readx;? At eight o'clock in the morning, Wang Haitao notified the whole division to assemble. The officers and men of the whole division lined up on the barracks playground www.biquge.info the pen, fun and pavilion, and Wang Haitao, Su Zuxin, and Zhao Zhongwu came to the front of the queue. Half an hour later, the commanders of each regiment reported to the two brigade commanders, and then the two brigade commanders reported to Wang Haitao one and one. After a month of hard fighting, only 6,780 men remained in the New 90th Division, which was fully staffed with 12,650 men before the war.

Of these 6,780 men, logistics and baggage troops accounted for the majority. In other words, the fighters that Wang Haitao trained in a few years lost most of the battle in this month. The remaining soldiers are all veterans of a hundred battles, and their strength should definitely not be underestimated. In the city of Shanghai, there is no way to replenish the source of troops, so Wang Haitao can only compress part of the baggage troops and use them to supplement the front-line troops.

Even so, the combat units of each regiment were barely enough for the basic number, and their combat effectiveness was naturally much worse than before. At present, Wang Haitao's trump card in his hand is the guard battalion and the reconnaissance battalion, which have not suffered much losses, and the second is the heavy artillery regiment, which has basically not lost much. The troops were withdrawn, and the busiest thing was the logistics department, which was like a logistics field hospital.

Hundreds of seriously and lightly wounded made the field hospital overcrowded, and the doctors and paramedics were so busy that they didn't even have time to sit down. At this moment, a medical rescue team organized by Shanghai citizens came to Dachang Town. Their arrival greatly relieved the pressure on the field hospital, and those female nurses became a beautiful scenery in the field hospital.

In the early morning of October 6, after the all-round counterattack of the squadron, although it suffered losses, it was mainly the field artillery wing that suffered serious losses, and the infantry did not have any major losses.

The Japanese army then marched towards downtown Shanghai from several directions, with the easternmost part being the remnants of the Japanese 11th Division and the mixed forces of the Marine Corps, aiming at the Chenjiabin Ferry Terminal and then entering Hongkou District along the Huangpu River, and the 101st Division in the middle was aiming at Miaohang and then Dachang and finally entering Zhabei District. The goal of the 13th Division next to it was Liu Xing and Chen's house line and went to Dachang.

The northernmost Japanese 3rd and 9th Divisions combined forces to attack Jiading County, striving to cut off the north-south communication of the defenders along the Yangtze River, while the 16th Division, the most attacking Japanese army, moved south along Chenjiahang Town and Nanxiang Town, occupied Putuo District, and prepared to encircle the Chinese defenders in Shanghai. It's just that the field artillery wings of several divisions and regiments have suffered heavy losses, and without artillery support, how can they continue to attack?

Matsui Ishine had no choice but to divide several independent field heavy artillery brigades, several independent siege heavy artillery brigades, and independent mortar brigades to several divisions and regiments, so that these divisions could maintain the suppression of the artillery fire of the Chinese army during the attack. The Third Fleet was also asked to send small ships into the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River to provide fire support for the army's attack.

On 8 October, the Japanese army, which had been rested and replenished, began several more attacks. Guarding the line from Jiading County to Chenjiabin Passenger Terminal was a total of eight divisions of the Central Army and the local army, with a total of more than 60,000 people in two remnant divisions, and the defense line was a solid defense line built in a month. In this regard, General Zhang Yezhong is still quite confident.

In their eyes, the new 90th Division could hold off the Japanese attack for a month with only more than 12,000 people in one division, and they had more than 60,000 men and horses, and it was not a good place to defend against the half-crippled Japanese army. Qi Qi is a German armor division of several central armies, and he has always been over-eyed, and a local division can block the attack of the Japanese army for a month, so what is there to fear about the Japanese army?

However, when the Japanese army came to the front of the position and put on an offensive posture, a dense artillery fire made these squadrons suffer a big loss, and the defenders on the position basically lost half of their manpower in the Japanese artillery fire, and then the Japanese almost broke through the defenders' defense line with a charge. Fortunately, the defenders were superior in numbers, and they had to use men to repel the Japanese attack.

In just one day of attack, the defenders on the position lost a large number of soldiers, and several German divisions of the Central Army could still fire at the Japanese army with the weapons in their hands, while those local troops could basically only rely on the soldiers who were not afraid of death to stay on top, repelled the Japanese army's charge again and again with platoon guns and grenades, and finally started hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army, and only withstood the Japanese attack after paying heavy casualties.

Guarding Liu Xingzhen was the Eighth Division of the Hunan Army, which had more than 6,000 officers and men, and after only three days of defensive battles, the whole division was completely lost, and the division commander could only ask General Zhang Zhizhong for help. General Zhang Zhizhong was shocked and hurriedly sent the resting 14th Division to reinforce the position. In view of the current pattern, General Zhang Zhizhong sent an urgent telegram to the Nanjing General Headquarters, requesting that more troops be sent to Shanghai.

After sending a telegram to Nanjing asking for help, General Zhang Zhizhong drove to Dachang to fill in. After seeing Wang Haitao, Zhang Zhizhong and Wang Haitao took a turn in the barracks and field hospital, and then General Zhang Zhizhong said: "Brother Haitao, Dachang Town is too small, and there are a large number of military supplies stored here, and the barracks of your new 90th Division are too small, so why don't you change places, which is not only convenient for you to remediate, but also convenient for you to train new soldiers?"

