Temporary Command of Huben Brigade, Zhabei, Shanghai.

In the courtyard, Qiao Anbang was looking up at the night sky with one hand on his back, and he was anxiously waiting for Yali and the others to return.

After Zhao Gengyuan and his friends set out, Qiao Anbang ordered the regiments to prepare for battle. Now, after Zhao Gengyuan and his friends succeed, they can launch a final general attack on the Japanese army huddled in Hongkou and other places.

Qiao Anbang was anxious, and suddenly, a slight sound of footsteps sounded outside the yard. Looking up, Yali walked in with tears on her face.

Seeing that it was Yali alone, Qiao Anbang couldn't help but feel a little shocked, and he quickly came forward and asked, "Yali, what's wrong? What about Zhao Gengyuan and the others?"

"Master, Deputy Commander Zhao and others..." Yali cried with a grievance and sad look on her face.

Even though they were prepared, when they heard the news that Zhao Gengyuan and the others had all died, Qiao Anbang couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't bother to comfort Yali, so he asked quickly: "Then have they succeeded? Have they destroyed the Izumi?"

"Well..." Yali cried and nodded softly, "Deputy Commander Zhao and thirty soldiers were trapped in the Japanese army after placing torpedoes and bombs. None of them surrendered. They all fired all the bullets, and finally sacrificed themselves for their country."

"Master, I'm sorry, it's Yali's useless. I couldn't rescue them... Woo woo..." Yali said and burst into tears.

"Okay, Yali, don't be sad. It's not your fault. As a soldier, it's glorious to be able to die on the battlefield. They will live in our hearts forever." Qiao Anbang hurriedly hugged Yali and comforted her softly.

After comforting Yali, Qiao Anbang immediately turned his head and shouted loudly: "Sentencer!"

"Yes!" A messenger rushed in from outside the yard, stood up and saluted Qiao Anbang, "Please instruct, please give me instructions."

"Tell me the order, the first regiment, the second regiment, the third regiment, the armored company, and the artillery battalion immediately enter the battle. Tell them that they must be cleared out all the Japanese troops in Shanghai at all costs before dawn!" Qiao Anbang ordered in a deep voice.

"Yes!" The messenger responded with an excited expression, and then turned around and took the order and left quickly.

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Near the sea of ​​Songhu, the Izumo, which was bombed into two festivals, has begun to infiltrate a large scale of water, and its hull is gradually sinking. The Japanese sailors surviving on the deck are now running back and forth in horror, crying for help. Around the Izumo, Japanese ships rushing to the rescue after hearing the news are dispatching small ships for rescue.

Amid the explosion just now, Matsui Ishien, who was lying in bed, Tsukada Otsu who was guarding him, and Kawatani Kiyoshi who was in the captain's room, were all killed.

The ammunition depot is just below the captain's room, so after the explosion began, the first ones to suffer were Kawatani Kiyoshi who was in the captain's room and several of his combat staff.

Matsui Ishigen died even worse, and the deck that was directly shedded by the explosion was crushed into meat pies.

At this point, Qiao Anbang's goal of killing two birds with one stone has been achieved. Just as the Japanese Third Fleet was in chaos and was eager to rescue the survivors on the cruiser Izumi, thousands of officers and soldiers of the Tiger Brigade in Shanghai launched a full-scale attack on the remnants of the Japanese.

Without the threat of Japanese naval guns and planes, the 105 howitzer group of the Huben Brigade once again showed its power and unscrupulously poured steel shells into the Japanese positions. The entire Japanese position was trapped in a sea of ​​fire that was full of artillery fire, and the dazzling flames almost illuminated the entire night sky.

Suddenly, the Japanese commander hurriedly asked the Navy Fleet Expeditionary Command for help, but after calling for a long time, he still could not contact the command.

In the end, although they contacted other teams of the Third Fleet, the naval fleet, which had already been in panic, ignored the army's request for help. In order to prevent them from being attacked by Chinese mysterious special forces again, all naval ships evacuated the sea area of ​​Shanghai.

So, the two thousand Japanese army ordered to defend and wait for assistance were ruthlessly abandoned by their own navy.

The more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers without any firepower from the navy and air force, fought to the death, but they could not escape the fate of being completely wiped out.

Under the fierce artillery fire of the heavy artillery group of the Huben Brigade, nearly half of the Japanese were injured and killed. The surviving Japanese soldiers were no longer able to resist the Huben Brigade's troops. The battle was over before dawn.

Nearly two thousand Japanese were shot dead, and none of them missed the net. At this point, the Oriental Pearl in Shanghai was officially restored by the Tiger Brigade.

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Zhabei, Huben brigade and brigade department.

Qiao Anbang was not asleep all night, and was sitting at the conference table of the brigade department anxiously waiting for news from the front line.

Suddenly, the commander of the guard company, Wang Gensheng, ran in excitedly, stood up and said to Qiao Anbang: "Brigit, good news, call from the frontline regiments, the battle has ended, and more than 2,000 Japanese troops were wiped out by our army in one fell swoop, and none of them missed the net. Now the entire Shanghai has been restored by us."

"Okay! Beautiful job!" Qiao Anbang couldn't help but praise, and then said: "Immediately send a telegram to Chairman Jiang and plan a telegram to report the victory to Chairman Jiang!"

"Yes!" Wang Gensheng responded with a loud promise, then turned around and wanted to leave.

"Slow down." Qiao Anbang raised his hand to stop him.

"Host, what else do you have to do?" Wang Gensheng stopped and turned around and asked.

