The failure of the Huishan Wharf was successful, the Japanese army's crazy counterattack and powerful naval artillery fire made the 87th Division that attacked the wharf untenable, Feng Shengfa was forced to retreat to the north of Broadway Road, the 87th Division suffered heavy casualties, especially the main attack of the Yi Anhua Regiment, the regiment commander Yi Anhua was wounded, two of the three battalion commanders were killed, one was seriously wounded, all the officers below the company were replaced, the casualties of the whole division were as high as more than 2,000 people, and the two tank companies attached to it were all destroyed; The Japanese troops defending on the opposite side also suffered heavy casualties, and the more than 400 marines at the Huishan wharf and the four tanks and more than 300 marines who were reinforced afterwards were only one tank and more than 200 men left after the squadron retreated.

After a hard battle, the 36th Division attacking Hongkou completely annihilated the Japanese garrison in Hongkou Park and approached the core position of the Japanese army, the naval headquarters. The casualties of the 36th Division were also very serious, they entered the battle earlier, and they were always responsible for frontal attacks, every step forward, every building, every street was won in a bloody battle, and the whole division suffered more than 3,000 casualties, which was almost broken; The 88th and 98th Divisions all fought bloody battles with all their might, and suffered more than one-third of the casualties, while the 98th Division suffered nearly half of the casualties due to poor equipment and dull tactics. With such high casualties, if you want to change to the battlefield of the civil war, the troops will not be able to fight again, but on this battlefield, the morale of the troops has not been damaged at all, and the desire for war is equally strong.

Zhang Zhi's center was in a hurry, and he had a premonition that the Japanese reinforcements were imminent, and it was only three or four days' journey from Japan to Shanghai, and the war had begun on 14 August to today. It's been eight days, even if you add the time spent on mobilization. Japanese reinforcements were also about to arrive, and it was necessary to capture the Japanese stronghold in Shanghai before the Japanese reinforcements.

Zhang Zhizhong reported the situation of the battle to the Third Theater Command and at the same time asked for reinforcements, when his telegram reached the Third Theater Command. Gu Zhutong, deputy commander of the Third Theater, and a group of staff officers were studying and judging the battle in Shanghai in the war room.

"Where's Commander Feng?" Gu Zhutong put the telegram on the table and looked up and asked.

"Commander Feng went to the city to participate in the anti-Japanese mobilization meeting of all walks of life in Wuxi," the staff officer replied: "After the meeting, it is said that a forum of well-known people from all walks of life in Wuxi will be held, and it is estimated that he will not be able to return until midnight." ”

Gu Zhutong had a gloomy face, although Feng Yuxiang was the commander of the Third Theater, the troops in the Third Theater were mainly the Central Army so far, and Feng Yuxiang was basically under his command. He also simply acted as a hands-off shopkeeper, pushed all the matter to Gu Zhutong, went into the city all day long to discuss with all walks of life, raise donations, and hurriedly asked a few words about the battle situation when he came back.

"When is this, and he is still in the mood to do this, is he here to be the commander or to do propaganda and agitation." There was a staff officer next to him who muttered "quietly". These staff officers from the central department didn't take Feng Yuxiang seriously at all. He often commented on his behavior presumptuously, and at the same time despised some of his mannerisms, including the gray cloth military uniform and leggings he wore all year round.

"Don't talk nonsense," Gu Zhutong said impatiently. He did not stop the staff officers from complaining, which usually pleased him. But now that the war in Shanghai is not going well, he is not in the mood to listen to these nonsense: "Commander Zhang asks for help." Do you see the reinforcements from there? ”

Gu Zhutong didn't ask if he should be reinforced, he knew Zhang Zhizhong very well. This is a steady and honest person, who dares to rise up at a critical moment and will never cower from the battle, and his current request for help shows that the battle below is already very difficult.

"The troops that can be mobilized around are the 56th Division of the Ninth Group Army, but this force has to defend the long defensive line between Wusongkou and Liuhekou, which is really not suitable for mobilization, and the only thing left is to draw troops from the Eighth Group Army and the Eighteenth Army, and I suggest that a division be transferred from the Eighth Group to join the siege of Shanghai." The chief of staff looked at the situation map on the map and said that he did not mention the 18th Army, and that two of the three divisions of the 18th Army had already arrived in Shanghai, the 11th Division was in Dachang, the 14th Division was on the Wufu defense line in Changshu, the 67th Division and the military headquarters were still in Suzhou and Wuxi, and the 74th Army had already passed through Nanjing and was marching towards the Shanghai battlefield. However, these troops cannot be moved lightly, first of all, Chen Cheng will not agree, and secondly, Dachang is a key strategic point, and there is absolutely no room for loss.

"Tune that troop?" Gu Zhutong also looked at the map. He asked without looking up.

"If you want to transfer, you can transfer two divisions. One division is too little. Two divisions were transferred. The chief of staff knew that Gu Zhutong basically agreed. He further said: "I think the 62nd and 57th divisions will be transferred. "It's actually a risky move. The Eighth Group defended the northern shore of Hangzhou Bay. The area is very large. The number of troops is already slightly insufficient. Troops will be redeployed. The strength of the army is even more insufficient.

