The central breakthrough is to concentrate superior forces, enter from one point, and then fight deeper and deeper, and then expand this breakthrough and roll it to the two flanks, if at this time another force comes from the rear, then the enemy's forces will collapse.

And the only requirement for the central breakthrough is firepower, without firepower, how can it be penetrated, it is completely human flesh buns, go to one, hit one, but the Chinese army's originally small number of bombers have been exhausted in the previous months of operations, completely lost air supremacy, and the 300 planes parked at Jinling Airport cannot be put into use.

However, when the Gui army came out of Guangxi, they were full of confidence and high morale, vowing to contribute to the motherland, and they fought this battle with infinite confidence.

Even so, the 21st Group Army of the counteroffensive will have to carry out a central breakthrough, and the degree of difficulty can be imagined. What was even more sinister was that the 21st Army encountered the 3rd Division, the main force of the Japanese army. The Japanese army, with the 3rd Division, the 9th Division, and the 101st Division as the main forces, and the 11th Division, the 13th Division, and the Shigeto Detachment as the assists, attacked Zoumatang and Dachang Town. At this time, the 101st Division of the Japanese Army had broken through Fuzaobang and was moving south along the Hutai Highway, approaching Dachang.

The 3rd Division was behind, and it collided with the 21st Group.

Due to the Japanese army's air supremacy, the time for the counteroffensive was set for the evening of the 21st.

On the night of 21 October, the 21st Group Army launched a counteroffensive on the south bank of Fumohama, concentrating its forces and striking hard at the central part of the Japanese army.

The intensity of the Japanese attack was quite terrifying. At that time, the Nationalist army was only afraid of the Japanese army in two points, one was the bombing of Japanese planes, and once they found that the Chinese troops were gathered, they launched fierce bombing and strafing. The second point is that I am particularly afraid of the Japanese army's 37 artillery, which the national army calls 'Kakong' cannon, just because the sound of its cannon is 'Kakong', which is very effective against machine gun fire. Due to the serious lack of artillery in the national army, it is equipped with a lot of light machine guns, but this thing, once you find your machine gun, the machine gun fire point will be knocked out with a single click.

At that time, some commanders said after the war that there were six or nine light machine guns in a company, and at the end of the day, they were basically gone. Under such circumstances, the offensive plan adopted by the soldiers of the Gui army can be imagined.

There was no heavy fire to break through the Japanese positions, and the machine gun fire points were also tightly sealed by the Japanese Kakong artillery, even if they chose to attack at night, they could only choose to use their flesh and blood to resist and forcibly charge forward, in the hope of recovering the territory occupied by the Japanese army.

In the dense fire net of the Japanese army, the soldiers of the Gui army who charged in front were shot and fell to the ground, but the soldiers behind were not afraid, they did not seem to know what death was, and continued to charge by stepping on the corpses of their comrades.

The Gui army looked at death in front of the fierce fire of the Japanese army, but the human flesh could not resist the bullets after all, and many soldiers did not even see the Japanese army, and fell on the way to charge.

In just one day, all six divisions were crushed.

When General Bai learned of the battle situation at the front, he cried loudly at the headquarters.

The loss of six divisions in one day is no longer a simple flesh and blood mill, as for the six divisions rumored in later generations, it is even more nonsense to go to six brigades and six regiments.

"The blood and water converge into streams, flowing down the high slopes to the low areas, and the corpses are everywhere, like purgatory on earth."

Rao is like this, Xia Yuan's heart is still dull.

He returned to the hut and began to think back to the landing operation that had taken place that day, and the Japanese landing operation was almost unimpeded.

Xiaochuansha faces the Yangtze River in the east, and Chongming Island across the sea, more than 70 years ago, that is, today in 1937, Xiaochuansha is a muddy tidal flat, sparsely populated, it is here, the Songhu Anti-Japanese main force decisive battle began, and everything that happened here changed the direction of the future war.

