Let's say that although the Japanese army broke through the Xietang defense line, because of the constant harassment along the way, there were mines everywhere, traps were everywhere, and a row of shells came at every turn, which made the Japanese army anxious and marched very slowly.

The commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, Toshio Tani, was still happy to break through the defensive line, but when he learned that the forward troops had just crossed Dagang Town and had already suffered nearly 800 casualties, he immediately turned from joy to sorrow and became furious, and called the forward commander Yasuyuki Okamoto to come to him, slapped him dozens of times, and scolded him.

Then he personally led a large force along the Shanghai-Hangzhou railway line through Cangqiao Town to the west of Songjiang City, but at this time, the 18th Division and the Guoqi Detachment, which were originally intercepted by the guard ** south of the Huangpu River and could not even cross the river, arrived first and had already arrived outside Songjiang City for a long time.

Seeing this, Gu Shoufu was even more angry, and it was almost late at this time, so Gu Shoufu had to give up.

Nothing was said all night. Early the next morning, the Japanese army besieged Songjiang from all sides, for a while, the shells were like clouds, bullets were like rain, the battle was very fierce, the battle lasted from the morning to the evening of the next day, except for the artillery that could carry out the corresponding return fire, the officers and soldiers who defended the city on the other sides could only be beaten passively, so the damage was great.

In the evening of the next day, the fighting between the two sides stopped, and Bai Fei and others walked on the streets of Songjiang City, only to see wounded soldiers everywhere, and the wailing was endless. A little calculation shows that there are more than 2,000 wounded soldiers.

Bai Fei found Wu Keren to discuss with him, Wu Keren said in embarrassment: "How can I not feel distressed, but now Songjiang City is full of officers and soldiers defending the city, and the battle is so fierce that we can't send people to transport these wounded soldiers to the rear, and the Japanese army is besieging the city on all sides, and we can't get out..."

Bai Fei said: "No matter what, I can't watch these injured brothers wait here to die, after dark, I will have people raid the north of the city and make a passage." ”

Wu Keren nodded and said, "In this case, I will send some people to send the wounded out." It's all up to you. ”

Bai Fei said: "Don't worry. ”

Soon, Bai Fei made a deployment, all the 107 rocket artillery mobilized to the north of the city, at half past nine in the evening, Bai Fei launched an attack order, for a time, the rocket artillery "ten thousand arrows in unison", constantly striking the Japanese army to encircle the position in the north of the city, stationed here The 47th Wing of the Japanese Sixth Division Hasegawa Masanoshi Osa was shocked, and immediately commanded the troops to move to both sides, and the shells continued to drive the Japanese troops to both sides, until 10 o'clock, there was no Japanese soldier within two kilometers outside the north gate.

The special combat team immediately left the city, and together with the 107th Division defending the north of the city, they built two positions on both flanks to resist the Japanese attack, and Wu Keren sent people to take the opportunity to transport the wounded soldiers out of Songjiang City in a steady stream.

After 1 hour of fierce fighting between the two sides, the casualties of the 107th Division and the special combat team that resisted the Japanese army outside the city began to rise in a straight line, and they had no choice but to retreat into the city, so the position in the north of the city was controlled by the Japanese army, but the wounded had been transferred out at this time, and there was no major problem.

However, it is precisely because of the transfer of the wounded that the officers and soldiers who defended the city were originally insufficient, and thousands of people were transferred to transport the wounded, and now the defenders in the south of the city are less than 4,000 people, and the north of the city is less than 3,000 people, and the entire Songjiang City plus the 43rd Army, Wanggongyu's security team, and the guard, a total of less than 10,000 people.

In the early morning of the next day, the Japanese continued to attack, and by 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the intensive artillery attack of the Japanese finally blew a crack several zhang wide in the southern wall of Songjiang, and then the Japanese began to advance continuously from the gap. Liu Qiwen, the 322nd Brigade of the 108th Division stationed in the south of the city, led his troops to desperately block the attack, and launched a fierce hand-to-hand fight with the Japanese army, and the see-saw gap battle was staged from 3 o'clock to 4 o'clock, and the 322nd Brigade suffered heavy casualties, but it never let the Japanese army move forward.

