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The Yamada Unit was indeed finished.

Only one and a half battalions of them had completely crossed the river. More than 1,500 people had traveled nearly ten kilometers and were speeding towards Shaoxing, while another half battalion had just finished crossing the river.

The worst thing was that the Yamada Regiment, like other regiments, did not bring any artillery at all - for them, crossing the river and blocking the road was the first priority, and artillery, a deadly weapon that seriously took up the ship's load, was left for last.

The army in this state was already the most vulnerable, and just at this most vulnerable state, the Loyal Rescue Army led by Tan Zhongshu appeared!
Without fortifications and without artillery support, how could they be stopped when more than 2,000 people were scattered over an area of ​​nearly ten kilometers from the crossing point to Shaoxing County?
But they had to stop it.

A chaotic battle broke out.

At this time, the Zhongjiu Army was almost overjoyed. They had been fighting the Japanese for so long, and this was the first time they faced a regiment-level Japanese army where they were stronger than the Japanese in terms of firepower. Would it be a shame to change into their uniforms and pretend to be rebels if they didn't fight hard at this time?

At first, the Japanese army was able to resist by relying on its grassroots organization, but as more and more loyal soldiers arrived at the battlefield, many small positions organized by the Japanese army in panic were broken through, and the Japanese army went into a state of collapse.

The entire battle lasted less than two hours before it was declared over. Two battalions of Japanese troops were annihilated in a confused manner. Except for a small number of Japanese soldiers who escaped, more than three hundred Japanese soldiers raised their hands and surrendered, setting a record for the number of prisoners captured when the Zhongjiu Army fought against the main force of the Japanese army.

Speaking of misery, although the two battalions that were annihilated were miserable, the traitors in Shaoxing city were the real misery.

After the "Zhongjiu Army" occupied Shaoxing, some of the traitors who resisted were released, and those who had committed heinous crimes were executed. However, the time that the "Zhongjiu Army" occupied Shaoxing was too short, and a thorough settlement could not be made. With the withdrawal of the "Zhongjiu Army", the traitors reappeared one after another.

When the vanguard of the Yamada Regiment appeared outside the city of Shaoxing, these traitors immediately raised plaster flags and went out of the city to welcome the "royal army."

then……

Then they split apart. Before the Japanese invaders entered the city, the Loyal Rescue Army appeared like a devastating force.

The Zhongjiu Army that appeared this time did not seem to have a uniform and looked like a group of mobs, but the Japanese, whom they revered as heavenly soldiers, were completely powerless in front of them. Even the bayonet fighting, which the Japanese were proud of, had no advantage in front of this group of people.

Seeing the imperial troops being killed one after another, this group of traitors finally "woke up", threw away their plaster flags and surrendered to the Zhongjiu Army, saying that they were forced to do so - and they also sold out the leading traitors.

If it were any other national army, in a killing spree, these traitors would have had basically no chance of survival. However, the Zhongjiu Army was targeting the New Fourth Army, which had relatively strict discipline. When they saw this group of traitors surrender, although they hated them very much, they did not kill them easily, but handed them over to the military court, which they usually avoided.

The Military Court only executed a few people who committed heinous crimes based on public outrage, and issued a warning to the rest - their names would definitely be put in a small book.

Just as the two battalions of the Yamada Regiment were annihilated, the attack on Shangyu and Yuyao was officially launched.

They had attacked several times before, but were easily repelled by the Japanese army each time. This not only encouraged the Japanese army's arrogance, but also made the Japanese army firmly believe that the people besieging the two places were indeed the rebels.

Well, what they thought was actually correct. It was indeed the rebels who besieged these two places, but they were not new recruits with zero combat experience, but the six main regiments of the rebels.

Among these six regiments, the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th regiments were given to Zhang Anping by the Japanese with "great effort".

The Japanese once again experienced the despair of being trapped in their own web. Unfortunately, the Japanese troops in Shangyu and Yuyao cities were unaware of what was going on, otherwise they would have greeted the families of the officers of the Shanghai Garrison Command harshly on their way to the underworld.

In just over an hour, Shangyu and Yuyao easily changed hands. The Japanese, who did not take the rebels outside the city seriously, either died or surrendered in the face of the violent blow and doubted their lives.

