The sky was gray, the humid air gradually condensed into dewdrops, a thin morning mist blocked the view, and the city in the distance was blurred.

The Shanghai Public Concession Golf Course is located near the Huishan Wharf on the north bank of the Huangpu River, which was originally a riverside tidal flat, and the British transformed it into a sports park for leisure and recreation, and the concession authorities often held golf tournaments here.

The first combat order issued by Wu Ming was to transfer two artillery companies of the third battalion of the artillery regiment to take the enemy's airfield by surprise.

Under the guidance of the Tsing Yi team, two artillery companies with a total of eight Bofors 75mm howitzers successfully entered the back of a building on the north bank of the Suzhou Creek, which was close to the British Concession and about 300 meters from the Huangpu River.

According to the guide, the airport is lit up before dawn every day, and it takes about 50 minutes from the time the lights are turned on to the time when the first planes take off. Major Tan Jinsong, the commander of the third battalion on this mission, was ready to seize this time to complete the surprise attack mission.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, three green signal flares were raised over the golf course, which was the signal that the Japanese carrier-based planes were about to land, and the runway converted from a golf course was suddenly brightly lit.

After about eight or nine minutes, more than 20 Japanese carrier-based planes rumbled over from the western sky, and then one after another taxied and landed on the runway. When the last Japanese fighter plane landed and the lights on the runway had not yet been extinguished, Major Tan Jinsong calmly issued an order: "Each gun will fire one shot."

Soon, the shells tested by the eight howitzers broke away from the barrels with a dull roar and flew towards the Japanese airfield, and the night sky on the north bank of the Suzhou Creek rose with dazzling firelight.

The lurking artillery observer radioed a deviation from the target, and after correction, the guns were fired again, this time the shells did not miss, one hit an ammunition truck with a loud explosion, and the other hit a fuel truck, and the sky over the airport was immediately lit red by a huge fireball.

Major Tan Jinsong shouted: "All salvo"

In an instant, eight howitzers roared angrily in unison, and the north bank of Suzhou Creek rumbled for a while, and almost everyone from the Bund to the new gate was awakened by the sudden sound of cannons, and the glass of houses near the golf course was shattered. A Japanese carrier-based plane was about to take off and escape, but a shell hit it directly, and the gliding plane split apart like a fragile wine bottle and exploded, and shards of burning metal flew into the air like sawdust.

After about half a minute, the fuel depot and ammunition depot of the Japanese airfield were hit one after another, and explosions broke out one after another, and the entire Huangpu River was like a fireworks show, splendid and beautiful, and the sound of explosions was one after another.

Two artillery batteries, with a total of eight howitzers, poured 800 shells at the Japanese airfield in just eight minutes at the fastest rate of 25 shells per minute, and before the Japanese could react, the two artillery batteries safely withdrew from their positions.

Ten minutes later, two Japanese destroyers docked at Huishan Wharf retaliated in the direction of the artillery positions with intensive artillery fire, and several shells even fell into the British Concession across the river, triggering a strong protest from the concession authorities, but this had no effect on the young artillery of the New Second Division.

In order to divert the attention of the Japanese troops, the 87th Division, the 88th Division, and the Shanghai Police Security Corps launched attacks in various parts of the concession.

A commando team of more than 200 men of the 88th Division once rushed to the No. 2 fortress defending the north flank of the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters building, but the follow-up support units were isolated from the outer positions by the fire net erected by the Japanese artillery, and the assault team suffered heavy casualties and was forced to retreat.

In the direction of Tiantongan Station, a team of people is moving forward.

Han Tiecheng, who was in a hurry all the way, looked at both sides of the street. I saw the corpses of Chinese soldiers lying in the middle of the road and on the edge of the wall, and the dead elephants were extremely miserable, and their blood-stained clothes were covered with bullets and holes.

Han Tiecheng's steps were very urgent, and he kicked something in a hurry, and when he looked down, it turned out to be an arm that had been blown off by a cannonball, and the blood had coagulated at the broken place, the color was as white as dead pork, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

Unable to sympathize with these fallen soldiers of the national army, Han Tiecheng, who was in a heavy mood, strode forward. Brigade Commander Luo Yuming handed over the task of clearing the Devil No. 1 fortifications that were on the way of our army's advance, and Han Tiecheng was both excited and worried. What I was excited about was that this fully reflected the importance that the division headquarters and brigade headquarters attached to their own regiment, and what they were worried about was whether or not the No. 1 fortification could be successfully taken down was not only related to whether the First Brigade could successfully conquer the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters building, but also related to the plan of the entire New Second Division to encircle and annihilate the Japanese troops entrenched in the downtown area of Shanghai, and it was the first tough battle in which the New Second Division joined the Songhu battlefield.

