiration. He would not reject such a friendship.
Xue Yue kindly invited Liu Ze into his own command post. After introducing the commanders, division commanders, and brigade commanders of the 19th group army to Liu Ze, he went straight to the point and asked,"
"I've already ordered Ye Zhao's 66th Division and the Corps 'Engineering Regiment to quickly go to the Golden Mountain Guards to build a beachhead defense line.
According to your message, we have received enough reinforced concrete to build concrete artillery positions and light and heavy machine gun positions along the landing point of the Golden Mountain Guards…"
In the temporary command center of the 19th Army, a sand table map of the Golden Mountain Guards had been set up. On the map, Xue Yue explained the entire defense plan to Liu Ze in detail.
The Japanese planned to land in the early hours of the morning ten days later, which gave Liu Ze and the 19th Army enough time to prepare.
The 66th Division and the Engineer Regiment had arrived at the Golden Mountain Guards yesterday. They had blocked off all traffic around the Golden Mountain Guards and began to build fortifications.
Liu Ze also sent tens of thousands of tons of cement to the Golden Mountain Guards.
According to Liu Ze's request, the Golden Mountain Guards 'defensive positions had to be built with sufficient reinforced concrete artillery positions. All the firing points had to be protected with reinforced concrete.
At the same time, they would set up a large number of anti-landing mines at the places where the Japanese were most likely to land and set up landing obstacles on the beach.
In fact, if the Japanese were to land at the Golden Mountain Guards, they could choose a good place to land. The most likely place to land was the vast beach of Caojing Town.
Whether it was the water ripples or the difficulty of landing on the beach, this was the lowest.
Moreover, this place did not have any high ground, but it also had a wide landing space. It was definitely one of the most ideal landing spots.
The reason for mobilizing the 19th Army to stop the Japanese from landing was very simple. The Golden Mountain Guards were not just a small beach, but a large area of Hangzhou Bay.
Liu Ze had already told Old Jiang that the Japanese would choose to land in three places: Caojing Town, Quangong Pavilion, and Jinniangqiao Town.
Of these three places, Liu Ze naturally couldn't split his attention. At most, he could only defend Caojing Town, which was the main landing point of the devils.
In order to make the 19th Army better defended, Liu Ze also took out a large amount of supplies, including cement and steel bars, light and heavy machine guns, and artillery.
At the same time, the 19th Army, in addition to the anti-landing operations at these three beachheads, also set up defense lines in Song Jiang and the Shanghai-Hangzhou railway behind the Jinshan Guards.
The Golden Mountain Guard's coastline, which was dozens of kilometers long, would also be covered with a large number of mines and anti-landing mines in the next ten days.
The Japanese would not be able to land outside of the three main landing points.
The core purpose of the entire defense plan was to organize the devils to occupy Song Jiang and the Shanghai-Hangzhou railway to prevent the devils from cutting off the retreat route of the army.
In this place, the 19th Army would need to hold on for at least 20 days.
This was also the second main mission given to Liu Ze by the system.
The first main mission was to help defend Baoshan County for half a month. After Liu Ze completed it, he received a random advanced skill.
The second main mission was to help defend the Song Jiang area for 20 days so that the Chinese army on the Songhu battlefield could complete the evacuation work in a safe and orderly manner.
After blocking the 200,000 Japanese troops from landing on the Golden Mountain Guards, the Japanese on the Songhu battlefield would not be able to organize the evacuation of the Chinese army.
Moreover, even if the Japanese wanted to continue organizing troops to come to Songhu, they would need at least two months.
After all, the Japanese were also fighting on multiple fronts in North China, Songhu, and East China. Their forces were already very tight.
Previously, Liu Ze had killed at least 100,000 people. It was impossible to regroup a new army in a short period of time.
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