Almost at the same time, the Central District of the Concession.
Xie Yuan's figure appeared in a temporarily requisitioned warehouse. This warehouse was originally a granary of the Shanghai Customs during the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, it covers an extremely large area. Later, the concession was repeatedly expanded to include this area. This warehouse
The warehouse naturally became the property of the concession authority.
But now, this warehouse has been requisitioned by the patrol camp.
The reason why the patrol battalion rented this warehouse was to hide soldiers.
Since Xu Rui's radio speech, especially after Liang Yixiao broadcast the interview with veteran Wang Goucheng, the veterans of the National Army stranded in Shanghai were deeply affected, and their already cold hearts became hot again, and then it was like
Raindrops flowed into the big river, rushing from all corners of the concession to return to the team.
So far, the number of National Army veterans who have returned has exceeded 6,000!
Different from the Sihang Warehouse, the veterans hidden in this warehouse quickly completed the reorganization after returning to the army, and have now been organized into three regiments. In other words, after the First Regiment, the Second Regiment and the Third Regiment, the Songhu Army
The first brigade of the division has four regiments, five regiments and six regiments. It is said to be a brigade, but in fact it is already an A-type division!
And Xie Yuan is still a brigade commander in name, but in fact he is living the life of a division commander!
After walking into the warehouse door, Xie Yuan asked Ye Ming to blow the assembly whistle. As soon as the whistle sounded, the veterans who were resting and waiting in each warehouse immediately swarmed out.
At this time, a Japanese Navy reconnaissance plane happened to pass over the warehouse.
The Japanese pilot flying the reconnaissance plane accidentally lowered his head and glanced down, and then he was stunned there!
There used to be a large warehouse underneath. This Japs Flying knew about it because he had flown over here more than once. But in the past, this warehouse was empty. But today, he suddenly discovered that there were rows of rows of warehouses underneath.
, there was a dark flow of people pouring out of each warehouse!
The situation was like ants going out to forage. First a few gathered into a swarm, then into a bunch, and then into a large piece. When the Japanese reconnaissance plane made a circle, lowered its flight altitude and flew over the warehouse again,
But they found that the open space in front of the warehouse was filled with figures, and these people were all soldiers!
"Baga!" The Japs pilot's eyes immediately widened. Where could there be so many soldiers?
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In Sihang Warehouse.
Five minutes later, the three thousand veterans quickly completed the reorganization. Wang Jiageng, Lu Deming and Fu Desheng each appointed their company commanders, platoon commanders, and squad leaders. These company commanders, platoon commanders, and squad leaders immediately found themselves after taking office.
After appointing a deputy, the squad leader and squad deputy at the grassroots level quickly memorized the name and image of each veteran in the squad.
In this way, the efficiency is greatly improved, because the battalion commander only needs to remember the company commander, the company commander only needs to remember the platoon leader, the platoon leader only needs to remember the squad leader, and the squad leader only needs to remember the dozen or so people under his command.
So in less than five minutes, more than 3,000 veterans quickly completed the reorganization.
Of course, it must be noted that this kind of rectification is very rough and can only barely achieve effective tactical command. If you want to achieve the level of using your arms and fingers like an arm, it is impossible! Fortunately, these are all veterans.
, as long as effective command is achieved, the combat effectiveness can be at least 60 to 70%!
Even if it only has 60 to 70% combat effectiveness, that is enough!
Because the Japanese outside have been fighting fiercely with the first and second regiments of the patrol camp for nearly two days and nights, but these more than 3,000 veterans have been recharging their energy. They only eat and sleep every day, and they are locked in cages.
For several days, everyone was not only full of energy, but also exhausted. They had long wanted to find a place to have fun!
The three battalion commanders Wang Jiageng ran back to Shi Changqing.
"Report to the captain, the four battalions have assembled, please give me instructions!"
"Report to the captain, the fifth battalion has been assembled, please give me instructions!"
"Report to the captain, the sixth battalion has been assembled. Please give me instructions!"
The organization was completely messed up. The first brigade of the Songhu Military Division had six regiments, and Shi Changqing's regiment had six battalions. This damn regiment was not even a regiment, it was basically a brigade!
Shi Changqing didn't say any unnecessary nonsense. He raised the Thomson in his hand and charged. He clicked the bolt of the gun, then raised his voice to the sky and howled at the top of his lungs: "Brothers, come with me and poke that little devil in the ass, kill him!"
After saying that, Shi Changqing rushed out. The more than 3,000 veterans who had assembled in the open space turned around one after another, like a torrent that burst the embankment, and followed Shi Changqing to kill the Japanese outside. Outside Sihang Warehouse, there were
The Japanese squadron that came down to monitor the Sihang Warehouse was already overwhelmed by regiments and battalions. At this time, Shi Changqing came in with more than 3,000 veterans from three reinforcement battalions, and the Japanese were immediately defeated!
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In Hongkou, follow the Tibet Road to the north and you will find the headquarters of the Ninth Division.
At this time, Yoshizumi Ryosuke, the division commander of the Japanese Ninth Division, was waiting at the headquarters for news of success from the front line.
