In the vision of German general counsel Farkenhausen, once the Chinese army attacked Huishan Wharf, it means that the Japanese army would have to give up Huishan Wharf, and the entire iron fist plan would be successful. However, the rigorous German man made an empiricist mistake here, and he regarded the German army's German equipment adjustment division as the real German army.

If it were the German army, once they were attacked into Huishan Wharf, the Japanese army in Shanghai would indeed be able to surrender.

But the Kuomintang army was absolutely not like this. Although the Kuomintang army finally attacked Huishan Wharf, it was already at the end of its strength. The only two remaining tanks were quickly destroyed by Japanese naval guns from the Huangpu River. The remaining infantry had no choice but to face the steel and concrete buildings on both sides of the wharf. They were eventually massacred by Japanese naval guns and machine guns in an open yard.

The Iron Fist Plan, which was highly anticipated by Chairman Jiang, ended in a disastrous defeat. More than half of the 36th Division, who were responsible for the main attack, died and injured. Almost all the Hu Jiaji regiment was defeated. The regiment's three infantry battalions and guard companies were under its jurisdiction. Four battalion commanders were killed in half an evening, twelve company commanders, and the regiment commander Hu Jiaji was also shot five times and almost died in his country!

The blood shed from the officers and soldiers of the 216th Regiment almost dyed the entire Xihuade Road and the entire Huishan Wharf red. The next day, the next day, even the water of the Huangpu River was red.

Farkenhausen's roar sounded in the command of the 9th Army of Nanxiang for the whole night. Obviously, the rigorous German old man could not accept such a cruel reality. He couldn't understand why a perfect plan would have resulted in such a result? He never admitted that his plan was a bit out of touch. He stubbornly believed that the national army did not strictly implement his plan.

Chairman Jiang also believed that Farkenhausen was a famous German military expert. Even if the combat plan he formulated was not perfect, it should never be replaced with such a crushing defeat. Chairman Jiang could not help but wonder if it was because the commander-in-chief did not accept Zhang Zhizhong's suggestions on adjustment and deployment, so Zhang Zhizhong was in a state of trouble and was making a move?

Chairman Jiang called Nanxiang by phone, but found that Zhang Zhizhong was not in the headquarters.

Chairman Jiang was a little unhappy, but he was a cunning person and didn't say much at the time.

What Chairman Jiang didn't know was that someone was in a state of trouble last night and was trying to be tempted. However, this person was not Zhang Zhizhong, but Xia Chuzhong, the commander of the 98th Division. Because Zhang Zhizhong demolished the 98th Division, the 293rd Brigade was under the command of Song Xilian, and the 294th Brigade was under the command of Wang Jingjiu, the commander of the 87th Division.

Seeing that Xia Chuzhong was the commander alone, of course he was not happy, so he kept two brigades away. As a result, Song Xilian, who was stubborn in the war and was also stubborn, became very angry at that time. Zhang Zhizhong had to hurry to Jiangwan to put out the fire, so Chairman Jiang didn't call him two times in a row, which laid the groundwork for Chairman Jiang's outbreak later.

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General Matsui Ishione, the commander of the Shanghai condemnation army of the Japanese Army, was also very unhappy because Ohara Shigemi failed to successfully capture Taiwan, and the landing of the 3rd Division and the 11th Division became a problem.

The landing of the two divisions is not just a matter of fun. It is not just to simply collect hundreds of small steamers and send tens of thousands of soldiers to ashore. First, there are heavy equipment such as cannons, tanks, trucks, etc., followed by logistics supplies such as ammunition, rations, and quilts, and then engineering equipment such as boat bridges, and a communication system must be established.

Most importantly, all of this must be done in a very short time!

Otherwise, when the Chinese side reacted and quickly mobilized dozens of divisions to press over, the two divisions sent by Shanghai to the condemnation army would be in danger of being surrounded and annihilated on the beach. It is said that the seventeen permanent divisions were well-trained and had super combat power. But if they were trapped by the national army on a narrow beach, the Japanese army could not perform, and no matter how strong the combat power was, it would be useless.

That's why Matsui Ishione asked Ohara Shigeumi to disguise himself as a Marine Corps to seize artillery Taiwan. Once the Ohara brigade has built a forward base in artillery Taiwan in advance, it will be easy for Shanghai to send a large-scale landing of the condemnation army. Now, Matsui Ishione must implement the second plan, which is to land at the entrance of Kawasakou and Zhang Huabin respectively.

The defense of Sichuan Shakou is weak, so there is no problem with the 11th Division landing in this direction. However, the 3rd Division landing from Zhang Huabin has a considerable risk, because Zhang Huabin is located in the middle of Wusong Town and Shanghai Xinshi District. Both areas of the National Army have heavy troops stationed. Once the Japanese army cannot quickly gain a foothold, the consequences will be unimaginable.

However, Matsui Ishigen has no better choice. Although the coastline in the direction of Kawasakou is long and the defense of the Kuomintang army in that direction is weak, the terrain there is not conducive to the rapid arrival of heavy equipment. Only when the Shanghai condemnation army captured Zhang Huabin can it use the railway terminal with a huge throughput to quickly send a large amount of heavy equipment to the shore.

In the early morning of August 23, the day after the National Army's Iron Fist Plan failed, the Japanese 3rd Division and the 11th Division's two first condemnation regiments were successfully landed from Zhang Huabin and Kawasakou. After the news came back, Matsui Ishien was very surprised because even at Zhang Huabin Railway Station, the Japanese army did not face much resistance.

