Nanjing, the official residence of Chairman Chiang.

After receiving Zhang Zhizhong's phone call, Bai Chongxi, deputy chief of the general staff of the Central Military Commission, and Chen Cheng, vice minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, did not dare to slack off, and rushed to the leader's official residence in the evening to ask to see Chairman Chiang.

Chairman Jiang met with Bai and Chen in his study.

Hearing Chen Cheng's explanation, Chairman Jiang said indifferently: "Whose inference is this?" ”

Chen Cheng replied: "According to Zhang Wenbai, he is a captain of the Shanghai Security Corps. ”

"What did you say, a captain of the Security Corps?" Chairman Jiang said with great dissatisfaction, "What do you know about military affairs for a mere security captain? Wen Bai is so nervous, isn't it child's play? ”

Bai Chongxi hurriedly said: "Commission, although this inference was first put forward by a security captain, but I think that the possibility is still very high, if the Japanese army does increase its troops in the Xiangshang Sea within five days, then the siege of the Japanese concession is indeed not suitable to continue, and the focus of the operation should be immediately adjusted, and the coastal defense ...... should be strengthened along the Baoshan and Wusong lines."

"Jiansheng, even you believe in this kind of false words?" Chairman Chiang interrupted with some displeasure, "Okay, it's best not to change the focus of the operation, the Japanese army in Shanghai is not cleared, once the Japanese reinforcements arrive, our army will be attacked by the enemy, the situation is particularly unfavorable, Falkenhausen is a military expert sent by Germany, his judgment will not be wrong, the iron fist Jihua must be carried out as scheduled." ”

After a pause, Chairman Jiang said: "Of course, the coastal defenses along Wusong and Baoshan should also be reinforced, and the Japanese army will land here sooner or later. ”

"What, security?" Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng looked at each other.

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On August 19, the war resumed.

Because the chariot battalion failed to arrive in Shanghai on time, Iron Fist Jihua was forced to postpone the launch by one day, and Song Xilian's 36th Division has also been recuperating in Jiangwan, only the 87th and 88th divisions attacked the Japanese troops in Yangshupu and Hongkou, because the 87th and 88th divisions were already exhausted, and the Japanese army used sulfur bombs to blockade various blocks, the attack was not smooth.

In the fierce fighting, the 87th and 88th divisions suffered more than 1,000 casualties, but the Japanese defense line remained immovable.

The 19th Brigade did not participate in the offensive operations that day.

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In the early morning of the 20th, Zhu Xia, who had been transferred from the chief of staff of the colonel of the Songhu Garrison Command to the chief of staff of the major general of the 61st Division, hurried to the station of the 19th Brigade.

Zhu Xia walked lightly to the door of Xu Shijiu's office and heard a faint snoring.

Pushing open the half-hidden door, I saw Xu Shijiu leaning on the back of the chair and sleeping soundly, with a cigarette roll in his mouth, judging from the length of the cigarette ash remaining on the cigarette roll, it seemed that he had just fallen asleep, although the window was facing the playground, and the two hundred recruits who had just been replenished were training in full swing, but they did not disturb Xu Shijiu's dream at all.

Lao Cao came up and asked, "Counselor, do you want to wake up the captain?" ”

Zhu Xia stopped Lao Cao, took out the Browning mobile phone from the holster, and gently pulled the bolt.

At this time, an unexpected scene appeared, the thunderous sound of the two hundred recruits on the playground did not disturb Xu Nineteen, but the subtle sound found when Zhu Xia pulled the bolt woke Xu Nineteen in an instant, Xu Nineteen bounced up from the chair at once, and pulled out the two box cannons on his waist as quickly as possible, and flashed to the side of the door.

Zhu Xia got up, put away the pistol and said: "I often hear others say, Ah Jiu, you can fall asleep soundly in the rumbling cannon, but you will be woken up from your sleep by the slightest abnormal sound, I didn't believe it originally, but today I believe it, you kid is really evil, it's just a natural siren." ”

"Lao Zhu?" Xu Shijiu flashed out from the side of the door and said in amazement, "Why are you here?" ”

"How?" Zhu Xia smiled, "I left the Songhu Garrison Headquarters, so I can't come to you?" ”

"How can you come back and visit the door, it's too late for the brothers to be happy." Xu Shijiu smiled and asked again, "But I understand you, Lao Zhu, is there anything good about it?" ”

"Don't say it, it's a good thing." Zhu Xia smiled and pointed at Xu Shijiu, then turned around and took out a document from the briefcase carried by the orderly, and said with a smile, "Ah Jiu, this is a military order issued by General Yang Hu, commander of the Songhu garrison, from now on, the 19th Brigade will be transferred to Wusong Town and transferred to the 61st Division battle sequence. ”

"Transferred to the 61st Division's battle sequence?" Xu Shijiu was stunned when he heard this.

"Ah Jiu, you don't seem to be very happy?" Zhu Xia was stunned and said, "The 61st Division is an old unit of the 19th Route Army. ”

"Happy, of course I'm happy." Xu Shijiu smiled and said, "Lao Zhu, I have written down your love." ”

Although all the officers of the 61st Division, from the division commander to the company commander, have been replaced by Whampoa cadets, most of the soldiers in the division are still Cantonese, and many of them are the life and death brothers of Xu 19 and the veterans of the 19th Brigade.

"What are you and my brother talking about?" Zhu Xia smiled and punched Xu Shijiu in the chest.

