Chen Xiu sighed, this kind of thing is not something that a small battalion commander can control. It's good that he can save his life on the battlefield.

However, because of the repetition of this order, the morale of the national army was shaken, the morale of the Chinese defenders was greatly affected, and the order of the ranks began to be chaotic.

At dawn on November 5, the newly formed Japanese 10th Army, under the command of Yanagawa Heisuke, was escorted by the fleet to make a sudden landing at Caojing Town, Quangong Pavilion, Jinsi Niang Bridge and other places near Jinshanwei in Hangzhou Bay, outflanking the southern part of the Chinese army's defense line in Songhu.

"What!" It is impossible to hide such news from each other, and once one general learns of such news, others will also know about it.

Therefore, when Chen Xiu knew, he knew that the retreat was not far away.

"In this way, if our troops don't withdraw, they will be surrounded by devils in their pockets." Di Feng said lightly, as a military division type of existence, he has a little bit of his own opinion on the situation of the entire battlefield, "Eh, it's a pity." ”

"It's Jinshanwei, there are no defenders on that side!" Tang Hu also sighed, the hard work of the past few months seemed to have been in vain, and for a while, it also made him a little unhappy.

On the night of November 8, the Japanese army broke into Songjiang Castle from the east, south and west with strong firepower, and the 67th Army was completely annihilated, and the Japanese army occupied Songjiang. Immediately, the troops were divided into two routes, one along the east bank of Taihu Lake, through Zhejiang and Anhui to Nanjing, and the main force pointed to Fengjing Town, Jiaxing, and Pingwang. On the 9th, the Shanghai-Hangzhou railway and highway were cut off. At the same time, the 16th Division, under the command of Nakajima Imasago, successfully landed at Baimaokou in Taicang, Jiangsu, and the advance was directed at the Beijing-Shanghai railway and highway, forming a trend of convergence. After the six divisions of the Japanese army on the north bank of the Suzhou Creek forcibly crossed the Suzhou Creek on October 31, they quickly moved closer to the Japanese troops who landed on both routes, and the 700,000 Chinese troops in the Songhu area were suddenly in a dangerous situation.

On the evening of November 8, Chiang Kai-shek ordered a general retreat, and all troops withdrew from the battle in Shanghai and retreated to Nanjing, Suzhou, and the area west of Jiaxing in two directions. Due to the haste of the order, the command was out of control, and the result of the great retreat turned into a full-scale rout.

On the way, Chen Xiu looked at the soldiers of the national army who were running forward desperately, and was a little dumbfounded! "Where is this still what a retreat! This TM is a rout! ”

Tang Hu and the others don't look good, one road, can't everyone walk well? Do you have to scramble to be the first to be left behind, so as not to be left behind, what will happen to the Japanese?

"Brigade, our people go to the side first, let the others go first." Chen Xiu looked at Tang Hu and frowned, "If you insist on squeezing, it is easy to have a stampede." Chen Xiu remembers the stampede very clearly, it was a New Year's Day Chinese New Year's Eve a certain year, and there was a stampede on the Bund, killing several college students.

Tang Hu nodded, "Order, all of them, stop advancing!" Go to the left side of the road and wait! ”

So, some soldiers passed on the order one by one.

Tang Hu, on the other hand, was the first in the crowd to go to the left side of the road.

After a while, all the fighters of the independent brigade walked to the left and looked at the soldiers in the middle, who were crowded and running forward like crazy.

Chen Xiu and the others are okay, knowing that the devils will not catch up so quickly, and besides, there are broken troops. But when the ordinary warriors saw that they had stopped and others were walking, their hearts panicked.

"Platoon commander! Why don't we leave! ”

"That's right! Why don't you go! Everyone else is running! ”

"We're not going to be the rear troops, are we?"

The morale of the army is fluctuating, and rumors are spreading.

"What are you yelling about, what are you yelling about!" Tang Hu snorted, "People are in a hurry, then let them go first!" Do you know that if there are too many people, something will happen! What to do in case of a stampede! If you fall, you'll be trampled into pulp! A bunch of cowards! ”

Chen Xiu coughed, the wind was a little strong, but at this time, when he withdrew from Shanghai, the morale of the army was already chaotic, and their brigade, he estimated that it was okay, and if it was replaced by other troops, I am afraid it would be even more unbearable.

