In the middle of the night, Gao Dezhou led two regiments of the First Brigade to Taicang, Yang Hanyu established martial law in the city, sent a patrol team to patrol the whole city to maintain law and order, and at the same time began to deploy defenses in the city. Before dawn, the second and third brigades arrived one after another, and Yang Hanyu began to deploy defenses outside the city, he put one brigade inside the city and the other two brigades outside the city.

At dawn, a large number of troops retreated, including many high-ranking generals, and a few were even alone, such as Feng Shengfa, the commander of the 87th Division, who escaped with only a few guards because the division headquarters was attacked by the Japanese plainclothes team; And Xue Yue, commander of the 19th Group Army, only led half of the headquarters.

Confusion, chaos, most of the formation of the troops has been completely lost, and everyone is just running westward, this situation shakes the morale of the 133 army, and the soldiers are a little puzzled why they are still staying here?

Faced with this situation, Yang Hanyu issued a notice clearly claiming that the purpose of staying here was to cut off the whole army and stop the Japanese army, and at the same time, it was also to respond to the brothers of the 20th Army who were fighting hard at the front.

In addition to the announcement, Yang Hanyu also used shady tricks, asking the various departments to recruit personnel in the rout, and how many recruits there were. Gao Dezhou and others immediately set up recruiting stations on various transportation arteries, either by force, by persuasion, or by automatic, and recruited more than 3,000 people within two days, which can be regarded as replenishing the personnel lost by the troops in the early stage.

Yang Hanyu arranged defenses in Taicang, but Yang Sen had already fallen into a bitter battle, he left 135 in Luodian to block, and he led the troops directly under the group army and 134 to Jiading to block.

The rearguard battle was extremely cruel, the Japanese offensive was overwhelming, the 88th Division and the Tax Police Corps in Miaohang fought and retreated, and joined forces with the 135th in Luodian, but still could not stop the Japanese attack, the 88th Division fought only 3,000 people, and the Tax Police Corps only left more than 4,000 people.

However, it was precisely because of the hard fighting and sacrifice of Yang Sen's 20th Army and 88th Division that most of the defeated troops could successfully withdraw from Songhu.

On 13 November, the 13th and 11th Divisions of the Japanese Army attacked Jiading; On the same day, the 9th and 3rd Divisions of the Japanese Army broke through the defenses of Luodian 135 and the 88th Tax Police Regiment, and Wang Jingjiu commanded the 135th and 88th Divisions of the Tax Police Corps to retreat to Xuhang to cover the Jiading flank.

On the night of the 15th, Yang Sen abandoned Jiading and quickly retreated to Taicang through the Beijing-Shanghai Highway, so that Shanghai was completely lost, and a small number of soldiers who had no time to retreat fled into the concession to surrender their weapons to the British and French troops.

History has changed a little here, due to the transfer of the 88th Division to the Dachang operation, and Chen Cheng's gradual retreat started in advance, Xie Jinyuan's 800 lone army did not appear as in history, Xie Jinyuan withdrew with the 88th Division, and withdrew to the Wufu line through Taicang.

The war situation in Shanghai took a sharp turn for the worse, and Chiang Kai-shek regretted it. The Brussels Conference still did not result in any useful resolution. The directive called for a Sino-Japanese armistice in general terms. Upholding the Nine-Power Pact. There is not even the most basic statement condemning Japan's aggression. All this disappointed Chiang Kai-shek. The Nine Nations were disappointed. Let Chiang Kai-shek turn his hope to Todman's mediation.

November 15th. The 6th Division of Minhangdi attacked Qingsong. The flanks of the 21st Army were threatened. Liao Lei commanded the troops to retreat in the direction of Qingpu. Relying on Qingshan, Tianma Mountain, Qingshan to carry out defense. The Kunisaki detachment and the first part of the 6th Division captured Matsue.

On the 17th, the 13th, 11th, and 101st Divisions of the Japanese army along the Beijing-Shanghai Highway launched a strong attack on Taicang. Yang Sen commanded Yang Hanyu to meet the battle.

"Ge Lao Tzu land. Chase Lao Tzu so closely. "Yang Sen observed the enemy situation at the Songta Temple, the highest place in the city. He fought a battle with the 13th Division in Jiading. Then he was chased to death. It didn't take a few hours to run into Taicang. The little devil chased after him. However, Yang Hanyu fought back. Defeat the Japanese vanguard squadron. Forcing the Japanese army to slow down. It won time for Yang Sen to lead the 134th and directly subordinate troops to carry out smoothly.

