Fierce battles continued on the battlefield, and the Chinese Air Force frequently dispatched bombardment of Japanese positions. The t? Air Force launched fierce battles, and both sides suffered heavy losses. The Chinese Air Force had 42 p40s left, and only eight bf10s left. Liu Cuigang, one of the four air force's heroes, died. The Japanese army suffered even more heavy losses. There were only 236 more than 500 that were invested in Songhu again, with more than half of the losses. However, Japan's strong production capacity quickly made up for the consumption, and by mid-October, the sky was filled with Japanese aircraft again.

The delay in opening up the situation on the Shanghai battlefield made the Japanese government extremely angry and decided to draw five divisions from North China, Northeast China and the country to reinforce Shanghai again.

In early October, the Chinese team took advantage of the temporary air advantage and launched a large-scale counterattack in Yunzaobin, Luodian Dachang with the 21st Army as the main force. The Gui army soldiers who came from Guangxi rushed bravely and fought against the Japanese artillery with their flesh and blood. They once attacked Wusong Town, compressing the entire line of the Japanese army to the riverside. However, in the end, they were pushed back to the starting point by the Japanese counterattack troops because of too many casualties, and the war was once again stalemate.

After the failure of the counterattack, Chiang Kai-shek went to Shanghai to supervise the war again. He held a military meeting in Nanxiang to adjust the combat deployment and divided the entire battlefield into two major groups. The left group includes the urban battlefield and the south bank of the Yangtze River, and was commanded by Chen Cheng; the right group includes the north bank of Hangzhou Bay and the Pudong battlefield, and was commanded by Zhang Fakui. In addition, at the request of Zhang Zhizhong, Zhang Zhizhong was removed from his position as commander of the Ninth Army and was renamed as the head of the headquarters management department, and Zhu Shaoliang took over as commander of the Ninth Army.

Zuo Group is the heavy army group of the Central ** team. Almost all elite soldiers are in this group, the Ninth Army, the Fifteenth Army, the Twenty-First Army (including the Seventh Army of the Guangxi Ace), Xue Yue's 19th Army, and Hu Zongnan's First Army, Yu Jishi's Seventh Army, and Huang Jie's Tax Police Corps. These troops are all German equipment, as well as two heavy artillery regiments directly under the Military Commission. The two heavy artillery regiments are equipped with 150mm howitzers imported from Germany, with a total force of up to 600,000.

Compared with this, the Right Group is too shabby, with only Zhang Fakui's Eighth Army and the Tenth Army. Moreover, these two armies were greatly weakened, and three of the original troops that were close to eight divisions were transferred to the Left Group. However, the focus of the Japanese attack was on the south bank of the Yangtze River, so such deployment was not wrong.

Among all the generals attending the meeting, Yang Sen, the newly launched commander of the 24th Army, was the most proud. Among all the troops, only his troops were fully equipped, and the troops were equipped better. When passing through Nanjing, he was shocked by the Chief and Deputy Chief of Staff He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi.

After arriving in Songhu, everyone who had been to his troops was extremely shocked. For example, the 21st Army, the 60 mortars were equipped to the regiment level, and the main ace Seventh Army of the Gui army was equipped with only 20 to 30 cannons, and the Central Army's German-Armed Division was equipped with only 60 to 70 cannons. However, one division of his troops was equipped with hundreds of various artillery pieces, and each division had an air defense battalion. This kind of firepower had never appeared in China, which made almost all generals envious.

After Chiang Kai-shek announced the adjustment, Chen Cheng then announced the adjustment of the Zuo Group, with the 20th Army of the 24th Army replacing the First Army's defense in Luodian, and the 47th Army replacing the Yuepu position; Xue Yue's 19th Army took over the Dachang Yunzaobin position, and the 74th Army joined the west bank of the Suzhou River, commanded by Zhu Shaoliang. The First Army and the 18th Army suffered too much casualties, and retreated to Nanxiang to rest and rest.

Chen Cheng's deployment cannot be said to be selfish. Luodian is the main battlefield. The First Army has been in Luodian for more than half of the attack, with more than half of the casualties. Even the commander Hu Zongnan is ready to go to the front line to remove the gun. It is understandable to withdraw it and make up for it. The Eighteenth Army is his heart. He has participated in the war for a long time and suffered great casualties. In addition, the Ninth Army, which has always fought on the front line, also suffered great casualties. The 36th, 87th and 88th divisions have been replenished four times, and the personnel are extremely tired, but now there is no way to let them retreat and rest.

After Chen Cheng announced, Chiang Kai-shek specifically said to Yang Sen: "Commander Yang, Luodian and Yuepu are the two major support points of the Songhu battlefield. Luodian has always been the focus of the Japanese army's attack. The First Army guarded there for half a month, with great casualties; while Yuepu isolated the two landing fields of Chuanshakou and Wusong, forcing the Japanese army to fight in two isolated areas. Commander Yang, your task is very heavy, and you must defend these two positions."

