At noon, with the bombing of the air force, Shanghai Tang unfolded in front of Major General Du Yuming like the end of the world. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Black smoke from explosions and fires filled the sky over half of the city, and the flames were blazing and black smoke obscured the sky. Thin, chain-like tracer projectiles shot out of the hellish smoke into the sky, where it was your own plane, the blue sky and white sun of the military emblem clearly visible under the wings as the plane flipped over. This is Shanghai, the former prosperity has become a ruined house, and there are no people in the telescope at all, like a landscape painting that has been maliciously torn up, revealing only the gray and black dilapidated back wall.

"Brother Guangting, within three days, our army will be able to take Hongkou and annihilate three thousand trapped beasts, and then we won't need your precious armored brigade." In the trench outside the headquarters, Lieutenant General Sun Yuanliang, commander of the 88th Division, was shining in his riding boots, and the horsewhip in his hand pointed to the burning city in front of him, full of ambition. After he finished speaking, he glanced at Du Yuming, who was covered with mud on his leather boots, and said with a smile: "You can't look like this, if you are seen by the principal, you will definitely be disciplined." ”

The air force is bombing, but the troops do not seem to be ready for a full-scale attack in order to launch an attack while the air force has air supremacy. Major General Du Yuming, who was deeply educated by Li Kongrong in Berlin, could not help but shake his head loudly, and in his opinion, this completely violated the principle of integrated air and ground operations. It's just that the old classmate Sun Yuanliang is on the rise, and Du Yuming, who put down the binoculars, is not good at defeat, so he only said: "I can't help it, the motorized infantry brigade has just been formed, maybe it will go to the battlefield that day, so I have to practice hard." ”

After signing a contract for the purchase of tanks and radios (the existing armored regiments were not equipped with radios) in Skoda, Czechoslovakia, Du Yuming went to France to sign a contract for 120mm mortars. After thinking about the incomplete armored regiment in the country, he hurriedly took a plane back to China, and after seeing Chang Kaishen's report to Europe, Lushan Meilu immediately requested that the armored regiment be expanded into an armored brigade immediately, including a motorized infantry regiment and an artillery regiment. After all, he is a protégé of the Son of Heaven, what Chang Kaishen wants is to have an armored force that can fight, and not to lag behind the powers.

The armored brigade had just been formed last month, and the personnel had not yet arrived, and at Du Yuming's insistence, the troops did not go north as they did in history, but this month, when the battle began in Shanghai, Chang Kaishen personally inquired about the situation of the armored brigade, and saw that the armored brigade was fully established, so he asked Du Yuming to transfer an armored regiment to Shanghai for training. In addition to two tank battalions (actually tank companies, each company has 16 British-made Vickers tanks), the armored regiment also has a motorized infantry battalion and an 81mm mortar battalion. At this time, the troop establishment was complete, but the infantry and artillery tactics had not yet been trained in place, so they had to train their troops on the spot.

"Then you can practice hard." Sun Yuanliang felt a little funny, but he admired Du Yuming's ability to expand the establishment -- after turning around Europe, he fooled the old man and forcibly turned the armored regiment into an armored brigade, and in the future, it will become an armored division and armored army. "Brother, if there is anything you can do to help, just say it."

"My brother is short of gasoline right now. And in case the attack order really comes down, I also ask the mountain artillery battalion in Brother Yuanliang's division to help the younger brother suppress the Japanese firepower. Du Yuming said his request, he suddenly thought of the Li Hansheng cocktail again, and said with a smile, "Little brother is going to Europe to learn a sharp weapon," he then turned his head to look at Hou Teng, "Hou Teng, bring the cocktail." ”

"Cocktails?" Sun Yuanliang squinted and smiled, "What is this?" ”

"Brother Yuanliang will know it after seeing it." Du Yuming smiled, at this time, Hou Teng commanded the two soldiers to immediately make cocktails, and while making them, he recited something like 'fifty percent alcohol, one percent glue', and in less than two minutes, this thing was loaded. Du Yuming said, "The weakest point of the tank is the engine, anti-tank combat can arrange this cocktail in the first trench, and when the enemy tank approaches or passes, the infantry throws this cocktail at the front observation hole of the tank, the rear engine cover, the exhaust port, and the fuel tank." After Du Yuming finished speaking, the soldiers over there threw out the cocktail they had lit, and the bottle burst with a 'clang', and the flames burned with the thick liquid.

"That's ......" Sun Yuanliang and Chief of Staff Zhang Baiting had never seen such a thing, and they were still skeptical that this kind of thing could hit tanks.

"Don't look at the tank as an iron guy, without the protection of infantry and artillery, it is an iron turtle, as long as you get close to it, you can find a wood to plug its tracks." Du Yuming explained, repeating the tone of someone in Berlin. "Therefore, if the infantry and artillery tanks are not trained well, the tanks cannot go to the battlefield."

