A new force has arrived on the Songhu battlefield After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident broke out on July 7, 1937, the situation in Shanghai suddenly became tense... On August 9, the Japanese soldier Cao Dashan Yongfu trespassed on Hongqiao Airport and was shot and killed by our airport security forces.The Japanese threatened China to withdraw all troops from Shanghai, and the Chinese certainly could not accept it.The war in Shanghai began immediately. In fact, long before the gunfire in the Songhu area, the Chinese side had urgently mobilized the 87th Division Wang Jingjiu and the 88th Division Sun Yuanliang from Changshu, Wuxi and other places to secretly enter Shanghai.These two troops are the troops of General Zhang Zhizhong, the Beijing-Shanghai garrison commander. They are the elite of the Central Army with sufficient personnel and excellent equipment. The Japanese only have more than 3,000 marines stationed in Hongkou and Zhabei. The strength of China and Japan is very different. It could have defeated the Japanese army in one go.But even after the war started, Chiang Kai-shek still had illusions and pinned his hopes on the international alliance, which caused the opportunity to be missed. The Japanese were able to continuously increase their troops in Shanghai, while the Chinese side was at loggerheads with it.

The affluent Songhu area is the center of China's economy and the lifeblood of the Jiang family dynasty.At this time, Chiang Kai-shek decided to mobilize the national army to fight the Japanese in Songhu. At 1 a.m. on August 20, the 51st Division of the National Revolutionary Army received a telegram from the Military Commission to enter Shanghai to participate in the war. At that time, they were training and replenishing in Nanzheng, Yangxian, Xixiang and other places in Shaanxi.As a professional soldier, division commander Wang Yaowu jumped up from the bed like a spring, and immediately ordered his subordinates, Zhou Zhidao, commander of the 151st brigade, and Li Tianxia, ​​commander of the 153rd brigade, to assemble at Baoji Railway Station within 4 hours. Drive to Songhu and join the battle in Shanghai!

Since Zhang Zhizhong led his troops to fight against the enemy, the officers and soldiers of the 51st Division have been gearing up, always paying attention to the developments in Shanghai, and looking forward to the military commission's order to join the war. In less than 4 hours, more than 12,000 people from the whole division had already armed with guns and towed cannons, prepared enough food and ammunition, and boarded the train. In the east, a blush has already appeared. The carriages were filled with slogans, applause and singing. "March of the Great Sword" and "March of the Volunteers" were accompanied by the roar of the Yellow River not far away, and in the sound of sirens from time to time, they whizzed and drifted eastward.

Wang Yaowu is well aware of this army brought out by himself. Wang Yaowu, courtesy name Zuomin, was born in Shangwangzhuang, Taian, Shandong. He worked in a tobacco company in Tianjin and a biscuit company in Shanghai in his early years. He entered the Whampoa Military Academy in the winter of 1924. After graduation, he joined the 11th Division 3 of the 1st Army of the National Revolutionary Army Regiment 4 served as second lieutenant and platoon leader, and was promoted to captain and company commander.Wang Huiwu was good at leading troops, and was favored by He Yingqin, the commander of the 1st Army. In October 1927, He Yingqin transferred him to the 4th Regiment of the 22nd Division of the 1st Army as the commander of the 3rd Battalion.After the Northern Expedition, Liu Qi replaced He Yingqin as the commander of the 1st Army and led his troops to the outskirts of Xuzhou. 2 regiment lieutenant colonel deputy.Soon, the 1st Army went to Henan to participate in the Jiang, Feng, and Fujian Central Plains War. Wang Yaowu made many achievements in this battle, so he was promoted to regiment commander in September 1930.The righteousness of the Shandong people and the honing of the life of a young clerk have created his loyal, resolute, brave and alert personality, and he has forged all these into the spirit of his team.In the fourth "bandit suppression" war, Chiang Kai-shek personally led an army of 500,000, including the 1st Army, to besiege the Jiangxi Red Army. As a result, all the armies were either killed or injured, and fled one after another. Stand alone for 24 days without breaking the city.After the war, Chiang Kai-shek encouraged the student, praised him for his courage and courage, and appointed him as the commander of the 1st Supplementary Brigade with the rank of major general. At this time, Wang Yaowu was only 28 years old.

The team of the 51st division was set up at this time. In October 1934, when the Japanese invaded North China, Chiang Kai-shek launched the fifth "bandit suppression" war.In November of that year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sent an anti-Japanese advance team composed of the Red Ten Corps. Led by Fang Zhimin, Liu Chouxi and others, they went north to publicize the Communist Party's anti-Japanese proposition.Chiang Kai-shek panicked and urgently ordered Yu Jishi, the chief of the security department of Zhejiang Province and the commander-in-chief of "suppressing bandits", to lead his troops to block the attack, and Wang Yaowu was assigned to Yu Jishi's command. From then on, the two formed a deep relationship.As the advance team of the Red Army went deep alone and lacked assistance, two months later, the commander of the Red 19th Division died in Huaizhou. After making great contributions, Wang Yaowu was promoted to the commander of the 51st Division.Since then, under the care of Chiang Kai-shek, the soldiers of the 51st Division have excellent combat effectiveness.Become a Class A division of the Kuomintang Army.

