In the imagination of the German general adviser Falkenhausen, once the Nationalist army attacked the Huishan wharf, it meant that the Japanese army would have to abandon the Huishan wharf, and the entire Iron Fist Jihua would be successful, but the strict German made an empirical mistake here, and he regarded the German ordnance adjustment division of the national army as the real German army.

If it was replaced by the Germans, once they attacked the Huishan wharf, then the Japanese army in Shanghai could indeed surrender.

Although the Nationalist army finally attacked the Huishan wharf, it was already at the end of the crossbow, and the only two remaining tanks were quickly destroyed by the Japanese naval guns from the Huangpu River, and the remaining infantry were helpless in the face of the reinforced concrete buildings on both sides of the wharf, and were finally slaughtered by the Japanese naval guns and machine guns in the open yard.

The iron fist Jihua, which was pinned on by Chairman Chiang, finally ended in a fiasco, more than half of the 36th Division that took charge of the main attack was killed and wounded, and Hu Jiaji's regiment was almost completely wiped out, the regiment had three infantry battalions and guard companies, and four battalion commanders and twelve company commanders were killed in half a night, and the regiment commander Hu Jiaji was also hit by five bullets and almost martyred!

The blood shed from the officers and men of the 216th Regiment dyed almost the entire Xihuade Road and the entire Huishan Wharf red, and at dawn the next day, even the water of the Huangpu River was red.

Falkenhausen's roar rang out in the headquarters of the 9th Army in Nanxiang for half the night, and it was clear that the strict old German man could not accept such a cruel reality, he could not understand that a perfect jihuaweishenme would be exchanged for such a result? He never admitted that his jihua was somewhat out of touch, and he stubbornly believed that it was the national army that did not strictly enforce his jihua.

Chairman Chiang also thinks so, Falkenhausen is a well-known German military expert, and the operational jihua he formulated is not perfect, but it should never be exchanged for such a fiasco, and Chairman Chiang cannot but wonder if it is because the high command did not accept Zhang Zhizhong's proposal on adjusting the deployment, so Zhang Zhizhong is making a fuss and making a fuss?

Chairman Chiang made a phone call to Nanxiang, only to find that Zhang Zhizhong was not at the headquarters.

Chairman Jiang was a little unhappy in his heart, but he was a man with a city government, so he didn't say much at that time.

What Chairman Jiang didn't know was that there were indeed people who were making a fuss last night, but this person was not Zhang Zhizhong, but Xia Chuzhong, the commander of the 98th Division, because Zhang Zhizhong dismantled the 98th Division again, and the 293rd Brigade was under the command of Song Xihao, and the 294th Brigade was under the command of Wang Jingjiu, commander of the 87th Division.

Xia Chuzhong saw that he had become the commander of the light pole, of course he was not happy, so he held on to the two brigades, but Song Xilian, who had a tendon in the war and a tendon in life, was on fire at that time, and Zhang Zhizhong had to quickly run to Jiangwan to extinguish the fire, so Chairman Jiang did not find him on two consecutive phone calls, which also laid the groundwork for the outbreak of Chairman Jiang later.

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Senior General Matsui Ishone, commander of the Japanese Army's Shanghai Dispatch Army, was also very unhappy, because Owara Shigemi failed to successfully take the artillery Taiwan, and the landing of the 3rd Division and the 11th Division became a problem.

The landing of the two divisions is not just a joke, it is not simply a matter of collecting a few hundred small steamers to send tens of thousands of soldiers ashore; first, heavy equipment such as artillery, combat vehicles, and trucks, second, logistical materials such as ammunition, rations, and clothing, and then engineering equipment such as boat and bridge equipment, and a communication system must be established.

Most importantly, it all had to be done in a very short time!

Otherwise, when the Chinese side reacted and quickly mobilized dozens of divisions to press over, the two divisions of the Shanghai Dispatch Army would be in danger of being encircled and annihilated on the beachhead, saying that the 17 permanent divisions and regiments were well-trained and had super combat effectiveness, but if they were trapped by the Nationalist army on a narrow beach, the Japanese army would not be able to exert them, and no matter how strong their combat effectiveness was, they would be blind.

Therefore, Matsui Ishine will let Ohara Shigemi disguise himself as a Marine Corps to seize the artillery Taiwan, and once the Ohara Brigade builds an advance base in advance in the artillery Taiwan, it will be easy for Shanghai to send a large number of troops to land, but now, Matsui Ishine must carry out the second set of plans, that is, to land on the beach from Chuanshakou and Zhang Huabin respectively.

The defense of Chuanshakou was weak, so there was no problem for the 11th Division to land on the beach from this direction, but the landing of the 3rd Division from Zhang Huabin had a lot of risks, because Zhang Huabin was located in the middle of Wusong Town and Shanghai New City, and the Nationalist Army had heavy troops stationed in these two areas, and once the Japanese army could not quickly gain a foothold, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Although the coastline in the direction of Chuanshakou is long, and the defense of the national army in that direction is also weak, the terrain there is not conducive to the rapid landing of heavy equipment.

In the early morning of August 23, that is, the day after the defeat of the Nationalist Army's Iron Fist, the two advance wings of the 3rd Division and the 11th Division of the Japanese Army successfully landed at Zhanghuabin and Chuanshakou.

Matsui Shigen did not know that Zhang Huabin was at the junction between Wusong Town and the new urban area of Shanghai, and that Zhong Song's brigade, which had just been transferred to Wusong Town, believed that Zhang Huabin was the defense area of the 87th Division, while Wang Jingjiu, commander of the 87th Division, believed that Zhang Huabin should be the defense area of Zhong Song's brigade, and as a result, a blind spot in defense was created.

