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The sky gradually dissipated, and the sky brightened. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The Japanese army dispatched hundreds of planes and 11 eight-day warships to launch wanton and indiscriminate bombardment of our positions in Wuhong, Baoshan, Jiangwan, Zhabei and other positions, and the Japanese commander Ueda commanded the troops of the two divisions and regiments to launch a fierce attack on the whole line of the squadron's position, and another major battle in the Honghu battlefield began.

On Chongming Island, the officers and men of the Special Brigade of the Independent Division, who witnessed the tragic massacre of the village by the Japanese army, were extremely angry, and the team of more than 400 people was reduced to pieces, and began to take the initiative to attack, and carried out surprise attacks and large-scale destruction of the patrolling Japanese troops, roads, bridges, strongholds, and docks in the form of autonomous actions of a team of 25 people; After several days of on-the-spot inspection and training, the artillery regiment of the Independent Division in Jiangbei took the battalion as a unit and used towing trucks to pull the artillery, and implemented the flexible and mobile tactics of hitting as soon as it was hit, running away, and dodging and striking again, and striking accurately and quickly at the Japanese garrisons at the southern and western ends of Chongming Island and the patrol gunboats on the river, effectively containing the Japanese troops. As a result, the Japanese army could not make up its mind to go up the river and forcibly ascend the line of the 6 Liuhe River, so it had no choice but to draw two more infantry brigades and an artillery squadron from the current limited strength to climb the Jiangbei line opposite the 6 Changxing Island, in an attempt to find the main force of the independent division and start a decisive battle.

The two sides fought until 11 o'clock in the morning, and the entire north and south areas of the Yangtze River estuary and Chongming Island in the center of the river were constantly being shot in, and the rumbling of artillery was earth-shattering, and the Sino-Japanese war, which had always made European and American countries extremely worried, finally inevitably escalated in an all-round way.

Soon after eleven o'clock, two Japanese river gunboats patrolling the main channel on the north bank appeared through binoculars, and two fishing boats suddenly appeared at the mouth of the Tahe River, where there was no slag boat, and the fishermen on the boats were diligently casting their nets to catch fish, they were focused and timid, and from time to time they looked up vigilantly in all directions, as if they were about to slip away if something was wrong, obviously forced by life to go down to the river to slag under this dangerous situation, and there was no fear of the cannon that had just stopped on the south bank.

The Japanese soldiers on the gunboat immediately shouted when they saw Hunt Xinxi, left the channel and slowly approached, and when they were visible to the naked eye, they fired wildly at the two fishing boats with machine guns.

The fisherman on the boat saw the Japanese gunboat with a desperate face, threw down the fishing net, hurriedly supported the boat to the shore, desperately abandoned the boat and fled in panic, the two machine guns of the Japanese army beat the fishing boat into a splash of sawdust, swaying violently, one of the four Wang people was suddenly shot and fell to the ground, the other three ignored it, desperately pounced, struggled to climb to the ridge and waited for the Japanese to stop shooting, a sad female voice cried and rushed to the ground: "Dad."

"Flower Girl!"

The Japanese soldiers on the gunboat were stunned for a moment, and then laughed, only to see that the young woman in the floral blue cloth jacket had a beautiful face and a sad face, and at this time she struggled desperately to push away the two fishermen who were holding her tightly, crying and crying to climb down the river bank to save her father.

If it were a normal person, he would definitely be moved by this scene of father-daughter affection, and even have a heart of compassion that he couldn't bear to hurt, but the Japanese soldiers were like shooting wolves, and they let go of the gunners. A cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and the "wow" shout aimed at the woman was a round of continuous shooting, which immediately hit the two fishermen and the mournful woman in front of the ridge into mud, so frightened that the three of them no longer dared to show their heads, but the woman's crying never stopped.

In just two minutes when the gunboat was slowly stopped, more than 10 sailors and brothers in the water and grass more than 50 meters upstream of the river bank had already completed preparations for torpedo firing, and a burst of green smoke rose into the air, lifting a curtain of water, and the four torpedoes broke through the undulating river waves and fired at the two Japanese ships 120 meters away almost at the same degree. Circumvention is attempted to speed up.

At this time, there was a "tom" sound in the dense forest deep on the shore, six or eight. Mortar shells whizzed, three of which accurately hit two Japanese ships with a sharp turn, and the other three exploded into the water, splashing several meters high.

The two gunboats suddenly lost control, the Japanese on board suffered heavy casualties, four torpedoes collided at this time, one of them passed through the gap between the two ships, continued to fly in the center of the river, the other three torpedoes hit accurately, exploded violently, the two gunboats were torn apart in a blink of an eye in a flash of fire and gunsmoke, and the wreckage flew sideways.

