Chapter 214: Understanding the Situation
readx;? Wang Haitao was walking towards the headquarters with the guard squad, and he could see the headquarters building and the sentry in front of the building. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info is murderous, here Wang Haitao obviously feels murderous. Wang Haitao, who stopped, reached out and pulled out a 54-style pistol from his waist. The soldiers in the surrounding guard squad are all old men who have been trained with Wang Haitao for many years, and when they saw Wang Haitao like this, they didn't understand what was going on, so they immediately picked up their guns and put them on guard in all directions.
It is still a few hundred meters away from the headquarters, and there are pedestrians walking on the street during the day, and a few dozen meters away from where Wang Haitao is standing is an intersection, and several citizens are walking towards Wang Haitao at the intersection. The murderous aura became stronger and stronger, and at this moment, Wang Haitao moved. When several people on the opposite side saw that Wang Haitao moved, they hurriedly pulled out their guns and aimed at Wang Haitao's figure.
When they drew their guns, the soldiers of the guard squad locked on these people, and when they saw that they had drawn their guns, they did not hesitate to pull the plate machine, and these people fired two shots quickly, and all of them were shot to the ground without firing a slow shot. The gunfire elicited screams, and citizens in the streets scurried around, creating chaos. The soldiers of the guard squad were still vigilantly watching the surroundings, and two soldiers rushed towards Wang Haitao. In the chaos, another gunshot rang out from the direction where Wang Haitao was.
The fighters of the guard squad were shocked and turned their guns one after another, but waited for the explosion of a grenade. In the firelight, Wang Haitao slowly stood up, and the muzzle of the 54-style pistol in his hand was still smoking. Wang Haitao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm fine." After speaking, he glanced at the bloody corpse that had been blown up by a grenade not far away.
The sound of gunfire and explosions had already alarmed the military police, and the first to arrive was the men of the guard battalion of the headquarters, a platoon commander with a platoon of soldiers in full armor, who surrounded the place. Wang Haitao put the pistol back in his holster and walked towards the soldiers with his hands raised. Although the platoon commander saw that it was a general who came over, he still asked vigilantly, "Which part are you from?"
Wang Haitao replied: "I am Wang Haitao, commander of the New 90th Division, those are my subordinates, I was ordered to come to the headquarters to report to Commander Zhu, and there are people here who want to assassinate me, but I have killed them." Then the platoon commander put away his gun after checking Wang Haitao's documents, saluted Wang Haitao, and then said: "The commander is frightened, and he is a step too late to humble himself, and he asks the commander to forgive him." ”
Wang Haitao smiled and said, "Don't blame you, isn't it that you haven't arrived at the headquarters yet." I suspect that these people are Japanese spies, so you can check them out. I'll leave it to you here, and I'll have to report to the headquarters. The platoon commander stood up and said, "I understand the humble position, sir, please." Wang Haitao nodded to him and continued to walk towards the headquarters with the soldiers of the guard squad.
After entering the headquarters, in Commander Zhu Shaoliang's office, not only Commander Zhu Shaoliang was waiting for him, but General Gu Zhutong, acting commander of the Third Theater of Operations, was also waiting for him. After Wang Haitao saluted the two commanders, General Zhu Shaoliang asked: "Senior Commander Wang, what happened to the gunfire and explosions outside just now?" Wang Haitao replied with a smile: "It's nothing, a few clowns who jumped off the beam wanted to assassinate me, and they were all killed by me and the people in the guard squad." ”
General Zhu Shaoliang asked in surprise: "How can this be?" Do you know who did it?" Wang Haitao replied: "Although I can't be sure, most of them were done by Japanese spies." General Zhu Shaoliang slapped the table angrily and scolded: "This little Japan is too rampant, and he dares to assassinate my ** general in front of my command department in broad daylight." It's just lawless. ”
General Gu Zhutong interjected at this time: "It's not surprising, Haitao has hurt little Japan again this time, a division and a brigade have more than 20,000 Japanese troops, as well as a lieutenant general, three major generals, and dozens of adjutants, so it's no wonder that little Japan is not in a hurry." I heard that the head of Haitao is worth a million oceans in the base camp of the Japanese army, but we can't compare. ”
Wang Haitao said: "It's not easy to want my head, but I want to see if there are any people in Little Japan who have the ability to take off my head." After listening to Wang Haitao's words, General Zhu Shaoliang said: "Master Wang, don't be careless, these little Japanese spies are scheming and pervasive. I immediately ordered martial law throughout the city, and as soon as I left, I wanted to search for these Japanese spies. ”
Wang Haitao hurriedly stopped: "Commander Zhu, don't worry, Japanese spies have been trained for a long time, everyone is proficient in Chinese, and it is extremely difficult to distinguish among the citizens. Your order will not only not have much effect, but will also make the citizens of Shanghai panic. I know what to do with them. Gu Zhutong raised his eyebrows and asked, "Oh, what good ideas does Haitao have?" ”
Wang Haitao said unhurriedly: "To deal with Japanese spies, it is difficult to use the power of the official and military to achieve results, but there is one person who can get twice the result with half the effort as long as he speaks." This person is Du Yuesheng, the boss of the Shanghai Youth Gang. Gu Zhutong thought for a while and said: "Good idea, only the local snakes like the Green Gang are familiar with every corner of Shanghai, and it is most suitable to use them to find out Japanese spies." Adjutant, take my one-sided view to see Du Yuesheng, and say that I want to see him. ”
After the adjutant went out, Gu Zhutong came to a map of Shanghai's enemies and us, and said: "Haitao, why did you and your new 90th Division transfer to the position on the south bank of Suzhou Creek, I think you are also very clear, so I don't need to say more." At present, the 9th Division and the 16th Division are attacking the northern section of Suzhou River on the right flank of the Japanese army, and General Chen Cheng of the Left Route Army of the Third Theater is commanding the defense, and the situation is fine for the time being.
