The fall of Pu, the situation of the Japanese army on the south bank of the Yangtze River, greatly improved, and also led to the stop of Chen T+. Chen Cheng launched a counterattack in front of Luodian, advanced two kilometers forward, barely leveled the front line, and then turned the entire line to the defensive.

After the Japanese army took the initiative, Matsui Ishigen focused their attention on the big field. Yun Zaobin, Liu Xing, and the Zhongzhang team mobilized troops to the northern part of Hangzhou Bay to make senior officials in Tokyo worried. They ordered Matsui Ishigen to strengthen their offensive on the south bank of the Yangtze River, causing the illusion of breaking through on the south bank of the Yangtze River, forcing the Zhongzhang team to draw troops from the northern part of Hangzhou Bay.

The first one to succeed was Liu Xing. The one who was stationed in Liu Xing was Li Yannian's unit of the 9th Division of the 19th Army. The 19th Army commanded by Xue Yue was actually a big mess, including the 66th Army of Ye Zhao of the Guangdong Army, the 9th Division of the Li Yannian of the Central Division, Wan Yaohuang's 13th Division, and Zhou Yan's 6th Division. Among them, Wan Yaohuang was included in the 19th Army on the Shanghai battlefield.

After arriving at the Songhu battlefield, the Ninth Division had fought bloody battles in Yunzaobin for three days, with the entire division suffering as high as 40% of casualties. Only then did the division withdraw and replenish, but only 2,000 were replenished, and then it was transferred to Liu Xing's defense in this round of adjustment. The Ninth Division fought for three days in the Japanese army's fierce attack, and the entire division was not able to get 3,000 people. Even the division commander Li Yannian took the gun to the position and fought.

"The one who attacked Liu Xing was the 13th Division of the Japanese army, which is a new number."

Chen Cheng was worried. This was a very bad signal, which indicated that the Japanese reinforcements had arrived, at least part of them, otherwise the entire division would not have been added to the south bank of the Yangtze River in this way.

The idea of ​​drawing troops from Hangzhou Bay? Chen Cheng never appeared in his mind, but now the battlefield situation is not good, so he needs to draw troops to counterattack, but where is the troops? The First Army, the 18th Army had just moved to the Wufu Line and the Forty-Seventh Army, who stayed to block the landing of the Japanese army in the future. Chen Cheng looked around and found that he could not draw one out of the seventy divisions.

All the troops were disabled, and they attacked, defended, counterattacked, and defended wildly, Luodian, Dachang, Yunzaobin, and the city area were full of corpses, layered and layered, and the blood stained the Huangpu River red. Even the water seeped out of the trenches was red and smelled of blood. Although there were many numbers of troops in the city, most of them were incomplete, and their strength was equivalent to a brigade or even a regiment before the war.

Just when Chen Cheng was unsure of his mind, Xing Zize, director of the General Staff Department, came in to report, and the captain of the 49th Army Advance Team asked for a meeting. Chen Cheng did not react for a moment and couldn't help but ask, "What advance team? The 49th Army?"

"The Forty-Ninth Group Army is the former Xinyi Group Army. The captain of the advance team that came this time was led by General Jiang Baili, the deputy commander of the group army." Xing Zize couldn't help but be amazed when he remembered the advance team he saw just now. One second-level general, one lieutenant general, two major generals, and a group of school-level officers.

Chen Cheng slapped his forehead and then remembered that the New First Group Army had been renamed the Forty-Nine Group Army. This group was also transferred to the Songhu battlefield. It was just that it was late and he didn't know where it was now.

"Please wait." Chen Cheng just said two words and immediately called Xing Zize. He put on his military uniform and greeted him in person.

Chen Cheng is also a graduate of Baoding Military Academy. Even in such a tense time, he dared not neglect the principal Jiang Baili.

"Principal, I didn't expect you to come too." Chen Cheng said diligently after saluting Jiang Baili.

