Nanjing, commander-in-chief.

Unfavorable news came from Kunshan one by one. In less than two hours, the two defense lines outside Kunshan were all lost, and Kunshan Railway Station and Bus Station were also lost. At this point, all the highways, railways and waterway traffic from Shanghai to the outside world had been cut off by the Japanese army, and the encirclement had already taken shape.

Although Kunshan has not yet fallen and the situation still has certain variables, everyone understands that it is a matter of time before Kunshan falls. It is better to rely on the Sichuan Army who has just arrived in Wuhu than to hope that Xue Yue will create a miracle. However, can Liu Xiang's 23rd Army and Deng Xihou's 22nd Army really create a miracle?

Not to mention Chairman Jiang, even none of the military and political officials present had confidence in the Sichuan Army, because the equipment of the Sichuan Army was too poor. When the Central Army had already equipped all the formal rifles, the main equipment of the Sichuan Army was still made by Laochuan, and even the Laochuan Army could not be opened for supply. Many soldiers could only use the big sword shuttle flag as weapons.

With such poor equipment from the Sichuan Army, how could the military and political officials have confidence in them?

The loss of Kunshan is a foregone conclusion. Just wait for the Japanese army in Taicang to advance west along Taikun Highway to meet with the Japanese army in Kunshan. The encirclement will become tight. At that time, not to mention the main force, even the scattered defeated soldiers of dozens or hundreds of people will not be able to escape. More than 80 divisions and more than 500,000 national troops will have nowhere to escape on the battlefield of Songhu!

After losing these 85 divisions, the entire China and the entire Chinese nation will be greatly damaged.

Chairman Jiang leaned on the chair, closed his eyes and was silent for a long time, as if he was planning for the difficult situation after the Battle of Shanghai. He should have made plans to avoid being caught off guard. None of the military and political officials present dared to speak, and they all held their hands. The entire command hall was so depressing that it was suffocating.

At this moment, a major staff officer hurried in and stood attentively: "Report!"

The silent command hall was suddenly alarmed by the sudden sound. The military and political officials turned around and Liu Fei said impatiently: "Tell me."

The major replied: "Commander-in-Chief Xue of Kunshan was urgently sent, and the Japanese army suddenly retreated, and the motive was unknown."

"Um?"

"What?"

"Did the Japanese withdraw?"

"What's going on?"

"No, how could the Japanese army retreat at this time?"

"Yes, the loss of Kunshan is a foregone conclusion, but the Japanese army retreated. This is illogical. Is it okay for the little Japanese to spit out the fat meat in his mouth?"

The entire command hall was in an instant, and even Chairman Jiang stood up suddenly.

Liu Fei took the telegram from the major and hurriedly read it, then turned to Chairman Jiang and said, "Commission, although the Japanese army's motives have not been clarified yet, the Japanese army has indeed withdrawn."

"Okay, okay, okay, okay, good, good (very good)."

Member Jiang calmed down and a strong sense of hunger suddenly came. Then he remembered that since last night, it had been twenty hours since he had not eaten, and the military and political officials present were also hungry. He quickly asked the head of the guard Wang Shihe to arrange someone to bring in breakfast. Chairman Jiang took the bowl of porridge from Wang Shihe and almost threw the bowl of porridge to the ground. The careful Wang Shihe found that Chairman Jiang's palms were sweating and cold sweat.

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Qingpu, the 19th Brigade is stepping up the construction of fortifications.

The troops blocking Sheshan have been withdrawn by Xu Shijiu. Although he knew that there was a big fish on Sheshan, it was a pity that the Japanese army on the mountain had been prepared for a long time, and the 19th Brigade was seriously lacking in heavy weapons. Although the artillery company had six small-caliber mortars, there were few shells left and it was difficult to play a decisive role.

Now that the conditions are like this, Xu Shijiu can only let this big fish go.

This is because the 19th Brigade still has to retain its only troops and defend Qingpu to the death.

Xu Shijiu took the guard platoon and buried mines modified by Bufus on the dug highway. This batch of mines modified by artillery shells was transported by Xu Shijiu specially sent the guard platoon from Baihe Port. He buried all 500 mines on the highway and in the fields on both sides of the highway in one go. Li Zihan was carefully drawing out the wires connected to the fire detonator with his engineer squad, and finally connected them to the positive and negative poles in parallel.

The wires and batteries seized from the Japanese army are barely enough.

The wiring work is coming to an end. Li Zihan bowed the rain on his face and told the engineers around him: "You check again to see if there are any wrong wiring, especially the bus must not be broken."

Several engineers agreed and went to check separately. Li Zihan connected the positive and negative poles alone to the detonator. After connecting the wires, he carefully buried the detonator equipped with the battery into the previously dug hole. Finally, he placed a wooden board above the hole, covered it with soil, and then made a mark after stepping it.

Everything was done, and Ergua couldn't help asking at the end of work: "Captain, didn't you say that the Japanese would definitely transfer the main force of the division transferred to Kunshan back? In this case, the Japanese should come from the northwest. Why don't we bury the mines outside the west gate but outside the east gate? Isn't this impossible to blow them up?"

