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Although the Japanese were short of troops, they did not "treat" Higashino Taketa unfairly - even though the infantry units that could be mobilized now did not exceed 800 people, they still generously left 200th of the manpower for Higashino Taketa.

Although these people were there to guard Higashino Taketa, they also tried their best to provide Higashino Taketa with real-time battlefield intelligence, enemy and friendly situation information, and other information. Even if Higashino Taketa made requests that were not particularly excessive, they would try their best to meet them.

After all, Doihara felt guilty towards Higashino Taketa.

Not only was he the one who forced Higashino Taketa to get into this mess, but he also personally ended all of Higashino Taketa's hopes.

Therefore, he naturally had to make Dongye Yitai as comfortable as possible.

"General, this is the battle report that just came in."

The Japanese officer who was on guard and served as a part-time guard brought the latest battle report.

Dong Ye asked before taking the battle report:

"Lost again?"

Although this word "again" is very... hurtful.

The guard said nothing, which was actually the answer.

Dongye pretended to laugh, but he didn't laugh out loud.

Then he flipped through the battle report. As he continued to read it, Dongye's face first became solemn, and then he resumed his silent laughter. After a long time, he spoke:

"I've seen people aiding the enemy before, but I've never seen people aiding the enemy like this..."

Although the guard remained silent, he agreed with Dongye's statement - Zhang Shihao was good at reorganizing the Imperial Army. The original Fifth Division was an example. This time, the Ninth Division without officers was thrown into the concession. One can imagine what will happen next with one's eyes closed.

After hesitating for a while, the guard finally asked boldly: "General, do you think Zhang Shihao will occupy Shanghai next?"

This time Dongye laughed.

Heh-heh-heh
After laughing, Dongye said with a strange look:
"I really hope Zhang Shihao can occupy Shanghai, but... I'm afraid he won't do it!"

He did not explain, but sat down with a dull look and closed his eyes. Seeing this, the guard quietly retreated.

After the guards left, Dongye opened his eyes and a sad look appeared on his face.

Doiyuan came to see him, and his words meant very well that he should commit seppuku to apologize immediately, but Dongye did not do it. It was not because he was greedy for life, but because he really wanted to see Zhang Shihao end up in complete defeat.

But now it seems that Zhang Shihao will not be completely defeated.

"A bunch of stupid bastards, even though they knew the noose would strangle them sooner or later, they still held on to their luck before the noose tightened."

"Fatty, you...are no exception!"

After whispering a few words, Dongye opened the drawer and took out a very small Nambu-style pocket pistol.

After wiping it carefully, Dongye spread the white rag in front of him and slowly put the muzzle of the gun into his mouth.

He whispered indistinctly:

"You are such a spoiled brat, Fatty!"

After taking a lingering look at the sky that was about to break dawn, Dongye hardened his heart and pulled the trigger.

砰

Then the pistol fired, and the bullet went through his upper jaw and into his brain.

The blood bloomed on the white rag, which was very... pleasing to the eyes.

……

"Sir, the chief of the Dongye agency has shot himself."

This report made Feiyuan pause for a moment, and then he returned to normal and slowly put the teacup to his mouth, but in the end he did not drink the tea in the cup, but slowly poured it on the ground.

"Dongye-kun, I respect you."

Tu Feiyuan put down the teacup with a complicated expression, closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time.

In fact, Higashino Tsuyoshita was forced to death by him, and Higashino Tsuyoshita also expressed his resistance by committing suicide by shooting himself - seppuku should have been the most decent way to die, but Higashino chose to end his life by shooting himself.

Of course, what made Tobihara so "sad" was not only because Higashino chose to commit suicide, but also because of the timing he chose.

Before, he forced Dongye to commit suicide, and Dongye said that he wanted to see Zhang Shihao defeated before dying.

But now, Dongye has committed suicide by shooting himself.

The implication was obvious. Dongye saw no hope of defeating Zhang Shihao, so he simply stopped suffering and ended his life by drinking a bullet.

"You don't think it's good either?"

After asking softly, Feiyuan showed a bitter smile on his face. After the defeat in the concession this time, Feiyuan knew that he was completely finished.

But at this time, he still acquiesced in the decision of the Security Command - he did not make a big fuss about calling for reinforcements, but instead increased the recruitment of overseas Chinese escort teams, waiting for the three battalions coming from Nanjing and Suzhou, and waiting for the two battalions that were retreating.

He understood why the Security Command made this choice and acquiesced to their decision.

There is no other reason, he is just trying to protect himself. If the matter becomes a big fuss and if he forcibly transfers troops back to Shanghai, the greater the impact, the greater the impact on himself.

