Chapter 123: Reinforcements in the Battle of Shanghai (II)

The Ninth Army and the 15th Army siege the 101st Division and the Marine Corps of the Neon Army. As the newly landed 3rd Division of the Neon Army first launched an attack on the 15th Army along the Military Industry Road. The Chinese national team began to turn from attack to defense.

Gu Zhutong, the newly formed deputy commander of the Third War Zone, who commanded the Songhu battlefield, returned from the front line of Jiangwan Town and hurried into the Third War Zone Command located in Anting.

"Have you been here?" Gu Zhutong asked the chief of staff who stayed in the headquarters while entering the door.

"President Feng is still meeting democratic figures in Wuxi and discussing the joint anti-Japanese war." The Chief of Staff replied slightly awkwardly.

"When is it now? He still has time to meet some democratic figures." Gu Zhutong frowned at the same time, then waved his hand and said, "No matter he is, the situation on the front line is not good now, and the 15th Army is under great pressure. By the way, where have the 14th and 67th Divisions of the 15th Army arrived?" As he said that, Gu Zhutong quickly walked to the map.

"Captain Gu, according to the notice just received, the 67th Division has arrived in Jiading, and the 14th Division is now in Taicang. However, the 67th Division and the 14th Division were both air strikes by Neon Army aircraft during the process of marching, and the speed is not fast." The Chief of Staff reported with a frown.

"No, now after the 11th Division of the Neon Army landed, it was directly inserted into Luodian. Yuepu and Yuepu have been occupied by the Neon Army. Luodian now has only 20th Independent Brigade. It is a miracle to face the attack of a division of the Neon Army. It is already a miracle to be able to defend until now. Luodian is at risk of losing at any time. You can send a newspaper to Luo Zhuoying immediately and tell him that the 67th Division must arrive at Luodian within an hour."

"yes."

After the Chief of Staff left, Gu Zhutong looked at the map with a frown and said to himself: "You must not throw away Luodian."

After receiving a telegram from the 20th Independent Brigade, Chen Cheng also called Luo Zhuoying directly from the front enemy command center in a hurry: "You Qing, can you still draw troops at hand?"

"King Ci, the 3rd Division's offensive is very fierce now. Yesterday, he drew a brigade from the 11th Division to attack Yuepu. He really couldn't draw out one soldier. The 67th Division was about to arrive at Jiading, and the 14th Division also headed towards Luodian along the Shanghai-Taiwan Highway. As long as the 20th Independent Brigade can last for another two hours, the vanguard of the 67th Division can arrive." Luo Zhuoying heard Chen Cheng ask him if he could draw troops? He knew that the 20th Independent Brigade was directly in an emergency with the General Command. He had no choice. From this morning to now, he had received six or seven telegrams for help from the 20th Independent Brigade. In addition to urging his two divisions to speed up, he could only tell the 20th Independent Brigade to withstand and then to withstand. However, the 14th and 67th Divisions encountered air strikes from Neon Army aircraft, and the operation was really impossible.

"No, you immediately order the 33rd Brigade of the 11th Division attacking Yuepu to stop the attack and immediately rush to help Luodian." Compared with the importance of Luodian and Yuepu, Chen Cheng chose Luodian without hesitation.

"Cigong, yesterday, in order to delay Yuepu's 44th Regiment, the 20th Independent Brigade attacked Luodian along Yueluo Highway, and the wings of Shuli Bridge and Beizhu Bridge on the Hengjing River were blown up. The 33rd Brigade was unable to quickly reach Luodian for reinforcements." Luo Zhuoying said helplessly on the phone.

Chen Cheng had no choice but to order: "Tell Li Shusen to ask him to send a brigade first and quickly rush to Luodian at all costs. If Luodian is lost, I will ask him."

"Quick, brothers, speed up. Luodian is right in front of you. The brothers of the 20th Independent Brigade are looking forward to us, so everyone speed up."

Cai Bingyan, Major General Brigade Commander of the 201st Brigade of the 67th Division, encouraged the soldiers who were running forward with an anxious look on their faces. The troops were air strikes by Neon Army planes along the way. As the vanguard of the 67th Division, the 201st Brigade suffered considerable losses. He just received a strict order from the division commander Li Shusen, ordering them to arrive at Luodian within an hour at all costs. Cai Bingyan was also anxious.

