The end of the defense of the Sixing Warehouse not only did not calm Shanghai, but it was the beginning of a new round of war, because the Japanese Tenth Army had returned to Shanghai in two ways and was trying to converge with the main force of the Japanese Central China Front, but was pinned down by the two troops sent by Chen Cheng. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It can be said that at this moment, the pressure on Chen Cheng's department is very great, because with more than 100,000 troops, it is necessary to block the Japanese army in three directions. Originally, it was an offensive posture against the Japanese Central China Front on the front, but after the Japanese Tenth Army arrived in Shanghai first, Chen Cheng gave up the attack, turned to attack and defended, and drew two large armies to block the reinforced Japanese Tenth Army.

Matsui Shigen naturally knew Chen Cheng's purpose, and the intention of the Chinese army was very simple, first to block the convergence of the Japanese Tenth Army and the main force of the Central China Front, and wait for the arrival of Chinese reinforcements, and then attack the two sides together, first eat the Japanese Tenth Army on both roads, and then concentrate on a decisive battle with the main force of the Japanese Central China Front.

The situation of the war was already very clear, Matsui Ishine knew Chen Cheng's tactics, and similarly, Chen Cheng also knew that this tactic would definitely not be hidden from others' eyes and ears, but he was not very worried, because he had reason to be confident. Not to mention that the Chinese army occupies air supremacy, the main force of the Japanese army has to guard against Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi, and does not dare to concentrate too much at all, otherwise it is easy to suffer from the concentrated coverage of artillery fire.

The existence of Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi is a sharp sword hanging over Matsui Shigen's head, although Matsui Shigen took advantage of Chen Cheng's division of troops to launch a counteroffensive, but he did not dare to invest too many troops at once, for fear of being wiped out. In this way, it greatly affected the combat strength of the Japanese army.

And after the end of the battle to defend the Sixing Warehouse, Matsui Shigen was even more worried, because he was convinced that Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi would definitely devote all their energy to the next big battle as soon as possible, and he had to be extremely careful. Otherwise, it may be doomed at any time.

Obviously, Matsui Shigen's worries were not superfluous, and after the battle of the Four Elements Warehouse was over, Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi flew to the battlefield in Apache.

The Japanese Tenth Army was originally divided into two routes, and when it was preparing to outflank the main force of the Chinese army, it was raided by Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi, and at the same time, the high-level commanders and materials were also heavily damaged. With no time to take care of themselves, the task of outflanking the Tenth Army naturally came to an end, and the Chinese army successfully jumped out of the encirclement.

In desperation, the Japanese Tenth Army could only find a place to lick its wounds, after all, there were still many wounded to deal with. However, within a short period of time when the Japanese 10th Army was saving itself, the situation in Shanghai changed dramatically, and the Central China Front suffered heavy losses again and again, and also lost air supremacy.

Seeing that the timing had changed so quickly, the Chinese army suddenly changed its attitude and switched from defense to attack, and had already withdrawn from Shanghai, and the more than 600,000 Chinese troops who had jumped out of the encirclement were ready to return as soon as possible. In the face of this situation, the 10th Army, which remained in the rear in Japan, suddenly became the first target of the Chinese army.

If in the past, several divisions gathered together, in the face of how powerful the Chinese army, their Japanese army would dare to fight, but now it is different.

It can be said that in the current situation, the Chinese army has fully occupied the time, place, and people, not to mention that he Liu Chuan Ping helped himself, even the commander of the Central China Front, Matsui Ishone, had to be afraid to gather the troops, so that the Tenth Army could seize the time to retreat to Shanghai first. If you take a step slowly, you will definitely be dumped by the Chinese army, and when the time comes, the outflanking will not be done, but you will be copied yourself.

Yanagawa Heisuke naturally did not dare to delay, stopped resting as soon as possible, and rushed to the direction of Shanghai with a large number of wounded people who had not yet recovered. However, the Chinese armed forces already have air supremacy, and in the past, it was the Japanese air force that carried out wanton and indiscriminate bombing of the Chinese troops that had lost air supremacy, and the feng shui took turns, so how could the Chinese air force let go of this opportunity.

Therefore, the Japanese Tenth Army was bombed almost all the way to Shanghai by the Chinese army, and in order to carry more wounded and speed up the march, the Japanese army also had to discard the baggage that was difficult to carry in large objects. Even several times, in order to block the pursuing Chinese army, Yanagawa Heisuke had to personally order the abandonment of some of the wounded, leaving them to stay behind to block the Chinese army and buy time for the main force of the 10th Army.

The wounded were left to block, and the results were predictable. Therefore, the Japanese Tenth Army fled to Shanghai in such an embarrassed posture, and it was exhausted.

However, not long after arriving in Shanghai, he had not yet joined the main force, and was blocked by the troops sent by Chen Cheng first. The exhausted Japanese Tenth Army had to fight, but Chen Cheng and his Yanagawa Heisuke could not join Matsui Ishine at this pass. And Chen Cheng's department, in Shanghai and the surrounding areas, can be said to be the most powerful army, not only high morale, but also the most powerful firepower.

After Yanagawa Heisuke landed in Hangzhou Bay, it can be said that he rushed all the way to the rear of the Chinese army, and at that time he was so high-spirited and even confident that he wanted to wipe out the main force of the Chinese army in Shanghai and its surroundings.

As a result, the reality was cruel, and after a great setback to Shanghai, Yanagawa Heisuke really faced an elite Chinese army, and also really saw that a real elite Chinese army had the strength to confront their Japanese elite and even defeat them.

Since Gu Shoufu was killed by Wei Qidong, Yanagawa Heisuke not only held the position of commander of the Tenth Army, but also served as the commander of the Sixth Division.

After all, Chen Cheng's troops combined were only more than 100,000 people, and they were not only facing the main force of the Central China Front head-on, but also guarding against his attack from behind Yanagawa Heisuke. The Japanese army occupies the advantage of troops, and it is a two-sided attack, Chen Cheng will definitely be defeated.

However, Yanagawa Heisuke was completely wrong, Chen Cheng did not have the slightest intention of fighting, but took the initiative to send tens of thousands of troops to wait for Yanagawa Heisuke to come.

During Yanagawa Heisuke's retreat to Shanghai, Chen Cheng was already preparing and stepped up the construction of several lines of defense behind the position. Because of the reconnaissance and cooperation of the air force, Chen Cheng could always know the movements of the Japanese 10th Army and the allocation of troops, so he waited for work at ease.

Because of the urgency of time and the fact that he was somewhat underestimated, Yanagawa Heisuke, who had just arrived in Shanghai, did not have time to rest his troops, so he immediately launched an attack on the Chinese army blocking him.

During this time, the Japanese Tenth Army can be said to have suffered all the bird's anger and lost the face of their Japanese army, so it was very crazy when the first attack began. The artillery of the Japanese 10th Army was almost completely lost, but it did not affect their attack, after all, this was the elite of the Japanese elite such as the 6th Division and the Kunisaki Detachment, and they believed that they could defeat their opponents even with bayonets alone.

After a burst of fire testing with the "Hurrah, kill for ......" attack, the Japanese launched the first wave of frantic formal attacks.

In the face of seven or eight thousand Japanese troops pouring into the position, the Chinese army did not seem to be in a hurry to counterattack immediately, and the soldiers all stood in the trenches to check their guns one last time, and then quietly waited for the Japanese to close the distance.