At 1:10 a.m., the gunfire in the Japanese concession temporarily stopped, and the soldiers dragged their tired bodies back and forth on the streets, building fortifications.

After a meeting and discussion with Yao Bingbing, Jin Kui, Zheng Long and a number of senior officials, it was decided to change the battle plan, set up defensive points in the Japanese concession again, block the other half of the little devils in the Japanese concession, and open fire on the Japanese naval headquarters and Gongda yarn factory in Tiantongan, and first knock out the strongholds and headquarters of the Japanese army.

At 1:30 a.m., all the defensive lines were built, the high ground and various key points were all armed, the Japanese concession was divided into two parts, a defensive line was across the middle of Tiantongan and Huishan Wharf, there were basically no wandering little devils in the west of the defensive line, all the wandering little devils were all driven to the east of the defensive line, that is, the Huishan wharf, and now there are only two strongholds of the little devils in the west of the defensive line, the Japanese army headquarters of Tiantongan and the Gongda Yarn Factory.

At 1:40 a.m., the 1st Brigade and 2nd Brigade of the 87th Division were all in place, and the two brigades totaled about 7,000 people, preparing to attack the Gongda Yarn Factory in four directions, east, west, south, and north.

At 1:50 a.m., Yao Bing raised his pistol and fired a shot into the sky and said, "Prepare for the artillery battalion, target Gongda Yarn Factory, cover the strike, fire at me!" ”

The artillery battalion was almost 500 men, equipped with 60 Le.lg75mm German infantry guns, and fired at the same time, attacking indiscriminately, covering the entire range of the Gongda Yarn Mill.

The howitzer, nearly 1 meter long and 50 centimeters in diameter, soared into the sky and then fell on the buildings of the Gongda Yarn Factory, the light of the muzzle illuminating half of the sky, and the smell of gunpowder permeated the entire sky of Shanghai.

"Boom! Rumble! Boom ............"

For a time, the dust in the Gongda Yarn Factory was flying, the houses collapsed, the flames were everywhere, and the military fortifications established by the little devils in the Gongda Yarn Factory were destroyed instantly, and the little devils who could not dodge were hit by the shells, and the whole person exploded directly.

"Boom! Rumble! Boom ......"

At the same time, the Japanese troops in the Gongda Yarn Factory also set up mortars and launched a counterattack, and several shells also fell, causing some damage to the 87th Division.

Because the Japanese army was small in number and equipment, and the 87th and 88th divisions were fully prepared, the firepower of the Japanese army was very small in comparison, and this was the first time since the start of the war that the Chinese army had the upper hand in firepower.

"The second wave of attacks continues, smooth the way for me!" In the temporary headquarters set up by Yao Binghe, he continued to give orders through wireless communication equipment.

Tonight, Yao Glacier brought in 300 shells, in order to capture this stronghold of the Japanese army in one fell swoop and not give the Japanese army a chance to breathe.

At the same time, the artillery battalion of the 88th Division also received the order to open fire, which was also a covering strike, and the Tiantongan Japanese Navy Headquarters was also baptized by artillery fire.

At the same time, in other urban areas of Shanghai, people either opened their doors and windows, or stood on the street, they looked at the monstrous fires in the Japanese concession and the sound of cannons, and their eyes showed a trace of joy and comfort, and even worse, they directly shed tears and applauded, cheering for the compatriots not far away.

In the British, American, and French concessions, the lights of every household were turned on one after another, and ordinary foreigners, looking at the artillery fire in the Japanese concession, showed disgust and hatred in their eyes, and even some foreigners were still scolding angrily, angrily scolding why this group of Chinese provoked a war and why they resisted!

There are also some foreigners who have encouragement in their eyes, but at most this group of foreigners have the most worry and fear in their eyes, and they are afraid that the flames of war will permeate this place, thus destroying their peaceful and superior life.

Others went to the embassies of various countries to lodge protests against the outbreak of war in Shanghai, hoping that the governments of their own countries would come forward to exert pressure.

In fact, as early as a few hours ago, the heads of the embassies of various countries contacted the mayor of Shanghai, hoping to give a clear answer, and the mayor's reply was very simple: the Japanese army took the initiative to mobilize the flames of war, and our side was passively defensive.

Obviously, these great powers were very dissatisfied with this reply, and their demand was that China should take the lead in ceasefire, and the two sides should sit down and negotiate in a friendly manner.

China's hard-line attitude caught these great powers off guard, and then they reported to their own governments and asked for adjustment, and the lowest demand was that the war should not reach their own concessions.

In short, this night, the whole of Shanghai was not silent, no one could sleep in peace, and they were all paying attention to the situation in the Japanese concession.

At 2:20 a.m. in the early morning, after the last wave of shells was fired, the 87th Division and the 88th Division ordered to charge at the same time, killing the little devils of the Gongda Yarn Factory and the Tiantongan Ri Navy Headquarters, not taking prisoners, and killing them all on the spot!

As soon as the order was given, all of a sudden, everyone moved in order, the scouts opened the way, the assault soldiers followed, someone occupied a position, someone covered, the rescuers and medical soldiers were also ready to rescue at any time, and the whole unit methodically broke into the Japanese stronghold Gongda Yarn Factory and the Tiantong Anri Headquarters in a circle from all directions.

At three o'clock in the morning, forty minutes after the general attack, a quarter of the stronghold of the Japanese Gongda Yarn Factory was captured, and all the perimeters were swept away, killing more than 100 Japanese soldiers and more than 100 people of the 87th Division.

After the exchange between Division Commander Yao Bingbing and Division Commander Jin Kui, they learned that the 88th Division also captured a quarter of the Japanese headquarters, losing more than 100 people in battle and killing more than 80 little devils.

At half past four in the morning, a total of two hours later, half of the area of the Japanese headquarters in Gongda Yarn Factory and Tiantongan was swept away, and the Japanese defense line shrank again, and the 87th and 88th divisions killed more than 300 Japanese soldiers in a total of more than 300 people.

From the beginning of the battle to the present, the Japanese army has been full of resilience, and has been sniping with high-rise buildings and half-crippled fortifications.

After half of the area was swept, the Japanese troops in these two strongholds simultaneously reduced their forces, concentrating all their forces within three kilometers of the central area, and they had to rely on the high-rise buildings in the central area to hold the last line of defense.

At five o'clock in the morning, the 87th and 88th Divisions, after sweeping the area abandoned by the Japanese army, officially entered the central area.

The final battle is about to begin!