Chapter 121: Unpredictable situation in the sky
The Japanese launched an attack again, and the people on the other side could see clearly. Someone immediately reminded him loudly: "Captain Xie, brothers from the National Army, the Japanese have started attacking again, be careful."
Some people were afraid that the Kuomintang army opposite would not hear it, so they found a few large templates with large words "The Japanese attacked" on it, in order to remind the four hundred heroes.
"Fight!" Commander Xie Jinyuan, who was standing on the top of the Sihang Warehouse, was observing the enemy situation all the time, and sent a telescope and ordered with a fierce punch.
He remembered all the kind reminders from the people behind him, and he made up his mind to attack the Japanese invaders hard, swearing to survive and perish with the Sihang Warehouse until the last soldier, one gun and one bullet.
After receiving the order to open fire, more than 30 light and heavy machine guns in the battalion, hundreds of rifles and several pistols suddenly opened fire one after another, and the dense rain of bullets formed a cross-disciplinary scarlet barrage.
The Japanese soldiers who were charging down one after another fell down, screaming and wailing in endless ears.
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A day later, on October 30, Xie Jinyuan and more than 400 warriors had been in the Sihang Warehouse for four days, and they had dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese invaders, killing and injuring hundreds of Japanese devils, and having less than twenty casualties.
In addition, almost tens of thousands of people were cheering and supporting the warriors at every moment. All officers and soldiers, from Xie Jinyuan to ordinary big-headed soldiers, were fighting spirits and their morale was greatly boosted.
The deeds of the four hundred heroes sticking to the Sihang Warehouse spread all over the country for a time, greatly boosting the morale of the military and civilians across the country. At the same time, it also made the Japanese army angry and regarded it as a thorn in their eyes, and swearing to pull it out quickly.
At this time, the British, who were separated from the Sihang Warehouse by a river, were even more frightened, fearing that the Japanese or national troops on the opposite side would come over, and the war would affect the concession, so they were very vigilant.
Under pressure from Japan, the British army has begun to put pressure on the Chinese authorities through diplomatic channels, demanding that the Chinese government order the defenders of the Sihang Warehouse immediately give up resistance and retreat.
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Nanjing, the leader’s residence.
"What? The British demanded that the four hundred heroes be withdrawn?" Chairman Jiang in the office said in surprise after hearing Wang Shihe's report.
"Yes, the British Embassy has officially issued a notice to us. They believe that our army has retreated to the south bank of Suzhou River. There is no need to continue to leave a lonely army to stick to the Sihang Warehouse. To put it bluntly, they are afraid that the war will affect them. After all, the Sihang Warehouse is only a river away from the concession." Wang Shihe nodded and replied.
"I know this. Our army resists aggression on our territory. We will not allow others to get involved in whether to fight or retreat. However, at this time, the convening of the nine-country convention is about to be convicted. Moreover, our army has indeed retreated from the entire line to defend. Xie Jinyuan and the 400 warriors have also completed their mission. It is time to retreat. I immediately ordered Xie Jinyuan to lead his troops to retreat into the public concession and transfer to Shanghai and West to prepare to return to the team!" Chairman Jiang murmured to himself and ordered.
"But, the British said that if Xie Jinyuan's troops wanted to withdraw the British Concession, they had to disarm them, otherwise they would not be allowed to enter the Concession. I think this is probably what the Japanese army meant." Wang Shihe said with his head down.
"Mom Xipi, these hateful British people..." Chairman Jiang couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, but then he still held back. After all, the overall situation is the most important thing. After pondering for a while, Chairman Jiang said to Wang Shihe: "Since that's the case, then they must ensure the personal safety of my four hundred heroes and Xie Jinyuan, and they must not hand them over to the Japanese, otherwise we would rather let Xie Jinyuan guard the Sihang Warehouse."
"Yes!" Wang Shihe stood up attentively and saluted, then turned around and took the order and left.
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The order was passed to the Sihang Warehouse. Although Xie Jinyuan and all the officers and soldiers were indignant and were reluctant to retreat, they demanded to live and die with the Sihang Warehouse. They fought until the last moment, but as Chairman Jiang's order, they were not allowed to disobey. Finally, under the collective persuasion of tens of thousands of people on the other side, the Regiment Commander Xie Jinyuan decided to lead his troops to break through that night.
After breaking through that night, Xie Jinyuan, who had retreated into the British Concession, and the warriors were disarmed helplessly and were immediately arranged to the Italian jurisdiction of the public concession and were placed under house arrest.
At this point, the battle for four days and five nights finally came to an end.
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At the same time, the vanguard of the 10th Army of the Japanese reinforcements was four days away from Shanghai. The 200,000 troops commanded by Matsui Ishigen once again launched a full-line attack on the Kuomintang army on the south bank, and fierce battles continued to take place.
At the same time, the fortifications built by the Zhongrui Group in Taicang have been completed, and the land mines have also been buried in large quantities along the sections of the road from Baitukou to Taicang in accordance with Zhang Xinghan's requirements.
The remaining land mines were ordered by Zhang Xinghan to deploy in front of the positions outside the city, and a huge minefield was formed in front of the entire position.
In addition, the tunnel that has been excavated for almost a month has been initially completed, and the tunnel entrance and exit are under final maintenance and disguised.