When everyone heard this, their voices were lowered.

"Rest in place!" Tang Hu said again.

For Tang Hu, the one-armed brigade commander, the soldiers still have some respect and fear. One is that most of these soldiers today will not have other ideas, and the second is that this is the case with Chinese education.

Chen Xiu took some prepared pastries from the pharmacy warehouse and handed them to Tang Ning, "Ah Ning, eat." ”

"Huh? You even have mung bean cake! Tang Ning's eyes lit up, as a girl, she naturally likes sweets.

Chen Xiu smiled, his eyebrows curled, and handed Tang Ning another marching kettle.

On the side, Tang Hu's brows jumped.

This is public, for fear that others will not know if you are a husband and wife or what? Seeing that Chen Xiu didn't make any other moves, Tang Hu's face was also difficult to see, I am your father-in-law, you stinky boy! However, he naturally will not compete with his daughter for food. I could only pick up dry food and nibble on it.

As an officer, Chen Xiu didn't want to do anything special, so he just prepared some pastries for Tang Ning, not to mention, he was a man! He can't eat pastries too! If he also eats, what about the other fighters!

Everyone eats dry food!

Tang Ning saw the dry food that Chen Xiu ate, so he gave a piece of mung bean cake to Chen Xiu.

Chen Xiu smiled and shook his head, "You eat, I don't like sweets, you know." ”

Tang Ning was helpless and handed a piece to Tang Hu.

Tang Hu's face is getting better, it's still a daughter, an intimate little padded jacket! After taking the mung bean cake, Tang Hu had no scruples and ate it. In wartime, it was already a luxury to be able to eat such sweets. At this time, Tang Hu also had to say that Chen Xiu was really good to Tang Ning.

After waiting for more than two hours, there were fewer troops on the way. You must know that the great retreat of hundreds of thousands of people can be completed in a while.

"Wait a little longer, it's already past 10 o'clock, and the devil will definitely not chase it, even if he wants to chase it, it's tomorrow." Chen Xiu spoke, it was almost 11 o'clock, he didn't think that the devil would chase him out overnight. What's more, although the devils have a tendency to encircle, when they retreated, they had not yet surrounded them. Therefore, there is really no need to worry, even if there are really pursuers, they are just a few small fish.

"Big brother, what Katsumi said is right." Devon also spoke.

"Then rest!"

"Hmm."

On such a road, the soldiers did not have any tents, so they had to sleep along the street with their clothes.

Chen Xiu found a small courtyard where there was no one, took a quilt from the pharmacy, and laid it out for Tang Ning, "Ah Ning, you sleep here." ”

"Where did you get the quilt?" Tang Ning was puzzled.

"This people's family is estimated not to have been taken away when it was transferred." Chen Xiu replied with a smile.

"This family doesn't seem to be rich, how can there be such a good quilt? Dumb, don't you think I'm so fooled! Tang Ning frowned, "Such a good quilt, even if they transfer it, they will definitely take it away." ”

Chen Xiu touched his chin, "Really?" I don't know about this, but I did find it in the house, and you can't let me change a quilt for you! ”

"That's right." Tang Ning nodded, "However, I have to call my father to come in and rest as well." ”

"What?" Chen Xiu raised his eyebrows, "This is what I prepared for you!" ”

"That's my dad!"

Chen Xiu was speechless.

When Tang Hu came in, he didn't want to sleep on a bed with a quilt, but lay down directly on a wooden plank.

Chen Xiu was relieved at this time, and felt that Old Tang still had some eyesight.

……

Early the next morning, Chen Xiu and the others woke up early.

After eating dry food and solving breakfast, Chen Xiu and the others went on their way. After a night, there were not many soldiers on the road, and it seemed that it was finally empty.

And on this road, a capable young man looked at Tang Hu's side, he was the battalion commander of the independent battalion of the 87th Division, and was originally the battalion commander of the third battalion of the 522nd Regiment of the 87th Division, but the formation of their regiment was almost done, and then it became an independent battalion and served as the post-break task.

"Yingza, what's wrong?" Next to the young man, another tall man asked.

"Which unit is this?" The young man spoke.

"Oh, this one, I asked, it's the 15th Brigade of the Independence, when they retreated last night, they were crowded into a bunch, and their brigade commander was afraid of a stampede, so he let the troops rest here."