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Xu Shijiu's inference from the newspaper seems absurd, but it is basically close to the truth.

As early as August 14, the day after the three-phase meeting, the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters issued mobilization orders to the 3rd, 11th, and 14th divisions.

At that time, the top level of the national government was inclined to the Japanese government to throw these divisions into the North China battlefield, because the North China war had already begun, and Shanghai was relatively only a small fight, so the national government was planning to put more central troops in Shanghai to attract the Japanese army from the North China battlefield to the East China battlefield.

In addition, the top level of the national government believed that the Japanese army would not be able to complete the deployment of troops and materials until at least early September, and that the troops sent to China would not be until mid-September at the earliest.

In fact, however, the Japanese government's top brass seriously underestimated the Japanese government's ability to mobilize for war.

On 15 August, the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese Army issued an order to organize the Shanghai Dispatch Army, and Matsui Ishine, a retired army general who had retired from active service, was appointed commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Dispatch Army.

On August 17, Matsui Ishine visited Hirohito as the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, and presented Hirohito with his Shanghai battle strategy.

On August 18, the 11th Division had completed its mobilization, and the 3rd Division had also completed half of it.

When Xu Shijiuzheng was discussing the battle situation in Shanghai with Feng Shengfa and Zhang Baiting, Matsui Ishine summoned Ohara Shigemi Shaosa of the 3rd Division's special combat team to his temporary headquarters in Atsuta Port.

Each field division of the Japanese army has a special combat team, which is a brigade-level structure, which is not a special force in the real sense, but it is much better than an ordinary infantry brigade in terms of equipment and training, and most of the soldiers are composed of non-commissioned officers who have served for many years, and they are all selected from the elite soldiers who have served in the division over the years.

Ohara Shigemi walked into Matsui Ishone's office proudly in a brand-new army summer uniform, and immediately stood up on his legs and said loudly: "Your Excellency, General!" ”

"You're Shigemi Ohara? Sure enough, it's a talent, hehe. Matsui Ishine got up with a smile, walked out from behind the desk again, stood on tiptoe and patted Ohara Shigemi's shoulder, Owara Shigemi is tall and strong, and is a rare big man in the Japanese Army.

"Hello!" Ohara Shigemi bowed her head abruptly towards Matsui Ishine and responded loudly.

Matsui Ishone's gaze fell on Owara Shigemi's chin, where there was a striking scar, and then asked, "Owara-san, I heard that you participated in the Battle of Shanghai in 128 five years ago, and this scar on your chin was still left by a Shina officer, is there such a thing?" ”

"Hello." Ohara Shigemi, "This is true. ”

"Good." Matsui Shigen nodded happily, "Since you participated in the Battle of Songhu five years ago, and you must be familiar with the terrain of the Songhu area, then I can rest assured that I will entrust this arduous task to you." ”

"Hayi, the lowly will do his best to serve the empire and serve the emperor Bixia."

Matsui Ishine bowed his head slightly, and led Ohara Shigemi to the map of Shanghai posted on the wall, and then pointed to the map and said to Owara Shigemi: "Owara-san, in five days, the 3rd and 11th divisions will land in Shanghai in a big way, and your task is to preset the advance base and receive the large troops and heavy equipment ashore." ”

Ohara Shigemi said: "Your Excellency, I think that artillery Taiwan is the most perfect forward base. ”

Artillery Taiwan has perfect basic fortifications, no need for large-scale civil construction, the nearby Wusong Town has more roads, railways and the outside world, convenient transportation, more importantly, Artillery Taiwan is located in Shanghai, and it is a semi-deserted fortification, the national army did not station heavy troops here, I have to say, Ohara Shigemi still has some vision.

"Yo Xi, Ohara-san, you have a very keen tactical eye." Matsui Shigen quite appreciated the authentic and said, "The forward base chosen by the General Staff of the Dispatch Army is Artillery Taiwan, but the Wusong Fort in Artillery Taiwan is an obstacle, and it is reported that the Chinese Army has just transported a few old heavy artillery pieces from the Jiangyin Fortress, which poses a great threat to our landing troops. ”

"Wusong Fort?" Shigemi Ohara subconsciously touched the scar on her chin.

"Yes, Wusong Fort." Matsui Ishine nodded heavily and said, "Ohara-san, you lead the special combat team to start tonight, if nothing happens, you can land on the Wusong Bund in the early morning of the 20th, quickly seize the Wusong Fort after landing, and then attack Wusong Town after occupying the fort, destroy the Wusong Railway Station and hold on until the landing of the large army." ”

Ohara Shigemi bowed her head again and said loudly, "Hay! ”

Owara Shigemi was about to turn around and leave, but Matsui Ishone suddenly remembered something important, and then advised: "By the way, in order to confuse the hearing and hearing of the Shina Army, your unit must not use the original army number when connecting with the navy, and will use the number of the 1st Special Marine Corps of the Navy instead. ”

"Hello." Ohara Shigemi retracted her feet again and bowed her head suddenly.

Matsui Ishine waved his hand again, and Ohara Shigemi turned around and left.

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Nanxiang Guyi Garden, Headquarters of the 9th Army.

The truce order issued by Nanjing had a great impact on Zhang Zhizhong's mood, but after all, Zhang Zhizhong was a veteran of the battlefield and could control his emotions well.

