What Liu Yimin didn't know was that as soon as the fleet of the Eighth Route Army to attack and occupy Shanghai passed through Wusongkou, the Japanese army received a report, and the report was quickly reported to the base camp in the form of an urgent telegram through the intelligence agency. Japanese Prime Minister Fumima Konoe, Hideki Tojo, and Chief of the General Staff Sugimoto went directly to the palace with a telegram to invite Emperor Hirohito. Japan immediately decided to abandon the capture of the Urals, immediately signed the "Japan-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Neutrality" with the Soviet Union, ended the war in the Far East, and mobilized troops to completely wipe out Liu Yimin's troops of the Eighth Route Army that attacked Shanghai. It's just that the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army's first column and cavalry column is too strong, and with the cooperation of the special operations headquarters, the offensive in Shanghai is like a bamboo, so that the demons in the Japanese base camp are stunned, and it is too late to rescue Shanghai.

Liu Yimin didn't know that on the night of the 18th, Emperor Hirohito, after roaring, made a decision to remove General Nishio Shouzo from his post as commander-in-chief of the Chinese Dispatch Army, transfer him to the post of military counselor, and remove Lieutenant General Kazuki Kiyoji from the post of chief of staff of the Chinese Dispatch Army and transfer him to the reserve; Shunroku Hatata, a Japanese general and military counselor, was appointed commander-in-chief of the Chinese Dispatch Army and commander of the 13th Army, and Lieutenant General Jun Goharem, former commander of the South China Front, was promoted to chief of the general staff of the Chinese Dispatch Army.

Emperor Hirohito attributed the loss of Shanghai to the poor planning and command of the Chinese Commander-in-Chief, and vented all his resentment on Nishio Toshizo and Kazuki Kiyoji.

Historically, Nishio Toshizo was transferred back to Japan in March. Shunroku Hata also took office in March. Because of the appearance of Liu Yimin, history has changed. The Japanese war in China was not going well. Changing the battle is a big taboo, and Nishio Shouzo has done it until now.

There are people in the court who are good officials, and this harem Jun was originally a logistics worker, and he was a classmate of Hideki Tojo. When he was the director of the War Bureau, he once helped Hideki Tojo, and Hideki Tojo helped him when it was critical. He became the chief of the general staff of the Chinese dispatch army.

Shunroku Hata and Jun Harem set off from Tokyo overnight after receiving the order to appoint. After a night flight, he arrived in Nanjing early in the morning of the 19th and took office. Nishio Shouzo and Kazuki Kiyoji had no choice but to get out of the way.

In order to recover Shanghai and eliminate the troops of the Eighth Route Army attacking Shanghai. This high-level personnel change in the Japanese army was kept absolutely secret. In addition, the Japanese Metropolitan Police Department has already grasped some clues of the Sorge intelligence group, and Shunroku Hahata and Junjun Harem did not even return home when they saw the Empress in person, and flew directly to Nanjing.

Shunroku Hata is much more powerful than Nishio Shouzo, who is absolutely one of the best commanders in the Japanese army, and his hands are stained with the blood of the Chinese people.

Before taking off from Tokyo, Toshitoshi Hatatake had ordered the 11th Army to immediately abandon the plan to capture Changsha and shrink its forces. This one to Nanjing. Even a military meeting was not held, and a series of orders were issued.

Under the strict orders of Shunroku Hatata. The Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, Fourth Fleet, and Combined Fleet in Yokohama Port were all mobilized and were rushing towards Shanghai at full speed. It's a pity that the ship is not an airplane, and no matter how anxious Shunroku Hata is, the naval fleet will not be able to catch up with the mouth of the Yangtze River for a while and a half.

The main divisions of the 11th Army and the 13th Army also received an urgent order and were shrinking their troops and rushing to Shanghai. It is also a pity that the 11th and 13th armies are in the midst of fighting with the troops of the 9th and 3rd theaters, and it will take time to change the direction of operations.

Hata Junroku is an absolute China expert, and he knows that it is impossible for Liu Yimin's troops to retreat to the defense zone of the third theater, and as long as the Yangtze River waterway is blocked, Liu Yimin will not be able to escape. Taking a step back, even if Liu Yimin's troops retreated to the Third Theater Defense Zone, Hata Junroku was not afraid, he knew Chiang Kai-shek's policy, and if he didn't need to send troops to attack, Liu Yimin's troops would be inseparable from the Third Theater.

The only thing that made Hata Junroku puzzled was how Liu Yimin transported his troops to Shanghai and suddenly attacked. You must know that China's naval power has long been wiped out, and the Eighth Route Army will not have naval forces, nor will it be possible to have a large-scale fleet.

