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A quiet day passed quickly.

In the early morning of 17 August, more than 1,500 men from two special marines urgently transferred from Japan by Kiyoshi Hasegawa, commander of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, arrived at the Huishan Wharf, along with thousands of rounds of sulfur bombs.

At dawn on 17 August, the two special marines who had just disembarked from the Huishan Wharf could not care about the fatigue of the boat and car, and launched a fierce attack on the 524th Regiment on the west side of the Honghe Road Bridge under the cover of more than a dozen gunboats and dozens of tanks and armored vehicles.

The rout of the 524th Regiment seemed sudden, but in fact it was no accident.

After 14 and 15 days of bloody battles, the 524 regiment suffered heavy casualties, and the recruits who had just been replenished were far from the previous veterans in terms of fighting will and tactical literacy, and the fiasco on the 14th made the 524 regiment lose a lot of equipment, and the artillery was even more lost, so the combat effectiveness dropped very much.

But this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that the truce order issued from above has caused confusion in the minds of all the officers and men of the 9th Group Army, so that the morale of the army is slack, and the most direct manifestation is the truce on the 16th, and the national army did not take advantage of this gap to strengthen its ability at all, but just blindly waited passively.

All these factors accumulated, and the defeat of the 524th Regiment on the 17th was not unexpected.

The Japanese offensive was fierce, the 524th Regiment was defeated like a mountain, and successively lost the Honghe Road and Bridge position, Qiujiang Road and North Sichuan Road, which were several vital defensive lines, and the Japanese army in Shanghai fully restored the communication between Hongkou District and Yangshupu District, but fortunately, the Japanese army did not continue to advance due to insufficient troops, and the remnants of the 524th Regiment were able to regain a foothold on Baoshan Road.

Due to the loss of Wusong Road and North Sichuan Road one after another, the passage into the dead end mentioned by Xu 19 had all been cut off by the Japanese army, and the 88th Division lost the opportunity to surprise attack the headquarters of the Japanese Navy Special Marine Corps through that dead end.

At the same time, the Japanese army began to use sulfur bombs in Yangshupu District, thousands of houses in Yangshupu District caught fire, the fire reflected half of the sky, and the billowing smoke shrouded dozens of miles of Shanghai in shadow, and the sudden fire attack also caused great casualties to the 98th Division, which had just entered Yangshupu District.

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On August 18, the Japanese concession in Shanghai fell silent again.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Xu 19 was ordered to rush to the headquarters of the 88th Division, which had just moved to Fuxin Flour Mill.

As mentioned above, since the National Army was stationed in Shanghai, all walks of life in Shanghai were excited, and it set off a wave of donations and donations, so that the warehouses of the various departments of the National Army were piled up with materials, and Sun Yuanliang was thinking about selling the materials for cash.

In addition to Feng Shengfa and Zhang Baiting, there are several senior staff members in the headquarters.

"Brother Han Soul." Feng Shengfa asked straight to the point, "I wonder what you think of the current battle situation?" ”

Xu Shijiu smiled and replied: "Deputy Division, this is a big question, you have to ask Mr. Zhang, how can I answer the captain of a security brigade in my district?" ”

Feng Shengfa pointed at Xu Shijiu and said, "You kid, don't pretend to be garlic with me here." ”

Zhang Baiting also said: "Brother Han Soul, don't be modest anymore, you are a good hand in war, this has been proven by countless facts, the current battle situation in Shanghai is not optimistic, the Japanese army has just increased its troops by thousands, and also used incendiary bombs, our army suffered heavy casualties, so the deputy division specially called you, just to hear your opinion." ”

Xu Shijiu bowed his head lightly and said solemnly: "Deputy Master, Counselor, then did I really say it?" ”

Feng Shengfa nodded solemnly and said in a deep voice: "Say it, say whatever you want, don't have reservations." ”

"I think that the fighters that surrounded and annihilated the Japanese army in Shanghai have been lost, so we can stop the offensive against the Japanese concession." Xu Shijiushi said in shock, "Because the defense of the Japanese army has been greatly strengthened after increasing its troops again, the cost of continuing to attack is too great, even if Zuihou captures the Japanese concession, the gain outweighs the loss." ”

Feng Shengfa, Zhang Baiting, and several senior counselors suddenly changed their faces when they heard this.

"Brother Han Soul, you can't talk nonsense." Zhang Baiting said solemnly, "It was a direct order from the leader to drive the Japanese army from Shanghai down the Huangpu River, how can our soldiers disobey the leader's order?" ”

Xu Shijiu spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "Then I still don't say it." ”

Feng Shengfa waved his hand to stop Zhang Baiting and said, "Brother Baiting, let him continue." ”

With Feng Shengfa's permission, Xu Shijiucai continued: "Deputy division, counselor, our army originally had three extremely haode opportunities to completely annihilate the Japanese army in Shanghai, and the first opportunity appeared on the 11th, when the Japanese army in Shanghai had less than 3,000 troops, and the army was unstable and lax, and the Japanese army was vulnerable to attack at that time.

