On September 5, the Japanese army concentrated more than 30 warships to cover the army to launch a fierce attack on Baoshan, the Chinese army stubbornly resisted, and more than 500 people from the 3rd Battalion of the 583rd Regiment of the 98th Division, which was ordered to hold Baoshan, under the leadership of the battalion commander Yao Ziqing, held the determination to live and die with the position, and repelled the enemy's crazy attacks again and again. The Japanese army used sulfur bombs, and the city was set on fire, and all the buildings were reduced to rubble. On the morning of the 7th, the Japanese army broke into the city with tanks as the forerunner, Yao Ziqing led the whole battalion of officers and soldiers to fight with the enemy in the streets, firing the last bullet, and at 10 o'clock in the morning of the same day, except for one person who was ordered to break through the siege and report the military situation to his superiors the night before, all the others died heroically.

At the same time as the Battle of Baoshan was underway, Luo Zhuoying's 15th Army fought fiercely with the Japanese army again in order to recover Luodian. However, after occupying Baoshan, the Japanese army attacked westward along the Baoluo Highway, and the Japanese army on the Wusong side also crossed the Sitang River to attack westward. By mid-September, Japanese reinforcements had arrived one after another, and the Chinese side, lacking air and sea supremacy, suffered heavy losses in attacking enemy strongholds, resisting enemy landings, and fighting for land by place. Prior to this, on September 6, the third theater issued the second phase of the battle plan: the Shanghai theater aims at a protracted war of resistance, restricts the development of the landing enemy, and strives to achieve the effect of each defeat. When the breakthrough cannot be achieved, they will retreat to the vested land outside the range of the enemy ships in turn, put up stubborn resistance, and wait for the rear troops to arrive, and then carry out a decisive battle to win the final victory. Preparations have been made to turn from attacking fortified positions to defensive operations.

On September 9, the Japanese army launched a powerful offensive against the Chinese army along the military road, Songhu Highway and the line of Yuepu and Luodian, and our army launched a desperate struggle with the enemy, on September 11, the right flank position of the 15th Group Army was broken through, and the troops were seriously reduced, so they gradually retreated to the pre-built positions of Shixianggongmiao and Liuhe lines south of Luodian, and the 9th Group Army also moved to the pre-built positions of the North Station, Jiangwan, Miaoxing, and the line on the right bank of Fuzaobang, forming a confrontation with the Japanese army.

The Japanese army gradually seized the initiative on the battlefield, and the Japanese top level decided to shift the main operational direction of the invasion of China from North China to Shanghai, and demanded that the process of the Shanghai campaign be accelerated, and the decision to increase troops was made again. The 9th, 13th, and 101st divisions of the North China Front Army were transferred to the Shanghai Dispatch Army, and in addition, the infantry brigade, the Shigeto detachment, the 1st reserve infantry regiment, and the 1st Brigade of the puppet Jing'an Army, the puppet Li Chunshan Brigade, and the puppet Yuzhishan Brigade were also transferred from Taiwan.

In the face of the enemy's deployment of troops, the Nationalist Government quickly dispatched additional troops from various provinces and the Central Army to Songhu to participate in the war, and the Chinese army entered the stage of strategic defense in an all-round way. After the Chinese army moved to the defensive, the Japanese army began a large-scale offensive. On September 22, the Japanese concentrated the main force to storm the position of the left flank army holding Luodian, and by the night of the 24th, the Japanese army continued to charge with two divisions, and the 159th and 160th divisions of the national army were all killed. In view of the fact that the Japanese army had the tendency to break through the left flank army with its main force on both sides of the Baoliu Highway, in order to preserve its strength and wear down the enemy for a long time, the headquarters of the commander of the 3rd Theater ordered all units of the left flank army to move to the second line of defense one by one to attack the Japanese army. At this time, Matsui Ishine saw that his attempt to break through from the flank and encircle the Chinese army could not be realized, so he decided to change the division and encirclement to a central breakthrough and concentrate his forces to attack the Fumohama line.

Beginning on 1 October, the Japanese navy and air forces launched a new attack in coordination with ground forces. The north road is directed to Guangfu and Chenjiaxing by the 11th Division of Yamamuro Zongwu; The 3rd, 9th, 13th, and 101st Divisions of the South Road were concentrated to force their way across Fuzaobang and attack Dachang and Nanxiang in order to cut off the defenders from the outside world in the Dachang to Jiangwan area and make them a lone army. From 5 to 9 October, the 8th, 59th, 61st, 67th, 77th, and 90th Divisions of the Nationalist Army, as well as the Tax Police Corps, withdrew from their positions one after another. On the 9th, the Japanese army once again concentrated naval and air force firepower, and cooperated with infantry to attack the southern bank of Fumohama, but was finally stopped by the Chinese defenders.

On October 15, the Japanese army broke through Fumohama, and the battle situation was once again urgent.

In the conference room of the military headquarters of the 73rd Army, Wang Dongchen sat with a solemn face, and Lin Junxiong and the officers were also silently waiting for orders.

"I don't need to say the severity of the situation, if the Japanese army has already lost the country, if we can't stop the pace of their advance, the large forces of our army will not be able to withdraw to the second line of defense, and now the chairman of the committee is trying to use the pressure of international public opinion to force Japan to sit down for peace talks, and the headquarters has ordered us to make all defensive preparations, but we must resist the current frantic attack of the Japanese army."

