Japanese Army Shanghai Airport.

At this time, the airport was already preparing to welcome the plane's landing. About half an hour ago, the Japanese fleet that went to bomb the newly formed 6th Army tank unit sent a message that they would return to land within an hour.

Many Japanese devils seemed to be full of energy. They would complete the bombing mission so smoothly and so quickly. Many Japanese devils even fantasized about the scene of the newly formed 6th Army tanks and armored vehicles being blown up.

The head of the Japanese Shanghai Airport, a major general of the Japanese army, stood on the airport command building with a command knife, and looked down from above, looking at the huge Shanghai Airport through the glass window, looking in a good mood, and a bright smile appeared on his face.

After receiving the order that the fleet would return, the Japanese Major General stood here with several senior commanders from the airport to prepare for the return plane. Behind the Japanese Major General, a colonel, several Zhongsou and a minor, and a group of Japanese officers stood upright, with joy on their faces.

"Your Excellency General, you will make great contributions to destroying a huge tank group of the newly formed 6th Army this time, and we will benefit from it."

The Japanese general said "humally": "Everyone, these are all the plans of Commander-in-Chief Okamura Nishiji. We just act according to the orders. However, you all performed well. I will report to Commander-in-Chief Okamura Nishiji."

Upon hearing this, the joy on the faces of the Japanese officers seemed to be a little deeper.

Just as the Japanese officers were full of joy, a Japanese correspondent ran in with a panic on his face and reported anxiously: "God General, I received the latest news from our aircraft group. Our aircraft group was suddenly attacked by hundreds of fighter jets from the newly formed 6th Army, and our aircraft suffered heavy losses."

After saying that, the Japanese communication soldier's head was lowered and his face was tragic.

Hearing this, the Japanese Major General's face suddenly changed, and the smile on his face instantly frozen. After a long time, he roared: "This is impossible. Immediately contact our group and ask about the specific situation."

Next to him, a group of Japanese officers were already full of joy. When they heard the news, everyone's faces changed drastically, and they were immediately covered with clouds.

It is no wonder that the Japanese Major General did not accept this fact. There was no such coincidence that his own fleet flew over and was about to launch a bombing of the newly formed 6th Army. It seemed that he had prepared for it.

It was impossible that such a coincidence would happen, so the Japanese Major General was so out of control. He roared and almost grabbed the neckline of the Japanese correspondent soldier.

The Japanese communication soldier with a tragic look had no choice but to go and contact his own group. After a few minutes, the Japanese communication soldier came over again, but it seemed that his face was a little worse, as if he was losing his parents.

He said sadly: "God General, our planes have all lost contact. No matter how hard we try, we cannot contact our plane."

Hearing this, the Japanese general's face was so gloomy that he could pinch out the water. At this critical moment, all the planes lost contact. What does this mean? The answer is about to come out.

Seeing this, the Japanese officers next to him lowered their heads and felt sad and angry.

These are two full-scale 97 bomber squadrons of the Nakajima and one 97 fighter squadron. They are all relatively advanced aircraft in service, and they are gone. The Japanese officers are in a very bad mood and are simply freezing.

The same is true for the major general of the Japanese. He looked at the huge Shanghai Airport with a dark face and said nothing. He still had a trace of hope in his heart. He hoped that after a while, the plane would return to Shanghai Airport.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the Major General of the Japanese stood there motionless. An hour passed, two hours passed, and no plane returned, and the glimmer of hope in the Major General of the Japanese was completely shattered.

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The first armored division heading towards Shanghai, three huge tank groups seemed to be much slower and looked slower. Several kilometers ahead of the three tank groups, there were a large number of Japanese soldiers as if they were facing a great enemy.

These Japanese dig trenches, even anti-tank trenches, bury landmines, build fortifications, deploy war defense artillery, etc., preparing for the sniper warriors' tank group.

The soldiers were not marching fast, and the Japanese were clearly surveillance of the direction and route of the marching. A large number of Japanese soldiers chose terrain, built sniper fortifications, and prepared to use the highway as the main line to launch a layer of blocking the soldiers' tank group.

On the other hand, the Japanese army from several cities near Shanghai began to march towards the Shanghai area, such as the Japanese and puppet troops in Wuxi, Zhenjiang and other places, and even some Japanese and puppet troops in Suzhou began to reinforce Shanghai.

Suzhou is not far from Jiaxing, and the little Japanese stationed heavily in Suzhou. The number of Japanese and puppet troops in Suzhou is about 50,000, with a large number of people.

Okamura Yasuji thought that the newly formed 6th Army would attack Shanghai, and the newly formed 6th Army also took the initiative to attack Shanghai. In order to add another fire and make a lot of play, Ye Feng issued another order, ordering the two major airports in Hangzhou and Ningbo to dispatch a large number of B-17 "Air Fortress" bombers to launch a large-scale bombing of the Japanese army in Shanghai.

