The headquarters of the new 2nd Division in Pengpu, south of Dachang Town.

Dai Ziran walked into the house with a spring breeze on his face, and said with a smile to Wu Ming: "Master, Yang Si sent a telegram first, saying that the Gongda Yarn Factory has been successfully taken down. ”

"What?"

Long Shaogang, the deputy division commander who was checking the map with Wu Ming, stepped forward to take the telegram, swept it slightly, and turned back to Wu Ming and said:

"Division, this battle was fought beautifully, but Zhou Juncheng's regiment suffered heavy casualties, more than 300 people were killed, more than 700 people were injured, and two companies were basically disabled."

"Oh?"

Wu Ming was a little anxious, took the telegram and took a cursory glance, put the telegram on the table, and sighed: "Taking such an important military stronghold as Gongda Yarn Factory, although the casualties are large, it is still worth it overall

"yes"

Long Shaogang nodded slightly, he could exchange thousands of casualties for such a big result, plus the number of enemies annihilated, it was enough to make all the commanders and fighters of the new Second Division happy. After all, the elite 87th Division of the Nationalist Army in front of it lost most of it and did not take the Gongda Yarn Mill, just like the 88th Division did not take the headquarters building of the Japanese Marine Corps, which seriously dragged down the entire layout of the Songhu battlefield. Now that the new Second Division has made a move, it has taken down two cities in a row, doesn't it just show that the new Second Division has strong combat power?

"Lao Long, when the official battle report comes out, you will go to the group army headquarters on behalf of our new second division and report the victory to Commander Zhang and Nanjing."

"Yes"

Long Shaogang replied with some interest.

The Marine Corps Headquarters building was brought down by the new Second Division with the strength of one another, but Wu Ming gave part of the credit to the 88th Division, which made Zhang Zhizhong, who had been disgraced before, raise his eyebrows, but the new Second Division, which was the main force of the attack, ranked second, which made everyone feel a little unhappy.

Wu Ming saw Long Shaogang's careful thinking at a glance, and said with relief at the moment: "We have continuously given the commander great credit, I believe that the commander will not ignore us, at least the ammunition and soldier replenishment will give priority to our honor compared to those who are nothing, and the real benefits are what we need."

Long Shaogang patted his head and suggested, "Master, why don't I triple our casualty figure?" Oh no, four times according to our record, four times is just right, the machine guns and artillery losses are especially bad, and all kinds of light and heavy weapons are also lost on the battlefield, and we must be replenished as soon as possible"

"That's your business, I don't know"

Wu Ming waved his hand and grinned: "If you can move all the logistics warehouses of the Ninth Army to our new Second Division, it would be great."

Hearing Wu Ming say this, Dai Ziran and Long Shaogang glanced at each other, and then Ha Lu and Ha Da Lu laughed.

Dai Ziran clapped his hands and said: "Master, many people didn't understand you for training Japanese talents in the Kaihua Base before, but now they are convinced by you."

For Dai Ziran's compliment, Wu Ming smiled and did not speak, using the officers and soldiers of the special company to entrap the officers and soldiers of the special service company in disguise, and even conquer the two strong military fortresses, Wu Ming is also very proud.

Long Shaogang also agreed with Dai Ziran's opinion, and echoed: "It's true, if we hadn't used a special company to drill into the heart of the Japanese army to make trouble, our casualties might have multiplied." Just now, I heard several staff officers from the division headquarters discuss in private, and they all say that the division seat is the reincarnation of the star."

"The fart will be reincarnated...... Now is not the time to make a fool of yourself, let's think about how to expand the results" Wu Ming snorted lightly and strode back to the map. Long Shaogang and Dai Ziran didn't dare to slack off, walked to the wall together, leaned over, and studied the battle situation together.