At the torpedo firing point, more than a dozen sailor brothers who had already climbed ashore cheered. Three. Behind the ridge where the fishermen were hiding rushed out a company of brothers from the engineer regiment of the Independent Division, and the gunners and soldiers raised their guns and aimed their guns at the three remnants of the enemy who were struggling and howling on the river. The fisherman and the woman rushed down the riverbank, hugging the bloody and dying fisherman and calling loudly: "Old squad leader"

"Ji Xia" Uncle Xia, you can't die, Uncle Xia" The woman in blue tightly pressed the penetrating wound on Lao Xia's right chest and abdomen, and her pretty face was full of rain. Crying like a mess.

Lao Xia opened his eyes and vomited a few mouthfuls of blood, tried his best to open his misty eyes, looked at the woman in blue with difficulty, and grinned with a gratifying smile:

"Girl, listen to you call Dad, Uncle heart, I like it very much, cough cough "You are the health team,, the most beautiful girl, who can be your man, it is a blessing,, Uncle can't live, I can't see the day you are sent to medical school, before I die, I will be "satisfied,, girl,, take care"

"Uncle Xia Wow"

"Withdraw! Evacuate! The first squad leader, carry Xiao Lingzi up, and the others take Lao Xia and leave quickly! Cry again that the enemy's planes and naval guns are coming, hurry back to the north to cover and hide, quickly"

In less than a minute, more than 100 people on the river bank ran away, the river was covered with oil, phosphoring under the sunlight, and more than 10 Japanese corpses rose and fell with the river.

Suddenly, a sharp howl sounded that almost tore through the eardrums, and more than 10 large-caliber artillery shells flying three kilometers to the south instantly blew up mud and rocks on the riverbank, and the water column rose into the sky, and the thick gunpowder smoke had just rolled up, and the riverbank of more than 30 meters had been blown out of five or six deep pits, and the two fluttering fishing boats were nowhere to be seen.

After a while, six enemy planes arrived in formation. After a few circles above the point of explosion. Suddenly launched a retaliatory heavy bombardment of the entire area, for a time the trees were broken, the earth trembled, the sky-high fire and bursts of gunpowder smoke rolled up the sky with broken branches, broken trees, weeds and dead leaves, and the sky and the earth changed color within a radius of two kilometers, and it was a mess.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Four Tiger Bridge, the underground headquarters of the Fifth Army.

Thanks to the good partition arrangement of the underground fingers, the endless ringing of telephones, the ticking of telegrams, and the sound of the staff officers' orders were isolated as much as possible, making the command room where Zhang Zhizhong, An Yi, Ye Cheng, Yu Jishi, Wang Jingjiu and other generals were relatively quiet.

An Yi took the telegram handed by Liu Qing. After reading it, he nodded with satisfaction, and then informed everyone: "Deputy Army Commander Hu Jialin called: The new third brigade is showing the surplus in the thorn armor." and the eyes of the army on the north bank of Deng6 exchanged fire. Zhong Yifan of the New 2nd Brigade retreated after half an hour, and the 9th Regiment of the Reserve and the 6th Regiment of the New 2nd Brigade outflanked the enemy from the north and south flanks. In addition, the division's engineer regiment and the torpedo boat brigade of the Poyang Lake Marine Police Division worked closely together to sink two Japanese river gunboats, destroying 38 enemy soldiers, and attaching the number of the sunken gunboats. This is a good result, and it can be reported to the principal to motivate the whole army. ”

"Well beaten beard! Although the vast majority of people cannot see their continuous operations, since the beginning of the war, they have achieved outstanding results such as destroying more than 2,000 enemy troops, blowing up three enemy planes, destroying an oil depot, capturing more than 50 Japanese soldiers, and sinking and damaging seven or eight enemy ships.

An Yi, the chess piece you fell in advance was criticized and ridiculed by many people before, and now I am afraid that it will make those who claim to be military strategists in the Military Commission even more ashamed. Zhang Zhizhong nodded approvingly.

Wang Jingjiu's eyebrows fluttered and he agreed: "Yes! Although Liangzhen (Yu Jishizi) and my two divisions claimed to be fully equipped with German-style equipment, they were in terms of combat experience and the quality of officers and men. It remains to learn from independent teachers. ”

Wang Jingjiu was a first-term student of Huangpu, participated in two Eastern Crusades and the Northern Expedition, and successively served as the platoon commander and company commander of the teaching regiment of the Huangpu Military Academy, and the battalion commander and regiment commander of the 36th Regiment of the 21st Division of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army. Years later, he served as the commander of the Ninth Regiment of the Second Division of Gu Zhutong, the commander of the Supplementary Brigade of the First Army, and the commander of the Fourth Brigade. At the end of last year, he was appointed deputy commander of the First Division of the Central Guard Army of the Nationalist Government, and after the division was reorganized into the 87th Division, he was promoted to division commander.

