Bai Fei was thinking about it when he suddenly heard someone shouting, "What part are you from?" ”

Wang Weiguo, who was on the side, stepped forward and said: "We are from the 001st Regiment of the Anti-Japanese Protector Army, and this is our regimental seat." ”

The man looked puzzled: "Anti-Japanese Protector Army? Why haven't you heard of it? ”

A person who looked like an adjutant next to him leaned into his ear and said a few words, and the man's eyes lit up, and he immediately said: "It turns out that you are the protector of the country who has done thousands of devils in Taihang Mountain, disrespectful and disrespectful!" The contemptible surname is Sun, he is the director of the transportation department of the station, and he is responsible for sending you to the battlefield, you should quickly pack up and get on the train and follow me, the situation ahead is urgent..."

The chief of the transport department spoke like machine-gun fire, very fast, and seemed to be an impatient man. Bai Fei didn't say much, and immediately ordered someone to board the truck parked on the side, and more than 400 people took more than a dozen cars, and drove out of the train station in a mighty way, not knowing where to go.

Bai Fei sat in the same car with the director of transportation surnamed Sun, and on the way, through talking, he finally solved some of the situation in Shanghai. After the first shot was fired on August 13, in order to seize the opportunity, Chiang Kai-shek immediately ordered Zhang Zhizhong, then commander of the Beijing-Shanghai garrison, to command the troops to launch a siege on the Hongkou base of the Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai, in an attempt to drive the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai into the sea before the Japanese reinforcements arrived.

At the beginning of the war, in addition to the two elite divisions of the 87th and 88th Divisions, the Chinese army also had two heavy artillery regiments equipped with German artillery, namely the 10th Artillery Regiment (150 mm howitzers) and the 14th Artillery Regiment (150 mm howitzers). At that time, the Japanese army in Shanghai only had more than 3,000 marines, and urgently mobilized retired soldiers from the Japanese merchant groups, a total of only five or six thousand, and there was not enough heavy weapons, but the Japanese army relied on strong fortifications to resist stubbornly, so that the Chinese army has not been able to complete a major breakthrough.

On August 15, Emperor Hirohito of Japan ordered General Matsui Ishine to send a military commander to Shanghai to lead reinforcements to attack Shanghai.

On the 16th, 6,000 reinforcements from the Japanese marines arrived, and the landing was successful from the rear of the Chinese army.

On the 23rd, most of the Japanese reinforcements arrived, and forcibly landed in Xiaochuansha, Lion Forest, Fortress Port and other places, and then attacked and advanced to the front line of Baoshan, Luodian and Liuhe; At the same time, it made several trial landings in Wusong, and on September 6, Wusong fell. During this period, the Chinese army invested heavy troops in the above important places and successfully blocked the enemy many times, but because it did not have air and sea supremacy, and the position was within the range of Japanese gunboats, the Chinese army suffered numerous casualties. It is said that at that time, there was a regiment of the 61st Division defending Wusong, and before the Japanese landing force could come ashore, it was already annihilated by the bombing.

On September 7, Baoshan also fell. More than 500 people from the 3rd Battalion of the 583rd Regiment of the 98th Division, who were ordered to hold Baoshan, repelled the enemy's frantic attacks again and again under the leadership of the battalion commander Yao Ziqing. The Japanese army used sulfur bombs, and the city was set on fire, and all the buildings were reduced to rubble. On the morning of the 7th, the Japanese army broke into the city with tanks as the forerunner, Yao Ziqing led the whole battalion of officers and soldiers to fight with the enemy in the streets, firing the last bullet, and at 10 o'clock in the morning of the same day, except for one person who was ordered to break through the siege and report the military situation to his superiors the night before, all the others died heroically.

At this time, the Japanese army had already grasped the initiative on the battlefield, and on the one hand, the Japanese army launched a powerful offensive against the Chinese army along the military industrial road, the Songhu highway and the line of Yuepu and Luodian; On the one hand, the increase in troops continues. In view of this, in addition to the same increase in troops, the Chinese army also made deployment adjustments on September 21 to meet the operational needs: among them, the 15th and 19th Group Armies were organized into the left wing corps, with Chen Cheng as the commander-in-chief, and the operational area responsible for the operation was the Wanqiao, Luodian, and Guangfu areas north of Fuzaobang; The 9th Group Army was the Central Corps, with Zhu Shaoliang (replacing Zhang Zhizhong, who was transferred to the head of the base camp management department due to illness) as the commander-in-chief, and the combat area was the North Station, Jiangwan, Miaohang Line and the areas west of it; The 8th and 10th Group Armies were the right-wing corps, with Zhang Fakui as the commander-in-chief, and the combat area was from the south of Suzhou Creek to the north bank of Hangzhou Bay.

