In early September, Chairman Jiang came to Suzhou again.

At this time, with the arrival of Hu Zongnan's 1st Division, Li Yutang's 3rd Division, Li Yannian's 9th Division, Gui Yongqing Central Military Academy Teaching Corps, Huang Jie's Tax Police Corps and other troops, the national army gathered on the battlefield in the Songhu battlefield had more than 400,000 people, and the two divisions that the Japanese army landed in advance gradually became a little overwhelmed.

Seeing that the Japanese army seemed to be exhausted by the veterans, the German old man Farkenhausen was so excited that he shouted in front of Chairman Chiang all day long that he clamored to counterattack in front of Chairman Chiang, clamoring to drive the Japanese army landing in Shanghai into the Yangtze River to feed fish. The old man in Germany fooled him and thought to snort the left and right. Chairman Chiang was uneasy and slapped his head and wanted to transfer the Gui army and the Sichuan army to the battlefield of Songhu.

Zhang Fakui, commander-in-chief of the 8th Army, became anxious when he heard this. He immediately summoned more than a dozen division commanders to join forces. He secretly obtained the support of Chen Cheng, commander-in-chief of the 15th Army, and sent a joint telegram to Chairman Jiang. The telegram said that the troops invested in Shanghai should be set at an upper limit, and if they exceed this upper limit, they can no longer send troops to Shanghai.

What is the maximum limit for this force? It is the 40 German divisions that have been invested in Shanghai now!

In fact, Zhang Fakui's psychological bottom line is 20 German and equipment divisions. In Shanghai, the small land, the troops invested by 20 divisions is already very crowded. However, now that 40 divisions have been invested, we can only accept reality. After all, the battlefield is not a casino, and you can't get in as long as you want, and you can get in as long as you want.

Zhang Fakui's implication was that in the end, the dozen German divisions and Gui army, the Sichuan army should not enter Shanghai again, but should stay on the four national defense lines of Wu Fu, Xicheng, Jiazha and Haijia as the general reserve team. Once the Battle of Songhu is defeated, this general reserve team may continue to fight against the war based on the strong national defense fortifications.

Zhang Fakui is of course a matter of old and successful thinking on the country, and he is determined to lose without considering victory.

However, Chairman Jiang, who was in high spirits, did not listen to Zhang Fakui's honest advice at all. He insisted on putting the remaining dozen German divisions, together with the Gui army, and the Sichuan army, and also went to Suzhou to cheer for the senior generals on the front line, and inspire them to exert the bloodiness of Chinese soldiers, fight for every inch of land, and defend Shanghai to the death.

Chairman Jiang’s original words were that when the war started, there was no distinction between the north and the south, and no distinction between the old and the young, and they all had the responsibility of defending the territory and resisting the war! Chairman Jiang particularly emphasized the four words of defending the territory and resisting the war, calling on everyone to fight for the land and not give in. At this time, Chairman Jiang had already put aside the general policy of exchanging space for time proposed by Jiang Baili.

Not to mention, the leader's motivation was really effective. Huang Wei, who had just replaced Li Shusen as the commander of the 67th Division, buckled his helmet on his head and took the suicide squad to the Luodian battlefield. This nerd is stupid, but the stupid man has a stupid way. He led the suicide squad forward for every fifty meters he advanced forward, so he asked the follow-up troops to build fortifications. After he gained a firm foothold, he led the suicide squad forward.

After further breaking through fifty meters, the follow-up troops followed and constructed fortifications, and then moved forward step by step. In this way, they advanced fifty meters, fifty meters, fifty meters, fifty meters, and fifty meters forward, and they took back Luodian from the Japanese army. They were also guarded for a week. When they finally retreated from Luodian, they all died in battle. The three regiment commanders under them died and two were seriously injured. The entire division gathered together and only one reinforced battalion was strengthened.

There is also Hu Zongnan, who has always regarded himself as Chairman Jiang's chief student. In Liuxing and Yangxing attacked fiercely day and night, and the First Army had more than half of the casualties and did not say a word. Later, Gu Zhutong went to the front line to inspect and inquire about the casualties of the troops, Hu Zongnan smiled bitterly and said to Gu Zhutong, "If the chief officer does not transfer troops, I will go to the front line."

