5.6 Impact

Dai Mengru and Fang Xiaoqian both saw this scene and were very moved, so Dai Mengru returned to the hotel and wrote hard, a "Xinjiekou, a million donations" in one go, and she asked Fang Xiaoqian to go to the telegraph office and send it back to Shanghai. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Fang Xiaoqian ran to the door, suddenly remembered something, and shouted "oops":

"I can remember where I saw him, do you remember, the hotel we stayed in Changshu, that day suddenly a lot of people came to the hotel, and then I scolded him away, you also taught me a lesson, among those people is today's general, I didn't expect us to see him again in Jinling!"

Dai Mengru was also woken up by Fang Xiaoqian, there is only one lieutenant general in Changshu City, Huang Haoran! In this way, the general on the gold offering platform today is the Huang Haoran it has always wanted to see!

Thinking about it now, Huang Haoran still rubbed shoulders with Dai Mengru, who was anxious to interview the coffin seller, and actually let his interview subject slip away under his nose!

It's all because of the pictorial of foreign devils, the photos are not clear at all, but I used a magnifying glass and didn't see what Huang Haoran looked like!

Dai Mengru was very annoyed!

Dai Mengru's article was quickly published in the "Declaration", and it was still on the front page, and the editor-in-chief sent a telegram to Dai Mengru:

"Stare at Huang Haoran, there is news wherever he is! Which newspaper has him, it is the object of the public's rush to buy! ”

The "Declaration" also gave Dai Mengru a way, and the Shanghai Station of the Ministry of Military Affairs promised to give them a response to Nanjing and arrange an exclusive interview with Huang Haoran.

Dai Mengru was finally able to justifiably press Huang Haoran, and Fang Xiaoqian made fun of Dai Mengru again......

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Huang Haoran's frequent appearance in the Nanjing newspapers greatly stimulated the Japanese War Ministry, which could not tolerate a Chinese who had "killed" two Japanese generals to continue to appear in the newspapers with such a high profile, and the Ministry of War believed that this would be a major blow to the Japanese army in the Songhu area.

The personnel of the "Bamboo Agency" lurking in Nanjing received an order to assassinate Huang Haoran.

However, because the guard in the embassy area on Yihe Road, where Huang Haoran lived, was very strict, and Huang Haoran's daily entry and exit were all guarded by the "military commander" or the staff of the attendant room, the "bamboo organ" waited for several days and did not find a chance to start.

If this order had arrived a few days earlier, Huang Haoran would have been haunting the Jintai all day long, and he would always find an opportunity to start.

Huang Haoran's days in Nanjing have passed day by day, and Minister He has completely regarded Commander Huang as a fortune boy, taking him to shuttle through every fundraising occasion, and Huang Haoran can also exchange a large amount of money every time he appears.

So some people jokingly called Huang Haoran a "fundraising general".

Huang Haoran continued to shine for the supreme authorities' anti-Japanese plan in Nanjing, but the war in Songhu was still in full swing......

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Tokyo, Japan

The Japanese Cabinet has finally made a new decision.

On 1 October, Japan's prime minister, foreign minister, land, and navy decided to expand the war of aggression against China to a limited extent, and formulated the "Outline for Handling the China Incident," which stipulates that "the purpose of military action is to make China quickly lose its will to fight, and it should adopt appropriate means, use troops, and occupy important areas," and "the main areas for land use of troops, roughly Jicha and Shanghai, should be used to conduct naval and air battles in the necessary areas."

The Compendium also argues that through a powerful offensive in October, the Chinese government can be forced to bend its knees and sue for peace.

However, the view of the supreme authorities of the invading Japanese army was very different from that of the Japanese government, and the former believed that "the Nanjing government would probably have a deep sense of defeat in the October offensive in North China and Shanghai, but there are still considerable doubts about whether this sense of defeat has reached the level of dampening its will to resist the war."

Therefore, it is necessary to further carry out large-scale operations against places of political and strategic importance, so that the Chinese Government and people will feel completely defeated.

