In the early morning of November 6, the sky was overcast, and it was already half past six in the morning, but the earth was still gray.

The front headquarters of the new 2nd Division in Jiulongshan, the staff officers who came and went back reported the latest battle situation on the Songhu battlefield, and since the news of the successful landing of the Japanese army at Jinshanwei came back, Wu Ming's frowning brows have not been relaxed.

On the 5th, stimulated by the good news that the 10th Army landed in Hangzhou Bay, the Japanese army entered Dachang, and in the afternoon the Japanese army launched an attack on the south bank of the Suzhou Creek in the downtown area of Shanghai. Chen Cheng's subordinate units of the Left Wing Army of the Songhu Battle were in a hurry, and Chen Cheng was ordered by Chiang Kai-shek to hold his position and prevent the Japanese army from advancing a single step.

The Theater Command sent Liao Lei's Division, which reinforced the front line, to the left flank to support.

The 21 st Group Army belongs to Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's new Gui Army system, and when Guangxi is located in the hinterland of the southwest, the coastal area of the Beibu Gulf belongs to Guangdong Province), and they are not familiar with the three-dimensional warfare of land, sea, and air, and the operational thinking of commanders at all levels is still at the level of the Central Plains War; in addition, the 21 st Group Army has a large number of new recruits, and as soon as they enter the battlefield, they do not know how to dodge artillery shells; in just one afternoon, the 173rd and 174th Divisions lost most of them, and the entire 21st Group Army was stunned, and the remnants were defeated one after another.

With the fierce attack of the Japanese army, in order to facilitate unified action, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the abolition of the Central Front Army system, and the center and right flank were unified under the command of Zhang Fakui.

Hangzhou Bay.

After landing the Japanese army to annihilate the Chinese defenders defending the first line of Quangongting, Jinsiniangqiao, Jinshanwei and Jinshanzui, and defeated Dai Minquan's 45th Division that came to support, they quickly divided their troops into two routes, the north road was Gu Shoufu's 6th Division, which rapidly attacked northward, attempting to pass through Zhangyan and Songyin, and directly attack Mishidu on the Huangpu River, attack Songjiang, and attack Minhang; The south road was the main force of the 18th Division, attacking Tinglin, Zhujing Town, the county seat of Jinshan County, and Hongqiao, while one part of it attacked in the direction of Guangchen.

By the early morning of the 6th, the 6th Division of the Japanese Army had advanced to the line south of Jinshan City, Songyin Town, and Tinglin Town, and the 367th Regiment of the 62nd Division, which had come to block the Japanese army, had an encounter with the Japanese army near Tinglin. On the rest of the fronts, the Japanese troops were invincible, and the national army and the county security teams, volunteer and brave soldiers, police teams and other armed forces were defeated and retreated.

Wu Ming pinched the battle report, his face was very ugly, and the battle situation quickly erosed. In fact, many things could have been avoided completely, but the party-state and political leaders did not listen to the advice and stubbornly held their own opinions, so that the heroic soldiers died in vain.

Just when Wu Ming was pondering, Dai Ziran violently pushed open the gate of the division headquarters, rushed to Wu Ming's side and said excitedly: "Division, the Japanese army avoided the Jiulong Mountain Zhapu and Nanwan Forts, and landed on the front line of Taojialang and Sicheng

Wu Ming slapped the table, Huo Ran stood up, picked up the telescope and rushed out of the command headquarters. Because of the consideration of guarding against Japanese air raids and warship fire from the sea, the front headquarters of the New Second Division was built on the anticline of Jiulong Mountain, which can have a bird's-eye view of the plains to the north and west, but cannot observe the situation at sea.

Quickly rushing to a small hillside, Wu Ming crouched behind a rock, carefully observing. Today's weather is not good, and the telescope can see at most the defensive positions in the north, and the Japanese fleet in the sea in the distance is completely unclear.

Wu Ming turned his head and looked at Dai Ziran next to him: "Have you figured out the size of the Japanese landing force?" ”

Dai Ziran, who put down the binoculars, thought for a while and replied: "According to the news from the forward observation post, there should be at least one brigade, and the sea is densely packed with landing craft and assault boats, which looks extremely scary

Wu Ming kept a calm face and didn't say anything, the actions of the Japanese army were really a little suspicious. Reasoning, Jinshanwei is suitable for mooring large ships, and the Japanese troops can calmly go ashore there, and then turn around and attack south after reorganizing their armaments, and there is no need to launch another beach-rushing landing.

