Chapter 618: The War of Resistance Against Songhu and the Fall of the War of Resistance (3)

"Our army is fighting hard, and we are on the verge of reaching the truth. The sixty generations were very angry, and generously asked for death, each wrapped a large explosive bomb around his chest, back and four bodies, and soaked his clothes with fire oil, and infiltrated the enemy formation, swooping his palms on the ground, and firing all the bullets, and his flesh and bones were shattered. If the thief is taken by surprise, the one who is also broken; Far and near corresponded, and the thief thought that the army was coming, so he was defeated. Our army took advantage of the situation to go north, and then stopped for more than ten miles, and the water did not flow. ”

This is the legendary story published in the "Declaration".

Die generously and die with the enemy. Such a story is undoubtedly the most shocking and exciting for people. Moreover, not only that, but the version of this story has spread more and more, for example, there is also a story about the Chinese warriors who took advantage of the enemy's sleep, touched the enemy camp, and died with the enemy.

However, after all, a story is just a story, not a fact.

The bloody battle of Jijiaqiao, from morning to night, within 12 hours, the 122nd Brigade launched several full-front attacks. The Japanese army wants to sleep soundly, can they sleep? At 9 o'clock, not to mention that the battle is raging, even if you don't fight, it's not time to sleep, let alone on the position in front of the enemy.

Moreover, on such a small battlefield where fierce battles are raging, how can 60 people infiltrate the enemy line? Also, the human bomb, which had to be squeezed into the crowd, at least had to be close to the Japanese to be effective, but if 60 people sneaked in, if they wanted not to be discovered by the enemy, they had to stay away from the Japanese, and they had to be able to pull off the bombs all at once, so a contradictory collective suicide attack could not be done at all. As for "palm-shaking, bullets firing at once," in the midst of the fierce gunfire and explosions, it is even more imaginative to want to use the sound of "palm-shaking" as a signal to pull the bomb in unison.

However, such imagination can stimulate the patriotic enthusiasm of the people, and the already enthusiastic support of the front, driven by this story, the Shanghainese people's actions to support the front line have become more enthusiastic.

The victory of Jijiaqiao blew all over the north and south of the river overnight like a spring breeze. It is not an exaggeration to describe the people of the whole country, especially the people of Shanghai, as ecstatic. Inspired by this amazing story, the public's donations have become more enthusiastic, and the 19th Route Army has even received checks from overseas Chinese transferred through HSBC.

Since 918, the Northeast Army has been afraid of the enemy like a tiger, pulling out its feet and slipping away, sending the great rivers and mountains to the Japanese in vain. The Northeast Army's series of eye-popping performances made all the shameful Chinese feel ashamed, and the people couldn't help but ask, is this the Chinese army?

The same Chinese army, the 19th Route Army, rose up in Shanghai to resist, and judging by the newspapers, the Chinese army seemed to be fighting very well. Such a strong contrast made the people look at the ragged 19th Route Army with admiration, and they immediately admired it. Whether it is material assistance or praise of words, it is surging like a tide.

This kind of scene, when the war in Shanghai had just started, the 19th Route Army did not feel the preference of the Shanghainese people for them at all.

Because when the war first broke out, the general reaction of the frightened Shanghai people was not how to go to the line of fire to help the 19th Route Army, but how to escape. Because, since the Opium War, no Chinese army has defeated the foreigners in Shanghai, not even the Orientals.

The people of the Chinese community in all parts of Shanghai, whether they were in the war zone or not, either poured into the concession one after another, or fled to the rear of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so that the road to Suzhou was blocked.

Just when everyone was crowded together and fled to the rear, only a small group of people came against the flow of people to the war zone and rushed to support the 19th Route Army. They are the ambulance team of the Chinese Civil Red Cross Society.