After landing in the early morning, the Japanese army advanced to the front line of Liuhe, Luodian, Baoshan, and Wusong to expand the occupied strongholds, and once the Japanese army occupied the heel in the area from Lion Forest to Wusong and established a bridgehead, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The offensive method adopted by the Japanese army is the same as that adopted by the Gui army in the future, which is to take the method of breaking through the center and then rolling to the two flanks, but the Gui army does not have strong fire support, and the Japanese army occupies the advantage of sea and air, even if the army does not have an advantage in numbers, the weapons and equipment are quite luxurious,

Responding to the attack of two divisions of the Japanese army was General Chen Cheng's 18th Army, one of the most powerful armies of the bald heads.

Baoshan, where the fighting was particularly fierce, was where the Japanese army landed at that time, and the urban area of Baoshan in the 21st century was already a prosperous urban area, but today in 1937, the river network made up for it, and the open alluvial plain was an endless silt and swamp.

On August 24, 1937, Peng Shan's 11th Division traveled day and night, arrived near Luodian to set up defenses, and as soon as they entered the battlefield, they encountered big trouble, since the 128 Incident in 1932, the Nationalist Army and the Japanese Army signed the Songhu Armistice Agreement, the agreement stipulated that the Nationalist Army was not allowed to deploy defenses in Shanghai, so after they arrived, there was no fortification here, only temporary construction and excavation of field positions.

This is an alluvial plain, full of muddy tidal flats, where the fighters dug field positions with shovels, and when a few shovels went down, groundwater came out, and there was no way to build decent fortifications.

The proximity to the sea and the fact that there is no danger to defend are very beneficial to the Japanese army, whose navy and air forces can give full play to their superiority in the sea and air, and the naval guns can directly bomb the Chinese troops deployed along the coast. The caliber of naval naval guns, which far exceeded those of infantry guns and howitzers, fell on the positions, and the entire position was gone.

The soldiers of the Anti-Japanese War fought against the Japanese army in such an open-air field fortification, the water in the field fortifications dug was not up to the knees, the fortifications were very simple, the depth was only half a person's height, there was no wood for construction in the bunker, and there was a lack of solid support, even the Japanese small-caliber mortars could cause huge casualties to the national army.

In addition, the trenches were seriously waterlogged and could not be dug deeply, so the soldiers often stood in the water to fight the Japanese army, and some veterans were not used to staying in the muddy ditch, so they simply lay on their stomachs and shot outside, and their whole bodies were exposed to the outside, and as a result, they were injured by Japanese gunfire and stray bullets.

The 11th Division of the Japanese Army, which landed on Xiaochuansha, fought fiercely with the Nationalist Army for two days and nights, suffering 400 casualties and one senior staff officer of the division. The Japanese Third Division, which landed on Wusong, also suffered more than 300 casualties.

Dead bodies were everywhere, and due to the hot weather, mosquitoes were rampant all over the tidal flats, flies and maggots increased sharply, and the air was filled with a thick smell of gunpowder smoke and a pungent smell of corpses.

With the landing of two divisions of the Japanese army, a protracted life-and-death battle broke out in Songhu.

The news of the imminent rush to the front line still spread, the tense and terrifying atmosphere spread throughout the 40th Division, and eating could not arouse the enthusiasm of the soldiers; during training, many people were like walking corpses, and more and more people were fleeing; in the past, when running in the morning, only three or four people were hanging from a tree, and there was only such a big tree hanging from a long distance.

And now, a few meters apart, you can see a big tree with five or six people hanging on it, and the blood on its body is very miserable.

"The new barracks have strengthened their vigilance, and there is no way to escape."

Xia Yuan made a simple observation, in the past, there were only two or three people at the gate, but now it has increased to a squad, because he has never gone out, he naturally does not know the situation of the secret posts all around, but he can basically guess that the 40th Division has strengthened the vigilance on the side of the new barracks, in order to prevent someone from escaping.

Old man Wang still had the idea of escaping, but Xia Yuan and Xu Yu looked at him, and he didn't have a chance.

Old man Wang felt inexplicably frightened by Xia Yuan's vigilance, every time he came back from the toilet, this guy's eyes looked straight at him, not to mention how weird it was. Old man Wang is also a smart person, knowing that Xia Yuan has been paying attention to him, the idea of escaping in his heart has been reduced a lot, but the thought has not disappeared, and he has been looking for opportunities.

Old man Wang would not be like those reckless people who chose to run away without investigating the situation clearly, but as soon as he escaped, he was caught by the guards outside.

