8:20 p.m., Tentsu-an Ri Naval Headquarters, conference room.

Hasegawa, Yoshiko Kawashima, and several adjutants gathered in the conference room to open a meeting, the main content of which was a plan of action for the first attack on the Chinese side tomorrow, in the early morning of August 13.

This was a decision issued by the Japanese army headquarters, and the Japanese army was very clear that it was only a matter of time before the Nationalist army would move sooner or later, and the main purpose of the afternoon meeting was to stabilize the Chinese side, so that they could make arrangements and take attack as defense, so as to delay time and wait for the arrival of a large Japanese army.

"At five o'clock tomorrow morning, our troops will set out in two ways, occupy the Patriotic Girls' School and the Yuedong Middle School, and then build the front-line defense points in these two places, and then occupy the Bazi Bridge as quickly as possible, as long as we occupy these positions, the Chinese army will not be able to penetrate for the time being. (Japanese)" Hasegawa pointed to the map of Shanghai on the wall and said, "Nishino-kun, you lead the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd wings to operate, Kameda-kun, you lead the 4th, 5th, and 6th wings to act, and the others listen to orders and support at any time." (Japanese)"

"Yes! (Japanese)" The two Osashi (regiments) immediately stood up and responded.

Note: The Japanese wing is equivalent to the strength of one battalion.

Hasegawa is worthy of being the head of the Japanese army in Shanghai, his vision is extremely vicious, Yuedong Middle School, patriotic girls these two places are next to the Japanese concession, and the two places are not far away, the terrain is complex, the construction bureau is many, these two places are occupied, it is completely possible to form a new line of defense, so as to delay time, if the Bazi Bridge is occupied again, then the chance to hold is greater, defend a bridge, a husband is a pass, it is not too cool.

Hasegawa looked at Yoshiko Kawashima, the only woman present, and said, "Kawashima, you mobilize all your spies and traitors to stare the Chinese army to death, and you have to tell me their every move." (Japanese)"

"Yes! (Japanese)" Yoshiko Kawashima immediately replied, "Someone has just reported that two division commanders from the Chinese side have gone to the government compound. ”

"It doesn't matter! (Japanese)" Hasegawa thought for a moment and said, "I think I'm going to have a meeting for the afternoon meeting." (Japanese)"

After Hasegawa finished speaking, he added: "The Chinese are like this, the efficiency is too slow, the autonomy is not great, and all matters must be solved in meetings." (Japanese)"

"Hahaha." Everyone grinned.

At the same time as the Japanese army met again, the 87th Division and the 88th Division were all in place, and the troops had been pulled to Yangpu and Hongkou, the 87th Division was mainly responsible for the Gongda Yarn Factory and the surrounding area of the military road in Yangpu District, and the diameter radiated to the middle zone between Huishan Wharf and Gongda Yarn Factory, and the 88th Division was responsible for the Tiantongan Japanese Navy Headquarters, as well as the remaining areas of the Japanese Concession, and the two divisions just divided the Japanese Concession into two parts.

At this moment, two kilometers outside the Japanese Gongda Yarn Factory, Yao Glacier simply distributed the task: "A brigade commander, take a brigade of people to surround the Gongda Yarn Factory for me, your main task is to prevent the people from the Gongda Yarn Factory from coming out, and at the same time prevent the Japanese army outside from entering, you must prevent me from dying, remember not to take the initiative to attack, and when the large army comes, we will break the Gongda Yarn Factory in one fell swoop."

"Roger!" The first brigade commander responded and stood up and saluted.

"Second Brigade Commander, take a brigade to sweep me all the way from the military industrial road, and don't let go of any Japanese."

"Roger!" Second Brigade Commander, head high.

"Third Brigade Commander, take a brigade to enter from the north side of Tilanqiao, sweep all the little devils on the east side of Tilanqiao, and don't let any of them go."

"Roger!" The third brigade commander replied with a full breath.

"Brothers, this battle can only be won, not defeated! This is a battle that concerns all the people of Shanghai, and it is also a battle that concerns the reputation of our Central Army. ”

"So, I, Yao Bingbing, beg the brothers, go all out!"

"If you don't break Loulan, you won't return it!" Everyone held their heads high and looked excited.

"All of them are ready, ready to attack!" Seeing this, Yao Glacier immediately ordered all the staff to attack.

Zheng Long saw that Yao Bingbing did not arrange himself, so he groaned for a while and directly ordered: "Long Wenwen took the first company to the Gongda Yarn Factory, and the fair took the second company to follow the second brigade commander, listen to the orders of the second brigade commander, and follow the second brigade commander Shun Shun followed the second brigade, and the machine gun company followed Long Wenwen to the Gongda yarn factory to set up defense, and the others followed me!" ”

As for the rest of the sniper team, Zheng Long did not let them out, first, because their strength was not good, and second, because they did not have so many sniper rifles.

When the words fell, the people of the special operations battalion immediately dispersed, acted quickly, moved neatly, and their quality was no worse than that of the people in the German weapons battalion.

On the other side, the arrangement of the commander of the 88th Division, Jin, was also similar to that of the 87th Division, the troops were divided into three routes, one way was surrounded but not fought, and the other two roads entered the Japanese concession to sweep.

The boundaries of the Japanese concession are separated by walls or barbed wire, and there are relatively few walls built of stone, and generally the one with a wall is the gate, and the most is barbed wire, and there is no electricity, because at that time, electricity was a relatively rare thing.

There is only one gate for entering and exiting an area, sequentially separating the territory of the concession from the outside area, and of course there are fortifications inside the barbed wire fence in case of a sudden war.

In the evening, at half past eight o'clock, at the defense line at the border of the Japanese concession, a large number of Chinese soldiers suddenly appeared, and the Japanese soldiers stood guard, rubbed their eyes, froze for a moment, and immediately shouted and shouted, and then, the piercing siren sounded through the quiet night.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack! (Japanese)" A little devil stood inside the barbed wire, leaning his neck and screaming.

When the little devil was shouting for joy, Zheng Long raised the sniper rifle in his hand from a distance of 500 meters.

"Bang!"

After the gunshot, a spark appeared at the muzzle, and the bullet pierced the night sky and burst the little devil's head through the barbed wire.

"Whoa!"

The little devils on duty immediately took their places when they heard the sound, some quickly drilled into the trenches, and some quickly set up machine guns, the quality of the little devils was really good, and they entered the combat state in an instant.

"Brothers, rush into the Japanese concession, beat away the little devils, and take back the land that belongs to us." As soon as the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 87th Division gave the order, all the soldiers rushed out with shouts.

"Da Da Da ......"

Seeing this, the little devil did not hesitate to pull the trigger and fired at the Chinese soldiers outside the barbed wire.

"Puff puff ......"

Some of the bullets hit the ground, while others pierced into the crowd, bursting with patches of blood.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

Three gunshots rang out in a row, no need to think that this was Zheng Long's shot, his target was very simple, that is, the opponent's machine gunner, gunner.

Three gunshots rang out, two machine gunners, one with a broken head and one with a crippled shoulder, and the only two machine guns at the door temporarily stopped, and the Japanese firepower suddenly weakened a lot.

Then, with a wave of Zheng Long's hand, the soldiers of the third company of the special operations battalion scattered into the battlefield in groups of three.

At the same time, the four gates of the Japanese concession were attacked, and Shunyo also helped the 2nd Brigade to suppress the opponent's heavy firepower points, resulting in the 2nd Brigade's advance much faster.

For a time, the entire city of Shanghai was awakened by artillery fire, and countless people woke up from their dreams and looked in the direction of the Japanese concession.

The Battle of Songhu has begun!