According to Shangfeng's order, as one of the most elite units of the national army, they need to fight the Japanese army here to the end. Either Shanghai falls, or the Japanese retreat, there is no second way to choose.

Entering the defense area, Qin Chuan first arranged his headquarters in a dilapidated building.

That mansion was a bank before the battle began. Qin Chuan had the door of the vault blown open, and the ocean inside was emptied, but the solid vault was made of reinforced concrete on all sides, but it could be used as his command room.

On top of that, the building is relatively tall and offers a panoramic view of the surrounding neighborhoods. Alas, if a squad of scouts was arranged here, they would be able to know the movements of the Japanese army in the surrounding neighborhoods at any time.

The telephone line was pulled by the communication corps from various blocks, so that Qin Chuan could contact the companies stationed in each block at any time.

Qin Chuan put a candy in Nameless's hand and said, "Nameless, take it for your walkie-talkie!" ”

"Take it!" Nameless said.

That walkie-talkie was specially equipped by Qin Chuan for Nameless, so that he could contact Nameless at any time.

Qin Chuan said: "Okay, you go and find a sniper location on your own, and the accurate fire support of the three blocks depends on you." ”

Nameless nodded, took the candy and put it in his pocket, carrying a Barrett sniper rifle disproportionate to her size, and walked outside the command room.

She walked around the block for a while and found a nice sniper spot.

It was an abandoned church, at the top of the church's bell tower, overlooking all the blocks where their three battalions were stationed. Even the defense area of the next battalion can be seen from here.

The nameless general kicked open the door of the bell tower and carried a sniper rifle to the top of the bell tower.

She smashed the glass open, and from the windows around the bell tower, she could clearly see the surrounding block.

At this time, the big bell above the bell tower suddenly rang.

"It's nine o'clock!" Qin Chuan looked at the hour hand on his pocket watch, and then said, "The little devil is almost about to start attacking!" ”

With the sound of the nine o'clock bell, echoing in the neighborhoods of Jing'an, Shanghai, the Japanese naval guns anchored on the river began to turn one after another, aiming the huge cannons at this side.

The unit of the Japanese attack was Matsui Ishone's 3rd Division.

This is the most elite first-class division of the Japanese army, not only well-equipped, but also the quality of the soldiers and commanders is very high. In addition to this, they had strong fire support from the naval guns of the Japanese naval fleet, as well as air support from the Japanese naval aviation.

The attack on the block of the third battalion was a Japanese brigade of nearly 1,000 people.

This brigade was the ninth brigade of the 3rd Division, and the captain of the brigade was Ishihara Tachii Daisa, although he was only in the beginning of the 4th Division, he had already taken his own troops and fought here continuously for nearly a month.

The Ninth Brigade, which had just finished replenishing its troops, was in high morale at this time.

"The enemy has changed guards! In the early morning, the number of enemies stationed in the Jing'an area increased, and their equipment was better than that of the previous garrison. Ishihara Tachii said with a telescope and looking at the quiet neighborhood in the distance.

Sakanishi Jiliang, who was next to him, was a staff officer that his boss had just assigned to him, and when he heard this, he grinned and showed a big golden tooth and said, "Dazuo, the enemy is already at the end of the crossbow." They were able to hold on here, and it was completely filled with human lives. But with their elite forces gone, we can easily take the neighborhood down. ”

Ishihara Tachii smiled and said, "My last staff officer was as confident as Your Excellency. However, in the charge against the enemy the day before yesterday, he was already loyal to His Majesty the Emperor. ”

Sakanishi Jiliang is a Chinese in Japan, which can be regarded as an aristocratic class. His family found some connections and installed him here as a staff officer with the army. If you fail, you are not guilty, and if you win the battle, it is a military achievement.

"It seems that I need to lead a team myself to prove myself." Sakanishi Jiliang said, and then said with a self-recommendation.

When Ishihara Tachii heard this, he was a little amused in his heart, but he didn't stop it, and said directly: "Okay, after the shelling is over in a while, let's charge with a team." I want to see how well your command skills are. ”

In the long battle, he was very happy to see this kind of guy who did not know the height of the sky, being beaten into a sieve by the bullets of the opposing national army. Especially this kind of aristocratic child, it often gives him a sense of revenge.

"The shelling is about to begin, order the troops to prepare for the offensive !!" Ishihara Tachii shouted.

As soon as his order was given, the Japanese naval guns on the river began to roar.

"Boom !!"

With a muffled sound, the Japanese battleships fired an incomparably huge cannonball directly into the downtown area of Shanghai.

They don't care if there are civilians living there, and for them anyway, this indiscriminate bombardment has been going on for some time. For civilians, killing and injuring civilians is also commonplace for them.

Hearing the whistling sound of artillery shells, the veterans of the 3rd Battalion, who had originally built a position in the house, immediately shouted: "Japanese shelling!!" Take cover!!! ”

With that, they desperately drilled into the bomb shelter.

It was a bomb shelter dug by the previous troops, which was convenient for them at this time.

Unlike veterans, many recruits have not yet reacted to what is happening.

Until a shell fell, directly blowing up a small three-story building into powder, and several soldiers were torn to pieces by the huge impact of the shell. Only then did they realize that they should immediately drill into the bomb shelter during the shelling.

In the continuous bombardment, a large number of shells rained down, making the already dilapidated neighborhood even more dilapidated.

Between the ruins, the remains of the broken arm can be seen everywhere. Some of the corpses of the Nationalist soldiers buried in the collapsed buildings were rediscovered by the bombardment of Japanese shells, but they were quickly blown into the sky and buried in the scorched earth that fell.

In between the shelling, Japanese fighter and bomber clusters flew over the neighborhood where they were stationed. Then, in the roar of the engines, the bullets on the aerial bombs and the two-wing cannon were poured on their heads without reservation.

On top of each house, you can see the bullets left behind by the Japanese machine gun rifles, so that every wall and house here is turned into cheese with holes, and then turned into powder under the bombardment of shells.