Nanjing, Chairman Jiang’s official residence.

After receiving the call from Zhang Zhizhong, Bai Chongxi, deputy chief of staff of the Military Commission, and Chen Cheng, deputy chief of the Military and Political Department, dared not neglect, rushed to the leader's residence at night to ask for Chairman Chiang.

Chairman Jiang met Bai and Chen in the study.

Listening to Chen Cheng’s explanation, Chairman Jiang said calmly: “Who’s inference is this?”

Chen Cheng replied: "According to Zhang Wenbai, he is a captain of the Shanghai Security Corporation."

"What did you say, a captain of the Security General Group?" Chairman Jiang said with great dissatisfaction, "What kind of military and national affairs are you a little bitch? Wen Bai is so nervous, wouldn't he be a joke?"

Bai Chongxi hurriedly said: "Commissioner, although this inference was first proposed by a security captain, he thought that the possibility was still very high. If the Japanese army launched a large increase in troops to Shanghai within five days, the siege of the Japanese concession would not be appropriate to continue. The focus of the combat should be adjusted immediately and the coastal defenses should be strengthened along Baoshan and Wusong..."

"Jiansheng, even you believe such false words?" Chairman Jiang interrupted with some displeasure, "Okay, it's best not to change the focus of the battle. If the Japanese army in Shanghai does not clear it up, once Japanese reinforcements arrive, our army will be attacked from both sides, and the situation is particularly unfavorable. Farkenhausen is a military expert sent by Germany. His judgment will not be wrong. The Iron Fist plan must be implemented as scheduled."

After a pause, Chairman Jiang said again: "Of course, the coastal defense along Wusong and Baoshan must be strengthened. The Japanese army will land here sooner or later. In this way, you can consider transferring two security teams over."

"What, security team?" Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng looked at each other.

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On August 19, the battle will begin again.

Because the chariot battalion failed to arrive in Shanghai on time, the Iron Fist plan was forced to postpone its launch for one day. Song Xilian's 36th Division had been raising energy in Jiangwan. Only the 87th and 88th Divisions attacked the Japanese troops in Yangshupu and Hongkou. Because the 87th and 88th Divisions were exhausted, and the Japanese troops used sulfur bombs to block various blocks, the attack was very difficult.

After a fierce battle, the 87th and 88th Divisions suffered more than a thousand casualties, but the Japanese army's defense line remained unmoved.

The 19th Brigade did not participate in the offensive operations that day.

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Early in the morning of the 20th, Zhu Xia, who had been transferred from the Colonel Chief of Staff of the Songhu Security Command to serve as Major General Chief of Staff of the 61st Division, hurried to the 19th Brigade's headquarters. The chief of staff of the 19th Brigade, who was busy in the office, and several officers of the sergeant quickly stood up to salute. When Lao Cao turned around and wanted to say hello to the inner room, he asked Zhu Xia to stop him.

Zhu Xia walked to the door of Xu Shijiu's office lightly and heard a faint snoring.

Pushing open the half-closed door, Xu Shijiu was sleeping soundly on the back of the chair, holding a cigarette in his mouth. Judging from the length of the smoke remaining on the cigarette, it seemed that he had just fallen asleep. Although the window was facing the playground, the two hundred recruits who had just replenished were training enthusiastically, but they did not disturb Xu Shijiu's dream at all.

Lao Cao came up and asked, "Seat, do you want to wake up the captain?"

Zhu Xia stopped Lao Cao, then took out Browning's cell phone from the gun holster and gently pulled the bolt on the gun.

At this time, an unexpected scene appeared. The thunderous sound made by two hundred recruits on the playground did not disturb Xu Shijiu. However, the slight sound that Zhu Xia found when he pulled the bolt suddenly woke Xu Shijiu up. Xu Shijiu immediately bounced up from the chair, pulled out the two box cannons on his waist as fast as possible, and flashed to the side of the door.

Zhu Xia laughed loudly, put away his pistol and said, "I often hear others say that Ajiu, you can fall asleep soundly in the rumbling cannon, but you will be awakened from your sleep by the slightest abnormal sound. I didn't believe it at first, but today I believe it. You kid is really evil, you are simply a natural alarm."

"Old Zhu?" Xu Shijiu flashed out from the side of the door and said in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"What?" Zhu Xia smiled, "I can't come to you after I leave the Songhu Security Command?"

"How can you do it? You can come back and run away. Brothers are too happy." Xu Shijiu smiled and asked again, "But I know you, Lao Zhu, tell me if there is anything good?"

"Not to say, there is such a good thing." Zhu Xia smiled and pointed at Xu Shijiu, then turned around and took out a document from the briefcase brought by the orderly soldier, and said with a smile, "Ajiu, this is a military order issued by General Yang Hu, the commander of the Songhu Guard. From now on, the 19th Brigade will be transferred to Wusong Town and transferred to the combat sequence of the 61st Division."

"Transfer to the 61st Division's battle sequence?" Xu Shijiu was stunned when he heard this.

"Ajiu, you don't seem to be very happy?" Zhu Xia said in surprise, "The 61st Division is an old unit of the 19th Route Army."

"Good, of course I'm happy." Xu Shijiu smiled and said, "Old Zhu, I've recorded your love."

Xu Shijiu was of course happy that the 19th Brigade was able to return to the old troops of the 19th Route Army. Although all the officers of the 61st Division, from the division commander to the company commander, have been replaced by Huangpu cadets, most of the soldiers in the division are still from Guangdong, and many of them are the life and death brothers of Xu Shijiu and the veterans of the 19th Brigade.

"You and my brother, why are you talking about this?" Zhu Xia smiled and punched Xu Shijiu in the chest.

