Feng Chen's note said that Xie Jinyuan contacted the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce by phone and tried to send the injured officers and soldiers to the concession for treatment. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Xie Jinyuan immediately asked the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce to propose to the US military to send 10 seriously wounded soldiers to leave the battlefield, and the US military agreed to this request, so under the cover of night, the 10 seriously wounded were carried away from the battlefield.

Before dawn, when Yang Huimin left the Sixing Warehouse, when asked about the battle plan of the defenders, Xie Jinyuan replied that we would defend the Sixing Warehouse to the death.

Yang Huimin was very moved when he heard this, and asked Xie Jinyuan for the list of all the defenders, and informed the whole country when he returned.

However, in order to confuse the Japanese army and not disappoint Yang Huimin, Xie Jinyuan had people forge a list of 800 people according to the roster of the original 524 Regiment, but in fact, there were 423 people guarding the Sixing warehouse.

The location and structure of the four rows of warehouses were quite favorable to the defenders.

The Sihang warehouse was close to the public concession, and the Japanese did not dare to attack with naval fire, because they were afraid that the shells would fall into the public concession, because Japan was unwilling to start a war with Europe and the United States at this time.

The Japanese army also did not dare to use mustard gas as in other parts of Shanghai, because it would expose the whole world.

At 7 a.m., a Japanese bomber circled over the warehouse, but did not drop a bomb for fear of hitting the public concession by mistake, and left after being attacked by the defenders' anti-aircraft fire.

At around 8 o'clock in the morning, battalion commander Yang Ruifu summoned all battalion officers and squad leaders to give speeches to boost morale.

At 10 o'clock, Xie Jinyuan and Yang Ruifu jointly inspected the fortifications and observed the movements of the Japanese troops, and when they were on the roof of the building, Xie Jinyuan noticed a group of Japanese troops moving along the Suzhou River North Road.

Xie Jinyuan picked up a Mauser 98K rifle and fired at the Japanese army, killing a Japanese military police officer on the spot.

By noon, the Japanese launched their largest attack to date.

Artillery and lightly armed tanks attacked from all directions, forcing the third company of the Chinese defenders to withdraw from the fortifications outside the warehouse.

The west side of the Sixing warehouse was originally windowless, but the Japanese shelling opened many shooting holes for the defenders.

There was a group of Japanese soldiers who tried to climb into the second floor of the warehouse through the ladder, Xie Jinyuan happened to be in front of the window on the second floor, he grabbed the gun of the first Japanese soldier who came up with one hand, pushed it down with the other hand, and then shot at the second Japanese soldier who climbed the ladder behind, and finally knocked down the ladder.

At this time, the Japanese attack was accompanied by armored vehicles and cannons as cover, and finally after the Japanese army failed again, they began to use excavators to dig tunnels to the four rows of warehouses.

Citizens on the other side of the river informed the defending Japanese army of the actions in large characters.

Someone even called the defenders in the Sixing warehouse after discovering that the Japanese were preparing to attack again.

At about 3 p.m., heavy rain began to fall in the sky, and the Japanese launched another main attack on the western flank, occupying the Bank of Communications building and deploying cannons to attack north of the Sihang warehouse.

The cannon could not inflict fatal damage to the heavy walls of the Sihang warehouse, and the Japanese troops in the Bank of Communications building were easily suppressed by the Chinese defenders occupying the commanding heights.

Two hours later, the Japanese abandoned the attack, but they were able to cut off the power and water supply to the Sixing warehouse.

During this period, the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce was quite excited when it received the news that the Chinese defenders were still in Zhabei, and the news soon spread throughout the city through the radio.

People gathered on the south bank of Suzhou Creek in the rain to cheer on the defenders.

The citizens of Shanghai donated more than 10 truckloads of supplies to the defenders, and the trucks arrived near the Sixing warehouse at night, and the defenders built a wall with sandbags to the trucks, dragged the supplies to the warehouse, and carried the supplies for four hours, during which three defenders were killed.

The defenders received food, fruits, clothing, utensils and letters of condolence from the citizens, and a team of reporters also ventured to the Sixing warehouse, but because Xie Jinyuan and Yang Ruifu were busy, they were received by the commander of the machine gun company Lei on their behalf.

At 7 a.m. on October 30, the Japanese attacked again.

In this attack, only a small number of infantry participated in the Japanese army, and most of the time the Japanese only attacked with cannons, because the Sixing warehouse was built strongly, and there were plenty of sandbags and repair materials, while the Japanese army tried to destroy the warehouse, the defenders were always repairing the warehouse.

The cannon fire of the Japanese was quite intensive, with shells falling on average every second.

In the evening, the Japanese used several searchlights to illuminate the Sixing warehouses to facilitate their shelling, and the entire 30th day of fighting continued for a full day, and the defenders destroyed several Japanese armored vehicles.