If Shunroku Hata knew that the Eighth Route Army was carrying troops on wooden boats and wooden platoons behind the steamer, he would have to drop his eyeballs!

Although Liu Yimin did not know for the time being that Shunroku Hata had arrived in Nanjing and was appointed commander of China's dispatch army, he could not escape the word "first" in everything, and the deployment of the enemy before was more important than anything else. No matter how powerful and clever Hata Junroku was, I am afraid he would not have imagined that the Eighth Route Army would capture Shanghai on the night of the 18th, and the main force would have withdrawn on the night of the 19th. This is simply not logical! When Shunroku Hata hurriedly commanded the army to rush to Shanghai, he was greeted by nothing more than the neatly arranged corpses of the Japanese puppet army and the Japanese refugees waiting to be fed!

The reason why Japanese planes did not bomb Shanghai on a large scale in the past two days was not that they were afraid of the ground air defense fire of the Eighth Route Army, but that Shunroku Hata only asked them to step up reconnaissance and not bomb Shanghai into ruins, which was not in the interests of the Great Japanese Empire. He wants a complete, bustling Shanghai, not ruins!

On the 21st, the Japanese army continued to carry out reconnaissance bombing of Shanghai, focusing on Hongqiao Airport, Jiangwan Airport and Wusongkou Fortress. This time, the ground firepower of the Eighth Route Army was significantly weakened, but the losses of Japanese aircraft did not decrease at all. Because the sniper brigade of the Special Operations Command of the Eighth Route Army was put into battle, in one day, 12 Japanese planes were planted in the rolling Huangpu River and Wusong River.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, Li Lingfeng, Wang Tongsheng, and Li Shanzhu led the main force of the Special Operations Command and a regiment to board a ship and quietly left Shanghai, sailed along the Huangpu River toward Wusongkou, and after receiving the troops left behind in Wusongkou, they left the mouth of the Yangtze River and headed north in the vast night.

Huang Wei and Wang Pengju all left with the Special Operations Command and the First Regiment. In the huge Shanghai, only the first and second squads of the No. 1 Special Operations Squadron led by Liu Yimin and Wang Laohu, and the No. 2 Sniper Squadron led by Liu Bin, the leader of the No. 2 Sniper Squadron, led by Liu Xiao, were left.

The sentry at the entrance of the China Merchants Building is still majestic, and the patrols of the Eighth Route Army are still patrolling the main streets of Shanghai on motorcycles! The radio station still reports all kinds of news of the Eighth Route Army, and Shanghai is immersed in the night!

Fortunately, the main force of the Special Operations Command and the first regiment withdrew two hours earlier, and if it was customary, they would have waited until after 12 o'clock in the dead of night before withdrawing. I can't leave, I have to think of another way to break through. Because the combined fleet of the Japanese army and the main forces of the Japanese army's Third and Fourth Fleets fighting on the south and southeast coasts of South China and Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake have arrived!

Early in the morning of the 22nd. Liu Yimin was woken up by Wang Laohu.

Wang Laohu. It's literally made for war! No, it was obviously the Japanese fleet that blocked the mouth of the Yangtze River with such a serious enemy situation, but Wang Laohu said happily: "No. 1, good news." The Japanese Navy Grand Fleet has reached the mouth of the Yangtze River! Haha, the little devil of the dog day is late again! ”

Liu Yimin asked lightly: "Is the information reliable?" ”

Wang Laohu reported that it was absolutely reliable. It was reported by the underground party observation post of the store on Chongming Island, and the Japanese ships gathered at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and they arrived one after another from about 12 o'clock last night. There are still big warships rushing here.

Liu Yimin calculates the time. Indeed, the Japanese fleet should have arrived last night. It is 1,930 kilometers from Shanghai to Yokosuka Port in Yokohama, and it only takes more than 30 hours according to the general maximum speed of Japanese aircraft carriers of more than 30 knots. It should be possible to arrive in 40 hours at normal speed. The Japanese troops left Hong Kong as soon as the morning of the 19th, and they may have to dock elsewhere to carry marines or ground troops, but they arrived on the night of the 21st.

The Navy arrived. I'm afraid that the ground forces of the Japanese army are also about to arrive. It seems that Shanghai can't stay still.

Liu Yimin asked again: "Did the political commissar send a telegram?" ”

Wang Laohu hurriedly reported that he was coming. The flotilla returned safely to Rizhao Port early this morning, and the supply convoy bound for the New Fourth Army also arrived safely. The commissar telegraphed that the mission in Shanghai had been completed and that he wanted us to evacuate quickly!

