"Shanghai can't hold on for long......" Looking at the map, Tu Qianjun's face was very ugly! Historically, after the loss of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Nanjing gave up the battle in Shanghai.

The reason is that the Japanese army in Shanghai has gathered too much, and the defense of all sides has fallen into a disadvantage. In this case, there is no point in defending, it is only to provide an opportunity for the Japanese army to encircle and annihilate.

Therefore, Jiang Zhongzheng chose to withdraw from the battle. In Wuxi, on the Shanghai-Nanjing line, there is a permanent fortification set up by Jiang Zhongzheng to imitate the "Hindenburg Defense Line" built by Jiang Zhongzheng for the safety of Nanjing.

As long as the troops resisted the Japanese here, then the Nanjing side would still be safe. Moreover, the navy had already sunk all the ships into the Huangpu River under the strong order of Nanjing.

Even Du Yuesheng, the boss of the Green Gang, also found countless ships, and in Chapter 703, all the departments arrived and sank into the Huangpu River, in order to prevent the Japanese army from attacking Nanjing by water!

The situation is even more critical now than it was then! And the effect that needs to be achieved, Jiang Zhongzheng has already gotten it. He was not going to continue the war, and it was now clear that the Japanese were gradually encircling the rear of the troops guarding Shanghai.

On the Japanese side, the Japanese Army must also be under pressure from Hirohito. It is not the historical rejection of Roosevelt's "segregation speech", on the contrary, it seems that all interest groups in the United States have acquiesced to Roosevelt's statement.

This made Japan really feel panicked, but at the same time hesitated. China's resources are not insignificant for their temptation, and if Japan forsoops such an opportunity just because of the threat of the United States, everyone in Japan will not be reconciled!

But if the United States drags itself into the quagmire of war because of the tough war, it cuts off the supply of resources! The consequences can be imagined.

In this case, Hirohito chose a compromise plan: take Shanghai as soon as possible, and then make an assessment based on the losses in the battle of Shanghai. See if there is a need to continue the war.

If the losses are too great, then Hirohito will call a halt to the war. At least for the time being, stop the whole chapter 703 and the troops arrived in their own occupied areas and waited for a better time to start the war again.

If Shanghai had been captured with only a small loss, then it would have been worth continuing. Destroy the Nanjing side in the shortest possible time and swallow the region south of North China!

Then it's time to reorganize resources and go directly to war with the Wehrmacht! Swallow the fertile land of the three eastern provinces full of grain, oil and various minerals! This. That's what the Japanese military and Hirohito are thinking now.

Looking at the map, Tu Qianjun drew a few lines. These lines are the direction and position of the Japanese army's possible attack, and the final direction of the line is Nanjing!

"Uncle Qiliu, has there been any news from all over the world about the support of various ministries in Shanghai?!" Put down the pen. Tu Qianjun said to Su Zongzhe, chief of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces beside him.

Su Zongzhe looked through his notebook, and then said: "The news from Jiuguang is that the Sichuan army has boarded the train and is rushing to Shanghai. The Seventh Army and the Forty-eighth Army of the Gui Department will arrive in Shanghai in three days, and the commander in charge of the Gui Army's fierce general Liao Yannong ......"

Tu Qianjun nodded, Liao Lei is a well-known general in the Gui department. Even in history, he had suffered a lot of losses from this new Gui general.

"Hmm......" Tu Qianjun nodded, and said in a deep voice to Su Zongzhe: "Let's prepare for our people in Nanjing, I estimate that there will be a war in Nanjing soon." Shanghai is only a few hundred kilometers away from Nanjing. If Shanghai loses Nanjing, you can imagine the situation......"

Saying that, Tu Qianjun paused and said with a smile: "It seems that Li Delin is ruthless!" The Seventh Army, this is the trump card of the Gui family! In the Northern Expedition, it was the 'Steel Army' unit called the same as the Fourth Army! He really did it......"

Su Zongzhen also smiled when he heard this, he didn't expect Li Zongren to send the Seventh Army! This unit is the most capable unit under his command. However, it can also be seen that Li Zongren is determined to resist the war!

On September 12, Taizhou.

"Command! Everyone immediately set out for camp. Travel to Shanghai!! Liao Lei took advantage of his face and said in a deep voice to Wei Yunsong, commander of the 48th Army, and Zhou Zuhuang, commander of the 7th Army, who were standing in front of him: "Now there is an urgent call from Nanjing, and the Central Army can't hold it." Let's not go again. How to complete the trust of De Linggong?! ”

In the Gui family, there is no doubt that Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's status is extremely high! The centripetal force is also extremely strong, even so strong that Jiang Zhongzheng can't win it over.

Since Li Zongren was mentioned, the two army commanders stood up without saying a word and shouted to their commanders: "Yes!!" ”

It was night, and the 21st Army was marching out overnight! Neither the 48th Army nor the 7th Army had any complaints. The troops had been mobilized before they came out, and they knew that this time they were not fighting the kind of war they had fought before.

No one flinched, everyone put on the straw sandals they had brought from their hometowns and followed the procession, silently marching towards Shanghai.

The same scene also appeared in Yang Sen's Twentieth Army. Yesterday, Yang Sen had just been entertained by Jiang Zhongzheng. His team had arrived in Nanjing. and made preliminary trimmings.

