Li Tie apologized to the guard Li Erzhu with a little embarrassment, and offered ten silver dollars on the spot to make amends.

Li Tie promised to arrange the loading and unloading of munitions immediately, and the 78th Division could first send people to the warehouse at Huaxing Wharf to pick up a regiment's equipment and go directly to the battlefield.

Then, their Huaxing convoy was responsible for delivering all the supplies and munitions to the door. The 78th Division only needs to hand over the list and number of people responsible for receiving it to Huaxing Company.

Soon Li Tie got a list of the main defensive positions of the 78th Division. However, now that the fortress of Wusong was being attacked by Japanese warships, their 78th Division had to send troops to support it immediately.

Li Tie stopped Commander Cai, and Li Tie took the initiative to ask Commander Cai for an order, and the warships in the river and sea were dealt with by him, and their 78th Division only needed to deal with the marines attacking Zhabei.

Commander Cai immediately looked at Li Tie with admiration, and even said that with this strong reinforcement, their 78th Division would definitely be able to ensure that Shanghai would not be lost.

Then, the 78th Division was all mobilized. Li Tie even called Huaxing Foreign Bank directly at the division headquarters and asked them to take out 5 million yuan and send the supplies to the various positions of the 78th Division.

As soon as they heard that the military voice that had been owed for eight months was about to be cashed out, the 78th Division was even more vigilant, and now that they had money and guns, they were afraid of a bird.

Everyone is clamoring to let the Japanese see the prestige of the Chinese people, and to let little Japan know that we Chinese can drink a pot of urine just for them to drink in Japan.

The generals happily went to post the mission. The soldiers, who learned that they were about to make a noise and receive new equipment, shouted with joy, and were eager to attack now and fight the Japanese.

Li Tie and his entourage left the division headquarters of the 78th Division, Li Tie asked Tie Dan to immediately drive to the warehouse at Huaxing Wharf to arrange the loading and unloading of munitions, and soon a regiment of people from the 78th Division came to lead the army.

At the same time, Li Tie returned to Huaxing and ordered the Huaxing convoy to go all out to transport arms for the 78th Division, and the Huaxing Escort was responsible for the defense.

All of a sudden, the employees of Huaxing Company also went all out and began to cooperate with the 78th Division to resist the Japanese attack.

At this time, the Japanese army had just completed preparations for the attack, and the bombing had just ended. The first line of defense outside the Shanghai concession was quickly broken by the Japanese.

The various units of the 78th Division have been ordered to let go of the first line of defense, let the Japanese rush to the boundary, and enter the second line of defense.

At noon on the 28th, the Japanese had just broken through the first line of defense, and Rear Admiral Shiozawa, as commander of the First Fleet and commander-in-chief of the attack on Shanghai, received a report from the front.

In one morning, the first line of defense of the 78th Division of the 19th Route Army was breached, and the enemy lost his armor. Shiozawa was very satisfied.

He had ordered all the attacking troops to continue the offensive after lunch and occupy the second line of defense, that is, the entire Zhabei area, on the night of the 28th.

Lijian was to completely defeat the 78th Division within two days and occupy the fortress of Wusong, as long as the above two tasks were completed, he could send a telegram to the Japanese Admiralty. They reported that they had occupied Shanghai in just two days, one day earlier than he had predicted.

At this time, in the officers' cafeteria of the Japanese Admiralty, Vice Admiral Nomura Kichizaburo and Vice Admiral Kobayashi Takuzo were discussing the situation in Shanghai while eating a rich lunch.

General Shiozawa didn't brag, and it took only one morning to capture most of the strategic points outside the Shanghai Concession.

This Chinese soldier is really too incompetent. It seems that it is not impossible to occupy Shanghai in three days and destroy China in three months. "Lieutenant General Kobayashi is very happy about the situation in front of him.

"Your Excellency, I don't think Shiozawa would take Shanghai so easily. Obviously, the first line of defense was breached in the event of a sneak attack.

China's 19th Route Army is known as China's Iron Army. Although their weapons and equipment are very backward, their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

I'm sure their comeback will come soon. With Shiozawa Yuki, a villain who was born as a wine seller, it was impossible for him to stop the counterattack of the 19th Route Army.

