By the time the onslaught of the armored regiment reached the headquarters of the 5th Division, they had already moved in advance. In fact, after realizing that it was reinforcements from the 45th Army, the 5th Division moved its headquarters to the rear and readjusted its deployment.

Now that the command has been transferred, there is no point in continuing, and the sky is almost dawn, and the ammunition consumption carried by the armored regiment is almost the same, so at the critical time, Lu Dashan immediately ordered the troops to return. But when he returned with his troops, he found that the troops were surrounded, and they were heavily surrounded.

The Japanese army was not good at stubble, and the Fifth Division immediately mobilized troops to encircle the armored regiment after encountering a surprise attack, and an infantry brigade and a brigade stationed nearby blocked the encirclement, and cooperated with the artillery units to which the division belonged, forming a huge encirclement.

Lu Dashan knew that the Japanese army had figured out their strength, and now there was only one way - to break through!

At a position outside Zhangqiu, Lu Dashan ordered the troops to carry out a short repair, and after he blew up several armored vehicles and tanks that had been damaged and could not be repaired, everyone changed to other vehicles and began to break through.

Although the Japanese army carefully constructed a defensive position, it still looked so vulnerable in front of the steel torrent of the armored regiment, and after more than two hours, the armored regiment jumped out of the encirclement and successfully returned to the unit station with few casualties.

At this time, it was white in the east, and soon it was dawning. Lu Dashan and the officers and men did not know at this time that their attack had already inflicted heavy damage on the Japanese Fifth Division, wiped out thousands of Japanese troops and many of their mobile unit tank wings, and forced the Japanese army to change its battle plan and wait for reinforcements to arrive before making the next deployment. At the same time, it was these deployments that won a rare opportunity for the Shandong defenders to prepare and precious time for the next counteroffensive.

Similarly, the Japanese army's progress in Shanghai was not smooth.

Sun Liren's headquarters and the Japanese army fought fiercely on the front line of Bazi Bridge and Gongda Yarn Factory, and the main force of the Songhu Armed Police Corps divided into two routes, forming a situation of flanking the Japanese army.

The Japanese began to defend with the Special Marine Corps Command on the North Sichuan Road as the core. Sun Liren and the generals knew that as long as they ate this special Marine Corps headquarters, they would be able to divide and surround the main force of the Japanese army in Shanghai, and then eat it.

But the Japanese also realized this, and they relied on the Marine Corps headquarters to station heavy troops and build a tight defensive line, and they had attacked many times without progress.

Sun Liren decided to organize a death squad to launch an attack from the area of Qiujiang Road, cut off the connection between the Japanese Hongkou Concession and the Marine Corps Headquarters, and at the same time take advantage of the situation to encircle and attack the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters, completely eating up the Japanese command center.

Before the attack, Sun Liren listened to the basic situation report of this building. In the past few days, the leader of the reconnaissance squadron has led people to reconnoiter back and forth many times, and has basically figured out the situation of the Japanese headquarters.

"The Japanese Special Marine Corps Command is the current command center of the Japanese army in Shanghai, and the current headquarters was built in the 24th year of the Republic of China, showing a circular posture, with a reinforced concrete structure and a reinforced concrete structure, which can withstand the attack of general artillery fire and is very strong. At the same time, in the middle of the barracks is a 2,200-square-meter playground, which can be used as storage and troop transfer, and it is very difficult to attack fortifications in general. ”

After speaking, the leader of the reconnaissance squadron handed over the drawn plan. Sun Liren looked at the model drawn on the map and couldn't help but feel a little hairy, before the war he went to inspect the Japanese army headquarters, this steel and concrete building is like an ellipse, from above it looks like a warship on land in Shanghai, now the Japanese army has strengthened it in order to deal with the war, plus the ammunition and soldiers stored inside, there is no problem in holding on until the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, not to mention that the Japanese army also relies on naval artillery firepower, so that their artillery does not dare to enter easily.

How to fight has become a difficult problem in front of Sun Liren!

"Are the death squads organized? What was the mood of the brethren? Sun Liren turned his head and asked the staff officer beside him.

The staff officer said: "The selection started yesterday, and the brothers were in a very high mood, and there were thousands of people who signed up. After an overnight selection process, we drew 262 men from the three brigades, and now the brothers are in place. It is that the support firepower cannot be withdrawn now, and the enemy's fortifications are strong, and if there is no support from tanks and armored vehicles, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed. ”

The staff officer bluntly said the current predicament, Sun Liren did not speak after hearing it, how could he not know the situation, there was no deployable fire support under his hands.

At the same time, he also knew that he had to be responsible for these 262 people, and if he blindly let them attack now, it would be tantamount to sending them to death, and most importantly, there would be more 262 people after they died......

Sun Liren needs to think calmly, he knows that to deal with the impregnable defensive position, it must be destroyed with powerful firepower, and now he has limited troops at hand, which can be regarded as a radish and a pit, and even the more than 200 death squad members are still forced out of their teeth.

