The battlefield continued to be fierce, the Chinese Air Force frequently dispatched to bomb the Japanese positional army to start a fierce battle, both sides suffered heavy losses, only eight of the 42 Chinese Air Force were left, and Liu Cuigang, one of the four heroes of the Air Force, died. , qВ5, CoМ//$-$, and the losses of the Japanese army were even heavier, and only 236 of the more than 500 aircraft that were again put into Songhu were left, and more than half of them were lost. However, Japan's strong production capacity soon made up for the drawdown, and by mid-October the sky was once again full of Japanese aircraft.

The delay in opening up the situation on the Shanghai battlefield made the Japanese government extremely angry, and decided to send five divisions from North China, Northeast China, and China to reinforce Shanghai again.

At the beginning of October, the squadron took advantage of the temporary superiority in the air, with the 21st Group Army as the main force in Luodian Dachang Yunzaoban to launch a large-scale counterattack, the soldiers of the Gui Army who rushed from Guangxi rushed to kill, and confronted the Japanese army with flesh and blood, once attacked Wusong Town, compressing the Japanese army to the riverside, but in the end it was pushed back by the Japanese counterattack force because of too heavy casualties, and the war fell into a stalemate again.

After the failure of the counterattack, Chiang Kai-shek once again came to Songhu to supervise the battle, he held a military meeting in Nanxiang to adjust the operational deployment, and divided the entire battlefield into two major groups, the left group included the urban battlefield, the battlefield on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and was commanded by Chen Cheng; The right group included the northern shore of Hangzhou Bay, the Pudong battlefield, and was under the unified command of Zhang Kui. In addition, at Zhang Zhizhong's request, Zhang Zhizhong was dismissed from the post of commander of the Ninth Group Army, reappointed as director of the base camp management department, and Zhu Shaoliang took over as commander of the Ninth Group Army.

The Left Group is the heavy army group of the squadron, and almost all the elite soldiers are in this group, the Ninth Group Army, the Fifteenth Group Army, the Twenty-first Group Army, Xue Yue's Nineteenth Group Army, in addition to Hu Zongnan's First Army, Yu Jishi's Seventy-fourth Army, and Huang Jie's Tax Police Regiment, all of which are equipped with German armaments, and there are also two heavy artillery regiments directly under the Military Commission, and the two heavy artillery regiments are equipped with artillery imported from Germany, with a total strength of up to 600,000 people.

In comparison, the right group was too shabby, with only Zhang Kui's Eighth Army and the Tenth Army, and these two group armies were greatly weakened, and the original strength of nearly eight divisions was transferred to the left group. However, the focus of the Japanese attack was on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and such a deployment was understandable.

Among all the generals attending the meeting, Yang Sen, the newly arrived commander of the 24th Group Army, was the most proud, and his unit was the only one who was fully equipped and better equipped among all the troops. When passing through Nanjing, He Yingqin, deputy chief of the general staff, and Bai Chongxi, were shocked.

After arriving in Songhu, everyone who had been to his troops was extremely shocked. For example, the 21st Group Army, the 60 mortars were equipped to the regimental level, the Seventh Army, the main ace of the Gui Army, was also equipped with 20 or 30 cannons, and the German Armament Division of the Central Army was equipped with only 60 or 70 cannons. However, his troops were equipped with hundreds of artillery pieces in one division, and each division also had an air defense battalion, which had never appeared in China before, and made almost all generals envious.

After Chiang Kai-shek announced the adjustment, Chen Cheng then announced the adjustment of the Left Group, with the 20th Army of the 24th Army taking over the defense of the First Army at Luodian and the 47th Army taking over the Yuepu position; Xue Yue's 19th Army took over the Dachang Yunzaobin position, and the 74th Army joined the west bank of Suzhou Creek under the command of Zhu Shaoliang. The First Army and the Eighteenth Army suffered heavy casualties, and retreated to Nanxiang to rest and replenish.

Chen Cheng's deployment cannot be said to be selfish, Luodian is the main battlefield, the First Army has withstood the Japanese army's attack in Luodian for more than half a month, with more than half of the casualties, and even the army commander Hu Zongnan is ready to go to the front line with a gun, and it is understandable to withdraw and make up for it; The Eighteenth Army was his heart, and it had been in the war for a long time and suffered heavy casualties; In addition, the Ninth Army, which had always been fighting on the front line, had suffered heavy casualties, and the 36th, 87th, and 88th divisions had already been replenished four times, and the personnel were extremely tired, but now there was no way to let them withdraw to rest and recuperate.