Just a few hours after the battle began on the night of the 28th, the Red Cross ambulance team set out from the concession, and it was the early morning of the 29th. At that time, from the concession to Zhabei, several traffic arteries had iron gates. When the ambulance team came to the iron gate, they found that the iron gate had been locked up by the patrol of the concession, and the gate was crowded with Chinese refugees begging to open the door. …,

In the face of this apocalyptic scene, the Red Cross ambulance team did not use the traffic cut off as an excuse to retreat, but silently took a long detour, passing through the Huxi Taxi Boundary from the west, and then turned back into the Zhabei Theater, and entered the Shanghai North Railway Station to begin to rush to transport the wounded.

On this day, the building of the Shanghai North Railway Station was seriously damaged, and the armored train of the Songhu Garrison Command could not withstand the bombing of the Japanese planes, so it retreated from the North Railway Station to the rear. The gendarmerie companies stationed here also fled from the North Station due to the fire caused by incendiary bombs. However, the ambulance team members of the Red Cross Society of China appeared at Shanghai North Railway Station at this time, calmly and calmly rushing to transport the wounded, without flinching. His courage in seeing death as if he was at home made the soldiers awe-inspired.

Their actions gradually infected the people, like an iceberg melting, and more and more people began to join the rescue team. The Blue Cross, a non-governmental charity organization in Zhabei, also rushed over, and the Chinese Scouts also appeared on the battlefield.

When it comes to Boy Scouts, many people may think it is strange, how can children and minors enter the war zone to save people, isn't it too dangerous?

In fact, during the Republic of China, the so-called boy scouts were divided into three kinds, those under the age of 12 were called cub scouts, and those between the ages of 12 and 18 were in the first gear, and those who really entered the war zone were actually the third gear, and the young scouts who had reached the age of 18 were already adults, to be precise, they should be called youth scouts.

On the day of the incident, the most active Scouts came from the Christian Moore Church, which housed more than 100 refugees rescued from the war zone in the church. Not only Christianity, but also the monks of Bao'en Monastery have opened their doors to accommodate homeless refugees.

After the news of Jijiaqiao's victory came, the enthusiasm of the people was even higher. From celebrities and wealthy businessmen to ordinary people, the scene of the people supporting the front was extremely enthusiastic, and those who had money contributed money, and almost everyone took action.

So, what kind of surprise attack is behind this magical legend?

In fact, although the unit that participated in the surprise attack was not 60 people, it did not have many troops, only two companies. Less than three hundred, and not only the people of the Nineteenth Route Army.

One of the two companies, with only 60 officers and men, was armed not with rifles, but with shell guns and grenades, and each with a broadsword.

Some people may wonder how such a vicious battle could be fought with a pistol.

You know, in those years, the Chinese did not have many submachine guns, and the shell gun became an essential weapon for stealing camps and robbing villages to fight raids. Among the various factions of the Chinese army at that time, it was not even unusual to see all the pistols with shell guns, and there were even pistol regiments or even pistol brigades. However, such units were called pistol regiments or pistol companies at the time. The personnel are all elites with accurate marksmanship and strong martial arts, which can also be said to be the predecessor of the special forces. This company is the pistol company of the 19th Route Army.

The other company is the special service company of Shi Ming's 187th Division.

Shi Ming's spy company is different from the pistol company of the 19th Route Army in terms of equipment. In addition to one shell gun, the 187th Division's special service company is also equipped with a large number of submachine guns, machine guns, three mortars and more than a dozen blocking rifles, with a number of 230 people, which is the size of a reinforced company.

The two companies that were inserted into Jijiaqiao and Yaojiawan looked like they had been hit by mistake, but they weren't necessarily true.

After Song Zhewu met Chiang Kai-shek in Luoyang and reported to him on the situation in Northern Mongolia and Northeast China, the two discussed the issue of Soviet prisoners and hostage exchanges. Chiang Kai-shek also calmly expressed his gratitude to Soong Zhewu for his proposal to exchange prisoners for Chiang Ching-kuo. Although Chiang Kai-shek's expression was very flat, Song Zhewu could feel that Chiang Kai-shek's gratitude to him was sincere and heartfelt.

