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The Japanese army placed three 3rd main divisions and a mixed brigade on the periphery of Shanghai.

The two sides started fighting in the early morning, and the sound of guns and guns kept coming and going.

Far Mountain Village.

Liang Xiao stood on the slope, holding a telescope to watch the battle ahead.

In the distance, under the cover of artillery fire, the national army troops are launching a fierce charge towards the Japanese army's position. The vanguard is risking: the enemy's artillery fire rushed to the position and quickly seized the commanding heights.

The battle was very cruel, the two sides invested the most elite soldiers and the most violent artillery fire, and the shouts of killing gathered on the battlefield.

Rivers of blood flowed, corpses littered the fields.

Liang Xiao frowned slightly. Although the 66th Army's offensive was fierce, the Japanese army firmly held the positional advantage. The soldiers rushed to the Japanese army's position and were hit head-on by the Japanese army.

After several fierce battles, the national army arrived and occupied the front line of the Japanese army.

Before the position was warmed up, Japanese planes flew over in formation.

A bomb fell from the sky.

The ground instantly turned into a sea of ​​flames.

"Enemy plane, lie down."

The soldiers shouted loudly.

In an instant, gunpowder smoke filled the battlefield, and explosion waves were everywhere, tearing the soldiers apart.

Liang Xiao's brows were tightly frowned, the Japanese army had the air superiority, this was their strength, but also the national army's weakness.

"Give an order to the anti-aircraft artillery battalion, let them fire quickly, shoot down a few enemy planes, let the little devils also see, even if our national army has no fighter planes, we are not afraid of them."

"Yes."

Chen Hua immediately went to call the anti-aircraft artillery battalion.

The anti-aircraft artillery battalion is the only anti-aircraft artillery battalion specially assigned by the Military and Political Council to the Nanjing Garrison Command.

It is also Liang Xiao's only trump card against Japanese planes.

On the first day of the exchange of fire, he used the anti-aircraft artillery battalion, and the Japanese army will definitely take the anti-aircraft artillery battalion as the first target in the future.

However, he had nothing to worry about. Although the Japanese army was powerful in the air, on land, the attack speed and firepower of the national army still had the upper hand.

Chapter 1 Thirty Ten Tons of Shells

With the sound of guns all day long, the suburbs of Shanghai were bombed and shelled terribly.

China and Japan invested more than 20 troops in this narrow area in the suburbs.

After a whole day of fighting, the smoke is everywhere, the smoke is everywhere, and there are corpses everywhere.

When it was getting dark, both China and Japan withdrew their troops and entered a short period of rest.

Judging from today's war situation, the Chinese army has achieved quite good results with the support of artillery fire and the fearless attack of soldiers.

Although the Chinese army paid a bloody price, they also occupied part of the Japanese positions in the suburbs in accordance with the requirements of the headquarters.

The momentum of the Japanese army was low. From the battle of Songhu to the battle of Nanjing, the Japanese army in Central China was defeated again and again. Although they occupied Shanghai, the first city in the Far East, they also suffered unprecedented losses.

Especially in the First Battle of Nanjing, Yanagawa Hirasuke's Tenth Army was completely wiped out, and the strength of the Japanese army in Central China was greatly reduced. The combat effectiveness was much weaker, and the strength of the troops was also greatly reduced.

This gave Liang Xiao a great opportunity, otherwise, he would never dare to take the lives of 10,000+ national troops to fight the Japanese army in Central China.

However, judging from the current battle results, although the Japanese army in Central China was covered by aircraft, they still lost a lot of positions under the brave attack of the national army, and the number of soldiers killed and injured should be higher than that of the national army.

headquarters.

In the evening, when the casualty statistics report of each army came up, Liang Xiao took a cursory look, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. In just one day, there were about 4000 dead officers and soldiers in each army, and about 6000 or 1 seriously injured soldiers. That is to say, in just one day, there were a total of more than [-] troops lost in battle.

Such a large number of casualties, even his heart like a rock, can't help but be shocked. If it goes on like this, if it continues for a few days, most of the elite of the national army will be lost here.

Liang Xiao pondered for a while, thinking to himself, if it goes on like this, both sides will suffer, so he has to find a way to consume the vital strength of the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army's combat effectiveness will rapidly decline.

