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Li Xingyu, who had been entangled with the Japanese for a long time, drew a circle on the map within the area of ​​Wujiatang west of Shanghai.

It was obvious that he intended to block the Japanese army here and directly block the two Japanese battalions here.

Whether or not they could be annihilated was one thing, but the enemy must be stopped so that they could not return to Shanghai for support which was so close.

For this reason, he sent out the reconnaissance team early to serve as the vanguard for the roundabout Songhu Column. However, a reconnaissance report from the reconnaissance team made Li Xingyu break out in a cold sweat.

In Wujia Dang, traces of Japanese activities were discovered, estimated to be at least a battalion.

The Japanese troops he had entangled with did not withdraw to Wujia Dang, so the Japanese troops in Wujia Dang...

"so close!"

"I was plotting against the Japs, but the Japs were also plotting against me!"

"I almost capsized in the gutter!"

Li Xingyu secretly felt lucky. He had no doubt about the scout's report.

The scouts of the Zhongjiu Army all graduated from the scout training battalion. Their professionalism is no less than that of the snipers from the earliest sniper training battalion. The Zhongjiu Army was able to cope with various encirclement and suppression operations by the Japanese army with ease, and the reconnaissance team, which could easily penetrate into the heart of the enemy, made great contributions.

He immediately ordered the Songhu Column to stop its detour and withdraw to join the Suonan 1st and 2nd Column.

"Japanese army, where did this large brigade come from?"

"It appeared out of thin air?"

It is impossible to conjure up a large army out of thin air, so there is only one explanation:
The Japanese army secretly mobilized troops!
There was no information coming in about troops being withdrawn from various places, so there was only one possibility: the Japanese army transferred troops from the front line.

Only by deploying troops from the front line can the eyes of the Beijing-Shanghai area be easily concealed.

hiss--

Li Xingyu took a deep breath. The Japanese army secretly transferred troops from the front line, but did not directly return to Shanghai for support. Instead, they prepared a killing plan against him. There were only two possibilities:

1. In the eyes of the Japanese, he is a greater threat than the district commander - but this is absolutely impossible!

2. The Japanese are not only targeting him, but also Qu Zuo. Now that they have decided to show their swords in Wujia Dang, it means that they are going to show their killer moves against Qu Zuo!

After realizing this, Li Xingyu didn't dare to hesitate for a moment and shouted, "Send a message to the district commander immediately!"

"Tell the district commander that the Japanese army has prepared at least a large group of ambushes waiting for me in Wujiatang. I am determined to fight the Japanese army in Kanazawa!"

……

Joint finger.

meeting room.

Everyone in the conference room had smiles on their faces.

Before, they were very worried that they would encounter a fierce counterattack from the Japanese in the next few days. After all, the three reliable 127th Regiments had all retreated to Pudong, and the main force left in the concession was the four regiments reorganized from the 9th Division.

However, they had no idea about the combat effectiveness of the four reorganized regiments.

Although some officers were transferred from the first regiment, the core backbone of the regiment was only about 100 people, and the maximum number would be reached after half of them were transferred. Moreover, if these people were crammed into the four reorganized regiments, there would not even be enough officers at the platoon level.

But now, why panic?
More than 200 grassroots backbones from the Loyal Rescue Army were assigned to the four reorganized regiments. Although they could not yet be used as fully as their own arms, at least there was no need to worry about them having diarrhea as soon as they went to the battlefield.

Sister Qian said calmly, "We don't need to panic anymore. If the Japanese knew that we had finally completed the reorganization of the pseudo-Ninth Division in these three days, they would probably regret it so much that they would bang their heads against the wall."

"Bumping his head against the wall? That's probably a bit too light. He'll have to cut open a few pieces of himself at least - not necessarily. He could have shot himself."

It was a rare joke for Zhang Anping, but the four words "shoot himself to death" made everyone in the conference room burst into laughter.

Well, no matter how miserable Higashino Taketa's end was, he successfully continued the fate of the Shanghai secret service agency.

This is a joke that only belongs on the intelligence front.

