The Japanese army, busy preparing dinner in the warehouse, learned the news that the two armies had been attacked by explosions. Ito Masaki collected the remnants all the way, and when he returned to Hongkou, he did not even recover half of the troops of the 13th Division, that is to say, in that explosion, the 13th Division and his 101st Division, all combined, killed more than half, and 20,000 people disappeared.

When the base camp received a report, it was shocked that Shanghai had been captured, but there were such a strong enemy inside, and the number was unknown. They wouldn't believe that Xie Jinyuan only had more than 400 people, because the fierce battle that night had already shown that even if the guns used by the other party were not 38 big covers, at least they were weapons with the same caliber as 38 big covers. And the number, judging by the living Japanese troops, was at least a thousand.

As for the tiny steel balls scattered after the explosion on Yu Street, they were not surprised. Because Lao Chiang had bought weapons from the advance army, it was not new for the national army to have weapons for the advance army.

After coming to these judgments, Matsui Shigen could not live in Shanghai for a long time because he still had a strategic mission, and Shanghai had to leave someone to preside over the overall situation, so a new commander was sent yesterday to take over Shanghai, so that Matsui Shigen could get out and continue his mission. And the new commander of the Shanghai dispatch sent has not yet arrived, Matsui Ishine vomited blood and fell ill due to the loss of the general, and now two more divisions have been hit hard, the whereabouts of Yamamuro Munetake are unknown, I am afraid that there will be more than one bad luck, and the news that it is already possible that the jade shattering will make the base camp like a ten-magnitude earthquake, and in a fit of rage, he ordered Ito Masakaki to clean up the remnants of the reorganization, temporarily collect the remnants of the 13th Division, trap the Sixing warehouse, besiege but not attack, and wait for the arrival of the new commander who is about to arrive.

In the warehouse, after cleaning up the materials, Xie Jinyuan left some of his property as a reward for the future. The rest were all distributed, and the cooking class, with the help of the people who were not on duty, rushed to make dinner, and when the whole warehouse was filled with the joyful atmosphere after the victory, Xie Jinyuan came to the second floor alone with a bottle of French red wine.

Dong Ku naturally knew that Xie Jinyuan couldn't stand it anymore, and he was here to ask himself about the situation here. So he arranged the defense to No. 5, got up and went to the small room alone, took off his backpack, and prepared to talk to Xie Jinyuan.

At this time, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and in the distance, Sun Tao, who was blocked by heavy rain, was happy.

The sky was still overcast in the morning, and this will reveal the sun that has not been seen for a long time. And it's not as cloudy as the previous two days, and it has been raining constantly, this time, it's really clear, in just less than an hour, the sky can no longer see a trace of dark clouds, only the steaming heat all over the ground, so that the army is all over the mountains. As in Wonderland.

"It's finally sunny......"

Standing on the bank of the river, watching the still turbulent churning and drinking water. Sun Tao, who was checking the water situation, muttered, didn't care about emotion, and ordered: "Guard company commander!" Order the engineering regiment to quickly cross the river, prepare bridge-building materials in advance along the way, explore the road, and prepare for the march of the army! Ordered the follow-up baggage to check the artillery. Check your ammunition, wait for the road conditions to improve, and get ready for the march! ”

"Yes!"

This was the order that the commander of the guard company had heard for more than a month and in the past two months, and he received the order loudly. Turning around to prepare the message, conveying the order without mentioning it.

After the commander of the guard company left, Sun Tao pondered, waved his hand and ordered to return to the camp, preparing to personally prepare a report to Dong Ku on the telegram.

The army that received the order to prepare for the march was nervously busy before Sun Tao returned, and they were more engaged in drying moldy bedding, drying clothes and trousers, opening and inspecting the guns wrapped in plastic sheeting, and preparing for departure.

In the warehouse, Dong Ku had a detailed conversation with Xie Jinyuan for half an hour. He didn't shy away from it, there was already a situation of life and death, and the secret was no longer important, and he believed that Xie Jinyuan would forget about today's conversation.

When Xie Jinyuan learned that Dong Ku was actually the advance army of Heilongjiang, he sighed and said gloomily: "You are actually fighting the Japanese army in Heilongjiang alone, no wonder the combat effectiveness is so strong, Xie admires!" If the troops in the Battle of Songhu had half of your combat strength, they would not have fought bloodily for more than two months, and they would still be defeated in the end. ”

Dong Ku understood his thoughts, smiled and said: "General Xie, Dong is just taking the expulsion of the Japanese as his own responsibility, he doesn't need fame and fortune, and he wants to block the news that we have sent troops, so, General Xie, I hope that today's conversation will end here, including your principal, and you must not disclose it, otherwise, Heilongjiang will be attacked by the Japanese army because of the emptiness." ”

After a pause, without waiting for Xie Jinyuan to speak, Dong Ku said: "As for combat effectiveness, General Xie, do you feel that your soldiers' marksmanship has improved in the past two days?" ”

"Please rest assured of this, Xie Mou knows how to be measured, and the soldiers under him, I believe that they can also do it." After speaking, Xie Jinyuan sighed and continued: "Xie Mou thinks that he has worked very hard to train sergeants, but the military quality of your army in the past two days has made Xie embarrassed!" At the same time, I also understand that sharpshooters can also be trained, not to mention anything else, in the past, there were not many of my soldiers who could hit targets from 200 meters away, although it had something to do with guns, but more Xie Mou already understood that it was a lack of actual combat and a lack of shooting training. ”

"That's right! General Xie is right, this is not high-tech, it is purely a skilled worker, although there is no shortage of natural sharpshooters, but the training of the day after tomorrow will not be too far behind. ”

"Ha Lu Ha!"

