On November 2, 1937, a large number of Japanese warships had been assembled in the Shengsi waters.

In the headquarters of the vast Fourth Fleet's flagship "Ashigara", a pre-war preparatory meeting is about to be held.

"Your Excellency Commander has arrived." A clear voice came, and everyone in the conference room immediately got up.

The staff officer pushed the door open, and the commander of the 10th Army, Yanagawa Heisuke, and the chief of staff, Tado Moritake, walked in.

Yanagawa nodded to the crowd and motioned for them to sit down, then said to the intelligence staff officer Tajiri Kuichi, "Let's start." ”

Tajiri immediately picked up the baton and pointed to the topographic map of Kanayama Kai Road hanging on the wall and began to introduce it.

"According to the efforts of the intelligence agencies, the deployment of the Chinese army in the Jinshanwei area has been completely grasped. Jinshanwei has about 1 division, Chuansha has about 1 division, and Caojing may have a regiment. Build a fairly solid defensive position on the first line of Jinshan Weiqijiadun, Baishawan, Shicheng and Shuiyuean. ”

"Despite the success of the naval firing, the stubborn Chinese army still organized and constructed a large number of obstacles on the beach at night, which would significantly hinder the landing operation of the Imperial Army."

"The mine-sweeping team has carried out a thorough sweep of the sea area, removing nearly 400 mines. However, it is necessary to carry out another large-scale sweep in the near future to ensure the smooth progress of the landing in two days. ”

"The Chinese army has completely destroyed many roads, and in order to ensure easy access, the base camp has added the 7th, 8th, and 9th Squadrons of Bridge Materials, the 4th and 5th Squadrons of River Crossing Materials, and the 11th Separate Engineer Wing..."

"The water situation near Jinshanwei is ......"

After Tajiri Jiuichi finished speaking, Yanagawa Heisuke nodded with satisfaction, then took the baton, walked to the huge map, and said confidently: "Although the Shina army has long been prepared, they still ignore the ability of the Emperor ** team, and the Emperor ** team is invincible......"

The wind on the sea is whistling, and the cattle in Yanagawa are also blowing, and I don't know if the wind is blowing or the cows are flying, or if the wind is flying or the cows are blowing. Yanagawa was blowing his eyebrows when suddenly a staff officer hurriedly pushed the door in.

Yanagawa Heisuke, who was distracted, was greatly dissatisfied, but he also knew that there must be an emergency military situation. I saw that the staff officer eagerly bowed to the commander and the chief of staff, and then handed Liu Chuan a stack of photos with both hands, and said: "According to aerial photography, the Chinese army dug the Huangpu River, and the roads from Jinshanwei to Songjiang and Jiashan towns were flooded. ”

Yanagawa Heisuke's baton fell to the ground, and the optimistic atmosphere in the conference room was suddenly swept away, except for the wind still blowing from the sea.

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"Let's go." The two gendarmes said to Xu Ming with a straight face.

Xu Ming smiled apologetically at the two Judge Advocate General's Office personnel and said, "Do me a favor, I'll say goodbye to Tao Junzao." ”

A slightly fat gendarme nodded and said, "Hurry up, you have destroyed all the roads, and it will be difficult for us to walk when it is too late." ”

Xu Ming walked in front of Tao Guang, it was drizzling in the sky, Tao Guang criticized his body on Xu Ming, and comforted: "You just go first, I still know a few people in the Military Justice Department, your original intention is also for the country and the people, and when the wind passes, I will go to Yungong (He Jian)." ”

Xu Ming smiled gratefully at Tao Guang, said that there would be a time later, and then turned to leave.

Although the muddy road and the waist-deep low-lying water were very difficult to walk, Xu Ming was happier the more he walked. A thinner gendarme said: "Look at the good things you have done, now you are in trouble, this time you will be sentenced to at least 15 years." ”

Xu Ming laughed, and the two fat heads and thin heads who were escorted shook their heads helplessly, and followed Xu Ming with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

When he arrived in Nanjing, Xu Ming thought that he was going to go through a severe military interrogation, but he didn't think that the military police would hand him over to a person, who was vaguely familiar, and Xu Ming remembered that he had seen him in the office of the military commander.

Sure enough, Xu Ming was taken to a familiar place, a familiar person inside.

"Dai Ju Seat", inside is Dai Li.

Dai Li smiled, made a cup of tea for Xu Ming, and said, "You won." ”

Xu Ming was taken aback and said, "Could it be..."

Dai Li nodded and said, "The Japanese army has landed in Jinshanwei and Quangong Pavilion last night. ”

Dai Li thought that Xu Ming would definitely be happy, after all, he not only fulfilled his guilt, but also made great contributions. Unexpectedly, Xu Ming's face was not proud, and he said gloomily: "I would rather the Japanese army not land there, and I was sentenced to 15 years in prison." ”

Xu Ming's burst of the embankment brought great trouble to the Japanese army, Yanagawa Heisuke stood on a dirt slope and watched a group of soldiers struggling to pull a field cannon, although the total weight of this Taisho four-year 150 field gun was less than 3 tons, but it was really not easy to get into the mud pit, and it was really not easy to pull it out.

Yanagawa Heisuke held his saber in both hands and looked motionless ahead, just now the Japanese sweepers found two oxen and finally pulled out the field artillery, but this did not satisfy the commander of the 10th Army. On the contrary, his face was grim, and the weak strength of the squadron did not cause him much trouble, so he deliberately chose to land when the squadron changed guards. After five hours of fierce fighting, all two battalions of guards on the Chinese coast were killed, and the Japanese began to come ashore in a steady stream.

