"What? The Bazi Bridge is lost? In the war room of the former enemy, there was a sudden roar, Xiao Linghu and Meng Fanwei were still outside and wanted to eavesdrop on the battle report inside, and they were immediately startled by this sudden voice. Ｘ

It was General Feng Yuxiang who roared angrily, although he was the commander of the Third War Zone, although he was a lot older, but his temper was very violent, he dropped the phone, and asked Zhang Zhizhong angrily: "Wenbai, how did you fight this battle?" ”

The loss of the Bazi Bridge means that there is a gap in the encirclement of the Japanese that has just been closed, and as long as the Japanese occupy this gap, then they will not talk about what will drive them into the sea.

The position of the Bazi Bridge was originally a key point established by the Shanghai Security Corps, because this place was located on the Liuying Road across the Hengbang River from east to west, crossed the river to the east, and then crossed the Songhu Railway through Tongjili, and then reached the headquarters of the Japanese Marine Corps in Shanghai.

From the Bazi Bridge to the headquarters of the Japanese Marine Corps, it is the nearest path, and it is only a kilometer away.

The Japanese will not give up the Hachiji Bridge, and it is based on the same considerations.

At this time, the Ninth Army surrounded and annihilated more than 4,000 enemy troops with two divisions equipped with elite German weapons, but it ran into walls everywhere, and there was no result in fighting for three days, which was far from the prediction before the war, not only made Commander Feng feel anxious, but also General Zhang Zhizhong, who had always been known for his elegance, was also resentful, and at this time, in the face of Feng Yuxiang's criticism, he was already speechless.

Xiao Huang walked to Zhang Zhizhong's side and made a suggestion: "I think, do you want to send someone to the 88th Division to take a look?" ”

Now, as a lieutenant general, Xiao Huang has been appointed by the Military Commission as the deputy chief of staff of the Third Theater, and his stay on the front line of the Shanghai operation can be regarded as justified.

The two senior staff officers of the staff who came with Xiao Huang have already returned to Nanjing.

Originally, Xiao Linghu was supposed to return to Nanjing with the two senior staff members as a member of the staff guard regiment, but Xiao Linghu was not worried that his father would stay on the battlefield, so he took the initiative to ask the regiment commander Cheng Jian to stay on the battlefield and also asked to stay on the battlefield.

Although Cheng Jian was not happy that Xiao Linghu stayed, he also knew that his filial piety was commendable, and finally agreed. And when Meng Fanwei, the young master of the Meng family, who couldn't die, saw Xiao Linghu staying, he also asked to stay with enthusiasm. In this way, Xiao Linghu asked two platoons to protect the two senior staff members to return to Nanjing, and he and Meng Fanwei took a platoon to stay in the headquarters of the Ninth Army in Nanxiang Ancient Town.

Although nominally their platoon temporarily belonged to the Third Theater Guard Force, the Third Theater had just been established at this time, and that guard unit did not even have a shadow, but only a battalion was pulled out from a guard unit beside Zhang Zhizhong to be responsible for temporary security work. And Xiao Linghu's platoon was not subordinate to that battalion, so they became free men in the Third Theater Command and only obeyed Xiao Huang's orders.

General Zhang was first robbed of white by Commander Feng, and he also felt that he had no face, but when he heard Xiao Huang's reminder, he nodded his head quickly, and saw Zhuo Tongfeng who was busy in front of the battle map, and immediately shouted: "Director Zhuo!" ”

Zhuo Tongfeng hurriedly put down the pen in his hand, raised his head to look at his chief officer, and at the same time responded: "Yes!" ”

"You came out of the 88th Division, and you are familiar with the situation there, you should go to Zhabei now to take a look, what is going on with the Bazi Bridge?"

"Yes!" Zhuo Tongfeng agreed, and immediately turned around to leave.

Xiao Huang saw Xiao Linghu and Meng Fanwei who were probing their brains into the room, and immediately shouted, "Xiao Linghu! ”

"Yes!" Xiao Linghu replied and stepped in.

Xiao Huang ordered: "You take two people to escort Director Zhuo over!" ”

"Yes!" Xiao Linghu replied loudly.

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It is not too far from Nanxiang Town to Zhabei, where the 88th Division is located, but it is also twenty miles away.

Xiao Linghu originally wanted to take two soldiers to escort Zhuo Tongfeng over, but Meng Fanwei had to follow, and in desperation, Xiao Linghu had to take him and another soldier nicknamed Huangmao to drive a German-made Mercedes-Benz convertible military vehicle.

Huang Mao acted as the driver, Meng Fanwei sat in the passenger seat, Xiao Linghu and Zhuo Tongfeng sat in the back position, and drove east along the highway leading from Jiading to the city, but this road was full of devastation because it had just been bombed by Japanese planes, and it was full of potholes and mud.

The car is not fast, and it can't get up, and there are often deep pits that can't be bypassed, so you can only turn your head upside down, and when you hear a "bang", the axle of the car must be supported by the bottom, and "tom" climb out of the pit with a bang, and it is a support.

Xiao Linghu and Zhuo Tongfeng only felt that this time they were riding on horseback, and the shaking people were about to fall apart.

I don't know what village it is, but before they get closer, they hear a miserable cry, when the fire starts, the smoke closes, until they get closer, they find that it is a village that has just been bombed by enemy planes, at this time there is hardly a single intact house in the whole village, in the middle of the village, there are still a few houses burning, the busy villagers do not care to extinguish the fire, they come out of the village, with a small amount of property to flee.

A group of refugees crossing the road blocked the car, and Huang Mao had to stop and wait for them to pass.

"Abel, what's wrong with you here?" Seeing an old man in his fifties walking over with two teenage children carrying a burden, Xiao Linghu couldn't help but ask.

The old man looked at him, it turned out to be a ** officer, and he just sighed and said, "Didn't you see it?" It was bombed by the devil's plane just now. ”

"And where are you going?"

"Where else can I go? It looks like there's going to be a war here, so let's go hide in the city! ”

"Didn't there be so many refugees running out of the city just now? Are you going to the city? Xiao Linghu was a little surprised.

The old man said: "Those people who ran out of the city all went to Suzhou to join their relatives, and we had no relatives there, so we had to go to the foreign concession to hide." I heard that the French church also gave bread, as long as it was able to survive the war! ”

Xiao Linghu was silent, and suddenly felt the sadness of being a Chinese.

Shanghai, that is the territory of China, but the rampant behavior of the foreign powers has made the country uncontrollable. Although the foreign concession in Shanghai is a humiliation left over from history, it has to make the Chinese people admit that in many cases, especially in times of war, it has become the best refuge for the common people, whether it is a warlord melee or an invasion by Japanese devils, they will not go to the foreign concession to make trouble, in that case, it is equivalent to declaring war on the Lend-Lease country.

However, there are too many refugees in China, which often overwhelms the concessions of various countries, and then closes all roads, leaving those who have not had time to enter the concessions and left to fend for themselves.

In fact, the reason why Chairman Chiang was willing to start a war on the Shanghai side was not also a naïve idea? He hoped that Britain, France, the United States, and other powers would take into account their vital interests in China, and that they would be able to exert pressure on Japan at the League of Nations Congress, or at least mediate between China and Japan. Or, because of the war in Shanghai, it directly triggered another world war after the First World War?

In the national government, there are not a few people who have the same thoughts as Chairman Chiang. However, at this time, all the powers of all countries were adopting a policy of appeasement, and as long as they did not harm their own interests, how could they care about the lives and deaths of others?