In less than five minutes, the thirteen planes were wiped out, and the menacing Japanese army was once again crushed and sunk, and the commander Kanichiro Ueno, following the commander of the Fifth Brigade, Riichiro Katayama, was once again vomited blood in anger.

Fortunately, he finally did not lose his mind, and immediately gave the order to retreat and led the troops to retreat to Yuepu. Although in less than half a day, the infantry unit was defeated twice in succession and suffered considerable losses, but the infantry unit was relatively intact.

After returning to Tsukiura, Kanichiro Ueno felt ashamed and immediately sent a report to the division commander Fujita Susumu asking for guilt, and after telling the general the details of the battle, he said that he had failed in the battle and was willing to accept any punishment, and that he was unsuitable to be a commander again, and submitted his resignation.

The commander of the 3rd Division, Susumu Fujita, who was under remote command on a Japanese ship at the mouth of the Huangpu River, was taken aback when he received Kanichiro Ueno's telegram and immediately reported the situation to Matsui Ishone, commander-in-chief of the Shanghai Dispatch Army.

In the evening, Fujita Jin got off the ship and rushed to Tsukiura, and after seeing Kanichiro Ueno, he said to him: "Ueno-kun, I know that today's defeat is not your responsibility, and you don't have to blame yourself too much. I have already consulted with His Excellency Matsui, the commander of the dispatch force, about what you have reported. According to the information sent back by the Special High School, the Chinese army is not equipped with the anti-aircraft weapons you described..."

When Kanichiro Ueno heard this, he immediately became anxious: "Your Excellency Fujita, don't you believe what I said?" I was on the front line, and that's what I saw with my own eyes, and you can even ask other people, and a lot of people saw it..."

Fujita Jin waved his hand and said, "Ueno-kun, you listen to me finish speaking." According to reliable information, the weapons possessed by this organization are not at all the standard weapons equipped by the Chinese army, and their weapons are very sharp and their firepower is very fierce, and it is said that the Kwantung Army, which has always been known for its excellent equipment, was unable to fight back at that time..."

Fujita continued: "You must wonder why I said this, because after this non-governmental organization was absorbed by the government army of China and became an independent armed formation of the army of China, and they have already opened to Shanghai and are now stationed in Luodian..."

"What?" Kanichiro Ueno was taken aback: "Are you saying that the opponent I faced and suffered defeat was this organization?" ”

Fujita Jin nodded: "As I said earlier, the Chinese government army is not equipped with the anti-aircraft weapons you described, but the armed situation of this army is very mysterious, and the weapon performance is much better than that of the Chinese government army, and even much stronger than ours, so the anti-aircraft weapons you are talking about must be owned by them." ”

Kanichiro Ueno was silent after hearing this, if this was the case, with the power in his hands alone, he would not be able to take back Luodian no matter what.

Fujita Shin said: "Ueno-kun, you don't need to worry, although our army is currently nervous about multi-front combat personnel, the 11th Division of Yamamuro Takemune is fighting on the northern front, and the 9th and 13th divisions are attacking the defenders of China on the line from Liu Xing to Fuzaohama, and there is no manpower to assist, but the commander has applied to the Command for reinforcements from the mainland and North China, and I believe that there will be results in the near future." Now all you have to do is hold on here and keep your troops recharged, and once the reinforcements arrive, you can capture Luodian and take revenge. ”

Kanichiro Ueno sighed and said, "So far, it can only be like this." After speaking, Kanichiro Ueno clamped his legs and stood up to Fujita Shin and said: "Thank you for your forgiveness from Your Excellency the division commander, I will be ready every day to live up to your hopes, and I hope that reinforcements will arrive sooner, and I can also be ashamed of the third division one day sooner." ”

"Yo Si." Fujita saw that he had regained his fighting spirit and nodded in satisfaction.

As a result, Bai Fei led the Protector Army to Shanghai for two days, and two major battles occurred in succession, but not only assisted the 66th Regiment of the 11th Division to hold the position, and then repelled the Japanese army to recover Luodian, but also cooperated with the 66th Regiment to fight with the Japanese army again in the east of Luodian, successfully destroyed the Japanese artillery position, and shot down 13 incoming Japanese planes to ensure that Luodian was not lost.

After the battle report was sent to the headquarters, the headquarters immediately exploded. Chen Cheng, Luo Zhuoying and others were dumbfounded, thinking that the battle report had been sent incorrectly, and only after sending someone to verify it again and again believed that it was true.

Luo Zhuoying said in shock: "13 planes, how did they do it?" ”

Chen Cheng was ecstatic: "No matter how he did it, the fact is that 13 Japanese planes were shot down, and that's enough." You Qing (Luo Zhuoying) Brother, didn't you say yesterday that you would wait and see to witness the miracle, why don't you want to believe it now..."

