Although the 2nd Artillery Brigade that entered Pudong was only an empty shelf, in fact there was only 12 75mm caliber Bufus mountain guns in the artillery barracks, but Cai Zhonghua, commander of the 2nd Artillery Brigade, was a rare artillery expert in the national army, and he made good use of the vegetation and terrain of Pudong, and ordered the artillery to hide in the bamboo forest during the day and make a decisive attack in the evening, posing a great threat to the Japanese army in Shanghai and the Japanese warships on the Huangpu River.

On August 15, the reason why the 19th Brigade was able to hold the position of the Honghe Road and Bridge was because at the critical moment the 2nd Artillery Brigade took the risk of shelling the cruiser Izumo and several gunboats on the Huangpu River, forcing the cruiser Izumo and several gunboats to turn around and suppress the 2nd Artillery Brigade, and the 19th Brigade was lucky to hold the position.

In addition, Cai Zhongwat also secretly set up several observation posts on the top floor of the US-British Tobacco Company in Pudong, the top floor of the Jesus Cathedral, and Puxi, and the reason why the Second Artillery Brigade was known as the Pudong Divine Artillery was inseparable from the close observation of the observation posts.

Cai Zhongwat set up an observation post at the former site of the East Fort, which is separated by a river from the Wusong Fort, because it is close to the Wusong Pass and is the only way for warships from all countries to enter and exit the Huangpu River.

At nearly noon, Cai Peiyuan, commander of the Second Artillery Regiment, hurriedly walked into the headquarters and reported to Cai Zhonghu: "Brigade seat, Sun Shengzhi called from the East Fort observation post, saying that a large number of Japanese ships had been assembled off the coast of Wusong, including the cruiser Izumo, to say that there were more than a dozen warships, and a large number of gunboats. ”

"What did you say?" Cai Zhonghu's face suddenly sank when he heard this, "Little Japan is going to land in ArteilloTaiwan?" ”

Several artillery staff officers of the brigade headquarters hurriedly spread out the map and circled the location of the artillery platform on the map with a red pencil.

"Right here." Cai Peiyuan pointed to the red circle and said to Cai Zhonghu, "Last night, the 61st Division stationed in Wusong Town had already defeated a squadron of Little Japan, and the Zhong Song Brigade that was transferred from Nanshi would not arrive at Wusong until tomorrow morning at the earliest. ”

Cai Zhonghu nodded and agreed: "The 2nd and 3rd companies are too far away from the artillery Taiwan, and I am afraid that it will be too late to temporarily change the deployment, so I immediately called Sun Shengzhi and ordered the 1st company to give the necessary artillery support, but to grasp the principle, we must first ensure our own safety, and then consider giving the necessary support." ”

"Yes!" Cai Peiyuan stood upright and took the order.

Seeing Cai Peiyuan's figure leaving, Cai Zhongwat hurriedly walked into the telecommunications room next door and said to the operator guarding the telephone switchboard: "Give me the headquarters of the Longhua Group Army immediately." ”

Cai Zhongwat is also a veteran of the battlefield, and he suspects that the large-scale build-up of Japanese ships off the coast of Wusong is likely to be a precursor to the large-scale increase of Japanese troops in the Xiangshang Sea, so he must report to Zhang Fakui immediately.

Zhang Fakui is also one of the few wise and brave generals in the national army, but he has always been loyal to Wang Jingwei, so he has never been reused by Chairman Jiang.

After receiving Cai Zhonghu's report, Zhang Fakui immediately made the same judgment as Zhang Zhizhong, believing that the Japanese Navy's build-up in the waters off Wusong was by no means an isolated incident, and all kinds of signs indicated that the Japanese army was about to increase its troops in the Xiangshang Sea! If Puxi's 9th Army does not make tactical adjustments as soon as possible, it is likely to suffer a big loss!

Zhang Fakui made another phone call to Nanjing and found Chen Cheng, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy.

The commanders-in-chief of the two major armies on the front insisted that the Japanese army was about to massively increase its troops in the Xiangshang Sea, and Chen Cheng did not dare to slack off, so he hurriedly dragged Bai Chongxi to Chairman Chiang's residence, where Chairman Chiang was at his official residence to give money to the German adviser Falkenhausen, and Falkenhausen was about to rush to Nanxiang this afternoon to personally command the Iron Fist.

Hearing that the Iron Fist Jihua would be canceled, and that the 11th Division, which had just arrived in Shanghai, and the 96th Division, a reserve force originally scheduled to be used for the Iron Fist Jihua, would be transferred to the Baoshan and Wusong lines, Falkenhausen shook his head again and again, and said to Chairman Chiang: "No, no, no, the Iron Fist Jihua will be directly related to the trend of the battle situation in Shanghai, and it must not be canceled." ”

Bai Chongxi was always dissatisfied with Chairman Chiang's bias towards foreign advisers, and immediately retorted: "Putting aside whether the Iron Fist Jihua can play a good effect as General Falkenhausen said, if the 9th Army does not make tactical adjustments, once the Japanese army lands on a large scale along the Baoshan Wusong line, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

After listening to the translation, Falkenhausen was greatly dissatisfied, waved his fists and roared: "First of all, I want to explain that the Iron Fist Jihua is a tight combat Jihua, if the Chinese army can do what I ask, it will definitely not be a problem to completely annihilate the Japanese army in Shanghai, and then what I want to say is that even if the Japanese army lands in Wusong and Baoshan, the national army will have enough time to adjust its deployment, because the Songhu area is covered with a dense water network, which will pose a great obstacle to the maneuver of the Japanese army." ”

"This is just your wishful thinking, what if the Japanese army has been prepared?" Bai Chongxi's face was also pale with anger, and he turned to Chairman Jiang and said, "Commission, it is extremely unwise and irresponsible to take it for granted that the Japanese army is not well prepared for the water network and terrain in the Songhu area, and we must prepare for the worst." ”

"Alright, alright, you don't have to say more." Chairman Chiang was obviously more inclined to the views of the German advisers, and said with some disapproval, "General Falkenhausen is a well-known German military strategist, Jiansheng, you should trust his judgment, and the iron fist jihua will be executed according to the original jihua, as for the tactical adjustment, I will talk about it later." ”

For foreigners, Chairman Chiang has extraordinary superstitions.

Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng glanced at each other, and could only smile bitterly.

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Pudong, East Fort Observation Post.

Sun Shengzhi, commander of the 1st Artillery Battalion, had already received an order from the regimental headquarters to inform the four Bufusi mountain guns hidden in the depths of the reeds to shoot Zhu Yuan through the flag.

However, Sun Shengzhi always felt that the various attacks obtained by relying only on the observation of the artillery team mirror across the river were not accurate enough, so he called Liu Genshuo, the company commander of the 1st Artillery Company, to him and ordered him to swim across the river, first, to get in touch with the security team on the other side, and second, to guide the artillery to shoot on the spot by telephone.

This was almost a mortal task, so Sun Shengzhi gathered several observers in the observation post and lined up to see Liu Genshuo off, and the two newly recruited observers burst into tears, and Ye Ruxue, a war correspondent of the "Miller's Review" who happened to be interviewing at the East Fort observation post, cried even more.

Yoo Keun Suk didn't say anything, and hugged everyone one by one to say goodbye.

After Ye Ruxue hugged Liu Genshuo, she said with tears in her eyes: "Company Commander Liu, remember to come back alive, and I will give you an exclusive interview in the future." ”

"Later?" Liu Genshuo said miserably, "Those of us who are soldiers, how can we have anything to do?" ”

With that, Liu Genshuo turned around and walked away, and in a few moments, his figure had already passed through the reeds, waded through the muddy tidal flats, and soon disappeared into the Huangpu River.

The Huangpu River is still turbid, but the tide is rising higher and higher.

Ye Ruxue couldn't retract her gaze for a long time at the river where Liu Genshuo disappeared, and another figure suddenly appeared in her mind, that day at the Honghe Road and Bridge position, the officer of the security team who was silently crying at the corpses all over the ground also said the same thing, the soldiers have no future, because by the day after that, they have already died in battle.

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On the other side of the river, Zhu Xia also rushed to the artillery platform with more than 200 remnants of the collected soldiers.

At this time, the tide had begun to rise off the coast of Wusong, and the water level was rising rapidly, which meant that the Japanese army's beach-grabbing landing was about to begin.

Xu Shijiu pulled Zhu Xia to a secluded and uninhabited place.

This time guarding Taiwan, Xu Nineteen's intuition was very bad, he knew that he couldn't hide, and it was the group of veterans of the Nineteenth Brigade that made him feel at ease.

"Lao Zhu, the Nineteenth Brigade will ask you in the future." Xu Shijiu had a faint smile on his face, and his tone was extremely relaxed, but the meaning revealed in his words made people feel relaxed at all, and Zhu Xia felt heavy in his heart, like pressing a big stone, which made him breathless.

"Ah Jiu, you still have to worry about the affairs of the Nineteenth Brigade yourself." Zhu Xia shook his head and said, "I am the chief of staff of the 61st Division, I have to stay here, live and die with the officers and men of the division, and live and die with the artillery Taiwan position." ”

Xu Shijiu smiled and said: "Lao Zhu, please believe me, it is more useful for you to stay in Wusong Town, you are a talented student of Lu Dagao, and strategic planning is your strength, when it comes to charging into battle, you are far inferior to a veteran like me, so you don't have to fight with me, defend Taiwan, I am more suitable than you." ”

Zhu Xia was silent, he had to admit that Xu Shijiu was indeed more suitable than him to defend Taiwan.

The only thing Zhu Xia was worried about was that the remnants of the 61st Division and the Wusong security team of the seals assembled in the artillery Taiwan would not obey Xu 19's command, Xu 19 knew Zhu Xia's worries, and said with a smile: "Whether it is the 61st Division or the Wusong security team, they are all veterans, they all know their responsibilities, and they also know what to do." ”

Zhu Xia nodded silently, obviously he was persuaded by Xu Shijiu.

Needless to say, Zhu Xia is very afraid of death, but if the country needs it, the nation needs, he can still grit his teeth and sacrifice his young life, as a soldier of the party-state, since he put on this military uniform, their life no longer belongs to him, and a soldier should shoulder the mission of a soldier.

What is the mission of a military man? The mission of the soldiers is to serve the family and defend the country, that is, to destroy the enemy with the steel guns in their hands, when the enemy's bullets come, they have to block in front of the people, when the enemy's bayonets stab, they have to meet their chests without hesitation, and protect the old and young women and children behind them with death.

However, as Xu 19 said, he Zhu Xia was no more than a pawn in Artillery Taiwan, but if he stayed in Wusong Town, the 61st Division would have one more chief of staff with military academy education.

It is not easy for the party-state to train a senior staff officer.

Zhu Xia pursed his lips and patted Xu Shijiu's shoulder hard.

Xu Shijiu smiled and said: "Lao Zhu, when the Anti-Japanese War is won in the future, you take a boat through Wusongkou and see that there are waves like mountains, then my old friend has come to see you, hehe." ”

The tears in Zhu Xia's eyes suddenly burst out of his eyes, this is ...... Farewell to zuihou?