Fei Liming laughed along and asked a question he always asked: "Zhang, can we evacuate now?"

The British troops stationed in Shanghai are now most looking forward to escaping Shanghai as soon as possible. Since the last evacuation meeting, Fei Liming has asked ten questions a day, and now he has started the 31st question.

After asking, Fei Liming looked at Zhang Anping expectantly. According to the current situation, the requirements for evacuation have been met.

"Today..." Zhang Anping had just said one word when a staff officer opened the door of the joint command meeting room and hurried to Zhang Anping:
"District Commander, Commander Li sent a telegram."

Zhang Anping took the telegram, glanced at it, and smiled.

Seeing this, Zuko immediately asked:

"Zhang, is this good news?"

"Well, it's good news." Zhang Anping said with a smile: "Finally I know how the Japanese knife cut it down. It's good news."

Chinese is a language of profound breadth and breadth. Zok and Fei Liming consider themselves experts on China, but they did not realize the other meaning of this sentence. After hearing this, the participants from the Military Control Commission and the underground party were all in awe and waited for Zhang Anping's report.

In the past few days, the Japanese have been restless and always look like they are about to attack, but there are constant small battles without big ones.

At the briefing, Zhang Anping insisted that the Japanese were plotting something, but there was still no clue to determine what the Japanese were planning.

Now that Zhang Anping said the knife was chopped off, it was naturally information about the Japanese secret actions.

Zhang Anping didn't let them wait for long. After organizing the words, he said, "The telegram sent by Li Xingyu said that he originally planned to attack from both sides at Wujia Dang, but he didn't expect that the Japanese had the same idea as him and prepared at least a battalion of ambushes at Wujia Dang."

"So he decided to fight the Japanese army in Kanazawa."

Everyone was aware of the situation of Li Xingyu's troops. There was one column from the Songhu Command and two columns from the Southern Jiangsu Command, totaling more than 4,000 people, while the opponent had only two battalions with barely more than 2,000 people.

Because of the gap in heavy weapons, Li Xingyu had been hoping to ambush the Japanese army. As a result, the Japanese army gave up the pursuit before entering the ambush circle, and the two troops began to fight. The journey of less than 200 miles lasted for five full days.

In other words, Li Xingyu's troops faced only two battalions of Japanese troops.

The two sides had been fighting for five days. It was impossible for the Japanese army to transfer a battalion to Wujiadang to set up an ambush under Li Xingyu's nose.

But the Japanese appeared in Wujiadang, at least a battalion.

There is only one explanation: the Japanese army secretly dispatched reinforcements.

"The Japanese army was able to set up an ambush in Wujiadang but did not provide support to Shanghai. It seems like they have prepared a feast for us as well." Comrade Li seemed to be thinking about something.

Everyone stared at the map hung up by the staff officer, silently calculating the distance between Wujiadang and Shanghai.

Wujiadang is a hundred miles away from downtown SH, and about the same distance to Pinghu, Jinshan and Fengxian - they all have time to set up an ambush in Wujiadang, so does that prove that they can also run to Pinghu to intercept their own side?
Zhang Anping asked with a smile: "Guess where the Japanese will block us?"

British Brigadier General Fei Liming was in no mood to play dumb. When he heard that the Japanese were going to close the door and beat the dog, he panicked:

"Zhang, if we evacuate earlier, the Japanese will definitely not be able to stop us. Since you have prepared support forces on the route to Hangzhou, we should evacuate immediately!"

"There is no news from the Pudong to Hangzhou line yet. Maybe the Japanese network has not yet been completed. We should leave immediately and evacuate before they block the road."

"What's the hurry?" Zhang Anping glanced at Fei Liming coldly: "There is no news of large-scale mobilization of the Japanese army from the front line, which proves that the number of reinforcements sent by the Japanese army will not be too large, otherwise they can't do it so secretly."

"As long as there is no large-scale mobilization from the front line, there will not be much threat to us!"

"Do you think that the tens of thousands of loyal soldiers I have are here to eat and do nothing?"

Fei Liming was speechless after being retorted by Zhang Anping.

