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A peaceful day passed quickly.

In the early morning of August 17, more than 1,500 special marines, commander of the Japanese Navy's 3rd Fleet, arrived at Huishan Wharf, and thousands of sulfur bombs arrived in Shanghai together. This was a special material transferred by Okawa's Unichi Nakamoto from the country, with the purpose of setting fire in the Japanese concession in Shanghai.

At dawn on August 17, two special marines who had just landed on the Huishan Wharf did not bother to take the time to ride. They launched a fierce attack on the 524th Regiment on the west side of Honghe Road Bridge under the cover of more than a dozen gunboats, dozens of tanks and armored cars. Under the cover of the Japanese army's extremely brutal artillery fire, the 3rd Battalion of the 524th Regiment was seriously injured, and the position was soon lost.

The defeat of the 524th regiment seemed sudden, but it was not accidental.

After two days of bloody battles of 14 and 15, the 524th Regiment suffered heavy casualties. The newly recruits who had just added in were far from the previous veterans in terms of their fighting will and tactical qualities. The crushing defeat on the 14th caused the 524th Regiment to lose a lot of equipment and the artillery to be completely lost, so the combat power was greatly reduced.

But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the truce order issued by the above caused ideological confusion among all officers and soldiers of the 9th Army, resulting in slack in the morale of the army. The most direct manifestation is that the truce on the 16th. The Kuomintang did not take advantage of this gap to strengthen its capabilities, but just waited passively.

With the accumulation of various factors, the 524th regiment's defeat on the 17th was not surprising.

The Japanese army had a fierce offensive, and the 524th Regiment was defeated and lost the Honghe Road and Bridge position, Qiujiang Road and Sichuan North Road, and the Japanese army in Shanghai fully restored the traffic between Hongkou District and Yangshupu District. Fortunately, the Japanese army did not continue to advance due to insufficient troops, so the remnants of the 524th Regiment were able to regain their foothold on Baoshan Road.

Due to Wusong Road and Sichuan North Road, the passages entering the dead end that Xu Shijiu mentioned had been cut off by the Japanese army. The 88th Division lost the opportunity to attack the Japanese Navy Special Marine Command through that dead end. An extremely rare precious fighter jet was missed in vain.

At the same time, the Japanese army began to use sulfur bombs in Yangshupu District. Thousands of private houses in Yangshupu District caught fire. The fire reflected half of the sky red. The rolling smoke even enveloped Shanghai dozens of miles in the shadow. The sudden fire attack also caused great casualties to the 98th Division, which had just entered Yangshupu District.

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On August 18, the Japanese concession in Shanghai fell into silence again.

At 10 a.m., Xu Shijiu was ordered to arrive at the 88th Division headquarters that had just moved to Fuxin Flour Factory.

However, Sun Yuanliang was not here. He went to the French Concession to negotiate with people about the sale of materials. As mentioned earlier, since the Kuomintang entered Shanghai, all walks of life in Shanghai were excited, and a climax of donating money and materials was set off, causing the warehouses of various departments of the Kuomintang to accumulate like mountains. Sun Yuanliang thought about selling materials to cash out.

In addition to Feng Shengfa and Zhang Boting, there are also several high-level officials in the command center.

"Brother Hanhun." Feng Shengfa asked straight to the point, "I wonder what you think about the current situation of the battle?"

Xu Shijiu smiled and asked irresponsible: "Deputy Master, this is a big question. You have to ask General Zhang, how can I answer the answer with a captain of my security brigade?"

Feng Shengfa pointed at Xu Shijiu and said, "You kid, don't pretend to be garlic with me here."

Zhang Boting also said: "Brother Hanhun, don't be humble anymore. You are a good player in war. This has been proven by countless facts. The current situation in Shanghai is not optimistic. The Japanese army has just increased thousands of troops and used fire bombs. Our army suffered heavy casualties, so the deputy division commander specially called you to hear your opinion."

Xu Shijiu nodded slightly and said solemnly: "Second Master, I'm really saying it?"

Feng Shengfa nodded solemnly and said in a deep voice: "Say it, say whatever you have, don't keep it."

"I think the fighter jets that encircled and annihilated the Japanese army in Shanghai have been lost, so we can stop the offensive against the Japanese concession." Xu Shijiushi said in shock, "Because after the Japanese army increased its troops again, the defense has been greatly strengthened, and it is too expensive to continue to attack with force. Even if we finally captured the Japanese concession, it will be more than worth the loss."

Feng Shengfa, Zhang Boting and several high-speakers immediately changed their faces when they heard this.

"Brother Hanhun, you can't say this nonsense." Zhang Boting said solemnly, "Driving the Japanese army in Shanghai off the Huangpu River was the direct order issued by the leader. How can our soldiers disobey the leader's order?"

Xu Shijiu spread his hands and smiled bitterly: "Then I'd better stop talking."

