On February 28, 1932, after the increase in troops, under the personal command of General Shirakawa Yoshinori Shirakawa, the commander of the army, once again launched a fierce attack on all parts of the 19th Army.

Among them, the main force of the 14th Division of the Chinese Army took over the defense line of the original 24th Mixed Brigade and launched a fierce attack on our army on the Wusong line. After receiving some supplements, the main force of the 9th Division once again launched a fierce attack on the front line of Miaohang, and the marines of the army were still responsible for attacking the Zhabei area.

After two days of fierce fighting, the officers and men of our 19th Route Army fought bloodily, and although they were heavy at any time, they finally succeeded in repelling many attacks by the Yue Army.

"Baga Ya Road! I said that the 100,000 warriors of this empire could not defeat 50,000 of that army, it is simply unreasonable! After two days of fierce fighting, the army made no progress, and Shirakawa Yoshinori was furious again.

At this time, Nomura Kichizaburo advised, "Your Excellency Commander, don't be angry, now that I have gathered 100,000 imperial troops in Shanghai, and the Chinese army in Shanghai is only 50,000 troops, it is only a matter of time before we defeat the Chinese people. ”

"Having said that, the hundreds of thousands of troops that the Chinese have already gathered in Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places seem to have the intention of reinforcing Shanghai, so we must defeat the Chinese army in Shanghai as soon as possible, creating a fait accompli to occupy Shanghai, and leave the rest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for those waste disposal that can only pay lip service. But now that the battle has been fierce for two days, since there has been no progress, it is really hateful. Shirakawa Yoshinori said angrily.

"Your Excellency is very true! After reconnaissance by our naval reconnaissance planes, it was found that in the face of the onslaught of the imperial army, the strength of the Chinese people was seriously insufficient. If the people of China really had the heart to reinforce Shanghai, then they would have done so a long time ago, so why wait until now. He believes that Jiang Zhongzheng, who has come to power from the new stage, has no intention of starting an all-out war with the Great Empire, just like last year's 918, and now Jiang Zhengaxe just wants to symbolize the resistance of the surname and give an explanation to the people of the whole country! Nomura Kichizaburo said contemptuously.

"Yo Xi! Nomura-kun has a point. It's just that this 19th Route Army is too tenacious, and the bravery of this army is even more than that of the imperial warriors, if the imperial army attacks strongly, even if it can capture Shanghai, the loss will not be too small. The battle of Miaoxing, some people in China are already very dissatisfied with us, and we should now consider how to capture Shanghai at the lowest cost! Shirakawa Yoshinori said with a frown.

Nomura Kichizaburo walked up to the huge map hanging on the wall, pointed to the map and said, "Your Excellency, the people of China are seriously under-armed right now. According to the latest reconnaissance by our naval aviation, the defense of the Chinese people in the area around the Liuhe River is quite empty, and if the imperial army can send troops to land at the Liuhe River, it will certainly be able to accomplish its work in one battle and defeat the Chinese army in Shanghai in one fell swoop. ”

Hearing this, Shirakawa Yoshinori walked quickly to the map, glanced at the location of Liuhe, and asked with a frown, "Nomura-kun, is the information reliable?" ”

"Absolutely reliable!" Nomura Kichizaburo replied in the affirmative.

"Yo Xi!" Shirakawa Yoshinori smiled and nodded, "Nomura-kun deserves to be an excellent general of the empire, so let's do what Nomura-kun said!" Order the naval fleet to cover the landing of the 11th Division in the area of the Liuhe River, without further ado, and hurry up early tomorrow morning! ”

"Hayi!" The generals whispered their orders.

