Looking at the devils who were getting closer and closer, Chen Xiu yelled, "Fight!" "Then, a shot was fired!

For a time, on the position, the gunfire was intensive.

The devils who were about to continue moving forward also stopped walking, and then dozens of devils fell to the ground.

In the past three days, Chen Xiu didn't know how many bullets he had shot, and he didn't know how many devils he had shot down, but the attacks of the devils' air force and artillery from time to time made them really helpless. Now some of the injuries they have are mostly caused by the artillery bombardment of the devil's air force and the devil's army, because the devil's infantry has not been able to get close to the position.

……

On October 25, the Japanese army launched a large-scale counterattack with all its forces, and the Dachang position was captured by the Japanese army. The Chinese army in the Songhu battlefield was attacked on all sides and was forced to shift strategically, retreat to the Suzhou Creek position, and move from the northern suburbs of the city to the city.

"Katsumi, let's go!" Tang Hu received the order to retreat, and in a few days, his newly reconstructed brigade lost more than half, and his heart ached!

"Hmm!" Chen Xiu responded, probably, Chen Xiu also heard that it was because of the loss of the field, the Seckert defense line had actually been broken through, and the third theater had to make a move to abandon the North Station-Jiangwan position. The troops of the Central Army retreated to the south bank of the Suzhou Creek, and the Left Wing Army was also ordered to move. There is no ease in this battle. Chen Xiu has also faced life and death many times, if he hadn't reacted quickly enough, he would probably have gone to see King Yama at this moment.

It's just that Chen Xiu also feels a pity.

Because, retreated again.

In the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War, the elite of the Japanese army was comparable to the non-national army. The firepower of the Japanese army is fierce, and it is not comparable to the national army, and the number of heavy artillery wings invested is enviable.

Sighing, Chen Xiu sat on the horse and walked forward slowly.

As a battalion commander of a reinforced battalion, it is not too big or too small to be an officer, Chen Xiu, or mixed with a horse. And Tang Ning was also riding a horse beside him.

Riding a horse, Chen Xiu didn't know it before, but after the ducks were put on the shelves, there were saddle stirrups, so it was not a problem to walk slowly like this.

"It's October 25th!" Chen Xiu looked at the sky, at the end of October, the weather was already a little cool, these days, although the Chinese army was in a passive position, repeatedly retreated, but still controlled Shanghai, the devils were very unhappy, originally, they should not have spent so much time in Songhu.

……

"Headmaster, here's a special telegram."

"Oh? What is the special telegram? Check it out with me! ”

"Yes!"

A bald-headed middle-aged man took the telegram, and after reading it slowly, he said, "This Chen Yifu, I have heard of it, he has donated a sum of materials to the party-state every year for the past 20 years, and he is indeed a rare patriotic businessman. ”

"Yes! This person had participated in the Dharma Protection Movement with General Zhang Zhizhong, and was later retired due to injury! Standing next to the chairman of the committee, it was obviously Dai Li, Dai Yunong, who was called "Chiang Kai-shek's saber".

"Oh? In this way, is it still an old member of the party-state? ”

"Yes."

"His son, I remember, I used to promote a document on the graded treatment of injuries in a field hospital, and this little guy got it." The chairman narrowed his eyes.

"Yes! But this man has a deeper secret. Dai Lian continued.

"Oh? What's the secret? ”

"He was originally studying at Tokyo Imperial University, but he was insulted by Japanese students, and he fought back angrily and killed two Japanese students." Dai Li smiled, for him, what Chen Xiu did was quite in line with his appetite.

"Is that the murderer that the Japanese kept asking us to hand over before?"

"Yes."

"Haha, I didn't expect young people to be so bold! First killed people in Japan, and after coming back, he became a military doctor, and then saw the tragic fighting on the front line, donated a battalion of equipment to buy a battalion commander, and fought for more than half a month, and felt that the reason why our army was subject to the Japanese was not because the standard equipment was inferior to Japan, but that the equipment of most of the army was uneven and the logistics were chaotic, so we had to devote ourselves to the development of the military industry! The chairman of the committee smiled, "Sure enough, practice is the best teacher!" A high-achieving student is really not suitable for fighting on the front line, so let's do it. ”

"Yes!"

