Due to Chen Cheng's opposition, the Nationalist Army finally decided to let the Ninth Army withdraw from the salient south of Zhang Huabang to avoid being surrounded by the Japanese army. And the units of the 15th Army still maintained the current line of defense.

As a result, on 11 September, Zhang Zhizhong's Ninth Army began to retreat westward on the order of occupation.

As for the 15th Army, the Nationalist troops on the Luodian side remained in their original positions.

The First Army of Yangxing and the Ninety-eighth Division of Yuepu received orders to maintain the current front and retreat to the second-line position as a last resort, and the orders of the First Army also included that if they retreated, they needed to negotiate with the Eighteenth Army in advance.

Chen Cheng's order was to ask all units to maintain the current front.

However, in the face of the fierce attack of the Japanese army, Hu Zongnan's First Army immediately began to retreat westward as a last resort after receiving the order that day, and the 98th Division next door said that because the First Army abandoned Yang Xing, the flanks were exposed, and it had to withdraw from Yuepu with it.

Although there is no exact record of why the First Army abandoned Yang Xing, the bald head was very dissatisfied, believing that the early withdrawal of the First Army from Yang Xing affected the success or failure of the battle in Shanghai.

Even the bald head recorded in his diary, 'The formation of the First Army and the Eighteenth Army wavered, and the front command could not be controlled, so they only wanted to retreat, strictly forbidden, and asked them where their shame and doctrine were. ’

Obviously, the retreat of the Ninety-eighth Division and the First Army had already exceeded the bald man's expectations.

Even on the day of the retreat, the bald head rewarded the 98th Division for holding on to Yuepu, but he didn't expect them to run away that night.

This run directly affected the retreat formation of the national army, but fortunately, the various departments of the national army were smarter when they retreated, especially the first army, which attacked the Japanese army in the first half of the night and poured ecstasy soup into the Japanese army, and began to retreat in the second half of the night, so that the Japanese army did not find that the national army in Yang Xing had retreated until the early morning of the next day.

Subsequently, the Nationalist troops in the Shanghai area began to withdraw one after another.

In addition to Zhang Zizhong's 88th Division and the Security Corps, they were still confronting the Japanese Navy's marines in Zhabei City.

The 212th and 216th regiments of the 36th Division retreated to the vicinity of Dongqianjia and Tangjiangwan stations, and with the strength of the two regiments, occupied Dijiabang, Fudan University, Yejiahuayuan and other places as outposts.

The 87th Division retreated to the area of Lingnan Villa and Miaohang.

As for the 169th Brigade of the 57th Division, it retreated to the south bank of Fuzaobang and occupied the North Sun Mansion as an outpost, and the 171st Brigade, 61st Division, and 20th Independent Brigade of the 57th Division also assembled in Dachang as reserves.

On the Japanese side, on September 12, the new commander of the 6th Wing of the Japanese Army, Kawa and Mi, arrived at the front line on the same day, and he arrived with the Japanese reserve infantry brigade.

The Iida detachment at the Qiujiang pier and the Japanese marines in the Lend-Lease also did not make any moves, so the Ninth Army retreated very smoothly.

During this period, because these reserve infantry brigades of the Japanese army were originally used in the North China battlefield, they had different numbers, including the reserve infantry brigade that originally belonged to the sixth division, which once led the national army to think that the sixth division of the Japanese army was in Songhu.

It can be seen that the national army has done a very bad job in intelligence work against Japan.

The basic transfer of the Ninth Army in the Shanghai direction was completed.

The First Army in the direction of Yanghang, abandoned Yanghang on the night of September 11, and retreated all the way to the Yangjiazhai, Nanwangzhai, Xinzhai, and Xuzhai in Fuzaobang to build fortifications.

Due to Chen Cheng's opposition to the retreat, the 56th, 58th, and 51st Divisions near Luodian still held out on the west side of Luodian.

The situation in the direction of Jiading is quite stable.

At this time, in the direction of Jiading, as the battle on the front line intensified, the national army retreated on all fronts, and the Japanese reinforcements arrived.

Stability will eventually fall apart one day.

After a few days of development, Xia Yuan's troops have also had the scale of a company, and formed a stable industrial chain of picking up soldiers, which is in cooperation with Captain Chen, every night by Commander Chen to send a convoy to transport the commando team led by Xia Yuan to Luodian, sneak attack the Japanese position, seize guns and ammunition, gold and silver jewelry, and return to Jiading in the car arranged by Commander Chen before dawn.