Xu Nineteen smiled, and then said: "Lao Zhu, your original intention must be to pull the younger brother and let the junior brother's nineteenth brigade change from a local miscellaneous security team to a serious central army, but you may not know that in five days at most, the Japanese army will have a large increase in troops in Xiangshanghai, and it is likely to land from Wusong." ”

"And this?" Zhu Xia's face changed greatly when he heard this, he rarely doubted Xu Shijiu's judgment, the two had been friends for many years, Xu Shijiu had a few catties and taels, Zhu Xia couldn't be clearer, and then said with guilt, "Ah Jiu, speaking of which, I did something wrong with good intentions and pushed your nineteenth brigade into the fire pit?" ”

Xu Shijiu smiled and waved his hand, and said: "Actually, it's good, instead of staying here to watch the excitement, it's better to go to Wusong and fight with Little Japan, as for death, as a party-state soldier, and in the war era, sooner or later it will be a death, left and right have to die, where is it not death?" What is the difference between Wusong and the concession? ”

Zhu Xia asked again: "Ah Jiu, have you reported your inference Xiangshang Peak?" ”

"I've already reported to Deputy Master Feng." Xu Shijiu nodded, and said, "Deputy Division Feng has also reported to Commander-in-Chief Zhang, but Commander-in-Chief Zhang has not canceled the Iron Fist, nor does he intend to shift the focus of operations from the Japanese concession to the coastal defense along Wusong and Baoshan, I heard that only two companies were transferred from the Jiangsu Security Corps. ”

Zhu Xia frowned, and said categorically: "In this way, the 19th Brigade can be pulled out later, you immediately go back to Wusong Town with me, and report this matter to the division in person, as long as the division can attract attention, maybe it can be arranged in advance, as long as the 61st Division can block the first wave of the Japanese offensive, the theater commander's department will be able to adjust the deployment in time." ”

"It's fine." Xu Shijiu immediately called Scar and ordered him to prepare for the extraction, and he took Zhu Xia's car and went straight to the division headquarters of the 61st Division in Wusong Town, Xu Shijiu was so anxious that he didn't even have time to say goodbye to Yu Jiaxi, and when Yu Jiaxi came out of the operating room, Xu Shijiu had already gone away.

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Wusong Ancient Town, the 61st Division station.

The Chinese and Japanese armies fought to the death in the Japanese concession in Shanghai, and the planes, artillery and naval guns of the Japanese army on both sides almost razed Zhabei and the Japanese concession to the ground, but the ancient town of Wusong, which is located on the outskirts of the city, did not suffer too much artillery fire, and the shells of the little Japanese were not blown by the strong wind, at least now they are reluctant to throw them at Wusong.

There is no war in Wusong for the time being, and Yang Ruofei, the commander of the 61st Division, seems to be very leisurely.

Just after lunch, Yang Ruofei was invited by the squire of Wusong Town to listen to the play in the Confucius Temple in the north of the city, which will be lying on the Taishi chair leisurely stilting Erlang's legs, listening to the play, Yang Ruofei is a native of Zhuji, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang often sing social opera during the New Year's holidays, the great writer Lu Xun has a deep impression, Yang Ruofei is also good under the smell of the eyes.

There is a fierce battle in the urban area, but Yang Ruofei is listening to the drama in Wusong Town, which is indeed a bit like that.

But having said that, Yang Ruofei didn't have the intention of slacking off on military affairs, but he was really depressed and couldn't solve it, so he hid in the Confucius Temple to listen to the play.

Yang Ruofei felt that he had been treated unfairly.

At the beginning of his arrival in Shanghai from Zhejiang, Yang Ruofei was full of enthusiasm and was determined to kill the enemy to serve the country, and to establish a meritorious service for the country and the nation on the battlefield, even if he died on the battlefield, he did not hesitate, but the 61st Division had just entered Shanghai, and General Zhang Zhizhong, commander-in-chief of the 9th Group Army, gave him a blow to the head.

On the night when the 61st Division entered Shanghai, Zhang Zhizhong ordered the 1st and 2nd regiments under his command to be transferred to Wang Jingjiu's 87th Division and Sun Yuanliang's 88th Division respectively, on the grounds that the 87th and 88th Divisions suffered heavy casualties and urgently needed to be replenished.

After the Fujian Mutiny, although the 61st Division was transformed into the Central Army, its establishment remained unchanged, and it has maintained the scale of one brigade and three regiments, and it is not even a B division, until the outbreak of the Battle of Shanghai on August 13, the Military Commission hurriedly ordered a local security regiment in Zhuji to be incorporated into the 61st Division, which made up for the establishment of the four regiments.

The 1st Regiment and the 2nd Regiment are the essence of the 61st Division, but Zhang Zhizhong transferred an order to the 87th and 88th Divisions, and in a blink of an eye, there were only 2 regiments left in the 61st Division, one of which was a newly replenished security regiment.

However, there is an old Chinese saying that if something is good at the top, it will be bad at the bottom.

In the past few days, Division Commander Yang Ruofei has been hiding in the Confucius Temple all day long to listen to the play, and the officers and soldiers of the 3rd and 4th regiments and the troops directly under the division headquarters have become groups of three or five, and have begun to sneak out into the streets to gossip, some go to gambling halls to play money, and some go to brothels to prostitute themselves, but none of them thought of going to build field fortifications outside the town.

There are two barricades at the head of the Fuzaobin Bridge in the south of the town, and there is also a Makqin heavy machine gun, this guy has just delivered a meal, and more than a dozen soldiers on the position are gathering around to grab food, and an officer with the rank of second lieutenant leans against the Rendan billboard at the south bridgehead and smokes, squinting, not knowing what he is thinking.

At this moment, dozens of barefoot, ragged refugees hurried along the main road towards the bridge, and the dozen or so soldiers who were grabbing food were unalert, and the second lieutenant officer, who was smoking under the billboard, glanced back at the group of refugees, but quickly moved away.