……

At the same time as Shangyu and Yuyao changed hands, the Xibeihuo Loyalty Rescue Army led by Zhang Anping also successfully broke through the Japanese lines and joined forces with the reinforcements sent from Zhuji.

It is true that the direction from Xiaoshan to Zhuji was also an area that the Japanese army strictly defended. However, faced with the situation where the "Loyal Rescue Army" was rushing towards Xiaoshan County to cut off their retreat, the Japanese troops stationed in Daicun, Linpu and Jinhua defense lines had to send troops to support, so as to prevent Xiaoshan from falling - after all, most of their supplies were in Xiaoshan.

It was precisely because of the Japanese army's division of forces that Zhang Anping and his team, with the cooperation of the National Army, easily broke through the defense line of Daicun, Linpu and Jinhua.

By the time the Japanese realized they had been tricked, more than 10,000 people had already escaped from their encirclement.

However, this is only a quarter of the strength of Zhang Anping's men, and his main force is still surrounded by the Japanese army!
……

After the news of Shangyu's fall reached the Japanese command headquarters in eastern Zhejiang, the entire command headquarters fell into deathly silence.

Shaoxing was lost twice, and the Japanese troops in eastern Zhejiang could afford this price;

The Japanese army could still accept the price of the fall of Cixi;

The Japanese army could still withstand the fall of Yuyao.

However, the fall of Shangyu was a price the Japanese troops in eastern Zhejiang could not afford!
Because more than 100 miles south of Shangyu is Sheng County controlled by the National Army, and a regiment of the Japanese army in eastern Zhejiang was stationed in the only Shan River passage between Sheng County and Shangyu, occupying Zhangzhen Town and confronting Sanjie Town controlled by the National Army.

If the Loyal Rescue Army and the rebel army of more than 20,000 people enter the Shanxi Channel from Shangyu, and attack Zhangzhen Town from the front and back together with the National Army in Sanjie Town, then the regiment stationed in Zhangzhen Town will probably be completely wiped out!
If we consider it from the perspective of preserving our own side, it is not impossible to abandon Zhangzhen Town to protect this regiment, but in this case, the armed force that Tu Feiyuan is determined to block will go straight to Shengxian along the Shanxi Channel and escape - this is even more impossible!

Even though they hated Tu Feiyuan who had been withdrawing troops from eastern Zhejiang, the Japanese troops in eastern Zhejiang had to block Zhangzhen Town from any perspective to ensure that the Zhongjiu Army and the rebel army would not withdraw from Zhangzhen Town to Sheng County.

"Gentlemen, the situation is not hopeless.

The Nagano Regiment was a fully-strength regiment and had been stationed in Zhangzhen Town for two months and had built a large number of defensive fortifications. Even if the national army in Sanjie Town was reinforced, it would definitely not be able to conquer the existing defensive fortifications in a short period of time.

The Nagano Regiment has built defensive fortifications to the north of Zhangzhen Town. Although they are not as good as the permanent fortifications to the south, considering that the enemy is not equipped with a large number of artillery, it is definitely not a problem to intercept for three days relying on the existing positions!
Three days is enough for us to retake Yuyao and Shangyu. By then, the enemy will only be blocked in the Yanxi Passage!"

"According to previous intelligence, the National Government's Third War Zone has mobilized two divisions from Jinhua, advancing towards Sheng County via Yiwu and Dongyang. It is expected to arrive in Sheng County tomorrow. By then, Zhangzhen Town will not be facing a brigade of defenders from Sanjie Town. Can the Nagano Brigade withstand it?"

“We can transfer troops from Xikou to support Zhangzhen Town from the direction of Siming Mountain—I’ve taken that route, the whole journey is about 120 miles, and it can be reached in two days.”

"Mr. Otani, don't forget that Siming Mountain is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party guerrillas. If they harass and block the reinforcements from Xikou along the way, can they arrive in two days?"

"Zhangmi Township can also send a reinforcement force over."

"With the strength of the Chinese Communist guerrillas, it is indeed difficult to block the two reinforcements. This is a good idea."

"But this will weaken our military strength in Fenghua. If the Nationalist Army advances towards Fenghua from Xinchang and Ninghai, can we stop them?"