"Two divisions?" Gu Zhutong hesitated. Shaking his head, he said, "No." Zhang Fakui's division had only four divisions and one brigade in total. At this time, two divisions were transferred. What if the Japanese landed? ”

Speaking of this, he looked at the map: "What do you think about transferring a division from Liu Jianxu's Tenth Group Army?" Two other divisions have already reached the vicinity of Hangzhou. As he spoke, he made up his mind: "The headquarters of the 57th Division of the Eighth Army and the 19th Division of Li Jue of the 10th Army will be transferred to the Ninth Army." Under the command of Zhang Zhizhong. Let Zhang Zhizhong designate a staging place for them. and assign tasks. ”

See the Chief of Staff drafting orders. Gu Zhutong added: "Be stern. Arrive tomorrow morning only. The base camp gets the information. The Japanese have already sent 50,000 troops to reinforce Shanghai. It is estimated that it will be there soon. Where will these 50,000 people go? Not Jin Shanwei. It is the mouth of the Liuhe River and the mouth of Hupu. Tell Peng Shan and Zhang Fakui to step up vigilance. ”

Jinshanwei and Liuhekou are the most suitable landing areas in the north and south of Shanghai. Landing from the mouth of the Liuhe River. The Japanese army could attack Taicang directly. cut off the supply lines to Shanghai in one fell swoop; Hupukou landing. You can take Changshu directly. Not only can it cut off the supply line from Shanghai. It is also possible to cut the Wufu defense line in two; The landing from Jinshanwei is even more terrifying. More than 20 kilometers northwest of Jinshanwei is Songjiang. It is the transportation hub of Shanghai and Hangzhou. If the Japanese army conquers Songjiang. It can not only cut off the connection between Shanghai and Hangzhou. And it can threaten the Beijing-Shanghai railway. Completely cut off the Shanghai supply line. More importantly. You can also go west along the Beijing-Hangzhou National Highway. Outflanking Nanjing. Therefore, the army of these two places must not be missing in any case. From Chiang Kai-shek to Zhang Zhizhong, Zhang Fakui, and Liu Jianxu all understood. its importance. Therefore, although Zhang Zhizhong still had a complete 56th Division in his hands, it did not move. He still asked for help from the Third War Zone. Gu Zhutong still sent reinforcements to him.

The 57th Division of Nguyen Zhaochang was very close to Shanghai, and it would arrive in two hours. Li Jue's 19th Division was relatively far away, but the traffic of this generation was good, the whole division was crowded on a train, even the front roof was crowded with people, and rushed to Shanghai in the early morning, and the division commander Li Jue rushed to the headquarters of the Nanxiang Group Army to accept the task.

He had just stepped through the gates of the headquarters. I felt that the atmosphere in the headquarters was tense, the officers were in and out of the war room, everyone seemed to be trotting to do things, he stood there for a while, but no one paid attention to him, Li Jue couldn't help but be a little angry, anyway, we are still a lieutenant general.

"Report! The 19th Division of the National Revolutionary Army was ordered to rush to Shanghai to participate in the battle. Ask the Commander to assign the task! Li Jue's Yunnan people's temper attacked, and he opened his voice and yelled.

The room suddenly fell silent, Zhang Zhizhong looked up and hurried over: "Yunsheng, hard work." I didn't expect you to arrive so soon, I thought you wouldn't be there until dawn. ”

To Li Jue. Zhang Zhizhong is not very familiar with it, but he is not completely unaware. He is He Jian's favorite general and son-in-law, and Zhang Zhizhong is more familiar with He Jian. I've seen Li Jue before, but now Zhang Zhizhong can't care about greetings, he pulls Li Jue to the map.

"I just got a report that several hundred Japanese troops landed at Chuanshakou, where we only had one company, and another part of the Japanese troops landed at Zhanghuabin and the railway wharf in the south of Wusong Town, and the police corps and the security corps were guarding there."

As soon as Zhang Zhizhong's words fell, Li Jue understood that these two places would definitely not be able to stop the Japanese army from landing, and he immediately asked: "Which place is the main force of the Japanese army?" ”

Zhang Zhizhong smiled: "Yunsheng is really brave and good at fighting, but it is not clear where the main force of the Japanese army is, but it doesn't matter, we must hold it, that is, there are two places that the Japanese army must capture, one is Dachang, the other is Taicang, there are 11 divisions in Dachang, they arrived yesterday, I have ordered the 11th division to send a regiment to Luodian, just now I have transferred the second regiment of the headquarters to Wusong Town, you immediately rush to Zhang Huabin." ”

Zhang Zhizhong said that the last tone was mild at the beginning, and turned to stern and abnormal, but he shouted luck in his heart, fortunately, he asked for help, Gu Zhutong reacted quickly, and transferred two divisions to him at once, otherwise the situation would really become very bad, his strength was simply not enough to attack Hongkou and Yangshupu, and counterattack the enemy's landing.