Now, they are going to the front line of the Anti-Japanese War. The sky was bright, and the train was speeding on the Longhai Line.Wang Yaowu called the officers above the battalion into his carriage and mobilized before the battle. Although after running around in the middle of the night, there was no trace of fatigue on everyone's faces, and everyone looked refreshed. "Brothers, our army was ordered by the supreme commander to go to the front to fight the devils, and the time has come for revenge!" Wang Yaowu, who had always been serious, began to lecture with a frosty face.

Glancing at the more than 20 subordinates who lived and died together, he continued: "Everyone knows that since the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese have bullied our country's strength and weakness, repeatedly provoked troubles, killed my people, raped my sisters, and occupied my land. The September 18th bloodstains were not dry, the January 28th massacre started, the Battle of the Great Wall just ended, and the Marco Polo Bridge incident started again! As a soldier, I can’t defend my home and country with a gun. Famous! Now, the beacon fire in Pingjin has been ignited, and the sound of artillery on the Songhu battlefield is heard again. It is time for me to wait for the bloody battlefield and serve the country! This army is a strong army, and I have been rewarded by the chairman many times, but yesterday’s achievements are not as good as today’s The battle of the war is very different. The enemy is at hand and the nation is supreme. Now you can let go of your hands and feet and fight a big battle! Yaowu hopes that all brothers will work together and move forward bravely. brilliant!"

As soon as Wang Yaowu finished speaking, Cheng Zhihuo, the commander of the 302nd Regiment, who had been gnashing his teeth, stood up and said loudly: "Please rest assured, Master! It is our long-cherished wish to kill the enemy and serve the country. This time we will go to the battlefield, and we must take a few from the little devil." The blood debt of ten years has been paid off!" "Yes! To fight for the freedom of the nation and the dignity of the Chinese people, we must live up to the mission and honor of the party-state soldiers and drive the Japanese devils back to the mainland!" Qiu Weida, head of the 306 regiment who had just returned from studying in Germany, said solemnly.

Hu Hao, the battalion commander of the first battalion, was stout and strong. He was usually brave in battle, but he was not good at words. Seeing everyone expressing their opinions one after another, he stood up unwillingly: "I have nothing to say. Two words, fight, strike with dignity; die, A worthy death!" Wang Yaowu nodded, showing approval to everyone.Just as he was about to announce the end of the meeting, sitting in the corner of the carriage, Zhang Lingfu, the head of the 305th Regiment who had remained calm all this time, punched the coffee table in front of him with a "boom" and looked out the window angrily, saying word by word: "Ning! For the sake of fighting dead ghosts, don't be a slave to the subjugated country!"

"Yes, Zhong Lin is right! It is better to die in battle than to be a subjugated slave! We must let the pirates have a taste of the 51st division!" Wang Yaowu said confidently and firmly, looking at the subordinates in front of him. A night attack, the 51st Division wiped out 500 enemies in the first battle, the news was reported on the front page of "Shenzhen" Due to enemy planes bombing and harassing Longhai from time to time, the 51st Division stopped and stopped along the way, and did not arrive at Anting Station until the evening of the 24th, resting and waiting for orders.On the previous day, dispatched by the Japanese Ministry of Army and the General Staff, its 3rd Division, 11th Division, 1st Division, and 8th Division each departed from the local ports of Atsuta and Tadotsu. They landed in Chuanshakou, Shizilin and other places in the northern suburbs of Shanghai one after another, targeting Baoshan, Luodian, and Liuhe in order to threaten our left flank.