After all, he felt uneasy because he had no rear base in Shanghai. The sea route was blocked by the Japanese, and the British army under his command was an isolated force. Unless he withdrew to the Kuomintang-controlled area, the sense of crisis would always linger in Fei Liming's mind.

Zhang Anping ignored Fei Liming and continued, "The Japanese want to attack Shanghai, so they will definitely deploy heavy troops in Shanghai. The railway is unusable now, and the highway is under the surveillance of the guerrillas. If they want to escape our sight and successfully send troops to Shanghai, the only way is by water."

"It looks like the Japs' reinforcements will come from the Yangtze River."

"The Japanese in Hongkou haven't made any major moves yet. It means the reinforcements haven't arrived yet..."

Zhang Anping muttered to himself and fell into a state of thought. He originally wanted to withdraw safely, but now looking at the actions of the Japanese, he really didn't want to leave safely.

"Since there are new guests, as the host, if we ignore them, wouldn't it seem like we have no sense of ownership? The guests are coming soon, if we don't entertain them... the Japanese will look down on us!"

It has that flavor!
All the members of the Military Control Commission held their heads high and puffed out their chests in an instant.

Fei Liming saw this eager look and felt uneasy:

Are we going to fight again?
……

Hongkou Garrison Command.

Fatty, who had never attended any military meetings, made a rare appearance in the meeting room.

"Gentlemen, I am very disappointed."

"Just a mere Zhang Shihao has caused you all to be at a loss as to what to do and even put Shanghai in danger several times. This is really... beyond my imagination!"

Fatty spoke in a slow and gentle voice, but the content of his words was very confusing.

The officers of the garrison command collectively bowed their heads, filled with shame.

Tu Feiyuan had no intention of pursuing responsibility. He took the initiative only to maintain the general's dignity. He continued:

"Gentlemen, I will be in charge of the security headquarters from now on."

"There is only one purpose for this battle, to completely annihilate Zhang Shihao's troops and wash away the shame with blood!"

Everyone in the Security Command stood up and spoke in unison:
"Hi Yi!"

Instead of letting them sit down, Tu Feiyuan started to ask about the situation on the battlefield by name.

There was nothing much to say about the situation on the battlefield, but they still reported it according to Doiyuan's request - although they knew very well that Doiyuan knew the situation very well.

After these people finished their reports, Doiyuan said:

"At 10 o'clock tonight, the reinforcements transferred from northern Jiangsu will land at the dock. I hope they can complete a secret rotation with the overseas Chinese escort team in Hongkou."

"In addition, a small fleet of ships coming from the navy for support will also arrive secretly tonight."

"Tomorrow, the Kawasaki Corps will launch an all-out attack on the Military Control Commission forces in the concession, and the naval fleet will then blockade the Huangpu River."

"I hope that this battle can completely wipe out Zhang Shihao's forces in the concession and avenge our previous humiliation!"

"Hi Yi!"

Doiyuan launched the secret troop deployment three days ago - he had hoped that several battalions that were blocked by the Zhongjiu Army would return to provide support, so as not to alarm the Chinese Expeditionary Force too much, nor would he be too passive.

But after the army airport north of Hongkou was attacked and dozens of planes were destroyed, Tu Feiyuan realized that Zhang Shihao was sure that he would not "make a big move."

As a general of the Japanese Army, how could Feiyuan be willing to be plotted against and targeted like this?

He had to swallow his pride and mobilize the troops through private connections. Although this was approved by the China Expeditionary Army Command, they all tacitly kept the matter secret and left no written record.

It's like everyone knows the truth but pretends to be ignorant.

But in this situation, the forces that could be mobilized would not be too much. Through various operations, he transferred a regiment from the eastern Zhejiang front and a regiment from northern Jiangsu.

Although there are only two regiments with more than 7,000 people, which seems to be at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, these are fully staffed regiments with all kinds of auxiliary forces under their command.

What Zhang Shihao had at his disposal were basically pure infantry. The Concession War lasted for several days, and apart from a small number of mortars, Zhang Shihao's side had basically no heavy weapons other than rocket launchers.

