Now the entire Siden Line suddenly faced nearly 300,000 Japanese troops armed to the teeth, and the pressure increased suddenly, at this time on the Siden Line, the morale of the troops was high, and the attrition was also small, not like in history, the attrition reached 60 percent.

Because the Japanese army occupied Shanghai, an international metropolis, and the whole people fell into the madness of exhaustion, they held a congratulatory meeting, and at the same time wrote to the emperor, asking the Japanese army to take the capital of China, and the pressure on the Japanese staff headquarters was also very great, and in desperation, the staff headquarters ordered the Japanese army on the front line to immediately conquer the Xiden line, and the troops came to Nanjing, the capital of China, to congratulate the emperor on his birthday.

The Japanese army immediately launched an army of 300,000 to attack the Xideng line in an all-round way, and the Japanese army was under the cover of tanks and heavy artillery, and it was more difficult to guard the Xideng line.

Zhang Jun supported all his anti-tank guns to deal with the Japanese tanks, and now he uses anti-tank guns in the fortifications to destroy the Japanese tanks, compared to using tanks to destroy tanks during counterattacks, the former is of course more calculated, and every time the Japanese tanks are reduced, Zhang Jun's counterattack success will increase by one point, although the Japanese tanks are paper-tied, but his 37-mm anti-tank guns are still very threatening to Zhang Jun's No. 3 and No. 4 tanks, especially the No. 3 tank can not withstand the 37-mm anti-tank guns.

Among the 152 tanks owned by Zhang Jun, 120 are No. 3 tanks, the front armor of this tank is only 37-47 mm, and the whole vehicle weighs 15 tons; although the Japanese tank is less than 10 tons, his 37-mm anti-tank gun is a mortal threat to the No. 3 tank; Zhang Jun also has 32 No. 4 medium tanks, weighing 25 tons, these tanks are the nemesis of the Japanese tank, the front armor is 80 mm, and the small Japanese tank guns have nothing to do with it.

When the Xideng line got a large number of anti-tank guns mobilized by Zhang Jun and Jiang Zhongzheng, the Japanese tanks lost more than 100 tanks after heavy losses, and they did not seek death before the strong fortifications, so they had to use artillery and the number of people to make the Xideng line turn the corner, and the two sides launched a tragic positional battle and tug-of-war on the Siden line. ** The blood in the trenches was like a stream, and the Japanese troops outside also dyed all the land within a thousand meters of the advance in front of the battle red.

The Japanese devil's bushido is too tenacious, under such large casualties, it is still attacking, and the 150 heavy artillery is constantly destroying the fortifications of the defense line, and the Japanese army will occupy a line of defense every three days, and after the squadron loses three lines of defense, they all retreated to the two fulcrums on the Xideng line that night - Wuxi City and Jiangyin City, and the defense of the Xideng line lasted for 15 days, which was less than half of what was expected, leaving an extra breath of vitality for the Japanese army invading China, but the casualties on both sides were huge, All reached about 70,000 or 80,000.

**More than 200,000 people were besieged in these two points, and there were fierce quarrels among the Japanese high-level over the tactical arrangements, and finally the Japanese emperor held a meeting to decide on the tactical arrangements.

Present at the Imperial Council were Japanese Prime Minister Fumima Konoe, Japanese Minister of the Sea Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, Vice Minister of the Army, Mijiro Umezu, and Ishihara Wanji of the General Staff Headquarters.

"Your Majesty, I think we should take the capital of China in one go, the empire has consumed too much material in this war, if the war continues to be consumed like this, it will seriously affect the empire's strategy."

This is what the sea phase said, and then the army man continued:

"Your Majesty, after a hard and remarkable campaign, the imperial soldiers have now occupied Shanghai, the largest city in China, but the government army of China has suddenly abandoned the defense line and retreated to the two cities of Wuxi and Jiangyin, and has been surrounded by the imperial army of no less than 250,000 people, don't we need to capture these two cities to march to the capital of China?"

"I don't agree with the words of the Vice-Minister of the Army, the Imperial Army is invincible, and the resources of the Empire and the international environment do not allow us to fight a war of attrition with China, so we can completely use a part of the army to surround these two cities, and there is no need to fight street battles with the remnants of the defeated army in China, and then the main force of the Imperial Army will go straight to the capital of China and force its government to surrender and negotiate peace, which is the best policy."

"I agree, the empire really can't drag on the war in China for too long, we must solve the war in China as soon as possible, and our heroic imperial army should not be consumed in street battles with the people of China, we can use a part of the army to besiege these two cities for a long time, and then directly take the capital of China, and after the government of China surrenders, these two cities will be self-defeating."

First of all, Fumima Konoe agreed with this point of view, Emperor Hirohito was not a tactician in the first place, and he did whatever the ministers below said.

"Since all Aiqing think that this arrangement and tactics are reasonable, then let's implement it like this, send a report to Matsui Shigen, take the capital of China in the near future, and force the government of China to surrender."

The order of the Japanese high-level was quickly conveyed to the hands of Matsui Shigen, as the commander-in-chief of the Shanghai Dispatch Army in China, Matsui Shigen was also unwilling to fight street battles with **, how could the cruelty of street fighting as a soldier not know, for the sake of insurance, Matsui Shigen divided out 100,000 Japanese troops to besiege Wuxi and Jiangyin, 5,000 troops left behind in Shanghai, as soon as the supplementary troops arrived, the full 200,000 troops rushed straight to Nanjing, the capital of China, Matsui Shigen means a stream down.

