Sun Liren quickly deployed his troops. The enemy situation is already very clear, the Japanese army is mainly concentrated in Hongkou and Yangshupu generation, and now it still occupies many places south of Zhabei, and further south is the public concession and the French concession of Britain and the United States.

However, because Shanghai was an undefended area before, many important military positions were not occupied by troops on both sides, and at this time, in addition to attacking the Japanese army, it was more important to seize these positions.

Sun Liren ordered Song Xilian, the captain of the 1st Armed Police Brigade (regiment level), to lead the 1st Brigade to seize many positions at the Bazi Bridge, and at the same time ordered Li Mi, the captain of the 2nd Brigade, to lead his troops to garrison the area around Hangzhou Bay to prevent the Japanese from landing. After the order was completed, Sun Liren announced the direction of the main attack, and he himself was going to personally lead the 3rd Brigade to attack Zhabei.

Why did he leave the 3rd Brigade alone to lead the attack on the Japanese positions? The reason is simple, the 3rd brigade is an armored brigade, that is, a tank brigade.

The Songhu Armed Police Force is not an ordinary force, and the original intention of the formation of this force was for Shanghai, so this unit is equipped with a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, and the proportion is relatively high in the world's army at that time, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is armed to the teeth.

In the absence of heavy artillery, the Japanese fortified fortresses were a nightmare for ordinary infantry officers and men, but for the Songhu Armed Police Corps, which had a very high rate of armored vehicles and tanks, these were not a problem.

After the deployment was completed, Sun Liren reported to the Songhu Garrison Command his own battle plan, and the Songhu Garrison Command coordinated the reinforcement of the air force at the same time, and everything was ready, just waiting for the start of the battle.

Sun Liren understood the truth of the speed of soldiers, so he gave the order after breakfast. Song Xilian immediately took the 1st Brigade to the Bazi Bridge.

The so-called Bazi Bridge is located at the intersection of Liuying Road, Tongxin Road and Water Circuit at the junction of Hongkou and Zhabei in Shanghai.

Hengbang is a tributary of Hongkou Port, which diverges from Hongkou Port at Jiaxing Road Bridge and divides into three parts to Liuying Road, one of which goes west along Liuying Road, and the other merges north into Zoumatang along today's water circuit. And there is more than one Bazi Bridge, there is one in the east and west, namely the East Bazi Bridge and the West Bazi Bridge, both of which are wooden bridges.

The geographical location of the Bazi Bridge is important, and occupying this place can be attacked and retreated, so after Song Xilian received the order, he led his troops to the Bazi Bridge without the slightest stop, and it turned out later that his move was undoubtedly extremely important.

This is due to Song Xilian's rich combat experience. Song Xilian, a native of Xiangxiang, Hunan, had excellent grades since childhood, and was later admitted to the Nanjing General School of the Xiguan Military Academy.

When he was a soldier, he was catching up with the reorganization of the army that was larger than his predecessor Xue Boling and others, and after Song Xilian came into contact with the relevant ideas of the armored army, he immediately realized that this was an idea that could change the existing form of warfare. So he mainly asked to join the First Army.

During his time in the First Army, he caught up with many major battles such as the Northeast Incident, and received training in blood and fire on the front-line battlefield, which laid an important foundation for his later military practice.

When the Songhu Armed Police Force Corps was established, he was transferred to the Songhu Armed Police Force Corps as a deputy captain, and at first he was not satisfied with this position, but when he saw the equipment of this so-called police force, he smiled heartily.

This army is completely based on the unit of the First Group Army, and it can be regarded as the first unit in the country to receive infantry and tan coordination training.

This time the Japanese invaded, Song Xilian and Sun Liren's combat ideas were very consistent, that is, the main tank armored force was used for the attack, and he led the troops to build a defense line at the Bazi Bridge, because in their thinking, the tank was used to attack, and it was simply a tyrannical thing to be idle there as a fortress, which was very reflected when the Japanese attacked the Songhu armed police force a few days ago. In that attack, the 3rd Brigade was the first to be attacked by the Japanese and suffered the heaviest losses, with a total number of tanks destroyed and more than 50 killed.

That night, Lieutenant Colonel Liao Zhiwei, the captain of the 3rd Brigade, was also martyred. In the end, the troops gathered together and evacuated in a hurry while leaving a few armored vehicles, which was a great shame for the officers and men of the 3rd Brigade and the Songhu Armed Police Corps.

Therefore, this attack is not only a national enmity, but also a lot of personal resentment against comrades-in-arms, all of which are waiting for this day to erupt.

Song Xilian immediately led the troops to the Bazi Bridge, and Sun Liren was not idle, after the tank troops were filled with fuel and loaded with shells, they also attacked the Japanese garrison in a mighty way. At this time, Li Mi also led the 2nd Brigade to Hangzhou Bay, and cooperated with the Songhu shore artillery unit to prevent the Japanese army from landing.

Everything went very well! Song Xilian led the troops to the Bazi Bridge, which is very good! Before the Japanese arrived, he immediately ordered his troops to be stationed on the spot and build field fortifications.

