"Abandon frontal defense? Retreat to Huishan Wharf? Tsukada said with a solemn face: "You mean to give up Shanghai?" ”

"Hay!" Staff Officer Dazuo bowed his head abruptly and continued: "General, at present, the front of the Chinese army is in full swing, and there is an internal response in the city, the imperial army should now avoid its edge and avoid a head-on battle with it. As long as we preserve the vital strength of the Imperial Army, relying on the strong coastal fortifications such as the Huishan Wharf and the powerful naval artillery fire of the Imperial Navy fleet to block the attack of the Chinese people, then it is a fool's dream for the Chinese to recapture Shanghai from the Imperial Army. ”

"How so?" Tsukada asked, frowning.

"General, do you remember that at the beginning of the Songhu War, the Imperial Marines only controlled the Huishan Wharf, Hongkou, and Gongda Yarn Mills, and the whole of Shanghai was under the control of the Zhina, and they concentrated the strength of the five divisions of the Central German Armament Division of their descendants but failed to break through the imperial defense line, and the battle dragged on until the main force of our Shanghai Dispatch Army arrived, thus reversing the passive situation of the Imperial Army in one fell swoop, and finally captured Shanghai and won the victory of the Songhu Campaign." Staff Officer Dazuo patiently analyzed. "Therefore, we can completely follow the example of the original marines, withdraw the main force of the imperial army from the downtown area of Shanghai, rely on the permanent strong fortifications in Hongkou, Gongda Yarn Factory, Huishan Wharf and other places to block, and wait for reinforcements, as long as the main force of the imperial army arrives, it will be easy to eliminate the Chinese tiger group and recapture Shanghai!" Staff Officer Dazuo said this, and said: "Moreover, as long as we block the attack of the Chinese people, we can not only win time for the arrival of the imperial army's reinforcements, but also be able to entangle the Chinese army, so that they cannot advance or retreat, and in the end they can only be annihilated by the main divisions of the imperial army in Shanghai!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Tsukada suddenly became enlightened when he heard this, nodded again and again, and finally said: "But I still have to report this matter to Commander Matsui and ask him to decide!" ”

Soon Tsukada reported the suggestions of his subordinate staff officers to Matsui Ishone, and Matsui Ishone, who was already terminally ill, naturally nodded in agreement, so Tsukada immediately issued an order to the Hangzhou Garrison Brigade and the Fifth Garrison Brigade of Reading Force, which were fighting fiercely with the Tiger Brigade, to cover the retreat alternately.

He also requested the naval fleet to dispatch aviation to support the evacuation of the Hangzhou Garrison Brigade and the 5th Reading Infantry Brigade.

At the same time, the temporary brigade headquarters of the Huben Brigade in Jiading County.

Qiao Anguo was anxiously standing in front of the map hanging on the wall and smoking, now Qiao Anguo is not only nervous about the front-line battle, he is more worried about the safety of his younger brother Qiao Anbang, how dangerous is it to go behind enemy lines? If Qiao Anbang really has three strengths and two weaknesses, not to mention how to explain to his hometown father, he himself will die of guilt as a big brother.

However, thinking of the miracles created by Qiao Anbang one after another, Qiao Anguo felt a little relieved, after all, the third brother has now become wise and brave, in fact, Qiao Anguo knows that his younger brother has been very smart since he was a child, but because of the death of his mother, his father was busy with business, lacked care and education, and then gradually became a gentleman who had nothing to do all day.

But now it's okay, the younger brother has lost his way and returned, and he led the children of his hometown to shine in the war to save the country, and has made many military exploits, not only is he happy to be an elder brother, but also his father who is far away from his hometown will be proud of it.

Thinking of his father, Qiao Anguo is really a little homesick at the moment, but he understands that national affairs and personal emotions are more important than others, and now that the national crisis is at hand, how can there be people who can't go back to his family, not only the two brothers of the Qiao family?

The country will be broken, the mountains and rivers will be broken, in this autumn of national crisis, how can it be home? Where is home? The country is a country, and only when there is a country can there be a home, this is a truth that all the sons and daughters of Yan and Huang and China should keep in mind, the country before the family.

For everyone, for the Chinese nation to live forever in the world, for my Chinese descendants to be free from foreign enslavement, as a Chinese, even if the horse leather shroud, what is there to complain about?

Qiao Anguo was pondering, and suddenly there was a rush of footsteps behind him, he turned around when he heard the sound, only to see Wang Gensheng, the commander of the guard company, walking in quickly, standing up and saluting him: "Deputy seat, report from the front line, the devil suddenly withdrew." ”

"Evacuate?" Qiao Anguo was taken aback when he heard this.

"Yes, withdraw, in order to block the pursuit of our forward troops, the devil also dispatched a lot of planes." Wang Gensheng nodded and replied.

Qiao Anguo couldn't help but fall into deep thought after hearing this, he crossed his waist with one hand and held half of the cigarette that was about to burn out in the other hand, frowning back and forth, suddenly, he stopped, turned to Wang Gensheng and said: "You immediately pass on my order, the first regiment and the second regiment continue to pursue the devils, and the third regiment and the armored company quickly advance in the north direction, ready to meet Anbang them!" ”

"Yes!" Wang Gensheng immediately snapped and answered loudly, then turned around and strode away

In the southwest of Minhang Town, Qiao Anbang's headquarters was still fighting fiercely with the two infantry brigades of the devils, although the two infantry brigades of the devils occupied an absolute advantage in terms of strength, and there were four Type 92 infantry guns.