"The war in Shanghai is tense. But we are the advance team of the group army. We have to come and disturb you." Jiang Baili sighed slightly. He heard that the war was gradually unfavorable in Nanjing. Looking at Chen Cheng's eyes full of deep sleep, bloodshot eyes and tired faces, he knew that he might be a little worried now.

"Oh, the Japanese army has added reinforcements. The offensive is very fierce. Principal. When will your Forty-ninth Army arrive at the battlefield? I will be in trouble here." Chen Cheng did not hide his words and explained his predicament.

"I'll introduce it to you." Jiang Baili was not busy taking on Chen Cheng's topic, but introduced the three generals behind him: "This is General Fan Shaozeng, deputy commander of the 102nd Army. This is Major General Lin Junxian, deputy chief of staff of the 101st Army. Major General Yan Pengtao, deputy director of the Logistics Department of the Group Army. They both have lived a lifetime in Huangpu..."

Lin Junxian and Yan Pengtao saluted Chen Cheng in unison: "Hello teacher."

Chen Cheng replied with a military salute. He looked at these people. Fan Shaozeng had seen them before, but he was still so chubby, like a Maitreya Buddha, but he didn't know the latter ones. Lin Junxian was from Huangpu Phase II, and Yan Pengtao was from Huangpu Phase III, and he still had some impression.

Jiang Baili's advance team included the divisions of the Forty-Ninth Army, as well as the Logistics Department and the Staff Office. Jiang Baili explained: "We don't know the situation in the Songhu area, so let's take a look first in the Cultural Revolution."

Chen Cheng asked them into the house and asked, "Where is the Forty-Nine Army now? If you don't come again, you may not be able to catch up with the Shanghai war.

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"Oh?" Jiang Baili stopped and turned his head to look at Chen Cheng: "The situation has become so bad? Didn't the 24th Army arrive? They are finished?"

"A twenty-fourth group is not enough," Chen Cheng reached out to make an invitation: "The Japanese army has increased its troops. According to information, this time, the Japanese army has added four divisions from Northeast China and the country. Now there are only one 13th division on the battlefield. Where are there three divisions? And it is very likely that more than four divisions will come."

Chen Cheng did not lead them to the war room, but to the conference room. There was a large battle map hanging on the wall on the front of the conference room. The military green tablecloth was already a little dirty, with many tea traces on it. Jiang Baili took the lead on the side close to the main seat, while the others sat down in the order of military ranks.

"If I were Matsui Ishigen, these three divisions would be used in the northern part of Hangzhou Bay and would not be entangled with you on the south bank of the Yangtze River." Jiang Baili made Chen Cheng's concerns clear in one sentence.

"Yes, this is exactly what I am worried about. Jiansheng and I both advocated retreating and giving up Shanghai, but the chairman was strict orders." Chen Cheng's tone was very helpless. Once the 700,000 army collapsed, the Japanese army could go to Nanjing, Suzhou, because there was no combat-capable army on this line. Chen Cheng could not afford this responsibility.

"Where have you been? When will you come to Songhu?" Chen Cheng asked about the location of the Forty-Nine Group Army for the third time, which was completely inconsistent with his usual calmness.

"I'm in Wuhan," Fan Shaozeng said quickly, his eyes narrowed into a line, and his round face was smiling: "It should be half of the 101st Army and half of the 102nd Army, and the other half of the 102nd Army and the heavy artillery regiment of the Army, and he is still in Chongqing. I'm afraid there will be one month left to go to Songhu."

Chen Cheng couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this. It seemed that the Forty-Nine Army could not count on it. Jiang Baili looked at Fan Shaozeng and looked at Chen Cheng and sighed: "What can you do if you catch up with Songhu? To win the War of Resistance, you can't count on a war. If you want to win first, you will give it first. Everyone knows this principle, but it's very difficult to do it."

"Instead of defending everything, it is better to give up gradually, and transfer troops from the city to enrich the flanks. As for the city, if you can block it, you can stop it, and if you can't stop it, you can retreat."

Chen Cheng understood the meaning of Jiang Baili's words.

