Looking at the pile of battle reports compiled, Xu Rui's face became a little solemn.
During the late-night battle, the Japanese launched no less than ten fierce attacks from three directions on the defense line of the Second Regiment of the Patrol Battalion. Among them, the northern defense line stationed by the Second Regiment and the Third Battalion suffered more than twenty fierce attacks from the Japanese. After a night of fierce fighting
After that, the number of casualties of the Second Regiment was already considerable, especially that of the Third Battalion, which even suffered more than half of its casualties.
If Xu Rui hadn't asked Wu Liang to lead the guards ahead of time, the northern defense line might have been lost long ago.
Although Xu Rui had been mentally prepared for this, when he actually saw these cold numbers, his heart still tightened inexplicably. It was only one night! During the day today, the situation would probably be even worse than last night.
Too bad, because after daybreak, the Japanese aviation force can also go into battle.
At this moment, Xu Rui really felt great pressure.
Even so, the patrol battalion and Xu Rui have no way out, and this battle must be fought.
The situation was like this. As long as one of the three directions was breached, the second regiment's defense line would immediately collapse.
Once the defense line of the Second Regiment collapses, this carefully prepared drama will no longer be able to continue. In order to prevent the deaths of more than 4,000 officers and soldiers of the First Regiment, the Second Regiment, and more than 3,000 National Army veterans in the Sihang Warehouse, we will
We can only play the trump card of Broadway Building in advance, which will inevitably affect the subsequent battle.
Without the trump card of Broadway Building, the battle ahead would be difficult to win.
After all, in at most half a month, the Little Japanese's 7th and 20th Divisions will arrive in Shanghai.
Based on the current situation in Shanghai, it is simply wishful thinking for the Songhu Military Division to withstand the attack of two fully-staffed permanent divisions of the Japs. After all, this is not Damei Mountain, but Shanghai. After all, Shanghai is a restricted area.
The mass base is completely incomparable to that of the Dameishan base area.
Therefore, this battle must continue to be fought.
Leng Tiefeng was sitting next to him cleaning his gun. Seeing the expression on Xu Rui's face, he suggested: "Old Xu, why don't we transfer a team from Langya? I can guarantee that our traces will not be exposed."
If there can be a Wolf Fang squad to reinforce the northern defense line, then there will be absolutely no problem.
There is absolutely no doubt about the power of the Wolf Fang in jungle terrain or urban terrain.
Xu Rui shook his head decisively and said: "No, the Langya Brigade is the ace, we can't move until the end! What's more, there is a more important task waiting for you, so it is absolutely not possible!"
Leng Tiefeng said: "Then what are you going to do? With the Second Regiment alone, it is simply wishful thinking to withstand the joint attack of two Japanese infantry regiments and two Marine Corps infantry brigades! Last night because of the weather,
Black, the Japanese aviation force cannot participate in the battle, so it can still hold on, but it will definitely not be able to withstand it during the day."
What Leng Tiefeng said was true. Even though the officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment were all veterans who fought in the Battle of Songhu, and even though Xu Rui ordered arms worth 50 million US dollars from the United States through the David Arms Trading Company, the Second Regiment
After all, there are only more than 2,000 people, but there are more than 10,000 Japs on the opposite side.
Moreover, after daytime, the little devil's plane will also join the battle, and the situation will become even worse.
Xu Rui thought for a while and then said: "If it doesn't work, let the first regiment leave one battalion to monitor the Sihang Warehouse, and then add the other two battalions to the second regiment's defense line."
If you add the two battalions of a regiment, the patrol battalion will have five battalions, almost 4,000 people! Although compared with the Japanese, they are still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength, but at least the gap is not that big. Considering that
This is a street fight. The Japs' heavy equipment is restricted by the narrow alley terrain and cannot be deployed, so this battle has to be fought.
After all, Xu Rui does not require the first and second regiments to defeat the 9th Division, he only needs to hold on for a few days!
Leng Tiefeng shook his head and said: "But this is only the first day. On just the first day, you have to transfer troops from the first regiment to strengthen the second regiment's defense line. What will you do next?"
"Ignore it for now, let's get through the first day first." Xu Rui said in a deep voice, "In any case, we have to withstand the first three attacks of the little devil. My intuition tells me that as long as we can withstand the first three attacks of the little devil,
, turning into a stalemate will be a high probability event, after all, it is impossible for the little devil to maintain such a high intensity of consumption."
"Okay then." Leng Tiefeng said no more.
Xu Rui immediately sent Di Gua to give an emergency order to Shi Changqing, commander of the First Regiment, ordering the First Regiment to immediately dispatch two main battalions to the Second Regiment for coordinated defense. Although Shi Changqing felt a little unhappy, as a commander of the army, no one wanted to serve under him.
The soldiers were transferred to other units, but Shi Changqing still resolutely carried out the order.
At six o'clock in the morning, when the sky was just getting brighter, two bomber squadrons from the 3rd Flying Corps of the Central China Dispatch Army and two bomber squadrons from the Naval Air Force that took off from the Kaga aircraft carrier successively flew to Hongkou. However, they were restricted by
Due to the complex urban terrain of Hongkou, the Japanese Air Force was unable to launch dive bombing, but could only conduct horizontal bombing.
Moreover, most of the aerial bombs dropped by the little devils were twenty-kilogram-class aerial bombs, and their destructive power was also very limited.