The Nakajima Squadron was shot down two aircraft, and even the squadron leader was killed. Seeing that the situation was not good, the other four aircraft did not dare to dive and drop bombs again. After rushing to the aircraft carrier berthed at the estuary of the Yangtze River, they fled to the direction of the aircraft carrier berthed at the estuary of the Yangtze River.

The hit rate of these bombs was extremely low, and several of them even exploded not far from the 12th Regiment that gathered and prepared to attack. Although there were no casualties, they really scared these Japanese ready-to-run Japanese, and at the same time they also had more or less impact on their morale.

"Baga, these cowards in the Navy." Anda 23 cursed in a low voice. Looking at Luodian Town where thick smoke was emitting everywhere, Anda 23 had Wu Yun's long-lasting white cloth strip tied to his head, pulled out his command knife, and howled, "Kill me."

The two brigades of the 12th Regiment had more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers, followed by four 95, four 89, and a total of eight chariots. They launched the fifth attack on Luodian.

At the same time, the artillery fire of the division artillery gang began to roar again, trying to destroy everything on the peripheral positions and open a gap for the attack of the twelfth registrar.

"Give up the first trench and retreat to the second line of defense." When the Japanese chariot appeared in the telescope, Shen Xiuwen decisively issued an order to retreat to the second line of defense.

The casualties of the troops were too great. When the Third Battalion retreated from the frontline position, it turned out that more than 300 people from the Third Battalion and less than 500 companies from the First Battalion of the 42nd Regiment that were reinforced later, and now there are less than 100 people left.

Worried about being suicide attacked by Chinese soldiers' incendiary bombs and cluster grenades, the Japanese chariot stopped two hundred meters away from the front position. The heavy machine guns on the chariot, as well as 37 mm and 57 mm tank guns, began to shoot at the front position. Then the infantry that followed also set up grenade launchers, and the heavy machine guns opened fire at the same time. The total number of infantry light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers of the two brigades totaled hundreds of bullets, tank shells, and grenade launchers, forming a fire net and rolled violently towards the front position.

At this time, the artillery fire of the Neon Army began to extend. The shells not only landed on the second-line positions and several original artillery positions in the town, but also intended to suppress the artillery fire in the town and eliminate the vitality of the Chinese national team.

"Order the artillery to concentrate firepower at the Japanese tanks and machine gun positions." Halfway through the order, Shen Xiuwen paused for a moment, his face twitched, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Damn all the shells."

This order to the artillery means that the artillery position is directly under the Japanese artillery fire, and fire as many shells as possible before they are destroyed, and destroy the Japanese firepower points.

When this order was brought to the last artillery preset position, Li Weishan, the battalion commander of the machine gun battalion who commanded only five mortars and two Bufoss mountain cannons, shouted to the combat staff who issued the order: "Please tell the brigade that we will definitely shoot all the shells we can shoot."

"Please rest assured, Battalion Commander Li, I will tell the brigade." The voice of the combat staff choked up.

"What did Li Weishan say?" Chen Xiuwen, who had been standing in front of the bunker and observed the hole, turned around and asked.

Before the combat staff could answer, the sound of mortars and Bufus Mountain cannons on the preset positions in the town were heard. Chen Xiuwen quickly raised the telescope in his hand to focus on the positions. The combat staff officer Zhang Zhang, but in the end he didn't say it.

The mortar shells and 75 grenades fired from the town landed very accurately on the Japanese machine guns and grenade launchers positions. The violent explosion of the rolled-up machine guns, grenade launchers parts and the Japanese corpses were clearly visible. One of the shells on the next two rounds directly hit a Type 95 light chariot, which immediately knocked the thin iron turtle down. The impact force of the explosion inside instantly disintegrated the chariot and ignited a raging fire. Seeing that the situation was not good, several of the other chariots quickly reversed, and several even crushed the Japanese who followed behind, who had no time to react.

However, the Japanese's artillery fire reacted very quickly. Before the fourth round of artillery shells were fired, the artillery that had been fired in Zhuyuan was adjusted in one round. A series of violent explosions suddenly sounded in the town. There were several particularly violent explosions and even the earth was trembling. After a series of explosions, there was no movement in the artillery positions in the town.

