"Ishihara-kun!" Muto Akira was furious, he stood up with his hands propped on the table and looked down at Ishihara opposite, his eyes erupted with anger: "You can't retreat when you encounter a little difficulty!" This is not the act of a samurai! ”

Not to be outdone, Ishihara stood up and looked directly at Muto Zhang, and said word by word: "There is a serious problem with our strategy, we only need to establish a quarantine zone in North China for China, and the goal of occupying the first line of the Rehe Great Wall in the early stage of the battle has been achieved, and now that the war is expanding, there is no need for the Shanghai Dispatch Army, this is just for your face, and it is not beneficial to the country." Full // this // small // say // net"

"Conquering Shanghai can force the Chinese government to surrender, Shanghai is the industrial and financial center of the Nanjing government, and if you conquer Shanghai, the Nanjing government will no longer be able to fight, and Shanghai can end the North China Incident as soon as possible!" Muto Akira shouted hoarsely.

"The Chinese government has declared Chongqing as the accompanying capital, and most of the government agencies have moved to Chongqing," Ishihara said with a sneer: "Not to mention the capture of Shanghai, even if Nanjing is conquered, the war will not stop, and the empire will be dragged into a long-term war, and it is impossible to support a long-term war with the current strength of the empire." ”

"It can't be! Without Shanghai, how can China resist? Muto Zhang couldn't hold back any longer: "Ishihara-kun, you are cowardly, Ishihara who instigated the Manchurian incident in the first place?" You're still a samurai

"Blindly..."As soon as Ishihara spoke, the Chief of the General Staff, Jun Tada, interrupted him: "The Shanghai operation cannot end under these circumstances. "Ishihara, the empire must be victorious, and if there is a truce in this situation, how will we explain to the people? How to explain to the emperor? Tada Jun said coldly and sternly: "Muto-kun's judgment is feasible, without the industrial and financial support of Shanghai, it is impossible for the Nanjing government to support the war; Besides, the Cabinet has already made a decision to increase the number of troops, and we must support the Cabinet, which is also the Emperor's decision! ”

Ishihara was immediately deflated, and he felt that it was becoming more and more difficult for him to control the staff headquarters. In the following meeting, Ishihara did not say a word, and under the leadership of Tada Jun and Muto Akira, it was decided to increase troops to Shanghai, reinforce the 101st Division and the 9th Division, and most importantly, to increase the Sasebo 2nd Air Wing, the 1st Air Force Wing of the Kwantung Army, the Navy to add three aircraft carriers, and the 7th Air Group, it turned out that the P40 and BF109 were slightly stronger than the current Japanese Air Force, and it was the A5m that could confront these two models. Therefore, it was decided to increase the production of A5m and accelerate the development of new aircraft.

Matsui Shigen's judgment was very accurate, the 57th Division and the 11th Division seized the panic of the Japanese army after the bombing and launched a counterattack against the Japanese army, Ruan Zhaochang commanded a whole brigade to attack Chuanshakou, trying to drive the Japanese army down the Yangtze River, the Japanese army who was cornered resisted desperately, the two sides fought a bloody battle near Chuanshakou, and the Chinese soldiers went forward to attack the Japanese defense line one after another. The Japanese soldiers fought to the death and did not retreat, and a group of people rushed out of the trench with grenades, and rushed over to meet the squadron. , the Japanese fleet once again fired artillery support, the follow-up passage of the 57th Division was cut off, the assault team was all killed, and in the evening the squadron stopped the attack and retreated to Luodian. At this time, the Japanese fleet carried out non-stop artillery attacks, and more than a dozen warships took turns to bombard the Chinese defenders' positions in Luodian.

The 11th Division's attack on Wusongkou was even more tragic. The Japanese army came ashore from Wusongkou with more troops, the third division is the Japanese standing division, which has always been known for its elite, the eleventh division is also China's trump card troops, and the division commander Peng Shan is a desperate third man. The two sides fought fiercely for four hours. It was the Japanese fleet that decided the outcome of this encounter, and the 11th Division was forced to retreat. Withdraw to the big field and hold on.

This day, the first day of landing. The Japanese army lost nearly 3,000 people, and the 56th, 57th, and 11th divisions of the squadron and the 2nd regiment of the teaching corps lost a total of more than 3,000 people. However, most of the Japanese landing materials were destroyed and confined to a small area. Despite the failure of the counterattack of the squadron, the squadron still has the upper hand.

The development of the Songhu war has now exceeded Chiang Kai-shek's expectations, the investment of troops is basically the initial batch of troops, the war has been fought for more than ten days, the squadron has always grasped the initiative on the battlefield, the morale of the officers and men participating in the battle has always been high, the courage to attack and sacrifice, the performance is the best in the past ten years, five years to endure humiliation and burden, the central officers and men fighting in Shanghai today did not disappoint him.

The Japanese landing made Chiang Kai-shek a little worried. The squadron counterattacked and missed. It made him more worried. He decided to readjust the command structure of the Songhu battlefield. Urgent telegram Chen Cheng. Ordered him to rush to Shanghai as soon as possible. He served as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy in the Songhu battlefield. Unified command of all units in the entire Songhu Theater. At the same time, the 67th Division and the 14th Division of Changshu near Nanjing were ordered to reinforce Shanghai. The telegram ordered the 21st Group to speed up. Rush to Shanghai as soon as possible.