But he understood, even Fan Shaozeng understood. Jiang Baili wanted Chen Chengtf, but he couldn't let him go openly, and he wanted to be beaten out by the Japanese army.

"But..., the Chairman asked us to hold on for at least ten more days." Chen Cheng was embarrassed. The constituent parties to the Nine-Country Convention were held on November 3, and it is expected to start twelve days, and only one day has passed now.

"The problem now is to be strong for ten days, but you have to risk the collapse of the entire army; or give up gradually and withdraw gradually. Maybe it's less than ten days of defense, but the army can successfully withdraw from the Songhu battlefield." Jiang Baili stood up and walked to the map, pointed to the map and said: "Ci Xiu, there is another danger. If the Japanese army landed in the north of Hangzhou Bay, they divided into two groups to attack Shanghai, the other group to attack Jiaxing, and then attacked Nanjing along Taihu South Road, how to solve it?"

Chen Cheng's forehead suddenly felt sweaty, and the Songhu front line was already in danger. The two army groups that were reinforced to the northern part of Hangzhou Bay were nominally group troops, but he was very clear about the actual situation. Only one-third of the supplement was completed. Most of the men from Hubei and Jiangxi were still on the way, and these men were still recruits who had never taken guns. The combat effectiveness could be imagined.

The 10th Army in the defense of eastern Zhejiang is also composed of second- and third-rate troops. The total strength is only three divisions and three temporary brigades, and its combat effectiveness is extremely weak. Moreover, during combat deployment, if Songjiang is attacked, the army will also support Songjiang with its main force.

Obviously, the 10th Army could not stop the Japanese attack, and even if the Japanese army had only one division, it could not stop it.

Chen Cheng couldn't sit still, so he stood up, walked to the map, and carefully thought about where the troops came from. The idea of ​​giving up Shanghai had arisen again.

"If you continue to fight in Shanghai and fight hundreds of thousands of troops, what should I do in Nanjing?" Jiang Baili's words hit Chen Cheng's weakness again.

"I understand." Chen Cheng nodded slowly, and Jiang Baili smiled with some relief. It was easier to convince Chen Cheng than expected. One of the purposes of this persistence in the Songhu battlefield was to persuade Chen Cheng to withdraw troops from Shanghai gradually.

After Chen Cheng's attitude relaxed, Jiang Baili asked Chen Cheng to help him assign the officers he brought to various troops. Fan Shaozeng immediately proposed to go to Luodian, Lin Junxian proposed to go to the city, and Yan Pengtao naturally went to check the road traffic and air defense deployment. Chen Cheng satisfied them one by one, but for Yan Pengtao, he suggested that he go directly to the Wufu line to learn about it. The Forty-Ninth Army was no longer possible to participate in the Battle of Songhu.

Fan Shaozeng and his friends went to their respective destinations overnight. Chen Cheng returned to the war room and immediately ordered the 36th Division to be transferred from the city to the west of Dachang, and ordered the 57th Division of Ruan Zhaochang to be commanded by the 74th Army, and moved to the north of Hangzhou Bay together. The defense west of the Suzhou River was undertaken by the 87th and 88th Division, Huang Jie Tax Police Corps and Zhong Song's 61st Division. The 18th Army and the Sichuan Army Guo Rudong Division, which had retreated to the rear, immediately moved to Wuxi and entered the Xicheng Line, and the 47th Army of Li Jiayu entered the Wufu Line.

In the north of Hangzhou Bay, the 21st Army was ordered to concentrate on defending Songjiang, and the 74th Army was placed in the 10th Army. The 10th Army gave up supporting the Songjiang operation and instead made every effort to defend Jiaxing. All the minor and serious wounded retreated immediately and retreated to Nanjing.

Chen Cheng's movements were quick and began to adjust that night. The 36th Division withdrew from the city. Ruan Zhaochang's troops were commanded by Yu Jishi, the 74th Army during the battle in the big field, but he was not affiliated with the 74th Army. When the 74th Army was transferred to Hangzhou Bay in the south, he did not follow him.