After Chen Cheng finished his announcement, Chiang Kai-shek specially said to Yang Sen: "Commander Yang, Luodian and Yuepu are the two major support points of the Songhu battlefield, Luodian has always been the focus of the Japanese army's attack, the First Army has been there for half a month, and the casualties are very large; Yuepu, on the other hand, isolated the two landing fields of Chuanshakou and Wusong, forcing the Japanese army to fight in two isolated areas; Commander Yang, your task is very heavy, and you must hold these two positions. ”

"Please rest assured, Chairman. The officers and men of our Sichuan army have lived up to the trust of the country and the expectations of the Sichuan people. One to repay the country with death. Never abandon the position. If the position is lost. I, Janssen, would like to take my head to atone for my sin. Janssen staggered to his feet and replied loudly.

Good. Chiang Kai-shek nodded with satisfaction: "You sit." Since the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War. The morale of the army and the people was greatly boosted. The warriors of the Quartet are determined to go to the end. No flinching. We will be able to fight this battle. Comfort the people of the whole country. Declare our resolve to the world! ”

Chiang Kai-shek invigorated the morale of the army at the venue. Adjournment of the meeting. Chen Cheng and Bai Chongxi gathered in the rest room. Chen Cheng proposed to retreat from Shanghai at an appropriate time. Lead the Japanese army to the Wufu line. to consume its strength. And then annihilate it in one fell swoop. Bai Chongxi had made a similar suggestion as early as Nanjing. But since Chen Cheng also said so. He also again proposed the withdrawal of troops from Shanghai. and re-state the reasons for other places. The strategic objective of the Shanghai operation is about to be achieved. The gains outweigh the losses if you continue to fight. Some time ago, our army had a brief air superiority. But now the Air Force is losing too much. Combat power cannot be replenished in time. The Japanese will regain air superiority. By that time, it will be too late for our troops to retreat.

But their proposal was again vetoed by Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek was a little excited and very resolute and said: "President Roosevelt once said. God help self-help; About China and Japan

The Brussels conference is just around the corner. If we retreat from Shanghai at this time, it will have a very bad impact. It is quite possible that the Brussels conference will make a decision in favor of the Japanese. In any case, we will stay until the end of the Brussels meeting! ”

Chen Cheng and Bai Chongxi were speechless. Bai Chongxi shook his head secretly in his heart. A few days ago, Song Meiling's niece openly declared in the newspaper that there would be no results from the Brussels meeting. But Chiang Kai-shek just wouldn't listen. I don't know what kind of evil he has committed.

At this time, Qian Dajun came in to report to Yang Sen for a meeting, and Chiang Kai-shek bowed slightly, waved Yang Sen in, and asked him what was the matter. Yang Sen said honestly: "Chairman, when I met the Cultural Revolution in Wuhan, he asked me to hand over this letter to the chairman, and at the same time he asked me to convey a word to the chairman, be wary of Jinshanwei, if Japan increases its troops again, the landing point must be Jinshanwei." ”

Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Cheng and Bai Chongxi exchanged glances with each other, Chiang Kai-shek tore open the envelope, but Bai Chongxi asked in surprise: "Japan has increased its troops again?" Does he have intelligence? ”

After Xu Gesen's car was bombed, Nanjing launched a large-scale investigation operation, Huang Jun was arrested, and soon he admitted the fact of acting as a spy for the Japanese army, and Liao Yaquan was arrested immediately, which led to the cracking of almost all the spy networks deployed by Japan in Nanjing, and the Central Union was honored in this operation. Dai Li soon learned the reason for Zhongtong's meritorious service, and he began to ask Zhuang Jihua for someone, but Zhongtong's movements were faster, Xu Enzeng's actions were faster, and after reporting to Chiang Kai-shek that day, he turned around and asked Zhuang Jihua for people through Huachun.

Their actions made Zhuang Jihua both happy and angry, he had already proposed to send lurkers to Japan, but until today they have not made specific achievements, which cannot but disappoint him to the extreme. Zhuang Jihua also felt that it was difficult to handle the two dignitaries, to be honest, he didn't want to give it to anyone, and it was not too much for these two spies to count as an army of 100,000. However, after thinking about it, he still decided to hand it over to Xu Enzeng, mainly because Wang Xiaoshan had already contacted Xu Enzeng, but he did not give it to him completely, but asked Wang Xiaoshan to establish a liaison station in Shanghai, which was only responsible for contacting Daze, and did not contact any of the students of Zhongtong in Shanghai, nor did he participate in any of their activities. Osawa's information goes through three procedures, the first is to receive the information, the second is translated into a code, and the third is to send it, and the code is separated from the operator.

Huang Jun's espionage case left too much impression on Bai Chongxi, he thought that Zhuang Jihua's Arhat was providing information again, but in fact, this time Zhuang Jihua was completely judged based on his military talent.

