After cleaning up the battlefield, it was almost dawn, and Lin Rui was ordered to lead his troops to move to the defense on the spot to rest, and the task of continuing the offensive was handed over to other companies.

HOWEVER, THE FOUR 13.7MM RAPID-FIRE GUNS CAPTURED FROM THE DEVIL WERE KEPT BY LIN RUI AND USED AS HEAVY WEAPONS FOR THE EIGHTH COMPANY.

As for the other four 37mm anti-aircraft guns, they were assigned to the first battalion as the main attack by the regiment commander Sun Liren.

Looking back, the General Headquarters of the Ninth Army of the National Army.

The battle on Jiangwan Road was shocked by the eight companies led by Lin Rui. In a glamorous performance, the Central Army won a complete victory, and achieved the brilliant results of annihilating more than 1,000 Japanese troops, killing a major general, and one major general.

This is an unprecedented victory for the Chinese military since the September 18 Incident.

Because, from the September 18 Incident to the present, the Nationalist Government has been in the aggrieved and disadvantageous situation of losing the city and land.

A few days after the outbreak of the 77 Incident, Beiping, Tianjin and other key towns in North China fell one after another, and now Lin Rui led the team to eliminate the Japanese Jiangwan Road Command, and also killed a Japanese major general, making great contributions to breaking the stalemate of the war.

With such a big matter, it is naturally impossible for senior generals such as Zhang Zhizhong and Huang Qixiang to hide it and not report it.

In the name of the chief and deputy commander-in-chief of the Ninth Group Army, the two of them jointly sent a telegram of good news to the general headquarters in Nanjing.

Nanjing, Operations Hall of the Military Commission of the High Command.

Liu Fei, then head of the Lieutenant General Operations Group of the Military Command Department of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, was briefing Chairman Chiang, He Yingqin, then chief of staff of the Military Commission, Bai Chongxi, deputy chief of staff, and Chen Cheng, political secretary of the Ministry of Military Affairs, on the situation on the Songhu battlefield.

In later generations, historians once said that there were three and a half military strategists in the Republic of China, and this Liu Fei was one of the half military strategists.

Although this person was born in the Gui department, he graduated from the Japanese Army University, not to mention his talent, but also has great military talents, so both Bai and Li of the Gui department and President Jiang all saluted him for three points.

It is precisely because of this that after the July 7 Incident, President Jiang, Bai Li and other bigwigs of the Nationalist Government unanimously decided to appoint Liu Fei as the head of the combat group of the Military Command Department, and was fully responsible for the overall planning of the war against Japan.

When I heard Liu Fei say that Zhang Zhizhong, with more than 50,000 troops, was unable to break through the Japanese defense line in Shanghai for a long time, and the battle situation was at a stalemate.

The atmosphere at the scene became a little solemn, especially Chairman Jiang's face was a little unpleasant.

He originally thought that with the 88th, 87th, and 36th Divisions, as well as the independent 22nd Brigade reorganized from the original 2nd Division Supplementary Brigade, plus a tax police regiment, the Shanghai Security Corps, the Jiangsu Security Corps, and the Songhu Police Corps, with more than 50,000 people, and with the help of the air force and navy, he should be able to capture the Japanese stronghold in Shanghai very smoothly.

So as to gain the initiative in the Jiangnan battle, but I didn't expect that a few days later, just hearing about the heavy casualties on the front line and the setback of the attack, no good news came back.

Although Chairman Chiang's military command skills were not very good, he also understood that if this dragged on, the situation might deteriorate once the Japanese Government increased its troops in Shanghai.

Just when Chairman Jiang was a little impatient and wanted to get angry, he was anxious. Footsteps suddenly came in from outside.

At this time, if there is no particularly important matter, no one dares to come in and interrupt the meeting of their group of bigwigs.

Therefore, everyone, including Principal Jiang, followed all their eyes to the entrance of the conference room of the War Hall.

I saw that Wang Shihe, the leader of the third group of the first division of the chamber wearing the uniform of a major general, who was also the head of the guard personally accompanied by Chairman Jiang, walked in in a hurry.

