The staff officer said on the side: "Your Excellency Detachment Commander, the Chinese army on the other side is equipped with such powerful air defense weapons, according to the information sent by the General Staff Headquarters and the Special High-tech Branch, it seems that our opponent is the so-called 'Anti-Japanese Protector Army' in China." ”

Kunizaki nodded and said with a solemn face: "I thought of it too." He paused, and then hurriedly said, "Quick, immediately order the troops crossing the river to withdraw." ”

After Kunizaki Noboru learned that the troops defending the river were the anti-Japanese protector army, the remaining luck mentality completely disappeared without a trace, and he knew that there was no hope of success in crossing the river, so in order to avoid the death and wounding of the soldiers, he immediately ordered all the troops crossing the river to withdraw.

Several heralds quickly ran to the river with small flags to wave flags, and the ships in the river that were not destroyed by shells immediately turned their rudder heads and fled towards the south bank in a hurry, but the shelling behind them did not stop for a moment, and new ships were constantly sunk or capsized, and finally the Japanese soldiers returned alive, which was less than 200 people.

Kunisaki Noboru gritted his teeth, didn't say a word, and immediately retreated to the south of the Yexin Highway with his troops, and then called all the senior officers for a meeting.

At the meeting, Kunizaki Noboru frowned, slapped the table and said, "Everyone, we have been suffering a crushing defeat since last night, but it wasn't until just now, until the loss of our warriors reached half of the total strength, that I figured out who our opponent was!" ”

An officer in charge of intelligence work stood up, bowed his head and said, "Your Excellency General Kunisaki, this is my dereliction of duty, and I will ask the General Staff Headquarters for guilt." ”

Noboru Kunisaki glared at him and ignored him. Sighed and continued: "Now our loss of troops has reached half, but the opponent we have to face is the anti-Japanese protector army that is better equipped than the Central Army of China, according to the report of the general staff headquarters, this army has faced the 3rd, 6th, and 9th divisions in Luodian with a total of more than 17,000 people on three sides of the siege, and even the Luodian is impregnable, and finally the three A divisions ended in a fiasco, they not only have powerful conventional weapons, but also equipped with advanced air defense weapons, according to statistics, They have shot down more than 20 planes of our army in Shanghai..."

As soon as these words came out, some middle- and lower-ranking officers present immediately gasped.

Kunizaki Noboru sighed again and said, "Fortunately, I didn't ask the headquarters for air support today, otherwise I don't know what would have happened..."

Everyone was silent for a moment, and an officer stood up and said: "Your Excellency the detachment commander, I propose to use special ammunition to launch an attack on the opposite bank..."

Before Kunizaki Noboru could speak, the staff officer said: "Last time in Luodian, our army had already used special ammunition against them, and it was a highly poisonous mustard gas bomb, but they didn't do anything afterwards, because all their soldiers were equipped with anti-biological and chemical suits and poison gas masks. ”

Another officer stood up and said, "A frontal attack is not possible, we can attack in a roundabout way." Since they are sticking to the Mishidu line, we can go around to cross the river somewhere downstream or upstream, I don't believe they can have such a long line of defense. ”

When Kunisaki Noboru heard this, his eyes lit up, but soon dimmed again. He knew that the firepower of the anti-Japanese national defense army was stronger than theirs in terms of individual firepower, and he had actually felt this faintly since the attack last night. Now the only thing he could rely on was artillery, but ammunition was sorely insufficient. Without artillery, he has no advantage at all, even if he crosses the river smoothly, what can he do in the face of the anti-Japanese national defense army? Don't forget the experience of Luodian's 17,000 people...

