Lurker

Chapter 225
The situation on the Shanghai battlefield is becoming more and more unfavorable to the Chinese army.

On October 10, the Japanese navy and aviation launched a new attack in coordination with ground forces.

北路以第11师团指向广福、陈家行；南路集中第3、第9、第13、第101师团强渡蕴藻浜，向大场、南翔进攻。中国守军顽强抗击。

On October 10th, the Japanese army broke through Yunzaobang. The old man urgently transferred 15 divisions of the 21st Army to join the Central Army. He used 10 divisions to counterattack the Japanese army from the vicinity of Dachang to the south, and the other 3 regiments of the left-wing army to fight in Guangfu South. The Japanese counterattacked on the north side, but none of them broke through the Japanese positions.

10月22日，日军集中第3、第13、第101师团进攻第21集团军，在庙行和陈家行之间突破守军阵地，26日攻占庙行和大场。

The Central Army on the north bank of the Suzhou River suffered from the enemy, and on the 27th abandoned the North Station and Jiangwan positions and moved to the south bank of the Suzhou River.

第88师第524团团副谢晋元率第1营官兵继续坚守苏州河北岸的四行仓库，孤军奋战4昼夜，于31日奉命退入公共租界。

In this unfavorable situation, the old man issued an order to Zhou Lin through Dai Yu: "At any cost, assassinate the commander of the Japanese Shanghai Dispatch Army."

After receiving the order, Zhou Lin felt that the situation had changed.

In the materials of the 21st century, there is no record of the assassination of the commander of the Japanese Shanghai dispatched army by Chinese agents.

Zhou Lin's time travel changed history.

After receiving the order, Zhou Lin carefully analyzed the current situation.

The headquarters building of the Japanese Dispatched Forces in Shanghai has a rectangular shape, except for the ground floor, two, three and four can be connected around. It was built in 1924 and covers an area of ​​about 6130 square meters. It is surrounded by office buildings and warehouses, and the middle is 2200 square meters. The square meter playground and the entire building look like a warship sailing at sea from a distance.

Around the Japanese army headquarters, there is a wing guard, as well as an artillery unit and a brigade of cavalry units.

It is very troublesome to enter such a strictly protected place, let alone kill the commander of the Japanese dispatched army.

The person who gave this order was also dizzy.

However, once the order is issued, it must be carried out.

Zhou Lin counted his subordinates.There are more than 7000 people in Zhang Fu's side.For more than a month, the Rangers participated in seven battles and wiped out more than 3000 Japanese troops.And I also lost more than 3000 people.

This is still a small loss.The Seventh Division was even worse.After the expansion of the Seventh Division, the number of personnel reached 1.After four battles, there were less than 1000 people left in the Seventh Division.In the end, it was withdrawn from Shanghai and went to Nanjing to reorganize.

1 people, more than 9000 people were killed or injured.How the battle was fought can be known by looking at the number of casualties.

Moreover, in the last battle, when the Seventh Division fought with only 1000 men left, it seemed that the entire division was about to be wiped out.It was Zhou Lin who brought people to rescue them and saved them.For this reason, the Rangers suffered more than 1000 casualties.

When they arrived at the ranger's station, Zhou Lin said to Zhang Fu, "Try to gather the soldiers who were scattered on the battlefield and send them to Wuxi, Suzhou."

Zhang Fu's heart moved: "Boss, are you going to withdraw?"

Zhou Lin knew the historical development behind it.

At the beginning of October, the Japanese base camp decided to shift the main attack direction of the war of aggression against China from North China to Shanghai, and urgently dispatched troops from North China, Northeast China, and China, and formed the 10th Group Army to assist Shanghai on the 20th.

11月5日，由集团军司令官柳川平助率第6、第18、第114师团及国崎支队（第5师团第9旅团），突然在杭州湾的全公亭、金山卫间登陆，策应上海派遣军实施迂回包围。

At that time, most of the defenders on the north bank of Hangzhou Bay had been transferred to support the battle in the SH urban area, and only a small number of troops from the 63rd Division were on guard, caught off guard.After the Japanese occupied the coastal area, they quickly attacked Songjiang and Minhang with the 6th Division, and Jinshan and Guangchen with the 18th Division.

第三战区急调第62、第79师分别阻击日军第6、第18师团，均被击退。日军6日占金山。

On the 7th, the Shanghai Dispatch Army and the 10th Group Army were ordered to form the Central China Front Army, under the unified command of Matsui Iwane, in an attempt to quickly encircle the Shanghai defenders.The battle situation took a turn for the worse, and the old man ordered a full retreat on the 8th.

On the 12th, Shanghai fell and the battle ended.

Regarding this situation, Zhou Lin had reported it to Dai Yu, and Dai Yu had also reported it to the old man.However, the old man was helpless.

With less than ten days before the Japanese army landed, Shanghai was in a stalemate.The national army could not spare any troops to support Hangzhou Bay.And troops dispatched from other parts of the country will take half a month to arrive.

When the reinforcements came, the Shanghai battlefield became the Japanese.

What's more, some people in the army think that Zhou Lin's information is not true.Their reason was that all the Japanese troops had been thrown on the battlefield, and there was no remaining troops to attack Hangzhou Bay.In the end, Zhou Lin's report was thrown aside.

The military decision made Zhou Lin feel that history will not change, and Shanghai will soon fall.Therefore, he has to arrange the rear of the Rangers.

These people have been fighting with me in Shanghai for nearly three months.They are all brave elite soldiers, Zhou Lin wants to keep them.