It's just that in this small suburb, after the two sides used artillery, almost every inch of the land covered by the artillery fire was covered with scorched earth. Under such fierce artillery fire, the casualties of soldiers on both sides can be imagined.

"The order goes on. Tomorrow morning, all the troops will alternately cover and withdraw from the position. The heavy artillery and mountain artillery will launch artillery cover on the Japanese south bank position at 99:[-] tomorrow morning. I want the Japanese position to be turned into a sea of ​​flames."

"Yes."

Chen Hua immediately conveyed the order to the operator of the aircraft, asking them to quickly send reports to the frontline troops.

"General, although our ammunition is sufficient, it is also exhausted."

"I know."

Liang Xiao nodded, as the commander, of course he knows the preciousness of shells.

But the shells are insignificant compared with the lives of the soldiers.

The cannonballs can be replenished after the shells are fired. After the soldiers die in battle, they will never be able to live again.

"How many ... tons of shells does the general want to use"

Chen Hua asked.

"Ten tons of ammunition, I want to flatten the south bank position."

Liang Xiao's idea is very simple, to use the most violent artillery fire to pave a way for the soldiers of the national army.

"The humble officer immediately called the heavy artillery and the mountain artillery to let them enter the artillery position in advance."

Chen Hua nodded slightly.

"No, in order to prevent the news from leaking out, I will not tell the heavy artillery and mountain artillery for the time being. After midnight, send two groups of guard soldiers to take my warrant to the heavy artillery and mountain artillery units, give them orders, and monitor their headquarters at the same time. They are not allowed to use the radio without permission, except to send reports to the headquarters, and send the radio operators from the headquarters to replace their radio operators."

Liang Xiao had no choice but to make such an arrangement. In the previous battles, he had already noticed that there were ghosts in the mountain artillery unit and the heavy artillery unit, so he made such an arrangement.

"General, you suspect the heavy artillery unit"

Chen Hua blinked her beautiful eyes and asked.

"It's not suspicion, it's just some doubts, just use this to frighten them."

Liang Xiao replied vaguely.

"Oh."

Chen Hua nodded slightly.

"Tell the radio operator that if any abnormal behavior is found in the heavy artillery unit and the mountain artillery unit, it will be reported to the headquarters immediately."

Liang Xiao said.

"Yes."

Chen Hua hesitated for a moment, then asked: "General, do you want to take someone to lie down personally?"

Liang Xiao glanced at her and said with a smile: "Forget it, they all know that you are my adjutant and head of guards, if you go, it means that I don't trust them, it will chill the hearts of the soldiers who are loyal to the party and the country .”

"What the general said is also true. It's a lowly position that doesn't think well."

Chen Hua hurriedly said.

"It's okay, let's make arrangements."

Liang Xiao waved his hand to let Chen Hua go down first.

...... the next morning.

The Japanese army entered the position and stood guard.

According to yesterday's situation, the national army would launch a fierce attack early in the morning, but what I never thought was that the national army's position was calm.

Until nine o'clock in the morning, suddenly, there was a violent bombardment behind the national army's position.

Rows of shells flew over and down like fireballs falling from the sky.

Boom boom boom... deafening explosions sounded in the Japanese army positions.

The ground was scorched.

Japanese troops were bombed into the sky one after another, corpses lay all over the field, and blood flowed like rivers.

Liang Xiao held the binoculars, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Chapter 131 The Battle Is Tragic

Ten tons of artillery shells bombarded the Japanese positions, smoke and dust filled the air, blood was scattered for thousands of miles, stumps and broken arms were everywhere, and bloody corpses lay in disorder on the position.

After the heavy artillery unit and the mountain artillery unit of the national army finished their three axes, the 66th Army organized a death squad for officers, and led the assault troops to rush to the Japanese positions under the cover of artillery fire.

All the Japanese soldiers on the battlefield had already been destroyed by the fierce artillery fire. The death squads of the national army officers rushed to the Japanese army positions, fired machine guns, and the remaining remnants were quickly wiped out.

As of 3:[-] p.m., the national army has fully occupied the south bank position.

When the good news came back to the headquarters, Liang Xiao was very happy. Although the results were far from what he had expected, he was proud and gratified to be able to take down the Japanese army's south bank position under the bombardment of ten tons of shells.