This was not enough to make them abandon the War of Resistance, that is, to establish an independent regime in North China, to strengthen this independent regime, and to carry out political changes; On the other hand, the air force attack and the naval blockade were carried out in tandem, cutting off the Nanking regime's food routes and financial resources, weakening its ability to wage war, and forcing it to sue for peace."

The differences in the understanding and war guidance (operational guidelines, operational directions, and operational boundaries) between the Japanese government and the Japanese authorities of the Japanese invasion of China on a limited and large-scale expansion of the war of aggression against China had a tremendous impact on the development of the Sino-Japanese War.

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In view of the fact that the entire Songhu battlefield was in a state of stalemate, and that it was impossible to achieve the attempt to go straight to Jiading and cut off Nanxiang, Matsui decided to narrow the encirclement, concentrate his forces to carry out an intermediate breakthrough, and use the Luodian and Dachang highways as the axis to break through Dachang and encircle the Chinese army in western Shanghai.

His operational instructions on September 29 were: "(1) Give up the attempt to capture the enemy's positions on the west bank of the Yangjing River, turn the main force to the left and move south, and from right to left with the 9th, 3rd, and 101st Divisions as the first line, and attack the vicinity of Dachang Town. (2) After the 11th Division advanced to the front line of the Yangjing River, it also rotated to the left to cover the right back of the main force. (3) The 13th Division remained behind the right flank of the main force as the 2nd Line Corps. (4) After attacking the Dachang Town area according to the above-mentioned deployment forces, continue to attack and advance to the front line of Suzhou Creek; When the main force is advancing south, the 11th Division should also move as far south as possible, facing west, to cover the flank of the main force. ”

On October 1, the 101st, 9th, and 13th divisions of the Japanese army arrived in Shanghai and entered the battle one after another according to Matsui Ishone's plan.

On the same day, the 77th Division broke through the positions of Liuhang and Wanqiao for the Japanese army.

On the same night, General Gu ordered the left-wing combat army to retreat to the line of Chenjiaxing, the west bank of the Yangjing River, and the town of Liuhe on the north bank of Yunzaobang.

The units of the Left Wing Combat Army supported each other under the fierce attack of the Japanese army, and retreated one after another, until the night of the 3rd, and withdrew to the position on the west bank of the Yangjing River.

During the retreat, the covering troops suffered heavy casualties. For example, the 1st Company of the 62nd Regiment of the 11th Division was stationed at the Donglin Temple stronghold, and only one wounded platoon commander (Hu Yuzheng) and 5 soldiers remained, but they still held their positions, fought hand-to-hand with the Japanese troops who broke into the stronghold, and killed the Japanese lieutenant squadron leader Nobuyoshi Suda and several soldiers with shovels and bayonets, and finally all of them died.

On October 4, the Japanese 9th and 3rd Divisions had turned their offensive front back to the south.

Matsui Ishone further developed an operational plan for the attack on the town of Oba. Its policy was: "The main attack is to remain on the right flank of the 3rd Division, that is, in the area west of the road from Gujiazhai to Dachang Town." The general offensive is scheduled to begin around 6 or 12 October. Defeat the enemy near Dachang Town, quickly enter the line of Suzhou Creek, destroy the enemy in the area north of Shanghai, and then block the southwest of Shanghai with the strength of about 1 division, and attack Nanxiang with the main force. "From October 5 to 8, the 9th and 3rd Divisions of the Japanese Army continued to attack the area of Yunzaohama in an attempt to occupy the north bank of Yunzaohama as a starting point for the general offensive.

At this time, the Japanese naval air force basically had air supremacy, and the 3rd Fleet and the "Shanghai Dispatch Army" signed an agreement to assist the army in ground operations, stipulating that the 12th and 13th Air Forces would directly support the operations of the 3rd and 9th Divisions. As a result, the Chinese army's defensive operations were even more difficult.

Under the fierce fire of the Japanese army and airpower, the positions of the first line were constantly destroyed by firepower, and the casualties of various units also increased sharply, and the Teaching Brigade (belonging to the 66th Army), the 77th Division, the 59th Division, the 90th Division, and the 67th Division were all withdrawn to the area near Jiading for reorganization, and new troops were used to take over the defense.