Dai Ziran, who was specially responsible for formulating the battle plan, knew better than anyone else the progress of the battle situation, and he pointed to the map: "Division, in the Hongkou area bordering Zhabei, the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters Building and the No. 1 stronghold have been taken, and there are still several important strongholds on the left, such as the No. 2 in the north of the headquarters building, and the No. 3 and No. 4 fortifications in the south, all of which must be taken as soon as possible, so as not to give the Japanese army a chance to turn around. ”

"The credit given to Sun Yuanliang by the division seat earlier has greatly boosted the morale of the 88th Division and doubled its combat strength, and I believe that after these strongholds can be taken down soon to relieve the threat of the Japanese army in the Hongkou area, the 1st Brigade and the 88th Division can advance to the Huangpu River along the North Sichuan Road and Wusong Road, and force the Japanese army to Huishan Wharf."

After explaining the battle situation in the Hongkou area, Dai Ziran pointed to the map and continued to introduce: "Previously, Yang Sixian's brigade and Yin Dizhong's supplementary brigade had taken Hujiang University with the cooperation of the 87th Division and the Shanghai Police Security Corps.

"In the next step, they only need to clear the Japanese strongholds on Yangshupu Road one by one, attack from the northeast to the southwest, and then join forces with the 1st Brigade at Huijiang Wharf, the most rear-back stronghold of the Japanese army in downtown Shanghai."

Wu Ming nodded, very satisfied with the current situation. With his hands clasped around his chest, Wu Ming turned his head to look at Dai Ziran: "How about the casualties of the artillery regiment?" ”

The artillery regiment is Wu Ming's lifeblood, the artillery is damaged and there is stock in the warehouse, or it is purchased through a foreign bank, but the artillery is different, in order to train qualified artillery, Wu Ming has paid a huge amount of effort, the money is not spent, and the more troublesome thing is the experience gained in exchange for time, once the loss is very difficult to make up.

Dai Ziran sighed: "In the early stage, it was covered by Japanese naval artillery fire, and the casualties were very large, the first battalion and the first company of the artillery were basically disabled, and the second and third companies also suffered great losses, but fortunately, the heavy artillery battalion was hiding in the strong fortifications, and there were no casualties."

"But—"

Dai Ziran turned his head and said: "Fortunately, there are not many artillery soldiers killed in the first time, most of them are traumatic, the Japanese fleet was carried down by the stretcher team in time after being attacked by our Central Air Force, and is currently being rescued in the field hospitals of Dachang and Zhenru, with penicillin, an anti-inflammatory medicine, most of the officers and soldiers should be able to rescue it." ”

"Luo Changling called back and said that the heavy artillery battalion and the first artillery battalion have been withdrawn to the rear to rest and recuperate, and the second artillery battalion, under the guidance of the Tsing Yi team, is advancing from Hongzhen to the direction of Huishan Wharf, and they will cooperate with the first brigade and the second brigade to move."

Wu Ming nodded: "How is Brother Chen Cheng doing now?" ”

Dai Ziran's face darkened, and he pointed to the banks of the Yangtze River and said: "After the 11th Division of the Japanese Army, which launched a landing operation on the front line of Chuanshakou and Shishilin, took the stall position, the first division captured Chuanshakou and advanced to the Luodian area, the center of our army's left flank, but encountered a head-on attack from the 11th Division and the 67th Division of the 15th Group Army of General Luo Zhuoying. The other Japanese army hesitated in the face of the strong defense of our Lion Forest defenders, and the enemy and us engaged in repeated tug-of-war battles, and the battle was extremely fierce. In addition, the Japanese 3rd Division occupied Yuepu northwest of Baoshan, and the main force was attacking the county seat of Baoshan, and the first division was advancing towards Yanghang. General Chen Cheng ordered the 14th Division and the 98th Division of the 15th Group Army to resist the "

"What, the war has eroded to this point?"

Wu Ming's joyful mood disappeared in an instant, the Japanese army's offensive was so fierce, and it achieved such results in a short period of time, once the northern front was lost, even if the new second division achieved great results, but how much help would it be to the overall battle situation in Songhu? Previously, although Wu Ming knew that the national army had fought in the Battle of Songhu for more than three months, he did not know the specific process and process, and he was afraid that due to his own influence on historical changes, he would suffer from gains and losses for a while.