Moreover, these two regiments were composed of well-trained veterans, elite troops from the authentic Type-A divisions, while the soldiers under Zhang Shihao's command were simply a group of mobs.

[We will destroy the small portion of your forces in the concession, and then attack you from both sides, trapping you between Hangzhou and Shanghai...]

Doiyuan reviewed his plan again and smiled as if he would get everything under control as soon as possible.

In this world, after all, it’s all about strength. So what if you, Zhang Shihao, have a lot of clever tricks?
……

night.

The two pieces of news came one after another.

The first piece of news: About a regiment of Japanese troops secretly landed in Baoshan County and were secretly heading towards Hongkou, presumably to secretly exchange guard with the Hongkou Overseas Chinese Guard.

The second piece of news: A small fleet of Japanese troops arrived at Changxing Island. The first piece of news came from Zhang Anping's special spy, and the second piece of news came from Jiang Si'an.

"The Japanese appetite is bigger than I thought! A regiment intends to secretly exchange guards with the overseas Chinese escort team in Hongkou - and a small fleet has quietly hidden in Changxing Island. Are they trying to block us in the concession?"

Zhang Anping smiled and said, "Your appetite is almost as good as mine!"

Zhang Anping's troops were stationed north of the Suzhou River in the concession. To the south across the Suzhou River was the designated refugee area, to the east across the Huangpu River was Pudong, and in other directions were the Japanese defense lines.

If the Japanese army blockaded the Huangpu River with its fleet and then attacked with heavy troops, Zhang Anping would have no room to move.

The only option left is to be trapped or beaten to death.

Of course, it is still possible to cross the Huangpu River on a small scale, but don't think about crossing the Huangpu River on a large scale.

That’s why Zhang Anping said that the Japanese have a big appetite.

This was a secret meeting, attended only by Zhang Anping, Wang Tianfeng, Comrade Li and Sister Qian. When Comrade Li heard Zhang Anping say that the Japanese army's appetite would catch up with his, he could not help but say:

"Director Zhang, can the British and Americans be trusted? The key point tomorrow is with them."

Before, except Zhang Anping, everyone else always looked up to Britain and the United States.

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But over the past few days, they have seen clearly the true character of Britain and the United States. They still have some good feelings towards the US military, but they have no good feelings at all towards the British who are afraid of losing their lives in combat and shout for evacuation every day.

"Lao Wang, go to Fei Liming's place tomorrow morning and tell him two things for me."

Wang Tianfeng pretended to listen.

Zhang Anping said coldly, "Tell Fei Liming that in 1937, a Chinese army wanted to evacuate through the concession with the consent of the concession. As a result, the British broke their promise and detained and disarmed the army, and treated them as prisoners of war."

"At the end of 1938, the British acted as guarantors, but Zhang Shihao, the head of the Shanghai District of the Military Control Commission, was assassinated right under their noses."

"Tell him that I have always remembered these two things."

"If the British Army can't show their worth, I don't mind letting them know what justice will do and what will not be done!"

Comrade Li and Sister Qian looked at each other at this time. Zhang Anping mentioned two things. The former was the eight hundred brave warriors in the Sihang Warehouse, which was understandable, but what about the latter?

You Zhang Shihao...

……

The slowly rising sun drove away the darkness that had enveloped the earth all night.

The whole world seemed to be reborn.

Not long after the sun rose completely, the rumbling sound of artillery broke out on the front line.

This was the first time that artillery bombardment of this scale had been heard since the outbreak of the Battle of Shanghai Concession.

The party that launched the artillery attack was the Japanese army, which had built a defensive position with Hongkou as the core.

The Japanese army began its attack before the shelling ended.

Compared with the previous Japanese army, the Japanese army attacking this time was much better in terms of attack formation and determination, and even their shooting skills were extremely accurate. If it were not for the defenders' complex defense line, the entire front line might have collapsed in the first wave of attack.

But the Japanese army also successfully captured several footholds, and then they began to expand based on these footholds.

In just over an hour, most of the first line of defense collapsed, and the defenders had no choice but to retreat to the second line of defense.

