At 4 pm, as soon as Zhu Xia left, Xu Shijiu received a call from Han Xianyuan, the captain of the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division.

With Scars and they waited outside the gate for a short time, a truck slowly drove along Xinmin Road. Behind the truck was the Central Army of the Fourth Column. From a distance, the team was so large that it was too late. At least there was a battalion of troops. The truck stopped at the gate. Han Xianyuan had already jumped down at the door.

"Brother Hanhun, we're meeting again."

"Brother Xianyuan, I've been waiting for you."

Han Xianyuan opened his arms and hugged Xu Shijiu hard, showing great affection.

Two lieutenant colonel officers jumped out of the truck compartment. One of them was thin and cold-looking. He asked the other wise and handsome officer in a low voice: "Brother Jin Yuan, who is this person? He is actually worthy of the brothers in the group?"

"Brother Chongwu, although you have not participated in the 128th Shanghai War, you must have heard of the name of Jiufen Cat from others, right?" The heroic officer whispered, "This person is Jiufen Cat. Let me tell you this. If it weren't for the bad background, he would definitely be one of the four commanders of the 88th Division."

"He is the Nine-Life Cat?" The officer was stunned when he heard this. When he wanted to ask again, the regiment commander had already led the security captain up, and quickly pulled the hem of his military uniform to greet him.

"Brother Han Hun, I'll introduce it to you." Han Xianyuan pointed to two lieutenant colonel officers and said to Xu Shijiu, "This is my regiment deputy Xie Jinyuan, and this is Han Chongwu, the battalion commander of the 1st Battalion."

"Deputy of the regiment Xie, Battalion Commander Han, Lucky Meeting." Xu Shijiu bowed, and Han Chongwu and Xie Jinyuan saluted, but it can be seen that Xie Jinyuan's salute was from the heart, while Han Chongwu was perfunctory. Obviously, Battalion Commander Han, who was born in Huangpu, did not take Xu Shijiu, the security captain from the 19th Route Army, seriously.

After a simple chill, the group turned around and walked in. Han Xianyuan asked Xu Shijiu while walking: "Brother Hanhun, you have received the order for the general attack at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, right?"

Xu Shijiu smiled and replied: "I have received the military order from the General Regiment Headquarters. Tomorrow at 10 o'clock, cooperate with the 1st Battalion of the Guituan to attack Baoshan Road along Xinmin Road and Sichuan North Road at the enemy in front of him."

Han Chongwu showed a proud look on his face, but Scar and others looked unhappy.

Han Xianyuan waved his hand and said disapprovingly: "Brother Han Hun, you are too modest. Why do you cooperate with the attack? Although our 88th Division is better than your security team, it is far worse than you when it comes to fighting the Japanese. Let's discuss it, haha." After that, Han Xianyuan turned to Han Chongwu, "Battleman Han, you must listen to Captain Xu's advice tomorrow."

"Yes!" Although Han Chongwu was dissatisfied with it, he had to agree on it on the surface.

Han Xianyuan actually came to coordinate the command affiliation between the 19th Brigade and Han Chongwu camp. He was originally worried that Xu Shijiu would be respectful of his old qualifications and not take Han Chongwu seriously, but the facts proved that he was completely over-thinking. Not only did Xu Shijiu not give in at all, he even offered to obey Han Chongwu's orders and condemn him.

Everything went well, Han Xianyuan stayed for less than half an hour and left.

Xu Shijiu ordered the 19th Brigade to free up half of the barracks and handed over his brigade headquarters to Han Chongwu to the command center. Han Chongwu did not be polite to Xu Shijiu, and took the brigade headquarters of the 19th Brigade openly. He ordered the 19th Brigade's kitchen to burn more than 600 officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion to soak their feet in hot water to relieve fatigue and restore physical strength as much as possible.

After Han Chongwu was soaked, Xu Shijiu asked tentatively: "Captain Han, this battle tomorrow..."

Han Chongwu turned his head and looked at Xu Shijiu and said lightly: "Does Captain Xu have any insight?"

"You dare not take it." Xu Shijiu smiled and said, "But I wonder if you are going to conduct a reconnaissance on the Japanese army at night? First, find out the Japanese firepower configuration, and then formulate a targeted and detailed offensive plan based on the Japanese firepower configuration..."

"Targeted offensive plan?" Han Chongwu interrupted Xu Shijiu coldly, "It's too natural? The battlefield situation changes rapidly. We have reconnaissance tonight, and the Japanese army will not make adjustments tomorrow? Besides, the Japanese army has a large number of combat vehicles as mobile fortresses. How to determine the Japanese firepower configuration? It's simply whimsical."

Xu Shijiu frowned and said, "Battleman Han, the firepower of the Japanese chariot is indeed impossible to grasp, but at least you must also understand the specific location of the Japanese machine gun nest, otherwise it will increase a large number of unnecessary casualties."

"There is no need for that. It's better to have a good sleep and keep your energy in mind if you have this skill." Han Chongwu said this and said coldly, "Captain Xu, I know that you participated in the Shanghai War of Resistance in 128, and have also performed well on the battlefield. However, five years have passed, and everything is very different.

Just talking about equipment, our 88th Division has long been different from the past. What did we have five years ago? What are we now? We have everything from 150mm caliber heavy howitzers to 20mm machine guns, 37mm war defense guns, 150mm mortars and 75mm caliber field guns.

