There was silence in the war room, every time Tong Yuanliang said a word, Zhang Zhizhong's face turned white, and when he arrived at Zuihou, Zhang Zhizhong's face had turned from white to blue, and from green to black, giving people the feeling that it was like the sky before the storm, so gloomy that it made people tremble, obviously, Zhang Zhizhong had been angry by the defeat of the 88th Division.

In just one day of the war, the 9th Army suffered more than 2,000 casualties and a brigade commander!

What is particularly important is that today's defeat has seriously dampened the spirit of the whole army, and as the so-called disadvantage of the division, today's defeat will inevitably cast a thick haze over the next battle of Songhu.

If the commissioner asked, how should he Zhang Zhizhong answer?

Tong Yuanliang breathed a long sigh of relief, and then continued: "Today's battle, the only bright spot is the 19th Independent Brigade of the Shanghai Security Corps, after Han Chongwu's battalion was completely annihilated by the Japanese army, the brigade actually set a trap in a very short time, and in turn ambushed the Japanese army who took advantage of the victory to pursue, killing more than 80 Japanese soldiers. ”

Zhang Zhizhong became more and more bitter when he heard this, although the 19th Brigade saved face for the 88th Division and the 9th Group Army, but he couldn't mention this matter in front of the commission, if he let the commissioner know that there was such a remnant of the 19th Route Army back then, and he still wanted to resurrect the ashes, he didn't know how to be angry.

Tong Yuanliang said: "General seat, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?" ”

Zhang Zhizhong seemed to guess what Tong Yuanliang wanted to say, but he was silent and did not respond, so Tong Yuanliang said directly: "The main enemy on Baoshan Road is Han Xianyuan's 524 Regiment, and the security team is cooperating, so this small victory at the Baoshan intersection can barely be counted on the head of the 524 Regiment, which is not as good as ......"

"Nope." Without waiting for Tong Yuanliang to finish speaking, Zhang Zhizhong interrupted, "How can you deceive the leader like this? Besides, Han Xianyuan's group has no merit of size, but wants to ask for credit for him, isn't it ridiculous? ”

After a pause, Zhang Zhizhong said again: "I'll explain to Shangfeng, you should immediately call all divisions and brigades, and ask them to seriously review and summarize well, the blood of so many brothers must not be shed in vain, if the commanders of all divisions and brigades cannot discover their own problems and learn from them, I will never spare them!" ”

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Baoshan intersection, the position of the 19th Brigade.

Xu Shijiu was lying on the roof of the bungalow on the right side of the Baoshan intersection, holding a telescope to observe the movements of the Japanese army opposite, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, but the Japanese army on the opposite side never attacked.

Scar scratched his bald head and said, "Captain, the little devil seems to be scared by us." ”

"Old knife, you are too underestimated little devil." Xu Shijiu shook his head slightly and said, "The little devil is not afraid of us, but he suffers from the lack of troops, so he doesn't attack." After a pause, Xu Shijiu said with a solemn expression, "It seems that the commander of the Japanese army on the other side is a powerful character, and he didn't think about revenge when he suffered a loss, so it's very difficult to deal with." ”

As he spoke, Ergua came up the bamboo ladder and reported, "Captain, the staff is here." ”

"Old knife, you're staring here." Xu Jiujiu handed the telescope to Scar and slid down the bamboo ladder.

Xu Shijiu's feet had just hit the ground, and he was punched on the back of his shoulder, and when he looked back, it was Zhu Xia, Zhu Xia said with a little excitement: "Okay, you kid, one guy killed three little devils Iron King Eight, and also killed two squads of devils, and the Japanese army on the opposite side was stunned and didn't dare to take the initiative to attack, you can really do it." ”

Xu Shijiu sighed and said, "I'm afraid that the Japanese army's losses are far inferior to ours, right?" ”

Zhu Xia's expression darkened, and he said: "Yes, not only Han Chongwu's battalion, but also the 523 Regiment that mainly attacked the Japanese Tomb Mountain and the 264 Brigade on the side of Zhizhi University all suffered big losses, and the commander of the 264 Brigade, General Huang Meixing, also sacrificed his life for the country, and this is only the first day, and the 9th Army has already suffered more than 2,500 casualties." ”

"What did I say earlier?" Xu Shijiu spread his hands and said, "The Central Army is too light on the enemy, and the battalion and company-level officers on the front line generally don't know how to fight street battles. Saying this, Xu Shijiu sighed gloomily, "Alas, it's just that I didn't expect that I would suffer such a big loss." ”

Zhu Xia said gloomily: "Yes, I really let you say it." ”

Xu 19 said again: "Lao Zhu, this is just the beginning, we have missed the best opportunity to clear the Japanese army in Shanghai, now the Japanese army is on guard, and has built a complete fortification chain with the support of the six core strongholds, and our army wants to purge the Japanese army in Shanghai, then I don't know how many twists and turns it will take, how many more people will die."

