Chapter 62: The Battle of Songjiang (1)
Let's say that Bai Fei recruited more than 1,300 soldiers in Gaojiabang, and had some quarrels with the gendarmes during this period, so he simply made a big fuss, beat the gendarmes, and threw them all into the water, and then stationed in Gaojiabang, while reorganizing the team, while waiting for trouble to come to the door.
Who knew that after two days in a row, there was no at all, not to mention the result of Chiang Kai-shek's punishment, and even the people who came to the door to ask for explanations were not seen, Bai Fei couldn't help but feel bored, and said in his heart, how could the dignified gendarmes be so cowardly?
It is worth mentioning that in the past two days, Bai Fei has completed the reorganization of more than 1,300 "recruits", and with the addition of more than 500 people in the original team, the total number of the Protector Army in Shanghai has reached 1,900. Among them, the previous three regular companies have all been expanded into battalions, the number of people in each battalion has increased to 400, and the weapons and equipment have been fully replenished, which are still the same as the old three, RPG, Gatling, and AK47; The artillery company was also changed to an artillery battalion, and the number of people also increased to 400, in addition to adding AKs to some soldiers to deal with emergencies, Bai Fei added some RPG-7s to the artillery company, and the artillery company had a total of 100 RPGs; In addition, the dumb air defense unit also added some people, reaching 50 people, who mainly undertake military services in peacetime, and only in wartime, will they be responsible for air defense tasks; The sniper team has also been increased to 50 people; Only Li Hu's special combat team suffered the least damage in all previous battles, and after the number of people was replenished to 200, it was not increased.
Bai Fei also equipped all the more than 1,300 new soldiers with anti-poison equipment. Although it cost him a lot of merit points to equip so many people at one time, Bai Fei still nodded with satisfaction when he looked at the 1,900 people who were neatly arranged.
On this day, the time came to November 4th. As soon as he got up in the morning, Bai Fei began to feel uneasy in his heart, thinking that today was the last day of the deadline for the completion of the system's tasks, Bai Fei couldn't help but become more and more cautious, he sent out several waves of people to inquire about the news, but the information he heard was calm.
It was not until about 5 o'clock in the afternoon that news came from the city that the 6th and 11th divisions of the Japanese army on the north side suddenly began to storm the areas of Guangfu and Chenjiahang like crazy, and at the same time, the 9th, 13th, and 101st divisions, plus an infantry brigade and a reserve infantry regiment, broke through the Hutai Highway in one fell swoop in a very short period of time, and then divided the troops into two routes, one with the Japanese army on the north side, to clear the Chinese defenders on the north bank of Guangfu and Fuzaobang, and the other to launch a fierce attack on the south bank of Fuzaobang, trying to break through the waterway and capture Dachang and other places.
In order to cover the retreat, the Gui army regardless of the cost of casualties, launched a group charge attack of nearly 10,000 people in a row, with bayonets and grenades, the Japanese elite 9th Division was stabbed and bombed, the whole vitality was greatly damaged, the Japanese army was forced to stop, and the defenders on the north bank were able to retreat to the area of Chenjiaxing.
Seeing that the plan of encirclement and annihilation could not be achieved, the Japanese army threw heavy troops into Fuzaohama and, with the assistance of aircraft and artillery, advanced along the entire line along the river about 8 kilometers long to the left and right of Dachang, and constantly sent people to force the crossing of the river. The defenders on the south bank could not resist, so the headquarters could only redeploy the Sichuan army and the Gui army, which had just come down from the firing line and had not had time to rest, to the south bank, and then transferred the two divisions of Yu Jishi's 74th Army and Song Xilian's 36th Division to the south bank to garrison. Although the Nationalist army on the south bank had a large number of personnel, the Japanese army took advantage of the heavy artillery and aircraft bombing, and caused a large number of casualties to the Chinese defenders in the battle, and the situation appeared to be precarious.
After Bai Fei knew these situations, he was also very anxious, and was about to lead his team to the city to participate in the battle, but suddenly news came that the Japanese army on the north bank of Fuzaobang suddenly stopped attacking the south bank of Fuzaobang.
Bai Fei frowned, he always felt that something was wrong, but he didn't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time. Seeing that it was getting late, he decided to set out for the city early the next morning.
Unexpectedly, at dawn the next day, the newly formed 10th Army of the Japanese army, under the jurisdiction of the 18th and 114th Divisions, the Kunisaki Detachment, the 2nd Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment, the 6th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 2nd Reserve Infantry Regiment and other troops, a total of about 100,000 people, under the command of Yanagawa Heisuke, was escorted by the fleet from the sea to the north shore of Hangzhou Bay. At that time, on the coastline of several tens of kilometers long from Quangongting to Zhapu on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay, only two infantry companies of Tao Guang's 62nd Division, six companies of the 2nd Artillery Brigade and 2 regiments and a few local armed defenses were quickly routed by the Japanese army.
After the Japanese army landed successfully, they rushed to Jinshan, and after occupying Jinshan, the troops were divided into three routes, all the way to the east along Fengxian to Pudong; all the way to the west towards Jiashan, Jiaxing Pingwang and other places; There is also a straight north, rushing to Matsue Castle.
The news of the Japanese landing in Hangzhou Bay soon spread throughout Shanghai, and the morale of the officers and men fighting on the front line was greatly affected.
When Chen Cheng was in a hurry, he immediately planned to send someone to chase and plug the loopholes, but who to send? He thought about it for a while, and the first object that came to mind turned out to be Bai Fei and his Protector Army. Chen Cheng immediately inquired about the location of the Protector Army. It turns out that he, like most other people, also has the problem of not burning incense and clinging to things, since the end of the Battle of Hongkou, Chen Cheng has not paid attention to Bai Fei's whereabouts, firstly, he is busy with things, and secondly, he is also afraid of trouble.
When he learned that Bai Fei was in the Gaojiabang area, Chen Cheng immediately contacted him, but the result was that Bai Fei and his Protector Army had all left for Songjiang City early this morning.
Hearing this news, Chen Cheng was stunned for a long time, and his heart was full of emotion for a while, and he didn't know what to say. After shaking his head with a wry smile, he ordered the 40th Army of the Right Wing Army and the 67th Army of the Northeast Army, which had just arrived in Shanghai, to issue an order for them to rush to Songjiang for reinforcements.
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"Hurry, hurry!"
On the way to Songjiang, Bai Fei shouted loudly to the advancing team.
It turned out that after Bai Fei learned the news of the Japanese landing in the early morning, the whole person fell into a state of confusion for a while, and after a few minutes, he took out the map and looked at it, and immediately understood the Japanese army's intentions, so he immediately gathered the team and rushed towards Songjiang without taking care of breakfast.
At this time, it was already dawn, and Bai Fei was anxious, constantly urging the team to speed up.
Wu Dazhong panted and ran over, and said to Bai Fei: "Tuanzao, our artillery battalion can't be faster, the 150mm heavy guns of Little Japan are too heavy, the brothers have already exhausted their strength, and they have bought a lot of cattle and horses with the nearby villagers, pushing and pulling together, but they still can't go fast." ”
Bai Fei frowned and said, "Now that the situation is so urgent, it's impossible for me to stop and wait for you." In that case, then let us go first, and your battalion will follow. In addition, you can talk to the villagers and ask them to help, but if it doesn't work, you can spend money to hire someone to help carry it. ”
Wu Dazhong nodded and quickly ran away again. Bai Fei shouted: "All of them, run forward!" ”
When the soldiers of the Protector Army heard the command, they immediately ran up and quickly ran towards Songjiang Castle.