On November 8, the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937), the 10th Army of the Yue Army, which landed from Jinshanwei, under the leadership of Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke, drove north and captured Songjiang.

Chairman Chiang, who had originally thought of holding out for a few more days, woke up like a dream and urgently ordered all units of the Songhu Theater to withdraw immediately.

However, at this time, the best opportunity to retreat had been lost, coupled with the lack of prestige of Gu Zhutong, deputy commander-in-chief of the Third Theater, it was difficult to effectively suppress the various units, and finally there was a scene of various group armies and divisions rushing to retreat, and dozens of elite divisions were crowded on the only road from Shanghai to Nanjing, and people were crowded and collided, and the scene was completely out of control.

When the bomber group of the Yue army heard the wind, they bombed indiscriminately along the highway, coupled with the chaos caused by the chaos of the army and the chaos of the army, this hasty retreat finally led to a great rout, and nearly 100,000 heroic [***] soldiers did not fall on the front line of artillery fire, but died extremely at the feet of their comrades and brothers!

At the same time as the main force of [***] was defeated on all fronts, the anti-Japanese war of the Baoshan battalion in the Sixing warehouse also entered the most difficult stage.

On the night of the day when all walks of life in Shanghai sent condolences and more than 100 supplementary soldiers to the Sixing warehouse, the 1st Brigade of the Jing'an Army of the puppet Manchukuo drove to the forward position of the Yue Army on the north side of the Sixing Warehouse, and the next day, the Wakisaka Wing (36th Wing) of the 9th Division of the Yue Army launched a fierce attack on the Sixing Warehouse with the cooperation of the Zhishan Brigade of the puppet Manchukuo.

I have to admit that the commander of the 36th Wing of the Japanese Army, Jiro Wakisaka, still has a very high tactical quality.

In the previous ten days of attack, the Wakisaka United did not do their best, but made a very targeted feint to consume as much ammunition as possible from the Chinese army, and at the same time put pressure on the concession authorities, in order to surrender the troops without a fight; At this time, seeing that the plan to put pressure on the political axe of China through the concession and force the defenders of China to disarm and retreat failed, he adjusted his tactics again, and while blocking the contact between the Sixing Warehouse and the outside world, he launched a fierce attack on the Sixing Warehouse with the cooperation of the puppet Jing'an army.

During this round of attacks, Wakisaka Jiro also created a large number of "new tanks".

The so-called new tank, in fact, is to nail a few millimeters thick steel plates on the table and sides of many Eight Immortal Tables, and suddenly become a mobile infantry fortress, [***] light and heavy machine gun bullets can not penetrate the steel plate at all, only the armor-piercing shells of the war defense artillery can effectively destroy these simple infantry fortresses.

In addition, the army also transferred a squadron of anti-aircraft artillery to shoot at [***].

The so-called anti-aircraft guns are actually anti-tank guns, which are mainly used to strike armored targets.

The 37mm anti-aircraft gun is an imitation of the German KWK36 anti-tank gun, although the power is not enough to compare with the genuine products imported from Germany, but the armor-piercing blasting shells fired by it are not small, and the direct fire of the anti-aircraft gun can also pose a direct threat to the light and heavy machine guns in the concealed shooting hole!

As a result, [***] immediately suffered casualties, especially among light and heavy machine guns and shooters!

In the fierce battle until the evening, four of the original six Makqin guns of the Baoshan battalion were damaged, two of the nine Czechs were damaged, three of the four ninety-two were damaged, the six crooked handles were intact, and the losses of the machine gunners were also extremely heavy, Niu Dagen's machine gun company originally had more than 60 people, but now there are only about 40 people left.

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The fourth floor of the warehouse, the headquarters of the Baoshan battalion.

Two lanterns hung on the wall, sprinkling the dim light into the empty hall, Yue Weihan sat quietly in the corner of the hall like a sculpture, Yue Weihan's face looked a little blue, the anti-Japanese war in the Sixing Warehouse has now seriously deviated from the history he is familiar with, the 524th regiment of the head of Xie Yuan only killed four people until it retreated into the concession, and the Baoshan battalion killed at least thirty brothers just today!

However, the 524th Regiment of Commander Xie Yuan only held out in the Sixing Warehouse for four days.

However, Yue Weihan and his Baoshan battalion have been holding on to the Sixing Warehouse for more than ten days, and the more than 70 [***] main divisions in the Songhu Theater are now in a state of collapse, while the Baoshan Battalion is still standing like a mountain in the Sixing Warehouse!