On March 1, the Yue army launched an offensive in all aspects of Naobei, Jiangwan, and Miaohang, using heavy artillery, field artillery, steel artillery, and aircraft to bombard continuously, while the infantry took advantage of the situation to attack, fighting with white knives, and both sides suffered heavy casualties; At the same time, Bai Chuan secretly ordered the 11th Division, taking advantage of the weakness of the weak Chinese forces on the Liuhe side, to forcibly land at Qiyakou, Yanglinkou, Liubinkou and other places to occupy Liuhe. At this time, the first line of the Liuhe River, only less than two regiments of the 19th Route Army were stationed, in the face of the fierce attack of the army, our soldiers were not afraid of death, bravely resisted, but finally suffered a crushing defeat because of being outnumbered, and the battle lasted until the afternoon, most of our defenders were killed, and only a few hundred people were forced to retreat. The fall of Liuhe has seriously threatened the flanks and rear of the central [***] team.

The battle on the front line of Wusong was also very tragic, and Jin Zhao led the Reading Regiment to fight side by side with the 156th Brigade, repelling the attacks of the Yue Army again and again. Finally, after the night fell, the army retreated like a tide, and the hum of the plane that had been sounding overhead for a day suddenly disappeared.

Jin Zhao, who was already exhausted, suddenly sat down in the trench like a deflated ball, took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, lit a cigarette and smoked it for enjoyment. Under the stimulation of tobacco, Jin Zhao, who was a little sluggish, finally regained a trace of his spirit, Jin Zhao glanced at the trench, and the surviving soldiers at this time were all lying on the ground exhausted as if they had just finished shooting, panting greedily.

Before Jin Zhao finished smoking a cigarette, a communications soldier from the 156 Brigade Headquarters hurriedly ran over, saluted Jin Zhao, and said loudly, "Report to Regiment Commander Jin, the brigade seat asked me to inform you, and immediately rush to the brigade headquarters for a meeting, there must be no mistake!" ”

Jin Zhao's face changed, Weng Zhaoyuan was so anxious to find himself, something big must have happened, and at this time, Jin Zhao suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. Jin Zhao threw the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground, "Okay! I'll go with you to the brigade headquarters. ”

Jin Zhao rushed to the brigade headquarters with the correspondent, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw several people surrounded in the house, all of whom were several major military commanders of the 156th Brigade, all with sad faces, as if their father had died collectively. 156 Chief of Staff Qiu Guozhen saw Jin Zhao coming, handed over a telegram, sighed and said, "You can take a look at this first!" ”

As soon as Jin Zhao glanced at it, his face immediately sank and exclaimed, "What Liuhe has lost!" "Originally, according to history, the army learned that our army's defense on the front line of Liuhe was weak after getting the defense map of the 19th Route Army carried by Wang Geng, so it sent troops to attack Liuhe. But with the help of Jin Zhao, Wang Geng was not caught by the little devil, and the military deployment map did not fall into the hands of Yue himself, but Liuhe was still lost. Jin Zhao's shock at this time can be imagined, Jin Zhao still remembered that the day after saving Wang Geng, he once reminded Commander Cai Tingkai in person that the little devil was very likely to land on the Liuhe River, where our army's defense was weak, and suggested strengthening the defensive force on the front line of the Liuhe River. Didn't Cai Tingkai listen to his own advice? In fact, this is Jin Zhao wronged Cai Tingkai, the defense of Liuhe is weak, even Jin Zhao can see it, Cai Tingkai, who has fought for decades, cannot not see it, but what can he do, at this time, the defenders of Shanghai are only less than 50,000 troops, and Cai Tingkai really can't draw troops to strengthen the defense of the first line of Liuhe. For this reason, Jiang Cai and others asked Lao Jiang to reinforce Shanghai more than once, and Lao Chiang did send troops to reinforce Shanghai, among which Shangguan Yunxiang's 47th Division had rushed to the front line of Taicang, but Lao Chiang, who was afraid of the further expansion of the situation, never ordered them to reinforce Shanghai. It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, not to mention that Cai Tingkai didn't know that the army would sneak attack Liuhe, and even if he knew, he really couldn't send up army reinforcements.

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