Chapter 137: Answer to the ultimatum

Zhu Peide has similar qualifications as He Yingqin, and served as a member of the school council of the Nanjing Central School of the National Revolutionary Army and the director of military training of the Nationalist Government.

During the period of Yunnan Jiangwutang, the great man who had one word missing from his name adhered to the model 'Erzhu', experienced the War of Protecting the Country and the War of Protecting the Law, and performed prominently in these two wars.

He was a member of the old League, and always followed Mr. Sun to participate in the Northern Expedition, serving as the commander of the Third Army of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and took the lead in every war.

Due to Zhu Peide's outstanding performance in the three wars, his position in the army has been rising, and he finally paid his official positions as chairman of Jiangxi Province, chief of staff, acting commander-in-chief, and director of the General Office of the Central Military Commission.

At this time, He Yingqin and Zhu Peide became the right-hand men of President Jiang's army, although the two were-for-tat on a certain issue, but in general, they were still very cooperative with President Jiang on the surface.

Because President Jiang's downfield has a lot to do with He Yingqin, when he came to power again at this time, He Yingqin, a big man in the army who knows the wind and rudder, still made a show of support on the surface.

According to the Japanese army, the Japanese army has recently sent a large number of land, sea and air forces to Shanghai, which should have reached 50,000 at this time, and the Japanese army is still increasing troops to Shanghai, and the speed of increase is even faster.

After discussion by the Military Commission, Chairman Chiang first ordered Zhang Zhizhong to lead the Fifth Army, composed of the 87th and 88th and the two and a half German armoury divisions of the Teaching Corps, to quickly arrive in the area of Nanxiang in Shanghai to deploy defenses and reinforce the headquarters of Jiang Guangding of the 19th Route Army.

Ordered Wei Lihuang's 14th Army's 10th Division Li Mo'an's Division, and Jiang Fusheng's Division of the 83rd Division to enter Zhejiang Province to reinforce the Songhu War of Resistance, and ordered Chen Cheng's 18th Army to quickly reinforce Shanghai from Ganzhou.

President Jiang also called the headquarters of Hu Zongnan, the first division of Liu Zhi, chairman of Henan Province, and received the order to set off that night, and specifically instructed that 'only one regiment to two regiments should be opened every night, get off at the station between Chuzhou and Puzhen, and march on foot to the riverside to cross the river. ’

He ordered the commander of the Ninth Division, Jing Dingwen, to concentrate in Hangzhou at night and night, and the difficult and dangerous road was eliminated without mistakes.

He ordered Lu Diping, chairman of Zhejiang Province, to strengthen defense in Zhapu, Zhenhai, Wenzhou, and other places, and once the Japanese army launched an attack from these three places and moved closer to Shanghai, it was necessary to stop the attack at all costs, and the Japanese army must not be allowed to make a trip.

President Chiang successively dispatched troops and generals to replenish troops and weapons and equipment on the eve of the Songhu War of Resistance, which can be said to be a strengthening of defense in the course of fighting and talking with the Japanese army, so as to prevent the Japanese army from increasing its troops in Shanghai and losing it.

The Japanese army failed to attack the Zhabei forward position of our 19th Route Army in the first time of increasing troops, and after the armistice, it quickly increased its troops to Shanghai.

The order was made for the cruiser "Tatsuda" to command four destroyers of the 26th Sasebo Brigade to land at Whampoa, accompanied by 474 special marines and a large number of munitions.

Subsequently, the aircraft carriers 26,000-ton 'Kaga' and 7,470-ton 'Fengxiang' boarded 30 planes and anchored 130 kilometers east of Shanghai on the waters of the Ma'an Islands.

With the Izumo aircraft carrier as its flagship, the Central Headquarters of the Japanese Navy ordered Vice Admiral Kichizaburo Nomura as its commander to lead ships cruising outside the First Foreign Fleet along the Yangtze River to form the Third Fleet.

The Japanese army, which had been reinforced by troops, aircraft, and ships, once again launched a fierce attack on the defenders of our forward positions such as Zhabei and Baziqiao, and the battle expanded to the line of Jiangwan, Songpu, and Wusongkou.

With the most intense firepower, the planes and naval guns carried out indiscriminate artillery fire and bomb bombardment of our position, and the position was destroyed several times by the fire, but under the full resistance of our defenders, the Japanese reinforcements of the ships anchored along the river were never able to land.