As he spoke, Wang Laohu handed Luo Ronghuan's telegram to Liu Yimin and asked him to take a look.

After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin confessed that the patrol boats and motorboats used for evacuation should be prepared, concealed, and fully refueled. Patrol and stand guard as usual and wait and see what happens.

After giving an explanation and having breakfast, Liu Yimin took a few soldiers and led reporters from several newspapers and radio stations that were originally run by Japanese puppets to take a car to the railway station, Jiangwan Airport, Wujiaochang, and other places, and then went around Nanjing Road. As a result, the Japanese army did not dare to land and carried out heavy bombardment and artillery bombardment of the positions of the Wusongkou fortress.

Liu Yimin knew that the Japanese navy was waiting for the main forces of the 11th Army and the 13th Army to encircle Shanghai, otherwise the warships would have forcibly rushed into the Huangpu River. It is estimated that by the afternoon, the 22nd Division and the 106th Division of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army will arrive. Immediately afterwards, the main force of the Japanese Eleventh Army was about to arrive. By night at the latest, the Japanese army would be able to encircle Shanghai.

In the afternoon, the landing Japanese army appeared in the direction of Baoshan and outflanked Wusongkou. Immediately afterwards, a Japanese search force appeared on the Beijing-Shanghai railway line, which was repelled by the second special operations team deployed there. It is estimated that the Japanese army was afraid that the Eighth Route Army would really kill Hangzhou, so they strengthened the defense in the direction of Hangzhou, and their actions were relatively slow.

Upon learning that the Japanese landing force was attacking Wusongkou in a roundabout way, Liu Yimin immediately ordered the snipers who were there to monitor the Japanese army to quickly withdraw to the assembly site in the city.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Yimin ordered Wang Laohu to command two special operations teams and a sniper team to assemble in concealment at Suzhou Creek, and drove to visit Rohed, the US consul general in Shanghai, and told him that the Japanese army was about to launch an attack on Shanghai, and in order to protect Shanghai from being damaged, our army would abandon Shanghai. The US troops stationed in the concession were requested to be responsible for the security of the public concession, and Mr. Rohad was requested to inform the Ministry of Industry Bureau and the French Concession Bureau to take the initiative to contact the Japanese army and prevent the Japanese army from breaking into the concession and committing murder.

Rohead had already received a report from the US warships stationed in the concession, knew that the Japanese fleet had blockaded the mouth of the Yangtze River, knew that the Japanese army was frantically bombing the Wusongkou fortress, and even knew that the Eighth Route Army had chartered all the merchant ships of foreign foreign companies in the concession, but he never expected that the main force of the Eighth Route Army would all be withdrawn!

The Eighth Route Army did not fight the Japanese army in Shanghai, which was what Roched hoped for the most. However, when he heard Liu Yimin in front of him say it, he still said in surprise, "My God! ”

Liu Yimin didn't seem to pay attention to Rohed's expression, and then said: "The U.S. military still has a task, that is, to immediately air combat the Japanese expatriate residential areas. Maintain law and order to prevent the desperate poor guys from sacking the concession after the withdrawal of the Eighth Route Army. ”

This is a very real problem. The Eighth Route Army confiscated all the assets of the Japanese and overseas Chinese. They've all become paupers. As soon as the Japanese army comes in, these guys are likely to take advantage of the fire to loot.

Roched originally didn't have a good impression of Liu Yimin, but what Liu Yimin said was real, in case it really happened, and the Japanese overseas Chinese took advantage of the chaos to loot the public concession. That would be his dereliction of duty!

After thinking for a long time, Rohed replied that the task of the US military was to ensure the security of the central area of the public concession. It is possible to enforce a guard on the residential areas of overseas Japanese. However, it cannot be stationed. If you want to be stationed, you need to be authorized by the State Council.

Liu Yimin said coldly: "Then you just wait for the Japanese to ransack the public concession!" ”

After speaking, Liu Yimin got in the car and was about to leave. Rohead stopped him: "Dear Liu. The U.S. military really has no right to enter the concentrated residential areas of Japanese expatriates! ”

Liu Yimin replied that the Japanese overseas Chinese residential area itself belonged to the public concession. U.S. troops are fully accessible. Moreover, it was only a temporary maintenance of law and order, and the American troops could retreat after the Japanese army entered the city. This is an imminent matter to protect the concession, mother-in-law and mother-in-law, not like an American fighter! Moreover, the Japanese army will not clash with the US military and the concession patrol house for the time being, and the US military can completely connect with the Japanese army. Peaceful transfer of defense.

