"Comrade Liu Hai, I have already told your No. 1 chief, continue to let you work part-time with me! After the Kuomintang Army's Yangtze River defense line was broken through, the five armies of its Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Garrison Headquarters were annihilated in the Langguang Mountains, and most of the rest retreated to Shanghai, together with the troops under the jurisdiction of the former Songhu Garrison Command, totaling more than 200,000 people in 25 divisions of eight armies. Under the direct deployment of Chiang Kai-shek, the president of the Kuomintang, he tried to rely on Shanghai's abundant assets and long-term permanent fortifications to continue to resist stubbornly, gain time, rush to transport materials, and cover the strategic retreat; and prepared to wreak havoc on cities, conspiring to provoke international incidents and prompt imperialism to intervene in arms. Therefore, the central government ordered us to take Shanghai as quickly as possible! Mr. Chen said to Bangs with his hands behind his back. Be! I obey orders! Bangs saluted. Ah! You said that there are so many reorganized Kuomintang troops, which one is not obedient to orders, trembling, just your bangs are not ordinary, I want you to participate in the Shanghai Campaign, and I am afraid that you will have resistance, so I want to do your ideological work first! Mr. Chen said. Mr. Chen, I really don't want to fight with my own countrymen, but now it's different, the old national army acquaintances are gone, and the psychological burden is less! Bangs said. Honestly, you're a bit short-sighted on this issue! Mr. Chen pointed to his bangs and said. Oh? Liu Hai raised his head in some surprise, "I hope Mr. Chen will advise!" ”

"The dispute between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party is like two different paths of development, to be honest, no one is right or wrong, the direction is different, but the purpose is completely contradictory, it is incompatible, it is necessary to distinguish a winner and loser, this is a major event that determines what kind of road China will take in the future, no one can easily withdraw, so in this case, we should divide the winner as soon as possible, end the war, and embark on the road of nation-building. Now that the defeat of the Kuomintang has been decided, but the Kuomintang still has a certain strength, and it still has to fight to the death, as a bang-a-man who fights for the nation-state, it should be eliminated as soon as possible, so that this battlefield will end, instead of hanging high. Your attitude fulfills your righteousness, but it deviates from your loyalty to your country and nation. That's why your attitude towards war is to sacrifice the big over the small! Mr. Chen said meaningfully. After listening to Mr. Chen's words, Liu Hai fell into deep thought. "Don't answer me in a hurry, go back and think about it carefully, there are pimples in your thoughts, and the war will also be affected!" Mr. Chen said.

"Mr. Chen said very reasonably, if your artillery division can be fully firepowered, if your talents can be fully utilized, it is very likely to affect the course of the war, the sooner you are liberated, you will be able to reduce the number of deaths, you will be able to build the country one day earlier, and let our country and nation become strong one day earlier!" Sima Hong said to Liu Hai. "I used to think that fighting a civil war was very boring, very miserable, and the relatives and enemies were happy, after listening to Mr. Chen's words, I was also a little shaken, the sooner the war ended, the sooner the peace could be, the sooner the armor could be dismounted and returned to the field, no matter what, the war must always be won and lost, under the condition that the result is already doomed, I should use my ability to promote the end of the war one day earlier, instead of hanging high, I am indeed a little short-sighted!" Bangs said. "Go to war, sea! The People's Liberation Army needs you, the country needs you, as long as you can join, the Kuomintang will definitely accelerate its collapse, and this war will end early, as long as you can make meritorious contributions to the country and the nation like in the War of Resistance Against Japan! Sima Hong took Bang Hai's hand and said. You're right! Maybe it's time for me to change my mind! Liu Hai let out a sigh, "Tomorrow I will tell Mr. Chen that I will obey the order, go all out to participate in the war, and do my best to end the war!" ”

"Liu Xiaoshan, Ghost Cannon, Wu Fatzi, I have already decided, our Eighth Division will go all out to participate in the war starting tomorrow, defeat the Kuomintang as soon as possible, and establish New China!" Liu Hai said his thoughts to the three generals under him. "Commander, how did you change sex?" The three of them looked at each other, and the division commander was never willing to fight a civil war. "Yesterday, Mr. Chen said a few words to me, I was deeply touched, he said that my attitude is to take the small and give up the big, patronize my own righteousness, and deviate from the loyalty to the country. I think it makes sense, we should not watch from the wall, we should end this war between the Chinese and the Chinese at an early date! Bangs said. Division commander, we don't understand, just say what to do, we only obey the order of the teacher, you just let us turn around and fight the PLA now, and we are absolutely not ambiguous! Ghost Cannon said. Yes, how can we understand any ideology, you can just say who to beat! Wu Fatzi also said. Division commander, to be honest, I don't want to fight, especially with my former brothers, but now the situation is a little different, our former brother troops, acquaintances, friends, and relatives have all withdrawn from the war, in my opinion, it is the same whether to fight or not, all in all, I am the same as these two people, and I obey the fate of the division! Liu Xiaoshan said, "During the battle of crossing the river, the only time I didn't have a front, I just followed the other troops behind the butt to pick up leaks and pick fruits, which was very unhappy." But I know that you don't want to fight, so I'm not very active, and now that you've changed your mind, I only have one word, let me be the vanguard of our eighth division, my brothers in the three regiments, and never let the division commander down! "Good!" Bangs looked at the three people and said.

