At this time, Zhang Zhizhong, commander-in-chief of the 9th Group Army, had also received the news.

After the September 18 Incident, the think tank of the state government headed by Jiang Baili came to the conclusion that there would be a war between China and Japan in the near future, and Chairman Chiang ordered Zhang Zhizhong, then director of education of the Central Military Academy, to secretly supervise the construction of national defense fortifications.

To build defense fortifications on their own territory, but also to do it secretly, weishenme?

It's not that the Japanese government is afraid that it will intervene with the Western powers after learning the news, so a weak country has no human rights.

However, Zhang Zhizhong is still quite effective, and he has not let Little Japan notice any clues in five years!

In addition to making great efforts to supervise the construction of the four backbone national defense lines of Wufu, Xicheng, Jiacha, and Haijia, Zhang Zhizhong also greatly strengthened the communication between Nanjing and Shanghai and between various counties and districts in Shanghai.

When Zhang Zhizhong learned the news, he was supervising the battle at the headquarters of the 36th Division in Jiangwan, because the "Iron Fist Jihua" would be put into practice in the early hours of tomorrow morning, and Zhang Zhizhong also had high hopes for this "Iron Fist Jihua", and in his mind, even if he could not completely wipe out the remnants of the enemy in the Japanese concession, he would definitely completely cripple the Japanese troops in the two districts, and then divide and annihilate them.

However, at this time, something happened in Wusong Town, and the 61st Division was defeated!

Zhang Zhizhong, who learned the news, hurriedly set off to return to Guyi Garden, and he had to quickly adjust his deployment, because as soon as the 61st Division collapsed, the defense of Wusong and Baoshan would be empty, and if the Japanese army sent a small force to land from Wusong, and then intercepted the 87th and 36th Divisions, it was very likely to affect the execution of the "Iron Fist Jihua", which Zhang Zhizhong absolutely could not tolerate.

"Yang Ruofei, where is this Yang Ruofei!" Zhang Zhizhong strode into the war room, and slammed the armed belt in his hand on the square table with the map spread, and several operational staff officers who were working on the map hurriedly retreated.

"Sosa, what makes you so angry?" Tong Yuanliang stepped forward in surprise.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Zhizhong snorted angrily and said, "Yang Hu just came over in person, saying that Yang Ruofei's 61st Division had thousands of guns, but a squadron of Little Japan was defeated, shameful, just a shame!" ”

"Hey, how is this different from what Yang Ruofei said himself?" Tong Yuanliang was surprised, "I also received a call from Division Commander Yang from Baoshan County just now, he said that it was the Wusong Bao'an team of the seals who colluded with the Japanese army to launch a mutiny, and the 61st Division was caught off guard so it suffered a big loss, and the Japanese army that attacked Wusong County had an infantry wing!" ”

"Wu Song Bao'an team colluded with the Japanese army to launch a mutiny? He even dared to sue? It just doesn't make sense! Zhang Zhizhong was so angry when he heard the words that even his voice became a little trembling, and after a long time, he finally suppressed his anger and said, "Yang Hu said that the seals are still fighting fiercely with the Japanese army until now, do you think he has launched a mutiny?" ”

"Also, the Japanese army that attacked Wusong Town is clearly only about a hundred people, where is there a wing?!"

One thing but there are two diametrically opposed statements, one of which must be lying, at that moment Tong Yuanliang frowned and said: "Boss, I'm afraid we can't just listen to one side......"

"The seal is a water bandit, his words are not credible, so what about Zhu Xia's words?" Zhang Zhizhong interrupted Tong Yuanliang and said, "When Zhu Xia returned to Wusong Town from the city, the 61st Division had already been defeated, but now he has gathered four or five hundred remnants of soldiers, and with the cooperation of the Wusong Security Team, he is pursuing the Japanese army that attacked Wusong Town. ”

Tong Yuanliang's face changed slightly: "So it's really Yang Ruofei who sued the villain first?" ”

"Is that fake?" Zhang Zhizhong snorted, and said, "But you and I have no right to deal with such a big matter, so let's quickly report this matter to the Theater Commander's Department and the Command, and ask Chief Feng and the commission to decide." ”

“haode，haode。” Tong Yuanliang replied repeatedly, "Let's call now." ”

Tong Yuanliang turned around, Zhang Zhizhong's eyes turned back to the map, the map marked the divisions of several group armies just formed by the three theaters, and the numbers of the divisions and brigades under the jurisdiction of each group army were also clearly marked, when Zhang Zhizhong's gaze swept to Nanshi, he suddenly stopped, Zhong Song's independent 20th brigade?

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Soon, Chairman Chiang in Nanjing also learned the news of the defeat of the 61st Division.

"Niang Xipi, a division of four full regiments of more than 9,000 people has been defeated by a squadron in small Japan, shame, it is simply a great shame for the party-state!" Chairman Jiang was furious in front of Bai Chongxi, Chen Cheng, Gu Zhu and other senior generals, "Immediately remove him from his post and let him go back to Zhuji to farm, it is simply unreasonable!" ”

Chen Cheng only moved his mouth, but he didn't say anything, he knew that the 61st Division stationed in Wusong Town actually only had one and a half regiments of more than 3,000 people, instead of more than 9,000 people in four full regiments, but even if there were only more than 3,000 people, they were defeated by less than 200 people in a squadron of the Japanese army, which was really embarrassing, Yang Ruofei was so unbearable, it was not worth defending him.