When Wu Ming was considering the intentions of the Japanese army, on the bridge of the battleship "Hiei", where the headquarters of the Tenth Army was located, Yanagawa Heisuke also held a telescope and carefully observed the position of the new second division, and due to the poor light, he could only see the general outline.

At this time, a major general of the army walked up to Yanagawa Heisuke and said with a smile: "General, a wing of the 35th Brigade has set off from the line of the landing of the Jeongotei, as soon as the fleet fires, they will stab the ribs of the new 2nd Division like a sharp knife and take the position in one fell swoop." ”

Yanagawa Heisuke nodded and smiled, very satisfied with the battle plan this time.

The Japanese army landed in Hangzhou Bay, the situation on the Songhu battlefield changed dramatically, and it was only a matter of time before the Chinese army was defeated.

The main intention of concentrating so many landing craft and assault boats this time was to attract the attention of the coastal defense units of the New Second Division and to attract them to move the main force south to cover the attack launched by the 66th Wing of the 127th Brigade and Regiment that landed on Jinshanwei last night.

A staff officer next to him said to Yanagawa Heisuke complimentingly: "The commander is really a man of great wisdom, Wu Ming, the commander of the new 2nd Division of China, must have been confused by our huge group of landing ships, when they concentrated all their forces on the coastal blocking position, the 66th Wing suddenly appeared I can fully imagine that the artificially created famous general must have panicked and was as embarrassed as their leader Chiang Kai-shek."

Another Dazuo also joined in the touting: "It is said that our general is a god who uses soldiers, and he can be called a master of the art of war."

Yanagawa Heisuke waved his hand and said complacently: "As early as 2,000 years ago, the Shina people proposed that the real is false, and the false is the real, that is, we should use all kinds of deceptive means to cover our true intentions, so that the enemy cannot figure out our offensive line and direction, so as to defeat the powerful enemy."

"Were the ancient Shina people so powerful?"

"The Shina people are wise, but they are more accustomed to fighting in the nest...... Moreover, they abandoned their excellent traditions, inherited the rigidity and conservatism of Confucianism, and coupled with the hundreds of years of slavery of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they had long lost their enterprising spirit, which was controlled by our great Japanese empire."

Yanagawa Heisuke raised his binoculars and looked at it again for a while before he continued: "As long as we warriors of the Great Japanese Empire are brave and courageous, we will definitely be blessed by Amaterasu to conquer China like the Manchu Qing Dynasty three hundred years ago, and get this land that can be inhabited and multiplied by the Yamato people."

"Hay—"

The Japanese officers nodded in unison.

Seeing that the landing craft and assault boats had advanced to half the distance from the beachhead, Yanagawa Heisuke stretched out his hand, stretched forward vigorously, and ordered the herald who was waiting on the side: "Order all ships to start the first round of bombardment immediately, and be sure to destroy the defensive positions of the Chinese army."

"Hay—"

The herald answered, and immediately left the bridge to give the order.

A minute later, the main and secondary guns of the ships had already been determined to shoot at Zhu Yuan, and a thunderous roar immediately erupted, and when Yanagawa Heisuke raised the telescope, the defense line of the new 2nd Division on land had already fallen into a sea of fire.

However, what was surprising was that there was not even a single figure in sight on the long line of defense, except for explosions and gunsmoke, and Yanagawa Heisuke opened his mouth wide in surprise. Yesterday, when attacking Quangong Pavilion, Jinsi Niang Bridge, and Jinshanwei, although the defenders were very heroic, they were panicked in the face of the suppression of the fleet's artillery group, and ran around like headless flies.

"Judging from the performance of the Chinese army on the position, the new second division may really be a rare elite in the Chinese army, and it is very well prepared" A big Zuo put down the binoculars in his hand and said to his colleagues around him: "This is definitely a difficult guy"

Yanagawa Heisuke nodded slightly, agreeing very much.

Just now, all the guns on the more than 20 battleships fired a salvo, and the large-caliber shells rained down, and Wu Ming's new second division was as calm as ever, which made Yanagawa Heisuke admire.

