Zhang Huabin Railway Station, Headquarters of the 3rd Division.

Tengtian Jin was pacing back and forth in the war room with a saber on his shoulder, although this old devil was short, but he had an extraordinary background, the notorious Okamura Ninji, Kenji Dohihara and Sakagaki Seishiro were all his fellow classmates of Lu Shi, and this old devil had also studied in France and had in-depth contact with Western military thought.

But now, Tengtian Jin is hesitant because the offensive is blocked.

The landing operation at Zhanghuabin in the early hours of yesterday morning was undoubtedly successful, and the advance troops of the 3rd Division occupied the Zhanghuabin railway station, which was of great strategic value, without bloodshed, but the subsequent offensive against Wusong Town and Yinhang Town was not smooth, and the fierce fighting has so far made no progress in both the north and south directions.

The customs terminal has also been slow to open up the situation.

Matsui Shigen, the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, called several times to ask when the 3rd Division would be able to occupy Wusong and Jiangwan, and his tone was also more and more severe each time, obviously, because the 3rd Division was unable to open up the situation for a long time, Matsui Shigen's patience was gradually lost, and this old dwarf could turn the focus of the battle to Luodian at any time.

As soon as the Shanghai Dispatch Army shifted the focus of operations to Luodian, the 3rd Division would immediately be reduced from the main attack to an auxiliary one, which Tengtian Jin absolutely could not tolerate, and he did not want to lose to Yamamuro Munetake (the commander of the 11th Division) anyway.

Now, Teng Tianjin's only hope is that the Dadao Brigade can open the gap from Dingjiaxiang as soon as possible, as long as the Dadao Brigade captures Dingjiaxiang, the Sijing defense line of the national army will collapse, and no matter how bad it is, it can force the national army to retreat and occupy the Sijing railway bridge, and Yinhang Town and even Jiangwan Town will open the door widely.

Teng Tian Jin raised his wrist, seeing that the hour hand was already pointing to Xiangxia noon, he couldn't help but ask the chief of staff Tajiri Toshio: "Tajiri-san, it's been four hours, why hasn't there been any news from that idiot on Oshima?" ”

Tajiri Toshio could only smile bitterly and shake his head, but he had a faint premonition in his heart.

Sure enough, soon a communications staff officer came in and reported to Teng Tianjin: "Division commander, the Oshima Brigade suffered a decisive defeat in Dingjiaxiang, and Oshima Shaozo is also broken!" ”

"Nani?!" Teng Tianjin's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it.

Tajiri Toshio also couldn't believe his ears, according to accurate information, the garrison of Dingjia Lane was only a company of the Shanghai Security Corps, to say that it was not impossible to temporarily block the attack of the Oshima Brigade with the favorable terrain, but this Chinese security company was able to inflict heavy damage on the Oshima Brigade, this is simply incredible.

Teng Tian walked into the communication room in a rage and roared loudly: "Pick up the Oshima Brigade for me!" ”

The phone was quickly connected, and after getting the exact reply from Inushiro on the phone, Teng Tian was so angry that he put the microphone on the ground in one fell swoop, and called the commander of the 6th Infantry Wing, Kuraga Tatsuji Osa, to him, and ordered loudly: "Cang Yongsan, take Dingjia Lane for me at all costs!" ”

"Hello!" Kuraga Chenzhi bowed his head abruptly and took the order.

Tajiri Toshio suddenly became anxious, and stepped forward to persuade: "Division commander, please calm down!" ”

Teng Tian Jin glared angrily, but Tajiri Toshio did not flinch, and loudly persuaded: "The depth of our army's position is insufficient, and the detection balloon can barely be destroyed by the anti-aircraft guns or anti-aircraft machine guns of the China Army. ”

"So what?" Tengda Shin said, "Naval aviation can provide fire support. ”

"Naval aviation is busy bombing Nanjing and Amaranth airfields, where can we be taken care of?" Tajiri Toshio shook his head disdainfully, and said, "Division commander, it is undoubtedly extremely unwise to launch an attack on the Chinese army without heavy artillery support, which will greatly increase the needless casualties of the imperial army!" ”

Tengtian said: "As long as you can win the final victory, it is worth the cost." ”

Tajiri Toshio said-for-tat: "If you can achieve victory, you should do whatever it takes, but the problem is that under the premise of no heavy artillery fire support, even if you invest heavy troops to launch an attack, you may not be able to achieve the expected results. ”

"Tajiri-san!" Teng Tianjin said angrily, "How to fight, it's not your turn to teach me!" ”

"The division commander is serious, I just do my best to do my job." Tajiri Toshio's tone was modest, but the meaning of his words was not polite at all, in fact, since the staff officers of Seishiro Sakagaki and Ishihara Waner concocted the Wicker Lake Incident, the staff officers in the Japanese Army have formed the following deformed tradition.

The so-called following Keshang refers to a group of young and strong young officers, most of whom are adjutants, who often carry the division commander behind their backs to formulate operational jihua, and act without authorization, until the established influence forces the officers and soldiers of the entire division to revolve around their jihua as a car, and the wicker lake incident is a classic case of this.

"Yaga!" Teng Tian Jin shook his hand and gave Tajiri Toshio a slap.

"Hello." Tajiri Toshio suddenly lowered his head with his legs, this slap woke him up, now is not the sixth year of Showa (1931) after all, Ishihara Waner, Sakagaki Seishiro and others who created brilliance as staff adjutants have also ascended to high positions, and the golden age of belonging to staff adjutants is gone.

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Wusong Town, 61st Division Headquarters.

The Japanese army was not comfortable, and it was actually more difficult on the side of the national army.

