Spy Wars: I am the Captain of the Military Police

It is no longer possible to drive the Japanese army into the sea.

The new combat objective had to be changed to defending the line, blocking the enemy from landing, and winning the Battle of Shanghai at all costs.

At this time, Japanese reinforcements had landed one after another, and the southernmost part even extended to the Zhanghuabang area.

Relying on Jungong Road, they have connected with the positions of Hongkou and Yangshupu, and the situation in Shanghai has taken a sharp turn for the worse.

At this point, the Nanjing government had only one option left: to send more troops!

Wang Yaowu's 51st Division, Yu Jishi's 58th Division, and Liu Shangzhi's 56th Division rushed to Shanghai.

At the same time, Nanjing took out its trump card, Hu Zongnan's First Army, and urgently transferred it to the front line.

This team is known as "the best army in the world". It is well-equipped and has sharp weapons. It is the most loyal of the Central Army's loyal troops, the foundation of the army, and the elite confidants.

In this critical situation, the Nanjing government really invested a lot of money.

It has to be said that at this moment, sending more troops to defend the city is the only correct decision.

At the same time, Nanjing ordered Chen Cheng to use a protracted war as a guide, to make every effort to prevent the enemy from landing, and to fight and retreat to out of the range of the ship's guns and continue to resist stubbornly!

On the other hand, although the Japanese landing forces were attacked by the Chinese Air Force and suffered some losses in equipment and ammunition, their overall combat effectiveness was not shaken.

Except for the 2nd Division commanded by General Okamura Yasuji, which was still confronting our army on the Luodian line, the 12th Division, the 101st Division and the 9th Division had all pressed south and launched a fierce attack on the Liuxing area south of Luodian, attempting to cut off the connection between Chen Cheng's 18th Army and Zhang Zhizhong's 9th Army.

The First Army, led by Hu Zongnan, known as the "Emperor's Disciple", was ordered to defend Liuxing to the death.

As the bloody battle of Liuhang began, the huge "meat grinder" of the Battle of Shanghai officially began to operate...

Just as everyone's attention was focused on the Battle of Shanghai, another urgent military report arrived in Nanjing:

The Japanese North China Front Army was rushing towards Shanxi.

Both the east and west fronts were in crisis at the same time, and smoke of war filled the land of China.

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The view moves westward, from Songhu to Shanxi.

Chahar, outside Tianzhen County.

The autumn wind is bleak, blowing up yellow sand all over the sky.

Lieutenant General Hideki Tojo, commander of the Chahar Expeditionary Corps of the Kwantung Army, rode on a group of black military horses, holding a telescope, and stared coldly at the county town in front of him, Tianzhen, which looked particularly lonely in the autumn wind.

This was the first line of defense of Li Fuying's 61st Army of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in northern Shanxi.

"Brigade Commander Sakai!" Hideki Tojo's voice was as cold as a knife.

"Hi!" Major General Koji Sakai, commander of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade, immediately stepped forward.

"I'll give you three hours! Take over the outer positions of Tianzhen! Clear the obstacles!" Tojo Hideki's voice was emotionless. "Before dawn tomorrow, I want to see the imperial flag hoisted on the top of Tianzhen City!"

"Hey! Mission accomplished!" Sakai Koji sneered, turned, jumped onto the armored vehicle, and roared into the radio: "All squadrons! The attack begins! Kill all the Chinese pigs! Serve the Emperor with loyalty!"

“Onboard!!!”

A shrill whistle mixed with a beast-like howl suddenly sounded!

Dozens of 75mm mountain guns and field guns roared deafeningly at the same time!

The shells fell like hail on the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army positions outside Tianzhen!

Instantly, flames shot up into the sky! Smoke filled the air! Mud mixed with human remains was thrown into the air!

The artillery fire extended! Dozens of Type 95 light tanks and Type 89 medium tanks roared over the scorched earth like steel monsters!

