Xie Jinyuan was also alerted by the gunfire and came to the second floor of the west building.
Shangguan Zhibiao, Lei Xiong and several other company and platoon-level officers also followed.
"Did the Japs attack Sihang Warehouse again?" An officer with the rank of captain subconsciously wanted to peek out from behind the gap to observe the Japs' movements.
"Be careful!" Yan Yan quickly pulled him back.
Almost at the same time, the scream of bullets flying through the air sounded.
Immediately, the captain's hat was knocked into the air.
When the hat fell to the ground, I saw that there was already a hole in it.
Looking at the pierced Blue Sky and White Sun logo, the captain's face turned pale.
Yan Yan originally wanted to ridicule, how did he become a captain with such poor vigilance?
But seeing the other party being so frightened, the harsh words on his lips became: "During the day, the Japanese will ambush a large number of snipers in the ruins on both sides of the northwest, so don't lean out from behind the gap easily."
At this time, Xie Jinyuan explained: "Chief of Staff Yan, this is Medical Officer Tang of our regiment. He rarely goes to the front line, so he is less vigilant and has caused trouble for you."
"Oh, it turns out to be Dr. Tang." Yan Yan suddenly realized.
Doctor Tang said with shame: "Ashamed, ashamed."
Xie Jinyuan asked again: "Chief of Staff Yan, do you need us to take action?"
"No more trouble." Yan Yan said, "It's just a tentative attack by the Japanese."
While the two were talking, continuous explosions suddenly sounded in the ruins outside. Then a veteran lying behind another gap to observe with a bayonet and a small mirror reported: "Chief of Staff, the Japanese have withdrawn."
"Withdrawing now?" Shangguan Zhibiao and other company and platoon officers were a little surprised.
Yan Yan said: "The devils are just testing, and will retreat if they can't get any advantage."
Xie Jinyuan nodded, and then asked: "Chief of Staff Yan, do you have time?"
"What?" Yan Yan asked with a smile, "Do you have any advice from Deputy Commander Xie?"
"No, I don't have any advice." Xie Jinyuan said quickly, "I just want to discuss the breakout with you. Didn't you say last night that there was a way to break out from the Sixing Warehouse?"
After a pause, Xie Jinyuan added: "Of course, the real breakthrough will take five days."
"Okay, then let's discuss the feasibility." Yan Yan did not refuse.
Now a group of people arrived on the second floor of the east building, which was originally Xie Jinyuan's regiment headquarters.
After Xie Jinyuan came back, he posted another map on the wall. It was a large map of the Songhu battlefield.
Pointing at the map, Yan Yan's first words surprised Xie Jinyuan and the others: "The Japanese have built a large number of barricades in the ruins on the north and west sides of Sihang Warehouse, and have deployed heavy troops, so from now on Breaking out from these two directions is asking for death, and our only way to survive is the North Zhejiang Road."
"North Zhejiang Road?" Shangguan Zhibiao said in a voiceless voice.
"But North Zhejiang Road passes through the concession, how do we get there?"
"How do you get there?" Yan Yan smiled and said, "Of course I have to walk over with both feet."
Hearing this, Wu Jie, Yang Deyu and Zhu Shengzhong who followed over couldn't help laughing.
But Shangguan Zhibiao blushed: "I mean, will foreigners agree?"
"It's not up to them." Yan Yan said coldly, "You must agree even if you don't agree."
Shangguan Zhibiao suddenly became speechless, and then he remembered that the man in front of him was not afraid of foreigners at all.
No, the man in front of me is not only not afraid of foreigners, he even dares to hang them up and beat them.
Yan Yan added: "There must be Japs guarding North Zhejiang Road, but the number should not be large. We brought two Taisho 11-year-old 37mm caliber flat-fire cannons. Two rounds of shelling will most likely destroy the barricades at the intersection, and then we will We can quickly advance to the train station before the Japanese react."
"Train station?" Xie Jinyuan had a complicated expression on his face.
During the Battle of Songhu, the first stop of the 88th Division was Zhabei Railway Station.
The straight-line distance from Zhabei Railway Station to the Japanese Navy Songhu Special Marine Corps Headquarters at No. 2121 North Sichuan Road is even less than one kilometer. At that time, the Japanese army in Songhu only had more than 2,000 troops, but it was like spreading a huge pie. The troops were divided to guard dozens of strongholds and hundreds of intersections, and even the headquarters only had about a hundred people left.
