Due to the Japanese defenses in Shanghai, Zhang Zhizhong could only order the troops to charge over and over again, and at the same time pinned his hopes on the heavy artillery troops and the air force.
In just two days, due to quality reasons, three of the howitzers of the former Northeastern Army exploded. The casualties of the Chinese and Japanese armies were increasing by the thousands every day. But the biggest casualties were not the army - but civilians.
Shanghai had more than 3.5 million people at that time. The dense population often meant huge casualties in wars.
The shelling by China and Japan greatly increased civilian casualties, especially the fire coverage of Japanese naval guns, which often turned a street into rubble.
After Jiang Cheng returned to the Republic of China with a warehouse of medicine, he arrived at the new transfer point-Wangjiawan.
When I walked out of the courtyard that was designated as a restricted area, I saw Jinshan and a bunch of team members gathered around, not knowing what they were looking at.
Jiang Cheng stepped forward and asked, "What are you guys doing?"
Jinshan and several team members looked back and saw that it was his boss. Jinshan quickly saluted and said, "Boss, read the newspaper."
Jiang Cheng took it, but the title on it was something he was very familiar with - The Big World. After reading it carefully, it turned out that the Big World was bombed.
After the National Army decided to destroy the Third Fleet first, several major air force groups took off in turns and focused on bombing the Third Fleet. However, one of the planes was hit by Japanese anti-aircraft artillery and accidentally bombed the world. At this time, Huang Jinrong happened to be
When organizing refugees to enter the big world, about 1,300 people were killed and injured. Complete corpses were lined up in six rows on Macau Racecourse Road, and broken corpses were loaded into more than 20 trucks. I saw them one by one.
Looking at the bloody photos, Jiang Cheng simply couldn't imagine what the big world he often visited looked like now.
Jiang Cheng asked excitedly, "Are there many civilian casualties?"
Jinshan walked out and nodded and said, "It's very big. Because the concession did not allow our people to take refuge, and the war came too quickly, many people did not evacuate. Moreover, many people thought that this time, just like 128, they would fight for a while.
The meeting was over, so he didn’t want to leave Shanghai, so he just lay on the uncovered street. When a shell fell, there were often corpses everywhere.”
Jiang Cheng looked at the war-torn Puxi from afar and said, "If you just be patient for two more days, we will have a solution soon. There is also penicillin and sulfonamide in the yard. Send someone to keep an eye on it."
Jinshan nodded to express his understanding.
——Concession
The most beautiful time in Shanghai is at night. At night here there is every kind of extravagant and lustful behavior that humans can think of. On the high platform of a building, a unique banquet is being held, with countless gentlemen in suits and ladies in costumes.
, drinking wine, listening to music, and enjoying everything they have been enjoying.
A young man in his thirties sat on a sofa and looked at the war zone across the Suzhou River. He said angrily, "The beating, beating, beating, whether it's over or not, it's so noisy. I can't even hear the music clearly."
A charming white woman sat next to him and said, "Darling, don't be angry. Those civilian affairs are none of our business. Let's have a drink."
The young man laughed loudly and hugged her, holding her hands up and down and said, "That's good, why are those civilians being detained? Come on, let's drink."
At this time, a group of people shouted, "It's so beautiful! It's great."
The young man followed their gaze and looked over. It turned out that the Japanese warships were firing salvos. The young man took a telescope and whistled, "It's beautiful~~ Let me go, it fell to the ground, it's amazing! What a big firework."
.I don’t know who is so unlucky. Haha, come on, let’s drink and drink.”
On a piece of flat land across the river, countless people who had lost their homes were sleeping on the flat land. A little boy with a bare bottom gently shook his mother beside him and said, "Mom, I'm hungry."
His mother was scratching her head, wondering where she could find food. After her house was bombed, she was penniless. Although kind-hearted citizens helped her from time to time, it was just enough to live on. How could she, a half-grown man, go?
I was full, so I could only comfort him by saying, "Go to sleep, you won't be hungry when you fall asleep." I was secretly glad that it was summer, so I wasn't afraid of the cold.
But before her child had time to answer, a heavy cannon fell beside them, and the child fell into a coma. When the child woke up, his mother hugged him tightly, and he broke away for a long time and finally pulled away.
When he saw his mother, what he saw was a scene of hell. The flames that burned after the explosion allowed the child to clearly see countless broken corpses and broken arms, and a large pool of blood also flowed out of his mother's back.
