This made it difficult for them to deal with the Japanese counteroffensive.

In just one week, most of the Zhabei positions have fallen.

The remaining seven or eight positions were crowded with nearly 10,000 troops of the 80th Division. However, their will to fight has been exhausted by the erroneous decisions of the upper commanders.

After the battle situation in the entire Shanghai area lasted for more than two months, the balance of victory finally completely tilted to the side of the Japanese army.

Taihe Street, where Qin Chuan was stationed, became the strongest position on the entire Zhabei front.

During this time, the strength of the two wings of the Japanese army launched more than ten attacks on them in turn, and they were all defeated by him one by one.

However, the strength of their three battalions has also changed from nearly 1,000 to less than 500 now. If it weren't for the regiment commander Han Xianyuan, who transferred the first battalion to their neighborhood to assist in defense, the flag of the Japanese army would have been floating on Taihe Street at this time.

"Yingzuo, I heard that no, Shangfeng seems to be planning to withdraw from Shanghai." The sixth son leaned into Qin Chuan's ear and whispered.

When Qin Chuan heard this, he glanced at Liuzi and said, "Don't talk nonsense about these words, it's a big sin to confuse the army's heart." ”

Although he said so, Qin Chuan knew that what the sixth son said was true.

He has traveled back in time to this era, so he naturally knows what the situation is. At this time, the defeat of the national army had already been revealed, and it was only a matter of time before it withdrew from Shanghai.

"Really, I heard from the brigade headquarters." Liuzi whispered.

Qin Chuan raised his head, looked at the Japanese position in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh.

In the end, it will fail, Qin Chuan thought so.

At this time, in an apartment in Shanghai, a ten-meter-long conference table was already full of military officers.

If you look closely at the ranks on the shoulders of these officers, almost every one of them is at the rank of major general. As for the lieutenant general or something, there are quite a few.

At this time, the whole conference hall was very quiet, and they were all waiting for the leader of the Kuomintang at this time.

Finally, with a crisp sound of footsteps, the chairman came to the top of the conference table on crutches and wearing a tunic suit.

"Huh!"

The generals stood up in unison, and then saluted the chairman.

"Sit down!" As he spoke, the chairman picked up the cup of tea in front of him and sipped it.

"Tell me about the situation! Respectfully! The chairman said.

When Chief He heard this, he immediately stood up, opened the information folder, and said: "In the past few days, our army's positions in the urban area and the periphery of Shanghai have begun to gradually lose. Because of the heavy casualties, our army has lost the ability to launch an active offensive, and many front-line troops have suffered more than half of the casualties, but they have not been able to replenish their troops.

In addition to that... The supply of materials and equipment for our army is also..."

Before he finished reading this, the chairman waved his hand and said, "Don't read it, talk about this battle, how to fight next!" ”

The whole conference room was quiet for a while, and then someone cleared his throat and said: "The Shanghai area is all plain, there is no danger to defend, and our army is at a disadvantage by fighting hard with the Japanese army here. I think it is better to retreat for the time being, and then have a decisive battle with the Japanese army in Nanjing and southern Anhui. ”

The other officers did not say anything, because they all knew that although these words were not good, it was definitely a wise choice to withdraw from Shanghai now.

Because if it continues to drag on like this, not only will it not be able to win the war in front of it, but it may be cut off by the Japanese army.

"Before the Songhu war, the Japanese army had threatened to destroy China within three months. But now in Songhu, from August to the end of October, the Japanese army's arrogance has been broken. Commander He said, "In my opinion, it is not impossible to choose to retreat at the right time now, and after recuperating in the rear, it is not impossible to have a decisive battle." ”

The chairman nodded: "Since this is the case, then it is not impossible to retreat." But until then, we need to have a force left behind in the Shanghai area. ”

"Still going to stay in the troops?" General Gu asked at this time.

The chairman said: "That's right, in a little while, until November 6, it will be the time for the signatories of the Nine-Power Pact to convene a meeting, and I hope that a force will fight to the death in the Shanghai area, and with the sacrifice of this force, it will win the sympathy and support of the international community." ”

Hearing this, the entire conference room began to look at each other, and then began to discuss.

At this moment, the chairman of the NPC Standing Committee has not given up his illusions, believing that this matter can be resolved through coordination among several countries in the international community.

But he didn't realize that the Japanese invaders would not be able to spit out what had been put in their mouths.

And now the Western powers, even more because they have just experienced the pain of World War I, and the aggression of the "appeasement policy" against these countries is often to choose to sacrifice the interests of other countries in exchange for the stability of their own countries.

It would be naïve for the chairman to expect the international community to be able to stop the Japanese aggression.

But now that he has proposed this plan, he is not asking the officers present to question the rationality of this plan.

It's up to the officers here to decide which troops to send as sacrifices.

"I think, the 88th Division should stay. The 88th Division fought the Japanese army in the entire Zhabei area, and performed the most heroic performance, and if the 88th Division was allowed to fight to the death in the end, it would certainly be able to win more sympathy from the international community. The chairman suddenly spoke up.

Hearing this, everyone's eyes fell on Sun Yuanliang.

Sun Yuanliang never expected that such an arduous task would fall on him.

Although the chairman of the committee said it well here, Sun Yuan's conscience was very clear that all the troops had withdrawn, but the Zhabei positions around their 88th Division were left behind, and under the ferocious attack, they would definitely be swallowed in one bite, and they would not even spit out their bones.

He didn't really care about the life or death of his subordinates, the key was that he didn't want to die so early. If I were to be buried with the 88th Division, wouldn't it be too much of a loss?

Therefore, he had an idea, immediately stood up, saluted the chairman and other officers with a standard military salute, and said: "The fact that the commission can hand over this task to our 88th Division is a trust in all the officers and men of our 88th Division, and it is also the greatest recognition of us!" Our army is bound to fight to the death, and it is better to die in battle than to be a slave to the country! ”