When I arrived at Jiading City, it was almost noon.

The headquarters of the 15th Group Army was the headquarters of the 18th Army at this time, because the 15th Group Army was also a newly formed group army, that is, the commander's headquarters of the entire group army, in fact, there was only one commander-in-chief, Chen Cheng, and many of the positions were concurrently held by the commanders of various armies and divisions.

Luo Zhuoying, the commander of the 18th Army, was the deputy commander-in-chief of the 15th Army at this time, and he set up the headquarters of the 18th Army in the Confucian Temple in the southeast of the county, so it became the headquarters of the 15th Group Army.

As soon as Chen Cheng and Xiao Huang arrived here, they immediately recruited Luo Zhuoying and other commanders and fighters of the 18th Army, and a division of the 74th Army was also in Jiading, so the division commander of this division also attended the meeting. And the 39th Army has not yet sent anyone over.

Commander Chen was the first to understand the situation of the enemy in front of the 15th Group Army, in fact, he had already understood these situations when he was in Nanxiang Town, and now he just wanted to know more specific situations.

After listening to Commander Luo's report, Chen Cheng and Xiao Huang were solemn, the enemy in front of them rushed to land on the beach from Chuanshakou to Wusong Town, focusing on three places, as soon as they landed on the shore, they immediately built fortifications to prevent being surrounded and annihilated by the ** troops. Although the first units also worked very hard, because of the poor coordination of all parties and the fact that the troops rushed from all over the country, although the entire riverbank area could be controlled, it was still due to the lack of troops, and it was impossible to really deal with the forced landing of the Japanese army.

The three divisions of the Japanese army had already reached the periphery of Shanghai, and most of them were still in the warships along the Yangtze River, and they were excellent weapons and professional soldiers, so naturally compared with the enemy in Jiangwan, who was still trapped in the center of Shanghai at this time, and this also showed that the resistance battle along the river would definitely be more difficult to fight.

"What? The enemy has already landed a division from Chuanshakou? Even Xiao Huang, who is usually gentle and steady, couldn't help but be taken aback.

In the morning, they already knew the news of the landing of the devils at the above points, in fact, since yesterday evening, the enemy's landing battle has been going on, but in the morning, they got the news that the landing battle of the devils is underway, but at noon, they were able to rush up a division, which also shows that in fact, the first blockade has failed!

"Where did the 56th Division retreat?" Chen Cheng asked.

The 56th Division was the ** unit that went to the vicinity of Chuanshakou to block the attack.

"Part of it goes to Yuepu, and part of it goes to Luodian!" Commander Luo said that these news were also confirmed by him just now.

"Why don't you retreat to Luodian in an endless way? Instead, you want to go to Yuepo? Chen Cheng asked.

"The Lion Forest Fort is besieged by devils, so we need to have troops to go over and relieve the siege!"

The Lion Forest, located along the Yangtze River between Chuanshakou and Baoshan County, was just built here to guard the Yangtze River waterway, and these forts also became an excuse to strengthen firepower.

The devil's siege of the Lion Forest Fort, its intention is obvious, that is, to pull out the sword that guards the safety along the Yangtze River, as long as the Lion Forest Fort is captured, then the devil's troops can land unscrupulously, with their much better weapons than the first, and the quality of the soldiers, further advance to the downtown area of Shanghai, and it becomes possible.

The fort of the Lion Forest cannot be lost, and it has become an inevitable choice to retreat to Yuepu Town and approach the Lion Forest.

"Then order the troops of the 56th Division to retreat to Luodian, stick to Luodian, and do not retreat!" Chen Cheng ordered.

"I'm afraid it's too late!" Commander Luo said: "There was originally a battalion of troops there, if the devil really had a division ashore, if he attacked in the direction of Shanghai, he would definitely capture Luodian!" ”

"Yes, the enemy is a whole division, don't say that at fifty-six o'clock, it is a newly defeated army, even if it is there to defend it at ease, it is impossible to stop the devil's fierce attack!" At this time, Peng Qin, the commander of the 11th Division, who was sitting next to Luo Zhuoying, the commander of the 18th Army, said objectively.

"I know, but if you want to be invincible, you must defend Luodian to the death, otherwise everything will be in vain." Chen Cheng said decisively.

Everyone looked at each other, although they all knew the importance of Luodian, but at this time, they couldn't do anything.

Xiao Huang thought for a moment and asked, "Can you still contact the fifty-sixth division?" ”

Commander Luo shook his head and said, "We also tried to contact the commander of the 56th Division, but they may have been repelled by the enemy, and they were on the march at this time, and the radio was not used. ”

"Then send someone to contact you!" Chen Cheng said.

"People have also been sent, but there is still no news!" Chief of Staff Liu of the Eighteenth Army said: "The battle over there is fierce, maybe ......" He stopped talking at this point.

"Then send someone again!" Chen Cheng was a little angry.

Luodian is not far from Jiading, and from here you can hear the sound of gunfire coming from there, one is more urgent than the other, and the other is louder than the other.

Commander Luo and the others didn't speak, maybe still thinking about how to deal with it.

Xiao Huang said: "Junzuo, I think we should prepare with two hands!" While sending someone to Luodian to inquire about the news, he also drew another division to replace him. It would be best if the position on that side had not been lost, and then the whole division would take over the position to block it; If Luodian is really lost, then don't worry, just let this division take it back! ”

Chen Cheng nodded and said affirmatively: "Okay, then follow your plan!" Do others have any opinions? ”

Everyone shook their heads together.

"I don't know which division is suitable to go to Luodian?" Chen Cheng asked, setting his eyes on Commander Luo.

Commander Luo hesitated for a moment, looked at Peng Qin, the commander of the 11th Division beside him, and immediately said: "This task is very arduous, I think, only the 11th Division can complete this task!" ”

As soon as he heard that his division had been named, Peng Qin immediately stood up and immediately said to Chen Cheng: "Our eleventh division is willing to go to the soup and fight the fire!" ”

"Okay, since Division Commander Peng took the initiative to ask for help, then this important task will be handed over to your division, if you succeed in stopping the enemy, then if this battle is won, your division will win the first credit!"

"Yes!" Peng Qin replied in a loud voice: "Our 11th Division will definitely live up to the high expectations of Junzuo!" ”

Chen Cheng nodded with satisfaction.

Xiao Huang thought for a while, and suggested to Chen Cheng again: "Now that Ling Hu and their company are not on a mission, I don't think they need to go back to Suzhou, just our spy company from the former enemy headquarters, let them go to Luodian to investigate the situation first, and after two or three hours, the 11th Division should also be fully equipped, and they can also come back!" ”

"Good!" Chen Cheng agreed.