If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent, this is not only Luo Yuming's request to Han Tiecheng, but also his own motto. But after observing the facts at No. 1 worker, Han Tiecheng was in a very uneasy mood.

Fortification No. 1 is an important stronghold to the west of the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters, originally just an independent two-story building, after the First Battle of Songhu was vigorously expanded by the Japanese army, filled with steel and concrete transformed into a militarized fortress, is an important support on the west side of the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters Building, and the Headquarters Building into a horn trend.

About a squadron of Japanese Marines was on garrison, with four heavy machine guns, eighteen light machine guns, and two infantry guns mounted on the roof of the building. The firepower of this fortress was extremely powerful, and as soon as the light and heavy weapons were fired, a death blockade was formed within three hundred meters.

In the front-line command headquarters, which used the ruins of a collapsed building as a cover, several battalion commanders under Han Tiecheng all came, and they looked at Han Tiecheng with a strong war intent in their eyes.

Han Tiecheng walked up to a soldier with a deep scar on his cheek, took his hand to the lookout, pointed to the corner of the fortifications in front of him and asked the soldier:

"Lao Chen, think about it, where is the weak point of the fortification?"

The soldier named Lao Chen looked at it carefully for a while, frowned, and shook his head: "Commander Han, four years have passed, and I'm not very sure now, I have to go up and confirm it myself." ”

"It's-"

Han Tiecheng hesitated.

Lao Chen is a member of the Tsing Yi team sent by Du Yuesheng to help in the battle, and his actual age is not very old, he is only twenty-eight or nineteen years old, but he looks like a fifty-year-old person. At the beginning, after the construction of the No. 1 fortification, about 40 Chinese laborers were collectively shot by the Japanese army, when he was shot in the abdomen and passed out, the executed devil soldiers cut him in the face half tentatively and half playfully, and when he saw that there was no reaction, he was thrown into the Huangpu River like everyone else, and was later picked up by a passing fishing boat, and found that he was still alive and immediately sent to the hospital for rescue.

If it weren't for the coincidence, Lao Chen would have been buried in the belly of the fish, but unfortunately his two younger brothers did not escape the poisonous hands of the Japanese, and there was no news after building several other fortifications of the Japanese.

At the beginning, Du Yuesheng selected the Tsing Yi team to Wu Ming for training, and Lao Chen, whose family was killed, strongly asked to join, the purpose was to take revenge.

The reason why Han Tiecheng hesitated was because Lao Chen was Du Yuesheng's person, if something happened, would Du Yuesheng have a bad association? Moreover, Lao Chen is already the only seedling of the Chen family, if he has a good one, wouldn't he be the last one

In fact, as far as the entire No. 1 fortification is concerned, only the vast area in front of the fort is suitable for the troops to deploy, but the Japanese demolished the buildings in the horizon early on, resulting in no cover in front and no cover in the back, and the accumulation of corpses left in front of the Japanese fire point has proved that this road is impassable.

The No. 1 fortification was repeatedly expanded and remodeled by the Japanese, and the ramparts were permanently remodeled with reinforced concrete. A few days ago, the 88th Division, which was the main attacker, forcibly sent people to break through the Japanese fire network and detonate explosive packets at the root of the side and rear walls of the No. 1 fortification, but it only blew up the outer layer of brick walls, exposing the steel bars inside, in vain

Han Tiecheng is still thinking, Lao Chen is a little anxious, in the past few years, he has been like a walking corpse, and the meaning of survival is only to ask for blood debts from Japanese devils. In the Changshan camp, he trained military skills like crazy, just to take revenge, and now that the opportunity has come, how can he not be excited?

"Captain Han, just let me take a look...... Only by looking at it up close can I determine the location, otherwise, the brothers will be like the 88th Division, how many innocent lives will have to be given away to take it down!" Lao Chen's eyes were full of tears, and his tone was full of sadness.

