On November 8, Songjiang was lost, and the news from Brussels disappointed Chairman Chiang. Chairman Chiang finally ordered that the 85 divisions on the Songhu front line, except for a few troops left behind, the remaining divisions urgently retreated to the four Yonggu national defense lines, Wu Fu, Xicheng, Jiazha and Haijia, to build a second and third defense chain.

However, it was only then that I remembered that it was already a little late to retreat.

Eighty-five exhausted remnants, more than 500,000 troops, how can they be retreated by retreating? How to determine the retreat order of each division? How to draw a specific retreat route? How to set up a troop station along the way, how to supply military supplies? What is more important is where each division retreats to?

Also, how do counties, towns and towns along the way connect with the army?

Wait, the transformation of one or two divisions can make the staff members busy with a lot of skin. Now more than 80 divisions are retreating together, but how can the more than a dozen staff officers in the commander's headquarters in the Third War Zone be busy? In fact, the order of retreat was almost the order, except for the few divisions left behind, the rest of the troops were in a mess.

More than 80 divisions and more than 500,000 people rushed to retreat. The only railways and highways were all crowded. In addition, Japanese planes in the sky and underground cannons bombarded, the entire Songhu battlefield instantly turned into a chaotic vortex, and Anting Town, located on the banks of the Wusong River, is undoubtedly the center of this vortex.

Opening the map of Shanghai during the Republic of China, you will find that the railway from Shanghai to Nanjing, the highway from Shanghai to Kunshan, and the highway from Jiading to Songjiang all pass through Anting, and even the Wusong River flows through Anting. Anting Town can be said to be a water and land transportation hub connecting east, west, south and north, and its geographical location is extremely important.

More importantly, after the 10th Army landed from Jinshanwei, it had formed a pincer attack with the Shanghai condemnation army. The nearly 300,000 Japanese troops of nine divisions were like a big iron tong that was scrambling. The point of this scrambling was chosen at Anting! If the Japanese army was asked to occupy Anting in front of the national army, the hundreds of thousands of national troops in western Shanghai would be finished.

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Shanghai Japanese Concession, Japan Navy Club.

Since the Chinese army fully moved into defense, the Japanese concession has been completely under the control of the Japanese army. Matsui Ishione moved his headquarters from the Kaga air-couple to the Naval Club in Yangshupu.

When Matsui Ishione attacked Major General Tsukada, Chief of Staff of Central China, Major General Iinuma, Chief of Staff of the Shanghai Army, and Commander of the 3rd Flying Regiment, surrounded by a large number of officers such as Major General Kazuchi, walked into the combat room, the combat staff of the Front Command had already drawn six slender red arrows on the huge map.

These six thin and long red arrows are like three iron gates, which are like a striking move to capture the eighty military advisors of the Western Shanghai battlefield.

"Great General." A staff officer of the Nakasou stepped forward and saluted Matsui Ishione, then picked up the wooden pole and pointed to the map to explain. The Nakasou was named Changyong. More than a month later, the Shanghai commander of the condemnation army, Hirahiko Asakamiya ordered all prisoners of war in Nanjing. This electric order was drafted by the old devil.

"As of now, the 10th Infantry Brigade of the 11th Division has been directly inserted from Liuhe to Jiading, and the 11th Infantry Brigade of the 6th Division has been directly inserted from Songjiang to Qingpu. These two units will encircle in Anting to form the first interception line.

The 18th Division was directly inserted into Pingwang from Jinshan County, and the Chongteng Detachment was directly inserted into Zhitang from Baimakou. These two armies will be surrounded on the Suzhou line east of Taihu Lake and west of Dianshan Lake to form a second interception line; in addition, the 16th Division took Changshu and Wuxi from Baimakou, and the 114th Division took Nanxun and Wuxing from Jiaxing, and will form a third interception line west of Taihu Lake.

The General, with this triple interception line in front and back, it is foolproof. The more than 500,000 troops on the battlefield in the western Shanghai are already hard to fly."

"Yoxi, Yoxi, Yoxi." Matsui Ishigen said Yoxi several times, and then continued to say, "But we cannot underestimate the reaction speed of the Chinese army. According to aviation reconnaissance, the Chinese army in West China has begun to retreat across the board, and the Chinese army does not have too much equipment, and the retreat speed is quite slow. This triple interception line may not be able to stop them."

Major General He Zhongzhi, the commander of the 3rd Flying Regiment, shouted: "Genius General, the 3rd Flying Regiment has launched a full-scale bombing of the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, Kun-Shanghai Highway and Songjia Highway. The Chinese army cannot retreat smoothly."

"Yosi, the full bombing of the 3rd Flying Regiment is very important." Matsui Ishione nodded happily, but immediately changed his mind and continued, "However, the full bombing of the Flying Regiment can only play a role in hysteresis and disturbances, and cannot fundamentally prevent the retreat of the Chinese army."

