Scar, One Hand, Xie Gouzi, and Gao Maniac respectively led a dozen veterans to walk through the streets and alleys, climb over the walls and cross the courtyard, and went deep into the Japanese Concession to spy on them, but as a result, gunfire rang out all night in the area near the North Railway Station in the Japanese Concession.

At 8 o'clock in the morning of the 15th, Yang Furui led the 3rd Battalion of the 523rd Regiment to the 19th Brigade station.

"Brother Han Soul." Yang Furui rarely clasped his fists at Xu Shijiu and said, "The junior brother was ordered by the regiment to lead more than 600 brothers in the battalion to listen to the Hou reprimand, please ask Brother Han Soul to give an order." ”

Yang Furui also participated in the 128th Shanghai Anti-Japanese War, and knew that the 19th Route Army was a force that could fight, and the backbone veterans of the 19th Brigade were all veterans of the 19th Route Army.

"Brother Fu Rui is polite." Xu 19 returned the salute with his fists and said modestly, "It's okay for our 19th Brigade to engage in sneak attacks, but when it comes to fighting tough battles, we have to rely on the brothers of the Central Army." ”

Yang Furui said: "Brother Han Soul is modest, in short, there is an order for the group seat, so that the little brother can only look forward to you!" ”

Xu Nineteen said: "Since it is Brother Xianyuan's military order, the little brother has the courage to trespass." With that, Xu Shijiu spread out the results of Scar's hard work all night, pointed to the map and said, "Brother Fu Rui, please see, last night the junior brother had already sent someone to find out the deployment of the Japanese army's troops and firepower, and this is the detailed map."

In view of the deployment and firepower allocation of the Japanese army, the younger brother decided to launch a horizontal attack on the Japanese army from the three blocks between the target road, Xinmin road, railway line and Qiujiang Road at the same time. ”

"No problem." Yang Furui said happily, "Please rest assured, Brother Han Soul, our 3rd Battalion will hold back the enemy in front of Target Road, Xinmin Road and Qiujiang Road no matter what, so that they will not be able to rush to each other's blocks." ”

"Okay." Xu 19 said, "As long as our troops detour behind the enemy through the block, they will attack the Japanese troops at various intersections from the flank, and then Brother Fu Rui will lead his troops to crush them from the front, and the Japanese army will definitely be defeated by the enemy, so that the Japanese army's fortification chain in Shanghai will also be opened a big gap by our army." ”

Yang Furui stood up and said solemnly: "Brother Han Soul, rest assured, you are the commander in this battle, and without your order, our battalion will never take half a step, and if you give your order, our battalion will definitely move forward bravely until death!" ”

Xu Shijiu also stood up and saluted Yang Furui with a standard military salute.

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Located in the central area of the Public Concession and adjacent to the Bund, the Chinachem Hotel is a 10-storey building with a 13-storey main tower.

Chinachem Hotel by Victor, a wealthy British Jewish businessman? Sassoon spent money to build, the ground floor of the building is a bank, service area, the second to fourth floors are rented to various foreign offices, the fifth to seventh floors are guest rooms, the eighth floor is a large restaurant, bar, the ninth floor is a nightclub, the top floor is Victor's private mansion, luxuriously decorated, and the style is very different, can be described as the veritable first floor of the Far East.

At this moment, a large group of blue-eyed, high-nosed Westerners are standing on the roof of the tower, either holding binoculars or holding iron railings to look towards the north of Suzhou River.

In this group of Westerners, there are several special characters.

One was Fei Xindun, president of the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Public Concession, the other was Bogmonov, the Soviet ambassador to China, and the other was Stilwell, the chief of the General Staff of the Chinese Theater who later angrily scolded Chairman Chiang for peanuts, but at this time Stilwell was only a military attache at the US Embassy in China, and his military rank was only colonel.

In addition, there were many Western reporters present, such as Galder, the famous editor of the "Great American Evening News"; for example, Powell, the editor-in-chief of the Miller's Review, who was brutally persecuted by the Japanese army because of his sympathy for China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and finally died of illness in a concentration camp; and for example, Snow, the first American journalist to cover the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo border region and who had just returned to Shanghai from Yan'an.

At eight o'clock in the morning, dozens of Japanese warships anchored on the Huangpu River began shelling Zhabei.

Under the gloomy sky, dazzling rainbows rose from the Japanese warship, and in an instant, they crossed the long sky and fell into the Zhabei District of the north of Suzhou River, and in the earth-shattering explosion, the Zhabei District soon rose with thick smoke, and a large number of shanties burned and caught fire, and from afar, it seemed that the faint cry of the Chinese could be heard.

"Oh God, my God." American war correspondent Snow murmured, and said with a sad face, "The Japanese warships are shelling Zhabei again, and today I don't know how many houses will be destroyed by artillery fire, let alone how many refugees will pour into the public concession. ”

"Oh no, no, no, the reception of refugees is something that the Shanghai municipal government of China is thinking about." Fei Xindun shrugged his shoulders, his face full of old age spots was full of cunning, "Our Ministry of Industry Bureau promised to open up the public concession and allow refugees from Zhabei and the Japanese concession to enter the French Concession or Nanshi through the public concession, which is merciful enough. ”

Powell, editor of Miller's Commentary, said: "Mr. Foxington, from a humanitarian standpoint, I am afraid that your concession and the Ministry of Industry will also consider accepting some refugees. ”

"It can't be." "Mr. Powell, I have no intention of arguing with you, but do you know how many refugees will remain in the Public Concession once the restrictions are lifted?" ”

After attracting the attention of most people, Fei Xindun continued in an exaggerated tone: "There are more than two million Chinese living in the area north of Suzhou Creek, and it will be a huge disaster for so many people to pour into the public concession!" ”

