The large-scale operation of the Chinese army was naturally difficult to hide from the eyes and ears of the Japanese army, and when Matsui Ishine heard that the Chinese army had attacked in three directions, his expression suddenly became solemn. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"The mobility of the Chinese army is very backward, and before the Chinese army that marched into Shanghai has arrived, it must first find a way to inflict heavy damage or even eliminate Chen Cheng's troops. Otherwise, once the two parts of the Chinese army converge, it will be very unfavorable to our Imperial Japanese Army. Chief of Staff Tsukada said with an ugly face, obviously very angry at the Chinese army's rapid counterattack.

"The chief of staff is right, after Chen Chengbu received the strong support of Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi, his combat effectiveness doubled. If we can deal a heavy blow to it, it will be very beneficial to our army......" Deputy Chief of Staff Akira Muto also agreed.

"We need to make several preparations, first of all, we try to concentrate our troops to launch a decisive battle with Chen Cheng's troops first, this battle, we can only win, not lose. At the same time, the Tenth Army detoured back to the troops of Zhejiang and Jiangsu, did not fight a decisive battle with the Chinese army, and sought an opportunity to retreat to Shanghai to join our main forces in Shanghai. If they had moved quickly, it was likely that the Chinese troops supporting Shanghai would have arrived first. If this is the case, our several armies can besiege Chen Cheng's troops together. ”

"However, Chen Chengbu's combat effectiveness is no longer what it used to be, and with Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi eyeing us, we must also be prepared to attack. In the unlikely event that Chen Cheng's troops cannot be inflicted or even eliminated before the arrival of Chinese reinforcements, this is how our army will operate next. ”

"Those cowards in the navy, the establishment of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere is not only a matter for our army, and we dare not move if we suffer some losses, and they must support them in this Shanghai war. Otherwise, our army, not to mention regaining air superiority, will find it difficult to sustain even logistical support. The Chinese army, which is 7 or 800,000 troops, cannot be wiped out all at once, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will only be for us. ”

The command of the Central China Front had a lively discussion on the sudden counterattack of the Chinese army, in which several important points were discussed: first, it was necessary to find a way to inflict heavy damage or even eliminate Chen Cheng's troops; secondly, it is necessary to ensure the safety of the Tenth Army, which cannot be divided and annihilated by the Chinese army; Another important point is the need for the cooperation of the Navy.

After the discussion was completed, the Central China Front Command immediately reported the results back to the Japanese base camp, and asked the Japanese base camp to put pressure on the navy and provide assistance to the Shanghai war. Most importantly, Matsui immediately began to mobilize the Japanese forces in Shanghai, preparing to deal the heaviest blow to Chen Cheng's troops. Suddenly, the whole of Shanghai was surging all at once.

On November 20, the Japanese army could not wait to launch a fierce attack on Chen Cheng's department, in order to resist or even suppress Chen Cheng's artillery, the Japanese army not only used the remaining sixth heavy artillery brigade, but also concentrated a lot of artillery in various divisions and wings, and then frantically bombarded the positions of the Chinese army.

Of course, in order to defend against the Chinese Air Force and Wei Qidong, a large number of air defense forces were deployed around the artillery positions of the Japanese army.

Although a heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army was annihilated, after they concentrated all the artillery, the firepower was still much more powerful than the artillery of the Chinese army, first of all, the number was larger, after all, the artillery equipment of each of their divisions and regiments far exceeded that of the Chinese army-level units. In addition, the Japanese army also has more heavy artillery,

Although Wei Qidong supported the Chinese army with many 150 mm and 204 mm heavy guns, the Japanese army even had super heavy guns with a caliber of more than 300 mm.

The artillery battle between the two sides was not a direct bombardment of the opponent's artillery positions, but a bombardment of the opponent's forward positions, after all, the artillery positions were all behind. Not to be outdone, the Chinese army was not to be outdone, and many artillery soldiers even went bare-chested, sending shells to the Japanese positions. It can be said that this artillery battle created a precedent for the Sino-Japanese war, and the two sides had never fought such a battle before. The main thing is asymmetry, how could the Chinese artillery easily gather so many cannons before, and the Japanese army has never been forced to this step.

Both sides come and go, and there is no compromise at all. Now that the Chinese Air Force has air superiority, it naturally will not sit idly by at this critical juncture and give strong air support at the first time.

Instead of aiming at the forward positions of the Japanese army, the Chinese Air Force rushed directly to its artillery positions, even at great risk, carrying out round after round of bombing.

The most tormenting thing was the infantry in the forward positions of both sides, who could only endure the bombardment of artillery fire. However, this is something that the Chinese army has become accustomed to, and I don't know how many little devils it has been bombed before, and now I think that my artillery is also bombing the heads of the little devils indiscriminately, not to mention how happy I am.

On the Japanese side, it is rare to encounter such a bombardment, and it is still a little uncomfortable anyway.

On the side of the Sixing Warehouse, because the Japanese army attacked from the underground and was frantically digging tunnels, it was a lot calmer for a while, and the tense confrontation situation here was not as loud as the people on the other side of the strait were talking about.

After Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi arranged the work of the personnel, they came down from the roof and entered a blank area opened up on the fourth floor of the warehouse. The two had already set up an electronic reconnaissance station and radar station, Tang Xinyi was responsible for intercepting telegrams and occasional surveillance radars, while Wei Qidong was concentrating on deciphering telegrams.

In terms of telegram decipherment, Wei Qidong can be regarded as a Japanese expert, as a future person, he has already had his own deciphering experience through the study of a large number of historical materials and his own study.

If it is said that it is the decipherment of telegrams from other countries, he Wei Qidong may not be as good as many people, but when it comes to deciphering the telegrams of the Japanese army, I am afraid that there are only a handful in the whole world that can reach Wei Qidong's current level.

When he has free time, Wei Qidong will also take time to teach Tang Xinyi about this ability, because intelligence work is definitely a job of very important strategic significance, and a valuable piece of intelligence can not only change the victory of a battle, but even directly change the outcome of a battlefield.

In World War II, if the Allies had not cracked the German telegraph earlier, the final result would have been another story.

However, after the Chinese army had confirmed that it was going to launch a counteroffensive against Shanghai, Wei Qidong and Tang Xinyi paid more attention to the movement of various units of the Japanese army in Shanghai.

"The little devils gathered most of the artillery to bombard our forward positions......"

"Our air force has provided air support, and the Japanese artillery positions have been confirmed ......"

Tang Xinyi quickly interpreted the telegram sent by Chen Cheng's command and Nanjing, and then read it to Wei Qidong.

"The main forces of artillery are concentrated?" Hearing the news, Wei Qidong was stunned, and then groaned.

"In that case, it's worth taking the plunge......" Wei Qidong said, after thinking for a moment.

"Brother Dong, what is your plan?" Tang Xinyi turned her head and asked.

Immediately, Wei Qidong told his plan, Tang Xinyi listened to it, nodded, although these will expose a lot of information, but in order to be able to inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army, it is worth it.

Because the Japanese army suffered heavy losses, it ensured from another aspect that the casualties on their side would be reduced, which was a multi-pronged thing.