Chapter 609 The Anti-Japanese War of Songhu and the Anti-Japanese War encircled and annihilated Shark Island

The gunfire in the rear soon stopped, and it was Shi Ming's two battalions who also rushed to Zhabei, and the gunfire just now, the two battalions of the Fourth Route Army were clearing the Japanese troops left on the railway line by Shark Island.

Weng Zhaoyuan did not have enough troops, and he was just trying his best to prevent Sameshima Guzhong from occupying the North Station. However, Shi Ming is different.

Knowing that the North Station was in danger, Shi Ming was anxious, and told Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai at the Zhenru General Headquarters that he could immediately lead the two battalions that had just been formed to aid Zhabei.

Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai, who were anxious, were dispatching a communications squad in the headquarters on horseback to convey an order to Ou Shounian, commander of the 78th Division, who was already on the road, ordering the 155th Brigade, which was rushing to Shanghai from Wusong, Kunshan, and Jiading, to speed up, and on the other hand, constantly urging Shen Guanghan's 60th Division, which was stationed in Danyang, Changzhou, Wuxi, and Suzhou along the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, to rush to Zhabei, and at the same time urging the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Executive Yuan to release Mao Weishou's 61st Division, which was stationed in Nanjing.

Ou Shounian and Shen Guanghan said that their stations were not in Nanjing, and they set off immediately after receiving the order, but Mao Weishou's 61st Division in Nanjing was not good, and without the consent of the Ministry of Military Affairs, they did not dare to leave Nanjing an inch. Because the troops of the Central Army system that received the defense had not yet arrived in Nanjing.

In the end, Chen Mingshu, the boss of the 19th Route Army, who was still the vice president of the Nanjing Executive Yuan and the Minister of Communications, was anxious, and rushed to the Ministry of Military Affairs to pull He Yingqin to find Wang Jingwei together, and forced He Yingqin and Wang Jingwei to order the release of the 61st Division.

As soon as Shanghai was attacked, Nanjing would not be safe, because the Japanese warships could go up the Shuo River to Nanjing, and it was absolutely impossible for the capital Nanjing to be on guard without a strong force. In the end, Chiang Kai-shek made the decision and ordered He Yingqin, Minister of Military Affairs, to let the 61st Division go, and ordered the 87th and 88th Divisions to immediately advance day and night to arrive in Nanjing as soon as possible.

However, the distant water could not quench the thirst of the near, and the 155th Brigade of the 78th Division would rush to Zhabei in the evening at the earliest, while the 60th and 61st Divisions would not arrive until tomorrow morning. Weng Zhaoyuan and Zhang Junsong, the two fierce generals, have urged reinforcements several times, indicating that the situation on the battlefield must be extremely grim, otherwise Weng Zhaoyuan would not be so anxious.

As soon as the North Station is lost, the defense line of the 156th Brigade in Zhabei will inevitably collapse, and the 19th Route Army will be driven out of the city by the Japanese army. Although the reinforcements can recapture the city with superior forces as soon as they arrive, the 19th Route Army can't afford to lose that person! They were the only authentic descendants of the famous Iron Army.

As a last resort, the only gendarmerie battalion that could be mobilized now had to be sent to the North Station. But both of them knew that sending the gendarmerie battalion to the North Station was just doing their best, and it was okay for the gendarmerie battalion to help them, and if they were to stand up to the Japanese army, they would burn high incense if they could fight for an hour.

Just when Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai were anxious, Shi Ming came to ask for help, which made the two very happy. Although Shi Ming now only has two battalions, there are no vain soldiers under the fame, and the Fourth Route Army is not as famous as the Iron Army of the year, with these two battalions, it is absolutely no problem to hold the North Station and wait for the 155th Brigade of District Shounian to arrive. At that moment, the two immediately agreed to Shi Ming's request.

With the approval of the two, Shi Ming ordered the two battalions that had just been formed to run to Zhabei, and he himself only led a guard squad to ride all the way to the regimental headquarters of the Sixth Regiment, which is now the headquarters of the 156th Brigade of Weng Zhaoyuan.

Outside the hall, Zhang Junsong's guard company was nervously building sandbags on the street, and everyone inside and outside the hall had a nervous look on their faces.

Shi Ming, who was dressed in the uniform of a major general of the Fourth Route Army, jumped off his horse outside the gate of the hall, and without waiting for the guards to report, he took two staff officers and rushed into Weng Zhaoyuan's headquarters in great strides.

In the headquarters, Weng Zhaoyuan was full of remorse, standing in front of the map and staring at the location of the north station, he deeply regretted that he was too careless, the distribution of troops was too even, and the reserves were too small, so that the Japanese army had no troops to send after concentrating their forces to break through the defensive line. …,

Zhang Junsong, who was on the side, had red eyes and shouted into the phone to order his one, three, and two battalions to hold the North Station and block the Japanese army together with the gendarmerie battalion that had just arrived, otherwise military law would be involved.

A few staff officers stood aside at a loss and did not dare to make a sound.

