When An Ting was attacked, Chairman Jiang was summoning military and political officials to discuss whether to give up Nanjing.

Before today, I have actually discussed it twice, but no results have been reached. Most important personnel tend to give up Nanjing. Because the Battle of Songhu has been in the present, the more than 80 divisions invested in the battlefield have not only lost more than half of their troops, but their combat effectiveness has also been reduced to less than one-third of the original one. Just defend it. Can you defend Nanjing?

However, there are also people who insist on keeping it, and the representative figure is Tang Shengzhi.

Chairman Jiang was very conflicted. He knew that Nanjing had become a dead place and there was no need to defend himself in strategy. However, he was even more worried that the National Government would become a de facto local regime after Nanjing was lost. Will this have an impact on local warlords such as Yan Xishan, Long Yun, Li Zongren and Liu Xiang? Moreover, Nanjing was the first place of the Prime Minister's Mausoleum.

Therefore, after several meetings, the senior officials of the State Government failed to form a unified opinion.

After receiving the news of An Ting's attack, the meeting was immediately interrupted. Chairman Jiang immediately brought a group of military and political officials present to the basement of the Fuguishan official residence, where the commander's headquarters was on foot.

Liu Fei, head of the combat team of the Military Command, introduced the important position of Anting: "There were three highway bridges in western Shanghai, a railway bridge and more than a dozen wooden bridges, but after our army retreated to the south bank of the Suzhou River (Wusong River), in order to prevent the Japanese army from crossing the river, most of the bridges had been blown up. The Anting Highway Bridge is the only remaining bridge at present."

Chairman Jiang's face changed suddenly, and he asked, "How many troops are left on the south bank of the Wusong River?"

After Songjiang was lost, the troops in western Shanghai retreated to Jiaxing via the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway and the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway, and the passage in Hangzhou was cut off. If the troops of these dozens of divisions wanted to withdraw safely, they could only go west along the south bank of the Wusong River, then retreat northward through the Anting Bridge, and then retreat along the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway and Kun-Hua Highway to Kunshan.

That's why Anting's geographical location is so important.

Liu Fei sighed lightly and replied bitterly: "As of now, only nine divisions have been confirmed to retreat from the Anting Bridge over the Wusong River. All the other forty divisions cannot be contacted. Most of them are still on the south bank of the Wusong River. They are retreating to Baihe Port and Anting through various positions in Beixinjing, Hongqiao and Longhua."

Chairman Jiang's face became even more ugly. The fifty divisions that had previously retreated across the Suzhou River were all German-armed divisions, including the most capable Central Military Academy teaching corps, the First Army, the 18th Army, and the 74th Army were all on the south bank of the Suzhou River. If these dozens of German-armed divisions were asked to make dumplings by the Japanese army, what else would the National Government have to last the war of resistance?

"What's going on with Anting?" He Yingqin asked, "The Japanese army on the southern front had just crossed Songjiang. Although the Japanese army on the northern front had already captured Liuhe, they were still far from Anting. Why was Anting suddenly attacked by the Japanese army?"

"The specific details are not clear yet." Liu Fei shook his head, "but I judged that it should be a small group of Japanese troops."

"Small Japanese troops? Can a small Japanese troops cause such a big mess?" At this point, Chairman Jiang couldn't help but swear, "Mom Xipi, pick me up Xue Yue, isn't he in Anting?"

Liu Fei shook his head again and said, "Commander-in-Chief Xue can't contact you either."

"Xue Yue can't be found, can the staff officer of the 19th Army Command be found?" Chairman Jiang became even more annoyed.

Liu Fei shook his head and said, "The phone number from the 19th Army Command is on, but no one answers, and I don't know what's going on there."

"This Xue Yue." Chairman Jiang was completely angry, "What the hell is he doing?"

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What is Xue Yue doing? He is running for his life!

The staff officer wore his lieutenant general's uniform and finally drew the Japanese army's sight, giving him a chance to swim away, but in case he swam west for nearly a thousand meters before he dared to climb ashore. By the time he climbed ashore, he was already exhausted and froze and his whole body was purple. The weather in November in Shanghai was already extremely cold.

This future god of war is so embarrassed that he is like a refugee who is fleeing.

Seeing that a man suddenly crawled out of the river, several national troops hiding in the reed marsh by the river suddenly became alert and immediately pointed the black gun at Xue Yue. However, fortunately, a veteran of the 9th Division had seen Xue Yue twice, recognized Xue Yue on the spot, and took off his cotton uniform and put it on for Xue Yue to wear.

Xue Yue leaned out of the reeds wrapped in a cotton uniform. At this time, the bomber group of Japanese Army Airlines had arrived. Dozens of bombers were bombing against the Anting Bridge and Songjia Highway. On the bridge, on the roads and in the fields, there were soldiers of the national army who were hiding in panic. The scene was even more chaotic than before.

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The scene was indeed very chaotic, but there was a group of people who were not in chaos.

This group of people was either someone else, the 19th brigade led by Xu Shijiu and the artillery. At this time, the twenty Japanese soldiers left on the south bank had been cleared. The officers and soldiers of the 19th brigade and the artillery guarded the two barricades, closely monitoring the defeated troops of the national army that were evading in a hurry nearby. Anyone who dared to approach would kill him.

