Japanese army Shanghai airfield.

About half an hour ago, a group of Japanese planes that had gone to bomb the newly formed 6th Army tank unit sent a message that they would return and land within an hour.

Many little devils seem to be full of energy, so smoothly, so soon to complete the bombing mission, many little devils even fantasize about the scene of the newly formed 6th Army's tanks and armored vehicles being blown up.

The person in charge of the Shanghai airport of the Japanese army, a devil major general, stood on the airport command building with a command knife on his shoulder, condescendingly, looking at the huge Shanghai airport through the glass window, looking in a good mood, and a bright smile appeared on his face.

After receiving the order that the group would return home, Major General Devil and several senior commanders of the airport stood here to prepare to welcome the returning plane.

"Your Excellency General, you have made great contributions to the destruction of a huge tank group of the new 6th Army this time, and we will follow you."

Major General Devil said "modestly": "Everyone, this is all planned by Commander-in-Chief Okamura Ninji, we just acted according to orders, however, your performance is good, I will report to Commander-in-Chief Okamura Ninji." ”

Hearing this, the joy on the faces of the little devil officers seemed to be a little stronger.

Just as the faces of these devil officers were full of joy, a devil messenger ran in with a panicked face and reported anxiously: "Your Excellency, General, I have received the latest news from our group. Our fleet was suddenly attacked by hundreds of fighters of the newly formed 6th Army, and our aircraft suffered heavy losses. ”

After speaking, the head of the devil communication soldier hung down. A miserable face.

Hearing this, Major General Devil's face changed abruptly, the smile on his face instantly froze, and he roared for a long time: "This is impossible, immediately take the initiative to contact our fleet and ask about the specific situation." ”

Next to them, a group of devil officers were still full of joy. As soon as they heard the news, everyone's faces also changed greatly, and immediately they were all cloudy.

Major General Devil does not accept this fact. It is no wonder that there is such a coincidence, as soon as his own aircraft group flew over, the aircraft group that was preparing to bomb the new 6th Army appeared. It seems to have been prepared.

There can be no such coincidence. That's why the devil major general is such a gaffe, roaring, and almost grabbed the collar of the devil's communication soldier.

In desperation, this miserable-looking devil communication soldier had no choice but to take the initiative to contact his own fleet, and a few minutes later, this devil communication soldier came over again. It's just that it seems that his face has changed a little worse. It's like a funeral.

Crying and mourning, he said: "Your Excellency, our planes have all lost contact, and no matter how hard we try, we can't contact our planes. ”

Hearing this, the devil general's face was so gloomy that he could pinch out the water, and all the planes had lost contact at this critical time, what does this mean, the answer is about to come out.

Seeing this, the devil officers next to them lowered their heads one after another, and their hearts were full of grief and indignation.

This is a whole two Nakajima Type 97 bomber squadrons and one Nakajima Type 97 fighter squadron, all of which are relatively advanced aircraft in service, and they are gone, and the mood of these little devil officers is extremely bad, it is simply freezing.

The devil major general is the same, with a black face, looking at the huge Shanghai airport for a long time, there is still a glimmer of hope in his heart, hoping that after a while, there will be a plane to return to Shanghai Airport.

Minute by minute, Major General Devil stood there motionless, an hour passed, two hours passed, not a single plane returned, and the glimmer of hope in Major General Devil's heart was completely shattered.

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The 1st Armored Division marching in the direction of Shanghai, a total of three huge tank groups, seemed to be moving a lot slower, and it seemed to be slow, and several kilometers in front of the three tank groups, there were a large number of little devils like facing the enemy.

These little devils dig trenches, even anti-tank trenches, lay mines, build fortifications, deploy anti-aircraft guns, etc., and prepare for the tank groups of sniper soldiers.

The soldiers marched at a low speed, the direction and route of everyone's march were clearly detected by the little devils, and a large number of little devils chose the terrain, built sniper fortifications, and prepared to take the highway as the main line, and launched a block layer by layer to block the advance of the soldiers' tank group.

On the other hand, the Japanese army in several cities near Shanghai began to march towards the area of Shanghai, such as the Japanese puppet army in Wuxi, Zhenjiang and other places, and even a part of the Japanese puppet army in Suzhou began to reinforce Shanghai.

Suzhou is not far from Jiaxing, and the little Japanese stationed heavy troops in Suzhou, and the number of Japanese puppet troops in Suzhou is about 50,000 people, which is a large number.

Okamura Ningji thought that the new 6th Army would attack Shanghai, and the new 6th Army also set up a posture of attacking Shanghai, so in order to add another fire and make a good show, Ye Feng issued another order, ordering a large number of B-17 "Flying Fortress" bombers to launch a large-scale bombing of the Japanese troops in the Shanghai area.