"Mr. Chen, I am here to officially tell you today that all the commanders and fighters of my Eighth Division will go all out to participate in the war and will never let the leaders down!" Liu Hai stood straight and said to Mr. Chen. "Figured it out?" Mr. Chen said with a smile. "I figured it out, the boss was right, I used to be narrow-minded, but now I've figured it out, please go on a task! My 8th Division will ensure that the mission will be completed beautifully and will not let you down! Bangs said. Very good! Mr. Chen beckoned to Liu Hai to come over. You see, the whole of Shanghai is located on the coast of the East China Sea, near the mouth of the Yangtze River, with a population of 6 million, is China's largest city and economic center, and is also the main base of imperialist aggression against China, and its strategic position is extremely important. The suburbs have flat terrain, dense villages, and rivers and ditches. With cement bunkers as the core, the defenders built a large number of group fortifications, forming a surface defense system, which was not convenient for the large corps to maneuver and close operations. There are many tall buildings in the city, the main urban area is near the west bank of the Huangpu River, and Wusong in the north of the city is located at the intersection of the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River, which is the traffic throat of the downtown area of Shanghai to the sea. Tang Enbo, commander-in-chief of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou garrison, garrisoned the urban area west of the Huangpu River and the periphery of Taicang, Kunshan, Jiaxing, Jinshan and other places with a total of 20 divisions, including the 21st, 51st, 52nd, 54th, 75th, and 123rd Army, equipped with tanks and armored vehicles. With the 12th Division and the 37th Army, a total of five divisions, garrisoned the area east of the Huangpu River. In addition, the First Military Region of the Navy and the Air Force stationed in the Navy will coordinate the defense. Its defense focus is on the suburbs of Puxi, such as Wusong, Yuepu, Yanghang, Liuhang, Dachang, and Pudong Gaohang and Gaoqiao, so as to shield Wusong and the urban area and ensure its access to the sea."

"The People's Liberation Army's Determination and Deployment to Capture Shanghai In the course of the battle to cross the Yangtze River, the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China issued a series of instructions to the General Front Committee, the East China Bureau, and the Third Field Army, demanding that preparations for the occupation of Shanghai be completed as soon as possible, not only to annihilate the defenders, but also to take over Shanghai in its entirety, so as to build the city in order to build it later, and to protect foreign nationals. In terms of military deployment, it is necessary to first occupy Wusong and Jiaxing, blockade Wusongkou and Zhapu Haikou, cut off the enemy's retreat by sea, and prevent a large number of materials from being transported away from the sea. In order to implement the "Outline for the Implementation of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Campaign," the General Front Committee decided to capture Shanghai with nearly 300,000 troops from the Ninth Corps and the Eighth Corps of the Tenth Corps and the Special Forces Column of the Third Field Army. The main force of the Second Field Army was assembled in the area from Jinhua to Dongxiang on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway to rest and recuperate, preparing to deal with the armed intervention of imperialism and supporting the Third Field Army in its operations. It's a big battle! Mr. Chen gave Liu Hai a general introduction to the deployment of the Shanghai Campaign!

"In which direction is the task of our division?" Bangs asked. "Your Eighth Division used to be the main ace of the Kuomintang, and now it is the only heavy artillery division of our People's Liberation Army, good steel should be used on the blade, your Eighth Division I plan to deploy in Wusong, Jiaxing line, you must cooperate with Song Shilun's Ninth Corps to take Jiaxing and Wusong within a week, use your heavy artillery to block Wusongkou and Zhapu Haikou, cut off the enemy's retreat, this is the most heavily defended area of the defenders, it is difficult to attack, and the enemy is heavily guarded, it depends on your ability to bang, how about it? Are you sure? "Please rest assured, Mr. Chen, it won't take Wusong Jiaxing in a week, four days, block Wusongkou with heavy artillery, and never let a ship run out of Wusongkou alone!" Bangs said. "Four days?" Mr. Chen frowned, "Are you Senior Master Liu bragging?" There are tens of thousands of Tang Enbo's elite troops guarding, and there are more heavy artillery and machine gun bunkers than fish in the Yangtze River. "Tang Enbo is a straw bale, he hesitated when he hit Taierzhuang, almost missed the opportunity, did a lot of evil when he was in Henan, and forced the people to surrender their weapons, and the soldiers were a nest of bears, and four days is already a room for others, please rest assured Mr. Chen, I will do what I say, and I can't do it when the time comes, and I am willing to land on the ground!" Bangs said resolutely. "Good! Then I will arrange the course of the campaign according to your four-day breakthrough, and I hope you can become the new trump card of the PLA! Mr. Chen said.