At the same time, the Japanese military camp on the other side of the Xietang River.

The chief of staff of the Sixth Division, Kazuho Shimono, walked into the temporary command room of the division commander Toshio Tani, and in the room, Toshio Tani was discussing the battle situation with Tokutaro Itai.

Shimono Kazuho said to Gu Shoufu with an excited face: "Your Excellency the division commander, Major General Ushijima Mitsuru has successfully bypassed Dianshan Lake, and a few minutes ago, together with our 2,000 receiving troops in Xicen Town, flanked back and forth, and broke through the defense line of the Chinese Army in one fell swoop. ”

"Oh?" Gu Shoufu's eyes lit up, and he high-fived and celebrated: "It's really good! ”

Gu Shoufu was overjoyed, walked back and forth a few steps, and then lay on the table and looked at the battle map, and then said to Itai Tokutaro: "Itai-kun, it's up to you next, immediately launch an offensive operation against the defenders on the other side, we have to prevent the Chinese army from retreating..."

"Hey!" Itai Tokutaro said uprightly: "Please rest assured, Your Excellency the division commander, I will cross the river as soon as possible to ensure that the Chinese army does not have the possibility of escaping." ”

Soon, the Japanese army launched a fierce attack from the area of Xietang Beixincun, but at this time, the 107th Division on the other side of the river had begun to retreat one after another under the leadership of Jin Kuibi, so there was little resistance. Okamoto Hoyuki Osa, the commander of the 13th Infantry Wing under Itai Tokutaro, was full of confidence, and personally led two brigades to cross the river, and was about to approach the shore, when suddenly a rocket flew out from the opposite bank, like a goddess scattering flowers, and immediately destroyed most of the Japanese boats crossing the river, and the Japanese soldiers on the boat were either killed or fell into the water and drowned, and the entire river was full of screams for help, and the scene was chaotic.

The ferocious formation of the dense rockets concentrated in an instant, startled Okamoto Hoyuki almost fell off the boat, and he saw that his subordinates had suffered heavy casualties and had no hope of crossing the river, so he hurriedly ordered his troops to swim back and fled back.

At the same time, Bai Fei was smiling on the east bank of Xietang, he put down his binoculars, and said to Xu Jie, the commander of the first company of the artillery battalion, with a smile: "You are right, when this 107 rocket artillery salvo is fired, it is indeed terrifying, and the power is not bad, well, yes, it seems that we will be equipped with a large number of such weapons in the future." ”

Xu Jie said happily when he heard this: "That's great, Tuanzao, don't you know, since the brothers used this 107, many people are reluctant to touch those 150mm heavy guns." That thing is dead and heavy, and it's not easy to operate, how can this 107 be simple and convenient, and easy to move. ”

Bai Fei smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying in his heart that I don't know how many people want this 150mm heavy cannon now, but you still can't look at it, you really don't know how hungry you are.

At this time, Li Hu ran over and said, "Tuanzuo, someone has been sent to pick up Camp Commander Wang and them, leave it to us here, you can withdraw first." ”

Bai Fei nodded and said, "Okay, the old rule, don't fight hard, focus on blocking the enemy's advance speed, pay attention to safety." ”

Xu Jie said on the side: "Don't worry, there are 107 here, and we guarantee that the Japanese army can't even touch our shadow." ”

Bai Fei picked up the telescope again and looked at the other side of the river, and found that the Japanese army had no movement, so he waved his hand and led the remaining troops to quickly withdraw towards Songjiang.

When Bai Fei and the others came to Songjiang City, the 107th and 108th Divisions and the main generals of the 43rd Army were already in Songjiang. Wu Keren and Wang Gongyu immediately convened an emergency meeting to discuss the situation of the war.