Wang Dongchen stood up, and a group of officers also stood up, and he ordered loudly: "The task of our 73rd Army is to deploy defense in the area of Zhuyuan Village, and now I order, the 45th Brigade immediately rushed to the area of Chenjiashan on the right side of Zhuyuan Village to set up defense, the 89th Regiment immediately rushed to Zhuyuan Village to deploy defense, the 88th Regiment immediately rushed to the Yuehualing area on the left side of Zhuyuan Village to deploy defense, the 90th Regiment is ready to support at any time, and the 220th Division rushed to the headquarters with me to wait for the next arrangement. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, for the sake of the tens of millions of Chinese people and for the great rivers and mountains of China, I hope that you will remember the responsibility of soldiers to protect their homes and defend the country, fight hard to kill the invaders, and always be ready to die for the country."

"Yes! Swear allegiance to the party-state! ”

"Okay, let's all go back and prepare, Toshio stays for a while."

A group of officers got up and left, when Meng Lei walked by Lin Junxiong's side, he glared at him fiercely, Lin Junxiong was a little angry, this is the life and death of the country's survival, this Meng Lei is still thinking about personal grievances, hoping that he will not have anything to do with him on the battlefield.

Wang Dongchen motioned for Lin Junxiong to sit down next to him, and then said slowly: "Last time in Jiading, you wiped out nearly 700 Japanese soldiers at the cost of less than 200 people, have the troops rested these days?" ”

"Division commander, always be ready to ensure the completion of the task."

"Okay, it's good to be determined", Wang Dongchen stood up and walked to the map, and Lin Junxiong also walked to him and stood still.

"Junxiong, you see, in the area of Zhuyuan Village, the most likely attack point of the Japanese army is in Zhuyuan Ridge, twenty miles outside Zhuyuan Village, the defense here is very important, if the Japanese army breaks through here, it will be able to directly attack our middle route army from the left flank, affecting the strategic retreat of the large army, I don't worry about handing it over to others, I also assigned the guard company of the military headquarters to you for command, do you have the confidence to hold here?"

"Division commander, this guard company is to ensure the safety of the military headquarters, I can't ask for it, but Toshio assures you that the people are in the position."

"For you, I am relieved, in the battle of Jiading, your regiment was reduced by 200 people, and the guard company was still transferred to you, and I and the military headquarters together with the 220th Division, there was no problem with safety, so it was decided. Once the enemy attacks, no matter how fierce, you must hold out for two days, and I will send troops to reinforce in time. ”

"Don't worry, division commander, Junxiong vows to live and die with the position."

"Well, if you don't get reinforcements in two days, you have to retreat immediately, you can't make senseless sacrifices, the future war with Japan is still a long way, and the party-state still needs you excellent commanders."

Wang Dongchen patted Lin Junxiong's shoulder meaningfully, took two steps and suddenly turned around and asked, "How did your fiancée arrange it, you don't plan to take her to the front line, right?" ”

"Thank you Senior Commander Feng for your concern, I arranged her in a nearby village, the war is a man's business, and it is better for a woman to be in the rear."

"In that case, I will take her to Commander Xue, who is relatively safer in the military department, and reduce your worries, what do you think?"

Lin Junxiong thought about it and said, "Of course it's the best, I'll send Xue Nai over when I go back." ”

"Well, you go back first, the guard company has already explained, Gao Shang has already brought people to your regiment to report, Junxiong, you must pay attention to safety."

After Lin Junxiong returned to the regiment headquarters to make arrangements, he went to the village where Xue Nai lived.

Xue Nai saw Lin Junxiong rushing over to hug him excitedly, Lin Junxiong stroked her back and said, "Xue Nai, I'm going to take the troops off again, I still can't take you this time, I'll let Du Sheng accompany you to Brother Xue, and I'll go over to see you after the battle." ”

"What kind of mission is this time, is it dangerous?" Yukina asked obediently in his arms.

"Fool, where is there no danger in war, don't worry, I will protect myself."

"Well, I'll be obedient, don't worry about me, live for me, I can't live without you."

"Fool, I haven't married you yet, how can I be willing to die?"

Xue Nai covered Lin Junxiong's mouth with her hand and said softly: "Don't say death, I'm waiting for you to marry me." ”

The two hugged each other for a long time, cherishing each other's possession that may be life and death, and silence at this time is worth a thousand words.

After a long while, Twilight walked over and the two separated, and Yukina blushed a little embarrassedly. "I really can't bear to interrupt you, but Deputy Head Pan just said that everything was ready and asked when I could leave." ”

"Second brother, this time you still protect Xue Nai to go to Brother Xue."

"Big brother, can you let me go to the front line with you, I'll let the rest of the Shadow Team protect Yukina, I'm almost sick."

"Why don't I go to Commander Xue's side by myself, and let the second brother stay by your side to protect you."

Lin Junxiong turned his head to look at Xue Nai, smiled at her, and then said to Du Sheng: "Second child, you know how important Xue Nai is to me, I don't want to bear the pain of losing again, her safety is even more important than mine, I don't feel at ease when I hand it over to others." ”

Dusk Sheng looked at Lin Junxiong, nodded and said, "Big brother, don't worry, I won't allow the past to happen again, it's just that big brother, you have to protect yourself." ”

"Don't worry, I still have more than a thousand brothers, second brother, thank you."

After Lin Junxiong finished speaking, he walked over and gently hugged Xue Nai into his arms and said, "Girl, you have to be obedient, and I will go to see you after I finish the battle." ”

Lin Junxiong didn't dare to go back after explaining to Dusheng again, he found that there were a lot of worries in his heart, and these worries were fatal on the battlefield, and might even affect judgment, he took a deep breath after he walked out, calmed himself down, and went to face the upcoming war.

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