A few hours ago, the situation was still very good, and the number of troops had increased, but with only this moment's effort, how could the tide of the battle take a sharp turn for the worse? Shi Ming really couldn't figure it out.

Although Shi Ming was not a member of the 19th Route Army, and his military rank was the same as that of Weng Zhaoyuan, he was a major general, but according to the orders of Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai, Shi Ming had the right to command Weng Zhaoyuan's brigade. Moreover, Weng Zhaoyuan's top boss, Ou Shounian, the commander of the 78th Division, was not in the city.

Shi Ming was not polite, strode to the map, and said to Weng Zhaoyuan: "My troops will arrive soon, tell me the battlefield situation quickly." ”

As soon as he heard that there were reinforcements, Weng Zhaoyuan turned around abruptly, grabbed Shi Ming's hand, and was so excited that his hands couldn't help but tremble, and he was so excited that he couldn't speak for a while.

Seeing that Weng Zhaoyuan was emotional, and the situation was extremely critical at this time, he couldn't make a mistake. Zhang Junsong grabbed the map in a few steps and explained the battlefield situation to Shi Ming in an outline.

After listening to Zhang Junsong's introduction, Shi Ming was not only secretly relieved.

In his opinion, the situation here is far less serious than the situation reported by Weng Zhaoyuan, Sameshima Guzhong still made a mistake again, the Japanese army only sent more than 1,000 people, even if this force occupies the north station, it will definitely not be able to complete the division and encirclement of the 19th Route Army on both flanks.

Moreover, there is a gendarmerie battalion that has just joined the North Station, and there should be no problem holding the North Station for half a day.

Weng Zhaoyuan and Zhang Junsong were just thinking about how to hold the North Station, but they forgot that as long as the reinforcements arrived in time, even if the North Station was lost, he could completely cut off the Japanese troops surrounding the North Station. Now, a good opportunity is in front of Shi Ming.

If it is only a few kilometers away from the North Station, his two battalions will arrive in a few minutes, plus Zhang Junsong's two battalions and the gendarmerie battalion, with a total strength of nearly 3,000 people, it is not difficult to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army of about 1,000 people, who are tired from fierce fighting for more than ten hours and lack heavy weapons. Moreover, although he did not dare to say that his two battalions were all elites out of a hundred, at least they were experienced veterans selected from dozens of people, and their combat effectiveness was extraordinary.

Shi Ming thought nervously for a while, slapped the map with his hand, and said in a firm tone: "Since the little devil is here, don't think about going back, let's eliminate some little devils raised by the bitch." ”

"What? Eliminate the little devils? ”

Weng Zhaoyuan didn't react for a while, he just thought that now that there were reinforcements, his north station could be saved, and he didn't think about other places at all.

Zhang Junsong reacted first, clapped his hands together excitedly, and said loudly: "Yes, we will destroy this little devil." Brigade commander, the strength of our two regiments is still nearly 3,000 people, plus the military police regiment has more than 3,000 people, which is about the same as the entire strength of the little devil's marines. Although the Japanese army still has more than 4,000 armed expatriates, but those people only have rudimentary military skills, and if they can't do anything, our regiment can defeat them, and we are not afraid of reinforcements from little devils. ”

"What's more, now Master Shi has brought reinforcements ......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Junsong suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked Shi Ming how many reinforcements he had brought.

"I brought two battalions with me this time."

"Two battalions?" Shi Ming's words made Zhang Junsong feel a little disappointed.

His two battalions were overwhelmed by the devils in more than two hours, this time Shi Ming only brought two battalions, if he wanted to hold the North Station, it was estimated that there would not be much of a problem, after all, the little devils had also been fighting for more than ten hours. But if you want to annihilate the main force of more than 1,000 Japanese troops, I'm afraid you can only think about it. …,

Zhang Junsong and Weng Zhaoyuan's expressions were all seen by Shi Ming, but now that the situation is urgent, he doesn't have time to explain more.

"These two battalions, each with more than six hundred people, have combat experience. In my opinion, the two battalions I brought did not enter the North Station, but went straight into the Songhu Railway, where one battalion blocked the retreat of the Japanese troops attacking the North Station, and the other battalion attacked and advanced eastward from the railway to block the Japanese rescue troops. ”

For Shi Ming wanting to use a battalion to block the Japanese army of more than 1,000 people, Zhang Junsong and Weng Zhaoyuan couldn't help but be a little surprised. Zhang Junsong's three battalions were crushed almost in one shot, but Shi Ming wanted to block the retreat of the Japanese army with the strength of one battalion!

Although the third battalion is mostly recruited, under the training and leadership of Zhang Junsong, the third battalion is definitely no worse than most units in China. These little devils Zhang Junsong have been taught, the combat effectiveness is absolutely not ordinary, although the Fourth Route Army can fight, but it has not seen that the combat effectiveness is much stronger than the Nineteenth Route Army. For the troops he trains, Zhang Junsong is very confident.

Time was pressing, and Shi Ming didn't have time to think about it so much.