On October 8, Chen Cixiu made a new adjustment to the Left Wing Combat Army: "Hu Zongnan, commander-in-chief of the A and Right Regions, and Huang Jie, deputy commander-in-chief, command the 1st Division, 17th Division, 32nd Division, 61st Division, 8th Division, and Tax Police Corps of the 1st Army. B. Xue Yue, commander-in-chief of the central region, and Ye Zhao, deputy commander-in-chief, commanded the 57th, 13th, and 9th divisions, and the 66th Army, 6th Division, and 135th Division. C. Luo Zhuoying, commander-in-chief of the left region, Liu Heding, deputy commander-in-chief, commanded the 44th Division, the 60th Division, the 51st Division, the 56th Division, the 28th Division, the 11th Division, the 14th Division, the 67th Division, the 98th Division, the 34th Independent Brigade, the 4th Security Regiment, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions of the Infantry Artillery Regiment, the 2nd Company of the Field Intelligence Defense Artillery, and the 2nd and 10th Companies of the Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment. D. Liu Handong, commander-in-chief of artillery, commanded the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Artillery Regiment, the 4th Artillery Regiment, the 16th Artillery Regiment, the 10th Independent Artillery Regiment (owed 2nd Battalion), the Artillery Battalion of the Teaching Corps, and the 2nd Company of the Artillery School Training Team. E. Wu Qiwei, commander-in-chief of the General Reserve, and Wang Dongyuan, deputy commander-in-chief, commanded the 69th Division, the 90th Division, the 15th Division, and the 77th Division of the 4th Army (most of which were units under reorganization). ”

On the day that Chen Cheng adjusted his deployment, the Japanese army launched a general attack on the Yunzaobang area, and with the support of sea and air firepower, the 9th Division in the direction of its main attack broke through the position on the north bank of Yunzaobang from the east of Chenjiaxing, forcibly crossed Yunzaobang, and occupied a beachhead about 1 km near the Heida Yellow House.

Under the stubborn resistance of the Chinese army, the Japanese army made extremely difficult progress, and the 9th and 3rd divisions could only use the method of trench operation, advancing meter by meter.

In the battle, the Tax Police Corps, the 16th Division, and the 8th Division suffered heavy losses. For example, the 8th Division had only a few hundred officers and men left, and many brigade and regiment commanders were wounded.

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On October 14, it was replaced by the 19th Division, the 1st Division and the 134th Division and the 133rd Division of the newly arrived 20th Army, and the original troops were withdrawn to the vicinity of Beixinjing Town and Jiangqiao Town for reorganization.

The Japanese breakthrough at the Utsuzahama position threatened the left flank of the Central Combat Army, so the Third Theater threw the newly arrived 21st Army into this direction, and issued Operational Order No. 4 on October 14. The command reads as follows:

"(1) The army should first consolidate its current position, and then try to extinguish the enemy army on the south bank of Yunzaobang and restore the original positions of Liu Hang and Luodian.

(2) The Right Wing Army should consolidate the garrison along the river and along the coast, break the enemy's attempt to land, and use the positions on the banks of the Pudong and Huangpu rivers to carry out disruptive fire on the enemy's base areas and enemy ships. The construction of fortifications in the fortifications of the positions near Songjiang and the Jiazha and Cha positions should be completed quickly.

(3) The Central Combat Army should first consolidate the front on the south bank of Yunzaobang, and quickly strengthen the reserve positions from Pengpu to Dachang and Jiangwan to Dachang, to Laojiaoqiao, to Xinjing Bridge, and to Chenjiahang, and then transfer the main force from the area west of Tangqiao Station to extinguish the enemy on the south bank of Yunzaobang and advance to the area south of Liuhang. In addition, the first part was used as the vigilance and garrison in southern and western Hunan, and the construction of positions on the west bank of the Huangpu River.