Seeing that Wu Ming was not interested, Long Shaogang gave Dai Ziran a look, and the two quietly withdrew from the headquarters, leaving Wu Ming alone in deep thought.

At this time, the 2nd Brigade and the Supplementary Brigade of the Gongda Yarn Factory had already begun to clean up the battlefield, and when they saw the ghost soldiers who were not dead, the officers and soldiers raised their bayonets and stabbed them in the heart, so that they could go to Amaterasu with great joy.

Zhou Juncheng walked into the south gate of the OUHK Yarn Factory. Along the way, he kept stopping and leaning over to comfort the wounded soldiers. Not far away, Wan Molin commanded the Green Gang and an ambulance team spontaneously organized by Shanghai citizens to carry the wounded officers and men down on stretchers and send them to the field hospital in the rear.

No matter what the reputation of the Qinggang is, Zhou Juncheng at this time is full of gratitude to Wan Molin and others.

"Big Brother"

Zhou Juncheng strode to Wan Molin's side and bowed to Wan Molin, who was busy: "Thank you Brother Qingbang this time."

Wan Molin turned around, saw Zhou Juncheng who was full of gunsmoke, hurriedly returned the salute, and then exhaled a heavy breath: "Commander Zhou, you must not be polite, your teachers and soldiers have washed away my Chinese national shame, if you really want to say thank you, I should thank you on behalf of Shanghai citizen Xie Lu." ”

"Military affairs are urgent, I won't say much about polite words, after this battle, I will invite Brother Wan to drink" Zhou Juncheng said with red eyes. This time in the attack on the Gongda Yarn Factory, many of the wounded were carried down the line of fire by the Qinggang brothers in the face of artillery fire, and they rushed to this, and Zhou Juncheng was full of good feelings for Wan Molin in his heart.

Wan Molin shook his head, took a step back, made a look of unacceptability, and said politely: "Head Zhou, you're polite, since you have come to Shanghai, I, Wan someone, is half a landlord, if Zhou is free one day, give Wan someone a word, I will set a place in the concession restaurant and wait for Zhou Tuan."

Zhou Juncheng stepped forward and held Wan Molin's hand tightly, everything was silent.

At this time, a group of people walked out from the rear and shouted from afar: "Commander Zhou" Zhou Juncheng and Wan Molin turned their heads to see that it was Liu Mantian, the head of the 87th Division, and Fu Antan, the head of the Shanghai Police Security Corps, who were leading people towards this side.

For the 87th Division and the Shanghai Police Security Corps, although Zhou Juncheng looked down on them from the bottom of his heart, he did not deliberately show them his face. When Head Liu and the others came to Zhou Juncheng's side, their faces turned red, and they explained embarrassedly: "Head Zhou, ...... just now"

Zhou Juncheng waved his hand and said disdainfully: "I don't know what Commander Liu of the 87th Division, the most elite of the Central Army, has any advice?" The 87th Division of the Gongda Yarn Factory can't beat the hard bones, but our new Second Division has a good tooth and mouth, and it has gnawed down the Gongda Yarn Factory."

Head Liu smiled awkwardly, his face trembled, he closed his mouth in a scornful manner, and gestured to Captain Fu of the Shanghai Police Security Corps with his eyes.

Head Fu glanced at Head Liu angrily, and said in his heart, you left first, and you took me to be a villain, and now you are back licking other people's buttocks, it's really shameless. But now is not the time to be rash, the next step is for the two sides to work together, Captain Fu can't let the relationship between the two be too stiff, so he stepped forward and beat Zhou Juncheng Ha Luha:

"Captain Zhou, it was our fault that we evacuated earlier...... However, the Japanese artillery fire was too fierce, and on the 19th, one regiment of Regiment Commander Liu was almost wiped out, and the current soldiers were all recruits who had only been replenished two days ago, and they had no combat effectiveness. If he hadn't cherished the lives of his officers and soldiers, he wouldn't have walked away."