In the heavy footsteps, Cao Xinglong, the commander of the first company, Chi Chengfeng, the commander of the second company, Niu Dagen, the commander of the machine gun company, and Liu Tiezhu, the commander of the guard platoon, came to Yue Weihan together, Niu Dagen still had a bandage on his right shoulder, and this afternoon, a blasting bullet from the devil's anti-aircraft artillery took away a layer of skin on his right shoulder after penetrating the wall, but fortunately it did not hurt his muscles and bones.

"Yingza, it's not okay to go on like this." Cao Xinglong said.

"His grandmother, the little devil's anti-aircraft cannon is too powerful." Chi Chengfeng also said.

Niu Dagen also said: "Camp, we must think of a way, otherwise our machine gun company will be finished." ”

"What are you talking about?" Yue Weihan frowned, and asked Liu Tiezhu again, "Zhuzi, what are the casualties of the brothers?" ”

"The casualties have been counted." Liu Tiezhu nodded, and said gloomily, "The battalion has a total of thirty-nine killed, seventeen seriously injured, and about sixty lightly injured, but they are not in the way, and the vast majority of those killed or seriously injured are recruits, and there are brothers from the heavy machine gun platoon." ”

Nodding silently, Yue Weihan also felt quite regretful in his heart.

War has its own laws of war, and it is absolutely cruel and absolutely ruthless, on the battlefield, the most and fastest deaths are always recruits, due to the lack of psychological adaptation process, recruits who have just stepped on the battlefield will always instinctively react slowly and behave unexpectedly, so that the probability of death is greatly increased.

However, Yue Weihan didn't have time to take care of these recruits now, so he immediately asked, "How is the tunnel dug?" ”

Liu Tiezhu scratched his head and said with some uncertainty: "It must be more than 100 meters, right?" But now the speed of the excavation is much slower than at the beginning, because the earth excavated in front of it takes a long time to get out, and it is so stuffy that the brothers will not have to wait long to get out and breathe, which is too much trouble. ”

Yue Weihan said coldly: "No matter how difficult it is, you have to dig hard, and you must speed up the progress as much as possible!" ”

After saying this, Yue Weihan said again: "But it is indeed a problem that it is too stuffy inside, so I will discuss with Mr. Yang later to see if he can find a way to get us a few bottles of oxygen from the hospital in the concession." ”

Liu Tiezhu said: "If you can really get oxygen, then the remaining 100 meters can definitely be dug in ten days." ”

"There's one more thing to note." Yue Weihan suddenly reminded, "Now that the tunnel is close to the devil's headquarters, if it is too quiet at night, it is likely that the devil will hear the noise underground, so your guard platoon must release cold guns and cold cannons from time to time, make noise as much as possible, and don't let the little devil live too peacefully." ”

"Yes." Liu Tiezhu suddenly straightened his chest and said loudly, "I'll arrange it." ”

Yue Weihan then said to Cao Xinglong, Chi Chengfeng and Niu Dagen: "The little devil has improved his tactics, and our tactics must be adjusted accordingly, starting tomorrow, the battle defense artillery will stop shooting at the devil, the little devil's artillery is well-trained, and after a shot, he will transfer his position, and he can't kill it at all, and we don't have many shells, and the remaining dozen shells have to be used to deal with the little devil's tank, as for their 'soil tank', they will be blown up with cluster grenades when they get close!" ”

"The remaining light and heavy machine guns of the machine gun company are all transferred to the bottom, and when the devils attack, try to use the devil infantry and the 'earth tank' to block the firing range of the devil's anti-aircraft artillery, and the sub-shooters of each machine gun must also pay attention to observe at any time, and once the firing point is exposed to the firing range of the devil's anti-aircraft artillery, it will be transferred immediately."

"Hey, that's a good idea, why didn't I think of it?" Niu Dagen slapped his thigh violently.

"His grandmother, why else is the camp seat and you are the company commander?" Chi Chengfeng slapped Niu Dagen's head at the moment and sneered, "If you can also think of it, won't you also become a camp?" ”

"The surname is Chi!" Niu Dagen suddenly covered his head and said angrily, "Why are you beating me again?" ”

"Ouch, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Grandpa Niu." Chi Chengfeng said embarrassedly, "Hurry up, don't catch it." ”

"Get out, get out, get out of here!" Yue Weihan waved his hand angrily, "Go on the side, how far and how far you go!" ”

Cao Xinglong and the three of them suddenly hugged their heads and ran away, each of them went to their own side, Yue Weihan went up to the fifth floor and came to the temporary munitions warehouse of the Baoshan camp, the devils attacked early this morning, and the blockade on the Suzhou River was also strengthened, Yue Weihan didn't care about escorting the photographer back, so he asked for the surname to stay as a quartermaster for the time being.