The final result of demolishing the east wall and making up the west wall will only lead to the collapse of the demolished wall, and fighting a war is like playing chess, and if you accidentally lose the whole game, Sun Liren began to think about it himself.

After a while, he stood up and said, "Tanks and armored vehicles from various brigades will be drawn to participate in this attack. The artillery under the corps and the guard squadron directly under our corps were also sent to the top of the corps, and an officer who dared to fight a tough battle was selected as the captain of the death captain, so as to win the headquarters of the Japanese army in one go. ”

At this time, a lieutenant colonel standing below stood up and said, "Report, I am willing to be the captain of the death captain." ”

Sun Liren fixed his eyes, this person is Yao Ziqing, the deputy captain of the 1st Brigade, he knows this person, knows that he is a hard-fought and resourceful officer, if in peacetime, he will not be willing to let such an excellent officer serve as the captain of the death team, after all, it is a life of nine deaths, but now at this time he has to send a cadre.

"Good! Yao Ziqing served as the captain of the death team. After Sun Liren finished speaking, the order began to be issued, and everyone began to deploy busily.

Sun Liren walked up to Yao Ziqing, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Bring the brothers back alive." ”

Yao Ziqing stood up and saluted: "Yes, sir!" Bring it back alive! ”

After a while, the staff officer came over, he frowned and said: "There are not many people in the guard squadron, and the guard task of the corps is very heavy. ”

Sun Liren sat on a chair and crossed his legs, listening to the staff officer rather casually, and the staff officer knew that this was Sun Liren's style, and that he had studied in the United States and had been tainted with the "bad habits" of American soldiers in many respects.

After listening to what the staff officer said, Sun Liren knocked on the leather boots on his feet and said: "I know, if you don't eat the Japanese, let alone the safety of the corps, even Shanghai can't be saved." Execute the order and say no more. ”

The death squad was ready that afternoon, Yao Ziqing wore a matte steel helmet, leggings on his feet, and a hand-held machine gun made by the Gongxian factory in his hand, and the officers and soldiers around him were all dressed in the same way as him.

The corps sent Zhuangxing wine, Yao Ziqing boldly picked up a bowl on his back and drank it all, and then slammed the bowl on the ground, more than 300 officers and soldiers also repeated the same action, and a crisp sound of breaking the bowl sounded.

After drinking all the wine, Yao Ziqing waved his hand: "Let's go!" ”

Under the cover of multiple tanks and armor, the death squad began to advance behind enemy lines at the headquarters of the Japanese Navy Special Marine Corps. Soon they exchanged fire with the Japanese troops.

With the help of tank fire, the officers and men of the death squad fought with the Japanese army floor by floor, house by house, and the Japanese relied on buildings to build strong defensive firepower points, but in front of the Benniu tank, which was equipped with an 85 mm main gun, these buildings were like chickens and dogs.

The main guns of the tank aimed at the building and fired flat, knocking down the Japanese strongholds one by one in the roar and smell of gunsmoke, and at the same time burying the Japanese soldiers inside.

The initial progress was relatively smooth, and the deeper they went behind enemy lines, the more difficult they found it to be. Although the streets of Shanghai are wide, they are simple alleys for tanks and armored vehicles, and the Japanese army also set up a large number of obstacles along the way, and they use armored vehicles and fire strongholds to hinder the surprise attack of the death squads.

The death squads sacrificed enormously in the process of penetrating deep behind enemy lines. However, Yao Ziqing did not order a retreat, he released the tank armored vehicle in the front and rear positions, and the officers and soldiers used the tank artillery to break the Japanese encirclement. When the whole team broke through, there were less than 200 people left, and Yao Ziqing decided to lead his troops to take the headquarters of the Japanese Special Marine Corps in one go.

During the attack, in order to flank the attack of the death squads, the air force units also began to bomb the Japanese strongholds. They also engaged in a series of air battles with the air force that had taken off from the Japanese aircraft carriers.

Prior to this, the air force units stationed at Jianqiao Airport had repeatedly bombed the Japanese naval fleets near Wusong and Shanghai, and had engaged in fierce battles with the air force stationed in Taiwan over the East China Sea.

Fu Guoqiang, who had been transferred to the Shanghai station commander in the pre-cadre office, took the initiative to report and transfer back to the air force unit after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War. This time, when he heard that it was to cover the attack of the ground forces on the headquarters of the Japanese Special Marine Corps, he was so excited that he immediately climbed into the plane and took to the air.

The Japanese army relied on its strong naval and air strength to be unscrupulous in Shanghai, but the air force did not take advantage of the airspace over Shanghai, and the air force took off from many airports in Yangzhou and Jianqiao to rush to Shanghai. Fu Guoqiang piloted a blitzkrieg to shoot down an enemy fighter plane as soon as it arrived in Shanghai.

However, he was not excited for long, three Japanese fighters aimed at him, and after a fierce battle, the fighter plane piloted by Fu Guoqiang was shot down. Fu Guoqiang successfully parachuted, but accidentally landed in the area where China and Japan were fighting, and this was the headquarters of the Japanese Special Marine Corps where the death squad was attacking.