On the other side, Jiang Cheng's convoy rampage, and soon rushed out of the encirclement of the Japanese army to the junction of the national army and the Japanese army.

Only then did the national army remember that they should stop the convoy that didn't know where it was coming from, but they saw the convoy open a door, and a person rushed out with two documents and shouted, "Special mission, you guys get out of the way for me." "And the vehicles behind are still constantly attacking the Japanese troops who are chasing, looking at the shells like machine guns, the mouths of the national army are almost closed, when have you ever seen such a fierce force.

The guards of the national army saw that it was a special pass issued by the national government, which Jiang Cheng asked for from Falkenhausen before the operation, and hurriedly opened the barricade to let Jiang Cheng and the others go. When the Japanese saw Jiang Cheng's convoy entering the Chinese defense zone, they did not dare to attack rashly, so they had to leave with a large pile of corpses.

After a while, everyone came to the destination, Shiling Park, and everyone came to a remote place, only to see where Jin Shan and the others had prepared the truck to park.

Jiang Cheng said, "These chariots are too conspicuous, I want to hide them, you leave immediately, Li Qian, you take care of Yishan, she is still unconscious, something is wrong, Wang Yong, look for me here three days later, and the others will retreat immediately." ”

Although everyone had doubts, they didn't dare to say much, so they could only take the vehicle prepared by Jin Shan to leave, until Jin Shan also left, Jiang Cheng saw that there was no one around, so he transferred the time and space point of the modern space-time warehouse here and took these vehicles back to Black Iron Island.

Back on Black Iron Island, looking at the vehicles in front of him with bullet marks everywhere, Jiang Cheng's heartstrings that had been tense finally relaxed. Slowly sat down on the ground. I closed my eyes and rested for a while, thinking of Yu Yishan, who was still unconscious. couldn't help but feel hatred welling up in his heart, so he took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to Chen Ce, asking him to prepare something enough for himself to blow up a fortress to Heitie Island. And he fell into a deep sleep.

- Nanxiang

"What do you say? Want us to prepare for a retreat? I won't withdraw, and I won't withdraw if I die. It was a general of the Gui army who spoke, only to see his eyes red and said, "Our Gui army set off from Guangxi and walked for more than two months to Shanghai. Without saying a word, he immediately went into battle, more than half of them died in three days, and now he wants us to escape, how can we explain to our brothers, how to explain to our fathers and fellow villagers. ”

Gu Zhutong, who was sitting in the first place, said, "You also know that the devil has landed an army of 100,000 in Jinshanwei, and if he is not ready to retreat now, he will not be able to withdraw when the time comes." ”

Luo Zhuoying next to him said, "The overall situation is like this, we must prepare to retreat." How can we evacuate from Nanjing? ”

Chen Cheng said, "Although it is a retreat, there must be someone to the palace, and for the sake of international influence, we must symbolically have someone to stay in Shanghai for the final battle." ”

As soon as he said the palace, everyone hesitated, this is a life of nine deaths, although as a soldier, you should not be afraid of death, but there is a difference between not being afraid of death and sending death.

Zhu Shaoliang took the initiative to say: "This matter will be handed over to our 88th Division." General Sun, no problem. ”

When Sun Yuanliang heard this, he nodded slowly and said, "I'll arrange it." ”

Gu Zhutong continued: "The matter of retreat must be kept secret. As everyone should know, on 3 November, the Nine-Power Pact will meet, and this meeting will determine the international attitude towards us, and Chairman Chiang means that we must hold out for a little longer, and within three days some of the seriously damaged troops will withdraw first. The total withdrawal began on 1 November, and the remaining troops must hold out until 7 November, so that the international community can see our determination and will to persist in the war of resistance. You should know that during the 918 period, we also asked the League of Nations to hold a congress, but the northeast quickly fell and was completely controlled by the Japanese army. Later, the British and French powers said, 'We have the heart to help you.' But by the time we intervened, Japan had already occupied Tohoku. What else can we do if it is a fait accompli? So this time, we're going to have somebody hold out until the last minute, no matter what, you know. ”

The crowd said in unison, "Yes!" ”

-- Japanese Command

Looking at the devastated headquarters, Matsui Ishine couldn't believe it and asked, "How many people did we sacrifice?" How many of them are there, and they actually fight like this. ”