With a wry smile on his face, Fatty poured another cup of tea for Dong Ye and whispered to himself:

“Sometimes, the choices people make may not be the most correct, but they are definitely the most beneficial to themselves.”

"Hitsuno-kun, please forgive me."

After apologizing, the guilt in Feiyuan's heart completely disappeared.

But it seemed as if God was against him, and soon, fierce gunfire was heard in the distance.

In Shanghai at that time, it was not uncommon to hear fierce gunfire, which mainly occurred on the front line of confrontation. But this time, the gunfire was clearly coming from behind.

Fatty stared at the map and his eyes fell on the army airport north of Hongkou.

"Airport?!"

The fat man's hands couldn't help but tremble.

The army airport in Shanghai is very large, with two squadrons of troops stationed in the airport. No matter how difficult the battle situation in Shanghai was, the garrisons of these two squadrons had never been withdrawn.

This shows the importance the Japanese army attached to the airport.

"Zhang Shihao, do you...really want to force us to the point of death?"

There was a fierce gleam of anger in Doiyuan's eyes. During this period of time, he had the urge to send a telegram to the China Expeditionary Army Headquarters at least ten times, but he controlled himself every time.

Don’t make a big deal!

Unless... unless Zhang Shihao is ungrateful and tries to occupy Shanghai!
Time passed little by little in agony, and finally, the battle report he had been waiting for came.

The army airport was attacked by the Military Intelligence Bureau. More than 43 members of the Military Intelligence Bureau launched a surprise attack from behind the garrison at dawn. The battle lasted for more than an hour, and a total of aircraft were destroyed in the battle.

During this period, the Military Control Commission did not launch a full-scale counterattack on the confrontation line, but it dispatched a large number of troops to the front line.

Tu Feiyuan pretended to be calm as he finished reading the battle report. After a long while, he said in a low voice:
"waste……"

At this moment, Fatty completely understood Zhang Shihao's intention.

As a general of the army, this feeling of being controlled by the enemy made Tu Feiyuan feel very uncomfortable, but...

Unless he is willing to give up all his glory, this weakness will always be a target for Zhang Shihao to exploit.

Fatty suppressed his anger and looked at the map calmly.

After a long time, he whispered:

"Zhang Shihao, do you think you can find my weakness?"

His eyes became determined, and then he suddenly stood up and walked out of the office quickly.

Subsequently, a telegram flew to the Japanese army in the direction of Ningbo.

……

In April of this year (1941), the Japanese army launched the Ningshao Campaign, which led to the fall of most cities in eastern Zhejiang.

The Third War Zone stationed heavy troops in the unoccupied areas and resumed its confrontation with the Japanese army.

In order to cooperate with Shanghai's strategy, the Third War Zone adopted an aggressive posture at the beginning of the month. The Japanese army naturally sent reinforcements to the front line to deal with possible offensives from the Third War Zone. After all, the National Army launched a large-scale winter offensive in the late 39 and early 40s. The Japanese were also afraid that the National Army would suddenly attack and launch another winter offensive when they were carrying out their southward strategy.

The Third War Zone stopped moving because of the Japanese deployment, but the Japanese did not dare to take the risk and instead stepped up their vigilance.

This is also one of the reasons why there is a serious shortage of troops in the rear areas such as Shanghai.

At this time, a Japanese division commander stationed on the front line of confrontation suddenly received a telegram from Shanghai.

"A telegram from Mr. Dobi?"

After receiving the telegram, the division commander read it quickly and his expression became increasingly solemn.

It turns out that the situation in Shanghai has reached this point!
"Mr. Doi-Yuan requested a secret troop transfer..."

"Then transfer! Someone, get me the Sakata Unit."

Following the order, a fully-strength infantry regiment of the Japanese army was secretly mobilized.

……

12 month 10 day.

nine in the morning.

The Japanese troops who broke through the Yangcheng Lake blocking position looked at the destroyed track in despair. Countless Japanese officers drew their swords and shouted loudly to vent their frustration.

At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, they broke through the blocking position at Yangcheng Lake.

But after nine hours, they had only advanced 4 kilometers.

Every few hundred meters they advanced, they would inevitably be attacked. When they gathered their manpower to attack, the attackers would disappear in a flash. When they returned to the carriage and ran a few hundred meters again, they would inevitably be attacked again.

This frustrating battle of neither being able to hit nor being able to catch up drove the Japanese completely crazy.

