Chapter 44: Difficult to Support (6)

It was already dawn, and I don't know if it was because the 7th Wing failed, or because the weather had just cleared, and the Japanese did not attack. After the rain in the southern winter, the sky and the earth are no longer so cold, the air is fresh, and the sun is golden.

Taking a breath of the moist and cool air with the aroma of earth, Xue Ru closed her eyes comfortably. Shake off her wet hair, Xue Ru no longer feels sleepy and tired, what a good weather, what a good mountain and river.

The war, the war imposed on the Chinese, made such a fresh air, mixed with a trace of gunfire smoke and the smell of blood, spoil the good mood. This is an area with a network of water, and the air is humid and not as dry as in the north.

Xue Ru washed her face, washed her hair, and showed her true face again. He Shaozhou, who was standing on the side, looked stunned, he definitely didn't expect Xue Ru to be so young. On the Songhu battlefield in Shanghai, the Snow Fox Brigade became famous, and every battle attracted attention.

According to the reports of the soldiers who cleaned the battlefield, in the battle last night, the Snow Fox Brigade almost disabled a wing of the Japanese army at the cost of more than 50 casualties, and even the Japanese artillery did not have time to take away.

Iza Ichiro Osaku just ran away with more than a thousand devils. The matter of cleaning up the battlefield fell on the 802nd Regiment of the Sichuan Army, and the corpses of the devils were nearly 1,000 people. He Shaozhou really couldn't figure out how Xue Ru did it.

The national army used the strength of a division to fight with a brigade of devils, and in the end, at the cost of several times the casualties, it was difficult to eliminate the devils, and sometimes it would fail.

Fighting north of Yunzaobang, Xue Ru had the strength of a regiment, and it was the artillery wing that had no combat effectiveness that was eliminated, which could be said to be luck. But now the Snow Fox Brigade has only 500 people, facing the field infantry wing of the elite 9th Division of the Japanese army, which is actually this result.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, He Shaozhou wouldn't have believed it, and he must have thought it was an exaggeration and bragging. But this is a battle in which he personally participated, and the results of the battle are also there. Seeing the Sichuan army brothers holding the devil's gun, with a happy look, He Shaozhou was a little unnatural.

Xue Ru felt even more uncomfortable in his heart, Xue Ru's military rank was too low, just a captain, and he still had the rank of second lieutenant on his uniform. But as a major general, He Shaozhou spoke very respectfully and politely, and Xiang Wenbin was even more respectful. He was the colonel, and he was the colonel of the miscellaneous army.

The two in front of him, one is a brigade directly under the 18th Army, and the other is the "Tax Police Corps", a special unit in the national army. Although not very satisfied, after all, so many troops entered their positions.

He was very grateful to Xue Ru, a little girl who was not big, for not asking for any capture on the battlefield, which was their result. Instead, they gave all the captured weapons and ammunition to the 802nd Regiment.

The telegrams from the regimental headquarters did not stop for a moment, and the three radio stations were busy, reporting to their respective commanders. He Shaozhou was reporting to Huang Jie of the Eighth Army that they did not withdraw and returned to their positions.

But there were about 20,000 people in the entire tax police corps, and there were less than 2,000 soldiers by his side at this time. The rest of the wounded had been sent to the rear, and it was Wang Gongliang who led the retreat.

At the same time, it was reported to Huang Jie that there were only more than a hundred defenders here in Qiaoting Mansion and Epiphany Temple. If the Japanese attacked, they would not be able to hold it at all, so they asked to stay and hold on. However, the troops were short of ammunition and urgently needed to be replenished, and they requested that weapons and ammunition be sent quickly.

Xiang Wenbin was reporting to the division commander that there were only more than 100 people left in their regiment. The 801st regiment on the side was less than a battalion. There was less than one regiment on the entire defensive line. The 134th Division had already lost more than half of its resources and asked for reinforcements.

Xue Ru telegraphed to Xue Yue that the Snow Fox Brigade had completed the task of rescuing the Tax Police Corps and defeated the 7th Wing of the Japanese Army.

It was near noon that telegrams from all sides returned. According to the battlefield report, the three of them looked depressed and had nothing to say.

Because the situation on the battlefield was not optimistic at all, even if Xue Ru and the others eliminated the devils who were close to one unit, they did not cause the headquarters to be happy.

Along the Yunzaohama line, the casualties of the national army have reached an unbearable level. The 19th Division had been in position for more than a day, and a division of the two brigades and four regiments had just been replenished, and nearly half of the day's combat casualties were lost.

Most of the casualties were under the aircraft artillery. In order to effectively block the Japanese attack, Li Jue had to deploy his troops intensively and increase the depth of the troops. However, since then, the troops have been too dense, and they have suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment of aircraft. If it weren't for the destruction of the 10th Heavy Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army, I'm afraid the losses would have been even greater.