"Yes! There are three lines of defense in the direction of Xikou. It will be extremely difficult for the enemy in Xinchang to break through in the short term. The National Army has not increased its troops in the direction of Ninghai. It is impossible for the enemy in Ninghai to break through the Xinning and Baixi lines of defense!"

After much analysis, the Japanese Army Command in East Zhejiang finally made a decision:

Two battalions were mobilized from the Xikou defense line in Fenghua to rush to the aid of Zhangzhen Town via Siming Mountain, and two battalions were mobilized from Yin County to rush to the aid of Zhangzhen Town via Zhangmi Township and Siming Mountain.

(Shengzhou was called Sheng County during the Republic of China period.)
……

After the resolution made by the Japanese Army Command in East Zhejiang was reported to the Shanghai Garrison Command, it was approved by Doihara. In order to force the Zhongjiu Army and the rebel army into the Shanxi Channel, the Japanese army, which had made a wasted trip to Hangzhou County, quickly set out from Xiaoshan County and quickly approached Shaoxing.

Four regiments plus the Yamada regiment which was seeking revenge after being severely damaged, less than four and a half regiments, attacked Shaoxing in three directions.

The two Japanese brigades that originally planned to land in Ningbo Yinxian County along the Yongjiang River were forced to land in Hangzhou Bay because the "Loyal Rescue Army" Xibeihuo wanted to attack Hangzhou for the second time. As a result, they made a wasted effort and now marched towards Cixi.

Faced with the aggressive Japanese army, the Zhongjiu Army in Shaoxing avoided the enemy's attack and immediately evacuated towards Shangyu. At the same time, after completing the assembly, an armed force composed of the Zhongjiu Army and the uprising army rushed along the Shanxi Passage towards Zhangzhen Town where the Japanese Nagano Regiment was stationed.

At the same time, Tan Zhongshu also led people to build a defense line in Shangyu.

From these signs, we can clearly feel the intentions of the Loyal Rescue Army:

The desperate national army in Hesheng County attacked from the front and back, completed the attack on Zhangzhen Town, completely opened up the Shanxi Channel, and retreated into Sheng County through the Shanxi Channel.

But the Japanese army still had doubts at this time, fearing that this was a trick.

However, with the attack on Shangpu, the Japanese army clearly felt the offensive will of the Zhongjiu Army. Because Shangpu did not build a complete defensive fortification, the Japanese battalion stationed in Shangpu abandoned the Shangpu position after several hours of fighting and retreated into Zhangzhen Town.

At this moment, it seemed that everyone's eyes were focused on Zhang Zhenzhen.

As long as the National Army breaks through Zhangzhen Town, the 30,000-strong army consisting of more than 10,000 loyal soldiers and more than 10,000 insurgents can safely withdraw into the Nationalist-controlled area, putting a perfect end to the War of the Concession.

But if the Japanese army holds Zhangzhen Town, these 30,000 people will be trapped. At that time, the Japanese army will be able to avenge their previous defeat and wipe out the main force of the Zhongjiu Army!

But, do the Loyal Rescue Army really want to fight to the death in Zhangzhen Town?

……

After defeating the Zhongjiu Army in Shangpu, they approached Zhangzhen Town along the Shanxi Channel and confronted the Japanese troops in Zhangzhen Town from a distance.

At the same time, the garrison in the Cixi direction also abandoned Cixi and advanced towards Yuyao. The Zhongjiu Army in Yuyao County also began preparations for evacuation. The various supplies that were replenished were concentrated in the west of Yuyao, waiting for the friendly forces in Cixi to withdraw before heading towards Shangyu.

Before dusk, the friendly forces in Cixi retreated to Yuyao and entered the camping area prepared for them.

All these situations were also passed on by the stubborn traitors - but the traitors could never have imagined that after nightfall, the troops from Yuyao and Cixi quietly left the barracks and secretly marched to the distance.

The direction they set out was not westward towards Shangyu, but eastward towards Yin County!
That’s right, it’s Yin County, Ningbo!
The so-called last-ditch effort in Zhangzhen Town was a sleight of hand from beginning to end. When Zhang Anping was conceiving this plan, he never thought of breaking out of Zhangzhen Town.

