Although autumn had begun, the autumn tigers were still wreaking havoc on the land, almost breathless, and the wild cicadas seemed to realize that the good days were coming to an end, and did their best to let out their last hisses, and the tall trees covered the small building to protect him from the poisonous sun, but they were powerless to soothe the irritability of the owner of the small building.

"It's been five days, and the Japanese haven't replied yet?" Chiang Kai-shek's tone was very impatient, but more but a trace of worry, the day after the start of Shanghai, the ambassadors of Britain, the United States and France jointly proposed to him that Shanghai should be designated as a neutral zone, China and Japan will withdraw their troops from Shanghai, the defense of the Shanghai area is responsible for the Shanghai police in coordination with the first team, and there are no Chinese regular troops within 20 kilometers around Shanghai, but there can be security regiments. Chiang Kai-shek thought this condition was acceptable, so he ordered Zhang Zhizhong to cease the war, but after the proposal of the three countries was sent to Japan, he did not receive a reply from the Japanese government, and Chiang Kai-shek was worried that Japan was playing another game of delaying the army.

"No," replied Foreign Minister Wang Chonghui, "the three missions have informed us that the three countries are collectively exerting pressure on Japan, but there are great differences within the Japanese government, especially among the military, and the army says it is acceptable, but the navy is resolutely opposed; Prime Minister Konoe could not make up his mind, and the British, American, and French ambassadors to Japan were trying to meet with the Emperor of Japan, hoping to persuade the cabinet through him. ”

Chiang Kai-shek let out a soft sound from his nostrils, the combined strength of the three countries was too strong, he could not help but make a gesture, China needed foreign aid to resist Japan, even if it delayed a little fighter plane, it was still cost-effective diplomatically.

"You inform them that we can wait another day, but not endlessly, we have been waiting for five days, which is enough to prove our sincerity, and tomorrow, that is to say, the twenty-first day is the last time. After this day, we will attack, and all the responsibility should be borne by the Japanese government. ”

"Yes, I will inform the three missions immediately." Wang Chonghui wiped the sweat from his forehead, cursing the sultry ghost weather in his heart.

"In addition, the Executive Yuan has moved westward, and Chairman Lin Sen and President Kong have gone to Chongqing. But the rest of the Executive Yuan insisted on working in Nanjing. It is necessary to get a good grasp of the military supplies and transportation at the front, as well as the affairs of the factories withdrawn from the west. You are temporarily acting as the executive and prime minister. Chiang Kai-shek looked at Wang Chonghui sweating, so he adjusted the fan to his side, and Wang Chonghui showed a trace of emotion.

The day after Chiang Kai-shek issued the declaration of self-defense, Lin Sen and Kong Xiangxi led more than several thousand Nationalist government officials and their families to move westward to Chongqing. At the same time, it ordered factories in Nanjing, Shanghai and other places to start moving westward. In addition to some workshops of the Jinling Machine-Building Bureau, which manufactures ammunition, it is still insisting on production. The rest of the factories that had little to do with the war had ceased production and began to move westward, along with 100,000 workers and their families.

Soon after the Chinese ultimatum was issued, there was a response. On the 21st, the Japanese government rejected the proposal of the three countries and officially announced that it would abandon the policy of non-expansion, and Prime Minister Sugiyama issued a statement to punish the tyrannical squadron. demanded that the Chinese government recognize Manchukuo and eradicate the xenophobic anti-Japanese movement; Promised the people that the incident in China would be quelled within three months. The Japanese General Staff announced the formation of the North China Dispatch Army. With Army General Toshiichi Terauchi as the commander, the Shanghai Dispatch Army was formed. Army General Matsui Ishine served as commander.

In six days, Japan mobilized the 3rd Division and the 11th Division from China, and set off in two groups under the leadership of Matsui Ishine. At the same time, more than 100 planes were mobilized to assemble in the Ma'an Islands, and three additional aircraft carriers were dispatched to the waters off Shanghai. In addition to the Army, the Navy transferred the 2nd Marine Brigade in Lushun to Shanghai.

During the six-day armistice, in addition to the 87th Division, which rushed from Wuhan to Shanghai, the 98th Division, the 56th Division, the 54th Army, and Zhang Fakui's Eighth Army arrived one after another.

Chiang Kai-shek also readjusted his deployment. The 88th, 87th, 36th, 56th, 98th, and 20th Brigades, the 10th Heavy Artillery Regiment, the 3rd Artillery Regiment, the 8th Regiment, the 1st Teaching Corps, and the Taihu Joint Defense Force were organized into the Ninth Group Army. The 7th Heavy Artillery Brigade under the direct jurisdiction of the Military Commission was reinforced to the group army, and the group army was under the command of Zhang Zhizhong, commander of the group army, and besieged Shanghai Japan

The 54th Army was commanded by Huo Yuzhang and was responsible for defending the south bank of the Yangtze River. The 16th Regiment of the 54th Army and Ground Artillery was temporarily assigned to the 9th Group during the attack; Chang Enduo, commander of the 111th Division, commanded the 111th Division and the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Jiangsu Security Regiment to guard the north bank of the Yangtze River. The Eighth Army was commanded by Zhang Fakui. It has jurisdiction over the 61st Division, 62nd Division, 57th Division, 55th Division, 45th Independent Brigade, and the 2nd Artillery Regiment. Responsible for the defense of the north shore of Hangzhou Bay.

Chen Cheng dispatched Luo Zhuoying's troops of the 18th Army, Liu Heding's 39th Army, and Yu Jishi's 74th Army, which came from the northwest, to train him with his own hands. The formation of the 15th Army. In just six days, they arrived on the outskirts of Shanghai.