For being able to win this precious point in Chiang Kai-shek's mind, Song Zhewu couldn't help but secretly rejoice. …,

On the Northeast issue, Song Zhewu and Chiang Kai-shek had some differences of opinion, and Chiang Kai-shek insisted on waiting for the League of Nations ruling, in the final analysis, Chiang Kai-shek did not want to declare war on Japan, and even opposed a substantive war without declaring war. Therefore, he insisted that Song Zhewu stay in the Northeast to resist the East and take the initiative not to take the initiative to attack, so as not to bring unnecessary trouble to the mediation of the League of Nations.

Chiang Kai-shek's request could not help but make Song Zhewu sigh in his heart that Chiang Kai-shek would never carry out a formal all-out war of resistance before the Japanese army was forced by external forces or before the Japanese army was fully launched in North China, and he would resolutely implement the national policy of first securing the inside of the country.

However, in terms of the war in Shanghai, the differences between the two people were not too big, or to be precise, Chiang Kai-shek did not believe very much in what Song Zhewu said, that he could gather and annihilate tens of thousands of Japanese troops in Shanghai and inflict heavy losses on the Japanese government, so as to achieve the goal of making the Japanese army retreat in the face of difficulties.

Although Chiang Kai-shek agreed that Song Zhewu could send an air force corps to participate in the war, and also recognized Song Zhewu's plan to let the Japanese army retreat in the face of difficulties, he resolutely opposed Song Zhewu's repeated requests that Chiang Kai-shek agree to his request to lead Li Sichi's 41st Army to Shanghai to participate in the war.

Chiang Kai-shek had two reasons, one was that Northern Mongolia needed to strengthen its defenses and actively prepare for war to prevent the Soviet army from invading again after the beginning of spring. Not only could the 41st Army not be transferred at will, but even Song Zhewu, the commander of the Northern Frontier Defense, could not leave lightly. Second, the investigation team of the League of Nations will soon arrive in Shanghai and will soon go to the northeast to investigate. If the government had massively increased its troops in Shanghai at this time, it would not only have forced the Japanese army to also increase its troops in Shanghai, triggering a Sino-Japanese war, but would also have given the Japanese army a reason to refuse the League of Nations' mediation ruling.

Chiang Kai-shek's attitude made Song Zhewu very helpless, and after reporting to Chiang Kai-shek on the situation in North Mongolia and Northeast China, and reaching a certain degree of agreement with Chiang Kai-shek on the Shanghai issue, he hurriedly returned to Taiyuan with Zhang Huichang, former director of the Aviation Administration of the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Nationalist Government and now an adviser to the Aviation Administration, and arranged for the Air Force Corps to urgently transfer to Shanghai to participate in the war.

Regarding the war in Shanghai, Song Zhewu would get detailed information from Shi Ming and Wang Xu every day, and analyze and study it with Tao Rong, Meng Xi, Li Sichi and others. Moreover, he has established radio contact with Zhang Zhizhong and Jiang Guangding.

Although Song Zhewu was unable to travel to Shanghai, based on his knowledge of the history of his previous life, he believed that he could still influence and change the final outcome of the Sino-Japanese war.

Fortunately, Shi Ming was in Shanghai, and this time the Air Force Corps went to Shanghai, and he sent Gao Zhihang to lead the team, with these two people here, he was not afraid that his orders would not be carried out.

According to Song Zhewu's plan, he wanted to annihilate the 24th Brigade before the Japanese follow-up troops arrived in Shanghai, and at least inflict heavy losses on the 24th Brigade, so that the Japanese reinforcements would never be able to form a large military group in Shanghai at one time, so as to create conditions for gathering and annihilating one or two divisions of the Japanese army. Forced the Japanese army to abandon the dream of realizing its intentions in Shanghai.

According to the results of Song Zhewu's telegram communication and discussion with Jiang Guangding and Zhang Zhizhong, he wanted to put the 24th Brigade of the Japanese Army into the interior, so that the Japanese army could go deeper into the interior and minimize the threat of the Japanese naval artillery to our attacking troops. Therefore, Jiang Guangding had already ordered Weng Zhaoyuan to take the initiative to abandon the Songhu position after a little resistance when the 24th Brigade began to force the crossing of the Turbabang and lure the Japanese army into pursuit.

