At a time when Zhang Zhonglin's independent brigade had just gained a firm foothold in Yexian and was suspicious of the headquarters' intelligence, Wu Xiaoliang, who was far away in Jinan, was also emaciated by all kinds of intelligence, and Wu Xiaoliang began to lay out his own intelligence network throughout the country as early as 10 years ago, waiting for the day when he was competing with the Japanese, and the focus of the work of this intelligence network was centered on Beiping and Shanghai respectively.

The information from the Beiping side came a little earlier, saying that a large number of Japanese troops would board the ship and go to the coastal province south of the Yellow River to board the 6, and according to the intelligence that could not determine the source, the target of the attack was very likely to be Shandong, and the location of the Deng6 was roughly on the line of Denglai, that is, the sea area near the Bohai Bay, while the intelligence from the Shanghai station was the opposite, and they also learned that there was such a Deng-6 unit, but there was a disagreement with the Beiping station on the location of the Deng-6.

They believe that the Japanese army's priority target will be Shanghai, and this is by no means a wild speculation, but is well-founded; the Japanese army began to carry out an all-round armed deterrence against Shanghai as early as a month ago, but the warlords in China have fallen into the quagmire of political disputes unprecedented since the Nanjing government unified the north and the south, and they are more than willing to be provocative by the Japanese army, but they are not strong enough to do so, or that the bigwigs in Nanjing, whether on or off the stage, have no intention of taking the lead in offending the Japanese, or even deliberately tolerating them.

Therefore, the pressure from the Japanese in Shanghai was all borne by Zhang Zhizhong's Fifth Army, but unfortunately the Fifth Army suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Songhu a year ago, and it has not completely completed the replenishment and reorganization of its troops, and Yu Jishi's unit was transferred to Nanjing by Lao Chiang, because the strength of the troops was much weaker than before the First Battle of Songhu.

It can be said that as long as the Japanese are not fools, they can see through it at a glance, but they did not rashly attack like the previous year, but only constantly sent small detachments to attack and harass, as well as the intermittent bombardment of naval artillery, even so, it also brought an extremely shocking psychological deterrent to the citizens and defenders of Shanghai.

In this regard, Zhang Zhizhong has specially issued a mobilization order, according to his judgment that the Japanese will attack Shanghai sooner or later, the reason why they are delaying the move now should be waiting for what time, and this suitable time, I believe it will not be too far away, the most hateful thing is that whether it is Wang Zhaoming or Jiang Zhongzheng in Nanjing, he can't count on it, the former is just a party stick politician, there is not a single soldier in his hands, although he swore that he will raise the army of the whole country to declare war on Japan, but who of the warlords is willing to go to the battlefield to be his pawn, Not to mention the latter, just after going into the wilderness, he was already full of resentment, this time Wang Zhaoming was worried about internal and external troubles, and he would not come forward until the critical moment.

Based on the above judgments, on the one hand, he issued an evacuation order for Shanghai, and on the other hand, he gathered young people to volunteer to join the army, believing that even if the increased strength was weak, it would still bring resistance to the Japanese army.

In a month's time, all walks of life in business and academia were successively retreated westward by the Fifth Army in an organized manner, and the first stop of the retreat was not Nanjing, but Wuhan in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, because anyone with a discerning eye could see through it, as long as Shanghai was lost, Nanjing would become the front line, and the possibility of being captured by the Japanese army would be very high, and Wuhan, which was relatively in the middle of the sixth, was a safe place of refuge.

Against this background, a few days ago, the Japanese army suddenly launched a surprise attack on the Shanghai defenders, but the Japanese army had limited troops, and at this time, it was no secret that Wu Xiaoliang's entire intelligence system had sent a large number of 6 Army troops to the 6 Army in the Guotong area, and the Shanghai side gathered all kinds of intelligence to make a judgment that the Japanese army would increase its troops in Shanghai on a large scale, and its attitude towards the direction of the war situation was extremely unoptimistic.

It is possible that Shanghai will fall in a short time.

Originally, Wu Xiaoliang was a little hesitant for the first time after the Japanese reinforcements were about to ascend to Shandong.6 and the information from Shanghai arrived in Jinan.

The strength of the Shandong army is limited, south of the Huai River, he is beyond the reach of the whip, Wang Zhaoming has no military power, just a clown on the stage, the real strength Jiang Zhongzheng has enough troops in his hands to rescue Shanghai, but he has already gone into the field at this time, and it is too late to see the jokes in Nanjing, how can he send troops at this time and make a thankless move.

Wu Xiaoliang analyzed that Jiang Zhongzheng must be waiting for an opportunity, that is, when Wang Zhaoming is in a dilemma at home and abroad, there are cliffs and abysses on both sides, and there is no way to retreat, and then come forward to clean up the mess, but for such a situation, how much loss will the whole of China suffer, I am afraid that it will be inevitable to sacrifice a Shanghai, and at this moment, the old Jiang may have been in private with the Japanese army.

Thinking of this, Wu Xiaoliang sighed in his heart, if Shanghai falls, then according to the course of history, the Japanese army will never be satisfied with this, and China's capital is like a piece of fat in front of him, how can there be no reason not to take a bite, once Nanjing falls...... He didn't dare to think about it anymore, the catastrophe should not have been staged in advance.

Can he watch the tragedy live, can he?

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Zhang Zhonglin could not wait for the Japanese army to come to the 6th in Ye County, but a news that shocked the whole country came from the south, the Japanese army suddenly increased its troops in Shanghai, and the Fifth Army stationed in Shanghai exchanged fire with it for three days and nights, the whole army was annihilated, and Shanghai fell.

The news is very simple, the Fifth Army will be wiped out in three days, Zhang Zhonglin can imagine the tragedy, he comes from the Central Army, knows the combat effectiveness of the Fifth Army, although the equipment is inferior to the old Jiang Yan's lineage, but the will to fight is also one of the best in the country, and being able to fight until the whole army is wiped out means that the battle has been so tragic that it has ever been before......

This news brought a lot of shock to the 1st Independent Brigade, and many officers asked for battle, asking to go south to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army, instead of inexplicably guarding some beach in Ye County.

For a moment, Zhang Zhonglin was even infected by the blood of his subordinates, but for a soldier, his duty is to obey, and he cannot disobey the orders of the headquarters, besides, the entire independent brigade only has 10,000 people in the end, regardless of the direction of reinforcing Shanghai in the south, it is simply an act of death beyond his own strength, and there is another point, he faintly believes in his heart that Wu Xiaoliang, who had rushed to the aid of Shanghai regardless of a qiē, will never ignore this, and it will not be inexplicable to transfer his first independent brigade to Ye County.

Sure enough, just after everyone relaxed their vigilance on the sea, the battle began extremely suddenly.

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