"What? The Japanese army issued an armistice? It seems that the Songhu War of Resistance will not be able to continue. With the experience in Mukden, Jiang Wenhao was deeply influenced by Jiang Li, only believed in the swords and guns in his hands, and was not very interested in the existence of the League of Nations

"Now that the British and American powers have joined forces to put pressure on Japan and issue the threat of sanctions, Japan can no longer withstand the pressure of the League of Nations this time, and I haven't slept well for nearly a month and a half, and the Japanese army has not closed its eyes for several days since it landed at Liuhe. Brigadier Jiang has to let me get a good night's sleep. ”

Cai Tingkai smiled heartily, although his voice sounded hoarse because of exhaustion, but he was in a good mood. Although Jiang Wenhao is only a brigade commander, the combat power that has erupted from this mixed brigade really makes everyone look at it differently. One mixed brigade shared nearly one-third of the entire Shanghai combat mission. Almost on a par with the 5th Army and the 19th Route Army. Therefore, Cai Tingkai did not treat the other party as an ordinary brigade commander who was a few levels lower than himself.

"It's okay, my brigade really can't move. Originally, I was ready to sacrifice my life for the country. The haze in Jiang Wenhao's heart lingered, and he reminded again, "The Japanese army's strategy of delaying the army has not been played once or twice, I think this time we must also prevent the Japanese army from repeating its old plan, if our side retreats in an orderly manner because of the armistice order, if the Japanese army takes the opportunity to pursue, we will abandon the attack, not to mention that we will die on the battlefield, let Shanghai fall, and lose power and humiliate the country!" ”

"Brigade Commander Jiang is right, the retreat of the 19th Route Army will be arranged. This is also for this purpose when I called you. Brigade Commander Jiang's mixed Fourth Brigade fought hard in Liuhe. It's one of the closest places to the Japanese army, and your troop consumption is the greatest, so let's retreat first. Cai Tingkai said in a solemn voice.

"It's okay, then thank you Commander Cai for your care, I'll pick up Commander Cai in the direction of Jiading."

Jiang Wenhao groaned slightly, although the Songhu War of Resistance was fought fiercely, Nanjing has always held the idea of letting the League of Nations intervene, and now even Cai Tingkai pins his hopes on the League of Nations. Not to mention the attitude of the 5th Army on Zhang Zhizhong's side, without the 19th Route Army and the 5th Army, do you expect the more than 1,000 people in his brigade to continue to fight hard against the Japanese army? Since it can't be fought, let's leave some seeds for the mixed fourth brigade.

"Listening to Jiang Wenhao's meaning, I still don't feel at ease with the Japanese." Hanging up the phone, Cai Tingkai sighed slightly.

"People crawled out of the pile of dead people in Mukden, and naturally they hate the Japanese to the core. The casualties of the 15th Route Army mixed into the four brigades in this battle are not much smaller than ours, so naturally the hatred is hard to eliminate. Jiang Guangnai also shook his head when he heard this, "This time, the mixed fourth brigade was in the limelight in the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, and a mixed brigade blocked the entire 11th Division. The 11th Division had to land in other places than the Liuhe River. ”

"The total number of Japanese troops really engaged in the Shanghai battlefield was only three and a half divisions, and the mixed four brigades could stop one. Many of the Japanese tanks, artillery, and airplanes were reimbursed in the hands of the mixed four brigades. If you really want to talk about it, our 19th Route Army is also stained with the light of the Fourth Brigade. If the troops of the 15th Route Army were so capable of fighting, the Japanese army would invade in the future, and the Republic of China would have one more glimmer of hope. ”

"I can't say that, for the Songhu War of Resistance, Jiang Li probably made up a little bit of the essence, a mixed brigade is equipped with 36 cannons, not counting the 20 or so 150 heavy mortars. More than a dozen battle defense guns, as well as more than a dozen aircraft, even the 5th Army combined does not have this firepower, and the three divisions of our 19th Route Army together are less than one-third of the opponent. If several brigades of the 15th Route Army had this kind of equipment, it would have to be. Jiang Guangnai shook his head and said disapprovingly.

Just when Cai Tingkai and Jiang Guangnai lamented the combat strength of the Fourth Brigade, after Jiang Wenhao sent a telegram to Jiang Li, this side has begun to lead the troops to withdraw from the front line of the Liuhe River one after another, and most of the artillery was destroyed by the Japanese army in the battle, which saved a lot of trouble for the retreat. However, a large number of wounded and sick people have slowed down the retreat, but fortunately, many people have come to help under the local government or their own organizations, carrying stretchers and carrying things. One was left behind, and the retreating team still stretched for more than ten miles.

So in the twenty-first year of the Republic of China, on March 27, the Liuhe River was lost, as Jiang Wenhao expected, even under the intervention of the League of Nations, the Japanese army issued an armistice order while letting the troops continue to pursue and strive for the initiative at the negotiating table. In addition to the reinforced 14th Division, which landed in Shanghai one after another, the Japanese troops who had been put into the battlefield before were closely chasing the retreating Nationalist Army. However, due to the proper arrangement of Jiang Wenhao, the 19th Route Army, and Zhang Zhizhong's 5th Army, the main force was able to calmly retreat from the encirclement of the Japanese army. Only the 517th Regiment of the 259th Brigade of the 87th Division fought another tragic battle with the pursuing Japanese army on the afternoon of the 28th.

After the war, the 19th Route Army withdrew to Zhouxiang, the west bank of Qingyang Port to the line of Lujiaqiao. The 5th Army retreated to Lujiaqiao, Shipai, and Baimao Xinshi to deploy defenses. Jiang Wenhao mixed into four brigades and withdrew to the area of Lujiaqiao. At this point, the Japanese army occupied the Liuhe, Jiading, Nanxiang, and Zhenru lines, and the two sides formed a new confrontation situation. Although the 14th Division of the Japanese Army arrived, the troops mobilized in Nanjing also arrived at this time, and the 47th Division cooperated with the 5th Army to fortify Changshu and Taicang. Changzhou, Wuxi area is the 1st Division, near Longtan is the 4th Division. Jiaxing, the area along the Shanghai-Hangzhou line is the 2nd and 8th armies.

"These arrogant and ignorant guys, don't they know that blindly acting will only make the empire fall into a more embarrassing situation?" The Japanese Minister to China, Shigemitsu Cai, learned that the Japanese troops on the front line were still in turmoil, and he couldn't help jumping to his feet in anger. If the pursuit battle is won, it will be enough, but seeing that the armies of Nanjing have arrived one after another, at this time, even if all the new forces Chongguang Cai are thrown into it, it will be useless, and it will not be able to shake the new defense line built in Nanjing. But the question of the armistice is not something that a diplomat can say, and even Prime Minister Inu Yangyi cannot restrain these army radicals. No, we must talk seriously with a few high-level officials of the army, otherwise Japan will inevitably be pushed into the abyss by these guys who lack brains.

Thinking of this, Chongguang Cai picked up his coat and went out quickly.

"No, now that reinforcements are arriving one after another, the empire can completely expand the occupied area in Shanghai and leave the bustling urban area of Shanghai, the imperial army no longer has to be as restrained as before, to avoid hurting the British and American ghosts, and can attack the Chinese army with all its might, and the victory will eventually belong to the empire." Shirakawa Yoshinori looked at Shigemitsu Cai and Nomura Kichizaburo for a long time, and directly shook his head and rejected Shigemitsu Cai's proposal to armistice. (To be continued.) )