However, to Jiang Guangding and Tao Rong's surprise, Shimono Yuanya was first unwilling to force his way across the Turgy to attack the 156th Brigade, and then suddenly only sent a large group of troops west behind the 156th Brigade.

Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, and the enemy changes and I change. Song Zhewu immediately suggested that Jiang Guangding surround the brigade of Shimono Yuanya's westward advance with superior forces, and use this brigade as a bait to induce Shimono Yuanya to rescue the second brigade of the 14th Wing, and then Shi Ming's 187th Division outflanked Shimono Yuanya's rear road and annihilated the 24th Brigade in one fell swoop. …,

It's just that the situation on the battlefield is changing too quickly, not only Song Zhewu didn't expect it, but even Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai didn't expect that a well-known main force of the 122nd Brigade would not be able to form a strong threat to a large brigade of the Japanese army, and it was even very likely that this brigade would break through the encirclement and join the 24th Brigade.

At this time, Shi Ming's 187th Division had already changed into the uniform of the Central Army, and did not dare to attack at will, for fear that Shimono Motoya would think that the reinforcements of the Central Army had arrived and would be scared away.

After Jiang Guangding, Cai Tingkai, and Shi Ming discussed urgently, they decided to send two elite small units, the pistol company of the 19th Route Army and the special service company of the 187th Division, to attack Jijiaqiao, creating the false impression that they were going to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army at Jijiaqiao, dragging the second brigade of the Japanese army, mobilizing troops for the 61st Division, and buying time for the second brigade to encircle the Japanese army.

When the battle was raging and the attention of the Japanese army was drawn to the north, the two companies quietly set out from Zhou's house in the west, and in the field, under the cover of heavy fog and ditches in the fields, they touched the rear of the Japanese flank.

At the beginning, the Japanese army relied on the cover of rain and snow to successfully smuggle across Yunzaobang, this time, these two companies also treated their people in the same way, and also quietly crossed the small river under the cover of heavy fog, and after more than an hour of careful action, successfully inserted into the middle ground between Yaojiawan and Jijiaqiao.

As soon as the battle began, this strange army showed its hideous face.

These 300 or so people, not only the machine gun fire is very fierce, there are 12 ZB-26 light machine guns, the rest of the people are either submachine guns or repeating shell guns, all are automatic weapons, the fire is dense and ferocious, and the Japanese army has no power to fight back. In particular, the mortars and snipers of the special service company of the 187th Division showed their might, and as long as the Japanese firepower points were discovered, either the machine gunners were accurately shot in the head, or the machine guns were quickly blown away under the blows of the mortars.

Although this small force did not attack, nor did it rush into either the Japanese strongholds of Yaojiawan or Jijiaqiao, and only killed and wounded the Japanese troops with dense and accurate firepower, they occupied an excellent position, cut the throat of the Japanese army, and completely cut off the connection between the two Japanese strongholds.

However, such a surprise attack was also dangerous, and the two companies exposed in the wilderness were isolated between two enemy strongholds, and there was a small river blocking the back road, and the situation would be very difficult once they were attacked by the Japanese army. But to destroy them, the premise is that the Japanese troops who are defending still have the strength to attack.

Under the several fierce attacks of the 122nd Brigade, the second brigade of the Japanese army no longer had the strength to take the initiative to attack this small force, at least the Japanese troops at Jijiaqiao were killed and wounded by their fierce and accurate firepower.

The 2nd Brigade of the 14th Wing of the Japanese Army, which successfully crossed the river, was exhausted after a day of bloody fighting. The soldiers of the 19th Route Army launched four full-front attacks in 12 hours, although they were never able to break through the Japanese positions head-on. But the Japanese themselves are no longer able to hold on.

Before coming to Shanghai, this group of Japanese soldiers had no actual combat experience, which is why the 24th Brigade was temporarily drawn from four wings to form the group.