No sound can be made.
The boy was dumbfounded for a long time, and kept shaking and calling "Mom, Mom." Finally, realizing that his mother could never open her eyes again, he burst into tears loudly, and several Chinese people who heard the sound shouted at him.
After taking a few pictures with him, he prepared to leave. A young man said with some distress, "How about we save him? He will die here alone."
A bearded man holding a camera smiled and said, "Don't be stupid, this is a battlefield, can you save it? Let's go, if the damn artillery fire hits us, we will be in trouble. We have to give this photo to those reporters in exchange for money. This
A bunch of damn foreign devils, they didn’t dare to come so they asked us to take photos, but the reward is really high, let’s go, let’s go.”
The young man looked hesitantly at the boy crying among the corpses, gritted his teeth and said, "It's all your fault, little Japan, you can't blame me." After that, he trotted away.
Jiang Cheng on the other side waited for the time to come and immediately traveled back to Black Iron Island. At this time, Black Iron Island was already filled with new weapons.
Looking at the five-meter-high mine in front of him, Jiang Cheng was secretly happy. This time he could stop the damn naval cannon. The Tianlin's efficiency was quite good.
While Jiang Cheng was patiently waiting to return to the Republic of China, the Third Fleet had already ushered in an attack.
The night of August 16th
Anqibang slowly sailed out of the Jiangyin blockade with two torpedo speedboats.
An Qibang stood up and looked at the blue sky and white sun flags flying high on the two battleships. He frowned and said, "This is not possible. If we step forward like this, we will be sent to the Dragon King by the Japanese naval guns a few miles away."
The sailor next to him rubbed his head and said, "Captain An, I have heard the storyteller tell the story of crossing the river in white clothes, otherwise——"
An Qibang excitedly slapped the sailor on the head and said, "Good boy, if you can, you will be the first this time."
Anqibang immediately disguised the two torpedo boats as fishing boats and slowly approached the third fleet.
Since China has no warships capable of fighting, the Japanese Third Fleet is not worried about attacks at sea at all. Warships from various countries also surround the Third Fleet to watch and learn from the battle. This is a rare time to discuss the tactics of warships supporting the army.
Anchorage asked another ship to support him from behind, and he slowly approached the Izumo. Due to the darkness and the large number of foreign ships, the Izumo did not notice the presence of Anchibang at all.
But there were a large number of Japanese small ships surrounding the Izumo. An Qibang watched the time slowly pass, feeling anxious.
Suddenly, a searchlight shone on his speedboat. A burst of loud Japanese was heard, and then he saw several secondary guns begin to turn.
An Qibang said, "Damn it, we've still been discovered, launch torpedoes immediately."
The two torpedoes rushed out with a swipe.
Anqibang saw that the secondary guns were almost aimed at him, and he quickly shouted, "Abandon the ship!!"
The other sailors were already ready and jumped into the water as soon as they heard the order. This was close to the beach, so these athletes were somewhat confident in swimming to the shore.
Several shells accurately hit the torpedo boat, but it was too late. The two torpedoes were flying quickly towards the big target of the Izumo.
Since the Izumo was anchored at this time and could not leave at all, countless Japanese sailors secretly called Amaterasu to bless them while staring at the two torpedoes. The surrounding anti-aircraft machine guns and secondary guns responded like crazy.
The two torpedoes hit.
But everything was in vain. One torpedo accurately hit the stern of the Izumo, and a raging fire immediately started. However, the other one accidentally hit the auxiliary vehicle and hit the small boat next to it that came to block the arrow.
In an instant, the small boat was torn into countless pieces.
Akibon shouted "Hello" loudly in the water, expecting to see the Izumo sink, but the fire only burned for a while and then gradually extinguished. The Izumo was only slightly damaged.
An Qibang angrily fetched water and cursed, "Who bought these torpedoes? They are just like firecrackers." But when he saw the Japanese troops who came to search, he did not dare to stay long, so he had to dive and leave with hatred.
——R of the Japanese Garrison Command in Shanghai was almost going crazy. He pitied himself for being a fellow navy man and a friend. He asked Chen Shaokuan not to act rashly. He himself was too lazy to hit him. But now, he actually took the initiative to do it.
Kiyoshi Hasegawa looked at the distance and saw black smoke, and said angrily, "Revenge, I must take revenge! Damn Chen Shaokuan, I want your navy to be wiped out."