Wang Haitao replied: "Thank you commander-in-chief for your concern, Wang Haitao acted as ordered." General Zhang Zhizhong thought for a while and said: "Then you can garrison Songjiang County, I will divide Songjiang County and its surroundings as the defense area of your new 90th Division, and your new 90th Division will rest and recuperate in Songjiang County, and I will ask Nanjing to replenish the supply of troops for your New 90th Division." ”

Wang Haitao thanked General Zhang Yezhong again, and General Zhang Zhizhong told Wang Haitao about the dangerous situation on the current defensive line, and Wang Haitao was speechless for a while. Finally, General Zhang Zhizhong said: "Brother Haitao, your new 90th Division is going to Songjiang County to rest, can you lend me those artillery? With the support of these artillery, the life of the defenders in front will be much better." ”

Wang Haitao did not hesitate to General Zhang Zhizhong's request, in Wang Haitao's heart, as long as it was used to fight the Japanese army, there was nothing reluctant to do, and it was the same for anyone who used these artillery. Wang Haitao replied: "Commander-in-Chief Zhang, as long as it is used to fight the Japanese army, even if all these artillery pieces are exhausted, it is worth it." I left behind a company of 75 infantry artillery, and the rest of the troops will go to the headquarters tomorrow to report to the commander-in-chief. ”

Zhang Yezhong happily said a few words 'good'. Then he said: "These artillery pieces will not move in Dachang Town for the first time, and tomorrow I will set up artillery positions, and then let them enter the positions." After Wang Haitao agreed, General Zhang Zhizhong left Dachang Town satisfied. As soon as General Zhang Zhizhong left, Wang Haitao asked the signal corps to call Tang Yishi, the commander of the heavy artillery regiment.

After Tang Yishi was ordered to come, Wang Haitao said: "Commander Tang, from tomorrow onwards, your heavy artillery regiment will obey the command of the Ninth Army Headquarters. I will take a 75th Infantry Artillery Company to Songjiang County to garrison, and the heavy artillery regiment will be handed over to you. I'll leave you another ten Gao Ping 2 twin heavy machine guns to imitate the air, remember, you can buy it again when the cannon is gone, and if the people are gone, they are all gone. It's okay to lose any more artillery, but you have to bring me back all the artillery as much as you can!"

Tang Yishi replied after standing upright: "Don't worry, I will definitely do what the master instructs." Wang Haitao nodded and said: "Okay, I believe you Tang Yishi, you should be more flexible in artillery battles against the Japanese army, and it is more likely to save yourself and strike at the enemy." Tomorrow morning, you should report to the headquarters of the Ninth Army and follow General Zhang Zhizhong's arrangement. After Tang Yishi agreed, he retreated and prepared to go.

In addition, after General Zhang Zhizhong's telegram asking for help was sent to the Nanjing General Headquarters, the commander-in-chief He Yingqin was taken aback. He Yingqin hurriedly came to Chiang Kai-shek's official office with a telegram to ask to see Chiang Kai-shek. When he saw Chiang Kai-shek in the living room, He Yingqin said to Chiang Kai-shek: "Bench, Zhang Zhizhong of the Shanghai Ninth Group Army sent an urgent telegram asking for help. When Chiang Kai-shek heard this, he hurriedly took the telegram and looked at it at a glance.

After reading it, Chiang Kai-shek frowned and asked He Yingqin: "The new 90th Division has blocked the attack of several divisions of the Japanese army for a month with the strength of one division on the defensive line, and it has only been a few days since it was withdrawn, and more than 60,000 people in the eight divisions cannot withstand the attack of the Japanese army?

He Yingqin thought for a while and said: "This can only be said that the new 90th Division is too strong, and only a few divisions of the Central Army can resist the current defenders, mainly because the weapons and equipment of several local divisions are too poor, and the battle with the Japanese army can only rely on soldiers and personnel to carry it, so it can't be carried by it." After hearing this, Chiang Kai-shek thought for a moment and asked, "How is the situation of the new 90th Division now?"

He Yingqin replied: "It is reported that the new 90th Division has stubbornly blocked the strong attack of several divisions and regiments of the Japanese army for a month, although many Japanese troops have been eliminated, but the new 90th Division has also lost more than half, and the rest are all Houle and baggage personnel, and the only one that has not suffered much loss is only a heavy artillery regiment." After hearing this, Chiang Kai-shek sighed with emotion: "This new 90th Division is really a tough division, and the division commander Wang Haitao is also a talent. This kind of talent who can train and lead troops must be grasped in our hands. ”

He Yingqin hurriedly nodded yes. Chiang Kai-shek thought for a moment and said: "The new 90th Division will be rewarded with another million legal currency, and the new 90th Division will be given priority to replenish the source of troops, and the supplies and military salaries will be given priority, so that the new 90th Division can recover as soon as possible, this is a sharp weapon against the Japanese!" He Yingqin agreed again and again, and after waiting for a while, He Yingqin asked again: "Commission, what about Shanghai?"

Chiang Kai-shek replied: "Increase the troops, send the whole country to Shanghai for reinforcements, I don't believe that I can't win the battle of Shanghai with the strength of the whole country!" Tell Wen Bai that I will give him the reinforcements he wants, but if he can't hold Shanghai, I will only ask. After He Yingqin agreed, he withdrew from Chiang Kai-shek's official position.