"If you have a chance, you still want to see such a young man! It's really good to be young! ”

"Yes."

Wen Baiken said something for this person, and it is estimated that he was also amazed by Chen Yifu's generosity, a production line! A steel mill! At the beginning, we spent a lot of effort, but this is good, the military industry is strong, and the country and the nation have confidence! What's more, it's wartime! ”

"The headmaster is right."

"Young people, they just dare to fight." The chairman shook his head with a smile, "The 15th Brigade is not our Central Army, right?" ”

"It's not."

"However, if this continues, the equipment of the 15th Brigade of the Independent Army, I'm afraid it will soon catch up with the Central Army, when will it be incorporated into the Central Army."

"Yes. Headmaster, look at this one again. Dai Li handed over another telegram.

The chairman of the committee took it, and raised his eyebrows after looking at it, "Lifu actually said about this matter?" Chen Lifu, Chen Yifu! It's a bit related! ”

"That's it, yes. It's just a brigade, and it's still a Hunan army, so let them go. ”

"Yes!"

……

Chen Xiu naturally didn't know these things, he only knew that Chen Yifu would handle this matter. He also knows that Chen Yifu's friend is not only Zhang Zhizhong. Most of the people who graduated from military academies in the early years have become generals by this time.

On October 26, Chen Xiu and others retreated into the city. The flames of war have finally begun to spread in the city.

The citizens of Shanghai were terrified, and when there was a war, they were most afraid of these ordinary people. No guns, no cannons, either, only to flee for your life. Or, just sit at home.

Chen Xiu looked at the people who were forced to leave home, and in his heart, he was naturally uncomfortable, but after a while, the devil came, and the shells had no eyes, and these buildings were really not shelters.

Tang Ning also stood aside, feeling uncomfortable. Although it was not because of them that they retreated, they did retreat after all.

"Are you getting better?" Chen Xiu asked Tang Ning and sighed inwardly.

"Much better." Tang Ning nodded, "It was originally a small injury, but you made a big fuss." ”

"Yes, yes, I'm making a big fuss!" Chen Xiu nodded hurriedly, arguing with a woman is not a good thing, you win, you have to be angry, if you lose, you can't hang your face. So, it's better to lose the armor at the beginning.

"Hmph." Tang Ning snorted, since she was a child, Chen Xiu would not fight with her for anything, almost everything was smooth, so she was actually quite happy in her heart.

Although her personality is biased towards men, and her hobbies are also biased towards men, she is a daughter after all, and she still has five or six girlfriends. This time she got married, because of Chen Xiu's particularity, she didn't have time to inform her best friend, she regretted it. Thinking about it, I will definitely have to take Chen Xiu back to meet my friends in the future.

……

Since the Nationalist army still controlled Shanghai, it ran counter to Japan's original judgment and calculation. The Japanese High Command decided to shift its strategic focus to Central and East China. On October 20, the Japanese High Command also ordered the 6th, 18th, and 114th Divisions, the Kunisaki Detachment (the 9th Brigade of the 5th Division), the 2nd Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment, the 6th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, and the 1st and 2nd Reserve Infantry Regiments, totaling about 120,000 troops, to form the 10th Army, with Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke as the commander, to prepare for a landing operation to open up the situation. At the same time, the 16th Division of Nakajima in North China was transferred to the Shanghai Dispatch Army, and the strength of the Japanese army on the Songhu front increased to 270,000. These include 9 divisions and 2 brigades of the Army, the main forces of the 3rd and 4th fleets of the Navy, and the air force.

And just when the Japanese soldiers were pressing the border, Chen Xiu and them received two repeated orders.

The order to retreat, which had been given, was later cancelled and the troops were allowed to hold their positions.

Chen Xiu frowned, he seemed to have some impression of this, it was said that Chiang Kai-shek was deeply mired in the hope of the foreign powers to intervene to stop the Japanese invasion.

In fact, in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, many Chinese people pinned their hopes on the foreign powers to intervene in this matter, but no one interfered. It's just the utopian dreams of the Chinese people.