readx;? Facing such a detailed map, Wang Haitao fell into deep thought. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info own independent brigades are completely different from the units of the national and military forces. The troops of the national and military are still mainly walking by manpower, so the requirements for roads are extremely low. And their own troops have no less than 500 heavy trucks with ten rounds alone, not to mention hundreds of heavy artillery, and their own troops will not be able to pass through the road at all.

Judging from the map, their troops will rush from Nanning to Shanghai, and it will take more than 20 days at the earliest, once the Battle of Songhu starts, more than 20 days later, the Japanese army has completed the landing operation, and turned to a positional attack, the historical Baoshan Defense Battle, Luodian Flesh Mill was started at this stage, so that as in history, the country and the army fell into complete passivity.

How can we change this situation? Wang Haitao thought about it repeatedly, but he never came up with a good idea. The distress is that this matter can only be considered silently by oneself and cannot be discussed with anyone. In desperation, Wang Haitao could only hope that Bai Chongxi could send troops to Shanghai as soon as possible to help in the war.

In mid-April, when Wang Haitao returned to the Longzhou Arsenal to deliver a batch of ammunition back to Binyang County, he overheard the news that two cargo ships of the Longzhou Shipping Company were ready to be sold, and this news moved Wang Haitao's heart. Wang Haitao's idea was to buy a few freighters and transport a part of the troops to the islands near Hangzhou Bay, so that once the battle in Shanghai was over, these troops could land in Hangzhou Bay in advance and rush to the Shanghai battlefield first.

But Wang Haitao dispelled this idea again, first, the troops could not supply supplies on the desert island, and second, after the battle in Shanghai, after his troops went ashore in Hangzhou Bay, the lack of an order would cause misunderstanding among the garrison troops. It doesn't seem to be going to work.

Time was anxiously waiting for Wang Haitao, and he walked forward day by day, and finally came to July 7, 1937, when Wang Haitao stayed awake all night, and on the morning of July 8, Wang Haitao bought all the newspapers outside the barracks. Sure enough, the front pages of the major newspapers carried the news of a fierce battle between the Japanese and Chinese defenders at the Lugou Bridge on the night of 7 July. The "7. Qilugou Bridge Incident" occurred as scheduled.

From this day on, Wang Haitao ordered all the officers and men of the Independent Brigade to enter the first level of combat readiness, all the baggage was replenished to the company, all the soldiers were distributed two bases of ammunition, and the idea of resisting Japan and saving the country was propagated among the troops.

On 9 August, at Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport, the Chinese defenders killed two Japanese lieutenants who had come to provoke him, and on 10 August, the Nationalist Government issued the "Statement on Self-Defense and War of Resistance," declaring that "China will never give up any part of its territory, and in the event of aggression, it can only respond with the exercise of its natural right of self-defense." "The Battle of Shanghai kicked off.

On the night of 10 August, Wang Haitao sent a telegram to Wei Erxi's independent battalion left behind in Shanghai, ordering Wei Erxi to get in touch with the Shanghai garrison in the near future, and that as soon as the Shanghai garrison and the Japanese army fought, they must help the Shanghai garrison to jointly attack the Japanese army. After receiving the order, Wei Erxi contacted the Second Regiment of the Supplementary Brigade of the Second Division of the National Revolutionary Army of the Hongqiao Defenders on 11 August.

Du Haifeng, the commander of the second regiment, was greatly surprised that there was such a local warlord army near his station, and said that he would report to Shangfeng immediately. Du Haifeng's report was sent directly to the desk of General Zhang Zhizhong, commander of the Ninth Army. At this time, General Zhang Yezhong had just received Chiang Kai-shek's order to wage war against the Japanese garrison in Shanghai with superior forces.

When Zhang Zhizhong heard the report that such a Gui armed force was in Shanghai, he was surprised and disdainful. In the eyes of General Zhang Zhizhong, these miscellaneous armies of the Gui system only have a few broken rifles, and a battalion may not even have a few machine guns, so what can they do, and the 87th and 88th divisions on his side are all the main German armament divisions.

However, no matter why this battalion of the Gui department was in Shanghai, it was able to take the initiative to attack the Japanese, but this patriotic enthusiasm was very valuable, so General Zhang Zhizhong immediately ordered that this independent battalion of the Gui department be incorporated into Du Haifeng's second regiment for unified action, and Du Haifeng had full command of it.

When Du Haifeng received the order, he immediately conveyed General Zhang Zhizhong's order to Wei Erxi, and asked Wei Erxi to immediately pull the entire battalion to the barracks at Hongqiao Airport so that he could unify his command. Wei Erxi took over the military order, and without saying a word, immediately returned to the garrison and sounded the military horn for the emergency assembly.

At this time, the personnel of the independent battalion had increased to 1,200 men, and it was divided into six companies, one of which was a baggage company with ten trucks, an artillery company, a heavy fire company, and three ordinary companies. Two armoured vehicles and two tank vehicles were organized separately as assault detachments. In addition to this, there are demolition detachments, engineering detachments. These were all established under the teaching of Wang Haitao.

In addition to the standard weapons, the battalion also had eight heavy machine guns and 20 82 mortars in the artillery company, and the remaining 30 82 mortars were assigned to each ordinary company to strengthen the firepower. Even more exaggerated were two armored vehicles and two tank vehicles, plus five ten-wheeled, two-mounted Gaoping machine guns placed on large trucks. Each class also has a recoilless gun.

Such a battalion drove into the barracks of Hongkou Airport with armored vehicles and tank vehicles, which made Du Haiyi, the commander of the Second Regiment, look at it. Du Haifeng whispered to the regimental deputy beside him: "Am I dazzled? Is this a battalion of the Gui department? Lao Tzu only has a dozen heavy machine guns and six mortars in a regiment, which is already elite, and a battalion of the Gui department has dozens of fucking heavy machine guns, dozens of mortars, and combat vehicles, which still makes our Central Army not mixed?"

The regiment deputy also widened his eyes in surprise and said: "Regiment commander, the guns in the hands of these soldiers are different from ours, a squad not only has several submachine guns, but also light machine guns, our elite regiment is a fucking son compared to others, how can this be mixed?"

At this time, Wei Erxi ran over, saluted Du Haifeng and them, and then shouted: "The National Revolutionary Army, the Fourth Group Army, and the independent battalion under the Independent Brigade of the Seventh Army, all 1,212 people, have all arrived, please give instructions." ”

Du Haifeng and the regimental deputy returned a military salute, and after glancing at each other, they said, "Battalion Commander Wei, are your Fourth Army all equipped like this?"

Wei Erxi said proudly: "Sir, only our independent brigade has such equipment, and these are all the equipment that our brigade seat paid for us from Germany. ”

Du Haiyi glanced at the regiment deputy again and said, "You take the troops to the barracks to rest and stand by first." ”

Wei Erxi saluted and replied loudly: "Obey, sir!" After speaking, under the leadership of an officer, he led the whole battalion of officers and soldiers into the barracks. Du Haifeng hurriedly reported the situation of this independent battalion to General Zhang Zhizhong of the headquarters.

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