Tracks kicked up clouds of dust! Behind the tanks, Japanese infantry surged forward like a tide!

They held Type 38 rifles with bayonets and, under the cover of machine gun fire, let out crazy roars and rushed towards the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army positions where the smoke had not yet dissipated!

"Hold on! Hold on for me!" Li Jungong, commander of the 101st Division of the 61st Army of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, roared at the top of his lungs in the trench!

His troops were poorly equipped and lacked anti-tank weapons! Facing the Japanese army's steel torrent and intensive artillery fire, their positions were quickly torn apart like paper!

"Boom!" The tracks of a Type 95 tank were blown off by a cluster grenade! But more tanks rushed up! Machine gun bullets swept the trenches like water! Shanxi Suiyuan soldiers kept falling down with screams!

"Division Commander! We can't hold on any longer! There are too many Japanese tanks!" A battalion commander with blood all over his face cried out.

"We must hold on even if we can't! The commander has given the order! Defend Tianzhen to the death!" Li Jungong's eyes were red as he pulled out his pistol: "Brothers! Fight the devils! Kill one and we'll get our money's worth! Kill two and we'll make a profit!"

Brutal hand-to-hand combat erupted across the battlefield! The soldiers of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army used their flesh and blood to resist the Japanese army's steel torrent! Bayonets lashed out with blood! Flesh and blood flew everywhere! Roars! Screams! The muffled thud of bayonets piercing flesh! It all intertwined into a tragic song of hell!

However, the gap in strength is cruel.

The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, which lacked heavy weapons and effective anti-tank means, suffered heavy casualties under the fierce air-ground integrated offensive of the Japanese army!

Outlying positions were lost one after another! Although Li Fuying issued strict orders to hold on, the morale of the troops was on the verge of collapse!

After three days of fierce fighting, Tianzhen fell!

The 61st Army of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army suffered heavy losses and was forced to retreat! Tojo Hideki's Northern Corps rushed towards Datong along the Pingsui Railway like a flood that broke through the dam!

Datong! The gateway to northern Shanxi!

The fortress that Yan Xishan painstakingly built for many years!

Yan Xishan urgently dispatched Wang Jingguo's 19th Army, Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army and other units to rush to Datong to support it, trying to rely on the strong city defense and surrounding mountains to stop the Japanese army!

On the outskirts of Datong, Julebao.

Major General Seiichiro Shinohara, commander of the 15th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Kwantung Army, looked at the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army positions built on the mountain in front of him, and a cruel arc appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Air force! Target! The main position of Julebao! Indiscriminate bombing! Covering fire!" Shinohara Seiichiro gave the order coldly.

Soon, a dull roar of engines could be heard from the sky! More than a dozen Japanese heavy bombers appeared over Julebao like black vultures!

Then, a piercing scream tore through the air! Heavy bombs rained down like raindrops!

"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!"

The earth shook and the mountains trembled! The entire Julebao position was instantly engulfed in flames and thick smoke rising into the sky!

The huge blast leveled the trenches and tore the sturdy bunkers apart!

Countless Shanxi-Suiyuan Army soldiers were blown to pieces before they could even scream!

The artillery fire hadn't stopped yet! The Japanese army's field and mountain artillery roared again! The shells plowed the ground like a plough, ravaging the scorched earth position again and again!

The artillery fire extended! Under the cover of tanks, the Japanese infantry surged forward like a tide! Facing the defenders who were bombed to pieces and suffered heavy casualties, the Japanese army encountered almost no decent resistance!

The Julebao position was quickly lost!

Hideki Tojo stood on the high ground outside Datong City, looking through a telescope at the billowing smoke rising from the city and the faint sound of gunfire, with no expression on his face.

He picked up the radio: "Order! 1st Independent Mixed Brigade! 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade! Attack the city with all your might! Before dark! I want to see the Rising Sun Flag on the top of Datong City!"

"Onboard,!!!"