Xue Yue ordered Xue Ru to stand by for the time being, waiting for further orders. Chen Cheng ordered the 133rd Division to move forward immediately and take over the position of the 134th Division. Ordered He Shaozhou's troops of the Tax Police Corps to reinforce Chen Jiaxing's position.

The entire battlefield was being adjusted by the national army, and Yoshizumi Ryosuke, the commander of the 9th Division of the Japanese army on the opposite side, was furious. He received a report from Major General Yoshiyoshi Akiyama that the 7th Wing had suffered half of the casualties and was forced to retreat to the north shore of Umamohama, and the detour tactics failed.

Ryosuke Yoshizumi glared at Toshio Ono, the head of the secret service in front of him, with fierce little eyes: "Do you understand your research?" What kind of unit is this Snow Fox Brigade? ”

Captain Toshio Ono couldn't say clearly, the Japanese spies were all over China, and there were people in almost every place, but no one knew who this Snow Fox Brigade was. Looking at the face of the division commander Tie Qing, if he didn't tell some information, it was estimated that the combat knife would fall on his head.

Lizheng bowed his head: "Hey, according to our information, the Snow Fox Brigade is Xue Yue's private unit, and the captain Xue Ru is a young woman. According to the analysis of the intelligence agency, she may be a relative of Xue Yue, and it is said that she is also from Shaoguan, Guangdong. The Snow Fox Brigade is not inferior to the formed army, and is directly under the direct command of the upper command headquarters. We don't know anything about this woman, she has strange tactics and unpredictable whereabouts. The wings didn't know about them, so it was hard to deal with. The most important thing is that they are well equipped and the soldiers fight bravely. ”

Ryosuke Yoshizumi had a headache, and the information was the same as if he hadn't said it. The 10th Heavy Artillery Wing, the 22nd Wing, plus the 7th Wing, which had just been defeated. The 11th Division and the 9th Division of the Imperial Army have been killed and wounded in more than one wing of the Snow Fox Brigade.

The most unbearable thing for the Japanese is that the soldiers who were killed and injured in the hands of the Snow Fox Brigade have very few chances of survival. In the battle with the Chinese army, the Japanese army was basically wounded and killed. However, in several confrontations with snow foxes, the Imperial Japanese Army was killed and wounded.

Waving his hand, he said, "Check it out immediately, pay attention to their movements, and report at any time." ”

"Hi" Toshio Ono breathed a sigh of relief. He also hated a toothache, but he couldn't help it. I don't know this woman at all, and the secret services have nowhere to start, and they can't find a place to buy them. Seeing that the division commander was no longer pursuing it, he hurriedly retreated.

Lieutenant General Ryosuke Yoshizumi didn't have much to do, the only thing he could do was to intensify the offensive and solve it head-on with the aircraft, artillery and army combat effectiveness. He succeeded Yamamuro Sotake's 11th Division, but occupied the northern shore only. We must break through the front Yunzaobang line and advance to downtown Shanghai. Otherwise, the 3rd Division, the 101st Division, would have rushed ahead of him.

Look at the chief of staff next to him, Nakagawa Kosa: "Order the 18th Brigade to Major General Nobuyoki Iide, take over from the 6th Brigade, launch an attack on the south bank, and expand the landing ground." Ask the planes to bomb the positions on the south bank, and the artillery concentrate their firepower to bombard the positions of the Chinese army, and I will see what they use to resist the steel of the imperial army. Snow fox, hum! ”

Nakagawa Hiroshi Satachi agreed. He had already seen that the 7th Wing was almost completely annihilated, which made the division commander already a little dizzy. As a division commander, a lieutenant general, he even called the Chinese a china. These derogatory terms are only spoken of by junior officers and soldiers, and as high-ranking generals, it is dishonorable to say so. How can the Japanese be like the Chinese, no matter how high-level people are, open their mouths and close their mouths, and at first glance they are defeating the battle and passing their mouths.

The Japanese army even said that the commander of the division said that the person was there, and it seemed that there was no way out, so he hurriedly issued an order to the 18th brigade. The 6th Brigade was withdrawn to the rear to replenish its forces, and at the same time the Army Air Force was ordered to dispatch planes to bomb the positions held by the Chinese army. Concentrated heavy artillery and infantry artillery were intensively covered by artillery fire on the positions of the Chinese troops on the south bank of the Tsumohama.

On the Qiaoting Mansion position, because the troops of the 133rd Division did not arrive, He Shaozhou's Tax Police Corps was transferred to the position of the 19th Division, and Xue Ru's men stayed in the position of the 802nd Regiment to help hold on.