At the beginning of the Battle of Songhu, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Feng Yuxiang as the commander-in-chief of the third theater to be responsible for commanding the operations in the area. Later, as the war expanded, Chiang Kai-shek then transferred Feng Yuxiang as the commander-in-chief of the sixth theater, and personally appointed the commander-in-chief of the Shanghai theater. And divide the defense area and make a unified arrangement so that each unit can perform its own duties.Zhang Zhizhong's 9th Army is the Central Army, which is in charge of fighting in the urban area and its surrounding areas; Zhang Fakui leads the 8th Army as the right-wing army, responsible for the defense of Songjiang, Minhang, and Nanhui; Chen Cheng governs the 15th Army as the left-wing army, responsible for Jiading, Luodian , Yuepu and other places. In accordance with the order of the Shanghai theater, the 51st Division was placed under the command of the 15th Army. At that time, Chen Cheng's direct descendant, Peng Shan's 11th Division was fighting against the Japanese landing in the Luodian area. After 2 days, this elite unit was almost wiped out. Peng Shan called the army commander Luo Zhuoying: "Army seat, the 11th division is almost finished. If you don't change your defense, you will go to the battlefield tomorrow to collect my corpse." !" Luo Zhuoying single-handedly selected Peng Shan, a first-year student of Huangpu who was born in Huangpi, Hubei.Hearing the tragic and tragic words of his confidant and beloved general, Luo Zhuoying felt a bit of sadness in his heart, and immediately reported the situation to Chen Cheng. Chen Cheng found Wang Yaowu who had just got off the bus in Anting by phone. "Hello, Commander Zuo Min? I'm Chen Cixiu. You've marched thousands of miles, and your pommel horse is exhausted. Now the military situation is urgent. I hope you will carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of fatigue and sacrifice. Go to Luodian immediately and take over the defense area of ​​the 11th Division. What's the matter?" Is it difficult?" As early as when he was studying at the Whampoa Military Academy, Wang Yaowu knew about Chen Cheng, an instructor. Later, during the Eastern Expedition to Chen Jiongming, the artillery company commander Chen Cheng took out an enemy stronghold with three shots, clearing the way for the troops to advance. "Chen Cixiu's three cannons will determine the universe" made Wang Yaowu even more admired. Now he can fight under the leadership of Chen Cheng, Wang Yaowu is very happy.Hearing Chen Cheng's order, he said bluntly, "No problem, Commander Chen! The 51st Division will set off immediately!" In this way, taking advantage of the inconvenient movement of enemy planes in the dark night, the 51st Division touched Luodian and quietly replaced the remnants of the 11th Division that could not be organized. The enemy's position was also dead silent, and seemed to have fallen asleep due to fatigue. On the contrary, the officers and soldiers of the 51st Division who had gone through the rapid march were extremely excited, and their mood for fighting was also high. "Let's fight, Commander, take advantage of his unpredictability, and kill him without leaving a piece of armor!" Zhou Zhidao, commander of the 151st brigade, said to Wang Yaowu, patting the box cannon on his waist. This idea coincides with Wang Yaowu's. Sun Ziyun: "Surprise by surprise, attack by surprise", this is what it means! "Okay!" He nodded decisively. In this way, the 51st Division used the 135th Brigade as the reserve team and the 151st Brigade as the assault force, and launched a lightning attack on the enemies in Luodian Town and several surrounding villages on the east, west, and middle routes. All of a sudden, there were gunshots and killings.The frontal enemy is the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, which was formed by young students from Nagoya. Although they were prepared, most of the sentries had fallen asleep with their guns in their hands. Therefore, when the soldiers of the 151st Brigade rushed to the front, Many devils met Hades in their dreams. To the east of Luodian, there is a big river called Malu River, and a tributary of Malu River called Baihe River, which is wide and deep.Anyone with a little common sense knows that under the starlight and moonlit night, the river water is slightly white, and it looks like a road from a distance.Hatoyama, the squadron leader of the 40th Squadron of the 68th Regiment of the Japanese Army, didn't understand this situation. Under the pursuit of the Chinese, he hurriedly fled towards the river with more than 100 remnants, and suddenly found a large road lying in front of him.God help me too!Hatoyama let out a strange laugh, and joyfully took the lead and jumped onto the "road". However, this group of Nagoya student soldiers did not practice swimming skills other than learning "Bushido" at school.Therefore, most of the landlubbers in this archipelago have become exotic water ghosts! As a result, the Japanese army lost Luodian and retreated to several villages in the beach of Sichuan. After fighting overnight, the 51st Division won a major victory in annihilating more than 500 enemies at the cost of more than a hundred casualties! The next day, "Shenbao" reported the news on the front page.The article in it praised: "The 51st Division's night attack victory, its bravery and wit, really inspired the hearts of the people in the country. This is not only the glory of the soldiers in front, but also the