"I am sending my order that after dawn, except for the necessary warning troops, the soldiers of the brigade will take a day off, so that the brothers can rest and relax, but there is one thing that no one can cause trouble for no reason, otherwise military law will be dealt with!" Qiao Anbang said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Wang Gensheng stood up again excitedly, turned around and quickly took the order.

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In the early morning, the whole of Shanghai was filled with cheers. Tens of thousands of Shanghai citizens, workers and passionate young people flocked to the Hu Ben Brigade station, to comfort and reward the soldiers, and to see the style of this elite national army.

The soldiers on the day of the holiday were surrounded by enthusiastic citizens before they could enjoy this rare holiday during the war. The young female students frequently secretly sent love to the soldiers who were looking at each other, while the male students asked the soldiers to explain the battle to them with admiration and expressed their intention to join the Tiger Brigade.

At the same time, Wuhan leaders headed.

After receiving the news from the Huben Brigade two hours ago, the Chief of Guard Wang Shihe was so excited that he almost couldn't speak. When he came to Chairman Jiang's dormitory with the message in his hand, he suddenly heard that Chairman Jiang stayed up late last night and was asleep. He was now asleep.

So he suppressed the excitement in his heart and paced back and forth outside the dormitory and waited patiently. He did not dare or would rather disturb Chairman Jiang's rest, because since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Chairman Jiang was so worried that he had almost never slept well.

Although the current Nanjing Defense War temporarily reversed the crisis due to the sudden appearance of the Huben Brigade, the situation on the northern battlefield deteriorated sharply. After the Japanese army captured Shanxi, they began to attack Shandong.

Because Han Fuqu, deputy commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone and chairman of Shandong Province, fled south in fear of war, not only did a large number of land north of the Yellow River lose, but the Japanese army easily crossed the Yellow River natural danger. After losing the natural barrier of the Yellow River natural danger, the gateway between central Shandong was wide open. Within half a month, Jinan and Qingdao and other important towns in central Shandong were successively lost, and the Japanese army was heading towards Xuzhou, an important town in the Central Plains.

That is why Chairman Jiang is so busy that he doesn't care about rest.

Wang Shihe waited patiently for about an hour, and the door of Chairman Jiang’s dormitory suddenly opened. Seeing Wang Shihe being guarded outside the door early in the morning, Chairman Jiang, who had just gotten up, said in surprise: "Shihe, what's wrong with this early?"

"Commission, Shanghai is a great victory!" Seeing Chairman Jiang come out, Wang Shihe quickly stood up and said excitedly: "Three hours ago, the Hu Ben Brigade sent a good news from Shanghai. After two days and nights of bloody battles, the Hu Ben Brigade wiped out the Japanese invaders in the Songhu area. Shanghai has now recovered. In this battle, the Hu Ben Brigade wiped out more than 10,000 Japanese troops, destroyed more than 10,000 enemy planes, and seized countless Japanese combat supplies. In addition, the flagship Izumo Ship, the flagship Izumo Ship, was also destroyed and sunk by the Hu Ben Brigade. Most importantly, the commander of the Japanese Third Fleet, Kawatani Kiyoshi, and the commander of the Central China Expeditionary Army, Matsui Ishien, were both bombed and buried in the fish's belly."

"What did you say? The Hu Ben Brigade took back Shanghai?" Chairman Jiang was shocked and obviously couldn't believe it.

"Yes, not only did it regain Shanghai, but it also destroyed the Japanese Navy Third Fleet Command and the Central China Expeditionary Force Command in one fell swoop, achieving an unprecedented victory since the War of Resistance!" Wang Shihe quickly nodded and replied excitedly.

"Excellent, great!" Chairman Jiang was shocked at first, and then said to Wang Shihe ecstaticly: "Shihe, immediately report this battle to all the war zones across the country, and also order the propaganda department to publish the news immediately, so that it must be reported as soon as possible. There are also Chinese and foreign journalists from Wuhan immediately. I want to hold a press conference to inform the world of the brilliant achievements of our army."

"Yes!" Wang Shihe quickly stood up and then turned around and left.

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At noon that day, Chairman Jiang held a press conference on the recovery of the National Army in the Operations Hall of the Wuhan Military Commission. When Chairman Jiang solemnly announced to the Chinese and foreign journalists present that the explosive information of Shanghai, the No. 1 international metropolis in the Far East, was recovered by the Tiger Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army in the early morning of this morning, the reporters present were deeply shocked, especially the British and French who looked down on the national army, and their mouths were even more open enough to stuff them with goose eggs.

The Chinese journalists were ecstatic, and some female journalists were even more excited and shed tears.

After the press conference, journalists from all over the country sent this explosive news that was enough to shock the world back to their country.

In the afternoon of the same day, the news that Hu Ben Brigade won a great victory in Shanghai and the restoration of Shanghai spread to large and medium-sized cities across the country at an extremely fast speed under the intentional exaggeration of the National Government.

The restoration of Shanghai greatly encouraged the enthusiasm and confidence of the military and civilians across the country to fight against Japan. Large-scale marches and rallies broke out in large and medium-sized cities that night. The people participating in the rallies came from all walks of life, including students, merchants, peddlers, and ordinary citizens.

They congratulated the brilliant achievements of the Huben Brigade in Shanghai in the situation of parades and gatherings. Overnight, Qiao Anbang and his Huben Brigade's name became well-known throughout the country. From the elderly to the children, almost everyone knew it.
Chapter completed!