On 26 September, the Japanese army concentrated two wings and four brigades, plus one artillery wing, and with the assistance of naval guns and aircraft, launched the most rear-end attack on Luodian.

After continuous hard fighting, the whole brigade has been reduced to more than 900 people, and after receiving reinforcements from a battalion of the 398th Regiment of the 199th Brigade supplemented by division commander Huang Wei, it was personally led by brigade commander Cai Bingyan and put into the front-line position. Regardless of casualties, the Chinese army repeatedly engaged in white-knuckle battles with the Japanese army, and the battle became more intense, and the battle became more fierce until 3 p.m., when Brigade Commander Cai, who was fighting on the front line, was unfortunately shot and died.

The 201st Brigade, which held out in Luodian for half a month, most of them were killed in battle, and the rest retreated to Jiading, and Luodian fell.

Chiang Kai-shek, in order to save the crisis of the left wing in Songhu, tried his best to demand the recovery of Luodian, and at the same time, the general adviser of the German military advisory group, Falkenhausen, also strongly demanded the recovery of Luodian after conducting a field investigation on the Songhu battlefield.

Under these circumstances, the Chinese army concentrated the strength of more than 20 divisions and continuously organized a surprise attack on the Japanese defense line in Luodian.

The Japanese army relied on the superiority of weapons and equipment to attack during the day, and the Chinese army counterattacked at night.

In such a desperate fight, even if it is a first-class force of the Chinese army, it can only withstand five or six days at most. Taking Hu Zongnan's 1st Division as an example, it entered Luodian on 28 September and was almost defeated in less than a day due to the light enemy.

When some units are pulled up, they are even more likely to collapse at the slightest touch, and when they are withdrawn to change their defenses, the strength of a division is often less than one regiment, and some regiments can only be reduced to a company, and the casualties of the troops are heavy.

However, in such a fierce battle, no matter how heavy the casualties, the morale of the participating troops was always high, and the patriotic spirit showed its incomparably strong power here.

On October 2, Baoshan County, the headquarters of the Japanese Shanghai Dispatch Army.

Many generals sat on both sides of General Matsui Ishone. Matsui Ishone's fierce eyes swept away, and the generals all lowered their heads, not daring to look at the commander.

Matsui turned his head and moved his gaze to the large map of Songhu hanging on the wall on one side of the conference room, his cheeks trembling slightly.

At this time, Matsui Ishone was in a very heavy mood.

In the Songhu battlefield, the Chinese and Japanese armies fought together in Luodian, although the Japanese army had the advantage of equipment and firepower, but the Chinese soldiers were forced to carry it down with flesh and blood, which made people feel unbelievable, and Matsui Shigen could not help but admire the courage and sacrifice spirit of the Chinese soldiers.

Zhang Huabang also worried Matsui Ishone, the Japanese army attacked in a nest, and with the support of large-scale naval guns, it was still unable to open the situation.

After solving the problem of its henchmen in the downtown area of Shanghai, the Chinese army, which was fighting in the middle of the road, concentrated the forces of the 36th, 87th, and 88th German armouring divisions, together with the Shanghai Police Security Corps and the Tax Police Corps transferred south from Haizhou, to strictly defend them, and the result was a stalemate again.

Matsui's gaze shifted to the newspaper on the table.

Nanjing's "Central Daily" has been reporting on Wu Ming and his new Second Division for the past few days, and it is said that the bazooka and flying thunder cannon (no conscience cannon) that the Nationalist army is equipped with in large quantities are his inventions. The flying thunder cannon is very simple, judging from the captured situation, it is a gasoline barrel and an explosives package, and there is no technical content, but it is a pity that the Chinese army regards the bazooka as a treasure, and whenever the battle situation is unfavorable, it is the priority to transfer, and if it falls into the encirclement, it is also the first to destroy the bazooka, so far a complete sample has not been obtained.

The information coming from the intelligence services is much more detailed, but the key points involved are still vague. All this made Matsui Ishine want to send a force to deal with Wu Ming and his new second division, in revenge for the killing of the imperial army by the two weapons he invented.

Yes, it was these two weapons that caused heavy losses to the attacking Japanese army, although death could not frighten the Imperial Japanese Army, but the bazooka could make the originally invincible tank lose its sharp fangs, and the terrifying explosion of the flying thunder cannon directly shattered the soldiers' bones, as long as they were hit by one, they would inevitably be corpses all over the field, all of which made the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Japan deeply afraid.