After taking the south bank position, the artillery fire of the national army can directly threaten the hinterland of Shanghai.

After losing the position on the south bank, the Japanese army immediately dispatched the air force to bomb the position on the south bank, and launched a fierce artillery attack on the national army on the ground.

The national army who had just taken over the position on the south bank was retaliated by the Japanese army and suffered many casualties, but they still held on to the position.

After the bombardment by the Japanese planes ended, a large number of Japanese troops, under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, rushed towards the south bank position.

Judging from the tense situation of the Japanese army, the occupation of the positions on the south bank by the national army deeply hurt them.

Because the south bank position is the flank barrier of Shanghai, once the south bank position is completely occupied by the national army, the national army will completely threaten the security of Shanghai, which is unacceptable to the Japanese army.

After all, the significance of Shanghai is self-evident. It took the Japanese army months and years of planning to take Shanghai, the number one city in the Far East, from the national army. Now that the national army wants to take Shanghai back from them, it is absolutely impossible of.

The Japanese army sent a large number of elites to attack the positions on the south bank. Their attack speed was very fast, especially under the cover of artillery fire and armored vehicles, the national army guards were forced to abandon the front line and retreat to the central position on the south bank.

In the evening, the Japanese army's offensive momentum not only did not decrease, but was fierce.

The Japanese army seldom engage in night battles, and they are not good at night battles. But this time, in order to take the position on the south bank, the Japanese army not only carried out night battles, but also put all the armored vehicles on board, using the speed of the armored vehicles as a cover for the attack.

On the battlefield, corpses were strewn all over the place.

Liang Xiao sighed slightly, war is... once the guns are fired, there must be sacrifices.

With the current tight fighting in the south bank position, it is not so difficult for the national army to hold the position. After all, the Japanese army is desperately attacking, and the national army is passively defending. Without weapons, it will not last long.

headquarters.

Liang Xiao thought over and over again, and ordered to the combat staff: "Pass my order, order the 26th Army to attack the north bank position, order the 66th Army to enter the south bank position, assist the [-]th Army to defend the south bank position, order the Loyalty and Nation Salvation Army to go around behind the Japanese army, cut off the The Japanese army in the city and the Japanese army in the suburbs rushed to the rescue channel, and the special forces were ordered to sneak into the opposite bank and destroy the concentration of Japanese ammunition and supplies."

A series of combat orders were conveyed along with Liang Xiao's dictation.

The combat staff communicated orders to the combat troops through the radio.

"General, there is a call from Chongqing. The battle in Wuhan has entered a stalemate. The Military and Political Council hopes that you can withdraw your troops from Shanghai and reinforce the battle in Wuhan."

Chu Xiangxue took the telegram she just received and said.

"withdraw troops"

Liang Xiao felt that this was a big joke.

On the Shanghai battlefield, the Nanjing garrison under his command was in a stalemate with the Japanese army. 10,000+ national army soldiers and the Japanese invaders entered the battlefield with white knives and red knives. At this time, they withdrew troops to reinforce the battle in Wuhan. Secondly, if he withdraws his troops from Shanghai, the Japanese army in central China will catch up closely, and Hangzhou, Nanjing and other places will be lost.

"Call back to the Military and Political Council. The battle in Shanghai has entered into a state of intense heat. The garrison cannot escape for the time being. Everything will be discussed after the war in Shanghai is over."

Liang Xiao said.

"General... This is a blatant disobedience to the order of the Military and Political Council, are you sure you want to report like this?"

Chu Xiangxue's face was slightly startled.

"Send it like this, and forward this telegram to the commissioned attendant's room by the way."

Liang Xiao was furious, now that the war in Shanghai is so tense, the military and political committees actually want him to send troops to Wuhan to reinforce the fight in Wuhan, isn't this disregarding the south of the Yangtze River?

"Yes."

Chu Xiangxue went down to send the report.

"Report...General, the battle on the front line is terrible. The central position of the 66th Army was breached by the Japanese army. Commander Ye sent a power call to request heavy artillery support."

Combat staff officer said.

"Give power to the heavy artillery unit and let them provide fire support to the 66th Army."