"Commander, Commander Zhu said that their side has taken Licheng and is organizing troops to prepare for the attack on Shandong. He asked us what was going on on and if it could go smoothly as planned. ”

Not long after the troop departed, Chief of Staff Chen approached Chen Jinghui with a telegram from Commander-in-Chief Zhu and told him about the situation.

"I didn't expect the Eighth Army to be so strong in combat, to end the battle in Shanxi so quickly, and to prepare to march into Shandong. Call back Commander-in-Chief Zhu and say that we have encountered some minor troubles here, but it will be solved soon, and let them act according to the plan. ”

The battle in Shanxi was over, and the Eighth Army was about to attack Shandong. Chen Jinghui knows that Shandong and Hebei are not difficult to fight, but it is Shanhaiguan that is difficult to fight. It has been built into a fortress by devils, and if you want to take it, I'm afraid you will have to pay a huge price. The strength of the Eighth Army alone is certainly not enough. If the devil Kwantung Army goes south to reinforce it, it will be even more troublesome.

"Lao Chen, order the troops to speed up, there is not much time left for us."

Chen Jinghui knew that as long as the Eighth Army launched an attack on Shandong, the Devil's Kwantung Army was likely to reinforce Shanhaiguan, or even reinforce the Central Plains through Shanhaiguan. Therefore, he must now hurry up and deal with the remnants of the devil's enemy in the Songhu area as soon as possible.

"Yes, I'll let you know right away."

Chief of Staff Chen also knew that the most important thing in this battle was time, and he did not oppose Chen Jinghui's opinion.

"Hurry, speed up, be sure to arrive at the city of Shanghai before dawn."

After receiving the order, the troops on the front line changed their legs and feet more diligently. The warriors seemed to have forgotten their fatigue and were moving forward with all their might.

"Lao Chen, let the troops take a break! It's not the way to go on like this. ”

On the Hangzhou side, Chief of Staff Xu saw that the exhausted division had attacked Hangzhou, and the results were not very great, so he immediately suggested to Chen Hu to stop the attack.

"Alas...... Lao Xu, I know that the soldiers are very hard, but now we need time, so we can only do this. Chen Hu said helplessly.

"Lao Chen, we can let the soldiers rest, and only let the artillery and tank units take turns attacking the devil's position. In this way, our warriors and rest will also cause trouble to the devils and drag them down. Chief of Staff Xu suggested.

"Lao Xu, your method is good, just do it. The troops were ordered to immediately stop the offensive and rest in concealment. Order the artillery and tank units to attack the devil's position in turn, just don't let the devil be idle. Chen Hu immediately ordered.

"Whew...... I can finally take a break, tired today, after a long day's running. ”

When the soldiers received the order to rest, they immediately returned to their temporary station, let out a long breath, and one by one lay down on the ground and began to rest.

The battle in Nanjing at night was surrounded and annihilated, and it was basically over. Although Hangzhou is still fighting, it is also for the purpose of attacking the devils and not letting the devils rest.

And at this time, Nishio Shouzo was really embarrassed. Not long after he withdrew from Nanjing, there was a fierce exchange of fire on the Nanjing side.

"Your Excellency Commander, why is there no movement over there in Nanjing?"

The chief of staff of the devil who was evacuating suddenly couldn't hear the gunfire in Nanjing, and he didn't know what the situation was, so he immediately asked him about Nishio Shouzo.

"I don't know what's going on, so why don't you send a report and ask what the result is."

Nishio Shouzo is most worried about the loss of Nanjing, in this case, his iron triangle will not be of much use.

"Report, Nanking report, the only mobile force we sent to reinforce Nanking and the city of Nanking has been completely annihilated. But now Nanjing is still in our hands and has not been lost. A few minutes later, the chief of staff said with a telegram.

"Yo Xi, it's good that Nanjing is still there. Order them to hold on, and I will ask the navy to reinforce them from above the Yangtze River. ”

As long as Nanjing is still in his hands, Nishio Shouzao has a lot calmer in his heart. Although it was difficult to defend the city, he could send troops along the Yangtze River to reinforce at any time.

"Your Excellency, Commander, let's hurry up and withdraw! I'm afraid that the enemy will already know that we have withdrawn, and that they will send men after us. The chief of staff said.

"Yo Xi, what you said makes sense, Hayakou." Nishio Shouzo said.

Nishio Shouzao was desperately trying to escape, and Chen Jinghui's troops attacking Shanghai were also advancing. But Chen Jinghui is thinking about a problem at the moment, which has been bothering him for a long time.

"Lao Chen, do you think we should pull our navy up and defend it on the river near Nanjing, so as to prevent the devils from sending the navy over for reinforcements." Chen Jinghui asked.

"Commander, we have only a few warships, if the fight is over, we won't have them." Chief of Staff Chen said worriedly.

"I know, but this battle is not trivial, and I must be absolutely in control of the situation." Chen Jinghui said.

"Then you say, what should we do if our warships are lost?" Chief of Staff Chen asked.