At that time, the relationship between the Nationalist Government and Germany was unusually good, and Chairman Chiang also had considerable trust in this Falkenhausen, and Falkenhausen proposed to gather superior forces to defeat the Japanese army a little, and Chairman Chiang accepted it without hesitation.

The so-called iron fist Jihua is to give up the all-out attack on the Japanese forces in Yangshupu and Hongkou, and instead concentrate forces to storm the Huishan wharf at the junction of the two districts, in order to once again cut off the communication between the Japanese troops in Hongkou and Yangshupu, and at the same time block the lifeline of the Japanese navy to continue the blood transfusion of the Japanese army through the Huishan wharf.

In view of the fact that Sun Yuanliang's 87th Division and Wang Jingjiu's 88th Division had suffered heavy casualties in previous combat operations, this time the Iron Fist Jihua will be the main attack by Song Xilian's 36th Division, which has just arrived, and Xia Chuzhong's 96th Division will be placed under the command of Song Xilian.

By the evening of the 18th, the battle order for Iron Fist Jihua had been issued to the divisions.

After the battle order was issued, Zhang Zhizhong was a little worried that Song Xilian would not be able to suppress the position, because the iron fist Jihua involved several main divisions, although Song Xilian was known for his courage and good fighting, but he may not be able to suppress Sun Yuanliang, Wang Jingjiu, Xia Chuzhong, these equally meritorious division commanders, so he decided to rush to Jiangwan overnight to supervise the battle.

As soon as Zhang Zhizhong came out of the war room, he met Feng Shengfa, deputy commander of the 88th Division.

Seeing Feng Shengfa, Zhang Zhizhong was a little unhappy, Zhang Zhizhong has always been strict in governing the army, and he has always been extremely disgusted by the unauthorized departure of his generals, and asked at the moment: "Deputy Division Commander Feng, the combat order about Iron Fist Jihua must have been received, right?" The big war is coming, you are not in front of you to supervise the battle, but why did you come to me? ”

Feng Shengfa didn't bother to answer Zhang Zhizhong's question, and said hurriedly: "General seat, there is an important military situation in the lowly position!" ”

Zhang Zhizhong became more and more unhappy, and asked in an unkind tone: "What military intelligence can be more important than the iron fist Jihua?" ”

"Headquarters, the fighter plane to clear the Japanese army in Shanghai has disappeared, and Iron Fist Jihua must be canceled immediately!" Feng Shengfa couldn't take care of this much, and said in a shocking manner at the moment, "The Japanese army is about to increase its troops on a large scale, and our army must immediately adjust its combat focus, transfer troops to Wusong and Baoshan, and strengthen coastal defense in advance!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Zhizhong, Tong Yuanliang and several senior staff members looked sideways.

"The Japanese army is about to increase its troops?" Zhang Zhizhong's face changed slightly, and he asked, "What credentials do you have?" ”

Feng Shengfa first took out an old newspaper from five years ago, which he had spent a lot of effort to find, and then pointed to a message published on the front page of the newspaper and said: "You see, five years ago, on February 24, Shirakawa Yoshinori accepted Hirohito's summons, and as a result, five days later, the Japanese army increased its troops for the fourth time, and Shirakawa Yoshinori also succeeded Ueda Kenkichi as the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army. ”

"What does this mean?" Zhang Zhizhong frowned and was puzzled, and Tong Yuanliang and several senior staff members of the headquarters were also puzzled.

Feng Shengfa took out the second newspaper, but it was today, and pointed to the newspaper and said: "The general seat will look at this newspaper again, this is a piece of news that has been transferred from the Asahi Shimbun, the Japanese army general Matsui Ishine was summoned by Hirohito yesterday, doesn't this mean that Matsui Ishine is about to become the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army?" Most of the Japanese troops will send troops to Shanghai within five days! ”

Zhang Zhizhong, Tong Yuanliang and several senior staff members suddenly changed their faces, this is indeed explosive news.

Although this is only Feng Shengfa's inference, and it is also an inference drawn from a few words in the newspaper, as long as anyone with a little military vision can see that this inference will become true nine times out of ten, even if this is not true, there is a lesson from the previous experience of the Shanghai Anti-Japanese War, and the national army must not take it lightly.

Feng Shengfa sighed and said: "General, the Japanese army is about to increase its troops, and it is impossible for our army to clear out the Japanese army in Shanghai before the Japanese reinforcements arrive. ”

This is Feng Shengfa's inference again, but everyone knows that this inference is also very likely to be true.

In the 128th Songhu Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army chose Baoshan and Wusong as the landing ground, not without reason, because after the Japanese army landed from Baoshan and Wusong, they could directly penetrate Luodian and Jiading, and cut off the railway and highway traffic between Nanjing and Shanghai.

Tong Yuanliang looked at Feng Shengfa with some surprise and asked, "Brother Shengfa, this is all deduced by you?" ”

Feng Shengfa shook his head, did not covet other people's achievements for himself, and replied, "No, this is Xu Shijiu's inference. ”

"Xu Nineteen? It turned out to be him. Tong Yuanliang's expression moved slightly, Zhang Zhizhong also figured out the stakes in an instant, and returned to the war room without saying a word, then picked up the phone to call the operator, and said loudly: "I'm Zhang Zhizhong, immediately pick me up from the Nanjing Command!" ”