In addition to Yu Jishidi's 74th Army, there was also Hu Zong's 1st Army in the south of the country. Hu Zongnandi's First Army was fully equipped with German weapons. Originally, it was going to Shanxi. However, when the troops came to the vicinity of Taiyuan, they received an order to transfer to Shanghai. Shanxi Railway is a narrow-gauge railway. When you leave the province, you have to change the car again. Hu Zongnan therefore fell behind Yu Jishidi. These two military vehicles were transported to Shanghai. All vehicles along the way give way to it. So in an extreme amount of time. Yu Jishi rushed to Shanghai. It was included in the 15th Group Army.

The 74th Army was also fully German. Yu Jishi is a descendant of Chiang Kai-shek. But he was too late to become an army. There are only the 57th Division of other places and the 51st Division of Wang Yaowu. Wang Yaowudi's 51st Division was still a newly organized unit. Before the Xi'an Incident, he was a brigade commander. During the Xi'an Incident, he ventured to the Meridian Valley to save the car, which moved Chiang Kai-shek. Exceptionally expanded into a division. At the same time, priority is given to equipping German weapons. But the virtue is insufficient. So bought part from Chongqing. Therefore, half of the troops in other places are German. Half of it is made in Chongqing.

The 10th Group, which was formed by the Hunan army from Hunan, was commanded by Liu Jianxu. It has jurisdiction over the 11th Division, the 45th Division, the 128th Division, and the 52nd Division. The 11th and 12th Brigades and the 37th Independent Brigade are tentatively reorganized. Also rushed to the vicinity of Shanghai. The officers and men of this unit are very strong in seeking war. But the equipment is poor. Combat effectiveness is low. Chiang Kai-shek arranged it in eastern Zhejiang. Responsible for guarding Hangzhou, Xiaoshan, and Ningbo.

In addition to these troops, a large number of troops were rushing to the Songhu area in farther places, the 21st Group Army composed of the Gui Army, the 22nd Group Army composed of the Sichuan Army, and the 19th Group Army composed of the Guangdong Army arrived in Nanchang, Changsha, and Wuhan respectively, and the 58th Army composed of the Yunnan Army marched with difficulty in the lofty mountains and mountains of Guizhou under the leadership of Lu Han, and behind him was the 60th Army commanded by Du Yuming. A little further north, at the Chaotianmen Wharf in Chongqing, the first batch of troops of the Third Army to leave Sichuan boarded boats by the river in the noisy road of gongs and drums among the citizens of Chongqing; A little further north, the 23rd Army under the command of Deng Xihou was crossing the Qinling Mountains into Guanzhong, and their mission was to go to the Shanxi battlefield to assist Yan Xishan in defending Shanxi.

On the 21st, after receiving the Japanese government's rejection of the proposal of the three countries, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the resumption of the offensive, and the soldiers of the Ninth Group, who had been impatient for a long time, immediately launched an attack on the Japanese-occupied area in Shanghai.

The addition of the heavy artillery brigade made the squadron's firepower have the ability to destroy the Japanese army's strong stronghold, twelve 150 howitzers and twelve 105 howitzers opened fire at the same time, in an instant, the ground shook the mountain, the Japanese position collapsed and cracked, and the strong building was smashed into a thousand holes, in addition to the heavy artillery brigade, four artillery regiments and divisional artillery, also opened fire at the same time, hundreds of artillery shelled fiercely, the Japanese army has never been subjected to such fierce artillery fire.

The Japanese commander hurriedly called for the fleet's artillery suppression and air support, for the Japanese fleet, the squadron did not have much to do, but the sky was the world of the Chinese Air Force, after winning two consecutive air battles, the air force commander Zhou Zhirou concentrated two-thirds of all the planes in the country on the Songhu battlefield, with 16 radar stations around, to comprehensively monitor the sky in the Songhu area.

Sixteen heavy bombers of the Kisarazu Air Force from the Saddle Islands and the Kisarazu Air Force from Kyushu and eighteen heavy bombers of Kashima from Taiwan, the fighters taking off from the aircraft carrier and the Saddle Islands were caught by radar as soon as they took off, and sixty P40 and twenty-four BF109s and thirty-eight Hawk IIIs were intercepted in the air.

The Chinese Air Force, which had radar guidance, had the upper hand at the beginning of the battle, and Japanese planes often spotted the Chinese Air Force only after it had been attacked. Gao Zhihang ordered two P40 squadrons and a Hawker III detachment to entangle the escorting Japanese fighters, and he led a P40 squadron and a BF109 squadron to attack the bombers.

More than 200 planes from both sides became entangled, fighting from high altitude to low altitude, some from low altitude to high altitude, and from time to time planes emitting black smoke fell.

Li Guidan's BF109 stared at a Type 96 heavy bomber, he had just killed a Type 95, and when he turned around, he found a behemoth, carrying the red spots on the wings that were very dazzling in the sun, Li Guidan went around its flank to its left front, and then dived down from a high altitude, the machine gun sprayed a string of fireballs, and the fireballs quickly kissed the nose of the 96; As soon as Li Guidan pulled the joystick, BF109 swept over the smoking Jiuliu, and soon heard an explosion, and Jiuliu disintegrated in the air.

The fierce air battle attracted the citizens of the Shanghai Concession, who watched the sky full of planes on the rooftops and on the street, sometimes cheering, sometimes lamenting, a Hawker III with thick smoke, "Parachuting!" Parachuting! The citizens shouted in unison, the air battles in the past few days have also popularized the flight for the citizens of Shanghai, and they know how to escape for pilots, but Hawk III has never abolished the little white dot, but with thick smoke and stunned to the sun flag in Hongkou, after the violent explosion, the sun flag disappeared, leaving countless long tears.

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