At this time, the combat staff could no longer hold back. He forced himself to suppress his emotions and repeated Li Weishan's words loudly. The command center suddenly became extremely quiet, with only the sound of guns and cannons from outside. The flames of each explosion were reflected through the observation hole on everyone's face, and everyone was filled with tears. They all knew that the artillery brothers had fired all the shells they could have.

Chen Xiuwen closed his eyes, and two lines of hot tears flowed down his cheeks.

"Dingling" a rapid phone ringing sound rang. At this time, there was no other phone call except the outer positions on the eastern line. Chen Xiuwen wiped his face and walked quickly to the next to the phone to answer the phone.

"I am Zhang Zhengjie, the Japanese have very strong firepower now. I have retreated to the last line of defense and requested reinforcements." Zhang Zhengjie's hoarse voice came from the phone.

From early this morning until now, the guns and cannons in the outer positions of the Eastern Front have never stopped. It is not easy for Zhang Zhengjie to lead two Japanese military battalions without gunfire support until now. Moreover, although Zhang Zhengjie didn't speak much, he was a very strong person. At this time, he took the initiative to ask for reinforcements, and he must have reached the point of being in a hurry.

Chen Xiuwen did not hesitate at all and hurriedly said, "I will put the engineering company and the baggage company in the moment." Chen Xiuwen suddenly settled down halfway. Now among the directly affiliated troops of the brigade department, the secret service company has the most complete system and number, and the other casualties are more than one-third. However, Chen Xiuwen really couldn't bear to spend the spy company that he had trained for several years in this positional war.

He immediately changed his words and said, "There are also a guard company to send you together. You must hold on for another hour. In an hour, reinforcements will arrive."

Now there are two hours left before the reinforcements stated in the last telegram of the 15th Army Front Enemy Command, and an hour has passed. At this time, Chen Xiuwen is willing to believe that this time is accurate.

"Yes, the occupant. I will hold on for an hour even if I beat the remaining one." Zhang Zhengjie replied loudly on the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Xiuwen shouted loudly: "Chen Yi."

The company commander of the guard company Chen Yi shouted: "Go" and run in from outside the door.

"I order you to lead the guard company, the engineering company and the baggage company immediately, and immediately reinforce the 42nd Regiment of the Eastern Front."

Chen Yi was stunned when he heard this and said, "Walking, why do I want to go too?"

"You are the company commander of the guard, who will you go?" Chen Xiuwen glared at Chen Yi and said loudly.

"But, I'll leave, what should you do?" Chen Yi said a little squeakingly.

"Fuck." Chen Xiuwen shouted at Chen Yi with red eyes: "I don't have time to mess with you now, and execute the order immediately."

Chen Yi looked at Chen Xiuwen with concern, but he had to shout loudly: "Yes." After that, he turned around and ran out of the command center.

"Order the spy company to retreat to Gong's house to protect the safety of the medical team and the wounded."

After giving the last order, Chen Xiuwen picked up his rifle and shouted at everyone in the house: "Everyone else takes the gun and goes to the position with me."

"Yes." All the staff members put down their pens, picked up the weapons they had already prepared, followed the brigade commander into the position of artillery fire.

After the order of withdrawal was issued to the secret service company, the entire secret service company gathered.

"Company Commander, this is the time when the battle outside the town is fierce. We are just retreating like this?" Tang Cheng asked with confusion.

"Yes, the brigade headquarters ordered us to retreat to Gongjia's house to protect the safety of the medical team and the wounded, and prevent the Japanese from attacking by roundabout people." Peng Hui said loudly.

"But"

Tang Cheng scratched his head and said just now, and was interrupted by Peng Hui: "It's nothing, the Chief of Staff, the medical team, and thousands of our injured brothers are all at the Gongjia House. Now I order Tang Cheng, you will immediately lead the second and third rows to the Gongjia House."

"Yes. But what about you and the first row?" Tang Cheng quickly stood at the sight and shouted yes, and couldn't help asking again.

"Tang Cheng, do you still have to report my actions to you? Obey the order and set off immediately. Let me tell you, if the Chief of Staff, the medical team and the injured brothers have any mistakes, I'll ask." Peng Hui widened his eyes and shouted at Tang Cheng.

Tang Cheng opened his mouth, but when he saw Peng Hui's unkind look, he had to answer: "Yes." Then he led the second and third rows to retreat outside the town.
Chapter completed!