During the half month when the refugees were evacuated from Shanghai, the Songhu Independent Group was not idle, and neither were the little devils.
So, what are the little devils doing? They are frantically digging blockade ditches around the city of Shanghai. Since the Songhu Independent Regiment had previously abandoned the surrounding counties of Jiading, Qingpu and Songjiang, the Japanese dug a large blockade line starting from Baoshan in the north and ending at Jinshan in the south. A large number of bunkers were built along the blockade.
The little devils not only dug for themselves, but also mobilized hundreds of thousands of puppet troops to dig with them.
If he wasn't worried about the U.S. government, Shun Tada, an old devil, would even want to intercept the evacuated Shanghai refugees and ask millions of refugees to help them build a blockade.
After suffering a small loss, Tada Shun, an old devil, decided to maximize civil engineering.
As a result, in less than half a month, the Japanese built a blockade that stretched for more than 100 kilometers. This blockade mainly consisted of two blockade ditches inside and outside. Between the two blockade ditches was the highway. There is a gun tower every one thousand meters, and there is a stronghold every five kilometers.
The specifications of these two blockade ditches are higher than those on the outside of Damei Mountain!
These two blockade trenches are twenty meters wide and five meters deep! If the height of the inner side of the blockade ditch is also included, the height difference of the ditch wall exceeds ten meters! This is almost the strongest city in ancient times! The old devil Tada Shun is also ruthless. He is determined to trap Xu Rui and the Songhu Independent Group to death in Shanghai.
Why do you say that? Because by this time, all five divisions of the Twelfth Army were already in place.
Moreover, according to Tada Shun's wishes, the blockade line starting from Baoshan County in the north and Jinshanwei in the south has been opened. Not only that, the old Japanese also assigned the Third Army as the general reserve of the Central China Condemnation Army. Divisions were also mobilized and stationed on the periphery of the blockade, ready to support any garrison division at any time.
At this moment, Takazo Iinuma, chief of staff of the Twelfth Army and Central China Dispatch Army, was leading a dozen combat staff members to engage in war games in the war room, simulating the breakout operations of the Songhu Independent Regiment. Tada Shun and several The division commanders of the divisions were also present to observe this very important war game.
Two hours later, the war game ended.
The result was no exception. The Songhu Independent Regiment failed to break through and was completely wiped out!
However, Shun Tada was very dissatisfied with this war game, because almost no flaws in the Japanese military's defense situation were found in this game, so it didn't look like a war game, but more like an attempt to deal with him. A special war game show, this is not what the old devil needs.
What's the use of winning on the sandbox? What Shun Tada wants is victory on the real battlefield.
Jun Tada frowned and said: "If the Songhu Independent Regiment could be wiped out so easily, how could the Imperial Army suffer two disastrous defeats in a row? So I am very dissatisfied with this war game. I will try it again with all the preset elements. Overthrow them all and reset them, and the Songhu Independent Regiment’s combat effectiveness settings must continue to be strengthened!”
Iinuma Takazo was dumbfounded and said: "Your Excellency Commander, the current combat effectiveness of the Songhu Independent Regiment set by the staff is equivalent to a division of the Imperial Army! If it is strengthened further, will it be too far-fetched? The Songhu Independent Regiment No matter how strong the combat effectiveness is, there is only one brigade after all, so it can’t be able to defeat the two divisions of the Imperial Army, right?”
"Why not?" Tada Shun said, "During the Third Battle of Songhu, didn't the Songhu Independent Regiment completely annihilate the Guards Division and the Seventh Division?"
Iinuma Takazo said: "But that is because the Songhu Independent Regiment has proper tactics, especially the excellent use of artillery, so it has such brilliant results. It is not that the Songhu Independent Regiment can really be a brigade. The two divisions of the imperial army are completely different concepts."
Tada Shun didn't listen at all and said forcefully: "Just do as I say, set the combat strength of the Songhu Independent Regiment to be equivalent to the combat strength of two divisions of the Imperial Army, and then increase the artillery intensity of the Songhu Independent Regiment." Twice, and then conduct a second war game, I want to know whether under this premise, I can block the breakout of the Songhu Independent Regiment."
"Hai!" Iinuma Takahiro paused and started setting the elements again.
But at this moment, a communications staff officer hurriedly walked in and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, the supervision team reported that Xu Rui and Jason had a falling out."
"Nani?" Jun Tada said in surprise, "Did Xu Rui and Jason fall out?"
"Hai!" The communications staff officer paused heavily and told the whole story.
After hearing this, Tada Jun sighed: "This Xu Rui really dares to think and do it. He actually thought of using Americans to serve as a free transportation team for them. Don't look at Jason being very angry, but if nothing else, he finally He will still give in, he should act appropriately as the transport captain, and he should act appropriately even if he doesn’t."
Yamashita Fengwen came over, frowned and said, "Commander, you seem to have high regard for Xu Rui?"