"Brigadier Weng, don't think about it too much, it's too late to hesitate. Immediately ordered all units to move closer to the north station, and strictly ordered the 1st and 3rd battalions not to retreat half a step back. Then order the gendarmerie battalion at the North Station to be sure to hold the North Station, and whether they can gather and annihilate this Japanese army depends on them. ”

The battle was like this, which made Weng Zhaoyuan feel very breathless. Although he is also the same as Zhang Junsong, he feels uncertain about Shi Ming's use of a battalion to block the Japanese army, and many years of experience tell him that this is definitely an opportunity, even if Shi Ming's battalion can't stop the Japanese army, as long as he can drag Shark Island Guzhong, several battalions around him can arrive in time, and it is still very promising to annihilate Shark Island Guzhong.

Even if the Japanese reinforcements arrived in time, the strength of the two sides was about the same, and he did not necessarily suffer much loss in a close melee. Moreover, he believed that the true Cai Tingkai would definitely dispatch troops to reinforce him in time, and at that time, with an absolute superiority of troops, not to mention the annihilation of thousands of Japanese troops, it would not be difficult to take advantage of the situation to recover the concession.

Thinking of this, Weng Zhaoyuan didn't hesitate anymore, and waved his hand fiercely: "Okay, success or failure is here." ”

After speaking, Weng Zhaoyuan turned around and ordered the staff officers on the side loudly.

"Order the troops defending each intersection and street, and only one company is allowed to stay at each intersection and street to monitor the Japanese troops in front of them, and the rest of the divisions are all rushing to the north station. The 1st, 3rd, and 2nd battalions were ordered to hold on to the spot and were not allowed to take half a step back, otherwise they would be punished on the spot. The order was that only one platoon would be left in the brigade headquarters guard unit, and the rest of the troops would immediately enter the North Station and join the gendarmerie battalion to defend the North Station. Lao Tzu wants to annihilate the whole shark island. ”

After Weng Zhaoyuan finished giving the order, he reached out and took off the pistol from the wall, and said to Shi Ming: "Division Commander Shi, I bother you to command the brigade headquarters, and I will go to the front line to organize the battle." "I'm going to go outside.

Shi Ming grabbed Weng Zhaoyuan and said: "Brigade Commander Weng, you are familiar with the troops, or you are in the brigade headquarters against the current, and I will go to the front line to command." ”

Shi Ming can command him, but if Shi Ming is an outsider to command the battalion commanders and regiment commanders below, it is easy to get into trouble, but it is better to stay in the brigade headquarters to command. Weng Zhaoyuan no longer insisted, nodded and said, "It's okay, I'll stay in the brigade headquarters." ”

He said to Zhang Junsong again: "Yuezhong, you go to the front line with Master Shi and tell those rabbit cubs that if anyone dares to disobey the command, Lao Tzu will not miss the old feelings." ”

Sameshima Gushige couldn't help but be shocked when he learned that a unit wearing a grass-green uniform appeared on his back road, and the firepower was extremely fierce, and the Sakaguchi squad left behind on the railway had been shattered.

A 19th Route Army let him use his strength to eat, and the 19th Route Army came with two more reinforcements, and it was not only impossible to capture the North Station, but also meaningless. Moreover, in the onslaught of more than three hours, although the two battalions of the 19th Route Army were crushed in succession, the casualties of the two brigades brought by themselves were also relatively large, and at this time there were less than 1,000 people. …,

Shark Island Guzhong looked at the bloodshot and tired soldiers around him, and sighed secretly in his heart.

Sameshima Gushige acted quite decisively, and immediately ordered the staff officers, informed the two captains to retreat eastward, and at the same time sent heralds to make a detour back to the naval headquarters in Hongkou Park, and asked Shiozawa Koichi to send reinforcements to respond. The Japanese marines generally do not carry out tasks far from the fleet, not to mention the tight military budget of Japan, so there are no radios in the brigade-level troops, even if the navy has deep pockets.

Shi Ming did not put the battalion that blocked it on the railway line and on the streets, and the Fourth Route Army attached great importance to street fighting, which was a compulsory subject for teaching the corps. Shi Ming divided the first company into three lines of defense, which were divided into railway embankments and streets, the second company was deployed in the buildings on both sides of the street in front of the barricades, and the third company established positions in the rear of the first company as a reserve.

Knowing that the situation was critical, Sameshima Gushige initially committed a squadron of troops to attack the two barricade fortifications in front of the railway.

The Japanese marines did not have mortars, they were equipped with grenadiers. Although there are more than a dozen field artillery pieces, and the position is now set up in Hongkou Park, this is an urban area, and the buildings block the view of the observation post, and there are no communication tools between the two sides. The artillery could only fire at a specific target that had been determined in advance, and could not be counted on at all.

The Japanese still adopted the usual tactics, with the remaining three armored vehicles lined up in a horizontal row, the heavy machine guns on the armored vehicles constantly sprayed tongues of fire and rushed in front, and a large group of infantry cats and heels charged behind.

When the Japanese troops were still more than 200 meters away from the first barricade, a whistling sound came from far and near, and then more than a dozen explosions sounded in front and behind the armored car, and the smoke and dust of the explosion instantly covered the armored car tightly