He wanted to bring these soldiers who trusted him back to the Kuomintang-controlled area safely, so how could he dare to take the risk?

By using the trick of replacing the loyal army with new soldiers, the new soldiers who were a burden were withdrawn from the Zhuji direction, greatly increasing the team's mobility.
Acting as if he was making a desperate attempt and fighting to the death against Zhang Zhenzhen, he forced the Japanese army to dispatch troops from Fenghua to provide support, thus leaving the defense line in Fenghua empty - and then break out from Fenghua to Ninghai. This was Zhang Anping's real purpose!
Now, Tan Zhongshu led his team to race against time. They had to march quickly in darkness, covering more than 80 miles and capturing Yin County before dawn.

Fortunately, the Zhongjiu Army led by Tan Zhongshu was a well-trained elite force, and eighty miles in one night was not an insurmountable gap.

After a night of forced march, the vanguard of the Loyal Rescue Army appeared at the gate of Yin County before dawn. Taking advantage of the darkness before dawn, the vanguard launched an attack on Yin County after a short rest.

At the same time, the Military Control Commission in Yin County used the rebellious puppet troops to cooperate with the vanguard to attack the city. The Japanese army, which was severely short of manpower, only held out for an hour before being completely defeated.

Yin County was lost!
……

"What? Yin County was lost?!"

The Japanese army was shocked when they heard the news.

It was clearly a situation where we were determined to fight to the death in Zhangzhen Town, so how come Yin County was suddenly lost?

After the Japanese generals turned their attention to Yin County, they were completely confused.

The only mobile force of the Japanese army in eastern Zhejiang was originally in Fenghua, but in order to reinforce Zhangzhen Town, the mobile forces in Fenghua, together with the forces drawn from the front-line garrison, were divided into two routes through Siming Mountain to Zhangzhen Town. They are now being harassed by the CCP guerrillas in Siming Mountain.

Even if the two brigades coming from the mainland had not gone to Hangzhou Bay, Yin County would not have been left empty-handed at this time!
If Yin County fell, Fenghua would be left facing the Loyal Rescue Army with nothing to lose. "How about... transferring troops from the Xikou defense line?"

"We just received news that the two divisions of the National Army in Sanjie Town secretly evacuated last night. If nothing unexpected happens, they must have gone to Shaxi. If we transfer troops from the Xikou defense line, the National Army in Shaxi plus two divisions will definitely lose Xikou!"

Once Xikou is lost, the Nationalist troops in Xinchang will be able to continuously appear to the west of Fenghua through the Shaxi-Xikou passage. Fenghua, which has no strategic location to defend, will then become a turtle in a jar!

What's more, their biggest goal is to block the way of the Loyal Rescue Army and the Rebel Army and not let them evacuate safely. Once Xikou is lost, the Loyal Rescue Army and the Rebel Army can retreat from Xikou to Shaxi in a swagger.

"We can only give up Fenghua and hold on to Xikou and Xinning. Send a message to His Excellency Doiyuan. If there is no reinforcement, the Zhongjiu Army... The Zhongjiu Army will withdraw from Fenghua, either to Ninghai or to Xinchang."

……

Make bricks without straw.

The Japanese troops in Fenghua had no troops that could be mobilized. All they could do now was to watch Fenghua fall, and then hold on to the two areas of Xikou and Xinning and make a final effort to block the attack.

But the Japanese have no idea whether they can block it.

Fenghua was the rear base of the Xikou Defense Line and the Xinning and Baixi Defense Lines. Countless supplies were stockpiled in the city. At this time, Yin County, fifty miles away, had fallen, and Fenghua could not be held. They could only quickly transfer the supplies in the city to the Xikou Defense Line and the Xinning Defense Line before the Zhongjiu Army arrived.

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But they obviously underestimated the speed of the Zhongjiu Army. At two o'clock in the afternoon, when the transfer of supplies was underway, the Zhongjiu Army appeared in Fenghua. The Japanese army could not even destroy the supplies and was forced to retreat into the Xikou Defense Line and the Xinning-Baixi Defense Line, watching helplessly as a large amount of supplies were occupied by the Zhongjiu Army.

Fenghua fell!

The battle situation at this time was once again very clear.