The 1st Brigade of heavy machine guns, mortars, and a small number of armored vehicles were immediately brought up and fortified around the Bazi Bridge. But halfway through the fortifications, scouts came to report that a large number of Japanese troops had been found ahead.

It's good to come! Song Xilian immediately ordered his troops to enter the defensive line. The Japanese troops who came to seize the Bazi Bridge were more than 1,000 marines, and they originally thought that they would attack them if they occupied the Bazi Bridge, only to find that the flag of the Chinese army was already flying on the Bazi Bridge.

The Japanese commander immediately realized that he was one step too late, but when he looked closely, he realized that they had just arrived. Therefore, without thinking for a moment, the Japanese army gave the order to attack on all fronts.

Song Xilian immediately ordered his troops to return fire, and the two sides engaged in a fierce exchange of fire at the Bazi Bridge.

At the same time as the counterattack, Song Xilian also telegraphed the situation on Sun Liren's own side, and Sun Liren immediately went into battle to lead the 3rd Brigade to reinforcements after learning of the situation, but at this time he received a strange order - the troops suspended the attack and stood by!

Sun Liren was puzzled, and then saw that the order was sent by the police secretary at that time.

Now it's in trouble. Although the Songhu Armed Police Force is a military organization that fools know, they are still nominally under the jurisdiction of the police system. Although these are only nominal, the Department of Police is subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior, which is a crucial department, and if you disobey orders, you will be criticized by the cabinet, and if you don't obey orders, you will be criticized by the cabinet.

This is a big hat, not to mention the little Sun Liren, even Huang Ke doesn't dare to wear it, because if he wears it, he will be the enemy of the people of the whole country, and the consequences can be imagined.

However, Sun Liren is Sun Liren after all, he immediately tore up the copied telegram, threw it away, and after processing it, he put on white gloves and said: "I have not received this telegram order, all troops are going according to the original plan!" ”

He put on his hat and was about to go out to order the troops to advance, when the guards ran in and said that someone from the Shanghai Police Department had come to pay a visit.

Sun Liren waved his hand and said, "No, just say that I have followed the troops to the front line......"

Before the guards could go out, the man had already walked in, and he laughed loudly: "General Sun is really fast, he just went to the front line and came back?" ”

Sun Liren looked this person up and down, he was tall, full of meat, and his short hair had a shiny middle part, and a clear-eyed person could see at a glance that this person must be a gangster.

But how could he come on behalf of the Shanghai Police Department? Sun Liren made a look, and the guards on both sides took it seriously, and he touched the pistol with the head of the machine open.

"Who are you? How dare you trespass into a military place? Sun Liren scolded sharply, and the man said with a smile on his face: "General Sun doesn't need to blame the guard brothers, the team was moving just now, and the guards were a little lax, so I came in." By the way, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Wu Shibao, and I am the liaison of the Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Nanjing in Shanghai. ”

Sun Liren sneered and said, "Are you a ball?" ”

The corners of Wu Shibao's mouth rose and smiled slightly, he took out a paper document from his pocket and said, "General Sun, this is a secret telegram sent by Chairman Wang, which means that this is an order from the supreme government of the Republic of China." ”

Sun Liren took the telegram and looked at it, and below it was the seal of the Shanghai Police Department and the autograph of the police commissioner, it seems that it will not be fake.

Seeing that Sun Liren had no intention of terminating the plan, Wu Shibao stepped forward and said: "Now that the situation is urgent, don't delay national affairs because of your troop transfer, you can't afford it!" ”

But at this time, I believe that it will not be a waste of previous efforts, Sun Liren thought for a while and said: "I'm sorry Mr. Wu, I offended a lot just now." In this case, you can rest here first, and I will send someone to verify the authenticity. ”

As he spoke, he picked up the red phone in front of him and dialed directly to the Songhu Garrison Headquarters. After hearing about the situation, the Songhu Garrison Command had no way to make a decision immediately, and they didn't know if this was an order directly issued by the central government.

There was no way, the Songhu Garrison Command was transferred to the front-line command office of the Ministry of National Defense, and it was passed layer by layer, and Huang Ke learned the news an hour later. He looked up at his watch, and was amazed, knowing that an hour on the battlefield can decide a lot of things.

Huang Ke couldn't care so much, and directly asked for the phone to Sun Liren's office. On the phone, he loudly scolded Sun Liren for blindly listening to the command.

"The big war is coming, what are you fooling about? Who can give you orders, who can't give you orders, are you an officer for so many years with mush in your head? ”

In the face of Huang Ke's thunderstorm-like reprimand, Sun Liren kept standing upright and only said "Yes!" "Yes!"

"Implement it according to the original plan now, and I'll settle accounts with you after the battle. By the way, and who is that bullshit correspondent next to you? Arrest him and send him to Nanjing, I want to ask Wang Jingwei what the hell is going on? ”

Huang Ke's voice was very loud, Wu Shibao, who was standing on the side, heard it clearly, he was already trembling like chaff in fright, Sun Liren hung up the phone and put on his military hat, he ordered: "Pass my order, attack according to the original plan, and the troops will speed up." ”

At the end, he said to Wu Shibao again: "You also heard, this is what Minister Huang meant." Come on, look at Mr. Wu. ”