The expatriates in the Shanghai Concession, unwilling to fight so close to them, promised to persuade the Chinese army to stop fighting in the face of Japanese pressure.

Representatives of expatriates sent a petition to the National Government demanding a cessation of the fighting on "humanitarian grounds".

For Chiang Kai-shek, the battle had been won, the vast majority of the Chinese army had been successfully evacuated and redeployed to new positions, and the battle itself had attracted the attention of the Western world.

Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the troops to evacuate the Sixing warehouse on October 31.

Yang Hu, commander of the Shanghai garrison, was arranged to meet with British General Smarlet to discuss how the 524th Regiment would be evacuated, and it was decided that the 524th Regiment would withdraw to the Public Concession and join up with the 88th Division, which was fighting in the western part of Shanghai.

The supreme commander of the Japanese Dispatch Army, Matsui Ishone, also said that he agreed and promised to allow the Chinese defenders to retreat, but he quickly reversed himself afterwards.

Xie Jinyuan hoped to remain in the Sixing warehouse until the last man, Zhang Baiting, the chief of staff of the 88th Division, finally persuaded him to agree to retreat.

At midnight, it was already November 1, Xie Jinyuan led 376 people, divided into teams and batches, to withdraw into the public concession through the new garbage bridge.

About ten men were wounded by Japanese machine guns during the retreat, and by 2 a.m. all the defenders had completed their retreat.

After the troops retreated, they announced their convergence with the 88th Division, but the British troops in the British Concession immediately confiscated their weapons and restricted their freedom.

This was because the Japanese threatened to invade the British Concession if the British let them leave.

The warriors of the 524th Regiment were sent by the British army to the west of the Public Concession and quarantined on the Jiaozhou Road in the Italian defense zone.

After the battle of the Sixing Warehouse, it was noticed that the Chinese flag was still flying on the top floor of the Sixing Warehouse, and passers-by and the Japanese defenders all took off their hats and saluted.

The media referred to the 423 defenders as "800 heroes", and at the same time created the "800 Heroes Song" to inspire the military and civilians to resist Japanese aggression.

However, the foreign aid that Chiang Kai-shek hoped for did not make progress, and the European countries did nothing but condemn Japan.

On November 2, the Japanese army forcibly crossed the Suzhou Creek, and our army met it, and the enemy fell into a heavy encirclement.

On November 3, there was a fierce battle on the banks of the Suzhou Creek, and the Japanese troops crossing the river were closely surrounded by us, and the Japanese troops in Guangfu and Nanxiang were severely damaged.

On November 4, the Japanese army continued to cross the Suzhou Creek, and fierce battles broke out north of Zhujiabang.

On the morning of November 5, Yanagawa Heisuke, commander of the 10th Army of the Japanese Army, with the 6th, 18th, and 114th Divisions and the Guoqi Detachment as the backbone, landed at three places near Jinshanwei on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay, namely Caojing Town, Quangongting, and Jinsiniang Bridge, and attacked the right side of the main force of our army in Songhu, in an attempt to flank our army with all its strength with the enemy who crossed the Suzhou Creek.

The Chinese High Command urgently ordered the 62nd Division and the 45th Brigade in Pudong and the 79th Division in Fengjing to flank the enemy who landed at Jinshanwei, and ordered the 11th Reserve Division to rush to the aid of the Sujia Railway.

The enemy troops who landed at Jinshanwei were divided into two routes: one was to attack in the direction of Xincang by Quangongting; One route is to attack in the direction of Zhangyan Town by Caojing Town and Jinsiniang Bridge.

On November 6, the Japanese army occupied the town of Songyin and landed in large numbers, with a total number of 6 or 7,000 people.

On the same day, Liu Qiwen, the former commander of the Northeast Army, led his troops to rush thousands of miles to aid the Songjiang defense line on the right flank of Shanghai.

At the beginning of 1937, the Northeast Army was transferred from Shaanxi to Shangqiu, Henan for reorganization, and because of the important role played by Division Commander Liu Qiwen in the "Xi'an Incident", Chiang Kai-shek was angry and took the opportunity of the reorganization to demote him to the commander of the 322nd Brigade of the 108th Division of the 67th Army.

The Battle of Songhu opened the prelude to the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and Liu Qiwen's department was ordered to be transferred to the Cangzhou front.

At that time, Liu Qiwen's family lived in Kaifeng, which was very close to Shangqiu and the transportation was also very convenient, but he did not even return home after receiving the order, and immediately led his troops to set off.

Before leaving, Liu Qiwen asked someone to bring a letter to his family, which said:

"This time to the front of the anti-Japanese rescue, is a good opportunity to wash away the shame of the country, as a martial artist, is a son and daughter of China, determined to lead the troops to kill the enemy bravely, has a heart of death to serve the country, after you return to your hometown Songwan Town, you have to rely on my younger brother to raise my children, I am willing to be enough."