"Chakkkkkkkk--"

The engine roared, and eight tanks painted with blue sky and white sun emblems rumbled towards the Japanese stronghold. Behind the tank, the officers and soldiers of the 36th Division of the two companies launched a powerful charge.

"Dada--"

The sound of Japanese guns and cannons sounded, warehouses, buildings, basement windows and sandbag fortifications spewed fire tongues everywhere, locust-like bullets woven into a thick fire net, covering the shadow of death from all directions towards the attacking team.

The attacking officers and soldiers of the two companies were in chaos. They were lucky enough to be uninjured and hurriedly lay underground or hid in the porches on both sides of the street, firing and fighting back. At this time, the cannons on Japanese warships in the direction of Huishan Wharf took the opportunity to join the shooting ranks, and the shells that had been predicted to shoot in advance came roaring, and the huge tremor of the shell explosion echoed in the air. The hideous god of death danced wildly in the terrifying flames and smoke.

The team following the tank's attack was quickly in chaos, and some officers and soldiers of the 36th Division were beaten to pieces by guns and cannons. The rest hurriedly avoided and retreated. Except for the tanks continuing to advance, there was no trace of infantry behind them.

"boom--"

A large-caliber war anti-aircraft shell with sharp whistles flew over and hit a tank moving forward. A ball of flames rose up, and the tank was immediately lifted off its turret. A large hole was torn through the front armor and the fuel tank ignited a raging fire. Then, groups of shells roared and formed a firepower net around the tank. Some tanks tried to retreat, but were hit by the shells. The remaining tanks fought back and rushed across the road at full speed, approaching the Japanese stronghold to avoid the threat of artillery fire. Unexpectedly, at this time, several groups of blasting hands rushed out of the Japanese stronghold at the same time. They held explosive bags, used the corners of the wall, or with the cover of damaged fortifications, to crawl and jump quickly and approached the tanks with their agile flexibly.

At this time, there was no infantry cover around the tank, and the Japanese blasting hands approached the tank unscrupulously. Flashes of loud and sharp blasting sounds came, and the tanks were paralyzed on the ground, some caught fire, and some fell into the trenches next to the road. The brave tank soldiers escaped from the turret and were immediately hit by rows of bullets, covered with blood holes, hung upside down on the turret, and were quickly surrounded by fire.

At this point, the tank troops assigned to the 36th Division were wiped out, and the Chinese army's attack was once again declared defeated.

Nanjing National Government, Xiyuan, Military Commission Conference Room.

According to the spirit of the 51st meeting of the Kuomintang Central Political Committee on August 11, the resolution was made to set up the "Supreme National Defense Conference" and stipulated that the National Defense Conference was the highest decision-making body of national defense and was responsible to the Political Committee of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang. On the 16th, the Supreme People's Political Conference appointed Chiang Kai-shek as the Grand Marshal of the Army, Navy and Air Forces to command the national army, navy and air force operations against Japan.

Foreign war prompted China, which was a mess, to be temporarily united closely around the central government commanded by Chiang Kai-shek, realizing the personal wish that Chairman Chiang had dreamed of for many years, but Chiang Kai-shek's good mood did not last long. At this time, he held the intensified telegram sent by Zhang Zhizhong and his face was solemn.

Previously, the Nanjing government had been delaying the Japanese in a row, hoping that European and American powers would involve them, and finally let the Japanese recover. Now the front-line attacks have been defeated continuously, and the Chinese and Japanese armies have formed a tug-of-war situation in the urban area of ​​Shanghai, which made Chiang Kai-shek, who was originally full of confidence, wake up from his dream and regret it.

Now that Shanghai is in crisis, the military 丨The military committee and the bigwigs have all caught it blindly. Apart from mobilizing troops from the rear to reinforce, they cannot come up with a solution.

Chiang Kai-shek cursed his mother in his heart. He Yingqin and Qian Dajun slapped their chests and promised that the European and American powers would definitely come forward, and there was still a dawn of peace in the Sino-Japanese war, but now they are all speechless.

Chiang Kai-shek looked around with expressionless face for a week, and could no longer help but ask with annoyance and anger: "Shanghai is in danger now, I wonder what good solutions do you have?"

The German advisers tightly looked and shrugged and said they could not help. At the beginning, they firmly opposed the rash truce in the case of the smooth war, but Chiang Kai-shek refused to listen to them, believing that the Chinese army attacked Shanghai and hit the Japanese in seven inches. Perhaps with the mediation of European and American powers, China and Japan could restore peace between China and Japan. Unexpectedly, the Japanese used a delaying strategy, and now it finally led to bad consequences.

Chiang Kai-shek's face looked very ugly, and he turned his eyes to Yang Jie, Gong Hao, Chen Bulei and others. They were all very anxious, but they did not have the means to resolve the crisis in a flash of fingers, which made Chiang Kai-shek shake his head repeatedly.

Qian Dajun narrowed his eyes and coughed slightly, saying to Chiang Kai-shek: "Commissioner, I have a solution. I don't know if it is feasible?"

"Oh? Mu Yin, what can I do to say it and listen to it?"

Chiang Kai-shek was indeed anxious. Japanese reinforcements could reach Shanghai at any time. If the Japanese troops entrenched in Hongkou, Yangshupu and other places could not be eliminated, the consequences would be unpredictable.

"Commission, the situation in Shanghai is now..." Qian Dajun originally wanted to show off, but unexpectedly Chiang Kai-shek frowned and showed signs of getting angry. Qian Dajun quickly pointed to the map and said: "Now the Japanese army entrenched in the city of Shanghai is mainly composed of Marines, and there are some volunteer teams composed of expatriates. As long as the Marines are annihilated in one fell swoop, the wars behind will be much easier..."

