Chapter 605: The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Shanghai and the War of Resistance in Songhu

Among the 19th Route Army, the weakest combat effectiveness was the 78th Division stationed in Shanghai. Among the three regiments of the 156th Brigade of the 78th Division, the weakest combat effectiveness in theory is the 6th Regiment stationed in Zhabei.

Because the other two regiments of the 156th Brigade are all supplementary regiments transferred from the other two divisions. Although the combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the genuine infantry regiment, it is still relatively neat. And this 6th regiment is composed of a group of defeated soldiers who have just been contained and a group of supplementary recruits!

At the beginning, the Guangdong military system was originally a double-headed eagle-like pattern of two heroic forces, and the two giants were Chen Mingshu and Chen Jitang.

Chen Jitang is the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army and has three divisions in his hands, Chen Mingshu is the governor of Guangdong Province and has two divisions in his hands, which is the predecessor of the 19th Route Army, in addition to Chen Mingshu has four security regiments.

The two males stand side by side, and their strength is about the same. However, during the Central Plains War, Chen Mingshu's two main divisions went north to help Chiang Kai-shek fight, but they were not at home, and the balance of Guangdong was broken. Later, Chiang Kai-shek arrested Hu Hanmin and caused the confrontation between Ning and Guangdong, Chen Jitang supported Hu Hanmin and other Cantonese factions, but Chen Mingshu was on Chiang Kai-shek's side.

The two heroes in Guangdong turned their faces, so while Chen Mingshu's main force was not in Guangdong, Chen Jitang suddenly commanded the troops to besiege the four security regiments of Chen Mingshu's house.

How could Chen Mingshu's four security regiments withstand the siege of Chen Jitang's three regular divisions, and they were disarmed by Chen Jitang one after another. Some of Chen Mingshu's defeated security regiments and generals took advantage of the chaos to escape from Guangdong and find Chen Mingshu.

The 6th Regiment of the 156th Brigade now stationed in Zhabei in Shanghai is a combination of a group of defeated soldiers who escaped from the original Guangdong Security Regiment, plus some additional recruits.

The entire 6th Regiment has only been established for more than two months, and the training of recruits has not yet been completed, and the ranking of combat effectiveness in the whole army can be imagined. Not only is the quality on the tender side, but also in terms of numbers, the 6th Regiment is also the least among the three regiments of the whole brigade, and only 1,069 people can participate in the battle.

A group of recruits and a group of defeated soldiers of the security regiment who escaped from Guangdong, such a team naturally needs a strong regiment commander to lead. Zhang Junsong can be selected to be the commander of this recruit and defeated corps, and naturally it is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Zhang Junsong is a native of Hepu, Guangdong, and Chen Mingshu, the boss of the 19th Route Army, is a fellow villager, a substitute teacher in rural areas, and teaches in several villages, so he is also called "Mr. Zai".

However, this teacher Zhang was not born a timid scholar, the local bandits were rampant, blackmailing the township, and Mr. Zhang dared to come forward to bargain with the bandits to negotiate "protection money". Talking and talking, Mr. Zhang became famous and became an expert negotiator in negotiations with bandits, but this bad thing happened, Mr. Zhang was regarded as a "bandit" by the government, and he had to run over the wall and become a soldier.

Unexpectedly, he jumped from a teacher to Qiu Ba, and Mr. Zhang did a good job, and soon became the platoon commander of the Guangdong Army, and later was admitted to the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy. The classmates who were on the same team as him, Xu Xiangqian on the side of the Red Army, and Song Xilian and He Jinhan on the Kuomintang side...

However, don't think that Huangpu came out, you have to follow Principal Jiang for granted, Zhang Junsong came out of the Guangdong Army, and after Huangpu graduated, he returned to the Guangdong Army as a battalion commander.

It's just that after Mr. Zhang became the battalion commander Zhang, he was still very bold, and when he was checking the tobacco, he actually rushed into the home of Chen Jitang's brother, a military magnate in Guangdong, and inevitably lost his job, so he had to change jobs again and moved to Chen Mingshu's command.

Such a character who dared to copy the boss's brother's house is not a good stubble. Used to rectify a group of wilted defeated soldiers and a group of stunned recruits who didn't understand anything, Cai Tingkai felt that he was just right.

However, this group of recruits and defeated soldiers, how well is Mr. Zhang's training, this time, he will soon see the real chapter.

