Three days later, Baoshan Camp, seven o'clock in the evening.

Yao Glacier and Zheng Long walked around the chaotic battlefield, talking softly.

"The battle has been going on for more than a month, and the soldiers are not in a good mood." Yao Bing looked at the mentally depressed soldiers with his hands behind his back, frowned and said, "It's not a way to keep fighting like this." ”

"Indeed." Zheng Long replied, "With the withdrawal of the Air Force, the weakness of our army is even more obvious, and although the Japanese army has few people, it has strong weapons, and we have been using the tactics of crowds, and one day we will not be able to bear it." ”

"What do you think?" Yao Glacier asked.

Zheng Long thought for a while and said, "This is a gap in strength, a gap in science and technology, especially in the Songhu area, near the seaside plains, it is difficult to win by manpower, unless we can have the same weapons as the other party, otherwise this battle, the further we fight, the greater the chance of losing." ”

"You mean retreat?" Yao Glacier looked up at Zheng Long and asked.

"I can't go back now!" Zheng Long explained, "Commander Zhang's words are right, even if we retreat, we must show our attitude. ”

"That's right, this attitude is for the soldiers, for the people, and for the people of the whole country." Yao Bing said, stopped and looked into the distance: "The Chinese people need a hope." ”

"Yes!" Zheng Long lit a flue: "The Chinese people not only need a hope, but also a unified will." ”

Yao Glacier was silent for a while when he heard this, and said, "There are some things that I can't do, anyway, my soldiers only fight the Japanese!" ”

When the words fell, Zheng Long and Yao Bingbing both fell silent.

After half a ring, Yao Glacier also lit a cigarette and said slowly, "The recruits are coming soon, I want you to help bring them." ”

"No problem." Zheng Long nodded.

"Alas!" Yao Bingbing sighed and said, "What Commander Zhang said is right, the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, born in this era, it is not only the responsibility of the soldiers to fight away the devils, but also the responsibility of ordinary people." ”

"I know that the chances of new recruits dying on the battlefield will be greatly increased, but the country is in danger, and the real soldiers are all gone, so there is only conscription."

"I'm not disgusted, just a little sad." Zheng Long answered, "In this era, no one can stay out of the matter. ”

"The little devil hasn't moved for the past three days, and I'm very uneasy." Yao Glacier said softly: "It is estimated that the next battle will be a tough battle!" ”

Zheng Long looked at the pitch-black sky, and his heart turned around.

At the same time, on the blue sea, dozens of Japanese officers boarded the aircraft carrier, who had come on the orders of Admiral Matsui to discuss the situation in Shanghai.

In the conference room of the aircraft carrier, Admiral Matsui stood at the conference table, looking at the officers next to him, who was at least Osa, and said in Japanese, "Shanghai has not been attacked for a long time, and the soldiers are tired from repeated battles, so what good suggestions do you have?" ”

"Attack, keep attacking." A lieutenant general said, stood up, pointed to the map, and said, "First concentrate on capturing Baoshan and Luodian, and then attack Shanghai directly." ”

"The Chinese side is now stationed 700,000 troops in the Songhu area, and if we really concentrate on a strong attack, it will be a decisive battle." Another lieutenant general frowned and said, "Two hundred and fifty thousand against seven hundred and seventy thousand, even if we have an advantage in weapons, then this battle will not be easy to fight." ”

"And what good advice do you have?" The other party asked.

"I still suggest that we land in all directions and fight attrition with the Chinese army." The lieutenant general said and stood up and analyzed reasonably: "We have warships and planes, but the Chinese side does not have these strategic weapons at all, so they can only rely on manpower to replenish them. ”

"I disagree!" The other party directly retorted, "We have already put our words down, we want to conquer China in three months, for the sake of the face of the empire, we must fight quickly, and we can't drag it out like this anymore." ”

"Is the face of the empire important, or is it the lives of the soldiers?" The lieutenant general slapped the table and shouted, "Concentrate on the strong attack, direct decisive battle, even if you can remain, it is a miserable victory, what is the significance of such a victory?" ”

Subsequently, there was chaos in the conference room, and both sides expressed their opinions and did not give in to each other.

"Peng! Splatter! Splatter! ”

Matsui frowned and listened for a while, patted the table, and roared, "This is the conference room, I didn't let you quarrel, can quarreling solve the problem?" ”

The voice fell, and the conference room fell silent again.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Matsui pointed to the map and said, "Baoshan and Luodian are battlegrounds, and the Chinese side will definitely not give up easily, so I suggest that we concentrate our forces and raid Yunzaobaham." ”

"Hit the center of their defense line first, and then attack Dachang, Nanxiang, cut off the Chinese troops in Dachang and Jiangwan areas from the outside world, and make them alone."

After saying that, Matsui looked at everyone and asked, "Who has a different opinion?" ”

"I'll make a suggestion." The lieutenant general, who had just advocated the concentration of troops, stood up and said, "Send troops to land on the Huangpu River, take the opportunity to cut off Shanghai's connection with the outside world, and trap all Chinese troops in Shanghai." ”

"In this way, we may turn from offensive to defensive, if Jiangsu and Zhejiang do not support Shanghai, we will take Shanghai down, if Jiangsu and Zhejiang support Shanghai, we will defend."

"Wonderful!" Matsui thought for a moment, clapped his hands and said, "You can attack and retreat, you can defend, this method is very good." ”

After saying that, Matsui asked again, "Who still disagrees?" ”

Everyone waved their hands to indicate that they had no opinion.

"Well, I declare, let the soldiers rest for four days, and after four days, after September twenty-two, the attack will be launched according to the plan." Matsui looked at the crowd, "I'll assign a task." ”

“………………”

The next day, at eight o'clock in the morning, at the Baoshan camp, Yao Glacier and Zheng Long were in a large open space in the camp, waiting for the arrival of the recruits with their hands behind their backs.

Five minutes later, military vehicles drove into the camp, pulling a crowd of young and middle-aged people, all of whom were newly recruited soldiers from the vicinity of Zhejiang, Shanghai, and Jiangsu.

"It's coming!" After Yao Glacier saw the military vehicle, he looked up.

"Bang dang!"

After the military vehicle stalled in front of Yao Glacier, the door opened, and the commander of the third brigade and one regiment jumped down and saluted Yao Glacier and said, "Report to the division commander, the recruits are here!" ”

"Good work!" Yao Bingbing patted the other party's shoulder and said, "How many people have been recruited this time?" ”

"Five hundred." The regiment commander saluted, "There are still recruits on the way, the road is relatively far, and the ones who come may be slower." ”

"Hmm." Yao Bing nodded.

"Get off, get all off!" The head of the regiment saluted and shouted at the crowd in the car: "All come down and assemble." ”

"Whoa!"

As soon as the words fell, young adults jumped out of the car one by one, and then under the arrangement of the regiment commander, they began to form a team.

Zheng Long looked at the faces of these recruits, among these recruits, the youngest was just coming of age, and the oldest was no more than twenty-five years old, they were the real young generation, but at this moment, they were sent to the battlefield to face death at any time.

For a time, Zheng Long was full of emotion.