The Republic of Heroes

The Japanese army launched an attack on the Zhabei District without warning. Yu Jishi was caught off guard. Yang Bufei's 262nd Brigade was still on the way to join forces after winning the blocking battle. 264th Brigade.The Japanese army dispatched the elite Seventh Infantry Regiment of the Ninth Division and the No.19 Infantry Regiment to launch a fierce attack. Although Yu Jishi had roughly the same strength as the Japanese army, his combat effectiveness was not the same after all, so he had no choice but to choose to fight. And retreat.

The sound of cannonballs piercing through the air was bursting, and Yu Jishi looked resentfully at the tall buildings standing in the distance from the ruins.

"boom--"

A shell exploded less than 20 meters away from Yu Jishi, and the guards could no longer just sit back and watch the division commander delay his retreat. This place was already covered by local artillery. If something happened, the entire Zhabei battlefield would be completely over.

So, when the division chief of staff ordered Yu Ji to be erected, the two guards ran westward. They just wanted to run westward to be safer, and completely ignored the division commander's scolding and roaring.Facts have proved that they went absolutely in time, because just 10 minutes later, the soldiers of the Seventh Regiment of the Japanese Army stood in the ruins where Commander Yu had stood, but those Japanese soldiers were completely unaware of this and did nothing. Those who stopped continued to rush forward.

Yu Jishi didn't understand why the Japanese army, which was lifeless two days ago, seemed to have changed people today, and they seemed to have resumed their previous fighting style of rushing forward regardless of their lives.When retreating to Hengfeng Road, he finally broke free from the control of the guards. The main defense line of the 264th Brigade was here. He could not lead his men to retreat without firing a single shot.Yu Jishi's eyes were red, and he was hoarsely making the final mobilization to the soldiers in the defensive position.

"Forty million compatriots across the country are watching us... No one in the 88th Division is a coward. Anyone who is willing to fight the Japanese invaders with Yu Jishi to the death, just shout!"

After three seconds of silence, bursts of roars erupted instantly from the entire battlefield.

"Fight to the death!"

"The Japanese invaders must be defeated!"

Yu Jishi's eyes were moist, he took out the Browning automatic pistol on his waist, and threw himself into the sea of ​​frenzy.

Only a quarter of an hour later, the vanguard of the 264th Regiment of the Japanese Army exchanged fire with the [-]th Brigade. After the initial success, it was as if the tide had hit a solid stone embankment here. After repeated impacts, they could not move forward at all. .

Hengfeng Road in the ruins seemed to have become a meat grinder. Chinese soldiers and Japanese soldiers kept falling down, but when one fell down, another one immediately made up for it.Yu Jishi's soldiers were worthy of being Chiang Kai-shek's direct descendants of the Central Army, and their combat effectiveness was not comparable to those of the domestic warlords and the soldiers of the Beiyang government.

The Chinese defenders used only one brigade to repeatedly engage in tug-of-war with the Seventh Wing.Just when the battle was stalemate, the adjutant sent a telegram, which was not good news.On the way back to the division, the 262nd Brigade exchanged fire with the unknown Japanese invaders.

This news made Yu Jishi's heart sink. If the 262nd Brigade can't come back in time, he will find it very difficult to deal with even the seventh regiment. It is equivalent to idiots talking about dreams and Arabian Nights.

what to do?How can I do?Ask the army headquarters for help?

"Immediately send a report. The Ninth Division of the Japanese Army is making a massive counterattack. It is hard to survive alone. Please send reinforcements as soon as possible!"

In the end, he still sent a telegram for help to Zhang Zhizhong who had returned to Zhenru, but would he still have enough time to wait for reinforcements from the military department?

……

In the cafe in the French Concession, the table suddenly shook, and the coffee cups and saucers made frequent overlapping sounds.

Miss Meiyu raised her head and looked out in amazement, and there was a faint "rumbling" sound outside.The driver surnamed Takahashi comforted: "The war with the Chinese people has started again, let's go back to the mansion!" At this moment, Takahashi regretted sending Miss Meiyu to China at this time. Why did the owner of the Yu family ask him to send him to China before he died.Meiyu's family collapsed in that storm, and almost lost everything. Takahashi even paid out of his own pocket to fulfill this promise.

But what surprised him was that Miss Meiyu seemed to have arranged a way out in China long ago. The mansion in the French Concession has all kinds of facilities and tools, including the servants in the mansion, and of course the brand new car he drives. Chevrolet car.

Miss Meiyu picked up the delicate napkin, gently wiped the corners of her mouth, and said softly:

"Mr. Takahashi sit down for a while, I'm going to wash my hands."

Takahashi was amazed by Miss Meiyu's calmness. If she were the daughter of an ordinary family, she would have been so frightened by the war atmosphere in China that she would have gone back to Japan.Perhaps, this is what Chinese people often say about the tiger father having no dogs and sons. Similarly, the tiger father, the owner of the Meiyu family, also has no dogs and daughters.He suddenly felt that Miss Meiyu must have some kind of mission in coming to Zhina, and revive the Meiyu family.However, he looked at the weak figure who disappeared around the corner, and murmured: "Can such a weak woman take on the responsibility that weighs more than a thousand catties?"

Takahashi would be surprised if he could see through the corner wall, but unfortunately he couldn't.

A strange man came to Miss Meiyu's side, and seemingly casually placed a piece of paper on the corner of the table, and Miss Meiyu also seemingly casually took the piece of paper in her hand, and then neatly put it in her handbag.

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Wu Xiaoliang received a telegram from Jiang Zhongzheng from Xuzhou at the Sujiayu headquarters outside the city of Changshu County. Since the situation in Beijing and Shanghai has stabilized, he hopes that he can lead his troops northward to solve the Beijing-Tianjin issue.But a telegram made Wu Xiaoliang's nerves that had just been relaxed tense up again. It was originally heard that Zhang Zhizhong cooperated with him in launching a counterattack in Zhabei, and it was very successful.But in the next day, bad news came one after another.

First, the entire army of the 88th Division was wiped out. The division commander Yu Jishi was seriously injured and was snatched out of the line of fire by his subordinates.Immediately afterwards, the 87th Division was also driven out of Zhabei after the 88th Division was overthrown.Zhang Zhizhong had just set up Zhenru's headquarters, facing the oncoming Japanese army without any obstruction.

In desperation, Zhang Zhizhong had no choice but to order the entire army to retreat.However, this retreat could no longer stop the car, and was chased by the 57th Division of the Japanese Army, all the way west, via Jiading, until it was driven to Taicang to reunite with the [-]th Division before stopping.

As a result, China's main force completely withdrew from Shanghai, and Shanghai had in fact completely fallen.At the same time, because the Fifth Army was defeated too quickly, it retreated directly to Taicang, followed by the Ninth Division, which made Li Zejun's Seventh Division stationed here besieging the Japanese No. situation.