Because the independent brigade moved quickly and destroyed the enemy's external communication tools, until the county seat of Changxing completely fell, the defenders were completely annihilated, and no news was leaked.

Half an hour later, the officers and men of the Independent Brigade, who had been ordered from all over the city to rush to the open space in the south of the city and complete the assembly, quickly marched south under Xu Wen's order.

Straight to Huzhou, like Changxing, although Huzhou is a relatively large county, but because it is closer to Shanghai and belongs to the rear of the Japanese theater, there are not many devils left here.

There are only more than 500 people, which is slightly more than Changxing County.

Changxing County is less than 40 kilometers away from Huzhou, and Xu Wen and his troops marched with all machinery, and it took less than an hour to arrive.

Because they were all mechanized marches, the soldiers were not tired, and naturally there was no need to rest, Xu Wen and Zhou Weiguo discussed for a short time, and decided to do the same, first attack Huzhou, and then march to Songhu.

After Zhou Weiguo led people and killed the enemy's command first through a surprise attack.

Xu Wen and Chen Zhenglun commanded the troops to launch a fierce attack, which lasted an hour to completely annihilate the remnants of the Japanese army in the city and recover the entire Huzhou.

Because there is no need to fight in the field in street fighting, and Huzhou City is relatively large, it takes more time to capture this place than to recover Changxing.

After capturing Huzhou, Xu Wen and the others did not rest, and continued to march to the southeast without stopping.

After passing through Huzhou, the terrain to the southeast is open, and there is also the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway that can be passed, so Xu Wen's mobility ability can be fully exerted.

In addition, the Japanese army was in Nanxun, Qingyun, Jiashan and other small towns along the way, and there was no time to deploy troops in the future.

Therefore, Xu Wen and the others were like a bamboo all the way, and it was not until they arrived in the area of Songjiang County that they were finally discovered by the Japanese army.

At that time, the main force of the 114th Division had just captured Hangzhou, because this division had also landed from Jinshanwei in Hangzhou Bay, so it had been stationed here for a short time, so Songjiang County is still stationed with a left-behind brigade of the 114th Division.

Xu Wen took the independent brigade around for hundreds of miles, the purpose of which was to attack Songhu and force the Japanese troops on the front line to return to the division, so as to reduce the pressure of the main force on the frontal battlefield and buy more time for the Nanjing Garrison Command to transfer people and materials.

Songjiang, a key traffic point stuck on the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway, naturally bore the brunt and became their first target.

And when he got here, there was no need for Xu Wen to hide his whereabouts anymore.

Therefore, as soon as the troops arrived in the northwest of the county, Xu Wen ordered Zhou Weiguo and Chen Zhenglun to lead one-third of their troops to outflank the west gate and the east gate of Songjiang respectively.

He commanded more than a dozen tanks, including the Tiger tank, more than 30 armored vehicles, and Humvee military vehicles to launch a fierce attack from the north gate.

Suddenly attacked by such a fierce and powerful firepower, the devils in the city were taken aback, and immediately fell into a panic and chaos, and the leading captain Xiaohui Saifei Shaozuo immediately called to report to Shanghai in person and asked for help.

At first, the staff officers of the Japanese headquarters in Central China, who got the news, did not realize the seriousness of the problem, but only thought that there were remnants of **, attacking Songjiang.

In addition, it was already late at night, and the staff officers on duty were reluctant to disturb the rest of Commander Matsui Ishine and Chief of Staff Tsukada.

It was only in the name of the General Staff that an order was sent to the First Garrison Brigade stationed in the Qingpu area, asking them to rush to Songjiang for reinforcements.

However, within five minutes of the order being issued, they received a call for help from the Songjiang garrison.

"The Chinese army has a large number of tanks and armored fighting vehicles, and the infantry is also full of automatic firearms, and the firepower is very fierce! The three gates of the east, west and north have all been broken by them, and our department is almost unable to resist, so I ask for urgent tactical guidance! On the phone, Xiaohui Saifei Shaozuo roared in an almost desperate voice.

