August 17, dawn.

On the open hill in front of the position of the 524th Brigade of the 88th Division, 500 warriors were ready to go. They are the most elite soldiers of the 524 Brigade, and they are all issued with semi-automatic fire equipment. In addition to combat soldiers, there are also engineers, demolition soldiers, communication troops, and medical soldiers, which are multi-arm assault troops.

This was the second round of siege launched by the Chinese army against the Japanese army, and the commander-in-chief Zhang Zhizhong had a sense of desperation, and the key to this siege was the 500-strong commando.

Ye Lei predicted that the siege would end in failure, and he analyzed it from the perspective of a soldier, and he knew very little about the "Battle of Songhu".

However, the Commander's Department still carried out this "Iron Fist Plan" because there was not much time left for the Chinese army, and if the Japanese troops in the public concession area were not eliminated before the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, the battle situation would enter a stalemate, which would be very unfavorable to the Chinese side.

The operation was formulated by German advisers, commanded by Xie Jinyuan, and led by Liu Hongshen.

Xie Jinyuan stood on the stage and said to the commandos below before leaving: "This operation is related to the success or failure of the entire campaign, and also related to the lives of millions of Shanghai people, so this operation is glorious!" You are a sharp knife of the 88th Division, you must be fiercely inserted into the enemy's heart, like a nail, a dead nail in the enemy's fatal position, so that the enemy will be in pain! ”

Xie Jinyuan is telling the soldiers, use your lives to create honor, and use the final victory to write the glory of the Chinese soldiers!

Everyone knew about this mission, and they wanted to go deep alone, cut off the connection between the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters and the Huishan Wharf, and create an opportunity for the main force of the 88th Division to attack the headquarters. The task was arduous and glorious, and everyone wrote a suicide note, determined to fight the enemy to the death.

"Let's go!"

Liu Hongshen roared, and five hundred commandos followed him to the designated position, waiting for the arrival of the general attack.

No one slept in the entire 88th Division that night, especially Sun Yuanliang in the headquarters, who was restless and looked at his watch every once in a while. Zhang Baiting, the chief of staff on the side, was the same, his expression revealed anxiety and uneasiness.

"Report! The commandos have already arrived at the designated positions. ”

The report of the signal corps broke the temporary tranquility of the command headquarters and made the originally tense atmosphere even more tense, Sun Yuanliang just waved his hand and said loudly: "Got it!" ”

No wonder Sun Yuanliang is so anxious. In the first siege of the 88th Division, more than 1,000 people were lost, and even its own brigade commander was sacrificed, and a 528th regiment carried down 7 company commanders; And this time, the 88th Division invested all elite soldiers and backbones, and Sun Yuanliang felt that Alexander, the 88th Division really couldn't afford to lose.

The 88th Division was ordered to defend Zhabei to the death. What is Zhabei? It is the axis of the entire battle.

The battle sequence of the Songhu battlefield is divided into two wings, the Pudong area east of the Huangpu River is the right wing army, and the urban area is separated by the middle; North of the Suzhou Creek was the Left Wing Army. However, the operational burden of the left and right flank armies was not balanced, in fact, the left flank was the main battlefield, and the right flank was only on guard and monitoring along the banks of the Huangpu River.

The Left Wing Army was divided into three areas, center, left, and right, with the 87th, 88th, and 36th Divisions as the backbone, and at the same time, the 87th Division was upgraded and expanded to the 71st Army, the 88th Division was the 72nd Army, and the 36th Division was the 73rd Army. The 72nd Army, with the 88th Division as the main body, was located close to the north bank of Suzhou Creek and Zhabei between Jiangwan Road and Jiangwan Road

Therefore, the Zhabei area has become the axis of the rotation of the whole front, and it is the top priority of the entire campaign. If the troops are exhausted and Zhabei is lost, there will be no need to fight, and the Japanese army can directly land on the Huangpu River and directly occupy Shanghai.

This is what Sun Yuanliang is worried about. The worst result was that the siege was not effective, the troops suffered heavy losses, a large number of Japanese reinforcements dared to arrive, and Zhabei had no troops to defend.

"Can we succeed this time?"

"I don't know."

Sun Yuanliang suddenly asked, asking so unconfidently. Zhang Baiting replied, the same is not confident.

Originally, Zhang Baiting was full of confidence in the plan of the German advisers, and the Germans knew more about modern warfare and Japan's combat methods than they did, but after listening to Ye Lei's analysis, this confidence was discounted. The Germans ignored the form of both sides, ignoring the objective factors of the battlefield as a whole.

In his spare time, Zhang Baiting told Sun Yuanliang about the situation at the 262 Brigade Headquarters. Sun Yuanliang was shocked, in addition to the uncertainties of this plan, he also deepened his impression of Ye Lei.

In the past, Sun Yuanliang only knew that Ye Lei was Lu Zuofu's nephew and an ordinary captain platoon commander of the 88th Division, but this time Sun Yuanliang was really impressed by him.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, the artillery of the 88th Division took the lead in the attack.

"Fire!"

"Bang~Bang~Bang~" "......"

Under the roar of the artillery battalion commander Wang Jie, several artillery pieces were fired in unison to fire intensively at the enemy position.

"Boom Boom" "Boom Boom" "......"

In a moment, the Japanese army's Qiujiang Road position was in a sea of flames and flames, and the entire area was illuminated by fire as if it were daylight.

The 88th Division launched a lightning attack, the Japanese army was defenseless and suffered numerous casualties, and the devils on the position could only wail in the flames of hell.

After the shelling, the Japanese positions were left with no tiles, and all the fortifications and buildings were destroyed. And those shameless invaders were completely buried in a foreign land, becoming wild ghosts with no soul to return to.

"Follow me!"

"Kill!" "Kill" "......"

Liu Hongshen roared angrily, and the sound of killing shook the sky. He led the assault team to rush into the enemy line and slaughter the remaining devils.

The battle lasted less than twenty minutes, and nearly two devils were on the streets. Liu Hongshen continued to attack with the commando. The attacking force was like a bamboo, like an incomparably sharp knife, straight into the enemy's vital position.

"Report to the division, the attacking force has been going all the way, and is launching a fierce attack on the enemy's Forte!"

The report of the communication soldier was like a booster, Sun Yuanliang's confidence was greatly boosted, and he patted the case: "Good! Order the main forces to launch a general assault on the enemy's headquarters! ”

"Yes!"

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”“……”

The second round of the general attack was completely loud in this rumbling cannon. It was as if there was an earthquake in the entire public concession, and the houses and streets were shaking.

Not only the 88th Division, but also the 87th Division in the north also launched an attack on the Dagong Spinning Mill at the same time, and the public concession area was completely shrouded in thick gunsmoke and artillery fire.

"Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "......"

Streams of scorching light weave back and forth on Qiujiang Road, looking down from above like a dense network of fire.

Not long after the assault attack, several street fortresses of the Japanese army began to counterattack frantically, and countless bullets shot straight at the attacking troops like fiery snakes.

"Hidden! Fire cover! ”

Liu Hongshen led the leading troops to quickly disperse on both sides of the street, and the rear fire immediately followed.

"Bang~Bang~Bang~" "......"

Eight 75mm caliber mortars launched fire coverage on the targets in front, and after three rounds of shelling, Liu Hongshen charged under the cover of fire.

The soldiers in front fell one by one, and the soldiers behind went forward one after another, and the assault team occupied the Japanese position again, and then continued to attack in depth.

The rising sun awakened the earth and dyed the east blood-red. The earth is mourning, and countless Chinese soldiers are overcoming obstacles and defending their own land with their lives and blood.