In a few days, our chariot battalion will also be launched in Shanghai.

And I have sent someone to reconnaissance during the day. Aren’t it just a few heavy machine gun nests welded with steel plates? I will pull out the war defense guns and hit them all, and they will be reimbursed!"

Xu Shijiu patiently advised: "Captain Han, it's better to reconnaise..."

"Okay, Captain Xu, is it necessary to pay for that?" Han Chongwu interrupted Xu Shijiu again and said disapprovingly, "How many Japanese soldiers in the whole Shanghai are there? With such a long line of defense, we will only have 100 deaths in person. Such a small amount of troops will not be enough to block the gap between our 1st battalion. Captain Xu, just wait and catch the prisoners."

"What, capture the prisoners?" Xu Shijiu was stunned when he heard this and couldn't speak anymore.

This battalion commander Han is really arrogant. He thought that with the German armies that had just changed into clothes, he would really not take the Japanese army seriously. He also wanted to capture Japanese prisoners. Didn’t he know that the war against the Shanghai Anti-Japanese War for two months in the 28th Shanghai period, killing and injuring more than 5,000 Japanese soldiers, but he didn’t catch a single prisoner?

Watching Han Chongwu leave, Xu Shijiu quickly grabbed the phone and asked the Songhu Security Command to get to know.

The phone was connected, and it happened to be Zhu Xia there. Xu Shijiu said: "Old Zhu, there is a situation I have to report to you. I found that there is a serious underestimation of the enemy within the Central Army. You'd better report it to the Beijing-Shanghai Security Command, otherwise, I'm worried that the Central Army will suffer a great loss when the war begins tomorrow."

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Nanxiang Guyi Garden, Beijing-Shanghai Guard Command.

In fact, it is now the 9th Army Command. Just now, Chairman Jiang had issued an order to form the 9th Army with the 87th Division, 88th Division, 36th Division and the 20th Independent Brigade under the Beijing-Shanghai Security Command as the foundation, Lieutenant General Zhang Zhi was the commander-in-chief of the army, and Major General Tong Yuanliang was the chief of staff.

Tong Yuanliang hurried into the war room and said to Zhang Zhizhong: "General Chief of Staff, there is a situation that needs to be paid attention to. Just now, Zhu Xia, chief of staff of the Songhu Security Command, reported to me that there was a serious underestimation of the enemy within the 88th Division. He thought it was best to call the top chief officers at the group overnight to curb this dangerous sign."

"Call the meeting of the chief officers above the group?" Zhang Zhizhong frowned and said, "Is this necessary?"

Tong Yuanliang said: "Master, I think it's necessary. Since changing into German equipment, there is indeed a sense of arrogance in the 87th Division, 88th Division and 36th Division. I think that if I have equipped German equipment, I can fight the world invincible. If this idea is not stopped for a moment, it will likely lead to a disaster in war."

"But the war is imminent, and it is not appropriate to let the commander above the regiment leave the command post?" Zhang Zhizhong pondered for a moment and said, "In this way, call the division, brigade, and regiment commanders one by one, reminding them to pay attention to it, and be sure not to underestimate the enemy's carelessness. The first battle tomorrow must be fought well. Whoever can't fight well will be asked who will be asked."

"Okay." Tong Yuanliang had no choice but to call one by one.

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August 14 at 9:00 am.

More than 600 officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment have all entered the attack position, which is worthy of being the Central Army. More than 600 officers and soldiers are resting on the walls on both sides of the street. The whole street is silent without a trace of noise. The commander of the 1st Battalion, Han Chongwu and his guards have also stood behind the barricades on the frontier with German helmets.

At the same time, the Kuomintang troops responsible for attacking Hujiang University, Gongda Bracelet, Naval Club, Naval Playground, Chishi University, Hongkou Park, Japanese Fenshan, Bazi Bridge and other strongholds also entered their respective attack positions. Time passed, and the frequency of the Kuomintang officers looking at the watches was getting faster and faster, and the soldiers' hands holding guns were getting tighter and tighter.

On the south bank of Suzhou River, the roofs of the public concessions are already crowded with Westerners traveling to Shanghai and prominent figures from all walks of life in Shanghai. Several main streets such as Sichuan Road, Henan Road and Yanhe Road are even more crowded with Shanghai citizens. They are either nervously paying attention or watching coldly, waiting quietly for the war.

At 9:30, a huge roar suddenly sounded from the western sky. When Shanghai citizens who were evading into the public concession on the south bank of Suzhou River looked up, they saw a group of black fighter jets having passed through the clouds and flew over Shanghai. Under the illumination of the rising sun, the blue sky and sun logo painted under the fuselage and wings were clearly visible.

"Look, the Chinese Air Force is our Chinese Air Force!"

Thousands of Shanghai citizens cheered. Amid the tsunami of mountains and seas, dozens of Chinese war eagles were divided into three teams, three of which dived towards the Japanese Navy Command and Huishan Wharf. The remaining eight bombers continued to roar forward and rushed forward, rushing straight to the 3rd Japanese Navy Fleet at the mouth of the Huangpu River.

Amid the huge scream, six 250-pound bombs fell from the sky.

"Boom boom boom..." In the next moment, several huge smoke and dust rose from the Japanese Navy headquarters at the intersection of Sichuan North Road and Duolun Road and Huishan Pier on the Bund of Shanghai.
Chapter completed!