glory of all the people. Its illustrious record will surely stir up our Kyushu. Compatriots have a higher fighting spirit against the enemy." A giant photo of Wang Yaowu in military uniform is also attached to the right of the press release. Chen Cheng said to the officers and soldiers of the 58th Division: The enemy used light and heavy machine guns when they landed, and anyone who fired three rounds of "papa papa" was to test you and ask you "are you afraid".what should we do?We should fire it with two rounds and answer it: "Not afraid"!It's easy to fight a tank, put a grenade in a sack, and blow it up!Pour it with rosin oil, set it on fire and roast it like a tortoise! The 51st Division won the first battle and received a reward from the Shanghai Theater Command.Chen Cheng was also very happy. The next night, he came to the garrison positions along the river to express his condolences.He brought a box of canned beef made in the United States to each of the officers and soldiers of the 51st Division. At the command post of the 51st Division, seeing Wang Yaowu whose cap was covered with cannon fodder, Chen Cheng asked with a smile, "Zuomin, do you still remember the two sentences that the Prime Minister wrote on the school gate when he was studying in the military academy?" To this short officer, Wang Yaowu always maintained the serious look of a soldier.After paying the military salute, he replied sternly: "Remember! If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, don't enter this door. If you want to get promoted and get rich, please go the other way." "Okay! In the face of a strong enemy, revolutionary soldiers should be ashamed and brave, and fight for the survival of the Chinese nation without hesitation!" Chen Cheng said, patting Wang Yaowu on the shoulder. Wang Yaowu was greatly encouraged. When sending Chen Cheng out of the command post, he said as he walked: "Please rest assured, Commander, people are in the position, and the spirit of death is alive. The foot of the 51st Division is the grave of the enemy! Chen Cheng laughed: "I love to hear the first two sentences, and I also like to hear the second sentence, but I only like to hear the second half of the middle sentence. I want you to be energetic!" It didn't look like they were in a battlefield, but rather like they were taking a walk in the courtyard. The group talked and laughed softly, shaking hands and saying goodbye. To the north of the 51st Division's position are two villages called Shujiajie and Dawangzhai. The troops of the 58th Division live here. Their main task is to prevent the enemy from landing at the Liuhe Estuary to defend our position on the left wing of Luodian.Chen Cheng came here as soon as he walked out of the 51st Division's line of defense. The 58th Division was just transferred from Shashi for training. The division commander Yu Jishi was a first-year student in Huangpu, a native of Fenghua, Zhejiang, and the cousin of Chairman Jiang.Anyway, it’s a multi-layered relationship. Both he and his uncle Yu Feipeng (then the Minister of Communications) were known to Jiang, and their official careers went smoothly. For a while, Yu Jishi also served as the head of the national government’s security regiment and the commander of the Central Military Police. Almost no one else. To say that Yu Jishi is a soldier is better to say that he is more like a literati.A pair of gold-plated glasses under the military cap, coupled with a clear complexion and a gentle Wu language, often make people see him as a scholar rather than a general.But his subordinates all know that this seemingly gentle and elegant division commander is actually powerful but not angry, strict but not severe. Except for a few senior generals in the army, there are few who are not afraid of him, especially his two piercing electric discharges. like eyes. Of course, with Chen Cheng, Yu Jishi still speaks the waxy Fenghua official dialect; The two are naturally very affectionate. The Dawang's house was defended by the 262 brigade. The brigade commander Feng Shengfa was Yu Jishi's brother-in-law, a native of Zhuji, Zhejiang, and a first-year student in Huangpu.Feng Shengfa led them to inspect the frontline positions. In a trench, Chen Cheng asked the soldiers who had just entered the battlefield: "Are you afraid of fighting with the Japanese soldiers?" A tall soldier said: "Those who are not afraid of him are afraid of his weapons. Their weapons are good." "What weapon are you afraid of?" Chen Cheng stared at him and asked. "Heavy machine guns, tanks".The tall soldier answered simply. Chen Cheng said "Oh" very easily, and said: "Soldiers come to block you, water comes to cover you, don't be afraid." He pointed in the direction of the Yangtze River, and said with gestures: "When the enemy lands, they usually use light and heavy machine guns to open the way. It is famous that anyone who fires with three rounds of "Pa Pa Pa" is testing us and asking us "are you afraid". What should we do, we should fire it with two rounds and tell it: not afraid! The whole body of the tank It is iron armor, which cannot be pierced by needles or splashed by water. It looks indestructible, but there are ways to cure it. Doesn’t it walk on iron chains? It’s called tracks. You blow it up with grenades in sacks. Once the tracks are broken, it It can’t move anymore, waiting to be beaten, there is another way, it is afraid of fire, you pour it with rosin oil, set it on fire and burn it to death, a tortoise bastard, it will definitely work!” After all, he had been a tactical