The anti-aircraft artillery company of the 88th Division, which was temporarily assigned to the command of the 4th Regiment of the 156th Brigade of the 19th Route Army, fired angry shells at enemy fighters under the enemy's low-altitude bombardment, and finally shot down one Japanese Type 3 fighter and damaged three.

Koichi Shiozawa, who was transferred back to Japan, was immediately succeeded by Commander Kichizaburo Nomura, Vice Admiral of the newly formed Third Fleet.

As the war dragged on, the Japanese had to ask for help from the Admiralty when they had previously planned to send the Army to the war.

The Japanese Cabinet decided to send the mixed brigade under the brigade commander of Major General Kumaya Moto, the 9th Division under the division commander of Lieutenant General Kenkichi Ueda, and the 24th Brigade to reinforce Shanghai as quickly as possible.

After the 24th Brigade arrived in Shanghai, it landed quickly under the cover of night, and at dawn the front troops suddenly launched an attack on Zhanghuabang, Fuzaobang, and Wusongkou in three directions.

The forward positions of our defenders found that in the gray night of dawn, black shadows suddenly appeared on the tidal flats and wriggled, and immediately reported to the upper peak.

The commander of the 121st Brigade immediately dispatched a reconnaissance team to approach the reconnaissance and immediately send out a signal as soon as it was discovered that the enemy had rushed to land on the beach.

When the two reconnaissance teams sent to the front line for reconnaissance discovered that a large number of little devils had landed on the water, they immediately opened fire to stop them and reported to the commander of the 121st Brigade.

The commander of the 121st Brigade was warned by the reconnaissance team's gunfire and ordered the defenders of Zhang Huabang, Fuzaobang, and Wusongkou to destroy the landing enemy with the heaviest firepower.

After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the soldiers of the Japanese Special Marine Corps, who had just landed on the cold tidal flats, were already hungry and cold, and were suddenly blocked by the powerful firepower of the 121st Brigade of the 19th Route Army.

The Japanese troops, whose combat effectiveness had not been brought into full play, quickly retreated under the powerful firepower.

The Japanese army was defeated, and in response to questions from Chinese and foreign reporters, he arrogantly said: "The day when the Japanese army crossed the Fuzaohama is the time when the Japanese army's action is terminated." ”

A British reporter asked: "May I ask General Noda, what do you say when you hear that your army lost in the battles of Zhanghuabang, Fuzaobang, and Wusongkou?" ”

"The day when the Japanese army steps on the trenches of the Chinese army in Wusong is not far away, please wait and see, and the resistance in East China will be ended at that time."

General Nomura Kichizaburo said such a big thing, and that day and night, he ordered the Japanese army to launch a full-scale attack on the front line of Fumohama and Caojiaqiao, but the offensive effect was not good, and he ordered the reinforcements to continue to reinforce.

The 19th Route Army faced the fierce artillery fire of the Japanese army and the bombardment of aerial fighters, carried out the most tragic resistance, when the enemy rushed into the forward position trench, the soldiers bravely killed the enemy, and the enemy started hand-to-hand combat, the battlefield was extremely tragic, the casualties were very large, from dawn to dusk, and finally the enemy's advance and attack retreated.

General Nomura Kichizaburo did not give up, and at dawn the next day, he ordered a brigade of the Japanese army to suddenly attack the line of Fuzaohama and Kijiaqiao again, breaking through the position and advancing in depth.

The Japanese brigade occupying the position, the troops attacked Wusong in three directions, but were blocked by the powerful firepower of Zhang Yan's headquarters of the 61st Division, and quickly surrounded it at the right time, and fought fiercely until late at night.

In less than an hour, the Japanese brigade, under the deployment of Zhang Yan, commander of the 61st Division, ordered a small group of troops to quickly sneak attack the enemy's important firepower points during the movement.

Nomura Kichizaburo, the second commander, made a terrible clamor and tried to outflank the 19th Route Army on the front line of Zhang Huabang, Fuzaobang, and Jijiaqiao many times in several ways, but it was completely crushed.

He would not have thought that he would be dismissed from his post a few days later because of his repeated failures in command, and he would no longer dare to face questions from reporters.