Chiang Kai-shek rolled his eyes. Isn’t this nonsense? Everyone wants to eliminate the Japanese Marine Corps, but the opponent is well-equipped and relying on strong fortifications to cover it, the combat effectiveness has increased by more than twice. In addition, the threat of Japanese naval guns on the Huangpu River, the three German-armed divisions in front are already at the end of their strength. How easy is it to achieve their goals?

Qian Dajun bent over slightly, with a slight flattering face: "Commission, Wu Ming's new second division is now affiliated with Zhang Xianghua's Eighth Army. The Eighth Army is now performing well. The battle situation in Hangzhou Bay and Pudong is stable, and the elite brigade of the New Second Division is not available for the time being. If the new second division with super combat power is transferred to the command of General Zhang Wenbai of the Ninth Army at this time, plus the flanking cover of the 36th, 87th and 88th Divisions, I believe that it is no problem to take over the war in Shanghai."

"Wu Ming?"

Chiang Kai-shek carefully considered Qian Dajun's words, and the more he thought about them, the more he felt it made sense.

After a telephone and telegram exchange with his eldest son Chiang Ching-kuo, Chiang Kai-shek learned more about Wu Ming's New Second Division. In terms of combat effectiveness, the New Second Division was definitely not inferior to the three German and military divisions. Because of this, Wu Ming arrested Kong Xiangxi's cousin, Kong Erye, and Chiang Kai-shek did not blame him at all.

Chiang Kai-shek pondered for a while, finally nodded and asked Chen Cheng beside him: "Ci Xiu, if you transfer Wu Ming's troops to join the Songhu battlefield, are you sure to take down the concession area occupied by the Japanese army?"

Chen Cheng didn't know whether he was sure. Through the mouth of Major General Xia Chuzhong, the commander of the 98th Division, who was split and used by Zhang Zhizhong, Chen Cheng knew that the Japanese Marine Corps was well-equipped and had strong combat power. Three German-armed divisions and several divisions affiliated with the 18th Army were all shot back in turn. This hard bone was difficult to chew. But when Chiang Kai-shek asked, Chen Cheng couldn't help but answer, thought for a while, and said:

"I dare not say that I can definitely win it, but there is at least hope for dispatching the New Second Division. It is not like the current situation, and it makes people feel uncomfortable."

Although Chen Cheng's tone was not so sure, it was still a surprise. No one expected that Chen Cheng would actually admire Wu Ming so much.

Chiang Kai-shek finally made up his mind: "Okay, transfer the 45th Independent Brigade of Zhangluanji to Zhapu and take over the defensive position of the New Second Division. Order the Eighth Army to supplement the firepower and equipment for the New Second Division. After completing the defensive handover, the New Second Division quickly reorganized its troops to Shanghai and transferred to the command of the Ninth Army."

"yes"

In Xinfeng Town to the northwest of Pinghu City, the New Second Division's National Defense Line Camp.

The confidential section chief Du Pingzhang hurried into the command center and saw Wu Ming, who was watching the battle situation deduction in the General Staff in front of the sand table, hurried forward: "Second seat, military 丨 urgent telegram from the Committee and the General Staff Headquarters."

Wu Ming took the telegram and glanced quickly, and was shocked: "Zi Ran, draft an order immediately. After handing over the defense to friendly forces, the entire division quickly concentrated in the national defense camp. The Military Commission asked us to rush to Shanghai as quickly as possible to reinforce the Ninth Army."

Dai Ziran quickly recorded Wu Ming's order, then asked Wu Ming to sign his name, and Du Pingzhang immediately went to the telecommunications office to issue the brigades.

After doing all this, Dai Ziran shook her head with a wry smile: "Whatever you worry about is, we are really involved in the Shanghai war. Fortunately, we were mentally prepared, and we specially conducted training and deduced the situation, otherwise there would be problems."

Wu Ming patted Dai Ziran on the shoulder: "This is normal. We fought against three in the Yushan exercise, and we have been at the limelight... If the big guys of the military committee still can't remember us, we may have to worry about whether there will be any conspiracy against us."

"Okay, since the order has been delivered, what we need to do now is to strive to fight the war well, cut the mess quickly and eliminate the Japanese devils entrenched in the concession, and use real military achievements to fight back those who have worked hard to plot against us."

After hearing what Wu Ming said, Dai Ziran couldn't help but smile: "Yes, the master was killed by random punches, and the three strengthened German-armed divisions won the Japanese stronghold. Our new second division may not be able to do it. This time we have prepared enough secret weapons to make it enough for the Japanese to drink a pot."

"Stop boasting, go and prepare quickly." Wu Ming ordered, and then came to the large Songhu map hanging on one wall, thinking about how to defeat the Japanese devil's turtle while preserving himself.

"Teacher Commander, Nanjing urgent telegram"

A confidential staff member rushed into the command center. Wu Ming took it and found that it was a telegram sent by Chen Cheng. In the telegram, Chen Cheng repeatedly emphasized that this battle to Shanghai was a national war. Wu Ming must obey the order, not lose his temper, and not conflict with friendly forces.

Chen Cheng told Wu Ming to go to the Eighth Army Military Control Office to collect necessary weapons, equipment and ammunition, and the ammunition consumption can be supplemented in the Ninth Army. At the end of the telegram, Chen Cheng told Wu Ming to take care of himself and not to lead the way to charge to the front line. Everything is subject to personal safety.

Wu Ming hurriedly called back to express his gratitude, and then called Zhang Dongning, the chief of staff who was leading people to organize logistics supplies in Jiaxing, asking him to go to the Eighth Army Command to contact us immediately and collect weapons and equipment.
Chapter completed!