When the Japanese army took advantage of the high tide at midnight to launch a surprise attack from the two directions of Fuzaobin and Huangpu River, a platoon of the Shanghai Police Corps stationed at Zhanghuabin Railway Station put up a desperate resistance until the battle reached Zuihou, but their desperate resistance did not change the rapid deterioration of the situation in Songhu in the overall situation.

The Battle of Songhu then entered the second stage, and from this day on, the national army was no longer thinking about how to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army in Shanghai, but how to resist the Japanese offensive.

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Due to the continuous bombing by the Japanese air force, Zhang Zhizhong had already moved his headquarters out of Guyi Garden, and yesterday during the day, he moved his headquarters forward to Xugongqiao.

When it was almost dawn, Zhang Zhizhong, who had been busy all night, had time to sit down and drink a bowl of gruel, and then leaned back in his chair and took a nap, but Zhang Zhizhong closed his eyes for less than ten minutes, and Tong Yuanliang, chief of staff of the 9th Group Army, hurriedly walked in and reported to him with a solemn expression: "General seat, the Japanese army has landed in Chuanshakou and Zhang Huabin!" ”

Zhang Zhizhong was shocked when he heard this: "The Japanese army really landed on a large scale?!" ”

As early as a few days ago, Xu Shijiu had judged that the Japanese army would increase its troops in Xiangshang Sea in five days, and Zhang Zhizhong also asked the Nanjing Command for tactical adjustment, but he still had a trace of luck in his heart, thinking that this was just an inference after all, maybe the Japanese army did not increase troops in Xiangshanghai, but threw the mobilized divisions into the North China battlefield?

But now, this fluke has been ruthlessly shattered by the cruel truth.

Zhang Zhizhong hurriedly walked into the war room, and when he saw the situation map of friend and foe on the table, his face changed at that time.

At this time, several operational staff officers of the headquarters had already drawn two huge blue arrows on the map, one of which was blue arrow from Chuanshakou to Luodian, while the other arrow was from Zhang Huabin through Wusong Town to Liu Xing, and behind Luodian and Liu Xing were Jiading and Nanxiang, once Jiading and Nanxiang were lost......

Zhang Zhizhong didn't dare to think about it anymore, such a situation was really terrible!

Looking at the defense of the national army on the front line of Luodian and Liu Xing, Zhang Zhizhong's face suddenly became more and more pale, and the long defense line from Liuhe to Jiangwan was only one missing regiment!

"Let's go, go to Jiangwan!" Zhang Zhizhong turned around and walked out of the war room.

As a veteran of a hundred battles, Zhang Zhizhong has already smelled the smell of danger in the air, if we do not draw effective troops from the Shanghai city as soon as possible to enrich the defense line of Luodian and Liuhang, the Japanese army that landed from Chuanshakou and Zhang Huabin will be able to drive straight into and quickly capture Luodian and Nanxiang, and at that time, the entire Shanghai national army will be dumplings by the Japanese army!

It's just that Zhang Zhizhong is not sure whether it is too late to transfer troops from downtown Shanghai to enrich the defense line of Luodian and Liuhang at this time?

The only thing Zhang Zhizhong can do now is to do his best and obey the destiny of heaven.

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After the Japanese 3rd Division landed smoothly from Zhanghuabin, the follow-up progress was not very smooth, but the 11th Division made unusually smooth progress after landing from Chuanshakou, and by noon on the 23rd, the 12th Infantry Wing, which was the first to land in the 11th Division, had divided its troops into two routes and captured Baoshan County and Luodian Town in one go.

The wing commander of the 12th Infantry Wing, Anda Twenty-three, is a typical Japanese officer, who was promoted from the military academy to the army sergeant, and then admitted to the army university after serving in the army for several years, so he also has the arrogance of the same line as Japanese officers, under the premise that there is only one infantry wing in his hand and no heavy firepower, he dares to attack Luodian and Baoshan!

However, it must be admitted that the Japanese army still made a lot of preparations for the Battle of Songhu, and with the cooperation of the engineers, the dense water network in the Songhu area, which was highly anticipated by the high level of the government, did not cause much hindrance to the Japanese army, and Anda 23's military adventure finally paid off handsomely - the soldiers captured Luodian and Baoshan without bloodshed.

At this time, the situation of the Japanese army was not generally good, at least from the operational map.

If the 12th Infantry Wing of Anda 23 recklessly interspersed forward, it would definitely be able to take Jiading before the national army reacted, because the distance between Jiading and Luodian was much closer than the distance between Luodian and downtown Shanghai, and when Zhang Zhizhong transferred troops from downtown Shanghai, the daylily would be cold.

If the luck is good enough, the Japanese army may even capture Nanxiang Town in one go, if this is the case, then the fun will be great, once the railway and highway communication between Nanjing and Shanghai is cut off by the Japanese army, the dozen or so elite divisions of the Central Army gathered in Shanghai will only have half a breath left, and there will be no other choice but to retreat.

However, the retreat is not a joke, let alone drawing a few lines on the drawings, even the retreat of a division also involves a lot of work, first of all, retreat in that direction, what position to retreat to? The second is the setting of military stations on the retreat route, the supply of materials, and zuihou is the determination of the retreat sequence.

If this is true for one division, it is even more complicated for more than a dozen divisions.

On the premise of insufficient preparation, what kind of result will be the result of the retreat of more than a dozen divisions, the army can imagine it, and it will inevitably be a mountain of defeat.