Since the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, the Japanese have only fought a small-scale siege of Qingdao and sent troops to Siberia to intervene in the Soviet Union, and have never fought any major battles. Now this mixed 24th brigade, only a few people such as the brigade commander Motoya Shimono participated in the Russo-Japanese War. Even some captains and squadron leaders have never been on the battlefield, let alone a group of rookie soldiers.

The first time I played, I encountered such a ruthless character as the 19th Route Army, if you want to say that the Japanese army is not afraid, it is impossible. Therefore, not long after the 122nd Brigade counterattack began, the 2nd Brigade of the 14th Wing began to ask for reinforcements from Motoya Shimono, claiming that it was besieged by Chinese troops three times its size, and fell into a bitter battle.

Now, the back roads were cut off, and the Japanese army was even more panicked. If there are reinforcements, they still dare to defend to the death, but it is not easy to send reinforcements, because the Japanese army's sneak attack on Jijiaqiao has triggered a chain reaction, from Wusong to Jijiaqiao, the sound of guns and cannons rang out everywhere. …,

The 156th Brigade to the east and the 121st Brigade to the south both began to take active action at this time. In Wusong, to the northeast, the 5th Regiment of the 156th Brigade drew two battalions to attack the Japanese army. To the south, the 121st Brigade also drew two battalions of the 3rd Regiment to attack. The Japanese mixed 24th Brigade had only four brigades in total, and the three brigades that had not crossed the river had to intercept these Chinese troops separately, and they had to spare their troops to stay at the Zhangjiabang Wharf to protect the landing ground. It has become extremely difficult to rush to the north of Yunzaobang on a large scale and hold the bridgehead position of Jijiaqiao.

An attack triggered battles in several directions, and at this time, Motoya Shimono had the feeling of stabbing a hornet's nest.

At this point, since you can't hold it, you can only choose to retreat. Motoya Shimono remorsefully gave the order to the 2nd Brigade to retreat. In order to meet the second brigade, he also sent a brigade as reinforcements and rushed to Jijiaqiao.

It's just that this brigade had just advanced less than two kilometers west before it was stubbornly blocked by the 19th Route Army, and several successive charges were repulsed. The besieged 2nd Brigade sent a telegram requesting tactical guidance almost every ten minutes, and reported that the Chinese army had been assembled around him, and that reinforcements were not available, and that his troops would never be able to break out of the encirclement.

At this time, Shimono Motoya regretted it in his heart, he regretted that he refused Nomura's order for the sake of face, and did not directly cross the river to seize Songhu, so that there was such a passive situation as now. However, regret is regret, and now the top priority is to save the second brigade.

After weighing it up, Motoya Shimono decided to leave a brigade to guard the Zhangjiabang pier to ensure that the 9th Division, which was about to arrive, could land there. He himself concentrated more than 1,500 people from the two brigades and went all out to rescue the second brigade. He did not believe that the 19th Route Army would be able to block the main attack of his 24th Brigade, let alone that the 19th Route Army, which had thousands of inferior weapons, would dare to surround him.

After Motoya Shimono commanded the troops to attack the blocking 19th Route Army, sure enough, after only two charges, the opponent escaped from the position and retreated to the next blocking position to continue the blocking. Seeing that the other party was vulnerable, Shimono Motoya's frustrated mood couldn't help but improve greatly, and he immediately commanded the troops to launch wave after wave of continuous assaults on the positions of the 19th Route Army in front of him.

After Shimono Motoya led the troops to attack, the 122nd Brigade attacking Yaojiawan stopped the attack, and Noda, the captain of the second brigade, thought that the 19th Route Army could not stop Shimono Motoya's reinforcements, and the 122nd Brigade went to block the reinforcements. Noda could not miss such a good opportunity, and immediately ordered the Japanese troops at Yaojiawan and Jijiaqiao to attack at the same time, pinching this fierce small Chinese force sandwiched between Yaojiawan and Jijiaqiao.