"Okay!" Sun Yuanliang looked at Du Yuming and smiled, and waited to instruct the chief of staff to immediately burn this *. After the whole army promoted the bottle, he approached Du Yuming's side, and said with a smile: "Brother Guangting went to Europe this time, and the harvest is not small." ”

Of course, Du Yuming knew what 'harvest' meant, he had to laugh, shook his head and said: "There are some gains, but the country is in difficulty, and the armored regiment is buying cash armaments, but the Executive Yuan has not approved much money." ”

Du Yuming said that it was difficult Sun Yuanliang just didn't believe it, he took a step closer and said: "The Germans are famous for their expensive things, and other manufacturers in Europe are similar, I don't believe you didn't get some flowers......

Asking for bribes can't be avoided, Du Yuming had to say, "It's a bit of a show, that is, the cost of business trips has saved thousands of dollars, and the manufacturer's side only wants to buy more tanks and more cannons, so we can equip an armored division, so the price is too dead, and the contract was almost not signed at that time......

"Dollars?" Sun Yuanliang laughed, "The dollar is good, the dollar is good......"

Sun Yuanliang still wanted to say something, but at this time, Chief of Staff Zhang Baiting rushed out of the command post, and he said loudly: "Division, the order has been given from above, and the general attack must be carried out immediately." ”

"Good!" Sun Yuanliang patted Du Yuming's shoulder meaningfully, and walked quickly into the command post with a horsewhip to issue an order. Du Yuming just smiled at him, and when he left, Hou Teng whispered: "Brother Guangting, you really want to ...... the remaining dollars."

"You don't have to worry about it, it's not good to take care of too much." is also a student of the first phase of Huangpu, Du Yuming of course knows Sun Yuanliang's temperament, and besides, Sun Yuanliang is always better than Gui Yongqing, a bastard who only takes money and doesn't work, at least send money to Sun Yuanliang, he can still get gasoline, and he can also let his mountain artillery battalion cover his attack.

"Yes." Hou Teng glanced at Du Yuming aggrievedly, he felt that it was really difficult to pull up the armored brigade, from the chamber to the Ministry of Military Affairs, and then to the Quartermaster Department, it was more difficult to give gifts, invite banquets and stuff money in a circle, which was more difficult than a poor man marrying a daughter-in-law.

"Feixia, do you think you can take Hongkou within three days?" Du Yuming didn't want to talk about money, he only thought about the current war.

"I can't take it!" Hou Teng said the answer without thinking about it. "The 88th Division was broken up during the suppression of the Communists, and there were not enough sappers on hand -- according to Brother Han Sheng, street fighting was the hardest, and it was necessary to fight house by house to completely annihilate the enemy army and occupy the city. The 88th Division was not prepared for this at all, and I think they will soon be defeated. ”

"Hey......" Du Yuming thumped his head, "I'm just worried, we will play after the defeat of the 88th Division." ”

"Guangting, you can't fight street battles in the city!" As soon as he said that Hou Teng was on the battlefield, his color changed, and he was familiar with the armor book (presented by Li Kongrong before parting), and his face was full of bitterness when he thought that the troops would fill the streets and alleys. "We shouldn't have come to Shanghai at all, the battlefield of the armored brigade should be in North China, where it is the plain area, and we can spread it. Not to mention the dense water network in Shanghai, if a Japanese soldier randomly pops up in the corners, there will be one less tank. Didn't the principal say that we should only come to experience and feel the atmosphere of the war? ”

Hou Teng is from the sixth phase of Huangpu, and the students after the fourth phase rarely see Chang Kaishen, so he doesn't know Chang Kaishen's temper very well. Who is the principal, but Du Yuming knows, if he really can't take Hongkou, the armored brigade will definitely go to the battlefield when the principal is angry.

"Don't say it, I have my own measure!" Du Yuming smiled bitterly and picked up the binoculars again and looked in the direction of Hongkou. At this moment, the ground finally saw the country wearing a German-style steel helmet and marching in a group. soldiers, but the problem is that the artillery units did not fire. When he shook his head, Du Yuming looked at the sky again, and there was no cover of his own planes over the battlefield, but on the contrary, there were several planes on the concession side that were constantly circling on the Huangpu River, and judging from the tracer bombs in the air, these planes might be bombing Japanese warships.

"What kind of battle is this!" There was no air force support, and there was no artillery fire to prepare in advance, and in disappointment, Du Yuming muttered, but something that surprised him even more happened - he saw a plane of his own drop above the concession!

"Look over there, there's an accident!" Du Yuming pointed in the direction of the British Concession, and at this time he was completely sure that the plane had dropped a bomb, and there was already fire and smoke on the ground.

