The Japanese headquarters finally collapsed under artillery fire, and although the integrity of the house remained relatively intact, the sudden collapse still caused a lot of casualties to the defending Japanese troops.

All of a sudden, the Japanese army headquarters was full of mourning, and the resistance fire was also suffocated. The attacking troops of the 87th and 88th Divisions immediately seized the opportunity and rushed in one after another through the breach in the building. Soon the building was filled with gunfire, and fifteen minutes later, the last Japanese soldier was killed, and the remaining Japanese personnel in the building were completely wiped out.

Han Xianyuan, the commander of the 524th Regiment, walked out of the building with an excited face, holding a Japanese military flag in his hand, and saluted Sun Yuanliang: "Report to the division, the Japanese army inside the building has been completely cleared, the Japanese commander has also been killed, we have captured a military flag, but the radio station and code book have been destroyed." ”

The Japanese military flag is now an absolute rarity for the Chinese army. Because there were few Japanese troops that were wiped out in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, not to mention that the military flag was captured. Therefore, Sun Yuanliang was immediately overjoyed when he saw this thing, and said in his heart that with this thing, his own credit was proper.

Sun Yuanliang accepted the general's flag, praised him a few words, instructed his troops to deal with the aftermath, and then said to Bai Fei: "Brother, I've been tired all night, and I'm finally done, let's go back to the division headquarters to rest first." ”

After days of running around to fight, Bai Fei was also very tired, so he led the troops back to the Sixing warehouse with him. Sun Yuanliang was very interested, clamoring to have two drinks with Bai Fei. Bai Fei didn't want to toss anymore because of his physical fatigue, so he ate something casually, and after settling down with the brothers of the National Protector Army, he found a room to sleep.

After sleeping until dawn, Bai Fei yawned and got up. After some washing, a captain officer came to him, saluted him, and said, "General Bai, our division knows that you are awake, and specially asked me to come and invite you over." ”

Bai Fei saw that this officer was about the same age as himself, so he smiled and said, "You are too polite to speak, lead the way ahead, and I will go with you." ”

The second lieutenant smiled embarrassedly and took him to an alley not far from the headquarters of the 88th Division, where there was a small Sichuan restaurant, which had been preserved in the war. When I pushed the door in, I saw a table set up in the middle of the room, Sun Yuanliang and Wang Jingjiu were sitting next to the table, and the table was full of dishes.

Seeing Bai Fei coming in, Sun Yuanliang immediately stood up and greeted: "Brother, you can be considered awake, Brother Youping and I are almost hungry." ”

Wang Jingjiu also stood up and said, "Brother Bai has worked hard, let's wait for a while." Come on, come on, sit down, sit down! ”

Bai Fei sat down with a smile, and after a few words of greeting, Sun Yuanliang pointed to the wine and food on the table and said to Bai Fei: "Brother, this table of wine and food is specially made by the chef I specially invited here, don't look at the inconspicuous façade of this small shop, it used to be famous in Shanghai, and many dignitaries and dignitaries came to eat here." ”

Bai Fei said: "Brother Sun, why be polite, now that the war in Shanghai is so tense, I'm really sorry to let you spend so much." ”

Sun Yuanliang said: "The words are good, but the battle has to be fought, and the meal must be eaten, besides, you have helped me so much, how can I not show it." ”

Wang Jingjiu picked up his glass and said: "Brother Bai is dedicated to the public, which is really admirable. But since Brother Yuanliang has a lot of thoughts, let's not waste it. Come, let's have a drink together, and come to congratulate Hongkou Yangpu and other places on their recovery. ”

Bai Fei had no choice but to pick up the wine glass, touch it with them, and drink it all.

Before the quilt was put down, Wang Jingjiu stood up again and poured it for him, and said with a smile: "This second cup, I borrow flowers to offer Buddha, thank you Brother Bai for your support to my 87th division this time." ”

Bai Fei had no choice but to take another drink and said: "They are all contributing to the cause of resistance against Japan, and they are all like-minded brothers, Brother Wang doesn't have to be so polite." ”

Sun Yuanliang said: "How about it, Brother Ping, I will say that Brother Bai is the most righteous, he calls us brothers, that is our blessing, come, I propose that we have another toast for Brother Bai's righteousness, if there is anything difficult in the future, you can also ask Brother Bai for help, he will not refuse." ”

Bai Fei said with a smile: "I'll talk about the help later, I just want to ask you if you want me to eat food." ”

The three of them laughed, drank a third glass, and then sat down again and began to eat and drink.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, the atmosphere is also warm. Everyone chatted and talked, and the topic came to the situation in Shanghai. The three of them exchanged views, and they were surprisingly unanimous in their pessimistic attitude about the current situation in Shanghai, and Sun Yuanliang and Wang Jingjiu also had some resentment in their words during their talks.

