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The British shamelessly proposed that our troops retreat 2,000 meters from their positions, and the Japanese troops would retreat to the concession, with neutral countries guarding the middle ground on their behalf.

The Japanese side resorted to a delaying tactic and offered to ask the government for instructions before giving a reply.

The Chinese side believes that our side is now completely unprepared for war, and if it blindly starts a war, its interests will inevitably suffer great losses, and it immediately accepted the British proposal.

Annoyed by the defeat of the Zhabei offensive, the Japanese decided to launch a larger attack on the Shanghai garrison again.

On 2 February, the Emperor of the island nation signed a document submitted by the War Department to rapidly increase the number of troops in Shanghai.

On the same day, the Japanese Navy formed the Third Fleet under the command of Nomura Kichizaburo and the Japanese Army formed a quick-response mixed brigade, which ordered to board the ship at Sasebo Port on 6 February, and under the escort of the warship 'Izumo', it headed for Shanghai at full speed.

Commander Koichi Shiozawa was defeated in the attack on the Zhabei position of the 19th Route Army, and he was angry in his heart every time he thought of it.

Chief of Staff Sato Osa said with a ghostly heart: "Your Excellency General, although our offensive failed, the reason for the failure is obvious, that is, our Navy Special Marine Corps, in terms of the allocation of troops during the offensive, is far lower than that of the Shina Army, I wonder if General Shiozawa wants to send troops again to retaliate?" ”

"How?"

"Your Excellency, the Emperor has signed a document to increase the number of troops in China, and at this time the naval and land arms are being adjusted, and I heard that the deployment will be made on the same day, and it will be ...... soon."

At this moment, the telegraph officer handed a confidential document to Koichi Shiozawa with both hands, and bowed down to report: "Report to Your Excellency, Your Excellency, there is an urgent telegram from the General Staff Headquarters that our naval and land reinforcements have set out, and in order to cover the safe arrival of the 'Izumo' and other ships in Shanghai, we have ordered our troops to launch an attack on Shanghai." ”

"Ryōxi, General Shiozawa, I wanted to make this suggestion just now, but I didn't expect the headquarters to directly issue an order, and this time you can show your skills to repay the shameful battle ahead."

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect Sato-kun to coincide with the offensive battle plan of the military department, I really admire it." Although Shiozawa Koichi said so, he scolded with contempt in his heart.

Shiozawa Koichi immediately ordered the two aircraft carriers 'Kaga' and 'Hosho', the four destroyers of the 2nd Destroyer Group, and the 4th to 7th Battalions of the Special Marine Corps to launch an attack on the Wusong Fortress at 9 o'clock on 4 February.

Deng Zhenquan, the commander of the Wusong Fortress, was chatting with several officers at the headquarters, and one of the officers said: "Commander Deng, do you say that the little devil still dares to attack the fortress?" ”

"Damn, can you say something auspicious? If you want to die, Lao Tzu will immediately send you to the front line, so that you will not even be able to find a body after death. Besides, who am I, Deng, if the little devil dares to attack my Wusong fortress, my six fortress cannons will definitely blast them into the Huangpu River to feed the fish. ”

Just when Commander Deng was showing his determination, dozens of shells were suddenly fired from the Japanese ships on the river, carrying a sharp whistling sound, like a storm pouring down to our forward positions and fortress artillery positions in Wusong.

The commander of our army took the lead and commanded the troops to counterattack.

With such a powerful artillery strike, and negotiations are being negotiated, who would have thought that the little devil would suddenly launch a larger-scale artillery bombardment.

Commander Deng Zhenquan of the fortress was hit by this sudden artillery fire, squatting on the ground with his head in his hands, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Open the cannon, fire the cannon quickly." ”

"Report to the commander, we didn't carry out a counterattack in time, and the six cannons were destroyed by the artillery fire of the little devils one after another, what should we do?"

"Bastard, there is no cannon, don't you still have a gun in your hand? Get out of here, get out, get out, get out——。 ”

Deng Zhenquan looked at the people in the headquarters and was scolded by him to get out, got out from under the table, packed valuables in a suitcase, poked his head out to see that the soldiers were resisting, this bastard actually 'braved the enemy's artillery fire' to escape.

The Wusong fortress was lost, and the Nanjing Military and Political Department caught fire, especially when it was learned that the commander of the fortress had escaped, and ordered that as long as he was arrested, he would be severely punished.