Hangzhou Airport.

One by one, huge "Flying Fortress" bombers were loaded with ammunition and fuel, took off one after another from the runway, completed the formation in the air, and flew in the direction of Shanghai in squadrons.

It was the same at Ningbo Airport, at the same time, a large number of bombers took off, one by one in the direction of Shanghai.

The western suburbs of Shanghai.

A large number of Japanese troops are hastily building a huge blocking line, and a large number of Japanese puppet troops are hurriedly building fortifications.

According to the order of the General Staff of the Central China Front of Little Japan, thousands of Japanese troops and tens of thousands of puppet troops will build a north-south defense in this area, focusing on highways, and cut off almost all roads leading to Shanghai.

The little devil already knew that the tank groups, armored vehicles, and troops of the new 6th Army would advance along the road, and the terrain of the water network in this area would have a certain impact on the tanks and armored vehicles of the new 6th Army, and the fastest speed along the road.

A main highway leading to the western suburbs of Shanghai, the spacious highway parallel to two or three large trucks is no problem, and it is a typical gravel road, the road condition belongs to the relatively good.

At this time, a large number of Japanese puppet troops were digging anti-tank trenches on the highway, and a trench several meters wide and more than one meter deep cut off the road, and such a trench was still extending far on both sides of the road.

A large number of little devils, at least a thousand people, are building fortifications on the other side of the trench, near the side of Shanghai, under the leadership of a devil Nakasa.

These little devils drove piles, piled sandbags, etc., and one by one the fortifications gradually appeared in rudiments, and even, many little devils launched anti-war anti-war guns, with the muzzles facing the distance, facing the direction of the road.

In addition to a large number of little devils, there are also a large number of puppet armies, and the number of puppet armies seems to be more than that of little devils, and these puppet armies are building fortifications under the command of little devils.

Several puppet army officers had flattering and stammering expressions, and even one puppet army officer even lit a cigarette for a devil lieutenant, completely like a pug shaking his head and begging his tail.

On the highway in the distance, on the other side of the anti-tank trench, near the side of Jiaxing, a large number of puppet soldiers are helping the little devils to lay mines, these puppet soldiers are holding shovels on the road, digging soil pits on both sides of the road, and the devil sappers will bury mines in these pits one by one, and then carefully level the soil, it seems that there are no mines buried here.

A large number of puppet troops are busy, but there are also some puppet soldiers who seem to be restless and full of worry. These puppet armies knew that the new 6th Army might be about to attack Shanghai on a large scale, and these puppet armies had already heard of the prestige of the new 6th Army.

"Squad leader, is the new 6th Army about to fight?" A puppet soldier asked in a low voice while building fortifications.

This area is full of puppet soldiers, at least dozens of people, and they don't worry about being heard by the little devils when they talk quietly, so this puppet army has the courage to ask his squad leader in a low voice.

The puppet army squad leader sighed and lowered his voice: "The large force of the newly formed 6th Army is definitely going to fight, if you want to survive, you must act at the opportunity, and at the beginning of the battle, you will run away if you have the opportunity." ”

These puppet armies are also not optimistic about the little devils, believing that the little devils will never be able to resist the attack of the new 6th Army, and the combat effectiveness is not strong, and many of the puppet troops who have a worse will to fight have already become cowardly, and many of them are deserting, ready to flee for their lives when they see the opportunity.

In the afternoon, as the sun began to set in the west, and in two or three hours it would be dark, when the roar of airplanes seemed faintly heard in the sky.

Many puppet soldiers who were working looked up in the direction where the sound came from, and in the sky, about two dozen huge planes were flying towards this side, which was a "flying fortress" bomber formation.

Many little devils also discovered this bomber group, and saw at least more than 20 large bombers flying towards them, and several little devil officers looked at the sky with binoculars, and saw more clearly through the binoculars.

"Yaga! The bomber group of the new 6th Army, fast air defense! ”

Quite a few devil officers shouted and shouted, these little devils were obviously equipped with a certain amount of antiaircraft machine guns and antiaircraft machine guns, and when they saw so many planes coming, many little devils hurriedly operated antiaircraft machine guns and antiaircraft machine guns to prepare for air defense.

Seeing so many planes coming, and all of them were huge bombers, many puppet soldiers exclaimed in shock, and some of them were even ready to slip away.

Several puppet soldiers who were building fortifications glanced at each other, their eyes were full of horror, and then they screamed, threw away the shovel in their hands, and ran into the distance with their legs, which was the first batch of puppet soldiers who took the lead in fleeing for their lives.

Someone took the lead, and immediately followed many people, and soon, many puppet soldiers began to flee for their lives, and more and more......

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Today's three watches, the first one is sent. (To be continued......)