However, the emergence of the Little Japanese Air Force still had a very serious impact on the battlefield situation, especially greatly weakening the morale of the Chinese defenders.
The battlefield situation began to tilt sharply towards the Japanese.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the Ishihara Brigade of the 19th Infantry Regiment even broke through the defense line of the 2nd Regiment and 3rd Battalion, and was about to penetrate the Gansu Road defense line.
Fortunately, at this moment, a group of reinforcements arrived.
It was the battalions of the regiment that rushed to Gansu for reinforcements. After the regiment and battalion entered the battle, the situation on Gansu Road immediately reversed again. The exhausted Ishihara brigade was quickly defeated in the face of the counterattack of the regiment and battalion.
When I got out of the battle, I not only lost the position I had just gained, I even vomited out what I had eaten last night.
The regiment and the battalion pursued the victory and once pushed the battle line to the vicinity of the North Railway Station. Seeing Hidezo, the forced people quickly ordered the other two infantry brigades of the 19th Infantry Regiment to shrink back, and finally forced the regiment and the battalion to retreat.
However, as a result, the 19th Infantry Regiment lost the position it had previously captured.
This means that after working all day and night in vain, the battle line has returned to what it was before the war started.
In the other two directions, it was similar. After the reinforcements of the regiment arrived on the battlefield, the 36th Infantry Regiment and the two infantry groups of the Marine Corps were unable to make breakthrough progress.
Therefore, after dark, the division headquarters of the Ninth Division issued a new combat order. The combat goal was changed from an all-out attack to a limited attack, and a high-pressure posture was maintained against the patrol battalion. Apparently Yoshizumi Ryosuke had realized that
It is no longer possible to swallow up the main force of the besieged patrol battalion, or the cost is too high to accept!
Therefore, Yoshizumi Ryosuke decisively changed his tactics to a long-term siege.
Xu Rui's intuition was right, the little devil really couldn't stand the intense consumption for a long time!
As a result, at various intersections such as North Tibet Road, Rehe Road, Gansu Road, and Xinjiang Road, there appeared the spectacle of Chinese and Japanese soldiers working hard to build fortifications. In some places, the distance between the two sides was even less than fifty meters.
Although they were far away, they had a tacit agreement not to shoot, but to wait until the fortifications were completed before starting to fight.
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Late at night, the headquarters of the Ninth Division.
After Yingzuo Zhenzhao made the call, he hurried back to the war room.
Ying Zuo Zhenzhao just went to the communications office next door to talk to Broadway Building.
When the Ninth Division fought with the main force of the patrol battalion, the Broadway Building that entered the concession also fought with the patrol battalion that stayed in the concession. Obviously, the patrol battalion that stayed in the concession wanted to reopen the new garbage bridge, even if the new garbage bridge
If the bridge is blown apart, they must also control the broken bridge before it is possible to repair the bridge.
Only by repairing the bridge can it be possible to bring back the main force trapped on the north bank of the Suzhou River.
Yingzuo Zhenzhao learned from the phone that the remaining troops of the patrol battalion attacked the Broadway Building very violently. However, what the old devil did not know was that the patrol battalion was actually only cannon fodder troops in the attack. It was just because there were officers and soldiers from the patrol battalion.
A heavy machine gun was set up behind them, so the cannon fodder had no choice but to rush forward.
Those cannon fodders actually wanted to surrender, but the Broadway Building across the street refused to let them go. After some of the cannon fodders who initially surrendered were killed, the remaining cannon fodders became desperate and began to rush forward in batches "without risking their lives".
So judging from the scene, the attacks of these cannon fodders really have a fearless spirit of "seeing death as if they are home".
These are the information that Yingzuo Zhenzhao obtained through the secret spy.
Yoshizumi Ryosuke's eyes still stayed on the big map and asked without raising his head: "Kagezu-kun, is there any problem over there at Broadway Building?"
"No problem." Ying Zuozhen Zhao paused and said, "The Sihang Warehouse and several blocks across the Suzhou River are still firmly in the hands of the Broadway Building. In addition, the two lifelines of Sichuan Road Bridge and Erbaidu Bridge are still in the hands of the Broadway Building.
It has always been unobstructed. Although the patrol battalion launched several attacks, they were unable to take any advantage."
"Yoshi." Yoshizumi Ryosuke nodded happily, "That way there will be no problem."
"Hai." Ying Zuozhenzhao paused and said, "As long as a few blocks on the south bank of the Suzhou River are not lost, the patrol camp on the north bank will not get a grain of rice or a bullet from the concession! On the contrary, as long as Xichuan Road Bridge and Er
The Baidu Bridge remains open, and our supplies can be continuously delivered to the Broadway Building."
"There are also defenders of the Four-Hing Warehouse." Yoshizumi Ryosuke said to Kage Sasaki again, "Kage Sa-kun, you must contact the Navy and ask the Navy to dispatch gunboats from the Suzhou River to the troops who are defending the Four-Hing Warehouse.
Providing enough supplies, they have been holding on at Sihang Warehouse for a whole day, and they must have consumed a lot of money."
"Hai." Yingzuo Zhenzhao said with a serious pause, "I'm sorry, please contact the navy."
"Go." Yoshizumi Ryosuke waved his hand, and his eyes fell on the map again, and he began to study the combat situation. Shadow Sadaaki then turned around and left.
