Falkenhausen went on to say: "The Hindenburg Line should first set up a cement plant and a steel plant, and a cement plant and a steel plant, which can be used for military purposes in wartime and for civilian economic construction in peacetime. ”

The bald head was encouraged by Falkenhausen, and as soon as he stomped his feet, he made up his mind: "Well, in order to protect the safety of the capital, the Hindenburg defense line must be built even if all the money is ruined, and I will immediately order the most reliable people to do it." ”

After the completion of the Chinese version of the Hindenburg defense line, the artillery that had just been imported from Germany was transported into the fortifications, and even the military exercises of the defense army were arranged. ”

However, after the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu, this master of micro-manipulation personally operated it.

After the loss of Shanghai, the master of micro-exercises called Falkenhausen over again and asked how Jinling would be defended, and Falkenhausen proposed to use the Hindenburg defense line that had already been built to resist the Japanese army.

However, at the time of the Battle of Songhu, the master of micro-manipulation transferred all the twelve divisions that originally defended the Hindenburg defense line to Shanghai to fight. What kind of battlefield was the Battle of Songhu, one division could be swallowed in three days, twelve divisions were put into it, and in a month, they were basically crippled. Then, after the troops left, it coincided with heavy rains, and these fortifications were all so full of rain that they were basically unusable.

The Hindenburg defensive line, which took several months and consumed a lot of manpower and material resources to build, did not even have a chance to come in handy.

In fact, when the Battle of Songhu broke out, the bald head's hopes were not pinned on the various group armies participating in the Battle of Songhu, nor on the Hindenburg defense line proposed by Falkenhausen, but on international mediation.

When the Japanese army took Luodian and then attacked in the direction of Fuzaobang and Dachang, he gave the troops an order to defend their positions, so that countless Central Army troops were firmly fixed to death on the humble positions, and the whole army was annihilated.

When the news of a division being disabled and annihilated by a division and an army being completely annihilated was delivered to his table, the master of micro-manipulation did not even think about letting the troops retreat to the Hindenburg defense line, which he had built with a lot of manpower and material resources.

Until the end of the Battle of Songhu, the international military mediation on which he had placed his trust did not appear.

As the Hindenburg defense line was flooded by the heavy rain, it was also doomed to the failure of the next defense of Jinling.

On 29 August, Falkenhausen personally inspected the enemy situation at the front line and submitted a new report to the bald head, which believed that if the Nationalist army withdrew immediately, it could shorten the defensive line and reduce the pressure on the front, but the Japanese army would also get a respite, and the Japanese army would not only take this opportunity to improve its transportation conditions and transport more artillery and tanks to Shanghai, but at the same time, the temporary airfield built by the Japanese army in the Gongda Yarn Mill and other places would also be put into operation, and the superiority of the air force would be more obvious. Additional forces should be deployed to hold the current defensive line, and it is better to drive the Japanese troops near Wusong into the sea.

At the same time, the national army should also build second-line fortifications in the rear, and rely on the fortifications to resist and hold on to Shanghai for a long time in the future.

Falkenhausen's proposal had a great influence on the bald heads, and on the 30th a new operational policy was approved, and the Nationalist Government stepped up the mobilization of troops from all over the country to reinforce them in Shanghai, and began to build second-line fortifications in the rear.

This has also become the basis for the future national army to shift from offensive operations to positional defensive warfare.

It can be said that the bald head issued the combat order to hold the position and defend depends more on Falkenhausen, and at present, the national army is still mainly on the counteroffensive and has not yet started a more difficult positional battle.

On the Japanese side, not to mention the fierce fighting between the 11th and 3rd Divisions of the Japanese Army in the early days of the Songhu Battlefield, in fact, the resistance of the Nationalist Army still shocked the Japanese Commander-in-Chief Matsui Ishone, and before Japan's full-scale invasion of China began, they had already begun to investigate China's national conditions, and found that China was in chaos, warlords were fighting each other, and there was a flow of red bandits in the country, which could be said to be unable to unite.

Now is the opportunity for a full-scale invasion of China, taking advantage of China's domestic chaos to conquer the whole of China in one fell swoop.

The 11th Division and the 3rd Division landed in Shanghai after the 77 Incident, and it was not until half a month after the start of the war that Matsui Ishone realized that he had seriously underestimated the combat effectiveness and combat determination of the Nationalist Army, and that it was impossible to accomplish the operational objectives with the strength of two divisions and regiments.

