Beginning in early October, the 3rd, 9th, and 10th Divisions of the Japanese Army forcibly crossed Yunzaobang under the cover of aviation aircraft, and by mid-October, they had broken through the positions of the Chinese defenders and gained a firm foothold on the southern bank of Yunzaohama. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the Japanese army gained a firm foothold, it immediately used aircraft and chariots as a cover to rapidly expand to the south bank of Yunzaobang, and the front of the army was directed at Dachang Town, which swept Jiangwan and Zhabei and occupied the north bank of Suzhou Creek.

At the same time, the Japanese troops attacking Luodian in the north encountered stubborn resistance from the defenders, and several times broke into Luodian and were recaptured by the defenders, and the two sides fought a bloody battle in Luodian, although the Japanese attacked fiercely, but the progress was slow, and the entire Luodian area became a flesh mill.

Matsui Ishone, commander of the Japanese Shanghai Dispatch Army, had no choice but to adjust his strategy, abandon his attempt to strategically encircle the Chinese army in the Shanghai area from the north, and transfer part of his forces to attack Luodian to the south of Dachang Town, in an attempt to cooperate with the Japanese troops advancing west to carry out a central breakthrough and take Dachang Town.

Dachang Town is the passage into the downtown area of Shanghai, and if Dachang Town is lost, it will cut off the connection between the Chinese army and the downtown area of Shanghai, divide the Chinese army into two, and shake the entire defense line.

In order to thwart the Japanese army's attempt, China's Third Theater held a military conference in Suzhou on October 11 to discuss the concentration of forces for a partial counterattack, and in mid-October, a meeting was held in Kunshan, at which it was finally decided that the 21st Group Army in Guangxi would be the main force of the counterattack, and strive to break through the Japanese army on the right bank of Yunzaobang in the east, break the Japanese army's central breakthrough attempt, and relieve Jiangwan, Dachang, and Zhabei from the threat.

In this large-scale counterattack battle, Chen Cheng's Central Corps and Zhu Shaoliang's Left Wing Corps were jointly carried out, with the Guangxi 21st Group Army as the main force of the counteroffensive, and the rest of the units formed several assault regiments to cooperate with the attacking army's actions.

On 18 and 19 October, the Japanese 3rd and 9th Divisions in the Yunzaohama area continued to advance under the cover of artillery fire, while the Chinese counterattack units had reached their assault positions.

However, in view of the exhaustion of the 21st Group Army of Guangxi, which had traveled thousands of miles to the Songhu battlefield, the Third Theater Command deliberately changed the counterattack time from October 19 to 21.

On the night of October 21, the fierce fighting of the day had come to an end, and the Chinese defenders' positions south of Dingjiaqiao were shrouded in darkness and silence.

The Dingjiaqiao and the Taoyuanbang and Beihouzhai positions in the east had fallen two days earlier, and the Chinese defenders adhered to the strategy of positional warfare in the Third Theater of Operations, and except for the seriously wounded who could be evacuated, the rest of the generals were not allowed to leave their positions without permission, and could only soak in muddy trenches until they died in battle, so that when the positions were lost, many battalions and regiments were all martyred, tragic and tragic.

In the positions of the Chinese defenders south of Dingjiaqiao, the troops of the 174th Division of the Gui Army and the assault troops cooperating with the counterattack were making final preparations before the assault, and a tense atmosphere was in the air.

Yang Ling, as well as the soldiers of the Sichuan Army and the Tax Police Corps who were guarding the position, also participated in the sequence of counterattack operations, and they were temporarily organized as an assault regiment to be responsible for the attack of the main force of the Gui Army.

As a traverser, Yang Ling knew that this was a counterattack that was doomed to failure, because this counterattack had underestimated the firepower of the counterattack force from the beginning.

This counterattack was to learn from the Japanese army to carry out a central breakthrough, but the Japanese army had the firepower of aircraft and artillery to carry out a breakthrough, but the Chinese army lacked the support of strong firepower, and the implementation of a central breakthrough was a joke.

Yang Ling wanted to escape very much, but people couldn't help themselves on the battlefield, there were dog-toothed defense lines everywhere, and the theater department had issued a strict order, leaving the army without permission would be punished as deserters, and the team could be shot directly on the spot without the need to judge, Yang Ling was very helpless, in this battlefield where nearly a million people were fighting, personal strength was minimal.

The only survivor of the cooking class, Lao Wangtou, was sharpening his knife silently at the moment, and the blade of the saber and the whetstone made a regular friction sound, gradually becoming sharper.

Wu Jiang was still silent, he sat on a corpse, pressed bullets into the chamber of the gun, very serious, very careful, he was a calm and cold person, Yang Ling had never seen him smile, Yang Ling didn't know what could change a person like this, he could only guess that maybe it was because of his personality.

The silver case jumps briskly, the rounded and smooth dial comes into view, and the black hands still turn incessantly, a quarter of 19 o'clock.

Yang Ling put away his pocket watch and kicked it into his pocket, took out the remaining half of the cake and chewed it, whether it was attacking or escaping, physical strength was always important.

As he chewed on the bread, his gaze swept over the piles of corpses on the battlefield, over the vast cotton fields, and rested on the swarthy buildings in the distance, which would be the primary target of their attack, the Dingjia Bridge.

Li Tiezhu, the platoon commander of the Gui army, was very excited and excited, and he didn't care if his feet stepped on the wet muddy water at the bottom of the trench, he walked back and forth, and from time to time raised his head to look at the building complex shrouded in darkness in the distance.

Their Gui army in the Northern Expedition War was known for its strong and good fighting, the best at it is field warfare, although now there are many new recruits in the Gui army, the weapons are outdated, but every Gui soldier is burning with a raging fire in his chest, looking forward to rushing up and fighting Japanese ghosts.

They used to say that they would protect the country with death, but now it's time to cash in, and their white chief has told them that they should play the prestige of Guangxi people and make a long face for the parents and elders of Guangxi's hometown!

Not only Li Tiezhu was very excited, but all the soldiers of the Gui Army who were lying quietly in the trenches were very excited and excited, they rushed all the way here to fight the Japanese ghosts.

Their mood at the moment is like a dancer who has been training hard for ten years, about to step onto the stage that has attracted much attention, and they feel that the waiting time is so long, and they can't wait to show their bravery.

The Gui army was excited, and the soldiers of the rest of the assault regiment who had been exhausted after months of hard fighting were equally happy, the arrival of the Gui army made their hearts uplifted, and they were all full of confidence that this counterattack could be won, they had been retreating, and they could finally win happily once.

Perhaps the only one on the thirty-mile front who was frowning was Yang Ling, not only was he not happy, but he was very painful, watching these soldiers who were full of the heart of serving the country about to step into death and could not do anything.

Li Tiezhu also saw Yang Ling, who was frowning, he couldn't help but spit in the direction of Yang Ling, and scolded in his heart, coward, coward.

He had heard that Yang Ling went to their commander and said that it was impossible to win a counterattack...... Speaking of those words that shook the hearts of the army, Li Tiezhu did not have a good impression of Yang Ling at this moment, and felt ashamed to charge with this coward.