A group of officers from the Security Command went to the front line in person. After seeing how easily the first line of defense was broken through and occupied, they were filled with emotion:
"This is so ridiculous!"

"Yes, this is the true nature of the imperial army. This time, even if Zhang Shihao wants to fight to the death, it will be difficult!"

"Finally I have waited until this moment of revenge!"

"Zhang Shihao, you deserve to be cut into pieces!"

A group of Japanese officers were filled with mixed emotions of emotion and indignation, and began to vent their feelings verbally.

Think about the days of fear they have lived in the past few days, think about the cold sweats they have been awakened from time to time because of dreams of being forced to commit suicide, it's really... not easy!
After venting his anger, someone controlled his emotions and asked a question: "Gentlemen, how long do you think it will take to eliminate the enemies in the concession?"

"Three days!"

"Two days, I think!"

"I think we can divide them up within a day. The Overseas Chinese Guard will then slowly deal with them. The Kawasaki United can cross the Huangpu River and chase them all the way!"

"Haha, what Koizumi-kun said makes sense!"

A group of Japanese officers burst into laughter, as if they saw the beautiful scene after Zhang Shihao became a stray dog.

The Kawasaki Regiment was a fully-staffed regiment with an artillery battalion and an anti-tank squadron directly under the regiment. Its firepower was far beyond the reach of a single infantry battalion. In order to maintain sustained firepower, the commander, Jiro Kawasaki, even mixed all the artillery units together.

The concentrated fire of more than 20 infantry guns and mountain artillery pieces had such devastating power that the second line of defense soon became shaky. Kawasaki then increased the intensity of the attack and in less than two hours, it took the second line of defense less than two hours to break down.

Then, at this time, a third line of defense emerged - a line of defense that had never existed before.

Kawasaki didn't care and ordered a half-hour break before launching a new round of attack.

……

"Kawasaki-kun didn't disappoint me!"

Doihara, who was following the battle situation, was overjoyed when he heard that the Kawasaki United had broken through two lines of defense. Although a third line of defense had emerged, he believed that with the firepower of the Kawasaki United, this third line of defense would not last long.

"Zhang Shihao, here comes your choice. What will you choose? Retreat... or resist?"

The report that Tu Feiyuan was waiting for soon arrived:
The armed forces of the Military Control Commission are gathering towards the Huangpu River, intending to cross the river!
"Have you chosen to retreat?"

Fatty laughed. He had never laughed so happily since he came to Shanghai.

"It's too late to run now!"

"Someone, inform Captain Yoshida of the Navy that the Huangpu River can be blocked!"

Tu Feiyuan's words were full of excitement. After all, he was a man who had seen the world and should not lose his composure like this.

However, he had been oppressed by Zhang Shihao for too long. At this moment, he could finally break one of Zhang Shihao's arms. How could he not be excited?
The naval fleet should have been dispatched in the morning, but was suppressed by the fat man.

He believed that once the navy took action at the same time as the Kawasaki Regiment, the enemy would realize that they were blocked and would most likely fight a desperate battle, so he did not send out the naval fleet to blockade the Huangpu River at the first time.

The purpose of the Fatty was to completely destroy the enemy's hopes when they were about to cross the river.

Touch heaven and fall into hell!
Are you comfortable?
……

Wang Tianfeng showed up at Fei Liming's command post before dawn. After Fei Liming was woken up, he asked what military service he wanted to convey. Wang Tianfeng said that the time had not come yet, and then he stayed beside Fei Liming.

"What is Zhang going to do?"

Fei Liming was very dissatisfied with this kind of surveillance, but unfortunately no matter how much he yelled, it was useless.

Then he had no time to roar, because the Japanese launched an attack on the front line, and soon there was news that the first line of defense had been lost.

Fei Liming was anxious, but Zhang Anping never gave the order to evacuate, so he could only wait.

After the second line of defense collapsed, Fei Liming could no longer hold back and wanted to have his men cross the river and escape.

At this time, Wang Tianfeng finally spoke.

He accurately conveyed the two things Zhang Anping said.