Huang Wei and Hu Zongnan were like this, and other division commanders were almost the same, and they all attacked with great force.

Since early September, nearly 400,000 troops of more than 40 German divisions of the National Army launched a fierce attack on the Japanese 3rd and 11th Divisions from all directions, and the situation faced by the Japanese army suddenly became severe.

Especially the 11th Japanese Division, which landed from Sichuan Shakou and the Lion Fort, fought fiercely until September 10, with more than 8,000 casualties and nearly 40% of them lost to Luodian. The 44th Infantry Regiment, which fought fiercely with Peng Shan's 11th Division, Feng Shengfa 58th Division, and Huang Wei's 67th Division, was basically crippled.

If it weren't for the back of the Yangtze River, they could have received firepower support from the 3rd Fleet of the Japanese Navy, and the 11th Division might have been driven into the Yangtze River by the National Army to feed fish.

The bureaucrats at the General Staff Headquarters far away in Tokyo were finally a little anxious and quickly put their suggestions on tactical innovation into practice. Japan's industrial foundation was by no means comparable to that of the National Government at that time. After the war machine was turned on at full speed, the efficiency was even more amazing. In just a few days, tons of small bombs were modified and urgently transported to Shanghai.

At the same time, the Japanese army had completed the reconstruction of the Yangshupu Naval Playground and built a new airport in Pudong. The Japanese Navy Aviation no longer had to be controlled by the harsh weather outside Wusong. The aviation regiment directly belonged to the Shanghai-sponsored condemnation army also had a fixed take-off and landing airport, so the flight intensity of the Japanese aviation army came up immediately.

Since mid-September, the number of daily racks above the Songhu battlefield has suddenly increased by more than ten times.

The national army is in trouble now. Nearly 400,000 people in the 40th division are placed in an area of ​​only 40 kilometers wide and only five kilometers deep. Now, the flight intensity of not only the Japanese HNA but also the land aviation industry has increased. After changing the 500-kg and 250-kg heavy bombs to 5 kg and 10-kg small bombs, the number of bombs mounted on each aircraft has also increased greatly. The number of bombs surged, and the bomb density naturally surged. The result can be imagined.

Starting from mid-September, the Japanese planes above the Songhu battlefield were like mosquitoes in August. As soon as they flew away, another group came immediately. The bombs fell from the sky like rain. It was not safe for hundreds of thousands of national troops to hide in fortifications, but they still had to follow Chairman Chiang's admonition of "a fight for every inch of land" to launch attacks again and again. How could it be a tragic word?

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The artillery fire was flying, and it was late September. It has been more than a month since the Battle of Songhu. As more and more national troops entered the battlefield of Songhu, more and more wounded people. In addition, the bombing of several highways and railways by Japanese Army Aviation and HNA, the logistics and medical insurance of the entire Third War Zone suddenly became tight.

Chairman Jiang was actually his consideration because of his determination to protect Shanghai.

At that time, China's navy was extremely weak, with a total tonnage of only more than 60,000 tons. Once China and Japan go to full war, the entire coastline will inevitably be completely blocked by the Japanese navy. At this time, Shanghai, as the only trade port that can be connected with the outside world, became extremely important. Chairman Chiang also pointed to Shanghai to receive Western materials.

The industrial foundation of the National Government at that time was beyond imagination. Heavy industry was still the old foundation left by the Westernization Movement of the late Qing Dynasty. Not only did it make any progress, it even regressed. Several arsenals only built guns, bullets and grenades, and the production capacity was seriously insufficient, and the production speed could not keep up with the consumption speed.

The rest, like mortars, mountain cannons, etc., can only be imported.

In short, if there is no external material assistance, the National Government would not last long without the consumption method.

Although the production capacity of weapons and ammunition is insufficient, it can at least be added in part.

But in terms of medical devices, pharmaceuticals and pharmaceuticals, the National Government is poor. There is no need to mention drugs such as atropine and sulfonamide powder. Even a small plate of gauze must be imported from the West. It is completely unimaginable that when the Japanese Navy blocked China's coastline, the port of Shanghai was so important to the National Government.

However, Western powers have never been a good thing. No matter how hard you fight or how many people died, they just paid the money and delivered the goods in the same way. However, the National Government's annual military expenditure at that time had exceeded its fiscal revenue several times, and they could not get anything except white slips, so having the Shanghai port actually means not.