The lessons of the bridge guarding troops were right in front of me. Xu Shijiu knew that this was not the time to be merciful!

"Dadada..." In the chaos, several defeated soldiers of the National Army tried to rush into the barricade to avoid Japanese bombing. Xu Shijiu immediately shot with a short shot and set up a dust belt in the open space in front of the several defeated soldiers. This was a warning shooting. The defeated soldiers of the National Army were shocked and rushed to another direction.

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Ohara Shigemi hid behind the crooked willow tree that Xue Yue had just escaped on the other side of the river, staring coldly at the two barricades on the south bank. These two circular barricades were like two stone lions guarding the door squatted in front of the detonation command center. If the Japanese army wanted to blow up the bridge, they had to first deal with the national army in these two barricades.

Seeing that the group of national troops were extremely vigilant and was not at all chasing under the bombardment of the air force, Ohara Shigemi knew that it was impossible to blow up the bridge again. She immediately made a gesture to several team leaders hidden behind her, and several team leaders took their respective combat teams to scatter.

Ohara Shigemi knew very well that there was no chance to stay here anymore. He could get nothing but wasted time, so it would be better to go to other places as soon as possible and continue to create chaos during the retreat of the national army. However, before leaving Anting, Ohara brigade took off the white towel around his neck, which became even more difficult to recognize.

Ohara Shigemi's prediction was very accurate. Shortly after he brought more than 80 special forces members into the market, Huo Kuizhang, the commander of the 54th Army, rushed to Anting with the headquarters of the 14th Division, and there was also a regiment of the 14th Division. As soon as Huo Kuizhang arrived, the 14th Division naturally took over the bridge defense from the 87th Division.

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Nanjing, commander-in-chief.

Liu Fei, the head of the combat team of the Military Command, made more than a dozen calls before finally finding Huo Kuizhang, the commander of the 54th Army who had just retreated to Anting. He learned from Huo Kuizhang that the small group of Japanese troops attacking Anting had been repelled, the Anting Bridge was safe and sound, and the 14th Division of the 54th Army had taken over the defense of Anting Bridge.

Liu Fei sighed relieved and quickly reported the situation to Chairman Jiang.

However, before Chairman Jiang and a group of military and political officials breathed a sigh of relief, an even more shocking bad news was immediately uploaded to the Nanjing Command. Qingpu, the first barrier to protect Anting, the only retreat passage, had already been lost more than half an hour ago. Most of the 174th Brigade of the 58th Division guarding Qingpu was wiped out, and the brigade commander Wu Jiguang died in his country.

Chairman Jiang hurriedly walked to the big map posted on the wall and looked at it, his face immediately became gloomy.

Chief of General Staff He Yingqin, Gendarmerie Commander Gu Zhenglun and other generals also looked at each other. This little Japanese advanced too fast, right? He just captured Songjiang yesterday and arrived in Qingpu today? Moreover, before it was dark, Qingpu was lost? Once Qingpu was lost, Anting was only the barrier of Baihegang!

Looking at the map, Chairman Jiang asked in a deep voice: "Which unit is guarding Baihe Port?"

Liu Fei flipped through the folders, and his face, which was originally calm, turned pale in an instant. He didn't dare to answer for a while. It was not until Chairman Jiang looked over that he gritted his teeth and replied: "The one guarding Baihe Port is an independent brigade of the 58th Division, with more than 800 officers and soldiers..."

"An independent brigade?" Chairman Jiang's eyelids twitched when he heard this. A brigade guarded Qingpu, but the Japanese army was defeated in less than a day. How long can an independent brigade guarded Baihe Port? Half a day or two hours? Once Baihe Port is lost, where should the dozens of divisions retreated from Beixinjing, Nanshi, and Pudong go?

He Yingqin also felt that this was too fucked and ordered Liu Fei: "Wei Zhang, why don't you go to contact the troops quickly. No matter which unit you contact, let him rush to Baihegang immediately."

Liu Fei hurried to the next door to make a phone call. He came back when it was dark, and his face was bitter. He made a phone call for more than an hour and finally contacted two troops. One was Huo Kuizhang's 54th Army, which was said to be one army. In fact, there was only Chen Lie's 14th Division, and there was only half a regiment around him, and the other was Sun Yuanliang's 88th Division, but now he was almost at Kunshan.

Dozens of other divisions were all on the way to retreat, the phone was blocked, and the radio was turned off. Moreover, Liu Fei knew that it was useless to contact him, because the troops were all separated, and there were at most several guards and staff officers left by each division commander. There was also a guard platoon or something, and the troops below lost contact.

At this moment, everyone in the commander-in-chief, including Chairman Jiang, was full of hearts, because it was only 30 miles from Qingpu to Baihe Port, and the Japanese mechanized troops could arrive in just over half an hour. Even though it was too late today, the Japanese army would most likely not continue to attack, but they would definitely be able to attack Baihe Port tomorrow morning, and Anting would probably be able to be captured around the evening.

Could it be that the dozens of main divisions that were withdrawn from Beixinjing, Nanshi, and Pudong were really going to be dumplings by the Japanese army? Could it be that these dozens of divisions are really doomed?
Chapter completed!