As he spoke, he asked the staff officer next to him, "How is the situation at Jiangyin Fortress? Have you investigated clearly?"
The staff officer next to him replied, "We have found out clearly that the China Navy has blocked Jiangyin with a large number of sunken ships and deployed a large number of mines. The staff believes that our navy cannot forcefully break through."
Hasegawa Kiyoshi smiled and nodded and said, "Okay, okay, no wonder you dared to attack us. You thought you were in a turtle shell and we couldn't hit you, right? What a joke! How could our Imperial Navy be blocked by such a little trick?"
?If you want to fight, I will fight with you! Contact the air force and the "Kaga", give me an air attack on the China Navy, and use our bombs to send all these ships that should have been in the museum long ago to the bottom of the river!!"
——Jiangyin Fortress
There was a crisp sound of "clang", and the guard outside the door shrank his head. He only heard Chen Shaokuan's roar inside, "I asked you to investigate the situation, but you are lucky enough to have sex with the Japanese. Don't you think you are very good?"
Yes, even the committee members have sent telegrams to praise you, how about you come and take my place? Come on, come on, come and sit."
It was Anqibang who was scolded bloody. Anqibang argued, "But it's such a good fighter opportunity. It would be a pity if we didn't seize it."
At this time, Chen Shaokuan heard a buzzing sound. Chen Shaokuan quickly went to the window to take a look. He patted the window and shouted, "Look at what you have done. You have recruited all the Japanese to come to Jiangyin. Do you really think that?"
Can we, a small number of people, fight against the Japanese fleet?"
An Qibang said angrily, "Then we can't sit back and watch, right? We are the navy! We have already reached the Yangtze River, where can we retreat? To Wuhan? Dongting Lake? Or the Three Gorges? Commander, when the war is over, our navy Do you still have the face to face Jiangdong’s parents?”
Chen Shaokuan sat down numbly, covered his face and cried, muttering, "We are the navy! We are the navy! We are the navy that gallops across the sea. We are actually in the Yangtze River now, and we are all hiding in the Yangtze River!!"
When An Qibang saw that Chen Shaokuan was actually crying, he immediately panicked, "Commander, it's all my fault. It's all my fault. I don't know how high the sky is. I will go to solitary confinement immediately. Don't cry."
Chen Shaokuan stood up suddenly, his eyes became extremely determined and shouted outside, "Record the order!!"
A staff officer came in and opened his notebook to take notes.
Chen Shaokuan looked at the already burning sky outside the window and said, "To all naval officers, behind us is the Yangtze River, and behind Jiangyin is Nanjing. The Japanese invaders are so powerful that we have no way to retreat. I order the entire army to enter the battle." Position, attack the enemy aircraft when they attack, block the enemy warships when they attack, in one word - the navy will not be lost! Jiangyin will not be lost!"
The staff officer and An Qibang saluted together and shouted loudly, "The navy will not be lost! Jiangyin will not be lost!"
When the two of them walked out of the room, Chen Shaokuan sat on the chair as if he had lost his strength. He looked at the navy expansion plan that he had worked so hard for many years in the drawer, and listened to the explosions and fighting outside the window. Tears slowly came to his eyes. " The seeds of my navy, the seeds of our Chinese navy!!”
Jiang Cheng returned to the Republic of China with torpedoes and diving equipment. After hearing the news about the torpedo boat's surprise attack on the Izumo, he couldn't help but wonder, "Did these Japanese troops not set up mine protection nets?"
Bashun replied, "Indeed, no. The observing brothers said that even now, the Japanese army has not set up lightning protection nets. It seems that they are really unscrupulous."
Jiang Cheng clapped his hands and said, "Okay, okay, this is the best. Since ancient times, arrogant soldiers will be defeated. Immediately recall Li Qian and Wang Yong. Select a few of the smartest team members, they must be good at water, and the boat I want is ready." What?"
Bashun nodded and said, "Don't worry, boss. We have prepared more than a dozen fishing boats, and they are all our people. You can rest assured about safety and confidentiality."
Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Try to put the mines in the water tonight. You can make arrangements."
In the afternoon, Wang Yong and Li Qian both arrived at Wangjiawan. Jiang Cheng asked, "How is the war going?"
Wang Yong said with a look of contempt, "I don't know what they are thinking. They are still attacking. It has been several days. The casualties are quite high and there is not much progress. They might as well let me take command."