Kagesa Zhaozhen looked at the corpses that were placed outside one by one and said, "According to the latest statistics, we have a total of 394 Emperor warriors sacrificed, 314 were injured, including one wing commander was seriously injured, one group leader died, and among the personnel in the headquarters, there were 26 officers of the rank of lieutenant who died, while the enemy had less than a hundred, or even less, in addition, the sewer has completely collapsed, and our convenience problem during this time can only be solved by manual transportation, and all the people in the underground cell have been rescued." ”

Matsui Ishine stomped his foot and scolded, "What kind of unit is this, aren't there two people who have been caught?" What about people? ”

Shadow Zuo Zhaozhen shook his head and said, "I didn't catch it, they blew themselves up, when we checked the corpses, we found that their equipment had a lot of things I don't know what they were, but we have all seen these things at the scene of the Tianjin bombing, I checked the warheads and shells left behind, and the Tianjin bombing is the same, it is certain that this was done by the same people." ”

Matsui Ishine asked suspiciously, "The same people?" What is their purpose? ”

Akira Kagesa said, "It should be to save people, I checked the underground cell, although it was bombed once, but there are still many things left, but I am not sure who they are going to rescue, and also, I found this on our tank." ”

As he spoke, Kagesa Akizhen took out a warhead and handed it to Matsui Ishone.

Matsui Ishone looked puzzled and asked, "Is there anything wrong with this?" ”

Akira Kagesa continued, "This warhead went directly through the armor of our tank, killing the warriors inside us, there are four warheads, this is supposed to be an anti-tank gun or something, and the intelligence in Hongkou Park shows that they have excellent armored vehicles, and someone has seen their vehicle pass through the defense zone of the National Army. ”

"Needless to say, someone from the National Army must have done it." Matsui Ishine said disdainfully.

"Not necessarily, until now, Jiang Intermediary has not released any news about this unit, which is different from Jiang Mediation's character. So I suspect that this force is not in the hands of Chiang's government. Kagesa Akizhen shook his head and said.

Listening to such a confusing analysis, Matsui Ishine only felt that his head was big and said, "I don't care, you are responsible for catching these rats, otherwise the majesty of our Great Japanese Empire will be buried in our hands." ”

At this time, Iwamatsu Yoshio entered the room with Midori Yashima, and Matsui Ishine smiled and said, "Isn't this our hero?" ”

Midori Yajima saluted and said, "Private of the Manchurian Reclamation Regiment Midori Yajima came to report. ”

Hear this. Matsui Ishine asked suspiciously, "Reclamation group, what's going on?" ”

Yoshio Iwamatsu shook his head and said, "His grandfather didn't want him to go to the battlefield like his father and himself, and just sent a telegram asking him to go back, and ordered him to farm with him in the reclamation regiment. I really don't understand. ”

Matsui Ishine also shook his head and said, "Midori Yajima, all of us have heard the legends of your grandfather and your father, and you told me that you want to go back to farming. I still want to go to war. ”

Yajima Midori replied with a firm look in his eyes, "Report to the general, I am willing to go to the battlefield." But he lowered his head and said, "But I have to listen to my grandfather." ”

Matsui Shigen patted him on the shoulder and said, "You go to Manchuria first, you will have a chance, be patient." ”

The retreat from Shanghai soon began, and the Shanghai factories at this time had basically been retreated, at that time Shanghai was the only remaining industrial base in China, and the total number of factories and workshops with more than 30 people in the country at that time was a pitiful 4,000 (60% of which were concentrated in the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou Delta region), of which there were as many as 1,200 factories in Shanghai. It accounts for one-third of the country.

Although most of these factories are textile mills and paper mills for the light industry, there are also some machinery involved in the military and defense industries. There are about 150 medium- and large-scale factories in the steel, oil refining, rubber, chemical, and metal industries. These factories are very important for China.

Fortunately, after more than two months of shipping. These most important factories have been relocated to Chongqing, where Wuhan is already farther away, and preparations have begun to resume production in preparation for a protracted anti-Japanese war.

