Jiading, Zhongrui Tuantuan Division.

Zhang Xinghan was sitting in front of the map and pondering for a long time. It was less than twenty kilometers from Jiading to Taicang. Although the Zhongrui regiment could arrive in a few hours to reinforce, it would be obvious that if the Japanese 16th Division suddenly attacked, it would be unrealistic to rely on the first regiment of the Zhongrui regiment to resist a well-equipped division of the Japanese army with only the strength of the Zhongrui regiment.

To resist the Japanese attack, the only way to build solid fortifications in advance and fight to the death with the strong fortifications is to ensure that hundreds of thousands of troops retreated from the Songhu battlefield can retreat smoothly and orderly.

Therefore, the Jiading Central Regiment could not stay anymore. It is the end of September, and there is still a full month before the fourth increase in the Japanese army and the arrival of the 16th Division. With this month, Zhang Xinghan was able to calmly build solid fortifications in the Taicang area.

Moreover, in the next month, there will definitely be many defeated soldiers who have been broken from the front line. If they can be incorporated one by one, coupled with strong fortifications, blocking the strong attack of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, it will not be a dream to protect a retreating life channel for hundreds of thousands of troops.

As long as hundreds of thousands of national troops in the Songhu area successfully retreat to the Wufu Line, Xicheng Line, Zhajia Line and Haijia Line and resist for a long time, the Nanjing Defense Battle will be postponed or even not happen, and there will be no more Nanjing Massacre that makes countless Chinese people sad.

Hundreds of thousands of compatriots who died tragically in the Nanjing Massacre can also survive. Of course, the premise of all this is that the Zhongrui regiment must resist the attack of the 16th Division and the Japanese chasing them in the Songhu direction.

After making up his attention, Zhang Xinghan immediately stood up and turned around and shouted outside the compound of the regiment headquarters: "Big Mountain."

"Yes!" Li Dashan, who was patrolling in the yard, quickly walked in and responded with a snap.

"Notify the reconnaissance company, and the guard company will gather immediately and follow me to Taicang County." Zhang Xinghan ordered.

"Taicang? Tuanzhao, where are we going? There are no Japanese there." Li Dashan was puzzled.

"There are no Japanese now, and there will be one in the future. So we must first reconnaissance the terrain there and prepare for the future." Zhang Xinghan picked up his military cap from the conference table and waved his hand, "Okay, go quickly."

"Yes!" Although Li Dashan was full of questions, he still happily took the order and left.

About a few minutes later, Li Dashan and the reconnaissance company commander Lu Baohua walked in together, and at the same time stood up and saluted Zhang Xinghan, "The regiment seat, the guard company, and the reconnaissance company have all gathered together, please instruct!"

"Yes!" Zhang Xinghan nodded and then said, "Go away."

"Yes!" The two of them agreed in unison and then followed Zhang Xinghan out.

Zhang Xinghan walked out surrounded by two people. As soon as he walked out of the regiment headquarters, he met Du Qianxue who was coming towards him.

Seeing someone by his side, Du Qianxue didn't want to ask anything, but just saluted Zhang Xinghan as usual.

Facing Du Qianxue's slightly inquiring gaze, Zhang Xinghan said calmly: "I'll go to Taicang County to do something. If you have any questions, please contact Staff Zhou and Deputy Commander Luo." He immediately took Li and Lu and strode away.

"Yes!" Du Qianxue nodded slightly and watched Zhang Xinghan and others gradually move away, then turned around and walked into the regiment headquarters.

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Taicang County, Baitukou. "In today's Luhe Town, Taicang City"

It is located on the south bank of the estuary of the Yangtze River and is across the river from Chongming Island. It is flat on the edge of the river and the shallow sand beach is endless. It is a natural landing place for landing.

Zhang Xinghan, with more than 200 officers and soldiers of the Guard Company and the Reconnaissance Company, finally arrived here after several hours of travel. The officers and soldiers of the Reconnaissance Company within a range of hundreds of meters along the river bank had been dispersed to guard the whole country.

After confirming that there was no danger, Zhang Xinghan then took Li Dashan and Lu Baohua to the edge of the Yangtze River surrounded by the officers and soldiers of the guard company. Seeing that there was no one in the long river line, Zhang Xinghan's mood became extremely heavy. If he had not been a time traveler, the Japanese 16th Division would have forcibly landed from here for more than a month, and successively captured Changshu, Wuxi, Changzhou, Danyang, and even the capitals of the National Government and the infamous Sixth Division carried out the tragic Nanjing Massacre together.

In the entire Nanjing Massacre, 300,000 Nanjing elders and soldiers were brutally persecuted, and large quantities of corpses were thrown away by the Yangtze River. For a time, the bodies piled up into mountains and almost blocked the Yangtze River. The entire Yangtze River stagnated, and blood flowed into rivers on the surface of the Yangtze River and outside the city of Nanjing, with corpses everywhere.

The culprits are the 16th Division and the 6th Division. These two divisions can also be said to be the most inhumane divisions of the Japanese invaders, and they owe China a lot of blood debts.

Feeling the cold wind coming from the river, Zhang Xinghan couldn't help but clench his fists and said to himself, "I will never let history repeat itself again, I will never."

"The terrain here is flat and there is no danger to defend. In addition, it is within the range of the Japanese naval guns. If the Japanese really attack from the Yangtze River, it will be difficult for us to defend here." Lu Baohua, the company commander of the reconnaissance company, looked around and looked at Zhang Xinghan.

Lu Baohua and Zhou Wei are both graduates of the ninth phase of the Central Military Academy. After graduation, they were also assigned to the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps. He was the one who caused trouble with Zhang Xinghan in Nanjing City. However, after experiencing the baptism of the bloody battle, he had gradually grown up and matured and was appointed by Zhang Xinghan as the first company commander of the reconnaissance company of the Central Rui Regiment.

"Well! What you said makes sense, so there is no need for us to deploy troops here to defend." Zhang Xinghan nodded with great satisfaction. After all, he graduated from the Central Military Academy, and Lu Baohua still has a certain tactical vision.

"The regiment post, I don't understand. Aren't the Japanese attacking Shanghai with all their might? Why did they appear here?" Li Dashan asked in confusion.

"Hundreds of thousands of troops in Shanghai are resisting. If the Japanese attacks on the front are not smooth, they are likely to divide their troops to attack our rear. Look at the long river line, but there is no one in our troops. If the Japanese land here and cut off the retreat route of hundreds of thousands of troops in our Songhu area, the consequences will be unimaginable." Zhang Xinghan pointed to the riverside coastline and explained.

Li Dashan followed what Zhang Xinghan was looking at, and suddenly slapped his forehead and suddenly realized: "The regiment is right. Our troops have been transferred to the Shanghai front line. There is really no defense here, but we don't guard here, so where can we guard? Once the Japanese land, it will not be so easy to drive them down." Li Dashan asked in confusion.

"The Japanese have ships and giant cannons and air firepower cover. If we deploy our troops here, the Japanese only need to use naval guns and carrier-based aircraft to bomb our positions. By then, before the Japanese attack, our troops will be killed and injured. What else can we use to resist the Japanese's landing?"

"So, we need to deploy our defense line outside the range of Japanese naval guns, build solid fortifications, and rely on positions to resist step by step. As long as we can hold the Japanese army tightly, it is enough." Zhang Xinghan answered thoughtfully.
Chapter completed!