"Please rest assured, Chairman. Our Sichuan Army soldiers will live up to the country's trust and the Sichuan people's expectations. We will serve the country with death. We will never abandon the position. If the position is lost, I, Yang Sen, will use my head to pay the crime." Yang Sen stood up and replied loudly.

"Okay. Very good." Chiang Kai-shek nodded with satisfaction: "You sit down. Since the beginning of the War of Resistance, the morale of the military and the people have been greatly improved. Warriors from all sides are determined to go to difficulties and are fearless. We will definitely fight this battle well. Comfort the people of the whole country and declare our determination to the world!"

Chiang Kai-shek cheered up the morale of the army at the venue. But after the meeting, Chen Cheng and Bai Chongxi gathered in his rest room. Chen Cheng proposed to retreat from Shanghai in time, lead the Japanese army to the Wufu line to consume its strength, and then annihilate it in one fell swoop. Bai Chongxi had made similar suggestions in Nanjing as early as possible. But since Chen Cheng said the same, he also proposed to withdraw from Shanghai again and re-explain his reasons. The strategic goals of Shanghai's combat field are about to be achieved. It will be no more costly to continue to fight. Our army had a brief air advantage some time ago. But now the air force is too much to lose. The combat power cannot be replenished in time. The Japanese army will regain the air advantage. By then, it will be too late for our army to retreat again.

But the suggestion of both of them was rejected by Chiang Kai-shek again. Chiang Kai-shek said with some excitement and firmness: "President Roosevelt once said. God helped those who helped themselves; about China and Japan

The Brussels Conference is about to be held. If we withdraw from Shanghai at this time, it will cause a very bad impact. The Brussels Conference is likely to make a decision that is beneficial to the Japanese. In any case, we must defend until the end of the Brussels Conference!"

Chen Cheng and Bai Chongxi were speechless. Bai Chongxi shook his head in his heart. Earlier, Soong Mei-ling's niece publicly declared in the newspaper that there would be no result in the Brussels Conference. But Chiang Kai-shek just couldn't listen. He didn't know what kind of evil he was doing.

At this moment, Qian Dajun came in to report to Yang Sen for a request. Chiang Kai-shek was stunned for a moment and waved his hand to let Yang Sen come in and asked him what happened. Yang Sen said honestly: "Chairman, I met the Cultural Revolution when I was in Wuhan. He asked me to hand over this letter to the Chairman. At the same time, he asked me to convey a sentence to the Chairman, beware of Kingsoft Guard. If Japan increases its troops again, the landing site will definitely be Kingsoft Guard."

Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Cheng and Bai Chongxi exchanged glances with each other. Chiang Kai-shek tore open the envelope, but Bai Chongxi asked in surprise: "Japan has increased its troops again? Does he have any information?"

The information of Huang Jun, which Wang Xiaoshan reported last time, was finally confirmed to be true. After Xu Gesen's car was bombed, Nanjing launched a large-scale investigation operation, and Huang Jun was arrested. He soon admitted the fact that he acted as a Japanese spy. Liao Yaquan was immediately arrested, and almost all the spy networks deployed by Japan in Nanjing were cracked. The Central Commission for Discipline (formerly the investigation department was changed to the Central Commission for Investigation and Statistics; Dai Li's Secret Service was renamed the Military Commission Investigation and Statistics Bureau, referred to as the Military Commission) was awarded a special merit in this operation. Dai Li quickly learned the reason for the Central Commission for Discipline's meritorious service, and he began to ask Zhuang Jihua for his people, but the Central Commission for Discipline's movements were faster, and Xu Enzeng's movements were faster. After reporting to Chiang Kai-shek that day, he turned around and asked Zhuang Jihua for his people through Hua Chun.

Their actions made Zhuang Jihua both happy and angry. He had already proposed to send lurking personnel to Japan, but they did not make specific achievements until today, which made him extremely disappointed. Zhuang Jihua felt it was difficult to deal with the two families. To be honest, he didn't want to give it to each other. It was not an exaggeration to say that these two spies were counted as a 100,000 army. However, after considering it, he decided to hand it over to Xu Enzeng. It was mainly because Wang Xiaoshan had already contacted Xu Enzeng, but it was not entirely given to him. Instead, Wang Xiaoshan asked Wang Xiaoshan to establish a liaison station in Shanghai. This liaison station was only responsible for contacting Daze, not contacting any of the institutions in Shanghai, nor participating in any of their activities. Daze's intelligence passed three procedures. The first received the information, the second translated into a password, and the third sent it, and the password was separated from the radio operator.

