When Xu Rui returned to Broadway Building, it was already past ten o'clock at night.
The cruiser Izumo, the Erbaidu Bridge, and the wreckage of the Waibaidu Bridge are temporarily held, but the Zhapu Road connected to the Erbaidu Bridge is still under the control of the little Japanese. Although the Huangputan Road connected to the Waibaidu Bridge has been recaptured,
However, the position is not stable, and it is completely foreseeable that the Japanese will definitely counterattack tomorrow.
In one night, the Songhu Independent Regiment may not be able to build a strong defense. Therefore, during the day tomorrow, the loss of Huangputan Road connected to the Waibaidu Bridge will be a high probability event! In the next few days, the Songhu Independent Regiment will
Repeated battles with the Japanese around the channel of Suzhou River and repeated strangulation will become the norm!
Thinking of this, Xu Rui felt vaguely that his head was big and he was in trouble!
If we were to launch a confrontation with the Japanese around the Suzhou River, the Songhu Independent Regiment would be the first to be unable to hold on!
When Xu Rui walked quickly into the war room, Du Junjie, director of the staff office, was having a heated discussion with several staff officers.
Seeing Xu Rui come in, Du Junjie and several staff officers stopped arguing and turned around to salute Xu Rui.
Xu Rui took off his armed belt, handed it to Jiang Nan next to him, and asked, "What are you discussing?"
Du Junjie said in a deep voice: "Commander, we all agree that we should abandon Longhua and the concession, shrink our troops, and defend the line of Zhabei, Hongkou, Yangshupu, Wusong Town and Wusong Fortress with all our strength!"
"Abandon Longhua and the concession?" Xu Rui frowned, "What's the reason?"
Du Junjie said: "The Suzhou River has become a bleeding wound on our body. If we give up Longhua and the concession, then there is no need to defend the Suzhou River defense line to death. But if we don't give up Longhua and the concession, then the Suzhou River defense line will still be
If you continue to hold on, this wound will continue to bleed."
After a pause, Du Junjie added: "Furthermore, the Japanese are likely to seize this opportunity to abandon the attack in other directions and instead concentrate on attacking our wound. In this way, we can build structures in several other areas in advance.
The fortification company will be ineffective and will be forced to engage in an offensive battle with the Japs around the Suzhou River battlefield."
Another combat staff officer continued: "The main force of our Songhu Independent Regiment is only eight battalions, with more than 9,000 people. What's more, the Baoshan Battalion has been crippled. Now there are only seven battalions left, but the little devils have enough
With two divisions, including a Guards division, we are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength, and even more incomparable in terms of weapons. Therefore, if we fight for attack and consumption, we will definitely be the first to be unable to hold on, not others.
Little devil."
The views of several operational staff coincided with Xu Rui's.
Xu Rui shook his head and said, "So you thought of giving up the concession and Longhua?"
"Yes." Du Junjie said, "Only by showing the determination of a strong man to cut off his wrist and giving up Longhua and the concession can we prevent the wound in Suzhou River from continuing to bleed. Otherwise, we will definitely bleed to death!"
Xu Rui said: "It's easy to abandon Longhua and the concession, just withdraw the troops, but what about Longhua and the more than one million people in the concession? What about the massive supplies hoarded in the concession? Especially so much food, one night
It's impossible to transport it out anyway, oh, there's only half the night left."
"This..." Du Junjie was immediately speechless. He really had never thought about this.
Xu Rui added: "You only see that Suzhou River is a wound on our Songhu Independence Regiment, but you don't see that behind this wound is actually our food road! Blood loss from the wound will not immediately kill us."
The life of the regiment, but if the food route is cut off by the Japs, our independent regiment will immediately..."
Speaking of this, Xu Rui's voice suddenly stopped and stopped without any warning.
Du Junjie, Jiang Nan and several staff officers all looked at Xu Rui in surprise. What's wrong?
Xu Rui's eyes suddenly glowed with a strange look, and then he quickly walked to the table, and fell into thinking for a long time facing the situation map of the enemy and ourselves spread out on the table. When Du Junjie was about to ask questions, he suddenly
Jiang Nan stopped her because she knew that Xu Rui might have made some major discovery.
Xu Rui has indeed made a major discovery, or in other words, he has captured a fighter plane!
As mentioned earlier, Xu Rui not only has extraordinary commanding attainments, but also has an unimaginable ability to capture fighter planes. At critical moments, his talent once again played a decisive role.
After a moment, a smile appeared on Xu Rui's lips.
Jiang Nan asked: "Arui, have you come up with any good ideas?"
"Yeah." Xu Rui nodded and said with a smile, "The Japanese are in trouble!"
When Du Junjie and several combat staff heard this, they immediately became energetic.
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A quarter of an hour later, Yang Rui, who was working overtime at Shiliupu Pier, received a telegram from Xu Rui, asking him to immediately take people to move more than a hundred rocket launcher vehicles that were being modified to Hongkou.
Although he didn't know what happened, Yang Rui faithfully carried out Xu Rui's order and immediately led all the officers and soldiers of the rocket launcher battalion, driving more than a hundred trucks along the route drawn by Xu Rui, and moved to Hongkou overnight!
