On the terrace of the Japanese consulate in the Shanghai Public Concession, two men looked forward in the direction of the Shanghai New District. In fact, from their position, they could only see some dark red colors in the ink-stained sky, and they could vaguely hear a few gunshots, but they could not see the situation in the Shanghai New District at all.

At this time, someone walked up to the terrace and said, "Report to the team leader, the personnel on the periphery have launched an attack on the intersection of the Shanghai New District." ”

A man said: "Very good, tell Kawashima that success or failure lies in this move, and at all costs, we must attack the Shanghai New Area." ”

After the visitor left, another man said, "Nakamura-kun, how sure do you think we can attack the Shanghai New Area?" ”

Nakamura smiled bitterly and said, "Sansei." ”

Another exclaimed, "Only 30%?"

Nakamura nodded and said, "Miyamoto-kun, our opponent is an overseas Chinese, and it is quite good to be able to have a thirty percent certainty." ”

In fact, according to the plan previously drawn up by the two men, the attack on the Shanghai New Area and the attack on the periphery were only feints, and the main purpose was to attract the attention of the Shanghai New Area and create opportunities for the personnel inside the Shanghai New Area; due to the hasty attack in advance, the personnel inside the Shanghai New Area were not fully prepared, so they were also transposed and could only play the role of containment, while the main force became the personnel on the periphery. Therefore, if the personnel from the periphery cannot storm the Shanghai New Area, then the operation will be considered a failure. After all, relying only on the personnel inside the Shanghai New Area will cause limited damage.

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"Attack, attack, the first person to attack the Shanghai New Area will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver, and the top 100 will be rewarded with 100 taels. Kawashima waved his arms and shouted loudly, he had been running in China for many years, collecting intelligence, so he had already practiced a standard Chinese official dialect, and no one could tell the difference.

The commander of this attack on the Shanghai New Area from the periphery was Kawashima Naniwa, and of course his external identity was a close confidant of Prince Su Shanqi. In fact, this identity is not fake, he has a good personal relationship with Prince Su, and the plan to attack the Shanghai New Area this time is that Kawashima Naniwa planned and organized for Prince Su, of course, he also received the full support of Prince Su, and even appointed him to Shanghai with full command.

Of course, Prince Su didn't know that he was being used by Kawashima Nani, and he was quite concerned about this operation, and with his full support and operation, there were more than 300 people, some of whom were the family members of Prince Su, and the family slaves of other Manchu magnates, or the soldiers of the Eight Banners. Prince Su has been good at martial arts since he was a child, so his family members are also good at dancing guns and sticks, and this time Prince Su sent more than 50 family members. And now that the Qing court is training the new army, the Manchu magnates are naturally not willing to be lonely, and they have also organized two new armies, with the power of Prince Su, it is not difficult to get dozens of people to come over.

The other part is the Jiangyang thieves and snitches that Prince Su bought with money, and there are also many ruffians and hooligans and scoundrels. At the same time, Prince Su also got more than 60 Hanyang-made rifles.

Of course, Kawashima Naniwa didn't know that in the original plan, he was actually just a supporting role in the feint, so he was also quite attentive to this operation, and managed to get more than 70 guns from Japan, all of whom were veterans and had considerable experience in military operations, and they were also Kawashima Naniwa's biggest hole cards.

Now Kawashima Naniwa has a total of nearly 400 subordinates and more than 130 guns of various kinds, and his strength is not unstrong, so after receiving the order, Kawashima Naniwa is also quite confident, not to mention that there are also hidden personnel in the Shanghai New Area to attract the attention of overseas Chinese for him.

However, after the offensive began, the result was much more than Kawashima Nani's expectations, the defense of the Shanghai New Area was quite tight, and the firepower was fierce, and the first attack on the Shanghai New Area lasted less than 10 minutes, and more than 20 people were lost.

On the one hand, this is because Jiang Shiwei and Liu Lantao did not draw troops from the troops guarding outside the Shanghai New Area to reinforce the fighting in the Shanghai New Area, so that the external garrison maintained a complete force of troops; on the other hand, the Shanghai Office has always been closely monitoring the hostile elements in the old Shanghai area, and as soon as they were dispatched, someone sent a message to the Shanghai New Area, so that the garrison troops outside the country had ample time to assemble and make arrangements and be ready for battle.

Of course, the foreign garrison army is not without its weaknesses, although there is one battalion of the foreign garrison army, which seems to be quite a lot, but there are five intersections in the Shanghai New Area, namely two in the old Shanghai area, two in the public concession, and one in the French concession.

Although the special working group discussed that it is unlikely that hostile elements will attack from the Public Concession and the French Concession, because then the Public Concession and the French Concession will certainly be strongly retaliated against by the East China Government, so it is more likely to attack from the two intersections of the old city of Shanghai, but they do not dare to completely abandon their vigilance against the Public Concession and the French Concession. In the end, it was decided to set up one row at each of the three intersections of the Public Concession and the French Concession, while two rows were set up at each of the two intersections in the old city of Shanghai.

