Chapter 97 The Battle of Shanghai (17th)

"Sorry, Liu Gaosan, borrow the baton." Chen Xiuwen stretched out his hand to Liu Jinchi with a smile and signaled.

It should be said that Chen Xiuwen’s point just now was also under Liu Jinji’s consideration. However, a situation of stalemate like this is the worst plan. In Liu Jinji’s view, there would never be a situation of full recession like the 128th Incident. Furthermore, this situation occurs, Japan not only has to bear huge pressure internationally, but also has to start the war machine across the country, which has never happened in Japan’s modern history. However, everyone, including Liu Jinji, wants to hear what Chen Xiuwen has to have any other high opinions.

Chen Xiuwen took the baton and held it horizontally in his hand. He still had a faint smile on his face and said, "Sir, for example, if I were the Chief of Staff of the Neon Army, facing the concentrating the forces of the four to five divisions of the Army, the navy and the air force, if the army is concentrated, and the navy and air force cannot break the deadlock and present a tiger, in order to break the deadlock, completely defeat China in military terms and realize the initial strategic concept. I will mobilize another four to five divisions, and take advantage of the stalemate of the left wing war and the right wing's troops are empty, the main force lands from Hangzhou Bay."

As he said that, Chen Xiuwen pointed on the map with a baton and continued: "The ideal location is to land from Jinshanwei. After landing, it is divided into two groups. The first group goes north along the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway, crosses the Huangpu River from Minhang Ferry, rushes to the city, and directly penetrates the right wing of our army. The second group advances westward, crosses the river from Mishi, captures Songjiang, cuts off the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway, and then turns southwest, cuts off the retreat route of our army along Qingpu and Baihegang West Lines. Another division is drawn up along the Yangtze River and lands in the Taicang area, echoing the left wing, The Shanghai-Nanjing line was cut off to the south, and the second group landed in Hangzhou Bay met with the second group, and the Chinese national team on the battlefield of the Shanghai-Nanjing battlefield was in a siege. In this way, the Chinese national team retreated to Wu Fu and Chengxi before the encirclement, and the Songhu area was completely in the hands of the Neon Army. In addition, if the front line commander was smart enough, he would use the chaos when the Chinese national team was anxious to retreat and sent elite troops to pursue the two highways with all their might, and maybe they could break through Wu Fu and Chengxi Line 2 and head straight to the city of Nanjing."

Chen Xiuwen re-displayed it on the map completely in accordance with the deployment of the Neon Army in the Battle of Songhu and the comprehensive defeat of the Chinese national team. When he raised his head again, he suddenly found that all the senior generals attending the meeting looked at him in amazement, and Liu Jinchi's face turned pale. I guess everyone did not expect that the entire Battle of Songhu would develop into such a situation.

Zhang Zhizhong did not expect that discussing a combat plan would be expanded to the development trend of the entire Battle of Shanghai by Chen Xiuwen. It is impossible to say that the result that Chen Xiuwen said was impossible. But this also went beyond Zhang Zhizhong's authority. While shocked, he did not want Chen Xiuwen's alarmist words to affect morale. He deliberately knocked on the table and said, "It's gone too far, it's gone too far. Our most important task at present is how to eliminate our frontal Neon Army. Of course, what Brigade Commander Chen just said is not reasonable at all. It is precisely because we want to avoid such a result, it is particularly important to annihilate the enemy in front of us as soon as possible. I hope you can unite with sincerity, drive away the Japanese invaders, and promote the power of our army. Okay, today's meeting will be here, and Brigade Commander Chen will stay."

During the meeting, Chen Xiuwen hurriedly ran to the old commander of the 88th Division, Sun Yuanliang and others, and saluted and greeted him.

"Luan, if you don't make a sound, you'll make a splash." Sun Yuanliang said to Chen Xiuwen with a complicated look. The senior generals who sat there came all the way from the Northern Expedition and had a lot of experience in fighting. If Japan was determined to go to war with China, the idea that Chen Xiuwen mentioned was very likely to happen.

"Liberation, the inference just now is really scary. Fortunately, you are not the chief of staff of the Neon Army. I think you shouldn't be here, you should go to the General Staff." Feng Shengfa, the deputy commander of the open-minded nature, said as he patted Chen Xiuwen on the shoulder.

In fact, in addition to being dissatisfied with Liu Jin today, Chen Xiuwen also wanted to take this opportunity to remind these direct generals. Although his argument was very alarmist and seemed very abrupt. However, in the Battle of Songhu, the elite of the Central Army was almost completely lost, and the national defense power of China was greatly weakened. When he was unable to change the historical process, he would like to remind him to be prepared to preserve as much as possible if he could not resist the fierce offensive of the Neon Army. This is Chen Xiuwen's true thought.