"Commander. How many days are we going to fight here? Can Kunshan be held? Yang Hanyu asked with some concern. All the troops that could be withdrawn have been withdrawn. The rest of the land took the railway, retreated along Anting, Kunshan, and Wufu line. The defense of Kunshan was taken over by Zhu Shaoliang of the Ninth Group Army, which was withdrawn from the city.

A mention of the Ninth Army. Everyone in the venue was numb. The main force of the Ninth Army. The 87th, 88th, and 36th Divisions have all been transferred. The only remaining land is Xia Chuzhong's 98th Division, Li Yutang's 3rd Division, 18th Division, and the Security Corps.

"The 21st Group Army is retreating to Kunshan." The addition of Chief of Staff Liu Yong did not bring any comfort to those present, which meant that the Japanese Sixth Division and the Kunisaki Detachment also rushed to Kunshan.

The 21st Group Army's defensive line in Qingpu only supported for one day before it collapsed, and the continuous combat casualties of the various units of the Group Army were seriously reduced and could not form a continuous defensive line at all, and the Japanese army found a weak point and broke through in one fell swoop.

Yang Sen's hand holding the telescope paused obviously, he slowly put down the telescope and turned his head and asked, "What do you say?" It's definitely impossible to go directly, and if you want to go, you have to beat *** and then leave. ”

This is true, if the Japanese army is allowed to pursue like this, the troops are likely to turn into a rout and flee under the pursuit of the Japanese army, and eventually become out of control, so it is better to fight hard and then leave.

"I think so, first send the engineer battalion out to rest the roads, especially the bridges, and absolutely not let them blow up the bridges." The chief of staff was very nervous, the troops had a lot of heavy equipment, and there were several bridges from here to the Wufu line, and it was impossible for the troops passing in front not to receive an order to blow up the bridges.

Yang Sen also became nervous, and immediately ordered the engineer battalion and the guard regiment directly under the group army to send a battalion to explore the way, and specially instructed him to bring a radio station and report the situation at any time.

The Japanese offensive was fierce, and Yang Hanyu took advantage of the experience gained in Luodian and made full use of the first three days to dig trenches three kilometers deep in various positions around Taicang.

The forward position was full of fire, and compared to Luodian, without the support of naval artillery, the artillery fire of the Japanese army in Taicang was much smaller.

"Did you find the Japanese artillery position?" During the battle of Luodian, the Japanese army was supported by naval artillery fire, and Yang Sen simply gave up searching

Attempts at artillery positions, in Jiading he did not have time, but now he wanted to try T

The artillery observers are all young students who have graduated from the artillery school, and they are all familiar with the various types and firing ranges of the artillery equipment of the Japanese army.

Liu Yong was stunned for a moment, he was still concerned about this at this time, and immediately called to inquire, put down the phone and excitedly reported to Yang Sen: "Found it, damn it, I found it." ”

"Okay, teach his turtle son a lesson!" With a wave of his hand, Yang Sen's military coat slid off his shoulders.

Sixteen howitzers and twelve military howitzers opened fire at the same time, and the Japanese army did not expect to be counterattacked by the artillery fire of the squadron, and was caught off guard, and the artillery fire suddenly weakened; After six volleys, the artillery fire shifted to the Japanese infantry concentrated in the front, and this round of artillery fire suppressed the Japanese arrogance a little.

"Haha, it seems that those dolls didn't learn in vain!" Yang Sen was so happy that he danced with his hands, and the cannonballs that fell from the front were obviously much less: "Ge Laozi, if I don't teach you a lesson, I don't know how many eyes Lord Ma has!" ”

The Japanese offensive was disrupted, and the Japanese officers and men, who were burned out by the success of this time, continued their attack without artillery cover, and were attacked by regimental artillery fire, and then smashed to pieces in front of the positions of the 20th Army.

"Airplanes! Japanese machine! The guard shouted.

Yang Sen and the others looked up at the sky, and more than a dozen planes appeared in the eastern sky, "Spread out, spread out!" After saying this, Yang Sen immediately flashed into a shelter trench, and then looked up at the sky in the concealment trench.