In addition to the 1,069 people of the Sixth Regiment, Zhang Junsong also had some auxiliary forces in his hands. Because he has another identity at this time, the director of the Zhabei Military and Police Joint Defense Office, which means that he can also command the military police, police, and security regiments in Zhabei in a unified manner. All these people together are about 1,700 people. …,

The task of the 6th Regiment was to hold the urban area of Zhabei.

If the Sixth Regiment is required to hold the entire Zhabei and fortify it on all sides, then the strength of the Sixth Regiment is not enough in any case, because Zhabei is too big. However, this time, there was only one defensive direction for Regiment Commander Zhang, the North Sichuan Road east of Zhabei, with a total length of less than two kilometers from north to south.

As the Soviet army did in World War II, the defensive frontage of a regiment could reach 5-6 km. Of course, during street fighting, the defensive front should be smaller, and the firepower of the squadron cannot be as large as that of the Soviet army. But in any case, taking a regiment to defend a block more than a kilometer wide, in the eyes of Cai Tingkai and Zhang Junsong, the strength is still enough.

Moreover, the area defended by the Sixth Regiment had very convenient transportation, and there were two railways, the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway that went directly to Nanjing and the Liao-Shanghai Railway that went directly to Wusongkou on the Yangtze River, passed through Zhabei, and if necessary, reinforcements could be quickly mobilized.

The Lihu Railway runs in a north-south direction, just parallel to the North Sichuan Road where the Japanese army confronted, with a distance of three or four hundred meters in between.

When the train passes, someone needs to "clear the road" in front of it -- remove the vegetable baskets and briquette stoves on the railway, collect the clothes poles that are laid out by the residents, call the children who are playing on the tracks, and the train carriage is only a fist "gap" near the wall of the shack, and if any of the windows are open, the train will "destroy" the window.

The 6th Regiment in Zhang Junsong's hands is the core of his entire defense force. Two of the three battalions were sent by him to the railway line.

The specific deployment is that the 1st Battalion is equipped with a platoon of mortars, which is deployed in the southern section east of the Liaohu Railway, along the Shanghai North Railway Station, Qiujiang Road, and Baoshan Road.

The 2nd Battalion reinforced a mortar company (less than a platoon) was deployed on the left flank, that is, north of the Liao-Shanghai Railway, along Yokohama Road, Tiantongan Road, and Qingyun Road. The third battalion served as the reserve of the whole regiment.

As for the reinforced battalion of the Fourth Route Army, which was nominally assigned to the 156th Brigade, the brigade commander Weng Zhaoyuan had already received Cai Tingkai's instructions and everything was arranged by Shi Ming, and at the same time, what made Weng Zhaoyuan a headache was that Cai Tingkai personally called him and told him that Shi Ming was the commander-in-chief of the Zhabei Front, and all of them, including himself, were under Shi Ming's command.

Shi Ming and Ou Shounian, the commander of the 78th Division, accompanied by Weng Zhaoyuan and Zhang Junsong, inspected Zhang Junsong's position, and Shi Ming and Ou Shounian were very satisfied with Zhang Junsong's arrangement, and he handed over one of the two company special combat teams to Zhang Junsong, and explained to Zhang Junsong how to use these people.

The commander of the 78th Division, Ou Shounian, is also a well-known celebrity. He was born on October 5, 1902, in the winter of 1921, he joined his uncle Cai Tingkai as the company commander of the 11th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 4th Regiment of the 1st Division of the Guangdong Army, and was later sent to the Yangjiang Military Training Institute of the Guangdong Military Academy by Cai Tingkai, and served as a platoon commander, company commander, and battalion commander after graduation, and was coerced to participate in the Nanchang Uprising in August, and broke away from the rebel army with Cai Tingkai on the way to Guangdong, and served as the commander of the 70th Regiment of the 24th Division of the 11th Army, the commander of the 120th Brigade of the 60th Division, and the commander of the 78th Division.

After the Fujian Incident, Ou Shounian went to Germany to study military affairs. Later, he served as the commander of the 26th Division and the 176th Division of the Gui Department. During the Anti-Japanese War, he participated in the Battle of Songhu, and when the first line of Shanghai collapsed, Ou Shounian was one of the few generals who could lead his troops to retreat to Zhejiang.

In addition, Ou Shounian also participated in the Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Wuhan, and also resisted the attack of the Japanese Sixth Division in Huangmei and Guangji, and was promoted to the deputy commander of the 48th Army and the commander of the 176th Division for his outstanding military achievements.

In 1939, he served as the commander of the 48th Army, and in March 43, he served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the 26th Group Army and the deputy commander of the 6th Pacification Zone.