The fighting in Shanghai is still raging. China and Japan continued to deploy troops. The scale of the war is growing day by day. In the days that followed. The 57th and 11th Chinese Divisions held on to Luodian and Dachang. On the urban battlefield, the 88th Division was attacked by the enemy on both sides and turned to the defensive. The 2nd Separate Brigade of the 87th and 36th Divisions continued the offensive. The 36th Division and the 2nd Independent Brigade fought hard for two days to conquer the Japanese naval playground. Open a direct passage to the Core Position Command. The 87th Division and the 98th Division attacked Huishan Wharf for the third time. This time they finally crushed the defenders under the threat of Japanese naval guns. Firmly control Huishan Pier. But the whole army lost more than half. Zhang Zhizhong asked for help again.

The day after receiving the order, Chen Cheng rushed to Shanghai to take up the post of commander-in-chief of the former enemy in Songhu. After he measured the overall situation of the Songhu battlefield. It was decided to transfer the 19th Division and the 34th Independent Brigade from the 10th Army. The 19th Division was under the command of Wang Jingjiu, commander of the 88th Division. The 34th Independent Brigade was under the command of Feng Shengfa, commander of the 87th Division. Strive to annihilate the Japanese army in the urban area in one fell swoop.

To Luo shop and Dachang. Chen Cheng also made arrangements. The 14th Division was strengthened in Luodian. The 67th Division was strengthened in the big field. Ordered Luo Zhuoying, commander of the 18th Army, to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Luodian front. Peng Shan served as the commander-in-chief of the field.

Chen Cheng adjusted the deployment. Matsui Ishone didn't rest either. Hasegawa Kiyoshi called for help again after the loss of Huishan Pier. The situation in the urban area does not allow Matsui to hesitate any longer. He used his sister-in-law's troops to land in Pudong to attract the attention of the Chinese defenders. Then there will be additional troops to Yangshupu and Hongkou. Among them, Yangshupu increased the army to a reinforced brigade. Hongkou increased the number of troops by a brigade; In addition, Matsui decided to land in the Lion Grove. in order to break the current stalemate at the landing site. Distract the Chinese defenders.

The next two days. On the ground, both China and Japan are nervously adjusting their deployments. The Chinese side transferred troops from Hangzhou and Nanjing. In addition to a few divisions in the reinforcement area. In addition, there is a group of reinforcements drawn from various security regiments. The Japanese army increased its troops in phases and batches to the urban area.

From the point of view of the whole army, the two sides are still continuing to increase their troops, and the Japanese 91112 divisions and regiments are on board ships from the mainland and the three eastern provinces respectively, and the navy is even more generous, and the commander of the combined fleet, Shusei Nagano, personally led three aircraft carriers and two battleships to join the Shanghai Fleet, so that most of the main forces of the Japanese fleet are concentrated in the outer seas of Shanghai, and the air force strength has increased to 500 combat aircraft, of which 400 are on six aircraft carriers.

After a short period of silence, on 27 August, fierce fighting broke out again in Shanghai, and the Chinese side rushed to the battlefield in addition to the two divisions of the 18th Army, as well as the two divisions of the 74th Army of Yu Jishidi, Wang Yaowu's 51st Division and the 58th Division, and farther away, the vanguard of Hu Zong's First Army in the south had already arrived in Nanjing, Xue Yue's 19th Group Army and Liao Lei's regimental army composed of Guangdong troops and the Central Army, and some other separate troops, such as Guo Rudong's Dichuan Army and Wu Qiwei's Fourth Army.

The two armies that had breathed their breath in the new round of confrontation turned out to be more brutal and bloody than at the beginning.

The war first started from the urban area, the Japanese army launched a counterattack on the Huishan Wharf with the assistance of naval artillery, the fierce artillery fire almost destroyed all the fortifications of the Huishan Wharf, and a regiment of the 98th Division stationed at the wharf was almost completely wiped out, Feng Shengfa urgently reinforced a regiment, and the reinforcements braved the Japanese artillery fire to rush into the Huishan Wharf, leaving nearly half of the troops along the way.

After the artillery fire, the Japanese army pounced on Huishan Wharf from both sides, and the two sides started a bloody battle at Huishan Wharf. As soon as the battle at Huishan Wharf began, the 36th Division in front immediately attacked the Japanese headquarters, and the 88th Division launched an attack on Yangshupu at the same time.

On the sea, 20 Japanese warships were divided into two groups, one wave directly supported the battle at Huishan Wharf, and the other wave carried out indiscriminate artillery bombardment around Huishan Wharf, forming a death blockade with iron and fire. The 400-millimeter cannon on the battleship, a shell came down and smashed a large crater in the hard concrete floor of the dock.

Twenty warships, a total of several hundred cannons, Huishan Pier turned into a death center, and Chinese soldiers fought back against the Japanese attack among the craters and rubble. Aid, the Japanese fleet's support for the Hongkou Command and Yangshupu was also strong, with 18 warships against Hongkou and 10 against Yangshupu.

Song Xilian's attack was very fierce with the support of the heavy artillery brigade, but the momentum of the attack was quickly suppressed by the Japanese army, and the entire area from the naval playground to the patriotic girls' school was burned into a sea of shells.

Zhang Zhizhong, who was supervising the battle in Jiangwan, saw this situation in his heart, and his heart ached, of course he knew how much it would cost to attack in this situation, and he couldn't help but grab the phone: "Commander-in-Chief Chen, I ask for air force support, we can't suppress the Japanese artillery fire, we can't take the enemy's position, and the Huishan wharf is likely to be lost." ”

"I have already proposed air force support to Nanjing," the voice from the microphone was very calm: "Commander Zhang, there is no victory without paying the price, hold on, our air force will be almost here." ”

The Chinese Air Force has not yet arrived, the Japanese Air Force arrived first, a large number of Japanese planes flew over the city, and then began to dive bombing, Zhang Zhi Center was anxious, planes, what about the planes of the Chinese Air Force?

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