instructor at the Whampoa Military Academy for more than a year. Chen Cheng spoke vividly and eloquently, and the people present also sounded with gusto, eager to use it immediately. In that environment, it certainly wouldn't take long to use these tactics. At noon the next day, the sun was scorching hot, and the Japanese army started the landing operation again.At the mouth of the Liu River, a dozen or so Japanese warships were moored at once. As usual, the front guns, tail guns, and broadside guns on their warships were like poisonous snakes spitting out letters, and they continued to move towards Shujia Street, Dawang The house was bombarded for half an hour. The Songhu area was originally an alluvial plain of the Yangtze River, with sandy soil. Most of our military bunkers were built from these vulnerable sandy soils. Therefore, after the enemy shelled, our trenches were filled, bunkers were destroyed, and soldiers were either buried or buried. Sacrifice, lying down, everywhere.More soldiers with missing arms and legs, moaned, shouted, and cursed. Feng Shengfa was so angry that his eyes widened. He asked Li Ziyi, the commander of the 504 regiment beside him, to quickly organize the team and prepare to meet the enemy's infantry attack. Sure enough, after landing on the small raft, the Japanese army set up a heavy machine gun and fired at them with a "crack".With the method taught by Chen Cheng, Li Ziyi also ordered our army's heavy machine guns to respond to two bursts of burst fire!The Japanese seemed to really understand what their opponents meant, so they stopped playing the game slowly, but poured bullets like crazy, and then the tanks cleared the way, and the soldiers followed. The 6 tanks are advancing side by side, like 6 bison coming straight to my position!The infantry behind the tanks, the 58th Division has a way, throwing grenades, rifle bursts are very effective, so after a while, the enemy's infantry either died or fled, and only 6 tanks were still in front of our formation, crushing and rushing! burn it! Someone yelled loudly, which woke up all the officers and soldiers huddled in the trench. The company commander Zhang Zihao picked up a bucket of pine perfume that had been baked into liquid in the sun, jumped up, and rushed towards a tank.Suddenly, a stray bullet flew over, and Zhang Lianchang staggered and fell to the ground, but the barrel of pine perfume in his hand was still standing upright! "Company Commander!" A skinny private first class shouted, jumped out of the ditch, picked up the barrel of pine perfume, and climbed onto a tank.After pouring the pine perfume three times, he took out the match tremblingly, struck four or five times, and then threw the flame on the pine perfume. The rosin burned, and the tank turned into a pile of fireballs. The enemy driver hiding in it seemed that he couldn't bear it anymore, so he opened the top cover, but when he poked his head out, dozens of bullets flew in and killed him. He hit a flower in all directions! Another tank was overturned in a ditch.The remaining four tanks ran towards the river with full horsepower as if they had encountered a death-defying ghost. "Roasted tortoise with rosin" has since become a good talk on the battlefield in Songhu. When the 51st Division was retreating, Zhang Lingfu had a flash of inspiration and used charcoal baskets to block the cavalry! The weather in Shanghai is as eye-catching as it is eye-catching, and it is raining as it rains.This weather caused great trouble to the defenders.The Songhu area was originally a low-lying land with water networks and ditches. When the trenches were dug to a depth of one meter, the groundwater could wet the soles of shoes. In deeper trenches, officers and soldiers had to fight barefoot.Now the continuous heavy rain has flooded the trenches into water dragons, and the water level is at least waist deep.In order to guard against the enemy's sneak attack, the officers and soldiers had to stand in the water, climb on the parapet, and be vigilant at all times.Many wounded soldiers were soaked in water for a long time, their wounds were infected and festered, and they could not receive good treatment. In the end, their minor injuries turned into serious injuries, and many of them died because of this. Wang Yaowu not only scolded the ghost weather, but also scolded the devil soldier. The rain also had an impact on the devil soldiers. For example, their planes and tanks were not as rampant as before, but they still took the initiative on the battlefield. Their artillery could bombarded indiscriminately, and their cavalry could cross the ditch. , splashing in the water, rushing back and forth, almost entering the land of no one. On August 29, Luodian fell, and the whole army was shaken. The entire left-wing army retreated to the Zhabei-Jiangwan-Miaohang line, and the 51st Division guarded Shuangcaodun and other places. Shuangcaodun is two small highlands separated by 500 or 600 meters, with an altitude of 30 to 40 meters.Behind the small highland is a big market, where merchants from the north and the south gathered. It was very prosperous before the war, but now the merchants and people have fled, and this place has become a deserted and dead place. After the 51st Division was stationed here, the arrogant cavalry regiment of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army also pursued here, causing the 51st Division to suffer some losses. retreat. According to past experience, the enemy who has suffered a loss will definitely make a comeback and organize