The most important thing is that they don't have enough troops, and he's obviously a little proud now, and I don't think much of him. I think I should be ready to take his place as his replacement.

In addition, with only 3,000 marines and 5,000 armed merchants, it is impossible to occupy all of Shanghai, China's largest and most important city.

What's more, there are people in Shanghai, money, and guns. There are even other powers staring behind their backs. If they were to resist with all their might, even if I went forward, it would be impossible to win the battle without enough troops. ”

; "Oh, you're so dismissive of Shiozawa, so unconfident in the Empire's soldiers? You must know that the only Huaxing Aviation Military Academy that can threaten us has been destroyed by the task force we sent to it.

Is there anyone else in Shanghai who can stop our troops? Kobayashi asked.

"Yes, Jiang Guangnai is one, Cai Tingkai is one, and Li Tie is also one." Nomura Kichizaburo said affirmatively.

"Jiang Guangnai and Cai Tingkai can still be understood, both of them are professional soldiers, although this Li Tie is a bit of an escort, but the fighter he relies on the most is gone, can he still threaten us?" Lieutenant General Kobayashi asked.

"Yes, I have a good personal relationship with General Yoshinori Shirakawa, Minister of War, and I know from him that Li Tie has an extremely close relationship with the base-region-organization.

Moreover, the Tokyo Port Incident and the Northeast Incident, more than a dozen of our warships were destroyed, and one aircraft carrier was sunk, all of which showed that Li Tie had a powerful submarine attack capability, so Li Tie must have a great threat to us. Nomura Kichizaburo said affirmatively.

"Ah, then why didn't you say it earlier? If Li Tie launches a submarine war, then isn't it very dangerous for us to attack the warship of Wusong Fortress? Kobayashi asked, arguingly.

"No, our warships launched an attack on the river, and most of them were in the dead end of the fortress, and the fortress artillery was afraid of accidentally injuring the surrounding people, so they could only return fire with small artillery.

As for Li Tie's submarines, he was not afraid, and the rivers in Shanghai were not suitable for submarine attacks. Moreover, before the attack, we had already laid several blocking cables at the mouth of the Yangtze River, let alone submarines, and even slightly larger fish could not enter the river. Nomura Kichizaburo said confidently.

"Yo Xi, Nomura-kun is worthy of my Vice Admiral, even if Shiozawa Yuki wins by luck this time, he has to thank you for what you have done for him silently." Kobayashi nodded approvingly.

"Your Excellency Commander, although I look down on Shiozawa Yuki, who sells alcohol, but after all, I am a general of the Empire, and for the sake of the Empire, I can put aside my personal grievances."

"Very good, Nomura-kun is a selfless soldier, if Shiozawa really doesn't capture Shanghai within three days, I will appoint you as the next commander-in-chief of the attack.

I believe that the Imperial Japanese Navy will be able to accomplish this great task under your leadership. Come, colleagues, for the future of the Empire, for the honor of the Navy, let us raise a glass together. ”

The generals in the Admiralty cafeteria stood up together, picked up the wine on the table, and shouted together: "Cheers, onboard." ”

At this time, in Shanghai, when the Japanese soldiers were burying fire and cooking, in front of a position of the second line of defense of the 78th Division.

More than a hundred soldiers were staring at the Japanese position in front of them with red eyes: "Company commander, we are too embarrassed in this battle.

Give me twenty brethren and give us all the grenades of the company, and we will form death squads to attack the Japanese soldiers who are eating.

If we don't take the initiative to attack now, we won't be able to beat them when they're full of food and drink. "The platoon commander suggested to the company commander.

The company commander, whose face was covered with ash, quietly looked at the position in front of him, and calmly said to the platoon commander in front of him while wiping the big blade in his hand:

"Don't worry, the regiment commander said that the arms and supplies will be delivered immediately, and when the supplies arrive, Lao Tzu will be full of food and drink, and Lao Tzu will personally lead the team to fuck him."