As a result, the Japanese army canceled the operational plan for landing in Jiaoao and returned the 12th Wing of the 11th Division to its establishment, and at the same time, the Japanese army also decided to transport the 18th and 34th Wings of the 3rd Division to Shanghai as soon as possible.

But in addition, the Central Army Committee, represented by Ishihara and others, did not agree to increase the number of troops in Shanghai.

Because, at this time, the national army had just signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union, although the treaty did not stipulate the military alliance obligations between China and the Soviet Union, but the Japanese devils were very worried that the Soviet Union would directly intervene in the Sino-Japanese war, so at the meeting at that time, it was decided to increase the number of troops in North China, if the Soviet Union entered the war, these troops could return to the four eastern provinces in time to resist the Soviet army.

As China and Japan further mobilized troops, the competition between the two sides for Luodian became more and more intense, and the Japanese army also began a new round of operations.

The battle of Luodian has been fought for a week, and the 13th Division of the Japanese army has been surrounded on three sides, although the Nationalist army cannot enter it, but they cannot fight out, and there is a huge and obvious difference from the expected plan to capture Luodian and Jiading, cut off the Beijing-Shanghai railway, and cut off the rear road of the Nationalist army. In addition, the country did not agree to increase the number of troops in Shanghai for the time being, and there was an argument within the Shanghai Dispatch Army that they should retreat, advocating that the 11th Division should abandon Luodian, which was besieged on three sides, and retreat to the banks of the Yangtze River, so as to make a long-term plan to hold on.

However, after some weighing, Matsui Shigen believed that as long as Wusong and Baoshan were taken, and the 11th Division of the only Luodian was connected with the 3rd Division located in Shanghai, he could gain a foothold on the north side of Shanghai.

Therefore, the center of the Japanese army's attack was placed on Wusong and Baoshan, and in Luodian, a firm plan was adopted, allowing the national army to launch counterattacks on Luodian again and again.

In the huge flesh mill of Luodian, the brutal Battle of Baoshan will also begin.

Xia Yuan, who was located in the Lin family's house, was still not interested in the affairs around him, and the defeat of the war in Shanghai was a foregone conclusion, which he could not change and reverse, he could only do his best to change the fate of some of the wars or some soldiers.

For example, Zhao Shiguo, Zheng Dayong, Scholar, Lao Lei and Xiaoliu, perhaps in the original time and space, they didn't even have names, they were sent to the battlefield and used as cannon fodder, and they were one of the cold numbers in the post-war casualty statistics.

Xia Yuan couldn't change the overall situation, but he changed the fate of some people.

The next day, the sky shimmered.

The soldiers of the third company had only just entered the combat position, alerting the Japanese troops who were attacking during the day.

"Today is a little unusual, the Japanese army did not attack, and as soon as it dawned in the past, the Japanese army basically appeared." Lu Jingguang put down the binoculars, looked at the time on his watch, and was quite surprised: "Why is the Japanese army so abnormal today." ”

Xia Yuan is not clear.

As Lu Jingguang said, daytime is the time for the Japanese army to counterattack, and they will definitely not give up this opportunity, and now, it is already more than seven o'clock, the sun is rising on the horizon, and the red light is reflected on the spire of the ruins, which is somewhat dazzling and bright.

The Luodian battlefield seemed to fall silent.

Last night the attack was all night, and early this morning, it should have been violently counterattacked by the Japanese army, but no, the national defense line was quiet and a little scary, and the Japanese army seemed to be brewing something.

Xia Yuan was clear about the battle, but he was not clear about the internal movement of the Japanese army.

Half a month is a relatively short time, and if you want to understand the history of the war in New China, it is not something that can be understood in detail in a few days, he learned about the history of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and then to understand the history of the War of Resistance against Japan, as well as what happened before the history of the War of Resistance against Japan.

I can only roughly remember the major events of history.

He only knew that Luodian was a huge flesh mill, and that the Japanese army captured Luodian in order to attack from the Jiading line, cut off the Beijing-Shanghai railway, and further cut off the route of the retreat of the Nationalist army in Shanghai to the west.

Xia Yuan knew very well in his heart that the Japanese army's suspension of the offensive was definitely not to give up Luodian, and it was very likely that it was planning to open the current situation of Luodian being besieged from three sides from other directions.

Different from what Lu Jingguang thought, Xia Yuan was thinking about where the Japanese army would choose to open the situation if the Japanese attack in Luodian was blocked, and they would not give up.

Or just wait for reinforcements to arrive.

In Xia Yuan's point of view, only waiting for reinforcements is the most likely.