Zhong Song, the commander of the 61st Division, was yelling into the microphone: "What did you say? Can't hold it? Li Zhong, let me tell you, if you can't hold it, you have to hold it, I don't care how many people are left in your 361st regiment, as long as there is one person left, as long as this person still has one breath left, you have to nail me to the position, the people are in the position! ”

Putting down the microphone here, Zhong Song yelled at the microphone over there again: "Ji Weipei, there are no reinforcements, but there is a private named Zhong Song, if your 365 regiment needs it, I will add him to your regiment...... So what the fuck are you talking about? In a word, if the Fuzaobin Bridge is lost, Lao Tzu will shoot you! ”

Deng Zhongmei, the commander of the 183rd Brigade, stepped forward with a bitter face and said: "Division, the 365th Regiment is the old foundation of the Independent Brigade, and it can't be all wiped out, so it's better to use the 364th Regiment to replace the 365th Regiment and leave some seeds for the old Independent Brigade, right?" ”

Zhong Song didn't say anything, and asked the deputy division commander Liu Anqi: "Brother Shouru, is there any news from Shangyi?" ”

Compared with the Fuzaobin Bridge and the Sijing Railway Bridge, Zhong Song is actually more worried about Dingjia Lane, once Dingjia Lane is lost, not only will the entire Sijing defense line collapse, but the depth of the Japanese army's position will also be greatly expanded, so that the Japanese army can calmly raise the observation balloon and guide the naval artillery and field artillery to cover the deep position of the 61st Division.

Once this situation occurs, the 61st Division will immediately fall into a desperate situation, and there will be no other choice but to retreat along Fuzaobin to the direction of Baoshan County, and once the 61st Division retreats, the entire left flank of the 9th Army will be completely exposed to the guns of the Japanese army, and the situation of the entire Songhu Battle will also take a sharp turn for the worse.

It is no exaggeration to say that the small Dingjia Lane directly determines the direction of the entire Songhu battle!

However, at such an important node, only a recruit company of the 19th Brigade was stationed, and from the time the Japanese army set up a pontoon bridge to attack Dingjiaxiang, a full four hours have passed, and I don't know what the battle situation is over there? However, Zhong Song didn't dare to be optimistic in his heart, how long can a recruit company last?

Liu Anqi shook his head, the telephone line between Wu Song and Yin Xing had been blown up, and it had not been restored yet.

Zhong Song frowned and said, "Send another telegram to Jiangwan, and let the 87th Division immediately transfer troops to reinforce Dingjiaxiang!" ”

Liu Anqi smiled bitterly again and replied: "Division, six telegrams have already been sent, if there are soldiers to adjust, the reinforcements of the 87th Division should have set off long ago, if there are no soldiers to adjust, it is in va......in to send another telegram."

The voice fell, and suddenly a second lieutenant staff officer stood up and reported: "Division, communication has been restored!" ”

Zhong Song grabbed the phone and yelled into the microphone: "Shangyi, how are you over there?" ”

After a while, Zhong Song's face suddenly showed a hint of joy, as if he had heard some good news, put down the phone, and the deputy division commander Liu Anqi and the two brigade commanders hurriedly surrounded him.

Zhong Song said diligently: "Dingjia Lane has been guarded, and six or seven hundred devils have been killed!" ”

"What, this can't be!" Liu Anqi shouted, "It seems that the one guarding Dingjia Lane is the recruit company of the 19th Brigade, right?" There are only more than 100 people in total, most of them are still recruits, and they can kill six or seven hundred devils? ”

"Yes, Master, is there a mistake?" Deng Zhongmei also didn't believe it.

Yang Wenjin, the commander of the 181st Brigade, also said: "It's unbelievable! ”

Zhong Song said: "This can't be wrong, it is said that the 19th Brigade mobilized the people of Yinhang Town, as well as the Air Force to participate in the war, what is going on on the phone is not clear at once, wait for Shang Yi to come back and ask." ”

Liu Anqi and the two brigade commanders could only put the doubts back in their stomachs.

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In Dingjia Lane, the national army has stabilized the defense line.

Liu Mantian walked into the temporary headquarters reinforced with steel plates, and said to Xu Shijiu, who was sitting on the ground eating meat buns: "It is said that the bullet will go around when it sees you, I didn't believe it at first, but today I believe it, you can break through unscathed at such a dangerous pass, and Fortress Mountain, you kid is really not an ordinary life." ”

After eating the buns, Xu Shijiu wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "Lord Yama doesn't accept it, what can I do?" ”

"But there's something I need to warn you about." Liu Mantian turned his head to look at Shu Tongwen, who was squatting in the trench outside the headquarters and wiping his gun, his face suddenly became serious, and he said, "This kid is eighty percent from over there, although now that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have cooperated again, it is better for you to have less contact with him." ”

Xu Shijiu frowned and said, "Tongwen is not a Communist Party. ”

"Is it the Communist Party, can he tell you the truth?" Liu Mantian said, "You see the tone of his speech and the way he acts, isn't it all the Communist Party's?" Without the participation of the Communist Party, the people of Yinhang Town could spontaneously organize themselves to fight with Little Japan? Obviously, it's impossible. ”

Xu Shijiu didn't want to continue this topic, to be honest, he had lacked a good impression of the Kuomintang since the Min Revolution, and he didn't have any bad feelings towards the Communist Party, so he didn't care whether Shu Tongwen was a Communist Party or not, so he changed the topic at the moment and said: "Brother Mantian, little Japan has suffered a big loss, and it will definitely retaliate, so you have to prepare early." ”

Liu Mantian said with a smile: "Brother, don't worry, you have brought so much ash, steel bars and steel plates, enough for us to build a fortress in Dingjia Lane, unless little Japan raises observation balloons to guide artillery to accurately shell, don't want to destroy the fortifications of our regiment, let alone cross Sijing half a step." ”