However, Qiao Anbang's 300 soldiers also had two Type 92 infantry guns and five anti-aircraft machine guns, and in this kind of offensive and defensive battle, the power of the anti-aircraft machine gun was not much worse than that of the Type 92 infantry gun, and the rate of fire of the anti-aircraft machine gun was super fast, and the Type 92 infantry gun could not keep up at all.

Moreover, the anti-aircraft machine gun has a truck as a mobile load, and the mobile surname is extremely strong, and the devil's artillery tried to destroy it several times but failed.

Due to the lack of troops, [***] has not been able to break through the devil's defense line for a long time, and Qiao Anbang even did not hesitate to use poison gas bombs again, but the devils on the opposite side were obviously prepared this time and equipped with gas masks, so [***]'s gas bombs also failed this time.

Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, the devil on the opposite side suddenly began to retreat without warning.

"Brigade, the little devil has withdrawn! Let's chase it, shall we? Jiang Wei rushed to Qiao Anbang and reported.

"The devil withdrew?" Qiao Anbang frowned and pondered for a moment, and said thoughtfully: "The devil must be tightening the front defense line because it is a frontal defense line, so he has to shrink the defense." They must not be given a chance to breathe, and the troops were ordered to pursue immediately! ”

"Yes!" Jiang Wei replied abruptly, and immediately turned around and left.

Immediately after that, more than 200 warriors began to pursue the retreating devils

About two hours later, Qiao Anbang led his troops to pursue the two devil infantry brigades to the Zhabei area, due to the close pursuit of [***], the two devil infantry brigades have not been able to leave the battle, and retreat to the Jiangwan area according to the battle plan they received.

Seeing that they were about to retreat to the city, the two infantry brigades of the devil suddenly stopped retreating, turned around and began to desperately block the advance of [***], and the fierce battle broke out again.

Knowing that the devil suddenly stopped retreating, probably to cover the withdrawal of his main force or senior officers, Qiao Anbang immediately ordered the troops to carry out a fierce attack, but the lack of troops, coupled with the devil's desperate resistance, the battle situation fell into a stalemate again.

Just when Qiao Anbang was at a loss, a deafening roar sounded from behind, this sound Qiao Anbang was all too familiar, it was the roar of the armored combat vehicles of his most elite armored company.

Overjoyed, he turned his head suddenly, and sure enough, he saw a group of armored combat vehicles flying the blue sky and white flags rumbling towards him.

"Erxi, hurry, raise our blue sky and white flag! Fast! Qiao Anbang didn't think about turning back to the guards beside him.

"Hey! Okay! In order to facilitate the march, until now, Qiao Anbang has not let the soldiers take off the devil military uniforms on their bodies, and the devil's plane is about to be caught blind, they can't tell that it is real and that it is a fake imperial army.

Erxi hurriedly tied the Qingtian Baiyue flag to the muzzle of the gun, and then raised the steel gun in his hand and shook it vigorously.

"Company commander, look, the blue sky and the white flag, it's our people!" On the first armored car, a machine gunner excitedly said to Zhang Xudong beside him.

"Huh?!" Hearing this, Zhang Xudong hurriedly raised his head and raised the telescope to look ahead, and immediately said excitedly: "It's the brigade, it's the brigade!" They must be fighting devils. Order the troops, speed up! ”

"Yes!" Soon the armored soldiers accelerated, and dozens of armored fighting vehicles rumbled forward.

Seeing the arrival of the armored company, Qiao Anbang immediately ordered the troops to suspend the attack, and as soon as the gunfire stopped, Zhang Xudong led the armored company to arrive in a hurry.

Seeing Qiao Anbang, Zhang Xudong hurriedly jumped down from the armored car, hurriedly strode forward and stood up and reported: "Brigade seat, are you okay?" Didn't we come late? ”

"Well, I'm fine." Qiao Anbang nodded excitedly and said: "You came at the right time, the devil began to retreat, immediately prepare to attack, pursue with me, and never let the devil retreat easily!" ”

"Yes, but you don't have to worry for the time being, the third regiment was also ordered to arrive, and now it is on the way, and it is estimated that it will be able to arrive soon." Zhang Xudong said.

As soon as he heard that the Third Regiment was also coming, Qiao Anbang suddenly remembered the current situation of the Tiger Brigade, and immediately asked, "Why did the Third Regiment also come?" What about the first and second regiments? ”

"The main force of the devils has begun to retreat two hours ago, the second and first regiments are in front of the devils on the orders of the deputy brigade commander, and our armored company and the third regiment have received orders to come to meet you." Zhang Xudong replied unhurriedly.

"Oh!" Qiao Anbang nodded after hearing this, and then said coldly: "The armored company listens to the order and prepares to attack!" ”

"Attack now? Don't wait for three regiments? Zhang Xudong asked in some surprise.

"Don't wait, with your armored company, it's enough to smash the little devil's turtle shell! Prepare now! Qiao Anbang ordered in a cold voice.

"Yes!" Zhang Xudong suddenly stepped forward and responded, and immediately turned around and shouted with a big wave of his hand: "Armored company, attack!! ”

(To be continued)