On the left is the Japanese 11th Division attacking the southern section of the Suzhou River, which is densely covered with concession areas, and although the Japanese attack is fierce, the defenders can still block it if they cannot use heavy weapons. The most important thing is the section of defense line from Chaowang Temple to Jiangqiao. On this section of the defensive line, the Japanese army concentrated the 3rd Division, the 11th Division, the 101st Division, and several rebels on the North China battlefield, numbering no less than 80,000. On this section of the position, our side only had the 46th, 53rd, and 58th Divisions, as well as the 144th, 145th, 146th, 147th, and 148th Divisions of the Sichuan Army.
These local troops are poorly staffed and poorly equipped. It is like five divisions of the Sichuan army, with a total of less than 40,000 people, but they can't even make a rifle per person. After many days of hard fighting, these troops also suffered heavy losses, and the 146th Division of the Sichuan Army fought with less than 1,000 men. The top priority of your new 90th Division is to garrison several key places, stabilize the position in the middle of the south bank of Suzhou Creek as soon as possible, and also stabilize the morale of the army. ”
Standing in front of the map of the form of friend and foe, Wang Haitao looked at the map seriously, and there were thick lines drawn with red and blue pens everywhere on the map, which must be the place where the fighting was most intense. From east to west, Tianhou Temple Bridge and Laozha Bridge are the first place, Henan is marked with "Japanese Third Division", and Hebei is marked with "46th Division and 58th Division".
The second place is the old garbage bridge and Hengfeng Bridge, Henan is marked with "the third and eleventh divisions of the army", and Hebei is marked with "fifty-third division, one hundred and forty-fifth division". The third place is Caojiadu Bridge, Henan is marked with "11th Division of the Japanese Army", and Hebei is marked with "144th Division and 146th Division". The fourth place is the Fahuadu Bridge and Zhongshan Road Bridge, Henan is marked with "the 101st Division of the Japanese Army", and Hebei is marked with "147th Division and 148th Division".
After reading the map, Wang Haitao said to General Gu Zhutong and General Zhu Shaoliang beside him: "Although there are only more than 5,000 soldiers left in my new 90th Division, I hereby promise that I will definitely complete the task assigned by the commander. General Gu Zhutong replied: "Good Wang Haitao, if you have this heart, I can rest assured." However, at the Tianhou Palace, I will transfer the 62nd Division to reinforcements, and the 63rd Division will be used as the general reserve. Your new 90th Division will only need to stabilize the rest of the line. ”
Wang Haitao stood up and replied, "Yes, sir." But can you still hand over the heavy artillery regiment to me to command?" General Gu Zhutong thought for a moment and replied: "Okay! I will still hand over the command of the heavy artillery regiment to you, and you must not give artillery support to the entire central defense line of Suzhou Creek when you command the heavy artillery regiment." Wang Haitao replied: "Sir, don't worry, I promise to use the artillery fire where it is most needed." ”
General Gu Zhutong nodded and said, "Okay, the military situation is urgent, the troops in front may not last long, you go back to the troops immediately and arrange support." Wang Haitao stood up and replied, "Yes, sir." The subordinate said goodbye. After saying that, he saluted the two and left the headquarters. When General Zhu Shaoliang sent him out, he still didn't forget to tell him: "Senior Commander Wang, pay attention to safety." ”
After Wang Haitao and Su Zuxin and the 546th Regiment converged, they did not stay anymore and went straight to the Suzhou Creek. Tang Renxin and the soldiers of the other four regiments were already waiting for Wang Haitao a few kilometers south of Suzhou River. Wang Haitao asked the soldiers to set up camp first, and then he and the officers at and above the regimental level of the division conducted an on-the-spot survey of the section to be defended along the defensive position on the south bank of the Suzhou Creek, accompanied and protected by the guard company and the reconnaissance company.
Wang Haitao: They first came to the old garbage bridge and Hengfeng bridge. The Hengfeng Bridge was originally a wooden bridge, but now it has been blown up, so the Chinese and Japanese sides have launched an offensive and defensive attack and defense on the old garbage bridge with a steel structure. As soon as Wang Haitao and the others arrived at the position, Lieutenant General Li Taoheng, commander of the 53rd Division, and Lieutenant General Rao Guohua, commander of the 145th Division, personally greeted them after receiving the report from their subordinates.
After the two sides met, they came to the headquarters together after a little introduction. Wang Haitao was no longer polite, and asked: "Two division commanders, our department was ordered to reinforce the defense line on the south bank of Suzhou Creek, and now I am here to learn about the situation on the position, and our department will enter the position at night." Please tell us more about the situation here. ”