Qingpu Nineteenth Army Headquarters, Xue Yue looked at the map, his face was contemplative, the results of his and Chen Cheng's final research needless to say, Chairman Jiang of the Military Commission still did not agree to retreat. The war correspondents' corps has already set off from Nanjing to Shanghai.

The League of Nations delegates said that a vote at the meeting would suppress Japan's military action, but if the Chinese army retreated, it would mean that the Nationalist government did not have the ability to dominate China. Since the allied countries have this attitude, Chiang Kai-shek certainly does not want to give up Shanghai, and must continue to fight.

As soon as he returned to the headquarters, he received the news of Xue Ru's great victory, and finally comforted Xue Yue. But he couldn't give Xue Ru an order, a brigade, more than 500 people, even if he could fight again, the role of facing the entire battlefield was limited, so he had to order her to stand by.

Wu Yizhi said: "Commander, whether to transfer Xue Ru to the headquarters, she is very strategic. ”

Xue Yue shook his head: "No, she only has a grand strategic direction, and she doesn't have the ability to command a big battle. I've given her the right to maneuver, but she's never done anything to prove that the ability is only at the tactical level. What's the use of her here? Aren't we all the same? ”

Wu Yizhi felt that what the commander said was right, so he said: "It's a pity to put the snow fox on the front line to fight positional battles, I suggest that it should be withdrawn to the rear in order to facilitate maneuvering." ”

Xue Yue nodded, he understood that Wu Yizhi didn't want to consume the powerful Snow Fox Brigade on the battlefield: "You give her an order, the Snow Fox Brigade will retreat to Kunshan to rest and recuperate, and transfer the temporary brigade to supplement the troops to her." ”

Wu Yizhi understood that Xue Yue wanted to strengthen the strength of the Snow Fox Brigade so that it could be used in key locations. He also said: "The temporary brigade is a local security force, how about I give them a regiment?" ”

Xue Yue was worried that Xue Ru was too young to command too many troops, otherwise he would give her all the temporary brigades. I plan to give her a battalion of troops first, so that the Snow Fox Brigade can reach a thousand people, and basically solve certain problems. Wu Yizhi was even more optimistic about Xue Ru, and dared to replenish the strength of a regiment. I didn't object, I nodded in agreement.

Wu Yizhi sent a telegram to Xue Ru, ordering the Snow Fox Brigade to go to Kunshan to receive troops and rest and be on standby, and at the same time ordered the security brigade assembled in Kunshan to divide a regiment into the Snow Fox Brigade.

When Xue Yue made adjustments to the Snow Fox Brigade, he didn't know that He Shaozhou thanked Xue Ru for saving him and left a company of troops in his army to supplement the Xue Ru Brigade. He led other soldiers into the position of Guojia Pailou of the 113th Regiment of the 57th Brigade of Chen Jiaxing, and assisted the 113th Regiment, which had no troops to hold on.

Looking at Tian Jiasheng who was left, Xue Ru smiled and said, "Adjutant Tian, it doesn't matter, after the battle, you will go back." ”

Tian Jiasheng is He Shaozhou's confidant, and the two of them are a bit like brothers, and they are also like father and son. Otherwise, it would not be He Shaozhou's adjutant. He understood why the commander had left him behind, but he couldn't say it. Besides, the Snow Fox Brigade has made great achievements, and with such a unit, it is easy to rise up, and under He Shaozhou, it is necessary to avoid suspicion when rising. He Shaozhou, who is also not lacking in brains, can of course see that the Snow Fox Brigade is Xue Yue's troops, and he has no order to do anything, that is, he can withdraw at any time.

Anyway, he didn't want Tian Jiasheng to have anything to do, which was tantamount to leaving him in disguise and not having to hold his position. Of course, the company left behind is also the elite of the tax police corps.

This is a seed army left by He Shaozhou, and even Xue Ru understands it. But she didn't appreciate much, nor was she much relieved, after all, this was a way to preserve her strength. Xue Ru, who came from later generations, knows better whose unit the tax police corps is.

Sun Liren still has the day to reorganize the tax police corps, and it is of course a good thing to leave a relationship, so it is said that they will have the day to go back.

Tian Jiasheng felt very happy, because the Snow Fox Brigade had great achievements and reputation. Lizheng said: "Tian Jiasheng is a member of the Snow Fox Brigade, please ask the captain to command." ”

Xue Ru didn't have the idea of establishing his own armament, so he said: "It's okay, you are the tax police squadron of the Snow Fox Brigade, you are the squadron leader, and Company Commander Zhang is the deputy squadron leader." ”

Zhang Tong pointed to the red silk scarf on Xue Ru's chest and said, "Captain, is this also ours?" ”

Xue Ru smiled: "Chief of Staff Lan, give them a red silk scarf, and they will be members of the Snow Fox Brigade in the future." ”