"The teacher and the brother have won the prize!"

An Yi shook his head modestly, he didn't care that his senior brother Wang Jingjiu called him Vice Chief An, although this title is a little distant, but on the battlefield, it should be clear from top to bottom, strict military discipline, I believe that there will be more senior brothers who call him like this in the future. Therefore, An Yi did not correct it politely as before, but pointed to the sand table and said seriously:

"The pressure encountered by the 88th Division was very high, which was very similar to the situation of the 16th Division of Xie Chi under General Yin Jinan that day, but fortunately the officers and men learned from the experience well. Not only did it reduce the casualties to the maximum, but it also kept the Japanese 17th Wing out of Jiangdong and couldn't move, relieving the pressure on the 87th Division brothers in the south.

In the same way, the brigades of the 87th Division also fought very well, especially in suppressing firepower, not only making full use of our army's superiority in artillery fire, but also using the firepower of their own machine gun battalions to carry out devastating strikes on various firepower points close to the Japanese army, and the entire 13-kilometer-long front was still very stable after five hours of fierce fighting.

Relatively speaking, the casualties on the side of the 19th Route Army were much greater, and due to equipment and training problems, they were at a disadvantage, but fortunately, the troops were abundant, and the generals at all levels were decisive in command after a hundred battles, and they never let the Japanese army take any advantage.

According to the comprehensive analysis of the intelligence reported so far, I am afraid that this battle will end soon, and the Japanese army will not be able to attack it and can only choose to retreat. Wait for reinforcements from the sea to arrive before a new round of advances will begin

Yu Jishi's eyes rolled and he said curiously: "You mean, take advantage of the retreat of the Japanese army to make some cheap?" ”

When the generals heard this, they all looked at An Yi with interest, An Yi nodded and pointed to the line of Jiangwan: "There is no way to make a profit here, and the Japanese plane is tired after bombing for a long time." Fly back to replenish the supplement, maintain the maintenance, after two hours of rest, I am afraid that I can fly over again to do evil, so we don't have to think about Wu Bing to the Jiangwan line. Otherwise, the casualties paid may be very large, and a rash attack may even lead to our own instability. ”

Zhang Zhizhong nodded: "Not bad" Could it be your idea to hit the first line of Zhabei? ”

"Exactly!"

An Yi said in a low voice: "Didn't we reinforce an artillery battalion commanded by Chief Cai three hours ago?" If my estimation is correct, it is very likely that Commander-in-Chief Cai also thought of a counterattack, and their best way to counterattack was to take advantage of the abundant soldiers with the support of artillery fire to cut off the retreat of the Japanese troops retreating to the edge of the Japanese concession. Forcing part of the Japanese army into the public concession will create a politically favorable factor for us.

Last night, General Chen Shuming's call was sprinkled with a large article, which boils down to this meaning, hoping that the 19th Route Army will seize the opportunity. Is there any better way to show a tougher stance, and to show a harder stance, at the moment there is no other way than to try to drive the Japanese army into the public concession as much as possible, and force the British and American countries to react strongly because they cannot bear it?

With the experience of the French Concession, I believe that Britain and the United States are also worried about it, just imagine, yesterday the series of explosions in the French Concession stopped, and today the Japanese troops covered in gunpowder smoke poured into the public concession, can the panic caused be small? If there's a misfire, tsk."

The generals smiled and nodded again and again, Zhang Zhizhong walked to the telephone without saying a word, and quickly got in touch with Cai Tingcuo, after some discussion, Zhang Zhizhong returned to the middle of the generals, took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and said in a low voice:

"The Nineteenth Route Army was as we had guessed, and when the Japanese attack was weak, they had already begun to prepare for a counterattack. The style of play is almost exactly the same as what An Yi said, but "I was a little hesitant, Commander Cai asked me to borrow another artillery battalion, this" Speaking of this, Zhang Zhizhong shook his head hesitantly.

"An artillery battalion is not enough? What the hell are they going to do? Do you want to shell the Japanese Concession? Yu Jishi's eyes widened and he asked in great surprise.

Zhang Zhizhong nodded: "Exactly!" And he suggested that I should order the shelling. ”

The generals looked at each other and looked at Zhang Zhizhong expectantly again.

The stakes were so high that Zhang Zhizhong couldn't be cautious, he leaned back in his chair, raised his head and closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and finally sat up straight. Apparently made up his mind. He quickly stood up, put on his hat and put away his handkerchief, turned to the commander of the artillery regiment and decisively ordered: "The 2nd Artillery Battalion will quickly move forward three kilometers to the southeast, and when my order is issued, it will immediately launch a five-minute continuous artillery in the direction of the center of the Hongkou District of the Japanese Concession."

"Yes!"

The generals cheered in unison, and most of them walked in the blink of an eye.