Yes, those who don’t know the history of Songjiang may feel that when they hear this inconspicuous name, they will feel that this must be a small place. Even Tang Dao, a small butterfly from the future, subconsciously thinks this place into a small city.

But if you know, the history of Songjiang Ancient City building can even be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period, and was even called Songjiang Prefecture in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, with Songhu County under its jurisdiction.

To put it bluntly, in history, Songhu, a metropolis that has only emerged in modern times, is just a small county under Songjiang City, and Songjiang is the boss of this radius of hundreds of miles.

Songjiang City is not only not only not small, but also quite large.

Especially when Wang Gongyu came over with the map of Songjiang City, Tang Dao felt a little painful.

Just looking at the Zhongshan Road in Songjiang City that runs through the east and west, that is, after Mr. Sun visited Songjiang in the first year of the Republic of China, Songjiang people renamed the Zhongshan Road, which opened the east gate of the ancient city, to commemorate the name of the "Ten Mile Street" that runs through the east gate of the ancient city, we know that Songjiang City is at least more than 2,000 meters from east to west.

Looking at the two gates in the north and south, the distance between them is probably more than 1,000 meters. If you calculate this, the city wall around Songjiang alone will be as long as 6,000 meters.

That means that just four walls require two infantry regiments to defend.

Of course, a large city also has the benefits of a large city, which means that the strategic depth is greater, and if necessary, it will be dragged into street fighting.

However, no matter how difficult it is to fight against the Japanese army, they must fight against Songjiang.

If this city is not conquered, the road around the city will be less than three or four kilometers away from the small city. All Japanese troops and supplies will be within the attack range of the artillery in Songjiang City. Unless the Japanese abandon heavy equipment and light equipment, they must first conquer Songjiang if they want to attack the left wing of the army.

"Captain Wang, Battalion Commander Tang, should we go up to the city wall to take a look?" Wang Gongyu looked at Tang Dao and Lao Wang with frowns, and was also nervous.

He is the commander of the security regiment, but he usually only has a name, so he basically focuses on administrative affairs. Military affairs are naturally much worse. Seeing that Tang Dao and Lao Wang, two regular army battalion-level chief officers, were frowning, they naturally felt confused.

Regarding everyone present, I am afraid that this person is the least he hopes that Songjiang will fall.

After all, this is his hometown.

"Let's go up to the city wall and take a look." Lao Wang is also an extremely pragmatic person. He has no say in the field investigation. Just looking at the map and talking about war is not his personality. At that time, he was accompanied by Wang Gongyu and walked up to the city wall first.

Tang Dao, Lei Xiong and the two infantry major battalion commanders under Lao Wang all followed.

Although he was eager to put on defense early, the city wall was indeed long enough. Even if a group of people were inspecting quickly, they would have walked for an hour and a half, which made the inspector who was usually considered pampered and had a sweat.

However, at this critical moment, the senior commissioner did not complain or feel tired, and even refused the guards' support. He gritted his teeth and trotted along the way with Tang Dao and others. This made Lao Wang look at him with even more admiration. Naturally, he was more respectful than before, not just his rank of major general.

Songjiang City has not disappointed its historical status. The city walls may not be as tall and majestic as some military fortresses located in the north, but there is still a height of five or six meters.

After countless years of baptism, many bricks on the city wall have disappeared, leaving only a mound. Even the inner wall is not vertical, but there are slopes. People can run up the city wall. The exposed walls are covered with miscellaneous trees and weeds.

This made Wang Gongyu, the first military and political officer in Songjiang, quite embarrassing. This is probably the first time he has been able to complete the entire wall of Songjiang City.

Tang Dao, Lao Wang and others didn't care. The defense of the mound and the bluestone brick wall was actually similar in front of thermal weapons. As long as it had a vertical height, it was not so easy for the Japanese to climb up, and it had enough thickness to withstand the bullets.

The defense of the city wall is slightly weak, but what is rare is that there is a circle of moat outside the city wall.

The water towns in the south of the Yangtze River are not short of water. Songjiang is close to the Huangpu River. It used to be a famous cargo transport destination in the south of the Yangtze River. The moat has several functions, which can protect the city and serve as a waterway to transport goods.

