"Hey, Brigade Commander Chen, what's going on with you there?"

Chen Yiding, commander of the 261st Brigade, took the phone and said: "Chief of Staff, please tell the division, the situation is still not optimistic, the devils in Hujiang University are very tenacious, and the firepower is also very fierce, and most of the casualties of our first regiment have been occupied, and the student dormitory and library have been occupied." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

At this time, the voice of Sun Yuanliang, commander of the 87th Division, came from the phone: "Chen Yiding, what are you doing to eat?" A Hujiang University has not been defeated for 3 days? ”

Brigade Commander Chen said depressedly: "Shizuo, the little devil of the dog day, stay in the building, those are all made of reinforced concrete, too strong. The devil's marksmanship is very accurate, my men went up and died one by one, and the troops have already suffered almost 2,000 casualties. ”

Sun Yuanliang said: "Don't tell me the casualty figures, give me the onslaught, before 7 o'clock tonight, if you can't fight again, you can explain to the chairman yourself." ”

Brigade Commander Chen put down the phone, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Guard battalion, follow Lao Tzu, I don't believe that these devils can't be killed." As he spoke, he took the lead in rushing out with a pistol.

At this time, the 88th Division occupied Wuzhou Cemetery, Baoshan Bridge, and was attacking Bazi Bridge, and its progress was also very slow.

General Zhang Zhizhong did not expect that thousands of Japanese troops would be so tenacious, and originally thought that the battle could be resolved in half a day, but unexpectedly, it had been fought for three days, and the progress was very small, and the casualties of the troops had reached more than 10,000.

In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese troops who entered China were all veterans who had undergone rigorous training, with a high level of individual skills and tactics, coupled with militaristic education that went deep into the bone marrow, and were extremely tenacious. When fighting, he will not retreat when he is wounded, and he will never surrender.

During the attack on the library, a devil Cao Chang, when the rest of the Japanese army was all killed, held out on the top floor for an hour, blocked the attack of hundreds of national soldiers, and finally died with several national soldiers.

The national army accepted the equipment of the German army, but the training time was insufficient, the running-in between them was not enough, the coordination during the operation was not good, and the combat effectiveness could not be brought into play. For example, the number of armored troops in the national army is also quite large, but they only use tanks in a scattered manner as infantry support weapons, which does not play a role.

Japanese reinforcements were already approaching at sea, and would arrive in Shanghai in two days at most. Zhang Zhi Center was in a hurry. He also felt that the battlefield was too chaotic, so he urgently convened an operational meeting to adjust the operational deployment of the troops.

The war room of the Beijing-Shanghai Garrison Command.

It's still those generals, and now their expressions are solemn, and they have long lost the relaxed look they had before the war.

Zhang Zhizhong said: "It has been nearly four days since the war began, the progress of various ministries has been slow, and the chairman of the committee is very anxious. Now that the battlefield situation is chaotic, you can all tell me, what is the reason? ”

Wang Jingjiu, commander of the 88th Division, said: "I didn't expect that the Japanese army has only a few thousand people, and it seems that there are no heavy weapons, it is so difficult to fight, my troops have lost 5,000 people, and the more than 3,000 people of the Japanese army don't seem to have lost much, what a fucking evil sect?" ”

Sun Yuanliang, commander of the 87th Division, said: "The devil's marksmanship is too accurate, and the grenadier is like having eyes." In addition, the fortifications of the devils were too strong, the grenades were thrown over, it was useless, and the artillery was not accurate, so my soldiers could only blow them up with explosive bags, and as a result, they died before they could get close. It's a tough battle. ”

A brigade commander said: "It's really a fucking evil sect, we have also killed a lot of devils, but their number does not seem to have decreased, and the fire is still so fierce." ”

In fact, the national army had already annihilated more than 1,000 Japanese troops at this time, but because the Japanese army was defending a small area, they were still able to replenish it. The officers and men of the national army did not know the reason, and the casualties were too large, so they lost confidence.

Another brigade commander suddenly said: "No, is there a mistake in the intelligence?" The devil's army is more than 3,000 people, I think there are at least 10,000. ”

As soon as his voice fell, it immediately caused a buzz.

Sun Yuanliang said: "I said, why are devils so difficult to fight. It turned out that the intelligence was wrong, and there were at least tens of thousands of devils, but our deployment was based on 3,000 devils. No wonder. ”

The generals chimed in.

The battle went like this, and these guys were responsible, so they started looking for scapegoats.

Wang Jingjiu asked: "Deputy Chief of Staff Liu, is your intelligence accurate, and the Japanese army only has 3,000 people?" ”

Liu Mengyu, deputy chief of staff in charge of intelligence of the Ninth Group Army, said: "Before the war, the information we received was indeed only a few thousand Japanese troops. By the way, the captain of the Tiger Ben Special Combat Team, Xia Chao, didn't he say that there were only 3,000 Japanese troops, everyone still remembers, right? ”

Sun Yuanliang said: "I remember, it was said by the Xia Dynasty that year, and I can testify." ”

Wang Jingjiu also said: "By the way, that's what he said." This kid, I've long seen him speak, maybe he annihilated the 77th Wing, I think it's pure. Everyone has learned the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. Tens of thousands of our elites can't deal with 3,000 Japanese troops, and he can annihilate a field wing with a special combat team of dozens of people and the remnants of the 29th Army, which is simply nonsense. ”

The generals chimed in.

A brigade commander said: "This summer, the DPRK dared to lie about such a large military deployment, which led to the failure of our army's operation to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army, and also caused such heavy losses. ”

Sun Yuanliang said: "If this is the case, his sin is not just as simple as death, it is simply a heinous crime. ”

There was chaos in the hall of the war room, and everyone said: The main reason for the failure of the Shanghai operation was that the Xia Dynasty provided false information. The scapegoat was there, and everyone's hearts were relieved.

General Zhang Zhizhong couldn't stand it anymore and said: "Everyone, Xia Chao still understands me, and he won't lie." Let's review the problems existing in the troops. ”

When Sun Yuanliang heard this, the scapegoat that he had finally found couldn't just be gone. He immediately said: "Because of the Xia Dynasty, we easily launched this battle. Now, we don't know how many Japanese troops there are, maybe more than 10,000, or more. How to fight this battle? ”

The generals followed.

Zhang Zhizhong knew that these guys were shirking responsibility, but he couldn't confirm the accuracy of Xia Chao's intelligence now. It is also the time of employing people, and we must not offend these commanders.

He said: "Okay, on the issue of responsibility, now is not the time to discuss it, if it is the responsibility of the Xia Dynasty, I will not tolerate it." I know that everyone has done their best, and there is no responsibility for the battle ahead. Let's study the next battle. ”

As soon as everyone heard this, Zhang Zhizhong set the tone, and without everyone's responsibility, his attitude immediately improved. The hall fell silent, and everyone began to discuss the situation of the battle.

Liu Yuqing, the secretary of General Zhang Zhizhong, knew the relationship between Xia Chao and Zhang Zhizhong, and he himself had a good impression of Xia Chao. So he quietly sent a telegram to the German advisory group of the Central Military Academy, asking them to remind Xia Chao not to come to Shanghai.

At this time, Xia Chao, who was in the dark, had already arrived at the outskirts of Shanghai with a special combat team.