Although the attack of the 9th Division was very unsatisfactory, Yoshizumi Ryosuke did not lose confidence. He was still full of confidence in victory. It must be admitted that Yoshizumi Ryosuke was not blindly optimistic, but indeed confident, because he was trapped
The main force of the patrol battalion on the north bank of the Suzhou River has been fighting fiercely for two days and nights, and is now exhausted.
Although the Ninth Division also fought for two days and nights, the victory came from having more troops and they could take turns to rest. Therefore, the Ninth Division had the advantage in terms of physical strength and energy. In addition, another very important factor was that they fought fiercely for two days and nights.
At the end of the day, the ammunition reserve of the patrol battalion was running low. This could be judged from the gradually thinning firepower of the patrol battalion.
It is precisely based on the above signs in the past few days that Yoshizumi Ryosuke is certain that the patrol camp will never last for two hours!
At this time, half an hour had passed since Yoshizumi Ryosuke issued the general offensive order. Calculating the time, Nakagawa Hiroshi should have arrived at Wuchang Road by now, and he must have relayed his order to Hidezo Hidezo himself.
You idiot, if you don't want to commit suicide, you have to fight tooth and nail.
After all, death is the same, committing seppuku is different from dying in battle.
Commiting seppuku can only preserve your basic reputation as a soldier, but dying in battle can earn you the title of Imperial Martyr. Of course, if you fail to break through the patrol camp defense line in the end and refuse to commit seppuku, then wait
Anyone who sees Hidezo can only be sent to a military court.
Therefore, Yoshizumi Ryosuke was very convinced that anyone who saw Hidezo would fight tooth and nail.
Therefore, Yoshizumi Ryosuke was very confident that good news would come back soon.
Time passed quietly while waiting. Looking up at the clock hanging on the wall, the hour hand was already pointing to eleven o'clock.
Lunch will be eaten in half an hour. It would be best if the good news comes back before lunch, Yoshizumi Ryosuke thought to himself.
However, at this juncture, Yingzuo Zhenzhao suddenly walked in with a livid face, paused and reported: "Division commander, the naval aviation reported that they found a large number of Chinese soldiers gathering in an abandoned granary in the central area of the concession.
! Even if it is a conservative estimate, the number of Chinese soldiers must be more than one brigade, 6,000 people!"
"Nani? Central area of the concession? A large number of Chinese soldiers? At least one brigade of 6,000 people?" Upon hearing this, Yoshizumi Ryosuke's eyes instantly became dull, his face full of disbelief.
"Hai!" Yingzuo Zhenzhao said with a heavy pause, "At least one brigade has 6,000 people!"
"Baga!" After a long while, Yoshizumi Ryosuke came back to his senses from the huge shock. Then he shuddered, quickly turned around and walked to the simulated sand table, and asked Shadow Sasaki without looking back.
"Yingzuo-kun, where is this granary?"
"It's right at the junction of the Central District and the Western District of the Concession." Kage Sasaki strode over, quickly found the granary on the map, and pointed it out to Yoshizumi Ryosuke. After Yoshizumi Ryosuke clearly saw the location of the abandoned granary, he said
My heart immediately began to sink, because it was less than two kilometers from this abandoned granary to Sichuan Road Bridge and Erbaidu Bridge!
Two kilometers, the march only takes eight or nine minutes, it can be said that it is here in the blink of an eye!
"It's over!" Yoshizumi Ryosuke stumbled and said dejectedly, "I'm afraid it's impossible to annihilate the main force of the patrol camp."
It is indeed impossible, because this group of Chinese soldiers who suddenly appeared can rush to the Erbaidu Bridge within a quarter of an hour. With the addition of this brigade of more than 6,000 Chinese soldiers, the already exhausted Broadway Building will never be able to
It was impossible to survive, and the defeat was expected. Once the Broadway Building was defeated, and once the Sichuan Road Bridge and Erbaidu Bridge were opened, the main force of the patrol battalion trapped on the north bank of the Suzhou River could smoothly evacuate to the south bank.
Thinking of the great situation being ruined, Yoshizumi Ryosuke felt boundless anger!
"Kagesa-kun!" Yoshizumi Ryosuke suddenly turned around, glared at Kagesa Sadaaki fiercely, and asked sternly, "What do your Nakamura agencies and No. 76 do for food? Why did the patrol battalion secretly assemble in an abandoned warehouse?
There are more than 6,000 troops, but you haven’t even heard a word? You idiots, you stupid pigs, stupid pigs!”
"Hai!" Yingzuo Zhenzhao's face was full of shame and he did not dare to say a word of defense.
This incident was indeed a dereliction of duty by their Nakamura agency, and it was an extremely serious dereliction of duty.
Looking back now, Yingzuo Zhenzhao realized that he had made a fatal mistake, that is, he only sent people to monitor the patrol camp, but did not implement comprehensive monitoring of the entire concession! It was because of his negligence that he gave the other party
It was a chance to stage a good show of concealing the truth. Unfortunately, it was too late to regret it at this time.
But this is also because they don't have enough manpower, but there's nothing I can say.
"Kage Zuo, your Nakamura agency must take full responsibility for the failure of this battle!"
Yoshizumi Ryosuke waved his arms and roared at the top of his lungs at Kage Sasaki.
Poor Yoshizumi Ryosuke, even at this time, was still regretting that he could not completely wipe out the main force of the patrol battalion, but he did not know that his entire ninth division, and even himself, were in danger!
