Super Anti-war System

These two divisions were the first batch of troops preparing to attack Shanghai, and their predecessors were the government's security forces.

Nowadays, these two divisions have been personally trained by German consultants, and are also equipped with full-standard German equipment.

There is no doubt that they are the elite troops in the Huaxia army.

It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the elite of the elite.

In addition to these two elite divisions, the well-equipped Supplementary Brigade of the Second Division also arrived in Suzhou from Henan Province.

These troops are unified under the command of General Zhang Zhizhong, the Beijing-Shanghai garrison commander.

However, limited by the "Songhu Armistice Agreement" in 1932, the regular Chinese army is not eligible to be stationed in the urban area of ​​Shanghai.

Although two security regiments with extremely poor combat effectiveness and some police officers to maintain law and order stayed in Shanghai, their strength was very weak.

To put it bluntly, Shanghai is an undefended city.

On the other hand, the island countries stationed heavy troops in Hongkou and Yangshupu areas of Shanghai after the first battle of Songhu.

In addition, the island nation also established the Shanghai Marine Corps Command in Shanghai.

It has more than 3000 marines under its jurisdiction, and a large number of ships are also haunted along the Yangtze River and Huangpu River all year round.

Considering that the troops stationed in Shanghai are too weak to take on the heavy responsibility of fighting the devils, General Zhang Zhizhong decided to make a big move.

Zhang Zhizhong suggested to Chiang Kai-shek that regular troops should be disguised as security guards and stationed at Hongqiao Airport as soon as possible.

In this way, when the battle starts, the devils will not be able to seize these strategically important places.

In fact, Jiang Jieshi has long been disgusted with devils.

It has to be mentioned that in order to retaliate against the island country's aggression against China, Jiang Jieshi has been trying his best.

For this reason, many people who don't know the truth think that he did not launch troops against the island country, and even accused him in various ways.

In the famous "Jiang Jieshi's Diary", it is fully explained that in the past few years, Jiang Jieshi has endured mountain-like pressure.

After receiving Zhang Zhizhong's request for instructions, without hesitation, Jiang Jieshi signed the military order with a swipe of his pen!

Under the orders of the Military Commission and Zhang Zhizhong, the Second Regiment of the Supplementary Brigade of the Second Division entered the role.

They changed into the uniforms of the security forces stationed in Shanghai, and secretly stationed at strategic points such as Hongqiao Airport.

Coincidentally, when the second regiment had just arrived at the designated location, it encountered a strange thing.

Chapter 738

On August 1937, 8, an incident occurred, known as the Hongqiao Airport Incident in history.

Although this incident was not big, it became the fuse of the Songhu Battle.

That's what happened:

At around 5 o'clock in the afternoon, a military car drove out from the Marine Corps compound of the island nation stationed in Shanghai Toyota Spinning Mill.

In the car, there are two devils, one is a lieutenant and the other is a first-class sailor.

The purpose of these two devils wearing military uniforms and driving military vehicles is very simple, that is to go out and pretend to be aggressive.

Of course, their purpose is to provoke troubles, which is to bully the Chinese people.

This military car drove east to west along the Hongqiao route, rampaging all the way.

Out of excitement, the two devils even drove to Hongqiao Airport, and said arrogantly that they would go in to inspect the work.

Naturally, the two devils were stopped by the Chinese military police guarding the airport.

In fact, these Huaxia gendarmes are no longer the original second-line troops, but the elite main force sent by Huaxia for the Songhu War of Resistance.

After changing their outfits, these elite troops managed to hide from the surveillance of the devils, and successfully assembled at Hongqiao Airport.

They have all received military orders as the vanguard of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War. There is no doubt that the Chinese military police have been on high alert.

They were already ready to go, and the Huaxia military police were furious when they found that these two elite devils were still pretending to be as aggressive as before.

However, because the battle order from their superiors had not yet been issued, the gendarmes tried their best to exercise restraint.

On the other hand, these two devils not only ignored dissuasion, but were also very arrogant on the contrary.

Naturally, the dispute escalated in an instant and quickly reached a fever pitch.

In the end, the two devils even pulled out their pistols to threaten the Huaxia military police.

Seeing this, the Huaxia military police were furious and fired warning shots at the sky.

Realizing that the other party was really going to kill him, not pretending to be coercive, the two devils were overwhelmed, and drove away like lightning.

The gunshots were loud, and the other military police hidden nearby didn't know what was going on. When they heard the gunshots, they thought the battle had started.

As a result, the two devils entered a sad reminder mode.

In fact, like most conscientious Chinese people, these gendarmes hated devils to the core.

Finding that the opportunity to fight the devils had come, in an instant, countless guns began to shoot at the two devils.

The tire was blown, there was no other way, the two devils had no choice but to abandon the car and run away.

At this time, a Huaxia gang leader, that is, a cook, stepped forward.

The distance was even closer, and after quickly recognizing that they were two devils, the leader of the gang threw a grenade over.

The effect was very good, Lieutenant Devil was killed on the spot.

The first-class sailor was only slightly injured, and fled in a panic.

Unexpectedly, he happened to break into the camp of the first battalion of the second division's supplementary brigade, the second regiment.

At that time, in order to meet the battle of Songhu, they were secretly building fortifications.

After hearing the gunshots, they found a devil holding a pistol and running away. Without hesitation, the sentinel easily killed him.

Naturally, the incident sparked a diplomatic dispute.

On the afternoon of August 8, the Shanghai Municipal Government, the Shanghai Garrison Command, the Consulate General of the island nation in Shanghai, and the headquarters of the Marine Corps of the island nation started negotiations at the municipal government.

As ever, the island nation's attitude is tough.

They said that in addition to having to pay large sums of money, Huaxia would also have to withdraw the Shanghai security forces and dismantle all fortifications.