Li Qian rolled her eyes and said, "Let you go, I'm afraid you will die faster. Not only the army, but also the civilians were killed. Zhang Xiaolin surrendered to the enemy. Mr. Du and Boss Huang's people were fighting against them everywhere." Kill, I heard that Dai Li’s people have also joined in, and there are also Japanese intelligence agencies, the underground world is already in a mess."
Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "As long as the Japanese warships are destroyed by us, the National Army's attack will be much smoother. Come with me."
As Jiang Cheng led the two of them to the yard, Wang Yong looked at the thick and big mine and couldn't help but mutter, "My mother, how big a bomb is this? If this thing goes up, why can't it explode?"
Indeed, the storm mine is more than five meters long, which is really scary.
Li Qian said excitedly, "Boss, are we going to use this to blow up the Japanese warships?"
He circled around the mine a few more times and said, "Unfortunately, it's too big. I'm afraid I can't drag it."
Wang Yong knocked on his chest and said, "Isn't it me? Let me do it." As he said this, the bull actually pushed up. Seeing that the mine actually started to move, Jiang Cheng was frightened.
Jump, this thing weighs half a ton, this bull is really a bull.
Jiang Cheng quickly stopped him and said, "Stop, stop, stop, you know how powerful you are. I don't want you to pull this mine. You will know it when the time comes."
Bashun also came in at this time and said, "My boss, everything is ready. You can transport the things to the ship."
Jiang Cheng looked at the mine and asked, "What have you prepared for transportation?"
This was the first time Bashun saw the appearance of a mine, and he swallowed his saliva and said, "We didn't dare to make it too public, so we used ox carts, but it looks like this thing is so big, it's not easy to not attract attention.
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Jiang Cheng looked at the water mine and thought about the scene of using an ox cart to pull it. It would be better to use a truck, so he said, "Forget it, call a few trucks to transport it, cover it with wooden slats, and sprinkle cement on it. That's it."
Just transport the cement. By the way, which one of you three has the best water resistance?"
The three of them looked at each other, Li Qian and Bashun stood up at the same time, and Wang Yong looked at the ground in embarrassment.
Jiang Cheng looked at Li Qian and said, "Bashun, take a few brothers, put on the diving equipment I brought, and wait by the Huangpu River. After getting our signal, immediately go into the water to confirm whether the Japanese warships are there."
Lightning protection net.”
Bashun nodded and said, "Don't worry, boss, it's up to me this time."
Li Qian was dissatisfied and said, "My boss, my water quality is also good, why don't you let me go?"
Jiang Cheng consoled him, "You have studied and have a good mind. There are more important things for you to do. Just obey the order."
Li Qian had no choice but to retreat.
At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Cheng took a group of people and several trucks to a beach in the dim sky. He could see more than a dozen fishing boats on the beach. It took everyone a long time to move the mines to the fishing boats.
Since this torpedo is five meters long, if the water depth is not enough, it will easily fall down and fail to get up. Jiang Cheng and others drove all the way to the open sea. Jiang Cheng first fumbled with the torpedo while reading the instructions. Thank God, Gallagher was the driver.
The existence of glitches, or my poor English proficiency, I may not be able to get these things up and running even if I wait until 1938.
Li Qian and Wang Yong looked at Jiang Cheng's manipulations curiously. Finally, a mine was launched into the water. Jiang Cheng took out the control console again, checked it, and found that the mine was indeed moving rapidly according to the command of the control console.
That’s when I felt relieved.”
The two of them were stunned by such a scene. Wang Yong said, "My dear, no wonder the boss said he didn't want us to drag him. This big guy can actually walk by himself? And he walks so fast!"
Jiang Cheng was too lazy to pay attention to him and said to Li Qian, "Take a few brothers and follow me to learn how to operate it. You only have one hour to study, understand? Also, don't ask, just do it!"
Li Qian immediately saluted and said, "Understood!"
Then one mine after another was gradually launched into the water. By the time all the mines were launched, it was already past 11 o'clock in the night.
After Jiang Cheng laid the thunder, he immediately covered the red cloth with a flashlight and sent a signal to the shore. Then one red light was passed quickly one after another. When Bashun saw the red light, he smiled and said, "Finally here, boys.
Let’s go!!” After saying that, he led several team members slowly into the Huangpu River.