After a rapid march, at 12 o'clock in the afternoon, from a distance, Songjiang City was already in front of him, and Bai Fei breathed a sigh of relief.

The group had just arrived at the north gate of Songjiang City, and Wang Gongyu, who was the commander of Songjiang Security at the time, had already greeted him surrounded by his subordinates. After the two sides reported to each other, Wang Gongyu was overjoyed and complimented again and again: "The great names of the Protector Army have long heard of it, and the deeds of your bloody Luodian and Hongkou have spread all over Shanghai. After learning the news of the Japanese army's landing in Jinshanwei in the morning, I was anxious that I was in my bedroom, but now that your brigade is coming, Songjiang can rest easy! ”

Bai Fei said: "It is rumored that the number of Japanese troops landing this time is more than 100,000, Commander Wang cannot be underestimated, and he needs to cooperate with us to make all preparations." ”

Wang Gongyu hurriedly said: "This is natural, Commander Bai can rest assured, once there is a sending, there will be no refusal." ”

Bai Fei nodded and said, "Commander Wang, does you know where the Japanese army is currently located?" ”

Wang Gongyu said: "Jinshanwei is more than 60 miles away from Songjiang City, and it could have arrived in the morning and evening, but the waterways here are dense, and it may slow down the pace of the Japanese, and it is expected to arrive in Songjiang tomorrow." ”

Bai Fei counted the time and asked, "Commander Wang, is there cement in Songjiang?" ”

"Yes, just not much."

Bai Fei immediately said: "No matter how many, please send someone to the edge of the Pujiang River immediately, this is the only natural danger to block the Japanese army, and we need to fortify here." If you have any sandbags, please bring them with you. ”

Wang Gongyu agreed: "I will organize people to assist." ”

Bai Fei nodded: "In addition, I also bother Commander Wang to send all the villagers in Songjiang and the vicinity away, the big war is imminent, and the people gather everywhere, which will only increase the unnecessary casualties." ”

Wang Gongyu said: "Don't worry, Captain Bai, I will introspect on this." ”

After Bai Fei finished speaking, he didn't enter the city, and led the team around Songjiang and went straight to Mishidu on the edge of the Pujiang River.

Yoneshido is located directly south of Matsue Castle, about 5 kilometers from Matsue. When everyone came to Mishidu, Bai Fei saw that the soldiers were very tired, so he ordered to eat and rest on the spot, and he himself took Wang Weiguo, Xu Changsheng and others to check the surrounding terrain and waters, and saw that the suitable place was convenient to mark out for the purpose of building a position later.

After some inspection, several people met to exchange opinions, Wang Weiguo said: "The width of this section of the Huangpu River is between two and three hundred meters, and there was originally a pontoon bridge here, which was blown up by the Songjiang security team this morning. In addition, there is a bridge near Yangjiajiao upstream, should we send someone to blow it up as well? ”

Bai Fei thought for a while and said to Li Hu: "I'll leave this matter to you, send someone to load the explosives first, but don't blow up the bridge for the time being, wait and see the situation." ”

Li Hu nodded, and immediately gathered a few special combat team members to go to Yangjiajiao.

At this time, the cement and other building materials sent from Songjiang also arrived one after another, and there were more than 1,000 people who came with them, and after the handover, a deputy captain surnamed Zhang of the Songjiang security team who was in charge of transportation said to Bai Fei: "Commander Bai, everything has been sent, and our Commander Wang said that these people can stay here together to assist you in building." ”

After Bai Fei thanked him, he immediately began to command the men to build a position, using cement and steel to build a position along the river at a distance of about 2 kilometers on both sides of Mishidu. Bai Fei knew that the Japanese artillery fire was very powerful, so he focused on the anti-artillery holes and hidden forts next to the position, which were all life-saving things, and he couldn't be careless.

Although the time was in a hurry, it was better than the crowd, and when the sun was setting, the position had already been built. Bai Fei was directing the manpower on the position for the final reinforcement, and Wang Weiguo came over and said, "Tuanzuo, Wanggongyu is here." ”

Bai Fei turned his head to look, and saw Wang Gongyu with some of the sergeants of the security regiment and three or four hundred people, with courage, all the way to this side. It turned out that they had brought food, and the fragrance in the drums wafted away, and they could smell it from afar.