However, it is a pity that the general seat insisted on waiting for the central army to launch a general offensive after all the units were in place, and this first and most haode fighter plane was missed in vain.

The second opportunity appeared on the 12th, when the vigilance of the Japanese army in Shanghai was strengthened, but its strength was still at an absolute disadvantage compared with our army, and the equipment was not as good as our army, and the top level of the Japanese government had not yet reached an agreement, and the Japanese army in Shanghai was also relatively confused ideologically.

However, it is a pity that a truce order in Nanjing made us miss this precious fighter again.

The third opportunity appeared on the 16th, after the offensive on the 15th, the chain of Japanese fortifications in Shanghai had completely collapsed, and the Japanese army had been divided and surrounded in several core strongholds.

Regrettably, the truce was issued again.

Since the start of the war on the 12th, there have been three truces in just seven days, which has dealt a great blow to the morale of our army, but the Japanese army has been given a chance to breathe. ”

Feng Shengfa and Zhang Baiting were relatively speechless, and Xu Shijiu's sentence "The veteran soldiers of the division are tired and the fighting spirit is slack" expressed the voice of all the officers and men of the 9th Group Army, and the 9th Group Army, from the commander-in-chief Zhang Zhizhong to every ordinary soldier, has indeed been made shrinking and at a loss by the repeated truce orders issued from above.

Only one combat staff officer retorted very sternly: "It's just nonsense, the truce order was issued by the leader out of strategic considerations, how can you, a small security captain, understand its hidden political significance?" As a member of the party-state army, I should regard obedience to orders as my duty, so how can I resentful of the leader? ”

"Strategic considerations? What is the political implications? Xu Shijiu said abruptly, "To win the sympathy of the West at the expense of the war situation in Shanghai, this is the so-called strategic consideration?" Is this the so-called hidden political significance? Do you really think that the Western powers will go to war with Japan over China? ”

"Arrogance!" The senior counselor said angrily, "You are a little security captain, you have never even attended the Whampoa Military Academy, and you dare to talk about strategy, and you are also worthy of talking about politics?" ”

Xu Shijiu said lightly: "As far as I know, Chairman Jiang has never attended the Whampoa Military Academy, and according to your standards, Chairman Jiang is actually not qualified to talk about strategy and politics, right?" ”

"Presumptuous!" Gao Shen became more and more furious and said, "You also deserve to be compared to the leader?!" ”

"Alright, stop arguing." Feng Shengfa frowned and interrupted the two, "What we are discussing now is the battle situation in Shanghai, not strategy and politics. After a pause, Feng Shengfa asked Xu Shijiu again, "Brother Han Soul, then according to your opinion, where should the battle situation in Shanghai go, is it just a stalemate?" ”

Xu Shijiu smiled bitterly and said, "Deputy Master, I still won't say it, right?" ”

Feng Shengfa frowned, turned around and drove a few senior staff out of the war room, and then said, "Now you can say it, right?" ”

"Thanks to the deputy master's seat, the humble position will be bold and outspoken." Xu 19 arched his hand and said solemnly, "Deputy division, the Japanese army is about to increase its troops, and I think that the loss of Shanghai is a matter of time, in view of this, it is not necessary to spend a great price to capture the Japanese concession, it is better to leave a small number of troops in the urban area to contain the Japanese army, but turn the main force to Wusong and Baoshan along the line, and step up the construction of strong coastal defense fortifications, so as to kill and injure a large number of Japanese soldiers." ”

Feng Shengfa asked puzzledly, "How do you know that a large increase in Japanese troops is imminent?" ”

Zhang Baiting is also a little curious, the Japanese government has issued a mobilization order five days ago, which is not a secret, but the specific date of sending troops is not known, and the spies of the Blue Coat Society lurking in Tokyo have not been able to obtain this information, but Xu Shijiu said that the Japanese army is about to increase its troops, what is his basis?

Xu 19 replied: "Deputy Master, Counselor, haven't you read today's newspaper?" In a prominent position in several newspapers, the news was published that Japanese Army General Matsui Ishine met with Emperor Hirohito yesterday, and it can be seen that Matsui Ishine is about to become the commander of the Shanghai Army, and the time for the Japanese troops to land in Shanghai is only four or five days. ”

Feng Shengfa and Zhang Baiting's faces suddenly changed when they heard this, if Xu Shijiu's judgment was true, then there was really no need to continue the offensive against the Japanese concession in Shanghai, instead of wasting precious troops in the offensive battle, it was better to transfer heavy troops to Baoshan and Wusong along the line, and preemptively build coastal defense fortifications to help the enemy with a large number of casualties.