Due to the changes in the battlefield situation, they were only responsible for holding their positions at night and did not attack the Japanese positions, but for several days in a row, small units moved to attack the Japanese positions, according to the reports of the scouts on the front line.

This mysterious unit was able to touch the Japanese position every time, and eliminated the small Japanese troops on the position as quickly as possible, and then disappeared.

It's like a ghost.

Such a ghostly unit, his action time has lasted for about a week, he is highly active in the defense line of the 58th Division, there is not a single example of a failed night attack, and then he observes the Japanese position, and finds that the entire position seems to have been eaten by an ant colony, the position is full of holes, the Japanese machine gun positions, fortifications, most of them have been destroyed, and it is rare for Japanese soldiers to clean the position on the position.

The appearance of this unit instantly shocked the entire group army, and they had been fighting the Japanese army for a month, and had launched more than 20 active attacks on the Japanese positions, and no matter how they attacked the Japanese positions, they were unable to penetrate them, and even if they did, they paid a heavy price and sacrificed many people.

On the contrary, the ghostly troops, according to the scouts, were only a platoon, about 30 people, dressed in black, and they could not be seen without looking carefully, they blended with the darkness and quietly approached the Japanese position, first continuous grenades, and the machine guns of the Japanese devils did not sound, and the group of people rushed into the positions of the Japanese devils, killing them indiscriminately for an hour, and then quietly withdrew.

In the interval between the arrival of the Japanese reinforcements, the scouts touched the front of the Japanese devil's position to observe, and found that the Japanese position was already covered with devastation, and there was not even a single person, and the Japanese troops on the entire position were all wiped out by them, one by two.

Organized, combative, attacking quickly and retreating.

In a few days, the whole national army knew about the existence of such a unit, but unfortunately, this unit did not have a number, came and went without a trace, and some commanders named them 'ghosts', and for the Japanese army, this unit was also a ghost.

This is a troop that came out of nowhere, it's just terrible.

Chen Cheng looked at the document and only had one thought in his heart, "Go, find this unit." ”

Such a force, if used well, may be able to defeat the positions of the Japanese devils.

The sky shimmered.

Commander Chen and Xia Yuan sat together, and beside them, there were rifles, light and heavy machine guns, a large number of bullets, and grenades, piled up in a small pile.

"Platoon Commander Xia is really powerful, I heard that it has spread above that there is a ghost army in Luodian, which comes and goes without a trace. Platoon Commander Xia, I have a question, I don't know if I can ask it. ”

"Just ask."

"With the most combat ability of the Xia platoon commander, why don't you find your superiors, wouldn't you want as many silver dollars as you want, how many you want."

"Captain Chen, you don't understand this, there is intrigue all day long, let's just guard this acre and three points of land, just get some oil and water." Xia Yuan smiled and took out a watch and put it in Chen Che's hand, "I also ask Captain Chen to keep it secret for me." ”

"I understand, I understand." Commander Chen accepted the watch with peace of mind, looked at the pile of weapons and ammunition on the car, and panicked slightly.

Who would have thought that the ghost that terrified the Japanese army turned out to be nothing more than a mouse stealing guns.

It's really embarrassing.

Now, Xia Yuan has become his God of Wealth, even if Xia Yuan doesn't mention it, he won't tell others that this trip after trip can catch more oil and water than the wounded in the past, and only two trucks can complete the money that can be earned by transporting two or three times in the past.

Captain Chen thought he was lucky to meet Xia Yuan, a god of wealth.

That has to be guarded.

Phantom.

Hehe.

Xia Yuan put his hands behind his head, felt the bumps of the car, and fell asleep unconsciously.

The so-called ghost squad, but Xia Yuan in order to make money, took them to the little Japanese devil position every night to do things, and now the national army has stopped attacking, and the Japanese army does not come out of the defense line, as far as he knows, the Japanese reinforcements will not be long before they are reinforced to Songhu, and this time is when the Japanese army in Luodian is relatively relaxed.