Smelling the fragrance, Bai Fei's stomach also began to growl, so he greeted him, and said to Wang Gongyu with a smile: "Commander Wang personally led people to come to reward the army, how dare I be." ”

Wang Gongyu said: "You are rushing to repair the position in the front, and I will buy some food in the rear and send it to the soldiers to eat. Commander Bai, I see that the soldiers have been tired for a day, so let's let them eat first. ”

Bai Fei nodded, and said to Wang Weiguo beside him: "Brother Weiguo, pass the order, let the Minzhuang brothers who came to help build the position eat first, and we will eat after they finish eating." ”

Wang Weiguo nodded and turned around.

Wang Gongyu exclaimed: "Commander Bai loves the people like a son, which is really admirable. ”

Bai Fei said: "Commander Wang praised it. By the way, how happened to the evacuation of people in and around the city? ”

Wang Gongyu said: "It's almost, but Jiang Xuezhu, the principal of Songjiang Girls' Middle School in the city, is very difficult to greet, and has sent people to persuade him several times, but he still refuses to suspend classes and lead the students to evacuate, which is really a headache." ”

Bai Fei frowned and said: "Seeing that the war is imminent, the Japanese devils have no humanity, ordinary men fall into their hands, it is a big deal, if it is a woman, it is a matter of humiliation, and the end is several times more miserable than that of men." Commander Wang, you need to think of some way to force them to leave if necessary. ”

Wang Gongyu also looked serious and said, "Okay, when I go back, I will definitely let people escort them away." He paused and said: "Commander Bai, I heard rumors from the outside world that the Protector Army has been pursuing resistance against Japan all its life since it became an army, I don't know if the rumors are true or false?" ”

Bai Fei said: "It's not a lifelong pursuit, it's just that now that the national disaster is at hand, anything related to the anti-Japanese resistance, our anti-Japanese national defense army is all responsible." ”

Wang Gongyu asked again: "I don't know what you think of the situation in Songjiang?" ”

Bai Fei was silent for a moment and said: "Songjiang City is small, and the Japanese army is strong, so it can only be delayed, not defended for a long time." ”

When Wang Gongyu heard this, he sighed lightly.

Bai Fei saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, so he said, "If Commander Wang is embarrassed, you might as well speak up." ”

Wang Gongyu thought about it for a while, and simply said straightforwardly: "This afternoon, Huang Qixiang, deputy commander-in-chief of the Right Wing Army, came to Songjiang in person, handed over the order to me, and ordered me to cooperate with the 40th Army and the 67th Army to defend Songjiang for 3 days, otherwise military law will be engaged..." Can Matsue Castle hold on for 3 days? ”

It turned out that at about two o'clock this afternoon, Huang Qixiang personally came to Songjiang to meet Wang Gongyu, and ordered their security team to cooperate with Guo Rudong's 40th Army and Wu Keren's 67th Army to defend Songjiang for 3 days, and if they violated it, they would be severely punished by military law. Wang Gongyu received the order and complained bitterly, his security team is only more than 1,000 people, and the 40th Army and the 67th Army still don't know where they are. And he learned from Huang Qixiang that the Protector Army was voluntarily participating in the war this time, and it was not limited by the order, that is to say, the Protector Army had a lot of freedom, and as long as the situation was not right, it could withdraw at any time.

Wang Gongyu had no bottom in his heart, and secretly speculated that if the Protector Army really picked on the halfway, then he would be miserable. After thinking about it, I finally felt that whether or not we could successfully complete the task of defending the country was mainly related to the Protector Army, and it depended on their combat effectiveness and attitude of resistance. So when a group of people were organized to get some food to borrow from the labor army, they wanted to take the opportunity to explore Bai Fei's bottom, and pretend to be pitiful when necessary, hoping that the Protector Army would really regard resistance to Japan as the only pursuit as rumored by the outside world, and it would be good to fight the Japanese to the end.