The war was developing as Zhang Jun expected, and the Japanese army was in good condition on the way from the Xideng Line to Nanjing, and there was no first-class troops blocking Pingchuan, and the advance was very smooth.

On December 26, 1937, the Japanese army had pushed to Danyang and occupied Danyang City.

On December 27, 1937, the Japanese army had pushed to Changzhou and occupied the city of Changzhou.

At the military headquarters of the 74th Army in Zhenjiang, Zhang Jun is convening a meeting of all the officers:

Deputy Commander: Yu Jishi, Shi Zhongzhong

Chief of Staff: Qiu Qingquan, Staff Corps: Dozens of German professional staff officers.

51st Division Commander: Paul Hausser, Deputy Division Commander: Feng Shengfa (Infantry Division)

Commander of the 57th Division: Theodore Ike Deputy Commander: Zhang Lingpu (Infantry Division)

Commander of the 58th Division: Rommel Deputy Division Commander: Wang Yaowu (Armored Division)

Flight Regiment Leader: Erich Hartmann, Deputy Regimental Commander: Gao Zhihang

At the same time, there are 36th division commander Song Xilian, and 87th division commander Zhang Zhizhong and 88th division commander is Yu Jishi and teaching corps captain Gui Yongqing, they suffered heavy losses after the first stage of the Battle of Songhu, after the second stage Jiang Zhongzheng refused to let them go to the battlefield, but put them in Nanjing to rest, this time the total strength of the counterattack reached 130,000 people, all of which were German equipment. In particular, the German 74th Panzer Army did not shrink the original cargo.

When all of them arrived, the launch of this counterattack was officially launched:

"Now for the watch check, it's eight o'clock in the evening on December 27, 1937." After Zhang Jun finished talking to the division-level commanders present, he began to issue combat orders:

"Hartmann of the Flying Regiment led all the planes to surprise all the Japanese airfields in Shanghai this evening, and at the same time telegraphed the planes of the Soviet Air Force to give full assistance, and it was necessary to destroy the Shanghai airfield and the two field airfields of the Japanese army tonight, and not even a single Japanese plane could take off tomorrow, otherwise military law would be involved."

"Guaranteed to get the job done." Hartmann took the order and left.

"Rommel, commander of the 58th Division, your task is to lead your armored division to attack the Japanese army head-on early tomorrow morning, and not attack the city."

Because the Japanese army also occupied two cities between Wuxi and Nanjing, Danyang and Changzhou, Rommel could not be stupid enough to use his armored division in street battles with the Japanese invaders, bypassing the cities and leaving them to the infantry behind.

"Commander of the 51st Division: Paul Hausser and Commander of the 57th Division: Theodore Ick, you are to closely follow the 58th Division, annihilate the disorganized enemy, and at the same time ensure the logistics needs of the 580th Division."

You must know that the 51st Division and the 57th Division have more than 800 vehicles, and while ensuring the logistics of the 58th Armored Division, the infantry of these two divisions can completely follow up by car. For the first time, a real blitzkrieg will be staged on Chinese soil.

"The commander of the 36th Division, Song Xilian, and the commander of the 87th Division, Zhang Zhizhong, and the commander of the 88th Division, are Yu Jishi and Gui Yongqing, the captain of the Teaching Corps, your task is to annihilate the remnants of the enemy left by the first-line troops, such as strong fortifications, or the enemy in the city. Can you complete the task? ”

"Yes, yes, yes......"

December 27, 1937 at 12 p.m.: Clear, no moon, but starlight can basically see the outline of the terrain.

Under the guidance of the Chinese navigator, Hartmann took 80 BF109 and 40 JU87 dive bombers and 40 Soviet horizontal bombers, Hartmann divided his aircraft group into three groups, and attacked the three airfields respectively, and the precision bombing of the German JU87 dive bombers was outstanding, and under the guidance of the Chinese navigators, it was completely easy to blow up the runway of the Japanese airfield.

Large-scale destruction will be handed over to the Soviet horizontal bombers, and the Japanese fighters will not be able to take to the air at night, so it seems that the BF109 can only strafe the Japanese planes on the tarmac of the airport tonight.

At this time, the Japanese airfield was peaceful, all kinds of lights illuminated the airport like daylight, and the searchlights were constantly shining back and forth, but they were not illuminating the sky, but the ground, this was a Chinese place, and little Japan was afraid that Chinese troublemakers would come to the airport to make trouble, so those searchlights were shining indiscriminately in the wilderness.

"Buzz...... Buzz ......"

Junichi Inu, the Shanghai airport security officer, suddenly heard a buzzing sound, and the water in the water cup on the table also rippled. Junichi Inu, as an airport guard officer, of course knew that this was a large number of planes approaching, and it was night, and it was impossible for him to send a large number of planes, saying that he had not been notified, it could only be a plane from Shina, and it must still be a large group, Junichi Inu hurriedly rushed out of his room, and then sounded the aviation alarm in the corridor.

The Japanese soldiers in the airport also rushed out of their rooms and began to run to their posts, and the electric lights at the airport were also extinguished in an instant, but it was too late, the Chinese navigators had already accurately located the Shanghai airport occupied by the Japanese army, and more than ten screaming planes swooped down, and there was a huge, deafening explosion on the airport runway, and the house was shaking violently, and Junichi felt that he was completely deaf.