What Liu Yimin said was simply better than singing, but. The Americans are accustomed to being the world's policeman, and the matter is so urgent that Rohed cannot be allowed to ask for instructions and report twice, and he actually accepted Liu Yimin's suggestion. However, he put forward a suggestion for revision, that is, it is not possible to send patrol shops to patrol the residential areas of overseas Japanese instead of the US military to maintain law and order.

Liu Yimin readily agreed, and Rohead went to call the commander of the US troops stationed in the concession in front of Liu Yimin, asking him to order the troops to enter a state of alert, and pay attention to contact the Japanese troops who might invade Shanghai, and warn them not to enter the concession. Then he called the patrol room of the Ministry of Industry and asked them to use all the patrol shops to enter the concentrated residential areas of Hongkou and Yangshupu to maintain law and order.

After making the call, Rohed took out his cigar, lit it, took a puff, and said to Liu Yimin: "Dear Liu, are you sure that you can stand out from the encirclement?" ”

Liu Yimin and Rohed came to a warm hug and told him that the Eighth Route Army had never been afraid of the heavy encirclement of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army had surrounded him many times. So far, he's alive and well!

Liu Yimin's heroism infected Rohed, and he told Liu Yimin that he was looking forward to meeting Liu Yimin again one day.

After bidding farewell to Roched, Liu Yimin drove to the Shanghai Radio Station and issued a letter to the people of Shanghai, announcing that in order to ensure that Shanghai was not damaged by the war and that people's lives and property were not damaged, the Eighth Route Army decided not to fight the Japanese army in the urban area and to fight in the direction of Hangzhou. Shanghai citizens are requested not to go out, pay attention to safety, and strictly prevent the Japanese army from looting.

At the end of his speech, Liu Yimin solemnly pledged that the Eighth Route Army would bravely kill the enemy, defeat Japanese imperialism at an early date, and completely liberate Shanghai and the whole of China.

This is Liu Yimin's consistent practice, before evacuating, he informed the residents that the troops would withdraw, and reminded the citizens to strictly guard against the looting of the Japanese army. This was done before the evacuation of Tianjin, and it is still done now.

After doing all this, Liu Yimin drove to meet Wang Laohu.

The troops of the Japanese army who outflanked Wusongkou from Baoshan were the troops of the 6th Division. These little devils, afraid of the firepower of the Wusongkou Fortress, launched a search formation and cautiously searched and advanced. When I touched the north fort of Wusongkou Fortress, it was empty, and there was not even a ghost shadow. At this time, the little devil was happy, and he sent a flag again, played a signal flare, and contacted the fleet to approach the Wusongkou wharf.

Not only is the North Fort empty, but the five Forts at Wusongkou are all empty!

The Japanese fleet sailed into the Huangpu River.

At this time, the Huangpu River, because the ships were all requisitioned by the Eighth Route Army to transport materials and troops, the river was extremely quiet, only the two warships of the US military stationed in the Shanghai Public Concession were cruising on the river, and they kept sending flags to the Japanese ships: "This is a ship of the United States Navy of the United States of America!" This is a Navy ship of the United States of America! ”

The area where the US warships cruised was limited to the concession area, and it did not affect the Japanese army's occupation of the Shiliupu Wharf and other key points. As soon as the warship landed, the Japanese marines and the infantry on board began to land and carefully search and advance.

To the great surprise of the Japanese army, not only was they not blocked by the Eighth Route Army, on the contrary, a few friendly people came to greet them with small sun flags, and even the authorities of the American, British, and French concessions sent liaison personnel to contact them.

Needless to say, those friendly people were disguised as members of the dock workers' pickets organized by the Eighth Route Army, progressive and anti-Japanese supporters of the mobilization of the Shanghai underground party organization. This was the only way for the Eighth Route Army to engage in a two-faced regime to deal with the Japanese army.

The news of the successful entry of the Marines into the downtown area of Shanghai stimulated the Japanese troops who came up in the direction of the Beijing-Shanghai Road. In the morning, their search force was repelled by the Eighth Route Army, fearing that there was a trap in front of them, and they were building a defensive line and waiting for the navy to cooperate in encircling Shanghai. Now, the little devils are bold, the trains and cars are all moving, and the infantry are moving their legs, one by one, in groups, in batches, all over the world, rushing forward, for fear that they will not be able to eat sashimi if they are late in the city!

At 10 o'clock in the evening, the Japanese troops of all stripes completely took control of Greater Shanghai and its suburbs.

At this time, Junroku Hatata, who was far away in Nanjing, woke up like a dream, and Liu Yimin played tricks for him to get out of the shell

Annoyed, Shunroku Hata thought repeatedly about the map, where did Liu Yimin go?