The Huang Jun spy case left a deep impression on Bai Chongxi. He believed that Zhuang Jihua's arhat was providing information again, but in fact, this time Zhuang Jihua made a judgment based entirely on his own military ability.

"I don't know this," Yang Sen spread his hands: "He checked the logistics preparations in Wuhan, and we only talked for more than two hours. He believed that if the Japanese army could not open up the situation on the south bank of the Yangtze River, they would inevitably increase their troops. The beachheads on the south bank of the Yangtze River could not accommodate so many troops, so the Japanese army would definitely not find a way, and Kingsoft Guard was the best place."

With Bai Chongxi's military literacy, he understood the truth. He and Chen Cheng have been anxious about the Battle of Shanghai these days, and the casualties are too great. This time, unlike the civil war, no one retains their strength, both in miscellaneous and central army, and they all went all out. Chiang Kai-shek took action and was the three most elite imperial guards. The First Army of the Huangpu Army, far away in Xi'an, was also transferred, the Seventh Army of the Guangxi Army, was transferred, He Jian's main force, the 35th Army, and Yu Hanmou's First Army of the Guangdong Army, were transferred, these are the most elite troops of each faction, all of which were disabled.

I am so anxious, my thinking has temporarily solidified, and I have always targeted the Japanese army in front of me, but I don’t know that the Japanese army can increase their troops again; and the south bank of the Yangtze River has attracted all the strength of the Chinese team, which has just become a trap for the Japanese to lure the enemy. If I send another army and stab the Jinshanwei weak point, the Shanghai front will inevitably collapse completely.

After reading Zhuang Jihua's letter at this time, Chiang Kai-shek said that the content on the letter was roughly the same, but Zhuang Jihua further proposed that no matter what, two unified troops should be retained on the Wufu line and one unified troops should be retained in Songjiang.

After reading it, Chiang Kai-shek handed the letter to Chen Cheng. After reading it, Chen Cheng handed it to Bai Chongxi. After Bai Chongxi finished reading it, Chiang Kai-shek took his eyes back from the window.

"Tell me, how about it?" Chiang Kai-shek felt indescribable. He suspected that Zhuang Jihua's purpose was to keep the 24th Army on the Wufu Line, but he didn't know why he was doing it.

"I think it's feasible." Bai Chongxi said first that he no longer wanted to fight the Battle of Songhu. If the army was drawn, the Luodian field would be lost, and the battle of Songhu would be ended as soon as possible: "Let's draw one army from the 24th Army and the 19th Army to defend the Wufu Line, and use the national defense fortifications there to attack the Japanese army."

"What should I do in Shanghai? Leave it to the Japanese?" Chiang Kai-shek's tone was very unhappy: "I don't care about the international influence?"

"Even if the troops are to be drawn, we cannot be drawn. If we go back without a single shot, it will be bad for the morale of the troops." Yang Sen said at this time: "Commander Chen just re-adjusted the deployment and changed immediately. This is not good. Why not, is the First Army and the 18th Army withdrawn from time to time to make up for it? Just pull it directly to Wu Fu line to make up for it, and add the security regiments from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to these two armies within half a month. Hong Junqi stored a batch of Chongqing-made weapons and ammunition in Wuhan at the Logistics Department of Wuhan, and asked him to send a batch to Nanjing and Shanghai immediately. There is also a transportation squadron in Wuhan, with more than 80 Dodge trucks all transferred here."

"More than 80 cars, how many good things are there in this Zhuang Wenge's pocket?

Bai Chongxi was surprised and couldn't help but ask Chen Cheng, who smiled bitterly, too)#

"These cars are all produced by Chongqing Automobile Manufacturing Factory," Yang Sen smiled a little proudly. He also has shares in these things: "In recent years, the Cultural Revolution has been developing in Sichuan in the southwest, but it was not obvious in the past few years. The good things have been collected in the past year. You can tell if you look at the equipment of our Sichuan Army.

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It would be fine if he didn't mention this, but Chen Cheng's expression was a little bad. Luo Zhuoying and Zhu Shaoliang both complained to him that the central government's southwest development would have all the benefits of the Sichuan Army. Look at the equipment of the Sichuan Army, it is much better than the Central Army.

"You guys get the moon first when you are close to the water." Bai Chongxi noticed Chen Cheng's expression and then distinguished Yang Sen, or rather, for Zhuang Jihua.

"What about Jinshan Guards?" Chiang Kai-shek ignored those things. It was a matter of what he had already agreed to equip the Sichuan Army. What he was worried about now was Jinshan Guards. It was a good idea to transfer the First Army and the 18th Army to defend the Wufu Line. The Brussels Conference was held in early November. As long as he guarded for another month, he would withdraw his troops from Shanghai. It is estimated that the two troops would be reorganized at that time. Yang Sen did not understand the situation. The security regiments in Jiangsu and Zhejiang had already been replenished. To supplement, they had to come from Jiangxi, Anhui, and even Hunan and Hubei.