Under the attack of the Japanese troops on Jijiaqiao and Yaojiawan, the two companies did not fall in love, but withdrew from their positions and allowed the remaining 400 people of the second brigade to converge.

The Japanese Second Brigade did not dare to stay longer, they wanted to take advantage of the confusion of the Chinese army and immediately break through. Therefore, the second brigade braved the guns and bullets that flew from time to time, hurriedly rushed out of the Jijia Bridge, and began to break through in the direction of the reinforcements of Shimono Motoya to the east.

Although they were not far from Shimono Motoya's reinforcements, and they could clearly hear the other party's gunfire, but less than a mile out of the village, they were attacked head-on by the superior forces of the 122nd Brigade of the 19th Route Army.

Looking at the 19th Route Army wearing gray uniforms that were gathering more and more on three sides, Noda, the captain of the second brigade, knew that he would definitely not be able to rush out with his own strength alone, and if he continued to stay in the field, it was inevitable that he would be surrounded and annihilated by the opponent's superior forces soon. Now the only way is to retreat to Jijia Bridge and wait for the arrival of the main force led by Motoya Shimono.

Noda commanded the remaining 300 Japanese troops at this time, taking turns to block the attack, and gradually retreated to the Jijia Bridge where they had just left. …,

The troops of the 122nd Brigade, which were surrounded on three sides, pressed forward step by step, launching fierce assaults from both flanks from time to time, cutting off and annihilating the blocking troops piece by piece.

Seeing that it was only about 200 meters away from Jijiaqiao, what Noda didn't expect was that a dense rain of machine gun bullets suddenly shot out from Jijiaqiao Village, listening to the sound, there were more than a dozen machine guns, and at the same time, mortar shells shot from the village also began to explode in the ranks, and his troops were suddenly pressed to the ground outside the village and couldn't raise their heads. And the thousands of officers and soldiers of the 122 Brigade who followed also took advantage of the situation to launch a charge.

Noda knew that if his remaining 300 or so people were rushed to the front by the other side, it would be inevitable that the entire army would be annihilated, unless his soldiers could really defeat one against ten in a white-knuckle battle.

The only way to do this today is to quickly rush into the Jijia Bridge and use the building to resist.

Noda no longer hesitated, stood up on his knees, raised his sword, and loudly ordered the troops to launch a decisive charge towards Jijiaqiao, and then waved his sword and rushed out first.

The troops guarding Jijiaqiao were the pistol company of the 19th Route Army and the special service company of the 187th Division. After giving way to Yaojiawan and Jijiaqiao, they did not withdraw, but entered Jijiaqiao immediately after the second brigade of the Japanese army left Jijiaqiao. Before they could chase them out, they found that the second brigade had begun to shrink towards Jijiaqiao.

Because most of the two companies were shell guns and submachine guns, and their range was limited, they quickly occupied the positions on the edge of the village while organizing a dozen ZB-26s and three mortars to block the Japanese troops.

In the front of a dozen light machine guns and the dense rain of bullets on the left and right, more than 300 Japanese soldiers were constantly shot by bullets and fell to the ground, and when they rushed to a distance of less than 50 meters from the entrance of the village, there were only about 100 Japanese troops left. At this time, a black group of grenades and grenades suddenly flew out from the position at the edge of the village, and the smoke from the explosion of more than 200 grenades and grenades completely enveloped the sparse ranks of the Japanese army in an instant.

The Japanese soldiers who were lucky not to die in the flying shrapnel were violently strafed by hundreds of submachine guns and shell guns before they could break out of the smoke.

Dozens of Japanese soldiers who rushed out of the smoke under the dense rain of bullets did not wait to slow down, and a sword light suddenly rose in front of them, and the pistol company of the 19th Route Army brandished more than 60 snow-bright broadswords, rushing head-on into the crowd of Japanese soldiers. Under the big knives flying up and down in the hands of these powerful and skilled fighters, dozens of Japanese soldiers who were lost and almost wounded were cut off to the point of rolling heads and broken limbs. Before the men of the 122nd Brigade, which was one or two hundred meters away, rushed closer, the battle was already over.