", where's our plane?" The guard muttered beside him: "If we are not the Central Army, we will not give us cover." ”

"Don't talk about it." Yang Sen scolded a little impatiently: "Jiading, Luodian, everyone is here; 10,000 enemies were killed, and 8,000 were self-inflicted; I'm afraid we've been pretty much used up for the past two months. ”

Janssen's judgment is not very accurate, although there are not many planes, but there are more than twenty or so P40s and nine more. In three months of operation, the Chinese Air Force eliminated about 400 Japanese aircraft, which is nearly double the total number of Chinese Air Force aircraft. But the attrition of the Air Force itself is about the same.

But now the Air Force is in disarray. The army retreated, the air force also retreated, and all the radar stations in Zhejiang and Jiangsu were blown up, as well as the airports in Hangzhou and Suzhou, especially the radar stations, and Zhou Zhirou strictly ordered that the radar stations must not fall into the hands of the Japanese army, and must be completely destroyed, otherwise the officers of the radar station guard units will all be shot.

Under this strict order, the Japanese troops were still far away, and the alert officers of the radar station blew up the radar station, so that some radar stations that did not need to be bombed for the time being were also destroyed in advance, resulting in a decline in air surveillance.

In addition to the chaos at the lower levels, the upper echelons of the Air Force are also in chaos, the Nationalist Government is ready to officially announce the relocation of the capital to Chongqing, and the Air Force Command is also among the relocations, Zhou Zhirou is very clear that if the Wufu Line cannot be held before leaving, I am afraid that a lot of equipment will not be able to be pulled away, so he asked Chiang Kai-shek for instructions and asked the Air Force Command to start moving to Wuhan in advance; Zhou Zhirou took the lady's line in this matter, and obtained Chiang Kai-shek's consent through Soong Meiling, so that from November 16 the air force command began to retreat, and from this day on, the frequency of the Chinese air force on the battlefield decreased significantly.

The Japanese planes began to dive and bomb, apparently the Japanese planes did not find the artillery position of the 20th Army, and regarded this densely wooded commanding height as an area where artillery was hidden, and concentrated their bombs here.

The explosion shook the earth, the earth rose and fell, and a bomb exploded nearby, and the guards pounced on Janssen, and a load of dirt fell on his back.

"Damn, why didn't the air defense regiment open fire? Watch the commander be bombed! ”

After more than 20 minutes of bombardment, the guards stood up and patted the dust on their bodies, still muttering, Yang Sen couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "You turtle son knows what, the air defense regiment is covering the heavy artillery brigade, and if they didn't fire, it means that the Japanese planes have appeared in our artillery positions at all, which is a good thing." ”

These guards of Yang Sen have been with him for more than ten years, they are all his cronies, loyal to him, and Yang Sen is also very tolerant of them, so he dares to criticize his subordinate officers.

The second wave of the Japanese offensive was postponed for a long time, and the second wave of attacks was launched in the afternoon, this time with a coordinated operation of land and air, with airplanes and underground infantry in the sky, and artillery fire ploughed the position.

Then, under the guidance of more than 20 tanks, they swooped down on the front of Taicang, and when they were about 2,000 meters away from the position, the artillery of the 20th Army began to shoot, and the Japanese planes immediately swooped down towards the artillery position, and the air defense regiment immediately carried out anti-air shooting.

When the tanks entered the 500 meters, the anti-tank men in the front began to shoot, and one by one the tanks were destroyed, and the Japanese soldiers who had no tank cover still rushed towards the position, and fierce battles unfolded all over the position.

Four or five tanks rushed into the position, the Chinese soldiers let them pass, and then launched a block on the Japanese troops behind the tanks, and there were only more than 40 people left in the forward company, and none of them retreated, blocking the Japanese troops from the position.

After destroying the Japanese tanks, the second-line position troops began to reinforce the front, and the frontal was critical, and the divisional artillery weaved a fire net in the rear of the Japanese army, cutting off the follow-up strength of the Japanese army.

"Damn, I don't believe it, I can't defeat you!" Yang Sen scolded viciously in the command headquarters, the second line reinforced a whole company, although the performance of the Japanese army is still tenacious, it is already the end of the crossbow.

"Tell Yang Hanyu to send some people out in the evening to treat you..." Before Yang Sen finished speaking, the liaison staff officer rushed into the headquarters with a telegram and newspaper.

"Kunshan is lost!"

Yang Sen was so shocked that the telescope almost landed, and Kunshan was lost! How can it be so fast!

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