The water system in the city and outside the city is connected by four water gates, and the moat that surrounds nearly a circle is connected with the Huangpu River several kilometers away. If you want to cut off the water from the moat, unless the Japanese army spends a lot of manpower and material resources to build a dam upstream, however, if there is that time, let alone hitting the left wing of the Chinese army, the daylily will be cold.

They must and can only cross the moat river channel that is 30 meters wide and break through the Songjiang wall to achieve their own strategy. Otherwise, the tactical intention of the Japanese base camp to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to mobilize troops from the north will all fail.

This circle of moat will become the key to Songjiang City’s defense.

To this end, Tang Dao also went down to the moat himself and tested the depth of the moat.

Perhaps it is just a small cargo ship, the river water is not deep, which is the depth of the height of an ordinary Chinese.

However, for most short-legged people, the depth of about 1.65 meters is just enough to cover the top of their heads.

There were many small boats parked in the moat. The fishing boats that could go along the waterway to the Huangpu River to fish in the early morning, but now it is obviously impossible. Even the curling smoke that should have risen has disappeared.

Songjiang City itself has a large city, and there are more people living with the entire city, which has more than doubled the entire city.

Looking around, along the paths on both sides of the moat, there are densely packed houses.

Especially when you pass through the east and west gates, Zhongshan Road is known as the one on both sides, with alleys that are only more than one meter wide crisscrossing, and houses are next to the houses, endless.

The inner city with a city wall is like a large fruit core, while the flesh outside is as many as seven or eight miles, and at least three or four miles.

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Tang Dao's eyes narrowed, and it seemed that all these could be used.

What the soldiers saw was actually more panic among the people inside and outside the city.

Although the administrative agency of Songjiang County has not issued a warning that the Japanese invaders will be attacked, the armed gathering of the security team and the arrival of Tang Dao and others have already made the people who have been worried about the Battle of Songhu instinctively feel the danger.

Many people have already started to clean up their fine lines and plan to stay away from the city as soon as there is a certain news.

This is actually a very correct choice. Staying in the city will either die from raging artillery fire or become a target for the beasts who invade the city to vent their anger.

Tang Dao is better than everyone in this era to know the virtues of the beasts of the 10th Army of the Japanese invaders. It is precisely because of these culprits that the massacre that shocked China and the world.

Songjiang must never be the first one.

"Commissioner Wang, Commander Guo hasn't come yet, but some things must be done in advance." Tang Dao said extremely serious.

"Battleman Tang, you said."

"First, Songjiang County must immediately notify all Songjiang residents. Because the Japanese army is attacking, it is necessary to take the valuable soft soft home from home with you before sunset today. It is also recommended that you do not go towards Kunshan, and hide in the homes of relatives in the countryside for two or three months before returning home after the war is stable.

Second, I hope Songjiang County can recruit 5,000 young and strong people to help our army build fortifications from noon to tomorrow morning."

"Okay!" Wang Gongyu agreed without any trouble.

As soon as he walked down the city wall, the inspector of the third administrative region of Jiangsu and Zhejiang issued the highest administrative order in Songjiang with the seal.

All the people in Songjiang City, whether they are nobles or peddlers, left the city. In order to speed up, everyone can only carry a certain amount of money and food to leave.

The security team may have been unsatisfactory in the war, but it is absolutely amazing to deal with the people. In less than half an hour, the Songjiang town, which was originally just restless, was already crying.

No one wants to leave their homes, let alone take away those valuable belongings, especially for those rich families, which is simply their reverse scales, and some even organize family armed forces to try to resist.

In the chaotic times, the county magistrate Songjiang showed a ruthlessness that was different from his gentle and elegant appearance. He directly ordered that those who refused to accept the order could be shot dead on the spot.

Accompanied by the cruel gunfire, seeing that the security team was no longer as easy as they would collect money on weekdays, but showed their fangs directly, several wealthy people who took the lead in causing trouble suddenly became much more honest.

This is not counting. Tang Dao previously proposed to recruit five thousand young men, and this person is also doing his best to complete it.
Chapter completed!