Hangzhou Airport.

One by one, one huge "air fortress" bombers were loaded with ammunition and fuel, and took off one after another from the runway, completed formations in the air, and flew towards Shanghai in units of squadrons.

The same is true for Ningbo Airport. At the same time, a large number of bombers took off and flew towards Shanghai one by one.

Western suburbs of Shanghai.

A large number of Japanese troops were hastily building a huge blocking line, and a large number of Japanese and puppet troops were busy building fortifications.

According to the order of the General Staff of the Central China Front Army of Japan, thousands of Japanese and tens of thousands of puppet troops will build a north-south defensive fortification in this area, focusing on highways and cutting off almost all roads leading to Shanghai in half.

The Japanese already knew that the tank groups, armored vehicles of the newly formed 6th Army, and subsequent troops attacking Shanghai would advance along the highway. The water net terrain in this area would have a certain impact on the progress of the tanks and armored vehicles of the newly formed 6th Army, and the speed of traveling along the highway was the fastest.

A major highway leading to the western suburbs of Shanghai, two spacious highways in parallel, and three large trucks have no problem. It is a typical sandy and gravel road with relatively good road conditions.

At this time, a large number of Japanese and puppet troops were digging anti-tank trenches on the highway. A trench several meters wide and more than one meter deep cut off the road in half. Such a trench was still extending to the distance on both sides of the highway.

A large number of Japanese devils, at least a thousand people, led by a Japanese devil, were building fortifications on the other side of the trench, near Shanghai.

These Japanese devils drove piles, piled up sandbags, etc., and their fortifications gradually took shape. Many Japanese devils even pushed out anti-war defense guns, with their muzzles facing away and towards the direction of the road.

In addition to a large number of Japanese devils, there are also a large number of puppet troops. The number of puppet troops seems to be more than Japanese devils. These puppet troops are constructing fortifications under the command of Japanese devils.

Several puppet army officers had a flattering and flattering look on their faces. One puppet army officer even lit a cigarette for a Japanese lieutenant, completely like a pug shaking his head and begging for his tail.

On the far highway, on the other side of the anti-tank trenches, near the Jiaxing area, a large number of puppet troops were helping the Japanese to bury landmines. These puppet troops took shovels on the highway and dug out dirt pits on both sides of the highway. The Japanese engineers buried mines in these pits with mines, and then carefully leveled the soil. It seemed that there were no mines buried here at all.

A large number of puppet troops were busy, but some of the puppet troops seemed to be restless and full of concern. These puppet troops knew that the newly formed 6th Army might have to attack Shanghai on a large scale, and the reputation of the newly formed 6th Army had long been heard of these puppet troops.

"Squad leader, is the large unit of the newly formed 6th Army going to fight?" A puppet army asked in a low voice while building fortifications.

This area was full of puppet troops, at least dozens of people, and they were not worried about being heard by the Japanese. Therefore, the puppet troops plucked up their courage and asked their squad leader in a low voice.

The puppet army squad leader sighed and lowered his voice: "The large unit of the newly formed 6th Army must be coming. If you want to survive, you should act according to the opportunity. When the battle begins, you will run away if you have the chance."

These puppet troops were not optimistic about the Japanese, thinking that the Japanese could not resist the attack of the newly formed 6th Army. Their combat effectiveness was not strong and their fighting spirit was even worse. Many of them were already timid, and many were wandering around and preparing to escape when they saw the opportunity.

In the afternoon, the sun gradually sets westward. After two more hours, it will be dark in three hours. At this time, the roar of planes seems to be faintly heard from the sky.

Many puppet troops who were working looked up and looked in the direction of the sound. In the sky, about twenty huge aircraft were flying towards this side. This was a "air fortress" bomber formation.

Many Japanese devils also discovered this bomber group and saw at least more than twenty large bombers flying towards them. Several Japanese officers looked into the sky with telescopes, and saw more clearly through the telescopes.

"Baga! The bomber group of the newly formed 6th Army, hurry up and defend air!"

Many Japanese officers shouted, and these Japanese soldiers were obviously equipped with a certain amount of anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns. Seeing so many planes coming, many Japanese soldiers hurriedly wielded anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns to prepare for air defense.

Seeing so many planes coming, all of them were huge bombers, many puppet troops exclaimed, and some were timid and afraid of death and even prepared to leave.

Several puppet troops who were building fortifications looked at each other, their eyes full of horror, then shouted, threw the shovel in their hands, ran away, these were the first puppet troops to take the lead in escaping.

Some people took the lead and immediately became similar to many people. Soon, many puppet troops began to escape, and more and more...

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Chapter completed!