After all the senior generals walked out of the war room, Chen Xiuwen quickly walked to Zhang Zhizhong, who was frowning and tired, and saluted with some anxiety: "Sir, Education."

As the highest commander on the battlefield in Songhu, the war has only been started for one day. The huge pressure made Zhang Zhizhong very haggard. He looked at Chen Xiuwen and waved his hand and said, "I originally asked you to participate in this combat meeting today to let you understand the current situation of enemy and us as soon as possible. I didn't expect you to come up with such a shocking idea."

"Education Chief, I usually like to think about it. Since the conflict with the Neon Army at Hongqiao Airport, I have been thinking about this issue." Chen Xiuwen grabbed his head and said, and then said tentatively: "Education Chief, the Japanese have always been ambitious to our China."

Zhang Zhizhong nodded and sighed, "Actually what you said just now makes sense and forward-looking. The current situation is as you said, it is better to be pessimistic. So, you can sort out your ideas as soon as possible, and I will report to the Military Commission and General Staff. I have to be careful."

When Chen Xiuwen heard this, Zhang Zhizhong completely agreed with and supported his idea. He was immediately overjoyed and said, "Okay, Master of Education, I will sort it out for you now. Just give me two hours."

When the sky showed a hint of whiteness, Chen Xiuwen handed over the "Concept of the Development Strategy of the Battle of Shanghai" that he drove out overnight to Zhang Zhizhong, the commander-in-chief of the Ninth Army who had not been asleep all night.

Zhang Zhizhong simply flipped over and asked the secretary to put it into the briefcase he carried with him, and reminded Chen Xiuwen: "After yesterday's battle, there were about 2,000 Neon soldiers entrenched in Hongkou Park. Moreover, Hongkou Park has always been the base camp of the Neon Marine Corps. It has been operating for a long time and has strong fortifications. Last time it was them attacking, you defending; this time it was them defending, you attack. In addition, although there is an air force to assist in the war, the support of Neon War naval guns is not ruled out. But I still hope that your brigade can be the first to break the deadlock, unplug this stronghold before the Neon Army reinforcements arrive, and then control Huishan Wharf and drive the Neon Army out of the city."

Three thousand vs. Two thousand, Hongkou Park is another place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The difficulty is far beyond the time, place, and people when defending Hongqiao Airport last time. It is easy to imagine the difficulty. To be honest, Chen Xiuwen was not sure at this time, but he knew that the battle between the Shanghai and the future would be one bloody battle after another and hard battle. He nodded with a serious face and stood attentively: "Students should do their best, and if they fail, they will be successful."

It was dawn, which meant that the day's battle would begin again. Under Qian Ning's escort, Chen Xiuwen hurried to the Bazi Bridge position with Chen Yi and Wang Xiaoshuan.

The 20th Independent Brigade had completed the defense exchange with the 264th Brigade. Seeing that the old army where he was originally located suffered heavy losses and his morale was sluggish, Chen Xiuwen felt very uncomfortable.

In the command center, Chen Xiuwen met his old regiment commander, Zhu Chi, the acting brigade commander of the 264th Brigade. At this time, Zhu Chi was unshaven and her eyes were covered with blood. Chen Xiuwen walked to him and saluted, "Court, Chen Xiuwen is here to report."

Zhu Chi did not be polite to Chen Xiuwen because of his promotion. After a greeting, his eyes suddenly turned red and he said, "Luan, I will give it to you here. You are also from our 264th Brigade. I can't give it to you. Brother, I can't. I just hope you can show our spirit when we were defending wars in the temple, and avenge all the brothers who fell in our 264th Brigade."

Chen Xiuwen grabbed Zhu Chi's hand, tears also rolled in his eyes, and nodded heavily and said, "Tongzhao, don't worry, I will definitely find the Japanese opposite to calculate this account."

After seeing Zhu Chi away, Chen Xiuwen returned to the command post and saw the Chief of Staff Qiao Zhen lying on the map with his brows frowned and drawing from time to time, asking, "How is the situation now?"

"Yesterday, the 264th Brigade had already conquered Baoshan Road Bridge and Tongtian'an Road Bridge. Currently, the Bazi Bridge opposite us are left. In addition, the 262nd Brigade of the 88th Division has captured Dabaishu and completely cut off the interconnection between the two neon troops of Jiangwan Town and Hongkou Park. I asked the Second Battalion to station Baoshan Road Bridge and Tongtian'an Road Bridge, the 38th Regiment First Battalion and the 3rd Battalion together with the 2nd Company of the Machine Cannon Battalion, concentrate firepower now the Bazi Bridge has opened a gap and penetrated directly into Hongkou Park. The 40th Regiment First Battalion and the 3rd Company of the Machine Cannon Battalion serve as reserves."

