King of Secret Service

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"If our agents can't do it, Dai Li and Xu Enzeng's people can't do it either."

Tang Menghan shook her head lightly.

"Since our people can't do it, why not give the opportunity to Dai Li and Xu Enzeng, and let them perform well in front of the committee."

Liang Xiao sneered.

"General, I understand."

Tang Menghan nodded slightly.

"Go."

Liang Xiao waved his hand and asked her to send the report.

He continued to discuss the enemy situation with Zhou Shiji.

"Master, you want to blow up the Japanese airport"

Zhou Shiji frowned.

"The Japanese fighter planes and the Japanese navy gunboat formed a firepower. After the plane dropped the bomb, the gunboat began to bombard. The gunboat just stopped, and the plane bombed again. Repeatedly, how can our army hold the position? We must destroy one of them in order to gain a chance to breathe. .”

Liang Xiao said slowly.

"Master is wise, but the specific location of the Japanese army is still uncertain. Even if the intelligence department can find the location of the Japanese army's airport, our army cannot destroy it in a short time, but our army is almost unable to survive. After two or three days of bombardment, the beachhead and defensive positions will collapse completely, without the cover of the position, the soldiers can only carry their flesh and blood when facing the enemy who lands."

Zhou Shiji said.

"Whether the gunboat on the river is within the range of the heavy artillery"

Liang Xiao asked.

"The Japanese navy is very cunning. Every time their gunboats enter the range of the heavy artillery to fire, they immediately run away and never stop. Moreover, they only send three gunboats into the range of the heavy artillery each time, and the rest of the gunboats are all the same. Stopping outside the range of the heavy artillery, if the heavy artillery fires, it will be exposed to the double firepower of the Japanese navy and air force."

Zhou Shiji said.

"The Japanese army has learned well."

Liang Xiao laughed.

"Master, what we are facing now is not the shirtless Japanese soldiers, but the powerful three-dimensional firepower of the Japanese army. I have never seen such fierce artillery fire. Above the position, gunpowder smoke fills the air, and there are bomb craters everywhere. They dare not go out of the trenches, as long as they come up, they will be blown away by the powerful explosion shock waves."

Zhou Shiji said helplessly.

"That's the difference between a strong country and a weak one."

Liang Xiao is deeply aware that a war is fought against the vital forces of the country.

"The brothers said that they are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of such a useless death, that they were bombed to pieces without even seeing the hair of the Japanese army."

Zhou Shiji said.

"Pass down the order to let the Loyalty and National Salvation Army abandon the beachhead and withdraw to the second-line position."

Liang Xiao murmured.

"Master, give up the beachhead, what will happen if the Japanese army lands and fights?"

Zhou Shiji said.

"We have heavy artillery and mountain artillery. If the Japanese army dares to land from the shore of Wusongkou, the heavy artillery and mountain artillery will fire together to destroy all the gunboats on the sea."

Liang Xiao said.

"But in this way, the position of our heavy artillery unit will be known by the Japanese army. Once we lose our heavy artillery unit, it will be difficult for our army to hold on to the Wusongkou Fortress."

Zhou Shiji said.

"An order was sent to the heavy artillery unit, telling them to separate two 125mm howitzers at night and pull them into the forest ten kilometers away from the headquarters to construct a fake position for the heavy artillery unit. Once the Japanese transport ship landed on the shore, the two howitzers would immediately Fire the guns and destroy the Japanese transport ship."

Liang Xiao said.

"If the Japanese transport ship is destroyed, the Japanese gunboats on the river and the planes in the sky will think that the position of the two howitzers is the position of the heavy artillery unit, and they will bomb the fake heavy artillery position with all their strength."

Zhou Shiji said.

"If we build a fake heavy artillery unit and put four 120mm howitzers, the Japanese naval gunboats will attack the first fake artillery position, and the second fake heavy artillery unit of our army will open fire to destroy all Japanese gunboats on the river. .”

Liang Xiao said.

"But in this way, our army lost six heavy artillery pieces, which..."

Zhou Shiji's heart ached.

"We lost six heavy guns, but all the gunboats of the Japanese army on the river were buried with them, so the deal was worth it."

Liang Xiao was also heartbroken, but there was no other way except........ He couldn't watch his soldiers being smashed to pieces by the Japanese artillery fire.

"Even if we destroy the gunboats on the Wusong River, there are still planes in the sky, and the Japanese Navy has several fleets along the Yangtze River. If they come to reinforce them, what will happen next time?"

Zhou Shiji said.

"Continue to use this method, come and go, the Japanese army can't figure out which is the real artillery position, so naturally they will not attack easily, but the Japanese planes in the sky are too threatening, so they must be removed."

Liang Xiao said.

"What the teacher said is true. The Japanese army's firepower is unimaginable. If the firepower is not removed, it will be difficult for our army to defend Wusongkou."

Zhou Shiji said.

Chapter 29 Boosting Morale

Liang Xiao thought for a while, and ordered the combat staff to immediately formulate a battle plan and send out heavy artillery troops.

The frantic bombing by Japanese fighter planes and gunboats did not end until night.

The soldiers guarding the positions crawled out of the positions after dark to repair the fortifications urgently.