Fortunately, the commander had not lost his mind. After realizing that it was impossible to quickly rescue Shanghai by train at this time, the commander gave the order to advance on foot.

As a result, there were only small blocking positions ahead.

Once you rush over, the enemies in the blocking positions will retreat. If a small force pushes forward, it will be attacked by multiple blocking positions from multiple directions. If a large force pushes forward, these people will retreat after fighting, and there will be no close-range firefights.

"Sir, the reconnaissance team is back!"

The commander immediately asked someone to bring the reconnaissance team over. After seeing the reconnaissance team, the commander's mentality almost collapsed. The reconnaissance team of more than ten people only had four people coming back!

"There are blocking positions ahead, at least 25 of them. We made a detour and went four kilometers forward, and found that the Chinese were still building blocking positions along the railway line."

The scout's report made the commander feel desperate for the first time. Coupled with his confusion, he angrily drew out his command knife and slashed at random, roaring:
"You despicable and shameless Chinese, do you dare to fight us to the death!"

……

Joint finger.

Zhang Anping was reading the telegram sent by Xu Baichuan.

In the telegram, Xu Baichuan said that he was confident that this group of Japanese troops would not be able to reach Shanghai within five days, and asked Zhang Anping to "play" boldly without hesitation, and that this time he would make the Japanese devils suffer a cerebral hemorrhage.

Zhang Anping studied the tactics used by Xu Baichuan in detail, and had the illusion of watching the Iron Triangle Battle.

"The Kunshan line is considered stable."

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Zhang Anping smiled.

The emptiness revealed by the Japanese's premeditated southward strategy will become an unforgettable lesson for them. I believe that at this time, Tokiwa should face up to the dangers of such an empty rear, right?

After Doimoto returns to his country, he should advocate expanding the military and strengthening the troop reserves in the occupied areas, right?

But now that Japan has fought to this point, it is a dream to form the Type A and Type B divisions that they had at the beginning of the war. It is estimated that they can only form Type C divisions as much as possible to carry out security warfare!
[The United States and Japan have entered a state of war, and the Chinese battlefield is where the Japanese army has the largest number of troops. In order to contain more Japanese troops, American military aid is coming...

This time I "rescued" so many Americans, and also let them see the delaying effect of the Zhongjiu Army and the New Fourth Army on the Japanese army's strength. As long as the Americans are not stupid, they will definitely find ways to increase their assistance to the armed forces behind enemy lines...

The time has come to upgrade from shotguns to cannons! 】

Zhang Anping looked at Zok who didn't dare to face him, as if he saw a little golden man.

The glittering little golden man.

Even so, Zhang Shihao still had to maintain his dignity. Although Zuo Ke didn't dare to face him after coming to the Joint Command, Zhang Anping still let Zuo Ke experience the feeling of what he feared would come true. He walked up to Zuo Ke with a sullen face:
"Lieutenant Colonel Zock, you interrupted my plan."

"Zhang, I didn't mean to do that. You know, the situation was very dangerous at the time. My men were full of new recruits who didn't obey orders. If the Japanese broke through my defense line, the consequences would be disastrous. I had no choice but to ask for help from the Wake."

Zouk quickly explained.

Zhang is now completely different from before. He has strong soldiers and horses under his command. Moreover, he had heard Zhang say with his own ears that he must reorganize the pseudo 9th Division. Once this force is reorganized, Zhang will have 30,000 people under his command!

Among these 30,000 people, there will be more than 10,000 combat troops.

He had less than a thousand men under his command. After being taught a lesson by the Japanese, Zoker realized that if Zhang didn't want to play with him anymore, he would have no choice but to surrender.

Fei Liming was surprised by the way Zoker knelt down so steadily. The Americans have always been angry with everything, even Britain. Why did they become cowardly so quickly?
Zhang Anping looked at Zok calmly until sweat appeared on Zok's forehead. Then he looked away and looked at Fei Liming who was still being stubborn.

That’s right, even though the British were scared, their attitude of “the sun never sets” remained unshakable - even though they had suffered the consequences of allowing their opponents to build positions three hours ago, they were still full of excuses.

Just as he was about to speak, a staff officer quickly rushed into the joint command:
"District Commander, the last armed unit of the pseudo-Ninth Division surrendered. Deputy District Commander Wang, please instruct us whether to start the reorganization?"

The task of gathering the puppet 9th Division was more troublesome than expected. The Japanese detained all officers above the company level in this unit, and even all the company-level officers were detained, and the Japanese were in charge of command.