Chen Xiuwen nodded. Qiao Zhen’s arrangement was undoubtedly very appropriate. If it were him, he would definitely make such arrangements.

"However, before you came, Acting Brigade Commander Zhu introduced me to the situation opposite the Bazi Bridge. During his attack yesterday, Acting Brigade Commander Zhu broke through the front positions of the Neon Army's Bazi Bridge and once entered Hongkou Park. According to him, the Neon Army arranged a large number of barricades opposite the Bazi Bridge and around Hongkou Park, and the mortar shells could not destroy them at all. And there was also the naval gun support of warships on the Huangpu River. If we take a strong attack like the 264th Brigade, the casualties would definitely be very large. Moreover, even if we attack Hongkou Park, we would be attacked by the Neon Army's naval guns just like the 264th Brigade, and had to retreat. However, without taking a strong attack, I have not found a better way to attack Hongkou Park." Qiao Zhen threw the pen in his hand and sighed.

"Not only are we threatened by neon warship guns, but the offensive forces in Jiangwan Town and Yangshupu area are also attacked by these neon warships. Therefore, today the Air Force will support our attack, attack and disperse the Neon warships in the Huangpu River. While the Air Force is attacking, our ground attack will also be launched."

Qiao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If the Neon Army did not have the support of naval guns, then our pressure would be much smaller. However, the casualties of our troops in such a strong attack are still small. And after all, there are more than 2,000 Neon Army there, so I am really not sure whether it can attack."

"Yes, now we and this group of Japanese devils have fallen. Last time it was their attack, and this time it was our turn to attack. Their fortifications are much better than those of our fortifications at Hongqiao Airport. I have no idea whether they can be taken down or not." Chen Xiuwen shook his head helplessly, picked up the telescope and looked at Hongkou Park not far away.

In the telescope's camera, Chen Xiuwen saw a menstrual flag floating on the roof of a three-story building surrounded by trees. Chen Xiuwen knew that the building was the location of the Neon Marine Corps Command. He felt angry when he saw it, and he couldn't help but mutter: "Why didn't yesterday's air raid blow up this building?"

At the same time, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: "If this kind of city attack is like this, it is this era. If it were my original era, I would use missiles to carry out target bombing, cover the air firepower, and then use helicopters to airborne the center, and destroy their command center in one fell swoop and cooperate with the ground attack. As long as one battalion and one special forces detachment take down these Japanese devils."

Thinking of this, Chen Xiuwen couldn't help but feel very depressed. In this era, if you want to capture this area and remove the nail that the Neon Army entrenched in the city, you can only use the lives of your brothers to fill it.

"City battle, city battle." Just as Chen Xiuwen was watching while holding a telescope and talking nonstop, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind. Yes, there is no helicopter in the city now, so we can't carry out precise strikes from the air and airborne. Then let's go underground, because the city must have its underground municipal facilities.

"Chen Yi, hurry up, find Deputy Chief of Staff Chen immediately." Chen Xiuwen quickly put down his telescope and turned around and ordered Chen Yi.

"The Japanese turtle huddled in this small enemy, and I thought I had no choice. I'll give you a center to bloom." Chen Xiuwen put his hands on his waist and walked around the command center, gritting his teeth and cursing.

"The center is blooming? Brigade Commander, what does it mean?" Qiao Zhen, who was still thinking hard in front of the map, asked in surprise.

"Brother Songlin, come and see." Chen Xiuwen walked to the table excitedly, pointed to Hongkou Park, which was already covered with densely marked signs, and asked, "Where is this place?"

"Hongkou Park, the target we want to capture." Qiao Zhen looked at Chen Xiuwen strangely and said.

"So Brother Songlin, are you looking at where it is located?"

"The location? Isn't it just surrounded by our army? Ouch, brigade commander, just tell me what you mean." Qiao Zhen was confused by Chen Xiuwen.

"Downtown. Hongkou Park is located in the downtown area of ​​Shanghai. It is a downtown area, so it must have its underground municipal system. Hehe, we can't fly from the sky, so we will be Tuxingsun." Chen Xiuwen laughed with a smug look.

"Brig Commander, what you mean is that we can use the underground municipal system to enter Hongkou Park, and then the center blossoms, causing chaos in the Neon Army, and then cooperate with the main force to conquer it in one fell swoop." Qiao Zhen suddenly realized, opened his mouth wide, and said to Chen Xiuwen.
Chapter completed!