"I don't know this," Yang Sen spread his hands: "He was in Wuhan to check the logistics preparations, and we talked for more than two hours, he thought that if the Japanese army could not open up the situation on the south bank of the Yangtze River for a long time, it would inevitably increase its troops, and the beachhead on the south bank of the Yangtze River could not accommodate so many troops, and the Japanese army would inevitably find no way, and Jinshanwei was the best location." ”

With Bai Chongxi's military literacy, he and Chen Cheng have been anxious about the Songhu war these days, and the casualties are too great, this time is different from the civil war, no one retains strength, whether it is a miscellaneous card or the central army, they are all going all out. Chiang Kai-shek's shot was the three most elite Imperial Forest Army, the first army of the Huangpu starting army in Xi'an was also transferred, the seventh army of the Gui starting army was transferred, the 35th Army of He Jian's main force was transferred, and Yu Hanmou's first army of the Guangdong army was transferred.

Anxious like this, his thinking was temporarily solidified, and he had been targeting the Japanese army in front of him, but he didn't know that the Japanese army could increase its troops again; The south bank of the Yangtze River has already attracted the full strength of the squadron, and it has just become a trap for the Japanese to lure the enemy, and if another force is sent to insert a knife in the soft underbelly of Jinshanwei, the Shanghai front is bound to collapse completely.

Chiang Kai-shek read Zhuang Jihua's letter at this time, and the content of the letter was roughly the same meaning, but Zhuang Jihua further proposed that two whole armies should be kept on the Wufu line anyway, and one whole army should be kept in Songjiang.

After reading it, Chiang Kai-shek handed the letter to Chen Cheng, and Chen Cheng read it and handed it to Bai Chongxi, and after Bai Chongxi read it, Chiang Kai-shek withdrew his gaze from the window.

"Tell me, how's it going?" Chiang Kai-shek had an indescribable feeling in his heart, and he had some doubts that Zhuang Jihua's purpose was to leave the 24th Group Army on the Wufu line, but he didn't know why he wanted to do it.

"I think it's doable." Bai Chongxi first stated that he didn't want to fight the Songhu War, and if the transfer of troops led to the loss of Luodian Dachang, it would also end the Songhu War: "One army from the 24th Group Army and one army from the 19th Group Army will be transferred to defend the Wufu Line, and use the defense fortifications there to fight the Japanese army." ”

"What about Shanghai? Lost to the Japanese? Chiang Kai-shek's tone was very unhappy: "Regardless of the international influence? ”

"Even if we want to transfer troops, we can't transfer our Sichuan army, and if we don't let go of a shot, we will go back, which is not good for the morale of the troops." Yang Sen said at this time: "Commander Chen has just readjusted his deployment, and he will change immediately, which is not good, why don't you do this, the First Army and the Eighteenth Army will be withdrawn from time to time to reunite?" simply pull directly to the Wufu line to make up for it, and add the security regiments of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to these two armies within half a month. Hong Junqi's logistics department in Wuhan stored a batch of weapons and ammunition made in Chongqing, and asked him to immediately send a batch to Nanjing and Shanghai, and there was also a transport squadron in Wuhan, with more than 80 Dodge trucks, all of which were transferred over. ”

"There are more than 80 cars, how many good things are still in the pocket of this Zhuang Cultural Revolution

Bai Chongxi was very surprised and couldn't help but ask Chen Cheng, and then smiled bitterly, he also #

"These cars are all produced by the Chongqing Automobile Factory," Yang Sen said with a slight smug smile, he also has shares in these things: "The Cultural Revolution has been carried out in Sichuan in the southwest over the years, and I can't see it in the past few years. ”

It's good that he didn't mention this, but when he mentioned this, Chen Cheng's face was a little bad, Luo Zhuoying and Zhu Shaoliang both complained to him that the central government was opening up to the southwest, and all the benefits were taken by the Sichuan army. Look at the equipment of the Sichuan army, it is much stronger than the central army.

"You are the first to get the moon near the water." Bai Chongxi noticed Chen Cheng's expression, so he distinguished Yang Sen, or more precisely, Zhuang Jihua

"What about Jin Shanwei?" Chiang Kai-shek didn't care about those, equipping the Sichuan army was a good thing that had been said a long time ago, what he was not worried about now was Jin Shanwei, it was a good idea to transfer the First Army and the Eighteenth Army to guard the Wufu line, the Brussels Conference was held in early November, as long as he held it for another month, he would withdraw his troops from Shanghai, and it is estimated that the two armies would only be reorganized at that time. Yang Sen did not understand the situation, and the security regiments in Jiangsu and Zhejiang had already been replenished into the troops, and the only way to replenish them was to transfer the security regiments from Jiangxi, Anhui, and even Hunan and Hubei.