At the meeting, Guo Rudong, commander of the 43rd Army, stood up and said in a hoarse voice: "I am mainly responsible for the loss of the defense line of the barricade port today." I was ordered to guard the area around Xiaodian Mountain in Zhujiajiao, but I did not defend against the Japanese army, allowing them to take the opportunity to slip behind the 108th Division, causing losses to friendly forces and causing the loss of the defensive line. ”

After Guo Rudong finished speaking, the conference room was quiet, and it seemed that everyone had a lot of resentment in their hearts about his dereliction of duty, so no one spoke, and the scene looked a little embarrassing.

After a while, Wu Keren, the commander of the 67th Army, coughed and said: "Brother Rudong doesn't have to be like this, your unit has suffered heavy losses in the urban area, the number of soldiers is scarce, and you have to garrison the defense line of several kilometers around Zhujiajiao, it is inevitable that you will not be able to do it, even if there are mistakes, it is understandable, not to mention these **** old diseases, you have been recuperating in Songjiang, even if you are held responsible, then you will not do your business, besides, we have been blocking the Japanese army in the Xietang defense line for several days, and we have completed the set goal, so I don't have to blame myself..."

Guo Rudong is an old-school warlord of the Sichuan system, and he has done a lot of things due to lack of virtue in the past, but this time he came to Shanghai to fight the war of resistance with all his might, and when he came to Shanghai, he had a division under his command and fought hard with the Japanese army for seven days and nights, two of the four regiment commanders were killed, 13 of the 14 battalion commanders were killed in the battle, and the company and platoon commanders suffered more than 250 casualties, and finally there were only a few hundred people left in the whole army, which can be described as quite tragic.

Bai Fei was originally extremely angry in his heart, but now that he saw that Wu Keren had already opened his mouth to downplay Guo Rudong's responsibility, he sighed lightly in his heart and simply kept silent.

At this time, Wang Gongyu persuaded a few words next to him, and said a few nice words, Guo Rudong took the opportunity to get off the donkey on the slope, and was "ashamed" a few times, even if this article was turned over.

Next, everyone discussed the defense of Songjiang City, and finally Bai Fei took the initiative to ask Ying to be responsible for defending the front, that is, the west, Wu Keren's 107th and 108th divisions guarded the north and south sides, and Guo Rudong's remnants of the 43rd Army and Wanggongyu's security team defended the east.

After the meeting, Bai Fei walked out of the conference room, and when he heard that Wang Weiguo and the others had entered the city with the team, he immediately walked to the city gate. In an open space at the gate of the city, Bai Fei ran into them, and Wang Weiguo greeted him and asked, "Tuanzao, why are you suddenly about to withdraw your troops?" ”

Bai Fei briefly explained the situation, Wang Weiguo sighed: "It can only be like this now, since we want to defend against the frontal attack of the Japanese army, we need to make arrangements as soon as possible..." ”

Bai Fei smiled bitterly and said, "Didn't you let you blow up the cannon..."

Wang Weiguo said: "It's a pity that it was blown up like this, it's not too far from Mishidu to here, everyone works together, and it won't be too difficult to move these cannons." ”

Bai Fei nodded and said, "Forget it, it's okay if it's here, it's just that this guy is too heavy and too inconvenient to move, so I have to find a good place to place it and let it work." ”

The two discussed it again, and finally decided to place the heavy artillery in a forest on the northwest side of Songjiang Castle, which was on higher ground and only two or three kilometers away from Songjiang Castle, and was within the range of the attack. At the same time, Xu Changsheng's 3 battalions were sent to garrison here, in addition to protecting the artillery, it is appropriate to attack from outside the city. The rest of the personnel refused to hold on to the city, forming a horn with the 3rd battalion, and the two sides could take care of each other.

Soon after the team was arranged, Li Hu, Xu Jie and others, who were responsible for blocking the enemy after the break, arrived outside Songjiang City, Bai Fei asked the two of them to welcome them into the city, Li Hu said: "Tuanza, the Japanese army on the western front has now arrived in the area of Cangqiao Town, and the Japanese army south of the Huangpu River has also taken the opportunity to cross the river, and is now coming towards Songjiang City, and it is estimated that they will soon arrive at the south gate." ”