Let's say that Bai Fei and his entourage came to Songjiang, and Wang Gongyu, the commander of Songjiang City Defense and Security, was extremely happy when he learned of the great victory of the Protector Army in the first battle, and immediately sent people to buy a banquet to entertain Bai Fei, Wang Weiguo and others. Bai Fei came here to discuss with him about the division of troops, but before he could speak, he was pulled to the wine table.

Bai Fei and the others had not eaten well for a day, and at this time they were hungry, and when they saw that they could not excuse themselves, they simply let go of the big meal, and during the banquet, Wang Gongyu and several officers of the security regiment diligently persuaded them to drink, and they could not say enough words of praise and flattery.

While eating and drinking, a Protector Army soldier in charge of radio communication came in and reported: "Tuanzao, battalion commander, Chen Cheng and Commander Chen are in an emergency. ”

Bai Fei took the message and looked at it with Wang Weiguo. After reading it, the two looked at each other and did not speak.

Wang Gongyu asked worriedly: "Brother Bai, but what new orders do you have, don't you want to transfer away?" "The Protector is now his only reliance, and if he is transferred, he really has no way to live.

Bai Fei shook his head and said, "Commander Wang, don't worry, it's not an order." The Supreme High Command has just passed a resolution: Starting at 12 o'clock tonight, the troops participating in the battle in Shanghai will begin to withdraw from Shanghai in turn, and we will be used as the troops to resist the Japanese army advancing westward on the front line of Songjiang and buy time for the main force. ”

He handed the telegram to Wang Gongyu: "Commander Wang, take a look for yourself." ”

Wang Gongyu hurriedly took the telegram and looked at it, and after reading a few lines, Wang Gongyu slapped his forehead and exclaimed: "5-7 days? How is this possible, how can we keep this! ”

Bai Fei said: "Actually, we came today mainly to talk to you about the defense of the west side of Songjiang. After giving a briefing on the situation, he said: "We are deployed along the Huangpu River, the battle line is too long, and the two wings are empty, especially in the west of Songjiang, now the Japanese army is already attacking Jiashan, and it is very likely that the troops will be divided to the north, so we must set up another defense line here, otherwise we will not be able to stop the pace of the Japanese attack." ”

Wang Gongyu looked embarrassed: "Brother, I don't know what you said, but the previous order only said that I should defend the city for 3 days, so I thought, you are deployed on the river in front, and I am guarding the city in the back, echoing each other from afar, and I think it can support for three days." Who would have thought that now that the situation has changed, and the above wants us to hold on for 5-7 days, our security regiment will only have more than 1,000 brothers, and the 43rd and 67th armies are nowhere to be found, how can we send people to garrison in the west? ”

Bai Fei frowned and was silent when he heard this, and the two were in a dilemma, when they suddenly heard someone outside report that Guo Rudong's 43rd Army had arrived.

Wang Gongyu was overjoyed, and hurriedly confessed and went out to greet him, and Bai Fei also followed.

Unexpectedly, when they looked outside, both of them were disappointed. It turned out that the so-called 43rd Army had only three or four hundred people, of which more than 200 were Guo Rudong's confidential guards, and only 120 under the command of brigade commander Ma Fuxiang.

Ma Fuxiang also said humorously: "The whole army has suffered great losses in the northern battlefield, and now only these 'elites' remain." As long as we schedule properly, we can always achieve the task. ”

Guo Rudong also said: "I learned earlier that I was going to come here to garrison, and I was ready to spill blood on the battlefield, but now that there is a national protector here, it is really a surprise, maybe we don't need to return the horse leather shroud." ”

Bai Fei said with a wry smile: "Commander Guo's words are serious, the Sichuan army brothers fought in the urban area with excellence and bravery, the people of the whole country can see it, and now with Commander Guo, a veteran of a hundred battles, the brothers are determined to smash the Japanese army's attempt to advance north." ”

During the greetings, someone came to report that Wu Keren's 67th Army had also arrived in Songjiang.