Fei Liming was stunned and roared:

"The enemy is right under our noses, and you actually want to disarm us?"

"Zhang Shihao is dead, so who is the one in the league?"

Wang Tianfeng said quietly, "It's District Chief Zhang Anping."

Fei Liming was confused. How could he say that?

"What exactly are you planning?"

Wang Tianfeng said nothing, but asked Fei Liming to wait patiently.

Instead of receiving the order to evacuate, they waited for the Japanese fleet - it was not large, but for the tripartite coalition with only two warships, this small fleet was enough to blockade the entire Huangpu River.

As soon as the Japanese fleet appeared, it headed straight for the port where the Petrel and Wake were located.

Seeing the Japanese ships appear and head straight for the port, Fei Liming was anxious to sink the Peterler. At this time, Wang Tianfeng finally gave Zhang Anping the order:
"Commodore Fei Liming, District Chief Zhang has ordered the Peterler and Wake to entangle the Japanese fleet."

Fei Liming looked at Wang Tianfeng in disbelief:
"Are you crazy? There are so many Japanese ships. How can the old Petrel and Wake possibly hold them back?"

Wang Tianfeng said: "General Fei Liming, don't you want to know where your artillery has gone?"

"I'm telling you now, they are hiding secretly behind the port!"

At the beginning of the uprising on December 12, Zhang Anping seized the British artillery, but in the subsequent battles, the artillery never fired a single shot.

When Japanese planes were conducting reconnaissance, they saw more than a dozen cannons that had been blown to pieces.

So from the Japanese perspective, there were no artillery in the concession.

These hidden artillerymen were waiting for the arrival of the Japanese Navy's naval deer. The navy, which crisscrossed the world, had a larger caliber of gun barrels than the army, but when it came to fighting with the army, the navy had only two outcomes:
Either give in and run away, or drown yourself in the river!
hiss--

Fei Liming gasped and said in astonishment: "In other words, Zhang has been waiting for the Japanese navy to show up from the beginning?!"

"What do you say?"

What could Fei Liming say in response to Wang Tianfeng’s question?
Of course I did!
It is a dream to think of crossing the river now. If we don’t fight a bloody battle with the Japanese, then we can only die or surrender - surrender is actually a good option, but if there are other options, surrender with complete disgrace is naturally the last choice.

Fei Liming changed his previous cowardly and fierce bandit temperament and reappeared.

"Boys, show the devils the British Army!"

……

The fat guy who was happily waiting for good news was shocked by the sudden news:
"What? Artillery?!"

"Yes, sir. Due to the appearance of artillery, the naval fleet was in a difficult battle and they applied to leave the battlefield."

He had no objection to the navy's withdrawal, but the sudden appearance of artillery made Tobiko feel uneasy.

If this was part of Zhang Shihao's plan, then... did he have any other plans?

He knew Zhang Anping's layout style too well. If one thing was within Zhang Shihao's calculations, then there would be multiple layouts that would appear one after another.

"But what kind of calculations will you make?"

Dofeiyuan looked at the battlefield again.

The Kawasaki United broke into the concession, and the Overseas Chinese Guards broke into the concession. There was no absolute difference in numbers between the two sides, and the Kawasaki United also had a crushing advantage - what other plans could Zhang Shihao have?
He looked at the map, but couldn't figure it out.

Fortunately, Zhang Anping has always been a kind-hearted person. He couldn't bear to see the fat guy racking his brains, so he revealed his killer move at the right time.

The news came.

"Sir, there is news from the French Concession that the U.S. Marines and more than a thousand Chinese soldiers have crossed the Huangpu River and launched an attack on the French Concession and downtown SH."

After hearing the news, Feiyuan felt a darkness before his eyes.

Now, all the Japanese forces are in the concession!

The main force of the attack was the Kawasaki United, behind the Kawasaki United was the Overseas Chinese Guard, and the Kawasaki United was just in front of the third line of defense.

There is no military force in the city!

In the French Concession, there were only a few hundred French troops, and other than that there was a useless patrol force.

"Do you want to go back and take it out?" (End of this chapter)