On the second day, the Ministry of Military Affairs appointed Tan Qixiu, deputy commander of the German-style 87th Division, as the commander of the Wusong Fortress.

After Commander Tan Qixiu took office, he reorganized the defense, replenished the fortress artillery, organized the remaining soldiers and reinforcements, and carried out the most fierce counterattack against the Japanese troops who had already rushed to the beach.

After a tragic and bloody battle, the Japanese landing force, under the powerful fire counterattack, defeated several counterattacks several times, suffered heavy losses, and was forced to withdraw from the offensive.

The new commander of the Japanese Third Fleet, Nomura Kichizaburo, led the "Izumo" to Shanghai on 7 February, and in order to meet the landing of the 24th Brigade of the Mixed Army Brigade, he ordered the Japanese Shanghai Navy Special Marine Corps to launch the most fierce attack on Yangjiazhai and Caojiadu.

The headquarters of the 19th Route Army ordered the 121st Brigade to seize the favorable terrain and launch the most fierce resistance against the invading enemy, and after several hand-to-hand combat, finally repelled the roaring attacking enemy.

Annoyed and angry, the new commander, Lieutenant General Nomura, ordered all inshore ships to bombard the positions of the 19th Route Army with the heaviest artillery fire.

Under the cover of the enemy's artillery fire and indiscriminate bombardment, the vanguard of the Japanese army separately seized the tidal flat positions to cover the landing of the main force.

The Japanese troops, who had already seized the beachhead, quickly consolidated their positions, and at dawn the next day, their troops marched into three directions and launched an all-out attack on the main position of our 19th Route Army.

The 19th Route Army is worthy of being a heroic unit that fought all the way and triumphed all the way, stationed in Shanghai to face the enemy's powerful offensives again and again, and was not intimidated, but became more and more courageous.

The Japanese army successively sent the Ninth Division from Wugang to reinforce Shanghai, and ordered the Xia Yuan Xiong Mi Division to respond to the landing, and the Xia Yuan Xiong Mi urgently sent troops to break through the defense line of our army's security regiment and occupy the position near Shenjiazhai. After consolidating his position, he quickly attacked the north bank of Fumohama.

Jiang Guangding, the commander-in-chief standing in front of the map, pouted and stared at the defense line of the 19th Route Army marked on the map, and heard the operational staff report: "Report to the commander-in-chief, the forward positions of Shenjiazhai and Fuzaobang are occupied by the Japanese army's Xia Yuan Xiong Yabu, and the defending troops are calling, can they take the initiative to attack." ”

"Brother Xianchu, in your opinion, can you give an order to order the 121st Brigade to take the initiative to attack and destroy the enemy who has seized my position?"

"Brother Jingran, my 19th Route Army is always in a situation of being passively beaten, it is not good to say, the east wall has fallen to make up the west wall, tired of facing the battle, it is difficult to take advantage of the favorable terrain to destroy the invading enemy at the front of our position, if the Japanese army is allowed to rage, where is the military prestige of our 19th Route Army?"

General Jiang Guangding nodded in agreement, and resolutely ordered: "Order the main force of the 121st Brigade to launch the most fierce attack on the Japanese troops occupying Shenjiazhai and Fuzaobang within one hour, either destroy or repel them, and once the position is re-occupied, strengthen the position and repair the fortifications, and prepare to meet the Japanese Ninth Division that attempts to land." ”

After receiving the order, Brigade Commander Zhao of the 121st Brigade immediately redeployed the forces of each regiment and organized a number of small units that were particularly capable of fighting to attack the positions of Shenjiazhai and Fuzaobang occupied by the Japanese army with lightning speed.

The first battalion of the fourth regiment was ordered to rush to attack Shenjiazhai, and the third battalion reinforced the Fuzaobang special operations team, and once the position was taken, the fortifications were strengthened and the attack of the Japanese landing force was closely monitored.

The two battalions of the 4th Regiment suddenly launched a sneak attack on the enemy's position, luring the enemy's main firepower to deflect from the favorable opportunity, and pounced on the position occupied by the Japanese army with the momentum of a tiger descending the mountain.

The main force of the 121st Brigade launched a strategy of concentrating superior forces to annihilate the Japanese troops who were seizing our positions, and surrounded the enemy in less than an hour.