At this moment, in front of the Huizhong Hotel on Avenida Avenida Dam, after the bomb exploded, the severed limbs and stumps were smeared on the ground, and the rest of the crowd either fled for their lives or groaned in the hellish slaughterhouse.

"Don't look at it, don't look at it." On the rickshaw, Mrs. Li's face turned pale with fright, but her hands still covered Li Shizheng's eyes and prevented him from seeing this human tragedy. blocked her son here, and over there she yelled at the rickshaw: "Master, master, hurry up." Hurry up, hurry, I'll give you three bucks when it's time to arrive. ”

The bomb landed earth-shattering, and after the explosion, the master of the rickshaw was afraid that he was scared stupid, and Mrs. Li's extra reward did not make his frightened bones hard, and he tried to run several times but couldn't run. In a hurry, the rickshaw walked along Xizang Road to Aidoya Road, but it happened to get off work, and for a time the car and tram blocked the intersection, and the intersection was crowded with thousands of heads.

Mrs. Li, who was stuck in the sea of cars, was very uneasy, she regretted very much that she didn't call a taxi in order to save money, but she regretted that it was only for a while, and after the big world, it was Zhou Yingcong's house, and she would get on the boat and go to Germany in another day......

Mrs. Li was thinking about it when she suddenly saw the crowd looking up at the sky—another plane with a blue sky and white sun flag hanging overhead. Mrs. Li, who had seen the tragedy in front of the Huizhong Hotel, was suddenly terrified, and she wanted to get out of the car but was stopped by the suitcase lying across the rickshaw. She panicked here, but the crowd around her cheered - this is the country. Military planes, this is a plane to fight the Japanese, this is a plane of the Chinese!

"Well played!" Someone in the tram leaned out and waved at the planes in the sky.

"Down with Japanese imperialism!!" Students in school uniforms on the side of the road are also waving.

"Long live the Air Force! Long live the Standing Chairman!! "It's a shout from the roadside balcony, a few people in tunics shouting.

The intersection turned into a parade ground, and just as everyone waved loudly at the plane, a black shadow suddenly fell from the plane, and this black shadow grew bigger and bigger, and it carried the devil's scream.

"Huh!?" The crowd below stopped cheering and began to be a little surprised, but the bomb landed so fast that before anyone could dodge and fall to the ground, there was a loud 'boom', and these people didn't know anything.

"Missing is a very mysterious thing

Wherever you go

Silent and breathless, haunting the bottom of my heart

In the blink of an eye, it engulfed me in loneliness

I couldn't resist, especially at night

I miss you to the point where I can't breathe

I can't go straight to you

……”

In the French Concession, Xu Peipei was singing before dinner, this is the third sheet music sent by Li Kongrong, the same three, she likes this "I Do" the most. Jiang Xiuyu looked at her happy appearance and was a little crazy - she had been in love before, but after the other party slept with her, she began to excuse herself from seeing her, and finally sent someone to send her with money.

"Pepe, what should I do when you're gone?" Jiang Xiuyu suddenly said pitifully.

"I'll be back when I'm gone." Looking at her sister Tao, Xu Peipei stopped and smiled at her. "That Zhu Gongzi is not ......"

"He's not a son, he's just a poor student with no money." When he was in the small dance hall before, Jiang Xiuyu met a college student, and he would come to the dance hall to dance with Jiang Xiuyu in ill-fitting clothes every weekend. Although I want to dress up decently, I can see the poor and sour appearance at a glance.

"But he's so nice to you." Xu Peipei didn't think that student was shabby, she could see his deep love for Jiang Xiuyu from that student's eyes.

"But he ......" Jiang Xiuyu shook her head helplessly - she didn't know that the poor student was good to her, but with her current situation and her suspicion of men, she couldn't trust a man with no foundation, and she didn't want to come out with another person who claimed to be a housekeeper, and threw her five hundred yuan to send her away.

"You have to think about your own business. As for me, I'll let Hansheng write you a song when I go to Berlin. Xu Peipei was reluctant to interfere with Jiang Xiuyu's decision, "The songs you sing and write by him will definitely be popular." ”

"Pepe......" Jiang Xiuyu, who was a little moved, suddenly got up and hugged Xu Peipei. Men are rich and noble, and women and sisters are also affectionate, which is unforgettable.

"Alright, alright." Xu Peipei knew that she was reluctant to herself, and she comforted: "I will leave the day after tomorrow, I will leave it to you here, and I will pay the rent until next year." ”

"Pepe......" Jiang Xiuyu hugged her and refused to let go, and even sobbed a little. But when she was still about to say something, there was a thumping sound going upstairs, and then there was an urgent knock on the door, it was Qiu Zhongming, who had always been steady, his face was full of horror, "Two... Second wife, it's not good! Big lady she... And the eldest prince, they... Something went wrong. ”