In front of the barricades at the various intersections of Zhabei are hundreds of policemen. Three barricades were erected on the street about a hundred meters behind the police. On both sides of the street, between the barricades and the police, dozens of bonfires were lit to illuminate this stretch of road. …,

It's just that in this way, the policemen are depressed, trembling under the guns of the Japanese, and greeting the ancestors of Regiment Commander Zhang behind their backs, it is estimated that there will be no less. But complaining is complaining, and the work still has to be done. The police are divided into two squadrons, the third and the sixth, and in addition to the police posts on the first line, the main force of the police squadron is still concentrated and ready to respond.

There was also a company of military police, which was originally stationed at Shanghai North Railway Station. Commander Zhang asked the gendarmes to continue to be stationed in place.

Shanghai North Railway Station is a big station, Shanghainese call it "Old North Station", it was here that Song Jiaoren was assassinated. The north station must not be lost, otherwise the reinforcements will be in trouble, and the reinforcements must not be blocked on the tracks, and the soldiers can jump out of the train to gather, but without the loading and unloading equipment at the station, the transportation of materials will become a big problem.

The regimental headquarters of the 6th Regiment and the 3rd Battalion of the Reserve were in the Huzhou Hall west of the railway.

The distance between the Huzhou Hall and the 1st and 2nd battalions is about one kilometer, and the 3rd battalion is placed here, and it is relatively convenient to reinforce it.

The Huzhou Guild Hall is not simple, the Guild Hall itself is a unique product of China, the Chinese have always valued their hometown, many Huzhou people came to Shanghai, to help each other, so they built such a Huzhou Guild Hall to contact the villagers. But the Huzhou Guild Hall is a place of great events in Chinese history.

The Huzhou Hall is located at the intersection of Zhongxing Road, Huiwen Road, Shanghai, and although this building has long since disappeared, there is a site commemorative sign there. However, it is not preserved as a site of the Shanghai Anti-Japanese War, but as a site of the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions. In that year, Zhou Enlai took advantage of the Northern Expeditionary Army to approach Shanghai to carry out a workers' uprising, and the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions, which was established after the victory, was set up in Huzhou Hall. This is also the main place where the April 12 incident took place, Chiang Kai-shek Qing Communists, here is the witness.

However, just over three years later, the Huzhou Hall became a witness to the Anti-Japanese War.

At five o'clock in the evening, Zhang Junsong first received a report from the police. Japanese expatriates stationed in Zhabei are rushing to the concession.

At this time, there were two streams of people on the road connecting Zhabei and the concession.

Those who entered Zhabei from the concession were the Chinese residents of Zhabei who had fled to the concession for refuge a few days ago for fear of war. Hearing that the Shanghai government had compromised, these residents thought that the matter was over and that there would be no more fighting, so they could not rest assured that they would leave their homes and returned to Zhabei one after another.

However, when a large number of Chinese residents returned to Zhabei, a group of people ran from Zhabei to the concession in a hurry. Who? Japanese expatriates.

This news made Zhang Junsong's heart sink involuntarily, and on the one hand, he reported the situation to Weng Zhaoyuan, and on the other hand, he ordered the troops to prepare. Looks like something is going to happen tonight.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, Zhang Junsong, who was waiting nervously in the war room of the regiment headquarters, received a call from Weng Zhaoyuan, in which Weng Zhaoyuan told Zhang Junsong that he had received a report from Dai Ji, the commander of the garrison, that the Japanese army would definitely launch an armed attack tonight, and if the little devils came, they would be destroyed.

As soon as he heard that the little devil was really coming, Zhang Junsong was nervous and excited, and replied loudly into the phone: "Yes, brigade commander, if the little devil dares to come, I will let them come and go, you can see!" ”

Just put down the phone, a staff officer reported.

"Report to the regiment commander, our scouts heard the assembly call of the Japanese army sounding on the opposite side of North Sichuan Road!"

"Rallies? This shows that the little devil is going to attack, and immediately orders the whole regiment to enter the position. Zhang Junsong said as he picked up the phone and reported to Weng Zhaoyuan.

After the rallying cry of the Japanese army sounded, there was no movement, and then there was a terrible silence.

At the intersection of Tongji Road and Tiantongan Road in Zhabei District, two policemen with long guns, one fat and one thin, were on duty at the intersection in fear. Since the little devil urgently gathered in the middle of the night, all fools know what they want to do. …,

It's just that they have military orders in their bodies, and although they are very afraid, they still have to stand here with their heads stubborn and dare not retreat.

