Chen Fang's security group not only includes infantry, pistol teams, machine gunners, but also a combat engineer team.
On the cars driving out of the concession, there were a lot of construction materials.
Chen Fang's engineers built a complete trench fortification in front of the Sihang Warehouse. It not only had bulletproof pits, but also reverse slope fortifications, and was reinforced with wooden boards and sandbags.
Not only that, on the streets around the trenches, Chen Fang's engineers also pulled up three layers of barbed wire and laid mines.
In just one night, a copper wall was built around the Sihang Warehouse.
By dawn, the three thousand security regiment had completed garrisoning the perimeter of Sihang Warehouse.
On the new garbage bridge behind the Sixing Warehouse, vehicles carrying supplies are constantly coming and going.
The New Garbage Bridge is the only channel connecting the four rows of warehouses to the Shanghai Public Settlement on the south bank of the Suzhou River.
Ever since Chen Fang asked Zhang Yi to plant the Xia national flag above the Sihang Warehouse last night, the citizens in the concession on the other side knew that the Sihang Warehouse was already garrisoned by the Chinese army, so the citizens actively donated supplies to the Concession on the other side. Guojun.
Although there was no ammunition inside, there was a lot of food and drinking water.
Suddenly, a mortar shell landed on the bridge, and the blast of air knocked over the nearest citizens.
Wails began to appear at the bridgehead, and the surrounding citizens immediately dragged the injured citizens back to the south bank of the Suzhou River, and the passage of supplies to the Sihang Warehouse was cut off.
The perimeter of Sihang Warehouse.
The 6th Regiment of the Japanese 3rd Division has appeared as the vanguard on the periphery of the Sihang Warehouse fortifications.
Captain Josuke Yamamoto was observing the situation in the four-row warehouse with a telescope.
"To be able to build the outer fortifications so strong, I think the national army officers stationed here are not just ordinary people. Does the report show who the national army commander stationed here is?"
Yamamoto Josuke asked Captain Shinichi Yamada of his regiment.
Yamada Shinichi immediately replied: "Intelligence shows that the troops stationed here are from the 88th Division of the National Army, and their military commander is Xie Jinyuan, attached to the 524th Regiment."
The so-called knowing yourself and the enemy means you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
The reason why the Japanese were unstoppable on the battlefield in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War was closely related to their mastery of the intelligence of the national army.
It can even be said that the national military intelligence is almost one-way transparent to the Japanese.
Because of this, the Yamamoto Regiment was able to know who the opponent's commander was at the beginning of the battle.
"Is it just a regiment attachment? The fortifications outside Sihang Warehouse are so complicated. There are at least one brigade of combat troops stationed here. Its commander cannot be a regiment attachment. The intelligence must be wrong!"
As a veteran Japanese officer, Yamamoto Josuke has a very keen sense of smell on the battlefield.
He could tell at a glance that the fortifications outside the Sihang Warehouse would require at least a thousand people to construct, and they would also require the cooperation of engineers.
It is absolutely impossible for a regiment to command such a powerful force.
"Yes!" Yamada Shinichi bowed his head towards Yamamoto Josuke.
He then said to Yamamoto Josuke: "Your Excellency, Captain, the division requires us to capture the Sihang Warehouse within three days, but the current enemy does not seem to be easy to deal with. Should we ask the division to extend the time limit?"
"Baga!" Yamamoto Josuke immediately scolded Yamada Shinichi.
"As officers of the Dafuso Empire, how can we say such words that make others' ambitions undermine our own prestige!
The imperial army of our Fuso Empire is overwhelming on the frontal battlefield, and no Chinese army can withstand our front.
Now we are just attacking a small warehouse. Before the battle has begun, we ask the division to extend the attack time. What will the division commander think of me? "
Yamamoto Josuke's tone was very angry.
As a captain, he is also arrogant.
His 6th Regiment, as can be seen from the number, is one of the earliest formations of the Japs, and it is the elite of the Japs.
This unit once defeated a brigade of the national army in the battle of Hongkou with a regiment of troops, but its own losses were no more than 200 people.
Precisely because it believed in the combat effectiveness of the 6th Regiment, the Third Division ordered the 6th Regiment to deal with the remnants of the national army in Sihang Warehouse.
The national army in Sihang Warehouse is a lone army.
All surrounding troops have retreated.
And behind them is the concession, so it can be said that there is no way to evacuate.
The 6th Regiment could not capture such a completely trapped force without any support within three days. How could Yamamoto Josuke have the dignity to meet with Fujita Kon, the division commander of the 3rd Division?
"Didn't the division commander allocate ten tanks to us? With these ten tanks, I will capture the Sihang Warehouse within one day!"
Yamamoto Josuke looked confident.
He said to Yamada Shinichi: "Order the First Battalion to launch fire reconnaissance immediately. This afternoon is the time for our regiment to capture the Sihang Warehouse!"
In front of a window of Sihang Warehouse.
Chen Fang took Xie Jinyuan, Yang Ruifu and other officers to inspect here.
Xie Jinyuan looked at Chen Fang with some helplessness.
Although he is the commander of the Sihang Warehouse garrison appointed by the national army.
However, there are only over 400 of his men, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled.
The firepower of these troops was too weak and they were unable to effectively counterattack the Japanese attack.
In addition, Chen Fang's security group is now stationed at the outer positions of Sihang Warehouse.
Even if Xie Jinyuan can still command his lone army camp, he can still be respected by Chen Fang here.
What's more, after Chen Fang's treatment of the brothers Zhang Wenqing and Zhang Guoshun who killed the soldiers, many soldiers in the Gujun camp have already identified with Chen Fang, the young marshal.
Even if Xie Jin originally wanted to take back his command by force, not all the soldiers in the Gujun camp might support him.
"It seems that the Japanese are moving very quickly. Our troops just withdrew yesterday, and today they all came." Chen Fang smiled and said to Xie Jinyuan beside him.
Xie Jinyuan nodded: "The Japanese army is like a rainbow on the front battlefield. Although our army can still resist it, the losses of the frontline troops have been extremely serious and the troops are very tight. I am afraid it will be difficult for our army to win this battle."
Xie Jinyuan also knew the shortcomings of the national army.
The general is unqualified and the commander is unqualified.
Zhang Zhizhong, who was originally on the front line of command in Songhu, commanded very well.
During the 128 Songhu War of Resistance a few years ago, Zhang Zhizhong led his army and even had a battle loss ratio of 1:1 with the Japanese.
It would be most appropriate for him to command the main force in the Songhu Battle.
However, from the beginning of the Songhu Battle, Chang Zhiqing continued to interfere with Zhang Zhizhong's command.
Who is Zhang Zhizhong?
That was a famous general of his generation, could he withstand Chang Zhiqing's chaotic command?
So he disobeyed.
This disobedience could be fatal, and now Zhang Zhizhong has been dismissed from his post by Chang Zhiqing and transferred to the rear.
If nothing unexpected happens, Zhang Zhizhong's military career will be completely ruined, and he will also help Chang Zhiqing take the blame for the failure of commanding the Songhu Battle.
Xie Jinyuan himself was also very capable. At the beginning of the Battle of Songhu, he proposed the Iron Fist Plan and personally led his troops to bypass the Japanese flanks and achieved considerable results.
But the result?
The result was that Xie Jinyuan was thrown into Sihang Warehouse and used as cannon fodder.