If the upper echelons do not learn from the pain and formulate practical tactics in a targeted manner, let alone ten days and half a month, even if they fight for half a year, they will lose tens of thousands of tens of thousands of troops in the entire 9th Army, and they may not be able to wipe out the Japanese troops in Shanghai. ”

Zhu Xia nodded and said, "Ah Jiu, you must have already had a countermeasure, right?" ”

Xu Shijiu smiled and said, "Lao Zhu, I'm just a little security captain, what the hell are you doing?" ”

"You kid, I don't know you yet? With such a challenging problem, if you don't think it through, can you sleep well? Zhu Xia smiled and pointed at Xu Shijiu, turned around and said, "Come with me." ”

"Let's go?" Xu Shijiu was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"Kannon Hall." Zhu Xia said, "Senior Commander Sun and Chief of Staff Zhang want to see you by name." ”

After saying that, Zhu Xia turned around, but almost collided with the young man standing behind him, and at that moment Zhu Xia slapped his forehead and said to Xu Shijiu: "Look at my memory, I almost forgot about it." He pushed the young man to Xu Jiu and said, "Send you a soldier, Ah Jiu, let me tell you, this is a rare good soldier." ”

The young man was of medium stature, not very burly, but his eyes were very cold, although he was wearing a khaki military uniform, but the collar badge was torn off, and he didn't know what military rank he had, in addition, he also wore a short sword around his waist, which looked very proven, although it was only the first time they met, his intuition told Xu Nineteen that this was a dangerous guy!

Xu Shijiu was looking up and down, and Xie Gouzi, who was sitting not far away and smoking, was interested when he heard this, and immediately stepped on the cigarette butt under his feet, then got up and came up, looking at the young man's eyes with undisguised provocation: "Good soldier? Just like a bear, can he make a gun? ”

The young man tilted his head slightly and stared coldly at Xie Gouzi.

Suddenly, the figure shook, and the young man had an extra box cannon in his hand, Xie Gouzi gasped, and when he reached out to touch the holster on his waist, he found that the holster was empty, and the young man, with one hand, casually tinkered a few times, and the box cannon turned into a pile of parts and fell to the ground with a clatter.

Xie Gouzi was dumbfounded, looking at the barge gun parts scattered on the ground for a long time and couldn't come back to his senses, and the two melons who were eating biscuits next to him were even more stupid.

"Okay, I'll take this soldier." Xu Jiu said, "What's your name?" ”

The young man suddenly turned around and saluted Xu Shijiu again, and said, "Be cautious." ”

Xu Shijiu nodded, then turned back and instructed Xie Gouzi: "Xie Gouzi, get him a 38 big cover, and let him be your deputy shooter first." ”

"Yes." Xie Gouzi agreed with a bitter face.

Zhu Xia said: "Okay, Ah Jiu, hurry up and follow me to Guanyin Hall, Master Sun and Chief of Staff Zhang are waiting for you." Before he finished speaking, Zhu Xia dragged Xu Shijiu and walked out the door.

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Guanyin Hall, 88th Division.

Several operational staff officers were whispering in the war room, and one of them said: "Everyone, what is the origin of this security captain, who dares to go out to greet the division seat and the staff seat together?" ”

Another operational staff officer said: "Brother, you don't know this, let me tell you, this is not an ordinary security captain, five years ago in the 128th Shanghai Anti-Japanese War, if it weren't for this desperate killing of the artillery positions of Little Japan, if our division wants to be promoted from brigade commander to division commander, I'm afraid we will have to wait a few years." ”

"Wait a few years? I'm telling you, it's not just a matter of waiting a few years. Another staff officer lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Let me tell you this, if it weren't for this one, let alone be promoted, it would be good to be able to keep the guy who eats, you don't know how critical the situation was at that time......

When the combat staff officer was about to reveal some unknown inside information, division commander Sun Yuanliang's hearty daxiao voice suddenly sounded outside the combat room, and then Sun Yuanliang and Zhang Baiting, who were dressed in straight uniforms, had already led a security captain wearing a crumpled blue-black uniform and a face full of gunpowder smoke strode in, and several staff officers were silenced in unison.

Sun Yuanliang said as he walked: "Brother Han Soul, today Han Xianyuan's regiment was able to win a small victory at the intersection of Baoshan Road, the full cooperation of your nineteenth brigade can be described as a great contribution, brother, I have already asked for credit for Han Xianyuan's regiment, and when the reward comes, you have to let Han Xianyuan's kid bleed no matter what, hehe." ”

Zhu Xia, who came in together, couldn't help but be a little worried.

When Zhu Xia saw that Xu Shijiu was still smiling, he breathed a sigh of relief gently, speaking of which, it was not the first time that Sun Yuanliang had done this, it was not that Sun Yuanliang deliberately wanted to be greedy for military merits, but it was really the special background of the 19th Brigade.

Xu Jiu smiled and said: "Master's words are not meaningful, when will the reward be received?" And how much oil and water can Brother Xianyuan have? Where is it comparable to you, just plucking the roots is enough for our 19th Brigade to be a few years long, the division, the two machine guns in the courtyard outside are not bad, what is it, hehe. ”

"You kid, you're really looking for a time to reach out." Sun Yuanliang pointed at Xu Shijiu with a smile and said, "Okay, the two 20mm machine guns imported from Germany will be sent to you, and then you will be given ten base ammunition, are you satisfied this time?" ”

Xu Shijiu hit the snake with the stick and said: "It is worthy of being a master's seat, and it is generous to shoot, but if you can give a few more 37mm battle defense guns, it will be great." ”

Sun Yuanliang stumbled under his feet when he heard this, and almost fell and ate.

Zhang Baiting and Zhu Xia, who were accompanying behind, glanced at each other and couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

Several combat staff officers in the war room looked at each other, thinking that this guy really didn't take himself as an outsider, and if he wanted a small cannon and a battle defense gun, should he ask for a 75mm field gun? Shi Zuo really gave a 75mm caliber field artillery, maybe this kid would dare to open his mouth and ask for a 150mm heavy howitzer.

"Okay, Lao Tzu will give you another battle defense cannon." Sun Yuanliang gritted his teeth, and continued, "But if there is more, it will be gone, I am not an arsenal, I can't stand you moving out like this, hum." ”