It's just a pity that the opportunity was not waited for after all, and the order to go to the front was given.

The war in Shanghai was already at stake in the safety of the capital Jinling City.

On this day, the superiors gave them a salary in advance, for the old man Wang, they were too surprised, they did not expect to join the ranks of the national army, and they would also be paid silver, although there was only a piece of ocean, but for the peasants at that time, a piece of ocean was already quite unusual.

The big guys basically knew that they were going to the front line, so the veterans took the recruits into the city to buy a lot of wine, cold dishes, braised meat, and cigarettes to bring back to the army.

Old man Wang hurriedly returned to the grass shed of the third class with the monkey, and saw Xia Yuan and Xu Yu talking, after the old man Wang sat down, he said bluntly: "The people outside are crazy, they have spent all the money, and they have bought a lot of wine and meat." ”

Xu Yu stood up, touched the silver dollar in his pocket, and said, "I want to fork, go, take you to buy food." ”

Old man Wang was puzzled, these money was not easy to come by, where could it be spent so quickly, he was a little distressed, reluctant to follow Xu to spend the money, most of the others were croppers, and the old man Wang had the same mentality, it took a long time to save a silver dollar by selling grain, even if this silver dollar looked a little inferior, but they were reluctant to spend it, looking forward to one day being able to go home and bring the money home.

"Let's go, I don't know if I can come back alive from the battlefield this time, don't spend it, do you plan to stay on the position?" Xu Yu pulled Old Man Wang up from the ground, and he looked optimistic with his happy appearance, but what he said made everyone silent.

Xia Yuan didn't feel anything, and said with a smile: "Let's go, why are you stunned, let's get drunk today." ”

After more than a month of life, several people have become quite familiar with each other, and everyone's views on Xia Yuan are deepening every day, and even in the class, Xia Yuan's words are better than Xu Yuan's, but Xu Yu is also an optimist, happy all day long, never say anything, in training, Xu Yuan's words are much better than Xia Yuan's.

The first to stand up was the scholar, his body was a little thin, his skin was darker than before, and he felt a little lean, but he could still see a little malnutrition on his face.

This month's training has made everyone's faces look like they are malnourished, but fortunately, their platoon commander is stern in his mouth, and he is still more concerned about everyone in life, and he is one of the few good commanders he has encountered, of course, the premise is that you have to be obedient, because of the existence of Xia Yuan, everyone in the third class is very obedient, and the platoon commander values Xia Yuan more, so everyone just looks a little malnourished, but they have not suffered much from other people's embarrassment.

After more than a month of training, everyone in Class 3 has basically adapted to this kind of life.

If the monkey is the old man's loyalty, then the scholar is Xia Yuan's loyalty, the two chatted together if they had nothing to do, the scholar found that the person in front of him was knowledgeable and well-informed, even if he had gone to school, he was not as good as the rough man of the peasant family in front of him, and over time, he had great admiration for Xia Yuan.

So after Xia Yuan spoke, he also stood up.

Xu Yu looked at the scene in front of him, smiled and didn't speak, he was a veteran, he had fought several battles, every time a recruit came, the situation was the same as in front of him, what really made them able to return to their hearts had to go through a battle.

The battlefield is the most grinding of people.

After coming and going for an hour, everyone spent almost all the money on their bodies, bought a lot of food, they still went one step late, the good meat has been bought, more than eight or nine thousand people of the 40th Division, stationed around, and the news that they will go to the front line tomorrow has already spread in the army, how many people can come back from the battlefield, this time they were paid, no one thought that they could come back from the battlefield, except for some people who chose to send the money home, and more people chose to go to the city to buy some good wine and food.

"Eat and drink well, and I won't worry about it anymore."

Some veterans of the 40th Division basically had the idea of dying generously.

On that day, many soldiers were drunk, and the commanders of the 40th Division saw it, and they gave the soldiers a day off, and at this time, even if they were bastards, no one would beat them. They had already received a lot of news from the front, the Japanese offensive was particularly rampant, and a large number of Japanese reinforcements were still on the way, and the war had a tendency to gradually expand.

As far as they knew, the local armies of several provinces, such as the Sichuan Army, the Anhui Army, the Guangdong Army, and the Gui Army, had already set out to open the front line to participate in this battle.