Chapter Seventy-One: Night Attack
Wang Shihe said: "Our army is progressing smoothly, and we have cleared out all Japanese troops except for the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters and the Jiangwan area, and we are about to launch a general attack on the Japanese army tonight. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
Commissar Jiang was overjoyed, took the telegram and read it, and his face began to turn a little rosy. He said: "Okay, good, Wenbai has lived up to my high expectations. Xia Chao is worthy of being my student, and he has made new contributions. ”
Song Meiling saw that her husband was happy and her mood improved, she asked: "Darling, I have heard of him many times this summer, what kind of person is he?" ”
Chairman Jiang said happily: "Xia Chao is a native of Fenghua, less than 100 miles away from Xikou, and he is my true fellow countryman. Then he introduced the situation of the summer dynasty to his wife.
Song Meiling heard that Xia Chao was only 20 years old, and he had already done such a great thing, so she couldn't help but say: "Amazing, Darling, congratulations, your students are so good, and they are still your fellow villagers, you have to cultivate them well." ”
Chairman Chiang's principle of employing people is in line with the Xia Dynasty. Prior to this, Chairman Jiang had promoted many talents according to this standard, but not many of them could show their talents, and in general, their performance was mediocre. He does have the intention of promoting Xia Chao now, but Xia Chao is too young, so he still has a chance to talk about it.
Song Meiling asked, "How does Chao look this summer?" Are you married? "This enthusiastic mother of the country has already begun to think about giving Xia Chao Zhang a target. Marriage is a means for Chairman Chiang and his wife to entrap their subordinates, and it is very practical. Chen Cheng and Yang Sen's marriage was personally introduced by Song Meiling.
Wang Shihe said: "Madam, I heard that Xia Chao has a good relationship with Minister Chen's eldest daughter, Chen Lin. ”
Song Meiling said in surprise: "Oh, okay, Xiao Lin is a very good child, I think it's very good." However, what is the family background of the dynasty this summer, is it as compatible as Xiao Lin? ”
Wang Shihe gave an introduction to the background of the Xia Dynasty.
Song Meiling said: "Well, it's okay, he was born in a merchant family, and his status is a little lower, but if he himself is very good, it's okay." ”
Shanghai Beijing-Shanghai Garrison Command.
At 7:25, Zhang Zhizhong finalized the preparations of the various units participating in the attack for the last time.
The Japanese army has now been confined to a small area between the Navy Headquarters building and the Huishan Wharf.
The 87th Division of the Nationalist Army has occupied most of Hongkou Park, and their mission is to attack the core position of the Navy Headquarters building from the front. The target of the 88th Division's attack was Huishan Wharf, cutting off the Japanese army's sea route. The two divisions occupied their respective targets, and then joined forces to annihilate the Japanese army.
According to the opinion of the Xia Dynasty, the troops of the two divisions concentrated all their artillery and set up to shoot Zhuyuan. All the armored forces were concentrated and ready for the attack.
At 7:45, Zhang Zhizhong gave the order to attack.
The national army opened fire, and the artillery fire was not too violent, almost as usual. The Japanese officers and soldiers, who had long been familiar with the offensive habits of the Nationalist army, hid in underground shelters or behind buildings, waiting for the artillery fire of the Nationalist army to extend.
Sure enough, after a while, the artillery fire of the national army stopped, and the Japanese army knew that the national army was going to attack. They all got out of the shelter and entered the position. Sure enough, the shouts of the national army had already come from afar.
However, a few minutes passed, and the Japanese army had not yet seen the figure of the national army. The captain of the Japanese brigade felt bad and immediately ordered a retreat. However, it was already too late.
"Boom, boom", the artillery fire of the national army has been overwhelming. The intensity of artillery fire exceeded that of any other shelling in the past few days. The Japanese suffered heavy casualties.
It turned out that according to the suggestion of the Xia Dynasty, Zhang Zhizhong dropped all the artillery that the Ninth Army could mobilize, and they first used a small amount of artillery to make an offensive illusion to lure the Japanese army into the position, and then concentrated artillery fire to suddenly cover it, and hit the Japanese army unprepared.
The Japanese suffered heavy casualties and were unable to mobilize troops to support the outlying battlefields for a while. At this moment, a rumbling sound came, and the earth trembled. Dozens of tanks and armored vehicles accompanied by a large number of infantry killed them.
At this time, Xia Chao was taking 50 members of the special operations team to trek through the dirty sewers with difficulty. The 2nd and 3rd Special Warfare Teams were left by him in the Beijing-Shanghai Garrison Headquarters, although they actively asked to participate in the war, but Xia Chao would not let these poorly trained guys send them to death, he brought them here, just to let them feel the atmosphere of the war.
According to the agreed time, Xia Chao and the others came to the east side of the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters Building under a street, and there was only this one exit, which was the closest to the Japanese Army Headquarters Building.
Summer Chao climbed up to the entrance of the cave and listened carefully to the movement above. I heard the rumbling of artillery in the distance, which was the attack of the national army. Nearby, a group of people ran by, speaking Japanese, and it was the Japanese army who had gone to reinforce it.
After waiting for a while, there was no movement on it. Summer pushed the grate away with both hands. Slowly poke your head out. At this time, it was already slightly dark, and he saw that there was no one here, so he turned his head to look behind, but unexpectedly, this look startled him.
Not far away, a Japanese military truck was parked, a Japanese soldier was repairing the car, and the Japanese soldier was holding a gasoline pump in his hand and was pondering there. No wonder Xia Chao didn't hear him.
At this time, the devil also saw Xia Chao, and he was stunned for a moment, and his eyes widened to see what was coming out of the drill. Xia Chao didn't wait for him to understand, and with a flick of his hands, the iron grate in his hand flew over, hitting the devil's chest.
Summer put his hand on the ground, and the person had already jumped onto the road.
The iron grate hit the devil and fell to the ground with a muffled thud. Xia Chao was worried that the other devils in the car heard it, and hurried two steps to the truck, but as a result, there was a false alarm, and this was the devil here.
Xia Chao asked Xu Feihu to beckon the team members to climb onto the road, and he himself observed the movements of the Japanese army.
To their west, there was a tall building, and the fire of shell explosions was constantly flickering nearby, and it was certainly the headquarters building of the Japanese Marine Corps, no need to ask.
Xia Chao made a gesture to Xu Feihu, and they each led a team of people, 50 meters apart, and headed in the direction of the building.
At this time, in the vast sea, the huge fleet of the Japanese army, which had four aircraft carriers, including the Ryuchamp and the Kaga, and carried three divisions of army units, was rushing to the aid of Shanghai.
In the spacious cabin of the aircraft carrier Longxiang, Japanese Army General Matsui Ishine was also in a heavy mood. The commander of the Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai, Major General Okawa Uchidenchichi, was originally from the army and was one of the founders of the Japanese Marine Corps, a famous ruthless character.
Although he has asked for help several times since the start of the war, until 5 o'clock this afternoon, he is still very optimistic to report that they have inflicted heavy losses on the Chinese army and can fully support the arrival of reinforcements.
By 6 o'clock in the evening, the content of Okawa's telegram from Major General No. 7 was still urging reinforcements, but the tone had become so urgent that it was almost a farewell telegram.