The Japanese army's dispatch army in Shanghai has only two divisions, and the strength of the national army has increased to five divisions, or even six divisions, and the strength is still coming from all over the country.

"It is estimated that the Japanese army is waiting for reinforcements."

It seems that there is only one explanation, which can be explained.

"Waiting for reinforcements?" Lu Jingguang thought for a while, "Your inference may be correct, the Japanese army and us have formed a stalemate, on this two-kilometer-long deep front, back and forth for several days, the more they can't fight, the more anxious they are, so they will definitely send reinforcements to Luodian." ”

Speaking of this, Lu Jingguang's expression was a little worried.

In fact, he would have preferred that the Japanese would have attacked their defensive lines, or at least that the two sides would have been able to stalemate, but once the Japanese began to reinforce, their situation would be even more dangerous.

On 31 August, at half past eight o'clock in the morning, the Japanese navy anchored at Wusongkou launched a concentrated artillery bombardment on Wusong Town.

The Japanese army launched a fierce offensive against the town of Wusong.

The 1st Brigade of the 68th Wing of the Japanese Army landed in small boats south of the Fortress Station, the 3rd Brigade landed north of Wusong Town, and the 2nd Brigade forced a crossing near the railway bridge.

The 361st Regiment of the 61st Division of the Nationalist Army was stationed near the railway bridge, but due to the lack of preparation for the Japanese landing, it was not possible to organize effective resistance, and the Japanese army captured Wusong Town along the river in only one hour, and advanced forward, occupying Jinjiazhai, Gujiazhai, Zhengjiazhai and other positions of the Nationalist Army, and continued to break through.

The 2nd Brigade of the Japanese Army captured the town of Wusong very smoothly and began to attack the Yongan Yarn Factory.

The 361st Regiment was defeated by the Japanese and chose to retreat.

The 1st Security Regiment, stationed in the area south of the Paotai station, tried to organize a counterattack, but under the heavy fire of the Japanese army, the counterattack did not have the slightest effect.

Three days in the afternoon, the Japanese army basically completely captured the town of Wusong, and at five o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese army successfully captured Tongji University, Zhoujiaqiao and Paotai Station and other areas, and surrounded the Wusong fortress.

That night, the 17th Brigade arrived at Wusong at about 7 o'clock and launched a night attack on the Japanese army, the 31st Regiment repelled the Japanese army to the east and made contact with the security regiment of the Wusong Fort, and the 33rd Regiment stabilized the defensive line near Tongji University, engaged the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army, and repeatedly fought house by house in Tongji University.

In the Tongji University building, the Japanese army firmly occupied the second floor, and the Nationalist army occupied the first floor, fighting until dawn, and finally withdrew from the battle.

Following.

The Japanese army had already occupied Wusong on all fronts, and the 61st Division's defensive line at Wusong was like a plate of scattered sand, which was about to collapse at the first touch.

In just one day, the extremely important place of Wusongkou was easily occupied by the Japanese army.

Then, the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army advanced in an attempt to cut off the connection between the 1st and 31st Regiments of the Wusong Fort and the outside world, but the 17th Brigade resisted stubbornly, and the Japanese attacked slowly.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Japanese captain arrived at the front line to supervise the battle, the 31st Regiment suffered heavy casualties, was reduced to a battalion, and began to retreat, the Japanese army successfully occupied the first line of Bojia Village and Xiaocaojiazhuang, and the national army of the 1st Security Regiment retreated to Wusong Fort and Dacaojiazhuang, and continued to fight with the Japanese army, Dacaojiazhuang fell, and the 1st Security Regiment suffered heavy losses, and withdrew from the battle that night.

Another day later, the Nationalist troops on the entire Wusong defensive line suffered huge casualties and began to retreat, and Wusong was completely occupied by the Japanese army.

At this time, the Japanese army and the national army fell into a state of complete confrontation, and the national army launched an attack on the Japanese defense line for two consecutive days, and it has not yet been able to make effective progress.

September 1st, early in the morning.

A new moon.

Xia Yuan hadn't fallen asleep yet, standing in the two-story building and looking into the distance, joining the third company, after becoming the deputy company commander, he had nothing to do, and the third company also stayed in the Lin family house to rest, and the fifth company that entered Qiao's house did not suffer from the Japanese counterattack, it may be that the Japanese army thought that Qiao's house had no need to counterattack, even if the national army sent a large force to reinforce Qiao's house, that position did not have the slightest impact on the entire Japanese army.

After all, it is a forward position, and if it is lost, the center of defense of the Japanese army is still in Luodian Town.

(End of chapter)