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In the spring of 1936, in order to implement the defense facilities plan of the Beijing-Shanghai Division, Zhang Zhizhong secretly set up a staff organization in the ** Military Academy, called the Senior Instructor's Office (later named: ** Military Academy Camping Office), and made specific staff plans. In the autumn of 1936, this organization advanced to Suzhou, and secretly established the "Beijing-Shanghai Garrison Command", with Zhang Zhizhong as commander and chief of staff Xu Zhongquan. After the "Xi'an Incident", Chiang Kai-shek ordered Zhang Zhizhong to resign from his post as the chief of education of the military academy and to be appointed full-time commander of the Beijing-Shanghai garrison.
The specific preparation measures are mainly as follows:
1 Build a line of fortifications:
The "Sino-Japanese Armistice Agreement" after the "128" has designated the line from Anting via Taicang to Qiyakou on the northwest bank of the Yangtze River in Taicang as an armistice lineThe Chinese side also secretly promised that no more army units would be stationed east of the armistice line, that there would be no defensive facilities in the Songhu area, and that the Wusong Fort would not be rebuilt after it was destroyed.
The squadron can only set up defensive positions in important advantageous areas in the interior. According to the plan of the National Staff Headquarters, the Beijing-Shanghai Sub-district set up two defensive positions on the first line of Wuxi and Jiangyin (the Mingxicheng line) and the first line of Suzhou, Changshu and Fushan (the Mingwu-Fu line), and connected with the first-line defensive positions of Zhapu and Jiaxing of the Shanghai-Hangzhou sub-district. The Military Commission allocated more than 1 million yuan for materials, which were constructed by the 87th, 88th, and 36th Divisions of the garrison. By the spring of 1937, it was basically completed.
2 Preparation for Transportation:
In cooperation with the Beijing-Shanghai Railway, station equipment has been set up at relevant stations to facilitate the loading and unloading of tanks and other military materials and equipmentThe Sujia Railway from Suzhou to Jiaxing via Wujiang was built.
3. Formulate a "sweeping plan" to "preemptively attack the enemy".
According to Chiang Kai-shek's instructions to Zhang Zhizhong in the spring of 1936: In the event of a war, our army should first sweep these strongholds (note: referring to the Japanese marines in Hongkou, the Japanese Gongda Yarn Factory at the eastern end of Yangshupu, and the Japanese Toyota Yarn Factory near Xiaoshadu) and the Marines in Hongkou and Yangshupu, so that they could not plan for the Japanese landing.
Zhang Zhizhong formulated a "sweeping" strategy for the army and air force to cooperate with the strong attack. The Air Force sent personnel to conclude a "Army-Air Coordination Plan" with the ArmyThe Army conducted training to attack fortified positions, and the Air Force prepared a number of 500-pound bombs.