Because of his outstanding performance as Chief of Staff of the Central China Front, Yamashita Tomofumi has just been transferred to the division commander of the 6th Division. The division commander of the 6th Division, Naosaburo Okabe, has been transferred to the newly formed 2nd Guards Division. The division commanders, although their military ranks have not changed, in terms of their positions, both of them have been promoted by half a rank.
Because he had just been transferred from the North China Front Army, he also made the same mistake as Kawabe Masami. He instinctively underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Central China Condemnation Army, and took it for granted that Xu Rui's achievements were only due to the senior leadership of the Central China Condemnation Army. The general is too incompetent. Otherwise, why wouldn't the North China Front be in such a mess
Although Tada Shun was also transferred from the North China Front Army, this old devil did not have this problem.
"Sodais." Jun Tada nodded and said, "Although Xu Rui is a mortal enemy of the empire, from a purely military perspective, this person can be called a military genius. If you have carefully studied the several battles he commanded, you will You will find that his commanding attainments have entered another level, almost transcending this era."
It must be admitted that Jun Tada’s evaluation of Xu Rui is still very objective.
Xu Rui’s commanding attainments originally came from the 21st century, but didn’t they just transcend the times
"Really?" Yamashita Fengwen said solemnly, "In this case, I really need to study his case carefully when I return from humble duty."
When he was in North China, Yamashita Tomofumi was Tada Shun's chief of staff, so he was quite convinced of Tada Shun's judgment.
"Yamashita-kun and other gentlemen, you should really study Xu Rui's command more when you have time." Tada Shun said, "Believe me, you will definitely benefit greatly from this."
"Hai." Several division commanders paused at the same time.
Shun Tada stopped talking and continued to watch the war game.
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Jun Tada's judgment was correct, and Johnson finally gave in.
Jensen's concession was an expected result, because after more than three million refugees in Shanghai arrived safely in the Kuomintang-controlled area, his and Xu Rui's positions were already seriously unbalanced, because he no longer had any bargaining chips in his hand, and Xu Rui still held more than 10,000 hostages in his hands. If Xu Rui changed his mind at this time, there was nothing Jason could do.
Of course, the powerful United States stands behind Johnson, and Xu Rui will have to pay a price for doing this.
In fact, Xu Rui did pay a heavy price for this. After experiencing this incident, Xu Rui was labeled as "treacherous" in the hearts of the US government and the American people. After that, even David Company wanted to Xu Rui's selling of weapons will be investigated by the FBI. Of course, this is a story for another day.
In the afternoon of the same day, Liu Mei sent another telegram saying that the weapons had been obtained.
After receiving the telegram, Xu Rui simply released the hostages in custody. Johnson and the presidium of the seven Western countries did not waste a moment and immediately organized the evacuation of the overseas Chinese. By about 7 o'clock that evening, 10,000 people stranded in Shanghai were evacuated. More than two thousand Western expatriates have all evacuated and successfully passed through the blockade built by the little devils.
After the Western expatriates crossed the blockade, Tada Shun immediately ordered a complete blockade of Shanghai. Not even a mouse was allowed to escape from Shanghai. Then he immediately ordered the bacterial troops stationed in Nanjing, Yangzhou and Jiaxing to immediately eliminate cholera, Plague bacteria were flown to Shanghai, preparing to carry out germ warfare against Shanghai in iron barrels.
Xu Rui's judgment was still biased. He originally thought that if the Japs wanted to launch germ warfare against Shanghai, they would need three to five days to prepare. But in fact, the Japs' bacterial troops had already been prepared before that. Be prepared to airdrop cholera and plague bacteria to Shanghai as soon as Tada Shun gives the order.
Cholera and plague bacteria are different from typhoid bacteria. There is no need to carry medical specimens at all. Instead, the bacteria only need to be airdropped to all water bodies near Shanghai, such as the Huangpu River, Wusong River and even the Yangtze River, ensuring that all water sources are It only needs to be contaminated by germs, and these germs can survive in water for a long time.
During this process, as long as a soldier in the Songhu Independent Regiment fails to follow the order and drinks raw water with germs, he will immediately contract cholera or even plague. Then cholera and plague will spread rapidly among the officers and soldiers of the Songhu Independent Regiment. Come, until all the more than 10,000 people in the group are infected and all die!
Of course, if the officers and soldiers of the Songhu Independent Regiment strictly abide by the instructions, drink boiled water, eat cooked food, wash hands before meals, and then carry out large-scale rodent and flea extermination activities, and then immediately isolate suspected infected patients once they are found, then it will still be possible. Effectively prevent the spread of cholera and plague.
Therefore, Xu Rui has no worries about the Japanese germ warfare.
At present, there are only more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Songhu Independent Regiment left in Shanghai, and all the refugees have been evacuated, so they are no longer afraid of the germ warfare of the Japs. The Japs tried to use germ warfare against the Songhu Independent Regiment, but it was simply wishful thinking. In the future, cruelty will Reality will tell them that germ warfare will not only defeat the Unsonghu Independent Regiment, but will only bring disaster to the human race!