4.6 Passionate Shanghai

The clash at Hongqiao Airport immediately incandescent the already tense air. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Outside the negotiation table, the Japanese 3rd Fleet gathered on the Huangpu River to demonstrate, the Marine reinforcements on Long Island and the Japanese Ben openly landed, and the Japanese troops and their expatriates in Shanghai rushed to build fortifications day and night.

General Zhang, who was in command in the Lingering Garden, was really anxious! The actions of the Japanese are already so obvious, if you don't do anything, you will have to watch the fighter disappear from front of your eyes!

On August 11, General Zhang, who had been suffering for several days, finally received a secret order from the highest authorities, asking the Chinese army to march into the downtown area of Shanghai and prepare to attack on the 13th.

The command is as follows:

(1) Zhang Zhizhong, commander of the Beijing-Shanghai garrison, led the 87th Division of Wang Jingjiu, the 88th Division of Sun Yuanliang, and the 99th Division of Huang Haoran and their subordinate troops assembled in Wuxi, Suzhou, and Changshu, to march to the predetermined siege line of Shanghai, preparing to besiege the enemy forces in Shanghai.

(2) Liu Heding's 39th Army, Liu Shangzhi's 56th Division and two security regiments of Jiangsu Province assembled in the Bengbu area, served as the river defense in the Jiangyin and Liuhe areas on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

(3) The 3rd Artillery Regiment and the 10th Artillery Regiment of the 2nd Artillery Brigade (equipped with 150-mm howitzers) marched from Nanjing and Yixing to Suzhou and were under the command of the Beijing-Shanghai Garrison Command.

(4) The navy blocked the Jiangyin waterway of the Yangtze River according to the predetermined plan.

In the middle of the night that night, Zhang Zhizhong personally led the members of the Beijing-Shanghai Garrison Command to leave the Lingering Garden and stationed in a small village in Nanxiang.

Huang Haoran and his 99th Division became the first Chinese troops to enter Shanghai due to their thorough preparation and rapid action!

In the early morning of August 12, some Shanghai citizens who got up early found that the streets of the urban area were full of Chinese troops, and people were surprised and delighted!

Although Shanghai has many concessions from Western countries, the Japanese do not dare to act rashly, and after the "77 Incident," newspapers in Shanghai have been constantly advocating that Shanghai will become an "internationally safe city."

However, how can our own army feel reliable when the foreign big nose falsely guarantees us!

After it was determined that the army sleeping on the street was the 99th Division of the Central Army, the ecstatic people rushed to tell each other! Tears of excitement!

Shanghai! Not abandoned by your homeland!

The name of the 99th Division quickly spread through the crowd with the news, and soon it became a household name in Shanghai!

The citizens of Shanghai also knew that the officer who led this army was none other than General Huang, the "anti-Japanese hero" who was commended in the First Battle of Songhu----

People took out all the food they could take out at home and delivered it to the soldiers of the motherland who were sleeping in the open air, and many vendors who sold breakfast at the stalls moved all the breakfast in front of the team, and the officers of the 99th Division planned to pay for it, and these vendors, who usually had to worry about a copper plate for half a day, jumped to their feet, and they said excitedly:

"Look down on us traders, don't you? We are also Chinese! Can you fight devils with your life, can't we spare such a thing! If you give money, you are slapping us Shanghainese in the face! ”

In the ocean of white flowers, some were thrown directly to the ground, and some were dead or alive, these Shanghai citizens who saw their army for the first time in many years were just tearful ......!

Huang Haoran, who was in the team, saw this touching scene, took a deep breath, and said to Fan Jie, Shen Laoer and Wang Shankui on the side:

"The people support us so much! If this battle is not fought again! But I don't have the shame to see Jiangdong's father! ”

Wang Huanzhi and the others nodded vigorously, and they also felt the heavy expectations of the people!

Fan Jie came over and said:

"Master! The big war is coming, do you want to say a few words to the brothers and encourage them? ”

Xie Wendong and Zhang Jing both said that they should say something, and Huang Haoran asked the nearby officers and soldiers to gather, and he climbed onto the roof of a truck.

Such morale-boosting words have been said many times by Huang Haoran of the 99th Division, but he has never felt so excited today!

Maybe it's because it's too close to the little devil, every cell in Master Huang's body is moving violently!

Looking at the eager eyes of the soldiers, Division Commander Huang began his speech:

"My soldiers!

The uniforms you are wearing now and the emblem of the 99th Division on your chest!

It all symbolizes that you are warriors who fight for national freedom!

Protect your fellow citizens! Not enslaved by the Japanese!

Today is no ordinary day!

We want to send out the roar of our Chinese soldiers to the whole world!

The Japanese are desperate to destroy China!

On the land of China! Now there is a shadow of death everywhere!

But what the Japanese didn't think of!

Chinese soldiers!

To be in the land of Shanghai!

Fight with them!

You guys!

Fighters of the 99th Division!

Now we are the strikers of the whole of China!

Let's accomplish such a glorious mission!

Wait until the war is over!

When we completely drive little Japan out of China!

We'll be able to go home!

We will win in the end!

Brothers!

Raise your weapon!

Kill all the enemies in front of you!

Our nation will live forever in this blood and fire!

I! Stay with you!! ”

After the rousing words were finished, all the officers and soldiers in the audience did not make a sound to respond to their divisional seats, but the sound of breathing in the air began to become heavy......

"I command! ......”

Huang Haoran suddenly raised his voice! The officers of the 99th Division immediately straightened their waists!

"0:00 on the 13th! The 301st Battalion of the 531st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade seized the Yuedong Middle School, the Patriotic Girls' School, the 1st and 3rd Battalions seized Zhizhi University, Wuzhou Cemetery and Hujiang University, and the 4th Battalion Guard Regiment Reserve to concentrate on the response! The 302nd Regiment of the 537th Brigade seized the Bazi Bridge, and the Special Service Battalion and the 532nd Regiment were the divisional reserves! The rest of the troops spread out with me in the direction of the Bazi Bridge! Build a defensive position! ”

"If you encounter a Japanese attack, give me a hard beating!"

The officers were given the order with a bang! Immediately dispersed and returned to his own troops to organize the operation, and the movements of the 99th Division once again went in front of his friendly forces!

Because the Beijing-Shanghai Garrison Command controlled the trains and automobiles in advance and worked out the route and time of the march of each unit, on the same day, the 88th and 87th Divisions all entered the downtown area of Shanghai, and the 1st 10th Artillery Regiment and the 8th Artillery Regiment also entered positions in Zhenru and Dachang. In addition, the Navy also completed its plan to blockade the Yangtze River with a shipwreck in the Jiangyin Waterway.

However, the rapid advance of the 99th Division still disrupted General Zhang's deployment.

The current position of the 99th Division is actually in front of the 88th Division, in the first attack sequence!

The 1st Battalion of the 523rd Regiment of the 262nd Brigade of the 88th Division, which was originally operating at the Bazi Bridge tomorrow, reported to their brigade commander that the 99th Division had entered the Bazi Bridge area ahead of them, and the forward troops were still moving forward!

"Grandma's! What are Huang Haoran and his 99th Division going to do! ”

General Zhang, who has always been self-contained, couldn't help but burst into foul language!

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