At the same time, Zhang Xinghan had ordered the third battalion left behind in Jiading to be built immediately. This time, the third battalion brought a great surprise to Zhang Xinghan. In the past month, the third battalion had gradually collected nearly 2,000 defeated soldiers.
At this time, the total strength of the Third Battalion had expanded to more than that of the Zhongrui regiment. Although the confiscation of the defeated soldiers was very chaotic, including the Central Army, the Sichuan Army, the Gui Army, and the Northeast Army, these defeated soldiers had fought desperately with the Japanese with passion when they went to the battlefield. The reason why they became defeated soldiers was because the main force of the troops had been disbanded, and their soldiers could not find the officials, and the officials could not find the soldiers.
Now it has been reorganized by the Third Battalion, especially when the officers and soldiers heard that they had joined the famous Zhongrui regiment, except for some people who were really denied by the Japanese and wanted to escape, most of the officers and soldiers expressed their willingness to stay and continue to fight.
After the Third Battalion returned to the team, Zhang Xinghan immediately defeated the defeated soldiers they had collected and organized them to other battalions. The strength of the Zhongrui regiment instantly expanded to more than 4,500 people, and the strength almost doubled.
Although the defeated soldiers were complicated, the organization had been disrupted and they were organized into each battalion and company. With the veterans and officers of the former Zhongrui Regiment, they could still form a considerable combat power. However, it would take some time to fully integrate into the Zhongrui Regiment and several bloody battles.
In fact, most of the officers and soldiers of the Zhongrui regiment are supplemented. They all need the baptism and running-in of war. Only by fighting side by side and dying together can they truly embrace the group and twist it into ropes, and become close comrades and brothers who can live and die together, live and die together, and trust each other, and trust each other in life and death.
Zhang Xinghan was carrying the Central Regiment Regiment with one hand, standing solemnly outside the Regiment Regiment Regiment looking at the direction of Shanghai, calculating the time in his mind. If history is not wrong, at most five days, the 10th Japanese Army will land from the Kingsoft Guard in Hangzhou Bay, and the National Army will definitely begin to retreat in full swing.
In another week, the 16th Japanese Division, who had arrived in North China, will land at Baimakou and prepare to completely cut off the retreat route of the national army on the Songhu battlefield.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xinghan showed a smug smile on his lips. After more than a month of preparation, the people waiting for the 16th Division will no longer have surprisingly smooth landings, no longer easily conquered the city and made repeated military achievements.
What awaits them will be the most resolute resistance, so resolute that they cannot move forward.
Zhang Xinghan firmly believed that as long as the 16th Division was blocked tightly, the main force of the National Army would be able to calmly retreat to the Wufu Line and other national defense fortifications. As long as the National Army stopped and gasped, the Japanese offensive would be frustrated.
The slogan of Matsui Ishikan's trip to Nanjing will become empty talk. The Nanjing Massacre and the tragic death of more than 300,000 soldiers and civilians will not happen again.
At this moment, the sky suddenly became dark clouds, and suddenly, strong winds were blowing, lightning and thunder, followed by heavy rain pouring down like a forest.
Let the dense rain hit and soak his clothes and hair, Zhang Xinghan changed color in vain. He looked up at the gray sky with disbelief and said with hatred: "It's actually raining? It's actually raining?" In winter, the rain in the south of the Yangtze River has increased and the weather is unpredictable. Such heavy rains are often possible for ten days and half a month.
Looking at the rain, Zhang Xinghan knew that the rain would never stop easily.
No one knew better than him that the rain at this moment to him and the officers and soldiers of the Zhongrui regiment, to be precise, to be precise, to the national army at this time. It was raining heavily, and the rain would inevitably flow along the tunnel entrance into the Zhongrui regiment and thousands of people who had worked hard to dig carefully built tunnels for more than a month.
Even Zhang Xinghan ordered the blockade of the tunnel at this time, it was too late. There were ten or hundreds of tunnel entrances, which could be blocked in a short while. Moreover, the rain had already fallen and it was falling without warning.
Even if the tunnel entrance is blocked, the tunnel will inevitably be affected after heavy rain and cannot be used. Once Japanese artillery bombardment, can the tunnels soaked and invaded by rainwater still bear it? The answer is definitely no, because it is not a mountain, but a Yangtze River Delta Plain with a very loose and scattered soil.
After losing the tunnel, it means that the officers and soldiers of the Central Rui regiment must brave the Japanese's dense artillery fire and air strikes to resist bloodily, so that the possibility of blocking the attack of the 16th Division of the Japanese army would be very small.
Once the Zhongrui regiment cannot resist the attack of the 16th Division, the national army's retreat will still be dangerous, and a great defeat may still occur. Then Nanjing may still be lost, and the Nanjing Massacre may still erupt.
Thinking that all preparations would be almost slain because of a rain, thinking that the Nanjing Massacre would break out, and that more than 300,000 military and civilian compatriots were about to die unjustly, Zhang Xinghan felt his heart was as broken as a knife, and he roared at the sky with grief and anger: "God doesn't bless me China!!! Why? God! How do you bear to look at my Chinese children, and the descendants of Yan and Huang were killed? How can you bear to let the city of Nanjing be corpses everywhere, and the Yangtze River flows into a river? But the sky has no eyes and is powerless to return to the sky!" After speaking, he opened his mouth and suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood, and then he fell backwards and fell to the ground.
"Room seat!" The guards around exclaimed when they saw this and immediately surrounded him.
Chapter completed!