Even if they were to charge, it would only result in the death of a few thousand more people.

Zhou Lin said: "Shanghai should be unable to defend. At that time, so many troops will retreat, followed by the Japanese army chasing them, the scene will definitely be very chaotic. So, you take the Rangers and enter Wuxi and Suzhou areas first. While building a base area, they fought against the Japanese army for a long time.”

Zhang Fu asked: "What about you?"

"I have work to do. Must stay."

Zhang Fu didn't want to leave: "Then I'll stay and let Hong Qi lead the troops to Suzhou first."

Hong Qi is Zhang Fu's deputy and deputy team leader.He was originally the head of the Tenth Division of the National Army. After being injured, he almost died.It was Zhang Fu who saved him.So, he regrouped 800 people under his command, and brought them to join Zhang Fu.

After Zhou Lin met him, he appointed him as the deputy team leader.

Zhou Lin thought that killing the commander of the Japanese army was not an easy matter, so he agreed. "That's fine! Let Hong Qi collect all the people and take most of them to Wuxi. You can just take a large group of people and follow me to carry out the mission."

A brigade of the Rangers is 2000 people.Ordinarily, a brigade is a battalion, and there are only a few hundred people.However, Zhou Lin asked Zhang Fu to expand the staff, and if he couldn't get up the position, he would vigorously increase the number of people.A battalion grew to 2000 men.

Zhang Fu immediately went to notify Hong Qi, and according to Zhou Lin's order, the squadron was used as a unit to retreat to Wuxi.On the way to retreat, as long as they encountered scattered national army soldiers, they were all collected and taken to Wuxi.

Their behavior was welcomed by all the stragglers.Those stragglers, without troops, would have nothing to eat and drink.Therefore, they are willing to be incorporated.Moreover, the Rangers are going to Wuxi and leaving the battlefield.

Zhou Lin looked at the Rangers and left the barracks one by one, until there were only 2000 people left in the barracks.

Every squadron that left received 500 French currency from Zhou Lin.There are [-] people in a squadron, [-] French currency, only [-] French currency per person.In Wuxi, the per capita ten French currency can live for three months.

Originally, Zhou Lin wanted to give more, but after distributing more than 20 French currency at once, Zhou Lin didn't have much money left.

Since the establishment of the ranger, Zhou Lin has paid out more than 30 French currency for pensions and living expenses, plus soldiers' salaries.He only has 20 left in his hand, and with this amount, he has no money.

There are some dollars in the bank account, but those dollars cannot be moved.

Zhang Fu knew that Zhou Lin had no money.Then came up with an idea: "Boss, isn't it money? I don't have it on hand, but I have it in the bank!"

Zhou Lin said, "How do you know I have it in my bank?"

Zhou Lin thought that Zhang Fu knew the US dollars in his bank account.

Zhang Fu said: "Whoever runs the bank has no money? There are a lot of banknotes in the treasury."

Zhou Lin understood what Zhang Fu meant: "You mean we're going to rob a bank."

Zhang Fu nodded repeatedly: "That's right! We don't rob Chinese banks, but we can rob Japanese banks."

Zhang Fu's suggestion revived Zhou Lin's mind.

After the Rangers withdrew from Wuxi, so many people wanted to eat and drink.Relying on the allocation of funds from the Nanjing government is a drop in the bucket.If you are a ranger, Nanjing will only allocate funds for one regiment.That's more than 1000 people.The rest have no source of livelihood.Only to find a way out.

Besides robbing the bank, Zhou Lin really didn't know where to get the money from.

The previous two months were all subsidized by Zhou Lin's money.Dai Yu gave [-] French coins, and his money was enough for the soldiers to eat.

After leaving the barracks, Zhou Lin returned to his residence in the Japanese Concession.

At this time, Feng Jie's squadron had increased to more than 100 people.You know, these more than 100 people are all people with special abilities.

Zhou Lin called Feng Jie: "I have a task for you."

"Guaranteed to complete the mission."

Before Zhou Lin said anything about the task, Feng Jie made a promise first.

Mainly, Feng Jie felt that his subordinates had too many talents.

Zhou Lin said in a low voice: "Take a few people to Xiaguang Road, and let me find out about the Japanese bank."

Feng Jie almost yelled, but he immediately asked softly, "Boss, you want to shoot a rabbit."

In the lingo of bandits, beating a rabbit is a door-to-door robbery.

Zhou Lin nodded and said, "I want to support tens of thousands of people, so I can't do without money! Just now in the military camp, I gave away all the remaining 20 yuan. If we don't know how to do it, how can we live?"

Feng Jie nodded again and again: "It's time to rob the money! It's only natural to rob the Japanese bank. Don't worry, the boss, I will definitely find out the situation there."

Feng Jie took people out.

Zhou Lin also went out.He went to the teahouse, ready to meet Xu Fan.

When Zhou Lin arrived at the teahouse, Xu Fan was already waiting for him in the private room.

Xu Fan brought Li Ke's instructions and asked Zhou Lin to find a way to get a batch of weapons for the guerrillas in Jiangbei.

Last time, Xu Fan did not inform the guerrillas about the Japanese weapons that Zhou Lin threw in the river.He was worried that if the guerrillas found out, they would fish for it. If someone found out, it would affect Zhou Lin.Therefore, the weapons in that place can only be picked up after half a year.Therefore, Zhou Lin had no choice but to think of a way.

Zhou Lin came to the recliner and lay down, lighting a cigarette.In fact, it is eavesdropping on both sides to check whether someone is eavesdropping.

(End of this chapter)