Fan Shaozeng arrived at the army command of Yang Sen in Luodian in the middle of the night. Fan Shaozeng was familiar with many people from Yang Sen's army. When he was living in seclusion in Fanzhuang, Chongqing, he often came and went with Yang Sen's subordinates. At this moment, everyone felt very intimate when they met on the front line.

"Ha'er, if you are not in Fan Zhuang Xiaoyao, why are you here to come here? Be careful to send another dowry." Yang Sen said and teased Fan Shaozeng.

This is also a story about giving a dowry. When a concubine of Fan Shaozeng was studying in school, she fell in love with the young principal of the school. The two of them sent a letter to Hongyan. When Fan Shaozeng found out, she was furious and caught the principal in Fanzhuang to kill him to vent his anger. The principal's mother found Wang Xu to plead for mercy. After Fan Shaozeng persuaded her, she also felt that it was inappropriate to kill him like this. After thinking about it, she simply took the concubine as her goddaughter, paid for a dowry, and married him to the young principal. This matter was once a good story in Sichuan.

"Ha, ha, our elder brother doesn't talk about the second brother, won't you be the same." Fan Shaozeng didn't care at all, and replied to Yang Sen indifferently. Yang Sen had many concubines, and there were also things like Fan Shaozeng, but Yang Sen was much more cruel and both of them were killed. The outside world was not clear about this, but it was definitely not a secret for Fan Shaozeng, the robe master.

"Haha, okay, I'm just stealing chickens and losing rice. You Fan Ha'er, with a silly face, and your heart is loud, come and have a tea inside." Yang Sen called Fan Shao into the house, and then said to his subordinates present with a face: "Go and go, go and do whatever you should do, I think of our brothers' jokes. Get out, get out, get out."

Everyone dispersed with laughter. After entering the room, Yang Sen said to Fan Shaozeng: "Tell me, man, what's the matter with me?"

"You boy is so treacherous, your heart is as loud as you know," Fan Shaozeng narrowed his eyes and took out a letter from his arms with a smile and handed it over: "The letter from the Cultural Revolution to you."

Yang Sen took it and tore it open the seal, and quickly finished watching it with the lantern. After watching it, he began to ponder. Fan Shaozeng drank tea and stared at Yang Sen with both eyes: "What? What did the Cultural Revolution say?"

"Aren't you planning to re-enter the military? Why are you coming out again?" Yang Sen, who was awakened, did not answer directly, but instead asked Fan Shaozeng with interest.

After Liu Xiang discovered that Fan Shaozeng had taken Chiang Kai-shek's money privately, he removed his military power by promoting and surrendering openly and secretly, and dispersed his direct troops into other troops. Fan Shaozeng was furious and simply returned to Fan Zhuang to cultivate and ignored the affairs in the military. It was also in recent years that he had a relationship with Zhuang Jihua again.

"In the past, when fighting a civil war, it was not considered a hero. In this national war, I, Fan Haer, had to participate. Liu Fucheng's affairs were just a trivial matter." Fan Shaozeng said seriously.

Yang Sen knew that Fan Shaozeng was not satisfied with Liu Xiang, so he was able to bring a letter to Zhuang Wenge, which means that he had already had a hookup with Zhuang Wenge and was a member of Zhuang Wenge.

"Look at it." After Yang Sen quickly confirmed Fan Shaozeng's identity, he handed over Zhuang Jihua's letter.

When he was in Wuhan, Zhuang Jihua said nothing when he handed the letter to him, but only asked him to hand it to Yang Sen, without any other explanation. Fan Shaozeng hesitated for a moment and finally took it.

Zhuang Jihua's letter was very simple. He reminded Yang Sen that the Battle of Shanghai had reached a critical moment and that the power of the ** was almost exhausted. If the Japanese army increased its troops again, the Shanghai front line would be in danger of collapse. The 24th Army, as a new force, had to assume greater responsibilities.

In the letter, Zhuang Jihua did not directly say what to do, but simply analyzed the situation, and the implication was that Yang Sen would do it himself.
Chapter completed!