In addition, there is a machine gun platoon in the Shanghai New Area, equipped with six general-purpose machine guns, one for each of the five intersections, and two combat platoons remaining, and one machine gun is used as a mobile force.

Kawashima Naniwa's plan was to concentrate all the superior forces and storm a junction in an effort to open the gap in the Shanghai New Area. However, although the two combat platoons had only 80 men and a machine gun crew of 6 men, the position at the intersection was not so large that Kawashima Naniwa could not fully deploy the personnel, so naturally the numerical superiority could not be brought into play; moreover, Shanghai Xin made full preparations at every intersection, erected sandbag walls, dug trenches, and formed a three-dimensional cross-fire network; and the garrisoned People's Army was a professional soldier who had received professional and strict military training, and was not comparable to the rabble that Kawashima Naniwa had improvised forged together.

As a result, the first attack launched by Kawashima Naniwa was hit hard by the KPA, and it quickly retreated, and the KPA did not even use machine guns. And Kawashima Naniwa was also quite annoyed in his heart, although he did not expect to break through the KPA defense at one time, but he was repulsed so quickly, which was also greatly unexpected to him, so Kawashima Naniwa promised a heavy reward and severe punishment, and moved the silver to the scene, while reorganizing the attack. And this time, he also mobilized 50 Japanese and lined up in a row to form a team of overseers.

According to Kawashima Naniwa's plan, the Chinese was used to consume the morale and ammunition of the overseas Chinese, and when the KPA was exhausted and the ammunition was exhausted, the Japanese would launch a final attack to break through the KPA's position in one fell swoop. This plan was of course invulnerable in theory, but in actual combat, Kawashima Naniwa made a big mistake, that is, this plan took too long, and this operation had to be resolved quickly.

Encouraged by Kawashima Naniwa's heavy reward, the attacking team was also a little excited, each raising their weapons, swords, spears, halberds, and rifles, and rushed towards the KPA defense line.

When they rushed to 200 meters from the defensive line, the guns rang out from the KPA position, and they launched a fierce fire on the enemy, and even the machine guns joined in the fire, and the fire was more powerful than the first time, and the people who rushed in the front row fell in rows like dead grass in the wind, and the people behind saw it, and they dared to rush forward, although the heavy reward was considerable, but it also had to be lived to enjoy, so they all turned their heads and retreated.

However, this time Kawashima Naniwa was not polite, and ordered the supervising team to shoot, but the dozen or so people who withdrew first immediately were shot and fell to the ground, and the rest of the people saw that Kawashima Naniwa was really playing, and they all hurriedly stopped, not daring to retreat again.

Seeing that the retreating team had stopped, Kawashima Naniwa ordered the team to stop shooting, and said loudly: "You all listen to me, this battle is only allowed to advance, not retreat, those who break into the Shanghai New Area will still be rewarded, but those who dare to retreat will be killed, and they will immediately turn back to attack me." Then Kawashima Naniwa ordered the team to advance 10 steps, and those who did not turn back to attack were killed on the spot.

The members of the Inspectorate are all Japanese veterans, well-trained, and by no means comparable to these rabble, after receiving the order of Kawashima Naniwa, they immediately raised their guns and marched forward in unison, in a neat line, and after 10 steps, they stood and stopped, full of momentum.

When the retreating people saw this, they did not dare to stay any longer, so they had to turn their heads and attack the KPA position. However, it is not easy to break through the position of the People's Army, every time you want to take a step forward, you have to pay a heavy price, and when you break through to the position of the People's Army 50 meters, there is still a greeting, so the attacking enemy forces suffer heavy casualties, but they cannot move the positions of the People's Army. However, there was a team of warlords behind them, and the enemy army did not dare to retreat, so they could only rush forward, and a few clever people simply lay down in the pile of dead people and pretended to be dead, so as not to be in a dilemma.

Although no one retreated, Kawashima Naniwa was still annoyed in his heart, because the casualties were too great, and the opponent's defense line was still impregnable. Moreover, the casualties of the attackers were close to half, and if they continue to fight like this, I am afraid that it will not take long to defeat all the people, and the people's army still seems to have enough energy, ammunition still seems to be sufficient, and his last trump card, whether he can break through the position of the people's army, Kawashima Naniwa has no bottom in his heart.

In fact, this was another mistake made by Kawashima Naniwa, that is, he did not set up a fire suppression of the KPA position, and he had more than 70 Japanese veterans around him, all of whom were equipped with guns, and if they were organized to suppress the KPA position, the pressure on the attackers would be greatly reduced. As a result, the KPA could shoot at the attacking enemy without any scruples.

It should be said that Kawashima Naniwa is an excellent intelligence officer and an excellent spy, but he is not a qualified military commander, after all, Kawashima Naniwa is not a soldier, so he failed to break through the defense line of the People's Army, although there are factors of strength, but Kawashima Naniwa's temporary command is also an important reason, and it also brought disaster to himself in the end.