It is also the time when he has the best chance to succeed, using night vision and eagle eye, Xia Yuan knows the strength of the Japanese army position well, does not fight on the first night, and is specifically responsible for collecting intelligence on the Japanese position, and when he knows the Japanese position well, he determines several points where the troops are weaker and cuts in.

He blew up the Japanese machine-gun fire point with a grenade, Lao Qi and them carried a big knife on their backs, rushed into the Japanese position, and fought hand-to-hand with the Japanese devils, Xia Yuan followed closely behind, eliminated the Japanese devils on the position as quickly as possible, and then cleaned up the battlefield and took away all the things that could be taken away.

Xia Yuan is the main operator, Zheng Dayong, Xiao Liu and Er Stunned also followed, he wants to sharpen the three of them, especially Zheng Dayong, the only Zheng Dayong in the whole company is still in the recruit stage, although he has participated in several battles, but the combat experience is very poor, far inferior to Xiao Liu and Er Stunned, these days of grinding, he has also improved significantly.

After these few battles, Lao Qi was convinced by Xia Yuan.

Including Lao Qi's subordinates.

After fighting a few battles, they deeply realized Xia Yuan's combat ability, which was quite terrifying.

While Xia Yuan was asleep, they happily counted the night's achievements in another car, and they all hacked to death at least two or three Japanese devils one by one.

"Ghost, I love the name."

"It's still with Xia Platoon Changshuang, grandma's, I haven't fought such a happy battle for a long time."

Lao Qi sat aside, his clothes were dirty, many places were rotten, his black skin was exposed, his hands were broad and rough, stroking the stubble of his hair and half-smooth head, and said with great interest:

"Platoon commander, we have never fought the Japanese devils so comfortably, follow the previous commander, then let us go to the position to die. There are fewer little Japanese devils than us, but they are powerful, the guns are longer than our guns, and the people are better than ours, and it is no problem for me to kill two by myself, but not others, two or three can kill one Japanese devil. ”

After that, he sighed: "Our company was killed by the Japanese devils, and I became a deserter and escaped from the battlefield." ”

Xia Yuan smoked a cigarette and flicked off the ashes: "The Japanese devils pay attention to individual combat, many of our soldiers have not been trained much, and their individual skills are backward, far inferior to the Japanese devils, their artillery is powerful, and the tactics are not bad, we can't beat them." ”

Commander Chen asked, "You mean, we will lose this battle?" ”

"Almost, the battle of Luodian is basically over, and our people will no longer attack the Japanese devil position." Xia Yuan threw the cigarette butt outside the car: "The reinforcements of the Japanese devils are here, and Jiading will not be safe in the future." ”

"Impossible."

"There's nothing you can't do, and you don't go to the front." Lao Qi said sullenly: "I believe that the platoon commander can lead us to eliminate so many little devils, and his ability is not stronger than those commanders?" ”

"Say a few words, the handling of the national army is already very good." Xia Yuan tilted his head and looked at the night sky.

On the battlefield without gunsmoke, even the sky is much brighter.

"We still have more than a hundred people, and when the time comes, when we get to the battlefield, we will basically be cannon fodder."

"Platoon commander, then you can underestimate us, we won't kill so many little Japanese devils tonight." Lao Qi didn't think so, the battle in the past few days had never made him so happy, and even the confidence of many people in the group had soared, and when they acted at night, they rushed to go one by one.

If it weren't for the fact that so many people couldn't go, it was estimated that one company, all the people would have to go.

Xia Yuan stopped talking, and continued to speak, after all, he had to hit their self-confidence, and whether they could beat the Japanese devils or not, they would naturally know when they arrived on the battlefield.

The sky shimmered, the fighting on the front line stopped, and the faint roar could not be heard.

The two trucks jolted and slowly drove into Jiading.

In the past few days, Japanese planes have visited Jiading and carried out large-scale air raids on several important cities in the rear of the national army, including Jinling, Hangcheng, Xuzhou, Jiading and so on.

Jiading, as the rear city of Luodian, was naturally taken special care by the Japanese army, these days, continuous bombing, destroyed a large number of houses in Jiading, many people were buried in the ruins, many soldiers were homeless, sleeping on the streets at night, full of routs, refugees.

Naturally, their home was also bombed by the Japanese devil's plane, so they had no choice but to move their home to the surrounding forest, using the green plants of the forest as a cover, the shed built of grass and trees, and there were many mosquitoes at night.