So in late September, the supply of ammunition, food, and medicines in the entire Third War Zone began to be in short supply. The soldiers of the Kuomintang were forced to fight hungry. The wounded soldiers who could have been treated died in large numbers due to the lack of medicine. In order to defend Shanghai, the soldiers of the Kuomintang paid a heavy price.

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On the wing of Luodian, the 58th Division.

In early September, the 58th Division was replaced by Chen Cheng because of the heavy casualties. Huang Wei's 67th Division was pushed to the front of Luodian, and the 58th Division was transferred to the flank to attack the enemy on the north side of Luodian. The north side of Luodian was opposite Chuanshakou. There was the 12th Japanese Infantry Regiment, the corps leader Anda 23rd. This old Japanese devil is also a powerful character.

After the Japanese army innovated its tactics, the bombing density increased tenfold. When the Yangshupu Airport was renovated and the Pudong Airport was completed, the battle was impossible. The Japanese planes took off from these two airports in a row, from early morning to darkness, and sometimes even at night they would come out and explode.

The Kuomintang army was so bombed that it could not even lift its head, and it was not possible to go to night. Now the Japanese have learned their lessons and have pulled up barbed wire on the front line dozens of kilometers of barbed wire. The Japanese engineers also repaired hundreds of kilometers of simple roads, armored vehicles, tanks and tricycles. They were patrolling back and forth all night, and even a mouse could not enter.

Without getting the map of the deployment and firepower configuration of Japan, the commander of the war zone was anxious again, and the 58th Division could only fight hard. The result is conceivable. From early September to mid-September, there were only less than 6,000 officers and soldiers who had just entered the Songhu battlefield. This was the number that was added to the two times.

This guy is completely consuming Japanese bombs with human lives, and he is also taking the lives of the German-Armed Division officers and soldiers. This is the German-Armed Division, the National Government has spent a huge price to train!

Xu Shijiu looked at the dense red arrows marked on the map. Each red arrow here represents a German and instrumental division of the Central Army. At first glance, there were at least forty or fifty red arrows. He smiled bitterly and said to Feng Shengfa: "Master, if you continue to fight like this, not only will Shanghai not be able to defend, but Nanjing may not be protected."

Feng Shengfa didn't say anything for a long time. Of course, he knew how serious the consequences would be if he continued like this!

China has a vast territory and a large population. The registered regular army has a system of 200 divisions, with more than 2 million troops. However, the core force of the national army is still 59 German-armed divisions. Now these 59 German-armed divisions are consuming frantically on the battlefield of the Shanghai battlefield. Under the bombardment of the Japanese army, one division is lost almost every day!

If the equipment is gone, you can buy it or build it, but these veterans have nowhere to replenish them after they lose it!

At that time, China was no better than that of the little Japan. The little Japan had a complete military service system. All young and middle-aged people in China had basically received formal military training. The front-line troops were exhausted, and the combat effectiveness of the reserves would not be much different, but the national army was absolutely not like this.

The National Government did not have a complete military service system. These 59 German-armed divisions were fought from the Northern Expedition. Most of the soldiers were veterans who had experienced many battles. Once these veterans were killed in battle and were disabled due to injuries, they could only add the strong men who had never touched the guns, and their combat effectiveness would plummet.

At the rate of losing one division every day, at most two months, the 59 German divisions of the Central Army will be completely lost, and by that time, the situation will be completely out of control!

A few days ago, Zhang Fakui jointly issued a telegram of advice, and Feng Shengfa also signed the name on it, but in the end it failed to change Chairman Jiang's decision. Chairman Jiang not only transferred the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps and the Eight-Nation Bank Tax Police Corps to the Songhu battlefield, but even issued a mobilization order to the Gui army and Sichuan army, and local troops will also come to the Songhu battlefield soon.

Obviously, Chairman Jiang was determined to fight a big battle with the Japanese army in Shanghai.

Feng Shengfa could have guessed Chairman Jiang's painstaking efforts and said with a wry smile: "The commissioner is forced to do this. Since the Japanese Navy completely blocked our coastline, Shanghai has become the only port for the National Government to communicate with the outside world. To maintain this port will eventually be conducive to the long-lasting war of resistance."
Chapter completed!