The soldiers are fast, the best way at present is to find out the weak part of the No. 1 fortification and blast it, among the people present, only Lao Chen Zhilu, who participated in the construction at the beginning, said a rough idea, Han Tiecheng raised his wrist and looked at his watch, gritted his teeth hatefully, and patted Lao Chen's shoulder: "You must be careful"

Lao Chen grinned, showing his yellow and black teeth, and smiled: "I have been hanging out on the streets of Shanghai since I was a child, selling newspapers, selling fruits, collecting rags and walking the streets and alleys

Han Tiecheng nodded heavily, watching Lao Chen rush out of the bunker and shake into the half-collapsed Shikumen building in front. Han Tiecheng sighed, turned around, and yelled at several battalion commanders:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the artillery has done a great job, but to achieve the most victorious victory, we have to rely on our infantry. My new second division and the Japanese invaders do not share the sky, and if this battle is not successful, it will become a benevolent"

"Yes," the crowd replied immediately.

At this time, the fog became thicker and thicker, and not far away, the commandos selected from the whole regiment slowly lurked more than 400 meters away from the target fortifications.

Han Tiecheng took the binoculars and silently looked at the wall more than five meters long in front of the No. 1 fortification, if the Japanese made up for the only loophole, then Han Tiecheng had to order a strong attack, which meant that a group would have great casualties.

Han Tiecheng held his breath and observed carefully, and suddenly a figure jumped into his sight like a civet cat...... It was Lao Chen's figure, Han Tiecheng couldn't help but pray silently in his heart.

In the telescope, Lao Chen rushed out of a dilapidated house, crossed a hill made of sacrificed soldiers of the national army, with the help of mist cover, rushed to the root of the No. 1 fortress wall, one prostrate to the ground, after a while began to slowly move his body, moved a section and looked up slowly, after the last stop in a section of the wall, put his ear on the wall, slapped it three or four times with his hand, and when he turned around, a trace of joy appeared on his face, and then made a gesture to discuss the matter.

Suddenly, Lao Chen's face in the line of sight changed, and he subconsciously raised his head, Han Tiecheng followed Lao Chen's vision and moved the telescope upward, just in time to see a ghost soldier on the second floor who stuck his head out of the window to observe the surrounding environment.

When Han Tiecheng looked at Lao Chen again, he had already fallen to the ground, his face was full of happy smiles, his mouth was wide open, he couldn't say anything, he just stretched out his hand and slapped the wall hard, the last action was very strong, and then he paused, his head tilted against the wall, his eyes widened, and blood flowed out of the corners of his mouth.

"Bang-"

At this time, a gunshot rang out, and a sniper who was ambushed on the roof of the Shikumen building on the left opened fire from a distance of 400 meters, shooting the devil soldier who was smiling proudly directly to the head, and the crooked machine gun in the devil's hand slipped through the window and fell to the outside of the No. 1 fortification.

After receiving Lao Chen's instructions, the commandos holding Suomi submachine guns jumped up at once, raised their submachine guns and rushed forward, and the bazooka group that followed them rushed towards the No. 1 fortification under the cover of a squad of commandos.

The Suomi submachine gun already has a high accuracy at a distance of 300 meters, and more than 50 members of the assault team, equivalent to more than 50 machine guns firing at the same time, the fire is extremely ferocious. The Japanese desperately returned fire, and the light and heavy machine guns were like whips, and the barrage converged in the air, and then each rolled towards the other.

The commandos fired at the windows of the Japanese soldiers with submachine guns, and at the same time, they flashed and moved, and rushed forward desperately. Due to the fact that there were snipers who specialized in suppressing the sharpshooters of the Japanese army, the advantage of the Japanese army's good marksmanship was not brought into play, and the commando team was quickly brought closer.

The bazooka team found a bunker 100 meters from the No. 1 fortification, and the two bazooka hands aimed the mouth of the barrel at the wall marked by Lao Chen's life, and suddenly pulled the trigger.

"Whoosh-"

Two rockets, with huge flame tails, went over the heads of the commando officers and soldiers and headed straight for the wall of fortifications No. 1.

"Boom-"

A puff of dust rose from the explosion, and a huge hole suddenly appeared. The commando raised the submachine gun in his hand, aimed it at the hole and swept it indiscriminately, breaking several Japanese soldiers who were about to plug the leak into a sieve, and then threw in a few grenades, and rushed into it after the explosion.