"That is, if you think about the Central Plains War back then, our Northwest Army was also short of guns and food, and it didn't still do the same thing to make the Central Army collapse." In the tunnel, the second platoon leader Niu said coaxingly.

"Come on, your Northwest Army didn't defeat our Central Army later, didn't you join the Central Army and the Northeast Army later." The third platoon commander said unconvinced.

"Okay, when is it? What about the Northwest Army, the Central Army, and the Guangdong Army? Aren't everyone the 19th Route Army now? The platoon leader said.

"The platoon leader is right, everyone is now the 19th Route Army, and we are all **. Although it is not as good as the treatment of the Central Army, it is also better than the previous hunger and fullness.

I heard that it was Li Tie of Huaxing Company who sent us a voice this time, and he personally sent five million silver dollars to the division headquarters. He also provided all the arms to support our resistance against the Japanese. The company commander said.

"My dear, five million silver dollars, how much does that cost? I'm only two silver dollars a month. A soldier next to him was surprised.

"What is five million? I heard that Li Tie is the richest man in the world, and he has tens of billions of silver dollars in the United States alone. The company commander was also amazed.

"Oh my God, tens of billions, how much is that? I have to calculate, how many can we support the 19th Route Army with so much money? The second platoon commander immediately pulled up ten fingers and calculated vigorously.

After counting for a long time, I was sweating urgently, and I didn't understand. Everyone saw his embarrassment and laughed at him.

As soon as he saw that everyone was laughing at him, he simply didn't forget it, and scolded: "Grandma's, anyway, I can raise a lot of troops, no matter, when Li Tie calls for troops, I will definitely be the first to vote, and I shouldn't be a platoon commander, as long as I don't owe a lot of noise every month." ”

The words of the second platoon commander were really recognized by most of the soldiers, and everyone thought that even if they couldn't vote for the Central Army, it would be good to be able to vote under a rich man.

While everyone was discussing hotly, I saw a few cars driving in the alley behind the position, and dozens of fully armed people resisting boxes of ammunition to the position, and telling everyone to go to the back alley to get their guns.

The company commander excitedly opened a wooden box, took out a new rifle from it, and then opened another box, only to see that it was full of grenades.

The company commander looked up to the sky excitedly and laughed: "This time we are rich, this time we must let the Japanese devils on the other side know our history." ”

There was also a company commander who was even happier in the back, only to see that the soldiers who went to receive the guns were not only resisting the new rifles one by one, but also resisting bundles of cotton clothes and leather boots.

The soldiers took off their shabby cloth clothes, put on cotton clothes, and put on leather boots. Everyone resisted rifles, pinned grenades to their waists, ate canned food, and their eyes were full of tears. After so many days, they finally got their hands on meat.

Several Huaxing guards carried a heavy box and threw it in front of the company commander: "This is three thousand oceans, except for the eight months of your army, my boss Li Tie said." The extra silver dollars were given to the brothers for wine. ”

When the soldiers beside the company commander heard this, they cheered happily. The Japanese soldiers who were eating on the other side stood up and watched, and they were still wondering, why were the Chinese soldiers on the other side so happy? When we have eaten and drunk enough, we will go and kill these poor ghosts.

The company commander immediately opened the cash box and asked several platoon commanders to start ringing the soldiers of the whole company.

Several soldiers who were the first to receive the military sound saw that the Huaxing guards were dressed more handsomely than the Central Army, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Brother, which part of the team are you?" I've never seen your team before? ”

A member of the team smiled: "We are Li Tie's team, and we are also members of the Huaxing Guard. ”

When these team members brought in more than a dozen machine guns and dozens of boxes of ammunition, many soldiers inquired: "How many rings of silver do you have a month?" I heard that your boss is the richest man in the world.

Your ringing silver must be similar to the Central Army, right? The soldiers of the Central Army are five oceans a month. ”

"Our ordinary team members have ten oceans a month, and the Einsatzgruppen team has twenty oceans a month, if it is a more elite special combat team.

Because they are all improvised, their salaries are kept secret, and they earn more than our Einsatzgruppen anyway. ”

"What? It's much more than twenty oceans a month, what kind of special combat team of grandma? Is it made of gold? Is it worth it? ”