"Hmm??? If it's gone, it's gone, and we'll buy it again. Now it's important for us to control the situation. Chen Jinghui said.

"Oh well! Since the decision is given, let's turn it over! Anyway, the nest at home all day long is no different from nothing. Chief of Staff Chen agreed with Chen Jinghui's opinion.

In fact, Chen Jinghui is not worried about the loss of several warships, but worried about whether they can defend it, which is the most fundamental problem. Because he now has more advanced shooting blueprints for warships, which he can build as soon as he wants.

"Come, order all the navy to come here at once." Chen Jinghui ordered.

"Commander, Liu Changjiang reports that they have reached a position 30 miles outside of Shanghai, and he asks you for instructions."

At about eight o'clock the next morning, as soon as Chen Jinghui arrived at the headquarters, Chief of Staff Chen showed him a telegram sent back by Liu Changjiang.

"Well, that's good. They were ordered to rest in place for four hours and let the artillerymen build their positions. At one o'clock in the afternoon, the campaign against Shanghai was launched on time. Chen Jinghui ordered.

"Hurry up, get into combat position, quick."

A few hours passed quickly, Liu Changjiang began to make deployments, and the troops began to enter combat positions according to the designated directions. They did not act in concealment, but acted with swagger, that is, to let the devil watch.

"Your Excellency Commander, it's not good, the enemy has already arrived outside Shanghai."

Nishio Shouzo, who had just arrived in Shanghai, had not yet become a man, and the chief of staff hurriedly ran to him, telling him that the enemy had arrived.

"Nani? So fast. ”

When Nishio Shouzo heard the news, he immediately stood up. He didn't expect that the enemy would come so quickly, and he hadn't fully defended himself.

"Order the troops to enter their combat positions immediately, quickly."

There was no time for him to continue to think about how to defend, so he could only give the battle order according to the imperfect deployment just now.

Tweeted......

Tweet ...... Boom, boom, boom

At one o'clock, with the lifting of two red signal flares, the artillery regiments of the four divisions of the Flying Fox went up to the front door and started their cannons. The cannonballs, like the Grim Reaper, began to descend on the positions of the devils, roaring at will.

"Baga, get into the anti-artillery hole, quickly."

Seeing the beginning of the shelling, the devil Shanghai defenders began to drill into the anti-artillery hole in a panic under the leadership of those grass-roots officers, and began to huddle in the anti-artillery hole, waiting for the end of the shelling.

Tweet ...... Boom, boom, boom

Yes......

The shelling fell on the devil's position like a storm for a while, leveling the devil's trenches. Under the bombardment of several shells, some of the devil's anti-artillery holes finally couldn't bear this pressure and collapsed, burying all the devils inside alive.

Squeaky ......

"Keep up, hurry."

The artillery fire began to extend, and the tank troops immediately rushed forward, and then the infantry also rushed up, and began to hide behind the tanks, and quickly charged towards the positions of the devils.

"Baga, come out quickly, the enemy is coming, quickly."

When the observer saw the tank coming, he immediately shouted loudly, alerting the enemy to come up and preparing all those who were still alive for battle.

Da-da-da, boom-boom

Da-da-da, bang-bang

Chirp...... rumble

For a time, in front of the devil's position, the two sides launched a fierce exchange of fire. The sound of machine guns, no guns, tank guns, rocket explosions, trying to withdraw the entire position.

"Baga, go and reinforce over there, don't let the enemy's tanks get close."

The defenders of Shanghai were also in a hurry, before they only knew that the Flying Fox had tanks. In their opinion, nothing more than theirs. But the reality is that the Flying Fox's tank is very large, very fast, and has strong firepower, which greatly exceeds their perception and catches them off guard.

"Commander, the Shanghai battlefield is relatively smooth now, and the devil's first line of defense is about to be unable to hold it."

Soon the two sides fought for three hours, and the battle was very fierce. Although the loss of the flying fox is not small, the loss of the devil is even greater, and the first line of defense has been lost several times.

"Well, that's good. Lao Chen, you go and order the air force's reconnaissance plane to take off immediately, mainly to reconnoiter the waters near Shanghai and Hangzhou. Chen Jinghui was very satisfied with the current war situation, but he still had his own worries, so he let the air force's reconnaissance plane go out to reconnoitre.

"Commander, are you afraid of ......," Chief of Staff Chen said.

"Well, you guessed it right, we're better just in case."

Seeing that Chief of Staff Chen had guessed his intentions at once, Chen Jinghui nodded in affirmation.

"Well, I'm worried about this too, I'll do it right away."

Chief of Staff Chen also wanted to talk about it before, but he had been busy with layout and battle and had no time. Now that Chen Jinghui has brought it up, he is also much more relieved.

"Report, Director Hu's telegram."

After Chief of Staff Chen went to give the order, Chen Jinghui's guard brought a telegram from Hu Yi from the military factory and handed it to Chen Jinghui.

This book originated from reading a book