What is especially intolerable is that Wu Ming not only invented two kinds of weapons, but also the army under his command brought great damage to the imperial army on the battlefield of Songhu, whether it was the Marine Corps Headquarters or the Gongda Yarn Mill, it was an extremely strong fortress, and it can be known from the inner line of the Chinese army that the Chinese army was originally ready to change the offensive to defense, but this guy led the attack with one force, which directly led to the fall of the two major fortresses, which inspired and stimulated the rest of the national army, and Huishan Wharf fell, As a result, the empire's years of operation in the Shanghai Concession were ruined.

It was precisely because of the appearance of Wu Ming that the losses of the Imperial Japanese army in the Songhu battlefield were far greater than those envisaged before the war, forcing Matsui Ishine to repeatedly ask the base camp for additional troops.

Matsui Ishine turned around and saw the generals in the room with firm faces and whispering, and coughed slightly, and the room immediately fell silent.

Matsui nodded with satisfaction, and immediately assigned tasks to the generals.

The commander of the 3rd Division, Fujita Jin, and the commander of the 11th Division, Yamamuro Sotake, were embarrassed after hearing this, and Matsui Ishine snorted coldly, forcing Fujita Susumu and Yamamuro Sotake to continue the attack on the Chinese army in front of him at all costs, and at the same time he said in a seductive tone:

"Now, the follow-up reinforcements of the 9th, 13th, and 101st Divisions are about to arrive, and the 16th, 18th, and 114th Divisions have begun to assemble, and the 6th Division will also move south after completing the combat mission of the North Branch, and our strength will reach an unprecedented 300,000 at that time...... It would be a great credit if you could settle the battle before the reinforcements arrived, you know? ”

Now on the Songhu battlefield, both China and Japan are constantly mobilizing troops, and at this time, Matsui Shigen has a new plan in his mind:

After all the reinforcements arrived, from the north of Shanghai, with the Hutai Highway as the main axis, from north to south, between the two major combat groups of the Chinese Left Wing Army and the Central Army, a breakthrough between Nanxiang and Jiangwan, and a direct capture of Dachang and the north bank of the Suzhou Creek.

In order to accomplish this plan, it is necessary for the frontal imperial army to attract the attention of the Chinese army with a powerful offensive and create favorable conditions for subsequent operations.

Under the strong orders of Matsui Ishone, Fujita Susumu and Yamamuro Sotake gritted their teeth and issued orders to their own divisions to attack, and the Chinese army was really successful, and the Chinese troops stationed in the concession area were constantly deployed to support the northern front, and the defense along the Huangpu River was becoming increasingly empty.

By the early morning of 5 October, the Japanese troops had attacked the Qiujiang wharf several times, and the headquarters of the 61st Division guarding the wharf suffered heavy casualties under the heavy artillery fire of the Japanese army, and they were unable to resist the Japanese landing, and the rest of the defenders retreated to the line of Shijiazhai and Lujiazhai.

At the same time, the Japanese army divided two brigades, supported by more than 10 tanks, from south to north, and responded to the Japanese army occupying the north of Zhang Huabang, and attacked the troops guarding Zhang Huabang from both sides.

On the 6th, Zhu Shaoliang sent the 36th Division, the 87th Division, and the Central Teaching Corps to reinforce Zhang Huabang, which was able to stabilize the situation.

At dawn on 7 July, a wing of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, under the cover of four cruisers, eight destroyers, and more than 10 gunboats, forced its way to land at Huishan Wharf under the bombardment of more than 30 warplanes.

A regiment of the 88th Division stationed here was caught off guard by Japanese artillery fire and suffered extremely heavy losses. Subsequently, at about 8 o'clock, the Japanese landing force quickly docked, and then led by more than 20 tanks, the infantry covered the assault, and took the Huishan Wharf and the surrounding area in one fell swoop, and quickly relied on the original fortifications to build a defensive line.

In the afternoon of the same day, the main force of the Japanese army launched an attack on the Chinese troops of Gongda Yarn Factory and Hujiang University, in a vain attempt to recapture the field airfield.

In the afternoon of the next day, the Japanese army increased its strength by more than 1,000 troops and 20 tanks, and with the support of aircraft and warships, it again attacked the Gongda Yarn Factory and Hujiang University. Under the cover of reinforced artillery, the defenders fought to the death, fighting fiercely until the evening, destroying one of the enemy, and the two sides were in a state of stalemate.