Wang Jingjiu said: "I don't know what the above thinks, if you continue to fight like this, the Central Army will be wiped out." ”

Sun Yuanliang also sighed: "Who says it's not, you and I have been coming to Shanghai to participate in the war for more than two months, during which the troops don't know how many brothers they lost, and they attacked Hongkou yesterday, if it weren't for the help of the Bai brothers, I really can't imagine how many people would die." However, if we are soldiers, Shangfeng said that we would fight, and if we said that we would withdraw, there was not much reason to talk about. I just hope that the above can see the situation clearly, so that we will not make unnecessary sacrifices. ”

Speaking of sacrifices, Bai Fei also remembered his own Protector Army, although the Protector Army only assisted in last night's battle, there were still more than 20 brothers killed and wounded in the battle, plus the more than 100 people who died in the previous battles and Li Shuyang took away, now the number of the Protector Army is already stretched, almost half of what it was in Luodian.

It seems that it is time for an expansion.

Bai Fei pretended to have something in his heart, and after eating, he said goodbye to Sun Yuanliang and Wang Jingjiu.

Sun Yuanliang asked: "Brother, now that the Hongkou War has just ended, I still want you to rest in my 88th Division for a few days, are there any urgent matters for you to act in such a hurry?" ”

Bai Fei told the story. Sun Yuanliang nodded and said: "It's also a matter, if it weren't for the fact that our 87th and 88th divisions themselves also suffered heavy losses, I would have decided to transfer some personnel to you to replenish them." ”

Wang Jingjiu nodded and said, "That's right, but although I can't help, I can show you the way..."

It turned out that since the beginning of the war in Shanghai, due to the fierce fighting, many of the Chinese army were crippled or wiped out by the Japanese army, and although the number of these troops was gone, there were still some remnants of his subordinates alive, so the Third Theater Command placed these people in Gaojiabang, a western suburb of Shanghai, and planned to use them as reserves. As the fighting became more and more tense, there were more and more soldiers without numbers, and I heard that several thousand people had now gathered there.

Bai Fei was naturally very happy to hear the news, but he heard Wang Jingjiu say again: "In addition, there are several field hospitals here, and I believe that there are no longer a few soldiers who have recovered from their injuries, Brother Bai, you will definitely find a lot of suitable soldiers there." However, I heard that to replenish the troops there, you must have a warrant from Commander Gu of the Third War Zone, so I think you should go to him first to issue a warrant to avoid trouble. ”

Bai Fei nodded in thanks and said goodbye to the two. Out of the 88th Division, he thought about it again, and felt that the first time he saw Gu Zhutong yesterday, he was a little unhappy with him, and now even if he goes to him, he may not be able to help.

So he decided not to go to Gu Zhutong, but to Gao Jiabang first.

Gaojiabang is located near the Fengbang train battle, on the south bank of Suzhou Creek, and is about ten kilometers away from the four-line warehouse. Bai Fei led his troops to the western suburbs, thinking that he would be able to reach his destination in three or four hours, but who would have expected that the westward march along the way, the westward march would become slower and slower, and it was only at ten o'clock in the evening that he barely reached the vicinity of Hejia Tower.

It turned out that the suburbs of Shanghai were densely packed, the roads were winding, and most of them were dirt roads, Bai Fei and his party, everything else was easy to say, but the artillery company dragged 150mm heavy guns on such roads, which can be described as slow as a snail. Along the way, everyone went to the artillery company to help, even pushing and pulling to endure all the hardships, but still couldn't prepare two cannons because of the crushing of the small bridge fell into the river, although there were no casualties, the cannon was not easy to fish, Bai Fei could only announce that he gave up, and said that this thing was used in the urban area of Shanghai before, because the road conditions were good, it did not seem troublesome, and this time to the suburbs, it became a big burden.

Bai Fei looked at everyone, all of them were tired like something, and felt that this day of walking was more tiring than fighting a day, which was really depressing and speechless. He had no choice but to announce that he would camp on the spot and rest, and made up his mind that when the time was right, he would have to replace the light artillery with the troops.