The Japanese did not attack all day, and such behavior was somewhat unusual.

It stands to reason that everyone is in a hurry now, ** side is racing against time to retreat from the city, and the Japanese side is anxious to complete the plan to encircle the ** team as soon as possible. As the main offensive force on the Western Front, if Songjiang is not broken through as soon as possible, won't the encirclement become an empty word?

But now the Japanese army on the other side of the river has not launched an attack all day, and Bai Fei feels that it is very worthy of vigilance.

But for Jin Kuibi, commander of the 107th Division, it would be better if the Japanese did not take the initiative to attack. Not only can you avoid the death and injury of your brothers, but you can also delay the completion of the task, why not?

In the headquarters of the 107th Division, Jin Kuibi said to Bai Fei: "Brother, others defending the city are hoping that the Japanese will not come, but you, the Japanese will not come to attack, do you feel unaccustomed to it?" I said, today is the fifth day, and when the sun sets, we will be considered to have completed our mission. ”

Bai Fei said: "Didn't the order say 5 to 7 days..."

Jin Kuibi smiled bitterly: "That's right, but the ambiguity under this order, that is to say, five days is fine, seven days is also possible." Of course, I would like to resist the Japanese army for a few more days, and if I have the ability, ten days and half a month will not be a problem. But as you can see, the brothers under his command suffered heavy casualties, and it was not easy to hold out for these five days. Of course, this is all thanks to you, brother. ”

Bai Fei waved his hand and said, "How is the situation in the city in the past two days, and how is the retreat going?" "He came here to reinforce only the fighters, and the radio and communications personnel stayed in Mishidu, so he didn't know anything about the outside world for the past two days.

Jin Kuibi said: "I've been busy with the war in the past two days, but I haven't paid attention to the situation over there, you wait, I'll call and ask our commander..."

A few minutes later, Jin Kuibi came back with a sad face and said to Bai Fei: "Brother, an hour ago, the headquarters issued a new order, saying that it was for us to guard for another 5 days..."

Bai Fei was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Who gave this order, and what happened?" ”

Jin Kuibi said: "The order was issued by the chairman himself..."

Bai Fei said strangely: "Aren't Chen Cheng and Gu Zhu in charge of the evacuation of Shanghai?" ”

"At first, our army commander also thought that the order was wrong, and sent several telegrams to the headquarters to inquire, and later the headquarters called back that this order was personally given by Chairman Chiang, and asked the reason, and they said that it was because two days ago, that is, on the 9th, the 16th Division of the Japanese Army suddenly landed at Baimaokou..."

It turned out that on November 9, the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, which was transferred from the North China Battlefield, suddenly landed at Baimaokou in Taicang under the command of Nakajima Imago. After landing, the 16th Division went all the way to the west, and soon cut off the main transportation hub of the Beijing-Shanghai Highway, so that the retreating squadron could no longer pass, so it could only turn around and retreat all along the Beijing-Shanghai Railway to Suzhou, and then either go north to Nanjing, or go south to the south of Taihu Lake, or go around to the west of Taihu Lake and other areas. As a result, the plan was completely disrupted, the retreat route was changed from the previous two to one, and the transportation pressure on the Beijing-Shanghai railway line increased greatly, and the retreat speed naturally became slow.

Seeing that the plan could not catch up with the changes, Chen Cheng and the others all knew in their hearts that if they allowed to withdraw their troops like this, they would not be able to complete the withdrawal task assigned to them by Chiang Kai-shek within the specified time, and more importantly, now that the situation was affecting the whole body, all the defenders who were responsible for the broken defense line had accepted their previous orders, or held on for three or five or seven days. If the time specified in the order is up, the army responsible for the broken rear retreats, and the withdrawal of the troops in the urban area is not completed, coupled with the encirclement and interception of the Japanese army, the situation is likely to turn into a major rout, and it is even possible that the Japanese will make dumplings.

The situation was out of control, and Chen Cheng knew that he couldn't suppress the scene anymore, so he had to kick the ball to Chiang Kai-shek and ask Chiang Kai-shi to take an idea.

After learning of the change in the situation, Chiang Kai-shek scolded Chen Cheng and almost demoted him, but at this point, there was no other solution but for him to come forward and send a telegram to all the commanders in charge of the army in Shanghai to extend the period of resistance.