Xie Jinyuan said with a smile: "What a skilled worker, Xie understands, I am proud of the shooting skills you have taught in the past two days, if I have time, Xie believes that my marksmanship will come up." ”

Xie Jinyuan's voice fell, and the Sixth Guard suddenly shouted a report outside the door, obviously having something to report.

"Come in!"

Dong Ku swallowed what he wanted to say and shouted.

"Captain......

No. 6 took the telegram and handed it to Dong Ku.

Dong Ku knew what he meant, didn't speak, waved his hand to let him go down, took the message and looked at it, and didn't taboo Xie Jinyuan by his side.

Seeing that the sky was clear, Dong Ku breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head and said, "General Xie, I can tell you the real purpose of being here now." As he spoke, he took out a lighter and burned the message, and then said: "I need to hold the Japanese army here for fifteen days and wait for the arrival of the army, so I need General Xie's cooperation to wait for the troops to arrive in your name." ”

"That's no problem, Xie likes more and more honors, although he deserves it."

Xie Jinyuan said without hesitation.

While the two were talking in detail, the Japanese army, under the order of Ito Masakaki, blocked the bridge in the concession with three gunboats, built a defensive line a kilometer away from the warehouse, and held the sign of the Cross Society, and entered the battlefield that was immediately in disarray and full of corpses.

The guards will see the Japanese soldiers carrying the corpses, and they will not stop them, allowing the Japanese soldiers to transport away the corpses that have been turned over and cleaner than their faces.

The tense busyness here, the sadness on the face of the Japanese army, the depressed mood of cleaning the battlefield, in the warehouse, when the smell of meat has wafted out, outside the headquarters of the Hongkou Shanghai garrison, but three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, the brigade of people and horses is lined up from the dock to Hongkou, small cars, one by one, driven out, under the escort of a truck of Japanese soldiers, straight to the garrison headquarters.

Needless to say, this is another big man coming.

The car stopped in front of the headquarters of the Zhuntun Army, and all the high-ranking Japanese military officials and dignitaries in Shanghai lined up to greet them.

Hatohiko slowly poked his head out, and stood outside the car with the support of Ito Masaki, he looked coldly at the dignitaries and generals who greeted him, waved his hand and refused to invite him to give a speech, and walked directly to the headquarters.

He is a royal family, with a noble bloodline, the Asakanomiya family has an absolute status in Japan, and his arrival is not to make political capital, but to represent the emperor, the aura of jihad, and the most important thing is that Shanghai is a prosperous place, and the family naturally has to seek benefits.

However, Hatohiko himself is a right-wing fanatic, but he does not want to follow the path set by his family to complete his mission to Shanghai.

Dong Ku didn't know about his arrival, if Dong Ku's intelligence network was sharp enough at this time, he would definitely assassinate Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace at all costs and get rid of this demon.

Unfortunately, it's all ifs. At this time, at the moment when Hatohiko of Asaka Palace entered the headquarters, he was discussing with Xie Jinyuan how to grow his momentum and make the Sixing Warehouse more dazzling. Of course, he still didn't tell Xie Jinyuan that this was not a dead place.

After Hatohiko Asakanomiya entered the headquarters, he took over the command unceremoniously, because Matsui Ishine was still lying in the hospital, and he even took over the power of sending troops from Central China.

Sitting there, he listened carefully to the reports of the various ministries, ignoring the cautious officials and generals, and had several thoughts in his heart.

In the middle of the sound, he raised his head and said: "We can't use heavy artillery in the Sixing Warehouse, and it looks like an insurmountable fortress in front of us, I order, besiege the Sixing Warehouse, and destroy the warehouse from the inside by tunneling, even if it is excavated near the warehouse, it can destroy the warehouse when it reaches the position of the foundation!" ”

"Yes!"

The eyes of all the generals lit up, and it was undoubtedly an excellent solution. Even if there is a lot of explosives loaded, if it detonates in the middle of the warehouse in a field of several tens of meters, it only needs to be blown up for a while, so that because the warehouse is high enough, the bricks and tiles will not fly to the concession, and the concession will avoid causing trouble.

Just when the generals lamented that this royal family possessed extraordinary wisdom, Hatohiko Asakanomiya once again said words that shocked them.

Hatohiko glanced at everyone and said: "This drop is handed over to Lieutenant General Ito Masaki to be in charge, since the defenders in the warehouse are the regular army, then, as long as we capture their political axe, we can break their will to resist in one sentence, such a defender I believe will not only be in the Sixing warehouse, in order to reduce the damage of the excellent sergeants of my empire, I order, stop moving westward, and the goal is directed at Nanjing!" Meet with General Terauchi Shouichi in Shandong and let the northern and southern armies connect! (To be continued......)