a larger-scale retaliatory action.For this reason, Wang Yaowu called the battalion commanders of the group to hold a pre-war discussion meeting, and wanted to hear everyone's strategies for defeating the enemy. Hu Hao, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, said: Dig wide and deep trenches to prevent the enemy from crossing. This is an old method that has been used before, but the effect is not ideal, because the enemy's artillery bombarded the trenches and flattened them, and the trenches were wide and deep. The trench is almost equal to nothing, so most people do not agree with this laborious practice. Liu Zhenwu, deputy of the 306 regiment, said: Concentrate artillery fire on the enemy cavalry. The idea is feasible, but there are many difficulties in implementing it.One is that the concentrated cannons may be destroyed by the enemy's long-range heavy artillery; the other is that our artillery shells are limited, and each mountain cannon is only equipped with 4 rounds. Once used up.Therefore, everyone also thinks that this is not a good way. The idea on the left was not working, and the idea on the right was rejected. Everyone had no good plan and was speechless for a while. At this time, a person in the back row stood up and said: "I have a plan, and I will definitely defeat the enemy." Everyone followed the sound and saw that it was Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 305th regiment. Zhang Lingfu has always been a character who can't hide his edges and corners, and likes to innovate and sing high in everything.Back then, when the native of Chang'an, Shaanxi Province was studying in the History Department of Peking University, he heard that the Southern Whampoa Military Academy was recruiting students, so he decided to join the army without saying a word, and entered the fourth phase of Whampoa.Although his academic performance cannot be compared with that of his classmate Lin Biao at the same time, his rigorous style of work and wise and brave strategy are also outstanding. Therefore, in the Northern Expedition Army, he worked from the company commander to the regiment commander, and became a general under Wang Yaowu. It cannot be said that he is unhappy, but as a martial artist, he is too superstitious about the role of violence. He admires Napoleon and Hitler so much that he even deliberately cut his hair into a Hitler-style split.He even used violence on his family members. In 1936, just because of a joke made by a colleague, saying that his wife had "leaved the wall", he killed his virtuous and kind wife in vain.As soon as this incident happened, all walks of life were outraged, and the women's community even protested like a wave. Even Soong Meiling believed that "killing innocent people in vain is too much for heaven's sake."As a result, on the way to Nanjing, Zhang Lingfu was not bound or escorted. He walked all the way and sold calligraphy all the way, and came to Nanjing Model Prison alone.He imitated Yu Youren's handwriting since he was a child. He thought it was just for fun, but this time he solved the trouble of becoming a prisoner! The anti-Japanese army flourished, and after Wang Yaowu interceded, Zhang Lingfu was released from prison, and Chiang Kai-shek allowed him to commit crimes and make meritorious service.Soon, the talented Zhang Lingfu became the head of Wang Yaowu's team again. Zhang Lingfu is a person who is good at seizing opportunities and strikes late. Like today's pre-war meeting, he saw that everyone was talking a lot, and the opinions were about the same, and all of them were rejected. Then he started to show his superiority. Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Zhang Lingfu raised his two sword eyebrows, and expressed his thoughts simply: "I walked around the Shuangcaodun market yesterday and found that it used to be a place for charcoal trading. The big market is now full of people and the shops are empty, leaving only a mountain of charcoal baskets piled up in the yards of the merchants. If we collect these bamboo baskets and place them in front of the battle, the enemy cavalry will surely get stuck in the charcoal baskets when they pass by. In the middle, you can’t get rid of it, you can’t run, and you’ll just fall down and get beaten!” After speaking, Zhang Lingfu revealed an imperceptible smile. "Good! This is a simple and easy plan!" Zhou Zhidao, commander of the 151st Brigade, applauded his subordinates first! Wang Yaowu also nodded. Although some of Zhang Lingfu's weird talks are often dismissed by everyone, but this time everyone thinks that his strange trick can be tried, and it doesn't cost much anyway! In the early morning of the next day, a hot air balloon rose from the Japanese position, observed our defense situation from a high altitude, and directed its artillery to bombard it. Without any accident, 10 or so minutes later, the enemy shells roared in like hail, and the clods and water droplets splashed after the explosion floated in the air like fireworks. The officers and soldiers of the 51st Division have more and more experience in the battle with the 3rd Division. They have already figured out the enemy's offensive routine. When the enemy artillery attacks, most of them are evacuated to the rear; After that, they quickly went to the edge of the trench and hid in the bomb crater, preparing to meet the attack of the enemy's infantry.Thousands of bamboo baskets were damaged, but most of them were still lying a hundred meters before the formation. Sure enough, under the cover of machine guns, the