After the Chinese army moved to the defensive, the Japanese army began a large-scale offensive. On September 22, the Japanese army concentrated its main force to storm the position of the left flank army that was holding Luodian, and on the night of the 24th, the Japanese army continued to charge with two divisions, and the 159th and 160th divisions of the national army were all killed, and Luodian fell. Later, the soldiers of the national army counterattacked, and the two sides began to see-saw, which continues to this day.

Director Sun of the Transportation Department said: "Since the beginning of the Shanghai War, the Japanese casualties are said to be only more than 10,000, but the casualties of the Chinese army have reached more than 100,000. Every day, a large number of wounded have to be transported to the rear, and this battle is completely filled with human lives. Alas! ”

After listening to the narration, Bai Fei's heart was also a little heavy, he was speechless for a while, bowed his head and pondered, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this time, the car stopped, and Director Sun said: "Brother, my task is completed, and in front of me is the headquarters of the Left Wing Army. ”

After Bai Fei and the others got out of the car, they saw an inconspicuous courtyard not far in front of them, surrounded by heavy security, and they didn't know how many open and dark sentinels had been arranged.

A major officer ran over with a few people and asked, "Which part of you are from?" ”

After Bai Fei reported to his home, the officer said, "Wait a minute, I'll go in and inform the chief." ”

After a while, I saw a large number of senior officers come out, the first one was thin and small, not tall, about 1.6 meters, wearing military uniforms and with the rank of general. Behind him is a round face, wearing a pair of glasses, polite and polite, with a bookish atmosphere, and also wears the rank of general.

The officer from the previous major stepped forward to introduce the thin man: "This is Chief Chen Cheng Chen. He pointed to the polite one and said, "This is Chief Luo Zhuoyingluo." ”

Bai Fei was taken aback, and saluted: "General Chen, General Luo is good!" Bai Fei, the commander of the 001st Regiment of the Anti-Japanese Protector Army, led his troops to Shanghai to participate in the war against Japan. ”

Chen Cheng looked at Bai Fei carefully and said with a smile: "Okay, your national protector army fought very beautifully in the Taihang Mountain, I heard that it destroyed thousands of Japanese troops, played the prestige of the Chinese, and inspired the enthusiasm of the Chinese to resist the war, good, very good!" ”

Chen Cheng said, patting him on the shoulder appreciatively, and then beckoned back, an attendant officer holding a military uniform in both hands and a letter on it. Chen Cheng took it and handed it to Bai Fei and said: "This is your major's military uniform and commendation order, which was originally going to be sent to Hebei, but I heard that you are coming to Shanghai to participate in the war, so I brought it with you." In addition, there are 2,000 silver dollars, which will not be issued to you until after the battle in Shanghai is over. ”

Bai Fei didn't value these things at all, but because of Chen Cheng's serious attitude, he didn't want to be too casual, so he had to take it and say, "Thank you, General Chen, for remembering." Our army hurriedly came from the north in order to fight the Japanese invaders as soon as possible and to combat the arrogance of the invaders. I also asked General Chen to immediately arrange for our troops to go to the battlefield. ”

Chen Cheng said: "After a long journey, do you need to take a break before going to the battlefield?" ”

Bai Fei shook his head and said, "There is no need to rest. ”

Chen Cheng had no choice but to give up and discuss a few words with Luo Zhuoying. Luo Zhuoying said: "The Hu Lian Division of the 66th Regiment of the 11th Division is stationed in the area of Sifang Village, Luodian Zhou's house, and the current losses are heavy, and the defense of the front is weak, why don't you go and assist them in defending there first, what do you think?" Although Bai Fei was nominally just a regiment leader, he was not controlled by them, so Chen Cheng and Luo Zhuoying could only talk to Bai Fei in a consultative tone.

"Good! We'll go there, and without further ado, we'll go right away! After speaking, Bai Fei led the team to set off, and under the leadership of several leading soldiers, he headed towards the Zhou family's house.

After Bai Fei and the others left, Luo Zhuoying said to Chen Cheng: "This young man is so arrogant. ”

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "A person with ability is inevitably arrogant, this person can create a miracle in Taihang Mountain, naturally his ability is not small, even Chairman Jiang looks at him differently, otherwise he will not be given an independent number." ”

Luo Zhuoying said: "Then we will wait and see what miracles he can create in Shanghai." ”