Matsui Ishigen didn't know that Zhang Huabin was at the junction of Wusong Town and Shanghai Xinshi District. Zhong Song Brigade, who had just adjusted to defend Wusong Town, believed that Zhang Huabin was the defense area of ​​the 87th Division, while Wang Jingjiu, commander of the 87th Division, believed that Zhang Huabin should be the defense area of ​​Zhongsong Brigade, which resulted in a blind spot in defense.

When the Japanese army took advantage of the rising tide at midnight to launch a raid from the two directions of the Lizaobin and Huangpu River, a platoon of the Shanghai Police Corps stationed at Zhanghuabin Railway Station resisted desperately until the last soldier. However, their desperate resistance did not change the rapid deterioration of the Battle of Songhu from the overall situation.

The Battle of Shanghai entered the second stage. From this day on, the Kuomintang army no longer considered how to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army in Shanghai, but how to resist the Japanese offensive.

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Due to the continuous bombing of the Japanese aviation force, Zhang Zhizhong had already moved his headquarters out of Guyi Garden. He moved again yesterday during the day and moved the headquarters to Xugongqiao.

It was almost dawn, Zhang Zhizhong, who had been busy all night, had no time to sit down and drink a bowl of porridge, then leaned on the back of the chair and took a nap. However, less than ten minutes after Zhang Zhizhong closed his eyes, Tong Yuanliang, the chief of staff of the 9th Army, hurried in and reported to him with a serious expression: "General Director, the Japanese army is at the mouth of Sichuan Shakou, Zhang Huabin has landed!"

Zhang Zhizhong was shocked when he heard this: "The Japanese army has really landed on a large scale?!"

A few days ago, Xu Shijiu had judged that the Japanese army would launch a large increase in troops to Shanghai within five days. Zhang Zhizhong also asked the Nanjing Command for tactical adjustments, but he still had a hint of luck in his heart, believing that this was just an inference after all. Perhaps the Japanese army would not increase troops to Shanghai, but instead sent the mobilized divisions to the battlefield in North China?

But now, this sense of luck has been ruthlessly shattered by cruel facts.

Zhang Zhizhong hurried into the war room and saw the enemy-to-me situation chart on the table, his face changed at that time.

At this time, several combat staff of the headquarters had already drawn two huge blue arrows on the map. One of them was directly inserted into Luodian from Chuanshakou, while the other arrow went straight into Liuxing from Zhang Huabin through Wusong Town. Luodian, behind Liuxing were Jiading and Nanxiang, and Jiading and Nanxiang were once lost...

Zhang Zhizhong dared not think about it any more. Such a situation is really terrible!

After looking closely at Luodian, Zhang Zhizhong's face turned pale and so on, from Liu Xing's front line, the defense line of the national army suddenly turned pale. There was only a shortage group of troops from Liuhe to Jiangwan!

"Let's go to Jiangwan!" Zhang Zhizhong turned around and left the war room.

As a veteran who has experienced many battles, Zhang Zhizhong has already smelled a dangerous smell from the air. If he does not draw the decent troops from the city of Shanghai as soon as possible to enrich Luodian, Liu Xing’s defense line, and the Japanese army landed from Chuanshakou and Zhang Huabin, who landed in, can march straight in and quickly capture Luodian and Nanxiang. By then, the entire national army in Shanghai will be made into dumplings by the Japanese army!

However, Zhang Zhizhong was not sure. At this time, it was time to draw troops from Shanghai to enrich Luodian and Liu Xing’s defense line?

The only thing Zhang Zhizhong can do now is to do his best and leave his will.

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After the Japanese 3rd Division successfully landed from Zhang Huabin, the subsequent progress was not very smooth, but the 11th Division made extremely smooth progress after landing from Sichuan Shakou. By noon on the 23rd, the 12th Infantry Regiment, which had landed first in the 11th Division, had already divided the troops and captured Baoshan County and Luodian Town in one breath.

Anda Twenty-third, the commander of the 12th Infantry Regiment, was a typical Japanese officer. He was promoted to the military academy in his childhood, and then admitted to the Army University after serving in the army for several years. Therefore, he also had the arrogance of the Japanese officers. With only one infantry registrar in his hand and no heavy firepower, he dared to attack Luodian and Baoshan!

However, it must be admitted that the Japanese army made a lot of preparations for the Battle of Songhu. With the cooperation of the engineers, the dense water network in the Songhu area, which was highly anticipated by the senior officials of the State Government, did not cause much hinder the Japanese army. Anda 23's military adventure finally received a generous reward - the soldiers seized Luodian and Baoshan without bloodshed.

The situation of the Japanese army at this time was not very good, at least from the combat map.

If Anda 23's 12th Infantry Regiment was desperate to move forward, it would definitely be possible to take Jiading before the National Army could react, because the distance between Jiading and Luodian was much closer than that between Luodian and Shanghai city. When Zhang Zhizhong mobilized troops from Shanghai city, the daylily would be cold.

If the luck is good enough, the Japanese army may even capture Nanxiang Town in one go. If this is the case, the fun will be great. Once the railway and road traffic between Nanjing and Shanghai are cut off by the Japanese army, the more than a dozen elite Central Army divisions gathered in Shanghai will only have half a breath. At that time, there will be no other choice except for a large retreat.

However, retreat is not just a joke, nor is it as simple as drawing a few lines on the drawings. Even if it is a retreat of a division, it involves a lot of work. First, retreat in that direction, where is the specific position to retreat? Secondly, the setting of troops stations on the retreat route, the supply of materials, and finally the determination of the retreat sequence.

If one division is like this, it will be even more complicated if more than a dozen divisions are.
Chapter completed!