This command structure was clearly intended to send them to their deaths, but the puppet army was extremely afraid of the Japanese. These Japanese became the biggest obstacle in the surrender process. The 127th and 3rd Regiments responsible for the encirclement and suppression could only put pressure on them one by one and force the puppet army to make a decision.

As long as most of the puppet troops were sensible and under the model of one person for a hundred, these Japanese would have no choice but to surrender. However, the process was very slow. It took more than six hours from the Japanese army's retreat to now for all the puppet troops to surrender.

"Let's reorganize it. Just reorganize it into four regiments separately, and draw officers from the first and second regiments."

Most of Zhang Anping's men are agents, and commanding the troops is purely forcing them to do something they don't want. Drawing personnel from the 1st and 2nd Regiments, although this will cause a shortage of officers in the 1st and 2nd Regiments, is better than inserting agents as officers.

The four reorganized regiments are at least slightly more professional than the other regiments he has!

Because of the interruption from the staff officer, Zhang Anping no longer had the intention to take advantage of the opportunity to suppress Fei Liming.

Now he has at least 30,000 hungry mouths to feed, and there is no big problem with supplies and ammunition. The Japanese have "sent" a lot of weapons, and the reorganized pseudo 9th Division has brought its own weapons. The gap in weapons mainly appears in the new recruits, but the gap is not too big.

Supplies are not a problem at all. The supplies for the entire concession are enough to supply 30,000 people for several months, which is just a drop in the bucket.

However, if we successfully lead these 30,000 people out of the concession and into the Kuomintang-controlled area, the problem would become even bigger.

There were more than 20,000 people before, and now it has directly increased to 30,000.

If there were 30,000 experienced soldiers and he had prepared a backup plan, there would definitely not be any problem.

But among the 30,000 people, there were less than 10,000 who could truly be called soldiers, and among them there were a bunch of soldiers who were converted from puppet troops. Even among his subordinates, including himself, there was not a single officer who could command a battle of 10,000 people. This was a big problem whether it was arranging marches or fighting.

The current situation seems to be that we have enough advantages and we can definitely recover Shanghai as long as we send troops. However, looking at the overall situation, it is completely a turbulent situation.

Even if the Japanese army did not transfer large numbers of troops from the front line, the three battalions blocked by Xu Baichuan and the two battalions delayed by Li Xingyu - as long as these five battalions appeared, the entire situation would be reversed.

Thirty thousand people may sound like a lot, but facing the Japanese army, two or three battalions may be enough to defeat them and make them scatter.

This is not only a problem that Zhang Anping is worried about, but also a problem that others are worried about.

Therefore, when Wang Tianfeng was reorganizing the surrendered soldiers of the pseudo 9th Division, a military meeting was held within the joint command to discuss the next decision.

It was no surprise that Zoke and Fei Liming attended this meeting.

"General Zhang, you don't want to defend Shanghai, do you?" Fei Liming spoke first:
"Although I admit that under your command, we have achieved unexpected results in Shanghai, and you are even capable of easily occupying Shanghai."

"But this is the Japanese rear area after all. As long as the Japanese army comes to support, the situation will immediately change. We must evacuate as soon as possible."

Zuo Ke also agreed with Fei Liming's words. After Fei Liming finished speaking, he said:
"Zhang, the longer it takes, the more disadvantageous it will be for us."

"You have to know that more than half of the soldiers you have are rookies who can only fire when they pick up a gun. I added a lot of people to my Marine Corps. They all have excellent marksmanship, but their performance on the battlefield disappointed me greatly."

"Your soldiers are no better than them."

After the two of them finished speaking, no one else responded.

The Military Control Commission would not question Zhang Anping, and the underground party, having cooperated with Zhang Anping for so long, also believed in Zhang Anping's abilities.

Besides, Zhang Anping had already told us about the support measures he had arranged.

What's more, Zhang Anping was being questioned by foreigners at that time, so it was even less likely for them to respond.

Facing the urging of the two, Zhang Anping said calmly:
“That’s what we’re going to discuss next.”

"Zhang, a large team is not conducive to transfer," Fei Liming said, "and the larger the team, the slower the movement will be. The straight-line distance from Shanghai to Hangzhou is more than 160 kilometers, and the straight-line distance from Hangzhou to the area you control is also more than kilometers. Do you know how long it will take?"

"And the Japanese will not sit idly by and watch us retreat. Thirty thousand rabble will only become prey to the Japanese."

The straight-line distance from Shanghai to the Kuomintang-controlled area is only 200 kilometers, and it would take only six or seven days to march on foot.

But the account is naturally not calculated in this way, and the transfer of 30,000 people is not as easy as imagined.