Everyone found that Wang Shihe had an unconcealed excitement on his face, and saw him quickly come behind Chairman Jiang and Chief of Staff He, and saluted the two of them: "Commission, Chief He, the Ninth Group Army is in an emergency." ”

"Oh?" Chairman Jiang immediately waved his hand and said, "Read." ”

"Zhang Zhizhong and Huang Qixiang, chief and deputy commanders of the Ninth Group Army, telegraphed that during last night's battle, Lin Rui, commander of the 8th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of our Tax Police Corps, had a whim to propose a detour behind enemy lines through underground pipelines.

In the ensuing roundabout battle, Lin Rui led the Eighth Company to successfully surprise the enemy's headquarters on Jiangwan Road, capturing and killing Rear Admiral Watanabe Yamano, who was the deputy commander of the enemy's 3rd Fleet and the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army along Jiangwan Road at the time, as well as several middle-level officers of the Japanese army at and below Osa level.

Subsequently, Lin Rui led the eighth company to attack from the rear of the enemy, and cooperated with the frontal attack of our army to annihilate more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers in the Jiangwan Road area, directly breaking the stalemate of the Songhu battle. ”

After Wang Shihe finished reading the telegram, Chairman Jiang was stunned at first, and then said in amazement: "Okay, well done!" This company commander is a division commander! ”

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Wang Shihe, and said to He Yingqin, who was standing next to him: "Jingzhi, check the identity of this company commander, such a military wizard should be reused, so that he can better serve the country." ”

Wang Shihe took the initiative to reply: "Commission, I have already checked before I came, this Eighth Company Commander Lin Rui is the youngest son of Mr. Lin in Guangzhou. ”

"Guangzhou Lin family?" Chairman Jiang was a little surprised, and then suddenly said, "You mean Mr. Lin Tian?" ”

"Exactly." Wang Shihe nodded.

"Mr. Lin has been of great help to the party and the country, but I didn't expect him to send his young son to the army? And also showed such excellent military talents? What a gratifying congratulations! Chairman Jiang praised with joy.

Bai Chongxi, deputy chief of staff, suggested to Chairman Chiang: "Lin Rui's move to capture and kill the Japanese major general and annihilate the enemy's Jiangwan Road Headquarters is really an unprecedented victory in China's war against Japan.

At present, the situation is chaotic, the people are dissatisfied with the government, and most of the officers and men of the three armed forces are demoralized. ”

Liu Fei, the leader of the combat team, nodded his head and agreed: "What Chief Bai said is reasonable, and he should use all of our propaganda departments and channels to report on this matter on a large scale.

First, to promote Lin Rui into an iron-blooded patriotic soldier, in order to inspire the determination and courage of the officers and men of our three armed forces to resist Japan and win.

Second, to unite the people's hearts and boost their trust in the government, so that they can further mobilize and fight the war of resistance of the whole country and the whole nation! ”

Chairman Jiang felt reasonable, so he happily nodded in agreement: "Well, what you said makes sense, just do it and implement it immediately." ”

"Yes." Wang Shihe and a minister in charge of political propaganda bowed their heads in unison.

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Shanghai, Wujiaochang Government Building, which has been temporarily converted into a field hospital for the 88th Division of the Ninth Army and the 22nd Independent Brigade and other troops.

Every day, a large number of wounded soldiers are transported back from the front.

The patriotic people of Shanghai spontaneously organized, some helped carry the wounded and delivered supplies, and some brought all kinds of condolences to the wounded.

There are even patriotic students who directly joined the field hospital as volunteers to help rescue the wounded and deal with the aftermath.

Shangguan Nianci and Li Muxue, two students of the medical department of St. John's University, also left the school the day after the outbreak of the Battle of Shanghai on August 13, along with a group of enthusiastic patriotic classmates.

At 9 a.m., the two of them left the Wujiaochang Government Building temporarily because they needed to return to school to get their personal belongings.

When they just walked to Nanjing Road, a little newsboy selling newspapers ran in front of them on the street, only to hear the little newsboy shouting all the way in a loud voice: "Outside the nickname, the latest battle report, Lin Rui, commander of the 8th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the Tax Police Corps of the National Revolutionary Army, led the officers and men of his department to kill the Japanese Major General Yamano Watanabe in the battle on Jiangwan Road last night, creating an unprecedented victory...... Extra... Extra. ”