After Bai Fei learned about the situation, he also lamented in his heart, another 5 days? I don't know if I can hold it...

Jin Kuibi looked even more bitter, and said to Bai Fei with a sad face: "Brother, this time my brother is all up to you, whether you can hold on for these few days, whether you can leave Shanghai alive depends on you, brother, you can't ignore our 107th Division..."

Bai Fei didn't expect Jin Kuibi to come to such a show, he felt a little funny, and said in his heart, "Are you still relying on me?"

He sighed: "Master Jin, to be honest, in fact, I don't have a bottom in my heart..."When he came to reinforce the day before yesterday, Wang Weiguo said that once the situation on the Mishidu front line was stable, he would send people to reinforce him, but it had been two days, and no one had seen it, and it seemed that the war over there was not easy.

When Jin Kuibi heard him say this, he immediately became anxious: "Don't be brother! You don't have the bottom, so how can we defend the city, brother, don't say such things, you protect ** that is famous, famous, everyone is looking at you, you can't drop the chain at this critical time. ”

Bai Fei smiled bitterly, and was about to speak, when a guard came in and spread the word that a group of ** guards had come outside to look for him.

Bai Fei immediately walked out of the division headquarters, and sure enough, he saw an artillery company commander under Wu Dazhong standing outside.

As soon as the artillery company commander saw Bai Fei, he immediately ran forward, stood up and saluted: "Xu Jie, the commander of the 1st Company of the Artillery Battalion of the Anti-Japanese Protection **001 Regiment, reports to the regimental seat. ”

Bai Fei nodded, and hurriedly asked, "How is the battle situation over there?" ”

Xu Jie briefly recounted the battle of that day with an excited face, and then said: "Tuanza, we only used 107 to come with a salvo, and the Japanese army crossed the river and the men and horses on the shore were blown up, but the battle ended in a few minutes, and the Japanese army then retreated." It's just that the Japanese army retreated but did not retreat, and then tried to cross the river several times in many places along the river far away from the Mishidu position, and each time only a few people were sent to harass them, which made people unable to guard against it, and even almost succeeded in a few cases. As a last resort, Battalion Commander Wang and Battalion Commander Xu had no choice but to send out all the men to patrol and monitor the attack without interruption, which restrained the actions of the Japanese troops, and from yesterday afternoon to this morning, the Japanese troops on the other side did not move again, so Battalion Commander Wang sent us to reinforce us. We had a total of 250 people, in addition to the 200 men from the 2nd battalion, and 50 men from the artillery battalion plus 10 guns and 107s, all of whom are now outside the village..."

Xu Jie spoke like a machine gun, speaking quickly. Speaking of this, he paused and said, "By the way, there is also a telegram from Camp Commander Wang, and I asked you to hand it over..."

He took out the telegram and handed it to Bai Fei, Bai Fei opened it, it turned out to be the telegram order sent by Jiang Jie-Shi to the generals of the broken army, Bai Fei sighed, loaded the telegram, and was about to let Xu Jie go down to rest, when he suddenly saw Jin Kuibi rushing out of the house like a fire burning his buttocks.

Seeing Bai Fei, Jin Kuibi immediately said, "Brother Bai, it's not a good thing!" ”

Bai Fei frowned and asked, "What happened?" ”

Jin Kuibi pulled him into a corner where no one was, and said with a solemn face: "I just got the news that the Japanese army launched an attack from the area of the barricade port 10 minutes ago, and now it has broken through the defense line of the 108th Division, passed the barricade port, and is coming towards us along the riverbank!" ”

"What?" Bai Fei was taken aback: "How did the 108th Division defend?" How did you lose so quickly? ”

Jin Kuibi said: "It is said that a group of Japanese troops bypassed Dianshan Lake and formed a front and rear attack on the defenders, so this..."

Bai Fei said angrily: "We also have a defensive line on the east side of Dianshan Lake, why can the Japanese army swagger through without a single warning signal?" ”

Jin Kuibi also shook his head and asked Bai Feidao, "Brother, what should we do now?" ”

Bai Fei felt an abnormal atmosphere in his heart, but he knew that now was not the time to be angry, so he said: "Now that the defense line has been broken, it is useless to hold here, hurry up and notify everyone to move closer to Songjiang City, and then defend the city, it will be too late." ”