The Japanese army's ferocious offensive for several days in a row overshadowed the Chinese army in Shanghai, and the troops on the left flank, the left flank, and the right flank of the center were all in a hurry; because there was no unified command, the armies of all roads fought separately, and every telegram was sent to Nanjing, directly reporting to Chairman Chiang, who was also the commander of the theater of operations, so that Chiang Kai-shek could not be disturbed.

At the operational meeting held by the Military Committee, if Yang Jie had made ideas on the side in the past, although Yang Jie was a strong man, but from his strategic point of view, there were not many people in the army who could surpass him, and he could always put forward some solutions for Chiang Kai-shek to choose from in times of crisis. But now Yang Jie was sent to the Soviet Union to seek aid, and Jiang Baili, a staff member with strategic vision, was assigned by Chiang Kai-shek to serve as the acting president of the Army University, responsible for the actual teaching work, and there was only a group of people around him who sang praises of virtue, which gave Chiang Kai-shek a headache.

Bai Chongxi looked at Lao Jiang coldly, and had the heart to see his jokes, before Chiang Kai-shek pinned his hopes on Europe and the United States and other countries to mediate, and the third brother made mistakes again and again, but now it is good, the Japanese reinforcements continue to drive to the Shanghai battlefield, and the battle situation has taken a sharp turn.

In the face of the bad situation on the Songhu battlefield, the bigwigs of the Military Committee talked eloquently, but none of them got to the point, which made Lao Jiang anxious.

Bai Chongxi lightly tapped the table with his fingers, put on a victor's posture, and said loudly: "The Japanese wolf ambition, we have to retreat everywhere if we retreat, and the gains outweigh the losses." What was the result when they didn't listen to me and pinned their hopes on the European and American powers? Although Britain, France, the Netherlands, and other countries have decided to impose economic sanctions on Japan, the actual effect is unknown, and the US consortium, in disregard of the boiling public opinion in its country, has opened the door to a wide range of convenient exports of oil and scrap steel to Japan......

Bai Chongxi's remarks were more like a forced palace on Chiang Kai-shek, which made Chiang Kai-shek's face extremely ugly. But things are indeed as Bai Chongxi said, it is purely the Nationalist Government's own fault, and now Wang Jingwei has quietly hid aside when he sees the failure of mediation, and he can only be held responsible by him in charge of military affairs. Chiang Kai-shek let out a heavy breath and said with a cold face: "The war in Songhu has reached such a point, I don't know what your good plan is?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek's corporal Lixian did not get much of a solution. He Yingqin, Qian Dajun and others buried their heads low, and they had no intention of speaking at all.

After seeing Chiang Kai-shek's gaze, Lin Wei had no choice but to stand up and speak: "Everyone, with the continuous arrival of Japanese reinforcements, a full-scale war between China and Japan is inevitable......

Bai Chongxi snorted, what Lin Wei said was just an old talk.

Lin Wei cleared his throat and continued: "From an economic point of view, my country is dominated by a small-scale peasant economy and is not afraid of being blocked. On the other hand, because of Japan's wanton behavior, Britain, France, the Netherlands, and other powers have decided to impose economic sanctions on Japan, and public opinion in the United States is also unfavorable to Japan. ”

"Japan is an island country with a small land area and poor resources, while Japan has a large land and abundant resources, and only by fighting resolutely and persistently can we see the dawn of victory......

Lin Weiyang said for more than ten minutes, there was only one meaning, there can be no more hesitation and hesitation at this time, only by firmly and persistently fighting the Japanese army can we drag the resource-poor Japan to death and wait for the great changes in the international situation. All in all, Lin Wei introduced Jiang Baili and Yang Jie's protracted war theory as an answer.

"What Brother Wei Wendi said is very true"

Chiang Kai-shek nodded, agreeing with Lin Wei's opinion. In fact, Chiang Baili had already put forward the same proposition in "On National Defense", and Chiang Kai-shek knew it in his heart. Now that the hope of a stoppage in Europe and the United States was temporarily shattered, Chiang Kai-shek strengthened his determination to resist the Japanese army.

Seeing Chairman Chiang's approval, Lin Wei was not very happy, and then said: "In order to fight for a long time, it is necessary to strengthen reserves in all aspects, the most important of which is that it is necessary to carry out a major transfer of Shanghai's industry, especially machinery manufacturing and chemical ......."

Finally, at Lin Wei's suggestion, the Military Committee quickly formed a resolution to relocate the factories and enterprises in Shanghai to the southwest as soon as possible, and to supervise the implementation by Dai Li's secret service.