Hey, why is it “again”?
"Xikou! They want to evacuate from Xikou!"

Japanese generals set their sights on this very special area.

"Why not the Baixi Xinning Line?"

"There is no sign of reinforcement from Ninghai, and the national army in Shaxi, Xinchang has already marched towards Xikou!"

"Can we defend the creek mouth?"

"We must defend it even if we can't! Once Xikou is lost, the Nationalist army can continue to pour in from Shaxi to Xikou. By then, the eastern Zhejiang area we occupy will change hands again. Gentlemen, Xikou must not be lost!"

In response to the speech emphasizing the importance of Xikou, a Japanese officer whispered:

"The creek mouth shouldn't have been like this."

Xikou should not have been like this originally. Xikou, Baixi Xinning and Zhangzhen are the key locations for guarding the occupied areas in eastern Zhejiang.

If troops had not been transferred from eastern Zhejiang repeatedly, even if Zhang Shihao's troops had arrived in eastern Zhejiang, they would not have been able to easily capture one city after another, and how could they have threatened Xikou?

The culprit who repeatedly transferred troops from eastern Zhejiang was none other than Fatty!

No one shouted a word of rebuke. The Japanese troops in eastern Zhejiang were humiliated this time, and their accumulated grievances were overwhelming.

"Gentlemen, Xikou cannot be lost!" The commander emphasized again: "We must defend Xikou. We must defend Xikou before the friendly forces come to support us!"

……

After Fenghua was captured, the Loyalty Rescue Army and the rebel army in Shangyu City began to move to Yuyao without hesitation. When the Japanese army noticed the movements of the Loyalty Rescue Army, they were overjoyed and immediately rushed to the south of Shangyu, trying to block the Loyalty Rescue Army and the rebel army in Shangpu in the Shanxi Channel.

Then they found themselves blocked in vain because Shangpu's army crossed the Cao'e River and went into the mountains.

The Japanese never imagined that the thousands of troops left behind in Shangpu were the armed forces of the underground party - the underground party and the Military Control Commission did not fall out according to Zhang Anping's script, but under tremendous pressure, they finally reached a unified consensus and "separated" peacefully after performing the last drama in the Shanxi Channel.

Faced with the army disappearing in the mountains, the Japanese army was temporarily powerless and could only march towards Yuyao angrily.

Unfortunately, Yuyao’s Loyal Rescue Army and the rebel army never met them at all. As soon as the Japanese army arrived in Yuyao, they had already arrived in Yin County.

After taking a breath, the Japanese army rushed towards Yin County.

The situation seemed to be back under the control of the Japanese army.

The Baixi-Xinning Defense Line was built by the Japanese army to guard against the National Army's advance towards Ninghai. Looking at the map, Ninghai, Sanmen, Tiantai and other counties are not far from Sheng County, but in fact, these three counties are surrounded by heavy mountains, making it extremely difficult for the army to advance towards these three counties.

The Japanese army clearly occupied Fenghua to the north of Ninghai and Xiangshan to the east, but they never occupied Ninghai. It was not that the Japanese army did not want to occupy it, but the three counties of Ninghai, Sanmen and Tiantai were surrounded by mountains, making it extremely difficult to occupy them.

(Historically, these three counties were still controlled by the Nationalist Army when most of Zhejiang fell. Then, in late June and early July 1945, they fell one after another!!! Bah! Shame on the Nationalist Government.)
A fierce battle suddenly broke out on the Baixi-Xinning defense line, which the Japanese army did not pay much attention to.

Ninghai, which had always seemed peaceful, suddenly turned into a terrifying behemoth. An army suddenly emerged from Ninghai and attacked the Baixi-Xinning defense line, which the Japanese army did not pay much attention to.

In addition to the garrison in Ninghai itself, this army also has a division of Sichuan Army - this division had secretly arrived in Ninghai from Shengxian via Tiantai and Sanmen in the past few days. The Military Control Commission strictly blocked this news, so the Japanese army had not discovered any signs of reinforcement of troops in Ninghai.

Now, the Sichuan Army Division, which had hidden its whereabouts, showed its fangs to the Japanese army.