When the convoy of the Rocket Artillery Battalion arrived at the Huangpu Beach intersection, the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Battalion who were guarding the wreckage of the cruiser Izumo had already laid door panels on the wreckage of the Waibaidu Bridge and the deck of the cruiser Izumo. In order to cover up the engine sound of the truck, Suzhou and Hebei's
The Sixth Battalion launched a night attack on the Japanese on Zhapu Road.
Amidst the rumbling sound of gunfire, more than a hundred trucks from the rocket launcher battalion filed through the Waibaidu Bridge and the wreckage of the Izumo. However, they were still discovered by the Japanese halfway through, and they immediately used artillery to block the firing, but the effect was not good.
Ideally, more than a hundred trucks from the Rocket Artillery Battalion still crossed the Suzhou River without any danger.
After successfully entering Hongkou, more than a hundred trucks from the rocket launcher battalion quickly dispersed and took cover.
However, the truck modification project has not stopped and is still proceeding in an orderly manner.
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The sound of gunfire at the mouth of the Suzhou River lasted all night, and Itagaki Seishiro couldn't sleep well either.
Early the next morning, Itagaki Seishiro called Tanaka Kuichi to his office and asked: "Tanaka-kun, how was the battle situation from last night to early this morning?"
Tanaka Jiuichi replied: "From last night to around four o'clock this morning, the Songhu Independent Regiment launched a total of four large-scale night attacks, but they were all defeated by the Second Guards Infantry Regiment relying on the presets on Zhapu Road.
The fortifications have been pushed back. In addition, it seems that a convoy passed through the wreckage of the Izumo and the Waibaidu Bridge early this morning and entered Hongkou from the concession."
"Baga!" Itagaki Seishiro frowned, "Why don't you use artillery to stop it?"
"Hai!" Tanaka said after a pause, "Your Excellency, Commander, at first the 4th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade carried out blocking fire on the Izumo and the wreckage of the Waibaidu Bridge. However, because it was at night, the balloon soldiers could not be obtained.
Observation and guidance, so the blocking effect is not good, and in the end we have to give up the action.”
"You still need observation and guidance?!" Itagaki Seishiro frowned and said, "Didn't we already calibrate and shoot the various elements during the day?"
"This..." Tanaka Jiuichi said with a bitter smile, "Your Excellency, Commander, during the day and evening, in order to support the defensive operations of the Second Guards Infantry Regiment, the field heavy artillery has adjusted the shooting elements to various neighborhoods in Zhabei, so
, it is necessary to re-calibrate the shooting elements, which requires observation and guidance by balloon soldiers."
"So that's it." Itagaki Seishiro nodded and said, "Tanaka-kun, you must learn a lesson today and set aside a heavy artillery regiment in advance to be responsible for blocking and firing at the wreckage of the Izumo cruiser on the Suzhou River.
Once the Zhuyuan has been calibrated, no further modifications are allowed, and the mistakes made last night must not be repeated."
"Hai." Tanaka Jiuichi said with a heavy pause, "I understand my humble position!"
In the next three days, everything was performed according to the script drawn up by Tanaka Jiuichi.
In order to preserve the only remaining communication line on the Suzhou River, the Songhu Independent Regiment had to invest troops again and again in several blocks on the north bank of the Suzhou River to fight with the Second and Fourth Infantry Regiments of the Japanese Guards.
After three days of brutal fighting, even the most conservative estimate was that the Songhu Independent Regiment had suffered casualties of at least 4,000 people.
According to the Japanese Army Command's estimate of the strength of the Songhu Independent Regiment, by this time, the Songhu Independent Regiment had lost more than half of its troops. Because of the previous defense battle of Baoshan, the Songhu Independent Regiment had already lost more than a thousand people.
Therefore, the number of veterans of the Songhu Independent Regiment now totals only over 4,000.
Another night passed, and the Chinese army, which had been attacking fiercely all night, finally retreated.
However, what was different from the previous few days was that this night, the Japanese army actually held Huangputan Road and did not lose their position before dawn. They were forced to shrink to the Zhapu Road position!
Before that, the offensive and defensive rhythms of the two armies were basically the same. During the day, the Japanese attacked and occupied Huangpu Beach Road to cut off the Suzhou River. However, at night, the Songhu Independent Regiment immediately launched a counterattack, recaptured Huangpu Beach Road, and reopened the Suzhou River.
traffic lines, but there was an exception tonight.
Before dawn today, the Japs actually guarded Huangpu Beach Road!
When the news came back to the headquarters of the Japanese Twelfth Army, Tanaka was in a good mood after a long pause.
At that moment, Tanaka Kuichi hurried to Itagaki Seishiro's office and said happily: "Your Excellency, Commander, the position on Huangpu Beach Road was not lost last night. It seems that after the fierce consumption in the past few days, the veterans of the Songhu Independent Regiment
A large number of people have died in battle, and after recruiting a large number of new soldiers, the combat effectiveness has declined significantly."
"Yo Xi!" Itagaki Seishiro nodded happily, "Tanaka-kun, it seems your plan has worked."
"Hai!" Tanaka Jiuichi nodded heavily, feeling proud in his heart.
