Chapter 149: Crucial Eighteen Days!

On September 7, 1938, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters issued Order No. 96 of the Provisional Staff, transferring 10 brigades of reserve infantry, 3 artillery brigades, and 2 engineer brigades originally belonging to the North China Front Army to the Shanghai Dispatch Army. On the same day, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters decided to urgently transfer five infantry battalions and one mountain artillery squadron from the Taiwan garrison to form the Shigetto Detachment with Chiaki Shigeto as the detachment leader, and to include it in the Shanghai Dispatch Army.

On September 8, a mobilization order was issued to mobilize the 9th, 13th, and 18th divisions.

On 11 September, the General Staff Headquarters issued Order No. 99 of the Provisional Staff Order, deciding to transfer additional Taiwan brigades and regiments and the 9th, 13th, and 101st divisions to Shanghai, as well as units directly under the army and troops stationed at military stations.

In a series of troop increases, the wolf-like ambitions of the Japanese General Staff were undoubtedly revealed, and their appetite was not satisfied with capturing Songhu, and the military headquarters wanted to eat the heavy army group of the Chinese army in the Songhu area in one bite, and then directly attack Nanjing, occupy the Chinese capital, and destroy China in one fell swoop.

In the face of the enemy's dispatch of troops, the Nationalist Government quickly sent additional troops from various provinces and the central army to Songhu to participate in the war. In the group army, in addition to the original 8th, 9th, and 15th group armies, Xue Yue's 19th Group Army, Liu Jianxu's 10th Group Army were added, and later, Liao Lei's 21st Group Army was transferred.

On September 22, the Japanese concentrated the main force to storm the position of the left flank army holding Luodian, and by the night of the 24th, the Japanese army continued to charge with two divisions, and the 159th and 160th divisions of the national army were all killed. In view of the fact that the Japanese army had the tendency to break the left wing army with its main force on both sides of the Baoliu Highway, in order to preserve its strength and wear down the enemy for a long time, the headquarters of the commander of the Third Theater ordered all units of the left wing army to move to the second line of defense one after another, and attacked the Japanese army one after another. At this time, Matsui Ishine saw that his attempt to break through from the flank and encircle the Chinese army could not be realized, so he decided to change the division and encirclement to a central breakthrough and concentrate his forces to attack the Fumohama line.

The 11th Division is still in the second-line position, and the brothers in the wounded barracks have also entered a manic period, and in ten days, most of the small wounds have scabbed, and then they will enter a large-scale itching period.

"Get me a cigarette!"

Feng Yi gritted his teeth, frowned and pleaded with the brother next to him, there was itching everywhere on his body, and now Feng Yi longed for those big wounds to be a little more painful, at least to make him feel better, but after more than ten days of hard work by nurses and doctors, now even the big wounds are gradually getting better, and large-scale pain will not exist.

"The doctor said, you strictly prohibit smoking and drinking, bear with me!"

Zhao Liang next to him held back a smile and refused Feng Yi's plea.

"Feng Yi! The doctor is here for your own good, you see, don't say it's you, even a few of us who are here to help out can't smoke. Bear with it! ”

Zhao Liang is in a very comfortable mood, he doesn't have to go to the battlefield, he helps in the field hospital, and he has delicious hot soup to drink every day, although it can't be mixed with the sick meal, but it is also very good.

"Company Commander Zhao, come and help! Someone's messing around again! ”

The field hospital gave these lightly wounded people a large tent, only the top without a wall cloth, densely packed with simple wooden beds, and of course only the nurses were shouting, they could not deal with these soldiers who survived the battlefield, only the officers came.

"It's coming!" Zhao Liang replied loudly,

"You stay, keep an eye on Feng Ye for me, don't let his hands and feet move, if the wound is broken, it will be you who will be pumped!"

Zhao Liang pointed to a brother and ordered viciously, before he came, he promised Camp Commander Zhang to ensure that Feng Yi recovered as soon as possible.

"Yes!"

A brother rubbed his eyes and stared at Feng Ye deadly, never looking away.

"I said brother, there's no need, I won't be unhappy with myself, don't stare at me, how awkward it is! I'm not a beauty! ”

Watching Zhao Liang walk away, Feng Ye began to fool this brother, his body was itchy, he was now scratching like a cat's paws, just like 'touching' the itchy place with his hands, that's right, Feng Yi just wanted to touch it, this was the goal Feng Ye set for himself in his heart.

"Brother Feng, don't embarrass me, don't move! If you do anything, I'm afraid you'll have to be like those brothers, and when the time comes, tie you up, but don't complain about the brothers. ”

This brother cried and began to beg for mercy, he didn't want to offend this person, but he was even more afraid of being beaten, Zhao Company Commander was really beaten! There were already two brothers who were beaten up by Lian Commander Zhao because of luck, and he didn't want to become the third.

"I'm not going to scratch anymore, please, let me go!"

As time went by, the lightly wounded in the wounded barracks kept leaving and returning to the army, and there were more and more begs for mercy left, including Feng Jie, who thought he could endure anything, was also tied to the bed, because his big wounds were removed, and now these two days are the critical time, to prevent infection and re-dehiscence, Feng Ye was ruthlessly tied to the bed, if the situation is better, in another week, he can be discharged.

"Okay, it's almost, the wound has recovered well in the past two days, there is no infection and dehiscence, according to the current situation, lie down for another five days, and it will be completely recovered!"

The nurse dismantled the gauze on Feng Ye's body, washed the skin around the wound with salt water and alcohol, and then changed the gauze and bandaged the wound properly.

However, the battle on the Songhu battlefield did not stop because of the repair of the 11th Division, and the development of the battle situation became more and more unfavorable to the Chinese army.

Beginning on 1 October, the Japanese navy and air forces launched a new attack in coordination with ground forces. The north road is directed to Guangfu and Chenjiaxing by the 11th Division of Yamamuro Zongwu; The 3rd, 9th, 13th, and 101st Divisions of the South Road were concentrated to force their way across Fuzaobang and attack Dachang and Nanxiang in order to cut off the defenders from the outside world in the Dachang to Jiangwan area and make them a lone army.

On October 1, the 11th Division was ordered to move to Zhangjiacun and Linjiazhai, and effectively occupy the place to build fortifications.

"Your wound is almost healed, remember, in the past two days, don't let the wound see water, the gauze is wrapped for you, pay more attention to yourself!"

The field hospital had to retreat with the headquarters of the 11th Division, and all the lightly wounded here had returned to the team, and the doctors and nurses were explaining the wounded who had returned ahead of schedule one by one.

Feng Ye has been tied up in bed for almost seven days, and now he is finally free, and now he is moving his body, not only Feng Ng, but also hundreds of lightly injured people in the field hospital are moving their bodies.

"Line up, then follow me and report back to your unit!"

Zhao Liang shouted loudly, he took a squad of brothers to lead the way in front, fortunately, there were no wounded people with limited mobility in here, and those who could return to the battlefield were brothers who could continue to fight.