The security regiment is a bit like the reserve service in Chongqing, but it is more professional than the reserve service. It maintains public order and suppresses bandits. It usually does not go out of the province to fight. The security regiments in some areas do not leave the county. When the regular army suffers too much losses, these security regiments can immediately join the regular army as a supplement.

"Wu Keren's troops and the 62nd Division transferred from Henan were transferred to Songjiang. The 62nd Division has been on the front line for a long time and also needs to be repaired." Chen Cheng sighed and said that the strength of these two troops is not strong, but he can't do it now.

"These two divisions are not strong in combat." Bai Chongxi was a little worried. Wu Keren was a Northeast military system. He was transferred to northern Henan after the Xi'an Incident. After the Lugou Bridge Incident, he fought on the Pinghan Line and participated in the battle to meet the 29th Army's withdrawal from Pingjin. The losses were also very large. Moreover, due to the hatred of the Xi'an Incident, the central government's supplement to the Northeast Army was insufficient.

"Jiansheng, does the 21st Army need to be repaired differently? Let them go to Songjiang to repair it. What do you think?" Chiang Kai-shek's mind suddenly became clear. After the attack launched by the 21st Army failed, the entire army suffered a lot of casualties, and they had to retreat to repair it. If that's the case, then we will take it to the northern part of Hangzhou Bay to repair it. With the troops of the Eighth Army and the Tenth Army, we can stop it for a few days. For a few days, whether it is reinforcement or retreat, there will be plenty of time.

Bai Chongxi calmed down a little, and he knew in his heart that although the 21st Army was the main force of the Gui army, the equipment of the Gui army itself was worse than that of the Central Army, and the losses were huge. If the Japanese army did not come, it would be fine. If the 21st Army came, it would definitely not be able to stop it, but this cannot be said, especially by him.

"Since the Chairman's Army is the main army, the 21st Army has no choice but to pay attention to it. However, in addition to personnel, the Chairman's Army's weapons and ammunition also consumed a lot in the early counterattack, so we should be replenished as soon as possible."

Of course, Chiang Kai-shek would not refuse this request.

On October 145, a rare calm appeared on the battlefield of Songhu, and both Chinese and Japanese armies were adjusting their deployment and preparing to deal with the upcoming new round of fierce battles.

The calm on the battlefield made the soldiers panic, and Matsui Ishigen was very depressed. The news from the military headquarters was that the newly added troops were composed of the 6th Division, the 18th Division, the 114th Division, and the Kōzaki Detachment, and were commanded by Yanagawa Hei. Although they were still under his command in name, they actually landed alone in Jinshanwei, Quangongting, Jinsi Niangqiao and Caojing north of Hangzhou Bay. Then they attacked Songjiang, took Songjiang and rushed directly to Nanjing along the Beijing-Hangzhou Highway, surrounding the so-called national defense line of the Chinese government.

It has been almost two months since the war was put into operation. The performance of the Chinese team surprised him a little. Many times from the telescope, he saw the Chinese soldiers bravely launching continuous attacks. He successively joined the 9th Division and the 16th Division. But a month later, the position of the Chinese team remained unmoved, and all the attacks were broken into pieces on this position.

In addition to Luodian, another focus of the battle was Dachang. He joined the Third Division, the 11th Division and Li Chunshan Detachment in Dachang. Li Chunshan was originally the Northeast Army. He participated in the Volunteer Army after September 18th, and later surrendered to the Japanese and became a traitor. This time he went to Songhu to participate in the battle. Based on the principle of governing China with China, the Japanese army transferred two puppet troops from the Northeast, Li Chunshan and Yu Zhishan; among them, Yu Zishan participated in the battle at Hongkou. The attack on Dachang was also failed.

His Majesty Hirohito has been unable to occupy Shanghai for a long time, and his Majesty Hirohito has begun to pay attention to the war in Shanghai. This time, the increase in troops was promoted by the Emperor. Ishihara Kanir, who firmly opposed the increase in troops, announced his resignation.

Ishihara has always opposed the expansion of the war and has obstructed the increase in troops many times. On the contrary, he is also instigating the face-to-face negotiations between Prime Minister Kobaya and Chiang Kai-shek, and publicly mocking Sugiyama Moto's assertion of "defeating China in three months."

The fierce battle lasted for more than a month, the same as the Chinese team, and the casualties of the Japanese divisions participating in the battle were also fierce. The country sent new recruits to replenish them twice, but the battle situation was still stalemate, and the Chinese team continued to mobilize troops.
Chapter completed!