Powell said: "Unless the Chinese army is defeated, all the Chinese in Suzhou and Hebei may flee, Mr. Philschenton, do you think the Chinese army will definitely lose this war?" ”

"Of course." "Yesterday the Chinese army lost nearly 3,000 men in one day, while the Japanese casualties were negligible, and the Japanese government could not give up Shanghai, and then it will definitely continue to increase the number of troops in the Xiangshang Sea, frankly, I don't think the Chinese army still has a chance to win this war." ”

Bogmonov, who had been holding a telescope and looking at the north bank of the Suzhou Creek, couldn't help but look back and said: "Mr. Freishingdon, with all due respect, if it weren't for the fact that your Bureau of Concession and the British and French consuls had not put pressure on the Chinese government to force the Chinese army to postpone the attack for two days, the situation would definitely not be the way it is now. ”

Stilwell chimed in: "I very much agree with Ambassador Bogmonov, and it is no exaggeration to say that the Chinese soldiers are the best I have ever seen, and if it were not for the low quality of their officers and the fact that there is a supreme leader who likes to interfere with commands at will, they would have won a decisive victory four days ago." ”

Fei Xindun looked embarrassed, shrugged his shoulders and said: "I am sorry to cause the current result, but what I want to say to you is that we were originally very sincere in opening Shanghai into an undefended free port, but the Japanese did not believe in their words and played everyone, which really has nothing to do with our Ministry of Industry and Bureau." ”

Stilwell said: "You don't need to regret it, the national army has not lost yet. ”

Bogmonov also said: "I also think that the Chinese army will not only have this level, the reason why the national army suffered losses yesterday was because of the unreasonable use of tactics, and if we fight again today, the situation will definitely improve." ”

Before he could finish speaking, a British journalist suddenly screamed: "Oh God, what's going on? How did the Chinese troops all climb to the roof? ”

Well?! Stilwell and Bogmonov turned around at the same time, and raised their binoculars at the same time, and through the telescope, they saw that the Chinese troops in the north of Suzhou and Hebei had climbed up to the roofs along the bamboo ladders, and set up a large number of bamboo ladders on the roofs of alleys and the roofs of houses of varying heights.

As a result, the strong fortifications arranged by the Japanese army at various intersections suddenly became furnishings, and the originally complete and tight Japanese fortification chain also became full of loopholes in a blink of an eye, and the disadvantages of the Japanese army in strength will also be infinitely magnified.

"Great!" Stilwell couldn't help but exclaim, "Genius! The method of erecting ladders in alleys and rooftops as passages, although simple and not even worth mentioning to mention, was a fatal blow to the under-armed Japanese army, and the one who could come up with this idea must be a tactical genius, and I must have met him if I have the chance! ”

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Yang Furui's battalion has been deployed on Target Road, Xinmin Road, railway line and Qiujiang Road, and has fully engaged the Japanese army.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the 19th Brigade was divided into three roads, with the help of hundreds of bamboo ladders flying eaves to walk the wall, over the wall over the courtyard, from west to east to Baochang Road and Fusheng Road, Xu 19 is personally led by more than a dozen veterans of the death squad as the right pioneer, only a moment of effort, has crossed most of the block, and less than 50 meters ahead is Fusheng Road.

But at this moment, a few devil soldiers occupied a bungalow and blocked the way.

Xu Shijiu shrank behind the roof of a three-story house and gestured to Xie Gouzi and Gao Shenxing behind him.

Xie Gouzi and Gao Shenxing understood, and immediately scattered to the left and right, and after each found cover, Xie Gouzi took out four grenades and spread them out in front of his eyes, and then unscrewed the caps one by one, Gao Shenxing opened the chamber made by Hanyang in his hand, first filled the chamber with only two bullets left, and then clicked and closed the chamber.

When Xie Gouzi and Gao Shenxing were ready, Xu Shijiu jumped up from behind the roof, stepped on the Wa Ji and rushed forward to seize the road, and the Japanese machine gun ambushed on the roof of the bungalow in front opened fire fiercely, and the machine gun bullets dragged a long belt of smoke and dust on the Wa Shou, almost biting Xu Shijiu's heel and chasing forward.

This is Xu Shijiu's tactical feint, in order to create opportunities for Gao Shenxing and Xie Gouzi.

In the next moment, Gao Shenxing sat up from behind the roof, and almost at the same time, the Hanyang Zao in his hand was already aimed at the Japanese machine gunner in the window on the top floor opposite, and the next moment, the hot bullet spun at high speed and shot into the eyebrows of the Japanese machine gunner, and his brain was pierced with the steel helmet at once.

The roar of the Type 92 heavy machine gun stopped abruptly, like a pheasant that had its neck choked off.

The little devil's sub-shooter was about to push away the shooter who had been killed, and when he stepped forward to shoot again, Gao Shenxing's second bullet came one after another, and once again accurately shot into the eyebrows of the Japanese sub-shooter, who was not wearing a steel helmet, and the red-and-white brains and broken bones suddenly splattered out of the back of his head in a radial shape, painting a wall.

Gao Shenxing's speed of shooting was too fast, and his marksmanship was too accurate, and when a few devils hiding on the roof of the bungalow reacted, the shooter and deputy shooter of the devil's heavy machine gun had all been killed, but fortunately, the ammunition hand was still clever, and one sideways flashed to the window, narrowly dodging the third bullet fired by Gao Shenxing.

On the roof of the bungalow, the five devil soldiers behind the cement guardrail suddenly blew up the pot, and the three devil soldiers quickly shot back, but they were half a beat slower, Gao Shenxing had already retracted behind the ridge, and the bullets fired by the 38 big cover only hit the roof tile to pieces, and the remaining two devil soldiers quickly set up a grenadier and wanted to blow up Gao Shenxing behind the ridge.