(4) The left flank combat army should first use one part as the garrison of the riverbank, and the main force should first consolidate the original front, and strengthen the reserve positions from Nanxiang to Malu Town, to Dengxinqiao, to Xinjing River, and to Liuhe Town, and then cooperate with the Central Army to transfer the offensive and advance to the areas around Liuhang and Luodian.

(5) The 11th Army Corps should serve as the garrison of the riverbank with the main force, construct the field fortifications of the Wufu position and the Kunzhi position, and actively equip the defense of the Taihu area.

(6) The river defense troops on both sides of the Yangtze River should tightly seal the towns near Jiangyin, serve as the garrison of the river bank, and build field fortifications in the Jiangyin fortress area.

(7) The artillery corps shall occupy positions in the area east of Xiaonanxiang with its main force, and the first part shall occupy positions near Malu Town, and shall be able to point with full fire to the south bank of Yunzaobang west of Tangqiao Station and the area south of Guangfu, so as to support the fighting of the 21st Army and the 19th Army. To suppress the enemy's artillery, it is necessary to carry out a rapid attack and fire in a short time. "Operational Territory: The dividing line between the Right Wing Combat Army and the Central Combat Army is the same as before; The boundary between the Central Combat Army and the Left Wing Combat Army is the line connecting Nanxiang Bus Station to Xiaonanxiang, Tangjiaqiao, Chenjiahang, Yangjiazhai, and Liuhang, and the line belongs to the Central Combat Army.

After the Third Theater assigned the area on the south bank of Yunzaobang to the Central Combat Army, Zhu Shaoliang immediately divided the troops on the south bank of Yunzaobang under the command of Liao Lei, commander-in-chief of the 21st Group Army, according to the army division in Order No. 4.

After fierce fighting from the 15th to the 18th, the 133rd and 134th divisions suffered heavy losses, and were later transferred to the Nanxiang area for reorganization, and the 173rd and 174th divisions took over the defense. The latter two divisions were the main forces of the 48th Army of the Guijun system, and they were newly transferred from Guangxi to Xuzhou and Haizhou to the Songhu battlefield, and their morale was extremely high, the infantry was well equipped with light weapons, the combat effectiveness was very strong, and the discipline was also good, but they lacked actual combat experience and understanding of modern warfare, emphasized the spiritual factor, and neglected the use of tactics and the construction of fortifications. For example, one regiment of the 174th Division was attacked by the enemy's firepower, but according to the general situation, the whole regiment concentrated in formation, and the regiment commander spoke before entering the position, so it was attacked by the Japanese air force during the concentration, and lost nearly half of its strength before entering the position.

The Japanese 9th Division gradually advanced southward, and a gap appeared between it and the 11th Division, which was covering the right flank. Matsui Ishine put a part of the 13th Division into battle from the joint to strengthen the attack capability of the first line. The fighting intensified, and its forward force had advanced to about 5 kilometers south of Tsumohama.

If the current front is broken through again, the Japanese army will be able to move straight to the main field, and China's central combat army will be in danger of being cut off from the rear route.

Therefore, the leaders of the Third Theater and Bai Chongxi, deputy chief of staff, decided to use the 48th Army of the Gui system, which had newly entered the battlefield, as the main force, to counterattack the Japanese troops on the south bank of Yunzaobang, and issued the No. 5 operational order to transfer the offensive at 21 o'clock on October 18.

After receiving the order from the theater, the Central Combat Army issued an order at 10 o'clock on the 19th: "With the newly arrived troops of the 21st Group Army, form an attack army, and transfer the offensive in coordination with the left flank combat army; The 9th Army should divert the offensive in the area north of Dachang Town with strong forces to plan for the operations of the attacking army, and special attention should be paid to the fact that while attacking, all armies along the whole line should make sorties to contain the enemy's movements. ”

After receiving the order from the theater of operations, the Left Wing Combat Army issued an order at 10:40 on the 19th.

Since the actions of the attacking armies were under the command of Xue Yue, commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army, Chen Cixiu added one more attacking army than stipulated in the theater order in order to make the counterattack more powerful.