Feng Shengfa waved his hand to stop Zhang Baiting and said, "Brother Baiting, let him continue."

With Feng Shengfa's permission, Xu Shijiu continued: "Deputy division seat, part-time seat, our army had three excellent opportunities to wipe out the Japanese army in Shanghai. The first opportunity occurred on the 11th. At that time, the Japanese army in Shanghai had less than 3,000 troops, and the morale of the army was unstable and the defense was lax. At that time, the Japanese army was vulnerable to attack at that time.

Unfortunately, the General Office insisted on waiting for the Central Army to launch a general attack after the Central Army was in place. This first and best fighter jet was missed in vain.

The second opportunity occurred on the 12th. At this time, the Japanese army in Shanghai was more vigilant, but its military strength was still at an absolute disadvantage compared to our army, and its equipment was not as good as our army. Moreover, the top leaders of the Japanese government have not reached an agreement, and the Japanese army in Shanghai was also relatively chaotic. When war started, our army could easily wipe out the Japanese army in Shanghai.

However, unfortunately, a truce from Nanjing made us miss this precious fighter.

The third opportunity occurred on the 16th. After the offensive on the 15th, the Japanese army's defensive fortification chains had completely collapsed, and the Japanese army had been divided and surrounded by several core strongholds. Our army only needed to pull heavy artillery into the city to clear the Japanese strongholds at a designated location, and they could completely eliminate the remaining enemies in Hongkou and Yangshupu areas.

Unfortunately, the truce order was issued again.

Since the war started on the 12th, it has been quit three times in just seven days, which has hit our army's morale greatly, but the Japanese army has been able to breathe continuously. To this day, our army has been exhausted and lazy in fighting. On the other hand, the Japanese army has continued to increase its troops, and the fortifications are also continuously strengthening, one has declined and the other has increased, and this battle can no longer be fought."

Feng Shengfa and Zhang Boting were speechless, and Xu Shijiu's words "The teacher and veteran are tired, and the fighting spirit is lazy" express the voice of all the officers and soldiers of the 9th Army. From the commander-in-chief Zhang Zhizhong to every ordinary soldier, the 9th Army has indeed been ruthless by the repeated truce orders issued by the above.

Only one combat staff member retorted righteously and sternly: "It's simply nonsense. The truce order was issued by the leader for strategic considerations. How could you, a small security captain, understand its hidden political significance? As a party and the country, we should obey orders as our duty, but how could we feel resentful to the leader for this?"

"Strategic considerations? Hidden political significance?" Xu Shijiu smiled. "To gain Western sympathy at the expense of the war in Shanghai is the so-called strategic consideration? This is the so-called hidden political significance? Do you really think that the Western powers will go to war with Japan for China?"

"Arrogant!" Gao Shen said furiously, "You are a small security captain, and you have never even attended the Whampoa Military Academy. You dare to talk about strategy and be worthy of talking about politics?"

Xu Shijiu said lightly: "As far as I know, Chairman Jiang has never been to the Whampoa Military Academy. According to your standards, Chairman Jiang is actually not qualified to talk about strategy and politics, right?"

"Rareless!" Gao Shen said in an even more furious manner, "You deserve to be compared with the leader?"

"Okay, stop arguing." Feng Shengfa frowned and interrupted the two of them, "The current discussion is about the war in Shanghai, not strategy, nor politics." After a pause, Feng Shengfa asked Xu Shijiu again, "Brother Hanhun, then according to your opinion, where should the war in Shanghai go? Could it be that the stalemate will continue like this?"

Xu Shijiu smiled bitterly and said, "Secretary, I'd better not say anything?"

Feng Shengfa frowned, turned around and drove several high sects out of the war room, and then said: "You can say it now, right?"

"I thank the deputy division commander, so I will speak out loud." Xu Shijiu bowed and said solemnly, "Deputy division commander, the Japanese army is about to increase its troops. I thought that it would be a matter of time before Shanghai was lost. In view of this, it is unnecessary to spend a huge price to capture the Japanese concession. It is better to leave a small amount of troops in the city to restrain the Japanese army, but turn the main force to Wusong and along Baoshan, and speed up the construction of solid coastal defense fortifications to kill the Japanese army with a large amount of vitality."

Feng Shengfa asked in confusion: "How do you know that the Japanese army is about to increase its troops?"

Zhang Boting was also a little curious. The Japanese government issued a mobilization order five days ago. This is not a secret, but the specific date of the dispatch is unknown. The spies lurking in Tokyo did not obtain information on this. However, Xu Shijiu said that the Japanese army is about to increase their troops. What is his basis?

Xu Shijiu replied: "Deputy Master, Issue, have you not read today's newspapers? A piece of news was published in several prominent locations in newspapers. Japanese Army General Matsui Ishione met Emperor Hirohito yesterday. It can be seen that Matsui Ishione is about to serve as the commander of the Shanghai condemnation army, and the Japanese army landed in Shanghai for only four or five days."
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