However, the large number of obstacles placed along the coastline also play a major role in hindering movement. Toshio Nishimura, a staff officer of the 3rd Section of the General Staff Headquarters who inspected the inspection, wrote a report to Tokyo: "(1) The enemy's resistance was really stubborn, and he fought to the death under the fierce attack of our troops; (2) The enemy's obstacles under the sea of the beach were arranged so skillfully that our troops could not go ashore with heavy loads, and the mine crews were clearing them day and night......

The biggest trouble is the unbearable road. In three full hours, the troops had only walked 5 kilometers on the road to Zhangyan, which was less than half of the distance. At this rate, it may take a week to get to Songjiang.

The other routes were also very difficult, and once the road foundations were damaged, it was extremely difficult to carry out the heavy weapons.

There was a "boom", and a loud bang was heard not far away, and I don't know if the sappers succeeded in detonating the mine, or which unlucky guy stepped on it.

From time to time, there were gunshots in the distance, which was the exchange of fire between the Japanese army's vanguard search unit and the squadron ** blocking unit, and a herald ran over, holding a telegram in both hands, and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, Matsu and Ei will call." ”

"Reading" Yanagawa Heisuke didn't know, and said with a solemn expression.

"Our army (Shanghai, dispatch army) will attack the enemy in Pudong and southwest of Pudong alone."

After listening to it, Yanagawa Heisuke snatched the telegram, crumpled it into a ball, and fell into the mud.

According to the plan of the Japanese General Staff Headquarters, the Tenth Army had two tasks, one was to cut off the Shanghai-Hangzhou line and take Jiashan to the south; But more importantly, the task is to capture Songjiang as quickly as possible, launch an attack on the flank of the squadron in Pudong and Pudong, and encircle and annihilate the main force of the squadron in one fell swoop. As a result, because the distance was too poor, his troops were marching slowly, so Matsu and Ishigen sent a telegram to launch an attack alone.

He couldn't complain about Songjiang and Jing, because he couldn't complete the scheduled combat mission, and the original plan called for capturing Songjiang on the 8th, but now, it would be good to arrive on the 11th, and in a week, the main force of the ** squadron in Shanghai would not run out.

However, Xu Ming naturally couldn't understand that Liu Chuanping was jealous of the wind, oh no, it was the psychology of striving for merit and profit. He found Dai Li.

"Dai Juza, I have two things to trouble you."

"We, brothers, don't say anything off topic, just say anything." Dai Li is talking about people when he sees people, and he is very serious and upright in front of Jiang and Kai-shek, but in Shanghai, he is full of gang words, and he mingles with Du Yuesheng and Huang Jinrong.

If Xu Ming hadn't been known in later generations, he wouldn't have imagined that this big spy leader who was known for his ruthlessness and ruthlessness in later generations would speak to him like a brother.

"In this way, I have just been promoted to regiment commander, there is a lack of cadres under my command, and there are still some lost officers on the Songhu battlefield, see if you can find some for me." With that, he deftly handed over a check.

Dai Li glanced at the capitalized number of 500,000, and the words that he was about to excuse immediately turned into a package ticket. patted his chest and said: "Our brothers, don't do this in the future, I will cover the personnel of your regiment." ”

Xu Ming was overjoyed, because he had made meritorious contributions to the defense of Jinshanwei and had been promoted to regimental commander. Now that he has become the commander of the regiment, his soldiers will be expanded, and he has asked Zhao Ren and Peng Cong to return to Qiyang to recruit troops yesterday, and he has also opened up the relationship between the upper echelons of Hunan.

But soldiers are easy to recruit, officers are hard. Xu Ming hit the idea to the lost officers on the battlefield of Songhu. According to the original historical trajectory, these people will be compiled by Dai Litong into his "Loyalty and Salvation".

Xu Ming is too familiar with loyalty and righteousness, this army is known as 100,000 at most, and there were 30,000 before the outbreak of the Pacific War.

Xu Ming was still afraid that Dai Li would not be satisfied, so he decided to give him another big gift, and said: "Brother Yunong, there is one more thing, can you save the head of Xie Jinyuan and his subordinates in the public concession." ”

This matter is very troublesome, Dai Li shook his head and said: "This is not a brother, I won't help, in the concession, let me deal with one person, let me save one person, but Xie Jinyuan There are more than 400 people, it's too difficult." ”

Xu Ming knew this, smiled slightly, and said: "Brother Yu Nong, I have already made arrangements, there are 5 directors of the Ministry of Industry Bureau in the Public Concession who have already said hello, and the ships from Hong Kong to Shanghai have been arranged. ”

Xu Ming's layout for the Anti-Japanese War was not a day or two, and many things seemed difficult, but the pre-arrangement was different, and a year ago, Xu Ming elected Kebert as a director of the Public Concession.

The reason why Dai Li was asked to do it was to give him a great favor. In addition, the military commander's operational capability is also very strong, which can ensure the success of the rescue plan to the greatest extent.

Sure enough, Dai Li was very happy, and it would be a great achievement if this thing could be successful. Xie Jinyuan's name as an 800 warrior has spread throughout China, and if he can save him, he will show his face greatly in front of Lao Jiang.

The eyes of the two met in one, looked at each other and laughed, and they both felt twelve points satisfied.