Shi Zhongzhi, Shi Zhongzhi, had nothing to say. Indeed, his flying regiment could do whatever he wanted over the Songhu battlefield, but it could not turn into infantry and land on the ground to block. Thinking of this, Shi Zhongzhi reiterated the old words and said to Matsui Ishien: "Great General, the Empire should also form its own airborne troops."

Matsui Ishione waved his hand and didn't take it back. This matter was not something he, the commander of the Front Army, could decide, and the bureaucrats in the General Staff Headquarters had the final say.

At that moment, Matsui Ishigen changed the topic and said: "I wonder if you have noticed a fact. After the loss of the Dachang, most of the Chinese army retreated to the south bank of the Wusong River. Now Songjiang has been captured by the 6th Division. The Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway and Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway have been cut off by the Imperial Army. The Chinese army gathered on the south bank of the Wusong River have only one way out."

"Anting!" Major General Tsudachi, chief of staff of the Central China Front Army, took over the conversation and said, "The Chinese army on the south bank of the Wusong River had to cross the bridge from Anting, and then retreated to Kunshan along the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway and Kun-Hu Highway."

"That's right." Matsui Ishione took the wooden pole from Nagayong, pointed to the map and said, "It's Anting. If we can try to blow up the Anting Bridge, the Chinese army gathered on the south bank of the Wusong River will have to delay at least a few days whether it is building a floating bridge or walking a small road. This way, they will really be unable to fly."

"This is not easy." Shi Zhongzhi subconsciously frowned. The 3rd Flying Regiment also had dive bombers, but it was not that easy to blow up the Anting Highway Bridge. The anti-aircraft machine guns of the Chinese army are not very threatening. The problem is that high-speed dive fighter jets are difficult to lock in targets. In the end, many heavy bombs were often thrown away, but the bridge still failed to blow up.

Otherwise, the railway and highway bridges in western Shanghai would have been blown up by the Navy Air Force for a long time.

Matsui Ishien smiled and said nothing. It was certainly unrealistic to rely on the aviation army to blow up the Anting Highway Bridge, and he never put his hope on the aviation army.

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Ohara Shigemi held the remaining cigarette in her mouth, carried a formal rifle on her shoulder, an armed belt on her waist, and dirty black cloth shoes with rubber soles on her feet. Her military uniform was torn and rotten. Even the helmet on her head was knocked down by bullets, which was no different from the endless stream of national soldiers on the bridge.

If you have to find something different, it is that Ohara Shigemi has a white towel around her neck.

Among the soldiers of the National Army standing around, sitting or even lying waiting for the bridge, many of them had white towels around their necks. These soldiers used their eyes to communicate with Shigemi Ohara who was standing under the bridge. Yes, the ones with white towels around their necks were not the real Japanese Army, but the Japanese soldiers dressed by Qiao Zhun.

Ohara Shigemi's special forces team was involved in the national team last night.

No one found the Japanese army that had been involved in the national army. At this time, the various units of the national army on the north and south sides of the Wusong River had already become a mess. The army commander could not find the division commander, the division commander could not find the regiment commander, and the regiment commander could not find the battalion commander, and the chaos was inextricable. In addition, these troops came from all over the country, no one suspected Ohara Shigemi's strong northeast accent.

Ohara Shigemi stood under the bridge and looked coldly at the Kuomintang troops coming and going on the bridge. This bridge was the only nearby highway bridge across the Wusong River. The national troops, which were still stranded on the south bank of the Wusong River, had to cross the bridge from here whether they took the road or took the train. Once the highway bridge was blown up, the Kuomintang troops would be in trouble.

There is a bridge guarding force, the number is the 87th Division Engineer Battalion. In fact, it is better to say that they are bridge bombers, because they have already installed explosives on the bridge piers. The detonation command is located in a small wooden house under the south bridgehead. Through the open wooden door, Ohara Shigemi can even clearly see the detonator.

Ohara Shigemi wanted to rush up and press the detonator directly. As soon as the bridge exploded, his mission was completed.

However, Ohara Shigemi did not do this. The reason is very simple. The National Army of Shuohara built two circular barricades with sandbags outside the detonation command center and carried two Maxim heavy machine guns. Anyone who tried to get close would be stopped. Just now, a major from the National Army tried to step forward, but was driven away by the National Army of Shuohara.

The detonation command center was on high alert, but the Anting Bridge was in chaos.

A small number of troops headed south against the current, more troops went north in a hurry, and several Bufus mountain cannons tried to cross the bridge, but the infantry on the bridge was pushed into the mud under the bridge pier without hesitation. A company commander was dragging dozens of soldiers to the river bank with hemp ropes, and a battalion commander cursed at the shore.

At this time, there is a high possibility of failure.

Ohara Shigemi noticed that when the bomber group of the Aviation Corps appeared, the national army on the bridge and the national army that were waiting to cross the bridge would fall into chaos, and the national army guarding the bridge would also hide in nearby bunkers. That was the time when the national army was most relaxed. Ohara Shigemi decided to take action at that time, and the possibility of success was at least 60%!
Chapter completed!