The sound of submachine guns, pistols, and the sound of a grenade exploding was intertwined.

"Da-da-"

It was only at this time that the devils reacted, and the light and heavy machine guns deployed at various firing points began to roar, and the two infantry guns on the roof condescended and fired at the street below.

There was an uproar on the battlefield, and the bullets that poured out like heavy rain swept away several officers and men of the New Second Division in the assault at once, and immediately blood flowed profusely, and the soldiers in the charge unwillingly clutched their chests and fell to the ground.

"Niang Xipi, artillery group, support"

Han Tiecheng turned around and shouted at the mortar position next to him.

Han Tiecheng hurriedly took the telescope to observe, only to see that the head of the Japanese heavy machine gunner on the roof of the building was blown up by the sniper, and his body was lying on the body of the gun, and the machine gun position at the gate was destroyed by the commandos who broke through the wall from behind.

In the dull sound of gunfire, several devil artillerymen operating infantry guns on the roof of the building were also killed by snipers one by one.

"Good, good"

Han Tiecheng, who was holding the binocular, slapped his thigh heavily and said with relief.

At this time, next to the heavy machine gun that had been extinguished behind the sandbags on the roof, the devil's assistant shooter pushed the main shooter who was killed to the side, raised the machine gun and fired at the officers and soldiers who followed up.

said that it was too late and that was fast, only to hear the sound of "bang", a mortar bomb exploded directly next to the devil heavy machine gunner, Han Tiecheng waved his fist fiercely and breathed a sigh of relief.

This falling mortar shell directly destroyed this heavy machine gun position, and now it's up to the commandos.

At this time, the assault team had all passed through the hole, and Fang Shengde, the commander of the sharp knife company who led the team, only left a few members of the team to follow up the officers and soldiers, and he continued to rush in with the commando.

The commandos advanced all the way, and when they saw the devil hiding in the room, they threw grenades into the door first, and when they heard the explosion, the devil cried wolf, so he rushed in and raised the submachine gun to shoot a shot, which made the devil cry his father and call his mother, so it was not miserable.

Captain Okada, the leader of the Izumo Marine Squadron of the Japanese Army guarding the No. 1 fortification, led more than 30 Japanese soldiers to the gap in the hole, and met several ghost soldiers who fled back, one of whom was full of horror and quickly reported to Captain Okada: "Captain, the Shina Army has strong melee firepower, we are not opponents, let's withdraw to the headquarters building."

"Baga"

Captain Okada was so angry that he pulled out his saber and disemboweled the devil who spoke, and then waved the bloody long knife, shouted loudly with a fierce face, and ordered several fleeing devils to counterattack

Fang Shengde came with someone chasing after him, just in time to see this scene.

Captain Okada saw the Chinese soldiers swarming close, his eyes widened, his face was full of surprise, he didn't expect the defense line to be lost so quickly, he shrewdly threw away the long knife, pulled out the pistol from his waist, and was about to shoot at Fang Shengde. The devil soldiers behind Okada also raised the 38 big covers, ready to fight with the Chinese soldiers who rushed over with bayonets.

A smile appeared on Fang Shengde's face, who was carrying a black backpack, and when he pressed it in his hand, he saw a burst of fire spraying out of the black pipe in his hand.

Captain Okada and the other devils fell into a sea of fire at once, and the weapons in their hands fell to the ground, screaming in pain one by one.

Captain Okada's whole body was on fire and he wailed loudly, but this thirty-year-old devil was very determined, he was just stunned for a moment, and then rushed towards Fang Shengde with the flames of his whole body, and the rapid running that gave full play to the potential of his human body was accompanied by the high temperature that came to his face, and several commandos behind Fang Shengde couldn't help but take two steps back

Fang Shengde is also a ruthless person, he did not retreat but advanced, ran two more steps, raised his left leg, and kicked the burning man Okada is kick, directly kicking the devil captain out of the sky at once.

When the commandos looked at Captain Okada again, they saw that the burning man who had hit the wall had convulsed a few times and then did not move, and the raging fire quickly consumed it.

A regiment of follow-up officers and soldiers had already stormed into the No. 1 fortification, and after a fierce burst of gunfire, everything fell silent.