Its order was: "The 21st Army, with the 6th Infantry Regiment as the backbone, is organized as the 1st Route Attack Army, under the command of Commander-in-Chief Xue...... The 19th Group Army, with the 66th Army, was organized as the second attack army, and advanced by the frontal attack of Mengjiazhai and Majiazhai, maintaining the focus on the right flank, the first attack target was the line of Yangjiazhai, Xuzhai, and Tangqiaotou, and the second attack target was the line of Tiandu and Sunjiatou. The 15th Group Army, with the 98th Division, was organized as the third route attack army, and advanced from Guangshenfu and Fei Jiazhai to attack head-on, maintaining the focus on the right flank, the first attack target was the line of Peng's house, Zhang's house, and Ni's house, and the second attack target was the line of Laozhai and Zhang's house. All are under the command of Commander-in-Chief Xue. ”

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Xue Yue, the word Boling, Han nationality, Hakka people in Xiaopingshi Village, Jiufeng Town, Lechang County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong. Formerly known as Xue Yangyue, because he was born during the Sino-Japanese War, he was named Xue Yangyue because his father admired Yue Fei, the anti-Jin national hero of the Southern Song Dynasty, and later changed his name to Xue Yue, in order to show that he not only admired Yue Fei but also practiced it.

Among the generals of the Nanjing government, Huang Haoran had a very good impression of Xue Yue, mainly because Xue Yue had repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army in history, and even created the famous "Wanjialing Victory".

Xue Yue is definitely a tiger general.

His anti-Japanese mood was fiery.

On August 20, 1937, the Nanjing government established the Third Reserve Army in Yunnan and Guizhou, with Long Yun as the commander and Xue Yue as the deputy commander.

During this period, Xue Yue sent three telegrams to Chiang Kai-shek, asking him to go on the expedition.

On September 17, on the same day that Xue Yue's request to go to Shanghai to participate in the war was granted, he set off for Nanjing. On the 22nd, Xue Yue arrived at the back of Nanjing to meet Chiang Kai-shek, and was later appointed commander-in-chief of the 19th Army. On the 24th, he immediately galloped to Shanghai to command the operation.

Xue Yue was a well-known general who used his brains to fight, but when his 19th Army went to the Songhu battlefield, he was still stunned.

What kind of battle is this?

The superior forces of the Central Army were all nested in the trenches and the Japanese were dead, and the artillery fire of the Chinese army was not superior.

Fortunately, Huang Haoran's 99th Division allowed Xue Yue to see a glimmer of light, and it was precisely because of Huang Haoran's repeated disobedience that the 99th Army made a series of gains.

Xue Yue was envious of Huang Haoran, and in his mind, he had practiced attacks countless times, and it could even be said that some of Huang Haoran's fighting styles and Xue Yue's ideas completely coincided.

If the 19th Group Army can also take the initiative to attack like the 99th Army, Xue Yue is confident that he will not fight worse than Huang Haoran.

But this can only be thought about.

Xue Yue didn't have as much courage as Huang Haoran, Shangfeng's control over him was very tight, and Xue Yue could feel that Nanjing was constantly interfering with his arrangement.

He could only drive his soldiers to the trenches to suffer Japanese shells, adding a battalion after a battalion was finished, and adding a regiment after a regiment was finished.

Seeing his subordinates lying in a pool of blood, Xue Yue's heart was dripping blood!

Why concentrate hundreds of thousands of troops in Songhu, where there is not the slightest fortification, to suffer from Japanese shells? Is the defense line built at a high cost just an ornament?

When the 99th Army retreated to Changshu, Xue Yue seemed very happy, and with Huang Haoran guarding the back door of his 19th Group Army, he Xue Yue was relieved.

Chen Cixiu's latest order finally has a limited attack arrangement, Xue Yue wants to learn from Huang Haoran, let's cut first and then play, and expand the matter first!

The attacking spirit of the 99th Army began to have an impact on the Chinese troops fighting in Songhu...... (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )