In the face of the continuous increase in the Japanese army, the Nationalist Government also quickly made adjustments to meet the operational needs: the 15th and 19th Group Armies were organized into the left wing corps, with Chen Cheng as the commander-in-chief, under the jurisdiction of 3 corps, the general headquarters of the Jiangfang Army and the general reserve, a total of about 16 divisions, 2 fortress headquarters, 4 independent regiments, and 1 Jiangsu security team; The combat area is Wanqiao, Luodian and Guangfu areas north of Fuzaobang; The 9th Group Army is the Central Corps, Zhu Shaoliang (replacing Zhang Zhizhong, who was transferred to the base camp management department due to illness as the director) as the commander-in-chief, under the jurisdiction of 7 armies, 18 divisions, 1 independent brigade, 1 artillery brigade, 1 Songhu garrison headquarters and 1 Shanghai security corps; The combat area is the North Station, Jiangwan, Miaohang Line and its west area; The 8th and 10th Group Armies are the right-wing corps, with Zhang Fakui as the commander-in-chief, under the jurisdiction of 10 divisions, 3 independent brigades, 3 newly formed brigades, 1 Central Military Academy Teaching Corps and 1 coastal defense unit; The combat area is from the south of Suzhou Creek to the north bank of Hangzhou Bay. Together with the 5 divisions of the 21st Group Army and the Liu Xiang Division of the Sichuan Army, which rushed to Shanghai to participate in the battle not long after, the total strength of the Kuomintang, the Kuomintang, and the Party Army has reached 75 divisions and more than 700,000 people.

After the Chinese army moved to the defensive, the Japanese army began to launch a large-scale offensive. On September 22, the Japanese concentrated the main force to storm the position of the left flank army holding Luodian, and by the night of the 24th, the Japanese army continued to charge with two divisions, and the 159th and 160th divisions of the national army were all killed. In view of the fact that the Japanese army had the tendency to break through the left flank army with its main force on both sides of the Baoliu Highway, in order to preserve its strength and wear down the enemy for a long time, the headquarters of the commander of the 3rd Theater ordered all units of the left flank army to move to the second line of defense one by one to attack the Japanese army. At this time, Matsui Ishine saw that his attempt to break through from the flank and encircle the Chinese army could not be realized, so he decided to change the division and encirclement to a central breakthrough and concentrate his forces to attack the Fumohama line.

The town of Mudu in Suzhou, a temple that has been abandoned.

"What's going on in Shanghai right now?!" Hong Yu saw Tang Xingye and Gao Ming coming back from outside, so he stepped forward and asked.

Tang Xingye handed the newspaper in his hand to Hong Yu and said, "The situation in Shanghai is not very good. When I came back just now, I saw that the streets were full of wounded soldiers. Saying that, Tang Xingye seemed to remember something, and said, "I just saw Doctor Lin in the temporary field hospital in front. ”

"What?!" Hong Yu was taken aback and asked, "Where is it?!" ”

Tang Xingye replied, "It's at the foot of Lingyan Mountain. ”

"You guys watch here, I'll look there!" After that, Hong Yu walked out in a hurry. Seeing Hong Yu's departing back, Gao Ming sighed and said, "Doctor Lin didn't hurt him in vain. ”

After walking for about half an hour, Hong Yu came to the temporary field hospital, grabbed a health soldier, and asked, "Where is Dr. Lin?!" ”

The health soldier asked rhetorically, "Who are you?!" ”

Hong Yu said: "Don't care who I am, let me ask you where is Doctor Lin?!" ”

The health soldier said impatiently: "I don't know, you can ask others!" After that, he broke free of Hong Yu's hand and left angrily, muttering from time to time: "What kind of person?!" Chasing women is here! ”

Hearing the words of the health soldier, Hong Yu's face instantly turned red, he snorted coldly, and said secretly: "If you don't tell Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will find it himself!" Thinking of this, Hong Yu didn't delay any longer, so he looked for one tent after another.

When Hong Yu was about to open the door of the sixth tent, the health soldier who had just left came over with two soldiers, pointed at Hong Yu, and said, "I suspect that this person is a spy, arrest him quickly." ”

When Hong Yu heard the words of the health soldier, he turned around suddenly, looked at the three people standing behind him, and asked, "What do you want to do?!" ”

The two soldiers glanced at each other, and one of the sergeants said, "He suspects you of being a spy, please come with us and cooperate with our investigation!" ”

Hong Yu glanced at the health soldier who looked like a villain, took out his ID and threw it to the sergeant. The sergeant took the certificate and opened it, and was immediately startled, saluted Hong Yu, and said, "I'm sorry, sir!" ”

Hong Yu returned the salute, took back his documents, and said: "Recently, I found that many Japanese spies have mixed up with our soldiers, this health soldier is very suspicious, you had better arrest him and investigate it well." ”

"Yes!" The two soldiers answered and left with the health guards. Looking at the backs of the three people leaving, when Hong Yu was about to continue walking towards the next tent, Doctor Lin appeared in front of Hong Yu. Hong Yu was stunned for a moment when he saw Doctor Lin standing in front of him, then laughed and shouted, "Sister! ”

When Doctor Lin heard Hong Yu's scream, he couldn't control his tears and instantly flowed, and asked, "You dead boy, you haven't had any news for so long, do you know how worried my sister is about you?!" ”

Hong Yu replied with a smile: "Sister, aren't I doing well?!" Then he asked, "Why are you here?!" ”

Doctor Lin said, "You can be here, why can't I be here." Suddenly, Doctor Lin seemed to remember something, wiped away his tears, and asked, "Why did you kid appear here?!" ”

Hong Yu replied: "Some time ago, I was on a mission in Shanghai. This is not just ordered to go to Suzhou to rest. ”

Hearing Hong Yu's words, Doctor Lin stared at Hong Yu for a while, and then asked, "How do you know I'm here?!" ”

Hong Yu sighed and said, "Sister, you don't have to interrogate me like a prisoner, do you?!" Let's find a place, and I'll give you a detailed report on what happened recently! ”

"Come with me!" Doctor Lin sighed, glanced at Hong Yu, and walked towards the tent not far away with Hong Yu.