Therefore, the 88th Division not only has an absolute advantage in troops and firepower, the Wusong Security Corps has even prepared a truck of explosives for suicide blasting. If the battle starts on time, it can definitely crush the little Japs like a knife through butter.
Unfortunately, the attack was stopped by a telegram from the headquarters just before it was launched. How shameful!
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Hongqiao Town, the headquarters of the Central Cluster Command.
The special issue of Miller Review has not yet been delivered, but Zhu Yimin can no longer sit still.
"Brother Yannong, we can't wait any longer." Zhu Yimin said, "Whether the Soviet military attache named Husband made his own analysis and prediction or warned me based on intelligence, we must make preparations in advance."
"I agree." Liao Yannong said with deep understanding, "There is a saying in Zuo Chuan that only by being prepared can there be no danger."
Zhu Yimin said: "Let's assume that the Japanese army really lands at Jinshanwei, then the 8th Army and the 10th Army on the right wing will definitely not be able to stop them."
"That's for sure." Liao Yannong said, "There are not many soldiers left in the 8th and 10th Group Armies. If the Japanese army really concentrates more than four divisions to land at Jinshanwei, it will be a fluke that the right wing group can hold the coastal defense for a day. , Songjiang County will be lost within three days, and Qingpu will be lost within five days at most. By then, our central cluster will become a turtle in the urn."
Zhu Yimin said: "If our central cluster is not prepared in advance, there will be chaos."
Liao Yannong said: "Hundreds of thousands of defeated soldiers poured onto the Beijing-Shanghai highway like a tide. People and horses crowded each other. Trucks and heavy equipment blocked various bridges and important roads. The traffic efficiency was bound to be greatly reduced in the chaos of order. The Japanese army was accustomed to dispatching The spies create chaos, which will make the retreat even more chaotic."
Zhu Yimin said: "Everything else is easy to say, but the most troublesome thing is the heavy equipment and many seriously injured people."
Liao Yannong said: "Heavy equipment can be thrown away, but those seriously injured cannot be thrown away."
Zhu Yimin said in a deep voice: "So, we will follow the husband's suggestion and transfer the seriously injured to the concession in advance! All the heavy equipment has made arrangements for self-destruction in advance, and the documents from the headquarters can be packed, but not Pack it up and burn it, but be sure to make all preparations in advance to move it in lightly.”
"Okay, let the Red Cross transfer the injured to various hospitals in the French Concession and the Public Concession." Liao Yannong said, "As for the required expenses, let the Red Cross discuss it with the Songhu City Government. If it doesn't work, just contact them." President Song, isn't President Song still in the public concession right now? A little leak from his fingers is enough to treat all the wounded. As for how the seriously injured will return to the team after they recover, they must either make up and flee, or take a boat to Hong Kong. In short, we will talk about it later. "
Zhu Yimin pondered for a moment and then asked: "How many seriously wounded do you have now?"
Liao Yannong replied without thinking: "Our 21st Army has a small number of 20,000 people."
"Then our central cluster will have more than 40,000 wounded in total." Zhu Yimin agreed, "According to the standard of twenty French currency for each wounded person, let the Military Supplies Department first allocate 800,000 French currency for emergency response, and the rest will be handed over to the Red Cross We will raise funds and hire more stretcher teams to send them to hospitals in the French Concession and the Public Concession in batches starting in the afternoon."
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At Sihang Warehouse, Yan Yan has finished explaining the breakout plan.
There is nothing wrong with this breakout plan alone.
However, this must be based on a prerequisite.
Shangguan Zhibiao raised a question: "Let me ask Chief of Staff Yan, you said that at each intersection on North Zhejiang Road, there is at most one infantry squad plus three to five heavy machine guns, and at most Zhabei Railway Station, there is only one infantry squad, and there are All the tanks and artillery of the Japanese army are basically concentrated in the positions on the north and west sides of Sihang Warehouse. Is this real intelligence, or is it just your guess?"
"It's just my guess at the moment." Yan Jun smiled and added, "But before breaking out, I will definitely conduct a thorough verification of the entire breakout route to ensure that all the intelligence is reliable."
"Verification?" Lei Xiong frowned and asked, "How do you verify this?"
"Captain Lei, right?" Yan Yan said, "I won't bother you anymore."
Yan Yan would not tell Xie Jinyuan and the others that he also brought two DJI drones.
With DJI drones, it is not difficult to conduct a night reconnaissance of the breakout route.
If necessary, drones can even be used to launch air strikes.
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