At a critical juncture, the special combat team rushed to reinforce, and the RPG bombarded wildly, and immediately blew up the bones of the Japanese soldiers in the gap, and then, after Li Hu asked people to set up two Gatlings, they shot fiercely at the narrow gap, and as soon as the big killing weapon was started, the Japanese army came and died, and soon the corpse was almost buried in the gap.

Seeing that it could not be forced, the commander of the Japanese army who led the team had no choice but to give up the strong attack and lead his troops to retreat.

After several days of fierce fighting, it can be described as heavy casualties for the squadron defending the city. For the Japanese troops besieging the city, the casualties will never be less. Therefore, in the evening, Gu Shoufu gathered the generals of all parties together, and after careful discussion, everyone felt that it was not easy to attack again.

In the early morning of November 15, the Japanese army used poison gas bombs, except for the guards who had been prepared and equipped with protective devices, the rest of the defenders were taken by surprise, and the Japanese army took the opportunity to invade the city.

The soldiers stationed in the south of the city were in pain smoked by the strong tear gas, coughing and sneezing constantly, so that most of the people could not resist effectively, the commander of the 322 Brigade Liu Qiwen could only lead his subordinates to retreat, in retreat, in order to cover the troops, Liu Qiwen personally left the palace, unfortunately was hit by the Japanese machine gun, died heroically, at the age of 39.

Immediately afterwards, the east of the city was also broken through by the Japanese army, and although the Guo Rudong and Wanggongyu divisions of the 43rd Army resisted hard, they were still unable to support themselves under the effect of poison gas bombs, and soon suffered most casualties.

After learning of the situation, Bai Fei immediately led the artillery with 107 to the southeast to support the footsteps of the enemy's attack. At the same time, the 150mm heavy artillery erected on Chenshan was allowed to fire in an all-round way to cover and bomb the Japanese positions outside the north of the city, and then ordered the 3rd Battalion Xu Changsheng to cooperate with the 107th Division to repel the Japanese troops north of the city in one fell swoop, ensuring a passage of escape.

Wu Keren did not dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately gathered the rout troops and withdrew from Songjiang City from the north gate in batches. Bai Fei saw that there were fewer and fewer soldiers in Songjiang City, so he ordered Wang Weiguo to abandon the western defense and withdraw from the city with the artillery.

At this time, except for the north gate of Songjiang City, which was in the hands of the guard, the other three sides had fallen. After another moment, Li Hu, the leader of the special operations team, came over and said, "Tuanzao, the explosives are all buried, let's withdraw too." ”

Bai Fei nodded, and then withdrew from Songjiang.

Soon the Japanese army chased to the north of the city, and as soon as the Japanese troops of about two squadrons entered the city gate, a special combat team member hiding not far away suddenly pressed the detonation button, and with a bang, a violent explosion occurred in the city gate hole.

Bai Fei, who was standing near Chenshan, passed through the telescope and saw smoke and dust rising from the north gate, and the violent explosion overturned the entire city gate, and countless bricks and stones flew around, killing and injuring the Japanese army everywhere.

Wang Weiguo asked on the side: "Tuanzuo, the 67th Army and Wanggongyu have all withdrawn to the north, what should we do now?" ”

Bai Fei thought for a while and said, "Now there is still half a day before the deadline for the order, we can't retreat, just stop the Japanese army on the Caogang River for a while." ”

Then he asked Wu Dazhong: "How many 150mm heavy artillery shells are placed on Chenshan?" ”

Wu Dazhong said: "There are about forty or fifty more." ”

"Let them aim at Matsue Castle, finish the shells for me, and blow up the cannons."

"Tuanzao, isn't it a pity to blow it up..."Wu Dazhong felt sorry for those cannons, and was a little reluctant.

"Execute the order! We were about to march long distances, with inconvenience. Bai Fei couldn't help but say.

Wu Dazhong had no choice but to comply, for a time dozens of heavy artillery shells were fired indiscriminately into Songjiang City, and the frightened Japanese army thought that they had been ambushed, and hurriedly retreated.