It's a pity that Jiang Zhongzheng still didn't give him enough support for weapons and ammunition. Yang Sen was entertained with a meal of wine and food, and the 20th Army of the Sichuan Army went out of Sichuan to resist Japan and did not suffer any loss.

But when it comes to the support of weapons and ammunition, Jiang Zhongzheng talks about him left and right. I really can't avoid it, so I said that the central army is also very short.

Yang Sen knew that he couldn't get anything to add from Jiang Zhongzheng. But he also knows. It is impossible to withdraw from this war.

As early as September, when the war began, he took his adjutant to Songhu to see the situation. The scene under the bombing of heavy artillery and planes shocked him greatly!

When he returned to Sichuan, he found those old partners with various entanglements and told them everything he had seen and heard. But after discussion, everyone still came to the conclusion: fight! If you can't beat it, it's a fight to the death!

This is the first time that the famous Sichuan army in the civil war has been so united! Yang Sen even swore in his heart that he must play the majesty of the Sichuan people this time!

But looking at the soldiers of the 20th Army who were carrying big swords and hats and wearing straw sandals, he was sad at the same time. The Japanese army's aircraft and heavy artillery, can their own "Yang Jiajun" withstand it......

In fact, Jiang Zhongzheng's goal at this time was achieved. "The New York Times", "Washington Post" and other major newspapers have reported on the war situation in Songhu!

Most of them were amazed, and they expressed their disbelief that Nanjing's troops could still hold Shanghai in such a rudimentary and even extremely disparity in terms of weapons!

Everyone looked at Nanjing with great anticipation, hoping that he could stay in Shanghai for a long time. Even Situ Meitang, who has never been too lazy to contact Nanjing, also spoke, and he was willing to support some guns and ammunition in Nanjing.

The premise is that Nanjing can't lose the face of the Chinese in Shanghai! Now, there is no doubt that Jiang Zhongzheng's goal of attracting the attention of the world has been achieved, but at the same time, it is also difficult for him to ride a tiger!

He actually wants to withdraw, but the current situation is clear that he can't withdraw! It's easy for everyone to turn their eyes, and if you withdraw, then you can imagine how much this disappointment will return!

Jiang Zhongzheng was furious, he could only keep sending urgent telegrams to Zhang Zhi and others asking to defend Shanghai! And inform the Sichuan Army, the Guizhou Iron Army, the Seventh Army, etc., are already on the way to support, and Shanghai has attracted the attention of the world at this time! It is impossible to lose it!

Zhang Zhizhong got the telegram and wanted to scold his mother! It's a political battle, isn't it?! How to fight?! It's going to be terrible! Aren't the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers worthless?! But Jiang Zhongzheng's order still has to be obeyed. Zhang Zhizhong could only order all units to continuously put troops into positions to resist the Japanese attack.

From 10 September, the Shanghai battlefield had already entered the stage of passive defense, and the most difficult period had already begun.

On September 14, the landed Japanese troops occupied Liu Xing, an important stronghold on the Hutai Highway, but adjusted their deployment, abandoned the strategy of focusing on attacking westward, and concentrated their main forces on the southern front, focusing on attacking Dachang Town on the south bank of Yunzaobin to the south.

The Japanese army attempted to occupy Dachang and open the Hutai Highway leading to the city, and then attack the city along the highway to join the marines who were surrounded in the base, so that the battle would end in complete defeat on the Chinese side.

The high command commanded by Jiang Zhongzheng certainly understood that once the big field was lost, the Shanghai defenders would face the prospect of such annihilation! Therefore, after discussion, he ordered the army to retreat to the Yunzao River, and organized a battle line to resist desperately!

On September 15, the Twentieth Army arrived in Shanghai and was ordered to be incorporated into the Sixth Army under the command of General Xue Yue.

Before the troops were assembled, they were assigned to be deployed in the rear of Chenjiahang and Dachang Town, as a reserve of the 32nd Army Division, ready to enter the position.

On the same day, the 21st Group Army of the Gui Department arrived in Shanghai after a non-stop forced march! The whole army was not repaired, and went directly to the position!

Yunzaobin is a river that flows in a nearly east-west direction through the southern part of Baoshan District, north of downtown Shanghai, and flows eastward into the mouth of the Huangpu River. Due to the low-lying terrain here, the river flows eastward into the Huangpu River at low tide and the seawater pours into the riverbed from the east at high tide, so many small swamps and reeds are formed here. In addition, there were many ditches and ditches, which were not conducive to the movement of Japanese tanks.

However, the terrain here is flat and difficult to conceal, and it is easy to expose the target when charging, giving the opponent a chance to kill. In other words, when the enemy charges, it is vulnerable to our killing.

But on the other hand, when our side counterattacks, they often become the target of the enemy's machine-gun fire net. Due to the enemy's absolute superiority in artillery fire and air cover, the general situation was not in our favor.

On September 16, the 804th Regiment of the 402nd Brigade of the 134th Division of the 20th Army of the Sichuan Army, which was the first to arrive on the battlefield, was ordered to enter the left flank position of the Epiphany Temple, and an even more brutal battle began...... rs！！！