The security regiment is a bit like the reserve force in Chongqing, but it is more professional than the reserve, and it usually maintains law and order, suppresses bandits, and generally does not go out of the province to fight, and the security regiment in some areas does not leave the county. These security regiments can be added to the regular army as a supplement when the regular army loses too much.

"Wu Keren's division and the 62nd Division transferred from Henan were transferred to Songjiang, and the 62nd Division has been on the front line for a long time, and it also needs to be reorganized." Chen Cheng sighed and said that the strength of these two forces is not strong, but he can't do it now.

"These two divisions are not strong in combat." Bai Chongxi was a little worried, Wu Keren was in the Northeast Army system, he was transferred to northern Henan after the Xi'an Incident, he fought on the Pinghan Line after the Lugouqiao Incident, and participated in the battle to receive the withdrawal of the 29th Army from Pingjin, and the losses were also very large, and because of the hatred of the Xi'an Incident, the central government's supplement to the Northeast Army was very inadequate.

"Jiansheng, isn't the 21st Group Army going to be reorganized, just let them go to Songjiang to remediate, what do you think?" Chiang Kai-shek's brain suddenly opened up. After the failure of the attack of the 21st Group Army, the whole army suffered heavy casualties, and it had to retreat to make up for it, so it was pulled to the northern part of Hangzhou Bay for rectification, so that with the troops of the Eighth Army and the Tenth Group Army, how could it be blocked for a few days, and for a few days, whether it was reinforcement or retreat, there was plenty of time.

Bai Chongxi calmed down slightly, he knew in his heart that although the 21st Group Army was the main force of the Gui Army, the equipment of the Gui Army itself was worse than that of the Central Army, and the losses were very large.

"Since the chairman of the committee has ordered the army, the 21st Group Army has an unshirkable responsibility, but in addition to the personnel of the 21st Group Army in the early counteroffensive, the loss of weapons and ammunition is also very large, and it must be replenished as soon as possible."

Chiang Kai-shek would certainly not refuse this request.

On 14 and 15 October, there was a rare calm in the Songhu battlefield, and both the Chinese and Japanese armies were adjusting their arrangements and preparing to deal with a new round of fierce battles that were about to explode.

The calm on the battlefield made the soldiers panic, Matsui Shigen was very depressed, the news from the military department, the new reinforcements of the troops from the 6th Division, the 18th Division, the 114th Division, plus the Kunizaki Detachment formed the 10th Army, commanded by Yanagawa Heisuke, although nominally still under his command, in fact, alone in the north of Hangzhou Bay Jinshanwei, Quangongting, Jinsiniangqiao, Caojing landing, and then attack Songjiang, after taking Songjiang, along the Beijing-Hangzhou Highway directly to Nanjing, outflanking the so-called national defense line of the Chinese government.

It has been almost two months since the war, and the performance of the squadron has surprised him, how many times have he seen the soldiers of the branch from the telescope braving the continuous attack, he has invested in the ninth division and the sixteenth division, but a month has passed, the squadron's position is standing still, and all the attacks are shattered on this position.

In addition to Luodian, another operational focus was Dachang, where he invested the 3rd Division, the 11th Division, and Li Chunshan's detachment. This Li Chunshan was originally the Northeast Army, after 918 participated in the Volunteer Army, later surrendered to the Japanese, became a traitor, this time to Songhu to participate in the war, the Japanese army in line with the principle of governing China with China, from the Northeast transferred two puppet armies, Li Chunshan and Yu Zhishan; Among them, Yu Zishan participated in the battle in Hongkou. The attack on the big field was also defeated.

After a long delay in the occupation of Shanghai, His Majesty Hirohito began to pay attention to the war in Shanghai, and this increase in troops was promoted by the emperor, and Ishihara Wanji, who was resolutely opposed to the increase of troops, announced his resignation.

Ishihara had always opposed the expansion of the war, repeatedly obstructing the increase of troops, but instead he was instigating Prime Minister Konoe to negotiate face-to-face with Chiang Kai-shek, and openly ridiculed Sugiyama's assertion that "China should be defeated in three months."

The fierce battle that lasted for more than a month, the same as the squadron, the casualties of the divisions and regiments in the Japanese army were equally tragic, and the country sent new recruits twice to reunite, but the battle situation was still deadlocked, and the squadron continued to deploy troops.

"It seems that I can only land in Jinshanwei, there is really no way, these damn people." Matsui said to himself indignantly that his merits were much smaller than his colleagues in the north.

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