Li Jue didn't say a word, he immediately turned around and left, he didn't open his mouth to ask for equipment, the equipment of the Hunan army was very poor, but the name of the Hunan army for being good at fighting was famous all over the world. As long as there is one Hunan person, China will not die! Every soldier of the Hunan army firmly remembered this sentence.

Zhang Zhizhong looked at his back and opened his mouth and shouted: "Yunsheng, pay attention to the Japanese artillery fire, the Japanese artillery fire is very fierce,..., be careful!" ”

Li Jue grinned slightly, turned around and left. In the end, Zhang Zhizhong did not hand over the heavy artillery brigade at hand to him, because with the intensity of the Japanese artillery fire, one heavy artillery brigade was not enough, and it was better to make more efforts to take Shanghai.

"Order, the 2nd Independent Brigade and the Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade will be assigned to the 36th Division, the 98th Division will be strengthened to the 87th Division, and the 88th Division will continue to attack Yangshupu and continue to attack tomorrow! The 57th Division sent reinforcements to Baoshan and Luodian. ”

Zhang Zhizhong made up his mind, and at all costs, he first took the Japanese army in the Shanghai stronghold, cut off the enemy's land stronghold, and then turned the whole army to the south bank of the Yangtze River to meet the landing enemy.

The news of the Japanese landing reached the headquarters of the Third Theater of Operations in Xiaojishan, Wuxi, as soon as possible, and Gu Zhutong got the report, and even called him lucky, fortunately Zhang Zhizhong was transferred to two divisions yesterday, and when he got up from his bed and rushed to the war room, he still did not see Feng Yuxiang's figure.

"How's it going? Is it clear that it is the main force of the Japanese army? Gu Zhutong was a little worried that this was the Japanese army's strategy to attack the west, intending to induce the squadron to transfer the defenders on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay, and then take the opportunity to sneak attack Hangzhou Bay and land from Jinshanwei, which would be a big trouble.

"No, the latest report of the Ninth Group shows that there are only a few hundred Japanese troops, and the intelligence from the base camp says that there are 50,000 reinforcements in Shanghai, and it is not certain that it is the main force of the Japanese army." A staff officer replied.

Gu Zhutong nodded and didn't say anything, but walked to the sand table, carefully figuring out Matsui Shigen's intentions, he didn't ask the commander of the theater Feng Yuxiang where he went, Feng Yuxiang did not live in Xiaoji Mountain, but lived in Gaozi Shuiju in Yuchitou, Jincheng Bay, Wuli Lake, and it was still a few miles away from here," a staff officer said very dissatisfiedly: "The air supremacy is in our hands, and they dare to land in such a big way." ”

Gu Zhutong suddenly turned to stare at the staff officer and asked, "What did you say?" ”

"I say, the Japanese are so arrogant that they forgot that in the sky we have the upper hand, and we can bombard their beachhead with the air force, killing and wounding their living forces." The staff officer replied without fear.

"What's your name? What position? Gu Zhutong asked coldly.

"Report sir, my name is Wu Qixiu, a native of the Northeast, a graduate of the XX phase of the Central Military Academy, a reconnaissance staff officer, graduated last year, with the rank of lieutenant." Wu Qixiu replied with his chest straight, he was a little nervous, most of the staff officers in the theater command were colonel-level officers, and a lieutenant like him was only worthy of delivering a word and sending documents, and he really couldn't help but say it today.

"You're from the Northeast?" Gu Zhutong was a little surprised, not many Northeast people chose to enter the Central Military Academy, and most of them went to the Northeast Army: "Why didn't you go to the Northeast Army?" Instead, apply for the Central Military Academy? ”

"I don't want to go to the army that is greedy for life and afraid of death, and I lost the three eastern provinces without letting go of a shot, such an army is not worthy of my service." Wu Qixiu did not hesitate, after Zhuang Jihua rescued him from the police in Nanjing, he and several classmates sat on the playground of Jinling University, singing "On the Songhua River" over and over again, crying over and over again, until the tears dried up, no more, and he went to apply for the Central Military Academy at dawn the next day.

Gu Zhutong nodded, with a smile on his face: "Order, Lieutenant Wu Qixiu will be promoted to captain from now on." ”

Several staff officers next to him looked at Wu Qixiu with some envy and jealousy, but heard Gu Zhutong say again: "Contact Nanjing immediately and ask the Air Force to bomb the Japanese beachhead and teach them a lesson." If there is no one in sight, the proud soldiers will be defeated. ”

It was a tense night, both armies were moving frequently, the troops of the 56th Division were assembled in Luodian from all over the country, the 57th Division was moving to Baoshan, the 19th Division was moving quickly to Zhang Huabin, the 2nd Regiment of the Teaching Corps was moving to Wusong Town, the 2nd Independent Brigade cautiously entered the starting point of the attack, and Peng Shan, the 11th Division of Dachang, immediately sent a regiment to Luodian after learning the news of the Japanese landing, and he was keenly aware that Luodian would be a key.

Unbeknownst to all, the war began to accelerate from this point on sliding down another path, a completely different path.

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