The fat policeman's face is pale, and if it is daytime, you will see that his hand is trembling slightly. He swallowed and spat, and looked back at the darkness more than fifty meters away, where there were still four policemen in their squad. Originally, the squadron leader's order was for the whole class to be on guard at the street entrance, but when they arrived at the street entrance, their squad leader said that the whole class could not let the little devils end it all at once, so he temporarily decided to draw lots to leave two people at the street entrance, and the others retreated 50 meters to cover.

The fat policeman muttered in a trembling voice, "Cover us, that's nice, I think they're just trying to make it easier." ”

The thin policeman looked nervously at the street corner across the road with a gun, and said, "It's all this time, what are you complaining about?" The squad leader can't help it, if the Japanese really want to call, just the six of us can defend the street entrance? Let's just make an appearance, the real top use is still those Guangdong little red guys, they were known as the Iron Army back then, and they were invincible all over the Republic of China. ”

The fat policeman shrunk his neck, pursed his lips and said unconvinced: "Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army does not dare to come with the Japanese, just with their broken weapons that dare not be up to our police corps, they can withstand the Japanese." ”

Speaking of weapons, the fat policeman remembered something again, leaned over to the thin policeman and said: "Those people from the Fourth Route Army who came to Shanghai to escort weapons, the weapons are really good, and when I was in the back, I saw that the 38 big covers with small mirrors in each hand were more bullish than the Japanese." ”

"Don't make a sound!"

The skinny policeman whispered as he quickly bowed down and pointed his gun across the road.

The fat policeman's drinking and nervous posture startled the fat policeman, and he hid behind the thin policeman and asked in a crying voice: "Are the Japanese coming?" ”

After waiting for a while, there was no movement, and the fat policeman wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, straightened up slightly, and looked across from the thin policeman's head. The street opposite was dark and dreary, and nothing could be seen. Only then did the fat policeman suddenly realize that the street lights on the opposite side had not been lit tonight.

Seeing that there was nothing abnormal, the thin policeman straightened up and said a little nervously, "I seem to have heard movement on the other side just now." ”

The fat policeman shuddered and took out the Ma Zhanshan brand cigarettes in his pocket. This is specially produced by Shanghai Fuchang Tobacco Company after the Jiangqiao Anti-Japanese War.

The fat policeman handed the thin policeman a cigarette and said, "Brother, smoke a cigarette and be steady." ”

While lighting the fire for the skinny policeman, he sighed and said, "This may be the last cigarette our brother smoked......"

Before the fat policeman's voice fell, two gunshots rang out, and the hat on the head of the thin policeman who had just lowered his head and lit the fire flew out, and at the same time, some hot things splashed on the face of the thin policeman. The thin policeman didn't have time to wipe his face, so he turned his head to look across the road, only to see more than 30 black shadows rushing out of the dark street on the opposite side, holding a rifle with a bayonet in his hand, and rushing over without a word.

"The Japanese are coming, evacuate."

The thin policeman turned around and ran, ran two steps and saw that the fat policeman did not move, and when he looked back, the fat policeman had fallen to the ground, and a large pool of blood was flowing beside him.

The thin policeman didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and ran away with his legs spread.

"Smack, smack......"

The gunshots of the four policemen in the back also rang out, although the scattered gunshots were not accurate, but they still caused the more than 30 Japanese soldiers who rushed over to scatter to both sides of the street, and the thin policeman took the opportunity to run back, and the other four policemen quickly ran back.

The first barricade was guarded by the police, and although they were nervous, they still fired a dense number of bullets at the rushing Japanese soldiers in the face of the rushing Japanese soldiers.

I remember that in the past, there were a few bandits in Hong Kong, armed with AK-47 submachine guns, who robbed gold shops, and hundreds of Hong Kong police officers could not keep people. Now these dozens of policemen in Shanghai, when they encounter gangsters, they can still support in a shootout, and now they encounter the Japanese marines armed to the teeth, and it is normal that they cannot resist it, and they are quickly defeated.

As soon as the gunshots rang out on this side of Tiantongan Road, the gunshots suddenly rang out from north to south. At almost every east-west intersection, Japanese troops were found approaching. The front-line police, dutifully dedicated, are still resisting stubbornly, and those who are timid and frightened say that they are going to report to the regular army in the rear, and they will run away.

Along with them were a large number of residents who had been awakened from their sleep. It is a pity that many people only came back from the concession shelter in the afternoon, but they didn't expect to fall into the flames of war without even sleeping peacefully