Walking into the tent, Doctor Lin beckoned Hong Yu to sit down, and then poured a glass of water for Hong Yu. Hong Yu took the teacup, took a sip of water, and then told Doctor Lin about the incident in Shanghai with a slight cut. After listening to Hong Yu's narration, Doctor Lin said coldly: "Leng Guofeng died in Shanghai. ”

"What?!" Hong Yu, who had long been very indifferent to life and death, was still taken aback when he heard the news of Leng Guofeng's death, and immediately persuaded: "Sister, people can't be resurrected after death, so you can look at some of them!" Seeing Doctor Lin nodding, Hong Yu then asked, "How is Brother Lin now?!" ”

Doctor Lin shook his head and said, "He is also in Shanghai, but I don't have any news of him. ”

Hong Yu said: "Brother Lin has his own nature. I'm sure he'll be fine. Saying that, Hong Yu asked, "That's right, sister!" I always wanted to ask you, Leng Guofeng didn't say that he would go to the 36th Division, why didn't he go later, but Brother Lin went to the 18th Army. ”

Doctor Lin sighed and said, "I blame you for this." When you were studying in Germany, Leng Guofeng often came to me, but my heart for him was already dead. So in order to avoid him, I left the teaching corps. After I left, Leng Guofeng thought that it was you, Brother Lin, who was provoking the relationship between me and him, so he kept giving Lin Jun small shoes to wear. You don't know Lin Jun's temper, he doesn't want to be entangled with Leng Guofeng more, so he relied on the relationship and leveled the 18th Army. ”……

In the temporary field hospital, Hong Yu chatted with Dr. Lin for more than an hour, and Hong Yu left the field hospital under Dr. Lin's reluctant eyes. When Hong Yu returned to his residence, it was already noon. Tang Xingshang saw that Hong Yu handed over the telegram he had just received to Hong Yu and said, "Let me go to Shanghai." ”

"What?!" Hong Yu's brows immediately furrowed, took the telegram and quickly read the contents of the telegram, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "It seems that the situation in Shanghai is even worse than we imagined." This is preparing for defeat! ”

When the Tang brothers heard Hong Yu's words, the two glanced at each other, and Tang Xingye asked, "Brother Yu, what should Ma Jun do with them?!" ”

Hong Yu thought for a while and said, "Send them to the field hospital and let my sister take care of them." In addition, the five of them can also protect my sister, which is just a double win. ”

Tang Xingshang said: "Brother Yu, we already have few people, and now we are leaving them here, isn't there even fewer people?!" ”

Hong Yu heard Tang Xingshang's words and looked at Tang Xingye with an inquiring look. Tang Xingye said: "Brother Yu, this place is not far from Wuxi, I think it's better to transfer some people from there!" ”

Hong Yu thought about it and shook his head and said, "Now is not the time to move the old book." There are many people and there are advantages to having more people, but there are also advantages of fewer people being less. Let's go to Shanghai first, but it's really not possible, and then make another plan. After that, Hong Yu walked into the main hall, looked at his subordinates, walked to the side, took out a cigarette and smoked it.

Gao Ming saw that Hong Yu was smoking, walked to Hong Yu's side, and asked, "Aren't you a non-smoker?!" Why are you smoking?! Isn't there something on your mind?! ”

Hong Yu handed a cigarette to Gao Ming and said, "Yes! There is indeed something on the mind. After that, Hong Yu threw the cigarette butt to the ground, and said while stepping on the cigarette butt with his foot: "Leng Guofeng died in Shanghai." ”

Gao Ming replied, "I already knew. I buried his body. Saying that, Gao Ming looked at Hong Yu and asked, "Aren't you strange?!" ”

Hong Yu was slightly stunned and nodded. Gao Ming continued: "Xingshang and I led people to attack the Devil Headquarters, and on the way back, I saw Leng Guofeng's body. So I made an excuse, left Tang Xingshang and them for a while, found Leng Guofeng's body, found an inconspicuous place, and buried him. In any case, although he was wrong, he was still good to us old brothers. ”

Hong Yu patted Gao Ming's shoulder and said, "Go and prepare, send Ma Jun and them to my sister." We'll get back to Shanghai later. After that, Hong Yu took out a cigarette, stuffed it into Gao Ming's hand, and said, "The taste of cigarettes is really bad!" It seems that I have no blessing to enjoy it, and the rest will be given to you, and you will not have to smoke any more leaves. ”

Gao Ming glanced at the cigarette in his hand, then looked at Hong Yu's departing back, chuckled, shook his head, and said secretly: "This kid is still the same." I was almost deceived by his disguise. Saying that, Gao Ming remembered Lin Jun, who was fighting against the Japanese army in Luodian and Yuepu, and couldn't help but worry.

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