cavalry of the 3rd Regiment ran towards the position of the 51st Division screaming like beasts rushing out of the cage. 200 meters, 180 meters, 150 meters, 120 meters, "Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" In a blink of an eye, the Japanese seemed to be possessed by evil spirits, falling down one after another, row after row. Come over, the back stepped on the front, the standing ones stepped on the fallen ones, people and horses piled on each other, and the horses howled. Most of the more than 400 cavalry were trapped in the charcoal basket formation, with casualties. Hu Hao, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, couldn't hold back his joy for a long time. As soon as the regimental commander Qiu Weida gave the command to charge, he rushed forward like an arrow leaving the string, leading the team. The anger that had accumulated for many days was like a burst of magma, spraying on the huddled enemies, rifles, machine guns, and grenades all aimed at the pile of trapped animals waiting to be slaughtered. After this battle, in addition to the escape of more than 100 devils, the cavalry regiment of the 3rd Division lost more than 200 troops and lost more than 300 horses.After division commander Susumu Fujita urgently transferred a group of troops from China, his cavalry unit slowly recovered its combat effectiveness. Formed an Iron Division on the line of fire In the sequence of the National Revolutionary Army, although there are some military-level organizational systems, such as the 1st Army, the 18th Army, and the 39th Army, most units are still at the division level.After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, especially after the Battle of Songhu, the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government invested almost all the central army to participate in the war, and local armies from Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places were also transferred to take turns to fight. The Chinese army in Shanghai has as many as 71 divisions, accounting for about one-third of the 220 divisions in the national army.How to mobilize these troops quickly and easily? In early September, the Military Commission decided to add a military-level organizational system to simplify the command system.Wang Jingjiu was promoted to the commander of the 71st Army, commanding the 87th Division (Wang Jingzhi concurrently served as the division commander), Sun Yuanliang was promoted to the commander of the 72nd Army, commanding the 88th Division (Sun Yuanliang concurrently served as the division commander); Yu Jishi was promoted to the commander of the 74th Army, commanding the 51st Division (division commander Wang Yaowu), 58 division (teacher Feng Shengfa). After the 51st Division and the 58th Division formed the 74th Army, the two armies that originally fought independently became horns of each other, and their combat effectiveness was greatly enhanced.Of course, even so, it is difficult to reverse the changes in the entire battle situation. In the next few days, due to the increase of Japanese troops in Shanghai, the defense situation on our left wing became more severe. The 74th Army's position first retreated to the Liuhang-Jiading-Shi Xianggong Temple line, and then transferred to the south bank of Wenzaobang. At this time, danger also appeared in the right-wing position Hangzhou Bay. Hangzhou Bay is close to Songhu, with deep water and flat beaches. It is an important place to defend Songhu, and it is also a dangerous place where enemy troops can easily land.Earlier, the Shanghai theater had deployed the 67th Division here to guard against enemy sneak attacks. Later, due to the tension of the war, the division was transferred to the front line. Only two companies and some local militias were left to guard this strategically important area. Therefore, the Songhu battle laid a fatal hidden danger. On October 20, the Japanese General Staff decided to organize the 6th, 18th, and 114th Divisions and the Kunisaki Detachment into the 10th Army, which was transferred to support the Japanese army in Songhu. On November 5, the Japanese army assembled 80 warships and forcibly landed at Jinshanwei, Quangong Pavilion, and Jinsiniang Bridge in Hangzhou Bay.The defenders fought hard, but were outnumbered and all were wiped out; the 62nd Division, 79th Division, and 11th Division in the Shanghai theater were rushed to Pudong to block the attack and were also defeated.Afterwards, the landing enemy soldiers marched northward in two routes, one attacked Xincang from Quangong Pavilion, and the other attacked Zhangyan from Caojing Town and Jinsiniang Bridge.The whole line of Songhu was shaken, and our 800,000 army was in danger of being cut off from the retreat and attacked by the enemy. On November 8, the Chief of the Third Theater (at this time the Shanghai Theater has been changed to the Third Theater) issued a transfer order and decided to jump out of the enemy's encirclement and deploy troops to defend the capital Nanjing. A shell hit Wu Jiguang's face impartially, and the head of the brigade commander of the 174th brigade immediately turned into a ball of pulp, which was painted on the walls of the bunker he was defending! Following Chen Cheng's instructions, the 174th Brigade of the 74th Army was ordered to cover the retreat of the left-wing army. On November 8th, the winter rain continued, and the cold rain was like a thread passing through the hearts of officers and soldiers. It was gloomy, painful and unspeakable, and a sense of sadness and sadness