Xu Nineteen's gaze fell back on the map in front of him, and fell into a long silence on the map, his brows furrowed more and more, the task assigned to the Nineteenth Brigade by the division seat was to hold Baihe Port for at least three days, but the more than 3,000 people of the 174th Brigade collapsed in less than a day, and their Nineteenth Brigade only had 800 people, so how easy was it to hold on for three days?

The worst thing is that the terrain of Hakutsuru Port is really not conducive to defense, and there is a direct road!

This battle is not easy to fight, and the more than 800 brothers of the 19th Brigade may have to be handed over to Baihe Harbor.

Gao Shenxing next to him said in a deep voice: "Captain, don't be angry, just our brigade, there is no danger to defend near Baihe Port, not to mention facing a division of the Japanese army, even if you are afraid of a brigade of the Japanese army, you can't hold it, so if you want to complete the task assigned by the division, you have to win by surprise." ”

"Surprisingly winning, what do you have in mind?"

"Captain, I think so, if we can get rid of the Japanese command at the critical moment of the battle between the two armies, paralyze its command system, and then fight him for a counter-assault!"

"Get rid of the Japanese command? How is this possible. ”

"I can try." Gao Shenxing said lightly, "Only take the guards to platoon." ”

"With only a platoon of guards?" Xu Shijiu slowly raised his head, stared at Gao Shenxing, and asked, "Have you studied special operations?" ”

Gao Shenxing looked at Xu Shijiu with a little surprise, for the vast majority of generals of the national army at this time, special operations are definitely a strange concept, in fact, even within the scope of shijie, special operations are still a new thing, Xu Shijiu has not even gone to a regular military school, but he can actually know about special operations?

"My teacher studied special operations in Germany." Gao Shenxing gave a plausible answer.

"Your teacher?" Xu 19 thought of the generals of the national army who had studied in Germany, Qiu Qingquan had just returned to China in May this year, and Huang Wei had only returned to China in a hurry after the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu.

Except for these three people, only Jiang Baili is left.

"Are you Jiang Baili's student?" Speaking of Jiang Baili, Xu Shijiu couldn't help but be in awe, Jiang Lao was one of the few elders he admired in his heart, especially the "Theory of National Defense" just published at the beginning of this year, Xu Shijiu had read it several times, and he extremely agreed with the argument put forward in the book about exchanging space for time and fighting a protracted war with the Japanese.

The expression on Gao Shenxing's face darkened slightly, and he lowered his gaze and said, "It used to be." ”

"Platoon Commander Gao, I've really wronged you." Xu Shijiu's expression suddenly became a little strange, if Gao Shenxing was Jiang Baili's student, then his previous guess was wrong, and it was extremely wrong, Jiang Baili used to be the acting president of the Army University, so to speak, Gao Shenxing was not a student of the Central Military Academy at all, but a member of the Lu University.

No wonder when the two met for the first time, Gao Shenxing deliberately tore off the epaulettes and collar badges.

From the point of view of age, Gao Shenxing should be a student of the regular class, and the recruitment conditions for the regular class are at least an officer above the lieutenant level, and the military rank will be raised by one level after the examination, and the military rank will be raised by one level after graduation, so he will be at least a major when he graduates, for example, Zhu Xia, chief of staff of the Shanghai Security Corps, is a student of the eleventh class of the regular class.

Let a major be his guard platoon leader, Xu Shijiu is afraid that he will be the only one.

Of course, with the rank of colonel as a battalion-level commander, Xu Shijiu is afraid that he is also the only one in the national army.

However, Xu Shijiu did not continue to inquire about Gao Shenxing's privacy, as a member of Lu University, he did not enter the unit above the division level as a staff officer like other students, nor did he serve as the commander of the battalion and regiment, but under the recommendation of Zhu Xia, he went to the Shanghai Security Corps to become an ordinary soldier, which must have a reason for not wanting to show others.

Xu Shijiu was hesitating whether to let Gao Shenxing take the guard platoon to try, when heavy footsteps suddenly sounded outside the gate, and the one-eyed dragon returned, and he brought back the latest movements of the Japanese army.