Gu Zhutong said: "Commission, the performance of the 61st Division is so unbearable, Yang Ruofei is difficult to resign, but Zhu Xia, the chief of staff of the 61st Division, has performed remarkably in this accident, he has the ability to turn the tide and fall on the premise that he has not yet established his prestige in the 61st Division, and gathered the remnants of the army to recapture Wusong Town. ”

"Well, Mo San, you're right, if you have a fault, you will be punished, and if you have merit, you will be rewarded." Chairman Jiang nodded and said, "I have some impression of this Zhu Xia, he should be an auditor of the 11th regular class of the Army University, right?" ”

Gu Zhutong said yes, and Chairman Jiang said: "You can consider being promoted to major general of the army." ”

The so-called military rank refers to the military rank linked to the position, for example, the army commander is generally a general, the division commander is a lieutenant general, and the brigade commander is a major general.

If there is no vacancy in the Quanxu Hall, even if your qualifications are enough and your position is enough, then you have to wait, such as Sun Yuanliang, Wang Jingjiu and Xia Chuzhong Lieutenant General and Division Commander, Quanxu's military rank is basically a major general of the army, in other words, although these division commanders are already de facto lieutenant generals, they can only enjoy the treatment of major generals for the time being.

Gu Zhutong, who had just been appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the Third Theater of Operations, hurriedly took note of it.

Chairman Jiang turned his head and asked Bai Chongxi and Chen Chengdao: "Jiansheng, Cixiu, what do you think about the Japanese army's sneak attack on Wusong Town?" Was this just a tactical feint by the Japanese army in Shanghai, or was it a precursor to a large-scale increase in the Japanese army's Xiangshang Sea, as Wen Bai had previously judged? ”

Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng glanced at each other, but they didn't dare to make a conclusion.

Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng both knew very well that they could eat indiscriminately, but they couldn't talk nonsense, if they said that this was just a tactical feint by the Japanese army in Shanghai, but a few days later, if the Japanese army really increased its troops in Xiangshanghai? If it is said that it was a harbinger of the Japanese army's large-scale increase in troops, but as a result, several divisions and regiments mobilized in Japan were thrown into the North China battlefield, then they still have to be responsible.

Chairman Jiang's brows frowned inadvertently, Chen Cheng's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "Bench, I think this matter is very important, and it is best to wait for the Blue Coat Society to decipher the Japanese army's telegrams before making a judgment." ”

As soon as the words fell, Wang Shihe, the chief of the palace guard, hurriedly walked in and whispered a few words to Chairman Jiang.

Chairman Jiang's slightly frowning eyebrows stretched, and he said to Bai Chen and Gu: "The Blue Coat Society has just deciphered the Japanese army's cipher code, judging from the Japanese army's telegrams in Shanghai, it was only a special marine unit of the Japanese Navy that attacked Wusong Town this morning, and it seems that this is just a tactical feint by the Japanese army in Shanghai. ”

Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief when they heard this.

After a pause, Chairman Jiang said: "Zhang Wenbai suggested that Zhong Song's independent 20th Brigade be transferred to Wusong Town to strengthen coastal defense, I think it is better to do so, simply add Zhong Song's independent 20th Brigade to the 61st Division, and the 61st Division will be reorganized on the spot in Wusong, with Zhong Song as the division commander and Zhu Xia still as the chief of staff." ”

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Xu 19 and the seal finally rushed to Wusong Fort with people.

It's just that these short miles have also cost them extremely heavy price, and less than 300 remnants of the more than 400 remnants of the soldiers that they finally gathered are left.

Thankfully, the main position of the Wusong Fort had not yet been lost.

Wusong Fort is a north-south direction, length of nearly 1,000 meters of comprehensive national defense fortifications, its main position is the north side of the hill facing the sea off Wusong, this hill with a height of less than 50 meters is also the only commanding height of the entire artillery Taiwan, the Nationalist Government transferred from the Jiangyin fortress four old heavy artillery on the mountainside facing the sea off Wusong.

In the thirties of the twentieth century, Shanghai did not have Baosteel, and naturally there would not be a wetland backfilled with scrap steel slag, and today's Paotai Wetland Park was still a large tidal flat at that time, and it would only be revealed at low tide, and at this time it happened to coincide with low tide, so the main force of the Ohara Brigade failed to land in time.

The Japanese army is not stupid, of course they will not rush to land on the beach at low tide, because the sea off Wusong is not a beach, but a muddy tidal flat, one foot into it can not reach the root of the thigh, it is difficult for personnel to maneuver, and it is impossible for heavy equipment to pass through.

Speaking of which, the Japanese army actually made a lot of preparations before landing, and also had a considerable understanding of the hydrology and tidal flood conditions in the Wusong and Baoshan areas, and the reason why this situation occurred was that the Japanese army and the Japanese navy did not have a good connection, and the landing of the Ohara brigade went wrong from the beginning.

According to the original plan, the advance squadron of the Ohara Brigade landed in the early morning, first seized the Wusong Fort, and then guided the main force of the brigade to land on the beach at the artillery platform, which happened to be around three or four o'clock in the morning, just at the time of high tide, but in the end, the advance squadron landed on the beach at the wrong place, and it was unable to keep up step by step if it made a mistake.

When Xu 19 and the seals arrived with their troops, the Ohara Shigemi advance team was storming the half-buried bunker on the mountainside, as long as the semi-buried bunker was taken, the main position of the Wusong Fort would no longer be in danger to defend, but the timely arrival of the national reinforcements shattered the dream of the Japanese army, knowing that the fighter had disappeared, Ohara Shigemi had to order a retreat.