The landing of Jinshanwei soon turned into a siege of Songjiang Castle, and the 67th Army and the Eighth and Tenth Armies began a desperate counterattack in order to cover the retreat of the main forces. But outnumbered. The Chinese defenders, who were inferior in both equipment and numbers, held out for only three days before the 67th Army was completely annihilated, and the Eighth and Tenth Armies were evacuated from Songjiang City at the cost of heavy losses.

-- Nanjing

"What? Matsue fell? Jiang asked in surprise.

He Yingqin hurriedly said, "Commission, the situation is very bad now, the Japanese army is now divided into two routes, one along the east bank of Taihu Lake, through Zhejiang, Anhui to Nanjing, the main force is directed to Fengjing Town, Jiaxing, Pingwang. Intending to cut off the Shanghai-Hangzhou railway and highway, the 16th Division on the other side was preparing to land at Baimaokou in Taicang, Jiangsu. Our troops in Shanghai, who have not yet retreated, are in danger. ”

Beads of sweat continued to appear on Jiang Zhong's bald head, and he hurriedly said, "Quick, quick, immediately order Gu Zhutong to retreat, no matter what, we must rescue the main force." If these people are gone, relying on the 1 million strong men they just caught, they won't even be able to hold a gun steadily, and we won't have to resist the Japanese anymore. ”

When Jiang Cheng returned to Shanghai, it was the beginning of the great retreat, and after finding Wang Yong, who had been lurking beside him, Jiang Cheng asked, "How is the situation now?" How's Ye Shan? ”

Wang Yong said as he walked, "Miss Yu is not in a good condition, she is still in a coma, she has been sent to Nanjing, those who were rescued by us have also begun to leave, our people are now concentrated in a village near Nanjing, and the Japanese army has captured Songjiang, and the national army is retreating." ”

At this time, more than a dozen planes flew in the sky, Wang Yong looked at the plane and continued, "Now the devil's plane is constantly bombing the road, and there has been congestion on the way to retreat. ”

Jiang Cheng immediately said, "Then ride a horse, besides, how is the north?" ”

Wang Yong replied, "The fight in the north is also very miserable, but on the whole it is quite stable. ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "That's good, Shanghai is no longer a place to stay for a long time, let's leave Shanghai as soon as possible." ”

Since it was wartime, there weren't many people on the road, and suddenly. A troop appeared in front of Jiang Cheng, and the officer led by Jiang Cheng immediately shouted, "Is it Mr. Jiang?" ”

Jiang Cheng looked back and found that this unit was actually wearing his own body armor and camouflage uniform, and couldn't help but be puzzled, looking at this officer and asking curiously, "Who are you?" ”

The officer said excitedly, "Mr. Jiang, I'm Xie Jinyuan." The last time you tried out your gear on the school grounds, do you remember? ”

Jiang Cheng then remembered that the officer in front of him was the commander of the unit that Jiang intermediary asked Jiang to try when he went to Nanjing for the first time and gave the equipment to Jiang Mediation.

It turned out that this person was Xie Jinyuan, Jiang Cheng had no feeling for historical celebrities at this time, and said with a smile, "Where are you going?" ”

Xie Jinyuan hesitated for a moment and said, "We are going to take over the defense." ”

Jiang Cheng immediately reacted and said, "Are you going to go to the Four Elements Warehouse?" ”

Xie Jinyuan's eyes widened and asked, "How did Mr. Jiang know?" ”

Jiang Cheng took out his military ID card and said, "I'm on the same level as you." ”

Only then did Xie Jinyuan know that Jiang Cheng was not only a businessman, but also an officer, and was a colonel like himself. Only then did he say, "Indeed, I brought a reinforced battalion and prepared to go to the Sixing Warehouse to hold on. ”

Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "That place is very close to the concession, the devils don't dare to use cannons, you bring more machine guns and ammunition." ”

Hearing that the devil didn't know how to use a cannon, Xie Jinyuan couldn't help but say excitedly, "Really, Mr. Jiang, don't lie to me." ”

Jiang Cheng said with a smile, "Don't worry, it's true, the devil is still a little afraid of Yingmei at this time." ”

Xie Jinyuan asked, "That's right." Mr. Jiang, where are you going, do you want me to escort you? ”

Jiang Cheng shook his hand and said, "Forget it." It's really a bombardment of devils, so many of you and I'm in danger, the green mountains don't change the green water, I hope we will have a period in the future. ”

Xie Jinyuan nodded and left with the troops.