At the same time that the 2nd Brigade was annihilated, the main force of the 24th Brigade led by Motoya Shimono was also suddenly besieged, in addition to the 121st Brigade of the 61st Division, which was blocking him head-on, to his left appeared the 156th Brigade of Weng Zhaoyuan, which had just withdrawn from Wusong.

And the most terrible thing is that Motoya Shimono found that on his right and behind him, troops wearing khaki military uniforms appeared, and there were many of them, including thousands. In particular, these troops, dressed in khaki uniforms, are well equipped, with not only a large number of machine guns, mortars, but also dozens of field guns. The Japanese troops, who originally had a firepower advantage over the 121st Brigade in front of them, were immediately suppressed after they appeared.

Pushing away the body of the adjutant who was pressed on his body and had half of his head cut off by shrapnel, Shimono Motoya got up, didn't care about shaking off the muddy water on his body, and listened to the sound of gunfire in the direction of Jijiaqiao, Shimono Motoya knew that not only could he not save the second brigade this time, but I was afraid that he and these two brigades would not be able to escape their fate. Under such a dense firepower attack from the other side, more than 1,000 people of their own will definitely not hold out at night.

If the weather is sunny and there is cover from planes and naval guns, it is very possible to rush out, but what frustrates Motoya Shimono is that under today's heavy snow and dense fog, neither aircraft nor naval guns can strike at ground targets, and to break through, everything can only be relied on by themselves. …,

Shimono Motoya decided to take advantage of the opponent's unstable foothold, attack the rear with all his might, open a bloody road, break through the encirclement and return to Zhangjiabang Wharf, and hold on with the support of naval artillery.

After a short period of organization under artillery fire, the Japanese began to break through in the direction of Zhangjiabang Wharf to the east.

However, after several rounds of charges, the Japanese not only suffered more than 100 casualties, but also because Shimono Motoya concentrated the main forces in the east, and the two brigades of the 19th Route Army and the 187th Division on the north and southwest sides took the opportunity to compress the core, squeezing Shimono Motoya's 1,000 or so men into a narrow area of only more than one mile.

At this time, because the space distance was too small, the artillery of the 19th Route Army and the 187th Division could no longer be fired, and even the mortar gunners did not dare to fire again, for fear of accidentally injuring their own people.

There will be no hope in holding on to the flat field, and in the dense rain of bullets, Motoya Shimono was about to organize the troops to fight to the death, making one last effort, but he didn't expect that the horn of the charge suddenly sounded on all sides of him, and then, an earth-shattering killing sound sounded......

In this battle, more than 2,000 people from three dissatisfied Japanese brigades were annihilated, and the commander of the brigade of Major General Motoya Shimono of the Japanese army was killed, and the biggest victory since the start of the Shanghai 1st and 28th wars was achieved. Moreover, Shi Ming also took advantage of the situation to take advantage of the rain, snow and fog to command the artillery of the 187th Division to advance eastward to the vicinity of Zhangjiabang Wharf and shell the Japanese troops at Zhangjiabang Wharf.

Because it was at night, the Japanese warships roaming the Huangpu River were located much lower than on the shore, and they could not find the fire of the guns during the artillery bombardment on the road, and they could not suppress the artillery positions of the 187th Division on the shore, so they had no choice but to use naval guns to frantically fire at the area around Zhangjiabang Wharf, and build a wall of fire on the periphery of Zhangjiabang, intending to stop the Chinese troops attacking Zhangjiabang Wharf.

The shelling of the Zhangjiabang wharf continued until midnight. Hundreds of 75mm shells blew up the Zhangjiabang pier into thick smoke, the trestle was almost completely destroyed, and a Japanese brigade was also killed and wounded.

With the annihilation of the main force of the 24th Brigade of Shimono Motoya, the very small village of Jijiaqiao immediately became famous throughout the country, and this battle was called the most fierce and most significant battle since the start of the 128th War-

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