Xu Shijiu smiled and continued, "Old Zhu, your original intention must be to help me get my 19th brigade from a security team that doesn't count as a local miscellaneous brand to a serious Central Army. But you may not know that at most five days, the Japanese army will launch a large increase in troops to Shanghai, and it is very likely to land in Wusong."

"There is this?" Zhu Xia's face changed drastically when he heard this. He rarely doubted Xu Shijiu's judgment. The two had been together for many years, and Xu Shijiu was worth a lot. Zhu Xia knew very well. He said guiltily, "Ajiu, to say so, I am kind enough to do the wrong thing and push your 19th brigade into a fire pit?"

Xu Shijiu smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Actually, this is great. Instead of staying here to watch the fun, it is better to go to Wusong to fight with the Japanese. As for death, as a party and the country, he is in a war-torn era, he will die sooner or later, and both sides will die. Where will he die? Is it true? What is the difference between Wusong or the concession?"

Zhu Xia asked again: "Ajiu, have you reported your inference to Shangfeng?"

"I have reported to Deputy Secretary Feng." Xu Shijiu nodded and said again, "Deputy Secretary Feng has also reported to Commander-in-Chief Zhang, but Commander-in-Chief Zhang has not cancelled the Iron Fist Plan, nor has he intentionally shifted the focus of the battle from the Japanese Concession to Wusong, and the coastal defense along Baoshan. I heard that two companies were transferred from the Jiangsu Security Corps."

Zhu Xia frowned and said decisively: "In this way, the 19th Brigade can wait for the future to set off. You can immediately return to Wusong Town and report this to the division seat in person. As long as the division seat can attract attention, it may be able to make arrangements in advance. As long as the 61st Division can block the first wave of Japanese offensives, the war zone commander's headquarters can adjust and deploy in time."

"Okay." Xu Shijiu called Scar immediately and ordered him to prepare for the departure. He took Zhu Xia's car and headed straight to the headquarters of the 61st Division of Wusong Town. Xu Shijiu left so urgently that he didn't even have time to tell Yu Jiaxi. When Yu Jiaxi came out of the operating room, Xu Shijiu had already walked away.

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Wusong Ancient Town, the 61st Division station.

The Chinese and Japanese armies fought desperately in the Japanese concession in Shanghai. The planes, cannons and Japanese naval guns almost flattened Zhabei and the Japanese concession. However, the ancient town of Wusong, located in the suburbs, did not suffer much artillery fire. The Japanese shells were not blown by strong winds, at least they are reluctant to throw them to Wusong now.

There is no war in Wusong yet, and Yang Ruofei, the commander of the 61st Division, seemed very leisurely.

After lunch, Yang Ruofei was invited by the gentry of Wusong Town to come to the Confucius Temple in the north of the city to listen to the opera. He was lying on the chair of the Grand Master leisurely crossing his legs. Listening to the opera, Yang Ruofei is from Zhuji, Zhejiang, and often sings club operas during festivals in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The great writer Lu Xun was deeply impressed by Yang Ruofei's ears and eyes.

There was a fierce battle in the city, but Yang Ruofei was listening to opera in Wusong Town. It really sounds like that.

But then again, Yang Ruofei was not determined to slacken in military affairs. He was really depressed and could not relieve his depression, so he hid in Confucius Temple to listen to opera.

Yang Ruofei felt that he had been treated unfairly.

When Yang Ruofei first came to Shanghai from Zhejiang, he was full of enthusiasm and determined to kill the enemy and serve the country, and to go to the battlefield to build some merits for the country and the nation. Even if he died in the battlefield, he would be willing to do so. However, as soon as the 61st Division entered Shanghai, Lieutenant General Zhang Zhi, commander-in-chief of the 9th Army, gave him a blow.

On the night when the 61st Division entered Shanghai, Zhang Zhizhong ordered the 1st and 2nd Regiments under his jurisdiction to Wang Jingjiu's 87th Division and Sun Yuanliang's 88th Division respectively. The reason was that the 87th Division and the 88th Division were seriously injured and needed supplementary measures. The order was issued, and Yang Ruofei's anger was completely relieved.

After the Fujian Revolution, although the 61st Division transformed into the Central Army, its organization has not changed. It has maintained the scale of the 1st Brigade and the Third Regiment, and it is not even considered a B Division. It was not until the Battle of Shanghai in August 13 that the Military Commission hurriedly ordered a local security regiment in Zhuji to be incorporated into the 61st Division, which was the only way to make up for the fourth regiment system.

The 1st and 2nd Regiment are the essence of the 61st Division, but Zhang Zhizhong ordered it to the 87th and 88th Divisions. In a blink of an eye, there were only two regiments left in the 61st Division. One of them was the security regiment that had just been replenished recently. There have always been many mountains within the National Army, and the factional clans have a strong sense of the faction. Can Yang Ruofei not be discouraged when he was treated like this?

However, there is an old Chinese saying that if you have something to do, you will be more likely to be more important than the lower.

In the past few days, the commander Yang Ruofei hid in Confucius Temple to listen to operas all day long, and the officers and soldiers under him became more courageous. The officers and soldiers from the 3rd Regiment, 4th Regiment and the division's direct troops began to sneak into the streets to lie. Some went to gambling halls to play money, and some went to brothels to visit prostitutes, but none of them thought they would go outside the town to build field fortifications.

There were two barricades on the bridgehead of the Lizaobin Bridge in Zhennan, and a Maxim heavy machine gun was also installed. At this moment, the chef had just brought a meal bonnet. More than a dozen soldiers on the position were gathering together to grab meals. There was also an officer with a rank of lieutenant leaning against the Rendan billboard at the south bridgehead smoking, squinting his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking about.
Chapter completed!