weighed heavily on the heads of each officer and soldier. For more than 2 months, no one did not feel hatred, no one did not have the determination to die, and no one did not harbor the hope of victory. Now what?The comrades-in-arms of the past are gone, the pride of the past is gone, but the war has to continue, and it is being chased by the enemy. Who can resolve this helplessness and shame? Hundreds of thousands of people crowded the Shanghai-Nanjing Highway and retreated westward, and the Shanghai-Nanjing Highway became a muddy road. The defensive position of the 174th brigade is the established positions of Wucheng Town and Fushan Town (referred to as the Wufu Line).As early as 1935, in order to defend the capital, the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government successively imitated the style of the French Maginot Line, and built two defense fortification lines in Wu, Fu, Xi (Wuxi), Cheng (Jiangyin) and other places, investing huge sums of money. Steel and concrete bunkers, bunkers and trenches have been built, and the 174th Brigade is now guarding the Wu-Fu Line. The brigade commander Wu Jiguang rode in a raincoat, and most of the soldiers wore bamboo hats and carried guns, walking silently.Everyone's heart was heavy, no one spoke, and the refugees on both sides of the road were crowded with belongings and bags. There are many people and the roads are narrow, and the troops move very slowly.When entering the Wufu line, it was getting late, and the soldiers were busy packing light and heavy weapons while burying pots and cooking, preparing to enter the repaired bunkers.But what was unexpected was that when everyone approached these bunkers and machine gun shooting platforms excitedly, everyone was as anxious as ants on a hot pot, shouting and cursing.It turned out that the keys to the bunker were in the hands of the local security chiefs and armor chiefs, but now they have fled and disappeared, so the officers and soldiers could not open these iron doors made of steel plates no matter what! The sound of artillery not far away was already clearly audible. Since these established fortifications could not function, Wu Jiguang looked angry and had no choice but to order the soldiers to dig trenches around the bunkers and bunkers to make up for it. Many of the foxholes had hardly been dug halfway before the enemy's pursuers approached. The Japanese turned on the lights of hundreds of motorcycles to illuminate the path of their tanks and infantry.Perhaps it was because of the "victory" that they got carried away, and the infantry changed from the old combat routine in the past, and even threw off the cover of the tanks. Under the illumination of the headlights, they jumped and howled like a group of locusts, and came straight to my position . Wu Jiguang held up the German-made box cannon, and his eyes opened up angrily, emitting blue light like cat's eyes. "Fight!" Following his long cry that tore through the night sky, thousands of flames were like fireworks on New Year's Eve, dotted in clusters, and flew towards the enemies who were rushing straight. The vanguard of the enemy pursuing the 174th Brigade was the 23rd Infantry Brigade of the 18th Division. The brigade commander, Major General Kamebo Ueno, was an old militarist who had fought in China since the Russo-Japanese War (1904).He was well aware of the weakness of the Chinese army, so he especially believed in the principle that "the braver wins when two armies meet", thinking that all Chinese troops would shudder under his samurai sword and collapse at the first touch.The situation since the landing in Hangzhou Bay is indeed roughly the same, but tonight he obviously made a wrong calculation. The blocking of the Chinese obviously made Ueno Kameo suffer a lot. He didn't dare to attack rashly, so he had to order his troops to set up machine guns on the spot and shoot at me, while his tanks lined up behind him in a "boom tom tom!" Give artillery support. Since it was fighting in the rear, the equipment was mainly light weapons. The 8 mortars of the 174th brigade were all transferred to the brother troops. Except for some light and heavy machine guns, the rest were pistols and rifles.In this way, the artillery fire of the Japanese army occupied an absolute advantage on the battlefield. The casualties of the 174th brigade were increasing, the head of the 376th regiment was injured, and the head of the 378th regiment died.Persisting until midnight, Wu Jiguang gritted his teeth, and the troops withdrew towards the Xicheng line. The Japanese were still the same as before. The infantry threw off the tanks and swarmed towards the positions occupied by the Chinese not long ago. They jumped, shouted, and blew, and their jubilant figures were all on the bunkers and bunkers. . It is also fulfilling the old saying that "extreme joy begets sorrow".就在胜利者全身心地庆祝胜利的时候，一棵大树的密叶深处忽然传来清脆的轻机枪声，日本人猝不及防，顿时倒下了一大片，欢乐之声一下子变成了抱头嚎叫，更令其恼火的是，他们的千百支步枪、机枪竟没法扑灭那树上的怒火！ “调铁甲车来！调铁甲车来！”上野龟甫气急败坏，哆嗦着命令道。 4辆坦克一字排在距离大树200来米远的地方，几声炮声过后，树干被拦腰轰断，树冠被炸成齑粉，树上无名英雄也化作一道闪光随风飘然而逝！也许我们永远不可能知道他姓甚名谁，永远不可能知道他是否还有同伴战友。 吴济光率部退到锡澄线的时候，上野龟甫也跟踪而至。这一次他学乖了一些，一接上仗就用坦克猛轰我方阵地。我军阵地是几座相连的高地上，吴济光的指挥所设在一座水泥碉堡里，眼见部队在敌人炮火下作无谓的牺牲，吴济光考虑再三，决定率领一连战士留下来掩护大家转移。 敌人的炮火开始集中朝碉堡及其附近的高地轰来，吴济光并不急于还击，他端着轻机枪守在射击孔里，他在等待着时机，等待着报仇的最佳时刻！ 炮击过后，上野龟甫发起了冲锋。 眼看进入了机枪的有效射程，吴济光带头扣响了板机。随着轻机枪的有节奏的吼声，那座钢骨碉堡前铺满了鬼子的尸体。 , 上野的进攻被打了下去，战场上出现了短暂的死一般的沉寂。 远远地，鬼子架起了平射炮，这是一种专门对付机枪的步兵炮。吴济光从射击孔里看得真切，他刚想缩回身子，一发炮弹不偏不倚正打在他的面门上，吴济光旅长的脑袋顿时化成一团肉浆涂在了他捍卫的碉堡四壁上！ 锡澄线再也守不住了，174旅的余部只得经无锡、丹阳、句容向南京退却。朔风冽冽，细雨淅淅，这一路残兵败将相互搀扶着，彼此鼓励着，艰难地在泥泞中向西跋涉。