Fei Liming was very pessimistic.

"You Chinese have an old saying, it's not quantity but quality that counts, you have to make choices."

Although Zoke wanted to speak out in support of Fei Liming, he knew that Zhang Anping would not give up, so he wisely kept silent.

"What we need to discuss is how to evacuate, not how to make a choice. Mr. Fei Liming, if I have to make a choice, the first one I would give up is the British army, because you are the one I trust the least."

Faced with Zhang Anping's sharp counterattack, Fei Liming was speechless.

Zhang Anping has proved his suspicion of the British army with two actions.

"We have to evacuate. Everyone has to evacuate!" Zhang Anping shifted the topic back to evacuation. He tapped the table and said calmly:

"I will not abandon any unit. This is the premise of our discussion. Everyone, you can speak freely now."

Xu Tian was very considerate this time and spoke first:
"Let's evacuate according to the plan we originally agreed upon, but we will definitely have to make some changes. I think it is necessary to control the two counties of Fengxian and Jinshan first to ensure that we will not be attacked by the Japanese army during the transfer."

Xu Tian opened the conversation, and everyone expressed their opinions. Only Fei Liming remained silent, using his expression to convey a message to Zhang Anping:
You will regret this!
But his comments did not affect the discussion. At this time, Zhang Anping also expressed his opinion:
It is necessary to ensure a smooth retreat route, but Jinshan and Fengxian cannot be occupied.

Zhang Anping, who usually liked to occupy county towns to slap the Japanese in the face, believed that occupying Jinshan and Fengxian at this time would force the Japanese to transfer troops from the front line. Since his own troops were sufficient, he only needed to ensure that the armed forces in the two counties would not interfere with his own evacuation. There was no need to slap the Japanese in the face.

After discussion, this statement was unanimously agreed upon by everyone, and then the specific transfer plan was discussed.

It was still uncertain when to evacuate from Shanghai, but now we could mobilize troops from Shanghai to ensure the smooth evacuation route, so after discussion, we decided on the following plan:

Starting tonight, the 1st and 7th Regiments will be secretly transferred out of the concession, crossing the Huangpu River and heading towards Fengxian and Jinshan. In addition, four new regiments will be sent to assist the 2nd and 7th Regiments.

The Marines under Zoker and the Eighth Regiment will also evacuate tonight, but their goal is to head south of Pudong to ensure that the evacuation route will not be cut off by the Japanese troops from the city;
The 9th and 10th Regiments withdrew directly to the other side of the Huangpu River;

The concession was temporarily defended by the British Garrison in Shanghai, which consisted of the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th Regiments, which were reorganized from the th Division, plus the nd Regiment.

The evacuation time is tentatively scheduled for three days later, that is, December 12th.

"What happens after we pass the Golden Mountain?"

Fei Liming was now a nitpicking character, and since the British troops were left behind due to distrust, he spoke very harshly:

"From Jinshan to Hangzhou, there are Pinghu, Jiaxing, Haining, Tongxiang, Chongde, Shimen and other places. Although these places cannot support Shanghai in terms of military strength, they are not without troops stationed there!"

"As long as they send out troops to stop us, how can you retreat? You will be blocked in front and pursued from behind, and there will be no way out!"

Zhang Anping did not answer, but Comrade Li said politely:
"Brigadier General Fei Liming, where do you think the main force of the Zhongjiu Army is now?"

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Zhang Anping's core armed force is the Zhongjiu Army, but as the war continues to this day, the total number of Zhongjiu Army troops that have emerged is less than 4,000.

What about the rest?

Fei Liming said in disbelief: "The Zhongjiu Army is here?"

"Yes, the Zhongjiu Army is in this direction." Comrade Li said with a smile:

"We are safe during the more than 300 miles of evacuation from Shanghai to Hangzhou."

Fei Liming was speechless. If the evacuation route from Shanghai to Hangzhou is safe, then the remaining dozens of kilometers... although dangerous, there is a great hope of breaking out!

"Zhang, my voice may have been a little loud just now," Fei Liming immediately said to Zhang Anping, "but my starting point is for our team. I hope you don't make a wrong judgment about me."

Zhang Anping looked at Fei Liming and said calmly, "Actually, I still like the way you looked indignant just now."

Everyone in the meeting room burst into laughter. Fei Liming was not embarrassed and responded seriously:

“I’m worried about our future.”

"Okay, let's adjourn the meeting," Zhang Anping waved his hand, "Everyone has been tired these past few days, so take as much rest as possible while you can. After tonight, I'm afraid you won't have so much free time." (End of this chapter)