Chapter 145: The Great Rout
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Ronald and Martin's faces were not very good, and after listening to the news they brought back, Qin Feng didn't speak at first, but just took the teapot and poured a cup of tea for each of them, and then gently knocked his fingers on the table. Ronald and Martin didn't say anything when they looked at each other, just took a sip of tea from a teacup, and after about three or five minutes, Qin Feng finished his contemplation and finally spoke, "In this way, our original plan remains unchanged, and we will leave the city early tomorrow morning." Seeing that Ronald seemed to have something to say, Qin Feng said, "Mr. Ronald, I probably already know what you want to say, but please believe me, I have no intention of dragging you into this war, I have a reason why I have to do this, but I can't tell you the reason yet." But I can assure you, as I promised before I asked you to follow me out of Nanjing, that I would never order you to take part in the battle or confront the Japanese directly. Qin Fengdu has already said it to this point, Ronald and Martin, who have been living in China for several years and are half-China experts, can't say anything more, so they can only pray secretly in their hearts, praying that their young boss will not take themselves to do stupid things. On 16 August, two batches of 24 sorties by Japanese planes bombed the barracks outside the Chengchangmen Gate in Suzhou and the areas around Daoqian Street, Xishanchang Lane, and Bachelor's Street in the city, and by the end of October, Japanese planes bombed the urban area of Suzhou more than 130 sorties. Changmen, Kinmen, Fengmen, Qimen, Shilu, Daoqian Street, Guanqian Street, Canglang Pavilion, Railway Station and other places were seriously damaged, until November 15, Suzhou urban area was hit by more than 4,200 enemy bombs, thousands of dead and wounded, countless damage to market buildings, schools, hospitals, factories, Shilu commercial area became a scorched earth.
When the people of Suzhou were either indignant, numb, or moved their families south, Qin Feng knew very well that the war in Shanghai was coming to an end, since Qin Feng didn't want to be a bystander in this era, he wanted to participate in this national war, even if it was to save some innocent people.
As we entered November, the rain began to increase, and it was just evening, and the sky was already completely dark. Anting, a little-known water town in the south of the Yangtze River on the Shanghai-Nanjing line, is in a hurry at the moment. The noise of mules and horses is mixed with tired gasps and painful moans, and the mixing of various sounds does not seem lively, but makes people feel a sense of sadness from the bottom of their hearts, and there is an inexplicable solemnity and sadness mixed in the process. In the twilight, at the end of the darkness, cold flashes erupted from time to time, intermittently illuminating the gloomy clouds in the night sky.
The night was faintly mixed with the rumbling roar, but no one in the crowded town of Anting cared about this, because they all knew that it was Shanghai, which was suffering from the ravages of Japanese naval guns and was making the last struggle. In November, the Japanese army suddenly adjusted the pace of attack, and the total strength of the Japanese army on the Songhu battlefield was about to reach 270,000, including 9 divisions and 2 brigades of the army, the main force of the 3rd and 4th fleets of the navy, and the air force.
At dawn on November 5, the newly formed Japanese 10th Army, under the command of Yanagawa Heisuke, was escorted by a fleet to make a sudden landing at Caojing Town, Quangong Pavilion, Jinsiniang Bridge and other places near Jinshanwei in Hangzhou Bay, in an attempt to outflank the southern part of the Chinese army's defense line in Songhu in one fell swoop. Because Chiang Kai-shek always believed that the Japanese army would attack the front of Shanghai with all its might, there would be no possibility of landing from Hangzhou Bay, so as to put the troops defending Hangzhou Bay into the front battlefield one by one when the fighting became fierce and the army was exhausted. By the time the Japanese army landed at Jinshanwei, on the northern shore of Hangzhou Bay, from Quangongting to Zhapu, there were only two infantry companies of the 62nd Division of Tao Guang, six companies of the 2nd Artillery Brigade and 6 companies of the 2nd Artillery Regiment, and a small number of local armed defenses.
After the successful landing of the Japanese army, the Shanghai Dispatch Army and the 10th Army were combined to form the Central China Front, under the unified command of Matsui Ishine, and the Japanese base camp stipulated that its combat area was to connect the east of the Suzhou-Jiaxing line, and the task was to dampen the enemy's will to fight, obtain the goal of ending the battle, and cooperate with the navy to eliminate the enemy near Shanghai. The 6th and 18th Divisions rushed to the Songjiang and Shanghai-Hangzhou railways respectively according to the pre-deployment. After Chiang Kai-shek learned of the news of the Japanese landing in Jinshanwei, he immediately ordered Chen Cheng, the former enemy commander of the Songhu battlefield, to deal with the situation, and Chen Cheng urgently ordered the 67th Army of Wu Keren of the Northeast Army of the Right Wing Army to reinforce Songjiang, but failed to retreat the enemy.
On the night of November 8, the Japanese army broke into Songjiang Castle from the east, south and west with strong firepower, and the 67th Army was completely annihilated, and the Japanese army occupied Songjiang. Immediately, the troops were divided into two routes, one along the east bank of Taihu Lake, through Zhejiang and Anhui to Nanjing, and the main force pointed to Fengjing Town, Jiaxing, and Pingwang. On the 9th, the Shanghai-Hangzhou railway and highway were cut off. At the same time, the 16th Division, under the command of Nakajima Imasago, successfully landed at Baimaokou in Taicang, Jiangsu, and the advance was directed at the Beijing-Shanghai railway and highway, forming a trend of convergence.
After the six divisions of the Japanese army on the north bank of the Suzhou Creek forcibly crossed the Suzhou Creek on October 31, they quickly moved closer to the Japanese troops who landed on both routes, and the 700,000 Chinese troops in the Songhu area were suddenly in a dangerous situation. [On the evening of November 8, Chiang Kai-shek ordered a general retreat, and all troops withdrew from the battle in Shanghai and retreated to Nanjing, Suzhou, and the area west of Jiaxing by two routes. Due to the haste of the order, the command was out of control, and the result of the great retreat turned into a full-scale rout.
Anting, this water town that was not originally a key point, has become a temporary resting place for many scattered national troops, a large number of officers gathered here to try to regroup the soldiers of their original troops, but the effect is not very good, too many national soldiers have long been separated from the original troops, and the retreat order of the national government has made the morale of these national soldiers have fallen to the lowest point, they would rather be a deserter than return to the original army.
In fact, it was not only the national army that temporarily gathered in Anting, but also a large number of refugees who withdrew from Shanghai with the troops. Hu Renfei, who was haggard, would be a little anxious, and now there were only three or five of the dozen or so subordinates who came out of Shanghai with him, and now he was a dignified captain and company commander of the national army, but now he was not even as good as a squad leader.
"Let's go, we can't stay here, don't look at the 67th Army has been transferred to Shanghai from the north, but the little devil has already begun to copy our back road, if you don't go now, I'm afraid that you won't be able to leave." Hu Renfei is not a man who can fight, but he has a smart head. After walking around Anting Town and chatting with countless defeated soldiers and officers, Hu Renfei now has only one thought in his heart, he must not stay here in Anting for more, once the Japanese army follows and chases, these guys in Anting Town who lack guns and ammunition will definitely not be able to resist. For mobile phone users, please browse M. Reading for a better reading experience.
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