Only then did the devil's staff officer realize the seriousness of the situation, and he immediately went to report the situation to his immediate boss, that is, Mamoru Iinuma, deputy chief of staff of the Central China Dispatch Army.

Mamoru Iinuma was taken aback when he heard this, and immediately ran to the chief of staff, Tsukada Tsukashi, and reported the situation to him.

Tsukada was also taken aback, and immediately walked to the staff headquarters with Mamoru Iinuma, and the staff officer on duty saw them coming, and immediately greeted them: "General." ”

Tsukada asked anxiously, "How's the situation?" ”

Two minutes ago, Xiaohui Shaozo made the last phone call, the Chinese army had attacked near his command post, and Xiaohui Shaozo was determined to lead the rest of the army to fight to the death.

Then contact was lost, and now most of the county seat of Songjiang has been lost. The staff officer on duty replied.

Tsukada Tsukashi and Mamoru Iinuma's faces changed drastically, and Mamoru Iinuma immediately asked, "Sir, what should we do?" ”

Tsukada frowned, and first instructed the staff officer on duty: "Kobayashi Daisa, you go and report to His Excellency the commander immediately." ”

"Hay!" Staff Officer Kobayashi immediately saluted and ordered to leave.

Tsukada said with a puzzled face: "At this time, attacking Matsue and still having tanks and combat vehicles, Iinuma-kun, you say, what is the origin of the attacking Shina army?" ”

Mamoru Iinuma muttered, "Powerful firepower, fully automatic weapons, and a large number of tanks and combat vehicles. ”

Speaking of this, Mamoru Iinuma's face suddenly changed, and he looked up at Tsukada and said, "General, it can't be the independent brigade of the Chinese Army, right?" Because only this army has so many tanks and combat vehicles and advanced weapons! ”

Tsukada was a little reluctant to believe it: "But, didn't this army just be defeated by the imperial army in Suzhou?" And they should be in Wuxi now, right? ”

Iinuma said: "General, you forgot, this evening, the 9th Division has already captured Wuxi, and there is no trace of the independent brigade of the Chinese Army!" ”

"However, in General Yoshiga Ryosuke's report telegram, didn't it say that the independent brigade of the China Army is very likely to have retreated to the Changzhou area?" Tsukada attacked.

"That's just their speculation!" Mamoru Iinuma said with some excitement: "General, in the first battle of Songhu, the nearly one million troops of the Central Army of China were all defeated by the imperial army, and the defeat was like a mountain.

Except for the independent brigade, no unit dares to have the courage to attack Songjiang County, which has become the hinterland of the imperial army, in depth! And only the independent brigade has this strength!

They are a fully mechanized army, and if they march around the west of Taihu Lake overnight, it is entirely possible to hide from the imperial army and succeed!

Its commander Zhu Ziming, who is himself a good use of strange soldiers and a very adventurous guy, from the attack on the Izumo, the ambush of the commander of the 3rd Division, Fujita Susu, and the defeat of the 16th Division, was that time not a dangerous move?

Therefore, the enemy who attacked Songjiang must be the headquarters of Zhu Ziming of the Zhina Army! ”

Tsukada was analyzed by Mamoru Iinuma and finally believed it, and it happened that at this time, the commander Matsui Ishine also hurried over when he heard the news.

Seeing the two of them, Matsui immediately asked, "Have you figured out who the enemy is?" ”

Iinuma Mamoru hurriedly told him his analysis just now, and briefly told him again, Matsui Shigen nodded again and again when he listened, and said with a heavy face: "Yo Xi, Iinuma-kun's analysis is right, it must be Zhu Ziming's independent brigade!" ”

"General, now that Songjiang has been lost, and the Independent Brigade is in a state of strength, it is very likely to attack Shanghai, what should we do?" Tsukada asked eagerly.