After thinking about it, Kunizaki finally decided to give up his plan to continue crossing the river, so he stood up and said: "I have decided to postpone the attack, and at the same time inform the headquarters of the battle situation and ask for assistance, and wait for reinforcements and supplies. ”

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Let's say that after the Japanese army retreated, the soldiers of the Protector Army walked out of the anti-artillery hole one by one, and saw the wreckage of the ship and the corpses of the Japanese soldiers floating everywhere on the river, and the soldiers were very excited, although in the previous shelling, there were more than a dozen soldiers of the Protector Army who were injured by the Japanese artillery fire because they could not dodge in time, but compared to the number of Japanese casualties, this sacrifice was nothing at all.

Bai Fei visited the wounded, and after arranging for someone to send them to the rear, he gathered the main generals of each battalion and said to them: "Although the Japanese army has suffered a big loss and temporarily retreated, but it is not possible to ensure that they will cross the river from somewhere else, you must be vigilant, and do not be taken advantage of by the Japanese army." ”

Li Hu said: "Tuanzuo, don't worry, I have already scattered my brothers, starting from Mishidu, 20 miles up and down the river, if there is any wind and grass, I will report it step by step as soon as possible." ”

Bai Fei praised: "Very good, keep a close surveillance." He asked Wang Weiguo again: "Brother Weiguo, what progress has the other two Japanese armies made?" ”

Wang Weiguo said: "I just got the news that the Japanese army on the west road is attacking Jiashan, and there are very few Chinese defenders in Jiashan, and the fall is only in the evening. In addition, the Japanese army in the east had occupied Fengxian, and Zhang Fakui led three divisions to cross the Huangpu River westward, and now there was no Chinese soldier left in Pudong. ”

Bai Fei frowned, and asked again, "What about the urban area, how is the situation over there?" ”

"The urban area is still the same for the time being, the Chinese and Japanese sides are still maintaining the previous front, and the focus of the competition is still in the Guangfu and Dachang areas, but the Japanese army seems to be moving towards the Jiatai line, and it seems that they want to cooperate with the Japanese army that landed in Jinshan to form a large encirclement, surround the Chinese army in Shanghai, and then eat it bite by bite."

Bai Fei immediately took out the map and looked at it, and said with a serious face: "If the defenders of Jiading and Taicang can't resist it, maybe this wishful thinking will really be launched by Little Japan, if this is the case, I don't know how many people will die at that time..."

As he spoke, Bai Fei sighed.

Wang Weiguo said again: "Tuanzuo, in fact, the situation on our side is not very optimistic, now although the Japanese army on the other side of the river has temporarily retreated, but the Huangpu River defense line is too long, and there are many tributaries in the lower reaches of the river, and we are now empty on both sides, if the Japanese army on the east and west roads outflanks in a roundabout way, not only Songjiang is in danger, but we are also very likely to face the enemy on the back of the belly." It is not difficult to hold on to Matsue Castle for 3 days, but if the situation changes after 3 days, do you think we should continue to defend or retreat? ”

Bai Fei nodded, he understood what Wang Weiguo meant, Songjiang City is located in the southwest of Shanghai, the Japanese army in Jinshan wants to encircle Shanghai, this is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed, if he withdraws from here, it will not take half a day, the Japanese army can occupy Qingpu, and then go north to Kunshan, Jiading and other places; For one more day that he held out here, the Japanese encirclement plan would not take shape, and the Shanghai defenders would have one more day to retreat.

And the most important thing now is that Chiang Kai-shek did not give the order to withdraw the troops, that is to say, if the order to withdraw the troops is not issued, the main combat force in the urban area of Shanghai cannot be withdrawn, and if the main force is not withdrawn, he must ensure that the encirclement of the Japanese army cannot be formed, otherwise it will be a situation of rivers of blood. But now he wants to stick to the three sides of Songjiang with a group of strength, which is obviously beyond his strength, and these two dilemmas really make Bai Fei nerve-wracking.

He thought for a moment and said, "Well, it's very likely that you're talking about... In this way, let's report the situation on our side to Chen Cheng first, and ask him what he plans to do? I'll go to Songjiang City to meet Wang Gongyu and communicate with him. ”

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