The predecessor of the 67th Army was the Northeast Army, in 30 years, Zhang Xueliang sent a telegram to support Jiang in the Central Plains War, and the main force of the Northeast Army was organized into 4 armies after entering the customs, of which the 7th, 10th, and 17th brigades were combined to form the 67th Army, and Wang Yizhe served as the commander.

In 35, the Northeast Army was transferred to Shaanxi to "suppress the Communists". At the end of 36, the Xi'an Incident broke out, and Wang Yizhe resolutely carried out the military order. After the peaceful evolution of the Xi'an Incident, on December 25, 36, Zhang Xueliang sent Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing, and since then he has never returned, nearly 200,000 Northeast Army groups have no leader, and there were serious disagreements on the issue of war or peace with Nanjing, and finally developed into internal slaughter.

In February 37, Wang Yizhe, the commander of the 67th Army, was killed by Ying Detian, Miao Jianqiu, Sun Mingjiu and others of the Northeast Army Shaozhuang because of his close relationship with the Communist Party and his advocacy of political means to rescue Zhang Xueliang.

After General Wang Yizhe was killed, Wu Keren, the former commander of the 117th Division of the army, was promoted to commander, and soon the 67th Army was transferred from Luochuan, Shaanxi. In March, the 67th Army was transferred to Fuyang, Anhui Province for reorganization, and the original troops were reorganized into the 107th and 108th Divisions, with Jin Kuibi as the commander of the 107th Division and Zhang Wenqing as the commander of the 108th Division.

In August, Wu Keren led the 67th Army to Dacheng, Hebei Province, on the front line of North China, and fought fiercely in the Dacheng defense line for more than a month, defeating the enemy's front at the cost of more than 2,000 casualties, annihilating thousands of enemies, and blocking the enemy's southward attack, covering the safe retreat of friendly troops.

In late October, the 67th Army was ordered to travel thousands of miles from the battlefield in North China to Shanghai.

Seeing that the 67th Army was quite neat, and although the whole army was not satisfied, there were nearly 15,000 people, not like the 43rd Army, only hundreds of "elites", Wang Gongyu breathed a sigh of relief and introduced them to both sides with a smile.

After the greetings, Wang Gongyu wanted to invite the generals to take the lead to eat and drink, but was rejected by Wu Keren.

Wu Keren said: "Now the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and we must not be careless. Since we have come to Songjiang, it is important to immediately arrange the deployment, and when the Japanese army has completed its mission, we will not be too late to eat and drink. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces were a little embarrassed, and Bai Fei was also a little surprised, and couldn't help but look at Wu Keren with admiration.

Wang Gongyu laughed dryly a few times, and had no choice but to give up. As the commander of Songjiang City Defense, he should have been in charge of all defense arrangements, but he also knew that he was a few pounds and a few taels, and all the troops present were army commanders and division commanders, even if Bai Fei was the regiment commander, it was also the rank of major general, and he had great achievements.

Therefore, he said: "The matter of city defense arrangements is still left to Commander Wu." ”

Wu Keren excused himself twice, and when he saw that Guo Rudong and Bai Fei both advocated letting him be the master, he agreed. He discussed with several people again, and finally decided to let the Protector Army continue to garrison the banks of the Huangpu River. The 107th and 108th divisions of the 67th Army defended the first line of the Xietangmao River, and due to the long battle line, the two divisions were stationed in Dagang Town and Shenxiang Town respectively. The hundreds of "elites" of the 40th Army were selected by Wanggongyu from 500 people from the security regiment and stationed in the Zhujiajiao area on the east side of Dianshan Lake after merging, so as to prevent the Japanese army from bypassing Dianshan Lake and then attacking southward; As for Wang Gongyu, he led the remaining brothers of the security group to continue to stay in Songjiang City.

Wu Keren made some arrangements, but everyone had no opinions, so they immediately took their places and arranged their own defenses to meet the battle.

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