The one-eyed dragon sucked the cold water from the kettle on the table in one gulp, then wiped his mouth and said: "Captain, the evil is wrong, the little Japanese suddenly divided their troops after leaving Qingpu County, and only about one brigade of troops went north along the Songjia Highway, but the main force of the Japanese army suddenly turned around and went northwest along the Qingkun Highway. ”

"What did you say, going northwest?!" Xu Nineteen changed color slightly.

Gao Shenxing had already picked up the pencil and moved from Qingpu to the northwest on the map, and after a while, the tip of the pen stopped in the direction of Kunshan, raised his head and said to Xu Shijiu: "Captain, little Japan went to Kunshan." ”

"Kunshan?" Xu Shijiu said awe-inspiringly, "Little Japan has such a big appetite!" ”

The pencil in Gao Shenxing's hand moved from Kunshan to Taicang, and said: "I heard that Taicang has also been lost, and now Kunshan has become the only channel for the main force of the Huxi National Army to retreat. ”

"The stakes are high, and this must be reported immediately." Xu 19 said, then strode into the communication room next door, before the 19th Brigade was pulled out from Beixinjing, Feng Shengfa specially sent a communication class to Xu 19, and also carried a 5W shortwave radio, I didn't expect it to really come in handy.

As soon as Xu Shijiu entered the door, he asked, "Has the division been contacted?" ”

After the 19th Brigade and the 174th Brigade were drawn from Beixinjing, the headquarters of the 58th Division also withdrew westward, and since then they have lost contact, and they have not been contacted until now.

"Report to the captain, not yet." The squad leader of the communications squad replied with a wry smile.

Before the words fell, a female soldier in the communication squad suddenly shouted in surprise: "Squad leader, the division headquarters is calling us!" ”

"Quick!" Xu Nineteen grabbed the female soldier in one step, and said loudly, "Send a report to the division headquarters immediately, just say that Qingpu has been lost, and the 6th Division of the Japanese Army is rushing towards Kunshan along the Qingkun Highway!" ”

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Nanjing, the headquarters of the national army.

Chairman Chiang, who was waiting for news in the lounge, did not know that an even bigger crisis was coming towards the national army!

After receiving a phone call from Feng Shengfa, commander of the 58th Division, Liu Fei, head of the operational group of the General Staff Headquarters of the Military Commission, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported the news that the 6th Division of the Japanese Army was attacking Kunshan overnight to Chairman Jiang, and Chairman Jiang hurriedly took He Yingqin, Tang Shengzhi, Gu Zhenglun, and other senior generals to the command hall.

And the corresponding red arrow or red line does not appear near Kunshan, what does this mean? This shows that there is no formed national army near Kunshan!

Looking at this slender and long basket-colored arrow, Chairman Jiang's eyelids jumped wildly.

This is really a wave of unsettled, wave after wave, the troops guarding Baihe Port have not yet been implemented, and little Japan suddenly has another army rushing to Kunshan?

What is Kunshan? A worse place than Anting!

Songjiang, Qingpu and Taicang have been lost, the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway, the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway, and the Shanghai-Taicang Highway have been cut off by the Japanese army, and now there are only two passages left, the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway and the Kunming-Shanghai Highway, and the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway has also hit Kunshan.

"Weishenme will be like this? Tell me, weishenme will be like this? In the empty battle hall, only Chairman Chiang's voice echoed.

Seeing that no one was silent, Chairman Jiang directly asked Liu Fei by name: "You are the leader of the combat team, and the entire retreat was planned by you, you can give me an explanation." ”

Liu Fei couldn't bear it anymore and retorted: "As early as late September, before the second increase of Japanese troops, the humble post had made a suggestion to the commission, no matter how critical the situation in Shanghai was, it was necessary to leave 10 to 20 divisions on the front line of Kunshan, Dianshan Lake, and Jiaxing as a strategic general reserve in case of ......emergency."