At the same time, the Zhongjiu Army and the rebel army, which had assembled their troops to attack Xikou, suddenly turned around and headed straight for the Baixi-Xinning defense line, which had no sense of existence.

Nearly 30,000 people attacked the Baixi·Xinning defense line, which had a weak presence, from both sides. The Japanese troops stationed on the defense line burst into tears. They had made plans to deal with the attack on Ninghai, but they had never thought that one day the little yellow flower would be stabbed. Under the attack from both sides, the Baixi·Xinning defense line, which was guarded by only one and a half battalions, collapsed in just five hours.

Got through!

Completely opened up!

The passage for the Loyal Rescue Army and the Uprising Army to the Kuomintang-controlled areas has been completely opened!

If there were not four soldiers plus one disabled soldier, which together amounted to four regiments and two brigades, chasing them aggressively from behind, the Baixi-Xinning defense line that had been opened up could have become a channel for the National Army to recapture eastern Zhejiang.

Unfortunately, the Japanese army caught up with them. The National Army, with a Sichuan Army Division and the exhausted Loyalty Army and the Uprising Army, had no way of engaging the Japanese and could only evacuate along the opened passage.

"We actually made it out?!"

Fei Liming, who had been a bystander along the way, still felt incredible before leading the team to evacuate.

Since we evacuated Shanghai after the Concession War, we have been walking for nearly twenty days. It was originally a march with no end in sight, but we didn't expect that the road would become brighter and brighter as we walked. Now we are evacuating to Ninghai in the Kuomintang-controlled area in an incredible way!
"Zhang is truly an amazing general!"

Zoker was also filled with emotion.

The two men sighed as they prepared to evacuate - neither the British nor the American troops had the habit of having a commander leave the rear.

The two men wanted to leave, but they found that the new commander, Tan Zhongshu, showed no signs of leaving, so they couldn't help but ask the reason.

Obviously, they thought Tan Zhongshu had other tricks to perform.

"Li Xingyu's troops have been held by the Japanese army." Tan Zhongshu said with a gloomy face: "You two please go ahead, I need to lead the team to rescue my soldiers!"

Although Zok really wanted to say righteously, "I'll go too."

But thinking about the pursuers behind him, Zok suppressed the impulse in his heart.

He had finally escaped with great difficulty, and he still had a huge plan to report to his superiors, so how could he take any risks?

As for Fei Liming, he didn't even have the impulse.

"General Tan, may God bless you."

This is the only thing Fei Liming can do.

Afterwards, they watched Tan Zhongshu lead his team to fight back, while they began to evacuate towards Ninghai.

A day later, Fei Liming and Zuo Ke, who had retreated to the outskirts of Ninghai City with the rebels, received a piece of news that surprised them.

"When Chief of Staff Tan Zhongshu led his team to rescue Commander Li, the Baixi-Xinning defense line was recaptured by the Japanese army, and General Tan's headquarters, which was rescuing Commander Li, was also surrounded by the Japanese army."

"We just received news that General Tan led his troops to break out of the encirclement, but since the Baixi-Xinning defense line was reoccupied by the Japanese army, General Tan had no choice but to evacuate to the mountainous area."

"In this battle, our loyal army... lost more than half of its troops."

Listening to the heavy report from the staff officer, Fei Liming and Zoke fell silent.

After a long time, Fei Liming sighed and said, "General Tan could have evacuated to Ninghai, but he insisted on rescuing Li's headquarters which was held by the Japanese army..."

"Eh……"

Fei Liming let out a long sigh, full of regret.

This transfer across thousands of miles could have ended perfectly, but unexpectedly it ended imperfectly because of the final outcome.

“May God bless General Tan.”

The staff officer who reported the matter forced a smile and left with a heavy heart.

The two foreign friends who followed the rebels and the Loyal Rescue Army across thousands of miles could only face this sad news with continued silence.

Two days later, Tan Zhongshu, who had shaken off the enemy, sent a detailed battle report.

More than a thousand soldiers died in the final breakout. In addition, because of the breakout, he had to abandon all the supplies he was escorting. To ensure that these supplies would not fall into the hands of the Japanese, Tan Zhongshu could only blow up all the supplies with tears.

This included a huge amount of funds transferred from banks in the concessions. (End of this chapter)