Luo Zhuoying said: "I... I was just a little shocked, when the Protector Army first came, there were only three or four hundred people, the armament was not in order, the clothing was not in order, and it was no different from the miscellaneous army. ”

Chen Cheng said: "Let's not sigh here, hurry up and report the battle report to the commission, this is a big victory." ”

Chiang Kai-shek was overjoyed when he saw the telegram, and ordered the military department to immediately issue a commendation order, giving commendations to the troops stationed in Luodian, in addition to issuing 6,000 yuan each, he also promoted the commander of the 001st Regiment of the National Protector Army, Bai Fei, to the rank of colonel, and Hu Lian, the commander of the 66th Regiment of the 11th Division, was promoted from colonel to general. And the good news was reported to the whole army, and the newspapers published it. All of a sudden, the prestige of the Protector Army was greatly shaken, especially in the Shanghai battlefield, and all the participating troops from all over the country were shocked by the strong combat effectiveness of the Protector Army.

When the commendation order reached the front line, Bai Fei and Hu Lian were directing the troops to rebuild their positions. In this battle, Hu Lian's troops suffered heavy losses, and after the war, the casualties reached two-thirds, and only 600 people were left who could fight.

Hu Lian has been sullen because of this, and Bai Fei said: "Congratulations to my brother on being promoted to the rank of major general, it seems that I will call you General Hu in the future." ”

Hu Lian sighed: "My general deserves to sacrifice so many brothers in exchange for a false name, and if it weren't for the help of your brothers, I'm afraid I would die again this time." ”

Bai Fei waved his hand: "Since it's my brother, it's okay to say this." By the way, the Ministry of Military Affairs is quite generous this time, and I have rewarded you with 6,000 yuan each, and I am ready to give it all to the brothers, Brother Hu, what are you going to do? ”

Hu Lian said: "Brothers, you have divided them, can I still not divide them, all of them are parted, and it can be regarded as a little separate gift from me to the remaining brothers." ”

Bai Fei said: "Separate gifts? What does this mean? ”

Hu Lian sighed and said: "It's not a secret, I have received an order from the rear to return to Nanjing to rest, and I may be transferred to other positions after I go back, this time the 66th Regiment suffered heavy casualties, what it will be reorganized into in the future, and who will take over, no one knows." Therefore, before leaving, I want to hand over my old brothers of the 66th Regiment to you, I heard that your soldiers are treated very well, which is also a little selfish on my part, I hope to leave them a good home and earn more money. To tell the truth, although my 66th Regiment is also a descendant of the Central Army, the treatment is very different from that of the soldiers under you. These soldiers have been with me for many years, and you can use them with confidence, brother, just ask that you give them the same treatment as your soldiers after they die in battle. ”

Bai Fei was overjoyed and said, "Brother Hu, don't worry, if they are willing to join my National Protector Army, I will naturally treat them equally." ”

Hu Lian smiled bitterly: "Where is there anyone who is unwilling, even I want to defect to you after listening to your pension policies." I can tell that they have been thinking about it for a long time. ”

Bai Fei smiled and didn't know what to say. He knew that even in the Central Army in those years, many soldiers had very little pensions after they died in battle, and generally those with names and surnames and relatives on the register, symbolically gave more than 100 fiat currency, and even in the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War, the depreciation of fiat currency was simply none. According to the "Provisional Regulations on Army Pensions" promulgated on September 27, 1940, the standard of bereavement pension for first-class wounded soldiers of the first class of the army is 35 yuan, the one-time death pension for first-class soldiers of the army is 100 yuan, and the annual pension for the bereaved family is 50 yuan. Please note that the yuan here is not a silver dollar, but a legal tender, the government abolished the circulation of silver dollars in 35 years, and switched to fiat currency, but because the fiat currency is unstable and constantly depreciating, there has always been a private circulation of silver dollars, for no other reason, and the purchasing power is strong.

Bai Fei used silver dollars as a unit to distribute salaries and pensions to his subordinates, and the amount was particularly huge, so it is no wonder that everyone was moved when they heard it.

Hu Lian was resolute and quickly completed the handover. He left 100 or so newcomers who had just been added to the team yesterday, and handed over the remaining 500 veterans to Bai Fei, among these 500 people, the highest military rank was Xu Changsheng, the former commander of the 66th Regiment, whom Bai Fei had known before.

Bai Fei asked him with a smile: "Battalion Commander Xu, you are already the major battalion commander of the 11th Division, don't you think it will affect your future if you switch to our National Protector Army?" ”