Liang Xiao led the guards to inspect the forward position. The frontier position on the beachhead was bombarded to pieces by the Japanese army's fierce artillery fire. Many places were bombed and collapsed. The ground was scorched black and filled with the smell of gunpowder after the shell exploded.

More than half of the Loyalty and Nation Salvation Army brigade standing on the beachhead was lost.

The soldiers took advantage of the darkness to carry out the dead soldiers' bodies from the trenches and bury them on the hillside a few kilometers away.

In this era of raging wars, there are no coffins, burial objects, or tombstones for the corpses of the war dead, but only a military uniform and a bloody corpse. They are the real unsung heroes, and these... ...... Compared with the soldiers who died in battle, the living are lucky.

"Report."

"Master seat, just received the news that Baoshan fell and the First Army was defeated."

Chu Xiangxue hurried over with the telegram and said anxiously.

This news was like a bolt from the blue, the shocked Liang Xiao couldn't recover.

Only a few days after the first army captured Baoshan, Baoshan fell into the hands of the Japanese army again.

"Shizuo, once Baoshan is lost, Wusongkou will bear the brunt. I'm afraid we are no longer facing the Japanese army at Baozipu, but also the Japanese army at Baoshan. The two Japanese troops attacked from the west and east respectively. Without the firepower of the Japanese army in the Shanghai Air Force, our army will be surrounded by heavy troops."

Zhou Shiji said anxiously.

Liang Xiao pondered for a moment, then asked: "Baoshan fell, is there any other troops on top?"

"The first army was defeated so quickly that people were caught off guard. The Guangxi army and the Sichuan army closest to Baoshan had no time to rescue them. Moreover, without the order of the military and political council, the Gui army and the Sichuan army did not dare to go up on their own."

Chu Xiangxue said.

"Send a telegram to the headquarters of the left-wing group, ask them for the latest battle report, and send a telegram to the committee, saying that Wusong is surrounded by enemies, and the students are determined to stick to Wusong, fight to the last shot, die for the country with their own lives, call out the blood of our nation .”

Liang Xiao said in a deep voice.

"Master seat... there is no need to be like this, Hu Zongnan can retreat, why can't we retreat?"

Zhou Shiji said.

"Shut up, this battle is about the survival of the nation, anyone who dares to retreat lightly will be killed."

Liang Xiao's cold voice sounded.

"Master Seat..."

Zhou Shiji wanted to persuade him again, but seeing Liang Xiao's heavy expression, he knew that it would be futile to persuade him again.

"Call officers above the battalion level to the division headquarters for a meeting."

Liang Xiao knew that he would be surrounded on all sides, but even so, he would not withdraw his troops.

"Yes."

Zhou Shiji replied in a hesitant voice.

Special Operations Division, Command.

Ten p.m.

All the officers above the battalion level felt depressed, and all the officers knew what kind of situation they would meet next.

Liang Xiao sat on the main seat, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, I can't help the current situation. Under the three-dimensional firepower of the sea, land and air, the Japanese army bombed our army positions in turn. Wusongkou is the only way to Shanghai. , is also the only way to retreat to Suzhou and Hangzhou, we have no retreat, only blood on the battlefield, and serve the country with death."

"Blood on the battlefield, serve the country with death."

The officers groaned.

"Brothers, every day in the future, we will have a very difficult life, but please don't disgrace our special fighters, even if we die in battle, we must stand upright and never bend our knees. "

Liang Xiao said.

"Master, the brothers followed you from Hangzhou to the Songhu battlefield, and killed so many Japanese devils. We have already made enough money. Even if we die under the Japanese gunfire, we will not lose money."

Sun Bingdao.

"Master, no matter how I give you an order, the brothers will never frown."

Qi Ming said.

Liang Xiao slowly swept across the officers present, and said in a deep voice: "Baoshan fell, and the Japanese mechanized troops could reach Wusongkou in four hours at the fastest. The terrain there keeps getting in the way."

"Yes."

Sun Bing took the lead.

"Second Qiming Brigade, all the troops go up and destroy the Japanese brigade that came from Baozipu."

Liang Xiao said.

"Yes."

Qi Ming got up and said.

"The two detachments of the Loyalty and National Salvation Army continue to garrison the Wusong position."

"Yes."

"Heavy artillery is on schedule."

"Yes."

"The Mountain Artillery Force is divided into the 2st Brigade and the [-]nd Brigade."

"Yes."

"The division headquarters are directly under the various troops as reserves."

"Yes."

Combat orders issued.

Liang Xiao stood up and said, "Everyone, if this battle is not won, Wusongkou will be...the place where you and I will be buried."

"This battle must be won."

Sun Bing took the lead and shouted.

"Must win, must win..."

The officers shouted after him.

"The battle is urgent, everyone go back and prepare."

Liang Xiao waved his hand to end the meeting.

......Six hours later, the Japanese troops coming from Baoshan exchanged fire with Sun Bing's [-]st Brigade, and dense gunfire resounded through Wusong Town.

"Report."

"Master seat, the Shanghai Navy intelligence station has intercepted the Japanese army's telegram, and this is the content of the telegram."