However, as the commander of the Japanese army, the stronger the opponent, the more Yanagawa Heisuke ignited the monstrous fighting intent, he snorted coldly and said:

"Their soldiers must have been hiding in strong bunkers and anti-artillery holes...... It was easy to do, we fired several salves in a row, and ordered the naval aviation to go out and try to destroy all the bunkers."

In Yanagawa Heisuke's heart, although there were heroes and fearless men in the Chinese army, he looked down on the commanders of the national army from the bottom of his heart.

Chiang Kai-shek, the commander of the Chinese army, graduated from the Tokyo Zhenwu School, a preparatory military school for Chinese army students.

He Yingqin, Minister of Military Affairs, was also transferred to the Japanese Army Noncommissioned Officer School after he was enrolled in the Zhenwu School. Graduates of Lu Shi can only start from the low-level non-commissioned officers of the army, and their level is relatively limited, and they must go to the army university for further study before they can be promoted to middle and senior officers. In China, people of the caliber of Chiang Kai-shek and He Yingqin became the highest echelons of the army, which really made Yanagawa Heisuke, the wife of the Army University, very despised.

Similarly, according to the information collected by the intelligence department, Wu Ming did not go to any military school, at most he studied in a private school for a few years and knew a few words.

In Yanagawa Heisuke's imagination, such a division commander should be as brave as Zhang Fei in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but his mind lacks flexibility, and he does not understand modern warfare at all, let alone resist the integrated combat mode of the Imperial Japanese Army. The destruction of the Marine Corps in the Shanghai Concession can only show that the officers and men of the Navy have a weak will to fight, which just allows Wu Ming to pick up a big bargain.

At this time, the planes of the Japanese naval aviation flew over Yanagawa Heisuke's head in a roar, flew towards the Chinese army positions in front, and dropped bombs like fish eggs whirringly, blowing up several pillboxes, but in the smoke of gunpowder, there was still not a single figure on the position.

After the bombing of the aircraft, another salvo of the fleet artillery group began.

Although most of the fortifications of the new 2nd Division were strong, many of them were also bombarded, and most of the rest were crumbling with various scars.

Yanagawa Heisuke was very satisfied with the effect of the bombardment, and issued an order to delay the heavy artillery bombardment by five minutes, in an attempt to completely destroy the defensive position.

At the same time, Yanagawa Heisuke ordered the 150th Wing to immediately attack Wu Ming's headquarters in order to join the 66th Wing that had landed, in order to tear through the defense line of the New 2nd Division as soon as possible, enter and occupy Pinghu, and threaten Jiashan and Jiaxing.

The former enemy headquarters of the new Second Division, seeing that about a quarter of the fortifications had been destroyed by the Japanese heavy artillery, Long Shaogang felt distressed.

He took the officers and men of the supplementary brigade and the engineer regiment to build these fortifications for three months, and filled them with a large number of steel bars, but they still could not withstand the continuous bombardment of the Japanese heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 350 mm.

With a sigh, Long Shaogang put down the telescope a little helplessly and leaned over: "Master, the devil's artillery fire is too fierce, it's not a way to go on like this."

Wu Ming's gaze was still on the large map of Songhu, and he didn't look back, and said quietly: "Don't be too strange, after all, we are only passive defense...... Pure defense, there is no means of countering the Japanese warships at all, even if a large iron house is built, it will not be able to withstand the continuous bombardment of the Japanese heavy artillery"

Long Shaogang sighed aggrievedly and sat down on the wooden bench angrily.

Wu Ming was right, the Japanese ship group used two battleships, four cruisers, and more than 20 destroyers, of which the main guns of the two battleships were more than 350 mm caliber, and the main guns of the cruisers were more than 0 mm.

The sound of explosions one after another made the people in the former enemy headquarters two or three kilometers away from the forward position almost deaf, not to mention the officers and men on the front line.

Wu Ming was also very sad in his heart, but he knew that he could only endure it. The Japanese landed on a very clever basis, deviating from the Zhapu Fort and the Nanwan Fort, and if they sent the heavy artillery battalion up in displeasure, the Japanese ship group could ⊥ the heavy artillery battalion annihilated with just one salvo.

"Master—"

The communications staff officer broke into the headquarters like the wind and wiped the sweat from his face: "A Japanese army suddenly appeared in the direction of Pinghu, the size of which is about one wing, and its vanguard has already engaged fire with our group......

At this time, another communications staff officer broke into this bunker halfway up the mountain, and hurriedly reported: "Division, the Japanese army has begun to land......