After the battle, Bai Fei's nervous nerves relaxed, and his sense of smell became more sensitive, only to feel a strong bloody qi rushing straight to his head, making him feel a little dizzy. So he went out of the underground to direct to breathe, and when he came to a high ground, he looked around, only to see the stumps and flesh of the Japanese army everywhere, the scene was bloody and disgusting, and the blood flowed down the bank into the river, dyeing half of the Huangpu River red.

Calm gradually returned to the battlefield, but there were still sporadic gunshots, which were the Protector soldiers who had slipped through the net to clear the Japanese army.

In the distance, Xu Changsheng and Wang Weiguo were walking together. Walking up, the two stood up straight and saluted Bai Fei.

Bai Fei smiled: "You're welcome, how about the casualties of the brothers?" ”

Xu Changsheng took the lead and said: "6 people died and 7 were injured on my side, which was caused by the devil's shelling of the bunker. ”

Wang Weiguo said: "My battalion is the same, 5 people were killed and 4 were wounded. However, there were no casualties in the 2nd Battalion. "Since Li Shuyang left, the 2nd Battalion has been temporarily under his control.

Wang Weiguo said again: "I have figured it out just now, the unit that is fighting with us today is the 18th Division of the Japanese Army. Look at this, this was found from the corpse of a Japanese army captain. ”

Wang Weiguo handed over a photo, on which was a group of Japanese officers, and a line of small letters underneath read: Group photo of middle-level officers of the 18th Division of Class A.

Bai Fei asked, "How many devils did we eliminate in the 18th Division today?" ”

Wang Weiguo said: "There should be 4,000 to 5,000 people." ”

Xu Changsheng said: "I don't see more than that, have you forgotten that our artillery battalion also shelled the Japanese position, and even their artillery was destroyed, if you add the dead and wounded devils on the other side of the river, I think it will be about 7,000." ”

Bai Fei said happily: "Whether it's 5,000 or 7,000, in short, it's a happy thing, I think it's okay to pass on the news from our side to Chen Cheng." In addition, the corpses of these devils on the river beach also need to be disposed of, or according to the old rules, dig pits and burn them. After cleaning up the battlefield, let people gather the devil's weapons, and then inform Wu Keren, Guo Rudong and others, if they need it, they can send someone over to use it. ”

……

It is said that the 18th Division of the Japanese Army suffered a crushing defeat in Mishidu, and the soldiers were killed and wounded innumerable, and the division commander Ushijima Sadashi fell into a coma on the spot in remorse, and when the troops withdrew to the vicinity of Yaojiadai, after the treatment of medical personnel, Ushijima Sadashi slowly woke up.

After Ushijima was rescued, his whole face was pale and colorless. The chief of staff, Xiao Tenghui, persuaded in horror: "Division... Your Excellency, Division Commander, you... You've got to cheer up..."

Ushijima Sadakama ignored him and asked the commander of the 35th Brigade Standing beside him, "Handball Jun, how are our losses?" ”

Handball Province San's face was gloomy, and he said in a low voice: "The 114th Wing was completely annihilated, the Wing Commander Kataoka Kakuji was killed, the 124th Wing suffered nearly 1,700 casualties, in addition, the Engineer Wing also suffered more than 400 casualties, the Artillery Wing suffered more than 1,200 casualties, most of the artillery losses, there were less than ten field guns left, and about 500 soldiers died in the shelling of the rest of the units..."

Ushijima Sadakuma was expressionless after hearing this, and struggled to get up, and the attendants wanted to help him, but he refused.

After standing up, Ushijima Sadakuma said slowly: "All the responsibility for today's defeat in the war lies with me, it was my pride and carelessness that led to this fiasco, you must take caution in the future." ”

As he spoke, he walked up to the handball province, bowed deeply to him, and said, "Handball Jun, the rest is up to you." ”

Seeing him speak like this, the handball province was a little at a loss, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Division Commander, although we have suffered setbacks now, we still have a lot of strength in our hands, most of the 124th Wing is still there, engineers, cavalry, light and heavy soldiers, these forces together are still ready for a battle, and we can also apply to the headquarters to transfer the 23rd Infantry Brigade back from the Western Front, don't give up lightly." ”

Ushijima said disheartenedly: "I have made up my mind, and I don't need to persuade you." After a pause, he sighed again: "Even now, my ears are still echoing the screams of our warriors when they were strafed by the machine guns of the Shina Army on the other side of the river, which is the greatest shame in my Ushijima Sadama's life... Someone must come out and take responsibility for the major losses this time, and I, as the highest officer, have made a wrong decision, and I cannot shirk my responsibility. You need no more persuasion. ”

Handball opened his mouth three times, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Ushijima Sadakuma waved his hand and said, "Okay, you all go out, after I leave, report the situation here to His Excellency Yanagawa and follow his orders." ”

The handball provincial third-class people had no choice but to sigh lightly, bow to Ushijima Sadakuma, turn around and walk out.

……

After Ushijima committed suicide by disembowelment, the news of the defeat of the 18th Division was quickly transmitted to the headquarters. Yanagawa Heisuke was taken aback when he received the news, and immediately met with Matsui Ishone, who had been promoted to commander of the Central China Front.

After Matsui Shigen knew what had happened, he sighed and said to Yanagawa Heisuke: "The so-called 'Anti-Japanese Protector Army' of this branch had repeatedly obstructed and attacked the offensive momentum of our army in Zailuodian and other places, and then because the General Staff Headquarters planned to send you to reinforce Shanghai to implement a large-scale encirclement plan, it temporarily avoided its edge, but now this army actually went to Songjiang and other places..."

Yanagawa Heisuke said: "Your Excellency Matsui, according to the news sent by Tegaoke, the Chinese army has begun to evacuate from Shanghai, and in any case, we must pass through the Songjiang line as soon as possible, otherwise the encirclement plan will fail." Now that the Kunisaki Detachment and the 18th Division have suffered a heavy defeat, with more than 10,000 injuries and a loss of sharpness, I suggest that troops be sent from the battlefield in downtown Shanghai to reinforce them, what do you think? ”

Matsui Shigen thought for a while and said, "It's okay, I'll transfer the Sixth Division to you for command, and you must break through the obstacles as soon as possible and form an encirclement of Shanghai." ”

"Hey!"

As a result, the Sixth Division was transferred from the front line of the Jiatai Line to Xiaochuansha, and after boarding the warship at Xiaochuansha, it circled most of the sea and landed at Jinshanwei, and then came to Jinshan County from the sea.

At this time, the 114th Division and the 23rd Brigade of the 18th Division attacking the Jiashan area, under the strict orders of Yanagawa Heisuke, carried out a crazy assault on Jiashan, and finally captured Jiashan at 8 o'clock in the evening, and then the Shanghai-Hangzhou railway and highway lines were cut off one after another.

Since Yanagawa Heisuke focused on the Songjiang line, after capturing Jiashan, he transferred the 23rd Brigade back to the 18th Division, and the three commanders of the handball province with the authority of the temporary division commander planned to quickly pass through the Songjiang defense line together with the reinforced 6th Division and the Kunisaki Detachment. As for the 114th Division, together with the 2nd Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment and the 1st Corps Reserve Corps, it continued to attack towards Jiading.