Wang Yong looked at Xie Jinyuan and asked, "Sixing Warehouse, isn't there no way to run in that place?" ”

Jiang Cheng sighed, "They are not ready to run, go." Let's go to Nanjing. ”

Jiang Cheng and the others came to the place where Du Yuesheng prepared horses for them, at this time the road was already blocked by the retreating crowd, Jiang Cheng looked at the crowded national army on the high slope and shook his head, in this case, no one could leave quickly, Jiang Cheng and Wang Yong, who sighed, left quickly.

At this time, the retreat had changed from the initial order to an increasingly chaotic situation. Due to the heavy losses of the Nationalist Army units in the Shanghai operation, battalion commanders and company commanders in some regiments were basically killed, and most of the officers were promoted without exception, with squad leaders serving as platoon commanders, platoon commanders serving as company commanders, and even squad leaders serving as company commanders.

In addition, there are too many recruits, there are few veterans, and many recruits do not know their commanders, and once they retreat, they can't tell which troops they should follow.

In some of the retreating troops, there were situations in which the officers could not find their officers, and some brigade commanders and regiment commanders could not find their own battalions and regiments.

Some parts were ordered to retreat to Kunshan, but the subordinate soldiers followed the troops who retreated to Changshu. Some troops were ordered to go to Changshu, and the surrounding troops all advanced towards Kunshan, so they followed to Kunshan.

Coupled with the continuous bombing and raiding of the Japanese army, the road was chaotic, and the dense water network and numerous bridges made the retreating troops even more crowded.

The Japanese army had already learned from the air force that the Nationalist Army was retreating, and hurriedly accelerated its assault, and the blocking troops could not stop the impact of tens of thousands of Japanese troops at all, and they were soon defeated and retreated.

But all the troops were quite psychologically calm, because they all knew that there was a solid defensive line not far ahead -- Wang Jiaben of the Wufu Line, deputy commander of the 98th Division, and at this time there were only half of the 98th Divisions left, and according to the order, they would defend on the Wufu Line and prepare to take over the work.

When Wang Jiaben came to the Wufu line, he was immediately disappointed with the defense line that he had heard the name countless times in the army, and the defense line in front of him was not full of pillboxes and criss-crossing as he imagined, but only a long defensive line of position, Wang Jiaben sighed and said, "Order the troops to enter the position immediately." ”

This was the staff officer next to him who was embarrassed and said, "Sir, that, we don't have a map or a key, so we don't know where to enter." ”

Wang Jiaben was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "What about the person who answered us?" ”

The staff officer next to him said, "I ran away, I heard that the keys and maps here are placed in the nearest county and town, but I heard that we retreated from Shanghai, and these turtle grandsons all ran away, and none of us can find them." ”

Wang Jiaben's eyes were closed, and he almost wanted to faint, so he said for a long time, "Then pry the door for me and give me a bunker to find, besides, are these bunkers difficult to find?" Saying that, Wang Jiaben pointed to the four-meter-high thing in front of him, and he didn't know whether to call it a pillbox or a turret.

Perhaps it was in the fight against the Red that these bunkers were mostly used to promote firepower and neglect the requirements of protecting themselves. Most of these reinforced concrete fortifications are quite significant, and some are even built on the top of a hill, like a lighthouse, which can be seen from a few miles away. Such fortifications were enough to deal with the warlords and the Red Army, but against the Japanese army with a large number of artillery pieces, it was simply to give experience to the Japanese artillery, but this defensive line, which cost millions of dollars, was already one of the largest fortifications in China at that time.

What's even worse is that the Wufu Line Xicheng Line fortifications have no depth, maybe the money is not enough, these two lines of defense are only a narrow line, or the Wufu Line Xicheng Line is the depth of each other, but there is no artillery to support each other, it can be said that as long as the Japanese army breaks through a little, the entire defense line can be declared invalid. At the same time, the national army did not have many cannons, the most was actually light machine guns, but I don't know what the designers thought, heavy machine gun bunkers, flat-fire artillery batteries, and mortar positions were all available, but there were no light machine gun bunkers, and Wang Jia's regiment was in a hurry, and finally he had no choice but to temporarily build fortifications for defensive operations. (To be continued......)