Xu Shijiu smiled and said, "You will know then."

"Captain, how could you be sure that the main force of the 6th Division who fought against Kunshan would come back?" Gao Shenxing also had his own confusion and continued, "If I were the commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, I would rather transfer troops from other directions than withdraw the main force of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army than to attack Kunshan."

Ergua also said: "Yes, this doesn't seem to be consistent with common sense."

"Isn't it common sense?" Xu Shijiu shook his finger and smiled, "No, this is the common sense."

After a pause, Xu Shijiu explained patiently: "Be careful, Ergua, you must always remember that in order to become an excellent commander, in addition to being able to fight and leading troops, you must also be able to think about people, especially your opponent! Even if you can only obtain very little information, you must analyze it as much as possible to find weaknesses that can be exploited."

Gao Shenxing thought something, but Ergua asked, "Captain, do you know the division commander of the little Japanese?"

"I don't know." Xu Shijiu shook his head straightforwardly and said, "But I know that the division commander and the Japanese supreme commander of the Shanghai War Zone are different. If it were replaced by the Japanese supreme commander of the Shanghai Japanese, he would never have transferred the Japanese in Kunshan. But if it was replaced by the division commander of the 6th Division, the situation would be completely different.

The Supreme Commander of the Japanese Army in Shanghai wanted to win the Battle of Songhu and force the National Government to surrender. So the result he needed was to wipe out the national army on the battlefield of Songhu. However, the division commander of the 6th Division was not the case. As the division commander, he did not need to consider the overall strategic situation. He only needed to win more honors for his own division.

Even though the 6th Division conquered Kunshan in time and wiped out the Kuomintang army that had retreated from the Songhu battlefield, it was because of the old Japanese devil Matsui Ishigen who had made contributions in the operation and had little to do with the division commander of the 6th Division. But if the 6th Division could occupy the municipal government of Nanshi before the Shanghai condemnation army was sent, the honor of capturing Shanghai would belong to the 6th Division.

There were at least three Japanese divisions landed from Jinshanwei. If these three divisions headed north in large numbers, the more than 80 divisions of the National Army would probably have to break into pieces and break through one way out. Once such a difficult situation arises, more than 500,000 troops of more than 500,000 troops of more than 80 divisions will eventually have 100,000 people to break out, it will be time to burn the incense.

But why did only the 6th Division go north to Songjiang in the end? Could it be that the commander of the Japanese army on the southern front and the commanders of the divisions under him could not see the current situation clearly? Obviously not, but they have set their sights on our capital Nanjing. For the commander of the Japanese army on the southern front and the commander of the division, Nanjing is obviously more attractive.

It may be difficult for you to understand why the commanders and division commanders of the Southern Front did this. This is actually a deep historical reason. The Japanese have always had an ultimate dream since the era of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, that is, off the island, landing, conquering the Eastern continent, and the little Japanese dreamed of conquering China.

In the eyes of Japan, the capture of Nanjing is undoubtedly a conquest of China!

Therefore, the Japanese army on the southern front only sent the 6th Division north to Songjiang and cooperated with the Shanghai to send condemnation troops to encircle the National Army. However, several other divisions went forward without hesitation and went straight to Nanjing hundreds of kilometers away.

Therefore, when Qingpu has recovered, when Songjiang is also facing the danger of being regained by our army, and when the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway and Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway are in danger of being reopened, the division commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese army would rather transfer the main force of the division in Kunshan than to transfer the squadron that was advancing to the south city."

Ergua curled her lips and said disdainfully: "So, Japan has no big picture view?"

Gao Shenxing was obviously not convinced yet and said, "Is the captain too subjective? Even if the Japanese division commanders value the honor and military achievements of their divisions more, they probably wouldn't let go of their mouths and let the more than 80 divisions of the National Army and more than 500,000 troops break through the siege on the Songhu battlefield?"

"Let's let go?" Xu Shijiu said, "Little Japan doesn't think so."

While speaking, the three of them had already returned to the command center. Xu Shijiu pointed to the map and explained: "Sake it, you also know that there are at least three Japanese divisions landing from Jinshanwei. As I said just now, the other two divisions were probably coming forward, Jiaxing, and heading to Nanjing hundreds of kilometers away. Look..."

As he spoke, Xu Shijiu used a pencil to draw two long arrows with Jinshanwei as the starting point. One arrow passed through Jinshan County and directly into the west of Dianshan Lake, and the other arrow passed through Jiashan and Nanxun to the west of Taihu Lake. Then, Xu Shijiu led two arrows from the Yangtze River in the north, and went south to echo the two arrows, forming two blockade lines.

Gao Shenxing changed his expression slightly and said in a deep voice: "Captain, do you mean that while these two divisions are advancing, they will also divide their troops north to the west of Dianshan Lake and west of Taihu Lake, and cooperate with the Shanghai condemnation army in the north to complete the encirclement of our army? The main force of the National Army on the Songhu battlefield has passed Kunshan, but they are still facing the danger of being encircled?"
Chapter completed!