"Now we don't discuss the gains and losses of the Battle of Songhu, it's all in the past, what I want to know now is that the entire retreat will be so chaotic? When I looked at the map, I saw that more than 80 divisions were retreating, and what about the troops that were blocking the attack? Chairman Jiang blushed slightly, and his voice weakened.

Liu Fei also let go, and protested again: "Why don't you have the troops that block the attack after the break?" The problem is that Kunshan is not the front line, and no matter how fast the troops that block the attack after the break, it is impossible for them to run from downtown Shanghai to Kunshan in a few days, right? ”

Chairman Jiang's arrogance shrank more and more, and he said: "What about the withdrawn troops, Weishenme will be so chaotic?" At a critical juncture, it was impossible to temporarily organize a few divisions to defend Kunshan? ”

Liu Fei sighed: "The order to retreat is too urgent, and the time is too tight, the divisions on the front line have no time to assemble, and they don't have time to organize calmly, the troops can only retreat separately, and they are all scattered as soon as they are bombed by Japanese planes on the road, and they can't find the troops even if they look for the division commander, how can they organize troops to defend Kunshan?" ”

Chairman Chiang was completely speechless, the reason why the retreat time was so tight and the reason why the situation was so chaotic could be said to be entirely caused by him, and if it were not for his luck in mediating the Nine-Power Pact, how could he have missed the most precious time of the three days from 5 to 8 November? But it's too late to regret it now.

"Is there really no way?" Chairman Chiang was already in the tone of discussion.

Liu Fei thought for a while and said: "The retreat order was issued yesterday morning, and by now, nearly forty hours have passed, and the first batch of troops retreating from the vicinity of Nanxiang and Zhenru should have arrived in Kunshan. ”

Chairman Jiang hurriedly asked He Yingqin: "Where is Mo San (Gu Zhutong)?" ”

He Yingqin hurriedly said: "Commission, Mo San is in Suzhou, he is afraid that it will be too late in the past." ”

"What about Zhang Fakui? And rhetoric? Chairman Chiang then asked, "Where is the rhetoric?" ”

Liu Fei interjected: "Commander-in-Chief Zhang only withdrew from Longhua yesterday evening, and Commander-in-Chief Chen only withdrew from Nanxiang this afternoon. After a pause, Liu Fei said again, "But Commander-in-Chief Xue Yue has just been contacted again, and he is still in Anting." ”

"Call Xue Yue immediately, immediately!" Chairman Jiang was like a drowning man grasping at the straw that saved his life, and said hurriedly, "Let him go to Kunshan immediately by car, organize troops to build a defensive line, and before the more than 80 main divisions in western Shanghai are withdrawn, Kunshan must not be lost, and death cannot be lost, and ...... must not be lost."

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A phone call from the headquarters came, and Anting immediately jumped on his side.

Of course, Xue Yue knew what Kunshan's gains and losses meant to the more than 80 main divisions in Huxi, and immediately asked the guards to find the car, because his car had already damaged the small group of Japanese troops who had attacked Anting before, and the guards took a lot of effort to find a truck, and Xue Yue didn't even bring a staff officer, so he got in the car and left.

However, there were too many routs on the road, and it was impossible to go fast at all.

What's worse is that after walking less than ten miles, there was a problem.

In order to hurry, Xue Yue ordered the guards to turn on the lights and turn forward, but the routs on the road who were afraid of being bombed by the Japanese bombers did not agree, because there were occasionally Japanese planes out at night to bomb blindly, and the bright car lights would become the most haode guidance of the Japanese planes.

As soon as the guards driving the car were busy, the truck rushed down the ditch on the side of the road and overturned!

Xue Yue didn't care about reprimanding the two routs, and hurriedly found someone to lift the truck back onto the road, but it couldn't catch fire, which made Xue Yue angry, and he couldn't wait to shoot the two routs.

However, Xue Yue was not sure whether he could rush to Kunshan in front of the Japanese army, and he was not sure if he would still have time to organize troops to build a defensive line, but then again, it had already come to this point, and he could only do his best, as for the more than 80 divisions withdrawn from Huxi, it would only be up to fate.